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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-21
HAS BADLY INFECTED. ARM.
Cyril woo,.oy 'una.rsss.s opsr.tion to
Drain Ahacesa CausSd sax Scratch.

Cyril Woolsey, a fornler Iowa Central
rnachinist. but now employed in the
Rock Island shops at Waterloo. un-
derwent a surgical Operation Monday
at the home Of his ppYents. .Mr. and
Mrs. John NJ. Woolsey, $O7y South First
avenue. About week ago. while at
work. Mr.. Woolsey received slight
scratch on his left wrist. The wound
became infected. and. the infection
spread to the entire arm, localizing in
the armpit and forming an abscess.
This was opened and drained thru in
cisions made on both sides of the arm,
in the operation Monday. The young
mans condition is as ,Eood as can be
expected, and no seriots consequences
are Anticipated unless blood poisoning
should develop.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
INDIANS OF CIVILIZED TRIBES
SCATTERED ALL OVER WORLD

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 5.-The In
dians of the five civilized tribes OF
eastern Oklahoma, are wanderers on
all parts of the earth. The govern
ment is making $50 per capita pay
ment and where application is made,
checks are mailed to Indians who have
been given the right of citizenship.
come from all over the
world The opening of one morning S
mail by Indian Superintendent Dana
M. Kelsey revealed an application from
an Indian who is with the army in
Manila Another writes to send his
check to Panama, another is a sailor
on a United States battleship. Many
are in Oregon and Colorado. The lat
ter state harbors those affected with
A large number from
Southern Texas, end many are pris-
oners in the federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kans. A larger number
write from the state prison at Nc
,Alester. A Seminole is student in
Berlin, and a few are residents OF
Washington, D. G.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
KATYS CLAIM NOT
VALID SAYS COURT
Suit of Railroad For Reimbursement
For Oklahoma Land is Thrown
Out of Court.

Washington, Dec. 5.-The 60 million
dollar claim of the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas Railway company against the
United States was dismissed yester.
day when the court Of claims sustain
ed the government demurrer to the
railways petition for reimbursement
for every alternate section of land
along its lines through the Indian Ter
ritory, now part of the state of Ok
lahoma.
In the suit thrown out of court Mon
day the Missouri, Kansas g. Texas
Railway company alleged that by acts
of congress the United States had
promised to convey to it in fee simple
title to every alternate section Of land
to the extent of ten sections a mile on
each side of its line through the In
dian Territory and Kansas, and that
subsequently many of these lands had
been decided to the Indians and had
otherwise been disposed of to the
great loss of the railroad company.
The company asked that an account
be taken to ascertain the value and
extent of its land grants improperly
and wrongfully taken from 1t by gov
ernmental authority and that judg-
ment be rendered for the Emount sued
for approximately 62 miHson dollars
This is the suit in whish Governor
Hoeh lent the name of Kansas to help
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road
into court. The action of the governor
aroused a storm of protest, and the
action became political issue Event
Iually it was thrown out of court, the
court deciding the state had no right
to intervene. The railroad company
then sued direct and lost in yester-
days decision
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
CREEK TRIBES join IN
INSURGEhT MOVEMENT

Muskogee, Okla, Dec 5.-The lin
|surgent" movement has spread to the
creek tribe of Indians. That portion
of the tribe known as 'progressives, F"
headed by Sam L. Haynes of Okmul-
gee and E. b. Childers of Wagner
have called meeting of the Creeks
at Okmulgee, Tuesday, December 5,
to arrange a programme for national
Legislation, and raise funds to send a
delegation to Washington during this
session of congress-
The Indians want Uncle Sam to set
tie up with them, pay the Creeks what
money they have coming and abolish
the tribal government They are op-
posed to the present chief who is a
fullblood and of the non-progressive'
school,
They say that he is doing nothing
for his people, and is dominated by M.
IL. Mott, the Creek attorney, who is a
white man from Ashville, N. G. They
want the Office of chief and the office
OF tribal attorney abolished.
d. NJ. Hodge, of Tulsa, who repre-
sents the Loyal Creeks, has joined the
"insurgent" movement. Mr.. Hodge
says that the Loyal Greeks still have
5000 900 coming to them and he wants
the government to pay them. About
ten years ago bill was introduced in
congress providing for the payment
of the Loyal Creeks, who we're Indians
that left their farms and stock and
joined the federal army during the
Civil war. They put in claim fol
81 200 900 for their losses. 1t was rec
Commended by the Indian committee
passed the senate and when it reach
ed the house was cut in two, leaving
an appropriation of 100000. This
was paid to the Loyal Creeks in 1904
They now contend they have 100000
more coming to them and went legis
lation authorizing the government tc
pay the same.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
COURT OPENS WAY
FOR PROSECUTION
Supreme Court Rules That Coal Land
Laws Applied to unsurveyed
Alaska Lands.

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 5.-The SUI
preme court of the United States has
apened the way for the federal govern
ment to prosecute coal land frauds in
Alaska by holding that the general
coal land laws of the United States
which forbid persons or associations
making more than one entry, applied
to the unsurveyed coal regions of
Alaska.
The immediate result of this holding
was the reversal of the action of the
United States circuit court for West
ern Washington in quashing as invalid
/ the indictments against Charles F.
Munday and Archie w. Shields on
charges of conspiring to defraud the
government out of Alaska coal lands
valued at $1O,OOO,OOO. The way is now
opened for their trial on this charge.
Justice Lurton rendered the unani-
nous opinion of the court. He con-
sidered the argument of the defend
ants that the act Of congress in 1904
superseded the general laws, SO far
as the unsMveyed lands of Alaska
we're concerned.
There occurs tous no reason for
assuming that congress intended to
abandon the policy of keeping open
the right of every citizen to enter one
tract, and no more, of the unsurveyed
coal lands of Alaska, that would not
lead also to the abandonment of the
policy as respects coal lands which had
been surveyed" said the court. "An
intention to depart from a uniform
policy so long enforced in regard to
coal lands should not be impdted to
congress unless the act of 1904 admits
of no other construction"
Justice Lurton then proceeded to
show that the act of 1904 did admit
of another construction, namely, to ex-
tend the general coal land entry laws,
which were then applicable only to
surveyed lands, to unsurveyed lands
& and nothing more.
"The legislation, read in the light
of the situation and of the uniform
1=9olicy which had so long prevailed,
Justice Lurton concluded, ''of prohibit
ing more than one entry to one per-
son, makes it plain that congress did
not intend to except the unsurveyed
coal lands Of Alaska from the opera
ton of the restrictions which attached
to the sale of the surveyed coal lands
in Alaska and elswhere"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
SENATOR OWEN DEFENDANT
IN SUIT OVER LEASE

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 5.-Suit has
been filed in the district court here
by w. L. Msyes against United States
Senator Robert L. Owen and others
in which 100000 is asked damages and
the defendants be required to pay in
to the Amelia Oil & Gas company the
sum of $4,000 received in the sale of
an oil lease.
1t is alleged in the suit of Mayes
that he organized the company and
that afterwards Senator owen and
others secured control of some stock,
drove him out because his stock was
Illegally issued and sold an oil lease
valued at 100000 for $4,000 A son
of former Governor C. N. Haskell is
attorney for the plaintiff.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
GUTHRIE SHERIFF IN CASE
SIMILAR TO DETECTIVE BURNS

Guthrie, okla. Dec. 5.-Cheriff Bart
Murphy of Guthrie is being held at
Phoenix, Ariz., and is occupying a
position there similar to that of De-
tective William j. Burns at Indianap-
,olis, when charged with kidnapping"
John j. Mcnamara, o.
Murphy went to Phoenix two weeks
ago carrying Governor Cruces requisi-
tion to bring back to Guthrie for trial
J. B. and Frank WestfalI, indicted on
nine counts in Oklahoma as sequel
to the failure of the Creek Bank and
Trust company at Sapulpa in Novem-
ber, 1910.
Only J. B. Westfall was in custody
when Murphy arrived. Serving the
warrant on Westfall, Murphy took the
prisoner in an automobile and at
tempted to make fast train at another
point. to reach Guthrie at the earliest
moment
It is charged he did not give West
fall the required twenty-four hours in
which to begin habeas corpus proceed
ings. Westfall's friends at Phoenix
got busy, used the. wires, and Sheriff
Murphy and Westfall were halted.
Murphy was taken back TO Phoenix
Wednesday under arrest
His friends here fear much trouble
may result for him. Since Murphy's
sojourn in Phoenix, however Frank
Westfall has been located and taken
into custody. The men. who are broth-
ers, are fighting extradition.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05

This Office carries with it no power,
and is merely honorary except in the
absence of the vice president.
The present outlook is that the sen
ate is likely to become involved in
many tangles, political and otherwise,
before the session adjourns. The trust
question, with more or less effort at
all times to have it affect politics.
promises to be an absorbing topic for
consideration. For more than two
weeks before the session began the
committee on interstate commerce sat
and heard arguments, opinions and
theories advanced by many experts on
the subject, as to the best method of
dealing with the trusts, and the mat
ter of amending or supplementing the
Sherman antitrust law. While the
committee will shortly present a re-
port to the senate it will be one which
is not likeiy to have the support of a
majority of the committee. Each
member has his own ideas, there are
likely to be half dozen reports and
minority views submitted, and there
is prospect that with a dozen or more
bills nthe subject that the trust ques-
tion will be threshed out at great
length. Even those who are most earn
est are pessimistic over the prospect
of getting any legislation at this ses-
sion. They realize that the subject
will be used as political football and
4 that all sides, regular republicans
lprogressiyes and democrats will play
for party advantage.
While, of course, the senate cannot
initiate any tariff legislation, that sub
ject will be fruitful topic for much
speech making and partisan jugglery
Whatever measures the house sends
over will be remoulded in the senate
and only such bills will get through
that body as the democrats and the in
surgents agree to get together upon
1
Naturally, under such circumstances
whatever tariff bills are passed by the
senate must be largely result of com
promise and are not likely to give en-
tire satisfaction to either faction
Then, it is within the power of the
house to accept or reject the senate
substitutes, and if it accept them, the
president has the last say as tC
whether or not they shall go upon the
statute books
Alaskan matters are also certain tc
demand attention. particularly with re
spect to the development of the terri
tory, with regard to the Controller Bay
tangle, and the general subject of con
servation.
The senate committee on post offices
and post roads has been devoting mucf
attention during the recess to the sub
ject of parcels post, Senator Bourne
chairman of the committee, being al
enthusiastic advocate of such legisla
tion. He will press bill to inaugu
rate the system.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
editors. 1t has preserved peace and
ii might have declared war

editors. 1t has preserved peace and
ii might have declared war.
No newspaper ever printed with
success. perhaps. had a policy that
was built upon as high a plane as was
born in Christianity and more or less
in Christianity 1t died. Back in the
days before the white man made his
sacred vow to the Red Men which now
lies broken and shattered beyond all
redemption and all hope there was
begun in Neueuehotah, Georgia, the
publication of the Cherokee Phoenix
1t was printed in the Cherokee alpha
bet, an Indian alphabet, the product
of the master mind of Sequoyah. Its
primary purpose was to disseminate
the teachings of the bible among the
Cherokees. Elias Boudinot was It's
first editor.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
Jay Now onIoiaI counts seat.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 5.-Governor
Cruce has issued a proclamation de-
claring Jay to be the county seat of
Delaware county. The county seat
election was held more than a year
ago, Jay being the winner on the face
of the returns.
The election was contested before
the supreme court, and Jay was again
the winner Up to this time Grove
held the county seat by designation
of the constitutional convention.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
PASSING OF CHEROKEE PAPER
ONLY one IN INDIAN TONGUt

Unless, out of date and covered with
mould and rust the plant, type and fix
lures of the old Cherokee Advocate,
the only newspaper the world has ever
known published in an Indian tongue
and the "angel" of Christianity and
civilization among the Red Men of the
Indian Territory will be sold as Junk"
at Tahlequah today; sold because
there is no longer any place in which
the relics may be stored.
With the plant and fixtures today
there is to be sold the stone building
in which for years the Advocate
spread its tidings of advancement to
it's people. All will be sold at auction,
knocked down under the hammer to
the highest bidder
Mighty in Its Influence.
With the passing today of all that
remains Of the old Advocate there
passes an institution that perhaps did
as much as any single thing towards
the uplifting of the Cherokees. 1t has
boasted Of some of the brightest In
dian scholars known to history as its
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05

The progress of many court trials in
eastern Oklahoma reveals the fact that
there are a great many clouded titles
to land in this part of the state. The
passing of titles to the members of
the tribes under the system of allot-
ment inaugurated by the Dawes com
mission necessarily complicated mat
ters in this respect
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05

A. L. Churchill returned this morn
ing from Kansas City. While in the
city Mr. Churchill traded for new
Stoddard-Dayton automobile, of the
roadster pattern.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
The End Finally Came.

The Advocate found itself without
means of support. For time il
struggled nobly and bravely on and
then died leaving only memory of
the things it had done.
The type as far as is known is the
only font of type of an Indian Ian
guage that ever existed. At little over
a year ago a part of it was brought
to Muskogee and is now stored some
where in this city. few people knew
exactly where. The type was made
especially for the Advocate
Three generations of one family act.
ed as its editors w. P. Boudinot
was son of Elias Boudinot, the first
editor and b. C. Boudinot, said to be
one of the brightest Indian writer's
that has ever lived is the son Of w
p. Boudinot.
+ For long time it was the only
means in the Indian territory of dis
tributing information and remained
as the only newspaper until the Indian
Journal, now the Muskogee Phoenix
was begun in Euraula.
Its stock, type ard fixtures will
probably be bought today for mere
song but they will probably fall into
loving hands that will preserve and
cherish them as relics of the past and
as proof of the future generations
when the Red Mans sun of destiny
has set that the Indian was not wild
barbarian but of cultured, refined
and progressive race.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-05
Into a New Land.

And then under the administration
of Andrew Jackson, the Cherokees
were driven from their native lands,
up into the barren God-forsalen"
Indian Territory, a Wild west, land
that was to be theirs "as long as grass
grows and waters iiow' The immi-
grafton into the Indian country be-
gan in 1882 and continued for about
three years.
With them the Red Men brought the
memory of the old Cherokee Phoenix.
The paper was revived in the new land
in about 1852 and died again at the
outbreak of the Civil war. 1t was not
again re-established until several years
after the struggle between the states
when the national council of the Cher.
okee Nation passed a bill making II
tribal publication and paying its ex
penses from the tribal funds The
national council called it the Chero
kee Advocate. 1t was printed halt
in English and half in Cherokee and
continued its policy sit had in the
past Any person who would read the
Cherokee language was entitled to II
free. William P. Ross, a graduate Of
Princeton University and an Indiar
scholar was the first editor of the
paper under the new name of the Ad
vocate. Later William Ross became
chief fthe Cherokee Nation.
In April, 1906 the tribal council los
all its jurisdiction over its lands anC
it's people when an act of congress
made the Indians citizens of the Unit
ed States.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-02
CORNWALL

On Friday morning last John Peter son found large doe. that had been shot probably in the night. half mile north of the village by some barbarian. Another stood by it, nearly grown. Game Warden How'd was soon on hand to investigate.
 MT. and Mrs. Calhoun spent a few days of last week in New York, Mrs. Wm. Bennett and daughter. Mrs. Cham berlain, visited in Waterbury, Nauga- tuck and New Haven, and Mrs. John R. Harrison in New Haven. Miss Martha Sandmeyer came up from New Haven and spent the weekend with her mother
 On Saturday the Rumsey Hall eleven played the Kent school Sd team at Kent and won with score of five to nothing.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs. G. L. Lock on the 23d. the first birth in the village for 4 or years. Unfortunately the child died Tuesday morning.
 Wm. D. Whitney was home from the Taft school over Sunday.
 Mrs. Bridget Halpine left for Terry vile on Friday to spend some time at her sons.
 Edward Bennett and his mother are spending few days in New York.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-02
ASHLEY FALLS

Nelson P. Shafer a veteran of the Civil War and member of David s. Oowles Post G. A. R. was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning last. He had been in feeble health for several months. He was 76 years old. Funeral was held on Tuesday ill the NJ. E. church. Burial in Ashley Falls cemetery. David s. Cowles Poss was represented.
 A Chicken Pie supper served from 6 to in the M. E. hall, Wednesday even- ing, Nov. 8 under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society in Ashley Falls. Everybody invited. Supper 25c.
 Miss Annie w. Capron, who has been assisting Mrs. Rorabaok ill the post office for the past two months, will re.
 Mrs. James J. Landon on her 84th birthday, on the 27th of October, re- oeived greetings by cards and letters sent her from 109 of her friends.
 A kitchen has been added to the M k. hall. the cost being provided for by the Ladies' Aid Society of the church
 Miss Bessie Bartholomew, of Bridge port, was the guest of her aunt, Mrs Milton Roraback the past week. Miss Bartholomew and Mrs. Roraback had 6 very enjoyable visit with Mrs. William Roraback and other relatives in WinsteG Monday.
 Rev. 0. B. Landon enjoyed 8 visit with relatives in Hillsdale, N. Y. last week.
 Mrs. F. G. Capron, of Danbury, is 1 spending few days with Mrs. Milton Rorabaek.
 Maplewood Inn has added to it's re- cent improvements a concrete walk run ming the entire length of it's front. l Miss Jennie Lockwood. teacher in the grammar school, spent the week end al her home ill Southfield, Mass. 1 W A. Beattie is out of town on z 1 business trip.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-02
CORNWALL HOLLOW

Miss Mary Reed is spending a few weeks at the home of her sister Mrs K. Sedgwick. =. .#
 George Ocain. who has been i'll with typhoid fever so long, was able to sit up little while Sunday, for the first time,
 Mrs. F. I. Roberts. who spent several weeks with her mother, has returned to Thomaston. .. ..=.. .... ..-
 Mir: and Mrs. 0. T. Miles and family from Chapinville spent Sunday with his brother William Miles.
 Mrs. K. Sedgwick is spending some time at Cream Hill ...
 Miss Charlotte Yale is home from Westfeld.
 Miss Mary Bowman, of Newfield, is visiting her sister Mrs. Carrie Sedgwick.
 Mrs. K. K. Kimberly and three chil- dren spent the day Friday at the home of her parents MT. and Mrs. B. Yale.
 Miss Susan Harrison is housekeeper now at Mrs. Hartiscn's. Mrs. Phoebe Wolf. who has been with Mrs. Harrison 8 number of years has gone home.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-02
SALISBURY

The Misses Mary Reed and Gladys Stone, who are attending the Danbury Nol nal School, were home over Sunday.
 Miss Harriett Hortie was the guest of her father, Wm. Hortie, over Sunday.
 Miss Carrie Conklin attended the Teachers Institute at Hartford, last week.
 Mir Charles Whitbeck, who has re- gently held the position of relief agent, on the O. N. E. Railroad, has been appointed agent at Pleasant Valley Station, N. '.
 The Sharon Grange visited our Grange last Friday evening. and entertained our Grange by giving some very anus ing short plays aud also some duets and songs. Our grange furnished the aup- per consisting of salads, fried chicken, beans, coffee and cake. About one hundred and two people ate supper After supper. dancing took place, the music being furnished by Miss Elizabeth Kane at the piano, and MT. Edward Kane at the violin.
 The following pupils were perfect in attendance during October in grades V, VI, and VII were Ethel Ball, Roland Beers, Louise Bushnell, Marie Dubois, Ruth Hoysradt, Clayton Hoys- radt, Marie Kane. Nina Lamson, Paul Tlara GS0na E10uso GprIop1 Hester Suydam.
 Those of grades III and " were: Julius Andetat, Dorothy Ball, Lena Brazee, Lucy Bushnell, Gladys Cook, Marion Eg2leston, Edith Flood, Theo- dore Hoffman, Irving Lovett, Lucy Lovett, Mary Miner. Arthur Ostrander. Emma Reed, Eva Scott. Hattie Smith, Thomas Stalker, Lawrence Travis, Nellie Washington, Roy VanDeusen. Mabel Stalker.
 Miss Clara Peabody. of Sharon, spent part of last week with friends.
 MT. o. L. Warner attended the State Teachers Convention in Hartford last Friday.
 Miss Harriette Hortie, of Hartford. spent Sunday at her home.
 Mrs. F. Sumner and daughter, of Woodhole, Mass. is visiting her parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. $. Clark. Miss Anna Clark, of New York, also spent Sunday with her parents.
 MT. and Mrs. Kent Fulton have closed their house and have rooms at "The Maple Shade" for the winter.
 Mrs. Ida McArthur, of New York, is visiting Mrs. NJ. Russell.