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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-08-13

The roadside through Lafayette
County is rich in history. The
old Masonic College drew stu
dents from the Santa Fe Trail. +.
n. Hopkins, banker actively in
terested in historical research,
has in his bank vault at Lexing-
ton the record books of the old
college. Stephen B. Elkins, Uni
ted States senator from West VT-
ginia, was a pupil. A petition
to the faculty, drawn by Elkins
is preserved. ElkinS wanted the
college faculty to declare a hOli-
day that he might, in 1854, at
tend the county fair. He wrote
out a respectful petition to the
faculty and called on his fellow
students for signature. A half
dozen signed with him the petit
ion for the holiday. All the
other signatures are apparently
written by Elkins himself.
Whether or not the petition was
granted and the holiday declared
the minutes do not show.
RELICS OF THE ROAD.
Captain Joseph A. Wilson, 70
years old, has a collection OF
relics of the road unqualed in
the state. On John Reed S farm
near Wellington was found a
Spanish halberd of plated silver
apparently of the Seventeenth
Century. Did one of Coronado 5
men reach Lafayette County OF
did some Indian brave bring il
from farther west? The Wilson
office is historical curiosity
shop. Here is a pyramid of can
non balls from the Lexington
battle fields, the pilot wheel o.
. a steamer sunk off the wharf
d and the flat whip used in th'
> punishment of criminal negroes.
"a flat whip was used, sai'
Captain Wilson, because tn
ordinary whip would leav,
whelks upon the negro's back
{ The negro whose back showed
; marks of the whip would no
sell as readily, because he woulc
be regarded as a bad negro. Neg
: 70 men often sold in Lexington
: for 81, 800 and negro women fol
$780," Captain Wilson has thu
= revolver which Bill Anderson car
ried at Centralia and a recorC
J. book of j. and r. Aull writer
: with quill pen in 1892. Cap
e tain Wilson s uncle, Robert Aull
4 is given credit as having started
|, in business Alexander Majors
: for years one of the leaders o
h the Santa Fe trade expeditions
e A lad walked into Aull's tradins
d store. where goods from the Eas
were being unloaded. A knit
d struck his fancy. 1t could b
S bought for $3.50. He needed
!. it in his work, but he did no
t have the $3.50. "You look lik
t an honest boy" said Aull, ="
# will credit you, though cash ha
Q been the invariable rule.
r A few days later the youtI
r paid the bill for the knife in bees
E wax. The youth was Alexande
Y Majors. ''I think my treat
h ment by Mr.. Aull, - said Majors
e "made a business man of me. "
& Judge William Young, Georg
IS p. Venable and James Hale, dis
g cussing the route of the old trai
through Lafayette County, agree
n as to the location. Part Of Man
a street in Lexington is the ol'
o trail. An earlier road ra
S across the country to the south
r ward. Lafayette County /
is early days was called Lillard an
N included a much larger territor
n than at present. Judge Youn
s who has written a history of tn
d county now in the hands of tn
lie publisher, believes that For
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-08-13
Corder Notes

friends in this city.
A large number of Corder's
young folks attended mon
light picnic in Blackburn on
Tuesday night. The Corder
band assisted the Blackburn
band in furnishing the music for
the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Babbing
ton of st. Louis are visiting in
this city this week as the guests
of DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Carthrae.
Miss Bernice Ham left Monday |
for Blue Springs where she will
visit. She viii also visit in Kan
sas City before returning home.
The following property chang
ed hands in Corder this |
week. Ebb Caskey to Henry
Schumacher house and lot on
Cottage Row, consideration 5000, !
John Winters to VIM. Knight his
house and lot near Main street.
VIM. Blunt to John Winters his
house and lot on South Lafayette
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Miller and
son, Guy, left Monday for Spick-
ard, Mo, where they will spend
some time visiting old friends.
The fine quality of the music
, produced by the Corder band is
I getting to be known generally.
Not only were they called upon
to play at the Moonlight picnic
e at Blackburn, but they have been
L engaged to entertain the crowd
; with music at the Woodmen S pic
; mic to be held August Goth at
= Mayview. We are glad to see
u the band make progress and it is
l. our desire that they shall con
! tinue to do so.
Miss Eunice Willis left for her
Q home in Armstrong, by way OF
Malta Bend, this week after an
extended visit in this commun-
ity with friends and relatives.
: Ebb Caskey and his mother,
~ Mrs. Sarah Caskey, spent last
Sunday in Kansas City as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Talent.
y Misses Bertha and Addie
$ Schaeperkoetter and Mr.. William
Z Schaeperkoetter were the happy
u host and hOstesses of about 100
Il invited guests at their home
e in the country last Friday night.
y There was no limit to the num-
> Der of games that comprised the
y evenings entertainment and the
house and lawn both were
) used to carry out the program.
{ Elegant luncheon was served dur
+ ing the evening and the many
y guests expressed their disappoint-
y ment when the evening had
> passed. This was one Of the
largest social functions of its
i kind we have seen in this com
b munity for some time.
Rev. Squire, the pastor Of the
" Presbyterian church of this city,
who resigned some time ago
packed and loaded his household
goods and left this week for his
new home in New Madrid, Mo-,
where he will take charge of a
=, church. We are sorry to have
Rev. Squire leave this city but
hope even brighter prospects for
70 the future will be before him.
y That husky bunch of Corder
II That husky bunch of Cordel
fellows called ball players gave
70 Houstonia few more pointers il
I'd art last Sunday when they wan
s. dered over to the home of the
league trailers and picked up al
s. easy won victory off the natives
6 to 2. With this victory Cor
to der not only holds second place
er in the Lafayette County Leagu
but are making it so hot fo
ed New Germany" to hold frs
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-03-03
New Homes.

The Manzanola Orchard & and Co,
now offer to the man Of small means an
opportunity to own fruit ranch in the
Little White salmon Valley. The COM
pany has plated about 1000 acres in five
and ten acre tracts, and now offers them
for sale at prices and on terms that
make it possible for those OF limited
means to own good home of as fine
irrigated fruit land as can be found in
the whole Hood River fruit district.
This valley is located on the north
bank of the Columbia river, 8 miles be-
low Hood River.
If interested see, phone or write to
c. B. Arisman, Underwood, Wash, CEN
tral phone, or +. &. Wilson, Hood River,
Oregon, phone 2093M.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-01-14
ANTITRUST LAW AND
FEDtRAL INTERPRETATIONS
Government Control Of Big Industrial
Corporations Favored-Asserts
Scope OF Present Law Is
Too Wide.

There has been n marked tendency in
business In this country for % years last
past toward combinations OF capital and
plant In manufacture. sale and trans
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-01-14
Law to Suppress Abuses.

The object of the antitrust law was
to suppress the abuses of business OF the
kind described. II was not to interfere
with a great volume of capital which.
concentrated under one organization. re-
duced the cost of production and made
Its profit thereby. and took no advantage
Of Its size. by methods akin to duress. to
stife competition with It
I wish to make this distinction as en-
phauc as possible. because ! conceive
that nothing could happen more destruc-
tive to the prosperity Of this country than
the loss of that great economy In produc-
tion which has been and will be effect
ed In all manufacturing lines by the EN-
ployment OF large capital under one man.
sgcment. ! do not mean to say that
there II not n limit beyond which the
economy of management by the enlarge
ment Of plant ceases: and where this
happens and combination continues be-
yond this point. the very fact shows in
tent TO monopolize and not to economize.
The original purpose of many combina-
tions of capital In this country was not
confined to the legitimate and proper OBJ
ject of reducing the cost Of production.
On the contrary. the history Of most
trades will show at times n feverish de-
sire to unite by purchase. combination.
or otherwise. all the plants In the coun-
try engaged In the manufacture of n par
ticulnr line OF goods. The Idea was rife
that thereby a monopoly could be ef-
u
nbout which would inure to the profit OF
those engaged In the combination. The
path Of commerce is strewn with failures
of such combinations Their projectors
found that the union Of all plants did not
prevent competition. especially where
proper economy had not been pursued In
the purchase and in the conduct OF tho
business after the aggregation was COM
plete. There werc enough. however. OF
such successful combinations to arouse
the fears OF good. patriotic men as to the
result of a continuance OF this movement
toward the concentration In the hands OF
n few of the absolute control OF tho
price. of all manufactured products.
Refers to Sugar Trust Case.
The antitrust statute was passed In
1880. and prosecutions werc soon begun
under II. In tho case of the United States
vs.. Knight. known as the sugar trust
case" becars. "f tho narrow scope OF
be enIoincd was held not to be Included
within the prohibition OF the act. because
the aycrmcnts did not go beyond the
mere acquisition OF manufacturing plants
:nr the refining OF sugar. aud id not In
cIude that of direct and intended re-
s.raint upon trade and commerce In the
sale AMI delivery OF sugar across state
Boundaries and in foreign trade. Tho
result OF the sugar trust case was not
happy. in that 1t CAV" other companies
Nnd combinations seeking a similar meth
cd ot making pToht by establishing in
q ahsolute control and monopoly In par
tlcuIar line of manufacture. a sense OF
immunity against prosecutions In the
federal Jurisdiction. and where that
Jurisdiction In barred In respect to
business which Is necessarily conmehsur-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-01-14
Asks National Corporation Law.

therefore recommend the enactment
by congress Of a general law providing
for the formation OF corporations to en-
gage In trade and commerce among tho
states and with foreign nations protect
ing them from undue Interference by
the states and regulating their activities
SO as to prevent the recurrence, under
national auspices. Of those abuses which
have arisen under state control Such
n law should provide for the issue OF
stock of such corporations TO an amount
equal only to tho cash paid In on tn.
stock; and II the stock he issued for
property. then at fair valuation ascer-
tnined under approval and supervision OF
federal authority after IA full and COM
Met. disclosure OF ali the facts pertain
ing TO the value OF such property and tho
interest therein OF the persons to whom
IL IL proposed to Issue stock In payment
OF such property. II should subject the
real and personal property only of such
corporations to the same taxation as i'm
roscA by the states within which II may
b. situated upon other similar property
located therein. and II should require
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
CHAPMAN TELLS
OF K|CKAPOO DEAL
Leading Defendant in Now Famous
Extradition Cases Takes Stand in
Fraud investigation.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 15.-W. L.
Chapman, one of the defendants in the
Mexican extradition cases, who had
charge of the negotiations in connec-
tion with the securing of Kickapoo
deeds, and is regarded by the prosecu-
tion as the chief defendant in this case
went on the witness stand today in his
own behalf, and told detailed story of
the transactions in which he was en-
gagged, denying that there was anything
questionable in regard to them.
Chapman testified that some of the
Indians did refuse to sign and that in
those cases he destroyed the deeds. He
denied that Mack Johnson signed the
names of any of the Indians to the
deds, directly contradicting Johnson's
testimony on that point
A. T. Brown, one of the other de-
PENDANTS, also was placed on the stand,
but was asked only three or four ques-
tions by the attorneys for the defense,
He denied having paid money directly
or indirectly to Guarjardo for permis-
sion to visit the Indian camp
Frank Trackeray, Indian agent at
Shawnee, again was placed on the
stand, and was examined at some
length as to the alleged control by
Bentley over certain Kickapoos. He
admitted that there were some In
dians whom he thought would swear
falsely if Bentley told them to- and
named them The list did not include
any of the witnesses in this case.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
ATTACHES NO BLAME
FOR DEATH OF MUNK

Wheeling, w. Va, Nov. 15-An in
quest held by Coroner Rogers last
night into the cause of the death of
Captain Rudolph Munk of West Vir-
ginia university eleven in the game
Saturday with the Bethany College
team resulted in a verdict by the jury
that Munk came to his death acci-
dentally.
A warrant for the arrest of Thomas
Mccoy of Canton, O., the Bethany
player charged with causing the in
juries that caused his death, will be
withdrawn at the instance of the cor
oner. Mccoy was not present at the
inquest, nor was his father, but they
were represented by an attorney from
Canton
The verdict was that the evidence
in the case is conflicting therefore we
believe Rudolph Munk came to his
death by colliding with Thomas Nc
Coy in a game of football played in
Ohio county, state of West Virginia" 3"
THAT means accidental" said Cor
oner Rogers, "and ends any prosecu-
ton of Mccoy.
The most important testimony
which came before the jury was in
the shape of special delivery letter
to the coroner from Homer Young,
a former Michigan player, who Off
eiated as umpire. On Monday he had
given testimony tending to show that
Mccoy Intentionally struck Munk and
t was on the strength of this YER
sion of affairs that the warrant for
murder followed.
In the letter placed before the cor
'ner's jury last night Young says in
,art:
u do not state with absolute posi-
iyeness that Mccoy struck Munk. al.
hougb it appeared to me he struck
i'm about the head l cannot state
With absolute positiyeuess that the
ct was Intentional"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
ASSOCIATION Of |
CHARITIES COMING
Commercial Club to Discuss Plan +
Entertain Delegates When They
Convene in Vinita.

DR.. T. H. Stohlper discussed preparI
ations for the coming state conference
of Charities and Corrections, which /
to be held at Vinita next spring, and
the general problem of charities and
correction in a new state, yesterda,
afternoon in the Commercial Club
rooms, before an audience of thirteenl
men, including two representatives oil
the press. An open meeting of thel
Commercial Club will be held Thursj
day evening, to consider further plansl
for booming the Craig county associa-
tion of Charities and Correction, and
entertaining the state conference.
brief, but interesting general proagy.
is being prepared. DR.. Stohlper has
promised to be present if possible. The
public is cordially invited. 1t is to tes
hoped that the rooms will be filled to,
their utmost capacity. 1t is an oppor-
tunity for Vinita people to show their
interest in other enterprises than those
which bring the dollars to us.
DR.. Stohlper is short, thick-set.
black-moustached, spectectled Ameri.
can of evident German extraction. He,
spoke with decided accent, which.
sometimes made him difficult to fol-
low. But the address repaid close at
tention. 1t was largely in its general
part an amplification of the remark
made to a Chieftain reporter earlier
in the afternoon that Oklahoma has
every charitable and correctional prob.
lem which bothers the older states, ex-
cept the problem of the tenement.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
EHpL0YE To GIVE
THINKS GIVING BANQUET

One Of the most pleasant social
events of the season in Vintta will be
the banquet To be sigen on the night
Of November "a THANKSGIVING Day
by the employees of the Cherokee Ne
tional and international Bank and
Trust company, OF this city. to the ems
ployes Of the various other banks com
prising what is known as the Orr
Knight syndicate OF banks.
This banquet will be given at the
Cobb hotel and willie clipse anything
of the kind ever attempted in this
city. There are about a dozen banks
in the so-called syndicate and the EN-
ployes and their wives will number
about one hundred persons, who will
attend the banquet.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 15-Oklahoma
City lost the capital today, when the
supreme court decided that the state
seat of government must remain in
Guthrie. The court held that the elec-
tion on the removal amendment was
void, because of defects in the title of
the ballots.
The court decided the provision of
the enabling act locating the capital at
Guthrie until 1913 has only the force
of law that can be repealed by the
vote of the people.
All of the justices concurred in the
decision. The law regulating the sub
mission of an initiated bill the de-
cision says, requires state question in
the ballot title shall be adopted, mean
ing the entire measure. This question
was omitted from the ballot title in
the capital election and caused the
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
Continued 10 Feed Corn

William SHES was arrested yester-
day by Deputy Clark. on q charge of
larceny, lodged against him by J. W.
Thurman, of WesTille. It is claimed
by the prosecution that SHES. who
lives about eight miles west Of Vinita,
had mortgaged his crop to Thurman,
and that the crop had been sold under
the mortgage November 1st but that
SHES continued to feed the corn to
his stock, after Thurman had bought
it in. SHES was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Meredith and gave
bond to appear for trial November %.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
ORURY GLEE CLUB WILL
GIVE CONCERT IN VINITA

superintendent Masterson has ar
ranged for the Glee Club of Drury col
lege, at Springfield, Mo-, to give con-
cert here on December %. The pro-
ceeds of this concert will go to the
high school athletic fund. The Drury
Glee Club is composed of eighteen
members, and the concert they give is
said to be an exceptionally good enter
tainment. The Glee Club will make a
short tour, visiting the principal cities
and towns in Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
SAMUEL GOMPERS
IN CONTROVERSY
Report of Secretary Morrison Shows
That Federation Has a Member
ship of More Than Million.

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov 15.-The Amer
lean Federation of Labor, which con-
vened here Monday, will get down to
actual work at today's session. The
report of the credentials committee
shows that the convention will be con-
trolled by the miners unions with g.
3O7 votes. The report of Frank Nor
rison, secretary, showed that the con-
vention represents 1861, ISL trade un-
ionists.
President Gompers discussed the
contempt case against himself and
John Mitchell and Secretary Morri-
son. This is the case that was in
stituted by the Bucks Stove and Range
company of>St. Louis, and resulted in
the United States court of the District
of Columbia sentencing the three de-
PENDANTS to Jail for failure to obey an
injunction forbidding the maintenance
of boycott against the company. He
declared that Representative Reuben
Moon had obeyed orders when he in
troduced the administration 'imme-
date injunction" bill substituting it
for the measure approved by labor.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 15.-Repre-
sentative Reuben o. Moon, who was
assailed in st. Louis Monday by Sam
uel Gompers, issued the following
statement:
The statements of Mr.. Gompers re-
specting my proposed injunction bill
are entirely unwarrahted by the facts
of the case. This bill embodies in it
in express legislative terms the uni
form practice of the best federal
judges for over a century. These
judges have never hesitated to grant
a preliminary injunction without no.
tice, when irredeemable mischief could
not otherwise be prevented"
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 15 - Samuel
Iompers, when shown the statement
Of Representative Moon last night,
characterized it as misleading Mr..
jompers said:
Representative Moons statement is
in every respect, as it was
Intended to be, as his bill is intended
% be # his bill were now law; if it
lad been law when Justice Gould of
he supreme court of the District of
Columbia issued his injunction, there
would not have been one jot of differ j
'nce in the case of the American Fed
ration Of Labor, nor would there have
'eeu any difference i'm the status of
ho sentence imposed by Justice
epon FRANK Morrison Of inn
6eat .o SIX months upon John i
rel for uue months, or upon my
III for twelve months
is Soy e question Of notice OF an ]
riaaati9a brit taa issuance Of an in-
aa leaag t3 uca tae personal
aeioaaat guaranteed rslts
-ae difference between
1fs al3 a.sa.p la property
20 eh.e md ownership man,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
Built Road In a Day.

Yesterday was set apart in Mont
gomery county, Kansas to build a
model highway from Coffeyville to In
dependence. From early morning till
late last night the citizens of that
county worked upon the road. Today
the road is finished and from all re-
ports it is a credit to the enterprise
of Montgomery county The expense
was borne by the citizens and was
not paid out of the county fund.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
PRESIDENT WILL PERMIT
BRIEF TO Be SUBMITTED
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Nov 15.-Presi-
dent Taft, responding to the request of
Clifford Pinchot for permission to sub
NIT brief on the question of issuing
patents in the Cunningham Alaskan
coal land claims, says he informed
Pinchot that he may submit bSis
and advised him to forward it to the
executive office before December 1st.
This was done through a letter author
lied by Taft and written by his secre-
tary, Charles Norton and made public
today. The letter is in reply to Pin
chots communication, expressing the
fear that the interior department will
recommend patenting the Cunningham
claims.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
C00TRl0IGTING EVIDENCE
LIBEAATE5 COUNTY JUDGE

Muskogee, Okla Nov. is. Al
Beckett judge Of Haskell county. on
trial before Justice Davidson at Sig
@ler for the killing Of j., E. McBrayer.
county treasurer was freed Monday
through contradictory evidence. A.
grand jury probably win be called So
investigate the case.
Beckett killed 1feBrayer Wednesday
when the latter is said to have at.
tempted to hurl club. The i'll feeling
existed for several months between ,ha.
two eliminated when the judge is a.
legged to have insulted McBrayer on
election night Each had bitterly fought
in both the primaries and elections
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-11-18
DROP IN MEAT PRICES
HAS BEGUN SAY DEALERS
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 15.-A reduc-
tion of one cent per pound in the re-
tail price of lard and of from one to
two cents in the cheaper grades of
beef was announced here today you
may look for cheaper prices on all
kinds of meat soon" the leading deal
ers said today. Fancy beef will be
the next to drop"
New York, Nov 15.-Reports from
all over the country Indicates a drop
in the price of meats, especially pork.
Dealers here announced that the fall
in the price of beef had begun Sir
loin went down from twenty-four to
twenty cents per pound There was
three cent drop in porterhouse. The
market attributes the cause to the en-
ormous crop and consequent drop ~
cereals.