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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
ARRESTED BY OFFICERS
ON CHARGE OF VAGRANCY
Out Of Money and Suffering
From Effects Of Pro-
tTaCtGd Spree

Enid Okla, July Is Drew $1,000
-ou his entire hank deposit. tG WISH
Buffalo fer a week.
Week l3ter- Found himself I'm Enid
Okla, without money friends or em
ployment and suffering from the ct
fects of a protracted spree
Such Is an incomplete chronology
of a week in he life of Harry 4. Hi
lard, formerly a clesk in the First Ma
tional b nix i'm Chicago, and now a
resident of Rochester n. Y.
Heir TO an estate amounting to
S260000 pc dnnum IN rentals, Hill
hard has spent two weeks in county
jail of this county on a charge OF
vagrancy.
A fortnight ago he was arres ed or
The Rock Island right of way by the
county officers. Although he wore
clothes which were of the best ma
terial, they were wrinllled from eX-
posure 10 rein and begrimmed witt
grease and diIt He did not resist
arrest and willingly accompanied he
officers to the Jail Papers We're
found in his posse ssion showing thai
he was one OF ten heirs to an estate
TO which The Eric railroad pays $500,
700 per year as rental
silence a Sphinx like silence was
maintained by the fallen bank clerk
for several days AT first the Officers
though that they had captured =
bank dclaulter but an investigation
proved the contrary When he had
partially recovered from his inebria
tion epigode billiard lilte1 the shroud
Of impeuatrahle mystery by enlight
ening the officers of his "trip 'm
Buffalo to Enid
The officers listened 20 the tale
with interest and then informed Hil
liard that he Woull be allowed TO dc
part on his way without molestation
But he would not go The time al
which he was to receive he next
quarterly rental was close at hand and
Hilliarl begged to be allowed TO re
main until he secured the money H.
said That he would willingly rather
nay a fine after he received the mon
Cy than seek manual labor He sal
that The day before bc came TO bis
city he was engaged to work for q
construction gang but the work wa
too harl for him and he was compel
Cd to quit.
Hlillia | Yesterday received his REM
al As Jailor Ramsey han1cd the en-
yolopo the millionairo tramp gave
ven to a loud whoop and hastily tore
open the letter Then he pulled on
a long slip of paper II was a banA
draft He visited clothing store
and was fitted out with a new ward
robe. tipcn the shoe store and finals
the barber put on the finishing touch
lie reappcared at the shcriffs office s
new
Last evening lIilliarl left for Seat
tie 10 attend the exposition After
spending some time there he will re-
turn to his home i'm Roches er.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
FOUR TOWNS CONSIDERED
FOR CONFEDERATE HOME

That either Ardmore, Muskogee,
Clarcmore or Vinita will secure the
Oklahoma Confederate home, was
the statement of Representative w.
#. Gimer of hrdmore, financial
agent for the Confederate associa.
ti0n OF the state.
The committee will meet at okla
homa City August to vote on the
final selection of the home
The main building OF the Confed.
crate home will cost $4,000. AL.
ready over 100000 has been sub.
scribcd The rest is forthcoming.
Muskogce has offered 20 acres of
choice hand and free water and
lights for one year Ninita offers 40
acres and an eight room house al
ready erected Claremore bids with
20 acres and a lot in the business
district upon which to build a radium
.water bath house. Ardmore will Of
fer a prominent site and other con
cessions.
The committee authorized to select
q site for the home is composed of:
Col r. A Sneed register of deeds
of Comanchc' county; Mrs. W. T.
Culbertson of Kiowa, president OF
the Oklahoma Chapter Daughters OF
Confederacy; Mrs. T G Harrell OF
Wagner; j. Il, Pulliam of Ard
more.
The home is to house INDECENT vet
Grams OF the gray. The association
assisted by the Sons and Daughters
Of the eonfederaeg will see that the
home is maintained
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
RUSH GETS THE MAZUMA

Washington. D. q. July 27-Special
AssisiaB, Attorney General Rusl.
who had charge Of three grand jury
Investigations in Oklahoma and which
finally ended in the Indictment ut
prominent business men of AIuskogce
upon The charge of conspiracy i'm the
town lol eases. is i'm Washington aud
Contelrirs with the department Of jus
tice i'm regard 10 these cases. Moth
ing can 0e learned as to The outcome
of the conferences. The eases how
ever Will not be hoard until fan at
Chickashu and probably no then
I'm he light of Rush's visit IL
might bt interesting to know that the
department Of justice has paid him
the following sums. beginning August
l. 1908. NJ to and including April 3.
1909 for assisting L. s Dis rict At
.torney Gregg in the prosecution OF the
.alleged conspiracy cases:
August 4, 1908. $39371; Sept 3.
.Si2l06; October 3, $i0023: Nov O..
S39595. December 8. $49S99: JaJuu
airy 8, S55795: February 9. $492.63.
March 6 1909 s53425; April 3. S5SG92
"a total g. $430l57 for nine months OF
wo~k in assisting the paid IT, 5. dis
riot attorney in TIE discharge of thc
duties he alone should have performed
10 is the llvish expenditure ON the
part of the department OF Justice to
assist what Champ Clark terms, "in-
competent district attorneys they oc-
casioned such a warm discussion in
the house Of representatives the other
day when the urgency deficiency ap-
preparation bin was up for discussion.
The amount of money psi3 Rush
alone is probably many times in eX
cess OF the appraised value of The
town lots scheduled in Muskogee
through the medium Of alleged dun
mics" after the manner of the sched-
uling hal been approved by the town
site commission and the government
representatives. who looked after the
matter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
GENERAL AND
STATE AUDITOR DIFFER

The at oney general and state aud
lor ara al variance i'm ms ructi1n 90
ountv trcasurers regarding tie ten
der Of laycs for 1908 by the Western
Union Telegraph and the Pullman com
panes. The first named is ofierut
10 pay onothirl of hc st4tc's assesS-
mont TO that year while the Pullman
ompang DIS rendering saycntcnths.
n each instance the accrued ponaltie5
are included.
Attorney General West has adNis j
That he money oe accepted, but only
as payment ON account
The auditor is sending out notices
not to receive the moneys tend arel
by cthet comp n.y. because the coun
IN has not official recOr3s showing
what is due and because the com y
clerk is the only official who may d.
rect tha treasurer what to collect.
Both companies are litigming tholr
1908 taxes In the Federal court and
last fall secured an iniune ion against
the stste auditor certifying the assess
ments to counties. Only eight eoun-
ties hal gone before service was se-
cured. Since valuations have been
placed upon either company for 1908
i'm excess of the valuation for 1908
ne companies have secured a second
Hderai court restraining order TO
cover this year
I'm answering the case recently the
state asked for a dismissal. alleging
that neither company had offered to
pay what they admitted to be a just
taxation, and IT / understood their
tender of the last few days is the re-
suit. Bo'h companies assert that the
state hsr assessed them far in ev-
cess OF what their property is worth
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
SANTA FE GIVES GUTHRIE
MORE TRAIN SERVICE

The Santa Fe this morning put in
TO effect new time earu which
makes Guthrie The terminal point for
an additional passenger train daily
between here and Cleburne, Texas.
The new passenger train is the res
toration of trains Nos, 10 and 20, be.
tween Guthrie and Purcell. The new
train, in charge of Conductor Pike
and Engineer George Haas, left this
morning at 7:25, the scheduled time
for leaving, and returns al 1883 p
m. II is stated that the additional
passenger uain service between
Guthrie and Ripley, connecting with
the Shawnee-Arkansas City line,
Will be added about next week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
POSSIBLY CAN NOW
ANSWER OWN QUESTION

Ell Reno. Okla. July 28-A one
armed man. supposed to be Clyde
Park Of Frederick, committed suicide
in room rented of Mr. Former
over the Arlington store. The man
rented the room Monday night. pay
ing for it and leaving no call. He
was found at noon, yesterday in a
dying condition with a bottle labeled
poison on the floor near his bed.
His clothes bore the imprint OF the
Model at Frederick, and deposit
slip on the Commerce bank of the
Tillman county city was in the name
Of Clyde Park. A card with a writ
ten inscription. after It Is all over,
where will | be at?" was in his pock.
ct. People who spoke to him at the
rooming house described him as be.
ing Of suaye address and evidently
a well educated man of worldly ex.
perience.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
Q G o Q . @ c . Q Q Q o . 0 0
CLUE IN "BLAGSHAAO" CASE
;peclal 10 the Daily Leader.

Special 10 the Daily Leader
Blrtlcsville. Okla JuR 2S That
ihe black hand letter received hy The
Daily Enterprise of Tins ciy last
week. warning its rpor,trs not Go De
So atk se in the nec6ard murder
case. vas written m d fourteen year
Oil boy is the bellcf 0f he officers.
The boy is the son Of "a local oil
operator A month ago his father re-
cciycd am unsigned letter TO the et
fact that something would happen ID
he did no, let Tommy go ID The air
dome as often as he wished The
tone OF tne letter was such ,hal the
father Immediately suspected his sen
ana aIr they had repaired To tAe
barn the boy confessed
The scrawl. half printing and half
writing. used IN both letters is very
similar. The boy stoutk denies any
knowledge OF the latter letter how
ever.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JEROME QUESTIONS
Evidence at Murder Trial to
Show Insanity Was Without
His Consent, Thdw Says
(By Associated Press

White Plains, ~ Y July 2S-tIarry
Thaw took tile witness stand today In
examination in the proceedings which
he instituted in ep effort to secure
his release from the Matteawan asy-
lum for criminal insane
Il believe, he said. that in acQuitt-
ing me the jury was largely influenced
by the belief that Stanford White de-
served his fate"
"lf you committed the act in de-
Tense OF your honor" asked District
Attorney Jerome, would YOU con
slider yourself justified i'm committing
perjury 10 escape the consequence OF
your act7
mo, replied Thaw, shrkng his
head The district a torncy abandon
ed this attack.
In answer to question, Thaw said
he believed that White eXerted hyp-
motto influence over Evelyn ThaW and
in explain tion of certain evidence In
reduced in the trial in which it was
shown ThaW was insane, he stated
This WAS given without his consent
Tells OF Thaw's Bachelor Life
Tie testimony of Mrs Susan Mere
dith was in marked contrast TO that
of Two dlicnists who went upon he
witness stand and dcclared THAT in
their opinion Thaw was sane.
Summarized. her testimony was that
during The three years named She kept
i'm succession two New York lodging
houses, where Thaa rented rooms un-
der assumed names and 10 which he
brought a various times more than
Eco girls After ThdW's Imprisonment
she sid she paid these women at
least S2j000 as the price of thei- si
lence and to keep them from bother
ing ThaW S wife or mo her
The mysterious package which was
brougl 20 court Yesterday by Clifford
w Hartridgc. Thaws former counsel
was unvrapped ana a pearl handled
whip about three feet long was
brought into view
With this before the eyes of court
and spec ators the woman related q
series Of stories about finding ThaW
.On several occasions lashing the girls
upon their bare arms and bodies.
Thaw, she said, had posed as q
theatrical agent and had lurcd the
girls to his rooms with promises OF
engagements. when she vemonstrat
cd with him. she tes flied his excuse
was tha' the girls 'Were not smarl
enough and could not fiji their posi-
tions, anu deserved a beating.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
STATE AGENCY RAISES
PRICE Of ALCOHOL

Superintendent S. w. stone OF
the state agency reports the opening
of local agency at Chickasha yes
tcrda5 and that a petition was re-
ceived and the request granted by
the governor for an agency at Bar
tlesvillc. This will make fourteen
agencies now in operation in the
state
Superintendent Stone reports an
increase in the price Of alcohol 10
the retail druggist on account of the
steady increase in price on the mar
ket since January l. Effective July
Is, all 2-gallon lots are selling for
So 90, instead of So A ten cent
raise is made on gallon packages.
The law ai'0ws the state a profit
Of 3 per cent and at the rate alcohol
is being sold now the state makes
profit Of 296 per cent
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
TURMOIL.
tBy Associated Pressl

Madr'd Spain July 2S-King Al
tonso ihif afternoon ISSUED a decree
prociaiming martial law and suspcn
sion of constitutional guarantees
throughout Spain.
Reports from Barcelona show that
conditions there are increasingly
grave Rioters have attacked the
convent Of the Little Sisters of the
Poor. Several other religious estab
lishmcnts have also been destroyed.
Inhabitants Of Culera maddencd by
the sight OF recruits on a passing
train, destroyed the roadbed for sey.
en- klometers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
FIRED ON DETECTIVE,
NEGRO MAKES ESCAPE
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Welstl IN, okla, uJly Is Detective
Nonhet cf the Fort smith an7 West
ern railway was shot and slightly in.
jured at Falls by Monroe Randolph, a
Welston negro whom he had elected
from a passenger train. The negro fir
Ell at both detective and conduc or
Grouse as the train was pulling aut
of tie station He made his escape
Randolph when approached by the
conductor between Wellston and Falls
refused 70 pay his fare and slipped to
the rear end of he train He was
taken in charge by the train officials
at F9llis and elected.
Randolph was lodging the authori-
ties who hold warrant for his ar
rest for refusal to pay his poll tax
He told other negroes here that he
was going TO Falls o see about a
friend who had been seriously carved
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
WILL VOTE ON SECESSION

Governor Haskell this morning is
sued a proclamation calling for a
special election ID be held in town
ship H. Wagner county, situated in
the extreme northwestern part of the
county on September TO submit to
the qualified voters the question Of
whether they should seccde from the
county aud form a part Of Tulsa
county
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
NRIGHTS NEVER FLY TOGETHER

Washington. July 2S-Orville
Wright explained why it is he and
Wilbur have never made an ascen
sion together.
I'VE don't think it wise for both
to nY at the same time" Orvllle
said
The Wright brothers are close
corporation and if both should be
killed by an untimely accident their
secret would die with them and they
have wisely decided not to risk com.
plete annihilation at single dis.
astcr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
TULSA Votes SECOND
STREET CAR COMPANY
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Tulsa Okla. July 2S- Following %
bitter fright wagod by tine Tulsa
street Railway company az inst the
project the proposition TO grant 4 soc
ond street. railway a franchise carried
here on referendum vote. The elcc-
don was brought about by the failure
Of the present company to build an eX-
tension 70 Henry Kendall college,
which threatens to leave Tuls1 if
street c4t service was not given them
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
MISSOURI RATE CASE
To HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
lBx Assoelaled Pressl

Kmll city, No. July 28-An ap
peal TO the United states Supreme
court from the qecisiJn of Judge
smith Mcpherson i'm tho Missouri
railroad rate ease was filed by san
ford Il. Lldd. representing the STATE
i'm the United States district court
here tulaE The decision Of Judge
Mcpherson declared the two.cent
ate law IN Missouri coufiscatory and
unconstitutional Ladd said an effort
would Doe made 20 put the case ahead
Tor early decision IN ihe supreme
court.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
Can Draw But Ono pay

I'm 7n OpInIOn 20 A. l. BockCt Of
Stiglcr, county judge Of Haskell coun-
IT, Attorney General West holds thai
no additional compensation can be re-
ceiyed bl county judges by reason Of
the additional duties imposed upon
them by the juvenile court law.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
OKLAHOMA CITY IS
AGAIN WIDE OPEN TOWN
Special 10 the Daily Leader.


Oklahoma City Jnly 2S.-'Again
the 'bootlegger has wen. Hard to get
drink, say the thirsty, aud no is
the reply. fer most all the regulars
are again doing business I'm the same
old way and al the same old stands
Another wind crusade has gone
asunder." said a well known author
ity today. "and the illegal liquor dis
penser has won another fight
For three dats there was consider
able fright among the brewery in;
terests. but the word has been pass
ed around that all is we'll at least
for the time being. Even the Took
ont" has gone on his holidays and
some of the big establishments havN
thrown open their doors with a free
hand But despite the brevity Of the
campaign, which was termed a coun-
tv. city and state affair. It IS ad
mitted by some that the lemonade
habit" was started if nothing more.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
MA8EN JURY IS DISQUALIFIED
Special to Daily Leader.

opQcIaI % DalIy IeduVT
Shawnee, Okla. july 2S-Iudse Ros-
ser toncurred iii Attorney General
Vests contention tina, the jury select
ed to iIy the case against Judge W n
Mabcn. charged with bribery. should
not be 1llowcd to serve The case
against Maben will be delayed for the
rrescn. and the jury viii try other
cases. Attorney General West com
planned that the jury was favorable 70
Maben.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
SWAPPING

Washington, July 2S-Tha free
hides has been traded for lumber ia
preparatsn OF he report on the tariff
bill was reiterated about the Capitol
today in connection with a report hat
the tariff conferees had agreed to re-
tention Of the Senate rae of a dollar
and fifty per thousand on rough lum-
ber It wss practically agreed yes er-
day that the house increases on giov-
es should prevail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
WR|CHT'S SPEED TRIAL
DUE THIS AF FTERNOON
(By Associated Press

Washington. July 2S.- Brisk south
erly breczes blowing this afternoon
seemed the only obstacle to Oryille
Wrghts final test Of his aeroplane
cross-country flight with one passen.
ger from Fort Myer, five miles 10
Alexandria and return at an average
speed of forty miles an hour The
country over which the flight will be
made is very broken and at times he
viii be two hundred feet Ia the air.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
, G Q Q c @ c . c . Q Q Q Q Q c
WEATHER FORECAST


s tUN N00UIIUI"I TFUHsT
2 New Orleans lu'v -rOuirht
> ana Thursday partly cloudy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28
SENATOR JEFF DAVIS
HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Little Rock, Ark, July 2S.-Alter
being spirited away in an automobile
last niaht w Y. Ellis, of Pine Bluff
who shot and killed Nathaniel p.
Willis. q wealthy resident of India
napols, Ind, in the court room here
Yesterday. has been returned 10 Jail
here Il is thought danger of vic
lencc is over.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-28

Little Rock July 2S- Shooting over
ne head of Senator "Jetf' Davis. W
Y. Ellis q resident of Pine Bluff fir
"a bullet into the hea-t of National
Parker Willis. owner Of liQu0r-cura
it indianapolis. in the circuit court
Dom here late yesterday Afternoon.
The shooting WAS The tragic end G.
i lawsuit Of Willis against his diporc
"a wife. who had subsequently mar
led Ellis. THE suit was for the pcs
session of Willis child. Willis dio'
m his mothers arms, almost Instant
after being shot
Willis yesterday secure an oder
rom Circuit Judge Fulk 60 take pos
session OF the child, and 0day thc
parties to the suit met i'm the court
room 10 tocide where the child was to
be delivered
Ellis. who surrendered his pistol to
Judge Fl1k, was al once tlkcn 10 jail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-30
DANIEL VOORHEES, PIKE
TN THE MAN FROM HONE

blanket would be to a camel in the
desert of Sahara.
'7'7T-0 weeks of a bellboy's life was
enough for me, but in that time it
- .,e 10 earn enough to pay my
railroad fare to Peoria, Ill.
Il got a job there because 1 could
sing. The captain of the bellboys Ut
certain Peoria hotel was interested
in quartet music. The four bellboys
at the place constituted a quartet.
The high tenor couldn't keep on the
key, SO the captain tried my voice
out, liked it, and fired the kid who
couldn't sing, giving me his job. Then
l drifted into vaudeville and minstrel
sy; wrote songs. saved my money,
worked hard. and made good with my
folks, who opposed my early desire to
leave home for the uncertain life of
the Thespian.
81 got my nickname, Honey Boy
from the song l wrote entitled IN Be
True to My Honey Boy 1 am also
the author of In the Good Old Sum
mer Time The Land of Bohemia
and lot of others which the public
has been good enough to take fancy
to. 1 often have been asked about my
nationality. l am a Welshman. 1
have brother named Evan Evans
that's Welsh enough for anybody,
guess
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-30
AIDE is Inspiration for Main
Character in MAN From Home

1t is not known generally that Booth
Harrington had in mind George AIDE,
his fellow Indiana author, when he
was building the character of Daniel
tVoorhees Pike for his successful play,
1.-THE Man From Home" which is to
be presented at the Illinois theatsr
knext Monday evening.
1t was by accident the other day
that the truth became known. In an
interview Harrington submitted to be
mentioned that George AIDE had years
ago put him in a play, that George
lAde had even gone SO far as to stamp
1.-THE character by the name of Edwin
Booth Harrington, and that the char
lacter portrayed was that of broken
down thespian, with naught but a shat
tered ambition to look back upon NJ.
Harrington has never said that he
tnourished a revenge even more horri-
/ BILE in its effect than what AIDE had
done to him. 1t is nevertheless a fact
that that original of Daniel Voorhees,
( Pike is George AIDE, that Booth TarI1-
ington has for years been studying all
! the ms and outs, curves and crosses
! of AIDES character with a view Of their
use Harrington has even gone so far
as to have his character make up like
tAde, and has taken advantage of GER
tain physical = Jminences in the AIDE
Iphysiognomy, and planted them upon
his alleged lawyer from Ko5omo.
Lawyer, forsooth! 1t is George AIDE
and he knows as much of law az he
does of tbs rourth dimension of space.
Mr.. Tark:A gton. however, is coy, and
even careful. He is as crazy as an
aged fox, and he will not come out
fiat-footed and admit the truth. He
indicates it, however, as ne says thus,
when taxed with his crime:
Il do not admit that I have any