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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
GOLD AND SILVER
FOUND IN QUANTITY
Report Of state eeoloalst Shows Val.
liable Mineral Deposits Near
Vinita

Guthrie. okla Jan Is THE annual
report Of ne Oklahoma geological sur.
gy vas aied with Governor Haskell
Thursday by Charles n Could direc.
ta
The report show that two field par.
te we're 80 work last summer One
boaded 81 prof d. NJ 0hern Of the dc.
msat % geology Of the state uni.
Investigated the coal oil. lime.
s lays ahalea and cement rock
iH uofheastorn Oklahoma The ohern
rri oatlttod AZ Tulsa and worked
east t1 Broken Arrow. north, past ca.
ta0 chelsea and CentralIa to the
K line. west 10 Lonepah. south
q NoHata and Talala. then along Bird
crook n the vicinity Of Ramona. Ska
took @aftlesvllle and Copa, and fin
ally went past Avant to Pawhuska
and south through Hominy and Cleve
l8nd where the party broke camp
The second party headed By l.. /
Hutchinson assistant director OF the
geological survey, spent the greater
part Of the summer IN investigating
tie occurrence and amount of Asphalt
in southern Oklahoma During the
year he visited practically every
known exposure Of asphalt In the
state Hutchinson also went TO Gran
ice 70 examine the rock formations
around the proposed site OF the state
penitentiary
The geological survey also answer,
el 20 petitions from that many various
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21

Kansas city. no. Jan l5-Develop.
ments IN the big speculative markets
Of the country yesterday indicated
that the growing dissatisfactlon of the
public over the prevailing high cost
Of living is beginning 70 have SOME IN
auence on the men Who trade IN com.
modltles and securities There were
important declines IN prices Of grain.
cotton anud wall street stocks
The biggest tumble was IN the cot.
tor market where an enormous specu.
lation has been going on for many
months The price of cotton FOR May
delivery declined more than 100 points
Or s. 4 bale. on the New York Tx.
change. making a drop Of nearly SIS
a bale from the highest level Of the
season a normal daily fuctuation IN
cotton quotations is only ten 70 twenty
points A change Of 100 points. Or
TOO cents 90 a hundred pounds, hes
occurred only a Jew times in the bis
tory of The cotton trade
From about nine cents pound
about a year ago. prices of cotton ad-
vanced almost continuously, until May
onHa ched 1856 cents a pound
IL tbo days of December. The re-
markable rise was due 10 adverse
crop conditions which resulted IN
yield enurely inadequate 10 supply the
uormal demands oi the spinnera Spec.
station eas stimulated BY the shortage
and some large fortunes were made
b. men sho bought before the eulmin-
alton of the advance. Prices reached
such extraordinary high levels that
the spectators began 70 fear a cur
saIlment ~ the use 81 cotton that
might more than Offset the reduction
il the supply. and when the selhog
movement set in il resulted in the
forced liquidation of immense specula-
tive holdings Tho low price reached
yesterday was 1870 cents a pound for
May delivery from which there was
recovery Of 1890 cents
In the grain markets there were de-
CLUES Of cent or more Ia prices Of
corn and wheat IN various positions
These declines are comparatively
small but they are significant because
they seem 10 indicate a breaking away
from the persistent strength that has
prevailed ia the grain markets for a
long time past on account Of small
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
LANDS OF "TOO.LATES"
NOT TO Be ASSESSED

The county commissioners IN their
recent session ruled that the lands Of
the Cherokee children, known as too
lates." should not be taxed. inasmuch
as the title to said lands is still pend
Ing IN the supreme court. This ruling
Of the county commissioners affects a
large acreage Of lands IN this county,
the taxes on some Of which have al
ready been paid. In cases Of this
kind Il will be necessary for the par
eut or guardian Of the allottee to
make an afIldavit OF wrong assess
ment and go before The commissioners
and get the taxes refunded. This Is
being done in a number Of instances.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
Masons 10 Get the sohooI.

Washington, D. G.. Jan t4-Repre-
sentative Morgan's bin providing that
the Masons Of Oklahoma may pur.
chase the Cheyenne Araphoe school
building and Gao acres Of ground near
El Reno for seventy-three thousand
dollars, has passed the lower house,
The Masona propose to convert the
school buildings into an orphanage
and Industrial school for children Of
Oklahoma Masons.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
WAS GREAT PHlLANTHRoplsT a
VICTIM or HEiaoUs PLoT7
STOMACH SENT TO CHICAGO
Evident That Prosecutors Office is
Digging into Affair - Many
Sensations Promised.

Kansas City. No. Jan. 14.-Prose-
cutting Attorney Virgil Conkllng. de
elared today. that thorough inyesti-
cation into the sudden death VI Col.
onel Thomas swope. the aged philan.
thropist, and the death OF his nephew
Chrisman swope. and the remarkable
series OF illness. among members Of
the Swope family viii be made Henry
L. Jost, assistant prosecutor. has been
appointed to conduct the examination.
But few II any details Of a tangible
nature developed today. as far as the
outside public was aware although
il was evident that the executor OF
the swope estate and the prosecutors
Office are buisily engaged in an effort
10 get at the bottom OF the matter
Sensations are promised, but no sur
mise Of their nature was to be had.
One story given circulation was that
an hour before Colenel swopes death
be had been given a tablet and that an
hour later the patient went into con-
yulsions. soon lapsed into a state Of
coma and died The colonel had eaten
a heavy meal and the drug was said
TO have been a digestive capsule. No
intimation tnat thls capsule may have
contained the poison is made.
Was the late Colonel Thomas H.
Swope. whose benefactions 10 Kansas
City. including swope park, amounted
to more than million and a half dol
lars. the victim Of a scientific plot
which had for its aim the eIemination
Of the entire swope family. by inocu-
lation with typhoid fever germs. look.
ing to ultimate control OF the $4,000.
600 estate7
Acting on the theory that poison
ing conspiracy rivaling IN fendlsh in
genuity the most diabolical deeds Of
the Borgias was responsible for the
death OF Colonel swope, October 3
last, and later Of his nephew, CHS
man swope. the body Of Colonel swope
was removed Wednesday from the
vault where it rested In Forest Hin
cemetery and taken 10 Independence
where an autopsy was held
The stomach was removed and win
be taken to Chicago for analysis by
chemists and toxicologists Of national
repute. in the hope Of finding traces
Of poison. which members OF the
swope family. their counsel and
friends believe to have caused death
The autopsy on Colonel Swope's
body Wednesday attorneys for the
swopes say. resulted In the finding
that death was due to apoplexy, as
was given out at the time All the
organs, including the brain were found
10 be ia normal condition. This could
not have been the case had he died
Of apoplexy.
The same was found In the Chisman
swope autopsy His brain was found
to be normal. as were the other organs
Of BIS body A slight trace Of typhoid
baclIli was found. but not enough. It is
claimed, 70 have caused his death.
But with this the plot does not end
After Colonel swope and bis nephews
were out Of the way a plot was
hatched. ID It u alleged, to kin of
the entire family
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
FRAUD IS CHARGED IN
OTTAWA MINERAL LEASES

Muskogee. okla, Jan. l5,-Paul A.
Ewart. special attorney for the in.
terror department has filed suit IN
behalf OF the Indians in the United
States circuit court, 70 inyalidate the
mineral leases on $1,000 acres Of land
In Ottawa county. The government
charges the leases we're obtained BY
fraud A dozen persons we're made
defendants.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-01-21
CHANGE IN INAUGURATION
DAY PRACTICALLY DEFEATED.

by Associated Press.
Washington, ID. O., Jan l5.-The
house today voted to re-commit the
resolution, providing for a change Of
date for the presidential Inauguration.
This practically defeats Il.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

with a balance in our favor in the same
period OF 1909 of s59.4S2,2S9, and $3s1,-
5e3463 in 1905 The fact therefore, that
in the last two months exports have shown
Improvement while imports have fallen off,
encourages the belief that the long period
Of declining trade balances against the
United States is at end.
The high water mark for any single
days collection of customs duties at any
I,ort was set here with the arrival Of the
steamship George Washington from Bre-
men southampton and CherbOuTg From
her passengers Collector Loeb's inspectors
gathered nearly 5000 for Uncle Sans
Golfers.
"Of this amount Mrs Coils P Hunting
ton widow of the California railroad mag
nate, contributed S4S.000, the largest sum
ey er paid by one person in this port or any
other. This represented the duty on three
declarations which covered her own bag
gage and that of her son. Archer Hunting
ton. and Mrs. Archer Huntington The
goods consisted mostly of works OF art
and wearing apparel. Young Huntington
brought over a collection of rare postage
stamps valued at S32, 0Oo but the stamps
came in free.
commissioner of Accounts FosdiCk ex-
! arined a number OF men who frankly ac-
know lodged that they dealt in eggs known
| to the trade in this city as 'rots' and
/ spots one man said he got thirty cases
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
SUGAR TRUST THIEVERY.

Morgan j. O'Brien, as referee in the
counter suit of the American Sugar Re
firaing Company against New York City.
growing out of the charge by the city that
tIl1 company had used fraudulently water
taken from the city mains at the com
ranys Kent avenue plant in Williamsburg,
filed decision allowing the city s525,0o0,
the amount IF water taxes for which the
city had sued the company.
Horace Havemeyer. son of the late H
10. Iavemeyer, anG the last of the Have
meyer family 10 be identified with the
American Sugar Refining Company, re
signed as director of the company, and
upon the election of his successor the Have
meyer name will be definitely separated
from the management of the Sugar Trust
The HaVemeyer family. which once entire
II dominated the company, nov holds
small part of the stock.
The right of the Public Service Commits
s:oE 10 alter rate fixed by statute was
upheld by unanimous decision of the Ap-
peliate Division. Sd Department, in Albany.
The court decided against the Delaware g.
Hudson Company which sued out a writ
of certiorari 10 review the action OF the
commission in reducing the fare between
Ticonderoga station and Ticonderoga vii
iage from 25 TO Is cents.
Federal proceedings, both civil and
criminal. will be begin soon against GER
tain great importing houses, following the
suit already started against Joseph Brooks
& Co. British importers and manufacturers
Of woollens, worsteds and Innings. The
government is suing the Brooks firm in the
-nited States Circuit Court to recover
$1,000 600 alleged 10 be due through fraudu-
lent undervaiuations. The federal author
tiles are convinced that millions OF dollars
will be turned into the United States Treas
Try before the investigation ends. Every
port of entry in the United States IS under
Investigation. New York naturally heads
the list b',- the frauds in other ports II is
expected will show the robbing of the gov
ernment has reached gigantic total
Isaac and Manning Phillips. importers OF
wearing apparel at No. is West 18th street
were also arrested on warrants charging
them with entering imported goods on
uudervaluations.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
EXPLOSIVES SINK PURITAN.

High explosive tests on the monitor
Puritan, anchored in Hampton Roads dam
aged the vessel seriously that il was
necessary 10 send hurry call to the Nor
folk navy yard for tugs to low the bat
tered warship to drydock. The tests were
required by provision in the ordnance ap-
preparation bill passed by the last session
of Congress Two explosions were made.
each with two hundred pounds of nitro
glycerine gelatine. uncOnhned except as To
a thin covering of sheet iron While IL
vas not shown positively that the new ex-
Ildsive-the invention OF Willard s. Isham
is more destructive than the present form
o. explosive which does it's work from the
inside rather than from the outside. new
ertheless II was practically acknowledged
that serious consideration must be given 10
the new outside explosive Mr. Isham's
explosive is composed of ninety-two parts
pitro-siycerine. seven parts guncotton and
one part marble dust 1t forms gelatin
Gus substance He asserts that il is far
more powerful and more destructive than
the present form or explosive
EDWARD I. Rosenheimer who was ac-
Quilted TWO weeks ago after trial on an
indictnent charging murder in the first
degree. was again indicted because of his
alleged failure To ret,irn IN the scene Of
the colilslon of his automobile and the
buggy IN which Miss Grace Housh was
riding on August Is sast, when she was
thrown out and killed The indictment for
murder was based upon the death of Miss
hough.
Ano nhii'ant sufrragettes in London re-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
TAFT AT PANAMA.

THE Panama Canal will be completed
or December /. 1918 This information
V as given To President Taft while he was
inspecting the famous Gatun Dam. on
which he spent several hours. The official
date of the opening remains January 1,
1915 Lieutenant Colonel Coethals desiring
one year in which TO train the canal tend
ers and get the machinery working smooth
". Ships in the mean time will be granted
the privilege Of the canal, but at their
own risk Of delays incident TO inexperienced
operation In addition it announced
by Lieutenant Colonel Goethals that the re-
port that President Taft's visit was the
forerunner of request for another $780,
100000 from Congress was unfounded The
canal will be completed in 1913. he said.
within the 1915, 100000 already authorized.
THE President silepced rumors that the
United States might annex Panama. At
a dinner given in his honor by President
Arosemena. and attended by two hundred
prominent officials. diplomats and mer-
chHnts. Mr. Taft aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm when he declared that the Ameri-
can people would feel utterly dishonored
by annexing Panama unless some conduct
the part of the Panamans left no other
course open. This contingency Mr.. Taft
said he was sure would never arise.
president Taft sailed again for Charles
ton on Thursday evening. Before starting
he said When | was here twenty-five
months ago the main question was the con-
flmaton or the judgment OF Congress in
having adopted lock type canal instead
of Il sea level The extent TO which Gatun
Dam and the locks have been completed
mas removed from every impartial observer
the slightest doubt of the wisdom of the
decision made and the feasibility of the
plan adopted
President Taft granted the request OF
1iil"fd Pinchot former Chief Forester.
th"t he be permitted TO file brief giving
reasons why patents should not be issued
Tor the so-called Cunningham coal claims
III Alaska Through the secretary To the
President NJ. Taft has advised Mr. Pin
'h"t ana his brother Amos that he would
ilhe to have their bI.ef on this question be-
| tfre December /"
what else happened that ought 10 re-
iHeiiberT asked Busy Man,
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

opened hostiIities against the governing.
and. marching 600 strong on the Pariis-
nnent buildings. gave the police lively
fight. The women. over 100 OF whom wers
placed under arrest. were led oy Nz.
Emnelire PankhurSt- large cont1gsl.
of American sailors from the visiting feet
were amused spectators OF the struggle,
and. Justify cheering the scombatantS, IL
cited them 10 fresh efforts. After a TrO-
Ionged struggle three of the leaders OF tns
demonstration. headed by Mrs. PankhWst
were allowed to enter the lobby OF Ire
Chamber where they were informed ty
Mr.. Asquith's secretary that the Prenie,
refused to see them and that there was
no chance for a suffrage bill 10 be pre-
sented at the present session Mr. Asquit.
announced that November 3 had been Sc.
as The date for the dissolution OF Pa-lia-
ment.
The population OF the state Of Nan:
is 742.371 This is an increase of 4I,s8i
or So per cent. over 694.446 in 1900. Tia
increase from 1890 70 1900 was 33.3S9. q,
; per cent. The population Of san Fran
cisco is 416.912. according 10 the sIat1slS
Of the thirteenth census This is an Il
crease of 74130. OF 21-6 per cent oye-
3427s2 in 1900. The origina! returns q!
the enurerators contained 42e.234 nameS
/ but on investigation by the Census BuFeal
3.3y2 were eliminated as not entitled %
7 enumera ton"
The revised figures. commented Busy
Man. may be trifie smaller, but thsy
| testify g1oriOusly 10 the courage and enter
/ prise Of a city which faced such an ap-
paIling disaster as Frisco did by eaFta
quake and fire only few years ago..
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
ROOSEVELT ON THE ELECTION.

Has Colonel Roosevelt made any pub
lie comment the election YETI asked
Busy Man.
The following statement by Mr.. Roose-
welt his first comment since the recent
elections. appeared in the outlook On
every hand. personally and by correspond
ence / have been asked to make a state
ment regarding the election So far as l
am concerned. / have nothing whatever To
add to to take away from the dec1aI d.
ton of the principles which / have mace
In the OsaWatomie speech and elsewhere
East and West. during the last three
n,onths The fight for progressive popular
gov ernnent has merely begun, and VIII cer-
tainly go on to triumphant conclusion III
spite of initial checks and irrespective OF
Tx, personal success or failure of individual
leaders,
Election canyassing boards in Butte,
Helena and Philipsburg, Mont, finished
treir labors and the result was a net gam
OF q Senator and a Representative for the
Democrats making the Montana Legfslat-
ure stand ffty-two Democrats and hfty
PonubIicans. The leading Democratic can
didates for Senator Carter's seat are W. u.
Conrad. millionaire banker. land and
mining man: T ]. Walsh, wealthy law
YER. W. A Clark, former Senator; G j.
Kelly. chief counsel for the Amalgamated
Conner Company. and c. s. Hartman, de-
feated candidate for Congressman
Senator Eugene NJ Travis, OF the oth
District of Kings. told the Legislative III
vestigating Committee, at its first SESSION
since election. that a hribe of slU,eD had
been offered for his vote against the As-
nev-Hart bills in the regular and Speclai
sessions of the Legislature in 1909 Travis
declared that he had never known the gen
erous ones name This offer, he said, was
afterward confirmed by ex-senator FRANK
7 Gardner over the telephone, but he told
Gardner. as he told the mysterious LOBBY
isl that there was nothing doing Travis
also testified that Senators Fuller, car
penter. Gates and Foelker had each spoken
10 him at different times during the hgnt
on the racing bills concerning offers tna'
had been made TO them
How peevish that Will make some oi
those gentlemen who, according TO pre-
vious testimony, accepted $4,000 for then
votes" exclaimed Busy Man.
Senator Lodge lost another vote IN tn'
Nassa chusetts Legislature in the Bostoi
recount Representative Leonard ti- ROD
o,+s. of Ward -. had been declared elected
nv one vote over his Democratic opponent
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
WAR WITH JAPAN PREDICTED.

"tJerry n Rogers son OF the late Stand
ard Oil fnancer. fresh from the military
centres of France and Germany, brought
to this port the unpleasant prediction that
Japan will provoke a war with the United
States some time before the Panama Canal
is open for business He said ne had
talked with foreign officers from the lowest
ranks to the highest. and found them all
of the belief that the United States would
he dragged into a war with Japan by ia
ran. and that the United States would be
badly beaten in the fight
Henry V Lucas, ffty-three years old.
son of James II. Lucas, who once owned
the greater part of the entire business dis
frict of St Louis and who bequeathed MILL
ions TO his children. died in that city as q
s75 month employe Of the Street Depart
ment Baseball was the rock on Whlcn
Iucas's fortunes were wrecked In four
vcars he lost a pile OF money in an effort
TO give St Louis a winning ball team
The property once owned by I.ucas's father
| I'm ST Louis is now worth one hundred or
more millions.
"B Frank Wood Superintendent or Ma
rine Fisheries of the State of New York
| resigned his So 900 position His resigna-
tion was Immediately accepted by H. l.
Leroy Austin Commissioner of Forest, Fish
| and Game q. l.. Dixon. for three years
| dpeuty Superintendent will fill the office
| temporarily.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-20
OFFER RAILROAD BOOKKEEPING.

..Io+erstate Commerce Commissioner
.Jcrn NJ Harlan" continued Constant Read
er began a series of hearings in the wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel. through which lie hopes
Ia learn for the benefit of the whole COM
mission, all about the recent rise IN the
price OF communication tickets in New Jersey
an,! the opinion Of the commuters as to the
icstice of the higher rates they nave 10
nav John O. Rogers. assistant general
manager Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
testified that his road had been losing
Sc, en- cents on each Commuter under the
old rate, and that. despite the increased
charges since July, the Pennsylvania s rev
en,;4, from suburban traffic is not sufficient
To cover the operating expenses Of that ser
vice George A Cullen, general passenger
agent of the Lackawanna Railroad. stated
that his road sustained loss of approx
,,,a+elv $3.50 600 year from the commu-
tGtion traffic
correspondence between New York Cen
trail Railroad officers came TO light through
an investigation instituted by the federal
: authorities It shows how the railroad s
txpenses were enormously increased last
March. when the company's officers were
repairing information to prove that the
increase in wages warranted an increase
in freight rates. For years the New York
| Central has followed a fixed rule of charg-
ing in each months expenses one-tenth OF
! a full years depreciation. Examination
! of the company-s accounts for March shows
! that. instead of charging off one-tenth OF
/ the years depreciation on those two items.
the deductions covered three months or a
quarter Of the whole year. Under the plan
adopted. the months expenses were thus
/ increased by s373.523. In addition orders
,-.r,. given fo have thirfV-fiVe locomotives
Iccndemned-that is sold or demolished
and the cost charged to March operating
! expenses Those orders were followed. and
! March expenses were increased by S275, ,6S3.
Scrutiny of the company's records giving
] performance of individual locomotives
shows that after the month Of March a
10 rye percentage of the condemned locomo-
tives were still hauling freight and pas