The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 273, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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20FHCERS
KILLED By A
Speeial U> Kews-Herald.
were killed In cold blood by Bill
Baber, notorious bootlegger of Tul-
| sa.
"It appears that this murder was
unquestionably done in pursuance of
a conspiracy to kill.
"A condition exists in this com-
munity which can no longer be tol-
erated. We do not expect any as-
sistance or law enforcement from
_ our county officers, therefore we
| appeal to you, as governor of the
| state of Oklahoma. Lew enforce-
Tu'sa, Okla., JulyTZ-W J r„k , ' & and lawbreakers
former chief of police and first « t? ™ a r'Bhteou8 Publlc indigna-
retary of the Tuta Com™ W° mUBt have 'nstanter.
Club. Thursday afternoon 8W '1^ ask that you use
killed Deputy United States Mar vm.^ P°W<ir a"d autborIty vested in
■W. Holmes DartdsoT Ed that ^7^ °' th'8 BtatB l° 8«>
Plank when the offieo-,, .7 8 aro enforced in this
to search &ito'8 mu attempted community and that crime and law
whiskey.
Bakers residence for violation, practically licensed""^ riTr
Ike Wilkinson, formerly a !!"CerB' v" BupI>reSBfid by any and
captain under Baber but In thTt * a"thorlt.v you possess as g0v-
eral „gu0r service for tie last vel; ZT" * Pe,'tl0n '° """ *""* '
who went with nnvtH y®*r, before you for action.
to the Baber home, escaped^Uhoueh "We appeal to you to enforce the
two shots were fired at Wilkin g' **a ou,d be ®Iad 'f you would These drawings of th
Telling the en ortment 0m V, Canto" "ere at once Shamrock ,V the * J""1 0f
kss TP hshssri 55k&ss
When the officers refused tTreearti ^ Th<> ab°Ve te'esram was She may be a racing" ^ fr<5<lk
Baber's order to Wb.cl T IZ * & T" <" tw° «" " very Poor fa™ nTt T "
ber opened fire with a double bar- (Signed)"01" ^ "''d hJu?"""' ?ri*hol80n has admitted that he *111
President Law Enforcement Club " " frC''k' 18 one of the fow
and Chairman of Meeting."
- •* JJlt ♦
of Shamrock IV., Sir
'Raay p/to.
NI'MIIKIt 27J)
« uuuuie oar-
reied shotgun loaded with buckshot
Davidson, with a six shooter in hl8
and was killed outright and Plank
died in a few minutes after being
shot. Neither officer fired at Baber
so far as is known.
Wilkinson took refuge behind a
tree and after two shots had been
tired at him escaped.
tfoTernor I'ndrridcd.
| By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, July 24,-Governor
Cruce Baid he would send Adjutant
■"V ",m escaPea- ,General Canton to Tulsa to investi-
Baber immediately notified police sate conditions arising from the
headquarters of what he had done kl,line of United States Marshal
and asked that an officer be sent to .Ho]me" and Ed Plan, his deputy
Chief , D ,Baber Was arrested b> y8terday' b>' William Baber, and the
.hlef of Police Burns and Patrol- demand from citizens for the na-
man Bewley. At police headquarters tlonal guards, but the governor is
"talk6d freely of the shooting, ""decided. "If the militia Is senl
Protesting that he fired to protect to T lsa. the city will remain under
*"■ b0me- I martlal law until the whT
English boat builders who had nerve
enough to get away from the col
ventional lines.
"Shamrock is a seml-scow, resem-
bllng In this some of the fast rac-
ing boats built about ten or twelve
years ago under the old rule, such
a« Huguenot and Rochelle turned
ou y Huntington," says Thomas
folerlioej f Deck p|0„.
oJ. r//f
L c5PRESS
is'iwiipr
Wapanucka, Okk.. July J4._A
ml to the Willlama-Jennm,. tilt
at Konawa occurred at tho picnic
and" A, ;"daf Wh""
and Al Jennings again ,pokn f
I' "Hm" Platform. Jennings ap-
peared hero unexpectedly and asked
j >• PKnlc committee to be allowed
| to speak, and, as at Konawa, took
a Plao on the program Just ahead of
the Imo when Judge Williams was
scheduled for an address. Jennings
repeated h,„ charge that the demo-
cratic press of hte state has boen
—. Two corrupted by Judge Williams, and
diagonally, ,ook occasion to say that tho news-
d-aft. Iinr papers said Judge Williams had
UPON SERVM
y ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ fl
heatueb forecast *!
♦ lly Assncintod Press. +
* New Orleans, July 24.—For * I
I Oklahoma: Partially cloudy ♦
tonight and Saturday. 4
bow resembles tho Crosby cats ncl >4 PTb"'"K 13"4 i,lel'es. lw0 -
her forebody the sloop Dragoon a1 and"? lh^"0HH0H la'd diagonally, <°°k o
very fas,-reaching craft built by' stringers ar f°r""and "ft- Her W™ said Judge Williams "h,rt
Webber, about 1895. she has „n ? of a side «IW him a llar at K^lTaddng
markB of a f""1 :
Shamrock Is planked with three'is 111 15 'oo1. This deck thing. Evidently unknown I 1
r--«—- ■ rjr £r - ::r-
HIMS'IKK INVITE8 -NHISS
NAVV TO AMKIffCA.
uuuer
| martial law until the whiskey ele-
ment is stamped out," he said.
judge s. w. hayes
missed his train
By Associated Press.
Belin, July 24. Austrian reser-
vanu residing here are Instructed
to hold themselves In readiness to
return to Austria and Join thelr
I regiments on short notice, following
the Austrian note to 3ervia, which
I virtually took tho form of an ultl-
matum, demanding the suppression
of the pan Scrvlan movement an(j
punishment of those concerned in
the assassination of the late Arch
hia h0me- | mart'a' law until the whiske]
nquests over the bodies of the,ment is stamped out," he said
dead officers will be held today I —
Officer Wilkinson, Baber and Ba-
ber's wife will be the principal wit-
messes.
Marshal Davidson has been in
charge of the government liquor of-
ficers here for a year and has been
very active in the work of raiding
whiskey traffickers. He was a can- T.„, „ I — - "« .uauoi
didate for the democratic nomination ,, Samuel W. Hayes, who was duke Fernidand
for sheriff of Creek county. Deputy , '° 8peak here Thursday Unless Servla compiles w.th .v.
Plank formerly was a deputy sheriff ^cy for ,h V"'"68' ^ A"8,rlaD demand8. "erious d^elon"
at Claremore and his people live in fo? cf?L ° fmocratlc nomination ments are expected. It is thouehi
Claremore. for United States senator, failed to the Servians will yield
Excitement over t)ie killing reached fhl/h h8""5 1' con9iderabla crowd sured of support from an ont fn
the fever point Thursday "ght pa'tlv t ^
when a score of speakers addressed partiy attrJ'" f HayC" and Comment of the German press
r'rvr rrr
''fte Cruce. signed by citizens, urg- pre8ent ^ WaS UDab,e to bc, JOGE J. It. A. ROBERTSON
Candidate for governor, will address
the citizens of Shawnee Saturday
night.
two dead, result
df cafe drawl huerta arrives
safe at jamaica
By Associated Press.
Kansas City, July 24.—Larkln
, "J " WCUB, urg-
ing him to send Adjutant General
Frank M. Canton here with the pow-
er to put a ban on bootlegging and
gambling. This telegram was rati-
fied by the meeting enmasse.
Federal Aid Sought.
A telegram signed by fifty mem-
bers of the Law finforcement Club
was sent to United States District
Attorney Linebaugh, demanding that
1 hief Larson of the department of
justice and as many deputies as Oliphant, aged 27. of Cherrvvale
necessary be dispatched to Tulsa and William OMoore aged '3 of n .
with orders to close all whiskey Lorn™ , ' of, As'^'d Press.
'raffle at any cost. It was suggest- wounds receivedT ' " °f' Jamlaca- July 24._Huerta
ed that at least twenty-five special Wednesday aft 1 * rf ^ T * °f fURl,i7e8 arr|v"d to-
United States officers be stationed ^^17"' Phant f Cerman cruiser
here immediately. Action by the gov- Zl ' a quarrel ln a Dre,den «>■-— •'
ernment Is expected immediately !Dd ,restaurant- employee
General conditions in Tulsa were de- fnTrvv W'th a Club
nounced by a score of speakers It "1 ^ "hlih ,h f A "ght e"-
was declared by one that Tulsa, as 8^' he two men were
llz t be ^d."' PlaCe ,0r t « ba- ls-
Telegram to Goveruor. 'TiZlT', ** 8a'e
The following telegram, signed by a ful| meal * Caf® wlthout
two hundred citizens and ratified
m
FOR PEACE IN
[ii
ballot pmmii
is declared o.k.
"y Associated Press.
Washington, July J4.-Direct ad-
jiiniiri) nan
arrived from Milburn whero hn had
spoken earlier In tho day and was
Introduced, when jennlgB hn(I
clud.,1, by Judge c. A. skeen. Judge
| Williams turned to Jennings, who had
t down on the platform, and said
' hero appears to hare been son,.,
misunderstanding about what I did
, «y to you at Konawa and I want
I to correct It here and now. I did
say that you were a liar; that your
ridiculous charges wero fa|g„ ttm, ,
said as I now say that I dignify
your Statement by my notice for the
sole reason that yo„ have just pre-
coded me. I repeat that you are a
llar,"
Jennings turned red and there was
Dresden from Puerto Meilco.
leakers fail to
agree on terms
I Special .New*.Herald.
' 0kl "oma City, July 24. A „
s'nt in Thursday night from Sul-
phur by K. Howard, of the state
board of affairs, who was sent to
Investigate conditions, Is forceful |„
denouncing the credibility of rumors
. 'i rC''laM 10 th0 effect that Irreg.
Carl I [r°,m Provisional President "nHatl"fi"'tory ,-ondi xurnsd red and there was
Urbajal, Carranza. Villa and Zapata ' 1 . connection wiu, tho a treat uproar fVom the crowd while
he four chief elements In the Mel- ' "g ° ballot8 f°r the com- Jud* Williams stood calm and mo
loan probb'm, renewed hopes for . tT , ex-bandlt quar"
L, „ ; ,,oward- tb" ttate board the face. Jennings .rZ l
Carbajal officially declared he was ' ant" state' H'""? "ammon"' "tempted to .ay sometMim:, but could
willing to transfer the efecutlve pow and n.emi, ' r inspector, no' he heard. When Jennings sat
er to Carranza. but reiterated he board Kff °J , "lf!Ctl"n do,rn. J"d*e Williams continued with
I mere y wanted amnesty for pc,^, ^ elec on . h' "'erk °' h"' h'« "'marks
(offender* and a guarantee of safety |,an of ih , McKee- to the Issues of the campaign. Jen
for Huerta supporters. ... . election board, and nlngs left tho platform and went
Carranza manifested a readiness mingo « ITtal T7 °f lh" ™°- 7™ N"lb""( furthnr "r 'ho
to be lenient with those. 1 wh * P"jl' mad<' u" ,be party two assertions, though both men
Villa and apata stated they were InveHMgltton**"1 '° H"lpl"lr ,or ,h" "" thn "!,mn traln east Thurs-
deslrlous of peace on the basis of "Af„ r ° tbnrr, „ , / l*"' Wl"lan>« getting off at
1 «« thoroiiKh invf'stiKation of Tl*homfijKO.
pZTnTot the TIT™ 7,"" th" Wil"^"r", W!U1 «'«« enthu-
h . ballot*, said How- "'antic Rreetin^ at Mllbnm Warn.
ard, wo nnd that'lt Is we„ to set and Tishomingo ^,,1^"
"'e rumors that someone
has been persistent In circulating
ery member of the Investigating
committee sent down here today
Joins In saying that very Incident
the printing of tho ballots has
been fair and square to all parties
•tote department. ""fccMUrTn ^ I 'T b""0U' ^ rotate<1 "rop
a°d all Washington have 1. ry!"! A"SM'lat«ii pre,,. I '■rlK ""d wln bc delivered In ample , „„claled
lenldMtoStthr ft0Va" recea,,"r""e- reply"! th'' '««■ " No tra,;e of
r. ,r:„:rr ^ t -ve.sr.r: jz.sszrzr - r
r,!zz ss ■; - - - — -
'sr.rvxjss rrrjrsirs n-rr.
i i roicrr'R«ivn 'ctlnjt a minor wound. Both are
J JuBtice and liberty.
George A. Stovall, minister
Switzerland, has Just startled
ROOSEVELT
IS DEFIANT
th4in imiii
cm onlt S3J7
assuming that the a™ Z Whlfh ' hold
- knet «t:vzrizr:;:g from th* —
as a Swiss navy prepared to name
a special envoy ,0 reprewnt Switzer-
land, simply in his own personality.
It would have forgotten the inci-
dent but the state department hav-
ns learned of Mr. Stova.r, lnrlta.
Hon, directed him to withdraw lt on
the ground that It was intended
z srr.ss
noble suits are
under arrest
-1 uuuureu ciuzens ana ratified B' Press. ' °Jf ™ar'ti'mo V°*en, Mr. sto- Bj Associated Press completed by noon Monday, July 27
by the mass meeting of two thou-> M, laiT 24—The facu that a f&rmal ,etter j London, Julr „ffrlll| connected with the work „r.
and' was sent to Governor Lee ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * c°nlTerence between leader, of ^777777777771 —to the L"sh „"b u a0<1 thn f
♦ Only ONE more day ,n t Clv T" ^ ™d«"d * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Udy Dare,ay and H« M|. K h Z' , *" ba""U f"
to',.: '^SZ.-T^T.Z ~
in ♦ abortive by failure to agree on the
Hty. Okla. Sir: Today Holmes" Da-' ♦ ~ ^ 7°" t ^ to ^ -eluded from ♦
vidson, deputy United States mar- ' . ro1 of ""e ^blln parliament. ♦ luIM
-hal, and his assistant, Ed Plank,! f ♦♦ 4- 4 ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ .""ih00^!™6'' ** Premler Asqulth ♦ *7' ♦ Oeorge a letter written by Mr
8 ^ O,.com-ons today. ''an* urs. the m„ltant a
♦ personal Interview.
progressive ballots were completed roTJ Z ra'n0r W°Und' Both "
■nd Shipped July 21. The repub- \L r>et Hs of the trooble lead-
Mean ballou have been printed up Sktaw kt 'IT"0* "°klnr
"> the Third district, and those of n"°n ,n the Jail.
the progressive up to the Klfth. All'
ballots of the First district are k I
bound, and were ready for shipment and keT™ dr'1"' Ma,am'',
on the midnight train. , keep mum-
The democratic ballots will b, ♦♦♦♦♦♦ * 777777771
'If A. to A _
Inspector today.
A patriot Is not a motorist who
leaves his car at a hitching post.
only ^inc. murk day to regfstf.r
TOt'Jtl I)K.*0f HAT8
TO ASSIST III
♦ K«<IISTRATI05..>
If those parties who have ♦
failed to register will call ♦
either of the following phone ♦
numbers before Satorday ar- *
♦ rangements will be made to ♦
♦ «ecur. their registration. ♦
♦ Numbers 102S, I5S, 444 or fig.. ♦
Get on the l-'sts or you will be disfranchisedfoTW^Tr, F.
out, and will not entitle vou to a vote <;t,Z ?r registration has run
Show your giod citizenship hv „ „„„
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Weaver, Otis B. The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 273, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1914, newspaper, July 24, 1914; Shawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc92324/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.