State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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HASKELL COUNTY LEADER Established l!)Oi
STIGLER, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 17, 1913.
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JUDGE CRITTENDEN AND ATTOR-
NEY PHIPPSARRAYEU AGAINST
THE BOOZE VENDERS
Judge W. L. Crittenden and
County Attorney Phipps left for
Chant last Tuesday to continue their
court of inquiry as to the selliftg of
whiskey in that place, and from there
they come to Keota where they are
making futher investigations today.
Judge Crittenden is determined to
put a complete stop to the selling of
whiskey in the county and he has no
compromise to make with the whis-
key selling element. He was elect-
ed to the office of county judge with
this element fighting him and he in-
tends, with the assistance of the
county attorney, to make Haskell
county a dry county in fact as well
as in name.
Ben Summers, of Keota, plead
guilty in his court this week and was
given 60 days and a fine of $50.00.
J. K. James, of Blain, also owned up
to selling the forbidden fluid and
was given the same sentence a3 that
received by Summers.
CAN'T INDICT NIBLACK
Oklahoma City, April 15.—Leslie
G. Niblack, editor of the Guthrie
Leader, and Henry Derwin, his man-
ager, of Guthrie, Okla.; cannot be re-
indicted by the present Oklahoma
county grand Jury according to the
ruling of District Judge George W.
Clark today.
Niblack and Derwin were indicted
several weeks ago by the grand jury
charged with preparing false evi-
dence and false pretence. District
Judge Clark a few days ago quashed
the indictments and at the same time
granted to County Attorney D. K.
Pope the right of resubmitting the
same evidence to the grand jury for
possible new indictments.
* Attorneys Haskell and McAdams
for the defendant filed a motion to
vacate the order of the court, charg-
ing the present grand jury with being
prejudiced in regard to the guilt of
Niblack and Derwin and Judge Clark
today sustained the motion. Clark's
decision sets free Niblack and Der-
win who were being held under bonds
mad*; following the indictment, pend-
ing the prosecuting attorney obtain-
ing from fhe grand jury the new in-
dictments against the two. Under
the decision the men cannot be re-
indicted on the same charge by the
present grand jury folowing the ex-
piration bonds pending the calling
of another grand jury following the
expiration of the present one May 3.
Attorneys Haskell and McAdams,
on behalf of Perry A. Ballard, re-
signed insurance commissioner, in-
dicted for taking a bribe, withdrew
Ballard's plea of immunity, today
and filed a motion asking the grand
jury indictment quashed, which was
overruled.
Ballard's attorneys then filed a
demurrer to the indictment, alleging
it does not clearly set forth the
charge of accepting a bribe.
MRS. M£DAN1ELS
DID NOT WITHDRAW
PROM THE RACE
BOND MAKE
Mrs. Ocie McDaniel states that
she did not withdraw from the post-
office contest in Stigler, and that
our information to that effect was
incorrect. She had over a thous-
and names on her petition endorse-
ing her from the place and remained
in the race to the last, regardless of
the report that was sent out t'aat
she had withdrawn. Mrs. McDaniel
Jias been in the postoffice here sev-
eral years and has given satisfac-
tion to the people. Tiie office un-
der her management was fairly, and
the business attended to promptly,
and the very large list of signers to
her petition shows that the people
appreciate her work in the office.
WILL NOT OPPOSE WILSON NOM-
INEES.
Washington, April 15.—The poli-
cy that the republican senators will
adopt towards President Wilson's
appointments to office will be sug-
gested by a committee of five, select-
ed by the epublicans at a confer-
ence today and submitted to the full
membership. Demands were made
by some republicans that they de-
lay confirmation of the Wilson ap-
pointments as the democrats fought
the Taft appointments in the last
session of congress, but the meeting
adopted no general plan of action
today.
The committee that will outline a
program consists of Senators Bur-
ton, Townsend, Clark of Wyoming,
Lippett and Oliver.
Republican senators at the confer-
ence agreed informally there should
be po general attack upon the Wil-
son appointments.
Several republican senators urged
strongly that some policy of opposi-
tion be adopted that would embar-
rass the democrats as they had em-
barrassed the republicans in the last
session when more than 1,500 ap-
pointments by Mr. Taft were defeat-
ed. The majority of the republi-
cans at the conference held the view-
that such a caurse would be unwise.
MAN HELD -BY
OFFICERS TO
TEST HIS SANITY
ON 261H CLEAN
SHALL HASKELL COUNTY HAVE A THE SCHOOLS HAVE SET APRIL
COURTHOUSE AND JAIL?
UP TO THE PEOPLE
On Saturday, April 26t.h, the elec-
tion will be held to decide if the peo-
ple of Haskell county will vote $30,-
000 bond3 to build a court house and
jail. At present there seems to be
very little interest manifest in the
election.
However it is a very important
election. Haskell county needs a
court house and jail. It is a busi-
ness proposition to build one, in-
stead of renting. The amount is
not large, according to the amounts
being spent by other counties for
the same thing. A number of coun-
ties not in as good condition as Has-
kell, and with less resource, have
spent more on their court house.
Each voter should study the ques-
tion carefully, and go and vote on it. I
26TH FOR CLEAN UP DAY.
GIVE THEM A JOB
W. C. WORKER SPEAKS.
Mrs. M. G. Meadows, state man-
ager for the Woodmen Circle, ad-
dressed a meeting at Martin. School
House last Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Meadows, who is an orator of ability
is touring the state in the iuterest
of the Woodmen Circle.
ENTERTAINED.
Mrs. Anna Robinson delightfully
entertained a crowd of Stigler's
younger people at her home last
Thursday evening. Games, contests
and conversation furnished the
amusement for the evening, and a
delicious luncheon was served at the
proper hour. Those who enjoyed
the hospitality of the hostess were:
Misses Sue Bench, Clara Gilstrap,
Flora and Bell Coombs, Edna and
Iva Grace, Auda Counterman and Lu
Mathis. Messrs. Perry Goodwin,
Arthur Grace, Fred Pugh, Homer
Robinson, Carl Coker, Jerry Covey,
Hubert Claunts, Haskell Scott, Allie
and Charley Stumbaugh. Mr. Per-
ry Goodwin and Miss Meilie Jones
were the winners in the contest.
IN HONOR OF MISS WALKER.
Mrs. Dennis Tensley entertained
at her home Tuesday evening in hon-
or of her guest, Miss Minnie Walker,
of Tecumsa. A most delightful ev-
ening was enjoyed by those pvesent,
music, games and conversation fur-
nishing the entertainment. At the
proper hour the hostess served
the guests with dainty and appetiz-
ing luncheon. The gueBts were:
Misses Mona Scott, Bell Combs,
Ruth Bench, Clara Gilstrap, Cora,
Flora and Lula Combs, Helen Mathis
Iva and Edna Grace, Sue Bench, Bes-
sie Bower, Auda Counterman, Cora
Crews, Mrs. Ocie McDaniel, Messrs.
Fred Pugh, Perry Goodwin, Homer
Robinson, aCrl Coker, Allie Stum-
baugh, Hubert Claunts, Arthur
Grace, Clark Clement, Jerry Covoy,
Edgar Scaggs and Jess McDaniel.
SOME GOOD STOCK.
W. H. Hulsey, who lives near Gar-
land, has bought a fine Jack and sad-
dle horse, which will serve the people
of his community. Haskell county
now has some of thev finest breeding
stock of any county in the state, and
it will only be a few years till the
strain of this fine stock will tell and
you will see fine horses and mules
all over the country.
Mrs. James Strattoa and Charley
Stratton left this morning for Fort
Smith and will bring Jamea Stratton
home from the hospital there to-
night. Jim was taken to Fort smith
to the hospital about four weeks ago
to undergo a serious operation for
kidney trouble, and only having just
survived a severe attack of appendi-
citis, it was doubtful of his being
able to withstand the sliock of thfe
operation, but to the delight of his
many friends, he pulled through the
ordeal alright and will arrive home
tonight.
MRS. REYNOLDS BETTER.
Mrs. J. A. Reynolds, who was tak-
en to the hospital at Fort Smith some
two weeks ago. dangerously ill, is
slightly Improved at present, and
hopes are entertained for her speedy
recovery from now on.
Saturday, April 26th, has been
set aside by the Stigler schools, as
"Clean-Up Day." The 400 school
children are going over the town
and take the jobs of cleaning up the
premises of all who will employ
them. They will clean offices, back
yards, and do any and all small jobs
you will give them on that day.
A premium of a large nice flag
has been offered to the room above
the 4th grade that brings in the most
money, and also one will be given j
the room under the 4th grade that!
brings in the most money.
The money made by the children
will go to the school.
With the co-operation of the citi- i
zens and the city authorities Sttg-'
ler can be made a clean town on
this date and the proceeds will go
to a worthy cause.
Save your clean-up job for the
scho l children and notify them that
you have the work for them on that
date.
A man by the name of Gardner,
from Beaver Mountain, came into
town this week, and wanted some
parties arrested for stealing some of
his hogs. In conversation with some
of the sheriffs force he made the
olaim that he owned five hundred
head of fine black hogs, every one
of them black. He said that hog
meat was no good for the market
until the hog had arrived at the
age of fifty years and that he was
holding his hogs till they were right
to put on the market. A deal of
talk along this line caused the offi-
cers to think that the man was out
of his mind, and he was held await-
ing the return of the county judge
to be tried for hl3 sanity. Gardner
is about 50 years old and is undoubt-
edly mentally unbalanced.
OUT
POSTMASTERS TO SERVE
TERMS.
Washington, April 15.—Postmast-
er-general Burleson announced to-
day that it was the administration's
policy to continue ally republlian
postmasters now in office to the end
of their tern's, provided no charges
were sustained against their effici-
ency. The policy applies to all class-
es of postmasters.
"My department will be run on
business lines and not by politics,"
said Mr. Burle3on in explaining the
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Preaching both morning and even-
ing yi .tKe pastor.
Sunday School at 10 o'clock a m.,
E. D. Means, Spt.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening begining at 8 o'clock
The public is espec'ally invilnl to
aUend these services.
A. ROW. fUKi'tr.
OSBORN MCGILBERRY MET HIS
NEAR KEOTA WHILE INTOXI-
CATED SATURDAY
Keota, (special).—Osborn McGil-
berry, a Choctaw citizen, who resided
just north of Keota, was run over by
east bound passenger train No. 2, of
the Midland Valley, Saturday night,
and instantly killed, killing also the
horse he was riding.
McGilberry had returned to Keota
Saturday morning from Fort Smith,
and was drinking pretty heavy, and
having brought back with him some
whiskey, continued to drink during
the day. When left Keota on horse-
back about 7:30 in the evening he
was pretty well under the influence
of the liquor he had been drinking.
He had rode his horse onto the rail-
road right-of-way, going over the
cattle guards just below the section
house and rode down the track and
onto a trestle, the horses legs went
new policy. He declared that there down between the ties on the trestle
CRUCE, WEST AND BRYAN
MAY BE IMPEACHED
might be come removals, but he be-
lieved that the majority of the post-
masters were efficient and would
not be disturbed.
"There will have to be some speci-
fic charges of inefficiency, however."
he added, "before anyone will be re-
moved."
Mr. Burleson the decision had
been reached after conferences with
President Wilson, who favors the
merit system.
At present a plan Is being work-
ed out to secure sufficient efficiency
under the civil service fourth class
postmasters having been placed un-
der that jurisdiction on an execu-
tive order by Mr. Taft.
and he was fastened, McGilberry was
too drunk to know the danger of
the situation, and remained on the
trestle until struck by the train.
The body of McGilberry was badly
cut up, one arm, his legs and part
of his head was completely severed
from his body and large hole? torn
in his stomach and back. The horse
and saddle were also cut to pieces
At the time of the accident the
train was running at the rate of
about thirty miles per hour, and the
engineer failed to see the man and
horse in time to stop his train, be-
fore striking them. Sheriff Keese
and Deputy Price were on the train
and got off and took charge of the
situation, pulling the body from un-
der the train and allowed it to pro-
ceed and immediately notified Just-
ice Bonds who went to the scene and
had a coronor's jury summoned to
investigate the matter. The jury
was composed of: C. F. O'Keefe,
A. L. Price, W. H. Vance, R. Allen,
Rich Alexander, who was caught
In the Sheriff's net about ten days
ago, when the Sheriff's force made
raid for whiskey peddlers at Chant,
was realeased this week on bond.
When Alexander was first arrested
on a chargo of selling whbkey he
gave bond, only to be grabbed again
with six other charges preferred
•igainst him. Ho finally made bond
'n all the oases, his total bond butng
$8000.
Oklahoma City, April 17.—Lee
Cruce, governor of Oklahoma, may
be impeached. It was admitted by
members of the Maxey General In-
vetigating Committee on the floor
the house late Wednesday afternoon
that evidence is being gathered
against Governor Cruce. Attorney
General West and President Bryan
of the State Board of Agricultural
for the purpose of instituting im-
peachment proceedings against these
three officials at a later date.
Strange as it may seem it was an Ok-
lahoma City man, Representative
Wright who made the motion which
would have started the impeachment
machinery and it was only with-
drawn after Representatives Tehee
and Hill, members of the investi-
gating committee pointed out to Mr.
Wright that the step was somewhat
premature and would work an in-
difference with the probe committee
while it was striking pay dirt.
Granite The Cause.
Representative Wright made his
motion demanding the impeachment
of Governor Cruce, Attorney General
West and President Bryan and the
investigation of Kate Barnard's of-
fice following the leading of ihn
Maxey investigating committee's re-
port on the conditions existing at the
Granite reformatory, which Institu-
is under the sole control of the gov-
ernor, the attorney general and the
president of the board of agricul-
ture and subject to inspection by the
commissioner of charities.
Shocking Condition*.
The report of the committee show-
ed that not only a shocking but a
horrible condition of affairs existed
at the Granite institution, and that
unspeakable and revolting sins
were practiced by the inmates. 8o-
dom and Gomorrah, the cities des-
troyed by flre and brimstone, were
compared as decent and moral be-
side the Granite reformatory. All
the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah are
practiced at Granite and in addition
to these the vices of the twentlth
century are added. Boys sent to
the institution for reformation were
subjected to the horrible vices, the
Inmates of the institution communi-
cated contagious venerable disease^
to one another, the reformatory was
referred to as a pesthouse of filth j
and viciousness and that instead of |
being a reformatory as the law in- -j
tended, it had a deterioated into "a
black hole of Calcutta, more likely
to demoralize and make a harden- i
ed criminal out of a reasonably good
boy than to transform a youth from j
a criminal to an exemplary citizen."
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Last Monday evening Mrs. W. L.
Stocker entertained in honor of Miss
Opal Richey's eighteenth birthday.
Music, games and contests furnished
amusements for the evening. At
the proper hour the guests were serv-
ed refreshments which consisted °f j Add Br dshaw, and Alvin AHen
sherbet, punch and cake. lu the! Tlle jury viewed the remains, the
guessing contests C harlie Jones and p]ace 0f tile accident and heard the
Meilie Jones were the winners. storv 0f t(le affair as told by the en-
Those who enjoyed the pleasures of | glneer and conducter, holding the
(his social event were: Misses Lula | traln here Sunday m0rning while
Fitzgerald, Freda 1'. Parke, Aliliie ■ hearing the evidence. They return-
Jones. Mary Allen, Jlmmle Jones, 'd tUe folIowing verdict; "We. the
Daisj lagot, Mattie Pope and Opal1 jury, finrl ttia.t Osborn MeGilberry,
Richie. Messrs. Adolph Shropshire, j decea8ed> met his death Saturday
April 12, 1913, about 8 o'clock p. m.,
on trestle No. 413 on the Midland
Valley Railroad by East bound train
No. 2 The deceased was intoxicated
at the time that he was killed and
! that the trainmen could not have pre-
Fred Thompson, Charley Jones. Isa-
dor Hirshburg and Joe Norman.
And ('ruce Knew It.
The report of the committee show-
that Governor Cruce had knowledge ;
of what wa3 going on at Granite for :
more than a year and while he was
the real head of the reformatory he j
had done absolutely nothing to stop >
the bestial practices and had practi-1
cally sanctioned them by his silence ■
and inactivity. It is speciflically'
charged that the testimony of reli-
able witnesses made it plain that the j
board of control of the institution
composed of the governor, attorney!
general and president of the board
of agriculture hay been made cogni-1
..ant of deplorable conditions. .
iranite, but had utterly faileu j
ilve them any attention, or to v,v
he institution, and made no attem
jd verify the existing conditions th
fere "plainly apparent" to m.i'
Xhers.
Rttnull ol' In< uiiipteiii
"The committee is of the oyir -
an," runs the report, " that the m-
luman conditions shown by the evi
ence to have existed andthat stii'.
orflsts, in the state reforrtmtory (it
Granite, are the rusults of the iu-
„ /nptency the neglect of duty and
the unaccountable Indljferenco on
the part of the board of control, the
warden and deputy warden of thi
(ba|ji aSBd uo panunuoo)
FRIEDMANN VISITS WILSON.
Washington, April 14.—Dr. Fried
erich Friedmann, of Berlin, who de
clares he has discovered a cure f ir I vented his death
tuberculosis, brought his visit to tr.e j T[le i,ody of McGilberry was pick
capital to a close today With a cliaic
at the George Washington Universiiy
at which he innoculated 12 volun-
teer patients with his vaccine. The
clinic was witnessed by Secretar1"
Bryan, Assistant Secretary Osborne,
the German Ambassador, the Swiss
minister and several United States
army and naval surgeons.
More than a hundred patients ap-
peared at the university hospital dis-
pensary and from this number the
doctor selected 12 typical cases
some of which had already advanc-
ed to the third stage of the disease.
Five of the patients were small chil-
dren, who were carried or walked
on crutches.
During the day Dr. Friedmann
called at the White House and Presi-
dent Wilson told him he earnestly
hoped his vaccine would prove suc-
cessful. After the clinic he saw
Senators Luke Lea of Tennessee and
William Hughes of New Jersey at
his hotel. He was assured by Sena-
tor Hughes that an effort would be
made to permit him to practice lu
the District of Columbia, and If pos-
sible throughout the country.
Dr. Friedmann left for Providence
tonight and later will go to New
York. He said he probably would
again visit Washington for a few
days before returning to Berlin.
ed up after the coronor's jury had
viewed it, placed on a push car and
brought to the station, where it re-
mained until relatives were notified
and came after it Sunday morning.
Charley James, a brother-in-law,
took charge of the remains which
were interred Wednesday in the
Peter Garland cemetery, about 12
miles north of Keota.
McGilberry leaves two small chil-
dren, his wife having died about a
year ago.
SENATE DECLINES
TO QUIT SMOKING.
Washington, April 15.—Eating,
smoking and personal transportation
problems gave the senate committee
on rules a busy time today at its
first session under the new demo-
cratic administration of the senate.
The committee finally determined
upon three projects important to the
personal comfort of senators.
A committee to investigate the
senate restaurant in the hope that
cost of living can be reduced.
The deafeat of Senator Tillman's
resolution to prohibit smoking In
executive sossions of the senate.
The removal of the new monorail
situation in the subway because of
its noise.
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