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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
MISSOURI MAY HAVE
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION

ST. Louis, Mo, Mar 22.-Fight, pray
and parade This is to be the pro
gramme Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of the st. Louis
district for this and next week The
fight part Of the programme will be-
gin Tuesday, when Mrs. F. H. Ingals,
president of the local union, will de-
part for Jefferson City in charge of a
lobbying delegation to work for the
passage of the statewide prohibition
resolution
Leaders of the temperance move
ment yesterday expressed confidence
that the measure introduced by Sen
ator Peck of Atchison county, prohib-
iting the making and sale of liquor in
Missouri will become a law
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
IMPORTANT SOUTH WILSON
STREET REAL ESTATE DEAL

What was probably he highest
price ever paid for a lot in vinita,
was this afternoon paid by Morris +
Knight to Dr. a. M Clinkscales for
fifty feet on the southwest corner Of
Wilson street and Canadian avenue.
$4,000 was the price paid and mod
ern four-story hotel building will prob
ably be built on it this summer.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
WILL RETURN BOY
FOR RANSOM
kidnappers Await Only Assurance
That Money And Not Prison
Awaits Prompt Action.
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Sharon, Pa, Mar. 22--It is beliey-
ed today the abductors of Willie
Whitla have taken preliminary steps
to return the boy for ransom Of ten
thousand dollars It is the opinion
now that the kidnappers had no inten-
tion of surrendering the lad at Ash
labula Saturday night, but were en-
deayoring to satisfy themselves that
Whitla will secretly pay a ransom for
the return of the boy.
1t was reported here today that the
Whitla family have received another
letter containing assurance that Willie
will be returned within forty-eight
hours. and instructing them how to
pay the ransom.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
STRIKE EXPECTED
TO END SOON
French Newspapers Review the Stu
alton as Though the Crisis
Was Passed.
BY Associated Press.

Paris, Mar 22.-Adjustment of the
strike of the French telegraphers and
postmen is considered virtually in
sight Fully one thousand returned to
work today and the newspapers are
reviewing the strike movement as if
it was over Socialist papers claim
a victory and the Independent conser-
yatiye press says the incident furn-
ishes an eloquent lesson of the dan
gerous state of socialism towards
which France is drifting.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
Notice to Candidates.

Under the new Oklahoma election
law all candidates for Office in the city
Of vinita must file their petitions with
the county election board not later
than March 26th, which meets at
the court house on that date No can
didate will be entitled to have his
name placed on any ticket who fails
to file his petition
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
COURT ORDERS INDICTMENTS
IN ALLEGED DOODLE CASES
By Associated Press.


Pittsburg, Pa. Mar. 22.--As a re-
suit Of grand jury investigation of
the municipal corruption the court to-
day ordered indictments against the
following men: Dallas c. Byers, mil
lionaire manufacturers; G. A. Gibbin,
vice president of the Columbus Ma
tional Bank of Pittsburg. Henry l..
Balger, a saloon keeper, Councilmen
John f. Klein, w. II. Webber and
Charles Stewart
The indictments will charge at
tempted bribery and solicitation of
bribes. The grand jury was again in
session and further Developments
are expected.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22

point not to exceed eight deputy FISH
and game wardens who will receive
salary of $500 per year, in addition
to fees allowed for collection Of hunt
ing licenses, and are limited 10 $500
per year for travelling expenses. The
state warden gives a bond of $4,000
and the deputies bonds of 81 coo
The free list is suspended in is
suance of state permits to hunt or
fish, as the law says that all must be
paid for The state warden charges
all licenses to the deputies and the
county clerks who are required to
make periodical accountings. County
clerks receive a fee of 25c for each
license issued by them and the dep
uty game wardens are allowed 25c
for each license. in addition to taeir
salaries. The remainder of The money
goes into the state fund, out Of which
expenses of the department az paid
Violations of the law. where not
specifically set out. are misdemean-
ors, punishable by fine from $40 to
800 or by Imprisonment from ten to
thirty days The law prohibits dyna-
miting for fish. or the application Of
poison to streams for purpose of kill
ing fish. Likewise is prohibited by
pot hunters the use of firearms known
as wivel or punt guns. No gun great
er than ten guage may be used in
hunting.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-22
THE SENATE NAMES
TWO NEW COMMITTEES

By Associated Press.
Washington. d. c. Mar. 22.-The
senate today filled all vacancies on its
standing committees and created two
powerful new committees. The new
committees are a committee on pub
lie expenditures and a committee on
the conservation Of natural resources
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
NEW POLICY
P. o. DEPARTMENT
Department Has Decided Not to be so
Particular Regarding Register
ed Letters Hereafter.

WASHINGTON. Oct. THE post
office department has decided upon
a more liberal policy i'll registered
letter delivery. Hitherto rules of the de-
partment have made it impossible for
postmen to oliver letters to any one
other than the person addressed. This
has resulted in veXatious delays and
serious inconvenience to business and
professional men.
Hereafter registered mail is to be
left at the place to which it is di-
rected, if signed for by some respon-
sible adult. The department proper
ly reposes trust in the discretion OF
the postman. who is presumably a
person blessed with common sense
and acquainted with the character OF
many on his route. Safety. which is
the sole consideration in registration
/ is still sufficiently safeguarded.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
COMET HIDDEN
UNTIL SPRING.
The Big Sky Show is Not Scheduled
tc Come Until After April of
Next Year.

WASHINGTON, Oct. From the
vast amount of matter in print, in
magazines and newspapers, relative
to Halleys comet, there seems to be
widespread idea that the autumn
skies will soon be lit up by this rare
visitor AS a matter OF fact, recent
observations indicate that the peri
helon will be passed about April Is
of next year ten DAYS later than the
time computed by Cowell and Gro \.
melin in their orbit. calculated by
means of the perturbations produce
by the great planets IN the orpit OF
1885. The calculations therefore do
not foreshadow very early appear
ance. If this prediction can be trust
ed-and it seems too have solid foun
dation--the approach of the comet tt
the earth in MAY will not be so neal
as appeared previously. Moreover, the
splendor of the comet at that time
will be somewhat diminished by /;
nearly full moon After the moon il
below the horizon, of course, the com
ct will show up to better advantage
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
CUBAN PRESS
WAS MUZZLED
President Of the Reoublic Has Secured
"a comnlete Understanding"
With the Newspapers.

HAVANA. Oct. THE announce
ment that President Gomez has %
cured "a complete understanding"
with all the newspaper publishers of
Cuba NAV or NAV not be cause for
congratulation. If II means that he
has succeeded in muzzlins the Cuban
rress. his success is tn be regretted
If it means onlv that he has secured
assurance of fair May and honest crit
icism he has achieved an important
result Rrt even move important to
Cuba is fair treatment from the press
of the United States, which has been
liherallv ~sed for the moment of trou
bic in Cuba and for the undermining of
American confidence in the Cuban ex-
pertinent The government at Fa.
vana recently issued an anneal to the
American newspaper for fair play.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
Lahm Cup Figure Ras Been Already
Beaten by Two of the High
Flyers From ST. Louis
Centennial.
WENT OVER 600 MILES
One Gas Bag Landed in Minnesota and
Another is Reported to be
Away Down in Ala
bama.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. with two rec
ords already smashed and third still
in danger, the Centennial balloon race
for $4,000 cubic feet capacity gas bags,
today promises to mark an epoch In
the history of aeronautics. When the
St. Louis 3 landed in Minnesota. the
pilot and aide. broke the Lahm record
for distance. The air line distance Is
Geo miles. The Lahm cup record was
Ats miles. Harmon, pilot and Post,
aide. of the balloon New York. who
brought down their craft at Edna, Mo
claim to have shattered the American
record for heighth, attaining an altl
tude of 24,20O feet. The balloon Cen
tennial is rumored to have landed
near Mobile, Ala, today. 1t was
sighted 1S miles east of Meriden
Miss, flying low and apparently ex
hausted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
TO THE POLE
Germans are Enthused over the Plan
and Will Try the Trip Next

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Oct. q
Prince Henry of Prussia presided at
a meeting of persons interested in
north pole research by means of
dirable balloon. Among those pres
ent were Count Zepellin, DR.. Felix
Lewald of the ministry of the inter
ior and Col. Mann, chief engineer OF
the Zeppelin works. 1t was decided
to organize society to be known as
tho German society for the exploration
of polar regins. Prince Henry pre-
sided over the meeting of the board OF
directors of the Zeppelin alrship
arctic expedition, to be undertaken
under the auspices of the German
society. It was decided to send an
advance party during the summer OF
1910 to Spitzenbergen, with all the re-
quisite equipment for the operation
of an airship in the polar regions
The members of the board emphasz
( ed the necessity for tho further de
velopment of the Zeppelin type OF air
| ship for lone voyages, especially oVel
] the seas. Prince Henry, after the
conclusion of the meeting, made tril
in the Zeppelin III.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
THE ROAD DRAG
WAS USED THERE
Red Oak Offers Yearly Prize for the
Best Strip Of Dragged
Road

RED OAK, Iowa, Oct. I'd. Ward
King of Missouri spent the day with
Thos. D. Murphy and other prominent
citizens of Red Oak in touring car
inspecting the roads entered for
prizes in our annual contest.
The capital prize, seventy-tive dol
lars (S75.00), offered for the BEST mile
of road built with King-Drag, was
awarded to A. F. Taylor. Mr.. Taylor
was one of the first in this community
to take up the King-Drag idea, and
his years of faithful work are reward
ed. His remarkably fine road is said
to add many dollars to the appear
ance and value of his property
The gentlemen who made the trip
report very general Improvement in
the public highways, notwithstanding
the fact that the present has been a
very bad season for the roads; and
attribute the bettered condition to the
public spirited residents of the coun
try surrounding Red Oak. assisted bJ
the influence of these prizes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
WRITER OF
"BLACK HAND"
Quincy Man Arrested But Now Says
that He Was Doing it Only
as a Joke.

QUINCY. Oct. Harvey Gillespie,
a young man aged about twenty-eight,
was arrested at the Occident hotel at
$50 last night by Detectives Bumster
and Scharnhorst and Deputy Sheriff
Joe Iipps, charged with writing
"'Black Hand" letters to George Speck-
hardt. prosperous German farmer
who lives about two miles below Bluff
Hall on the road to Fall Creek. AT
first he tried to bluff his way out of
it bv emphatically stating that he
didn't know thing about the letters.
After strenuous interview he finally
made a confession to the officers In
which he said that he wrote the let
ters, but wrote them only for the pur-
pose of soaring Sneckhardt. not with
the intention of intimidating him to
the extent of parting with the $500
demanded
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
WATER WAYS
CONVENTION ON
Rivers Have Been Properly
Improved.

WINONA, Mimi. Oct. Needs of
Improvement of the inland waterways
from commercial and economic
standpoint were presented to the
Mississippi River Improvement asso-
citation by S. A. Thompson, tf Rich
mond. Ind, field secretary of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors congress.
Thompson stated the Panama canal
will be positive detriment to the
manufacturers unless the interior
waterways received Improvement. He
stated that New York can ship to the
west coast of South America and
Japan to the east coast of South
America cheaper than an American
manufacturer can get goods from the
factory to the seacoast. Congress
man Esch. Of Lacrosse, said: I'VE
are going to have another car famine
this fall and we will continue to face
more famines until our waterways
are, properly developed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

THE WORD SUBSIDY
Dewey Believes If That Word Was
Not Used We Could Get
Good Auxiliary to Our
Navy.

WASHINGTON. Oct George
Dewey, admiral OF the American navy
dos not believe the in stitution of
which he is the chief officer is bluff
and is confident it would give good
account of itself in any scrimmage
in which it was called upon to take
part. He is also strongly in favor of
subsadizing merchant marine in or
der that it may furnish an auxiliary
to the navy in time of need. When
ex-Congressman Lands used the word
bluff in connection with the navy,
he used a very unfavorable word
said Dewey today II believe w could
get merchant marine If it were not
for the use of the word subsidy. Many
people do not like taat, thinking that
it means to give something for moth
ing. Taft put it in good way when
he urged that the ships should be paid
for carrying the mail but the Amer
ican navy is not SO helpless as one
might imagine from Mr.. Lands re
marks. hope We SHALL continue te
add to the number of our ships. One
can do most anything with money
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
LACK OF WORK
CAUSES INSANITY
Penitentiary Report Shows That Men
Become Sick Unless Given
Something to do.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct An
other Pennsylvania penitentiary re-
ports increasing insanity among its
PRISONS, due, it is believed to the
enforcement of tae state law which
makes it possible for only S5 per cent
of the prisoners to be kept in daily
employment Three hundred cases
OF tuberculosis in the Riverside prls-
on, now charged to unsanitary cond.-
tions, may be due largely to lack OF
proper manual labor or exercise. La
Dor is essential to healthy life. Men
who have been committed to prison
do not forfeit their right to work. And
while it is desirable to minimize the
unfair. competition of prison labor
with the product of free workers. the
humane responsibilities of government
require that opportunity for healthy
labor SHALL be provided for those over
whom the state assumes charges.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
confesses to Having choked and Kill
ed the Fifteen Year Old Daueh- !.
tel Of Farmer on
Lonely Road.
SAVAGE IS IN JAIL
Closely Guarded by the Sheriff and a
Force Of Special Deputies
Since He Has Made
Confession.

WOODLAND, Cal, Oct. Wilbur
Benjamin, a % year old Indian, is
closely guarded in jail here today fol-
lowing his confession according to the
sheriff, that he assaulted and MUIR
dered 15-year-old Violet Gilmar, daugh-
ter of farmer, while she was going
home from school along lonely road
on Tuesday. The sheriff has sworn
in a special force of deputies to pre-
vent mob violence. The body was
found by the girls father hidden in
clump of bushes and horribly mutilat-
ed. Benjamin, in his confession, Is
alleged to have declared he never saw
the girl until he met her walking
along the road and when she repelled
his advances he choked and killed
her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
DENEEN CAST
A BOMBsHELL
Supreme Court Has Been Drawn Into
the Primary Battle in the
State Of Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. Gov.
Deneen has tossed a constitutional
bonbshell into the camp OF the
antiprimary obstructionists. He has
sprung the constitution of Illinois up
on the supreme court, which body has
held three primary laws invalid,
News that the highest court in the
state has been drawn into the pri-
mary battle as an active element STIR
red politicians and legislators from ell
sections of the state who are gath
cred here at the state fair roundup.
The attitude assumed by the state eX-
ecutive, WHO has taken the firing line
In defense of direct primaries. has
placed the justices Of the supreme
court on the defensive, In the opinion
of seasoned campaigners.
The governor holds that it IS the
duty Of the supreme court, under the
constitution. as the highest ludlcla
tribunal IN the state. to point out 9
form of primary bill that will NEE
the requirements of the constitution
The aid of the justices has feen IN
voked in the drafting Of new nj
to be presented at the special session
of the legislature to be called late mex
month. Letters have been exchange
between the executive office and tn
supreme court and these are to for1
part of the governors MESSAGE I
tbesGeneral Assembly on the sub1ec
Of primary legislation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
Thaw Aaain.

ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 7.-Contend-
ing that his commitment to the Mat
teawan state hospital for the criminal
insane was illegal, the fight to obtain
the liberty of Harry X. Thaw was re-
sumed before the court of appeals on
an appeal from an order of Justice
Mills of White Plains denying writ
of habeas corpus and refusing to re-
lease Thaw. The appellate division,
second department, affirmed the order,
Justice Gaynor dissenting. Thaw's
counsel contend that the commitment
was made under an act which is un-
constitutional in that it deprived
Thaw of liberty without due process
1 of law
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
Man Shot His Wife Dead While She
Was kneeling to Lay a Car
pet in the Family
Home.
HE THEN SHOT HIMSELF
Louis cenzel, Former City Treasurer
Of Highland, ILL.,, Had Been
Drinking Too Much
Lately.

"
HIGHLAND, 4 AS she
knelt to$lay cshe had been
cleaning, Loy S Ael, former city
treasurer OF d, stepped behind
his wife q bullet into her
brain, CT Almost instant death.
Two K .iter he took his own
life, firms bullet from the same re-
volver into his temple. The woman
was slain in the dining room of their
home. Genzel took his own life in a
summer kitchen 20 feet from the main
building. His BODY was found by
neighbors few moments after the
tragedy sitting in a chair The re-
volver had fallen to the floor The
tragedy was witnessed by Herbert, the
11-year-old son of the couple, who had
been assisting his mother in cleaning
the carpet. He told the story of the
shooting to the coroner's jury and a
verdict of murder and suicide was
returned at 10 o'clock last night.
Genzel had been resident of High
land for the last quarter of a century
ne was III iliSlly CoHHeSleu Will lhe
mercantile house of Louis Grantzow
a relative. He was AZ years of age
| About year ago he left his wife aftel
q quarrel and went to Detroit, where
he remained several months. The
wife induced him to return and the,
resumed their relationship. The.
have had frequent quarrels of late
partly owing to Genzel's drinking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
President Started For the Yosemite
Valley Early This Morning
For an outing Away
From the People.
RAIN CAME IN TIME
waterfalls Were Silent But the Rains
Have Stirred Them Back
Into Activity Once
More.

ELPORTO, Cal, Oct. dressed In
his knockabout golf clothes with
weather cap and followed by Gov. Gil
lette, Senator Flint, Representatives
Mckinley. Needham and Englebrls IT
of California, and Naturalist John
FUR. President Taft started on his
first excursion into the Yosemite to-
. day. Stages bearing his party left
1.-THE hotel shortly after o'clock in the
kmorning and until they reach Wanona
this evening they will .ee out OF COM
munication with the wor.l. A detach-
ment of regular soldiers was thrown
around the hotel last night to guard
the president Recent rains have IA
len in the park and the president is
assured of dustless ride through the
big trees. The rains have also fur'
nished enough water to start all OF
the waterfalls into action, some OF
which were silent last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
Discoverer Of the North Pole Paid a
Visit to st. Louis and Had
Busy Eight Hours
There.
LEcTURED BEFORE 5000
He Was the Center of an Admirins
Crowd From the Time of His
Arrival Until His De-
parture.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7.-Dr Frederick
A. Cook, polar explorer and claimant
to priority over Peary in the matter
of planting the stars and stripes at
the NORTH Pole spent eight strenuous
hours in ST. Louis yesterday From
the moment of his arrival at Union
Station at 4:50 o'clock from the east
until his train pulled out for Kansas
City at 1880 last night, DR.. Cook was
the center of an admiring crowd. His
lecture at the Coliseum was attended
by an audience of 5000 persons, in
Guiding many of the most prominent
people of the. city and surrounding
conutry. They received the explorer
with warmth and sat with unabated
interest through the lecture, although
large portion of them could hear
very little of it, The public interest
in the question of polar exploration,
and the public sympathy with Cook
was shown throughout the evening
Those who failed to hear DR.. Cook
got their moneys worth in looking
at the excellent pictures of scenes ir
the Arctic regions. which were throw
upon the screen.
Owing to the necessity for showin1
the pictures the great hall was II
darkness during most of the evening
and the audierce, wlich was on hant
/ largely to ''see Cook" had to get 1T
eye full before and after the speaking
The lecture was preceded by an exec
lent programme rendered by the s.
: Louis Symphony Orhcestra.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
COLLECTOR LOEB
IS ATTACKED
Administration Of Customs Laws Does
Not please the Incoming Snip
PASSENGERS.

NEW YORK. N. Y, Oct. Just
now. bitter fight is being waged
against Collector Loeb's administra-
ton of the customs laws, against iu-
coming steamship passengers. While
in few cases are any very specific
charges made. there is an attempt to
give the impression that the laws for
the inspection OF the baggage of in
coming Americans are being enforced
with severity and an Inconvenience
never before known at that port
Every day the New York newspapers
publish a batch of letters of angry or
Guerulous complaint: and it looks
very much rs If an attempted move
ment would be made to get from con
Tress. at the winter session, some
legislation repeating the provisions foI
the inspection of personal baggage
to be admitted without inspection
unless the inspectors should have
Eome special reason for believing that
an attempt is being made to smugslt
In, by that method, articles Of grea-
dutiable value