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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
BIG REDUCTION IN
EXPRESS CHARGES
Order Effective in Oklahoma August
I, Reduces Rates on Farm
Products 80 Per Cent

Guthrie, Okla, June 15.-The sched-
ule of express orders as promulgated
in order No. 203 of the corporation
commission effective August 1st, 1909,
makes an average reduction in express
rates of 30 per cent on fruit, vege-
tables and other farm products. This
will be a great advantage to growers
of small fruit and garden truoh and
viii no doubt greatly encourage these
industries. This rate. of course, ap-
plies only to Oklahoma as our cor
poration commission cannot effect in
terstate rates.
The average reduction in the same
order on butter and eggs is % per
cent. ana on milk and cream 20 per
cent. Every farmer in the state who
produces these commodities will be
favorably effected by this order
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
GRATING CLASSED
AS M|SDEMEANOR
State of Washington Has Most Drastic
Criminal Code, Covering All
Phases of Misconduct.

Spokane, Wash, June 5.-(Special)
Advocates of anarchy, defined as a
doctrine that organized government
should be overthrown by force of yio-
lence or the assassination of the ex-
ecutiye head or any of the executive
officials of the government or by any
unlawful means, must carefully edit
their mouth-filling phrases for public
utterances in the state of Washington,
if they desire to keep clear of prison
cells. The new criminal code, now in
operation, designates the espousal of
the doctrine felony, punishable by
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
any period up to 10 years.
There are numerous important
changes in the law, including the abo-
lition of the compulsory death sent
ence for murder in the second degree
and giving the court discretionary
power to sentence to Imprisonment
for life There is also the establish
ment of a new degree of crimes known
as gross misdemeanors, which include
grating" punishable by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not more
than a year or a fine up to $1,000 or
both
Insanity is no defense in criminal
cases but it is provided that when,
in the judgment of the court, any per
son convicted shall have been insane,
an idiot or an imbecile at the time of
the commission of the act, he may
be committed to a hospital for the
insane or to the insane ward of the
penitentiary until he has recovered.
The code forbids tipping" and hay-
ing possession of cigarettes or papers,
and tho ugh it is specified that every
provision shall be construed accord
ing to the fair import of its terms,
the foremost criminal lawyers in the
state declare it will cause much con
fusion and in numerous instances it
will compel good citizens to become
law-breakers.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
EMMA DEE RANDLE AT
AUDITORIUM THURSDAY

Miss Emma Dee Randle, the mono
dramatic impersonator and reader,
will present at the Auditorium Thurs
day evening her miscellanious pro
gram, which, from all accounts from
other cities, has never failed to please
her audiences. Miss Randle unites
a wholesome humor with vivid dra-
matte power which instantly awakens
the keenest interest and sympathy
Her beautiful embodiment of ease
and grace and thorough forgetfulness
of self, cannot but charm any cultivat-
ed audience Dramatic art with her
becomes at once entertaining and edu-
cational. Wherever she has appeared
she has won the heart of the press
and public.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
OKLAHOMA CITY GETS
STATE TEACHERS MEETING

Guthrie, Okla, June 15.-The exc
cutive committee of the state teach
ers association, composed of Prof J.
l.. Abbott of the central normal at
Edmond; Mrs Emma Gard Mills,
county superintendent of Blaine coun-
ty and E. D. Cameron, state supern-
tendent of public instruction, met and
selected Oklahoma City as the place
for holding the State Teachers As
sociation meeting on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, December 29th,
Both and 51sts An elaborate program
viii be provided, the chief features of
which will be addresses by James R.
Garfield and Judson Harmon on the
civil service idea.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
ABANDONMENT ONLY PLEA
IN GOULD DIVORCE SUIT


BY Associated Press.
New York, June abandonment
was the only charge upon which Mrs.
Katherine Clemons Gould's suit for
separation from Howard Gould rested
when the hearing was resumed to-
day The defendant today introduced
evidence to refute that charge only.
Attempts to introduce evidence tend
ing to show that Mrs Gould was adj
dicted to intoxicants We're vigorously
resisted by Clarence J. Shearn, coun-
sci for Mrs. Gould Maurice Millery,
superintendent of Castle Gould, was
asked what time he had found Mrs.
Gould under the influence of liquor
at the castle Attorney Shearn CON
tended that the charges of drunken
ness. even if true, made Goulds
abandonment of his wife more repre-
hensible, despite objections. However
the witness was permitted to testify
that on more than one occasion, in his
opinion, she was under the influence
of intoxicants.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
CORPORATIONS OBJECT
TO PAYING STATE TAXES

Guthrie Okla, June l5.-The re-
cent injunction suit brought by rail
roads and coal mines against the var
ious county treasurers restraining
them form the collection of the 1908
taxes is positive proof that the state
administration is keeping faith with
the people IN compelling corporations
to pay a Just share of the taxes of the
state In fact, the corporations APP
pear to think they are paying a little
more than a just proportion. This is
a new sensation to the railroads and
coal mines never experienced when
the republicans were in control of the
state
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
OkIahoma's Brilliant Young Statesman GriIIs
Republican Senator's for Their Attempt to
Fasten Upon the American People
Trust-PrOtecting Tariff Schedule
---Charges Majority Party
With Betrayal of Peo-
ple's Confidence

piled as a basis for the drafting of the
bill, Senator Gallinger rises in his
place and solemnly advises me that
my inquiry is absurd" He would not,
he said, question the intelligence Of
Mr.. Aldrich nor would he reply to him
in. kind but he said, Il appeal from
him to the American people, who will
not hold him guiltless for his callous
and reprehensible conduct in this mat
ter The failure of Mr. Aldrich and
his colleagues to furnish the senate
with the difference in cost of produc-
tion nt home and abroad, he bitterly
denounced, remarking that the request
had been met with "supercilious in.
difference He charged that Mr.. Aid
rich had withheld information upon
that point and that he had refused
to Senator Daniel and TO other demo-
cratic members of the finance com
mittee the privilege of having the
same information that he himself en-
joyed and that when his attention was
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., June l5.-Charg-
ing that the masters of monopoly in
the United States We're in control;
that the tariff bill was written to serve
their purpose to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, and to benefit
the few at the expense of the many,
Senator Owen today held the atten~
tion of the senate for several hours
with a speech replete with denuncia-
tion of the republican protective tariff
policy and of the majority members of
the finance committee, Responsibility
for the unrest of the country he laid
at the door of The recent giant mon
opolies, engenedered and sheltered by
the prohibitiye tariff"
Senator owen opposed the bin in
its entirety because he said it was
contrary to the will of the American
people. When | point out the an
ayoidable effect of extreme poverty as
the necessary compliment of unlimit-
ed wealth in the hands of the few ac-
cumulated under the shelter of the
law he declared, Il wish it distinctly
understood that the dark picture of
human misery which the truth com
.pels me to portray breathes from no
spirit Of pessimism. because | am an
optimist. | recognize the immediate
dawn of better things and an early
remedy"
Among the reasonse assigned by
him for being an optimist Senator
Owen said that he believed that the
American people, who loved liberty,
who believed in self-government. who
believed in mercy and charity as well
as industry and providence, will see
to it that this government is so con
Quoted by their representatives that
in the future there shall be more equit-
able distribution of the proceeds of
human labor that we shall change
the present policy, whose inevitable
tendency is the useless, the vulgar,
and insane enrichment of the few at
the expense Of the misery and sorrow
and of the physical and spiritual de-
generation Of millions of men, women
and children who are now submerged
in the commercial devices of Nam
mon.' In his opinion, he asserted, the
bill should not pass because it violated
the pledges of ,the republican party
and the republican leader during the
last campaign. The republican plat
form, he declared, was "unequivocal,"
and its reasonable and natural inter-
probation was plain.
Senator Owen, reyerting to the de-
bates in the senate on the tariff, said
that he had sought to ascertain why
he difference in the cost of production
1t home and abroad had not bee com |
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
AFFAIRS STILL
AGITATES THE SENATE
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. D. c.. June 15.-The
question of the independence of the
Philippines received attention in the
senate today Borah started the ball
to rolling by declaring he proposed
to cast his vote for loosening the
bonds which tie Philippine peo-
pie to the United States. He declared
himself in favor of an Independent
government for the Filipinos. An
amendment to the tariff bill covering
importations from the Philippines is
still under consideration today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15

tcontinued on Page Two)
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
KANSAS PRISONERS TRY
TO OVERPOWER OLD JAILOR

independence, Kans., June Is. r. A
bold attempt was made here today at
delivery from the county Jail. The
jailer, Dobson. an old man, was struck
upon the head by eileen Davis and
Walt Folk. Eight prisoners Joined in
the movement. Dobson fought des-
perately and yelled for help, which
came just in time.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
HASKELL COUNSEL
MAY ACT SATURDAY
viii Await Arrival of District Attor-
ney Gregg Before Attempting to
Quash Indictments.

McAlester, Okla, June Is. TT The
fact that only sixteen men compose
the federal jury drawn at McAlester
today lends color to the belief that an
investigation will be made of other
town lot cases than those involved
in the Muskogee suits. Attorneys for
Governor Haskell assert that they
will make no move towards quashing
the indictments against him until the
arrival of United States District At
torney Gregg Saturday.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
CLAIM CONTRACTORS ARE
VIOLATING s.HouR LAW.

Guthrie, Okla. June 15.-The office
of the state labor commissioner is in
receipt OF a complaint from BartIes-
vile. to the effect that the contractor
who is doing the street paving is vio-
lating the eight-hour law. Assistant
~. g. Ashton viii go to Bartlesville
and hold an investigation.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
ITALIAN CAR IN BIG RACE
REACHES KANSAS CITY.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo-. June IS. - The
Italian car in the New York-Seattle
race arrived here today, and will leave
this afternoon.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
.LEUPP OUT;
VALENTINE IN
President Taft Has Accepted The Res
anation Of Commissioner of
Indian Affairs.
by Associated Press.

~ aN73NINTF'NVF-VF T = WI
Washington, d. c.. June 15.-The
resignation of Francis f. Leupp as
commissioner of Indian affairs, which
has been pending since March 4th.
was accepted today by President Taft
and Robert G. Valentine. assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs, named
as his successor. Leupp has want
ed to retire for some time on account
of i'll health.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
SUGAR REFINERY STOCK
TAKES A BIG SLUMP.

BY Associated Press.
New York. June l5-There was
slump of eight dollars a share in
American Sugar Refining stock here
today The slump is attributed to liti-
CATION of the company recently and
fear Of rigorous government inquiry
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
TWO AFRICAN HUNTERS
BADLY WOUNDED BY LIONS
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Naivasha, Africa, June 10. - Two
members Of shooting party, # G..
SeIous, noted African hunter. and
George Mcmillan, We're brought in
here today mortally wounded by a
lion. The encounter occurred in the
satik district, for which region the
Roosevelt party departed ten days ago
and from whom nothing has been
heard since.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-15
NEGRO HOTEL DYNAMITED;
PROPRIETOR'S WIFE INJURED
BY Associated Press.

Wapanucka, Okla, June 15.--Mrs.
A. A. Jones, a negro, wife of the pro-
prietor of a negro hotel here, was
probably fatally injured early today
when the hotel building was wrecked
by a dynamite explosion. One negro
susp ect has been arrested.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15
JOHN HOPKINS MUST HANG.

Lawton, Okla, May Ito be
hanged until he is dead was the YER
diet of the jury which heard the evi-
dence against John Hopkins, who
killed his wife Oct. 29. 1907 The de-
Tense offered the usua1 prea OF "insan-
ity," but 1t did not 80. The jury was
out but short time.
The crime for which Hopkins was
given the death penalty was the mur-
der Of his wife. which occurred at the
home Of his sister in this city Oct
20, 1907. The murder was one of the
most cold-blooded ever committed in
this section of the country. Hopkins
followed his wife in the house and
after hitting her on the head forced
the contents Of a bottle of carbolic
acid down her throat. She died short
ly after in terrible agony.
Hopkins case was twice before set
for trial. but on plea Of insufficient
time for preparation and asking fur
ther time in order to secure deposi-
tons from important witnesses in Mis-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15
Herbert F. Briggs
Will be Here Monday

What the viavi health movement
means TO you viii be told by Mr. Her
bert F. Briggs Of San Francisco, Cal.
in two lectures on Monday, May IA.
at the Methodist church. For women
only at p. m. For men and women
only at $3.50 p. m.
Mr. Briggs has been before the pub.
lie for many years, and his ability as
speaker and his personality have
never failed to interest and hold his
audience, often as large as three thou
sand people, and in nearly all parts Of
the English speaking world. We want
every intelligent man and woman to
understand It's principles. Don't fail
to hear him. Admission free. 14.2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF GRADY COUNTY
County Superintendent Wilson Outlines Their
Development and Progress During the Last
School Year

ly well attended During the coming
summer we hope to build twenty addf-
tional school buildings in the rural
districts. Some of these districts have
had no schools. Others have had
schools in old buildings that have been
used temporarily for this purpose, un-
til they could build better ones. This
with the twenty-eigt. good school
buildings which we're in the county
at the beginning Of statehood is what
we are hoping to have as foundation
for our school system at the beginning
Of the next school year It will give
us total of seventy-five districts, and
ten well graded schools in the coun-
try.
I'VE believe the greatest aids in
building up the school system is. first.
interest and the enthusiasm among the
patrons; second, good substantial
buildings where the children may be
cared for comfortably; third, every
school should have a good. earnest
teacher; not only one who knows how
to teach, but one who is no. afraid TO
do The work with good equipment. The
two must 90 together. One is a fail
ure without the other
1--WE have been very much encOur-
aged by the fact that great many
of the school boards are offering to
retain the teacher at an increase IN
salary. We believe this will be the
case in at least 50 per cent of the
schools. Our motto is: Increase the
salary Of the faithful teacher who
shows good results. and do not en-
ploy the unsuccessful at any price.
Ninety per cent Of my teachers this
year were faithful and loyal to the
Reading Circle organization. For this
we are thankful. and to them we ex-
pect to be loyal in the future. Nine
ty per cent Of the trouble in the rural
schools has been with the teachers
who took no part in the Reading Cir
Gle work. This we believe is not the
cause for their having trouble with
their work, but it is the result Of not
being interested in the teachers work.
The teacher who does not care to do
professional work along his or her
chosen line, should not be permitted
to hold certificate in the state Of
Oklahoma. They should go out and
give their place to someone who is
willing to prepare to do work and do
It the right way. When this is done.
school teaching will become profess
sional and will cease to be used as
stepping stone in life. However, we
are very optimistic as to the outcome
OF our schools in Oklahoma"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15

ers have been notified Of this sale and
they will be here to bid on the stock
put up to sell. They will also ship in
stock of their own that you can bid on
The merchants Of Chickasha have
agreed to pay your railroad fare. a
round trip ticket to chickasha; all
they ask of you is that you buy 25
cents worth forfevery mile you travel
on the railroads. You may buy dry
goods, hardware, groceries, shoes, hats
and gents furnishings, drugs. furni.
ture, iewelry. real estate or Insurance.
pianos, organs. or, in fact. anything
you wish to buy; but It will be neces-
sary for you TO show your round trip
ticket
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15
SENATOR GORE PUTS BLAME
ON The BIG TRUSTS
OkIahOma'S Blind Senator Dramatically Denies
that Retail Dealers Have Forced High Prices
on Consumers
Special to the Daily Express.

Special to the Daily Express.
Washington, D. c., May Ex-senator
Gore introduced a resolution today
calling on the finance committee TO
show figures on the cost Of articles Of
general consumption, from raw mate
rial to the consumer, TO prove II possi-
Bile that the responsibility Of the pres
ent high prices rests on the retailer
instead Of the protected manufacturer.
The resolution caused . sensation, and
Senator AIdrich tried to smother It,
but failed. It will come up next Mon
day. Senator Gore says that the pro-
teeted manufacturers and their friends
in the senate shall not place on the
retailers this blame which does not
belong there.
Washington. D. c., May 14.-Sena-
tor Gore, the blind senator from Okla
homa. today defended the retail deal
ers who were charged yesterday by
Senator Scott and others with forcing
high prices upon the consumer.
Senator Scott and his colleagues had
declared that high prices had little re-
lation to the tariff and that the manu-
facturer sold goods at an insignificant
profit.
This senate" declared Mr. Gore in
dramatic tones, has turned itself into
grand jury and is here heady to re-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15

souri,, the attorneys for the defense
secured postponement Of the trial.
AT the time of the murder, Hop
ldns and his wife had been married
about eighteen years, during the great
er part Of which time they lived in
Kingston. Mo. Il is said that for a
time he supported his family well, but
fell victim to drink and later gam
bled Finally he began abusing his
wife. When she could no longer stand
the abuse she left her husband, re-
turning to her father. l. B. Hawofth,
at Kingston. Hopkins appeared there
one day and tried to induce his wife
to return to him. She refused and he
created a disturbance In which the ia
ther had Hopkins arrested and put un-
der peace bond.
In order to prevent further trouble
Mrs. Hopkins left Missouri and came
to stay with her sister, Mrs. J. J. Gal
yon, bringing with her her ii-year-old
son. Arnold
The date Of execution is May 2S
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-05-15

County Superintendent R. II. Wilson,
when interviewed in regard to the
work of the schools of chickasha and
Grady county during the past year,
spoke as follows:
I'm Grady county we have not ac-
complished all that has been desired
in school work during the present year,
yet, we feel when we look at the
amount Of work that great and last
ing good has been accomplished along
the educational line. At the close Of
the school in the spring Of 1908. the
records showed that while Grady coun-
ty had eight thousand children of
school age only about three thousand
of them had had access to the pub.
lie schools. There were very few
school buildings except in the cities.
Today with a population OF nine thou
sand. our records for this term show
that nearly eight thousand of this num-
Der have been attending the public
schools in this county.
I'm the city Of Chickasha we employ
forty-two teachers, and our buildings
are crowded to their limit Of capacity.
In the towns and the country we EN-
ploy one hundred and three teachers.
We find that in nearly every instance
the schools are well attended and but
very few cases have we found where
the compulsory school law has had to
be invoked. The parents as well as
the children are eager for good schools
and longer terms of school. The
average term for this year viii be
about seven months. And with the
present spirit agitating patrons we
hope to increase the length of term.
I'VE have under construction in the
city Of Chickasha beautiful 100000
High School, which will be ready for
use by the 1st of September. Chicka-
sha will then be as well equipped for
schools as any city in the state.
"In the village and town schools. we
have built seven brick buildings, at a
cost Of from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
These all have graded schools, and
are doing good work. Before school
opens next fall, we expect to build
brick school buildings in two other
towns, at a cost of about $4,000 each.
When these are completed we will
have nine graded schools outside Of
the city, with a teaching force of from
four to eight teachers each.
IN the rural school districts we have
built twenty-seven new school build
ings, costing for building and furnish
ing about $1,000 each. These all have
good schools, and have been general