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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-07
clears 5000 on Two Acres.

Cigars S2OO on TWO Acres.
fThat there is money in sweet pota-
toes as a crop is evidenced by the
statement made by c. w Bowel Of
Cement. who was here today with p
bushels Of potatoes. Mr.. Bowel who
has a two acre patch Will clear 5000
Off Of his potato crop. The yield be,
ing one hundred bush-is to the acre.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-07
SHORT STORIES
OF THE TOWN
Dollar a Bite.

DUIIdT BIG
II cost Lucy Smith dollar a bite
to take ten out Of the chin Of Matte
Griffin this morning, and caused near
ly all Of darktown to appear before
Judge Grigsby this AFTERNOON. Neiga-
borhood gossip was tie cause.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-07

i<id-key Day.
Austin College Day.
Milford College tT. =. CO Day.
Georgia Day.
Kid-Key Alumni and students viii
attend in body and hold their exer-
cises ia Auditorium No. 2. Austin COL
lege and Milford College will meet in
Auditorium No. l. This will also be
Georgia Day ana all Georgian Texans
viii gather for a jolly reunion anu
royal good time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
CASE TO JURY
THIS MORNING
"DIrty Dozen" Of Beverly is scathed
by Lawyer In Closing Remarks
Of Tar Party
Case.
NOTICEABLE REMARKS
NOTICEABLE REMARKS
No Attempt Made by Defense to criti-
clze the TarrIng OF the School
Teacher by Shady
Bend Men.

YINCOLN CENTER, Kan, Nov. 23.
AT 1925 this morning-two hours
and a half after court convened-the
Shady Bend tar party case" went to
the jury, following discussion from
both sides by Col. David Richie for
the defense and. Attorney General A.
NJ Hawkes. for the state.
1t was noticeable that the defense
in summing up the case did not at
tempt to defend the action of the men
who tarred Miss Chamberlain. Every
effort was made to prove that the
three men accused of the tarring had
no hand in the conception or carrying
out of the scheme.
When court opened Col. Richie made
violent attack on the dirty dozen
OF Beverly and attacked Chester An
derson, one of the states principal
witnesses in particular.
"These men," he shouted, "conceiv.
ed and executed the scheme. The
three defendants had no part in it at
all.,'
Richie also claimed that the meet
ing of the three men at the mill had
no bearing on the case and that the
men knew nothing of the plan to tar
the girl
Hawkes., in his final summing up
strongly defended Anderson's story
and demanded that verdict of guilty
be returned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
SPECTACULAR FIRE
IMPERILED MANY
TWO Little Children Struck by Fire
Marshal's Buggy and Will
Die.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 23.-Two
children were fatally injured and a
number of men seriously hurt when a
fire, which for spectacular effects and
thrilling rescues, eclipsed any occur.
ring in this city for several years,
totally destroyed the plant OF the ].
Baum Safe and Lock Company. The
loss will be in the neighborhood of
$150,000, fully covered by insurance
Two hundred employees were in the
building when the fire started and
some had narrow escapes because the
flames filled the exits SO quickly. Sew.
enty-five men jumped from the fourth
floor of an adjoining structure story
below, and one sustained broken leg
and internal injuries. He is in dan,
gerous condition.
The two children, Thomas Schall,
aged 7, and his brother, Walter, aged
5, were sitting on the sidewalk when
a fire marshal's buggy dashed by.
They attempted to cross the street in
front of the buggy and both were run
over. Tney cannot live. Five girls EN-.
ployed in the Office were hemmed in
and only escaped by reaching a win
dow on the second floor from which
the firemen rescued them. Other en-
ployes dropped from windows into
fire nets. The building was five
story brick structure. The fire start
ed on the first floor from what is be.
lieved was lighted cigarette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
italian Report Of Battle Recently
When Airships Were Used for
First Time In Actual
Warfare.
PUT ENEMY TO FLIGHT
Was Like Chicken Hawk swoopins
Down into Crowded Poultry
Yard with Farmer
In Town.

WASHINGTON Nov. 23.-Heavy
losses in the ranks OF the Arabs are
reported from Tripoli. where an Ital-
ian war ship and Ave aeroplanes drop
ped bombs on the enemy's camp The
dispatch dated Tripoli, Nov. 81. and
made public by the Italian embassy,
is as follows:
Yesterday. on the eastern front,
three different attacks took place, all
of them ending with the fight of the
enemy and heavy losses on its part.
Five aeroplanes dropped bombs on
the enemy's camp. The Italian man
of-war, Carlo Alberta, shelled the
locality OF Arnsuss.
At Tobruk on the eighteenth, the
Italian artillery dispersed the Arabs,
who probably were concentrating
their forces for a night attack.
At Derna on the same night lively
engagement took place and the enemy
was repulsed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
DOCTOR AND
NURSE ARRESTED
Did Not Tell all They knew About
Four Deaths In Same
Family.

DETROIT, Nov. 23.--A -ournal spec
ial from Ubly, Huron county, says
that DR.. Robert McGregor and Mrs.
Margaret Gibbs. nurse, were ar
rested and taken to jail at Bad Axe.
1t is charged they did not tell all they
knew in their testimony at the Ubly
inquest regarding the deaths of John
Wesley Sparkling and his three sons.
Suspicious of arsenic poisoning have
been raised in connection with tho
four deaths.
The coroner's jury rendered yer,
dict of death by arsenic poisoning
in the case of Albert Sparkling. DR..
McGregor and Mrs. Margaret Gibbs,
Of London, Ontario, were taken from
their rooms after they had retired for
the night and hurried to Bad Axe in
an automobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
Beattie viii go to the Electric Chair
Tomorrow Morning at
just About Sun.
rise.
HE FINAL REUNION
Family knelt In Prayer Today When
They Gathered Together for
the Last Time In
Life.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 23.-The
father. sister and brother of Henry
Clay Beattie, Jr., looked upon his
living face for the last time today.
The ministers and family attorneys
were the first visitors to the death cell
but soon afterwards the grief-torn
father, the pitifully rathetic sister ana
brother who holds up his head but
also near collapse, arrived at the
prison.
The ministers reported that the
prisoner had improved in spirits since
he accepted religion and that he was
prepared for the days ordeal.
With less than twenty-four hours OF
life before him, the young wife muir.
derer knelt in prayer. 1t was a
strangely sad scene in the death eel.
when the whole family joined in pray.
er. 1t was reproduction with some
variations of the scene long ago in
the Beattie household when the family
joined in prayer about the mothers
chair. The absense of the mother to
Day was the one comfort in the bleed
ing heart of the gray haired man who
looked into his sons eyes for the last
time.
Beattie will be executed between
7::2O and 1880 tomorrow morning. Two
clergymen will escort him from the
cell to the death chamber, one walking
on either side of the two guards who
will hold mis- hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
NEW MEXICO MAY
HAVE ANOTHER VOTE
Recent Election Not Legal Is the
Calm and President Taft
Appealed To.

SANTA FEE, N. M, Nov 23.-A
movement has been started to ask
President Taft to delay issuing the
proclamation declaring New Mexico a
state on account of alleged irregulari-
ties in the recent election. The idea
is to have congress take steps to call
another election to be held at the time
of the general election next Novem-
Ger. The election two weeks ago was
held under local laws and also under
the enabling act.
There was confusion in practically
every county. Under the local laws
the certified returns are sent to the
county seati under the enabling act
they We're to be sent to Santa Fe, but
many election boards nevertheless
sent the certified returns to the coun-
ty seat.
In two precincts in Roosevelt coun-
ty no election was held, and the result
is SO close on the supreme judgeships
that those two precincts might have
changed it.
There are also indications of fraud
and bribery, and altogether it Is be-
lieved that enough Of showing can
be made to persuade President Taft
to withhold the proclamation and for
congress to order new election, as
neither the republicans, who lost the
governorship, and seven of the state
officers, besides four district judges,
nor tho democrats who lost tho lee-is-
lature and eight of the state officers,
as well as four district judges, are
satisfied.
Delegate W. H. Andrews, however,
will oppose this movement, as he be-
lieves he has enough members of the
legislature pledged to elect him Unit
ed States senator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
SKIPPER KILLS
HIS DECKHAND
Only Way He Could subdue Drunken
EmpIoye, He
Says.

OAKLAND. Calf, Nov. 2s.-"All
night long sat on the body said
Captain John Evans of the schooner
Rock Island, giving himself up for the
death Of Peter Gesson, his only deck
hand whom he had choked to death.
''In my mind went over the strug-
gle. seeking to think of some other
means by which could have sub
dued him without killing him. / put
into Oakland and on my wife's advice,
gave myself up
Gesson, thought to have been crazed
by liquor attacked the skipper short
ly after they had put out from shore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
PITIFUL PLIGHT
OF PROSPECTORS
Party Ran Out of Food and Had to
Tramp Fifty Miles Through
Wilderness.

DULUTH, Nov 23.-While search
ing on the north shore of Lake SUI
perior for the lost south shore copper
lode, twenty-four prospectors and a
woman cook were marooned on mar
row peninsula fifty miles from ciyili-
zation for many days. They were SO
close to starvation that they started
to walk fifty miles to railroad in
search of food
When tug reached them carrying
provisions not bit of food was left
in the camp.
The story is told by w. R. Rathbun
a mining man, who returned to the
city from Port Arthur. Mr.. Rathbun
was on the tug that took provisions
to the starving crew
"They We're prospecting alone along
the north shore for continuation of
the lode from the Michigan copper
country said Mr.. Rathbun. Their
camp was in Black Bay Peninsu a,
which is fifty-five miles from Port Ar.
thur. and is cut off from the main
land by the wilderness.
"The snow was from three to ten
feet deep and it was impossible for
them to make their way through it.
THE men tried every expedient
They bored holes through the ice and
tried to catch fish, but failed. They
went hunting, but for some mysterl
| Gus reason had no luck.
When we finally reached the camT
the woman, who had been given al
the best of it, retained her strength
The men, however, just sat still ant
cried"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
H. Clay Mcphetridge. son of

H. Clay McPhetridge, son of Mrs.
Mary E. McPhetridge, left this morn
ing for Ottumwa, where he will play
a weeks engagement as cornetst in
the Orpheum theatre of M. r. Angel
of this city. Mrs. McPhetridge, daugh
ter Mrs. Leila Brown and baby son,
Nelson, leave tomorrow for Chicago
where they will make their future
home Mrs McPhetridge. it is remem,
bered is the widow of the late H. +.
McPhetridge, whose death followed an
accident in the sand pit of the Water
Power Co, near the Des Moines river
bridge last spring. The late Frank
McPhetridge was the first man to ole
from injuries since the work of con-
structing the Mississippi power dam
was commenced nearly two years ago.
From the vicinity of the city scale
house and Mississippi Coal and Ice
Co., on the levee a still alarm of fire
was turned in at T:35 last evening
An electric wire, broken, had dropped
too dangerously near inflamable
stuff and repairs were needed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
Only $t,25o,ooo Allowed for improve
ments Between Missouri River
Mouth and st.
Paul.
GRAND TOTAL s2e,e28,ess
No Money for Anything Excepting
What Has the Approval of Army
Engineers After In.
vestigatIon.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2a.-Estimates
for continuing the work on river and
harbor improvement throughout the
country, made public at the war de-
partment and covering the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1918, show a strict
adherence to the new administration
policy of asking congress to appro-
pirate only for those improvements
which have received the approval OF
the army corps Of engineers after the
most thorough investigation.
No new projects of any great i'm
portance are provided for in the esti-
mates and unless congress takes the
bit in its teeth and disregards the
recommendation of Gen. w. H. Bixby,
chief of engineers, the pork barrel
method Of river and harhor work will
have been eliminated for second
| year.
The appropriations asked for aggre-
gate $29,62S,69S, as against $50, ,095, ,69S
for the current year. The estimates
will be sent to congress by the secre-
tary of the treasury, and President
Taft in his message will urge that
they be strictly adhered to.
i They are divided as follows:
Under continuing contracts $12,114.9SS
Rivers and harbors general
4 including Mississippi riv-
i er commission and ex-
aminations, surveys and
/ contingencies) ........ 17,345.45n
Under California debris
i commission (expense) ~. $4,000
! Prevention of deposits in
New York harbor ....... 15S,260
4 Mississippi river-From head OF
1 passes to mouth Of Ohio river, So, 500,-
4 600; between Ohio and Missouri riv-
ers. $1,oo0,o00; between Missouri rlv-
er and st. Paul, MINI, s1,250,000; e.
/, tween ST. Paul and Minneapolis, $780,
00o.
Those estimates, 1t is explained, are
| intended to cover all the minimum re-
} Iquirements for the prosecution and
maintenance of the various improve
! ments They were made up from esti-
mates prepared on the same basis by
t the various district engineers, this
Z. being done to keep within the limited
total estimates deemed advisable for
the fiscal year of 1913, and on the
supposition that river and harbor
work will be provided for hereafter by
) annual approl ration, The estimates
are to be divided between the river
o and harbor and sundry civil bills, and
are to be applied to 242 works.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
DECIDES AGAINST
GOMPERS AGAIN
Judge Wright Refused to Dismiss
Contempt Charges Against Three
Labor Leaders.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-Judge
Wright today refused to dismiss the
contempt charges against President
Gompers, Secretary Morrison and
vice-President Mitchell in the famous
Bucks case.
This means that he will again at
tempt to force the labor leaders to
trial. The defendants demurred to
the report of special prosecution
committee. Justice Wright decided
against them.
The supreme court last spring dis
missed the defendants who We're then
under Jail sentences. The labor lead
ers had not been committed actually
to Jail.
Justice Wright holds that the settle
ment of the controversy between la
Dor and the Bucks company, settled
last year, has no bearing with the
present case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
Mrs. Patterson Claims She Killed
Husband to Protect Herself
Rut Bullets Entered His
Back.
ONLY ONE EYE WITNESS
Carpenter In His Little shop, Saw
the Tragedy and Found Man
Gaspins His
Last.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 23.-Shot IN
the back! These four words will be
the answer of the prosecution when
Mrs. Patterson claims she shot her
husband to protect her life.
A strong effort was made this morn
ing to support the states theory OF
cold premeditated murder. Four wit
nesses testified to facts which linked
together give the following founda-
tion:
Mrs. Patterson shot her husband
twice in the back as he lay PROSTATE.
A.. B. Shugart, a carpenter, the only
man who saw the tragedy testified
to what he saw and his story was not
shaken. He testified that he was
standing in his shop when he heard
two shots fired in rapid succession
from the direction of the Hendrie
home nearby.
Il looked out and saw a man on
his hands and knees on the sidewalk. :
he said, crying out oh my God, my
God and a woman was standing over
him taking deliberate aim ut his back
for the third shot / hollered at her
and she fired the third shot. He fell
on his face and never saw him move
again."
When Shugart called to the woman
she arose suddenly and dashed into
the Hendrie home He turned the
man over. He was still gasping but
did not speak The witness found a
4 revolver under the body
A riot was precipitatad in the Grim.
inal court building today when the
doors Of Judge Aliens courtroom
were thrown open for the fourth days
session of the trial.
The instant the bailiff opened the
door the mob of curious women wait
ing outside made rush for the en-
trance. Driven fairly frantic in their
eagerness to get inside, they pushed
and jostled and resorted to hair pull
ing. A number of women were
knocked down and trampled pnd one
had all her hair almost pulled out.
Despite the fight Mrs. Patterson
who was approaching the door at the
time did not appear disturbed She
chatted cheerfully with her attorney
until after the noise had subsided
and then entered the court room.
Police Surgeon Mudd. the first wit
ness today, proved an excellent wit
ness for the defense. He said that af
ter the tragedy he took the defendan
to the station. Enroute, he testified
she told him her husband struck hel
and then handed her revolver say
ing; Now you, kill yourself"
Witness said the woman's cheel
was very red. indicating that she hat
been struck in the face.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Friday. Colder to-
night. Rising temperature Friday.
For Illinois: Cloudy and much cold
er tonight. Cold wave in the extreme
south portion Friday fair.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Friday. Colder in the east and
south portions tonight. Rising tenn
perature Friday.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and Fri
day. Colder tonight. Much colder in
the east and south portions. Warmer
in the northwest portion Friday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
VIGOROUS DENIAL
FROM BERNHARDT
Says 1t Is Stupid Report Of Her Con.
templatIng Marriage With Young
Actor.

PARIS, Nov. 23.-Sarah Bernhardt
Indignantly denies the report she is to
marry Lou Tellegen, a 26-year old
Flemish actor who has been playing
subordinate parts in her company
When an interviewer called at Nine.
Bernhardt's house to inquire about
the report French journalist who
had been on the same errand was
making hasty exist after having
barely escaped having his ears boxed
Nine Bernhardt received the sec
ond inquirer politely. She had diff
Guilty in finding words to express hel
opinion Of the stupidity of the re
port.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
Toenail Surgery.

The reason why mos, attempts per-
maneniiy to remove ingrowing nails
fall is because they are not sufficient
ly radical. says New Orleans physi-
clan IN the Times Democrat The
proper procedure is to anaesthetize
the patient with ether or some other
general anesthetic. then remove. surgi.
cally. tho entire side of the nail which
tends to grow wrongly The anesthetic
permits the surgeon to dissect out
the entire section of the nail to its
remotes attachments One great diff.
fculty about treating ingrowing nails
is that the sufferer cannot be per
suaded to wear sufficient. roomy
shoe 10 permit the new nall tissue to
grow naturally Thus do vanity and
hygiene contend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
Weather Conditions.

The western area of low pressure
has been divided by the high pressure
moving down from the northwest,
part passing as depression to the
north of the Western Lakes, attended
by rain and rising temperature in the
Mississippi Valley, the other moving
to the Western Gulf
The advancing northwestern field of
high pressure extends from the Rock
les to the Mississippi Valley, with its
crest in North Dakota, where the
temperature is below zero, and fair,
colder weather prevails on the east
ern slope of the Rockies.
Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Friday. Colder tonight; becoming
warmer Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
When It Was Found That He Was
Leading a Double Life He Was
Given tho Doube
Gross.
CANNOT BE LOCATED
Charges Of Intoxlcatlon and immoral
Ity Against Him and Police
Have Warrant for His
Arrest.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-A tremendous
sensation has been caused in social
and religious circles throughout the
country by the announcement in last
nights Gazette that King George has
ordered the dismissal Of his domestic
chaplain, the Rev. Frederick Percival
Farrar, rector of Sandringham.
1t is stated that the royal chap
lain's dismissal Is in consequence of
revelations of the most sensational
character, it being charged that he
has for some time been leading a
double life.
The Rev. F. P. Farrar, who is son
of the late Archdeacon Farrar, has
been a close friend Of royalty for
several years and frequently dined at
the royal table.
AS royal chaplain and rector OF
Sandringham, the disgraced clergyman
frequently preached and administered
communion to the late King Edward
and Queen Alexandra and also to the
present king and queen during theil
residence at Sandringham.
Several charges of drunkenness
and immortality are now being investi
gated by the bishop of Norwich, II
which diocese the accused clergy
mans parish is situated.
/, It is also announced that, in conse
quence of the allegations against him
Mr. Farrar has resigned the rector
ship of Sandrin CHAM.
4 Rev Mr.. Farrer was married Jul,
( 6. last, his bride being Miss Nor;
Davis, a daughter of the late Clarl
/ Davis of Philadelphia and sister 0
Richard Harding Davis. The wedding
which was one of the principal socia
events of the summer. was ATTENDED
by many well-known London societ.
people and the guests also included
several prominent Americans, amon'
them Whitelaw Reid, the unite'
States ambassador
Mr.. Farrar and his bride receive
several presents from members OF tn
royal family, the king and quee
and Queen Alexandra being anon
those who sent gifts.
The police, armed with a warrar
| for his arrest, are searching for Re
Farrar in all directions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
DEDICATE MONUMENT
FOR THREE MORMONS
Those Who Witnessed Translation Of
the Book Are Honored by Their
Followers.

RICHMOND. Mo. Nov. 23-In the
presence of many high church digni-
taries and Ave hundred members OF
the Mormon church who travelled
from Utah in special train to be
present, huee shaft erected to the
memory of Oliver Cowdery, David
Whitmer and Martin Harris, the three
apostles who witnessed the transla-
ton Of the book of Mormons, was un-
yelled here.
Herbert j. Grant, second in line of
the apostolic succession, presided
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23
SKELETON USED
IN MURDER TRIAL
Bones of Murdered Man Are Used to
Show Jury How Shot Pierced
Skull.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 23.-Bones
and broken skull pieced together
with wire, the relics of a body be-
lieved to have been that of Joseph
Kemper. a farmland. were introduced
as evidence in the trial Of John Poole,
charged with having murdered Kemp
err
An undertaken and his assistants
told the jury that shot had been found
in tissue inside the skull Poole is
alleged to have killed Kemper be
cause the farmland demanded his
wages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-23

HALF Y Re RESCUED
Most OF Those Who Lost Their Lives
Were Caught In Cars With
Little Chance Of
Escape.

sAUMUR, France. Nov. ga pas.
senger train plunged into the Thouar
river at Montreuil today and fifty per-
sons were drowned.
A food had carried away the bridge
and the train leaped from the abut-
mont at full speed.
The coaches contained about 100
passengers, most of whom died in
their apartments. Others were swept
down In the flood.
A few hung to trees until help came
and rescued them.