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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
TO JUDGMENT
County Attorney Urges That
Certain c a m Against
County are Not Valid

Exhaustive arguments were made
IN district court today in the case
OF NJ. E. Trapp against the county
commissioners Of Logan, in which
Judgment for about $4,000 is sought.
County Attorney Adams is resisting
confession of judgment because the
warrants in question are claimed to
nave been issued in excess OF the
constitutional Tax levy. He holds
that the claims against the county are
not valid because no provision exists
Tor their payment when approved
The claimants say that the excise
board had in mind at the time ,he es.
climates were filed the fact that there
are uncollected fees owing the county
In sums sufficient to take care of fhe
claims raised. They say thar the
claims are all in the class required
by law to be incurred by the coun.
ty and that the claims can not be
avoided. Trapp sues as assignee OF
a large number OF claims including
sa'aries, fees ard miscelaneo Is &C.
counts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
BANQUETS HIMSELF FOR HIS
POLITICAL SAGACITY AS WELL
AS POPULARITY WITH HIMSELF

lurer. John Jay McDevitt, who to the
great surprise OF the voters won out
.in campaign that settled beyond the
shadow of doubt his tremendous
strength I'm the locality in which he
has figured for many years Cap
pausej Mr. McDevjtt made a clean
Campaign and did not resort to the
vulgar use OF the filthy 7hcre TO win
his way 10 success. His was a fight
ot many methods and no Dne dare
say he did not prove that the trust
imposed in him was aFtistically and
profitably disposed of. So. Mr. Nc
Dewitt. allow me to present Yourself,
John Jay McDeyitt.'
Then Mr. McDevitt:
1T is indeed a rare privilege to
have such an honor bestowed upon
me by myself. Believe me, / appre-
ciate tine consideration OF the erst-
while candidate for his thoughtful-
ness in preparing this feast in my
honor
After Mr. MeDevitt's speech there
was silence for a period OF A few sec
onds and then McDeyitt gave himself
three lusty cheers. .,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
SWAPS WEDDING LICENSE
Curly Nicholson May Marry
Girl Other Than His Origi-
nal Intended

After taking out his second marri-
age license in a week, Curly Nichol-
son today started for his wedding
near Waterloo, accompanied by Dep
uty Sheriff Tom Tarrants as major
domo, best man, bridesmaid and gen
erai custodian. II any OF the arrange
ments schedule happens to fail Curly
will be brought back budelcss ami
with two marriage licenses worse
than worthless
On November 4, Curly who is q
young negro Of the Nayina section
secured license to wed Maggie Law
ton, 10. Before he got to her house TO
be married the officers got him ON q
charge sworn out by the parents OF
Viola Brown, a girl near Waterloo
He was charged with Illegal parent
age. The girl IS now unable TO be
up
A new license was issued today
Viola Brown being substituted for
Maggie Lawton Vioia's mother sent
up a written consent, saying the girl
is IA years old The father telephon-
ed that the girl is Is, having been
born in 1895 Judge tSrang directed
that the Brown license be used, and
that Curly pay the court costs In
the event of failure to pay he viii be
hell on statutory charge based on
his relations with the Brown Sir1
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09

Wilkesbarre. Pa NOV 9-The
queerest banquet ever given mere was
that John McDeyitt of this city ten
dered 10 himself in recognition of bis
political prOwess Running AS joke
he obtained the Democratic nOmina-
ton for county treasurer anu was
then induced 10 withdraw from be
ticket During his campaign he did
not spend cent. bUt instead made
money speaking for Other candidate
Today in "a leading hotel aere the
banquet took place Mr McDevitt was
entertainment committee. most. toast
master and guest At the tables he
acknowledged the applause OF imagiu-
airy admirers bv grayely bowing. ate
his winner in state. then as toastmas-
ter, called upon himself with a glow
ing tribute to make a speech. greet
ed himself with applause as ne arose,
made "a speech and app.auded mm-
self as he sat down. He said IA
part
Allow me 10 present to YOU the
one.time candidate for county treas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
WOMAN FALLS EIGHT STORIES
PAVEMENT DYING ALMOST
INSTANTLY FROM THE IMPACT

apartment on the telephone and for
the first time the nurse knew that her
patient had fallen from the window.
Every one was too excited to get
the name of the witness and she dis
appeared before the police arrived
Coroner Hoizhausen gave permission
for the body to be taken into the
apartment after Dr. Johnson had
pronounced Mrs. Hayemeyer dead.
j. Craig Havemeyer, the only son
OF the dead woman, said that the
family refused to entertain any ex-
PLANTATION of the death of his mother
ether than that it was accidental. He
declared that the window was open
when the nurse LETT the room and that
the sill is low, with radiator in
front o fthe window.
He said he believed his mother had
gene to the window for air and
stumbled over the radiator. lost her
balance and fallen to the street. He
said his mother had been in excellent
spirit recently.
He refused to give the name of the
nurse.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
HOBO, BilkEO OF PRIZE
TURKS LECTURER

Daniel Dick, the Young man who
lost S2,50d by being arrested by the
Guthrie police when he had two thirds
OF his trans-continental trip made un-
der the terms Of wager, has turn.
ed lecturer He will speak at the
Gem theatre tonight on his expert,
ences.
Dick, an educated and intelligent
ycung man. undertook TO so from
New York to San Francisco without
paying fare and without being ar
rested, covering 5000 miles, He start
ed from New York on October 10. go
ing by way Of Rochester. Ogdensburg.
Prescott, cont Windsor. tOnt5. De
troit. Chicago ana Kansas City. He
had made $500 miles when pinched
here. After serving three days he
Was released by the police
He said the bluest interval that ev
er came to him was when he arrived
here nearly frozen to death IA was
picked for $2y5O0 worth He lJses ST.
200 cash deposit and the prize.
Dick is writing boot, of his tray.
els
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
PRESIDENT TAFT ACCEPTS
ON BEHALF OF NATION
Structure Enshr|nes Log Cabin
IN Which 6reat EmanclpatoT
Was Born
fBY Associated Prass.i

Hodgenville, KY, Nov. 9-Thous
ands OF veterans of both Union anC
confederate armies, and notables o1
states and Nation gathered here to-
day to witness the formal acceptance
Dy PTesldent Taft in the name of the
Nation, OF a memorial hail to Abra
ham Lincoln built about the rude log
cabin in which Lincoln lived on the
farm that today became a national
park.
No man in public life was ever so
abused as Lincoln said the Presi-
dent in his address; "the contrast be-
tween his position in history today
and the description of him by critics
OF his time can hardly be credited" "
An Imposing Building Of Granite
The imposing building of granite,
which figured in the exercises today,
enshrines the humble log cabin in
which Abraham Lincoln was born 10z
years ago The Lincoln Farm asso-
citation turned over the farm the
memorial building, which has been
erected at cost of S112,000 and $50,-
600, for maintenance, to the federal
government
Chiseled into the granite on one
side of the building is the following
inscription:
Here, over the leg cabin where
Abraham Lincoln was born, destined
to preserve the Union and free the
slave, a grateful people have dedicat-
ed this memorial to unity, peace ana
brotherhood among these states
When the memorial farm and the
building were accepted by President
Taft the entire military establish
ment OF Kentucky, several regiments
of the regular army OF the United
States and many encalnpments of the
Grand Army of the Republic and OF
the Confederate Veterans saluted
More than score of special trains
were run from Louisville to carry the
thousands who were present,
Prominent Men in Association
The Lincoln Farm association un-
der the auspices OF which the work
of erecting the memorial has Deen
done. is composed of some of the most
prominent men In the country. Inc
president Is former Governor Joseph
". Folk. of Missouri. The other OIL
GERS are Clarence II. Mackay, treas
urer. Charles E. Miner, assistant
treasurer; Richard NJ. Jones, secre-
tary. and Robert j Collier, chairman
of the eecutive committee.
The members of the board OF trus-
tees are President Taft. Cardinal CID
bons. Gen Horace Porter Joseph
Choate, Oscar S. Strauss, Governor
Augustus Il. Wilson, of Kentucky :
Supreme Court Justice Charles \, :
Hughes. Lyman j Gage, Miss ida
Tarbell, Co. Henry Watterson, Au-
gust Belmont, Jenkin Lloyd Jones
William Jennings Bryan, Charles A.
Towne. Thomas Hastings, Samuei
Gompers, Norman Hapgood, William /
Trayers Jerome, Robert j. Collier, AL
bert shaw and Charles Miner. +
The late Mark Twain was a memoer
of the board, as was the late Edward
NJ. Shepard
Stands on Little Hill
The memorial building stands on
little hilf. at the foot of which is the !
spring which attracted Thomas Lin
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL
Board G onsidering Plan to Heat
School Buildings With
Crude Oil

information on the burning of crude
of for heating purposes IN the city
school buildings is being sought by
the board of education Az q meeting
yesterday President Cotteral and Su.
perintcndent Brooks were named to
make an Investigation Of the system
They Will so to Wichita, where the
oil is being used. to see If il IS adapt
able to the local schools The schools
here are heated by coal, change
having been made from gas 70 coal a
year ago
In some Kansas towns. especially
Manhattan, a newly invented crude
oil burner is used by people generally
The greatest claims are made for the
burner and the crude oil ITSELF and
the town is reported Wild on the sub
icct. 4 theatre and a laundry there
are supplied with the oil burners
The claim is male that, With oil at
3 ~ cents gallon 4 great saving
over coal or gas fuel can be made
The board decided yester lay to put
in electric lights at Cotterai school
which Is TO be dedicated |
about December
The clerk was authorized to adVer I
Use for bids from banks for the (
school funds On these bids fhe board .
S to select a depository for the mon
IN Of the district
one member Of the hoard announc-
IS that The funds OF the district are
ow, and that after considering the
allowance for salaries only $1,000 re-
Mains to run the schools the remalnd-
~ Of the school year
complete revision of committees
vas recently made
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
WANTED BY GOVERNMENT
FOR RED ROCK KILLIkG
II Identification Is Satisfactory,
the Prisoner VIII Be Brought
to Guthrie

| Efforts to complete the Identified
tion of Charles Maust. the Missouri
| eX-conyict, as Bea Cravens, the Okla
homa outlaw, are being made at Kan
sas City. When Maust stepped out
! of the Missouri penitentiary at JEFF
| ferson City yesterday he was arrest
ed by Oklahoma officers ma charge
| Of numbering Alvin Bateman at Red
Rock in 1901.
Witnesses have been summoned to
appear and confront the prisoner and
say whether or not he is the Ben
Cravens they knew in old territorial
days. Deputy Marshal Jacobson
rounded up large number OF witness
es.
If it is concluded that the man is
really Cravens he will be brought to
Guthrie probably tonight. Postoffice
Inspector r. V. Leahy is one of the
corps of officers in charge
Bert Welty, serving a life term in
the pententiary for a part in the Bate
man murder, is to be brought here to
testify, it is said, if the case comes
up here in January. He and Cravens
were partners in crime in the Indian
country Welty was convicted here.
fIe claims that he did not kill Bate
man. but that Cravens did
A. O. Lund, of Blackwell, Is positive
that the man is Cravens.
Four Oklahoma officers and two Of
ficers of the Kansas penitentiary iden-
tilted Maust, as Crayens when he was
afraigned before United States Com
missioner Geisberg for the killing of
the postmaster at Red Rock. Okla, i'm |
1901. That section was then an In !
dlan reservation, hence the offense |
charged will be tried in the fedora
courts
Cravens was then turned over to
A. j. Martin, or Kansas City United |
States marshal, who took him as far
as Kansas City, where he was given |
up to government authorities from
. lahoma. Cravens was heavily hand |
cuifed and in addition wore a heavy
leg iron.
Cravens body bears scars from
bullet wounds and upon these, partly
his identification as Cravens was es-
tablished. Cravens asserts he was
not shot by Oklahoma officers in a +
fight which resulted in the death OF !,
acompanion, but that he was shot by
Kansas authorities when he escaped
from the state penitentiary at Ian
sing, after holding up guards with
dummy revolver.
Crayens, under the name of Maust,
was sent to the Missouri penitentiary
IN 1908 TO serve three years Tor rob
berry.
Cravens is also wanted by the state
)f Oklahoma for the murder of Depu-
y Sheriff Johnson of Pawnee. follow
ng the Red Rock robbery and he is
wanted by the-state of Kansas to com
'lete a 2O-year sentence, having es-
,aped in 1899
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
MRS. MURRAY COMPLAINS

Complaint is made by Mrs. Mary
Murray that in connection with her
conviction in the police court OF run
ming dsorderly house erroneous state.
ments We're given out. II was said
that she left the City while under in
dlctment, and she denies this. say
ing that warrant was never served
on her She says the only dne she
ever paid here was $40, which does
not appear of record in her name.
and for which she has no receipt
The total fine assessed against her
this week was So. she says she has
been keeping a rooming house here
six years and tnat all the facts have
been known to the police.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT
specIal b the naIIy Lender

Special to the Daily Leader
Oklahoma City Okla, Nov. o..
Governor Cruce has received a tele-
gram from Governor Noel Of Missls-
sippi, saying that Isaac Graham, a
man wanted IN Prentlss county. Miss,
for murder WAS under arrest in Me-.
curtain county 0kla-, and requested
mat tne prisoner be heIl pending ar
rival Of an agent Of the state of Mis-.
sissippi.
The governors Office communicated
with Sheri0 Graham at ldabeli, who
confirmed tie information, and was
instructed to hold the prisoner. Ac-
eording TO the telegram the murder
was committed IN August. 1906 and
me prisoner broke Jail while under
sentence OF death
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
(By Associated Press)

Hong Kong Nov. . Canton. capit
al Of kwane Tang province the larg.
est city IN China today Formally de.
clared its Independence
fiankow, Nov, (via wa Hu, Nov.
| l9l-The city Of Hankow has been de-
stfoyed by fire over tWothirdn of
It's extent The loss is 100000 600.
four hundred thousand persons are
destitute. Hundreds OF half burned
bodies lie among the ruins Many OF
them are the bodies of women and
children.
The customs house, the postofice
aud the American missions have
been spared The city has been loot
ed, the imperialists taking a hand IN
he plllage. Imperalst officers tried
to check this work and executed n
number Of the soldiers Refugees
We're deprived Of their loot on enter
ing the British concessions. cart loads
OF valuable furs, sinks and leweiry be-
ing seized 1t is suggested that the
Red Cross receive the proceeds
On Friday afternoon the cousus
appealed to the nperialists To cease
burning the town A proclamation
which was issued Immediately, de-
cared that The rebels were responsi.
Bile for the fires, and ordered that
these be checked The following day
new fires started in various quarters.
The David Hill memorial school for
the blind, connected With the Wes
ley'n mission, mas been looted, while
in contrast. all the mission property
in Wu Chang. which is held by the
reyOiutionaries has been protected |
On November 3 there was consider /
able gunnery practice beginning be
Iure daylight The imperialist bat |
terry behind Hankow moved TO the /
southwest in belated fudllment of the |
promise to shift the line Of fire from |
the concessions This battery and an |
ether stationed on the plains engag |
ed in heavy duel with Han Yang |
Hi The WI Chang ports used pow |
Ter occasionally and joined in the |
ieferse Of HGn Yang
Talk Revolution
A few hundred OF the revolution
SIS are still in Hankow Ri .encn on
)lrcs e sides of the Han river fought
al day Saturday and there has been /
similar fighting today but steadily
decreasing in volume There ls
IuCIl open ItfbiNllthhf tNfN i'''f-'Y
he imperalats,
Foreigners who have not been CIV
IN the opportunity OF Witnessing the
except at distance
ire nearing horrfylng stories OF bru-
aiity. The impeT-lists have hang
ID men and failing to strangle them
ortured them TO death. prodded them
gitb bayonets or crushed them 70
leath with stones The outrases
.gainst woman cannot be told keu
ross bearers have been Killed or
Soldiers on both sides have
their WounIed enemies.
1t was ascertained last night that Z
fuan shi Kai is in this neishborhood.
,ut he is keeping his presence hidden
I is suspected he went aboard a Brit /
sh gunboat. and II is rumored Thar
10 has been interviewing Republican /
eaders secretly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
W0MAN'S WARDROBE
SHOWN BY PHOTO IN
SUIT FOR DIVORCE

20 Milwaukee, Wis. NOV. "a G
% now use Of photography was g
20 demonstrated by an attorney in 9
q court today He showed Judge 8
. Turner a picture of womans {,
9 wardrobe in tutile effort TO g
g convince the court that she did =
- net need a nigh rate OF temper g
. AIRY alimony to buy an OUTFIT for g
= winter.
g Look your honor said the 6,
9 attorney, displaying q photograph -
y OF a clothes closet every peg q
q in which was adorned BY gar g
. ment .
: Well the Judge replied g
. gnardedlN YOU know how la q
g dies are about their apparel .
- The clothing photographed >
6 was abandoned by Mrs Nanetta .
g Conrad wife of otto Corral, of {;
g West Allis q
= Mrs. Conrad recently sued for @
. divorce on charges OF cruel q
9 treatment. Since then she has -
= lived with ner father Harry .
= Wilson, a locomotive engineer in e.
. Chicago Temporary alnmony Of y
= Sl5 weekly was granted Mrs 9
, Conrad. O.
I, @ q q . {, o {, @ @ {, = G, {, G, oi
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
MATERIAL WITNESSES ABSENT

On account Of absense of material
witnesses the examination Of Roscoe
Miller, charged with forging checks,
was postponed in Justice Seward IS
court from yesterday until Friday.
Miller is negro who rambled into
Crescent lately He attempted to
pass a $40 check. using the name OF
II l., Lewis The Crescent bank
found it was forgery. it is reported
a $50 check was also held mp
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
CBy Leased Wire.)

New York, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Cordelia
Havemeyer, wife of James Havemey-
er, retired sugar and tobacco mer-
chant, either fell or jumped from the
window of her apartment on the
eighth floor of the building at 40l
West End avenue, which is at the
corner of Seventy-ninth street. She
struck on her head and was killed
almost instantly.
Mrs. Havemeyer had been in ill
health for Is years and while she had
not been confined to her bed, she had
been unable to go about unattended.
being a sufferer from acute neuras-
thenia.
She was sitting near the open win
dow when the nurse left the room to
get medicine. When the nurse re-
turned Mrs. Havemeyer had disap-
peared.
There was ouly one witness of the
tragedy, a woman who was passing in
Seventy-ninth street. She rushed TO
the building telling the hall boy of
the accident
He at once called the Hayemeyer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
FAMILY OF SHARKS
HAULED OUT Of SEA
BY A HAVANA MAN
(By Leased Wire)


= Havana. Nov 9--George Fitz- 6
q gerald, who came to Havana c
- from Philadelphia year ago 6
@ and engaged in fishing for sharks G
. for profit, today caught three G
= males ana one female, the latter g;
= sixteen feet long, from which he g
g took fifty-two young sharks 6
9 measuring in length ten to twelve g
6 inches each. C
Q Fitzgerald sells the shark {,
. teeth to tourists. The small ones G.
= he preserves in alcohol for the g
= same purpose, and in the winter g
= months the demand is great and g
> sales net him a good living G
, Havana bay is full of sharks, .
, but since the Weyier administra- g
, tion ceased twelve years ago 6
, there are not as many, owing Ito 6
, the fact that no dead bodies lof =
} CT bans are thrown into the water
, from Moro Castle. =
, Fitzgerald fishes with a big 6
; iron hook, using line 1900 s.
feet long and about the size of 9
clothes line. He uses fresh meat 6
for bait. g
, ~ - ~ ~ - 80 - ~ ., - c - u =, -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
HELP TO OIL WELL MEN
Reductions in Price Of Steel
Casing Means Big
Saving

Tulsa. Okla. Nov 9.-The steel
trusts announcement of "a 10 per cent
cut in price Of all pipe used IN OIL
fields was one OF the most welcome
items of news the producers of Okla.
homa have received In the last eight
years. steel pipe is one cf the most
necessary articles about an oil field
1t is estimated the steel casing
alone used in the 1900 wells OF the
Glenn pool cost approximately 81,
$50 coo while the casing OF well IN
new Cleveland field costs on an az.
erage s4000 wet The 10 per
cent c means a saving or cesing "a
every well in the Cleveland field 1f
$500 to the producer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
Woman Stays Husband.
(ly Associated presa.1 \

Macon No, Nov 9 Moses Feltor.
a wealthy farmer Of near Callao. was
shot andikIled today by his wife. VINO
said she acted IN seltdefense. she
said her husband had long knife and
revolver under his pillow all night
and had said he intended to klll her.
They had quarreled over the children.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
AN ENGINE
BLOWS Up,
KILLS TWO
STRANGE FATALITY AT
TACHES TO, FRISCO
TRAIN NO. Io9
fRr Associated presal

Fort Scott, Kans., Nov, John r
Degrost. engineer and J. W. Papin,
fireman, both of this city were kill
ed today when the locomotive draw
ing southbound Frisco PASSENGER
train No. l09 blew up one mile south
OF here. hurting their bodies hun
dred feet from the track. None 9th
ers were injured.
"A year ago a locomotive drawing
the same train exploded near Olatne,
killing the engineer and fireman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
WOMAN STAYS HUSBAND,
CLAIMING SELF DEFENSE
Says Husband Had Long knIfs
and Pistol Under Pillow with
Intention Of killing Her
(py Associated Press.I

Chicago. H., Nov. 9.--Circumstanc-
es surrounding the death of Jayson
Rupert Il railroad fireman, have con
yinced the police that his name be.
longs With the list OF alleged yictoms
OF Mrs Vermlya Rupert became III
two days after a visit to Mrs. Yer
milya and died in hospital near the
Vermilya home. under circumstances
the same as Policeman Bissonnette
aud Richard Smith.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-09
CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

An adjourned meeting OF the city
council is 10 be held tonight. IT ls
expected that bond bids will he offer.
cd The water department muddIe
VIE likely be taken up in an effort
to find ont who Ks water comm .ssion-
or city Engineer Hooker. the only
one OF three claimants In good
Is ont Of the city.