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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
STORM KING
STILL GRIPS
SOUTHWEST
WITH LOWEST TEMPER
AZURE RECORDED IN
TWELVE YEARS
E,~,I44 z --
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
STILL DSNORAl|zEO
rlRasA-4a a.
While Shortage Of Natural Gas
is Causing Suffering TO
Thousands
(By Associated Press.)

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 6-Eighteen
degrees below zero was recorded uni
formly in Kansas today, the lowest
temperature in this part Of the South
west In twelve years. The intense
cold wave covered Missouri and reach
ed into Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tex
as.
Railroad schedules are still demor-
alized and a shortage OF natural gas
is causing suffering 10 thousands. AT
Topeka the mercury at the Govern
n,ent weather station registered five
below at eight O'Clock this morning.
while at the same time standard
Government thermometer at the sur
face, seventy-five feet lower, record
ed eighteen below. ottawa was six
teen below; Leayenwo'th ten below
Trenton, Missouri, sixteen below ,
Kansas City, official, four below; st.
Joseph, unofficial, thirteen below;
Ardmore, Oklahoma, sixteen above;
Oklahoma City, fourteen above; Guth-
rie, twenty-five above.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
HEAVY DOCKET FOR
CRIMINAL COURT
At Coming Term Will Pass
Upon Ten Murder Cases, In
cluding 8 Death Sentences

Ten murder cases, including three
death sentences, will be heard on
appeal ut the January term OF the
criminal cou.t OF appeals which be-
gins the 10th instant. Twenty
miscellaneous appeals will also be
tried on appeal.
The list Of murder cases include
joan Hopkins, given The death penal
ty In Comaiiche county for numbering
l4.s wiIe with carDollc acid; Dan
Scribner, under sentence OF death for
assassinaung City Marshal Zeke Put
nam at Allen, Pontbtoc county; ALI
Hunter given the dealia penalty for
killing Sheriff Ga rison Of Oklahoma
City In Blajne county. S. +. San
ders, Stephens county; VIII Nelson
Pushmataha; s. s. Forge, Ottawa;
Jess Humphrey, Seminole; Jean Hav-
i'll, McCurtain, and two old Indian
territory cases, are the others listed
under the heading Of murder.
The hearing on appeal OF the two
Hughes county capital punishment
cases, John Black, who was given
the death penalty at Holdenville for
killing j. r. stephens, and P. T.
Thompson, given The death penalty
there also for killing City Marshal
Charles T. f'arrow OF Okemah. will
come up at The March term of the
high court.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
OKLAHOMA PRODUCTION
WAS ABOUT NORMAL
OIL Activity Causes Slump IN
Missouri, Kansas, Indiana
and Iowa
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington Jan, although the
output OF anthracite and bituminous
coal In the United states In 1909
amounted TO approximately 100000
900 short tons. Ii was less by several
Thousand tons than the output OF 1907.
according to report made by the
Geological survey.
There was. however. more coal
mined last year than In 1908.
The year 1907 was the banner year
of the coal industry OF the United
States.
Last year Pennsylvania alone min
ed 79000.000 short tons Of anthracite
coal and ISL 100000 short tons Of BIZ
luminous coal.
According to the report. the mining
III coal in Missouri. Kansas, Illinois,
indiana ard Iowa has declined. owing
10 the use OF oil, gas and coke and
the holdover portion OF the business
ef 1908. which was caused by the
general business depression. In
speaking of Illinois. the report states:
There are several reasons for the
shortage of the output In this state,
but the principal one Is the shortage
nf labor and the operating of too many
mines for the demand.
The shortage OF labor during the
year has been due to the fact that
The number OF mines exceeds the re-
quIremenls Of the trade. This means
ot course, That with more mines than
are required 10 supply the market,
and with each mine trying to secure
IFS quota o! labor. more labor is EN-.
ployed in the mines than should bo
necessary TO produce the quantity OF
coal required by the markets.
Shortage OF cars and water has al.
30 aided IN curtailing the output.
In Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas
ihe output was about the same as In
1908. Shortage OF water interfered
somewhat with the mining In Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma. according To the re-
port.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
PROTEST IS VOICED TO
GOVERNOR HASKELL
Superintendent Of State SCh0l
for Deaf Is Badly
Distlgured

Special to Daily Leader.
Sulphur. Okla, Jan G---Though suf-
ferlng from chewed nose, a bitten
law and a blackened forehead, the re.
suit Of a cowardly assault made up.
Oh him on the street late Tuesday al.
t.rnoon by Ben Rodes. alias, "Io-Jc
4 bootlegger, Prof. A. A, Stewart. su'
perintendent OF the oklahoma school
Tor the deaf and president Of the Sui
phur law and order league, appeared
in police court this morning TO give
testimony against his assailant.
by proxy Io-Jo entered a plea oil
guilty and was fined $25. Upon In.
quiry 1t was learned that Prof. Stew
arts assailant was missing from the
city. the county officers having, 1t
was charged, made no effort to re
arrest him upon warrant sworn out
by Prof Stewart after the city mar
shal had turned him loose on a ten
dollar cash bond.
The police court was then turned
into a mass meeting by the assembled
citizens. After speeches denOuncinp
the cowardly assault upon Prof. Stew
art, denouncing the city marshal fol
turning his assailant loose, dencunc
ing the county officers for not prompt
ly arfesting ''Jo-Jo' denouncing tht
mayor for not closing the bootlegginp
establishments and denounclng Dis
irict Judge Mcmillan Tor not remov
ing from office The indicted county
and city officers, reward was rails
cd for the arrest OF "Jo-Jo". Money
was raised also to be used In prose
cutting booileggers who. II Is believed
boosted "Jo-Jo" into making the as
sault.
A committee was appointed to wait
Hpon Mayor G. r. Emanuel and de
mand that he do his duty in clean
ing ont the bootlegglng element
A second committee was appointed
to notify Governor Haskell that boot
logging and geneIal lawlessness can
not be stopped in Sulphur, until tht
present indicted county and city OF
fjcers are removed from office. and
TO insist upon their immediate sus
pension.
The resolutions read as follows:
Strong Resolutions
ITO Hon. Charles N. Haskell, gov
ornOr: Whereas Supt. Stewart. OF
the school for deaf, was attacked on
our streets this afternoon, by boot
logger. aud whereas. the bootIeggel
element Of our community are be
coming bolder. we believe this con
dltlon Is brought about by failure o.
the officers TO do their duty, and ~
some instances by their sympathy
and cooperation. with the bootleggers
and all the police force OF the cit,
are under Indictment and accusations
and are permitted by District Judg'
Mcmillan 10 continue In office,
Therefore we appeal TO you e
have another Judge to try these case
above referred 10, and that you giy'
us immediate assistance, and II II
your power have the present pollc'
force suspended, TO end that the eli!
may appoint officers that will d
their duty and rid the city Of lawlesa
ness"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
PROTEST DISMISSED
AGAINST BALLOT TITLE
Friends OF Move to Amend
Constitution Anxious for
an Electio

What IL known as The railroad
amendment to Article TX of the con
sttutlon. was pnt In shape for an
election hy dismissal of the suit
brought by the Oklahoma Federated
Commercial clubs against Attorney
General West. involving the ballot
tltle and announcement was made
that dhe organization wonld accept
The headlines prepared by the attor-
ney general. The federation claims
that the title Is misrepresentation
OF the Legislation proposed but rath-
or than encounter further delay in
an election II would be accepted and
explained 10 the voter afterward.
The ballot title form as prepared by
yhe attorney general Is as follows:
stale Question No. -. Proposing
an amendment 10 Article OF the con
glitution. Purpose of measure IL 10
llupercede Section Nos. 2, 6. 4. 3, IL.
~. 81. and portions OF Section Is Of
Article . of the state constitution.
adopting constitutional provisions au.
thorizing any transmission or trans.
portation company organized out oi
bul having lines IN this state, upon
conditions named 10 extend, build
branches. additions. improvements,
exercise right OF eminent domain,
consolidate with or dispose Of any Of
its rights to any like connecting cor
pOratlon or one with II forming parts
Ot AN entire business. and cxempilng
Continued on Page Five
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
WILL PRESS PET HOBBIES
Gov. Haskell, However, IS Keep
Ing Own Counsel as to to Sub
jects to Be Embraced IN Call

Responding to an inquiry made BY
Governor Haskell, sixiy-nine members
OF the two houses Of the Legislature
have answered as to their views OF
q special session, but nine OF them
moi favoring the call. 1t has been
known that the work Of the codlfying
commission will soon arrive at q
stage where nothing further can be
accomplished without the granting OF
legislative authority, and for that
reason the general opinion that ses-
sion would be called has prevailed.
Governor Haskell addressed his in.
quiry to members of the legislative
body to determine what the majority
OF the members would desire.
Wild stories as to what Will bt
specified in the call for the special
session have been given circulation
but none OF them emanates from
higher authority than an active imag'
nation, save those which have come
nom members of the Legislature. Al
an informal caucus held in this city
by prominent members OF the two
houses, 1t was agreed that the spe'
cial session should take up such ac
ton as will complete the codification
Of the Oklahoma laws
Ask congress to grant the Chilloce
indian reservation TO the state fo
The purpose of using the building as
an asylum to take the place of the
one at Ft. Supply, which is Off tht
railway lines and has suffered heavy
damages by reason of inadequate fire
protection
Three minor amendments to
strengthen the state guaranty banf
deposit law
Remove the probability of doubt as
to handling of the school land depart
ment affairs
Establish either a salary and fec
system for all county officials, else
straight salary or straight fee sys
lem and dispense with the old terri
torial system of fees Cir It exists)-
Arrange for payment OF taxes AZ
Two different periods, that co-incides
with the modern system of light bul
dens of state
An effort viii also be made by cei
tain Legislators to secure a change
in the school laws Of the state.
Governos Haskell, however, has
never revealed TO anyone his Ideas
save as to the general need Of get
ing the codifying work completed as
early as possible. and upon this ques
tlon all parties are agreed.
The proposed changes in the state
guaranty bank deposit law. so widely
used in partisan dispatches. are real
" trivial and add clauses strengthen
ing the power Of the state TO handle
those affairs.
Representative Smith, of Manchest
er, who contributed to the defeat OF
The bill which was to allow deposits
of the state in guaranteed banks with
Out bond. has had this matter in mind
for year or more and II Is under
s ood lis ideas as to The modiflca
tons will in the main be acceptable
% the majority.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06

After Two days of united effort the
county ana city officers at an early
hour this morning were successful
ia running down one of the worst
gangs of thieves that have operated
in Guthrie for some time. The parties
are.
..Jinks" McGill, owner of a restauf-
ant on South Second street; Charley
French, alias "Brownskin" an alleged
professional crook; Willie Guest. a
well known police court character,
who though young in yeafs, has al
ready served time in the penitenitary
Joe Martin, negro residing on South
Fourth street; John McGrue who re
sided on South Fourth street until re-
Gently was employed on street paving
work.
All five of the negroes under ar
rest are charged by the officers with
81 and larceny on several counts and
with being implicated In stealing the
seventeen sacks of sugar from the j
H. Fairfield storage house Monday
night. taking between SIS and $10t
worth of canned goods and other
provisions from the Williamson-Hal
sell-Frasier wholesale house covering
a period of sevr II months, and the
stealing OF SIS worth of paint from
the Arkansas Lumber company sey
eral days ago.
Most of the stolen plunder was
found at the home of McGill. on West
Continued on Page Five
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
NC CUT" IS STILL THERE
,ity Council Doing Nothing
and Railroad Company
Resting Easy

January /. 1910 has come and gone
md the Rock Island Railroad com
Jany has neither commenced active
construction work TO extend It's line
orth through the city on Vine street
nd build on TO Perry nor begun work
IN filling up the Vine street cut be-
ween oklahoma and Harrison ave
iues and to forfeit It's right.of-way
trough the city from Oklahoma ave
nue north, as provided In the con
ract entered into by the city aud
abroad about year ago
What Is the present council going
TO do about it? The present coun
III erected 8, storm sewer In the
itch and the Rock Island road was
to pay 81, 100 OF the cost Of the same
This has not yet been done.
Citizens restrained themselves from
taking the matter into the courts
and declaring the "cut" a public nuis
nee under promise Of the council
hat something would be done ON the
matter by January 1st.
Just such things as this and dIla
tory action on the yiaduct proposition
ls giving the commission form Of gov
ernment its biggest boost and the
more such men as Councilman Morri
ION and the ring Republicans kick
against the commission plan the
larger majority they are plliDg M
,gainst themselves.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
Kansas City
o GOO oooo 10000 ooo'
MAOE GOOD WITH Commission

The Corporation commission has
dismissed the citations issued against
twelve Oklahoma telephone compa-
nies for violation Of order No 16G
which required the companies TO tile
Valuation reports on their exchanges
By June /, last, the companies having
complied with the order recently
THE defendants We're the Leger and
ehickasha Telephone company OF
.Allus. CAickasaw Telephone comapny
N Ardmore, Quanah Mangum com
pany Of Altus, Marshall Telephone
company Of Marshall Puroel-Lexing
ion company of Lexington, Blackburn
Telephone company Of Blackburn.
C'erman-American Telephone compa.
ny Of Orlando, New State Telephone
company Of Roosevelt. Northwestern
Telephone company Of ShattuclE, Bill
inesRed Rock Telephone company Of
billings
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
CALL FOR A SPECIAL
MEETING OF sHER|FFs
Will Discuss Plan at Guthrie
for the Uniform Collec-
ton OF Fees
special to Daily Leader

Special TO Daily Leader
Chlckasha, Okla, Jan. 6.--The 8
sheriifa Of Oklahoma may bit upon a
plan for the uniform collection OF fees
laat Will aid the legislature. should
Il be called IN special session, Ia ar
Hyng at d just basis respecting tho
Office Of sheriff Sheriff M b Lou
ihcn 81 Grady county has issued a
gal for a special meeting OF the Ok
aroma sherlIfs association, Of which
he IS president, to Be held In Guthrie,
January 10. Every sheriff In the
State Is urged to attend.
The circular letter which Sheriff
I.0nthen has sent out says that ow-
ing to the decision OF the state ex-
aminer and inspector that fees col.
iected by q majority OF the sherlffs
IL the state for enforcement OF the
prohibition law have been illegally
collected and must be returned 10
tAe counties, II has been deemed adj
disable by the officers OF the sher-
ills association to call meeting or
that organization that they may agreo
nron some uniform plan of charging
iEfH ia 0f4'A tHttA tAAI AtlOt4o Va lAAO
sherIffs may be uniform.
Il is claimed by many sneriffs that
when one state examiner audits their
books he holds these fees are Illegal
n charged. while another examiner
may follow who viii hold that the
fees are legal and may be collected.
This has caused much trouble and in
convenience 10 sherffs.
There are several laws In the terri
torial statutes which we're put In
force over the state by the eonstitu.
ti0n. under which sheriff's may col
lect fees and some of them appar-
entity authorize sheriff to draw the
fees In excess of his salary County
attorneys are at variance on the mat
Ter as well as county judges. who
also have to do In large measure
with fees
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
MANY MAs0Ns WILL ATTEA[

Preparations are now almost com
plete for the comind mid-wintes
Scottish Rite reunion TO be held In
tiis city on January is. 10 and 20
when the largest gathering of Masons
that ever attended one of these re-
unions Is expected to attend Special
entertainment programs will be Civ.
en- each evening for the benefit OF
the visiting Masons and their wives
In case the legislature convenes, as
renorted, during that week It Will pos
sible swell the attendance TO l.5Oa
or more already 100 applicants have
enrolled for the degree work and Sec
retary Derr anticipates an enrollmen'
of 125, which will be the largest class
in the history of the consistory.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
ALL EQUAL.
Woman SutfrsgIsts File Petition
Demanding Same Rights
as Mere Men

The Oklahoma Woman Suffragist
association at 10 o'clock this morning
filed with the secretary of state a
petition containing 3S.300 signatures
asking for submission to the voters
al the next general election the prop
osition OF cutting out the word
male" in the Oklahoma consiitu-
ton. The committee filing the petit
fion were Mrs. Biggers OF NARROW,
president OF the association, Miss
DIR. Gay OF Oklahoma City. J Luther
Langston, secretary OF the Oklahoma
Federation Of Labor, and Mrs. n. NJ Z.
Carter ,f Guthrie. The petitions
were filed in proper form in the pres
ence of the governor and number
OF local club women.
District Judge j. 3. A. Robertson
of Chandler. who Is an advocate of
the woman suffrage cause. will arrive
in Guthrie this afternoon 10 look
after the legal phase In connection
win the filing OF the petition and
will represent the suffragists In case
protest is illed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
COTTON GIMNE0 70 JANUARY |

The Oklahoma state board OF agrl.
culture finds that 44G.SGy square bales
and 27iS5 round bales We're ginned
from the Oklahoma crop Of cotton OF
1909 no to and including the close Of
business on December 81 In arriving
at these figures, the board has re.
ceived reports from 279 gins. and has
added to this number the reports OF
322 gins made prior TO this date. and
also The reports Of 1C2 gins which
are marked closed Counting round
an half bales. there have been ginned
to the ,of January. 1910, 460,iel
bales.
The board has revised Us list OF
gins to date. which shows a grand
total Of 7G3 gins reporting during The
entire season. H
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
Q o Q Q o o o . o . Q o . ss . 9
''0L0 BONES" JACKS UP SELF

The Capital is not only behind as
q news purveyor, but is five days old
as reviewer On Monday The
Leader gave the election of Frank
Wolfe as chairman of the county
board. The Capital printed the
news" this morning with this inter
esting "jackup" stab al Itself:
Read The Leader more closely.
You miss many things. Why was not
the election of Frank Wolfe as chair
man of the county board reported?
Ought to see each day special fea-
lures OF board meetings
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
THAT !!
Austere WlckeTsham Says That
CLAWS Is Suffering From
Mega|omanla
tBy Associated Press,

Washington. D. G Jan. 6.-Louis
Il CLAWS, formerly chief Of the field
division OF The general land office
was suffering from megaiomania, and
was not imbued with deep sense Of
patriotic duty In making charges
against Secretary OF Interior Ballln-
ger and others in connection with
coal land claims In ALASKA. according
10 Attorney General Wickersham,
whose report Of SeDieaser II on the
controversy was sent 10 congress to.
day By the President Wiekersham
severely arraigned CLAWS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
GAskILL 70 FILL VACANCY

The board OF regents for the state
normal school last evening elected
NJ. ". Gasklll OF the Enid public
schools as teacher OF athletics In the
Southwestern Normal school at
Weatherford to I'LL vacancy.
The board decided not 10 elect an
assistant teacher in mathematics IN
the Central State Normal school at
edmond to succeed Prof A.. G.
Thatcher. deceased, at the present
time. Scott Glenn Of Shawnee. the
newly appointed member Of the board
was sworn In yesterday afternoon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
VIII Investigate Complaints

The state labor commissioner left
last night for Muskogee where he
will Investigate complaints against
the 0. X Employment bureau at that
place which Is charged with being
Of a wild cat variety. The con-
cern is charged with importing labor
crs into the state through misrepre.
senting conditions and charging large
and excessive fees for securing po-
sitions for applicants.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
governor Issues Requisition.

Upon The request OF County Att0r-
ney T.. II. Rea den OF Oklahoma
county, Governor Haskell this morn
ing issued reGuisition upon Cover
nor Campbell of Texas for the re-
turn to Oklahoma county Of G. w.
Fowler. wanted on rape charge.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06

The Souta Oklahoma company.
which is the Industrial poi1ion OF the
Oklahoma City Morris Packing Plant
company, fi,ed amended articles OF
incorporation with the secretary OF
state today increasing the capital
stock from s5e0.000 to 81 ,000,0
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
ABOUT The SPECIAL SESSION

To-day twentythree telegrams weee
received, all tavorng session, The
majority Of members suggest that
The extra session be held not longer
than two weeks The main subject
10 come before the session Is taxa
ton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
Demand Depot Platform.

Citizens OF Hollister, Tillman coun-
ty, filed a petition with the Corpora.
tion commission today for an order
requiring the Wichita Falls and
Northwestern road TO build depot
platform at that place for the CON
venience OF the travelling public.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
MAY NOT FILL THE VACANCY

1t is stated .that the corporation
commission is contemplating doing
without the office of marshal TO the
court at present and that a successor
to the late c. W. Meek will not be
named for awhile at least. On account
Of the Meek family being left in
poor circumstances the commission
may employ the Oldest daughter, who
had assisted her father In his duties
TO help other employees Of the com
mission do the work Of the marshal.
This will give Mrs. Meek and her six
children some means Of support
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
CALLS V|ADUCT MASS MEETING

Mayor Farquharson late last even
ing issued call for mass meeting
in the city hall auditorium next Mon
day night to confer with Santa Fe Of
fIcials relative to reaching an agree.
ment on the yiaduct proposition
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
Ice Gorge At ST. Louis
(By Associated PreSS.)

N'y 1k'7E'0Vfe'e'7U : ''7''.7
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 6--An ice gorge
which was ten miles below 81. Louis
yesterday. was increased during the
night by floes until II reached the To-
cal harbor today and for The first
time in four. years the river here Is
frozen from bank to bank The tenn
perature Is three above.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-06
Was The Wrong Place

The Leader was In error Tuesday
afternoon in It's statement that the al
legged Joint raided Monday night was
under the Mcdaniel tailor shop. The
placed .asAed was under restaurant
on lbe opposite corner.