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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Before Fifteen Thousand Mmaddened Football
"ROOters" Missouri Defeats Kansas in An
nual Football GGme---AH Credit for Great
Victory is Due "Silent" Roper, Former
Princeton Mgn :. Missouri Students
Win Thousands on GGwe :. Hack
ney's Great 40 Yard Kick for
Field Goal is Feature.

Kansas City No, Nov 26 -Bewild-
cred by the rapid fire work of the
sturdy Missouri Tigers, the Kansas
University football team went down
In defeat after a fierce struggle here
yesterday score Missouri IL: Kan.
sas 6.
Last night Kansas City was In the
hands Of the Tigers and their supper
ters. Thousands Of students paraded
the streets in automobiles, hacks aud
carryans and on foot rejoicing over
the first victory Of the Missourians in
years. Missouri students won thous.
ands Of dollars on the game.
With odds ranging from three to one
to two to one, the Tiger followers took
all the money in sight And for the
Kansas hackers let It be said there
was plenty They backed the Jay.
hawlSers to a standstill and went down
in defeat with the crushed grldiron
heroes like martyrs.
All credit for the victory goes TO
Coach Roper. the silent man of
Princeton, who protested all season
that his team was rotten and un-
able to pick up the fast eastern style
OF football
Not only did he bring out victor
ious team which played the eastern
open IN a wholly unexpected manner,
but his light line fought the bigger
opponents with the vim Of men many
pounds their superior IN weight
Never before IN the history Of the
annual struggle between the old enc
mics has there been such crowd
out to witness a game as gathered at
Association park today More than
fifteen thousand people jammed into
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ROOseveltiSm is Causing
War Among Republicans

Roosevelt policies" to secure re.
nomination
President Taft viii be assured by
Mr. Roosevelt without solicitation
that ne Is not candidate and will not
accept a nomination, but just the same
there will be a continual cropping out
Of little things that will not make for
the comfort OF the executive.
AS a sample, former Governor Lar
rabee of Iowa is in the city Here is
what he says. we are beginning to
miss Roosevelt and wish he we're back.
President Tafts Endorsement Of Aid.
rich's tariff views has lost him much
of his popularity out our way We all
think ne maae pig mistake,
col. Roosevelt Is more popular to-
day than he ever was; people are be.
ginning to miss him and his rugged
thoroughly American. and patriotic
views expressed on every subject con-
corning the welfare of the country If
he were to land today at San Fran
cisco and travel across the continent
TO his oyster Bay home he would re-
eeiye a reception. the like Of which no
American has ever experienced. He is
bound 70 come to the front again be-
fore many years, and the country viii
be the gamer thereby
It Is interviews OF this nature that
will hurt at the white house Mr.
Roosevelt cannot help from secretly
enjoying It. II nothing else il viii
remind him Of the terrific sweating
he went through during the last year
Of the life Of the late Senator Hanna
OF Ohio. Death relieved Roosevelt Of
Hanna. but Roosevelt Is liable to live
a century
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ACTION or INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS IS DENOUNCED

Spokane Wash Nov % Condemn.
mg the acts and attitude Of the leader
shin of the Industrial Workers OF the
World as un-American. irresponsible
aud undesirable aud a menace to the
peace, prosperity and happiness of the
community, the Spokane chamber Of
commerce adopted resolutions support,
ing Mayor Pratt the city council and
The police commission and officers In
the determined stand they have taken
for the enforcement Of Law and order.
This action followed a thorough in.
vestigation by officials of the CONNER
clal organization aud a statement from
Mayor Pratt. who said, following a de.
tailed account OF the causes leading to
the arrest of several hundred members
of the Industrial Workers. that after
refusing an offer to arrange for an
early test Of the city ordinance, pro
hibiting street speaking, the leaders
openly boasted they would send their
men and defy the Authorities and laws
of the city He added IN his communi.
cation;
''The organization and It's leaders
and counsel have acted In an arbitrary
manner and, despite repeated warnings
they have insisted IN breaking the
laws. do not regard them as an or.
ganlzed legitimate body of laboring
men, their actions having classed them
ms horde of alien yagabonds.
fThose who have been sentenced to
the rock pile and will not work are
given bread and water. while those
who viii work receive three wholesome
meals a day Of the regular prison fare
The Jail has been kept sanitary at all
times and the prisoners have been com
PEELED TO bathe regularly
we have the situation well in hand
and We are prepared % accommodate
6imprsonl 1000 more. should It be
necessary"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03

Washington. Nov 81 That the
country viii be flooded during the
next three years with Roosevelt presi-
dentlal gossip Is inevitable The per.
sonality Of the former president is
such as to keep him in the limelights,
much to his "dee-llght and whatever
may be the motive there is going to
be following IN the republican party
TO insist that Roosevelt is the only
man who can be elected on the repub-
lican ticket in 1912 The suggestion
necessarily reflects seriously upon
the administration of President Taft
and implies that it lacks the success
TO secure an Endorsement at the polls,
The discussion Of the subject is
provoked by the row in the interior
department The suspicious ones see
in ii nothing but an effort Of the old
Roosevelt crowd to undermine the
Taft regime. CLAWS, himself, who
brings the charges against Tafts sec
retary, Ballinger. is entirely overlook.
ed.
only the figure Of Clifford Pinohot,
the chief forester and member Of the
Roosevelt defunet tennis cabinet ap-
pears behind the conspiracy The re.
suit is that the president viii be at
his wits ends to prevail upon Ballln.
ger TO remain In the cabinet II Pin.
chot Is to retain his official position.
There are some who are inclined 10
believe that Pinohots attitude ia very
lmuch like that or the small boy with
the chip on his shoulder and that he
would welcome being fred out to he
come the first martyr Of the Roosevelt
policies In the interior department
as everywhere else, the Roosevelt
policies constitute a patent on the
ten commandments There Is no room
FOR more than one innterfretation on
any one subject
IN che meantime. the presidents at
titude Is said 10 be such that he would
resent with righteous indignation a
suggestion by even his closest advisers
that Mr.. Roosevelt Is willing 10 obey
Countrywide call as the Roosevelt
ian boomers call t.
Whatever may be the result Il Is
certain that President Taft in spite
of his confidence IN Roosevelt. has
many sleepless nights ahead Of him. Il
Is embarrassing enought to have It con.
stantly pounded into a man of self
Prospect that he has got to follow
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
SHELTON IS APPOINTED
DELEGATE TO BRUSSELS

Guthrie. Okla, Nov. 27.-state su-
perintendent +. d. Cameron was in
vited by the International Congress
for home education, which convenes in
Brussels in 1910. to appoint a list of
delegates to represent Oklahoma at
the congress. In conformity with the
request he has made the following ap
pointments John Golobie Guthrie.
II. c. King. Durant ]. p. Corners. Can
adian ". H c. Shelton. vinlta; A.
Grant Evans. Norman; Fred Howell
III Reno; Kate Barnard, Guthrie.
This is the third session of the Inter
national Congress for home education.
the first session being held in Stock
holm, Sweden, and the second in Lon.
don, England This session viii be
held at Brussels in Belgium. It has
been suggested that the delegates from
the United States attempt to bring the
next session to this country.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
DURANl RECEIVES
CENSUS SCHEDULE
II Has Been Completed And Nine
Million Copies VIII Be
Printed.

Washington. D q Nov "a Census
Director Durand has received from
Assistant Director William e VIII.
loughby the general schedule for the
census Of agriculture April 18th next
which Mr. WHloughby IN conjunction
with Prof Le Grand Powers chief
atatieticlan for agriculture and The ad.
ylsory board o. farm economists and
other agricultural experts. has been
formulating during the summer
Director Durand has approved the
form and subdivision Of the inquiries
and has ordered nine million copies
of the schedule 20 be printed by the
government printing office in readiness
before January lst. although they will
not be placed IN the hands OF The 5000
farm enumerators until the usual time
before the enumeration date Il Is be-
lleved there are nearly seven million
separate farms IN the United states
each requiring separate schedule
The schedule Is printed ON both
aldos of a single sheet, to inches long
and 1G inches Wide, of white writing
paper, 90 BY a2 inches There is a
threeinch wide column Of instructions
TO enumorators on both left sides of
the sheet SO that II can be cut after
the fiiledsn schedule has been return.
ed 10 the census hureau This makes
the schedule smaller IN size aud better
adapted for handling IN tabulation
than previous schedules. separate
book Of instructions to enumerators
supplements the schedule information.
The nine million copies will con.
sumo $500 reams OF paper Which,
counting 90 pounds 20 the ream, will
make a weight Of 2S4,O00 pounds The
charge for printing, including the cost
OF paper, will be si3,666O The sched.
nle Is so standardized that Il will feed
on the perfecting press used AZ the
government printing Office. which
-see 1000 revolutions per hour and
four schedules each revolution
product OF $4,000 per hour. as
INST the cid nat-bed presses used on
1900 schedules with a speed OF
ssm 200 TO 500 revolutions per hour
L will take about three weeks TO print
hem with the press running sixteen
lours a day
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW
CAUSE DAMAGE IN KANSAS
By AssooIated Press

By Associated Press.
Topeka, Kans., Nov. 20. - From a
thousand to fifteen hundred telegraph
poles and several miles of wire are
down on the Santa Fe and Rock Island
railroads In western Kansas, as a re-
sult OF the rain, sleet and snow storm
of Saturday and Sunday. The snow
and sleet was confined to the western
part of the state but the rain was gen
eral over Kansas. The storm Is abat.
ing today
Kinsley, Kans,. Nov, 2s.-A general
rain began falling here last night.
which later turned to sleet and has con
tinued all day, making the heaviest
sleet storm that has happened here in
years Limbs of trees are beaking and
all telephone and telegraph wires west
Of Kinsley are down und many poles
are broken of. Train service is much
delayed.
Dodge city. Kans., Nov 2S.-Rain
and sleet have been falling here for
eighteen hours and indications are that
the storm extends west into Colorado.
Wellington. Kans., Nov 2s.-There
was heavy fall of rain here today be
ginning early this morning Il eontinu.
ed during most Of the day. with a slight
lowering of the temperature
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov 2S.-The worst
sleet storm for years in Lincoln and
Southeastern Nebraska early this
morning caused great damage to tele-
graph and telephone systems, demor.
allied street lighting and stopped
street car traffic A heavy rain last
night was followed by drop in tenn.
perature, freezing the water to the
wires. breaking down telephone and
trolley poles and tearing limbs from
trees.
Amarillo Tex, Nov 2s-Llve stock
is suffering greatly throughout the pan.
handle country by reason Of the driv-
ing snowstorms prevailing all day To.
night the fall measured six inches. An
inch Of rain fell last night. accompani-
ed by a drop Of 40 degrees in the TEN.
perature.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
POOL HALLS CANNOTl
OPERATE IN ELDORADO

Eldorado, Okla, Nov 27.-Pool halls
cannot operate legally in Eldorado.
This was settled by a decisive victory
for the anti forces when an election
was held, the vote being Il for and 116
against.
This election probably was the
first held in d municipality OF Okla
homa under the initiative and refer
endum law. The citizens were divid-
ed on the pool hall issue and an or
dinance prohibiting the operation Of
such places was initiated. The nee
essary legal formalities were carried
out in the filing of the petition and
the preparing Of arguments and the
campaign was fought with great deal
of interest.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
THE BATTLE FoR GOLD.
international Contest On And France
Controls the Situation

Just now there is an international
battle for gold. aud France controls
the situation It occupies the position
By virtue OF its well-known policy OF
seising upon all the available yellow
metal at pretty much all times re.
gardless OF immediate necessities.
The French people are not permit.
ted by the French government to in
vest their money prohtably They
must either keep their money at home
and receive for Il only from 20 TO 3
per cent income or else pay a tax Of
virtually lia per cent for the privil.
ege Of investing money In American
securities.
II France had expanding industries
at home and could employ it's vast
hoardiugs to advantage, but such Is
not the case Il does not have the in.
dusries, and it viii not let It's money
30 beyond the French frontier 1t the
government can prevent It,
Thus France has become a sink into
which more and more Of the worlds
gold output Is lowing, but from which
Il does not escape Because the French
people have been saddled with over
two billion of Russian securities the
French government feels Obliged to
keep on hand a gold reserve OF un.
precendeuted size. France must be
prepared for any financial crisis in
Russia
But the result Of this "keep.our.
money.athome" policy is that France
while growing richer, is not growing
richer with anything like the speed
of the United States and Germany
These two countries keep every dollar
and mark they possess at work. Their
money is used to create more wealth
France Is in the position Of q misef
that adds little by little to his hoard
and never lets any so The United
states and Germany are like thrifty
captains Of industry who keep proilta
I lay and then they go out into the world
land try to borrow more From the
philadelphia Press
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
KILLED
IN BAD COLLISION
Engine Sent From Parsons CoIlldes
With New Fast Katy Passenger
Train.
By Assoelated Pregs.

BY Associated Press.
Parsons, Kans., Nov. ga fireman
was killed, several passengers injured,
none seriously, and the engineer per
haps fatally burned IN a collision, be-
tween the north bound Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas passenger train, No 50,
and an engine sent out to flag It at
Olive, near here, today
The dead is; T, S. Wayman. fireman
of the passenger train. Seriously in
jured Engineer Lenehan of the pas
senger. The nag engine was sent from
Parsons to flag the incoming passen-
ger and report train orders They
collided in the dense fog The flag
engine crew had time to jump and save
their lives
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
NO Consideration
OF POSTAL BANK
Recent Conference Practically Deter.
mines Legislation to Come Before
This Session Of Congress.
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Washington D. G.. Nov 27.-That
neither the report of the monetary
commission nor legislation looking to
the establishment Of a postal savings
bank system win come before the com
ing session Of congress has been
pretty definitely developed in the re-
cent conference at the White House.
Representative Weeks, of Massachu-
setts, chairman of the house commit
tee on post Offices and post roads, said
today 1t practically had been determin-
ed that postal savings bank would
be considered at the coming session.
This does not mean that President
Taft will not recommend such a sys-
tenn in his message, but II is said that
he probably viii agree to the post
ponment Of it's consideration.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
TO LOCATE CHAIN OF
BANKS IN OKLAHOMA

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 29.-Applieation
was made to State Bank Commissioner
A. NJ. Young by ex-Representative
George G. Whitehurst OF sayre for a
charter for third banking institution
at that place with a capital stock Of
$4,000 The directors will be George
G. Whitehurst Of sayre. John Shelton
aud o, Z Jones OF Texas. and Col. J.
NJ. Lee Of Kansas city. The latter
three directors are individually worth
over S20OO,000 and expect to locate
chain Of banks IN western Oklahoma
along the Choetaw railroad at sayre.
Elk City Clinton and Erlek.
John Shelton. who was Guthrie
visitor Saturday is a wealthy banker
and eattleman and owns large interests
In both Oklahoma and Texas He il
president Of the largest bank In III
Worth, Texas, and Is interested also
In Dallas and San Antonio concerns
lie has several thousand head Of cat
tie feeding N Oklahoma at different
points, including several hundred head
near the Houghton and Douglas Cotton
OH mill north Of Guthrie.
Al the banks are 70 be state in
The banks owned by Messrs
Shelton and Jones in Texas are Ma.
tional concerns but they are favorabls
impressed with the operation of the
Oklahoma guarantee law They in
tend to compete with the western OK
lahoma banks by loaning money at
6 and 5 per cent.
Ar, Whitehurst will be president At
the new bank at Sayre
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
DAVID 7. HALL FOUND
DEAD IN HIS BED

David r Hal was found dead IN his
bed az the Palace hotel here. at 9
O'Clock this morning The cause Of
the death Is not known, but Is sup.
posed 70 have been due to heart fail
me. He has not been IN good health
for several years
Dave Hall. as he was known 20 near.
" every one n Vlnita was the brother
OF J. O. Hall, one OF the most prom
inent men ia Vinita's history He Is
survived by a daughter Mrs FL Z.
Orr, and by two bothers, u @ Hall
and William Hall, the latter residing
ia Texas
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
BOARD RECEIVES MANY
SCHOOL LAND INQUIRIES

Guthrie. okla. Nov e The initial
ale Of school lands belonging 10 the
tate Of Oklahoma. which begins at
handler December rs and continues
NTH January 2. excluding legal holt.
lays has brought thousands Of letters
# inquiry to the state school land De.
sartment Answers have been made TO
more than sixteen thousand Of these
Inquiries These prospective pnrchas-
rs live in practically every state from
olorado 10 the Atlantic Coast and
rom Chicago to the Gulf. many OF the
etters coming from New York and
BOSTON IN Chicago club Of young
aen on salaries, about thirty Of them.
sish to invest some Of their savings
i an Oklahoma farm
The greater number of Inquiries re.
1T To what Is known rs the new eel
Ee lands IN the northwestern part
I the state embracing slightly more
ian one million acres, which viii be
cid without restrictions. as they are
81 occupied by lessees "a whom on
ther lands is given the preference
ght 70 buy az the highest bid The
luds 10 be sold At Chandler are in
mnity lands, comprising 5T940 acres
lylded into 36i tracts Of approximate
l60 acres each
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO
SHOOT NEGRO PRISONER

McAlester. okla Nov 20 Mrs.
John King, wife OF a miner when tax.
en- 70 the county JAN here today to
identify William Jones tie negro, who
yesterday it is alleged attempted to
assault her pulled a revolver from the
folds Of her dress and fred at the pris.
oner, the bullet Went Wild and the ON.
GERS disarmed Mrs King and took her
away Jones narrowly escaped lynch.
Ing By mob last night Taefe were
no indications OF q disturbance today.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03

the enclosure
All the scoring was done in the grst
half Hackney kicked a field goal
from the iO.yard line three minutes
after play started, and repeated the
trick a few minutes later from the 25-
yard line Pleasant was pushed over
for a touchdown after Kansas had
done much Kicking He kicked goal,
After a series of end runs Alexander
made a fortyyard dash for a touch
down, Hackney kicked goal
The line up;
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS
FLOUR CASE DISMISSED
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Des Moines. Ia, Nov 27-Upon in
structions from Attorney General
Wickersham, M. /. Temples. district
attorney Of southern Iowa today, dis
missed the case. brought against three
hundred sacks Of bleached -four, seiz-
ed by the government officers at Fort
Des Moines last summer The fact
that the flour was government proper
ty at the time Of the seizure is given as
a reason for the dismissal.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
uGAR TRUST MEN ARE
PLACED ON TRIAL TODAY.

s hsao ,lated Press
NeN Ypfk Nov 80 James + hen-
hgnaee, lorAier manager Of the WI
Amshuve plAut b the American Sugar
nd Rehnins oomp 1y, and Eve weigh
rs and checkers af thai company were
laced on trial to-day on criminal
aarges. CROWNS out s. the discovery
/ the underweiehlng ffau1s
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
CANNON a kansas cI.y.
by Associated Press

Kansas City Mo. Nov 26-speak
Joseph G. Cannon. OF the house Of rep.
resentatiyes. arrived here today. 20 be
the principal speaker at the dinner Of
the Knife and Fork Club, tonight
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
Ten More wsIahsrs 0ronpsd.

II "NE|TT' 4I9t3-I 7 t7-'''7
New York. Nov 20 Ten more as
Blsluut welghers we're dropped from
the customs service today, ~ Collee-
tor Of Port Loeb This makes eighty
three since the general house clean
ing. brought about By the discoveries
OF under Weighing frauds began
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON
on INTERSTATE COMMERCE
u Aaaoelatesl -

~ Associated Press.
Washington. b. e. Nov. pa con.
ference on the amendment. proposed BY
President Taft, 20 the interstate com.
meree act, was held today at the White
House.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03
RAINS sNoWRouNo ~
WESTERN oKAANoAA.


y Associated Press.
N paso. Tex. Nov g Trains on
il Chicago. Rock Island q Pacific.
,und for III Paso. are reported snow
nnd in Oklahoma. Heavy SHOWS
.ve also fallen at Dawson and peefan,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03

nent mar + Dotson OF neauegarde. Mo- is
me friend viFlsioe \. $ Runyan, and looking over
mt caller the onhtry with view to locating
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-03

officials Referee. Masker, X. c.
A. c.: umpire, Hamil. Chicago; field
judges. Thompson, Fort Leayenworth; /;
head linesman, Cornell. Nebraska
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-19
CLAIMS or cHILpREN.

'The mere fact of a daughters
services being needed at home is no
reason why they shall be claimed af-
Ter she has become of age" said a
lecturer the other day, speaking on
Modern Ideas Of Duty" before a
Prominent women's club, in contra
fention Of someA of the objections
made to girls blowing their own
eent for career. Especially If there
= money enough to pay for an adj
eitional hired helper. the daughter
oQght 70 be free-nay, encouraged
% take up another occupation; and
u there Is not money enough, the
ambitious girl VIII in almost every
.a,e be willing 10 contribute to this
'nd from her earnings.
10 many parents, suppose, this
rooern Wow yin seem unnatural and
NAutiful, continued the lecturer