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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10
OPPOSES SUGAR
INVESTIGATION
President Sends Message to Congress
Saying Efforts Of Government
Would BE Embarrassed.


Washington May 40 a President
TAFT sent special message to the
house Of representatives Monday to
tell why he considers a congressional
investigation Of the sugar frauds in
the customs service inexpedient It is
because "a congressional inyestiga-
tion at this time would embarrass the
executive department in the continu-
ance and completion Of the inyestiga-
ton of the appraisers and other Of
fcers Of the customs service
The presidents reply was to reso-
luton passed in the house on April Ia,
calling on him to state his reasons for
not wishing a congressional inyestiga-
ton, as he had intimated in his mes
sage at the opening of the session. In
making his answer the president did
not lose an opportunity to tell the
house when congressional investiga-
ton was necessary. The president
said
THE necessity for congressional in
yestigation arises first, when an ex-
ecutive investigation is either not in
good faith or is lacking in vigor, or
when additional legislation is needed
to prevent a recurrence of the frauds
1.-The primary duty with respect to
frauds in the executive service falls
on the executive to direct proper ex-
ecutive investigation, and on the dis
covery of fraud and crime to direct
judicial investigation to recover what
is due to the government and to bring
to justice the guilty persons.
"The report of the secretary Of the
treasury and the attorney general
show beyond question the utmost
vigor and effectiveness in the inyesti-
cation and prosecution up to this
time and the achieving of exceptional
results in the recovery of moneys of
which the government had been de-
frauded, the indictments OF partici-
pants in the frauds and in the reforma-
tion of the customs service with a
view to the prevention Of such frauds
in the future"
With his message the president
sent joint report of the secretary of
the treasury and the attorney general
showing the investigation up to date.
The danger Of granting immunity to
any offenders through congressional
investigation. the president pointed
out, was still very grave. He referred
to the case of Heike. secretary of the
American Sugar Refining company,
who was summoned before the grand
jury investigating the sugar company's
alleged connection with the combina-
ton violating the Sherman antitrust
act and pleaded immunity.
While the supreme court refused to
pass on the question. claiming it did
not properly come before it, the presi-
dent indicates that the point is left
to be raised in the event of convic-
tion of Heike.
If congress were to investigate the
weighers and appraisers Offices, it
would have evidence as is now being
gathered, the president said, and
which will be sent to congress as soon
as the present investigation is at an
end.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10
.MANDAMUsES SECRETARY
TO RECEIVE PETITION


By Associated Press.
Guthrie, Okla. May 10. - The SUI
preme court today handed down an
opinion which. by writ Of mandamus.
instructs the secretary of state to re-
ceiye and file the petition signed by
fifty nine thousand names. submitted
by the Sons of Washington, secret
society, whose object is to restore
licensed saloons and to initiate an
amendment to the state constitution
providing for high license and local
option,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10
STRIKING MINERS ATTEMPT
TO CLOSE ALL THE MINES
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Pittsburg. Kans., May 70, March
ing miners resumed their crusade
against the operation Of mines in this
vicinity today. and some disorder re-
suited Forty seven miners at Gra-
berg attempted to pull the fires in the
mines there. but they were repulsed
and driven away BY the miners seek.
ing to prevent trouble At Curral-
vile. the maFchers succeeded in pull
ing the fires in tht Breezy Hin mines
and the men working at the mines
were driven away The fires under
the boilers OF the coal company's
waterworks we're also drown and the
town is without water The marehefs
then started for mines near Mulberry
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10
ThIrd ArbItrat0r Namsd.


By Associated Press.
Washington, D, G. May i0.--lndge
William Lee Chambers Of this city
today was appointed third arbitrator
OF the controversy between the forty
nine railroads operating in the terrl-
tory west Of Chicago and the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Fremen and En-
ginemen.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10
Requires Special vgIrs.

BY Assoclated Ffcss,
Wellington. Kansa May 10. - The
trial Of June Eapderyoort charged
with numbering his wffe was delayed
today by the exhaustion Of the regular
panel Of Jurors A special venire has
been ordered
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10

The Twentieth Century Club win
meet with Mrs. e. c. oborn at her
home on North Thompson street.
Wednesday afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
ALLEGED TOT BE EVAO-
ING THE: WAGE SCALE
AMERICANS ON STREET PAVING JOB ARE DIS
CHARGED AND PLACES FILLED
BY ITALIANS

Fifteen citizens of Spokane, white
men who speak the English Ian.
guage, have been discharged by the
Hill Paving Co., having the
Brownies addition job, and their
places filled by Italians.
This was the statement made this
morning by one of the men dis
charged to the secretary of Mayor
Pratt. The man charged a deliber.
ate effort to violate the ordinances
of the city in the matter Of paying
the wage scale, but the mayors Sec
rotary said that he could not help
him.
When contractors. want to evade
the city wage scale of So per day for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
oily NEWS
~ IN BRIEF ~

An important meeting Of the
North Hill Improvement club will
be held tonight at the Monroe Park
Presbyterian church, Monroe and
Amber streets.
Mrs. n. s. Smith, SIG Mcclellan,
has gone to Missoula to claim the
body of her son Orville, killed
there in the N. P. yards year ago.
Farmers from Opportunity and
the wives Of some of the truck gar
deners have complained to the
mayor as to the arbitrary conduct
of Marketmaster Hoppe The mayor
is said to have warned Hoppe that
he must treat the people with more
consideration or there will be an
other man on the job. Heppe's
trouble has been an excess of zeal
for the welfare of the city in the
collection of market fees and the
enforcement of market rules. Hoppe
is not a diplomat, but simply tells
what he wants odne in plain, blunt
words. This leads Hoppe into ty-
rannical ways, it is charged, caus-
ing complaint to be filed.
Judge Webster has finally set
aside the $4,000 default Judgment
obtained by Mrs. Effie Spear for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
rs, BARRETTs PRIVATE WATER
SYSTEM GIVES POOR SERVICE

The private water system main
tanned by F. s. Barrett in the north
east part of the city was the subject
of = vigorous kick which citizen of
that locality made to Mayor Pratt
yesterday.
For some weeks the patrons Of
that system have been on q short
allowance of water and at times did
not even have enough water to
drink. In other words. they were
as bad off as some of the consum-
ers on the Spokane city system in
the matter of the supply, but worse
still, they paid $3.50 per month,
while the patron of the Spokane
city system paid but 80 cents under
the minimum flat rate.
The limit of endurance was
reached yesterday when some brush
and outbuildings in the rear of the
Fisher and Westburg homes took
fire, and there was no water with
which to combat the flames. These
places are located east of Nevada
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
THE weldon COURT STORY
STIRRED WOMEN AND POLICE

case until the story came out in
The Press.
From four different people The
Press has learned of alleged high
old times being carried on in the
rooms of the lower floor of the Wei
don Court.
In some of the down town lodg-
ing houses il the police can't find
crime or violation of the law they
create it by sending some of their
infamous stool pigeons" to the
house to lure some unsuspectinng
man or woman into a compromis-
ing position in order that their ar
rest may follow. No stool pigeons
were sent to the Weldon Court or
efforts made to learn the facts.
To representative of The Press
the three young women against
whom the complaint was made last
night made this statement: 1--WE
deny these charges in full and say
that they were actuated by spite
work We are three working girls
and have no company except such
friends as any other girls under
like circumstance might have. We
have man rooming with us in our
rooms, it is true, but he has been
sick, and we have been nursing
him. In order to allay this rumpus
and protect the landlady we have
concluded to get quarters else
where"
Said Mrs. Olmstead, landlady of
the Weldon Court: at is shame
to get out such scandaIous reports
about decent house and hard.
working girls. The police officers
of this town are gentlemen and
know they do show anyone around
this place favors. try to keep my
house above complaint and don't
know why anyone should talk"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
CALLED MRS HUTTON MOTHER OF
EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN WASHINGTON

members, John Gordon, to act on
the executive committee of the suf-
frage league.
One of the women speakers low
ingly applied to Mrs. Hutton the
title of the Mother Of Equal SUI
frage in Washington Mrs. Hutton,
accepting the honor, arose and
thanked the members of organized
labor for the support that they had
given in the movement from the be-
ginning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

laborers they usually hire a lot of
foreign workingmen, most of them
unable to speak the English lam
guage. These men can be bulldozed
into taking whatever their bosses or
subbosse want to give, and with no
protection from the city hall or the
police department to enforce the
scale, the robbing Of the working
men goes unchallenged.
The Hill company has the
Brownies addition and the Cannon
hill paving contracts, amounting in
the aggregate to nearly million
dollars. They are reputed to have
a lead pipe cinch at the city hall,
against which it is useless for labor
ing men or ordinary citizens to
protest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

street and north Of Joseph avenue.
The fire apparatus from the Lidger'
wood station responded to the call
Of distress, as the district is within
the city limits. There was mo water
to fight the fire and the eEance Of
the firemen was Of no avail. How.
ever, by heroic work of the neigh.
bors the homes of the two families.
were saved.
F. s. Barrett has been trying to
sell his water system to the city Of !,
Spokane. His patrons charge that
Barrett, like the A. D. Jones system
in Cannondale, gives the people
poor service in order to force pro-
test that may make the city council
accede to the wishes Of these two
concerns to unload on the city.
Even after yesterdays experience
the people are still opposed to the
city taking over these plants, for
the reason that they are wooden
main systems that have been in use
some years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

The Weldon Court case, reported
in The Press Monday evening, has
been the occasion for much gossip
at the police station and some hard
feelings at the Court during the
past two days.
incidentally, 1t has kept Chief
Sullivan and some of his policemen
busy explaining the why's and
wherefores, all of which explana-
tons usually ended by blaming The
Press.
In the first place the three wom-
an inmates against whom the COM
plant had been made rushed to
the police station to square them
selves with the chief and take the
blame off the policeman on the
beat, Officer Rolf. They talked
with some one at the police station
and were told that a woman resid-
ing on the same floor with them at
the Weldon Court had reported
their conduct by letter
Back to the Weldon Court trooped
the three irate women, determined
to give piece of their mind to the
woman alleged to have sent the
letter. AS no letter had been sent
the woman attacked grew quite in
dignant over the accusation and she
rushed to the police station yester.
day afternoon. She first sought out
Captain Miles, in charge of the
night division, and Miles pleaded
not guilty. She then sought out
Chief Sullivan and he likewise said
that he had not reported the receipt
of any letter. The woman retold
for the information of Miles and
Sullivan what she had alredy told
Officer Rolf and Sergeant Bunker
about the carvings on at the Wei
don Court.
Sullivan professed innocence OF
any knowledge of the case until
he saw it in The Press. He said
further that if any protection" was
being extended to the women at the
Weldon Court it was not by the
orders of the men at the top but
by other officers down the line.
Conditions at the Weldon Court
were first reported to Officer Rolf
the patrolman on the beat, who
says that he turned in the report
at the station. That was Monday
of last week. Nothing was done
Wednesday another woman, not liv
ing at the Weldon Court, reported
the case of the 16-year-old girl be
ing lead to the rooms of the parties
complained about. Then Sergeant
Bunker went out but, of course
found nothing. The next afternoon
the little girl went back again and
nothing further happened in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

All men made campaigns must
take a back seat for the fight for
Votes for Women" being waged by
the Equal Suffrage league of Spo-
kane.
Tuesday Mrs. May Arkwright
Hutton, Mrs. p. p. Stafford and Mrs.
Rose Moore addressed the members
of the Central Labor council and
were given a most cordial and en-
thusiastic welcome. The Central
Labor body has delegated one of it's
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
MUCH PERJURY
IN DIVORCE CASES

(By United Press Leased Wire)
KANSAS CITY, July a.
Declaring that the divorce
courts are the scene of more
perjury than all other courts
combined, Judge Thomas J.
Seehorn of the circuit court,
advocates state divorce
bureau.
"Such a bureau" said See.
horn, "should have supervision
over every divorce case in the
state. A vast majority Of
cases 90 by default. Men or
women wanting divorces can
now bring three character wit.
nesses into court, regardless Of
how disreputabIe they are, and
secure their DEGREES"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
TOWNSHIP CHANGED
FOR TWO MEN

For the accommodation of
two citizens living in the re-
mote corner of Mica township,
a half section of land in Mica
township was cut off and an
nexed to Freeman township.
The matter had been duly ad-
vertised, and there being no OBJ
lection on the part Of citizens,
the change was ordered.
The compliments averred
that to walk to tho township
center of Mica meant a trip of
six miles, part OF it over
mountains. but that to Freeman
it was but two miles, and that
there was where all of their
business was transacted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
ASKS $685. DAMAGES.

Damages totaling 1926 are asked
of the city by Edith Borden, The
Pines, Spokane, for injuries receiv-
ed on the afternoon of July l, while
walking near the corner of Third
and Washington, and said in the
complaint filed with City Clerk
Fleming this morning to be caused
by a loose board which was tilted
by companion who stepped on
the other end of it, the plank strik-
ing the complainant in the chest
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

Natural. at the cabbage.
Then they all got sick
Lee, who works in drug store,
took dose of ipecac to induce
vomiting. 1t was then he found
that he had swallowed three-inch
segment of a snakes skin.
An investigation showed the
snake had been cooked with the
cabbage, and the parts not brought
to light by the ipecac were presum-
ably digested. Lee said:
Il don't feel like | did before. l
can't say am sick now, but l don't
feel quite natural. can't express
myself fully, because I never felt
this way before, but my system
does not seem to be like it was"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

Azalia Pearl Moore, the girl wife
of Dr. Warren S. Moore of Okan-
ogan county, was granted decree
of divorce yesterday by Judge j.
Stanley Webster. Cruel treatment
was alleged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

Arthur II. VerraIl hi, filed COM
plant for divorce against Frances
Verrall, in which he asks that he
be given the custody of the three
minor children and all of the prop
erty
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
24O Mile Outing. So.

On Sunday, July II, a special rate
of 81 will be made for the round
trip to Box Canyon, down the mir
rored Pend Oreille river. l. & w.
N. special elaves o. r. & N. depot
at $40 a. M, returning promptly at
p. m. Connects with steamer lone
at Newport.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

A suffrage meeting will be held
tonight at the Dean Avenue Christ
ian church. Rev. Bruce Brown and
Mrs. M. J. Reynolds will be the
speakers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14
SNAKE IN THE CABBAGE
wEATHERFORD, Tenn, July IA

III. /. Lee likes
G a b b a G e. He
found a fine spec
men of a head of
,abbage in one of
the stores here,
bought 1t. took il
home, and Mrs.
Lee cut it up and
Then the Lees
cooked it.
at the cabbage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

When the city council meets to.
night the members will have the
proposition Of selecting a site for
the new city hall before them.
Many sites have been offered and
will come up for consideration.
Pleading for the release 81 John
P. Gamble of Spokane, under SEN
tence in Walla Walla for his part
in several ,holdups, Flora Bilkiss,
the evangelist, yesterday appeared
before the state pardon board.
Sergeant Frank Bunker got after
the Jap gamblers last night and
with the help of his trusty gun cap.
tured six, who were making merry
in a fruit store two doors from the
poice station, where, 1t is said, high
paying has gone on for several
weeks.
The councils ordinance fixing q
| fine of 500 for any street car run.
ming with flat wheel will not af-
feet the local lines, according to of
| ficials, as a flat wheel is a rarity.
Otavio Antinelli and William Boai
have been identified as the men
who held up G. A. Hannum and l.
H. Trussett Monday night, and
robbed each man of small sum of
money at revolver-point.
Frederick z. Warren, brake
man on the Inand Empire system,
was struck by a passenger train
and killed yesterday afternoon neal
Carder's station.
Roland Hill, aged 10, whose home
is in Austin, Texas, died from ty-
phoid pneumonia yesterday after
| noon, alone and friendless, at the
Sacred Heart hospital.
The board of fire commissioners
Yesterday gave Fireman Thomas
Roth a hearing on charges of in
subordination, and later took the
matter under advisement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

Judge Webster has finally set
aside the $4,000 default Judgment
obtained by Mrs. Effie Spear for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-14

"ThIs 10 what call spIneIsss cartoon, In the
"Why, consider II quite vigorous. Doesn't Il
trust 40 an octopusw
"Yes; but an octopus 10 an Invertebrate."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-04
MURRAY
REFUTES
A STCHY.
n. J Miller today received the fol-
lowing letter from M Fl Murray:
rninhnral,an.n oil. IN b 1nfn

n J. Miller today received the fol-
lowing letter from M Fl Murray:
Tishomingo, Okla, June 9, 1910.
have been informed that the Cruce
supporters are circulating a report in
your county to the effect that | am
opposed to the grandfather clause.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. That provision was contained
in the original constitution written,
and was eliminated because President
Roosevelt threatened to disapprove
that instrument.
1 stand for white mans govern
ment and the elimination of the vic
ious and ignorant negro In Oklahoma
politics. The Daily Oklahoman Of May
%, 1910, under Guthrie date line,
published this deliberate and wilfui
libel with a studied intent to deceive
the democratic voters Of this state
relative to my position upon this sub
iect.
Please correct this falsehood.
Sincerely yours.
WIN. Fl, MURRAY.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-04
First published May 2s. 1900
NOTICE or SALE or REAL ESTATE


In the matter of the guardianship Of
Frank and Emma shelton. minors.
Notice is hereby given in pursu-
ance Of an order of the county court
Of the county Of Carter, state Of Okla
homa. made on the 27th day Of May,
1910. the undersigned, guardian Of the
estate of Frank and Emma shelton,
minors, will sell at private sale to the
highest bidder subject to confirma-
tion by said court on Monday. the 9th
day Of June. 1910, at o'clock a. nj,
at Ardmore, Oklahoma, all the right,
title and interest Of said Frank Shel.
ton and Emma Shelton. minors. in and
to the following described real estate
situate in Grady county, state Of OK
lahoma, to-wit:
The northwest quarter of the north
west quarter Of the southeast quarter
Of Section ten (i0). in township seven
f7) north, range seven ca west. And
the south half Of the southeast quar-
ter of the northeast quarter and The
east half of the northeast quarter Of
the southeast quarter and the south
east quarter Of the southeast quarter
Of section eleven OD, and the north
half Of the northeast quarter Of the
northeast quarter Of section fourteen
GD. in township eight 90 north. of
range seven CD west Of the Indian
meridian; also the south half OF the
southeast quarter of section two (2)
and the north half Of the southeast
quarter OF northeast quarter Of section
eleven G). township eight 90 north,
range seven 90 west of the Indian
meridian. being in all two hundred
and ten (2l0) acres, more or less.
Said real estate will be sold on the
following terms and conditions. TO-
wit: Cash on delivery Of deed
Bids for the purchase thereof must
be in writing and must be filed in the
county court or delivered TO the under
signed at the Office Of Moore & Bass.
ii the city Of Ardmore. state Of Okla.
bona.
Dated 27th day OF May, 1910
JOHN SHELTON,
5-2s-sd Guardian
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-04
Install Drinking Cup
Machines on Trains

Oklahoma City, June 4.-The state
board OF health was notified Friday OF
the installation Of the new drinking
cup machines in all trains and sta
lions Of the Rock Island railroad sys-
TEN in the state. The health officials
are much pleased with the rapidity of
the installation Of the service, as ey.
trything is in readiness only thirty
days after the measure became a law.
Usually several months allowance for
such changes are granted to corpora
tons Of similar size.
We haven't had to bother the road
officials with requests or threats. as
sometimes the negligence Of public
service corporations necessitates.7 said
Or j. c. Mahr, state commissioner Of
health. Promptness has been a strils-
ing feature Of this case"
Public schools throughout the state
viii be given until the opening Of the
fall session to inaugurate similar de.
vices The drinking cup machine sup.
plies paraffne paper cups. ample
enough in capacity to auench the ordi
nary thirst Between the time when
he penny is dropped and the pushing
Of the button. the paper runs through
a small system Of tiny rollers and
comes out perfect ready Cor use.