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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
AUDITORS CONTENTION IS
UPHELD BY JUDGE POE

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 3--Contention
of the state auditors office applying
the inheritance tax law of the first
Legislature has been sustained in a
decision by Judge Poe of the Tulsa
county district court in case of the
McGannon estate. The estate was
valued at $28O,0OO, one-half of which
went to the widow, $4,000 of her por-
ltion being exempted from the tax, and
the first $4,000 of the remaining $780,
900 paying ! per cent. The county
court, before which the estate was
valued, held that the rate applying on
the entire excess Of $125,000 was 1-125
|of 1 per cent. A. d. Humbarger. tax
clerk of the auditors office, held that
the law meant that rate on each 500
of the excess by applying the rule of
arithmetical progression. The district
court holds that Humbarger's figuring
is correct, and that the widow is due
to pay in taxes 1855. Five brothers,
who receive $23,33S each from the es-
tate, each pay in taxes $77S.62, and
three nephews and one niece each re-
ceiving $5,S3999 pay taxes to the
amount of $91.49 each, or total tax
on the whole estate amounting to SILL
1882, as against $4,000 which would
have been collected under the county
courts holding. The auditor has pend
ing similar case in Creek county.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
Bruce is Exonerated.

Muskogee, OKLA, Jan. 3.-Following
an investigation into the charges of
irregularity at the state school for the
blind, at Fort Gibson, Miss Kate Bar
nard, state commissioner of charities,
and DR.. W. T. Tilley, member of the
state board of health, yesterday made
a report generating Superintendent.
Bruce of all charges.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

The burning of bridge near Clare
more caused all the night trains on
the Frisco to be detoured by way of
Wagner. They arrived all the way
from four to fourteen hours late. Num-
Der 4OS due here at $40 last night ar
rived about 10 o'clock this morning.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN
HELD UP BY TWO BANDITS
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Ogden, Utah, Jan. 3.-Two bandits
held up the Overland Limited, on the
Southern Pacific railroad at Reese
Junction, west of here last night, and
robbed hundred passengers of their
jewels, to the value of $2,5OO. They
killed negro porter who resisted and
wounded two other persons. Leaving
the railway tracks they started across
the country. Coming across two other
persons they made them turn over
their valuables. Heavily armed posses
|are in pursuit.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
Bio Fire at Little Rock

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 3.-A fire,
which started early this morning here,
destroyed block of business buildings
and caused damage estimated at a
million dollars. The wind was high
and water pressure low.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
I. o. 0. F. lnstaIIs Officers.

The Odd Fellows installed the fol-
lowing Ulcers last night: w. M. Ma
lone, N. G.; Steve Edwards, v. G.;
Geo. Bailey, secretary; Geo. E. Davis,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
MAJOR LEAGUERS ANNOUNCE
SPRING TRAINING CAMPS

Following is list showing where
major league teams will train this
spring;
American League.
Philadelphia at Savannah, Ga.
Washington at Atlanta, Ga.
Boston in California.
Detroit at Monroe, La.
Chicago at Mineral Wells, Tex.
Cleveland at Alexandria and New
New York at Richmond, Va
st. Louis at Hot Spfmgs.
National League.
Phillies at Birmingham, Ala.
Boston, not decided
New York at Marlin, Tex.
Brooklyn at Hot Springs, Ark.
Cincinnati at Hot Springs, rk.
Pittsburg at Hot Springs. Ark.
Chicago at New Orleans.
st. Louis at West Baden, Ind
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
Bank Guarantee Law Sustained.

Washington, D. c., Jan. S.-The fight
against the policy of state in guar
anteeing bank deposits met with a re-
verse today when the supreme court
of the United States held constitutional
the bank guarantee laws of Oklahoma,
Kansas and Nebraska.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

Toledo, (o) Press-Few college
glee clubs have ever elcited such faS-
orable comment as has this one. All
are trained soloists, selected after a
rigid examination.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

Rosco Marks left this morning for
Kansas City, where he is attending
the medical college.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

Emmett Skinner and Harry Lumkin
have assumed their duties as members
of the new e. N. Ratcliff Mercantile
company
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

James Simms, county commissioner
elect from the first district was in the
city today.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03

Mrs. F. NJ Smith and little daughter
returned today from a visit at Oswego,
Kans.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-03
CENSUS STATISTICS FOR
KANSAS TOWNS ANNOUNCED

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Jan. S-Statistics
OF the thirteenth census given out to.
day included these Kansas towns:
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20

an unnakine Of officials. He served several terms in the legislature. In the seventeenth he was president Of the council
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
WANTS SUM OF s2S9 . FOR A MISSING SMILE
Circumstances Which Have Led up to a SeNian SIan-
 der Suit.

It is not only pleasant to smile, but 1t is good policy. When you say that, smilei" warned the Virginian ig the popular book on western life. of the same name, The Virginian" The remark was addressed to the vil- lain of the book. who had carelessly dropped an epithet minus the smile attachment
 Gligor Milichevich, a Servian, ap- piled that epithet to Blaze Gurovich, a fellow countryman, the latter as serts, in South Bisbee, in the pres ence of other Servians, and now he 10 ttssee defendant in a suit for $299 for defamation Sf character, filed in Judge Owen Murphys court at Lowell
 The epithet in the Servian Ian guage, is given in lSe petition for damages.
 ri so Lupez" was another epiunet that was applied to the plaintiff by the defendant. the petition recites, meaning in the Serylan language. You are a thief"
 ri si ukrao S19O cd meme iz moio kuche II South Bisbee" is the express and specific charge, the petition al- lS5t5s Iudt 2lllNhtflcn uidQe against the plaintiff in the presence of other Seryians. The language brought great modification to Gurovich and he wants balm in the sum of s299 to salye his wounded feelings and the damage to his character.
 Proceeding from the retort cour- teous, the oony yersation seems to have progressed through all degrees of Hcyle's rules. as set down by Shakes peare, until the premiere caTumny was reached, the nameless epithet unac- companied by smile If the court awards damages to Guroyieh in the sum asked for, the price of the smile that was not smiled, will be exactly S2gg.
 The limit of damages that may be recovered in such a case is set al $500. The date for the hearing of the case has not yet been set by Judge 1 Murphy.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
 KILLS FRED G. HUGHES l
 PIONEER OF ARIZONA
For Many Years a Foremost Figure. in Territorial
 Politics
GREATERVlLLE TRAGEDY

Fred G. Hughes of Tucson. a pio- neer Of Arizona and twenty years ago one of the most prominent citizens Of the territory, was killed by lightning at Greatervile on Saturday night while sitting in a chair in the door way of an adobe hut.
 The lightning bolt tore it's way through the roof and rafters above him. struck him on the forehead and knocked him from the chair to the floor, where he lay dead, face upward, among the spiinters of the shattered roof
 A Mexican family which occupied aEother part Of the house, heard the noise and found Hughes body. Above the eye on each temple was a tiny red mark showing how the electIocu- tion had taken place. The body bore no other mark. but watch in the pocket Of the deceased looked as though 1t had been touched with a soldering iron. The watch had been stopped by the lightning stroke, .wiJh its hands pointing al i've minRtes to six.
 The Mexican family in the other part of the house felt the shock only slightly.
 Mir. Hughes was born March 90, 1887. in Cheltenham, England With his parents he came 10 the United States when he was five years old. At the opening Of the civil war he en- listed in the federal army and fought in many of the most important en- gagcments Of the great conflict. Be fore the close of the war he came to Arizona and lived in the territory a full half century before his death, practically the entire ffty years be ing spent in Pima county. Most of that time he spent in mining and in so doing he discovered the Greater vile mineral district. which later be- came the best known placer gold in Arizona. He had gone to Greater yillc several weeks ago for the pur- pose or doing assessment work on some claims which he still held unde- yeloped
 Mir. Hughes shared to the full the manifold dangers Of early Arizona life, and took a leading part in some oi the innumerable lights of Apache war fare. On May 20, 1884, no was made a member Of the Pioneers society of Tucson, and when Negloy Post, c. A. R., was organized. he became @ mem Der.
 For several years Ar. Hughes was a foremost figure in Arizona politics and had much to do with the making
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
A PONY IN POLITICS
 JUDGE HAWKINS START
The Persistence which Carried Mayer Precinct, Yaya-
 pal County

Now that campaigning is going on feverishly, stories of earlier cam paigns are revived. Douglas Gray. at the Copper Queen hotel the other night, related one which concerns the beginning of the brilliant political ca reer of Hon. John J. Hawkins, of Prescott, who afterwards rose to a seat on the bench of the supreme court.
 Judge Hawkins, then quite a young man. had recently come out from Mis-. souri, Among his earliest aequaint- Hawkins confided to his friend that
 the probate judge, Bee. had been an- moving him, and that he thought of bursting into politics.
 Mir. Gray lent him instant encour agement. and later loaned him a pinto pony for the campaign The loan was really a conditional sale. If the judge should be elected. he would pay sl00 for the pony; if defeated, the title to the pony should remain in Mr. Gray, and the pony should remain in MT. Gray's corral.
 Judge Hawkins knew nothing of tho geography of the county. but was told that the nearest center of popu- lation was Mayer, the stronghold of that feudal lord, Joe Mayer
 The judge set ont and arrived at
 Mayer without mishap. The pony seemed to feel personal interest in the campaign. and hurried, though as the judge afterward learned, the ani- nal had been raised by Joe Mayer
 The judge saw all the voters in camp and was pledged their unani nous support The next morning he was directed to the next settlement and started. The enthusiasm Of the | pony seemed to have waned. He mani tested no initiative in hunting the road. which Judge Hawkins could oniy roughly guess at, and finally gave up, He gave the pony his head, and In ! the course of the evening the judge and pony brought up at Joe Mayer s Mir Mayors pleasure at meeting ! Judge Hawkins So soon was mingled with surprise, but he told him ths 1 camp was still solid for him. The | following morning. the judge was ! pointed to another course. a trail eas | leF 10 lOlOhs DAL dstalu Aht l1Ns' was lost and again he committed hi ! political fortunes to the pony, anl again the days journey ended at JoC Mayors. This is the first instance oi the recall of the judiciary.
 You've got this precinct einched, said MT Mayer, but we're aiway' glad to have you stop when you come | this way
 ! The only road in the county Judge | Hawkins knew was the way back tC | Prescott, and the next morning h
 started home. That was the end o ! his campaigning, but he was elected ! probate judge.
 Now" said MT. Gray in conclusion i. Judge Hawkins will say Oh, pshaT there's nothing in it, but if this isn' true, l never told the truth Atte'
 Mir. Gray had gone, bystanders re Inembered that he had neglected t' state whether the conditional sale O
 the pony was ever consummated.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
CLEANSING
 OF CHIHUAHUA HILL
Health Committee lnyeSti- gates Reported Source
 of Typhoid Case

Following the interview in yester- day mornings Review in which pr. \. C. Bledsoe, a member of the county sanitary board, called attention to the unsanitary condition Of number or premises on Chihuahua Hill and de claring that he had traced a case Of typhoid fever in that section 10 the unsanitary condition of the water closet on a neighbor's premises, the health committee of the city council composed of Dr. Hunt, city physician; Marry Zeisemer. city engineer, and Councilman Allen, made an inspection of the district alluded to in the Inter view yesterday afternoon.
 pr. Hunt has been active in better ing the sanitary condition of the city since his Inauguration as city health officer. and il is expected that stTln- gent measures will be adopted 10 lm- prove the sanitary condition or Chi huahua HILL He had asked the couh- cil some time ago for authority to proceed in cases like that reported oy Dr. Bledsoe and the health commit tee of the city council has been em- powered to take the measures neces- saTy.
 One of the difficulties that has been encountered in the clean up cam paign is that many of the unsanltaFS places complained of are owned by people who are now nonresidents ana it is difficult to get improvements made on account of the slump in rent als. in other cases, however, these conditions are the result oi filthiness on the part of residents.
 The case. reported by Ir. Bledsoe was that Of a case Of typhoid that had been caused by upsanitary conditions at a house near to the one where the typhoid case is located.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20

CwI cure
 The best policy to preserve to- wards the stock market just now is 10 maintain well-balanced judgment The situation is not entirely cleared, hut has its redeeming features. and recuperatiye tendencies are already Gt work. Prices may go lower. If SO, there will undoubtedly be some
 exceptionally valuable opportunities among the better class of stocks which may now be safely recommended as good investments. In some of the latter the decline has been oyerdone. The market may also experience sharp rallies, at times, but for the present we can only advise the exer- else of caution. When liquidation is complete and the political and labor outlook begins to clear, we may eX. pect sharp recovery in security val ues, if only in anticipation of a recu- l peration in business which cannot be 1 indefinitely postponed.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
ArrAcks scHooL ealNclpAL

\ severe attack on school principal, |, Chas. B. Allen. Of Sylvanla, Ga, is thus told by him. For more than three years" he writes, T suffered indescribable torture from rheuma- tism, liver and stomach trouble and diEeased kidneys All remedies fail cd till l used Electric Bitters, but four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me completely" Such results are common. Thousands bless them for curing stomach trouble, female complaints, kidney disorders, bilious ness, and for new health and vigor. Try them. Only soc at all druggists.
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Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
Terriex Saved Life.

A sagacious Irish terrier named Fynue ayerted a tragedy the other night at Belfast. About one o'clock in the morning the terrier awoke his mis- tress, and by barking and pulling at her dress led her to where a Miss Jones, visitor. was sleeping. There was a strong smell of gas in the room. and the girl was found lying upcon- scious. It was discovered that there was leak in the gas pipe, But for the dogs warning. Miss Jones would in all probability have been suffoca- ted. As it was. she soon recovered.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
CARD oF THANKS

We take this means of thanking Mrs. J. J. Harrington. lone Bean, J. P. Williamson and A. J. KisselberS for their kindness in assisting with their singing at the funeral of Wii- liam Wilkerson; the F. O. F. for flowers; also Rev. F. c. Decker and the Palace Undertaking company for their appreciated services.
 MIR and MRS. J. W. WILKINSON.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-20
He knows whst work e.

You lazI. 6ood-fur-pothiug thing. said the citizen 70 the tramp Way don't you r7 to wCTki" Work said the tran Do you imagine that walking from New Orleans to New York twice a year Is pleasrre7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
What'l the Rebs
Get at Tia Juana

Reports from the South are
that an attack will soon be made
by the Mexican rebels on Tia
Juana. Probably few persons
realize that Tia Juana Is very
close to the city of San Diego,
Cal, and just across the border
line.
Just what the rebels can find
of value at Tia Juan Is a matter
for speculation. 1t Is u sleepy
little place, scarcely village
About seven saloons, mostly IN
small huts, custom house and
general merchandise store are the
only buildings which mark the
scene.
Tia Juana is about twenty miles
south of San Diego. Tourists al
ways visit Tia Juana and If they
are successful in smuggling a few
cigars over the line regard it as
a most exciting episode to relate
of when they return to the erfete
East. Tia Juana is Spanish for
Aunt Jane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
MACHINISTS
PROTESTING

Frank Schmitz led O committee
of indignant members of the ma
chinists' union to the council
chamber this morning to protest
against the apparent discrimina-
ton against anything bearing the
union stamp on the part of Com
missioner Woodsi the construc-
tion of the new dock.
Woods had entire control of
hiring the men and ordering the
materials for the job. The car
penters first kicked but this MORN
ling the machinists made a deter
mined protest.
A littlemachiner y has been in
stalled for raising the draw ap-
proach to the boats. It was
bought from the Puget Sound Iron
& Steel company.
Schmitz declared this is an I'M
fair shop and that the men en-
ployed are strike-breaKers of the
professional stamp and he could
not understand why union men
who have their homes here were
not given a chance to bid on the
work at least.
He said several machine shops
here could have done the Job.
Woods said he knew nothing
of it and that the architect had
been told to find out where he
could get the machinery and get
it and he had done it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23

Another verse for our national
anthem, America" has been writ.
ten by Paul Selby of Chicago, for
mer editor of the Illinois State
Journal, in response to wish OK
pressed by Grand Army men for
recognition of Lincoln's name. A
similar desire for something ex-
.pressive of the prairies and the
west inspired Rev. DR.. Henry Van
Dykes stanza few years ago,
Here is Mr.. Selby's verse:
Our union banner waves
Ger freemen, not DER slaves,
The patriots pride;
In freedoms fame, as one,
Are wreathed the names they
sung,
Lincoln and Washington,
The nations guide.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
The Story of Man Who Investi-
gated the Proposition and His
Own Story of What He Saw.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb
I23.-There were 20 in the party
that set out to look over the Vic
toria farming lands. We were
bound for the new settlements o.
Cohuna and Rochester, but gov
ernment officials took us in gov
eminent motor cars to see the old
er settlements first. We covered
1900 miles, stopping at govern
ment hotels, where a fellow lives
we'll at IL cents a meal.
But the country! This part o.
it is like the San Joaquin valley o.
California-same climate, same
products, same variety Of soil
much of it the lighter sort that il
fine for oranges, peaches, grapes
and alfalfa. (They call it lu'
cerne here, as the Mormons do in
lUtah.) We saw all these things
growing, talked with the farmers
and found them enthusiastic, now
that reliable irrigation has been
provided.
The new lands are sold at actual
cost and vary in price from $40 to
SIS an acre. They are divided in
to 50-acre blocks.
what is the actual cost of buy
ing and improving SO acres to the
point where a man will be abso-
lutely independent and out of
debt2" l asked an. official.
He presented a detailed state
ment and the total was $500!
Just like the rest of the
world" I groaned. mo chance
for a poor man."
How much capital have your"
he asked
About $780," I said.
"And you are willing to risk all
for home on Australian soil?" he
asked, with a CLEAN in his eye.
"The spirit is willing" l said,
"but the pockets weak"
Just the man we are looking
for" he answered. You buy the
land on 81 " years. time, paying
Is per cent on cost. That pays in
|terest and principal at the end of
the period, or pay as much sooner
as you can.
1--WE loan you at per cent for
Ito years 80 per cent of what it
cost to get here, 20 per cent of all
Your improvements, and we build
lyou a house on the same terms.
We help in other ways, too. Let's
see-you need just 1915 for this
$3.50 enterprise.
l thought of my own country on
the other side of the world, sad
Idled by the trusts and ridden by
the money lords, and of what she
could so readily supply by lifting
her hand--if that hand were not
tied to money and so not free to
help men and women. have cast
my lot with the men who are carv-
ing out an empire beneath the
southern cross. Australia is good
Ienough for me.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23

nearly every town in Southern
California as the first step toward
establishing a chain of aviation
fields that will average about 80
miles apart between here and Los
Angeles. 1t is figured that any
aviator can easily make 80 miles,
and that air-touring can be made
as popular in California as auto
mobile touring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
COMPLETE RETURNS
FROM ELECTION

SEATTLE, Feb. 23.--The CONS
plete return in the primary coun-
cilmanic elections were announced
today, and show that nine menu
bers of the old council have a
chance of election in the new or
der of things. But of all the
eighteen, from whom nine will be-
chosen at election next week, all
are those who were instrumental
in opposing the Gill administers
tion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
NO PEOPLE ON
DEREL|CT SHIP

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
LONDON, Feb. 23.-Fears that
passengers on liner were in peril
were aroused here today when a
wireless message told of big ves-
sci ashore on the Scilly islands
Later the boat was found to be
the Richelieu, an abandoned
Frecn wayship which went ON the
rocks on South Bishop island and
is rapidly breaking in the surf
The Richelieu was being towed to
Holland two weeks ago when her
towline parted. The warship has
since become a derelict.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
HUGE DockTO
BE BUILT
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. 23.-
Work will be commenced as soon
as. the surveys are. completed at
Esquimalt, adjacent to the Brit
ish Columbia Marine Railway
yards on the construction of d
craving dock, goo feet long and
100 feet wide, one of the largest
drydocks In the world. The cost
will be 100000. The Donlin-
lion government has agreed to aid
the work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-23
Planning Whole System of
Aviation Fields

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 23.-The
Aero club of San Diego, which is
financing Glenn H. Curtiss' avia-
ton school for army and navy
men here, is considering new
proposition. 1t is proposed by V.
NJ. Griffith, director of the Aero
club of California, and Frank T.
Searight, director of the local club,
to organize aviation enthusiasts in