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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
MACVEAGH ANSWERS SUIT
FILED BY LEVI GR|TTS

Washington, d. c., Feb. 15.-Frank-
lin MacVeagh, secretary of the treas.
ury, Tuesday answered the suit of
Levi Gritts and other Cherokee In
dians, recently filed in the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia, to
provide for the allot aeiiJ Of lands ana
money Of the Chsrosees among the
children of the tribe born since Sep
tember, 1902. Tho Indians claim viii
be divested Of par. Vt the lands Of
the allotment made on the basis OF
the present tribal numbers, rather than
on the number Of Indians in Septem-
ber, 1902.
MacVeagh attacks the status of the
Indians to maintain a suit as indiyid.
ual members of the tribe, and denies
their claim to represent co-tribesmen.
There still remain, according to the
secretary. enough tribal land and
funds to furnish allotments to $500
children born since September, 1902,
without depreciating in any way the
allotment to members of the tribe in
I1902.
Secretary Of the Interior BaIlinger
who sued jointly with Macveagh, is
expected to file answer today.
MacVeagh also moved to set aside
A a
the preliminary injunction granted by
Justice Stafford
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
The Annual Hight School Track Meet


With the great annual high school
track and field meet, which is held
each year at Norman under the aus.
pices of the university, but little over
two months away, preparations are
going forward on gigantic scale to
make it an even bigger success than
in the past. Last year, 5000 people
were in attendance; this year, accom-.
modations will be provided for still
larger crowd. If the much needed ap.
preparation asked for is granted by the
legislature the old bleachers will be
torn down and new ones erected with
Ia greatly increased seating capacity.
A welcome bit of information to the
scholastic athletes is that the Straight
away" track is being enlarged so that
no semi-finals will need to be run in
any event. The necessity for so many
preliminaries has been a disagreeable
feather of past meets as the athletes
were compelled to exhaust themselves
before the final tests came.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
JENKINS CHANGES PLEA
AND TAKES An APPEAL

Yesterday afternoon when G. H.
Jenkins. Of Big Cabin. who previously
had entered plea of guilty to a
charge of selling liquor was arraign-
ed for sentence, his attorney made a
motion to set aside the former plea,
and enter plea of not guilty. Judge
Parks oyerruled the motion and SEN
fenced jenkins to thirty days in Jail
and to pay fine of 5000. An appeal
from the courts order was taken and
Jenkins was released on bond.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
REsoL TtoN PROTESTING
AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF
SENATE BILL NO. 1O575.

OENft & DIX NQs luofos
Whereas, in a suit of the court OF
claims Of the United States to deter
mine whether or not certain Chero-
KEGS, known as the too late babies"
were entitled to an allotment under
the treaty agreements and acts of CON
gress, the suit was dismissed for lack
of jurisdiction; and,
Whereas, there has been introduced
in the senate of the United States. a
bill known as senate bill 10575 that
seeks to confer jurisdiction upon the
court of claims and authorizes VIII
liam Brown and Levi b. Gritts to en-
ter suit to test the right of certain
Cherokees to ALLEVIATE their allot-
ments; and authority upon Richard M.
Wolfe and Frank ]. Boudinot to prose-
cute a suit against Cherokee citizens
enrolled under the act Of congress of
July /, 1902, same being a suit against
those citizens known as "the too late
babies" or those born after the End
day of September, 1902 and before
March 4th, 1906; and
Whereas, in many instances allot-
ments have been selected and the al
lottees have been in nominal posses
sion of the allotments, and any suia or
legislation authorizing suit affecting
the titles in such instances would fur
ther complicate the final settlement
of the affairs Of the Cherokees and
bring about almost endless litigation
to quiet titles In what was formerly
known as the Cherokee Nation; and,
Whereas, it is the sense of ninety
per cent of the Cherokee people, that
this class Of citizens is entitled to
share in the division Of land and
money and have shown their willing
ness by the national council asking
congress TO place these citizens on the
roll of said tribe.
Therefore be II resolved, by the SEN
ate, the house Of representatives con-
curing therein, that VIE enter our pro-
test against the passage Of senate bill
No. 1856; and,
Be 1t further resolved, that we ask
our members of congress to use all
honorable means to effect the defeat
of this bill; and
Be it further resolved, that copy
of these resolutions be furnished each
of the congressman and senators from
this state
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15

Washington. D. c., Feb. 15.-Presi-
dent Taft's reciprocity agreement with
Canada was ratified in the house of
representatives last night through the
support of an almost solid democratic
vote. The idcCall bill carrying the
agreement into effect was passed, 221
to 92.
The majority of republicans present
vcted against the measure, the divi-
sion being 7S ayes and 81 noes. The
democratic vote was 142 ayes and only
five noes. The majority republican
insurgents present voted for the bill.
The Mccall bill now goes to the SEN
ate. What its fate will be in that
body is problematical. President Taft
believes that if the filibusher can be
avoided and a vote taken the bill will
pass. He is insistent that the senate
shall act one way or the other and
has indicated that he will call an ex.
ira session of congress il it does not
do so.
The passage of the bill in the house
came at the end of a long debate,
which at times was as bitter as has
been heard on the floor in years. The
fight was confined almost wholly to
the republican side. The democrat
members Joined in from time to time
and taunted the majority members for
their lack of unity.
The democratic leaders also put in
the claim that the reciprocity agree
ment was good democratic doctrine
and declared that they were glad to
welcome Taft and many Of the house
republicans into the democratic fold.
The final vote was reached last
night only through the application Of
cloture which shut off all amendments
and even dispensed with the reading
of the bill This procedure was de-
cided upon only after Mccall in charge
of the bill, had failed to get unani
nous consent to do away with the
calendar for Wednesday.
If that had been secured he said
he would be glad to let the debate CON
tinue for another legislative day.
The republicans opposed the Difi,
fought the rule, denouncing it in
caustic language. They directed their
fire especially against the democrats,
and accused them on the eve of going
into power of enforcing the gag rule"
as declaring against anything weighed
in the past
Champ Clark took Representative
Dalsell, of Pennsylvania, sharply to
task for complaining of the undue
haste" with which the house was act
ing on the reciprocity measure. The
speaker-to-be said the democrats had
sat for years, bound and gagged, while
the gentleman from Pennsylvania and
his associates had brought in rule
after rule and had rushed lesislation
through without giving an opportunity
for amendment.
Under the cloture rule, which was
adopted by an overwhelming vote, the
only loophole left to the opponents of
the measure was a motion to recon-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
Not Men Wanted at Dearing.

A message from Dearing, Kans.
this morning to Sheriff Ridenhour
asked that the three men arrested
here in connection with the Jumbo
robbery Sunday night be investigated
The description of the three men seid
to have stolen lot of pocket knives
from a store at Dearing, was given,
but the descriptions do not tally with
the men held here.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
Sheriff Has Warrants For All.

BY Associated Press.
oklahoma City, Feb. l5.-Sherih
Nix, of comanche county is on his
way to Mountain Park, with warrants
for all persons connected with the
killing of Wyatt Staples, Monday, as
result of the contest between Noun
tain Park and Snyder for the county
seat Of Swanson county. The citizens
of Mountain Park are armed and wait
ing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
Locke Made Principal chief.
Y Associated Press.

Washington. D. G., Feb. 15.-Presi-
dent Taft today appointed Victor NJ
Locke of Antlers, Okla, principal
chief of the Choctaw Nation, in Okla
homa, in place of the late Green Nc
Curtain. He also appointed Cardinal
Gibbons member of the board of In.
dian commissioners, in place of the
late Archbishop Ryan.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
Justices to Get Increases.
By Associated Press.

Washington. D. c., Feb. 15.-The
house today voted to increase the
salary of the chief justice of the Unit
ed States from s1S,5OO to $4,000 a
year and to increase the salaries OF
associate justices from s12.5OO to s14.-
600.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
Signs Frisco Exposition Bill.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 15.-Presi-
dent Taft today signed the bill desig-
mating San Francisco as the place for
the Panama Exposition. He affixed
his signature with gold pen, made
from metal mined in California. The
pen will be placed on exhibition at the
exposition.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15

The next card to be offered the local
fight fans is the bout Friday night be-
tween Logan Smith and lightweight
from Joplin. This win be a ten round
go and will be held at the skating rink.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15

Herman c. Schultz, auditor for the
Orr-Knight banking syndicate. was
here from Tulsa today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15

Brant Kirk. prohibition candidate
for governor in the last campaign, was
here from Oklahoma City today in the
interest OF the organization Of the
Continental Trust company.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-15
NOT IN INTEREST
OF OWEN MEASURE
Resolution Introduced in State LegIs-
Iature is in Nature of Protest
Against Too Late Bill.

The senate joint resolution. prcpos-
ed by Senators Landrum, Harlin and
Graham and Representative Coyne,
Tehee and Chambers, and likely to be
adopted by the Legislature, is not in
the interest of the Owen bill intro
duced in the national senate, but is
protest against that bill The follow
ing is the resolution:
a REsoL TtoN PROTESTING
The evening world., 1911-08-19
CUPID CLAIMS :
TH|RDATTENDANT
Of WHEN GOULD
Two of Bridesmaid Sextette Al
ready Wed, Another En-
gagged, Fourth Rumored.

Tho marriage record OF the famous
original "Fioradora' sextette. nearly silI
OF who's members tripped from thsl
footllghts into the arms of q miilion-I
aire. IL In a fair way TO be beaten byS
another scxtette. equally famous. the
bevy OF beautiful girls who were Wv.
Ian Gould's bridesmaids when she ~
came Lady Decles.
Two OF them have already been lod
to the chancel rail since they walked
up the aisle of fashionable st. Thomas's
last February In attendance upon Miss
Gould. the engagement OF q third y
now announced and another il rumored.
That leaves only two to be accounted
for. and II beauty. wealth and social
position count for anything. It won't b.
long before they will figure In the ZANE
line OF society news.
The charming young Could soiss
bridesmaid whose engagement, II now
announced is Miss Emmeline w. Holmes,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jabish
Holmes. The fortunate man 10 Gustave
F. Touchard. a lawyer. and one of the
best known tennis players In the coun-
try. The date Of the wedding has not
been set. but 1t will probably take place
before the time when she was to have
come OUT into society. She 10 now
with her parents at their country place
at Davenport Neck. New Rochelle.
Their town residence !s at No. LIS East
Fifty-eighth street.
or the bridesmaid sextette. young Jay
Gould carried off Miss Anna DouRlas
Graham. who took the place of Miss
Beatrice Claiiin. That was In April.
Miss Louise Cromwell OF Washington.
ID. c.. was married to Walter B,
Brooks jr., of Baltimore. in May. Miss
HANNAH Randoiph's engagement 10
rumored. The other two. SIN to be
heard from. are the Misses Hope Ham
alton and Allison Pierce.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
KERRY DANCE ON TONIGHT.
BiG Time at suIrer's for I'll
Famous Irish County.

This afternoon md until the beil for
nrst mass rings tomorrow morning the
Kerry men and women and children viii
hold high carnival at their thirty-hfth
annua outing and picnic In Suffers
Harlem River Casino and Grove at
Second avenue ana enc Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street.
The Kerrymen's Protective and Be-
~nevolent Association holds his n
reunion and frolic in order TO raise
funds to carry on works OF charity
among It's sick and helpless countrymen.
A feature OF the evening will be the
big competition In the set and figure
dances for which Sheriff John S. Shea
has donated a splendid trophy to be
awarded to the society or class that
will put the most dancers on the floor.
The festival has been arranged by
John J. Brassell, chairman: Purie l.
Harnett. secretary; Cornelius J. Hurley.
treasurer; John NJ, Grimm, Michael
o'sulllvan. Edward Seaman, John
Rsssn. Florence Mccarthy and Michael
Murphy.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
MYSTERY IN DEATH OF
WOMAN WHO LEFT SHIP,
Morgue Keeper Bars Police From
Hotel Room in Which
She Died.

Morgue Keeper Yolk to-day barred
the Hoboken police from a room at
Naegeli's Hotel. Hoboken. in which the
body OF a was found this morn
ing. The woman came to the hotel i'm
mediately upon her arrival from Europe
June 10 and registered as Mrs. DR..
James T. Webb"
Whether the mystery surrounding the
case holds murder. suicide or natural
death, no one IL able TO say The un-
usual action OF the Morgue Keeper in
closing the room and directing the hotel
proprietor to admit no one. including
the police. caused much attention to be
directed to the case.
When the police learned of the death
and sought to get into the room for an
investigation they were astonlshed TO
learn that the Morgue Keeper had
blocked their path. Acting Chief Bell
of the Hoboken police. arranged with
Yolk to examine the effects in the room
and conduct an investigation this az
ternoon The county physician was also
directed to be present. presumably un-
der the Idea that an autopsy is es-
sential.
Mrs. Webb was more than sixty years
OF age. Nothing Is known concerning
her place OF residence or relatives.
The evening world., 1911-08-19

sion II close. That's Just a low conceit
Of Ferd Long. who Is a pessimist and
ought to go fishing oftener and be
cured.
For a cleaning out Of the system OF
the accumulated bothers n bad tenn
per of the week. for an insurance OF a
clear head and a few reminiscent grins
for at least the first few days OF next
week AXE this prescription:
Put or. your oldest clothes, pack a
pair Of sandwiches, a set OF overalls.
a few sinkers and hooks and a reel and
an extra drop line or so into a bag ana
60 fishing with Frank Hammer-or any
other of the good men OF the sea VINO
sail out from the rim OF the free ocean
sor ten miles along the city's shore.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
PAID WOMEN TILL IT WAS
FOUND ILLEGAL.

'.The women were PAID 30 cents a day
until II was found mat this was Illegal
WA any woinan ever required to
wash tor the privilege OF seeing her
children?' asked MIR. Battle.
Never" replied the witness.
"Mrs. Alexandrofsky has testified
that live babies wer, bathed In water
In which dead children had been
bathed. Did this ever happen?'
1T did not. Such a statement Is alb
surd."
"Thls woman has testified that chill
dren were strapped TO their beds In a
cruel name Did this ever occurT'
ut did not. That also IL absurd.
What she probably saw was "a child
fastened down while the delicate OPP
Grafton OF intubation in d~iphtheria
cases was being performed"
ON cross examination Mr.. Dushkind
asked:
do you think II reasonable that these
women should come and plead for work
in the hospital after you had stopped
paying themr"
Certainly. since 1t occurred" replied
the witness.
. Are YOU sure no inducements were
offered them? A. Meme whatever.
Q. Was their food better? A. II was
probably better preferred.
Q. They could see their children
oftener, could they notp A. Certainly.
They we're working in the same build
ing, but this was not held out as an
i~nducement.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
SHOT HIMSELF
ON THE SPEEDWAY,
FELL INTO RIVER
Lo"iner Also Made Sure That
His Body Would
Float.

Waldo r. Iochner NJ M X Eas, Ono
Hundred and N~,ps,v.,h,ra .,r.., u.a.
,r.,,v 49,. ,,.. -. u,.,,,. 49,. a.
,,,,", - ~ "
~"e "' '"'" "''""s' Ne"'"'"s
. nanonerehie dowh Ms throat "A far
A. IL would go. he stepped over the low
rail on the Speedway embankment 1t
One Hundred and EighAy.Hrst street.
% the Warrington Bridge. He stepped
to the edge Of the embankment which
IN seven feet hirh NJ tina, min, .na
,h.r or.d 80 ..o,. T...-S -
-,~- ~. ~ ar" nv
'ou w INC sooona ven crashing
'hroukh MS right temple. Inc body top
pied over Into tho Harlem River. where
Il ioated with the kesd and shoude rs
above the water.
Lochner was seen dssc.,d,,. =
.ta,rway ,ron ,h. w...,.-.S" ns"'
.ho,, 49,. p''use
N. n" .ne motn'nS oy
"ou"'o" fohoe"hah Fitzgerald Inc
Policeman paid no rurther attention to
him until about n quarter Of An hour
later. when. as he passed, Lochner an
The evening world., 1911-08-19
FEWER CUSTOM HOUSES.

WASHINGTON. Aug. lG-If the
Treasury Departments plans for redis-
trlcting the customs territory OF the
United States are approved by Com
gross, the number OF custom houses
will be reduced from IA to seventy
three and many collectors who now ho!a
important political offices will find
themselves reduced. Albany. n. r.;
Syracuse, n. Y; Atlanta. Ga. Wheeling.
W. Va. Sioux City. la. Burlington. W.,
Dubuque. Ia; st. Joseph. Mo; Chat
tanoogs Tenn: Dayton. o.; Paducah,
KY; Lincoln. Neb.. Knoxville. Tenn.
and Houston. Tex. are among tine
poru which would be reduced to sub
ports In new diStricts.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
Portugal. Constitution signed.

LISBON. Portugal. Aug. ls-The
National Assembly completed and
signed the Constitution OF the Republic
Of Portugal al l.35 A. NJ. to-day. The
Constitution outlined by the Cabinet
several weeks ago M since discussed
by the elected Representatives OF the
people was adopted annie scenes OF
great enthusiasm.
Great crowds surrounded the build
Ing where the Assembly met and wait
ID for hours for the expected announce
ment. When this was received there
were joyful Approximations.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
CONGRESS WILL ADJOURN
NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Formal an
nouncement that Congress could ad-
journ either Tuesday or Wednesday was
made in the louise to-day by Majority
Leader Underwood.
Later Senator and House leaders vir-
tually agreed upon adjournment OF Con-
gress Tuesday afternoon.
The evening world., 1911-08-19

may succeed In learning your les
sons and In doing . lot OF other use
full things. But It isn't the way to
find Fairyland. The farther they
went. the more tired they grew.
2. At last Bobbie and Bessie we're
DO tired they couldn't walk another
step Their feet felt like bursting
through their shoes. "Oh dear!"
The evening world., 1911-08-19

Mary Wager, thirty-eight years old,
OF No. 800 George street, Evergreens.
Queens Borough, was found dead In
the bathroom OF her home this morning
with a tube running from the gas fix.
ture to her mouth and the gas turned
on. She had been In ill-health. She
locked hersei in the bathroom and an
entrance had to be forced.
The evening world., 1911-08-19
Nnx ID. DrIIl Goes Abroad.

Max d. Brill sailed for Europe to-day
on the olympic, accompanied by Mrs.
Brill. They plan a motoring trip through
England, Germany. France. Switzerland
and Italy, and will probably not return
until late this year. This Is MIR. Brilfs
frst vacation In several years.
The evening world., 1911-08-19

bessie. VINO had ridden In one once.
1T Is q sort Of automobile" an.
swersd Bobbie. AN Elf.Power car"
3. Suddenly, they came to a sharp
turn In the road and stopped short.
For there right In front of them
was a very wonderful. queerly made
little house. And In front Of the
house stood the very oueerest look.
The evening world., 1911-08-19

Bessie. pointing to the litter, anu
well carry you" Bobbie didn't like
the idea Of making other people car
ry him. but he was too tired to re-
fuse. So he and Bessie sa. on the
litter and the Little People picked
them up as lightly as feathers and
of they started on . run. This Is
nicer than an automobile" said
The evening world., 1911-08-19
Cholera ships Cabin Folk Freed.

The cabin passengers OF the steamer
Re d'Italia, which was held In Quaran-
tine yesterday because three deaths
from cholera occurred during her voy-
age from the Mediterranean, were al.
lowed to land to-day. The steamer andI
the steerage passengers are still Al
Quarantine.
The evening world., 1911-08-19

sighed bessie, It's horrld 10 have
come 90 far and then have to stop!"
She looked so very unhappy that
the kind hearted Little People re.
solved to help. SO they hurried
about and fastened some tree-limbs
together and made the very com.
fortablest litter couch you ever saw.
"Sit here" they said to Bobbie and
The evening world., 1911-08-19

has tied his hsh bag TO the rail-, and has
finished %squabbling with his next door
neighbor as to how much room 10 re-
quired for free action. has nibbled at
his lunch. mas gone below n found
thai all the cabin seats are already pre-
empted by sleepers-there Is usually
room for about two-has manoeuvred to
escape the Inevitable bore from South
Brooklyn who wants o to decide
whether he or his wife was right In
the squabble they had when he got
home last night. and has tried TO read
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. the live
lest of them. are stupid reading out at
sea IN q small boat-there's mighty little
to do,