The Harrah News (Harrah, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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NEWS HAPPENINGS
OVER THE STATE
RAISING OF SHEEP URGED AS A
GOOD INDUSTRY FOR
OKLAHOMA.
OTHER NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
kittle Incident* and Accident* That
Go To Make Up tha Life His-
tory of On* Weak, In Our
Commonwealth
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Oklahoma City.—New Mexico, geo-
graphically, climatically aud agricul
turally. Is the Ideal sheep country,
•aid W. 8. Pray.or of Jaffa, Frager A
Co. of Roawell, here hut, week. Ho
was hero on buaineax, having sold
S OV«r 6.030 tat feeder sheep aud lambs
at the market. "While 1 have been
over Oklahoma on train before, this
la my first visit to Its metropolis aud
market," said Mr. Prager. *;.o Is the
president of one of the bigg>-»i sheep,
wool and mohair companies in the
Southwest. "Stockyards, farmers and
stockmen alike, ask. on hearing that
1 am Intonated ill the sheep business,
my opinion on the probabilities of the
Industry In Oklahoma. Raising mat
ton nnfi wool Is like everything else
It tskoo time, energy, money and hard
work. Yot It affords a grant deal
easier opportunity of nmklno good
profits than do either cattle or hogs.
Tkn Investment necessary to start Is
•mailer, the upkeep of a band of sheep
Is practically nothing compared lo the
money involved In carrying cattle.
Then, too, sheep are easier to breed,
and with ordinary care there Is con-
•Iderably leas cbance of disease rav-
aging one's flock.
"Oar wool crop brought us 17c to
Me and tombs 8c. Such prices, of
oonrae, are high, but there is no In
dloatIon that any material reduction
can bo effected. By the world-wide
ecercity of beef and porn, me tncrea*-
Inc number of sheep finds a faster
crowing demand. We handle from
86,000 to 80,000 head per year and
our production never begs a buyer.
AU are range sheep, grass nnd water
being the extent of their keep.
"Wo have patronised the Oklahoma
City market on several occasions nnd
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have received splendid treatment. Our
railroad connections vm Amarillo are
exceptionally good.
I left home Mon-
day morning and was here eariy this
flBl morning. Instead of spending a week
mi the road with stock we can leave
home and^get back m less than halt
the time.
"T look for a splendid growth in the
sheep Industry In Oklahoma. The
state certainly k> fitted for mutton
t.klng. Roughage In abundance, mild
winters and excellent marketing facil-
ities ought to encouragn the moat
careful stockmen to get Into growing
. -
wool and mutton.''
KKFEK BANK ROBBERS BET $5700
Old Tima Hold-Up Pulled Off In Creek
County Town.
Kiefer.—While the streets were
practically deserted one day last
week three unmasked men rode Into
town. Hitched their horses, entered
the Central State bank and after forc-
ing Into the bank vault Cashier S K
Bailey. Assistant Caahter C. H Strut
ton, together with three cuatotneix
who were In the bank when the rob-
bers entered, the bandits proceeded
to rifle the counters nnd money drawer
of |&,S00 In currency and cash No
attention was paid by the robbers to
the bank safe, the door of which was
Standing ajar. Notes and other hank
papers which the robbers found In
the money drawer were scattered over
the floor.
TRUCE Id SIGHT
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE HAS
LED TO AGREEME8T FOR
LATER CONVENTION.
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS NOTES
as
BNOCTAVIIRBIAN LAWYER KILLED
Pistol Duel Result# In Death of S. J.
Homer at Durant.
PERMANENT PEACE NOW LIKELY
Calderon to Succeed Carranxs Later;
Villa Facet Divided Force*—En-
tire Army Broken Into
Factions.
El Paso.- I.uis Aguirre Benavides,
secretary to General Villa, under date
of September 30, telegraphed the Asso-
ciated Press that au armistice had
been declared throughout Mexico, with
Aguas Callentes as a neutral xone.
He stated also t„«, elections would be
held according to the first agreement
about Oct. 10. This election will name
Calderon as president.
These points had been agreed upon,
he said, at a preliminary conference
at Zacatecas, after which General
Villa’s party left for Aguaa Cali*ntea
to confer with General Obregon and
other Carranzu leaders. Villa was met
at Zacatecas by a commission headed
by General Eduardo Hay. Benavides
said that the first meeting had aroused
great optimism for a happy outcome of
the conferences.
Reports of divisions In Genera!
Francisco VIlla'B army were confirmed
by definite information received at
the border from both official and im-
partial sources. The Arrleta brothers,
who long have dominated the consti-
tutionalist troops in the state of Du-
ra«go. arc said to have revolted to
Carranza. Humors that General Mon-
clovlo Herrera with his entire brigade
had revolted against Villa's authority
were confirmed. Tomas Urbina, one
of Villa's leaders, Is reported to have
taken Durango City from the Arrleta
troops after a battle.
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(J Decision Against Creek County.
The supreme court in a unanimous
opinion held that the state banking
board is a part of the executive
branch of the state government, and
that a suit against it cannot be main-
tained without first gaining lermts-
slon of the state. The opinion is given
on the appeal of the county commis-
sioners of Creek county from a de-
cision of District Judge (ieorge W.
Clark tn the Oklahoma county district
court denying a writ of mandamus to
compel the banking board to pay cer-
tain losses sustained by Creek county
tn the failure of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of Sapulpa.
.At the time of the failure of the
bank. Creek county had on deposit
*106,258^6. When the bank was taken
over by the state banking board the
commissioners of Creek county made
formal demand for the payment of the
loss from the state guaranty fund.
They asked that If the loss could not
be paid tn cash, that a certificate of
Indebtedness be given instead. Both
were denied by the banking board on
the ground that county funds were
not protected by the guaranty iund.
This contention was sustained in the
case of the Columbia Bank and Trust
company .
PARDON MILL
BRESLAU MAY BE BESIEGED BY RUSSIANS
WHILE LIEUT.-GOV. MeALESTER
ENJOYS ANOTHER BRIEF
SEASON OF POWER.
Durant—Solomon J Homer, a prom-
inent full-blood Choctaw Indian attor-
ney. wna killed In the streets of Du-
rant t» * pistol duel with Cliff Moya.
Moye used a 88-caliber revolver shoot-
ing Homer through the heart, head I
knd arm. Death was instantaneous
The cause of the shooting Is un
known, except that trouble between
the men commenced three months !
ago- Moye. who Is under arrest, er- j
fuses to talk of the cause that ted
up t« the killing. The shooting oo i
curred on the principal street of Du j
rant, nnd there were many evewit- j
Had Disobeyed Orders.
While nominally attached to Villa's
division the Arrleta brothers, Domin-
go and Mariano, on previous occasions
have refused to obey his orders.
At the time of Villa's final attack
on Torreon he ordered the Arrietas
to Join him before that town with
their brigades.
They refused, saying they would not
lead their troops out of their home
state. Villa Issued an order for their
arrest, but was unable to spare troops
to carry out the order. It was said
that Carranza's visit to Durango in
May was to adjust these differences.
As a result of his visit Mariano Arrle-
ta was placed in command in Durango
and Domingo led his troops to Join
General Natere, in the assault on Zac-
aleras. Carranza's order to Villa to
reinforce Natera at Zacatecas was in-
timately connected with the first break
between Carranza and Villa
After the defeat of the Arrietas at
Durango Tuesday, It Is reported tn
advices to Juarez, they fled Into
strongholds tn the mountains. Gen-
eral Tomaa Urbina, who Is reported
to have taken Durasgo from the Ar-
rietas, captured that city from the
federals in August, 1913.
Herrera and his troopa are en-
trenched at Parral. It was reported
that when Herrera announced alle-
giance to Carranza that Villa officials
Imprisoned his brother. Luis, and their
father, Jose De la Luz Herrera, at
Chihuahua City.
Railroad Traffic Suspended.
These internal disorders In Villa ter-
ritory, it was admitted, had occasioned
suspension of ail outgoing traffic on
the Mexican Central railroad to pre-
vent the news reaching the border.
Rafael E. Muzqulz, Carranza consul
general on the border announced here
that he had received definite informa-
tion that scores of officers of the old
federal army were preparing to Join
Villa.
From Naco It Is reported Sonora Is
domtnnted almost completely by Yaqul
Indians whom Governor Mayotrena
enlisted tn his revolt against Carranza.
Arrivals from the western state de-
clare Indians have been placed In
civil offices in the state capital. Her-
mosillo, ano other towns and that
the entire state was In their power.
The Taquia, It was declared, had set
about taking forcibly the lands which
they have cla'med for years and
which they had been promised by vari-
ous revolutionary factions.
SURE OF ADJOURNMENT OCT. IS.
Nine Month* Steady Grind at Wash-
Ington To End.
Solomon 3. Homer was 45 years old
a graduate of Harvard, attended Kan- ;
■as university, and was secretary for
two terms of the Choctaw Indian
tribe.
Moye Is a young man. 23 years of
•go. and a plumber by trade.
Methodists to Meet at Guthrie.
Gutkrt*.—The twenty-third annual
■•■ton of the Oklahoma conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church
wit! he held here October 14-19 Bishop
v*r A «•>»».• ~t of Ken*** rtf tv Kan
wHt be held October 14 19 Bishop
•r» .sssi fcaateefl minister* la
the conference, and about six bun
OnA psopio are expected to attend
Tke church membership of the Okla-
homa conference Is thirty-five thoo-
*■*■*!» ml there ere *14 church build-
with 188
IVashnlgton—October 15 was agreed
upon by democratic leaders as a ten
tattve date for the adjournment of the
present session of congress and the
senate steering committee quickly
framed a legislative program deatgned
to conclude pending legislation by that
date.
House leaders agreed that work on
their side of the capitol would be fin-
ished well before October 16 and it
Is probable an agreement will be
reached whereby members generally
will leave Wash agtoa by the middle
of next week, leaving the party lead-
ers on guard until adjournment.
The steer mg committee, after an
hour of discussion agreed that legis-
lation should be confined to the pend
tag war revenue bill and measures
now la conference between the two
boo*#*.
Judgment Against Ewers White.
After deliberating less than an hour,
a Jury in Judge George W. Clark's
division of the district court returned
a verdict In the Bessie Dougal-Ewers
White slander case giving the plain-
tiff Judgment for *10,000, *5,000 actual
and *5.000 exemplary damages. She
asked *15,000.
Miss nougat's suit against White
was based on a statement White did
not deny writing, tn which It was
charged she was In a conspiracy to
cause a young girl to leave her homo
and lead au Immoral life. White’s
defense was that the statement was
true. He offered several witnesses
whose testimony attacked the char-
acter of Miss Dougal.
White, the defendant. Is a farmer
living near McLottd, and wealthy. He
Is well known over the state as a re-
publican politician. He formerly was
a member o’ the state board of agri-
culture.
Another suit Is pending In the dis-
trict court growing out of the same
statements. It Is for *7,500 and was
instituted by a man named Mullin,
who was accused by White of being
a party to the purported concpiracy in
which the name of Miss Dougal was
mentioned.
School at State Fair.
Examinations closed the strenuous
week of work of the A. and M. College
State Fair school. It was a great
week for boys and girls of the Okla-
homa farms. Ninety-four were in at-
tendance at the Falj school during the
week. Of this number, seventeen
were members of the boys' pig club.
Twenty-five additional club members
came to the city for Rally day, a
much smaller number than bad been
expected on that date.
The boys and girls express them-
selves as greatly pleased with their
week at the Fair anti ronslder the trip
the most satisfactory prtxe that could
have been given for their successes
In the county club contests. To show
thetr appreciation of the State Fair
school the boys and girls presented
the principal and members of the
school staff with presents. Director
W. D. Bentley of the extension di-
vision war. given a Masonic watch
fob. D. C. Mooring, principal of the
college short course, was given a Ma-
sonic pin. Miss Margaret and Martha
McPheeters and Dr. D. B. Tucker
were remembered with handsome
presents.
Delegates Are Named.
The following have been appointed
by Governor Lee Cruce as delegates
from Oklahoma to the fourteenth an-
nual meeting of the Vocational Art
and Industrial Federation, which will
he held at Chicago. November 19 to
27: Lynn Glover, president Univer-
sity Preparatory School. Tonkawa:
Charles Evans, president Central
State Normal School. Edmond; Mre.
Russell G. Lowe, president Art Ren-
aissance Club, Oklahoma City; Mr*.
C. E. Foley, president Twentieth Cen-
tury Club, Eufaula.
Convict No. 1 Released.
Convict No. 1 In the Oklahoma pen-
itentiary .who for the past fourteen
years has been designated only by a
numeral, has been restored to liberty
and to a name. He is John Ander-
son, alias Dainer Bates, a Texas
negro, who was convicted tn Lincoln
county of killing a white boy at
Shawnee, and sentenced to twenty-
live years in prison, for manslaughter
in the first degree. He has completed
the sentence in a little more than
fourteen year#.
Stork Far Ahead of Grim Reaper.
By more than two to one, the Stork
has beat the Grim Reaper In Okla-
homa City last month. One hundred
and twelve births were reported while
the death list wee Just fifty-two. It
was the ehavfest month tn hlrfh# In
the last three years. Classified, the
biltha were: White mates. £2: white
female*. 48; negro males, 8; negro
females. 4. Two of the deaths re-
corded were suicides, four were from
tuberculosis, one from pneumonia, two
from pellagra, one from diphtheria
end forty-two from other cauare.
Efforts to Free Big Batch of Convicts
I* Temporarily Blocked, How-
ever by Secretary of State
Ben Harrison.
Oklahoma City.—While Gov. Cruce
has In Washington, attending the cot-
ton conference. Lieut.-Gov. McAlester
assumed the office. In his brief reign
of two days, he attempted a whole-
sale pardoning program and thereby
provided material fer the courts for
some weeks to come.
Records of thirty-two pardons, pa-
roles and commutations granted by
the lieutenant governor are lying on
a desk In the office of Secretary of
State Ben F. Harrison. Thirty-two
statements acknowledging receipt of
orders from Lieutenant Oovernor Mc-
Alester directing Secretary Harrison
to attest the signatures on as many
pardons and paroles were Indorsed by
the latter with these words: "All of
which I refuse to do.”
Secretary of State Harrison was be-
sieged with pleas from lawyers to
attest the governor’s signature on par-
dons, but told all that he would sign
no pardons except those recommend-
ed by the pardon board since Gover-
nor Cruce’s departure from the state.
List of Lucky Ones.
JAMES AMMERMAN. conditional
pardon.
NEL80N HAWKINS, commutation
of sentence.
WALTER FLOWERS, commutation
of sentence.
LINCOLN BURTON. unconu.Uonal
pardon.
J ORLANDO MITCHELL, pardon.
STANLEY BAKLR, parole.
S 8 STARR, c immutatlon.
ROBERT C. THOMPSON, parole.
CHARLES OVERTON, conditional
pardon.
JOE PROCTOR, conditional pardon,
FRED CAMERON, commutation.
'V, T. CAPLE. two paidors.
FRANK COWLEY, pardon
JAMES HOBBS, commutation.
NED McDANIEL. pardon
WALTER FAUCETT, pardon.
ACE RAY. parole.
ROY JAMES, pardon
JAMES HOBBS, parole
J. C. HAMPTON, ommutatlon.
ROBERT DAYTS. pardon.
ROBERT WATSON, commutation.
ROY PAULK, pardon.
ARTHUR D1X. conditional pardon
JONAS JONES, pardon.
C. A. STEWARD, pardon.
MONT D. PERKINS, pardon.
ROY PEEL, pardon.
F. D. TAGGART, pardon.
SAM STEWART, pardon.
GEORGE WANTLAND, pardon.
A number of the orders for execu-
tive clemency have been presented to
prison officials at McAlester. but War-
den Dick refused to honor any excppt
those bearing the signature of Secre-
tary of State Ben F. Harrison.* Only
three prisoners have been released.
They are: Charles Jaggers. Pittsburg
county, serving life sentence for mur-
der. paroled; Taylor Kirk, Canadian
county, life sentence, murder, paroled;
Mike Zanono. Pittsburg county, forty
years, manslaughter, pardoned.
A number of the prisoners were
prominent. Joe Proctor is the king of
the Oklahoma county gamblers; Nel-
son Hawkins was serving forty years
for murdering a twelve-year old In-
dian girl; Ned McDaniel was charged
with defalcation when county clerk
at Altus. He was secretory of the last
senate.
Mandamus Dropped.
Asserting that they have obtained
sufficient attestation to the pardons
and paroles granted by Acting Gover-
nor J. J. McAlester, Attorneys E. G.
McAdams and Norman Haskell dis-
missed the mandamus petitions
against Secretary of State Ben F Har-
rison which were filed In the district
court.
This unexpected step on the part of
the attorneys representing se-’eral of
the persons pardoned and paroled by
the acting governor, followed a formal
written refusal by Secretary Harrison
to affix his signature and the great
seal of the state to the pardons.
Secretary Harrison wrote a separate !
refusal to each of twenty-eight par- i
dons, paroles and communications de-
livered to him by Attorney McAdams j
who at the same time turned over to
the secretary the written order from j
McAlester To these refusals. Secre- j
tary Harrison affixed his signature
and the seal It I* the contention of
the attorneys representing the benefi-
ciaries that this recognition by Secre-
tary Harrison that the document* j
were filed Is all that Is necessary to
make the acts o fMcAlester official.
An order was Issued by Governor
Lee Cruce on his return revoking all
pardons, paroles and commutations of
sentences granted by J J. McAlester.
which were not recommended or ap-
proved by the prison board of con-
trol.
Whether rhe revocation order, un-
der the circumstance*, I* **ltd and
will hold tn court remains to he seen
ta the litigation that Is certain to
ensue to hehati a* ium m«s were re-
ceived rletnencv at the hand* of the
lieutenant governor
SEDUCES POPULATION OF PRISON
Breslau, capital of Silesia, the stately city hall of which Is here shown, is in some danger of being besieged by
the Russians, and has been prepared for a stubborn defense.
FRENCH MITRAILLEUSE IN ACTION
RUSSIANS BEHIND BARRICADES
CAPTURED A GERMAN COUNT
BRITISH CYCLE CORPS WITH COLT GUN
Private J. J. Rousseau of the Fourth
regiment of Belgian chausseurs cheval
is one of the heroes of the war by rea-
son of his capture of Count von Bue-
low, son of the German chancellor. In
the photograph he Is wearing the Mil-
itary Gold Cross, presented him by the
Belgian king, and is to be the re-
cipient of the Order of Leopold. Roue
seau was injured by a kick from Von
Bunlow'a horse. He took from the
count bis dispatch box. hie uniform
and 166,000 francs which he turned
over to the Red Cross.
Four Sons of Rival Arm# Die.
Bordeaux —A 3wt»» woman living at
Basel married a German. Two sons
were born to them. Afterward the
Frenchman and had two
were
celled to arms, two on each side. The
mother he* Just received news that all
four have fallen in betlle.
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