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New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
ABOUT RATS.

tom" Speedy the IAberton naturalist. has :,
Hvered Judgment In THE Scotsman on "1r rSs
statement that the progeny OF single pair 9t
will in three years increase TO esss ~ .alr
says be accepted with the prOverbial pneh ~
AS the result OF observation Mr. speedy - - sssn
that nfteen was the largest brood he had evsi ~
and four the smallest. Seven was the a'oI@-SSa -SSarp
those he kept in confinement. The young aIv ~. "a
blind and il is fourteen days before tney tS sroed
A month later they displaced by anOthsl q ar
and they driven from the nursery 70 Aoie eaull2
themselves. Frequently only one feinalS - ..5erx
I'm n brood and this In large measure mlsse mlss ns-
the geometrical tendency 20 Increase MNsn snssiy
comes OF so many young bachelor rats Mf: 9rs r.,s.u
doss nor state IL Is asserted that old males a.
Opportunity offers. destroy young 0r9S9s - soss
tbfs Mr. Sneedy has no knowledge. This as .ss.is
InoS- mat ths mother rat keeps the old Ian nss,
awav from her brood IN coninemenh--'"
Globe.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

have been abroad since early in the spring. Will
return by the Adriatfc which leaves Southampton
on Wednesday
Mrs Leffert Lefferts of Flatbush, Is spending
the summer at Marion, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Lott Schenck, Of Flatbush,
are at the Belgrade Lakes. Me.
Mr. and Mrs David Thornton are now 81 lle
Poland Springs House, South Poland, Me.
Mr. and Mrs William H. Childs will spend Au-
gust at the Poland Springs House They passed
Ju}v at the Equinox, Manchester, Vt.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruei Ross Appleton will spend Au-
gust In Nova Scotia.
Dr. and Mrs Glenworth r. Butler and Miss But
ler who spent July touring New England are to
go to Lake George for August.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
after the sudden death of her husband foTsnigh'
after their wedding, last winter.

after the sudden death of her husband fortnight
after their wedding, last winter
Miss Justine Hibbard is visiting Miss Marguerite
1anvrin. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. j. E. Janvrin, OF
Manhattan, at Cooperstown, n. Y.
Mr.. Mrs. Charles Louis Sioard are a' 'he
Ctirley, A1lenhurst N j.
Mrs Edwin H. Bigelow. who passed the carry
mart of the summer at Homestead Hall, Greenwich,
Conn. will spend August the Moorland' Bass
Rocks Gloucester, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. White registered last
week. at the Irving House. Southampton, Long
Island.
Mr. and Mrs Eben Knowlton were at the Edge
mere Club. Edgemere, Long Island. last week
General and Mrs Stewart L. Woodford were In
Paris last week
The Emil II. Franks, of Montgomery Place. are
now AT the Griswold, New London, Conn.
Miss Marjorie Oatman has been visiting Miss
Margaret Maynard at Nyack, N T.
In the BROOKLYN contingent at Kineo, Me-, are
Mr. and Mrs James A Brode. w. H Dougherty
and Nelson Dougherty.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Talmage were at Lucerne
last week.
Mrs Aaron Field and Hamilton E. Field, who
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
Tidings from Borough People at
Seaskore, Mountain and abroad.

From England comes word of the approaching
marriage of Miss Marguerite Berg and Bayard
Sands Ldtchhed, whose engagement was announced
in the spring. The ceremony will take place on
Wednesday afternoon. August IL, in st. Margaret s
Church. Ockley. Surrey, England. A reception
will follow at the home of the brides mother Mrs
Victor Berg, Eldersie, Ockley. Mr.. bitchheld is
the son OF Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Btchfeld, Of
No 2 Montague Terrace. The family have peen
abroad since early summer
The engagement has been announced OF MISS
Amy Teagle Rhodes to Ralph Chapman Rodgers
of Binghamton, N Y Miss Rhodes is sister or
Mrs John Little Mofat, Of No. 1l36 Dean street,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
The SAME KIND OF A CAT.

Ethel aged eight, had suco oeeded in making her
dog stand np on his hind legs, but her efforts to
make do likewise resulted in the little girl
getting bad scratch, whereupon she exclaimed.
You damn catl'
Her Mortified mother. who overheard her. punished
her severely; but not disheartened Ethel the next
morning again endeRvored to induce puss to emu
late the dog, and again she felt the force of the
feline claws. 'You'--the angry child began, when
her mother warningly,
Ethel"
Well" she continued you are just the same
kind of d cat you were yesterday" Judge S
library.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
A SIGN.

II didn't know your mother was dangerously III, "
sald the observant neighbor:
what made you think that?
II saw you washing the dishes this morning"
And is Il any wonder that they never speak an
they pass by ?-Detroit Free Press.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
AN UNREFINED PALATE.

''Thjnk" exclaimed the pure food advocate, 'of
the thousands OF persons who are deceived with
cold storage eggs! =,
'T can't get up any sympathy for then, an
svered the epicurs. "A man who can be deceived
with cold storage egg deserves to be"-Wash-
inSton Star.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

with whom she makes her home Both she and
her fance are Cornell graduates. The engagement
of her sister Miss Kathleen l. Rhodes. to John
Antrim Howard. of Brooklyn, has also been re-
Gently announced.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Frank Squier, Miss Florence A. Squier and Frank
Squier jr.. returned from Europe On La Provence.
Owing to Mr.. SQuer's Illness, they have opened
their town house. at No 80 Prospect Park West.
Mrs Edward Jenkins Turnbull, who hurried to Eu-
rope when her father taken i'll at Giverny
France is still with them.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Only relatives witnessed the marriage on Wednes-
day of Miss Natalie Crane Frankel, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Dionis Frankel. of No. 772 jefferson
avenue and Elbert Wendell Verify, jr.. of No. 725
Hancock street. The ceremony took place at noon
at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The bride
wore a travelling gown Of white pongee and car
ried a prayerbook in place OF a bouquet. There
were no attendants.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

FOR MANY YEARS the August Flu
BILE. DESIRABLE Furniture. This year,
of the greatest manufacturing concerns OF
selling events are famous the world over foi
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
FEAST OF PURIM
n HEBREW HOMES
BEGINS TONIGHT
1t Commentaries DeIiyerance of
the Jews from Their
Persian Masters.
SPECIAL SERVICES IN
SYNAG0GUES OF CITY
Sunset VIII Mark Opening Of
Festivities-Will Continue
Tomorrow.

At sunset today. thousands of He
brews will enter upon the festivities of
the t~wenty-four hour feast of the
Purim, commemorative the deliverance
of the Jews from their Persian mas
tiers. The period will be one of glad
ness and many are the ways in which
it will be celebrated.
When the last rays Of the setting
sun have departed. the reading of the
book of Esther will be begun in the
s%ynagogues. ushering in the festival.
Feasting will follow. wine will be
drunk. as the Talmud expressly says
that even the most devout Hebrew may
drink wine on this day. and young folks
will make merry with masquerade par
ties, dancing, singing and other forms
of j~ubilation.
The feast may be extended twenty
four hours. the second day being in
commemoration of a victory won by
the Jews over the Persians at the city
of Sushan On the day after Hannah was
hanged. The second day will be termed
the feast of Sushan-P urim.
There will be services this evening
and tomorrow in the synagogues Ohel,
Sholom, B'nai Abraham, Anshe Rus
STA. Agudas Achim, Mishnayes, Elm
Jacob and the Congregation of Rouse
of Arrow.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
MAY
GIVE STATE AID
IN GRAFT TRIALS
Something Likely to Develop,
Say Lawyers After Sea-
shore Conference.

ATLANTIC CITY, March 16.--"Attor-
neys for the commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania will vigorously oppose a motion
for the severance of the cases of Archi-
tect Joseph M. Huston and Representa-
tive H. Burd Cassel, unless something
develops prior to March %, the date set
for trial, which makes it to the States
best interests not to-
This significant statement, regarding
the second of the capitol graft cases,
was made by Special Attorney James
Scarlet, following a conference between
himself, Attorney General Todd and
Deputy Attorney General Cunningham
rs to the States attitude toward
Huston.
The three lawyers came to the sea-
shore with their wives, o~stensibly for
relaxation after the extended trial,
which ended last week, but only a few
minutes elapsed after the attorney gen.
erals arrival when they began to dis
cussion of the States procedure as re-
CARDS the probable move of Illusions
attorneys fora separation of his trial
from that of Cassel.
Samuel Clement. jr., one of Illusions
LAWYERS, saw Scarlet and Cunningham.
He denied that he brought any message
from his client or George S. Graham,
COUNSEL n-chief. 1t is probable that
the defendants lawyers will confer
with those of the commonwealth to-
night.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
PEOPLE DEMAND
LOCAL OPTION,
SAYS SCUDDER
Jersey City Divine Declares the
Question Is: "Shall People
Rule or Liquor interests ?"
Especial to the Evening star. !.

JERSEY CITY, March 16.-The Rev
John L. scudder. pastor of the Firs
Congregational Church, spoke last nigh
on local option. He declared that thu
question resolved itself into, Shall tht
people rule themselves or shall the
liquor interests rule?' and he warned
the legislators at Trenton that they
must this week deliver a straight local
option yes or mo"
In part, the Rev. Mr.. Scudder said:
This question is many times deeper
than the mere enforcement of law.
Shall we rule ourselves in the distri-'-
in which we live, or shall the liquor
traffic rule Ns en- masse, as heretofore ?
what this heretofore means. alas.
We know too we'll. 1t means fagant,
continuous defiance of law, corruption
of police, control of excise and police
boards and grand %juries, direct or in
direct promotion of vice and crime, the
destruction of manhood and debauch-
ing of womanhood.
1.-THE people think they have had
enough of it, anu now they are going
to have a change. This week the test
will be applied in Trenton, and we
shall know who rules New Jersey. no
people or an INSCRIPTIONS rum-selIing
oligarchy? Let our legislators refuse
this popular demand for local self-gov-
ernment ii they dare. If. in the preeo7t
heated condition of public opinion, our
representatives defy the people who
elected them and refuse their just De.
mands, many of them will travel to
their political DOOM"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
NEW CATHOLIC MARRIAGE
LAW EFFECTIVE EASTER.
NOn=Church Unions Void. Arch
bishop Farley Explains in Lett
ter to Parishes of His Diocese.

NEW YORK. March 16.-In all the
Catholic churches of the diocese of
New York a letter was read yesterday
from Archbishop Farley. in which he
fully explained the new marriage legis-
lation, according to the decree, NE
Tenere," issued at Rome IN August ,.
The new church laws on marriage be-
come effective on Easter Sunday.
The letter says in part:
Briefly. the faithful should know
that on and after Easter Sunday:
"First-No marriage will be valid un-
less it is performed by a priest duly
authorized and before at least w wit
nesses.
'Second-A marriage performed be-
tween two Catholics, or between q
Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic,
by a Civil Magistrate! Alderman, no
tary public or Protestant minister will
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
POLITICS PLAY,
CIVIL SERVICE
HEAD DECLARES
State Association President
Scores Lawmakers for De-
- laying Action.

The New Jersey State Civil Service
Association will hold a Erecting at the
Public Library tonight to discuss the
civil service bill pending in the Legis-
lature, and express opinions as to the
action of the legislators IN the meas
ure.
The chairman of the legislative com
mittee of the association, Edward X.
Sumerwell. haas voiced the sentiment
of the majority of the members by the
statement that the many amendments
to the bill are designed to destroy it's
effectiveness instead Of improving it,
and he frankly states that it looks as
though politics is playing a big part in
the holding up of this measure.
The meeting will be an open one and
all are invited to attend. Action to
have the legislative committee go to
Trenton to ook after the bill will be
taken.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
GREEN CURTAIN DROPS.
German-American Central SOci-
ETY. Gives Final Play of Season.

With the performance of the four-act
comedy "Dr. Klaus by Adolph Lar
longe, the series of the seasons plays
under the auspices Of the German
American Central Society vas brought
to a successful close in the Empire
Theatre last night.
Before the curtain dropped for the
last time George Grimme, president of
the society. thanked those present for
their generous support.
Herman Gerold played the title role
with a snap that did much to make
the performance a success, while Miss
Auguste Burmester and Miss Fanny
Wenaldy were prominently good in
their respective parts. The general
support left little to be desired in the
way of a -well-rounded play.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
WOMEN WIN CHURCH FIGHT.
Vote First Time in 200 Years
and Elect Stranger Organist.

PENNSBURG, Pa, March 16.-For
the first time in 200 years, the women
of st. PauTs Lutheran Church took act
i've part in a church election yesterday,
with the result that a handsome young
stranger was elected organist and
choirmaster by a vote of 378 to 81.
The contest was spirited. There
were two candidates. John M. Pfeger,
an official of the church, and Harold
A. Laros, a young musician of Coopers-
burg. 1t was the first time in twenty
five years that IN election of an or
ganist had been held, Oscar +. Berndt.
who died recently, having held the po-
sltion for a quarter century.
Each candidate played part of the
music and sans during the service yes
terday. Then the election was held.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
MRS. JERE COOKE
WON'T TAKE HER
HUSBAND BACK
Calls Him 'Lazy" and Advises
Girl to Go Home SO He
Can Go to Work.
HE WANTS TO LIVE HIS
LIFE AS "JERE BALCOLM'
Willing to Earn Living, Draw
ing a Weeks Wages for
Weeks Work" as Painter.

HARTFORD. Conn. March 16.-Mrs.
Jere Knode Cooke, wife of the former
Hampstead minister who eloped with
Floretta Whaley. said today:
81 pity Jere Cooke from the bottom
of my heart, and l pity the girl quite
as much. AS to his statement that he
could not buck a rebuking world with
success, he was neither strong enough
nor did he have the inclination. Jere
is too lazy for such a strenuous fight
Mrs. Cooke says ~emphatically that
she will not take Cooke back. even if
he begs forgiveness.
but | believe it would be better for
him to separate from the Whaley girl. .
she continued. "Then she could go
back to her grandmother, and Mr..
Cooke could go to work
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.-Jere
Knode Cooke, who, under the name of
"Balcolm," is now occupying a flat on
the outskirts of this city with Floretta
Whaley and their baby. told the follow
ing story of his life today:
MY parents died when / was very
1OIiiS, DuI young DIS WAS. L EtillGlllDtI
distinctly my mother making me prom
Use to enter the ministry. AS / grew
older, I decided to enter the church.
When l was sixteen years old 1 was
apprenticed to a painter and decorator.
and there l learned the trade which [
am now following. 1 saved money, en-
tered Yale and after graduating was
| appointed a curate of a church in Balti-
more.
while there I married the woman
the law calls my wife. When, three
days after our wedding, she coldly in
formed me that she had married me
simply as a stepping stone to social sue
cess and that she saw in me one who
was going to rise, l recognized the bit
terness of my lot.
From Baltimore + was appointed
rector of ST. Georges Church in Hemp
stead, l.. L. There l met Floretta
Whaley. I always regarded her as a
child until one day / awoke to the fact
that she was a woman and that I loved
her.
81 wish it to be remembered that at
this time 1 was at the height of my
success, ] threw aside everything and
took the girl. l knew exactly what the
payment would be. I knew the storm
that would follow. / knew / became a
criminals; KNEW 1t all, and ] did it.
And now all q ask is to be allowed
to live my life o as Jere Knode
Cooke the unfrocked pastor of st.
Georges Church. but as Jere Balcolm,
painter and decorator. who draws a
weeks wages for a weeks work"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
CLERGYMAN A BOUT.

ATLANTIC CITY, March 16.-The
Rev. Sydney Goodman, chaplain of the
City Troop and assistant rector
of the Episcopal Church of the
Ascension, has called his Mems Club
together for tonight at the Morris
Guards Armory, and among the fea-
lures of the evening will be an exhibit
ton of jiu jitsu by a Japanese MEM
Der of the club.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
PASTOR LOCKS OUT FLOCK.

ATLANTIC CITY, March 16.-Negro
w~orshipers in the Second Baptist
Church held their Sabbath evening
services or the street in a shower last
night because the Rev. J. B. Herben,
pastor of the church. had barred the
doors Of the edifice against them. The
congregation formally voted TO depose
the pastor, but the doughty dominic
refused TO abide by the action.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16

Andrew Mcconnell. of Washington,
D. c., in addressing the Women's Blu
reau of General Information, declared
that the human body is a voltaic bat
terry. He explained that all ills can be
cured by electricity, just as a defect
i've battery can be repaired.
II tested my system for one year on
two hundred persons of every age and
type" he said. I've tested fully fifty
persons between 50 and 80 years old FOR
regeneration. In two weeks every case
looked from ten to twenty years
younger. If the old will heed they can
learn just how to generate enough ad-
ditional electricity within themselves to
check the ravages Of age and make
themselves younger. Age doesn't
count
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
GIRL KILLED WARNING
OTHERS OF THEIR PERIL.

HACKENSACK, March 16.-Miss Ad-
die Filing, adopted daughter of George
Elling, of North Vale, was instantly
killed by a switch engine neal that
place last night.
Miss Filing and two companions were
walking toward the Northern Railroad
depot on the east-bound track. The
switch engine was travelling west on
the east-bound track, but the young
people seemed unaware of their danger.
Miss Filing shouted to the others to
jump, but was hit before she could
save herself.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
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be null and void. Hitherto such mar
riages were valid.
"Third-No marriage will be licit un-
less it is performed by the pastor of
the bride, or by a priest delegated by
him or the bishop of the diocese"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
COUNCILMAN KILLS MusKRAT.

CLAYTON, March 16.-Councilman
r. d, Campbell was surprised to find a
strange animal in his back yard
yesterday, and %supposing it to be an
opossum, attempted to pick It up by
the tail. It was a muskrat and was
killed with a club.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
ATLANTIc cITY,S BEAUTY cOsT.

ATLANTIC CITY, March 16.-Ex-
perts engaged on the work OF beautf-
flying the resort have estimated that
it will cost 5000. 900 per year for the
next twenty years. 1t is likely that the
first work undertaken after the in1-
provemen of the boardwalk Will be the
laying out of a City Hall park in the
centre of the city.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
ACCEPTS NEsTFTELD pAsTORATE.

WESTFIELD. March 16.-The Rev.
George F. Schmidt has resigned as pas
tor of the Lutheran Church at Rich
mond, Va, to accept a call from the
Lutheran Church here. and will be in
stalled on March 20. He is at the home
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Schmidt. of Bayonne. recovering from
an operation for appendicitis.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
REMARRIES AT 8S.

BELvIDERE, March 16.-Elisha
Woodruff, Ss, a retired business man.
has beer married to Miss Josephine
sonnenberg, IS, by Mayor Siias Gibbs.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16
m Z @sy' Sale Beautiful Roses

Roses! Rosesil Nothing but
! Roses; new, beautiful, a bewilder-
ing display. as natural as life
many shades: on sale two days
! more, Tuesday and Wednesday.
19c Roses 12c 4Ac Roses 35c
. zoe Roses 19c soc Roses 65c
39c Roses 25c 0Sc Roses soc
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-16

Linen, initial, hemstitcht narrow hens, pl
sheer and. cross bar cloth, embroidered bl
tials, plain and set in wreaths; some en-
broidery. slightly imperfect; complete set
of initials in the assortment, not of each
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-07
FEDERAL CHARGES
MOSTLY WHISKY CASES

OF the twenty-eight indictments re-
turned by the federal grand jury yes
terday the majority were for dispos.
ing OF liquor
The indictments are as follows.
Tom Edwards, Clarence Trumhy,
Matt Williams. Oscar AIDE, Charles
Carter. Charles Stone. X G. Corruth-
ers. c. NJ. Rogers. Henry McCann. J..
Flowers, Col. Biggs, j. H. Smith,
Robert Darlington. introducing and
disposing OF liquor.
Harge Redison and II. neamer, lar
ceny; Harry Fortunes, mailing and
causing 20 be mailed an obscene letter
Earl Hashaugh, stealing a letter from
a United States post office: A. G. VIII
son assault with intent to kill: Matt
Williams, carrying on "a business OF
retail liquor dealer; b. N. Lee. alias
George Memmy larceny; Eh Glyman,
violation of revenue law. James w
Harris, rape, Gilbert Ohler, violation
LOT revenue law. James German, ass
sault with intent 10 kin; A. G. VIII
sOn assault with deadly weapon s
BIN Dalton, lareenyB u q Pattersop,
larceny
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-07
INDIAN TRIBES HIRE
EXPENSIVE LAWYERS

The report Of the commission auth
orized to inquire into The extent ana
value Of the segregated coal ana as
phalt lands belonging to the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations. looking to-
ward their purchase by the state has
heer written and viii be submitted
10 the state legislature probably hv
the end of this week.
The commission Is said to have
reached the conclusion that ~ this
time there IS no means al hand TO
ascertain the reasonable value of the
lands, but that under no circum-
stances should a price in excess of
20 million dollars be considered by
the state. The purpose in the propos-
al to buy the lands Is 90 have the state
control Of its coal and asphalt re-
sources.
Ihe commission discovered a mum
Der Of interesting thing IN connection
with the lands John +. McMurray
OF MeAlester appeared before Il and
exhibited contract between the
Choctaw and Chickasa tribal gov
ernments on the one side and, on the
ctfer. The law firm of Mansfield.
Cornish and McMurray. and Cecil A.
Lyon Of Texas. by which the latter
were to negotiate the sale Of the
lands, and to receive q commission
OF 10 per cent OF the price paid
II the lands We're sold to the state,
these agents under the terms Of con.
tract were to be paid / million dol
lars. The contract was made in 1905
and expires in 1919. lt purports to
have been ratified by the Legislatures
Of both tribal governments
Governor Green MeCurtain Of the
choetaw nation, sent representatives
TO the commission, dlsclaiming that
the McAlester lawyers and Colonel
Lyon had authority to represent the
choctaw government There we're
40 protests from Chickasaws.
The firm Of Mansfield, Cornish and
McMurray has been highly SUCCESS
ful in a financial way in It's dealings
with the Choctaw and Chicksaw gov
ernments. About two years ago it
was paid a fee Of 3-4 million dollars
for its services in defeating the citi-
zenship claimants. Colonel Lyon is
politician in Texas.