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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
MILLIONS
At STAKE
IN FIGHT
LEGAL BATTLEINVOLVES
WICHITA ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY
TWIN BROTHERS OWN ALL
STOCK IN CORPORATION
Charter Most Valuable in
United States, Alone
Worth Millions
Special to the Daily Leader.

special 10 the Daily Leader
Sulphur Okla, March pa dele
CATION Of lawyers and citizens Of
Pauls Valley, accompanied by A. T.
Percy Dynamite Ed Of Coalgate, aie
having hearing before District Judge
r. Mcmillan in the case w. II. O'Bcne
VS. The Washita Electric Power com
panN e. O'Beine and several other
parties received as defendants In a
suit recently filed in Pauls valley
It appears that The Washta I1lec
tries Power company was organized
under the old indian Territory laws
before statehood and under an act ol
congress which confers extensive pow
ers on the company in the develop
mcnt Of electric power and It's appli
cation.
Twin Brothers own Stock
Two brothers, twins, hailing from
Hlgin. Ill.,, N. Fl. and r. ]. O'Beine, il
appears, are the owners of all the
stock of the company the former
claiming 40 per cent and the latter
60 per cent Of the shares. N. II
" lJtlilt uttC DAu titAlNf AHAl FG VI LIZ
work, selecting and condemning sites
purchasing lands, and in building The
immense plant at Pauls Valley i. J
0'Beine. ii is alleged, vas under con
tract TO finance this undertaking. But
lust as the first Of the many big pow
err plants the company proposed tc
build across the Washita was nearing
completion, the capitalist brother o.
Elgin appeared upon the scene ant
demanded of the engineering brothel
practically all Of the stock, and is at
tempting to dispose OF the same. Al
Injunction to restrain such action is
being asked. Another electric pow
er company. represented by "Dyna
naite' ed, claims TO have bought al
interest in the concern, and filed sui
against e. !. O'Beine, the capitalist
brother of Elgin. for specific per
Torrance of his agreement to sell.
Continued on Page 81
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WILL PLAY IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Having walloped one Oklahoma
City aggregation to standstill. the
Guthrie ball team Is going TO invade
tha, own fer more and bigger game.
On Thursday and Friday The team
IS to play he Oklahoma City team
of the Texas league. Faulkner and
Edlick viii p.obably pitch for Guth-
rie
The games arranged for with an
Oklahoma City athletic team today
and tomorrow have been cancelled
Clifton. the Alva catcher, arrived
ieday. He was q popular member Of
the team las year
fsegular WORKOUTS ala led :, The
ball park twice a day
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
MAYOR HELD RESPONSIBLE
(By Associated Press.)

Cairo, ILL.,, March 70 Blame for
the attack on the Alexander county
jail, February ~ during which one
man was killed and several injured
IN an unsuccessful attempt 70 lynch
two negroes, was parnaly laid At the
doors Of Mayor Parsons and the po-
lice department. in the lnal report Of
,hc special grand jury
The jury held the attack could
have been ayerted IL The city author
i'ics had attended to their sworn du-
ties on made any reasonable effort TO
aid Sheriff Nellls The latter was
also criticised for not asking for aid
soGnor than he did The local mi-
litia WAS condemned Tor POT reporting
tor duty when called upon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
I'd IN NAME LIQUOR DISPENSER

Rev William Murdoch Of pawnee,
y member Of the constitutional con
vention, will be named by Governor
Haskell TO succeed samuel w, Stone
Of nurant, who has resigned as super
ntendeni Of the state liquor dispen-
sary, effective April I II the measure
enacted by the recent legislature t.
approved by the governor The dispeu-
sary hereafter viii handle nothing but
alcohol for druggists use only
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
ASK WITHDRAWAL Or PAROLE

Nearly q hundred memhers Of the
Anti-Horso Thief association this ar.
ternon called on Governor Haskell to
ask that he withdraw his parole of
Robert Bonnell, convicted Of stealing
4 mule Judge J G. Strang, spUkes-
man, said that Judge Huston had
been deceived as TO Bonnells charact
ter and that full information had not
been laid before the governor who
acted on statements altogether favor
able TO Bonnell
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SCRATCH CAUSES HIS DEATH
Special 10 Daily leader.

Special 10 Daily Leader.
Watonga, Okla, March 29-J. Mer'
ida Martz, one OF The pioneer editors
Of Oklahoma, died here from blood
poisoning. caused by a small scratch
on his hand Martz established the
Hustler, the first paper at Geary fol.
lowing The opening Of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoc country 10 settlement
In 1892, and has since been Connected
with several newspapers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
VETOEs POOL HALL BILL

Governor Haskell tlis afternoon
vetoed the house bill bS Earl giving
cities and towns the right to exclude
pool halls from within one mile OF
any school. He gives MS reason that
in Alva, saltwater, Norman and 9th
er towns designed to be reached the
mile prohibition would not remove
the pool halls from the range Of ST.
dents: that the halls could be esah
Iished Just over the mile liue and
away from the restrictions Of the mu
nicipalty, thus defeating the very
purpose Of the bill.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
TO EXPLAIN Commission FORM

There VIII be q mass meeting at tn,
city ball Friday night al 1880 ,, NJ.
to discuss commission government
Judge Burtord r. -, Lille, ana all
the candidates on the free holders
ticket viii address the meeting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29

State superintendent n. ID Cam
eron made second address at Law
ton today In connection with the cel-
chration Of Arbor and Bird day. He
wlll re urn the city tomorrow.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29

shate Bank Of pittsburg Licensed.
Bank Commissioner Young has IS
med a license to rhe state Bank OF
PiHsburg, plttsburg county Witch
as capital ar $4,000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29

Inspection of the Fort Smith &
Western railway Is being made BY the
eagineers force y Is expected the
trip TO Fort Smith viii be completed
today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
THE WEATHER
nv Asstd prsas

(By Asstd Press }
New Orleans.
La. March 90.
Tonight unse [.
tied; showers in
east and colder.
frost in west
Wednesday fair,
colder.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
RAIN, SNOW AND WINDS
Storm in Rocky Mountain
Region Almost Mid
Winter Blizzard
(By Associated Presa)

Denver, Colo, March % Heavy
rain and snow and high winds are
prevailing in the entire Rocky noun
tain region Heavy snow Is reported
II Santa Fe, New Mexico The snow
extends to Central Wyoming. Durang
Telluride and other mountain cities OF
Colorado report heavy snow. The
storm ut Denver almost took the pro
portions of midwinter blizzard
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29

Kansas City, Mo-, March 29--IIigh
@lnds that interfcred with the work.
ms Of telegraph and telephone wires
prevailed IN Central aud Western
kansas.
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TopAY's MARKETS

Chicago, Ills, March 29-AIay
wheat closed at $i.t3 3-S; July
at $l.O7 u.s. May corn closed at
63 1-Sc; July at csc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
|, Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. Mo- March ~
; The cattle receipts We're 5000
, closing ten lower Hogs--Re
ceipts, 12,0O0 closing five lower
The high mark today was 5000
} per cwt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-29
Kansas cltY Llvestock

Kansas CITY, Mo- March 29
May wheat closed at $l,0S IL;
July at Sl03 1i. May corn clos
ed at GO 5-Sc, July at 63 5-Se.
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ALTERNATELY KIDS SEE BILL

Washington, d. c., June 1.-TWO
lueerly dressed little figures approach
ed the White House ent ance shortly
before 10 O'Clock Wednesday, Thcy
wore high-topped boots, long trous-
ers black serge coats and broad.
brimmed sombreros, beneath which
peeped sturdy little features tinted
with sun bronze.
rs Bill in?' they inquired Of the
doorkeeper.
bill who?"
why, Bill Taft, OF coul Sc. We've
came ter see him
Sure the presidents in said the
attendant, recovering from his sur
| prise, but you can't see him
yer bet yer life we came see him,
came from the elder of the two.
Yer see, I'm Louis Abernathy an
shis here my i, other ain't you,
remple?" fa
"Uh uh. gflfhied the smaller boy
But hayentfNou. got letter from
| senator, or tcongfessman or some
one?' asked the Sdoorkeeper.
1--WE don't care about senators an
such things. All we come fer is ter
ee Bill. But. we got 9 letter from
EDad--" Louis fished an envelope
! hat had once been white from the
bosom of his outing shlrt---"see il
says here ITO Hon. William Howard
| Taft"
"Thatll be rall right then" said
| the White House cerberus. reaching
for the envelope "You give me the
letter and III give il to Secretary
Carpenter. Then you may be able tc
arrange an audience
| Nav, yer don't said Louis firm.
ly. Wen give it ter him ourselves.
Come on, Temple and the youthful
Oklahomans pushed past the keeper
of the gate and pattered down the
hallway toward the executive office
Maybe Bill's in here, said Louis
indicating a massive oaken dool
which stood before him. The young
sters pushed open the door and look
ed into the view of a beyy of distin.
guished looking men, who sat about
a long table in earnest conversation
We're looking for Bill explained
Louis. Know where he Is.
And who might YOU he, sonny%
drawled one of the men.
Were the Abernathy boys from
Oklahoma, sir
A broad grin ran around the circle.
| "Oh, see and you're looking for
Bill. eh?' said the man who had ask
ed the question. Well we're ex.
pectin Bill here pretty soon"
| They call us the cabinet Bill
talks things over with us
Il guess we'll jus wait here fer
Bill, II yer don't mind said Louis
sinking into an easy chair,
Sure said the distingniseed-look-
Ing man politely. make yourselves at
home.r
Fifteen minutes later, when HBlll''
arrived, he found the members OF
his cabinet grouped about the COW.
boy kids and eagerly listening to
the tale of their adventures on the
road
| After gravely Shaking hands with
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the little travellers "Bill' perused the
letter f.om Marshall Alternately anc
then insisted that the boys repeat the
story of their adventure to him.
1T was marvellous, boys, marvellous
| don't see how you did it, he re-
marked. And, young men," taking
in their slender lines-"there Is an
other thing | can't undei stand about
your feat. ' don't understand how
you got hol ses big enough to carry
you.
Everybody laughed but little TEN
pie
"Oh, it was easy lisped he 81
only weigh forty-slx pounds. How
much do You weigh?'
The president only smiled and ask
ed the little lad where he got the huge
special policeman's badge which was
pinned to his sombrero.
Temple explained that 1t was a gift
from the chief of police of Dayton
o. Each lad wore also Masonic
button in his lapel
you have perfo med feat that
thought impossible for boys of youl
age" said the president as the little
Westerners made their exit.
The youngsters absolutely ignored
the rapid fire of questions put to then
by newspaper men and White Houst
attaches and II was only late this al
ternoon, as they were playing marbles
in their room at the Raleigh that the,
consented to tell about the visit t
BILL
He's good feller, Bill is" sale
Louis. Hes all | thought he'd bt
an think he's great. But of cou Z
you know, we knew Teddy. 'er lo
better and besides he got Dad job
This president seems kind of digni
fled too. Teddy, he used ter get OF
the floor an play with us. But thi'
president didn't do that
He too tat ter sit on the floor.
said Temple, shortly answering thu
implied criticism of Bill Il like
fat mans"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
Believes in Eorelan Missions.

Il have come back to America from
my tour around the world firm be-
lever in foreign Missions declares
former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks. mo one is doing more
to carry the fame and increase the
prestige of our country beyond the
seas than ouf missionaries. They arc
the emissaries of peace. If peace Is
to come to the world, it will not come
through sending armies and battle
fleets around the world, but through
sending missionaries with the Bible
of our fathers in one hand and the
flag OF the republic in the other"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
PENSION FUND OF A
NATION PAID BY ROAD.
Relief Depa. tment of Pennsylv vania
Expends Over $500 a Day to In
capaciated Men and to Families
of Employees Who Died in
Service.
OFrom specialCorrespondent.l

CFrom SpecialCorrespondent.)
Pittsburg, Pa, June 4.TOld employ
es of the Pennsylvania Aa Eead sys;-
tenn and families of efhpfoeG VINO died
in service are today receiving money
benefits which amount up in size TO
the pension fund that small nation
awards its war horses and Their fam
lilies. The wonderful work that is
being done by the relief departments
of the Pennsylvania is echoed in the
official report issued today. 1t shows
that over $500 daily was paid to
men unable to work and Families of
employees who died, the complete fig
ures TO rthe month of April ave aging
that sum each day.
The sum of $2S,292, ,50391 has been
paid out since the organization of the
relief work On the lines east OF
Pittsburg and Erie the payments for
the month of April totaled $142,344.92.
these being made hy.the relief depart
ments
| nbenefits to the families Of mem.
bers who died s49,292S3 were paid,
while 10 membe 8 incapaciated tor
work the benefits amounted to $685.
052.59. The total payments on the
lines east of Pittsburg since the Re-
lief Fund was established in 1856 have
amounted TO S20,6SO, O,599.10.
In April the Relief Fund Of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg
paid out total of $6O,510.50, of which
$2l ,25O.0G were for families of mem
L -.
members unable to work. The sum
of 1851 ,904.Sl represents the tota
payments of the Relief Fund of the
Pennsylvania lines west since 1t was
established in 1889
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
ITINERARY Of VIM. \. MURRAY

Tishomingo, Okla. May 20-The FOL
lowing are the speaking dates of VIM
II. Murray, candidate for governor:
Capon, June 4, 10 a. m.
Alva, June A. 2:30 and p. m.
Waynoka, June 6, 10 a. m.
Woodward, June 6, 8 p. m.
Buffalo, June Z. 2:30 p. m.
Shattuck, June 0. 10 a. m.
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aznsHzn=nszsHsnsnsusnsasusz
IN THE REALM Of RELIGION

ut is quite idle, by force or will,
to seek to empty the angry passions
out Of our life writes Henry Drum
mond. who has not made a thous-
and resolution in this direction
only and with unutterable mortifica-
.tlon to behold them dashed to pieces
with the first temptation. The soul
is to be made sweet not by taking the
acidulous fluids out, but by putting
something ina great love, Gods S
great love This is to work a chemi-
cal change upon them, to renovate
and regenerate them, to dissolve
them in its own rich fragrant sub
stance. If man let this into his life
his cure is complete; if not, it is hope
less"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
No National RELIGION.

No National Religion.
The day of National religion is
past says Rabbi-Hirsch. THE God
of the universe speaks to all man
kind. He is not the God OF Is, ael
alone. Gods revelation Is continuous
not confined to tables of stone or sac
red parchment He speaks today to
those who will hear him."
Worth Remembering.
There is more profit distasteful
truth than in deceitful sweetness
Quarles.
You must believe that there is some
thing deep in nature, or you will find
nothing there.-Phillips Brooks.
Atheism is disease OF the soul be
fore 1t becomes an error CT the under
standing. 81.
This is no mystical affair; II Is the
plainest sense. Whatever happens.
God is somehow revealed. But, being
blind we can not always see the rev.
elation.-E. F. BENSON
You can not run away from a
weakness; you must some time fight
1t out or perish; II that be so, why
not now, and where you stand ?-R.
l.. Stevenson.
| am convinced that there Is moth
ing that will strengthen feeble
constitution and so conduce to health
and long life as to be at peace with
the good God and to seek to bless
ones neighbors.-Jasper Douthit.
That chronic mood Of looking long
ingly at what We have not or thank
fully at what we have, realize two
very diffeut types of character. And
we certainly can encourage the one
or the other.-Lucy c. Smith.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
MAY ABANDON SCHOOL.

Wewoka, Okla, Jilna 81 Warren
Butts and Calvin Ballard OF the Indian
service at Muskogee. visited the Me-
kusukey and Emahka schools this
week and checked out the govern
ment property. II Is almost certain
that unless the Indians make proper
objections Mekusukey will be aban
doned and both schools consolidated
at Emahka.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
Loyalty to, Truth.

"One Of the greatest services which
science has rendered." says DR.. Jo-
slah Strong, p esident of the Ameri-
can Institute of Social Service, has
been to clear the world of an inn
mense amount of rubbish which lay
in the path of progress. The scien-
tific habit of mind is fatal to credul-
ity and superstition; it rests not on
opinions. but facts; 1t is lokal not to
authority, but TO truth
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
New Election Law

We now have on hand for sale the
New Oklahoma Election Law. Price
25c each. Address The Daily Leader,
Guthrie. Okla.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04

Any skin itching is a emper.tester.
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment cures plies.
eczema-any skin itching At all drug
stores.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-04
PUTTING IT OVER
Oak Street Paving All Gravel And
moor og Sand, No Cement

Complaint is made an paving ms
terial on Oak street. Work on thi
street is being desperately pushed
Why? II is said official city watch
'ers" are not in evidence and that the
Hill Paving company is enjoying
sweet immunity-by using one bag Of
cement TO l2 loads OF crushed stone
and three loads of sand. City coun
'cil should look into this at once.
FOR sALE--Good paper cutter, chea'
for cash. Daily Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-12
EXTRA SPECIAL

10 cases of American and Simpson best
prints worth &c, for our great January
clearing sale at, per yard -~----- A 1-2c
The daily sentinel., 1910-04-13
Beslride the Political Hoss

There thing that
aton that being formed
under distinct organizations MS state
The movement that taking that
should
undertake
the
ignored and paythng
politicians The
have had little time to look below the
ing used for the
1t has been of the tail waggng
What
The Denver publications thought
has developed
So press in substance
told to it, and they
is hoped will its
and Mr.. Politician Go 10
Can member either press organ
zatons remember the until
suited to what would
paisn? We hardly think in
Largely heretofore the politicians gathered
the big daily
the newspaper of this state will
compel the
Instead being the
be the
following
tell Mr. Cheap Duck take seat
under the
We congratulate the has
arrived organization.
The daily sentinel., 1910-04-13
"Insurgents" Read Out of Party.

camp
Republican.
official Colorado repu5icansn.
of he forces
going
Republican,
literally,
popuistic than you are republican"
Republican. you
Republican
wool
pathy with would the
have from the Philippines destroy
up. excoria-
on it did give the of the peuming false
1t nd
play traitor TO he party oy Claiming the name and being something
morning has deighe time and again
proclaimed its insurgent sympathy Nh the
This is all
nonsense The only interest the insurgents fighting
business interests of the They
democrats to open the markets of the United States destruc
tive competition from foreign countries, and they
stand there they have right to call themselves
o camp in county?
Where Brother DeIong mixup in party?
insurgents the latter hoping
The the direct
all those democratic
fold assuredy
is the old
good things that democrats
weapons
delighted nslrgents stand nat on
our doctrines here in Mesa county and in the
For instance there Dickson Charley
ans at onose As soon they hear the deodan blast
been yelling valley
they will with hunt
ing the tale timber
did say or believe anything in the 'nsurgen
The daily sentinel., 1910-04-13
HORRIBLE TREATMENT
OF GIRL BY A
SORORITY
Especial to The Sentinel. ]

Bridgeport, Conn, April ia
Macaroni boiled in soft soap was the
delicacy forced down the throat of
| Miss Lorain Clark, a high school girl.
| in a sorority initiation here about
month ago.
AS a result she is today an inmate
of a sanitarium at Brattleboro, Vt,
and her father, Fayette C. Clark,
wealthy manufacturer and ex-member
of the Connecticut legislature, has
written the board of education, de-
manding the extinction of high school
secret societies and the punishment
of those concerned in his daughters s
case
The macaroni and soft soap Incl
dent is admitted by members of the
Alpha Alpha sorority. the society in
question. but other alleged terrors of
the initiation, such as drinks of kero-
sene and various forms of physical
and mental torture, are Indignantly
denied.
The Alpha Alpha sorority has ex-
listed about 20 years in Bridgeport
high school and its graduate members
include some of the most prominent
women In the city. All are taking
violent sides in the present agitation
and local society is greatly excited.
Until learned the story from my
daughters lips" said Mr.. Clark, 81
never believed that civilized girls
could treat one of their own number
in such an outrageous and cruel man
ner. Lorain has been badly poisoned
by the soda and soap in the macaroni
which she was forced to eat. Her
condition is low. but we have reasons
1 - n H..
will recover, although she may feel
the effects the rest of her life | in
tend to push this matter to the limit,
and see that the offenders are pun
ished and secret societies put out of
business"
The daily sentinel., 1910-04-13
STRIKE COSTS 27 LIVES.

Cambridge, Mass, April 13.-With
two blanks cast, 500 members Of the
Harvard law school broke even In
straw vote cast yesterday under the
supervision of the Harvard Political
club on the question;,z,
Resolved, That the record of the
present administration for the past
year would NOT Justify the re-elec-
tion of President Taft"
The vote stood 149 to l49. Divid-
ed by parties it was as follows:
Republicans for Taft, 100; against
SO. Democrats for Taft, 8; against,
%. Socialists, for, l; against, /.
Scattering, for, 10; against, "a.
Mrs. N. b, Engert reports the sale
OF tract of land on Spruce to Shrop-
shire & Cording, consideration 500.
AS announced yesterday the site is
for a cold storage house.
Sentinel want ads brings results.
The daily sentinel., 1910-04-13

The plans for the new Adams build
ing have been completed and work is
already under way on the excavation
for the foundation. At present only
two stories are to be built but the
building is to be built with the view
of being able to add three more stor-
les at later date.