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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-18

uttHDtIS present dl luc uiccllh6 anu
that only three voted for the repeal.
The matter was brought up to straight
en- the records. Mr. Hammerly was
instructed to draft a new or Eaance in
the matter II will be remembered
that the ordinance governs the distri-
button OF circular advertising matter
over the city and bill board adyertls-
ing.
Finances Run Low.
Delay in the matter of the excise
board meeting has caused the city
finances to run low In certain funds
and the question came up at the meet
ing regarding several bills for current
expenses which have not been paid
for lack Of funds. Alderman Coffman
wanted to draw money from the sink
ing fund to pay these accounts.
City Attorney Hammerly explained
how under the new laws that no out
standing bills can be taken up with
money from a borrowed fund. Mayor
Burton says that no warrants can be
issued until the levy is made. Alder
man Spencer expressed himself as be-
ing opposed to the plan OF taking mon
ey from the sinking fund.
Storing Explosives.
It developed during the meeting
that the city has no ordinance govern
ing the storing Of explosives. This dis
covery was made when the complaint
vss heard regarding the storing Of
large quantities OF gasoline in the
basement Of the Early hotel building
which according 70 Alderman Buie en-
dangers many lifes daily.
Paving Damaged by OIL
During the discussion of gasoline
City Engineer Colby brought up the
matter OF enforcing that ordinance
compelling automobile owners to pro-
vide pan attachment on their cars
10 catch the gasoline drIppings. Mr..
Colby says that the pavement over
the city is being damaged to great
extent by the violation of the law,
Chief Of Police Doss was instructed
to inform owners Of automobiles 70
comply with the terms Of this ofMf
nance. fe
Out Of the Query Box
From Mayor Burton's query box and
trouble sheet the question came out
al to what authority a policeman had
to draw s22 each month for keeping
a horse.
Chief Of Police Doss explained the
matter to the satisfaction OF the coun-
clmen. He showed that s22 is being
paid each month for horses used in
The police service when the ordinance
provides that only sl5 shall be paid.
The matter will be readjusted to the
satisfaction OF the councilmen. the in
crease in price growing out of several
circumstances.
Opening Alleys.
As a final question the old subject
OF opening closed alleys came up just
before adjournment and Mayor Burton
instructed the city engineer to see II
a certain property owner on Pennsyl-
vania avenue between 10th and llth
street has Illegally closed an alley.
Several other complaints were heard.
Investigation proceedings will be in
stituted in all instances.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-18

Elmer Foster Of IT. Worth, Texas,
who is the guest Of her brother Elmer
Terrell spent yesterday in of'aho-
ma City on business
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-18

Records were produced at the meet
ing by the city attorney showing that
the repeal Of the advertising ordinance
several months ago was illegal and
the ordinance accordingly was still
IN force. The minutes Of the meeting
AZ which time the repeal vote was
taken shows that there were only five
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
DEAD MEN FROM MINE
Bodies of f5 Victims Recovered From Davis Mine in Virginia
 Eight More Under Ground.

Elk Garden, w. Va, April B. With t5 dead bodies taken out of the Ott mine of the Davis Coal & Coke Company today the rescue parties of miners gave up all hope that any of the twenty-three min- CTS who were entombed yesterday by an. explosion had escaped with their lives.
 The relief workers redoubled their efforts this morning to get into the inner workings, where the remaining eight bodies are supposed to be, but their progress was checked by piles of fallen slate which had been carried from the roof by an explosion. One body was recovered last night. Shortly after dawn today fourteen more bodies were recovered from the mine, although they had been dis covered several hours earlier. To avoid excitement the bodies were not removed until the crowd of hys- terical men and woman who had stood about the pit mouth the great CT part of the night had dispersed to their homes.
 By the time the crowds of wives of missing miners had again assem- bled today the bodies had been transferred to the improvised morgue and made ready for identi- fication and burial.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
SUICIDE PACT IS
 WOMAN'S DEFENSE
Charged With Poisoning Husband a Little Rock Wife Claims They Both Agreed to Drink Pois-
 0ned Beer-Ncrve Failed.

Little Rock, April 25.-Making no effort to deny that Fritz Schneider was killed by poison at his home in Argenta on the night of March 3. or that he claimed in his dying statement that his wife adminis- tered the poison, Attorney F. T. Vaughan yesterday afternoon out lined the stand the defense expects to take in the trial of Mrs. Stella K. Schneider, which was begun in the First division of circuit court yes terday morning. The defense will be fought out on the theory that Schmieder and his wife entered into a suicide compact; that they agreed upon placing poison in a can of beer, but when Mrs. Schmieder found hat the mixture was bitter she refused to drink her share and had her back turned in the act of throwing the beverage away when her husband quaffed the deadly draught.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
GOING AFTER AUTO ROAD
Montgomery Times Warming Up a Plan for Highway Between Mt. Ida and Hot Springs.

The Montgomery Times is taking advantage of the state wide move ment for good roads by pulling for one branch to come to Mt. Ida from Little Rock via Hot Springs. It says:
 For the past two years the Mont gomery Times has advocated a first class macadamized automobile road between Mt. Ida and Hot Springs. Nearly everybody agreed that it would be very desirable, but there were few who could be convinced that it would be possible to build such a road with our limited means. Heretofore we lacked both capital and enthusiasm, but since the cre- ation of the new Eighteenth judi cial district, a first-class highway between these two points has be- come an imperative necessity.
 The Hot Springs papers are mak- ing this proposed road the theme of at least one editorial daily. This has been the means of arousing considerable enthusiasm at the Hot Springs end of the road, and, grad uaIIy, the contagion is spreading along the line. They are talking the new road at Royal, Bear, Crystal, Silver, Dilce and Mt. Ida, and now, while the iron is hot, is the time to begin and complete the Montgom- cry county portion of the road in a single day"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
QUICK CROSS COUNTRY TRIP.

Word reached Mena Tuesday of
 the serious illness of Miss M. l.. Loar, aunt of Mrs. Bennett Jackson, at Hot Springs. Mrs Jackson s mother, Mrs. E. H. Hopkins, leit Tuesday for visit with her son at Mover, Ok, so Mir. and Mrs. Jack son decided to go to Hot Springs; After some figuring it was decided that the quickest way was to go overland to Womble, where they could get train which would land them in Hot Springs about lo o'clock "Wednesday morning
 They hired the Ford car owned by Mrs. Anna Enkhard, which ls l being driven by Jesse Cox, and leit Tuesday at midnight. Tom Pow ell went along as mechanic. They reached Womble at 5 o'clock, nav, ing. spent four hours travelling ana one hour getting out of a mud nole this side of Black Springs. The roads were in pretty bad shape as a result of the recent heavy rams
 The return trip was made m two and one-half hours, which IS the record for the trip of over 40 mics They left Womble at 6 o'clock ana being able to see their way plalner by daylight, reached here at i0..5o'
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
FIGURES ON COST
 OF LEGISLATURE
Expense of the Senate Much Great CT In Proportion Than That of the House--Has More Clerks,
 Janitors and Pages.

Little Rock, April 24.--That the Senate is by far the most extrav- agant of the two houses is the re- markable condition of affairs shown by compilation of statistics for the i02 days, including the Saturday in which the General Assembly had been in session. The aggregate cost of the session for that length of time was si30,927.i5.
 The total cost of the house, with 100 members, was $i6,028.63, or only $38,866.S9 less than the House The average expenditures per mem- Der in the House is $848.94, while the average for the Senate has been Si3f2.t0, a difference of Si6l.f6 in favor of the more popular branch of the Assembly. The contingent expenses of the Senate amounted to Si5,f58.39, while the contingent expenses of the House was only Sf3,5l3.09, a difference in favor of the House of $i,6i5.30. The House had 35 clerks, pages and janitors, paying for their services $i3,669, while the Senate found it necessary to employ the services of four more employees, at a cost to the tax payer of Si5,060. It cost the House S3, ,788.85 to print it's bills, while the Senate has spent S3,i35.5i for the same purpose, including station cry. Stamps cost he House $2,550. while the Senate spent only $892 on this item, but paid cut $2,860 for the purchase of Little Rock news papers to send to their eonstitu- ents.
 It is shown that the daily cost of the Arkansas Legislature to the people has been $f2S3, the most expensive session ever held. Those who are contending for economy in the administrator os of the th!.ee affairs of state point out that here lies one of the greatest drains upon the re- sources of the state, the main- tenance Of an expensive lawmaking body. Two weeks more will great Iy increase this total, and should it be necessary to call an extra ses- sion, which now seems probable, the law-making body will have cost the state this year nearly a quarter Of a million dollars, for which the smallest amount of general legisla- tion in the history of the state can be shown.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
PEACE PROGRESS
 MADE IN MEXICO
Gomez Expected To Visit Diaz With
 Authority From Madero to End Revolution-Madero Wants New Election but No Office.

Mexico City, April 25.-That pr, vasquez Gomez, confidential agent of the Mexican revolutionists, will come to Mexico City from Made- ro's headquarters, clothed with full authority from the revolution ary party to negotiate peace with the Diaz government, was officially declared here today. Dr. Gomez stands highest in the councils of the revolutionary leaders. and the program which includes him in the peace negotiations makes him the agent to carry General Madero's terms to this city. It is believed that Foreign Minister De la Barra and Finance Minister Limantour will represent the Diaz regime.
 President Diaz's cabinet confer red again today upon the situation and a general air of optimism seemed to prevail.
 General Madero's emphatic an nouncement that he would accept no office not given him by the peo- pie at an honest election is viewed here as a big factor to- ward the early establishment oi peace. Earlier reports that he would attempt to succeed Ramon Corral as vice-president had been looked upon fearfully as the rock upon which negotiations were liable to break.
 Semi-ofIicial reports today are to the effect that pr. Gomez will be rendered and will accept an i'm portant post in the reorganized cab met. After the peace terms have been agreed upon and have beer proved to be practicable, il is ex- pected that President Diaz vii make his long projected European tour. in which event Minister Do ia. Barra vii! undoubtedly be named as provisional president.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
COMMITTEE WANTS
 REMMEL REMOVED
Would Replace Republican, on Cap- itol Commission by Secretary of State Hodges--Approve
 Appropriation.

Little Rock, April 25.-The Sen ate Committee met yesterday and agreed to recommend the bill ap- propriating s675,000 for the com pletion of the new state capitol with an amendment which elimi- mates H. L. Remmel as one of the members of the commission, sub- stituting Earl w. Hodges, secretary of state, in place of MT. Remmel. The commission, as recommended by the committee, will be composed of Governor George w. Donaghey, John I. Moore, Earl w. Hodges, R. F. Foster, and Charles F. Thomp- son.
 When seen last night Mir. Remmel stated that he knew nothing Of the action of the committee, and,shere- fore, could say nothing about it.
 The committee considered the White bill, making provision for q settlement of the claims of George R. Mann, architect of the new cap- itol, against the state, and agreed to recommend as arbitrators George B. Ross of Little Rock, Joel D. Conway of Texarkana and M. NJ. Stuckey of Newport, selected in place of Gen. Dan w. Jones of Little Rock, named in the original bill.
 The Jacobson bill, providing for a settlement of the claims of Cald- we'll & Drake, former contractors of the capitol, against the state, was amended so as to provide that the Board of Arbitration shall con- sist of Judge B. B. Battle of Little Rock, former associate justice of the Supreme Court; Vol Walker of Fayetteville and 4. B B. shafer of Critteaden county, menbef Of the House of Representatives from that county two years ago. Mir. Shafer was substituted for Dick Arnold of Texarkana.
 It IS expected that the committee will report the three bills to the Senate today with the recommend- ation that they pass.
 Governor Donaghey declined to make any statement regarding the action of the committee saying that he had not heard of the pro- posed change in the membership of the commission. "If that is what the committee did" he said, we will have 10 let 1t go at that"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27

ciflc Coast. On March g, 1911
 they simultaneously blew up the
 court house at Omaha and the
 office of Caldwell & Drake at Co.,
 lumbus, Ind, contractors for that
 building.
 They blew up the Los Angeles
 Times office and killed more than
 a score of persons.
 A Denial by McNamara.
 McNamara, at the same time said:
 "The dynamiting of the Times was anarchy pure and simple. No sane individual or organization would attempt such a thing. 1 am con- vinced that no labor union or any member of one had anything to do with it."
 The warrant for John J. McNa- mara was based on an indictment found by a grand jury at Los An geles. The arrest was made in the headquarters of the union. When Detective Burns and local detec- tives entered the offices a meeting of the executive board was in prog ress.
 Detective Burns directed that the headquarters of the union be searched. He said he had positive information that explosives were concealed there. This search re- suited in the finding in tho base ment late last night of sixty-four sticks (about 60 pounds) of dyna- mite, 200 feet of fuse, 800 dynamite caps, one dozen small alarm clocks and leather case made to carry a f0-pound can of nitroglycerin.
 Explosives in a Barn.
 Detective Burns and members of the local police force also found seventeen sticks of dynamite and two quart cans of nitroglycerine in a barn.
 Burns says Otto McGonigle who was arrested in Detroit Saturday,
 Continued on Fifth page.)
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
HOUPT IS GUILTY.
 VERDICT OF JURY
Former Sheriff of Garland County Convicted of Technical Escape of Murray and Rutherford
 Is Fined One Dollar.

Hot Springs, April 22.-After de- 'liberating for two hours, the jury in the trial of Sid Houpt, who was removed from office of sheriff of Garland county, after being charged with the technical escape of Ben Murray, who, with John Rutherford, was deputy sheriff un- der the Houpt regime, but now held for first degree murder in connec- tion with the killing of Oscar Chit wood in the yard of the Garland county jail, December 26 last year, rendered a verdict of guilty, and imposed a sentence of $i fine and one hour in jail.
 The verdict permanently removes Houpt from office during the time of his present term, unless higher court should set aside the result of the trial that ended last night. His present bond enables him to re- main at liberty until an appeal is filed, and the case is decided by a higher court.
 Judge Wood reviewed the evil dence and contended that it showed that Rutherford and Murray had been allowed their freedom unat- tended and that they could have escaped had they so desired. He made strong speech, in which he arraigned Sid Houpt for his action in allowing the two prisoners to go unattended, when they had been ordered held without bail to an- swer the charge of murder.
 Attorneys for the defense con- tended that Sheriff Houpt had car ried out the law when he had the men under surveillance, even though they were not confined in jail. Colonel Murphy's speech was made at the afternoon session, and the court room was packed before he began. His speech was one of the best that he ever made, and, while it evidently impressed the jury it did not avail anything in get ting his client acquitted.
 The fine and Imprisonment being merely nominal, the fact that the conviction carries removal from off, flee of the defendant is the real punishment, and the action of the court in removing Houpt is upheld by the jury.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
LOS ANGELES HORROR
 IS CHARGED TO UNION
National Leader of Labor Organization Ar rested for the Times Explosion That Killed 21---Explosives Found in Headquar-
 ters at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, April 23.-That cer- tain union men are in nation-wide plot to destroy with dynamite big works done by nonunion men is a charge made public yesterday with the arrest of accused men here and in Chicago.
 John J. McNamara, secretary treasurer of the International As- sociation of Structural Iron Work CTS, was the man arrested here. His brother, J. B. McNamara, and Otto- McGoniglc, or McManigal, were ar- rested in Detroit.
 Charged With Murder.
 John J. McNamara is charged with murder in connection with the explosion which wrecked the Los Angeles Times building, October i, 1910, and killed twenty-one per- sons.
 A large quantity or dynamite, ni- tro-glycerin, dynamite caps, fuses and alarm clocks were found in the basement of the headquarters of the union. It is supposed that the Los Angeles bomb was set off by clock work. More dynamite and nitro-glycerin were found in a barn. where McNamara had placed them, the owner of the barn said. The arrest was made at the in stance of William J. Burns, the de- tective who unearthed the graft op- erations in San Francisco. Burns gave this statement to the United Press after the arrest:
 Indianapolis has been the head
 quarters of a band of dynamiters
 that has terrorized the entire
 country for year. McNamara is
 their leader. They have blown
 up four buildings here. They
 blew up the big bridge at Spring
 field, III. They destroyed the
 Llewellen Iron Works on the pa-
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
FIVE ON SINGLE sCAFFOLD.
Nearoes Convicted of MurderinJ
 White Man Get Death Penalty.

Oklahoma City, April 25.-Flve young negroes, John Henry Prather James Holmes, Charles Posey, Eli iah Turner and Bud Johnson,were vesterday sentenced to hang from inc same scafrold here on June ~ All had ben convicted of compile itv in the murder of W. A. Archie a white plumber, on March 9; pra- s,,er tas confessed to firing the fa- tai shot and pleaded guilty.
 A writ of habeas corpus was al once secured by attorneys Tor Holmes on the ground that the Tinted States constitution requires an indictment by a Grand Jury ii capital cases. The writ IS return able tomorrow
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
WOMEN HAVE CASE
 IN CIRCUIT COURT
Mrs' Fannie Johnson Cleared of Charge of Assault and Battery on Mrs. /. H. Gaither-D. F.
 Longnecker Goes Free.

wednesday things in Circuit
 court took on a decidedly refined
 air--a case of assault and battery
 was on trial in which both the de-
 iendant and prosecuting witness were women. This of itself was unusual, but aside from this the de-
 iendant was an old lady who, in ap-
 pearanee and action, might be 80 years of age. Her name was Mrs
 Fannie Johnson and her home is at
 Hatton, in the southern part of the county.
 Mrs. Johnson was charged in the indictment with making an assault upon Mrs. Zella Hargrove Gather with a buggy whip near Hatton in January, 1910. On the witness stand Mrs. Gather stated that while riding on a wagon along a lane on Mrs. Johnson's place, the defend ant came out and assaulted her. striking her several times over the head and back with a whip, cutting her face until blood flowed.
 Mrs. Johnson denied that she struck Mrs. Gather, claiming that she had been out in the yard with the whip driving some chickens out when she saw Mrs. Gather riding on the rear bolster of a log wagon driven by Louis Jacobs. Jacobs dog was tied to the rear of the wag- on and Mrs. Johnson's dogs ran out and big fight and noise followed. It frightened the team and almost caused a runaway. She said she had gone out to order Mrs. Gather off her place, but the horses went So fast through the yard that she did not get near the wagon and de- nied striking Mrs. Gather.
 The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
 There is a 5000 damage suit of Mrs. Gathers against Mrs. Johnson based on this same affair, and motion was filed today asking for change of venue in this case, claim ing a fair trial cannot be secured by Mrs. Gather in this county.
 Jessie Nichols, who was charged with stealing some skunk hides at Rich Mountain had his trial We'd nesday. The jury was unable to reach an agreement and was dis missed at 2 o'clock that afternoon.
 A civil suit of the Old Woolen Mills against F. L. Johnson, John Gates and W. H. Mcdonald, sure- ties on a bond given by J. H. Allen, was on trial Wednesday. The amount of the bond is S408, and was given in settlement of a compro- mise agreement between Welch and Allen and the Woolen Mills Company. The defense is resisting the case on the grounds that the date of payment was changed from 90 to 60 days in the instrument after the bondsmen signed it. There IS some very conflicting testimony given in the case.
 The case of grand larceny against D. F. Longnecker, who was charged with stealing tools from the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, was dismissed by the state and Longnecker was given his liberty. He has been in jail for several 
 The jury commissioners for this term were w. E. Holt, J. E. Taylor and Enoch Embry. They com pleted their work of selecting the iuries for the next term yester- day afternoon.
 Court is very close to adjourn ment.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
GOING TO THE REUNION?
Very Low Priced Round Trip Tick cts Will Be Sold on May
 1i, 15, 16 and 17.

The tariff covering the round lrip excursion rates for the Con- federate Reunion at Little Rock has been received in Mena, The tickets will be on sale 0n May i4, i5, f6 and i7. and will expire at midnight of May B, unless properly extended at Little Rock.
 Following is list of Polk county towns and the round trip rate from each:
 Wickes, S5.i0; Hatton, $500; Van dervoort, S495; Cove, Si.85; Hat field, s475; Potter, si.65; Mena, s4.50: Eagleton, $i.30; Hich Mt, S4 25.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-27
psAaAGoIu.D F PLANS CLEANUP
Citizens Desire to Have Their City
 Known as Spotless Town.

Paragould, April 2s.--if the plans of Mayor A. P. Mack and few of the progressive citizens of Para gould are put into execution this city will soon be named "Spotless Town Mayor Mack proposes q general mass meeting of citizens, male and female, young and old, for the purpose of perfecting an organ ization having for it's object the thorough cleaning up of Paragould, the removal of all rubbish and trash, the tearing down of all un- slightly buildings, the whitewashing of all telephone. telegraph and light poles and the planting of trees and flowers. It is suggested that two days be set apart for this work and that after it is complete a third day be devoted 10 general celebration of 'spotless town"