The El Reno American. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1907 Page: 6 of 8
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FISK KSTIMATK OK THK AMERI-
CAN STATESMAN
TAFT TREMtNUOUS HARD WORKER
Strong mill Majestic IVrsonnlily nml
||fs F.vlrmliil Trip i- lii*tgnitlnint
Archibald it Colquh'min In the 1-on
don M iming Potf:.
A special significance attaches 1<>
the visit which Is now being paid by
Mr. William H. Tati, to Japan, the
Philippines, and probably to Europe.
After some vacillations It is now
practically certain that Mr. Tall is
to be the Republican nominee tor the
presidency In 1908, and that be will
secure the wirong support of Presi-
dent Rooeevel In bis candidacy.
Unless the unforeseen occurs be will
run a very good chance of going to
the While House anl.1 of exercising
on the fortunes and policy of his
country nn intluence greater than
that wielded by any other ruler in n
democratic country, and evon In
some nominally autocratic ones. The
truth Is that I ho power of the Amer-
ican President has grown in ratio to
iiie evolution of the United States as
a world power, and the day has gone
when the office was filled by men
chiefly remarkable for their medio-
crity and lack of distinction.
Without the pUctureequcnesB and
ctrenuoslly of the sportsman, writer,
orator, Roosevelt, Taft is a tremen-
dous worker and a magnetic person-
ality. The writer passed six weeks
in his company In the Philippines
and remembers well how a shipload
oi men and women somewhat 111 as-
sorted and full of mutual Jealousies,
were united In a whole hearted affec-
tion for a big. humorous, gentle, yet
masterful man whose very presence
-brought a sense of stability and se-
renity. Ho will Ibe the first Presi-
dent to havo any knowledge of the
East and more than a passing ac-
quaintance with Europe, an advan-
tage which only those who know the
Insularity of the average political
American can appreciate. Before
leaving the State Mr. Taft declared
hie adherence ‘‘in principle” to the
reform measures which President
' fhBoeevelt has advocated, ‘‘to remedy
MM evils of our prosperity.” and has
spoken with no uncertain voice on
that moth disturbing factor in Amer-
ica, the contempt for law. He now
returns to the East on the eve of
the presidential election, and there
caa be no doubt 'that <the chief n«-
son ftvr his visit Is the desire to in-
form himself again at first hand with
the conditions which must govern
the policy of the United States
toward her Pacific expansion.
The question of 'the future of ithe
islands is not merely of local inlter-
est.
from the commercial and strategic
point of view, their retention by the
United Stu'tes must powerfully influ-
ence the evolution of that country
.ts a naval and military power.
Moreover, if the Filipinos were
turned loose prematurely we should
have another Morocco In the Far
'■las',, with great opportunities for
rival European colonizing powers.
Manila would become a hotbed of 'in-
trigue, and the reign of ithe conces-
contaln responsibilities. The United
States would have to guarantee Fili-
pino independence and see that it
was no’, abused as in Cuba, ft would
have lo secure that the Filipinos did
not ally themselves with other pow-
ers against America and provide for
all sorts of other coaUngenoies, and
the only guarantee against all these
would he an American army of or-1
cu nation ready fur emergencies.
This course is uol one which need be
seriously taken into consideration
there is really more to be said for
an unconditional evacuation.
And unconditional evacuation is
unthinkable; for a proud nation
there can he n i turning hack. So the
probable future President has gone
to do what he can with the Filipino
leaders, knowing the weight of his
personal influence, and for their
sake, as much us for that of the
United Stales, wo must hope that he
will persuade them all 'to become
"Progressives,” in the hope that a
Taft administration may bring them
some share in the list abundant pros-
perity of their great ruler. Mr Taft
has so much tact that he Is always
deputed Ho patch up awkward situa-
tions, and he will have a busy time,
first In Tokio and then In Manila.
Event in hose id ttys he Is the most
traveled cabinet in Intis ter tin the
world, and one cannot hut admire
his energy and wish g id luck 'to
h1s mission.
PANTHER AND
BEAR HUNT
FHKSIDKNT IN THE WIIONli
WOODS KOIt CAME
BUFFALOES UNSAFE IN WICHITA
Hunter Promises lo Raise large t ’om-
piuiy of Determined and Well
Armed Men to limit in the
Mun n tains.
Lawton, Okla., Oct. 10.—‘‘Before
that herd of buffalo that Is to be
placed In Hhc national game pre-
serve of ‘the Wichita mountains can
bo preserved with safety and the
young nurtured with any degreo of
success, it will be necessary for men
to rid that district of the mountains
of about DO large panthers and pro-
bably 100 black tbears," said W. O.
Schafer of near Mount Scottt, while
discussing here today the arrival of
seventeen bison that were recently
shipped from the zoological park of
New York to be placed In the new
national mountain park of southwest
Oklahoma.
"I propose,” continued Mr. Sha-
fer, “than an organization of men
formed for the purpose of lidding
the mountains of these dangerous
SWALLOWED ACID
BY MISTAKE
MltS. RF.llI. DRINKS LYSOL \NI>
DIES WITHIN \ \ HOUR
TKACH HORNESIIOI NO
Opening of Sixteenth Annual Con-
vent inn Today
THOUGHT IT WAS WHISKEY
Mrs. Halim, Daughter of iln-
«»«l, |*rostrat<‘<l by tin* iVrriblr
animals. If the* men are well armed
Apart from (heir potentialities and havP pl<.nty of ammunition and
endurance, the thing could be ac-
complIshcM in a week. If it is not
done the buffalo will he In constant
danger, for hungry panthers and fe-
rocious 'hears are not to be out-
done by a fence, even one 'that was
bull', by the government at a cost of
$15,000.
"Panthers climb trees with more
grace than wild cats and their leaps
are longer than that of any other ani-
mal found In the southwest. 1 have
From Friday’s Daily.
Mrs. Dora ltehl died shortly after
seven o’clock last evening from the
effects of tw > teaspoonsfnl of lysol.
which she had taken about an hour
previous, thinking it was whisky, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. lliil-
da Hahn, 4OR south Hoff avenue.
Mrs. Rehl. with Mrs. Hahn and
others, had returned front driving
between fi and 0:30, to Mrs Hahn’s
home. Feeling somewhat fatigued
she decided to take a little stimulant,
und accordingly picked tip a bottle
sitting upon a table near where she
knew the whisky was kept, poured
out a small quantity and drank it.
Discovering at once that she had
ma'de a mistake, she apprised Mrs.
Hahn of her error, and asked what
i.he bottle conlained. Mrs. Hahn Im-
mediately phoned for the doctor, hut
experienced some difficulty in getting
the connection. Her mother assur-
ed her 'that she fell no evil effects
from what she had taken, and that
probably it was of no consequence.
Mrs. Hahn continued trying to com-
municate with the physician by
phone, and fin: '. after the loss of
considerable 'time, succeeded in sum-
moning a doctor.
In the meantime, Mrs. Rehl had
lain down, after taking a drink of
water, and for some time felt no
effects from the poison, liui later,
upon going to her, Mrs. Hahn found
her mother in a stupor anil quite
limp. The doctor arrived soon, hut
too late to save life, and In ulbout an
hour from the time she look the poi-
son. she died.
Mrs. Rehl was in her seventy-ninth
year. Her daughter, Mrs. Hahn, is
prostrated by the awful accident.
The death of her mother is doubly
sad to her as she bas but one other
living relative, a niece living in West
Point, Neb., whom she has telegraph-
ed to come to El Reno at once.
The answer from the niece will be
waited before any arrangements for
the funeral services will be made.
Lysol is a form of carbolic acid,
and when taken internally, paralyses
the tissues and eats out the lining
of the fttoiuach. Had the physician
been secured In time, the poison
doubtless could have been pumped
out. No evil effects are at first felt
from taking it, but later the patient
suffers agonizing pains. In (he case
of Mrs. Rehl, on account of her age,
the paralysis must have set in soon,
for sho scented not to suffer from the
poison.
The accident is a most deplorable
one, and the loss of Mrs. Rehl in this
manner is keenly felt by the many
friends of the deceased and the be-
reaved daughter.
Peoria, 111., Oct. H.—A large and
representative attendance marked
the opening here today of the six
leenth annual convention of the Mas-
ter Horseshocrs’ National Protect
tve association. President Edward
Mutlor, Jr., of St. Louis, called the
gathering to order an.' presided ove-
.he opening session The conventio
will continue its se: slims during lh<
ren ainder of this wk.
The association'' convention Iasi
year provided for the institution of
what is 11 own as 'lovable schools
for the editcn ton of those engaged
in horseshoeing. This matter has
been taken in charge hv the Agri
culture Department at Washington,
and the present convention will ar-
range 'to co-operate with tile Agri
culture Depart is eat. in having the
schools located in different parts of
the country in order that all engaged
in ihe business of horseshoeing may
he able to take advantage of the
course of scientific Instruction which
the schools offer.
sion hunter and privateer in ( hina j j.een jhem climb 100 perpendicular
would lie re-enacted, with resulting tt,(, the side ol' a canyon to reach
international complications. A
strong power must hold ihe islands.
The nVost ardent and Idealistic advo-
cate of 'their ultimate Independence
-Mr Taft himself -refuses t> sug-
gest n period for American occupa-
tion. The writer witnessed ihe be-
ginning of that occupation and re-
members well that the term of years
then confidently predicted varied
from five, among the most optimis-
tic, to fifteen among "he ultra-
prudent.
As to the relations between the
k'Ulpinos and their American con-
querors, these are no better, if no
worse, than those existing between
conquerors and conquered the world
over. The ''altruism” of the Amer-
icans is not apparent to the Filipinos
while they are too truly Oriental to
appreciate the manners of a demo-
cratic people. Of the progress of
the Filipino* in admilnisiraitive effi-
ciency wo have so far no evidence,
and the strongest proof to the con-
trary Is the refusal of the optimistic
party to name any date for granting
self-government. That there are
four applications of "oducwt«>d Fili-
pinos" for every one of the numer-
ous government posts as clerks is
rather a bad than a good sign.
It is seriously proposed by some
people to collect "the best native
government possible" and leave them
to settle their own affairs. But cvea
the nests of turkeys and destroy them
"The few panthers that remain in
the Wichitas probably are the bold-
est of any in the west. Their ranks
are thinned and their grazing places
are becoming more and more limited.
Only a few days ago a young man
and his sweetheart were given a
chase by an angry panther coming
down the side of Mount Signal, and
It is almost a dally occurrence in
some sections of the mountains for
some one to run for dear life to es-
cape one of these hungry beasts.
"1 shall propose to Ihe national
forester and the keeper of the game
preserve I hat the plan 1 have oul-
llnod for ridding this district of these
dangerous animals be put iuto exe-
cution nt once. Wo want the buf-
falo safe and we want to prepare for
the introduction of other game."
Matrimonial Matters.
Tho fallowing couples wore united
in marriage today by Judge Phelps
at 'the court house:
R. S. Blair of Calumet and Miss
Rena Bowers of Okarche.
Louts Wondorff and Miss Allie Cur-
lisle, both of Oaliimot.
Cbas. II. Petreo and Miss Grace M.
Crowley of Union City.
Tbo groom ol' the latter pair said
ho "didn't wan it anyone to know it,”
ho our roadenj will confer a favor
upon Mr. Petree and bridge by not
this Ignominious course would leave (raying anything about It.
NOTICE TO THE 1*1 III,1C
We, the undersigned farmers of
Canadian County, living sou'th and
east of the City of El Reno, hereby
give notice that we will prosecute
any person who shoots on or across
our farms.
K. E. Doorsma.
it. W. Knott.
A. I. Ilealmear.
John Worthington.
S. Christy.
Charles Peterson.
F. A. White.
C. W. Wilhite.
.1. A. Stinson.
Charles Worthington.
W. Paddock.
P. N. Penuebakcr.
R. Worthington.
J. J. Feyh.
A. M. Adee.
F. Butler.
J. E. Lines.
T. M. Cooksey.
R. P. Clfors.
William Mohan.
W. R. Hearing.
C. F. Hull.
G. W. I-hIvvsoii
R. K. Parks.
H. Troxel.
D. S. Rldonoui
A. J. Smith.
1). W. Haywood.
R. li. La Force.
J. A. Williams.
Glen Williams.
Dennis Hodges
II. Walker.
Joseph Lyons.
M. L. Brown.
F. M. Bohn.
C. E. Snow.
C. II. Kochonbacb
Karl Bornemann.
A k
Still la 1 c
Cali- *25
fornia
From all points in Okla-homa.
Daily to October 31. 1907.
Through Chair Care and Pullman Tourist Sleepers.
Stopovers at Williams for Grand Canyon i
Aon Fork for Prescott and Phoenin
and at many other points.
Block Signals. Harvey Meals.
.ins ran
• TOUN1ST LCAVLtT
.ns a*r saAauiN.vALtcT.
R. J. Kennedy, Paaeenger Agent,
Top«kt, Kanian
While the buys learn foot hall the
girls learn bookkeeping and vlien
the boys wonder why so many women
are in accounting rooms.
---o---
THRILLING
EXPERIENCE
AUSTIN IN STEAMER ON KIRK AT
SEA
DESPERATE FIGHT WITH FIRE
Panic Prevented h.v I’coiupt and Vig-
orous Action of Rent's
' Mficcrs.
New York, Oct. 11.—The Aus-
trian st amer Giulia, which arrived
today from Thireste with 763 passen-
gers, had a narrow escape from des-
truction by fire In mid-ocean during
a violent storm on October 3. The
crew fought the tlanies all day be-
fore they were extlnquUitted, while
the panic stricken passengers prayed
for help.
The Giulia left Thrieste Septem-
ber 14, calling at Patras and Amnri-
ca. After passing Glbralter. Septem-
ber 3D, 'the steamer encountered
stormy weather with heavy seas. At
daylight on the morning of October
3, while about 700 miles west of the
Azore islands one of the crew discov-
ered fire in the cargo at the bottom of
No. 3 hold. The wind was blowing
blowing violently from the south-
west and the Giulia was laboring
heavily. Captain Cherubini ordered
part of the cargo broken out and
wilier was -turned into the hold, but
the fire stubbornly resisted the ef-
forts of the crew. In the meantime
the passengers, of whom there were
twenty-seven in the cabin and 736 in
tho steerage, learned of the danger.
Many of them fell on their knees in
prayer, whil * others Ibeeame hyster-
ical, adding to the cares of tho har-
rassed officers and crew when every
effort was necessary to save Hie ship
ami tier big company. The ship’s
boats were prepared to meet any
emergency, but after ihe bold had
been Hooded and part of llie cargo
thrown overboard the lire was ex-
tinquiished about three o'clock in the
afternoon.
At the moment when the condi-
tion of the Giulia was most desper-
ate and the energy of every man was
required to light the. lire, several of
the crew abandoned their posts and
began lo lower one of the ship's
boats. The firm officer headed off tho
little panic by threatening to shoot
the Urst man to start to lower a
boat. The men returned Ho their
work, in which many of the men in
the steerage were compelled to as-
sist.
Cardinal
Gibbons on
latlMir
From Putnam's Monthly.
Organized -terests of .lie community, should be
given the opportunity Co perform it,
and to have the same protection
from the authorities which is ex-
Labor has its sacred rights as well : tended to any peaceful citizen, no
as its dignity. Paramount among matter how powerful or Influential
the rights of the laboring classes may be Ithe person or society which
Is their privilege to organize, or to opposes him.
form themselves into societies for
their mutual protection and benefit.
I take it for granited that all
unions and other societies of Amer-
II. is in accordance with natural icau laboring m n are disiiosed to
right LhaJ; th’nao who have one com-
mon interest should unite together
fjr its promotion, writes Cardinal
Gibbons In the October Putnam's
Monthly.
array themselves on the side of peace
and order and are strongly opposed
lo violations of the law as other cit-
izens. Hence they should exert,
their influence to see ithat the laws
Throughout the United States and are upheld if 'they would maintain
Great llritain there is today a con-
tinuous network of syndicates and
trusts, of companies and partner-
ships, so than every operation from
the construction of a leviathan
steamship to tiro manufacture of a
needle is controlled by a corporation.
When corporations thus combine, it
is quite natural that mechanics and
file respect with which hey are re-
garded by their fellows. It is not
only a question of patriotism, but of
self-interest which deeply concerns
them.
I am persuaded that 'the system of
boycotting by which members of la-
bor unions are instructed no' to pat-
ronize certain obnoxious business
laborers should follow their evample | houses, is not obily disapproved by an
I't would lie unjust to deny the work-1 impartial public- sentiment, but that
ingman the right to band together, j it does not commend itself to the
because ol the abuses incident to more thoughtful and conseivauive
WINTER DAIRYING
A great number of farmers are be-
ing interested in winter dairying.
They find that they get better prices
for milk and butter during the win-
ter than during the summer months.
They have more time in winter to de-
vote to strioUy dairy work. The cal-
vc« may be brought along to the
best advantage during the wittier
months, and they are realdy to make
good use of the young grass when It
comes on In the spring. Such dairy-
men allow the herd and calves to
take care of themselves 'to a certain
extent during the spring seeding and
summer harvest, when their atten-
tion is fully occupied with growing
crops. It is another way of spread-
ing the work of the farm through-
out the entire year—Stats Capital.
such combinations as to withhold
the same right from capitalists, Ibe-
oause 'they sometimes unwarrantably
seek to crush or absorb weaker riv-
als.
God forbid that tho prerogative
which I am maintaining for work-
ing classes should be construed as
implying the slightest Invasion of the
rights ami autonomy of employers
There should not, and need not, be
any conflict between capital and la-
bor, since both are necessary for
the public good, and the one de-
pends on the co-operation of the oth-
er. A contest between the employer
and the employed is as unreasonable
and as hurtful to the social body as
a war between the bead and the
hands would be to the physical body.
Whoever strives to improve the
friendly relmtiDons between 'the pro-
prietors and the labor unions, by
suggesting the most effectual means
of diminishing and even removing
the causes of discontent, is a (bene-
factor to the community. With this
sole end in view I venture to touch
this most, delicate subject, and if
these lines contribute to some small
measure to strengthen tho bond of
union between the enterprising men
of capital and the sons of toil, I
shall lx- amply rewarded.
But if labor organizations have
rights to be vindicated and griev-
ances to lie redressed, it is manifest
that they have also sacred obliga-
tions to be fulfilled and dangers 'to
guard against. As these socities are
composed of members very formi-
dable In numbers, varied 1n charac-
ter, temperament, and nationality,
they are, in the nature of 'things,
more umwieldly, more difficult to
manage, mure liable to disintegra-
tion than corporations or capital-
ists, and they have need of leaders
possessed of great firmness, taot and
superior executive ability, who will
ncmestly aim at consulting the wel-
fare of the society they represent,
without infringing on the rlghlts of
their employers. They should exer-
cise unceasing vigilance In securing
their body from control of designing
demagogues, who would make it sub-
servient to their own selfish ends, or
convert It Into a political engine.
We must guard against any word
or act that is contrary (to the law.
Every American citizen has the
right lo be protected In bis efforts
to earn an honest livelihood. No
man or romlbinatkm of men should
have p.*wcr ito prevent him from
following his vocation oven by In-
oimidatiun, for he may have not
only bdmaelf, buit a wife and child-
ren for whom to provide. It Is my
opinion that the honest laborer who
is willing to work which is proper
and in nip way conflicts with the In
portion of the guilds themselves.
Every man is free indeed to seledi
the establishment with which In-
wishes to deal, and in purchasing
from one in preference to another,
he (is not violating justice. But tho
case is altered when by a mandalto of
the society he is debarred from
buying from a particular Arm. Such
a prohibition assails the liberty of
the purchaser, and the rights of the
seller, and is an unwarrantable in-
vasion of the commercial privilege
guaranteed by the government to
business concerns. It such a social
ostracism were generally In vogue, a
process of retaliation would natural-
ly follow the current of mercantile
intercourse would be checked, every
center of population would be divid-
ed into hostile camps, and the good
tooting which ought to prevail In ev-
ery community would be seriously
impaired. "Live and let live” is n
wise maxim, dictated alike by the
law of trade and by OhrialUan chari-
ty.
Experience has showu that strikes
are drastic, and at (the very best a
questionable remedy for the redress
of the laborer's grievances. They
paralyze Industry, they often foment
fierce passions, and lead 'to destruc-
tion of property; and above all they
result in inflicting grievances on
the laborer himself by keeping him
ill enforced idleness, during which
time his mind is clouded by discon-
tent while brooding over his situa-
tion and his family not infrequently
suffer from want of 'the nesessaries
of life. The loss inflicted 'by strikes
ow the employers is not much more
than half as great as that which is
sustained by the employed, who tan.'
much lesB afford to bear i't. It|*ould
be a vast stride in the Interests of
peace, and of the laboring classes, if
the policy of arbitration which is
now gaining favor for the settlement
of lnterna/tional quarrels, were also
availed of for the adjustment of dis-
putes between capital and labor.
Many blessings would result from
the adoption of this method; for,
while strikes, os the name implies,
are aggressive and destructive, arbi-
tration Is concllatorv and construc-
tive. The result in the former case
is determined by the weight of tiho
purse, in the latter by the weight ol
the argument.
The work on the old (theatre build
log, which is being converted Into a
modern office building for tho Rote
Island legal department, Is now nea’
(ng completion.
Carl Whitlock of this city and
Miss Nora Mae Burkey of Niles,
were issued a marriage license yet
terday.
Don t Starve
Your Hair
what do you think your doctor mId
say about loading your hair with Aytr’t
Hair Vigor, tbo now UndP Ho knows
foods
that it foods, nourishes, strengthens.
The hair etopofaUiag out, grows moH
rapidly, and all dandruff disappears. ■
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