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    su..o««D.il,NC ., Voi.,s(i).c , "'?) SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TITRSDAY, OCTOBER 22 1912   
, MEXICANS ARE
COURTEOUS WITH
THEIR ENEMIES
tfKDKRAL ANI) REBEL UEXERAXS
EXCHANGE POLITE
NOTES.
TO CRUZ DEMANDED
Suggestion That Force May
Used, Met With Like
Response.
lie
MURDER AXD SUICIDE
IX A CROWDED CAFE.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Oct. 22.—Mrs. Anna
O'Donald was ttabbed to death by
Leonard Morreale in a downtown
cafe last night while Che room was
crowded with diners. Morreale then
plunged a knife into his cwn heart
and fell dead.
TURKS FLEE, THE
CREEKS PURSUE
LEAVE PARAPHERNALIA
FLIGHT FROM TOWN OK
ELAHONA.
By Associated Press.
Vera Cruz, Oct. 22.—A demand for
the surrender of this city was sent
^esterday by General BeP.ram, com-
■ ander of the federal troops. The
letter was brought to the rebel lines
ty Captain Limon, and was couched
1  the most polite terms, concluding
with an Intimation that if the rebels
did not surrender, duty would ob'ige
ttu federal commander to use force.
General Diaz replied thanking Bel-
ti'fm and eafd he was sorry, but his
situation would compel him to offer
A forcible defense.
ATTACK EXPECTED.
B/ Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 22.—Private dis-
patches from Juan Sanchez Azcona,
Becretary to President Madero, says
a combined attack by land and naval
B'orcea take Vera Cruz is expected
moment
By Associated Press.
1 Athens, Oct. 22.—The Turkish
army is fleeing in panic from Dlei-
kata on their way to the Turkish
town of Servia in the north. The
Greeks are pursuing them
ously.
When the Turks precipitately aban-
doned the town of Elasona, It Is
said they left behind them staff
maps and a million cartridges and
also dropped during their retreat
much of their clothing and engineer-
ing implements
BIG GAIN MADE
SINCE 1902 IN
(J.S. POPULATION
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW
INCREASE OF TWENTY PUS
CENT IN TEN YEARS.
* THE WEATHER.
NUMBBR CI.
GENERAL REPORT HADE
Deposits in Savings Banks Doubled
in Same Period—Loans Greater
Than Ever.
SHAWNEE'S EXPANDING
JURY TO IN-
VESTIGATE JOHNSON
3y Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 22.—The federal
rand jury began an investigation of
be charges that Jack Johnson, the
pugilist, violated tie Mann
sw In his relations with Luclla
ameron. Mrs. Cameron Falconet, of
•inneapolis, the girl's mother, and
■uclle, who had been held in the
■ockford Jail, were among the wit
Hes.;es.
y Associated Press.
Kansas City, Oct. 22.—Jack John-
in, the negro pugilist, will not be
lowed to appear on the vaudeville
Bge In Kansas City because of his
irtf in the alleged abduction of
Jclle Cameron, the white girl, de-
Mayor Jost
■i
Washington, Oct 22-The progress
r>t the United States in population,
I roductlon, commerce and finance is
I ictured in a publication entitled
vigor-1 ' Statistical Record of the Progress
of the United States. 1800-1912," Just
issued by the division of statistics of
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. The figures which it
I resents, while enabling a compar-
ison of present conditions with those
ar almost any earlier date during
'J e period named, are especially in-
teresting when present conditions
are compared with those of a decade
ago, 1902. Population has Increased
Dlldllirpp rilTI'nnnmr-n I 2,'noer Cent tlle period in Question,
ijUMNtSS ENTERPRISES i lt h t ?d 1his forras a conven
u lent basis for determining the rela-
tive growth In certain of the other
conditions pictured by the publica-
tion above mentioned. The figures
show, for example, that money In
circulation has grown from $2,249,-
390,561 In 1902 to $3,276,786 C13 in
1912, an increase of 46 per cent,
v aile the population Increased 20
per cent. The loans and discounts
of national banks have grown from
?3,221,859.631 in 1902 to $5,953 904,432
in 1912, an increase of 85 per cent
during the ten-year period. The de-
posits in savings banks have grown
from $2,650,104,486 in 1902 to $4,212 -
583,599 in 1911, the latest year" for
which figures are available, an In-
crease of 60 per cent In nine years.
Imports of merchandise into the
country have grown from $903,320,948
in 1901 to $1,653,264,934 in the fiscal
Jear Just ended, an increase of 83
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, I<a.t Oct. 22. —
Oklahoma; Tonight, fair;
frost. Wednesday, fair and
warmer.
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DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY PLATFORM.
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GROWTH OF THE FURNITURE
TRADE IN VOLUME AND
QUALITY.
Perhaps no other line of business
proves more conclusively Sh.iwnee's
steady advance as a retail distribut-
ing center than the furniture and
house furnishing enterprises that
flourish and prosper here. At the
head of the several well-known fur-
Mture Souses in this city stands the
I'Ongmire-Draper Company, which
through years of fair dealing, careful
buying and enterprising management
h.is become one of the largest retail
distributing agencies in its line In
the state.
This firm ihas reduced the house
furnishing business to a science in
"As the platform of the
Democracy of Pottawatomie
County, we adopt all those
cardinal and fundamental
principles so clearly and
fairly enunciated In the na-
tional platform adopted by
the Democratic party at Its
recent session at Baltimore.
The progressive spirit of that
foody and of that platform,
we welcome as a return to
the original fundamental
TROUBLE STARTS
OVER ESTATE OF
SAM BAILEY
TWO SUITS AUK BEGUN, ONE TO
BREAK WILL AND OTIIFR TO
REMOTE A Mil IMST|(\TOR.
AUN1S WANT A SHARE
•^nd Woman Claims to be Widow of
the Real Sherman .Spencer, the
Beneficiary.
Samuel
The litigation over the
Bailey estate has begun.
Two cases have already been
started, one of which seeks to break
the will, secure « portion of the es-
 • te for the sisters of Mr. Bailey's
principles of Jeffereon and 4 radminlstraTor^8^^ !° r°m°VP 'he
Jacuson and most beneficial * ' troug t bv Mr* Sh a"°r """
to our party and nation. * c!tlmin' Z lfc bbe''man S encer'
"T :at we endorse with | i £££? l.n ^ °' lhe r<""
Pleasure the wise selection of * ' as his sole heir" nam6<1 *
that great and eminent I Tll„ , ,
statesman, Woodrow Wilson, * H ,)rou*ht by the aunts of
for president, and Thomas' 4- 1, 16 ,, maD ,p bascd "P°n th« al-
Marshall for vice nresiH„„t ''g " ,hjt ,he testator was not
T °= petent at the time he drew mis
1 "Ui' but "nder the Influence
J " noxious drugs.
J | Mrs. .Sherman Spencer alleges in
or ease that Sherman Spencer,
nepkew of Samuel Bailey, died at
Torreon. Old Mexico, four days after
the death of Samuel Bailey, and tha-
she is his sole heir.
Sierman Spencer
DEFENSE RESTS
IN BECKER TBIAlk
By Assoclaled Press.
New lork. Oct. 22.—Tho defense
In tho trial 0r Police Lieutenant
Cbas. Becker, charged with murJcr-
:;ig Herman Rosenthal, the gumbler,
rested Its caso a few moments after
noon without calling Becker to the
stand.
HEAVY STORM
EAST OE SHAWNEE
TUESDAY NIGHT
— 
trainmen Report much rain
and wind at mcalester
ani) elsewhere.
Marshall for vice president.
We ratify with pride the
nomination made on August
6th for state, county and
municipal offices.
"We hereby pledge -to the
people of Pottawatomie
county, that the nominees of
our party for county offices
will give to the people a
safe, sane, conservative ef-
. •<••• , .«utr conservative ef- apencer of Wisconsin,
-J* flcient and honest adminis- .J< 1 c almant of the estate, has been in
+ tratinn „r —... Shawnee for the past two weeks.
^ jbw visit here 11 years ago is said
Hock Island trainmen report
heavy storms, with much rain and
wind east of Shawnee last night.
The storm was especially heavy
about McAlester and the rain area
extended as far west as Earlsboro.
At McAlester consllerablo damag"
vas done by tho wind, the fronts
of several store rooms being blown
In and other minor damage done.
WELL KNOWN' OUNG
PEOPLE WED SUNDAY
HtANK I). KELLER ANI) MI.SS
PEARL HEAL UNITED IN
MARRIAGE.
TRAIN ¥ ,m
FRI'f ,,ATED BV
/ .iERt CHANCE
NEIGHBOR HEARD NOISE ON
TRACK AND MADE 1NVESTIGA-
TION THAT SAVED SMASH.
TWO OOYS ARRESTED
Admitted That They Sought to "Get
Etch" With the Rock Isl.md
For Fancied Wrong.
the matter of economy and elevated per ce„f while . 'nCr"aSe
it to an art in the    P Cen,• whIle lmI,orts free of
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IS IT ACCIDENT
OR MURDEROUS DESIGN?
Associated Press.
lallna. Oct. 22.—Mrs. W. R. Cox,
> was found unconscious yester-
, admitted that she had been shot
Mrs. Carl Ward, who committed
:lde. She sa^-s the shot was prob-
r fired accidentally.
suits for the boys, $1.50 to
' Knickerbocker pants, full
50c to $1.00, all
CAS.
wool, THE
22-2t
Don Sel) Your
Feedl
"^HIS Bank is able
, and willing t o
furnish money
o any good farmer to
>uy jwung stock to
onsume his surplus
;ed.
It is good business
>r us and the farmer
ioV He will realize
more out of his
ed stuff, and we will
iin a good friend.
If yo*i have more feed than
ur stock will consume come
*nd talk the matter over
th us.
Security
State Dank
it to an art in the matter of har-
monious decoration and equipment.
1 hey furnluh complete eevry home
from a cottage to a mansion witf. the
ityle and quality of goods that makes
every room from the kitchen to the
parlor and from the cellar to the
garret a triumph In its tasteful har-
mony.
The Longmlre-Draper Company
r. as founded here the day the first
railroad train entered Shawnee on
July 4th, 1895, wihen John Draper
arrived with a stock of furniture and
undertaker's supplies from the then
Overgrown village of Oklahoma City
From that day to this the enter-
prise -.hen established has grown
steadily in magnitude and impor-
tance and with the acquisition to
< ur business community of W. M.
Longmire and W. C. Chisum, who be-
came the chief factors In the com-
pany's larger growth, the firm has
become one of the pillars In Shaw-
nee's commercial structure.
Occupying its own handsome three
story and basement building on
Main street which !s filled with a
choice and well-bought stock of
home and office furniture, carpets,
ruga and the myriad of modern ne-
cessities and creature comforts for
the home, this firm looks forward
cinfidently and optimistically to the
new ern of better and brighter times
that Is dawning for Shawnee and all
of Oklahoma.
The firm of Longmlre-Draper has
ftvways been known for Its progres-
slveness and public spirit Its mem-
tvrs bear a willing part in every ac-
tivity for the betterment and growth
of Shawnee and in the management
their business enterprise they
keep pace wiKi every modern ad-
nee and improvement in their
line.
Undertaking Pnrolrs.
They have lent the best efforts o(
their business ability to tho arrange-
ment 9nd furnishing of an under-
taking department complete in every
detail. To a line of burial goods
that fills every want and covers
every detail In the necesearr cere-
r.ionies that etiubles the aifilited and
nourning relatives and fri nds to
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  duty
grew from $396,818,871 In 1902 to
$881,670,830 in 1912, an Increase of
122 per cent. Imports or crude ma-
terials for use in manufacturing
have grown from $303,001,868 in
1902 to $55,986,044 In 1912, an In-
crease of 83 per cent, and thosj of
manufacturers for further use In
Manufacturing from $147,656,292 to
$293,739,134, an Increase of practical-
ly 100 per cent; while Imports of
manufactures ready for consumption
advanced from $231,420,820 to $360,-
018,960, an increase of 56 per cent.
Exports of domestic merchandise
during the decade have increased
from $1,355,481,861 In 1902 to $2,170,-
319,828 in 1912, a growth of 60 per
cent, while exports of manufactures
(including in this term both those
ready for consumption and those for
further use In manufacturing) in-
creased from $453,864,851. to $1,020,-
437,687, an Increase of 125 per cent.
Imports from Europe, which in
1902 formed 52.6 per cent of the
total, formed In 1912 but 49.6 per
cent; while those from North Amer-
ica increased from 16.7 per cent of
the total to 20.2. Those from South
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tration of county affairs, in
the ensuing two years, and
tfhe lowering of taxation.
"We'hereby pledge our party
to all such policies as will
eliminate unnecessary ex-
pense and the elimination of
all unnecessary offices In the
state, county and municipal
affairs and commend our rep-
resentatives atid other of-
ficers to policies or strictest
economy.
"To the approval ot these
principles and the triumph
of progressive democracy in
nation, state and county, wo
your committee, pledge our
support"
("Unanimously adopted at
Democratic County Conven-
tion on August 24, 1912 at
Tecumseh, Okla.")
*|U te remembered by a number of
•j. j pefsons whom he met then.
•s* !, 0ne °r the attorneys In the case
2d the remaini of the deceased
*! i'"otograpied In the Fleming and
^ I-rown morgue last night
Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock at
the home of S. D. Heal, east of
Shawnee, Frank D. Keller of this
city was united in marriage to Miss
Pearl Heal. Rev. J. M. Clark, paotor
of the Central Presbyterian church,
ofHclated. Only the two families and
(he Immediate friends were present.
Following the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Kaller took the 9:15 train for
Ily a mere chance the Rock Island
was saved from a disastrous wreck
at the top of the Earlsboro hill last
Thursday night,
Jim Culll8on, who lives in the
neighborhood, heard a commotion on
the track about 6 o'clock Thursday
evening. He investigated, and round
bound to a rail with heavy wire a
brake beam with shoes attached, and
1) ing upon the rails about COO spikes.
1 he brake beam was removed with
the greatest difficult}, taking more
than half an hour's work.
1 he facts of the attempted wreck
vcre suppressed while the matter
as being lnve5tlgated, and Monday
Special Officer Pony Moore of the
Rock Island went to Earlsboro and
arrested Wylio Beasly, aged 14, and
Willis Curley, aged 19. m company
with Deputy Sherift Bob Sparkman
he brought the boys betore Justice
of the Peace Hal Johnson, where
they freely admitted their guilt
" he younger boj was turned over to
the Juvenile court, and the other
held to the grand Jury, upon their
waiving preliminary.
It was learned at Earlsboro that
the boys were mad at tho railroad
! because they had been put ofr trains
Dallas and other Texas points. . uecauae tney had been put
ter of r ° H J"" "ha,rmlng ""ugh- by Krakemen. and had told a youn*
.. D, Heal, who Is exceedingly fiend that they were going to get
•I* OKLAHOMA WOMAN L a.mong a 'arK° clrc'e of ten. "You'll see the d- est
t! TALKS <;F «F(I(M HOMES." Ketlerof 4™' ^ °' ^ 11 th° top of thc *' ' ever
4*1 -   ) • launeo, and Is connected | did sen," thny told him. This and
Dy Associated Press. ! )V". th° C,ark & Ke,lor teed store.'other circumstances led to their
•M Lethbridge, Alberta, Oct 22-The Lnt ♦ V""* man ma*r excel-, arrest.
t "rrr i>ry Farm,ne a„Kniiibv:,tral#,:,'i,y-!. Y°un* gun*
v cot down to hard work today The |  _ " aciualntance. in tho superior court and was sen-
•j. | f* atnre of the program of tho second S0 wr,y .rBIJIT hy •",dB0 Abe™«thy to serve
| arr r 4
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•I* | Homes."
ere over-    _
lscn.encoTtLTfL!.anuPrOCe0d,!d thl.'sectlon of tte
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ROOSEVELT ONCE
ME AT HOME AT
SAGAMORE HILL
ARRIVED THIS MOii\|.\o WITH
OUT INCIDENT—WALKED
ASSISTED FROM CAR.
Uncle Sam is very
carelui ;n choosing his
depositories, thai Is lhe
reason why
The State
National Bank
Shawnee, Okla.
is tho only United Rtntes
Depository in Pol la-
wan inie County.
By Associated Press.
Syossett, L. I.. Oct. 22,-Col. Roose-
velt and his party arrived at nine
thirty this morning. This place Is
four miles south ot Oyster Bay. The
train wa3 routed here to avoid the
crowd. Only a handful of persons
were oa hand when the Colouci
stepped from his car and walked un
assisted to an automobile. He was
ili'li.611 lmmediately 10 Sagamore j
ROOSEVELT TO REST
FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
By Associated Press.
Oyster Bay, Oct. 22,-A week of
absolute rest v.ill put Roosevelt in
(he best of conaition, said his physi-
cians. At the end of time mentioned
he will be able to resume the cam-
paign work.
PRATEU AND SONG SERVICE.
Wednesday night, being the last
prayer meeting for this conference
year, I de.lre to meet every memuci
the church and congregation. 1
greatly appreciate the loyalty and
si.pport you have given me in help-
s' g to make o, r midweek services
emong the best in the city. Come
L. WALTER NINE,
Pa# tor.
.STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Shawnee National Bank
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
A. Made to the Comptroller of the Currency at ihe Cose „f
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, Ma.
RESOURCES
1 lme Loans and Discounts ..
U. 8. Bonds, at par      .I48MWJI
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures!  W.W'UM)
Stocks and Secirlties (County Warrwti)  
Ueinand Loans     i "•  20,118.68
Cash on Hand and In Other Bauks ...   24«!il!! A
•  —
Totai     —
  
eiabilhi£.S
Capital and Surplus  
I'ndlvlded Profits  |)'M),(l(M).0(|
Circulating Notet  "" ••... l,44!).t)il
Deposits  *  #l)^D7.oO
  .JD,M48.ll
Toul    
The above statement is correct   * ««,;dimim
Atteet: J. M AVDRUr.TE, JN°' W' J0NES- Cashier.
S. C. VINSON. ' Director.
H. T. DOUGLAS.
T'iIs bank oifers superior serves tn i>.
directors are thoroughly familiar wtfh h "nJ
(his section of the cou.try having 6 '""1 re<J"lre,uul|w "(
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ut.lfoim eourJesy aZ.r ; ' " — cy. and thc
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