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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
TAYLOR'S ACTION
BEING CRITICISED
Correspondent Who Sent Report
Knows Inspector is Busy With
School Land Department.

! Guthrie, Okla, Sept 15--A prom
inent republican paper published out
side the state, took occasion to criti-
else State Inspector and Examiner G.
A. Taylor for not making report
on the conditions of the school land
Office and alleged that the reason for
not making the report was because
conditions at the school land depart
ment were so rotten that he dared not
make report thereon. The paper
in question maintaines a paid cores
pondent at the capital and the cores
pondent knows that Mr.. Taylor has
for some time been checking the
school land department and that he
is still engaged in the work, but that
it is a big job to examine every trans
action and every voucher of that de-
partment Perhaps the biggest de-
partment of it's kind in the world
Everybody knows that Mr. Taylor and
his entire force work hard and be-
sides checking all the departments of
the state they check the treasurers
and often the other officers OF all the
counties. They also know that when
he finishes checking the school land
department, that the report will be
made thereon. 1t might be we'll for
some of these patriots who are max
ing this big noise about checking the
school land Office to explain why it |
was that during the history of the ter
ritory that they never caused this or
any other department to be checked |
No, the idea is democratic idea and |
after totally ignoring simple methods |
1f protection for sixteen years the re-
publican machine criticises the demo
cratic administration for not report
ing when they have all means Of
that every effort is being
made to do the very thing that they
ire asking. This is a sample of re-
publican consistency
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
TAFT STARTS
ON $4,000 MILE TOUR
First UtterGnce Since Congress Adjourned On
EUe of Great Business ExpGnsiOn--NOt a
Ripple of Applause When Central Bank
Plan is MentiOned-- Criticizes Governor
JohnsOn's Attitude Toward the East.

70 organize in a sectional way against
the east because the east is deriving
more benefit from the governmental
policy than the west and at the ex.
pense Of the west II is difficult for
one to treat such an appeal seriously.
Il was born and brought up in the
middle west have had new Eng
land ancestry, and New England as
sociations. Fortune sent me out to the
Pacific slope. Jurisdiction as a judge
gave me a somewhat intimate knowl-
edge OF southern feelings and south
ern aspirations.
ri feel, therefore, as if could speak
with confidence in respect to the whole
nation and as president of the United
States. may well lift UP my voice
to protest against any effort by whom
soever made to arouse section against
section and Americans against Amer-
cans"
The president was cheered loudly at
the close of his address. Under escort
OF the reception committee and the
lancers he passed through the
dining room to the street and proceed
ed to the Hotel Touraine where he
spent the night.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
GOVERNOR GRANTS
HIS COMMISSION
Car Has Been Chartered to Carry
okIahoma's Exhibit to the Illinois
State Fair.

Philander g. Avery while in Musko-
gee few days ago, had conversa-
tion with Governor Haskell, regard
ing the state exhibit at the state fair
at Springfield, in which many Of the
counties have joined, and was inform
ed by the chief executive, that he
would be commissioned by the state to
represent Oklahoma at this fair. This
morning Mr. Avery received the com
mission, which is handsomely litho-
graphed affair,
IN speaking Of the exhibit the gov
ernor said that he considered this
the greatest advertising plan the state
has ever undertaken. and expressed
the wish that every county in the state
might be enabled 70 take part in the
exhibit.
Mr.. Avery has chartered car. and
it win be decorated and will leave Vim
ita on September rs. An effort will
be made to have newspaper CORES
pondent on the car and the arrival of
the car will be advertised in, advance,
in the towns through which the car
win pass, in order to give as much
publicity to the exhibit as possible. A
delegate from each Of the counties
win be invited to come to this city
to assist in the decoration Of the car,
1t is also planned to thoroughly adyer-
tlse the day the car will start, and it
is possible that excursions will be
run here in order to see this wonder
ful gathering Of products.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
MISSING MINISTER
AND CHILD FOUND
Parents of Lorena Sutherland, of
Williamsburg, Kans.. Believe She
is Preachers Companion.

Ottawa, Kans.. Sept Is. ~ On the
strength of information received from
the officers at Waukegan. H.. today,
a complaint was sworn to this even
ing charging W. NJ. stuckey, the miss
ing minister and editor of Williams
burg, Kans., with the abduction Of
Lorena Sutherland, 16 years old, a
member of his congregation, who mys-
teriously disappeared shortly after the
minister left that place. Mrs. David
sutherland. the girls mother, swore
to the complaint.
AS soon as assurance is received
that the minister is being held on the
telegraphic notification Of the warrant
issued, Sheriff Latimer will leave for
Waukegan to bring Stuckey and the
girl with him here.
Todays action followed reply to
an inquiry from Miss Sutherland's
parents as to whether the party sup
posed to be Stuckeys whose detention
at Waukegan was ordered yesterday
by officers from Hubbard, Tex. was
accompanied by a girl
The reply states that the description
Of Lorena Sutherland tallies exactly
with that of a young woman accom-
panying the supposed Stuckey. except
that the girls hair appears to have
been bleached Lorena Sutherland's
hair is black.
The officers at Hubbard, Tex, who
knew Stuckey from his former resi-
denee there were called into the case
by the girls father after her disap-
pearance They reported that they |
had traced the minister to Los An
geies. and yesterday wired that he
had been traced to Waukegan and
ordered held there.
Mrs. Stuckey said at Williamsburg
this afternoon that she could not ex-
plain the latest information about her
husband She stated that he would
have to be brought back and punished
for whatever he has done
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15

William r. Rye returned from
visit IN Kentucky this morning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
WOULD MAKE FAKE
REPORTS CRIMINAL
Trust Company Section Of American
Bankers Convention Hear the
Report Of Committee.


~ ~AHoONAeA1Q a ARp1t
Chicago, H., Sept. l5.-When the
trust company section Of the Ameri-
can Bankers Convention met today,
the committee on protective laws re-
ported that It's efforts to protect the
word trust" to provide for efficient
state supervision and to place in the
category Of crime, the circulation Of
false reports of the banks condition.
had been particularly active.
Seventeen states, including Kansas.
have already enacted suitable legis-
lation, and several other states are
now considering similar laws. The
present general law Of Missouri is held
to be adequate protection. but Okla
homa and two other states are said
to consider such action nnwise.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
NOTHING INCONSISTENT
WITH SUICIDE THEORY
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington. D. g, Sept, 15.-Al-
though the report Of SURGEON Perry,
of the United States Navy. who con
Quoted the autopsy on the body Of
Lieutenant Sutton, has not been sub
mitted to the navy department, it is
known that the autopsy disclosed moth
ing inconsistent with the theory that
Lieutenant Sutton shot himself and
in fact the tendency of the surgeons
report is in support Of the original ver-
dict that Sutton killed himself
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
PEARY REFUSES TO TALK
oF COOK CONTROVERSY

BY Associated Press.
Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept 15.-
Commander Peary conversed further,
today, with the representative of the
Associated Press, regarding his jour
ney to the north pole, but would not
discuss his controversy with DR..
Cook
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
TRAINS IN COLLISION
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn. Sept 10 Eight
trainmen were killed and a number OF
passengers are reported hurt in a
head-on collision between a passenger
train and fast freight on the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad, at
Pegran, near here today. None Of
the passengers We're killed The cars
in the wreck caught on fire and mum
Der Of bodies We're cremated
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
THREE THOUSAND MEN
AGAIN ON STRIKE
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
MeKee's Rock, Pa. Sept l5.-De-
cIaring that they would not return to
work until several foremen were dis
charged, three thousanc foreigners.
employed at the Pressed Steel Car
works. walked out here today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
Baseball PIsyer killeo.
b. Associated Press.

By Ass0cIated Press.
Dayton. o., Sept. 15.-Charles Pinck-
ney. a member Of the Dayton baseball
team. died today. as a result Of being
hit on the head. with a pitched bah.
yesterday.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
ANITA STEWART BRIDE
OF PRINCE MIGUEL
By Associated Press.

Dingwall. Scotland, Sept l5.-Anita
Stewart, the daughter of Mrs. James
Henry Sith. of New York. today, be-
came the bride of Prince Miguel, of
Broganza, in the Catholic chapel. here
The chapel and avenues leading there
to were beautifully decorated and one
arch bore the words. Long life and
happiness to the prince and princess"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Boston, Mass. Sept. 15-President
Taft left Boston at 1920 o'clock, this
morning, on his thirteen thousand mile
tour Of the United tsates He will
speak at Chicago tomorrow.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15
DYNAM|TERS WRECK
NEAR BEER JOINT
BY Associated Press.

by A55UCIdLtu TIes5,
Lawton, Okla, Sept. l5.-John Rus
sells place, a near-beer establishment
in this city, was dynamited early to-
day. The building and fixtures were
completely wrecked, but no one was
injured There is no clue as to the
perpetrator Of the deed
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-15

al Overley is loading out his paving
outfit for McAlester, where he has a
big paving contract
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07

those who have to work will do 1t.
These are few of the reasons why
those who have wrested fortunes ia
the fierce business battles of the
United States are more and MOI 9
spending their old age in bringing I'D
their children in Europe.
What probably troubles this gentle.
man, who finds us SO rough, is that
ne never became one Of us. 1t is
much moro than an even chance that
his money was left to him by parents
who spent life time in hard work.
His statement that he established "a
reputation for never speaking to the
newspapers" explains why he was
'beset by reporters" and "snapshotted
by photographers" He was such a
superior person, SO far above the com.
mon herd that the reporters and
photographers, busy getting news and
photographs for the newspapers read
by this common herd, were no doubt
inspired to redouble their efforts tc
Interview and snapshot him. Perhaps
they thought If they persisted they
might teach this superior American
millionaire person little common
courtesy.
If this gentleman had ever really
tried to make himself one Of us he
would not have found his country
men such a bad lot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07

ton of an especially good crop in this
district of the corn producing belt. The
man behind the plow and the boy upon
the cultivator have been the prime
factors in building up the conditions
which today assert the greatness and
grandeur Of this highly prosperous and
wealthy district of country. Iowa has
developed in recent years with aston
ishing rapidity in every enterprise and
has gradually developed Into a clover,
timothy and blue grass country, with
great fields of corn that now give
promise of an abundent yield.
Other Williamsburg News.
| Mrs. ]. j. Yates went to Cedar Rap
ids Thursday night to visit with rela-
tives and friends, and also to look
after some business matters in con-
nection with the canning factory.
Postmaster John Ryan of Parnell
transacted business here last Satur-
day and called upon his friend John
| Hughes, Jr.
Mrs. Morgan Williams visited Fri
day at the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. e. w. Edwards.
| Miss Hilda Hugo, who has been
here for the past three weeks visiting
with relatives returned to her home at
Hawthorne. Ill, last Thursday She
was accompanied by Miss Katy Dunn.
George WEIGH who was taken to
SShetl lhupluS leioI WcSh W Ue opeIdtS0
upon for appendicitis is reported to be
slowly recovering.
Jens Halverson of Hilton visited on
Monday with his son H. e. Of this city
The Misses Alma and Norma Lortz.
who have been visiting relatives at
Milwaukee and Chicago have returned
home and report pleasant and profit
able time
Dr. f. G. Schug and Walter Har-
riDQhurp wpra Otturpuya uicjtors Fri
day
Mrs. George Lortz who visited here
last week with her brothers Leonard,
Chris and Charles DUR, was stricken
with apoplexy. She is recovering.
Attorney Ed Shannahan of Kansas
City was visiting last week with his
brothers and listers and other rela-
tives of this vicinity.
John Butler who recently resigned
his position in connection with the
Williamsburg Savings Bank left Sat
urday night for Arizona, where he
has prospects Of a good position and a
substantial salary.
The Commercial hotel in the east
part of the city has been recently re-
painted and otherwise improved.
Mrs. G. HUMPHREYS is having cement
walks put in front Of her four business
houses this week.
Miss Lulu Sheets is visiting this
week at the F. 0. Harrington home In
York township.
Mrs. Ed Lewis Of Leroy, who visited
here last week with relatives returned
to her home Monday morning.
Mrs. Caroline Lewis and two neph-
ews of Des MONIES came In Monday
for a visit at her cousins John Yates
home.
Rev. Davis. who has been filing the
pulpit at the WEIGH Congregational
church for the past three Sundays, has
gone to Grand Forks, North Dakota,
where he will remain for few Sum
days, before returning to his home in
Madison, n. Y.
A. A. Hall received notice Monday
morning Of his appointment as super
visor of the census of the Second Con-
gressional district.
Henry Williams and wife were in
Monday and called at the home Of Mr..
Williams brother, Thomas
John Gardner was looking after his
business interests out on the farm on
Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
MILTON.

Milton Mrs. C. r. Chisman ant
daughter-inlaw of Ottumwa are Wis.
ting at the home of v. Wilson.
The Misses Daisy and Nora Wear
hood Of Atkinson. Neb.. are visiting a,
the home of their uncle Rev. Johr
Randolph of West Milton. They are
enroute to Wapello, where they will
teach the coming year.
r. S. Huff is digging his cellar prep
aratory to building two story mer-
camille building.
Mrs. Graz has torn down her ole
residence and will erect two story
home.
The brick work on the new McNea'
building will be completed this week
Postmaster Hill put In a new foun-
+ation under his home this week. using
concrete blocks.
Henry Cecil has retuned from Cedar
Rapids, where he attended summer
school. He will teach at Otto the com
ing year.
Misses Eva Bell and Irene Aber-
nathy have returned from Drake Uni
versity where they attended summer
school,
McClurg Bros. of Moulton have talk
en- charge of the Milton furniture store
which they recently purchased. H. G.
O'Neal will remain with the new
irm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
BELKNAP PEOPLE ENJOY
ICE CREAM SUPPER.

An ice cream supper is to be served
Saturday evening in the school house
yard under the auspices of the Grace
and Grit Sunday school class. Proceeds
to go toward fixing up the NJ u.
church.
Friday evening as Messrs. Ira RAN
kin and Ernest Riddington were going
home from the meeting of the Bible
Teachers Training class the bride
slipped off from the head. of one Of
the ponies they were driving and the
pony finding itself free from control
started to run off and in passing the
buggy in which Osa Dunlavy and
children were riding tore one wheel
from it. Their carriage was pretty
badly broken up but outside few
minor injuries no serious damage was
done to any OF the occupants OF the
two rigs.
M. c. Galpin and son Forest of En-
erson were visitors in the city last
week. being the guests of the formers
niece, Miss Sylvia Myers.
Mrs. j. w. Toole and children of OF
tumwa are visiting here with Mrs.
Toole's parents Mr.. and Mrs. Dodd.
Tuesday. July 81, being G. e. Lise-
tors birthday anniversary a few of his
friends in the band decided to surprise
him. Ice cream and cake were served
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
BR MIN CHAM.

Bi.mingham.-Rev. MacNell and
wife of Libertyville visited one day
last week with Rev. and Mrs. L. v
Nash.
Miss Bessie McGregor Of Fairfield is
spending the week with Miss Grace
Allen.
What is known as the old egg house
one block west Of the Commercial
hotel, is being dismantled. A. A. Fry
will begin at once putting up new
residence on that corner.
Miss Patti Sherman, who has been
visiting relatives in Hilsboro return.
ed home Saturday.
Mrs. James Watson of Hillsboro
visited several days last week with
Mrs. M. G. Johnston, northwest of
town.
Dalh Teeters was overheated Thurs
day while working on a house for
Ames Bonnetts.
Mrs. j. S. Goodson was shocked
Thursday evening b. the lightning.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Taylor of
Central City is visiting at Mrs. Tay-
lor's mother Mrs. S. B. Shot.
Porter Pleasant Is putting a new
cement walk on the east side of his
residence.
G. L. Craft is visiting at the Good.
son home this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
a TALL CORN srnex

The Kansas City Journal relates
what it believes is the tallest corn
story of the season. 1t was told by an
eastern visitor to Kansas in a letter
he wrote to the folks at home. Here
it is:
Most of the Kansas streets are
paved, grains of corn being used for
cobblestones, while the cobs are hol-
lowed out for sewer pipe. The husk,
when taken off whole and stood on end
makes fine tent for the children to
play in. 1t sounds queer to hear the
feed man tell the driver to take a
dozen grains of horse feed over to
Jackson's livery stable. If it were not
for soft deep soil here don't see how
they would ever harvest the corn, as
the stalks would grow UP as high in
the air as Methodist church steeple.
However, when the ears get too
heavy, their weight presses the stalk
down in the ground on an average OF
hinety-two feet, and thus brings the
ear near enough to the ground to be
chopped off with an AK"
You will have to go some to beat
that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
4CENERATIONSAT
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. AND MRS. JACOB ALFREY OF
HARRINGTON PRINCIPALS
AT CELEBRATION.

Farmington-Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P
Alfrey celebrated their golden we'd
ding Wednesday when their children
grandchildren, great grandchildren and
other relatives and friends gathered al
their nome to do them honor The
house was beautifully decorated with
golden glow and yellow wedding bells
and the company marched to the din
ing room to the strains Of a wedding
march played by Mrs. H. o. There, a
granddaughter Mr.. Alfrey was born
Jan. II. 1886 and was the first white
child born in Van Buren, county. His
parents came to Iowa in 1884 locating
on the Nelson farm which is now a
part Of Pennington. j. P. was the
seventh child ia family of thirteen
and Is now the only living member
He first attended school when ter
years of age with Henrietta Gill as
teacher Miss Gill afterwards married
keokuk lawyer. Lucy Willard and
VIM. Brattain We're other teachers
whom Mr.. Alfrey remembers and Mrs
It. B. Boiler and Henry Knott are the
only living schoolmates.
He was married August 4, 1859 al
Princeton. Mo-, to Mary Stevens, niece
of David Fulton, an Ohio Judge: after
teaching four terms of school, Mr.
Alfrey came with his bride to Farm
ington where he opened tho Alfrey
coal mine which he worked until 1876
when he moved to the farm where he
now lives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfrey are the parents
of eight children, four of whom are
living as follows: Mrs. Lenora Nc
lintock, Orr S. Alfrey, Mrs. Ella Col
Inns, and Miss Daisy Alfrey, all of
Pennington. There are also thirteen
grand children and two great grand
children. Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Alfrey of
Mt. Sterling and Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Marriott of Vernon are among the out
of town guests who are attending the
golden wedding.
Other News.
Mrs. Roscoe McKiernan and son of
Kewanee, Ill. arrived Tuesday for a
visit with Mrs. McKiernan's mother
Mrs. Alpha Ware.
Mrs. Henry Morris and son Paul of
Hammond. Ind, are visiting Mrs. Nor
ris' parents Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis New
man.
Dell Masters Of Hansford Tex, ar
rived Wednesday, to visit his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Masters.
The advance sales Of chautauqua
tickets amounted to S1,244, which has
exceeded that of all former years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-07
THE MARvELs OF THE AGE.

Every day now the papers have
something about the aerial flight Of
this aviator or that aviator in flying
machine. The young man is apt to un-
derestimate the value of these expert
ments. But the man whose memory
stretches back to the days when some
OF the wonders we contemplate today
with such indiferepce were looked
upon as the Widest fancies, will have
learned to go slow before he stamps
the conquest Of the air as impossible.
Golfers has an editorial which brings
out this thought and repeats a pro-
phecy made thirty-five years ago. 1t
says:
"On the same day the Hudson tun-
nels were opened a young man on
Long Island flew twenty-five miles in
flying machine. Flew-not floated-
IN fiying-machine; not balloon. The
gas bags in which men have allowed
themselves to be waited about by the
wind are a century old; they have
never been much more than toys. The
fying-machine with which man sub
jects the wind to his command and
service, going against it or with it as
~ "iiio thflI 10 VI lOudy. Inc lylQR-
machine of this week is where the
automobile was dozen years ago.
Who can picture its final evolution?
vi man OF fifty, whose own life
ST., the incredible marvel of the tel
ephone, will have the temerity to
doubt that with the ultimate flying
machine man can pick up a church
and fly away with it? In Just these
words prophecy is made by the very
man who invented the telephone in
1S74-himself still living and, through
skill and patience, powerful helper
in solving the problems of aerial navi-
CATION
Not all the stores Of the litera-
tire of imagination. Golfers con-
cludes, contains marvels more amaz-
ing than are commanded by the hum
blest day laborer who can buy and
read the smallest daily paper which re-
cords the history of these passing
years.