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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
Exclusive Associated Press Report. Largest Circuit jHon In This Section ol Oklahoma
Shawnee Dally Herald, Vol, 16/Con olldated\
Shawnee Daily New*. Vol, i6VDcc i 1911/
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913.
NUMBER 108.
ANXIETY
AMERICANS AT
GUAYMAS CITY
j'F.AR THE FEDERAL GUNBOAT
WILL SHELL THE
TOWS.
By Associated Press.
Guaymas, Sonora, March 6—Grave
anxiety among three hundred fifty
Americans here is aroused by re-
ports the federal government of
Mexico is to send the gunboat Guer-
rero to shell the town. Urgent rep-
resentations are being made to de-
tain here the American cruiser
Colorado which is scheduled tf
leave Friday.
PEACHES ARE SAFE.
Perry Kiser this afternoon brought
to News-Herald some sprays from
peach trees in the 75 acre four
years old orchard, showing that
the buds are in perfect condition,
and if there is no more severe
weather, a large crot> is assured
Mr. Riser's orchard is three miles
north and nine west of Shawnee.
GREEKS CAPTURE
32,090 TURKS AT
JANINA FORTRESS
VETOES
BILL "REFLECTION
ON INTEGRITY"
AB1 Afi CHIEFS MY HO/MGE
•!* * * •!• * + .{. -!-
TO THE LIACOLA AEAORMLt
I'ltOi'OSEII I,AAV W0ll.lt It I
HOVE APPOINTMENT OF
WARDEN FROM HIM.
Carrnnza Active.
By Associated l'ress.
Washington, D. C., March 6—C
ranza, who was reported to be
tempting to extort money from
eigners at Cuidad, Porfirio Diaz
now seized the Mexican cus
house, and is selling - inercha
destined to the interior of N i
at less than' half price.
M'MECHAN BILL
FINALLY ADOPTED:
BY THE SENATE
PROVIDES FOR ACCEPTANCE OK
OKLAHOMA CITY'S OFFER OF
LAND.
Oklahoma City, March 6.—The
McMechan resolution authorizing
the legislature to accept the 650
acres of land and $100,000 in cash
given by the people of Oklahoma
City for the location and erection
of a staie capitol building in ful-
fillment of its promise to the state
was passed finally by the senate
Wednesday afternoon by a vote of
23 to 15.
The resolution was turned over
to the engrossing department with
the request that it be transmitted
to the house at the earliest possible
date so that body may have ample
time to act upon it before the end
of the regular session. Immediate
action on the part of the house is
considered certain in view of the
fact that Governor Cruce has re-
quested that the capitol matter be
cleared from the calendar of both
branches of the legislature before
issuing the call for the extra ses-
sion.
The senators who voted for the
adoption of the resolution are:
Austin, Aycock, Barefoot, Blassin-
game, Carpenter, Curran, Dutton,
Echols, Fields, Franklin, Graham
Harlin, Horton, Kendrick, McClintic,
McMechan, Shaw, Sutherlin, Thom-
as, Tucker, Warner, \yatrous and
Waters.
Those voting against the resolu-
tion were: Anderson, Board. Bur-
lord, Edmonson, Garrett, Jones, Mc-
Alister, McCully, Memminger, Rod-
die, Russell, Sorrell's Thompson,
Vandeventer and Wilson.
Wilson Aifiiinst.
Much to the surprise to everyone,
Senator Ben Wilson, one of the two
senators from the Oklahoma county
district, voted against the res > u-
tion.
Senator Burford closed the argu-
ment against the resolution in
powerful speech He declared that
the threat that Oklahoma City
would take down the cash offered
unless the McMechan resolution was
adopted was only a bluff.
"Not a dollar would be -n
down," he said. "Not a dollar of
it belongs to the Capitol Building
company. The money will be put
up by the people of Oklahoma Ci.y
by voting bonds. The idea of the
McMechan resolution is to require
the state to furnish the fin*-ices,
do the work, and create the value,
all of which the signers of the bond
agreed to do two years ago.
"After the people have taken the
burden of the capitol building off
the buildings company's hands,
11embers of that company will sell
their own choice property in com-
petition with the state. My amend-
ment only gives the Capitol Build-
ing company five years to do what
rhey said they were unable to do
on account of hard. times."
THE TURKISH CRI'ISEK SINK
TRANSPORTS WITH SERVIAN
TROOPS.
Associated Press.
thens, March 6.- The Turkish
ress" at Janina was captured by
aeks commanded by General
uzo. Thirty-two thousand Turk
h prisoners were taken, compris
lg the whole ordinary garrison and
nany refugees from Sastri and oth
er places.
A Turkish cruiser sunk three
Greek Transports loaded with S?r
vian troops An the way to Scutaria,
according to a Constantinople die
patch.
THE SOUTHWEST
TRAIL TELLS OF
-POTATO RAISING
M. COTTRELL PUBLISHES IN-
FORMATION (iLEANEI) ON
VISIT HERE RECENTLY
H. M. Cottrell, agricultural com
missioner of the Rock Island and
editor of The Southwest Trail, the
official publication of his depart
ment, in the current issue writes
interestingly of Shawnee as a po-
tato market. The information upon
which the article is based was
gleaned by Mr. Cottrell at the time
lie was here with the kafir corn
special. The article is as follows:
Five years ago Shawnee, Okla.,
ranked with the great early Irish
potato centers of the United States
today it is making strenuous ef-
forts to regain a prestige which re-
sulted from an annual shipment of
about 1,000 cars and which, because
of unfortunate market conditions
and a still smore unfortunate method
of using home grown cull Beed, has
dwindled to a few cars. In 1908
about 5,000 acres were planted to
early potatoes: in 1912 less than
1.000 acres was the total for Shaw-
nee—a district unsurpassed for
growing the tubers and having ex-
ceptionally fertile alluvial soil along
the North Canadian river bottoms.
The writer visited Shawnee early
in January and interviewed bank-
ers, farmers, members of the Cham-
ber of Commerce and real estate
men and gathered sundry and di-
verse opinions on the decline of a
great industry, which had not been
wholly accounted for. The con-
sensus of opinions was aB follows:
Shawnee has the soil and the
climate tobe a leading potato
country.
It has the railroad facilities
to haul large crops quickly / to
northern and eastern centers.
Shawnee potatoes mature
about June 1 to June 10, at
a time when the Louisiana po-
tatoes are all well of the mar-
ket and fully two weeks ahead
of the Kaw valley shipments.
Shawnee early Irish potatoes
yield an average of about 150
bushels on bottom land and
100 bushels on upland in good
seasons.
Thus it will be seen that Shaw-
nee has all the qualifiactions to
continue as an important potato
center and only needs a correction
of previous unprofitable methods
which have practically ruined a
once great industry and which
brought fortune to many growers.
Records show that last year the
price offered by Shawnee buyers
was not sufficient to warrant the
digging of the tubers and large
tands were left tO| rot in the
ground. The year previous grow-
ls
(CONTINUKD ON PAXJE THREE)
Oklahoma City, March G.—Senate
bill No. 305, proposed to take aw
from the governor the power to ap
point the warden of the penitentiary
arMcAlester and vest this authorlt
in a board composed of the chief
executive, the attorney general and
the president of the board of agri
culture, met its expected fate We
needay when it was returned to the
upper house unsigned. The veto
came as no surprise although
bill has been on the governor
desk since Saturday. Had ther-
been further delay, however, in th
governor's action the measure wou
have become a law Thursday
result of the statute of limitation
in such legislative procedure
That the effect of such an act
would be to legislate Warden
W. Dick out of office and cast th
imputation upon the governor th;
he is incapable of discharging his
sworn duty in making appointments
is the substance of a brief message
which accompanied the disapproved
bill. "Under ordinary conditions,
declares Governor Cruce in this mes
sage, "I would be glad to approv
bill that would transfer from the
governor to other officers the
sponsibility of making appointments
to office, but under the peculia
conditions that exist in this instance
I must decline to give my
proval."
The bill was introduced by Sen
ator Redwine and was charged with
being a means of getting rid of
Warden Dick. Two of the proposed
members of the board of prison
control under the measure, it
said, are hostile to the present war
den aand the measure provided
that the warden could be removed
at will at any time. The bill fur-
ther reduced the salary of the
warden from $3,600 to $2,500 a year
Explains His Veto.
In explaining his veto the gov
ernor said: "It is proposed by this
«ct to take from the governor of
the state the power which he now
holds under our laws to appoint
warden of the penitentiary at Me
Alester and confer this power upon
board of control of the penlten
tiary; which is composed of the
.overnor, the attorney general and
resident of the state board of ag
iculture.
"Under the present law, the board
f control of the penitentiary haw
nder its control also the reforma
tory located at Granite, Okla. The
warden of the Granite reformatory
s appointed by the governor of th
state. There can be no substantial
eason assigned for taking from
the governor the right to appoint a
arden of the penitentiary while
leaving in his hands the power to
ajpoint the warden* of the Granite
eformatory. Evidently if the gov
ernor has integrity and ability
enough to select a warden for the
ranite reformatory, he has ability
and integrity sufficient to select the
arden of the penitentiary at Mc
Alester. On the other hand, if the
governor is not competent to select
a proper warden for the peniten-
tiary at McAlester, he is not com
petent to select a proper warden
for the reformatory at Granite.
Inflection on Governor.
"Under the peculiar conditions
that exist with reference to the
warden of the ^penitentiary and the
charges that recently have been
preferred against him and are under
investigation by the legislature, this
bill can have but one construction
placed upon it by the people of the
state, and that is that it is Intended
direct reflection upon the in-
tegrity and ability of the governor.
I am sure that the author of the
bill and 1 am also certain that the
great number of friends of mine
that voted for the bill, Intended
no such reflection, but what I am
concerned about is not what was in-
tended so much as what the result
will be."
In conclusion the governor says:
"I cannot control the legislature in
its acts, nor shall I attempt to pre-
vent any sort of legislation that
t may think proper to pass, and if
in the passage of Jaws it enacts
measures that* may be interpreted
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THE WEATHER.
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By Associated Press
New Orleans, March t . -\-
Oklahoma: Fair and warm-
er. Friday, fair. ].
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MEETING CALLED
FOR DISCUSSION
OF COTTON PLAN
WILL BE HELD IN SHAWN Eli
MONDAY i vl.mm., KAftCH 10
BY PROF. WILSON.
are
Washington in reference to the In dian lands question. From left
right the men are Jose Antonio M ortinez of Accoma, N. M., and J.
Abeita of Isleta, N. M. The chiefta ins paid little attention to the paint
ed and sculptured likenesses of oth er great Americans while bein
gnltted through the capitol, but re moved their hats and gazed rever
ently at the various Lincoln memo rials.
UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR IS
OWN AVENGER
SHOT AND KILLED MAN WHO
VIOLATED HIS HOME AND
CONFESSES.
By Associated Press.
St. Paul, March 6.—Prof. Oscar
W. Olson of the University of Min-
nesota, has been arrested, charged
with shooting and killing Clyde N.
Darling. The police say that Olson
confessed he had deliberately shot
Darling, the result of the "unwrit-
ten law." Mrs. Olson and her four
year old daughter are visiting at
Montevideo, Minn.
PRESIDENT URGED
TO RESTRICT THE
SPECIAL SESSION
HOUSE LEADER)* WANT ONLY
TARIFF AND APPROPRIA
TIONS CONSIDERED.
SHYLOCK" BILL
PASSES HOUSE
NTENDEI)
SH WlhV
TO PUT THE "LOAN
orr of hisoess
IN STATE
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., March 6— Prcs
ident Wilson is strongly urged by
house leaders to use his Influence
for and agree u> a plan confining
congress at the special session • to
the enactment of tariff legislation
*nd the passage of the two appro*
prlatlon bills which failed in the
closing days of the last congress.
At the resumption of the Benate
caucus, the following senators were
named the steering committee which
makes tho democratic committet
assignments: Kern, Martin, Clarke
of Arkansas, Chamberlain, Owen,
O'Gorman, Smith of Georgia, Lea
and Thomas of Colorado.
Oklahoma City, March 6.—A house
11 Intended to put loan sharks ou
business was passed finally by
the house Wednesday afternoon.
he measure Is by Glasco and if
intended to apply only to those en
gaged In making loans on house-
hold goods or assignment of wager
Any person or company engaged
in th" class of business defined In
the act must secure a license. An.'
person loaning money at a greater
ate of Interest than IS per cent
guilty of extortion and subject
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Representative Vossburg offered an
amendment which was adopted,
making the Intent of the act more
plain. An amendment to reduce the
rate of interest which would con-
stitute extortion to an amount in
\cess of to per cent was defeated.
Late Wednesday afternoon the
omnibus bill making an appropria-
tion of more than 11,000,000 for the
maintenance of the state educa-
tional institutions was taken up for
final roll call under a call of the
house. Fifteen minutes debate was
allotted to each side, Representa-
es Honda of Rogers and Williams
speaking for the bill and Hill of
ittsburg, Plnkbam and Curtis
against it.
MORE ABOUT THE
FAMOUS THEFT
OF 41' '
P I' R S E CONTAIN ING V II E C K
FOUND IN CHICAGO—A HOAX,
DECLARES MILLS.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 6.—A purse con-
taining a check for forty-one thou-
sand dollars, on the Stato Bank,
of Elkhart, Ind., made payable to
"H. L. Stevens," and signed "Mrs.
Mabel Mills," was found on the side-
walk on North Carl street last night
by Win. Dibes, a saloon keeper.
At the Chicago bank where Mrs.
Mills transacts business, the signa-
ture to the check was pronounced
tpuriou6. The police have dismissed
the matter of finding the check as
a hoax.
the people as a reflection upon
he governor, I certainly should be
cused from joining in that reflec-
tion."
"Nonsense," Says Mills.
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, March 6.—"That Is
ibsolute • nonsense," said E. W.
Mills, husband of Mrs. \fabel Mills,
when Informed of the check found
in Chicago "Eltjier the report is
lased 011 false Information, or the
check is the work of a joker."
Mills arrived this morning from
San Antonio to care for his wife,
and found, her In a highly nervous
Mate. He says he will send her
home, then go to Chicago to clear
UD. the . matter.
The News-Herald has been asked
to publish a call for a meeting to
be held either at Convention Hal
or the Superior Court room Monday
evening, March 10, by Prof. Wilsoi
of Oklahoma City, for tho dlscus-
slon of the Southern States Cotton
Corporation cotton plan. The bank
trs and business men are especially
invited.
At a meeting held at Oklahoma
City in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms Tuesday morning, the follow
ing resolutions weer adopted by
representative farmers, business men
and bankers of 21 cotton growing
states:
Whereas, cotton is the chief pro-
duct of the pouth, upon which w<
must expect development; the mud
sill upon which every interest of
our "Fair South Land" must bt
built and maintained and
Whereas, the price to the pro
ducer for the last ten years has
been less than 10 cents, which is
less than cost of production, and
that it has been possible for our
producer to exist only because he
worked his wife and children, deny-
ing to them the chances for an edu
cation and the plain comforts of
life and
Whereas the continuance of this
plan of marketing will bring
illiterate citizenship, misery, squal-
or and paverty and
Whereas, the great business in-
terests of the south have suffered
as materially as has the producer
and
Whereas, a safe, sane, profltabl
plan has been devised through the
organization of the Southern States
Cotton Corporation, which, though
of recent origin, covers at this time
the territory producing more than
one-half of the entire output of the
cotton crop of the entire world
and by whieh plan the grower cer-
tificates and sells at 15c per pound
to this corporation his cotton,
Therefore, be it resolved, that wo
invite a careful and considerate
investigation of our plans by the
legislature of the State of Okla-
homa now in session and earnestly
pray them to announce to the peo-
ple their findings.
Be It further, that we urge and
.sist upon the merchants, farm-
rs, bankers and other business men
giving this plan (their hearty pp
proval.
Be it further resolved, that we
Invite the unalloyed support of
each and every Chamber of Com
merce and Commercial Club
throughout the entire south.
Be it further resolved, since to
great extent we are dependent
upon our bankers and loan and
trust companies for the utimate
success of this organlaztlon,
plead and insist upon their giving
us their unceasing co-operation, and
iS
IN FIRST MEETING
Of IIS CABINET
U'I'KUtS TO H AVE AIIMl MS-
TIHTIVI-: HIM>," SAV8 S!.( .
RETARV LANE.
ly Associated Press.
Washington, I). C„ March 6.—The
republican committee on committees
ppointed by Mr. Galllngar In tbo
senate caucus Is as follows: Lodge,
chairman; Warden, Nelson, Penrose,
Smoot, La Follette, Brundage,
Smith of Michigan, Crawford, James
and Fall.
Cabinet Meeting.
President Wilson had his first
regular meeting with the cabinet
today. The chief discussion was
of organization plans. It Is be-
lieved that Wilson through Bryan
will make no sweeping changes in
the foreign policy.
Wilson Meilest.
Afu r the meeting, Secretary Lane
said: ' What impressed me most
was the extreme modesty of tho
man at the head of the table. He
listened with consideration and de-
cided without hesitation. He seema
to have an administrative mind."
Mr. Lane had not met the president
before yesterday.
Atlee Remains.
Alva A. Adee, second assistant
seeretnry of state, who has been In
the department since eighteen sev-
enty-Beven, and Is known as the
'wheel horse" of the department,
will be retained by Secretary Bryan.
FROM THE MANGER
TO THE CROSS
KALEM CO.'S FIVE REEL I'RO-
DICTION OF JES18 Ol' NAZA-
RETH TO HE SHOWN IN
SHAWNEE.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.)
URGE MACK FOR
WSTRIAN POST WASTED FOR
THE FORMER NATIONAL
(HURMAN.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., March 6.—Sev-
eral members of the democratic na-
tional committee are urging upon
President Wilson the appointment
of Norman E). Mack, former chair-
man of the committee, as ambassa-
dor to Austria. Mack is a candi
date, and enjoys the friendship of
Secretary Bryan.
A little more than a year ago
the Kalem Co. of New York sent
company of moving picture ar-
tists to the Orient for the initial
purpose of producing, In the actual
scenes and locations, a reverent and
authentic motion picture of Jesus
Nazareth.
The expedition was destined to
consume four months and to cost
the round sum of $100,000.
As there had been no really great
religious motion picture produced
since "The Passion Play" of Pathe
the managers of Kalem's expedition
to the Holy Land were intent upon
producing an even greater picture
than that famous one of seven
eas before.
The result of the four months
labor in Palestine and the Holy
<and by the Kalem Co. Saturday
given tothe motion picture theatre
and to future posterity are accur-
ate, autftwitic picture of world wide
interest that has received the heart>
ndorsement of ministers of evf
denomination and by the press o£
every city in America, England and
Continental Europe.
Mr. Moihand of the Odeon. stated
that he made final arrangements
over long distance telephone last
Saturday with the Kansas City Fea-
ture Film Co. of Kansas City, Mo-
tor the early exhibition of these
pictures in Shawnee. He also stated
that this city would be one of the
first towns in the state to
show the pictures ;that on account
the great demand for them in
the larger cities it would ordinarily
be a month before the smaller towns
could get them.
"The rental price of these films
is enormous,' said Mr. Momand.
'and It costs me just as much to
play these pictures in Shawnee as
any theatre in Oklahoma City, Kan*
sas City, St. Louis or Dallas have
to pay for them. Still it is worth
the money as every one here will
admit when I show these picture*
U the Odeon. Why, In Des Moines,
own last week where 'From the
Manger to the Cross' was first
shown in this part of the country
and in Dallas too, where they were
shown all last week the ministers
of every church were high in their
praise and recommendation of it.
I have several letters to the man-
ager .of the theatre in Pes Moinen
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