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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17

soon as a better line has been OBJ
tanned Of my general appearance. BE
that as it will, you will always find
your Uncle Charlie delivering the
goods to The satisfaction Of all
Remenher ! do not disguise my
face 90 any great eXtent-it is simply
IN The clothes; in fact do not carry
a large wardrobe. | am simply TAX
ing You by surprise, calling on you
Ehen you least expect my appearance
ami otherwise dodgng, an art that !
have developed to a very l1rga de-
gree: and in this way it is very easy
for me 10 take you at a disadvantage.
At first the chase. is very easy for
me. can ell on at least ten busi-
ness mon and others without the
slightest preeaution and converse with
them on any subject | consider of
value TO my letters. and in doing so
take n very small chance of being de-
tected. But as the days of my incog-
nito grow in number, each day grows
more difficult and perpleXing, urging
me on to greater effort.
A gentleman acquaintance on leav-
ing me at the theater remarked:
Good night, I'll see you tomorrow.
1t was very courteous Of him but he
will not see me If / see him first
Many ere the sweet scented bou-
ues handed me on my appearance in
any city, that, if such anl such is
the case he or she cltches me. there
are glorious visions of cold bottles
and birds" in quantities that would
be the envy of a king. But what is
the use Of dreaming? Dreams never
come true
Someone is going to win the golden
reward. he chase is on, and any man
woman or child can enter the chase
free of charge or respect TO person
and the iewari is positively to be paid
TO someone and Is guaranteed by this
paper.
Mondays issue of The Leader will
give you an account of my move
ments Saturday and Sunday among
Continued on Page Five
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
MANY SHERLOCK HOLMES
ON RAFF[ES TRAIL
Mysterious Mr., Raff1es Makes His
Escape Successfully and Chase
is On In Earnest
Will Appear in Many Different Places
Unexpectedly, so Watch for Him

The mysteriously mysterious mys-
terilrch, shown in all his mysterious
ness, mystified the thousands of mys-
tegogues by his mysterial disappear
anee and from the mystegogical con
yersations overhead evidently remains
a mystltlng mystery. -.
Saturday, a. m, City.-Whcre are
he steeleyed" sleuths today who
wee kind enough to deal out their
la ge quantities of dOleful advice pre-
vious to my escape from the Crystal
Aiu 'pmc"
Where are the amateur and profess
sional detectives who We're also busy
notifying me that my liberty would
not extend over more than six min
utes after eleven O'Clock Friday night? =?
Yet here am. still at the game and
the wise ones are still looking. Where
are they ali?
Ii is to laugh. because you know
they are oil more wise than yesterday
Surely those sure-ge him fellows
are after me yet.
Why IS it | so successfully eluded
their vigilance? Simple? Yes, indeed,
for the reason they could not "shad-
ow' r,dheadel man in broad day
light, and right here wish to caution
those earnes. sleuths on my trail last
night Remember, have black hair
not red.
You doubtless discovered at the
performance that there were a mum
her of your best known and much
thought of local. gifted, brigh. lights
10 say nothing of the out pouring OF
amateur disciples of the great and
only Sherlock Holmes, all on hand
ready to carry home The Leader re
ward of $50 now on deposit at the
Gu hrie Savings Bank. The watchers
were compelled to ramble homewarC
with nothing more serious on theil
mind than the fact that after all | hat
managed to elude their combined dill
igence by easily making my escape.
Eut seriously | am of the opinion
that there will be plenty OF chances
open for quick action on my part, a.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
MAKES TOTAL OF $3.50
FOR THE PRESENT YEAR
Last Year The AppOrtlOnment
Was But 65 Cents
Per Capita

The SCI DOL land commissioners and
State Superintendent +. d. Cameron
yesterday made the July apportion-
ment OF the revenues derived from
the rental of sections lG and SO (com-
mon school public landsl and from
the interest accruing on the $5.O0000o
school land fund which amounted to
$25L27l the apportionment was
based on so cents per capita for the
99,S90 children of school age in the
state The January apportionment
this year was 81 per capita, which
makes a to'al Of $3.50 for every child
Of school age in the state Last years
July appointments was only 10 cents
per capita and the total for the year
only 60 cents per capita. The pres
ent apportionment by counties is as
follows.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
GUTHRIE HOSPITALITY
PLEASED TITLE MEN

Al the meeting of the Oklahoma
Title Mems association here + l..
Williams, of this city was elected
president of the association for tac
ensuing year w S Wolvcrton. Of
Ardmorc. first vice president and A
E Johnson, of Mountain View. sec.
md vice president r G.. Burnsdale.
# this city. was re-elected secretary
lnd was also reelected as delegate
10 the National convention of the
Title Mems association at Seattle
Wash, in August
Guthrie was unanimously selected
rs the next place Of meeting on ac.
count Of the splendid entertainment
given the delegates by the local title
men as wen as being centrally 10.
Gated. The date of the next meet
ing Is to be set BY the executive
committee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
To MAKE
STATE TAX LEVY

The state board OF equalization is
in session this afternoon making
preparations to total the tax assess
monts returned for the year 1909 and
to make the state levy. 1t is esti-
mated that the total state valuation
this wear will approximate $S50,O00..
eco, an increase of about 1926. 900, 200
over last year. Last years levy was
one and one-quarter mills and il is
thought this years levy will not ex.
ceed one and one-fifth mills.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
MORE CHARGES AGAINST HAGAR

shawnee Okla. July IT, County
Attorney Holt will prefer new charges
against County Commissioner Bob
Hagar. acquitted yesterday of miscon-
duct in office, touching on alleged
facts that the son of Hagar engaged
in business in order to obtain bridge
contracts. Attorney Holt declares
that Hagar will never serve another
Gay as commissioner Of Pottawatomie
county.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDERER

Durant Okla. July 17-C II Wat.
son was found guilty of murder i'm the
district court here this morning and
his punishment was fixed at life i'm
prisonmeRt Watson shot his son-in
Law. Wesley Crahtree last August The
jury vs. out one hour and took but
one ballO.
Watson claimed solcdofense for his
action Several years ago he was
tried fof muUier in Texas. but was
acquitted Since coming 10 this coun-
try he mas borne an excellent reputa-
tiOn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
AVIATOR MAKES NEW RECORD
(Ry Assoclatef Pressl

MineOla. Long Island. Jul VIA
flight of tWanty-four and seven
tents miles in ffty-three minutes
forty-six seconds was made today by
Glenn H. Curtiss. in his aeroplane.
over the Hampstead Plains course for
the cup offered by the Scientific
American. This flight excels all his
previous records and all American
aeroplane records for the year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
REFUSES CEMENT SHIPMENT
Special to Daily Leader

Special to Daily Leader
McAiester Osla. JuIy 11- Eugene
Gin. who was placed in charge OF
the construction work on the big
wall at tle peuiteutilry by I. A..
Chandler. member 70 -hr state board
of public affairs refused % receive
nine carloads Of cement now on The
railroad tracks here al 81 CD per bar
rel when it was found that the mar
ket price was 81 - per barrel
Warden r W Dick notified the
company to ship no more cement but
the company claims t0 have con
tract with the state Tor 6000 barrels
at the ola price. The state board $50
public affairs will refuse IN receive
il as NJ Gill is buying an material
on competitive bids.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
lRy Associaied Pressl

LeXngtcn, KY July 17-Aceording
TO adyices received here mob of one
hundred mounted men attacked TWO
officers from Oklahoma at Camel
City, Tenn. today ANA forced them
TO surrender their prisoner The Of
ficers hal arrested Grover Whit aker
charged with shooting his wife in Ok
lahoma City, Okla, several months
ago The officers We're on the depot
psa form waiting for train with
their prisoner when suddenly a hun
dred of Whittakers friends surround
ed them. overpowered chem. released
Whitaker and ordered the officers to
leave town.
The officers left without The pris
Oner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
EN0NERATEs ATTORNEY LAMB

Nestor Rummons. the referee ap.
pointed by supreme court in the dis.
barment proceedings instituted
against F. F. Lamb. Of Okmulgee.
filed his report todaj in which he
exonerates Lamb from the charges
of unprofessional conduct Lamb
was charged with changing an orig
inal record in a casemade filed In the
supreme court in which he was an
attorney Of record The court has
not as vet passed upon the report.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
WILL FIX ICE MONOPOLY CLOCK

The corporation commission is to-
day formulating proposed ordpr
governing the ice business In the
state. The order will require wagons
to carry standard scales for weigh
ng ice. require ice to be sold in five
cent lots and fix a minimum and
maximum to be charged to consum.
ers.
The commission TINS morning re-.
ceived a complaint from citizens OF
Marietta alleging that they are cci.
ling short weights and alleging ais.
elimination in prices.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
Reduction in Banana Rates.

The corporation commission has
succeeded in getting a reduction In
rates on bananas from New Orleans
to Coalgate, Durant, Shawnee, Okla
homa City and intermediate poiutr
from s. to 72 cents per hundred
mounds
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
D. BURNS
(By Associated Pressl

Bartlesville Okla. July 17.-With
two tanks. each containing fifty-fiye
Thousand barrels of crude oil belong
ing To the Praire Oil and Gas com
pany already lost and fires raging
on the property OF the Creston Oil
and the Matson Oil com.
pany. tie Osege region is today ex-
periencing one of the most serious
oil fires in its history. The fires
started from an electrical storm.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
Fir
Snecial To the Daily Leader

Special to the Daily Leader
Oklahoma City, July 17.-After a
three weeks hotly contested trial OF
Cecil Mingle for the murder Of Mrs.
Pearl Pearson, the case goes TO the
jury late This afternoon, Prosecutor
RearlOn closing the states argument.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
MURRAY /!
,eclal 10 the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader.
Washington. July 17.-President
Taft today practically assured the Ok
lahoma delegation hat necessary ar
rangemerts will be made for brief
visits to Oklahoma cites in his West
ern tour neXt fall
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
WHAT FOOLS SOME
GIRLS APPEAR To Be
special 70 Daily Leader.

optVIdI 90 IlalIy Itdder
LaPorte, Ind, July l7-Hattie Cllrk
aged is, daugh er of Dr. Niley Clark
OF Rennow, Okla. arrived last night
at New Albany, ms, 10 marry w c.
Brook with whom she became ac
quaintel through lRairlmonial paper.
Instead o! a travelling salesman aged
thirty, Brook was found to be a team
9ter past fifty-fiye and widower
The girls appeal to the police result
cd in a notification to her father
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
Baseball. Meeting roniaht.

There will be a meeting of the adj
ministration baseball club tonight at
Z o'clock in the school land depart
ment office al the state house.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-17
$500 for Escaped Convict.

Gov. Haskell today offered $50 re-
ward for John c. Barber life prisoner
who escaped from the penltentlary al
McAlestor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
DA|RYMEN 0BDURATt
Milk Dealers State They Will
Positively Refuse to Ac-
cept Milk Ordinance.
ARE PREPARING MEASURE

Dairymen attending the special ses-
sion of council Friday evening will re-
fuse to accept the terms Of the ordin-
ance. Their next step will be to furn-
ish an ordinance of their own IL they
cannot convince the councilmen that
there are sufficient laws already In
regard the subject. One dairyman
stated today that arrangements had
been made by several of the smaller
dealers to either quit the business or
else sell their milk to another deal.
er If the ordinance was passed.
These men claim that they can not
make money If they abide by the pro.
visions of the ordinance proposed by
City Health Officer DR.. Charles Bond
The section demanding their attention
Is the provision for all milk to be re.
tailed in bottles. If the ordinance is
passed the dairymen believe that
there will be such a reaction against
1T in a short time that will cause it
either to be repe aled or it's provisions
not enforced. In short a milk famine
is promised the consumers In this city
An informal meeting was held last
evening but as a majority of the dairy.
men was not present, no action was
taken.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
Former instructor at Wernle
Orphans Home Dies To-
day After Years Illness
DROPSY CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR PAST EIGHT YEARS PoPU.
LAR INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN
CONNECTED WITH ST. JOHNS
PAROCHlAu SCHOOL,

Prof. William A. Radke, one of the
ployed either at Wernlechfwycmfwy
most efficient instructors ever en-
ployed either at Wernle Orphans home
or at st. Johns Parochial school, died
this morning at 1890 o'clock at his
residence, 317 South Third street after
an illness of more than a year. Death
was due to dropsy of which he has
been a sufferer during this time.
Prof. Radke was young man, being
but 81 years of age. He is survived by
his wife and two small children.
Funeral on Thursday.
The funeral service will be held
Thursday afternoon at 80 at the resi-
dence. At o'clock services will be
held at st. Johns church South Sew
enth street at both of which places
Rev. A. j. Feeger will ofnciate. Burial
will be in Lutherania cemetery.
Prof. Radke was one Of the best
known young men in the church work
at ST. Johns Lutheran church, and
the parochial school. He was held in
the highest esteem by the student body
and the congregation. Before taking
4 position as instructor inst. Johns
parochial school which he held for
eight years. he was instructor al
Wernle orphans home east of the
city for two years. For the past yea,
he has been on sick leave.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12

Nine. Blanche Marchesi will be the
attraction at the Gennett theater Jan.
IS.
Wagners Tristan is intensely SER
ious. The theme of the drama close
ly follows central line Of thought.
There is nothing Of an episodical ma
ture until after the death of the hero.
Then, Kurvena1 after running amuck
among King Marks retainers, kills
Melot and dies at his beloved mas
ter's feet If the story is terse and
compact the music shows the same
concentration. 1t clothes the story of
the ill-fated lovers with musical gar
ment of a wonderful richness and
glory of texture. Into this score Wag-
ner poured all his wealth OF imagin-
alton, all his matchless technical IA
cility and, in addition he sounded
through it human. personal note
which is missing in his treatment OF
the NEUROLOGICAL and legendary char
acters in his other works. Wagner
was deeply in love himself at the
time he was engaged upon Tristan
as his diary shows: as result it
stands az the most intimate, passion
ate work he wrote.
Had Madame Blanche Narcheai not
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
THE THEA TER

been a great singer, she would have
won fame as an actress. She has
such a mastery of the technique of
histrionics: her medium for the trans
lating of passion and pathos-every
phase of feeling. in short is so per-
fected. that in an emotional part like
that of Isolde, her own personality be-
comes TO the nearer merged in that
of the character she represents.
Throughout the long opening scene,
when Isolde, loving Tristan. RACES at
his Indifference and finally deter
mines to poison him. her art was be-
yond criticism. Voice, gestures. pos
ture, defamation and facial express
sion all fitted the mod of the mo-
ment, the very word indeed. The
effect of the love-potion. which Bran
gaene substitutes for the poison was
portrayed by the artist with unerring
fidelity. In the second act, where
perhaps the most ravishingly beauti-
full music which Wagner ever wrote
is heard, she sang and acted as
though inspired. But it was in the
last act that Nine. Marchesi Won her
greatest triumph. She has but few
lines to sing. but they will live i'm
perishably in the memory of those
who heard them. Speak unto me
but for one moment word wrung
from an anguished heart, were sung
with a soul-searching tenderness inef-
fably beautiful. This was the great
moment of the drama and the finest
thing we have ever heard. A worthy
feature of Nine. Marchesi's song re-
citals is that to even the smallest
composition which she sings she
brings the same exhaustive interpre-
tation which has made her operate
appearance the comment of the Sc
we're critics of the old world. Her
programs are vertiable vocal treasure
troves and fountains of pure song.
Cascades OF melody from Brahms,
Schubert, Schumann, Scarlotti, Pur-
cell, DR.. Arne, Sigurd Lie. Carl Loewe,
Reynaldo Hahn, Hugo Wolf, Debussy,
List, Guonod and all the older as well
as the more modern masters of song.
The selections for her recital here is
wonderful in the scope of songs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
One Of the
Essentials

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
LAST TRIBUTE
BY FRIENDS
Funeral of n. E. Robinson Was
Largely Attended.

The funeral of Henry E. Robinson
was held this afternoon at the resi-
dence, 407 North Tenth street, and
largely attended by his late friends
and business associates. Fitting tri-
butte to Mr. Robinson as a citizen and
business man was paid by these. Rev.
David c. Huntington of st. PauIs
Episcopal church of which the deceas-
ed was affiliated. This evening the
Sol Meredith Post will hold services
at the residence. The burial will not
be until tomorrow morning and the
pallbearers chosen are, John Y.
Poundstone. William F. Starr, Var
rington Barnes, S. S. Strattan .Jr., Ray
X. Shiveley and S. E. Swayne. The
burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery
Indianapolis where Mr.. Robinson's
win is buried.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
STATES
A WORLD POWER
Prof. Lindley of EarIham To-
day Described Position
Occupied by Country.
ADDRESS INTERESTING ONE
NEARLY ALL EUROPEAN GOV.
ERNMENTs EXTEND THE SAME
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY THAT
AMERICAN PEOPLE ENJOY.
ADDRESS INTERESTING ONE

America as a World Power" furn-
ished the subject for very interest
ing talk given i'll the Earlham chapel
by Prof. Harlow Lindley. OF the his
tory department. this morning. Prof.
Lindley in a mastery way explained
the systems of the different European
countries and told of some of the var
ious points that should be distinguish
ed by history students. He told OF
the influence of the newspapers and
of the similarity of the United States
government to the powers of Europe.
Prof. Lindley said in part:
Constitutions for All.
I'm the first place every state of
Europe west of Russia and Turkey
has a written constitution except
Great Britain and hers is in sense
written.
In the second place every one of
these constitutions contains provis-
ions of fundamental importance to the
individual and guarantees to the indi-
vidual freedom from governmental
powers.
"In the third place no law can be
made in any one Of these states ex-
cept with the consent of its legisla-
ture and in the legislature of every
one of them there is popular
branch, the members of which are
chosen according to the laws Of sui.
ferage. SO liberal In most cases as to
constitute a democratic electorate.
In the last place some of these
European states through their present
constitutions have freed themselves
entirely from the hereditary tenure In
the executive power while they that
retain the loyal power have not only
reduced it from sovereignty to an OF
flee but have placed its exercise un
der ministerial restraint.
Nearly Equal U. s. Government.
when we pass all these facts In
rapid review we must conclude that a
the present time the European. states
furnished the individual citi1ons OIL
subjects very nearly the same civil
liberty and protection against govern
mental encroachments as does the
system of the United States. We must
also remember that the external man
Hesitation of the past systems are rem
nents of the present notifications and
are practically when viewed from tht
standpoint Of political or civil liberty
Thus we see the governmental
systems of the European states ant
the governmental system of the Unit
ed States are not either in their con
struction or in the results of their &C
ton so far apart as is generally sup
posed on this side of the Atlantic"