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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-15
STORIES OF
SUCCESS
ROBERT N. LA TOILETTE.

Opp or t u u j t y
may knock at
e V e T y man IS
door, but we'll
timed decision
opens it. Robert
NJ. La Toilette,
the fighting sem
ator from Wis.
consin, and one
of the master
statesmen of the
century. heard
that tap Just
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-15

once. and the door swung wide.
From that one intense moment the
barefoot boy, then pushing his fa-
theirs plow. threw himself into a
grim, defiant grapple to wrest from
the farm life that sturdy energy
which later sustained him through
college and his entire legal and po-
litlcal career.
The life of Robert La Toilette is
one shining trail, blazed by vigorous
human industry, but it is a trail
starlit by success.
Everywhere, the world over, the
opportunity to earn and save money
IS open to everybody.
Saving. ones money doubles the
chances for success.
With n savings account in some
good bank you rise to every occa-
sion.
Saving dollar makes It grow.
Every dollar saved has a future,
Your money is safe here, and the
interest we pay makes saving dou.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
An OLD FRIEND BOBs UP
City WIN Make Another Effort
TO Find What Became OF
Lost" Bricks

Council last night attempted 10 dIs.
pose OF an old friend--a vftirinel
brick account from former council.
Settlement was left with the mayor,
city attorney and Councilman Hlg.
gins. The account was that OF the
standard VitirIhed brick company for
10000 bricks rejected on the Cleya.
land avenue paving. The city bought
a lot for sidewalks but nobody knows
lust how much The company is will.
Ing to settle on the basis of So a
thousand for $4,000, the amount the
dray bills show WAS hauled. There
were 10000 rejected bricks altogether
and who got them Is the mystery the
council has been wrestling with. The
committee was instructed To confess
Judgment for s2lG
Sidewalk Inspector Harrington
made report of sidewalks ordered in
but not built and the clerk was In.
strueted TO advertise for bids. The
walks are against lots In these blocks:
Blocks 2G. 2S and 80, West Guthrie.
GO Capital Hill addition 57, 10, 10. So,
East Guthrie, 90 Second Capital Hill
Addition; Second Capital Heights.
w +. Power was instructed 10
build the storm sewer In district 3d.
Councilman Meyer reported fopr
feet jumpof, dangerous To pedestri.
ans, on Washington and Ash. and the
sidewalk inspector was directed to ils
the place.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19

After wandering through the com.
try for three days. the four girls who
escaped from the rescne home. East
Guthrie, Monday night, reached
Chandler last evening They were
taken In charge and vii be returned
10 the home today.
Undoubtedly these girls have been
foragIng orchards and fields since
Tuesday morning and have slept u
harms or In woods so far as the OF.
fIeers know they have not appeared
at any home in search OF food or o.
work.
taken IN charge and Will be returned
Lincoln county, telephoned Sheriff Ma
honey that he believed the girls han
Just passed through the village. He
had read OF the escape. TIE pilgrims
we're wet, muddy and evidently very
tired, and were headed toward chand.
Ter. The sheriff Of Lincoln county was
informed and he secured the travel
ers the minute they reached town,
The four rnnaways are known a.
IIarriott Croxton OF oklahoma City
Minnie ffeenlaa Oh sasishoav, l-sSisA
Crane Of Muskoeee and 0'Lizzie scro1
gins OF Norman, a former inmate q
the asylum and still d state charge.
II ii believed tho scfogsIns girl WAS
tine rineleaser IN the eseapa lilails'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
To FIGHT CARuNE EXTENSION

Intention to fight the street car
company to the limit In its attempts
to tear up Nineteenth street was voic-
cd in the city council last night by
Councilman Dunham and several other
property owners on that street. II
has been reported on good authority
that the railroad company has decided
To use Nineteenth street and no other
In going from the present terminus on
Warner avenue to the proposed Shar-
tell Boulevard addition. The com
pany Is understood to claim the right
under It's franchise to 90 into any
street In the city, whether such street
was In existence at the time OF the
grant or whether ii should be added
subsequently,
when they strike the first shovel
on that street shall apply for an In
junction and then the courts can set.
lie on the right d. the company to
come in and deliberately destroy our
street for no reason whatever. They
could Just as we'll 90 on any other
street one not paved and cut to thif.
ty feet. Because some council fool
ishiy Il ranted this absuEd privilege
to 4 corporation is no reason why we
should sit hy and see the company
run over us
Nineteenth street il regarded as 4
thorougbfare. II Il at the crest Of the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
'BEN|GNUS
MAID WAS
MURDERED
----~-~-
BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS
ABILENE HAS COME TO
SOLVING MYSTERY
T. ---- giMa1nsr
CHlOROfORM THEORY
HAS BEEN ABANDONED
---- sasr-nnsA
Search Now Being Made for
Unsuccessful SuIior Of
Dead GlII
tBy Associated Press,

Abilene. Kan. Aug. Since the
development OF the theory that chIor.
oform may not have caused the death
OF Miss Bertha Benignus. an autopsy
within a few days is probable. An
empty choloform bottle was found on
a dresser near the girls body, 1t will
be developed later had been found nm
corked and dry In box In the girls
effects and placed on the dresser by
The undertaken.
The coroners jury convened today
Following announcement OF its find
ings, Il developed that nothing would
be of use as clue to trace the muir
derer.
Testimony given by Reuben Fair,
clerk. before the coroner's Jury has
caused police here To give more heed
10 the theory that Bertha Benignus
was murdered by jealous and unsne-
cessIul sultof In hst nvms here Sat
urday night, Fair said that while he
was going past the BenIgnus residence
Saturday at midnight, he noticed al
light burning In Miss Bertha's room.
He also saw a man standing under
a tree in the front yard, he said. Fair
further testified that when he APP
preached. the man ran, finally dsap-
pearlng
Several persons testified that the
girls father was In bad shape flu
ancally. Others said the girl was con
tented aud not inclined to be morose.
Discouraged over the failure 10 find
his fiancee's slayer, Earl Livingston
left here for his home in Syracuse.
Kansas.
J. G. Entz. coroner gave out the
following signed statement.
After two sessions OF searching
inquiry, We are no nearer conclu-
sion as to the proabie murderer of
Beta Benignus than we were at the
beginning. We shall keep on with
the investigation until every shred OF
evidence IS heard We Intend to get
10 the bottom OF the tragedy II pos
sibla verdict may not be rendered
for two weeks yet
Signed: u. g. ENTZ."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
SAYS INDIANS OBJECT TO
REOpEN|NG TRIBAL ROLLS
Need Correction, Hs Admits,
But Should Be By Special
Legislation
(By Associated Pressl

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. l9.--Any at
tempt to reopen the Government In
dian rolls and admit thousands OF
claimants to participate In the diyi.
sion of lands now held In reservation
will be resisted by the Indians at
present on the rolls, according to j.
+. McMurray, who testified today. Nc
Murray told the committee he believ.
ed that great many are now wrong
fully on the rolls and many wrongful
ly kept off: but any re-adjustment ci
these faults should be done by spe-
cial legislation and not by the re.
opening OF the rolls.
McMurray was asked concerning
$750,000 paid him by the government
In 1905 as his fee in what were known
as citizenship cases.
III has been said. explained Re-
preventative Burke, that YOU drew
the money from the treasury depart
ment at Washington in thousand dol
lar bills and that you carried them IN
a valise TO q hotel where 1t was diyi-
ded between certain persons. Is this
trne?"
ut is not" said McMurray. "A war
rant for the money was handed me.
my two law partners and went TO
the Riggs National bank and upon
surrenderIng the warrant we each re-
celyed one individual check for two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
That is all there Is as to what we done
with the money after II was paid over
to u.s."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
READY FOR EMERGENCY
Other State officials Nav Be
Included in Removal
Injunction

An additional case was completed
by counsel for Guthrie in cap.
iial removal matters, seeking to in.
clude the State Board of Agriculture
in the district court injunction which
restrains any capital removal The
persons named therein are all mem
bers of the board. Secretary +. W.
Gist ana Acting Secretary Frank
Fields. The papers will be filed Inn
medately II any move Is made to take
the boards headquarters from Guthrie
to Oklahoma City. In the matter OF
Oklahoma City's appeal from Guthrie's
irjunctions restraining Secretary Of
State Tom Smith from moving his of.
ace to Oklahoma City. the state supre-
me court last night named Sept. IL aud
IA, as the dates for the arguments.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
TO FOOL THE OFFICERS
The BootleggerI is Ever De-
vising Schemes to Evade
Conhscation

Something new In booze storage
was found this morning by Field MIS-
sonary /. Won Muxlow, who made q
round OF the ginger ale palaces THIS
conirigance Is called lid bed, and 1t
Is really a deceptive Ice chest Lift
Ing one lid the seeker finds the Ice
sticking up with few bottles of nice
red pop scattered around. Nothing
else. By taking ont two nails the rear
lid Is moved and Ii Is found that all
around Is place for beert In this
contraption, found at 33l West Okla
homa avenue. the constable located 80
bottles OF beer.
A box OF beer on Ice was taken at
101 South Second street.
Fifteen bottles of beer and sixteen
quarts of whiskey were found at 609
West Noble avenue. They were in a
plant under the floor OF 4 so-called
store.
One keg of beer on tap was found
last night in an unidentified place u.
North First street The constable Is
liable TO trial under the federal con-
stitution's clause forbidding cruel aud
unusual punishment. He hauled
the keg through the streets with all
but the rigging on and the foam show
Ing, He would not even let the boys
have smell OF the foam. A big
crowd followed him to the dispensary.
As result of one raid Henry and
Joe Tearney were indicted In super
ior court on charge of permitting a
crap table to be set up and Otto Rey-
nolds and Dick Summer were indict-
ed on o charge of conducting a crap
game.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
PROJECTED
PAVING IS
HELD UP

Seventeenth stret paving Is off for
the year. After many weeks OF dis
cuslon and Investigation II was final
~ decided last night that the protest
against the proposed Improvement 10
sufficient. At first II was found that
a purported adverse majority consist
ed partly OF signatures not anthoriz
cd by ownership and OF signatures by
wives for their husbands without
authority But CITY Attorney Green
found that four of these protested
lots, unplatted. ar elm the possession
OF Susan NJ. Archer, bona fide sign
er. Her lots make AZ against the
paving. aud Ii was called off. The pro
posed Improvement district was be
tween Logan and Noble avenues.
Councilman Spurlock wanted TO
know what had become OF the Wal
nut street paving proposition. Some
of the officials thought bids were lack.
ing. II Is to be looked up and II paw
Ing Is to be done there. a final reso-
luton will be put through next week.
A second resolution for paving OF
Vine street was passed.
Grade ordinances were passed for
Walnut street, Maple, Capitol avenue,
Drexel boulevard. Cedar. Cypress.
Poplar, and Cleveland avenue
Citizens of the West Side asked
about West Logan paving The pro-
ject is slumbering at present.
Councilman Morrison got In his reg
uar West Side taxpayers speech un-
der the head of Santa re promises He
said he had other taxpayers In the
| West Side did not propose to pay Any
street assessments on Noble until that
yiaduct matter Is settled. that they
are not going to pay for lot Of paw
ling and coniinue to bump over cross
ties and rails as people are doing on
Oklahoma avenue He said that the
Santa Fe con do anything II wants 20
IN this town, and is feeding out prem
| Ises very lIberally Always something
| II just ahead.
Morrison said that paving accounts
are due September |, and that the y,
luf August has passed without the Sap'
La Pc eeen having sent. plans AZ
lagreed.
Councilman Dunham got In q little
lred.headed oratory on the passiyeness
oi council. Something had been said
abons moi antagonlzing the street cal
company in the matter of Nineteenth
street. The new and effective repre-
sentative Of the West Side Iii Int
1.-The council for Allowing Just sucf
business to make Guthrie doormal
FOR the corporations. lie offered e
i SNOW MS receIa .ol pusale insplvse :
Il ments. but did not intend TO stand
lfor any railroad company tearing ui
4 his property without a least q "hol
Iler' lie said the pasniveneSs o
ieoupeiI Ind essssd GuthFis in)sfy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
RAILROAD FILES APPEAL
Katy Not Satisfied With Cor
poration Boards Farm
Crossing Order


Attorneys for the NJ. K. & 7. road
today filed with the corporation com.
mission an application for a new trial
i'm the case of S. NJ. Cox against the
compny, in which the commission or
dered private farm crossing. the
case is important for the reason that
the commission laid down the propo-
sition that when a railway acquires
a right of way 1t does not acquire a
right to use such right OF way to the
injury Of property. and that the pub.
lie policy requires that the individual
shall be damaged as little as possible
in all public service grants. There
are several egal objections to the or
der, and one allegation Is that the
case was not decided, heard nor decid-
ed by quorum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
FREEDOM
AFTER LONG
STRUGGLE.
ALLEGED CHILD POIS-
ONER GRANTED FULL
PARDON
WOMAN HAD BEEN At
LIBERTY ON PAROLE.
Doubt Existed In the Minds Of
Many ast0 Guilt Of Lydia
H0w|and

A pardon granted by Governor Has
kell of Lydia Rowland ends the fam
GUS Lincoln county child murder case
There has long been serious doubt IN
the minds OF many the guilt of the wo-
man, who was convicted in 1902, OF
giving poison to a child. She was
said to have caused woman, nearly
blind. to give the child water, that i
developed there was poison in the
water. The defense was accidental
death. Recent discoveries strengthen
the teory that she may not have been
gnilty. j. b. A. Robertson of Chand-
Ter was the prosecuting attorney when
TIE conviction was made.
A parole was granted in the latter
part OF 1909 and the woman went far
away from the scene of her troubles.
She is said to be living blaraeic 81
life in small town in Michigan
The governor has issued two paro' ~
for women convicts.
Mary Jackson OF Sequoyah county,
sentenced to five years for adultery,
was par0ied today. Cora Thornt IN.
convicted in Greer county Of bigamy
and serving a year In prison, has been
par0lcd with the understanding thai
she 70 hume and take care Of her
children.
Other PAROLES have been grained as
follows:
Lee Eggleston, Stephens count,
selling liquor.
Joe Shotwell. Pontotoc county. litc-
ney, two years
Clarence Stimpson. Comanche com
ty, larceny, one year.
Merkin Dismul,es, Pontotoc .wo
years in Granite reformatory iof
burglary.
Frank Woodrlng. Beckham. selling
liquor.
Jack williams. Grant, selling liquor.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
STATE..SENA70R
Sheriff Tate Of Kinghsher
County Cuts Cash in Head
OF Il. ID. Brownlec

Following ogomachy over some
statements pnrported to have been
made By state senator Emory b.
Hrownlee Republican nominee FOR
member Of the stnte corporation com
mission TO succeed Colonel McAlesterl
az kingiisher, Sheriff Tate OF that
county struck the senator vicious
blow, cutting his forehead A warrant
was issued for Tate, who was fined
q. the kingdsher justice dispensary
S25, the costs attached as a reminder
that government must be supported
Tate stayed the fine with Ave day
limit as 10 whether he appeals to n
higher court. The battle was fought
at the north door Of the Kinghshcr
court house; the fine attached at the
other end Of the temple Of Justice.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
ENDORSEMENT REFUSED
City Council Not Inclined to
Favor Golden Gate City
for Worlds Fair

H.
Guthrie has been asked to endorse
San Francisco as the place for hold.
ing the proposed worlds fair In 1915.
A telegram received by Mayor Far.
quhrson was read to council last night
and council refused to act. II Council.
man Meyer stated that New Orleans
u q candidate too for the fair and that
Oklahoma naturally and inevitably
fayors that point on account of the
enormous cotton crop OF the state.
Both the big cities have commenced
work for the fair. 1t Is TO be largely
commemorative of the Panama canal
and It's trade Influences Both cities
have biz campaign bureaus and the
literature Is beginning to arrive IN
gobs. The determination Is up 20
congress
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
DENIES OFFERING BRIDE
McMurray Declares He Never
Proffered Money to Gore or
d. C. McCurtain
(By Associated Press.)

tBy ASoocldttu ffto5.j
Sulphur, Okla. Aug. 19.--Contlnu-
ing the examination OF J. +. MCMur-
ray before the congressional lnvestiga-
ting committee Thursday evening the
following questions were propounded
by the witness counsel, Cecil H.
Smith:
1T has been charged that you,
through Jake l.. Hamon, offered Sen
ator T. z. Gore $4,000 or $4,000 as
a bribe to influence him In congress
to withdraw opposition to the approx.
al OF your contracts. Did you or did
you not offer Senator Gore such
bribe?"
McMurray answered NO to the
question.
Did you ever tell anyone that Vice
President Sherman had any interest
In your contracts"
Il never did" answered McMnrray.
did you authorized Hamon to say
Mr.. Sherman was Interested
Il did not"
AbsoIves Senator Curtis
did Senator Charles Curtis OF kan
sas ever have any interest In the
contracts2'
fHe never did, and never told any
one that he did"
Did yon ever tell anyone that Con-
gressman b. $. Mcclure had any In
terest In your contracts
4 never did"
Did you ever authorize Hamon to
represent you before any members of
congress or anyone else?'
" did not"
HAS any member of congress or
any empioye of any department of the
government any interest in your con-
tractsg"
They have not.
When Lyon Withdrew.
Describing his contracts as plain
business proposition, Mr. McMurray
told OF bis relations with the Indians,
which he said began IN 1889 In first
contracts for the sale UI the land Cecil
Lyon, national Republican committee.
man Of Texas. was a partner. These
contracts were disapproyed by Preal-
dent Roosevelt In 1908. ard Mr.. Lyon
ceased to be connected With them. Mr..
McMnrray then employed as counsel
former Senator ]. II Thurston OF Ne
braska, former Senator Chester |,
Long OF Kansas. and Richard G. Ad-
ans Of Washington.
The witness also denied he had ever
offer $4,000 as bssIbe 10 D. 6. Nc
tnrtai1, 4 1iioetaw lawyer. steSafballi
shaa anid the nffer had hepn made fo
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19

hill and Is a turning point for all the
long streets. The company allowed
the city to pave the street without
making known any intention to invade
It.
Futher. there Is serious objection to
the use OF Nineteenth for the reason
that the turn would be made at the
hospital. meaning perpetual nuis-
ance from the grinding and whining
OF cars. The citizens In that neigh
borhood desire that the line should
pass the hospital one block, making
the turn at Twentieth street, which
Is not paved Alfred Pound. Carl Fair
field and John w. Brodie spoke on the
subject, backing up Durham.
A resolution TO declare the sense
OF the council to be against the pro-
posed use OF Nineteenth street was
offered but IL was sidetracked because
nothing was officially before the coun.
ell. Instead was decided to form o
committee 10 ascertain the Intention
OF the company and to present the
Views OF the Vest Side citizens.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
MAY RUN IS P0PuLIs7
fRy Associated Press.l

Omaha. Neb., Aug. 19.-Although
Governor Shallenberger apparently
has been defeated by Mayor Dahlman
for the democratic nomination, he
may still go on the ticket as the
Populist nominee, What action he will
take Is not announced Available re-
turns In the Sixth district give Judge
Dean 1000 and w. r. Taylor 1000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
TEDDY IS
SOMEWHAT
PETULANT

New York, Aug. 19.-Col Roosevelt
made 1t clear today to friendst that
reports he did not intend to take any
part in the coming state campaign
were well based. As the colonel put
IL, he did not think he had been en-
couraged 10 take an active interest
ly the action of the state committee
turning down his name for temporary
chairman of the convention.
His close friends are authority for
the statement today that Roosevelt
never indicated by the slightest word
what his intentions are with regal /
TO 1912. The colonel always said he
reserves the right TO engage in any
situation at any time he feels his poll
cies demand it.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
MORE PAVING NEXT YEAR

city Engineer Hooker estimates
that about $4,000 yards Of asphalt paw
Ing Will so over until neSt year. Con.
tracts are to be niades for several
streets al once. but they will not be
paved this fall Vine street will proD-
ably be the last one for the season.
Those likely TO so into next years
work are Walnut, Oklahoma, east of
convention hall. West Logan. two
blocks of Nineteenth South Brond
and South Ash.
The conereted work will be finish
ed In few DAYS Vine street Il
slated for an attack by the force at
once. II Is likely the asphaltlng will
be done within month and all the
streets opened for business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
N|MR0D ABElL IS PREPARED

W. J. Abel took out the first hunters
license of the season, County CLERK
Morgan started issuing licenses to
day. having received the necessary
.paper.
Hunting prairie chicken is to be
legal September 1. August Is. was the
opening of the season for plover,
snipe, goose, etc.
The only birds open to slaughter
between Aug. Is and May and all
the rest of the time are English spar
rows. hawks. owls, crows, buzzards.
jay birds and black birds.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
Enters County seat Contest.

Harmon has entered the race for
county seat of Harmon county. The
place called Harmon seems to have
no municipal organization, but w. A.
Rogers, president or an organization
representing the place, makes entry
and proposes John w. Trammell as a
member of the county seat election
board.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
New Orleans.
la, Aug. 10.
Tonight and sat
IM
urdaN generally
inlr

ington, on May 6, last. Mr.. Murray
today testified he twice hao called on
Senator Gore after that date and the
senator had made no reference to the
alleged offer Of bribery until his
speech In the senate on June "a.
Jake l.. Hamon was mentioned by
Senator Gore as being the man who
offered the bribe IN McMurray's be!
half, took the stand two weeks ago
and denied he had ever made any such
offer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-19
GOVERNORS AppoINTEEs.

Oklahoma City. Aug. Recent
appointments made by Governor HAS.
kell are:
Judge Steen, district court, Garfield
county
VIII Linn. Judge superior court,
Grady county
IL Is said that Mlns Lasnter has
been offered the secretaryshIp OF tho
banking hoard. Refusing IL, Seth
Gordon may be named