Muskogee Daily Phoenix (Muskogee, Oklahoma), Vol. 10, No. 188, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1911 Page: 2 of 10
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WEDNESDAY MOENIWG
MUSKOGEE DAILY PHOENIX —o— AUGUCT SECOND
HEP! HIS RESOLVE
FOB THREE WEEKS
And Then—But Anyway Mrs.
Zella Bentley Wants a
Divorce.
RndurlnR lor nearly four yeur* i« life
, lth n mini who <ontlnunl!y hIhihkI
her hoth In rrlvuU unil in pulilK. "
ully l.«lnK unabh I" Ht«n<l IiIk trem-
merit n«l tl. « InK I" her mother. Hi. n
upon ln-r r«|icrilant himbtind'n written
HtHt. ni. nt thai h. would never drink
another drop and would diwnntlnue
I,Ih I.ruin I tactic* toward# her only
ti, And after three w.ekx that In r Iiuh-
IihiiiI wan falne and analn forced I"
i k the protection of her mother i-
Hill. tlieM are the HetiHiitior.al < harK. h
made l.y Mr*. Zella Unntly In her miiII
tor divorce from her liu tifcnd ChnrlcH
Bentley tiled verterday In the dIMrlet
court.
Mid. Bentley •Uw* that he was
married t oi'harlen Heiitlev at Kt.
, H in 11 ti on the eighteenth .lay of July
1 «ia, and that the} lived happily to-
gether for «lmont fl\< >earn. In l#08.
Hlie alleaen, he t.eeani. eruel and
aliUHlve and that for alnnmt four year*
Idle him suffered all the powlble Imr-
rorn of a married life. She hu>h he
even fnlHely aerime.l her of havliiK
liniiroiier relation* with other men.
Mr*. Henlle.v ay« that (the can
vl.tn.l that kind of life no Winner and
that "he ran no Unmet live with a man
who In ronnUntly drunk and who l«
eontlnuallv heatlnn and utrlMn* her.
Hlie haw Klven her husband th« la*t
uhanre.
Mrs. Bentley net* forth that nlie and
h.r liunhand are the proprietor* of the
Ideal roomlnn houee and that "he has
help..I to aerumulate all the property
the} have. Therefore, the ankx that
Hlie l'. granted a divorce and that the
property tie divided and the hi allow-
ed ti' take her half.
The Typewriter's Inventor Who
Has Started on 27 Year Cruise
VOICE FROM THE
EARTH'S BOWELS
CRIED "HELLO"
(Continued from !*•«• One.)
<raur In the drift in which he In held
prtK. ner. he cannot Orlnk It tie. aim.
of the ftirne amount of add It con-
tain*.
Hundreds of persons have been ul-
tra, ted hy the reports of Clary heinK
Imprisoned, but when It was learned
that a drill hole had been put down
and a means of communication es-
tablished with the man, thousands
flocked to the mine, and this Is the
first time In the history of this dis-
trict that an entombed mar has been
reached by this means.
Many men have been rescued from
•dmllar plures, some dying when
brought up to the top of the ground,
but never has the situation been sim-
ilar to that which keeps Clary pris-
oner.
DENIES PITERNITt
OF
POSTAL BANK OPENED.
One Chicago !««• Brings MH> Pennies
In a llm Stein.
at the editorial desk. He takes < harge
of the Dally Express, which he pur-
chased a few weeks ago. Glover has
been a member of two legislature*,
and has been busy In both sessions.
He is one of the authors of the tom-
■ CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—Chicago's first feed stufT law passed by the
' postal savings bank opened for bus- I ja{)t legislature. He looks like Tom
| iness today. A line of 200 depositors | L j0hn*ori .the former mayor of Cleve-
! stood in front of the new bank in the j )anji ohlo, and Is a great admirer of
'east wing of the postofflce buildingprjru-ipien advocated by that man.
, when I was opened by Postmaster ^ B Holmes, who formerly pub-
I Campbell and his assistants. r°ur | lished the Alex Tribune, will be bus-
; thousand dollars were deposited to-
day.
The first depositor was Michael The-
i In n, 17 years old, a copy boy, em-
I ployed by a Chicago newspaper. He
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 1. - rJ}e | j ad been standing in line nine hours
j divorce proceedings began recently by I n(, dtpog,ted $6. He was followed
(John Bancroft, Jr., against his wlr<' | j,y Adeline O'Grady, 12 years old, who
j Madeline Dupont Handcroft, on statu- | $1. Her place In the line
lory grounds and in which he denied ha(J b(en bfi|(, ,)y Htan]ev Honskl, a
messenger, since four o'clock In the
morning.
William Lupec, six years old, was
the youngest depositor. He was ac-
companied by his mother and tarried
Millionaire Makes Child
Defendant in Suit tor
Divorce.
iness manager of the Express and M.
B. Louthan will be the city editor.
The paper will be changed from re-
publican tc democratic.
WILSON STEERS CLEAR.
the paternity of her Infant son weri
com batted today when the wife filed a
counter suit for divorce.
Mrs. Bandcroft, who is the eldest
daughter of Alfred 1. Dupont, mlllion-
j aire vice president of the ~
i c-oinpani^ci uy mum
Dupont |B)X hundre(] pennies In a large stein.
I'rtwdc-r company, charges her young
I husband with unfaithfulness and ex-
treme cruelty. She also (lied an
answer to her husband's suit In which
she pleads not guilty to his charges
tigalnat her. She declares he is the
father of her infant son. When Ban-
croft brought his suit he called the
child Max Heldler, Jr., and made It a
co-defendant.
SCREAMS SAVE GIRL
Hl«lna|M*rs Frustrated In Attempt
steal Marmlial's Daughter.
"BATTLEAX" ON THE DESK.
Prominent Legislator to Take I'p
Kdltorlal Work.
CHICKASHA, Okla., Aug 1.—'Spe-
cial)—R. L. (Battleax) Glover, who Is
one of the best known men in publio
life In Oklahoma, is to try his hand
Wiley Governor Keeps Out of
Jersey Ijlquor Fight.
New
TRENTON, N. J. Aug. 1—It >e not
"sound statesmanship to allow politi-
cal parties to become wrecked on the
rocks of prohibition" according to
Governor Woodrow Wilson who was.
besought today to aid the approaching
campaign of the anti-saloon league in.
New Jersey. The governor so de-
clared to the Rev. Thomas B. Shan-
non, superintendent of the league, and
Judge Rowland Munroe, its counsel.
The governor added that in his opin-
ion the liquor question had no place
in politics and it was purely a moral
and social problem.
HE DEFENDED WILSON.
(SAM Damage Suit la Filed by Stud
superintendent's Friend*
CHICKASHA, Okla.. Aug 1.
(Special)—Claiming that his char
ter was Injured and his rep .tati
damaged by the publication of a le
ter written during the last state ia'
palgn, in which friends of R.
Wilson, successful candidate for s
erlntendent of public Instruction, fi
ured, W S. Staley of this city h;
brought suit against them for If®.
000 damages. There are thirty-on
defendants. In July, 1910, It is claim!
ed that a letter was written by Stale;
which did not particularly boost Wil
son and was sent out as campaig
matter. Friends of Wilson, howeve:
came back with a letter to counters
that of Staley's. It Is said this la si
letter contained some very uncompll
mentary things about Staley and be
lng peeved thereby brings suit fo]
redress against his alleged traducers.
METHODIST BISHOP Itltt
AUBURNDALE, Mass.. Aug. 1.—
The Rev. l>r. Willard Francis Malla-
lieu, bishop of the Methodist Ep1s. o-
pal church and probably oldest rriin
trier in point of years of service in th-
denomination, died at his home to
night afrtr a month's illness, of eli
age and exhaustion. He was 83 yeari
old.
MKNA, Ark.. Aug. 1.—What is be-
lieved <to have been an attempt to
kidnap the 13 year old daughter of
l Deputy United States Marshal J. L.
i Holt here tonight was frustrated by
screams of the girl. A posse with
bloodhounds are trailing her assail-
ants.
Shortly after dark a maaked man
grabbed the girl when she stepped
from her home and attempted to gag
and blindfold her. She fought the
man and screamed, causing him to
run. Dogs immediately took up the
trail.
KIlMMGR ITCH NOW RKMEVED.
Instant relief for all kinds of sum-
mer skin trouble is found In that sim-
ple wash—D. D. D. Prescription for
Eczema. Get a 26c trial bottle today
and prove for yourself the merit* of
lliis wonderful prescription. We al-
ways recommend It for Summer Itch,
f'nrdnal Drue Co.
LEGALIZED POLYGAMY.
Minister Scores the Divorce Before
Knlglits of Columbus.
III'. I>P IN III It I.I • HOI Its.
JOriJN, Mo, Aug. 2.- 2 n. m.
At one o'clock this morning the
working in the shaft were able to hear
the shouts of Clary but were unable
to understand what he shouted. It
was estimated at that hour that he
would t'C reached within two or Vhrce
hours.
When connection was secured
the telephone with the entombed man
lie asked to r« late his feelings and
experiences. Mis story in his own
manner is as follows.
Clary's Story.
"1 saw the shaft cave and at first
was « little bit scared. 1 sat down in
the drift—here quit monkeying with
that pipe Wait a minute they want
In lower some pipe In the drill hole
I II hs\e to call you again In a f«
flit nut#* */'
A nhort time Inter another conne
lii n wfiii miule an<] Clary refumed ht
renmrkal U' Btory.
A® 1 wan about to * >. 1 Mit <lov\n
hi the Side of the drift. I did not
know exactly what else to do 1 was
bewildered Aftir a few minutes 1 got
up and made an examination of the
shaft I saw that the drift had caved
an.I that I was cut off from the world.
The silence was oppressive and 1 be-
gan t.' Investigate my surroundings.
•The water In the drift was not deep
and I was not afraid that the water
would rise to any great extent for sev-
eral days. But 1 took the precaution
to find a safe place to wait if neces-
sary until 1 was rescued At the end
lames B. Hammond, aged and wealthy Inventor of typewriters, and
the .Hill, Lounger 11, built by himself, on which he has started on a 27
year cruise of the seven seas of the world. Starting from New > ork, h
made Newport, R 1 . on the following day and then set out for the high
seas He expect* to visit e\.ry port <>f importance on the face of the globe,
not to return to the United States until he la 101 years old.
of the drift the ground was higher
than towards the shaft, and I knew
tlint the water could not reach mo
there until the remainder of the drift
was flooded.
"1 worked as much as 1 could un-
til 1 realized my helpless condition.
Then 1 sat down and tried to think
of what to do. Presently my light
went out. and the time seemed to pass
more slowly.
'After a while 1 heard a pounding
noise. 1 knew at once that It wan a
drill at work anil that the rescue
ork had begun. It sounded awfull}
good and 1 ceased to worry \cr\ much
for I kneiv It was only a question 04
time until they reached ine
"1 tried to count the strokes of the
drill and was aide to gauge time a
little by the pounding of the bit
Hours parsed until 1 heard the drill
cutting Into the hard ground but
could not locate the sound in the dark-
ness
"Boon the drilling stopped and
knew they had missed the drift.
time passed and 1 could hear
sound. 1 could picture them making
new calculations I was not aurprlscd
when 1 heard the drilling begin again
and the time passed just as during the
drilling of the first hoi.
The Water Wa* Hlslng
•All the time the water was rising
a little higher, but 1 w not worried.
1 was hungry, but I could not keep
from thinking about anything to eat.
make myself heard. It was madden-
ing.
•Then when I heard the drilling be.
gin again In a new location I was dis-
couraged for the first time. But Hot
for a minute did 1 give up hope.
it was Just the same thing over
md over again for the next few hour-.
1 grew more ravenously hungry all
the time, but tried to forget It. ^
busied myself as much as possible un-
til the fourth drill hole penetrated the
roof of the drin. It took me a lonx
time to locate the hole, but at last I
found it. You know th^ rest."
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 1.—A strin-
uous denunciation of divorce, which
he eharacterized as legalized poly-
gamy, and a plea for all Christians to
join together In fighting political cor-
ruption, marked the sermon of Rev.
F J. Canatwerp of Detroit one of tho
principal features of today's opening
session of the national convention of
the Knights of Columbus.
A banquet was tendered the dele-
gates tonight.
BLAMED THING BACKED UP.
.fudge Bliss Shouted "Wlioa". But HIh
Car Didn't Stop.
Judge C. W. Bliss is the new owner
of an automobile but as yet he hasn't
learned all the kinks which make au-
tomoblllng entirely without sad con-
sequences and yesterday nt the Pio-
r garage he attempted to crank
his .ur when. In the language of the
wise. It was "In reverse". The car
shot out of the door with the Judge
excitedly shouting "whoa" and fran-
tically pursuing It and Just In time
to make connections with the car of
Thomas P. Smith, who was driving
|,.,M at the time. Both cars v. .re
slightly smashed but the judge man-
aged to catch his after the accident
and stop it.
It was hard to keep from thinking
about It, however, and I drank a lot
of water from the drift.
■ After a while I felt a draft of
fresh air. it id I knrw the drill had
rut Into the drift But In the Intense
darkness, l could not locate It. I call
FOPGIIT <IVFit ACCOUNT.
.•ould not count.
Jim Norman and T. E. lteagen were
arrested last night by Patrolman
Grantham a.s a result of a fight in the
Norman hotel. It is said that Nor-
man had attempted to collect an ac-
EVER HAVE IT?
If You Have, the Statement of This
Muskogee Citizen Will Interest
You.
Ever have a "low-down" pain In
the back?
In the "small," right over the hips?
That's the home of backache.
It's caused by sick kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure It.
Mrs. A. II. Moulton, lock box No.
20tl. Muskogee, Okla., says. "I suf-
fered from kidney and bladder
trouble for some time and was unable
to find anything that would give ine
relief. My head ached a great deal
and often 1 was so dlazy that I could
hardly see. The kidney secretions
were unnatural and caused me great
annoyance. Doan's Kidney Pills -vero
finally recommended to me and 1
procured a box. I received such great
relief from the first that 1 continued
taking them and after I had used
three boxes, I was without a symptom
of kidney trouble. Deans Kidney
Pills cured me and I am, therefore,
pleased to recommend them tJ other
kidney sufferers."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cent*. Poster Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, aole agents toe the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan's—
and take ni . Iher.
1th all niy might, but
Patterson Pr ices Please
Silks at 49c
One of our offerings for today is Twenty Pieces of
Taffeta Silks in a wide range of colors. These
are taken from our regular stock of $1.00 and
$1.25. For today and while this group 49c
lasts, the yard
Patterson Mercantile Co.
Main Street at ttie Corner of Broadway
If Your 'Help Problem'
is Serious, Let the
Want Ads WorK Over-
time For a While in
Helping You to Solve It
Either in the office, the fac-
tory, the store or the home the
UBORNT NEED OF A WOIlK-
KH Is a serloua proposition.
It is a problem better not
solved at all than solved badly,
hastily desperately! To hire
tlie wrong person Jl'HT BK-
CAU8E Y<>r HAVE TO HIBE
SOMEONE Is very often a ca-
lamity.
To use the want ads DKTER-
MINEDI.Y. knowing that you
will, in a few days at mest. find
THE K1UHT BOUT OF HELP,
Is the wisest possible course to
pursue.
Telephone your ad to the
Phoenix, the re«i «nl*otl want-
ad paper of Fastem Oklahoma.
Phone 914.
Stock Moving Sale
NO, we are not going to move, but we are moving
out as much of our present stock as possible,
via the Low Price Route, before the arrival of Fall
Stocks. And, "By the Way," Home Furnishings
are moving out with a rush too. If you don t think
Muskogee buyers are quick to realize real values,
come in Today and see what a "Sure Enough
sale is like*
Skirt Box
Forty-eight inches long, covered with high grade
Japanese matting, strong enough to be used as a
seat—Regular price $6.75—
Stock Moving Sale price $4.95
Especially low prices prevail throughout our Drapery, Rug and Carpet
Departments—at this time twenty per cent reduction on all Laee,
Scrimm and Muslin Curtains.
All Drapery Goods by the yard at a saving of from twenty to forty
per cent.
All Portiers and Couch Covers at twenty five per cent reduction.
Sanitary Couch
All steel frame, finished Vernis Martin, supported
steel spring-
Special this week
$16.00 Library Table, Golden Oak. for
$57.00 Brass Bed, ind* pillars, full size, for
$15.00 Old Ivory Bed, full size, for
$50.00 Karpen Couch, best genuine black leather, for
$92.00 Chiffonier, genuine mahogany, very massive, extra
width, colonial style, for
$19.00 Ladies' Desk and Chair, Vernis Martin, for $11.75
$44.00 Dresser, Circausian Walnut, for J36.75
$29.00 Davenport Bed, Boston Leather, for $22.95
$12.00 Morris Chair, Golden Oak, for J .50
$21.00 Toilet Table, Genuine Mahogany, for $ ^ Vt
$31.50 Electric Dome, Bohemian Glass, for .$23.^5
$36.00 China Cabinet, Early English, for $28.75
This $34.00 Buffet
Fifty-four inches long, made of solid Oak, finished
either Golden or Early English, has full length linen
drawer, silver drawer and extra drawer, cabinet at
each end, full length mirror at top-
Stock Moving Sale price
$26.75
All Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, and Draperies included in this sale are
strictly STREET EICHOLTZ QUALITY.
Everything marked in plain figures.
FURNITURE COMPANY
223 225 West Okmulgee Muskogee, Oklahoma
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