The Capitol Hill Weekly News The Oklahoma Fairdealer (Capitol Hill, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Monday, January 31, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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EXPLOSION KILLS MANY
MINERS BLOWN TO ATOMS
MINE AT PRIMERO, COLO.
OJEASTER WORST IN HISTORY OF WEST
Rescue Parties are at Work, But
There is Little Hope That
Any Are Alive—Most of the
Victims are Foreigners
TO FIGHT FOR HIGH PRICES
Prlinero, Colo.—Over 100 men me
believed to have been killed by a ter-
rific explosion in the I’rimero mine
of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
at 4:30 Monday afternoon.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered
and rescue parties are making des-
prate efforts to reach the Interior
workings cut off from the outside by
the earing In of the main shaft. The
bodies were literally blown to pirca?
and unrecognisable.
Three meu were killed at the mouth
of the main slope by the force of the
explosion.
Both fans with which the mine is
equipped are shattered and it was
impossible to enter the mine until
they were repaired. As soon tts the
fans were repuired General Superin-
tendent .1. F. Thompson and a rescue
party entered by the main air shaft,
but were unable to reach the main
shaft, which Is completely blocked.
The party returned to the surface
after securing five bodies which were
badly burned.
A party equipped with oxygen hel-
mets’replaced them and are search-
ing for more bodies.
MinerH were rushed to Primero
from Trinidad, Ssgundo, Starkvllle,
Soprls and Kltevllle, and are laboring
frantically to clear the main snaft. It
is impossible to determine how far
the main Bhaft has caved.- and it
may he days before the shaft is clear-
ed and (he total death list known.
There is little hope that any of
the men in the mine are alive. The
company cierk reports that 79 safety
lamps are raissiug and it is certain
that that number of men are entomb-
ed. Many of the miners, however,
say that ISO are missing.
'lost of the •victims are Slavs and
li. r.garianr,. Will Helm, electrician,
Is known to be among the victims.
The camp is a scene of indescrib-
able horror. While every able-bodied
man is taking his turn with pick and
shovel to clear the shaft, the women
and children, kept back by ropes,
have gathered about the mine weep-
ing and calling wildly upon their
loved ones who have not been found.
Officials of the company state that
the disaster is the worst in the his
tory of western coal mining. A sim-
ilar explosion in which 24 were killed
occurred in the same property Jan-
uary 23. 1907. The bodies were no*
recovered for weeks.
RISING FlU IS FILLING1
MAXIMUM
REACHED
STAGE OF
THIRTY-ONE
FLOOD
Retail Dealers are Blamed for High
Cost of Living
New York.—There is a widespread
understanding among retail butchers
here that the western packers have
decided to cut in half their shipments
of cattle to this i Ity in an effort to
uphold the price of beef. The pack-
ers denied it.
“S»> far as I know," said a repre-
sentative of Swift & Co., “no orders
to discontinue have been received. As
for a reduction In shipments, that
might be.”
Small dealers were equally positive
that the packers are only “talking big"
and that If the boycott continues con-
cessions in wholesale prices must
come.
The family trade in meats through-
out the city continues to dwindle and
prices continue to fall in consequence;
but as bpcf goes down, fish goes up.
Resentment against the increase of
the cost of living has thus far mainly
centered upon the packers, hut an in-
dependent investigator came out with
figures which tend to show that in
the better class of trade at. least the
retailer absorbs the larger share of
the profits, leaving to the packer only
what he can make on the sale of by-
products.
Aside from the quarrel between the
packer, the wholesalers and the re-
tailer, it is pointed out by shrewd
buyers that neither the government or
a boycott can adjust the situation un-
til the men in control of the cattle
are brought to book.
“Where does the public get off?” is
the question asked by the skeptics.
“Ninety per cent of the fish on the
market Is frozen and the eggs are
mainly cold storage. This does not
provide good ammunition for a boy-
cott.
"The packers will not lose. The
situation must be looked at without
deception. The packer will kill less
beef; they will discharge many em-
ployees, and the cattle they do not
kill can be held for a revival demand.
Prices will drop but little and when
the nation gets hungry gain, the
packers will be just where they were
before—In control of the situation."
UNITED STATES SENDS I RELIEF FUND
Great Distress Among Poor Who Are
Without Food and Shelter—
Soldiers Guard the Ctty to
Prevent Pillaging
CONVICT MADE LABELS, COAL
WEIGHING AND SALARIES
GOVERNOR SUBMITS SIXTH MESSAGE
Paris.—The flood reached its max-
imum height Saturday, at 31 feet 1
inch and has begun to fall elowly.
sections above Paris give hope of a
more rapid subsidence.
While the most imminent peril Is
past, the fall of the ~
Anhtony Introduces Bill Requiring
Foreign Corporations to Fur-
nish Court With Any Data
it May Aask
VACCINATION BE
COMPULSORY
Vaccina-
Free From Taxes
Purcell, Okla.—1That coal operators
who are mining coal In Oklahoma
will be free from operation of taxes
on the improvements in their prop
erty is the opinion of a Judge In the
eastern part of the state in which he
holds that they will in the end revert
to the Indian and are not, therefore,
taxable.
Debated in Congress
Washington.—That the Increase in
the price of food products was gener-
al throughout the world, and was not
confined to the United States, and
therefore was not affected by the
American tariff, w'as the contention
of Senator Hodge in a speech made
In the senate. He found in the in-
crease of the gold supply and in the
increased demand of consumers an
adequate explanation of present con-
ditions, and urged that the tariff could
not and did not have any effect on the
price of necessities.
Replying to Mr. Lodge, Mr. Bacon
railed attention to the fact that when
the tariff bill was under consideration,
he had sought to have the duty on
fresh meats reduced and he men-
tioned the fact that the present rate
on fresh meat, was lower than in the
Dlngley law.
Reward For Hendricks
Guthrie, Okla.—Three hundred dol-
lara reward was offered Monday by
Governor Henkel for the capture of
Will Hendricks, the Choctaw Indian
outlaw who is wanted in Oklahoma
for killing his father at Roff four
years ago. Hendricks was arrested
last year on a train In Texas, but
broke jail at Paris and escaped.
Negro Public Library
Guthrie, Okla.—The negroes of
Guthrie can boast of one thing that
the negroes of no other city can
boast of, that is a public library sup-
ported by the city. This is a first
class ljbrary in every particular, with
nil attendance that any other library
has. with books and periodicals of
all classes, shades and grades.
measured only 15 1-2 inches. At this
rate It would require a fortnight for
the river to reach its normal level.
Fortunately, tidings from the flooded
In the meantime the situation In
Paris and in many places throughout
the country shows little improvement.
Indeed, the ravages of the flood with-
in the city seemed actually to in-
crease Sunday. The water was higher
In some of the streets, while the sit-
uation at the inundated towns be-
tween Paris and St. Germain was dis-
tinctly graver.
A stream of water twelve feet deep
was rushing through Gennevillieres
and Colombe3, making the work of res-
cue and succor more difficult than be-
fore. Several houses collapsed, and
many persons were taken off the
rooffs of their homes where they had
been clinging for days.
Hundreds are reported without food
or shelter and an army of troops and
civilians are working relentlessly in
(he flooded territory, bringing succor
to the distressed and distributing pro-
visions by boats to the thousands of'
marooned victims, who refused to
quit their home3. Within the city it-
self are great tinongs of sightseers.
Although there is n ointention on
the part of the government to declare
martial law the completely sub-
merged districts, such as Javel, are
in the hands of the military to pre-
vent pillaging. The soldiers have or-
ders to make Bhort work of criminals
caught in the act of looting. Thus far
there has been no such cases within
the city, hut the danger is great, as
the french usually keep their money
and valuables in their homes.
Outside of Paris, however, many de-
plorable instances of looting have
been reported. A band of thieves has
been at work In the vicinity of Char-
enton, but the soldiers have been
shooting them at sight.
The papers recount many deeds of
heroism on the part of priests at Al-
fortville, who continued the work of
icscue when the soldiers, jackles and
firemen, after several days without
rest, had '>ecome exhausted. Sisters
of charity rowed to houses, giving as-
sistance in several cases of starvation.
Besides aid distributed directly by
the government and the municipality,
more than *250,000 from the fund
raised by the newspapers has been
handed over to the various relief so-
cieties and to the local authorities of
the towns and villages near Paris.
The press refers gratefully to the
spontaneous help coming from ab.oad
and makes particular mention of the
e\ ldence of sympathy from the U. S
Guthrie, Okla.—Governor Haskell's
sixth message to the special session
Seine Sundav j 0f the legislature opening a way for
his railroad tax bill, amendments to
the prohibition law and other import-
ant bills; the introduction of the re-
publican resolutions In the house and
senate; the passage of three house
bills and the consideration of a New
Jerusalem and natural gas preserva-
tion questions were the features of
tbhe legislature Monday.
Some doubt arising as to the exact
completeness of a New Jerusalem res-
olution, Senator Russell introduced
his original New Jerusalem hill to
make doubly sure of filling all legisla-
tive requirements in order to get his
question submitted to the people. Sen-
ator Davis discovered an alleged “jo-
ker" in the 1909 gas pipe line hill and
Introduced to correct this.
House bills passed finally were;
Representative Harrison's bill requir-
ing that all convict made goods be so
labeled before offered for sale in Ok-
lahoma; Representative Boyle's bill,
requiring the weighing of coal, at
mines, when paid by the ton, before
it is screened or loaded on railroad
cars; and Representative Durant's
bill appropriating *1,140 for deficien-
cies in salaries of district judges.
The house defeated the Wortman
bill, in reality the Harrison substi-
tute, empowering commission govern-
ed cities to fix in their charters the
number of members and methods of
election of city school boards, by
tie vote of 42 to 42.
Of the house bills introduced Mon
day the most important Is by Repre-
sentative Anthony, of Stephens coun
ty, proposing to require foreign cor-
porations doing business in Oklahoma
to furnish practically any data that
a court may desire in cases which the
state is interested in. The bill is as
follows: “It is hereby made the duty
of each and every corporation doing
business in the state of Oklahoma in
any action pending in any court of
record within the state, wherein the
state of Oklahoma or any of its offi-
cers in their official capacity, are par-
ties, upon the application of said state
or said officers, and upon the order
of the presiding judge of said court,
for which authority is hereby invest-
ed upon reasonable notice, at a time
and place within the state to be fixed
by said court, to cause to appear for
examination and inspection any of its
officers, agents, books and papers.
“The refusal of any such corpora-
tion to comply without just excuse to
the order above, shall constitute a
forfeiture of Its right to do business
in the state of Oklahoma.”
Special Session May Make
tion Ordinances Possible
Guthrie, Okla.—In a bill prepared
for consideration at the special ses-
sion of the legislature, the mayor and
council will be constituted the board
of health for municipalities, with pow-
er to make such orders deemed neces-
sary to stop or prevent contagious
diseases. The measure Introduced
by Senator Roy Stafford, of Oklahoma
City, is drafted along lines suggested
by District Judge G, W. Clark, who
recently declared the Oklahoma City
conncil and board of health without
authorit to compel school children to
be vaccinated. The court ruled that
childreu not vaccinated could not be
barred from attending classes.
The proposed bill is an amendment
to the existing health laws of the
state and the new matter which will
be introduced follows:
“And the mayor and council of any
such city (that is, a city of the first
Nelly—They say he has turned over
a new leaf.
Ned—He’s so economical I’m afraid
he’ll use the same one over agaio.
SCRATCHED SO SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP
mjg
“I write to tell you how thankful I
am for the wonderful Cutlcura Rem-
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
I took care of the child. It was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched so that she could
not sleep nights. 1 used Cutlcura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
plied Cuticura Ointment. I did not
use quite half the Cutlcura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re-
solvent, when you could see a change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think it is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura. I
send you a picture taken when she was
about 18 months old.
“She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds of
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
H. Kiernan, 663 Quincy St„-Brooklyn,
N. Y„ Sept. 27, 1909.”
DILLON C. LESTER
Who, As Assistant State Printer,
One of the Popular Officials
at Guthrie
Roddie Appeals to Supreme Court
Guthrie, Okla. Senator Reuben
Roddie has filed in the supreme court
an appeal from the decision of Secre-
tary of State Bill Cross, holding the
initiative petitions for the submission
of the woman's suffrage amendment
to the constitution. Insufficient.
To Have Commission Government
Bartlesville, Okla.—Following agi-
tation favoring a commission form of
government for this city, petitions
were Monday circulated among the
business men and citizens of the city
calling for a special election on the
proposition.
Lawton Hotei Costs $1L0,000
I-awton, Okla.—Lawtons new *100,-
000 hotel, to be known as the “Mid-
land,” was opened for business Mon-
day. Its doors were thrown open to
the public for the first time Sunday
evening for a public reception. The
hotel is owned by G. H. Block, of Law-
ton, and Henry Shaefer, of El Reno,
and has been under construction for
the past three years. Business trou-
bles delayed its completion. The hotel
will be managed by Charles Steele,
formrly of Enid.
Farmers Will Have Dinner
Tulsa, Okla—A feature of the
Farmers’ Institute which meets In
Broken Arrow for two days beginning
February 12, will be a dinner to the
farmers and their wives, served by
the domestic science department of
the Haskell state school at Broken
Arrow.
Wili Get Interurban Line
Newkirk. Okla.—It will only he a
question of a short time until New-
kirk and Kay county will get the
Interurban line. The line now being
operated between Arkansas City and
Winfield will be extended to Wichita
this spring. Later on the company
expects to look to Ihe south.
Seventeen Hunting Fatalities
Guthrie, Okla.—The shortening of
the quail-hunting season in Oklaho-
ma, which closed Monday, seems to
have resulted In a material lessening
of the loss of life by reason of hunt-
ing accidents. Seventeen deaths re-
sulting from the accidental discharge
of firearms during the open season
this year have been reported so far
as against thirty-three lust year, a
dccreaso of practically 50 per cent.
Only nineteen serious injuries have
been reported.
Maben Trial Begins
Shawnee, Okla.—Trial of ex-Judge
Maben on the nine counts which re-
main against him began Monday in the
district court at Tecumseh before
Judge Stilwell Russell of Ardmore.
Eight of the Indictments as returned
by the grand jury were for accepting
bribes, and the ninth was on a charge
of embezzlement.
class) shall have the power, and are
hereby authorized to pass, make and
enforce ordinances, rules and regula-
tions to prevent and suppress the in-
fection, introduction, spread and ex-
istence of smallpox, or any and all
contagious and infectious diseases in
the city, and shall have the power and
are hereby authorized, when in their
opinion, it is necessary for the public
hc-ltu and safety, to pass ordinances
and regulations requiring of all per-
sons in such cities the mandatory
use and application of any known
and recognized preventive for Infec-
tion, introduction or spread of small-
pox or any other contagious disease,
and provide for the enforcement, and
enforce, such ordinances, rules and
regulations, and provide penalties for
violations thereof; and further to re-
quire such ordinaces, rules and reg-
ulations, mandatory use and applica-
tion of such preventives, as a condi-
tion upon the attendance or entrance
to any public nctiool or gathering in
such city.
"Such ordinances, rules and regula-
tions, may be enforced for a distance
of five miles around said city.”
Fog-Eye’s Plaintive Protest.
Fog-Eye Smith of northwest Wy-
oming bore an appalling facade. His
style of beauty was a blight. Depend-
ing upon his horrific exterior, he was
in the habit of trying to awe newcom-
ers. On one occasion, affecting some
displeasure at the manner in which a
pallid stranger watered his liquor, Mr.
Smith announced, frowning, that un-
less he detected immediate amend-
ments he would send the neophyte
home in a market basket. “Which I’ll
sure tear you up a whole lot," said
Fog-Eye. Half an hour later Mr. Smith
was found groping about on the floor
under the poker table, hunting for his
glass eye, and muttering to himself.
The stranger asked with some evi-
dence of impatience what new line of
sentiments Mr. Smith was now har-
boring. That injured resident, glaring
malevolently from beneath the furni-
ture, replied: "Which 1 sure do hate a
man with no sense of humor.”
To Validate Bond Issue
Ardmore, Okla.—A hill has been
drafted and will be introduced during
the present session of the legislature,
which, if passed, will validate the
bond issues in Ardmore. The bonds
are for high school *100,000, for school
reimbursement bonds *220,000, for
tire department and *35,000 for streets
and alleys. These bonds were voted
in March last year and have not been
passed upon by the supreme court.
Charges Fi.ed Against Haskell
Guthrie, Okla—Representative Les-
ter A. Maris, of Ponca City, one of
the Republican members of the Okla-
homa house, filed charges Saturday
against Gov. Haskell with the special
committee of the house apointed sev-
eral days ago under a resolution intro-
duced by Representative Durham, of
Tecumseh, to investigate the expendi-
tures and disbursements of public
funds.
The charges involve Governor C. N.
Haskell and payments of monies to
C. A. Lawlr, prvate detective of Okla-
homa City, Orville T. Smith, private
law counsel to the governor. W. T.
Hutchings, a practicing attorney of
Muskogee, and who with Governor
Haskell is under Indictment for Mus-
kogee town lot frauds, and others. A
second charge Involves the msmbers
of the state banking board.
Money to School Children
Guthrie, Okla.—The state hoard
land commission Thursday apportion-
ed one dollar each to the 514,478
school children of Olt'ohama.
One on the Judge.
A newly qualified judge in one of
the small towns of Tennessee was
trying one of his first criminal cases.
The accused was an old daisy who
was accused of robbing a hen-coop.
He had been in court before on a sim-
ilar charge and was then acquitted.
“Well. Tom," began the judge, “I
see you’re in trouble again.”
“Yes, salt,” replied the darky; “the
last time, jedge, you was ma lawyer.”
“Where is your lawyer this time?”
asked the judge.
“I ain’t got no lawyer this time,”
answered Tom. “I’m going to tell the
truth.”
Special Session May Be Extended
Guthrie, Okla.—The special session
of the Oklahoma legislature ended its
eleventh day on Saturday, Jan. 29. It
has passed one bill, by Representative
Wallace, of Garvin, extending time for
payment of 1909 taxes from February
1 to April 1, and Governor Haskell has
signed the same.
A total of 101 bills have been intro-
duced, 56 in the house and 45 in the
senate. It is predicted that the spe>
clal session may continue a month
longer.
New Oklahoma Revenue District
Washington —The treasury depart-
ment Saturday recommended estab-
lishing a new revenue collection dis-
trict In Okahoma and asked for *10,-
000 for its maintenance.
School Census Completed
Guthrie, Okla—The final figures on
the school enumeration reported to
the state superintendent, E. D. Cam-
eron, by the various county superin-
tendents, shov/s a total of 515,4:8 chil-
dren of school age in the state against
500,298 for the previous year, a net
increase of 15,197. Of the total num-
ber 473,913 are white children and
41,560 colored children, showing that
onlv about 8 per cent of the school
children of the state are negroes.
Hitchcock Complains
Guthrie, Okla.—Citizens of Hitch-
cock filed a complaint with the cor-
poration commission asking that
JL ;•>, Island train 753 be held at Enid
f r a connection with the Rock Is-
and train bringing the papers and
malls from Kansas City and Wichita.
Indians to Publish Newspaper
Muskogee, Okla.—An Indian news-
paper will te established here in the
near future, the first copy appearing
probably on February 15. Chiefs of
the Five Civilized Tribes and other
influential Indians are backing the
movement. The paper will be edited
by Augustus V. Ivey, of Stillwell, a
Cherokee. It will appear weekly.
Every department of the paper will
be printed in some Indian language.
The Cherokkee. Creek, Choctaw, Sem-
inole and Chickasaw tongues wili be
represented.
For Lawton Waterworks
Lawton, Okla—Following the dis-
posal of the city’s bond issue for *125,-
000 at a small premium, the city
council has instructed City Engineer
Z. M. Scifres to prepare plans and
blue prints of the proposed water
reservoir and watershed including all
the lands which the city will need for
its enlarged water system. Notice
will be given all land owners sur-
rounding the present dam that the
city will either purchase at a fair
price or take through condemnation
proceedings all such lands.
out-
They Win.
Do you look for a favorable
come to your lawsuit?”
“No; but the lawyers do."—Houston
Post.
HARD TO DROP
But Many It.
Ei Reno Bonds Sold
Reno, -Okla—The *80,009
Bor.d Appeals to Criminal Court
Guthrie, Okla.—Be given a
five-year sentence from Pottawatomie
on an indictment for bribing District
Judge Maben and other county offi-
cers. has appealed his case to the
criminal court of appeals.
Bond and B. O. Johnson were in-
dicted on six counts, Jan. 15. 1909,
charging them with giving *250 to
in Judge Maben. County Attorney Virgil
To Fight Tax Payment
Tulsa. Okla.—Claim, 9 that they pay
cattle in the state of
one tax on cattle in
Texas where the stock is raised, and
that they should not be compelled to
pay another tax in Oklahoma for fat-
tening the same cattle, members of
the Oklahoma Farmers’ and Stock
Raisers’ association in their annual
meeting here, Saturday, declared their
intention of fighting the tax on
"through cattle’’ to a finish.
bonds recently voted by El Reno have R. Big^s. Assistant County Attorney
recent w. A. Mason of Chicago J- =• Lydick. Covnty Judge Heasor
preaium of *2.304 I »nd City Marshal Sims of Shawnee.
been sold to
who paid a
Tulsa Bank Wants Charter
Tulsa, Okla.—The Exchange Na-
tional Bank has made application for
a charter. The new institution will
have a capital of *150,000 and a sur-
plus of *50,000. P. J. White, formerly
manager for an oil well supply com-
pany, will be president of the institu-
tion. It is planned to open the bank
for business In two weeks. This in-
stitution is established with the pur-
pose of taking the place of the Farm-
rs’Natlonal hank which failed here
December 13.
A young Calif, wife talks about coffee:
“It was hard to drop Moqha and
Java and give Postum a trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that I was
a nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ails.
“At first I thought bicycle riding
caused it and I gave it up, but my con-
dition remained unchanged. I did not
want to acknowledge coffee caused the
trouble for I was very fond of It. At
that time a friend came to live with
us, and I noticed that after he had
been with us a week he would not
drink his coffee any more. I asked him
the reason. He replied, ‘I have not had
a headache since I left off drinking cof-
fee, some months ago, till last week,
when I began again, here at your table.
I don’t see how anyone can like coffee,
anyway, after drinking Postum!’
”1 said nothing, but at once ordered
a package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and we have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we had company, and the result
each time was that my husband could
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suffer-
ing, so he returned to Postum, con-
vinced that coffee was an enemy, in-
stead of a friend, and he Is troubled
no more with insomnia.
“I, myself, have gained 8 pounds In
weight, and my nerves have ceased to
quiver. It seems so easy now to quit
coffee that caused our aches and ails
and take up Postum.”
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellville,” In pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
Ever rend the Above letter! A new
one appear* from time to time. They
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