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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

Newport, X. H. Oct. 2G. Merchants
81 this city, recognized rs the most
iashioablo summer resort In the Unit
ed States. are ready to organize a
squad to guard all outgoing trains.
The merchants are not looking for
conflicts; rather they want money
and some want II so badly that they
win be forced TO Join fellow trades
men by seeking The bankruptcy court
All this has been brought about by the
wealthy cottage owners not TO paying
their bills. A number Of merchants have
failed he ause the men and women of
cannot take the trouble 60
settle a tradesmans account. There
arc some people, Of course, in New
port leave without paying their meat.
grocery or wine bills Some cottages
were supplied all summer without
sending a check to their .tradesmen.
A fish dealer OF years standing has
closed shop temporarily, unable TO tide
over his accounts because he carries
almost $4,000 on his books and his
creditors crowded him. Other shops
are totterlng for money owed them IN
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
K|CKPO0
LAND DEED
EVIDENCE

Senor Calan completed his testi-
mony late yesterday afternoon In the
Klckapoo land fraud cases. The
prosecution introduced J. II. Jacobs,
who testified to trip he made to
Mexico for Garrett one OF the defend.
ants. aud that he secured several
deeds from the indians for him one
deed WIS from a Klckapoo named Pin.
epah.hone for himself, an dhe also
executed deeds for several Of his rel
atiYes, claiming that they had given
him authority to do so. Jacobs also
testified that Kish.ke.ton, the Kicka.
poo interpreter. signed deed for Kan.
ke-ne-piah, a Kickapoo woman.
Frank A. 1hackery, OF the old
Klckapoo agency was also introduced
with the rolls OF the nation and his
testimony was 10 the effect that OF
the Indians purporting to have signed
deeds, one was an imbeclle, one al
most blind, one almost dead of con-
sumption and one dead at the time
The deed was supposed to be made.
Other witnesses will be introduced
as speedily as possible and the prose-
cution hopes to finish It's case this
week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT
Logan County and Perry High
School Teams Will Mix
on Gridifon

The Logan county high school VIII
have sort Of athletic tournament
mex. Friday night and Saturday all
tenoen with the Perry high school
whose girls basketball team viii play
the local team Friday night and the
two football teams will Saturday al
tern0DD
The local basketball team Is strong
this year, containing last years stars,
aud as sullivan aud Hancock, who
played on last years football team.
have already reentered school and
f'fe Doyc IS expected 10 be hack this
week. the local football team viii be
greatly gtreng.hened and viii be IN
Even Setter shape than Il was last
Friday when It defeated Edmond.
Sullivan and Hancock are both stars
and Doye Is one OF the best Logan
count yeyer had There will be but
one admission charged for the two
games.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
New Orleans
La, Oct. 25To-
night and Wed
nesday fair.

a Of the Session Laws of Oklahoma,
l9O7-S,' Is not repugnant to section 81
of tho constitution.
(b) Said act is neither repug.
nant to sections and of article OF
The constitution, nor sections ad 3
% article "a, Of the constitution OF this
state,
(c). Sec. 4. (a) Of article3 of the
constitution, an amendment ad lted at
the election on the first Tuesday in
August, AID 1910, is not invalid for
the reason that 1t was submitted at
the primary election held Throughout
The state at said time and not at
the general election to be held
throughout the state" at said time
and not at the general election to be
held throughout the state for the
election of state officers on the sec
ond Tuesday of said year.
Id. Said sec. (a) of article 8.
supra, is neither repugnant to sec
tionnns ! and of article 3, nor sec
tion s, article |, or any other provis-
ion Of the constitution
2 ta). Said section 4 (a), article 8,
supra, is neither in violatlonn of the
Fourteenth nor the Fifteenth to the
Federal Constitution.
tb). Nor is said provision invalid
on account of the following provision
in section of the enabling act.
"* The constitution shall be
republican in form, and make no dis,
in civil or political rights on
account of race or color, and shall
not be repugnannt to the Constitution
of the United States and the principles
of the Declaration Of Independence.
Passed on Number of Motions.
In addition to the decision on the
grandfather clause, the supreme court
passed ona number of motions and dis
missed the cases of Walker VS.. Rine-
hart and Burnette VS.. Barnum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
.8ACKHAUS VS.. BACkHAus.
For Fourth Time Familiar Title
Appears on Court
Divorce Docket

William Baekhaus has filed suit for
divorce from Emma Backhaus in the
superior court This Is the fourth suit
of Backhaus VS.. Backhaus this year,
the other three being suits instituted
by Mrs. Backhaus, but their domestic
troubles were settled each time out
Of court and the suits dismissed The
parties were married III Kansas In
1856 and have nine children, ranging
In age from TO "A years.
The petition states that the couple
lived happily together until about a
year ago, when the defendant receiy-
ed about $4,000 from her fathers es-
tate, aud as the plaintiff was hard up
he borrowed some OF the money from
her Then the trouble commenced.
The plaintiff states that he has
transferred most OF his property TO
bis, wife 10 get her TO live with him
In peace, but that she is Of violent
temper and continually abuses MN,
threatening to kill him several times
he alleges. He asks that she be com
nelled to deed back to him his prop
erty, which he claims IL OF the value
of about $4,000. and that the six
minor children be given their choice
as to whether they will stay with
their mother or go with their father
Mrs. Backhaus has not yet filed hel
answer, but inasmuch as she has al
ready instituted three suits for di
lvoree against nim ana then dismissed
them by agreement the chances are
that unless the parties arrive al 4
settlement that She viii contest Tho
! case
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
GIRL TERRORIST MAD
Sentenced to Four Years Prison
Term and 20 Years
Banishment

Geneva, Oct. 25-Titiana Leontieff,
the Russian girl terrorist, who in
March, 1907, was sentenced at Thun to
four years Imprisonment, less six
months, and twenty years Punishment
from the Canton of Berne. for shoot
ing M. Muller, Of Paris, in an Inter
laken hotel in mistake for the Russian
minister, NJ nurnoyo, has Just finish
ed her sentence.
Both the Swiss authorities and the
girls father, who lives at Berne, real
lie that Titiana is still dangerous
person, and 1t has been decided, at the
fathers request, that TitiaDa shall be
indefinitely retained at the lunatic
asylum at Munsingen, near Berne,
where she has been for over a year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
COULDN'T PROVE IDENTITY
Negroes Charged With Cutting
Woman Discharged
BY Court

A number OF tho Darklown bellies
were in Justice Sowards court this
morning hearing the preliminary
trial Of Ida House and Charles House.
charged with criminal assault on tho
person Of Annie Fawcett. On October
7 there was a difficulty among the
neighbors and la the fracas. Annie re-
oeiged nasty cut across the breast
but none OF her witnesses were able
10 say who did the cutting, and as
there WAS nothing especially TO show
that either OF tho defendants had ma.
nipulaled the. razor. they were dis
charged.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
B0lO K|DnAPING NEAR llHT0H

Lawton, Okla, Oct Is. Probably the
boldest kidnapping that ever took pla
IN this community was perpetrated gu
Il farm west Of this city when johnnie.
the son Of Sam Wimple. was carried
of by two cotton piekers employed
by Mr. Wimple
The father had started 10 toun and
was just out Of sight when the strang-
ers grabbed the boy. tied him han
and foot and placed him upon horse
and rode away on two other Of Wlmn
pies horses.
The neighbors we're alarmed. and
therefollowed chase which became
so heated that the boy was dropNed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
LOOK; LIKE A FINISH FIGHT
lRy AaaocIatod preaa.l

5edalia No, Oct 25 General Man
ager Sullivan OF he Missouri Pacific
today met committee Of the Sedaia
BoostesS club 10 talk strike He said
tllat under 10 circumatanc would
the company reinstate machnists
loremen In Eowns wheFe they struck
The outlook lsologa a5llglit 10 the fin.
ish. aE .ii 4 l4f
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
DIFFICULTIES IN WAY
LACKING IN PROMISE
immensely Of Great North Woods
and Widely Scattered
Settlements
tBy Associated Press,

ottawa. Ont, Oct 26.~"The out
look for obtaining information OF the
whereabouts OF the America II grow
less encouraging every houd.p sam
Edmund IL. Stratton, representatives
Of the Aero club Of America today.
The immeDsity OF the great north
woods, widely scattered settlements
and absence OF means of quick com,
munIcatlon make the search for Haw.
Icy and Post difficult and lackinS Ia
promise of quick results"
Regarding the baIloo nreported seeh
at Fort Williams last night, Stlct-
ION said.
''If balloon Il was, II must hi.S been
derelict. The America II could not
have been afloat with passengers AZ
late rs yesterday. The escape OF gas
would have destroyed is carrying az
pacity days ago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
8|s CUT N POSTAL DEFICIT

Washington, Oct. 2G.~-The exact re.
duetlon OF the postal defieit urIng
the fiscal year ended June 20 last, was
81 100000. according TO figures made
public by the postoffIce department
today. The deficit Of the previous fis+
cai wear the was at san 900. 40 thes
in one year. The deficit was brought
down $6.I00.00a
Postmaster General! Hitchcock says
the saving was due to business meth
odx In haudling the malla
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
Reward is offered.
tBy Associated Press.i

Reward is offered.
(By Associate. Pressi
ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 2G.A reward
of 5000 has been Offered by com
pany OF fur dealers which has i0.00'l
CORRESPONDENTS In Canada for Iuforma,
ton about the missing are0nau.s. Ac-
c0rdlng to Captain John Berry, oi
81. Louis. who had charge cf the ju-
flation of the America II, the last
words of Hawley before starting IN
his race were.
I'VE are good to stay up 10 or 80
hours and expect to break every re-
cord for distance and cndufance. !
know we are bound for The Canadian
wilderness, but no timber Will stop
JUS. We shall sail as long ae the bal
loon has an ounce OF lifting power and
take our chances on helns found =
Il believe" said Berry, "tual :iaw-
ley and Post are now de-n. and safe.
far In the north Of Canada, They told
me they had enough food capsules 70
sustain them a month.
"Hawley Is daredevil whose one
principle Is to keep up as long as his
balloon will carry him. Everybody
knows Posts inIrepiaity from his
presence OF mind In making an entry
in his log book while failing in bal.
loon In Berlin.
N they had bag nf sand lett they
would stop for no wilderness or for
est never saw balloon so com
pletely and scientifically equipped as
was the America n"
The balloons equipment included
rifles dnammunition. fur lined coats
and boots. a large box OF compressed
food tablets. matches, sslft. knives,
and forks and fishing tackle half a
dozen cold chickens. a case Of crack.
ers. several galloon of water. whlskey
brandy and case OF medicine. A|
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
STATE WARRANT GALL AIss0ED

tSate Treasurer Menefee bags issued
call for state warrants in amounts
aggregatlng $3s0s0De, thAt are tn be
redeemed. The lasitof the series III.
be taken 10 Is numbered 1223s9,
On July "A the state treasurer call.
ed In s350,D00 In warrants; on August
"a. sfs0,0a0, and on September "a.
$fS0000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
AID PART !
Rescue Balloon VIII Join In
Search for Missing
AeTOnauts
fBy Associated press)

st Louis, Mo-. Oct 25--Prepara-
tion TO send balloon with supplies
after Hawley and Post, crew OF the
missing balloon America II, We're hast
ened today Won Paul. who will pilot
the relief balloon on the aerial hunt.
viii leave tonight for Saut Ste Marie
where he will start. With two coun-
tries searching for tho lost ballonnists,
their whereabouts Is still a mystery.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
POLITICAL
WORKERS
HIT HARD

Washington, Oct. 225--W Working poll
tIclans are greatly excited over a
warning against activity in politics
by federal officers and employees is.
sued BY the civil service commission
for the information and guidance OF
government employees in the classl.
fled service.
The order probably the most drastic
that the communication will frighten
voters and keep them in Washington
when their presence is desired at the
polls.
The order, probably the most dras
tic that has been issued, has caused
representatives of the National Lea
que of Republican clubs TO 20 TO Pres
ident Taft for his Interpretation Of
the limits that are to be placed upon
the political activity Of government
employees.
viii Be Allowed To Vote
II has been established at the
White House that although "actIyity
at the polls on election day" is pro-
hibited, no clerk will prejudice his
standing by casting his ballot
Clerks guilty Of political activity are
TO be brought under ban OF the com
mission, service upon political com
mittees Is prohibited. and no govern.
ment employe Is 70 be permitted 10
act as the officer Of political club or
preside as chairman at political
meeting,
They are denied permission to edit
newspapers In the interest Of political
parties.
Can't Join Dry League
Beyond partisan politics the order
continues, and prohibits clerks from
becoming members Of anfi-saIoon lea
gues, and they are not TO sign local op-
ton petitions.
Prominent Republican congressman
have had their attention called to the
wide sweeping provisions Of the or
der, but they have heen unable 10 find
any way TO offset It.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
JUDGE hooks FATHER lEla

l.easenworth. Kas, Oct z5--The
teetr - trAyc Frcs y Hcck. father
OF Oldham G. Hook. Judge Of the
United states circuit court. was an.
nouneed to-day ia a message from New
York Enos + Hook was a pioneer
Of this city,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26
sues On promissory Note

The suit OF ! N Heath va 7 y
conwell has been filed IN the superior
court asking for Judgment on prom
isaory note for $4,000 and an attach
ment OF The defendants property 10 se.
cure the payment Of Il
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

Another Joke from the minstrels.
They certainly cleaned me- said one
OF the participants in the crap game.
~ know they did," replied the man
who won the money but You didn't
need laundering very bad when you
came In
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

a Of the Session Laws Of Oklahoma,
l9O7-S," Is not repugnant to Sc tion 81
of the constitution
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-26

syllabus by the Court.
/. fal An act. entitled. An Act
carrying into effect provisions relating
to the initiative and referendum; pre-
scribing the method Of procedure for
submitting and voting for proposed
amendments 60 the constitution ana
other propositions. and prescribing the
method Of appeal from petitions filed
ar from the ballot title: repeating sec
tions 8, and Is Of article !, chapter
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
Devils Run Papers.

Sioux Fails, :. D., Jan. 27.-South
Dakota devils" and other subordin-
ates of the country print shops, coul-
try weekiies and city daily papers will
have an opportunity during the next
few davs to give expression to their
journalistic genius. A large portion
of TIE editors and publishers of the
state are the guests of Sioux Falls
oday at the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Press Association. and
will remain here tomorrow. Speakers
of wide experience will tell how a
country publisher, with good luck, may
keep a safe distance ahead of the
wolf. Several South Dakota publish
ers who are known to be prosperous,
having money in tae bank, will be cal
led upon to explain.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
BIG FIGHT
IN FRISCO?

Portland, Ore. Jan. 2S.-That the
Jefries-Jolnson fight will probably be
held in san Francisco in view of the
opposition of Governor Spry, of Utah,
and that Joanson's backing down on
~ could call OF the fight was declar-
ed by Jeffries during the last few days
at Boise. Jeffries declared in a speech
that he intended to give Johnson the
worst beating any man ever had. He
said:
i will tear into Johnson from the
tirsI tap of the gong and never let up
on him until he hits the canvas for
tAe CONT. an going to see this thing
through to the finisl," and then add
ed, unless Johnson backs down on
July Fourth | will again demonstrate
the superiority of the white race"
is Governor Spry Hedging?
Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan. 2S.-Is
Governor Spry looking for a soft place
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
ARTESIAN FLOW IN NORTH
END OF COUNTY NO FAKE

Byron O. Beall, artesian well in
spector and Guy Fl. Herbert, county
assessor, returned last night from a
trip to the CANA Valley, sixty miles
north of Roswell and in this county,
where they went to investigate the re-
ported artesian flow. They found that
the report was true and that a good
low is coming from a well on the
place of II. Il. Carver in section "a,
township south, range % East, wihich
is sixty miles due north of Roswell.
The well is a six inch bore and the
flow was found at seventy-fve feet.
The drillers are going down with the
well ahd the hole is now 104 feet deep.
Tae people of that vicinity are great
~ ,enthused over the discovery of a.
tesian water and have raised a thous-
and dollars 10 put down a test wei.
rne test well will go to a depth of
400 feet If necessary, but the drillers
believe that a good flow will be found
At 500 feet. drilling firm from
HCuston. Texas. is on the ground and
will do the work at actual cost.
The discovery of artesian water in
he nortl end of tao valley viii be a
great boon. It viii mean the reclama-
ton of vast areas of land that are
now i'm the se-ni-arid belt. The taking
of claims and an advance in values
will be the first step.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
The Kansas CITY stock Market.

Kansas City. Mo-, JAN 2S.-Cattle
ipts, 1000, including 100 south
rs Market steady. Native steers,
ROC; southern steers, 475@5..
sc; southern cows. 2.75Z4.50; native
COWS and heifers. 2.6O@5.50; stockers
AMI feeders, 3.75M 525; bulls, $500
40: calves, 3.75TfS.00: western steers
loo 2 600: western cows, 3.00m4.75.
Hog receipts, 1000. Market steady.
Bulk of sales, S.00GDS.35; heavy, $50
ffS.40: packers and butchers, S.10@
S.35; light, 7.70IS.25: pigs, 6.7597.-
75.
Sheep receipts. 1000. Market stea-
dy. Muttons, 4.25Gr6.00: lambs, 5000
7.S5; fed western wethers and yearl-
ings. 4.75@ 7.40; fed western ewes. T.
2505.35.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
PRICES STILL
ARE FALLING

New York, Jan. 2S.-The effects OF
the anti-meat campaign are still
strongly reflected in the local markets
today. Prices continue TO drop some
what wholesale and to a greater de
gree retail. 1t is predicted that to
morrow narketers will be able to re
plenish their larders at from ten to
twenty per cent. less than a week a
go.
Results Produced at Boston.
Boston, Jan. 2S.-The agitation a.
gainst high food prices is beginning
to show results in Boston. A general
decline in the price of meats is be
ing shown in the markets. Yesterday
retail prices fell from two to four
cents a pound.
Prices Drop at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Jan. 2S.-Pork today is
selling at two cents pound less than
a week ago. Many of the larger deal
ers report that their meat sales have
fallen off thirty-five per cent. since
the crusade against high prices be-
gan.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
SCENES OF HORROR
IN STRICKEN PARIS

Paris the beautiful has become !
city Of slime, with muddy, sewage lad
en- waters everywhere and the caVine
streets and crumbling buildings add
to the horror of the rising waters.
Hunger has become an actuaIity and
pestilence an imminent danger.
Touching evidence of the conditions
outside Paris came today in an urgen,
appeal for food and clothing. Two
thousand babies rescued at AIfortviIle
and Irvy have been without proper
care for four days.
Paris, France, Jan. 2S.-The boiling
waters of the Seine are still rising at
noon today an inch and a quarter an
hour. An unfortunate shift of the
wind from the north to the south west
was accompanied by renewed heavy
rain and added a thrill of horror to
the stricken city and country.
Throughout the night the conditions
grew steadily worse. The devastation
has now penetrated to the very heart
of Paris, the gorged rivers and sew
ers beneath literally blowing up th'
streets, while the area of the surface
Overf1owed mas been doubled today.
Twelve of the twenty-five bridges
across the Seine have been closed and
the qIays ON either side from one end
of the city 20 the other are either in
undated or roped off as unsafe.
The Esplannade des Invalides todav
is a sheet of water. The turbid food
has crept almost to the Jardin des
Luxembourg on the left bank and has
invaded the Place de la Concorde.
which is closely guarded by soldiers,
and the lower Champs Elysees on the
right bank. the Palais de Glace and
the other resorts ald restaurants are
surrounded. Even the Place de rOpera
at the heart of the city is threatening
to sink into the subway beneath. The
cellars throughout the district from
that point TO the St. Lazare station.
composing the Faubourg Montmartre
and the Rue Berger and the richer
sections in the Rue de Provence, Rue
Drouet and Rue Chateaudone are filled
to the street level with water from
the overlooking subterranean rivers.
Floods IN italy are Recedinq.
Rome, italy, Jan. 2S.-The floods
in Italy are receding.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28

70 fail frcn his former position that
the Jenries-Iohnson figat could not
take place IN Utah. a statement made
asst night was not nearly SO emphat-
&c as those previously made.
Il have issued no final statement
-H the JeTries-Johnson fight" said the
GOVERNOR, 'and will not do so until
next week, for the reason that | will
he busy the rest of the week looking
carefully into the law on the subject,
though see no reason to change from
my original attitude against the fight.
However, | do not want to rash into
this thing blindly.'
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-28
Hat RAISING a Sacrileue.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 2S.-To raise
ones hat to a wonan is blasphemous
sacrilege. according to the aged Rev.
Mr.. Watson Dana, wao declares that
n his seventy-three years of life he
mas never been guilty of sucn an act
Of polteness. Dana alleges that the
Bible teaches us to uncover only on
ntering the temple of God, and that
his courtesy should be sacred to the
Most High Dana claims to be cou-
sin of the late Charles Dana. editor
II the New York Sun, and a relative
II Arcnibold, the standard Oil mag
nate.