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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-03-12

Eds lunch g Short Order House
n. o. blc.&. viii give you a :ueal or
lunch that will maks you come agaln.
Choicest cigars and tohaeos-
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The great reduction sale Is now on
at the "Noveity Racket" ils North
Division st. The opportunity Of
lifetime to get china ware cheap.
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GEO. A. HEEsHhw.

On motion adopted
On motion Of Mr. Williams Of Committee
waacal prevailed
On resolved itself into Committee OF the whole
for the consideration Of Committee Report 5G
lo Chair
After consideration Committee tho
whac arose President Murray Chambers
cIaiman o Committee o Whole follows:
PRESIDENT
yo The Whole Convention to whom referred
Committee Report by Legislative Appoionmen
beg report consideration
euei that il adopted ordered reading
and fnaip paasage n tho Whole
On motion, report
he eoaYn4en mri aso NJ Tuesday March ~ 1907
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chaIrnlan.

Convention President Murray in the Chair
stark Chief Committee Clerk to take
cnect On ard h pcddicord Resigned
On motion Of the appointment confirmed
Chambers The Convention resolved itself into Com
nttec Of the Henshaw in the Chair
matters referred T. the Committee Of
resumed the Chair aud Mr. Hepahaw
as Chairman Of Of the whole reported follows
MIR. PRESIDENT:
We your Convention whom referred
tat have had under
consideration h Committee Executive
rcpafcon adopted and that the matter
Seal Of the state of Oklahoma be
rc. rrod 20 special Committee fIusker
rkcr at said report be not ordered
cao8aci special committee reports back and action taken
pon report in whoe that have had under
67 by tho Committee Public lnst
trons that Sections and thereof
adopted third reading and final
sac ae an ended IN Committee whole
and o referred the Committee schede
consideration Commee Report No g. by the
Committee that thereon, well
rpon to have made progress
and o
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NIorning Session, Monday March II, l9t7 $50 A NJ

Convention called to order; President Murray in the Chair
Invocation by Nicholas Gathre
called a quorum
Absent Mcs Blby Board bowers
Langley lamer Mathis Newell
Soso
Mcrl Bowers coyey Hopkins
previously been excused
Mr. Inglcy was excrsed ona o sickness
extended eccount Of sickness
Murray Petition being memorial from tho
to the Constitution of the
veto The
Mr. Williams Of los moved to reconsider Committee
tho committee on Legislative Appotionmeut
The scrrcntatArs members
Of Supreme
The
mttco OF Whole, with Mr. Parker in the Chair
c tho Committee Of
the Chair and Parker,
Of tho Whole reported olows
MIR pREsiDENT
We your Committee Of the Whole Convention whom
recommendation that
Report supplemental
by Judiciary department
i third
amended in Committee Ct the WHOLE that we
the Committee
on Executive Department upon reio
made ana ask leave 81
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Chairman
Gu report
Reports prohibition,
dopton the adopt resulted
follows
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Carney Cobb cochn Curl Edmond
Frye Haskell ronacls
Iosg Johnston
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Rogers Savage socs
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Wyatt President
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J. A. BAKER
on motion. Tho report was aaobtcIl


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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

BACK AGAIN

"Swiftwater Bill" Gates, who has
the unique record Of having mar
ried three sisters in one family, all
of whom were variety actresses,
and divorced every last one Of
them, is in the city. His mother
used to call him Willie" but
since he came into the limelight
some years ago he has gained the
sobriquet of saltwater BILL 1t
isn't because still water runs deep
or anything like that, because
Willie isn't still a moment He's
the most industrious individual in
the world Bill likes best to style
himself a "rounder." When Daw-
son, Alaska, first doomed, Willie
struck out over Chilcoot, or some
other pass, and with his little shell
game got down to business. The
shell game is as ancient an institu-
ton in this country as the circus.
but up in Alaska is was the candy.
Willie won much gold dust and
many nuggets. He always was a
good press agent and at times peo-
pie believed the tales about his
making millions at mining. But he
really mined with poker, faro and
roulette. At that Willie finally
dropped into a lucky prospect from
which he amassed a fortune or
two. His first wife got good part
of this. After "23" with her, Willie
mined some more, took another SIS
ter to wife, and she divorced him
and got his money. But Bill was a
slayer and made another fortune,
which a third sister got when the
court severed her matrimonial re-
strictions. But as Bill says: Il
give her a run fer tn bankroll.' y
Bill lodged more subpoenas in
keeping away from his last wife
than Rockefeller ever did in keep
ing out OF the oil investigation.
Bill will leave tomorrow morn
ing for Alaska and make his fourth
trial for a fortune, but he's through
with the marriage business, he
says, for good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
DEEP CREEK JONES IN
TOWN TODAY

deep Creek" Jones, the demo-
cratic weather cock, is in the city
today. He wAs seen at noon in con-
versation with Allan F. Gill, who
is credited with being the real
manager" of the city hall machine.
Mr. Jones was compelled today to
extend the left hand in fellowship
on account Of the right member be-
ing tied up with an injury. Mr..
Jones did not say the injury was
due to handshakes.
In speaking of the present state
legislature, Mr.. Jones said that
from a standpoint of personality it
was the best in the history of the
state. Deep Creek" is said to cut
a lot of ice in county politics, but
not much in the city.
Mr. Jones went out TO Medical
Lake last Thursday and accepted
the resignation of Superintendent
Anderson of the insane asylum. DIR.
Farmer was appointed to fill the
position temporarily until Governor
Mead makes the appointment per.
manent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
RAILROAD PETITION

Charles Litchfield. is going about
among business men today with a
petition to Congressman Jones urg-
ing the passage of his bill TO allow
the Portland & Seattle railroad to
cross the Fort Wright military res
ervation. Up to noon, it is said,
Mr.. Litchfield has secured the sig
natures of Is prominent business
1t is said those who favor the
bill are opposed to the interference
of the city beautiful committee,
claiming it is a subterfuge of realty
owners along the bank of the river
this side of the fort, whose property
values might be deprecated on ac-
count of a railroad being SO near
as the river at the point where the
company wishes right of way is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
JUDGES Deny THE CHARGE

the intention Of destroying our or
ganization.
AS citizens of Spokane we resent
as a falsehood the assertion that
the vote was not counted correctly
We believe that the cry of fraud is
but the cloak of our enemies and
we trust that the opportunity will
present itself to us Of proving their
fraudulent intent.
The statements of the company
that it has from Is to 100 names
signed to statement that they
voted against strike Is a farce,
as they have names signed who are
not members of the union and other
names are forgeries.
AS to stealing the ballot box, that
Is another untruth so spurious that
1t is not worth a contradiction. We
refused to allow paid hirelings and
detectives run our affairs and took
the ballot box to the Halliday hotel,
where We could complete our work
without interruption from out
siders. The vote was counted and
the result announced and sent to
our international officers.
This briefly is our position in this
matter. We being guided at all
times by a desire to avoid trouble
and by spirit of absolute fairness.
James II. Whit, G, X. Botham, E.
nj. Lewis, judges.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
FORCE GRADE CONCESSION
FROM THE Mp.

The Northern Pacific railroad
has been driven into an agreement
for grade separation, something
that has long been contended for by
citizens and officials of the city.
At a meeting of the chamber OF
commerce, 10000 club and city
beautiful committee at noon today
in the Silver Grill, Edward J. Can
non, division counsel of the rail-
road, verbally agreed on behalf OF
the railroad that the company
would elevate it's tracks through
this city on Railroad av. on condi-
ton that all interference with the
company's plans for re- Of way
for it's Portland & Seattle railroad
across the Fort Wright military
grounds should cease. The com
mittee did not agree altogether tc
cease interference, but said it
would recommend the passage of a
bill allowing the war department
to say whether the Portland & Sc
attic should pass over this reserve
along the proposed right of way of
the railroad, or back of the fort
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

buildings and rifle range.
The session was decidedly spirit
ed and much heat was generated
by those who, on account of the
fast reading of the chamber Of COM
merce recommendation by Levi G..
Monroe, it's secretary, had con-
sequent Misunderstanding of the
terms. Mr. Monroe was induced to
re-read the chamber resolution and
it was finally adopted by the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Cannon saw he had been in.
weighed into what seemed dis
astrous admission and interferred
with Rem Rice's voicing his senti-
ments on the grounds that Mr..
Rice was not a member of the COM
mittee. Mr.. Rice, with some heat,
retorted that although he was not
entitled to a vote, as secretary OF
all the committees of the 10000
club he was entitled to voice.
Mr.. Cannon will be asked to put
his signature to the agreement to
prevent any forgetfulness on his
mart
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

Editor Press-We. the under
signed, beg leave to submit through
the columns Of your paper to the
public our position in connection
with the much discussed strike
ballot taken by employees of the W..
w. P. Co. ON Monday, Feb. 4.
Much discussion has been in
dulged in concerning the validity
and honesty Of the count Of the
vote. We wish to state that the
vote was counted honestly, as an
nounced. We also wish to make
our position clear as to why We did
not count the vote in the hall.
In the first place there were men
present who were not members of
our organization and others who
admitted they had been sent there
by the company to intimidate and
If possible secure a ballot favorable
to the company.
The statements which have ap-
peared that we were discharged
employees of the company is untrue,
two of us being actually in the en-
ploy of the company. The third
was a discharged man. However
as soon as the vote was announced
the company lost no time in dis
charging us.
The statements that we refused
to count the vote in the presence
of a committee of two is correct
We did refuse as there was no one
present in the hall who demanded
the right who was not disqualified
by the fact that they represented
the company, and the vote and the
count was purely matter Of union
business. In refusing to count the
vote in public we were acting
clearly within our rights, there be-
ing but one party interested in the
matter and that party the member
ship Of the organization. We re-
fused to allow the company run our
affairs. We simply reused to
transact business with people who
had no right there. but came with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
THAW'S FRIEND
GETS IN TROUBLE
(Scripps News Association

NEW YORK, Feb. while the
Thaw jury was marching from the
hotel to court this morning,
Thomas Palmer, a street cleaner,
stopped shoveling snow, in a loud
voice yelled:
Now go to it boys, get together
and acquit Thaw." Captain Lynch,
commanding the court squad, or
dered Palmer arrested and taken to
court, where Judge Fitzgerald adj
ministered a severe reprimand and
discharged him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
STRANGE DISEASE
AFFECTS FAMILY

The three year old son of Andrew
Freeborg, who lives at Twenty
third and Kenwood sts., died yes
terday Of diabetes mellitus. This is
stated by physicians to be a very
rare disease among children; so
rare, in fact, that many doctors
have never encountered more than
a single case of it in years of prac-
tice. The remarkable feature of
this case is the fact that the five
year old daughter of Mr.. Freebors
is also Ill of the same disease.
Medical men of the city are at a
loss to understand why two cases
of such an exceedingly rare all
ment should occur in the same fam
lily at once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
LAUNDRY ROBBED

The Inland laundry, on Superior
st., was broken into by burglars
sometime during the night. The
cash box, containing about So,
stolen. Entrance was gained by
breaking the back door to the en-
CINE room. Detectives were de-
tailed today but secured no clews.
The police believe an old gang that
for few nights last fall terrorized
the city has returned on account Of
the reported streetcar strike. Thugs
operate extensively during strikes
under cover that their mischief is
the work of the strikers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
COUNCIL BUSHES WORK
ON TWO CITY BRIDGES

The city council yesterday after
noon, in special session called by
Mayor Daggett, gave the first and
second readings to the new or
dinance appropriating $4,000 to
bolster up the Washington ST.
bridge across the north channel of
the river. The mayors message
advised the council to arrange for
the strengthening of piers not only
Of the Washington st. bridge but
also Of the Howard st. spans. He
also recommended that action be
fastened SO work could begin i'm
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
i.,-
Men
ON The RUN

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.--Inves-
tigation of the railroads was started
in this city this morning by the in
terstate commerce commission. Tho
Southern Pacific and Salt Lake &
Santa Fe companies are called
upon to answer number OF
charges preferred against them.
1t is reported that in addition to
a number of officials of the rail-
roads numerous employees whose
testimony is desired have found 1t
convenient to be out of the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

1t is supposed the state will
have Olcott produce statement of
her life Evelyn made to him at the
time she first retained him as
counsel for Thaw to contradict her
statements made on the stand to-
day.
Evelyn was quite composed upon
resuming the stand. Delmas be-
gan a long argument to have
Thaw's letter, which Evelyn
brought back with her from Europe,
offered in evidence. Jerome said
he would withdraw his objection If
the defense would permit him to
see it. Delmas handed him the
letter.
Jerome read the letter carefully
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

shot. Thaw answered that he had
probably saved her life. They then
took the elevator down stairs,
where Thaw was arrested.
The witness said she was mar
ried to Thaw in April, 1905, in
Pittsburg.
He had first proposed to her in
1903 in Paris. She refused him
and gave as her reason hsr pre-
vious relations with White. Thaw
asked her II her refusal was be-
cause of White and then she told
him yes.
Il told him, yes" Evelyn said,
land then Harry told me he would
be my friend for life; that he could
never love anybody else and would
marry me or no one else. He ask
ed me to tell him of the whole af.
fair"
The witness told Of the early
death of her father and the family's
straitened circumstances in Pitts
burg. Their home was foreclosed,
but Holman. who married her
mother, came to their rescue. AT
Is Evelyn went to Philadelphia and
became an artists model. She
gave the money she earned to her
mother.
They moved to New York and
lived in a back room. through
Carroll Beckwith the girl got en-.
gagements with a number Of re.
spectabl artists and earned SIT per
week towards the family's sup.
port. Finding that she could double
her earnings by going on the stage
she finally got an engagement with
Fisher, although she had trouble
on account Of her youth and size.
Evelyn said she first met Thaw in
1901 at the Audubon hotel. White
had sent her to school and during
that time she had undergone an OPP.
Grafton. Thaw later came into her
room while she was i'll and kneel-
ing at the bedside kissed her hand.
While she was recovering he sent
her delicacies and then made ar
rangements to take her and her
mother to Europe. 1t was in Paris
on this trip that he first proposed
marriage.
At this point Jerome asked a
recess, saying the witness had I'M
dergone severe ordeal and court
adjourned until o'clock.
Keeling and uncertain Evelyn
left the stand and moved with fall
tering steps and hands clutched at
the wall to steady herself until a
court officer assisted her into an
ant-chamber. She tainted when
she passed into the door, but quick
ly revived. Mrs. William Thaw and
Mrs. George Carnegie met her in
the clerks Office and offered COM
fort.
When court reconvened Evelyn
was recalled and Delmas continued
direct examination. During the
noon hour Judge w. X. Olcott, OF
the firm of Black, Olcott, Gruber &
Bonyge, was hurriedly summoned
by Jerome. ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
SUES FOR BEING SHOT

The civil suit brought by Thomas
Cozzetto against James Plastino, in
which he asks $4,000 damages for
injuries received in a shooting af-
fray over some property on West
Sinto av. last summer, is on trial
in Judge Poindexter's court today.
Plastino claims he shot Cozzetto
in self defense, as the latter at
tackled him with a butcher knife at
the home of Joseph Plastino. The
case was dismissed in the police
court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
GILL SAYS PRATT
IS A DEAD ONE

Allan F. Gill, ex-consulting city
engineer, today gave it as his opin-
ion that the entire city administra-
ton would make up the democratic
ticket this spring. Mr.. Gill is said
to be the inventor Of the city hall
machine which politicians say is a
neat piece of work. Regarding
Councilman n. S. Pratt's efforts to
disrupt the democratic party, Gill
says Pratt is dead one in the
present campaign on account of his
attitude towards day labor on the
waterworks. Gill said he doubted
if Pratt could carry other than
Eagle precinct, which is his own.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
CRUELTY TRIAL ON TODAY.

H. Louis Schermerhorn, proprie-
tor of the Quick Delivery transfer,
Is on trial before Justice Hinkle
this afternoon on a charge OF
cruelty TO animals preferred by HUI
name officer Rudersdorf. Sixteen
witnesses are lined up to testify
that Schermerhorn has amassed a
fortune through working boys and
horses that were unit for service.
The boys are mostly too young and
the horses too old and brken down.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

to himself 1t was addressed to a
Mr. Longfellow, a lawyer in this
city, and signed by Thaw. 1t told
Longfellow the writer had kept
Mrs. Nesbit in London three
months at a cost of $4,000 The
letter said Mrs. NesDit would sail
next day for New York, thinking
Thaw had kidnapped her daughter.
She'll know differently some day."
the letter said. And also: 81 know
did best. Her daughter was be-
guiled by a BLACKBOARD when 10
years old. The Stiffness of her
mother was the unintentional
cause"
After it was read to the jury Je-
rome aske dto see the letter again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

mediately.
The council did not discuss the
contract question. and it seems to
be settled that the work will be-
done by day labor. as the desire to
begin Immediately will not allow
time for advertising for bids. 1t Is
argued.
The work on the Washington st.
span will include new piers strong
enough to stand the weight of an
overhead roadway should the pro-
posed extension of the viaduct be
made \
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
PITTS ON CARPET.

The police board is in session
this afternoon hearing ,.-e charges
against Patrolman M. V. rltts for
which Chief of Police Waller yes
terday suspended him. Mrs. |.
Pozner, wife of a Front av. tailor
accuses Pitts of wrenching hel
wrist so that she was confined to
her bed when she objected to his
familiarity with neighbours
daughter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
REDMEN ON SCOUT

Two candidates were initiated
into the adoption degree of the Red
men at the regular meeting of the
Iroquois tribe No. II last night. A
special dispensation will be held
open till April l. The tribe expects
a new class of so for the month OF
March.
All members of the Redmen and
their families are cordially invited
to attend the reception to be held
in honor of the great sachem on
Feb, 20. A supper and a musicai
program have been planned for the
occasion
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
PIN SCRATCH WAS FATAL.

The remains of Miss Flora Bry-
an, age II, who died yesterday from
blood poisoning caused by a pin
scratch on her lip, will be sent to-
morrow to Colfax for interment.
Miss Bryan worked in the Kemp
& Hebert department store. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. E. Bryan, Of E70i
Byrne av., are the parents OF the
girl.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
MAY BE DEAD

The police fear something has
happened to Antonio Petrozio, of
E419 Sprague av. Six days ago he
took his gun and said he was going
hunting. He never came back, R.
Scarpelli, his relative, reported the
matter to the police this morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07

narrow. Property owners there are
J. D. Sherwood and John A. Finch.
Those of the city beautiful com.
mittee who are opposing the right
of way are said to be small tax
payers who are more interested in
the scenery than anything lse. They
set up the claim that the line in
passing in front of the fort build.
ings will mar the scenery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-07
APPEALS FOR help
TO FIND Her SON

For God sake help me locate
my son." is the frantic appeal made
to Chief of Police Waller in a let
ter today from Mrs. j. c. Norris, OF
Wash. Mrs. Norris
says her boy is 20 years old, dark
borwn eyes and hair and tall. He
often goes under the name Of T..
II. Murray.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-30
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Fra ncois DeSchene of Brunswick,
aged -. while returning from his work
early Thursday. entered the wrong
doorway in the building in which his
residence is located and fell down
stairs. breaking his; neck. A son and
daughter survive.
Fred s WEIGH Of Curve street. Ban
gOr. a brakeman on a construction
train working at Northern Maine juno
ton was fatally injured at a point about
half mile west of the station at the
junction at 30 L. NJ. Friday and died
from the effects Of the injuries while
being taken to Bangor on special
train. according to the report Of the
accident given at the superintendent
Office of the B. & A.. WEIGH and an
other brakeman We're at work on the
construction train. The train was near
ly at Standstill when the car on
which the men were standing left the
irons and the men were thrown to the
ground. Welch'S companion succeeded
in getting out of the way but when he
arose from the ground to get out of tho
way of tn" moving car. it struck him.
inflicting the injuries which caused his
death.