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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
indianapolis, Ind, June 2. - When
the governments libel case against the
publishers of the Indianapolis News,
in connection with the allegations con.
cerning the Panama canal was re-
sumed today the federal attorneys
announced their intention of calling
as witnesses Frank II, Hitchcock,
chairman of the republican national
committee, and Norman e. Mack,
chairman of the democratic national
committee, and asked a continuance
till they can produce these men.
The government proposes to show
that Hitchcock and Mack warned the
reporters that the cable dispatch to
Chicago papers intimating that an
American syndicate had made nearly
$50, 100000 profit in the sale of the
canal to the United States, had nc
foundation in fact
The court, at first demurred to
granting the continuance. saying the
counsel should be prepared to produce
these witnesses at the present hear
ing
Commenting on the Panama sitaa-
tion in general Judge Anderson sssd
he thought the public had a right to
question the conditions of the trans
fer of the canal. because of the Will
liam Nelson Cromwell course, before
the senate Investigating committee.
The government attorneys then stat
ed that they wished to produce Fitch
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
RESULT IN NEW COUNTY
TO PRECIPITATE STRUGGLE

Guthrie, Okla, June "A number of
citizens from the proposed county of
Harmon were before the executive
yesterday urging that the governor
announce the result of the election and
issue his proclamation creating the
county of Harmon. The proposition
is being contested by citizens from
Greer county, from which county Har-
mon county is to be detached De
cision will no doubt soon be render
ed and if favorable to the new county,
will participate lively scramble for
the county seat. Hollis, Dryden and
Gound (or Gibson) will all be candi-
dates, and each of them have dele
cations on the ground to present their
claims.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
CHARTERS GRANTED BY
STATE DEPARTMENT

Guthrie, Okla, June AT the of
fee of the secretary of state the fol.
lowing charters were filed yesterday;
The Quapaw Fuel and Oil company
of Chelsea, capital stock, $4,000.
Guarantee Abstract and Title com
pany of Tulsa, capital stock, 10000
Oil City Townsite company of Ard
more, capital, $4,000.
The Stigler Hardware company of
Stigler, Okla, capital, $4,000.
The Oklahoma Drilling company of
Muskogee, capital, 10000
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
smlIey.whlte Wedding.

In the presence of a number of rela
tives at the home of the brides par
nets at eight o'clock last evening, Miss
Pearl Smiley of this city and Mr.
Homer White of Enid, Okla, were
united in marriage by the Rev. Robert
], Church. The Smiley home was
beautifully decorated, pink and white
being the prevailing colors and roses
being the flowers used on the tables
from which refreshments were served.
The bride wore a white lingerie prin-
cess, elaborately trimmed. They were
the recipients of many beautiful pres
ents. They left this morning for Enid
where they will reside.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
COUNCIL PASSES
MANY ORDINANCES
Prohibits Riding Bicycles on Sidewalk
and Fixes Penalty For Petit
Larceny.

The city council held busy session
last night lasting until midnight
The usual bills for current and con-
tingent expenses were allowed and a
number of ordinances and resolutions
were passed relating to curbing, gut
tering and grading in different parts
of the city.
The report of the board of appraise-
ment assessing benefits against abutt-
ing property on alleys in blocks As
and 40.
An ordinance prohibiting riding BIZ
cycles on sidewalks and fixing pen
atty was passed and approved
An ordinance fixing penalty for
petit larceny was passed and approx
ed.
A. N. Green was granted permission
to tap the Vann street water main at
the Green hotel.
Bids were opened for the construc-
ton of a sewer in blocks 81 and So,
and for curbing, guttering and grad
ing Foreman street. Nipple & Nc
Spadden had the lowest bid.
Henry Raines and Elmer Torbett
were selected as fireman and authority
was granted to purchase another fire
horse.
On account of the large amount OF
business to be transacted the council
adjourned to meet again this evening
in order to finish up.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
EXAMINER FINDS
SHORTAGE IN BANK
Funds of National Bank of Lewiston
Show Shortage Of $4,000 1t
is Claimed.
BY Associated Press.


Lewiston, Idaho, June National
Bank Examiner Claud Gotch announc-
ed today that a shortage has been dis
covered in the funds of the Lewiston
National bank Beyond the fact that
the stock holders have made the
shortage good, Gotch declines to dis
cuss the affair 1t is said the alleged
defalcation amounts to one hundred
and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
F. w. Kettenback. president of the
bank, today stated that when the
stock holders learned Of the embez-
Elements by employees, which extended
over a period of five years they imme-
diately made the shortage good. The
speculations were made possible it is
understood by manipulation of the
adding machine. No arrests have been
made yet.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
GOVERNOR ISSUES
HIS PROCLAMATION
Reopening of State Dispensary Sys-
tenn Virtually Puts Local
Option in Effect.

Guthrie, Okla, June 2.-Governor c.
N Haskell last night issued procla-
nation which virtually puts local op-
ton into the state dispensary system.
After reciting the closing of the
dispensaries on December 4, 1908,
when it was thought the popular vote
had been adverse to them, the subse-
quent decision of the supreme court
that the law was still in force and the
failure of the legislature to take ac-
ton, the governor announces that each
city and town of 200 is entitled to
dispensary, one in each county
where there is no such city, but that
no such agency will be established
or maintained, until upon the receipt
of a petition in writing therefor pre-
sented to me by a reasonable proper
ton of the inhabitants of such town
or county. requesting the opening and
maintenance of such agency, which
petition may be presented at the will
of the people and will receive prompt
consideration"
The governor also urges upon the
local officials the enforcement of the
prohibitory law and says in explana-
ton:
Il am limited in my opportunities
for law enforcement to urging and
encouraging all such local officers in
the discharge of the full and con
scientious duty"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
JUDGE CAMPBELL GRANTS
EXTENSION OF TIME

Tulsa, Okla, June Judge Ralph
E. Campbell of the federal court has
granted the defendants an extension
of ninety days in which to file a bill
of exceptions to the ruling of Judge
Marshall of Utah in the last grand
jury investigations of the alleged Mus
kogee town lot frauds, which resulted
in the indictment of Governor Haskell
and five prominent Muskogee men.
Judge Marshall overruled several mo-
tions of the defense in particular one
to quash the grand jury. and to this
ruling in particular the defendants
have taken strong exception.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
KANSAS CITY WOMAN
is McoUlRE'S SECRETARY

Kansas City. Mo, June 2.-Congress-
man Bird Mcclure of Oklahoma has
appointed Mrs. Ruby Ridgeway Match
cite, daughter of ]. T. Ridgeway, prin-
cipaI of the Washington school of this
city as his private secretary to sue
ceed Vernon Whiting of Enid, Okla,
who was recently named by President
Taft as Indian inspector in OklThoma.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
SANTA Re REPORTED TO
HAVE BOUGHT CUTOFF

Guthrie, Okla, June 2.-It is report
ed in railroad circles here from an
authentic source that the Santa Fe
has purchased the fifty-seven miles of
line between Enid and Award. a part
of the Arkansas Valley and Western
railroad which is operated by the
Frisco from Tulsa through Perry and
Enid thence west to Award. Accord
ing to the report the Santa Fe is to
take possession Of the new line July
1st.
From Enid to Award, by way of
Kiowa, the distance is ninety-two
miles from Enid to Award.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
SENATE ASTONISHED BY
GORE OF OKLAHOMA

Washington. d. c. June 2.-Aston-
ishing the senate, by the citation Of a
long list of cotton and woolen manu-
featuring companies and giving their
earnings, capital stock, surplus, etc.,
Senator Gore of Oklahoma today un-
dertook the task of showing that the
corporations engaged in cotton and
woOlen industries were making very
large earnings. The blind statesman
found no difficulty in giving off hand,
the greatest variety of details.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
BOTH CHA|RMEN To Be
SUMMONED AS WITNESSES
Federal Attorneys to Place Mack and Hitchcock
on Stand to ShOw That the Reporters
We're Warned of the Untruthfulness
of the Story of $50, 900, 900
Profit in the Sale of the
Panama Canal

! cock and Mack to prove that each of
them had announced that the charges
or corruption in the Panama canal
transfer had been disproyed, and that
the democratic national committee had
refused the charges as campaign
matters for that reason,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
A Very Valuable Work

The Worlds Progress, by Trumbul
White, being given as a premium with
Leslie's Weekly is one of the greatest
books that ever entered the home. 1t
has 76S pages of the most solid infor-
nation to be found anywhere.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02

Work at the normal is progressing
nicely. new teachers are being en-
roned each day and there will prob
ably be three hundred enrolled by the
last of the week. The instructors are
all able educators in their line of
work and those in attendance are OBJ
tanning many new ideas and methods
in regard to teaching.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-02
SENATE TO HOLD DAY
AND NIGHT SESSIONS.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, ID. G., June 2. The
senate today agreed to the Aldrich
resolution, providing for night and
day sessions from ten4thirty a. M, to
five-thiry p. M, and from eight to
eleven o'clock p. m.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20

Ring 300 for butter and eggs. R
L. Melton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
ALL NATURE SENSES 1T. AND
ECHOES THE WELCOME.

the land as the perfumed herald of
an unforgetting providence.
The very sparrows of the ground
twitter their delight, the songsters
of the forest acclaim it with more
liquid melody, and the mother bird
on her nest whispers rejoicings to
the brood beneath her wing. The
bee that hung desperately to the
honeycomb flies straight to the clo-
yer field.
1t springs up like new born pres
.ence; it comes down like a benedic-
ton. An unseen censor is swung in
the air; silent baptism is celebrat-
ed; the prayer that was uttered halt
ingly and half faithlessly is answered
and resurrection is realized. What
'skeptical, impatient and unworthy
creatures are we; what malcontents
and murmurers! And how short
sighted is our view of creation and
reproduction and the eternal scheme
.of life! Six thousand years have
taught us little, though we know so
much of the current day and hour.
A lifetime of bounty, centuries of
progress and the recurring cycles of
la perpetual universe are vain to i'm
press our poor understanding with
the truth of the unfailing and the
everlasting. What know we of the
recessions and professions, the ac-
tons and the reactions, the energies
and the restings of this old-young
earth's large life? How unmindful
we are of the deep, big truths which
nature has been exhibiting all these
years and generation and cons of
the upward and advancing march :
A little trial, little hardship and we
are undone, though the storehouse
is full and the fat years are certain
10 return, for the fruitful ground
will not belle itself.
But the smell of the rain-one
Whit of it and all repinings are
done, and the way is shining again.
and We are after the butterflies as
eager and as needless as before.
Men are but children of a larger
growth, and their tears are dried and
their hurts are healed by little kisses
which they straightway forget.
Worth (Texas) Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20

clauses of the Oklahoma state con-
stitution.
Will Be Hot Battle,
Up to the spring of last wear faw
oeneVed that the anti-saloon pee
pie would attempt to invade Chicago.
AT that time a strong wave of anti
saloon sentiment swept through the
state. Local option petitions were
started in hundreds of places and the
wave finally reached Chicago. The
antl-saloon people got up petit ons
to submit the question of election.
or no election, to the electors, b"t
they lacked 5000 of the $4,000 sig
natures require! and the petitions
were ne, er filed. But now the fres
OF the saloon are i'll fine shape ana
petitions are being prepared, ask
llg the submission of Ihe local ou-
ton Issue to the people at the c.tc-
ton to he held April 4. That
enough signatures will be Pr, .ured
is certain. Many business me- 1, 49,
fessional men and ministers arc
aboard of the temperance movement
and strong campaign committee has
been organized.
But the saloon men are not badly
scared. They have one of the most
complete organizations ever formed
with a rallying point in every one of
the 1000 saloons of the city and
their leaders say they will beat the
temperance advocates three to one.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
FoNFY STACKED UP LIKE CORDWOoD
ovFRNNENT'S NEW MONEY VAULT WHERE 1re ,,,,,,
GENCY CURRENCY KEPT '

now vault in the treasury,
nocessary by the emergency
ossad by congress last May,
called for the printing of emer-
currency to the volume of one
.bo amount of government
). owned by the national banks,
noan completed, and wagonloads
,,,s have been deposited in it.
vault is considered to be proof
...+ fire. earthquakes and thieves.
Lo.t $4,000 and is two-stories
with interior wall of harveyiz-
EtooI half an inch thick, all encas-
II masonry and cement which is
than two feet thick. The chief
s.octiop to the vault lies between
cement and the steel wall.
sbie is a network of wire so con-
bod with electric bells that, even
lobbers could get to the vault, as
&c any instrument whatever cut
hugh the walls to the wires there
IA he an alarm in the watchman's
= short distance away. The
stric apparatus is under constant
sro;Iance. There is a "buzzer" at
he'd to it which is put in operation
omatically every Is minutes day
night. If the signal wires were
pot out of order in any way the
Dor would not work and the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
THE DEBAUCHERY OF DRESS.
Modern WastefuIness in the Matter of
Clothes is Most Dep1Orable.

Modern Wastefulness in the Matter of
Clothes is Most Dep1Orable.
A southern newspaper man is re-
sponsible for the following growl:
1t is said that the chancelleries of
Europe are appalled, at the amount
of money that is going into warships
that become obsolete in ten years
They might we'll consider the greater
amount of money that is going into
dress that is useless and which be-
comes obsolete in six months.
The nations have established a
Hague conference to put an end to
the folly of war. Another confer
ence should be provided to put an
to the folly of dress.
We work all the week so as to pro-
vide gay trappings for Sunday, and
we go to church to watch and pray
but chiefly to watch, and we call our
selves religious.
There is no display such as may be
seen in the fashionable church, no
where is vanity more gratifed and
pride more pampered than where we
assemble to worship a Deity who,
when on earth, had not wherein to
lay His head, and whose disciples
were ordered forth without purse or
scrip or shoes, but in garb most mod
est.
Strange paradox! One warship is
built by one nation, and all other
nations must follow suit. One gown
or hat is purchased by one woman
and it is called fashionable" by the
modistes, and all other women must
buy gowns and hats. What folly
The drink bill of the various ma.
tions is appalling; likewise the to-
bacco bill; likewise the cigar bill;
likewise many other less and avoida
able bills. The unnecessary dress
bill of the nation exceeds them all
The debauchery of dress is quite al
harmful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
THE SMELL OF THE RAIN

Sweeter than any perfume ever
distilled by the chemist, sWeeter than
roses or ripe grapes, sweeter than
new mOwn hay or a baby's breath
sweeter than fresh linen and milady's
washed hair is the smell of the rain
1t is the breath to the nostrils,
eXhilaration to the lungs, elixir to
the blood and wine to the brain. The
dusty earth inhales it and is pulsing
again with potential life. The
flowers that were painting are reviv-
ed, and the very leaves of the trees
absorb it as incense and are lifted
up. Hungry, fretful, parched and
complaining man opens his mouth
and gulps it down like a gormand.
The fading and whiting cotton
blossom welcomes it as a message
of new life, and the naked of all the
world rejoice in the hope of replen-
ished wardrobes. The growing,
groveling beasts of the stock ex-
change, intent upon the dust and
drought and want of grim prospect,
sniff it and are abashed and tame.
Miasmas of privation and distress
fade away from it as the fogs before
the sunshine, and mellow wholesome
ness possesses the fields and perme-
ates the habitations of men.
The grass of the plains, brown
and withered and dry as stubble,
senses it as the blind and deaf are
aware of the unseen and unheard ap-
proach of friends, and it steals over
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
is CANCER CONTAGIOUS?
Experiments of One Professor Seem
to Prove That 1t Is.

! ~ LEOte 1Hut HI IS
After a series of experiments on
mice Prof. Ford Robertson claims to
have settled in the affirmative the
long-debated question as to whether
| cancer is contagious. The investiga-
ton also confirms him, he says, in
his belief that cancer is caused by a
parasite or germ. Robertson under
took his experiments on the theory
that the failures in the previous in
EQUATIONS by other students of the
subject were due to the unsuitable
methods employed. The bacilli, if
such there be, he argued, may have
to be introduced in large, numbers,
owing to their vulnera bility to the
minimizing agents of the animal in
vaded, or they may have to be intro
duced during particular phase of
their existence.
Two observations of wide general
application are to be made with re-
gard to the Robertson experiments
nrst' they seem to prove the especial
yulnerability of the stomach to can
Ger. Direct injections into the blood
was negative. The inference is that
anything which breaks down the
stomach tissue or functions may lead
to cancer. Among these causative
agents may be classed very hot fluids.
such as coffee and tea, and condi-
ments, and an excessive quantity of
vinegar or salt, and effervescents
and medical salts taken as laxatives.
They are all stomach irritants.
In the second place, these in con-
junction with other experiments
raise once more the vital question as
to whether the so-called germs of
cancer and other diseases are in
reality animal or vegetable in ma
ture. The mycetoza, or fungus
groWths, are claimed by both botan-
lists and biologists. They are I'M
doubtedly a low form of life-but
what life, animal or vegetable? If
they are merely moulds or fungi, the
whole theory of germs will have to
be changed. Beri-beri and pellagra
are already admitted to be due to
mould or fungi.
Ring 800 for butter and eggs. R.
| Melton
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
Legal Notices.
Notice. Debtors and Creditors

Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned that he is duly qualified
executor of the last will and tesla
ment of Jas. A. Chambless, deceased,
and that those indebted to said ]. A.
Chambless, deceased, will come for
ward and settle, and that those hav-
ing claims against said deceased will
present their claims, properly made
out to me. j. D. CHAMBLESS,
Executor Jas. A. Chambless, Deceased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
|ICAGO GREATLY AROUSED
he FIGHT is NOW BEING WAC
ED OVER THE SALOON.

|aI Option to Be Voted on And
600 Saloons Rally For Defense.
Two Monster Parades.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20

Waterman would immediately renort
the fact.
Inside the vault there are track !
Tor the reception of the money and
tnere 1t is stacked up like cordwood
-$0OO'OOO,OOO of it! The roof of
the place is on level with the nave
ment' and it has perfect system of
ventilation by means of suction fans
winch are put in operation the mo-
ment the door is opened. This vault
weighs several tons and works ON
pail bearings so that, despite its
weight child could almost swing if
open. There are four combinations.
ana these are known to four men
TWO combinations to one set and two
10 the other Thus at least two Of
OF them must be present when the
door is opened.
Like all modern safes, this one IS
equipped with a schedule showing
YOU can't enter through the vault
ooor without the alarm going off
Each day the wattbman's room IS
equipped with schedule showing
at what hour the vault will be open
eo and at what hour it will be closed
There IS but one passage down 80
H. and that is By mtans of a tiny bv.
orauilc elevator protected by a
strong iron door which opens at the
desk OF the chief of the division of
issues, who keeps the key.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
ASKING FOR CORN.

Mexican State Telegraphs United
States for 10000 Bushels.
A City of Mexico dispatch says:
Two hundred thousand bushels of
corn have been telegraphed for to the
United States by the government of
the state of Guanajuato to relieve the
acute distress occasioned there by
the cold weather, which killed all the
growing crops. According to Geo.
W. Bryant, there was less than two
weeks supply of food in Guanaiuato.
and that most energetic measures
were needed to relieve the situation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-20
Notice, DeborS and Creditors

Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned has been duly appointed
administrative of the estate of w. F..
Locke, and that those indebted to
said deceased are requested to come
forward at once and settle, and those
having claims against w. F. Locke,
deceased, will present them properly
made out for payment. This OctO-
Der 4, 1909. LILLE B. LOCKE,
Adm 'stratrix. w. F. Locke, deceased.