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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
MRS. HAMS
GAY ACTOR

Flushing. n. Y, Dec, 3O.-The de.
fense cf Thornton J. Hains, indicted
with his brother. Captain Peter G.
Hains. Jr.. for the killing of William
e. Annis. called TWO witnesses in the
trial to show certain alleged acts OF
Mrs Claudia Hams which the law
yers for the defense claim so affected
Captain Hains that he became men.
tally unbalanced.
Samuel Chester Reid, of Chicago. a
friend Of Halns family, swore Captain
Hams told him of all his marital mis-
fortunes aud t1at The captain eyinced
sigls being irrational.
Before the close of the days session
The defense called to the stand SER
want in Captain Hams household, Min.
ME Rhone, who related certain alleged
Incidents in which Mrs. Claudia Hams
and William y. Annis figured at the
Hains home while Captain Hams was
In the Philippines. These incidents.
the witness said, she told the cap,ain
on his return.
The witness said that Mrs Hains
was intoxicated at the house with Mr.
Annis and that the wife OF the army
captain turned somersaults ana Mr..
Annis smacked her. Witness said she
T. ld the captain that his wife smoked
cigar-ttes and that she went out auto
mobile riding with Annis and stayed
away al night
What dii the captain do when you
sold him that?"
The witness jumped from her seat
AMI gave an exhibition of how the cap
tain acted cfying out, ''Oh. my God.
Did she do that? What win become OF
my chlldren?s
when did you ten Captain Halns
All this?' asked Justice Crane sternly
The night he came h me from the
Philippines was the reply.
The witness said she TOLD CAPTAIN
Mains that Mrs iiains had told her
she loved Billy Annls for five Years
aud that she dil not know what love
WAS alen she married rho woman
further lestilied that Nrs. Hams called
.Annis papa and he, affinity, and
one one occasion Captain liains young
son called Annis "papa
The witness said she tald an this 10
Captain iiains. She IA the captain.
she said, that Annis made himself NJ
home In the house and that he Did
when SOMEONE cNlled.
II
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
LEGISLATIVE
-. GOSSIP. 49,.

Senator Clarence Davis, of Creek
county, arriyed vita his family yes
teriay from Bristow Senator Davis
was one OF the able members OF the
upper house In the First assembly.
Representative A. j. Butts, OF Al
talIa count is here from Cherokee
He was elected by three votes In a
district nominally 800 Republican.
Speaker w. II. Murray. of the Firs;
Legislative assembly, will pass
through tne city today eniouie To
I-aasing, Kansas to attend the meet
ing of the joint investigation commit
tees Of Oklahoma and Kansas to lool
into the charges Of cruelty 10 convlets
I'M the Lansing penitentiary.
George Woods. a member OF the
Constitutional convention Is here from
Cherokee. He denied the report thai
he will be a candidate for sergeant
alarms OF the lower house in the com
ing legislature. He Is now engaged
in the tax ferret business IN tn,
southern part OF the state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30

the most celebrated in the histors Of
the city.
Judgment was pronounced al the
close Of day devoted 10 legal uat
tie wherein the defense s ugh, TO in.
troduce many reasons for a new trial
When Judge l.awlo- had denied this
and other MOTIONS involving delay the
defendant arose at the courts com
mand AMI stood Nnmoged Throughput
th4 recithFh Z lhaI 5ndeH
Fhere ,w8s 8c DEMONSTRATION on Toe
part OF theisepeotaiors ld@ring thetpno.
ceedings IL the courtroom nor iaQer
when Ruef. having entered the prison
van in the custody Of q deputy snerlf
started on his long ride a. the county
iaii. Before the adjournment of court
notice OF appeal had been filed on be
half Of the defendant and the court
had signed a writ OF probable cause,
which will act as a stay of execution
in the case.
In a trial that was prol -nged through
a period Of nearly four months. Ruef
was convicted on December 10 of brlb
ing John j. RTey. a former supervis
or, to favor the award of an overhead
trolley franchise 10 the United Rail.
roads. Tais was onv OF the ia indict-
ments returned against Ruef by the
Oliver grand jury, which heard the
confessions OF 16 supervisors who ad
mitted the acceptance of brlbes in sew.
eral matters involving public service
corporations.
one OF the many indictments that
tends to make the trial + Ruef re
markable, was the shooting OF Assist
ant District Attorney Francis j Hen
ey. By Morris Haas, an ex-conyicl
whose past record was exposed b,
the prosecutor after Haas had beel
accepted as member Of toe jury ii
Ruefs second trial Haas subsequent
ly committed suicide in the county
jail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
EARTHQUAKE HORROR
Every Hour Magnifes the DestrdsSion
Wrought BY Earth's Convusion in Italy.

Rome, Dec. S0.-ln the Calabrian
district, which was only beginning to
recover from the effects OF the earth.
quake Of 1905. Reggie was the center
of the earth's upaeayal The seaport
Ct Reggie Is reported as no longer ex
listing and the city proper is IN ruins
The loss OF life on both sides OF the
strait and In Eastern Sicily was emo.
nous. One OF the refugees from Reg
gio who was the firat to bring the
news OF the citys destruction, tried &C
make his way g. Sicily in a sailboai,
but was compelled to return and final.
~ found safety al peninsula port. ~
describing his experience he said:
The sea vas strangely, mysterious
" agitated and the heavens we're
ablaze. Nearing Sicily. the clearini
smoke revealed the mystery, Messina
was In flames In the frenzy Of des
pair, turned my boat to Calabria."
Starving, bleeding from injuries ana
ajmons insane from their terrifying ex
periences. Messina's survivors are flee
ing in all directions. The spectacle
presented bs, The ruined seaport Is dc
scribed as terrifying. Tumbling build
sngs beth killed aud mutilated, while
hundieds "A the injured imprisoned II
the Wreckage we're abandoned to theii
fate by the fleeing populace. One @
those Who escaped said:
The earia seemed suddenly to dro,
and then turned violently on its axis
TIE whole population, who practicall,
were pgecipitated from the houses
rent in twain, were spun ar uhd Ike
tops as they ran through the streets
Many fell crushed TO death and others
bewildered, took refusA for breath be
side the to- ing walls, where the!
soon met tn Fate of their companions
Already Il sh and Russian squad
rons have ami ID at Messna. Sailor
and marine have been disembarke,
and they have performed c3urageou
acts In rescuins ne injured and reno,
ing the wounded. A large number g
survivors have been transferred 10 IN,
warships. which are transformed int
great floating hospitals. II Is impera
tive that the dead be removed fror
the ruins in order to avoid pestilence
Steamers with doctors, druggists, fire
men and workmen have arrived a
Messina from Catania and other places
Special dispatches received here iron
Calabrla confirm the destruction o
Reggie. They report that the situation
there is as bad II not worse, than Il
Messiua. The streets In Rome ar
jamuled with people who snatch III
speciz1 editions from the newsDoy,
Tne people are plunged IN grief an
lamentations are heard on all side
Here and there one asks anothei
When viii be the end OF this awf
repetition OF devastation and death
our country"
The hands OF all the nations hay
been extended 20 Italy IN her affii,
tion. From rulers have c-me message
OF coincidence and from the peopl
spontaneous promise OF that aid while
brings the world closer together !
dine OF great calamity Great Britai
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
ADJ: REUF
SENTENCED

San Francisoo. Cal, Dec. aQ-Abra-
ham Ruef former D lilical boss Of San
Francisco, was sentenced 10 fourteen
years in the state penitentiary at San
Quentin prison. Sentence was pro.
nouneel by Judge William q. Lawlor
who presided over Rnefs trial on The
charge oi DriMng member OF she
Schmitz boar3 OF supervisors Ia the
award an overhead trolley franchise
20 the United Railroads.
The trial. which ended with con
viction on december 10, gGs one OF
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
Stop That Cold

30 chtca carly colds or Grippe with ''Frcyenaics"
means sure defeat for insumonin. To stop cold
with Preyenties is safer Than 20 les trun ami be
ohlsed 20 cura ie afterwarda To DO aure. Pee
yendos will cura even g deeply seated cold. but
tater eagls-ae the sneaa etags-lhey ofeAk. or
head or these early colds. Thas's surely batter.
that's Why thoy ara called rrevenlcs.
Rreventcs are little caniy Cold oures. no QulR-
me. nc Dhysic aoiAlng liel enins. Nice los the
ehildgea-tnd thoroughly safo too. Il you feel
chilly. Il you snee4e Sou ache an over, think %
LFoyenllcs. Prompiness may also sAye lAlf youF
unlal Sickness. Ana don't forget your child. 70
iAcso 4 ieyerishness, nighEor day Herein prols
Sbly lies l'reyenlcs' gisatsl eihecncy. Sold q,
% toaes icl the loctet. 4iso in &c boses Of ss
9gcgnties. lpsits as y0ug dgussisn ghins sea
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30

Foley's Orino Laxative cures chron
ic constipation and stimulates tht
liver. Orino regulates the bowels ~
they will act naturally and you dt
NOT have to take purgatiyes continu
ously-C. r. Rentro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-30
GUILTY OF cOUNTEarelvlNe

Passing counterfeit money is 10
worse than substituting some un-
known worthless remedy for Foley's
Honey and Tar the great cough and
cold remedy that cures the most OBJ
expels the cold from the system. c.. r.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
THROWS LIGHT ON
MACHINE TRICKS
BANKER TELLS HOW COMBINE
DOES POLITICS
STATEMENTS sTARTLE A HOST
OF HEARERS
Marshall Stimson Addresses Members
of City Club at Regular Weekly
Meeting at Westminster
Hotel

Marshall Stimson, the Los Angeles
banker, did not speak on purity in
politics" in his address to the members
of the City club of Los Angeles at the
Westminster hotel yesterday noon,
but in the light of comparison afford
ed in his able exposition of THE Way
the Machine Does Politics" he en-
phasized the need and value of politi-
cal purity in most dramatic and i'm
pressive manner.
Those who expected to hear a mere
ethical essay on political Vaccinations
and machine campaigning were agree
ably disappointed, for they heard in
stead a series of practical conclusions
and a vigorous exposition and de-
nouncement of conditions CLEANED
through Mr. Stimson's many expert
ences in the melee of machine crooked
ness which We're startling to all pres
ent, many of whom until Mr.. Stimsons
address had scarcely dreamed of the ex-
tensive system employed by the South
ern Pacific railroad and other corpora
tions to control the policy of NUM-
cipal, state and federal administra-
lions and to foster their own unlawful
and selfish ends.
Mr.. Stimson took his hearers from the
very inception Of municipal crooked
ness during registration to the culmin-
ating touches when the cline Italian
hand" and sometimes braWny fist Of
the machine "boss" is at work in the
legislative lobby or in the halls of con-
gress.
AS has been done by other speakers
recently at the City club Mr.. Stimson
urged the Importance of the primaries
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
more capable of exposing the rotten
ness there.
Exposes system

Exposes system
The machine system of false regis
tration, felonious voting, caucus pack
ing, primary and municipal election
crookedness was thoroughly exposed,
however, and his speech was punctu-
ated by many loud and prolonged
bursts of applause and enthusiasm as
he revealed his insight to the trickery
and suggested complete organization
and united effort in every precinct to
down the machine gang.
During his address Mr. Stimson fire.
quently took occasion to express his
attitude toward the machine hirelings,
who he said he did not blame for their
crookedness, because, he stated. they
are ignorant of the motives of the
power behind Them regard politics as
they do a common card game, and do
not realize the terrible injury they are
doing to the public.
But" he added, "for the men
higher up-the men who are back of
the machine-the men who regulate and
promote It'll have neither sympathy
nor mercy. / believe they should be
branded for what they are and that
they should feel the weight of public
indignation.
"There is no censure too caustic for
such creatures as these-the men who
supply the dollars and are directly re-
sponsible for the corruption and graft
in politics and office"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
PLEADS GUILTY; SAYS HE
is GLAD HE WAS CAUGHT
Young Man Arraigned in Superior
Court on Burglary Charge Sem
tened to Three Years
in Prison

H. P. Rose pleaded guilty to bur-
glary before Judge Curtis D. Wilbur in
the superior court yesterday and was
sentenced to three years in the state
penitentiary at Folsom.
Rose broke into the home of e, M.
Ronners March % and stole sack of
coins that afterward were found in his
possession After his plea of guilty
he told the court he was glad he ha'
been caught in this act of crime, and
that he wanted to lead better life.
1t was evident the Judge did not be-
lieve the protestations of the prisoner,
and the three-year sentence followed in
short order
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

stances at this polling place where
men had tried to vote whom he had
found to have registered from saloons
or who attempted to vote under the
names of men who had formerly lived
in the precinct but had long before
left 1t.
Glad to Get Away
"In every instance" he said, "when
called these men down there was an
indignant talk about their being free
American citizens, a good deal of
profanity and general Indignation that
1 should challenge them, but they all
sneaked off without voting and were
glad to get away"
Mr.. Stimson denounced the caucus
as having no place in pure politics and
urged that the best way to fight the
corrupt machine organization was to do
it in the open-above board at all
times.
leave the maneuvering and eau
cuses and all that sort of sub rosa
dealings to the machine, for they con-
stitute what are publicly known to be
the most corrupt functions of the ma
chine. The honest voters, the public,
do not have much use for caucuses;
and, besides, the average caucus is
run by the other fellow"
Mr.. Stimson then told how he had
taken a delegation of seventy-five per-
sons to a caucus in his own precinct
and had found it "jobbed" by the ma
chine.
"When I got to the caucus" he said,
st found it was being held in a small
room and that the room was already
packed, though I had come early. 1
managed to get inside by climbing over
the shoulders of those crowded at the
door, but my delegation could not fol-
low me. Once inside I looked about
me and discovered that the room was
filled with strangers. most of whom I
could have sworn did not reside in the
precinct or any place near it. 1t was
another machine trick"
Allied with Machine
The speaker stated some of the news
papers were allied with the machine
and declared their function was to
create issues and cover up the real and
vital issues by making big "nolse'
over issues that did not exist.
He cited as an example the recent
campaign preceding the primaries for
the election of convention delegates,
when certain newspapers made an is
sue of what was pretended to be an
alliance with the union labor interests
to defeat the regular Republicans. He
denounced 1t as false, and done merely
to turn attention from the fact that
the whole fight was being concentrated
against the domineering control of pol
tiles in both parties by the Southern
Pacific railroad.
Mr.. Stimson, while touching on the
corrupt methods in securing convention |
votes and on corruption even higher
up, did not dwell at any considerable
length on these phases of machine
work, evidently wishing to leave that
end of it to men whom he considered
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10


their fight against corruption
ut is only at the primaries we may
hope to win, but the fight must not be
confined to any one or few precincts,
but to each and all of them. Other
wise it Is useless
Solid Front Bluff
''The machine politicians have got
every one who is not deeply in the
game to believe their numbers are
legion. 1t is the long. solid front they
present which frightens many good
government workers, who think 1t Is
useless to attack them
"But this solid front is a bluff. If
you go into the different precincts and
count their numbers you will find they
are only a handful compared to the
good government Democratic and Re
publican voters. The way they work
their game is well known to some of
us. If there is a fight on in any par
ticular precinct which is waxing warm,
the machine sends every man it owns
from every other precinct to help the
men out where the fight is, and imme-
diately sizing up the bunch whom the
good government man believes belong
in that precinct he is forced to the con-
clusion they are a thousand strong
and that therefore he has hopeless
fight
LAS often as there is war on in any
one precinct so often do all of the ma
chine forces throughout the county and
city, If necessary, come to the rescue.
But If you attack them in every pre-
cinct simultaneously and attack them
determinedly you will find they are
few in number, weak and unable to
cope with the great army of voters"
Mr.. Stimson told how false registra-
ton has been frequently resorted to in
Los Angeles. He cited instances in one
campaign when personally he had cam
vassed a precinct in which more than
three hundred voters were registered.
Many Fake Names
II was able to find only 40 actual
voters in that precinct" he said. but
having a list of the registered voters
with me I found that scores of them
were registered from saloons; that
others We're fake names; that still 9TH
ers had left the precinct months before
and that the machine expected to use
their hired imported voters to carry
the precinct, which otherwise would go
for good government, as against the
machine ticket.
"When it came election day I per-
sonally posted myself at the polling
place. I found one man walking around
among the booths and the judges and
clerks sitting at a table. They tried
to throw me out, and when l asked
why the other fellow was permitted in
side while I was not I was informed
that he was a regular Republican
challenger. 1 replied that so long as
the other fellow remained / would re-
main, and they soon saw they had to
adopt new tactics. l remained there"
Mr.. Stimson then cited numerous in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

Business men of Los Angeles will
meet the business men and producers
of San Joaquin valley Wednesday to
Sunday on the chamber of commerce
glad hand trip. Special train leaves
Wednesday evening, May 10. Secure
tickets at once at chamber of COM
merce
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

as the place for honest voters to make
their fight against corruption.
"It is only at the primaries we may
hope to win, but the fight must not be
confined to any one or few precincts,
but to each and all of them. Other
wise 1t is useless.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

NEW SHIRT WAIST AND JUMPER sty1
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with Val. lace yokes; collar and cuffs;
finished with lace; skirts gored and plait- y
ed, trimmed with folds; new striped ef-
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values to $40. Very special tomorrow at
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

High grade garments that only require trip to ii
laundry to put them in perfect condition. lingerie law
organdy and swiss waists in the designs;
to $3.50; sale price Monday 95c.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
81 Curtains, 5 to 10, Csc

500 half pairs white and Arabian lace
curtains, 3 and 80 yards long; ex-
quisite new designs; curtains worth to
Sd pair; to 10 Monday. 35c each.
The Big Sandy news., 1908-12-04

(which are In the nature of rugges-
tions) may be secured by addressing
the Commission at Washington.
The commission desires to have The
judgment of competent men and
women on any of the great public
questions as TO whether the govern
ment can aid in improving any Of
the conditions Of country life. The
commission desires that a brief state
ment OF the general conclusions ar
rived at in these discussions be sent
to the office In Washington.
This letter is sent to all county
superintendents, or equivalent Off
GERS. in the United States, In cr-
der that these subjects may be ev-
erywhere discussed practically simu-
ltaneously. The commission Hsks you
cooperation in securing these meet
ings, in the interest of the public
good. The meetings should be held
not later than the first week In
December.
The whole success OF the work OF
the Commission depends on the atti-
tude ana cooperation OF the farming
people of the United States, The
Commission represents them, and
it heeds their suggestions.
Yours,
]. G.. Crabbe, Supt.
The Big Sandy news., 1908-12-04
Department of Education.
G. CIabbe, State Superintendent,
Frankfort, Ky.

Dear Sir
President Roosevelt has suggested
that the Commission on Country
Life TASK the farmers to come to-
gether in the several school districts
OF the country so that they may meet
and consider" the question concern
ing which the Commission is seeking
information. The President desires
that these discussions be held not
later than Saturday, December 5.
/ am writing you to request that
you suggest to the school officers, or
other leading citizens, in the several
school districts, to meet in their
school houses, or other customary
meeting places, and discuss the gener-
al economic, social, sanitary CT
educational conditions of country life
in their respective neighborhoods
The President suggests the follow
ing topics: The efficiency of the
rural schools; farmers organizations;
the question Of farm labor: the
need Of good roads; improved postal
facilities; sanitary conditions OF
the farm.
The Commission has issued SER
les Of questions on which information
is desired. Copies Of these questioni
The Big Sandy news., 1908-12-04

There is bottomless sink on the
farm of Mr., Tom Mcdaniel, near
Uno, You may drop large rock
into 1t and YOU will never hear
1t strike the bottom. During The
Civil War James Parberry, a loldier
in Morgans cavalry. tried to find
the bottom. He arranged n large
rope and with bucket attached had
himself let down as far as the rope
would reach. He held lighted lint
ern on his way down and when a.
bout half way back on his return trip
he discovered the rope above him
was on fire, and when he got to
the top it was nearly burned intwo
He stepped out of the bucket and
said "A miss is as good as a
mile"
The Big Sandy news., 1908-12-04

Since last Sunday the man who
has nothing else to do can track
about the country for forty-fiVe days
and kill all the quail he wants, How,
ever, II one hasn't time to go gun
ming, but would like TO have a par
fridge for his sick wife or child,
he is criminal n the eyes of the
law IL he goes out and buys one, II
will always be a matter OF Eatis-
faction to the editor to recall that,
when a member of the Kentucky Leg
islature, he did what he could to
defeat this fool law, which owes its
passage TO the powerful lobby of the
Louisville Gun Club. The farmers
had nothing TO do with lt.-Todd
County Times.
The Big Sandy news., 1908-12-04
Knives, Forks & Spoons

They are guaranteed to contain
so per cent more silver than the Rog-
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Is possible because the purchaser does
not pay jobber's profit
There are very few homes that are
too poor to afford set Of this ta-
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and every man owes it to his wife TO
provide it. There is nothing that
will bring the same amount of sat-
isfaction for the money. Once In
o life time is all you have to buy
World Brand Ware