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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-31

1910 at . o'clock in the forenoon OF
said day, at the County Court room,
in the City OF Ardmore In said Coun.
ty. has been duly appointed by the
said Court, for the settlement of said
account. at which time and place any
person Interested in said estate may
appear and show cause, II any they
have, why said account should not be
approved and distribution made as
prayed for.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand affixed the seal OF
said Court. this the 23rd day OF
March. A. D.. 1910.
(SEAL)
!. X. MASON.
County Judge.
Pottern & Walker,
Attorneys for Administrator.
27.3-1O.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
STRIKERS AT pennsylvania
MINES ATTACK STATE
SoLOiGRY IN DARK.
POLICE KILL ONE MAN
Building Is Fired and as M,litiamen
Rush Into Glare They Arc Showered
With Bullets From Dark hillside
One OF Guards Is Wounded IN
Charge and One Miner Killed.

,;rccnsbirg. Pa, July aO.--Follpv
ing defeat IN an alleged plot To- draw
u score of officers into a death trap
early today. II was reported that
striking miners near Export were mob
ilizing an army OF nearly 1000 to
avcngc the loss OF ono man and the
injury OF many more In n battle with
tho deputies and 80 alleged strikers
today. While II was still dark early
this morning fire was set to vacant
building near the mines with the pur-
pose. II Is charged. Of drawing Off
GERS within range OF its glare.
Meanwhile. 80 armed miners sta .
toned themselves ON n hill In the
shadow zoo feet away. Three state
policemen and IL deputies came hur-
rying to the blaze to find themselves
the objects OF Il hail of bullets from
the darkcned hilltop.
State officer George Davis fell with
wound In the leg. The other Off
GERS charged the hill despite a rain
ing fire and their faster guns drove
the miners to retreat. II was not until
daylight. two hours later. that the
officers found the body of miner
on the hilltop His head was almost
severed from the body by "a shot. The
victim was Sam Yucoback He was
crippled several years ago by his work
In the mines. A bullet shattered a
bone In Davis leg and amputation
will be necessary
A report reached Sheriff Shields to-
night that "A body of miners number
ing 1000 was marching upon this To-
cality. Shields promptly placed In the
Jail corridor so repeating rifles for use
to prevent delivery OF the so miners
placed within the jail within the past
few days.
The strike of $1,000 miners In the
Irwin fields has been orO since last
March and has frequently broken out
into rioting.
Yesterday - persons. among them
two women. were arrested on charge
OF melting To riot. Thursday night d
striker was shot and killed In an EN-
counter with the state authorities
Warrants for the arrest OF 3s coal min
, ers Of this section are In the hands
Of the sheriff and will be served to-
day. The borough of IIufftown has
appointed 20 prominent men to serve
ns deputy constables. At Irwin tho
members Of the l9i0-i9il football team
Of the University or Pittsburg are
acting as mine guards.
Troop u of tho state constabulars
arrived tonight In reply 10 Sheriff
Shields call FOR aid. At midnight there
had been no further outbreak among
the miners.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
GOVERNOR IS ASKED
TO PROSECUTE
MERCHANTS
ATTORNEYS FOR MEN INJURED
IN BOULDER EXPLOSION
WISH CASE TRIED.

Butte, July 50.-tSpcciaD Governor
Norris was asked tonight Ia direct
the prosecution of II. l.. Graves. man
ager Of the Graves Mercantile com
pany Of Boulder. by the law nrr
of Breen a. IIogcVoll. acting for Al
bert Taylor ard william Robinson.
brlcklayers, who were injured In an
explosion of dynamite in the ware.
house of the company on June 80.
In which four persons were killed
Graves. together with n. II. Iloltli
and A. n, Hotter. prominent mer
chants of Helena and directors in the
Graves Mercantile company, are ac-
cused of violating the state law en-
acted IL years ago prohibiting the
storing OF dynamite within the city
limits. They are said To have stored
100 pounds. which Is claimed to have
been the amount exploded. The PEN
atty provided in the statute Is five
years In the penitentiary and fine
OF $4,000. but I'm event that death
result from an explosion the penalty
Is increased 10 ten years in prison.
The powder In question was ex-
ploded by the firing OF rifle bull
let into the Graves warehouse by
one of the victims who met death. The
attorneys claim that the Boulder
county authorities are Indifferent 10
the prosecution Of those to blame by
reason of the fact that money settle
ment has been had with those in
Jured In the explosion.
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came to Father Point to see Inspector
Dew. He has no intention of ntcrfer-
ing with the action of the Canadian
authorities. but considers II his duty
To be on hand. in case Crippen con-
sders that his rights az an American
citizen are being infringed. and to
advise him concerning his privileges.
Fog and thundcrstorms tonight in
terruptcd wireless communication be-
tween the Montrosc and the local sta.
tion.
Inspector Dew In private chat to-
day described the discovery OF the
body believed to have been Belle Ell
mores. In Crippon's London home.
II saw nothing amiss when l first
went through the house" he said. ''and
although searched each room care
fully twice with the same result. | was
unsatisfied. I thought that u would
be good to - back and test the walls
with an iron bar So I went back the
nothing amlss. The cellar walls all
seemed sound. but striking about with
the iron bar struck a loose brick
and out II fell. Immediately terrible
stencil met my nostrils. Instantly
began to tear away the loose bricks
and underneath ] found a mass of hu-
man flesh. eaten away with lime. Not
bone was found and ! believe the
murderer, with his medical skin. sep
arated them from the flesh and threw
them into a canal not far from tho
house"
A rumor reached here tonight from
Montreal that crlppen had committed
suicide on board the Montrose. This
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
FORTY MILLIONS CONTRIBUTED
TO NATIONS FUNDS sv
SALOON MEN.
THIS FROM LARGE CITIES
Communities OF Thirty Thousand or
More Are Only Ones Included in Re.
port-Totai Receipts Of Drinking
Places Estimated al Billion and Halt
New York Seven Millions.

Washington. July 3O.---Ov.r $40.
0O0.o0 in the large cities OF the
United States TO pay license fees aud
then some more. The extent to which
the drinking men help to pay the cx-
penses of government hi the cities Is
Indicated by a census report covering
the finances of the country for the
year 1908 In the cities having popu
lation of 10000 or more. There were
at that time 1853 OF such cities. but
the complete figures were available
for only I5l OF the them. and these
figures showed that I'm those places
the license In the drinking places paid
an aggregate of s41,950.1sS This was
gain of almost $4,000. .00O from the
preceding year and of about $11.000.-
900 from the year 1905. The increase
was due to the large fees exacted by
most OF the large cities. OF the drink
ing places sanctioned by law there
are no fewer than 67,l3i. and that is
decrease within three years of about
1000. The falling off was due largely
TO the fact that number of cities
went "dry" or the 1853 places. "a
had become mo license" cities when
the canvass was made. The change
was most marked In the south Atlantic
states and least In the Rocky noun
tain region.
The states claiming the largest num-
Der Of saloons to the population were
Texas. Wisconsin and New York, while
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ne
braska claimed the smallest number In
proportion To the people to be sup
piled. Galveston had one licensed bar
to every 1873 of her people: Milwau-
kee, one to every ifi. and Hoboken
one to every i75. In Philadelphia the
freest of large cities there was one
drinking place to only every 15S people
Lincoln, Neb., had one to every 2.O3s
The report shows many other In
terestlng facts concerning municipal
finances, including the total receipts
of the 1853 cities In question. which
for 1908 were si,2sS,635.49s. This fig
ure was made up from tax receipts
borrowed money and refunds. OF tho
total amount s500.905.4l4 was bor-
rowed Liquor licenses and taxes
formed more than l3 per cent OF the
general revenues in the cities of Ohio
| and more than 10 per cent In the
cities of California Now York city
received s7.297. 800; Chicago. s7,252.6s7
and Philadelphia, si,9G9.459 from this
source.
The only other cities deriving NOR,
than $1.OOO.O0 from liquor licenses
were st. Louis. Boston. Cleveland, Saf
| Francisco and Cincinnati.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
TERRIBLE DISEASE:
SWEEPS OVER
NATION
IOWA AND MASSACHUSETTS RE.
PORT gPIDEMICs-lNvEsTl.
CATION PLANNED.

Washington. July 50.--Owing To the
prevalence of infantilc paralysis In
this city aud cswherc throughout the
country II government investigation IL
10 be made into the cause of the dis
case. This was decided on today after
a conference between Surgeon General
Wyman. OF the public health and ma
riDe hospital service. and Dri John f..
Anderson. director of the hyglcnic
laboratory Of that service The inves-
tigation will he started as soon as
DR. w. II. Frost. member Of Dr.
Andersons staff. returns from Mason
city. Iowa. where he is studying the
disease.
The nature Of the germ which causes
the disease Is. according To DR. An
derson, n practical mystery 10 medical
science. "Thc appalling list Of deaths
Of infants" said Dr. Anderson. 'is not
the most distressing Sfeature of the
disease, as thousands of children are
permanently crippled or deformed, the
disease not being necessarily fatal II
seldom attacks child older than four
years. but adults occasionally have
been victims. In my opinion the dis
ease IL both infectious and contagious;
certainly infectious, as has been proved
by experiments. The disease begins
to assert itself early In June, reaches
its height in July and August and
passes away In September"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31

Father Point, Quebec. July 3o.-Bar-
ring unforeseen delay. II Will be known
by noon tomorrow whether Dr. Hsw-
ley Harvey Crippcd ana his stenogra-
phcr. Ethel Clare Leneve, are aboard
the steamship Montrosc. Tonight the
vessel Is forcing her way through a
storm up the St.Lawrencc river. near
ing this point. where Inspector Dew of
Scotland Yard and where Canadian
officials wait impatiently to Chamber
aboard and arrest the mar whom they
believe to be the American dentist. a
fugitive from justice. charged with the
woman. thought To have been his ac-
tress wife. Belle Elmore.
Early this afternoon Captain Kendall
sent wireless word that he expected to
be here by o'clock Sunday morning.
but later a storm came down the river
and II seemed unlikely that the
steamer would make as good time as
her commander expected. II the po-
lice carry out their program. they will
land the pair at Quebec before 3 o'clock
Sunday night. If there ~ no hitch In
arrangements and identification. the
prisoners will be kept In jail In Quebec
until Monday morning. when they will
be arraigned before Judge Panet An
gers, n Quebec police magistrate. I'm
less crippen shows unusual resource
fulncss. the Canadian police expect to
place him in the hands of Inspector
Dew on the same day To he taken to
England on the next steamship. sail
ing from Quebec on Thursday.
Frederick NJ. Ryder the American
consul at Rimouski. near here, today
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
RACE RIOTS IN SOUTHERN
TEXAS RESULT IN ALMOST A
SCORE OF DEATHS.
SOLDIERS O|SPERSE MOB
Prompt Arrival Of State Troops Pre-.
vents Trouble - Fighting Starts
Over Settlement OF Debt and White,
and Blacks =, Once Arm Them.
selves and Begin Battle.

Palestine. Texas. July :0.-At least
1s negroes were killed In racial clash
in the extreme eastern sections OF An
dcrson county hast night and today
the elimination of an cpmity between
the races brewing for several weeks.
Less conservative reports place the
total fatalities at between 20 and f0
II was also reported that several white
men were either killed or wounded. but
all rumors as To casualties among the
whites have met an authoritative de-
NAL.
Troops reached Palestine early tonight
and established quarters at the county
prison. where. II is planned, they will
remain until tomorrow. unless furthc.
rioting noccssitatcs "A night march to
the scene OF the disturbance. about 20
miles distant. II II reported. however,
that at nightfal the bclligcrcnts be-
gan To disperse and further bloodshed
will In all probability be ayertcd
Troops Called Out.
The first adviccs of the disturbances
reached Palestine this morning. Offl-
GERS were sent to the scene. local am
munition stores ordered To suspend
sale and the saloons to close II was
quickly apparent. however. that the
situation was beyond the control OF
the local officers and troops were
asked for. a company OF militia. un-
der commander Captain Godfrey Fow.
Ter, former United States army officer,
and more recently engaged In Nicara :
qua In the cause OF the insurgents.
dispatched from Marshall, Texas, ar
rived tonight.
The rioting began late yesterday
near the village of Slocum. Several
reasons are assigned as the cause for
the racial feeling; first. the refusal
of "A negro to pay an obligation fog
which a white farmer stood sponsor,
This was some days ago. Later. Il
white man received notice that he
should perform road work under the
supervision of n negro. The white man
refused. Later came reports OF secret
meetings among the negroes and an
alleged confession of a negro that
the murder Of the man In question
James Spurgcr and his family, was
planned. The situation reached a eli
max. however. yesterday. when Il ne
gro WAS discovered advancing on Spur
ger from the rear armed with shot
gun. He was trailed for some dis
tancc and shot by n posse when he
refused to surrender
with the shooting Of the negro
those of both races armed themselves
and rlOtlng begun.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
STRIKERS SUBDUEO
BY MILITARY GUARD

Columbus, Ohio, July 30.-colunbus
was a comparatively quiet city tonight,
although the police and militia squads
made number of arrests. The city
is completely patrolled by soldiers. The
patrols will be re-established tomorrow
with the members of the Fourth and
arrived during the night from Mari
eta. where II has been encamped.
General Charles Dick of Akron. who
Is United States senator from Ohio
and division commander of the Ohio
national ouard. was ordered late today
by Governor Harmon to report for
duty and assume command OF the
troops now here on strike duty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
HlGHWAYMAN KILLED
BY INTENDED VICTIM

New York. July 30,-Frank Valie, a
young Italian, thought highwaynan's 's
life would be more profitable than
laborei's job. Vale hid himself In
the bushes on road near Mammaro-
neck. y. y. today, and when Valen-
tine Albania, cashier of the company
by which Vale had been employed,
came along, carrying $4,000, Vale
sprang into the road and ordered the
cashier to throw up his hands, Al
banna whipped out a revolver and
fired three shots at Vale, killing him
Instantly,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
.SAENCERFEST HONORS
GO TO SMOKY CITY

Montana State Sacngerfest next year
will he held in Butte. Bozeman was
also candidate, but the west siders
proved too strong.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President. John l..
Strobel of Butte; vice president. JOS
eph Felsheimer of Bozeman; secretary,
A. Lenz Of Butte; librarian, Theodore
Stumpf of Missoula; director of state
saengerbund, Anthony II Arks OF
Butte,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
AGED PIONEER INJURED.

Wallace, July 30.--( (Special)- - Suffer
ing from inflammatory rheumatism
which had affected his ankles. John
Hieber, an aged pioneer of the dis
trict. fell while trying to walk across
the floor Of his cabin on Placer creek,
and injured his back so badly that he
was unable TO arise from the floor
He lay there for 20 hours before
passersby found him. He has been
brought to a hospital here.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Crippen's Actions.

London, July 3t.--A Sunday paper
publishes a long wireless dispatch
from Captain Kendall of the steamer
Montrose. amplifying previous dis
patches regarding the way Robinson
or the supposed DIR. Crippen. Is put
ting In his time on board the steamer.
Among the books In which the sus
pectcd passenger has been most in
terested are "rickwick Papers" "A
Name to Conjure with" and -Four Just
Men" the last named being the story
OF murder In London.
Captain Kendall says he collected
all the English papers on the steamer
to prevent the alleged Crippen from
seeing them. Once he told the man
see II he had false teeth. The ruse
was successful. The next morning
the suspect told him that the song.
I'VE All Walked Into Shop" had
been drumming In his head all night
Sitting on the deck looking at the
upon the wireless invention. Captain
kendall's message says the alleged
Crippen's companion appeared as II
hypnotized by him. The man was
restless on the sighting of Belle Isle
and asked where the steamer stopped
for a pilot and how far II was to
Quebec. adding that he would be glad
to arrive because he was anxious to
reach Detroit
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
TEMPERANCE LECTURER DEAD.

Rockford. H.. July 3O.-Miss Addic
Northan Fields of Warren. widely
known as temperance lecturer. died
on an Illinois Central train tils after
noon while en- route from Chicago l.
her home.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
QUARANTINE LIFTED
ON MONTANA CATTLE

Washington. July 30.-Orders have
been issued by the acting secretary OF
agriculture releasing from quarantine
on account of mango or scabies, cattle
In Dawson connty, Montana, and the
counties Of Hayes. Hitchcock. Chase
and Dundy. Nebraska. and from quar-
antine. on account of the lip and leg
liberation. Of sheep N portions OF Park,
F'repont, Albany end Laramie counties,
Wyoming The releases are effective
August l.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
REBELS ARE ACTIVE.

Washington. July 30 Renewed ac-
tiyity on the part of the reyolutionlsts
In southwestern Nicaragua was report
ed. to the state department today by
United States Consul Olivares at Man
aqua.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Warnings issued.

Springfield, Mass, July 3O.--Because
OF the epidemic of anterior poiomye-
litis, form of nfantile paralysis, the
board Of health has issued danger
warnings and has formulated set Of
regulations providing for the isolation
of sufferers from the disease. Sew
enty-nine cases have been reported
here and about one-flfth of these have
been fatal. The recommendation IL
made that parents keep their children
at home and not allow them TO attend
public meetings, sunday schools. etc.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
UNIONS ANSWERED
BY PRISON
BOARD
STATE OFFICIALS DECLARE
THAT THEY WILL STAND BY
CONVICT LABOR PLAN.

Helena. July 30 1Spccial) Tie
state prison board tpday suomitted To-
the committee representing the labor
unions. which called on the board d
few days ago. iis written report To
the protests filed against tho use of
prison labor. After rccountlDg the ar
gumcnts advanced by the labor men,
the board outlines its policy as fol-
lows:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Two Nearoes lynchcd.

Montgomery. Ala. July 30.-A spe-
cial from Bonlfacc. Fla. says: After
having confessed to the murder of
Bessie Morrison, a ls-year -old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Morrison. near Dady.
In the northwestern part of Holmes
county. two negroes were taken from
the officers and lynched by mob
today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
The Reply.

After consultation and thorough
consideration. you are Informed that
as long as the conditions remain as at
present and In view of the manda-
tory provisions of the law recurring
that convicts be sentenced to hard
labor; considering the advisability of
protecting the health and, as far as
may be. encompassing the reformation
OF prisoners, snd because of the in
adequacy of the state prison to ac-
commodatc the persons now sentenced
thereto. 1t is the purpose and plan
of the board to work, the prisoners:
I'm building permanent tonnage
highways, wherever satisfactory facll-
tiles are furnished for the purpose
without expense to the state.
I'm raising such vegetables as can
be profitabiy, grown for their sub
sistence.
I'm making materials for and In
the construction OF buildings for prison
purposes.
I'm the construction and operation
of plant or plants ON the prison
grounds for manufacturing binding
twine and possibly wool and grain
sacks.
And IN the performance of such
labor at the prison as may be neces
sary for prison purposes
1T Is not the plan of the board T.
use the conyicts for building or re.
pairing the streets OF incorpora TED
cities or towns or for any purpose
other than above outlined"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Figh ting Continues.

Throughout the night the meeting
of parties. of the two races was the
signal for resort to arms. fatal
ties attending many Of the encount-
crs. Finally the negroes were driven
I to cover of heavy tlmbcred section
and the crowd OF whites, about 100 In
number, formed into posses. and fol-
lowing scatterings over wide area.
As the small bands met they clashed,
and, according to those returning to
Palestine tonight. In each Instance the
negroes were forced to give ground.
A small portion Of the pursuing party
IL still in the woods but the majority
have returned to their homes, and
the outbreak Is believed to be at an
end
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Saloons Ordered Closed. /.

Palestine. Texas. July 30.-Distrlct
Judge Gardner ordered all saloons In
this city closed today because OF the
race riot at Slocum. which Is small
town near here.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
Militia Ordered Out.

Marshall. Texas. July 30.--Adjutant
General Newton has ordered the MILL
tia company at this place to proceed
to Palestine and Siocum by the first
train.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31

caused considerable uncaslncss, al
though IL came absolutely without
foundation.
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Besides the troops. four companies
of the state rangers reached Palestine
late today and 1t is planned to have
the militia and the rangers work in
conjunction with the county officials
in arresting those responsible for the
uprising. The detachments OF rang
ers went to Slocum tonight. In the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
GOOD CROPS

insure a busy season. Ad-
vcrtisc your business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-07-31
THE WEATHER

Today.-Gcnerally fair.
Tomorrow. Fair.