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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
While Mother Was Aiding in Preparing Christ
mas Tree Her Home and Babies We're
Burning-Men Who Fought Flames
Didn't Know Children We're in the
HOuSe---W Be No Christ
mas Tree in AUant.

Avant, okla. Dec. a. - The frs
tragedy as the result of the annua
visit of Santa Claus to be reported il
Oklahoma this year occurred in Avant
at o'clock Friday afternoon, when the
two infant children of Frank Mccoy
were burned to death while the mother
was at the little school house a few
yards distant hanging presents on a
Christmas tree for them
1t is one of the most touching and
saddest incidents in the listory of the
four months old town which has de-
veloped from cornfield into village
of five hundred souls in four months,
and the finding of the charred re-
mains of the little ones in the smould-
ering ruins of The small home has
caused a pail of gloom to settle over
the entire town.
The school house is situated but a
short distance from where the Mccoy
home once stood Christmas tree
SCHOOL
house for the hanging on of presents.
and many of the women of the town
were assembled in this task. But
few minutes before the fire was dis
covered, the mother with her arms
filled with toys and sweetmeats for
Raymond, two years old, and Ethel,
one year old, left her home for the
school house. The elder child was
playing on the floor while the youngest
was sleeping in its crib, all unmindful
of the terrible fate awaiting them.
Mrs. Mccoy heard the first shouts
of fire as she was preparing her
gifts to her children for the trees. In
another instant she learned that it was
her home which was ablaze Fran
tically she rushed from the school
house to her home. already surrounded
by crowd of men making vain at
tempts to subdue the flames. Few of
those trying to save the house were
aware that human flesh was burning
TO crisp on the inside. Not until |
hey had restrained the mother time
after time from entering the flames
lid the sad reality of the situation be-
come known, The appeals of e the
mother to save her children were most
oitiful, and had it not been that she
was held back, the fFanaes would un-
have claimed their third
victim. I
The home was small one story
building containing two rooms, and
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Capital Site Included
Lands Now In Lit

children have deposited five hundred
dollars with Harry Finley, clerk of the
United States circuit court to cover the
estimated expenses of preparing the
transcript in the celebrated Howe
Parker case, covering a quarter Sec
tion of land in Oklahoma City, fifty
acres of which is included in the cap
ital site just named by the legislature,
and will soon have the case in the
United States circuit court of appeals
at st. Louis. Senator Tom McMeacham
and others at present have the advan-
tage, but the Howes believe that they
will eventually win the land in spite
of present conditions.
From the time Henry Howe entered
the land in 1889 until his death he was
continually contested on charges of
'soonerism" and "collusive sooner
Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 22.-The Howe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
WHAT INTERSTATE
SHIPMENT MEANS
Excessive Receipts of Whiskey May
Be Taken as Circumstance to Prove
Violation of Liquor Law.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec 24.-The Grim
| inal court of appeals has defined the
time when an interstate shipment of
lliquor loses the protection attaching
to it in that character in affirming the
conviction of Logan Billingsley of
Caddo county for having liquor in his
possession with the intent to sell or
dispose of the same. The court holds
that when liquor is received by the
from the railway company,
us hauled to his place of business and
unloaded and deposited in place des-
ignated by him, it is no longer an in
terstate shipment and if the consignee
intends to violate the prohibitory law
with such liquor, it is instantly sub.
ject to seizure and the consignee to
In the same connection the court
holds that the receipts of frequent
shipments in larger quantities than
the recipient could consume himself
may be taken as a circumstance tend
ing to show the intent to sell; also
that the courts will take judicial no
tice that the abbreviation "R. L. D."
as used in the records of the internal
revenue collector, stands for Retail
Liquor Dealer" The contention that
the section of the Billups law in re-
gard to possession with intent to sell |
IS not covered by the title of the bill |
S also overruled.
Billingsley the defendant in this
,ase, has been tried twice for the muir
Ter of his father-in-law, A. C. Wheat
ey, at Anadarko on September 8.
9O4, and was convicted the first time,
'ut finally got out on a self-defense
'lea. Another possession" case, that
# d. Buffo of Pittsburg county, is re-
'ersed and remanded in an opinion by
Judge Richardson because the informa
ion charged him with having whiskey
II his possession with intent to sell.
nut did not state what it was that he
Intended to sell. The case of F. M.
'atterson, from Cleveland county, CON
icted of violating the liquor law, was
tfirmed in an opinion by Presiding
udge Furman, and a rehearing was
enied to Lem Sing and Lee sing.
those conviction on similar charge
vas recently affirmed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
4 MADE
1URl TERM
It, Easter

ism but he had v
Judge Burford, of IT, Eastei I
number of consolida !. Cou.
Howe, while he was. receive
land Office and completely e. II.
Howe, recommending the dis
all contests. From this dec b;ob ind;, (
lpeals were taken to the comna nil ),
OF the general land office am 1917 term
1.-THE secretary of the interior, lot oo,,rt :,
nulloiu oeclsle ,,es distriSried at Mus
1907 III 1885 iIo said, and tNr.
u"usn'eiS oh 'n blowing ordS11.
dren elsewherei , .e 4oh
attempt was mao, Pol, 1s,on5 e,o,,.ir.
on practically thei' ,Io..oo 90 -,
oeen on"i seu Oeio 1, Iarri-
Suooeeueu IN ee''inf wilson and Will
after the children h .eioo
proof 81 an
The case dragged :
when the secretary OF or,o, 7. -
cided for Parker, ana
Howes and all other cla1 timber danroc
that while it is not shos
Howe gained any advants ,hor dorrodo
soonerism, yet it was posslDlt
might have" A patent was ahdonrodo+;o,
issued to Parker over the proi, bor donr
the Howes and they at once beg
in the federal courts to obtains da~
sion of the land, and the matter will
soon be before the United Stat cir
cult court of appeals at st. Lotti
Judge Milton Brown, of this ,ty
who is one of the Howes' alto IS
has just returned from constl
with Bale Waggener, general ~odn,
ney for the Missouri Pacific, WI
also one of the Howes' lawyers,I ~,
said 'the Howe children are backing
lim with their faith and money. They :,
believe, as does Gen. Waggener a
myself, that justice will prevail d On
hey will be awarded the land tt ~,
inal proof of the Howe children was
lever sent to the secretary of the in.-.u
erior and will be the stone that will
rush all opposition" 80
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30

the fire soon destroyed its every tim
Der. With heavy hearts the crowd
stood together in mutual sorrow, and
it was not until an hour later that
strong men entered the hot ashes and
with bowed heads removed therefrom
the charred remains of the two little
ones.
1t is thought that a gas stove was
the cause of the fire, which occurred
while the father was working a quar-
ter of a mile distant.
There will be no Christmas tree in
Avant this year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Guthrie Asks Injunction.

By Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 24.-Suit was
filed in the supreme court today asking
for an injunction against the removal
of the capital to Oklahoma City under
the bill passed at the recent session
of the legislature. The suit is in the
name of w. S. Coyle, a heavy taxpayer,
who alleges that Guthrie's business
will be hurt and that the special ses-
sion was illegal.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Death of Joseph Howe.

Joseph Howe, one of the old timers
of Cherokee nation, who has resided
in this country since the close of the
civil war died yesterday morning at
his home at Bluejacket The funeral
will be held this afternoon. The de-
ceased is survived by a wife and six
daughter and fire sons.
all of whom live in Bluejacket.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Old Man Burned to Death.

BY Associated Press.
st. Joseph Mo, Dec 24.-Tn a fire
that destroyed five buildings at Union
Star, Mo- NJ. II. Cochran, aged ninety
five years, was burned to death this
morning. Cochran lived alone. 1t is
supposed the house caught fire while
Cochran was cooking breakfast.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Gas Stove Fumes XII slx.
BY Associated Press.

Kenton, o. Dec. 24.-Six people, two
women and four men, were found dead
today in building at the rear of the
opera house. The clerk of a restaur-
ant on the first floor, receiving no re-
sponse to calls, went to the rear room,
finding the bodies scattered about the
room. 1t is supposed that the fumes
from gas stove killed them all
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
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10000 100000 10000 larc
Winner Corn Contest in Washin
Floyd Gayer, of Ardmore, the mail
ner of the free trip to Washingtd
fered by Senator Gore to the be II lin
Oklahoma producing the greatest
of corn on an acre of land, is in 1dw
city now and is having the time of ma}
life. He has been presented witt ,lam
diploma by the secretary of agrituIt,
has been to the White House and vii
| ed President Taft, has been all throu> n
the capitol and has had many otfle
interesting experiences Floyd raised
50 bushels of corn on an acre of
ground at cost of cents a busheI
Young Gayer is Is years of age. When
his acre of corn was suffering from
|drouth last summer he carried water
and applied it to each plant. The
good effects of this contest cannot be
ESTIMATED There will be ten boys in
the 1911 contest for every one in the
last contest
The Yellow Peril Again.
Congress is in the grip of anotherA
yellow peril" scare. The secretary
of war has issued statement dilat-
ing on what would happen to us If
Japan should begin hostilities. This
agitation coming at a time when the
naval appropriation bills are being
framed in congress is calculated to
create public sentiment in favor of
a big pork barrel for the navy.
Champ Clark For Committee on
Committees.
Champ Clark has declared himself
In favor Of the next house creating
committee with the power to appoint
the members of the different commit.
tees in the reorganization of the house
under democratic control. This will
silence those who charged
hat Clark, when he is elected speaker.
would not be willing to be without the
power which he advocated should he
aiken from Cannon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
Amos Appointed Private Secretary.

BY Associated Press.
Ardmore, Okla. Dec. Ex-Governor
Elect Lee Cruce, today, announced the
appointment of F. S. r. Amos, the pub
Usher of the Vinita Leader as his
private secretary.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
BALLOONS ALL LANDED
America II Probable Victor in
IndianapoIis Race.

indianapolis. Sept. 20.-The last of the
thirteen balloons which started in the
American championship and free-for-all
races at the indianapolis Motor Speedway
last Saturday afternoon, has landed, and
one of the most interesting balloon meets
in history is ended.
The Miss Sophia, William T. Assmann,
of St. Louis, pilot, came down at 6I0 D. IN.
Sunday in the mountains of Calhoun
County, ". Va. miles from any rail-
road or telegraph office, and the landing
was not reported until to-day. The other
two balloons which were not reported until
to-day are the Buckeye. J. S. Wade, of
Cleveland, pilot. which descended at Show
alter, Va, at 7:30 a. m. Monday, and the
New York Clifford B. Harmon, of New
York. pilot, which landed at Portsmouth.
Ohio, at p. m Sunday
As both endurance and distance are taken
into consideration in deciding the three
winners of the championship event-the
three to represent America in the interna-
tional meet TO be held in St Louis October
l. next-the victors will not be known until
the Aero Club of America passes on the
reports of the pilots. 1t is probable. how
ever. that America II leads, with approx
imately "A hours and q minutes, or almost
records hours and 26 minutes. The
Buckeyes time IS estimated at 81 hours ana
IS minutes.
The third balloon to represent America
probably will be the Miss Sophia, its
distance is estimated at more than that of
any other entrant and its time of flight IS
approximately % hours and minutes. The
nearest competitor for the honor is the In
diana IL Carl G.. Fisher. Indianapolis, pilot.
which landed near Indiana, Penn, after
flight lasting approximately "a hours and )
minutes.
The Drifter was declared winner of the
free-for-all. race before the race began by
4 3 Lambert. the official starter. on the
ground that the other three entrants were
not ready TO ascend on schedule time Tie
University City. Captain John Berry. of ST
Louis. pilot, which landed near -Mckees-
mort Penn. at $50 a. m. Monday, how
ever shows a greater distance and more
time IL the air than the declared winnet..
c. To,,is Sent. 20-AIbert Bond Lam
hert of ST. Louis, who represented the
Aaro Club Of America as the starter of
+ba balloons in the American champion
shin race at indianapolis Saturday,
sai1 today that distance alone is to he
taken into consideration in deciding the
three winners who will take part in the
international race.
Duration and altitude will not he con-
sgdered by the Aero Club of America IN
deciding the winners said Mr.. Lambert.
..Distance "a the point which will decide
the winner"
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
TO LIFT AND FLOAT THE MAINE
John T. o'Rourke Says Cost Would Be
About S6OO.000 to Sail Her to Port.

John F O'Rourke. head Of the O'Rourke
Construction Company, returned on the
Ward liner Saratoga yesterday from a
three weeks visit 10 Havana. where he
said. he spent all this time examining the
Maine and getting acquainted with the
Cuban people" Mr O'Rourke said he
could raise the Maine for about twice the
800 90 appropriation granted by Congress
FOR the purpose and sail her into New York
HaYbor under her own steam
Every Cuban Of influence. from Presi-
dent Gomez down. favors raising the
Maine said the contractor. They are
SO appreciative Of what the United States
has done for them that they are willing to
give rs every assistance The soundings
and borinEs show that by sinking csissons
around the hulk % the battleship the
Maine could be raised with little trouble"
The ,ottom Of the harbor where the YES
sci is sunk vas softer than he expected to
find il. said Mr. ORourke The mud is
about thirty feet deep.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
BALDWIN TELLS OF TRIP
Captain DenounCes People Who
Blaze Away at Balloons.
BACK TO NEW YORK BY TRAIN
Says Never Was Voyage in Air
Made Under Such Adverse
Conditions.

Captain Thomas S. Baldwin is again here.
basket of the balloon New York, but from
train from Portsmouth, Ohio near which
place he and Clifford r. Harmon landed
on Sunday evening When the New York
ffzzled down to the ground on Sunday after
noon, after chucking away all her ballast,
Captain Baldwin and Mr. Harmon did not
think OF informing the dear ones at home
that they were back again on earth. so that
they were thought to be UP in the air long
after they had landed.
Captain Baldwin left the good place on
the hillside near Portsmouth, Ohio and took
a train back to Manhattan Isle Last night
at the Manhattan Hotel he told blood curd-
ling stories of how he was shot at by farm
ers. Then he went down to Garden City.
Never was a balloon voyage made under
such adverse conditions" said Captain Bald
win. First. there was a hot sun, some
thing that baIloonisis dread. and in addi-
tion we got violent thunderstorms. with
hunks of lightning. When this flashed
around the bag I tell you that country out
there did not seem so good as Garden City
to me- The temperature changed. however,
gas began TO give out. and we made the
earth.
''On Saturday night we ran into rains and
were wet as rats. 1t was on Sunday morn
ing that the clouds cleared away, and when
the sun shone the balloon shot up and
didn't stop until we We're 5000 feet up.
We had plenty of ballast and we were not
frightened, but Sunday, about noon. we got
one of the worst thunderstorms l ever
saw. We had to go three and a half miles
above it to keep from being struck. We
scared along all Sunday afternoon. out
night came on and I was afraid to go
home in the dark, and 1 came down near
Portsmouth. Ohio
The captain then added earnestly that
something should be said about the people
on the ground who shoot at balloons and
aeroplanes.
I'VE were shot at he declared. land
you have perhaps read how Mr.. Hawley
was fired at in Noble County, Ohio, on Sun
day evening. He told me that 1T was so
serious that he and Mr.. Post agreed that
If one of them was struck the other would
descend Immediately. He heard two bull
lets. You know, of course, that he and Mr..
Hawley landed near Warrenton, Va. to
keep from dropping into Chesapeake Bay"
Mr.. Harmon did not come to New York.
He went out to Ohio to fill several engage
n.ents, and Captain Baldwin told his Office
and his family where he was.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
BIG PRIZE FOR HIGH FLIGHT
Aviator Going Up 10000 Feet
at Belmont Park to Get $4,000.

J. c. Mccoy, chairman of the aviation
committee OF the international meet. while
a, Belmont Park yesterday announced a
new prize for the meet This is the sum
OF 5000 for a flight that will be 1o,0o0 feet
in altitude. Mr.. Mccoy would not make
the name of the donor public. merely say
ing that he was patron of sport" and
man intensely interested in aviation.
THE winner has got to go some to get
this prize" said Mr.. Mccoy. You know
the highest record yet made is by Chavez,
the Peruvian. He accomplished 500 feet,
and this prize calls for a much greater aiti-
tude than that"
The announcement yesterday that the for
eign aviators would participate in the con-
tests has added a new interest to the meet.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
NO FLIGHTS AT BRIEG
Unfavorable Weather Prevents
Gross AIMS Contest.

Rrieg. Switzerland. Sept 20-The weather
was unfavorable for flying to-day and The
'cross-Alps aeroplane competition was
again delayed Snow fell in the mountains
during the night and this morning strong
wind was blowing through the Simplon
Pass and rain fell.
The American, Weymann, and George
Chavez, the Peruvian, who were forced to
give up after struggles with adverse cur
rents yesterday, proved, however, that
death 10 the aeronaut is not, as has been
said, the only alternative to a successful
fight after the start has once been made
and both remain on the field prepared to
set out for Italy at the first favorable op-
uorflIuify
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
SHORT FLIGHTS THE RULE
"Tod" shriver Scars a Bit at Garden
City and Breaks Struts.

Garden city. Long Island, Sept. - tSpe-
ciaD-''Tod' ShTiver was again the only
aviator TO reach any height here tonight.
He made three circuits of the field, then
was compelled TO come down ana quit TOT
the evening as his engine was not WORKING
well enough to suit him and he reared
trouble. In landing he broke two of the
struts Of his machine. Shriver has put a
larger tank in his Dietz hiplane and hopes
TO go out for all endurance records some
time this week.
John J. Frisbee came on the field here
tonight. hardly having recovered from his
accident at Rochester, and made three cir
cults of the field in the De Long biplane.
George r. Russell, in his CuTtiss machine,
and y. Mason. in a Bruno biplane. also
made short flights
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
Plans for a Circuit in Three Countries
$50 600 in Prizes.

Boulogne- Sur Mer. France. Sept 20-The
International Conference OF French, Eng
Ish and Belgian National Aerial Leagues
has decided to organize q grand aviation
circuit in the principal cities Of the three
countries in August. 1911. Prizes will he
awarded amounting to $4,000 or more A
feature will be the holding of short meet
inss at various places through which those
taking part in the circuit viii pass.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
GERMAN SOCIALISTS AT ODDS
Bitter Accusations Made at Congress
Indications of Truce.

Magdeburg, Germany, Sept, 20.-The So
cialist Congress to-day was the scene of a
sharp duel between the regulars and the re
vision faction respectively represented by
the veteran HeTr Bebei and Herr Frank,
from southern Germany. where the Social
lists are strongly opposed TO parliamentary
government
There were bitter accusations on both
sides. the regulars being met in their at
tacks with counter attacks equally vigorous
from the TeVisionists, who have a strong
following in the congress. Although no
decision was reached the tendency of the
debate appears to point to a truce between
the rival sections until after the general
elections
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
SEEKING AMERICAN CONVICT
Timothy Sheckly, Sentenced to Thirty
Years. Reported in italy.

Naples, Sept. 2O.-The police are search
ing for Timothy Shecklv. who is said to
have escaped 70 Italy after having been
sentenced to thirty years imprisonment at
hard labor in The United States. Sheckly,
accorJnE 10 a dispatch from the American
authorities, was a passenger ON the Duke
of A0gta, which arrived here from New
York last Wednesday. He landed ahead
Of the message asking for his arrest as q
fugitive from justice and disappeared
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21
DAMAGE BY FLOODS IN SPAIN
Eight Villages Under Water-Trafic
in Barcelona Checked.

Madrid, Sept. 20.-Violent storms. accom-
panied by deluges of rain. have done heavy
damage 10 the vineyards and olive orchards
in Southern Spain. Eight villages. includ-
ing LoTca and Cieza, are under water from
three TO six feet.
The lower section Of Barcelona is flooded
and the tramway service in that part Of the
city is interrupted. The waters have
reached the altsrs of St Pauls Church
At Tore de Esteban, in the province Of
Toledo. an unprecedented hailstorm is re
ported.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-21

methods. if the people of New Jersey see
fit 10 indorse your choice of Governor,
there viii he no executive interference
with the work OF the Legislature.
The power incident to the Governors
Office win never be used to coerce the
legislature into Subordinating its judg-
ment TO my own. The lawmaking power
VIII remain where il has been placed by
the organic law of the state-in the hands
OF the elected representatives of the
npaple