The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-24
COMPROMISE PROJECT
GOES A-GlIMMERING
Both Sides Admitting There's
No Hope Of Reaching
an Agreement

Special TO Daily Leader.
Enid, Okla, May 2i-Iho confer
ence between Attorney General West
lGrd the attorneys for the Waters.
Pierce Oil company Judge Perkins,
Of Dallas, Texas, and w, A. Ledbep
Ter, of oklahoma City, relative to a
compromise concerning the suit of the
state against the oil corporation
came TO an abrupt close last night.
All hope OF agreement was given up
by both sides
This morning when the district
court convened, Attorney General
West announced he was ready for
tllal and stated that he had under
stood H. Clay Pierce, head Of tho oil
company who had been ordered TO ap.
pear as witness by District Judge
CARRIER, was not present and that he
would demand that the defense show
cause why the order of tho court had
not been complied with.
Judge Perkins answered that II
would he impossible for Mr. Pierce to
he present and the legal formalitles
reed not be gone through with, II be-
ing sufficient for the defonse Ia Of
firm the attorney general was correct
as 10 absence Of witness.
Ledbetter Filed Dismissal plea
Attorney tedpcttct filed motion
to dismiss the states suit, alleging
that the court had no lurisdlcilonil
that the regular term OF the distriT
court expired on May "A and that tllo
Judge had no authority to contiuqc
the term
Ledbetter gave as authority for hN
plea the act of the extraordinary scS
sion OF the legislature. passed March
-, 1910, emergency clause attached
which specifically prevents q district
ridge continuing a Term Of tho court
| lie argued that Judge CARRIER Is now
without jurisdiction IN, the case ana
That no act of the court, as q conse-
duonce OF the prescribed statute
could be Of legal effect.
| Argument over the l.edbetter mo
ton was heated and consumed the
balance of the morning session. th'
attorney general battling against cy
cry contention Of the attorneys for thf
defense, alleging the state Is ready
and deslrous for trial Of the cause
the defense alleged TO be utilizing th'
cid theory Of drawing the case
through numerous court terms, In tht
hone of finding loophole to escape
consequence OF It's alleged unfighteouI
conduct
Al noon when court adjourned lh'
argument was not finished and th'
30 o'clock court session found th'
case still being whero 1t wes whei
4 the Ledbetter motion to dismiss wa
filed
Pierce Has Ready Excuse
II. Clay Pierce, head Of the Waieff
Pierce Oil company, did not come Z
Enid today IN response TO subpoen
issued by the district court of Gal
field county to testify in the cas-
brought By Attorney General Yves
against the Waters-Pierce company
asking for receiver for the con
pany and fine for alleged vlolaiio
Of the territorial and state antl-tfu'
laws
! II. J. Priest Of ST. Louis, attorne
Z for pierce, brought affldaylts TO tn
1 effect that Pierce Is unayodably d.
i. tanned In Sc. Louis by the dange'ou
]. illness Of his son, Clay Pierce
! typhoid fever. Pierces attorneys Sa
= that Pierce is perfectly willing !
como to Oklahoma and testify in tf
/ case and had intended TO do so II d
! ilnesa Of his son had not interfere