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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
BENNETT SAYS HE
WILL NOT RESIGN
Republican Member of HaskelPs capi-
tol Commission Refuse to Tender
His Resignation.

According to the following article
in the Muskogee Tlmes-Democrat DR..
Leo Bennett has blocked the COVER
nor's plan to place the building of the
state capitol in the hands of the state
board of affairs:
Il have not resigned, and do not
intend to resign as member of the
state capital commission" said Leo
E. Bennett, the republican member
of the commission appointed by former
Governor C. N. Haskell. Dr. Bennett,
who has been busy on his farm, was
in the city last night and made this.
emphatic statement.
Governor Cruce has no authority
to remove me-" continued DR.. Ben
nett. "The place was created by an
act of the Oklahoma legislature, and
1t will require another act by this
same body to make vacant the Office"
DR.. Benefits attitude ties the state
capital proposition up in double
bow knot and the governor apparently
cannot turn hand until Bennett gets
out of the way.
The governor decided that the state
board of affairs could handle the
proposition of building the state cap
ital and at his request Boone Williams
of Lehigh, and Tate Brady, of Tulsa.
the two democratic members of the
capital commission, resigned Now DIR.
Bennett, the republican member. re-
fuses to resign. 1t is asserted by the
best attorneys in the state that the
governor cannot remove him, as his
job was created by an act of the leg.
islature. Cruce tried to get the last
legislature to pass bill repeating the
act providing for a capital commission,
but they refused to do so.
No charges can be preferred against
DIR. Bennett and his removal brought
about in this manner, because the cap
ital commission has done nothing.
Just why the doctor will not re-
sign he would not state. Probably he
is getting even with some of the poll
ticians who played horse" by calling
him to Oklahoma City to testify and
give evidence before the senate rela-
tive to statement he had made con-
corning some Of the senators receiv-
ing fine presents and spending money
with a lavish hand.
Anyway, Or. Bennett has tied the
up and seems to hold the
whip hand.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
CONSPIRACY TO
DESTROY AGENCY
Assert Postoffice Officers And Burns
Detective Agency Are Working
For Their Destruction.

Washington, D. G., July S.-Charges
that a conspiracy exists between Unit.
ed States postoffce inspectors and the
w. ]. Burns Detective Agency, the
conspiracy being aimed at the destruc-
tion of their business, was made yes
terday in a petition filed by the Per-
kins Detective Agency, of Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and Indianapolis, with the
select committee appointed by the
senate to investigate the third de-
gree" methods of the police
Charles A. O'Brien, city solicitor, of
Pittsburg. today will ask that the COM
mittee to undertake an investigation
of the circumstances surrounding the
raiding of the Perkins Agency offices
in the three cities and the seizure Of
its papers by postoffice inspectors and
operators from the Burns Agency.
G. d. Perkins, Walter w Perkins
and A. Thomas were accused recently
of having written to C. Strong of Erie,
Pa, that unless $4,000 was forthcom.
ing. the Strong house and mausoleum
would be blown up.
The letters were alleged to have
been anonymous and forwarded to Mr..
Strong with the idea in view, it was
contended, that the Perkins Agency
would gain employment in ferreting
out the authors and preventing the
carrying out of the threat
The petition sets forth that raids
were made on the Perkins Agency in
all three cities by postofice inspectors
and Burns detectives and that the for
mer. acting under federal law, seized
papers and personal records.
In addition, the officers and employees
of the Perkins Agency. the petition
further charges. were subjected to
third degree" methods to extort evil
dence or confessions.
In asking for an investigation. the
petition says their case is not an iso-
lated one. but that they are prepared
to prove that like conduct on the part
Of the postofioe inspectors is not an
infreQuent occurrence in other parts
Of the country.
Your petitioners further believe
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
COMMISSIONERS
TO REMOVE ABSTRACT[R

With the issuance of an alternative
writ of mandamus from the county
court last Monday. commanding the
county commissioners to compel B.
c. Rose to vaeate a room In the county
court house. there begun an interest
ing fight among at least two of the
abstract firms of this city Rose has
conducted an abstract business in the
court house and e. M. Kearney filed
a petition for a writ of mandamus to
compel the county commissioners to
carry out their order to Rose to va
cate In the absence of Judge Davis,
in the district court, the writ was is
sued by Judge Parks, in the county
court and the hearing was set for next
Monday.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
WN|TA CONTRACTORS FILE
SUIT IN MISSOURI COURT

Kansas City, Mo-, July S.-Alleging
that it is the holder of tax bills aggre-
eating ss,sOO.19, the contracting firm
of Nipple & McSpadden of Vinita,
Okla, filed suit in the United States
circuit court yesterday against Bates
county, Mo.
Some time ago a contract for the
grading and paving of several streets
in Butler, Mo-, the county seat of
Bates county. was let to the Oklahoma
firm. The work was completed and
the county delivered certain tax bills
to the contractors. Now, it is alleged
the county refuses to pay the tax bills.
Under new law which has been pass
ed the county will lose its court house
should the plaintiffs in the suit be
granted judgment.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14

Washington, d. c., July S.-An an.
nual appropriation of 20 million dol.
lars for five years to improve the post
roads and rural delivery routes of the
government was urged in the senate
yesterday by Mr.. Swanson of Virginia.
Contending that despite the amazing
achievements in many directions
scored by this country it is notorious
that the United States has the poorest
public roads and highways of any
civilized nation. He said he regarded
the subject as the paramount one be-
fore the American people
Mr.. Swason explained that his plan
would open up more than one million
miles of roades to government aid,
that the states or local authorities
would furnish an amount equal to that
appropriated by the federal govern
ment and that the total would be di-
vided among the states, according to
population.
He said the limitation to postal
roads and rules eliminated any con-
stitutional objections. The bill would
create road department, consisting
of engineers and capable officers to
carry out the project. The measure,
he explained, was modelled somewhat
after the Virginia law
THE federal government" said Sen
ator Swanson, should delay no longer
extending to the state and local au-
thorities generous aid for road inn
provement. When the federadl gov
ernment begins to bear its fair share
of the burden of improving public
roads that day will work the begin
ming of the end of bad roads in this
nation.
Our wealth" Senator Swanson con-
tinued, lis greater today than that of
any other nation; we have become su-
preme IN finance and foremost in the
worlds commerce: we surpass in
money expended for primary and gen.
eral education and mileage of rail
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
GREAT ENTERPRISE
IS OIL REFINERY
vinlta Producing & Refining Company
is Turning Out Splendid
Quality Of Oil.

Within the past few months there
has located in vinita an Institution,
the future possibilities of which few
people in the city have come to realize
or appreciate. This institution is the
Vlnita Refining & Producing company,
which has just started the operation
of its refinery, mile west of town.
1t has been the pleasure of the writ
er to see some of the product of this
new refinery and is convinced that
the refined product OF the vinita plant
is as fine as the market affords.
Manager Il. M. Corah Of this plant.
has had great experience in the manu-
facture of oils and it is with much
satisfaction that the people of this
city learn that the local refinery is
doing splendid business. They are
shipping oil as far as Manitoba. Can
ada.
The capacity of the plant here is one
thousand barrels per day and they are
having very little trouble in disposing
of their entire production. They do
nothing but a strict jobbing or tank
business.
Jack Kendall, an old resident of this
section and an experienced oil man
has opened a distributing station here
and is doing jobbing business, hand
ling only the product of the vinita
plant, which the merchants of yinita
and surrounding country will handle
and appreciate all the more because
it is home institution.
The local refinery is deserving of
the patronage of the home merchant
and should be a great success. They
employ number of men, who spend
their money in vinita, which is a great
thing for the local merchants. If Vim
ita had a few more such enterprises
it would soon have telling effect
upon the growth of the city. These
are the kind of institutions that build
cities.
Every business man in vinita should
be loyal to this company and lend
them all of the aid possible.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
new HAY AND GRAIN
RATE FOR OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City. July S.--New hay
and grain rates, to become effective
July "a, were issued Friday by the
corporation commission, and, like the
coal tariff issued few days ago, will
supplant the rates enjoined in the
order of Federal Judge Hook. The
distance table is observed, beginning
with fiye-mile hauls, and graduated
by i've an dten miles up to and in
cluding more than $50 miles. Accord
ing to the commissioners the new rates
in the main follow those the Frisco
now has in effect. The commissioners
say they are practically the rates
agreed upon by the shippers and the
carriers prior to PRONUNCIATION of the
tariff which Judge Hook enjoined.
For buckwheat and -four, cracked
wheat, prepared -four and like prod
ucts the rates begin for five miles at
AZ cents per 100 pounds, with max
imum charge for hauls in excess of
800 miles of Is cents. Shipments
moving via two lines, take a 9-cent
arbitrary. On alfalfa meal, mixtures.
barley, corn, corn -four and meal. the
minimum is 3.5 cents per 100 and the
maximum IA cents with 2-cer. arbi-
trary for two-line hauls and cents
where 1t is via three lines. For hay.
straw and corn husks the rate is from
4 to IS cents, Scent arbitrary for two
lines and 5 cents for three lines. For
broomcorn seed, fiaxseed castor
beans and linseed cake the rate is 2
cents per 100 added to the buckwheat
rate, and where the shipments moves
via two lines an arbitrary of 4 cents
is allowed, and in cases of three lines
an arbitrary of cents.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
NATIONAL PROBLEM IS TO
CONTROL GIGANTIC WEALT TIL
Ry Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
san Francisco, July s. Disregard
for the law is fast becoming an Amer
lean characteristic" is the finding in
a report made by the committee on
the SYSTEM of teaching morals in pub
lie schools at the first session of the
national council of the National Edu-
cation Association here. Declaring
the nineteenth century to have been
"a marvel of the ages. especially in
the accumulation of wealth and cap
italistic Capitalization, and control of
the output of comforts and necessities
of life" The report declares the chief
problem of the twentieth century is:
To control these gigantic enriehes."
TO meet the situation, the report says,
certain elemental virtues must be In
noculated in childhood. A tentative
course Of instruction is offered to this
end.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
PROSECUTION WINS
FIRST VICTORY
Holds it is Not His Province to Enter
Into How Prisoner is Brought
Before Him.

Los Angeles, Cal, July S.--A pre-
liminary victory was won yesterday
by the prosecution in the case of John
]. Mcnamara, ecretary-treasurer of
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, accused
of connection with the Los Angeles
Times dynamiting. Judge Walter
Bordwell sustained the objection to
the plea of no jurisdiction introduced
in behalf of the alleged dynamite con-
spirator by his attorneys. In handing
down his ruling, Judge Bordwell said
that the Los Angeles courts have
jurisdiction over the pending trial of
Mcnamara on nineteen charges Of
murder.
AS to the allegations that extra
dition had been accomplished by ir-
regularities, or what the defense
termed fraud Judge Bordwell said
it was not his province to enter into
the question or how a prisoner was
brought into the jurisdiction of his
court, but to try him after he arrived
there. It was agreed that the same
ruling should apply to all of the pleas
of no Jurisdiction.
Replying to the question of the
if it desired to have John
]. Mcnamara plead to the charges
against him, the defense answered by
filing motions to quash the indict-
ments, the motions being the same as
those filed yesterday in the case of
his brother James B. Mcnamara, so
far as the murder charges were con-
cerned.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
WANTS HUNDRED MILLION
FOR TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
Virginia Senator Declares Annual mud Tax"
to American Farmer is $1,000, ,OOO--
United States Has Poorest Public
Highways of Any Civilized
Nation

roads, navigable rivers and improved
harbors; the story of our progress
reads more like romance than his
tory"
Yet he said, no other enlightened
people in the world are cursed with
such a lwreched condition of roads,
with more than nine-tenths of the pub.
lie roads and highways in the United
States during rainy seasons almost
impossible. He said it is estimated
that 80 per cent of our internal COM
merce must first or last be hauled
over the public roads. The average
haul of this vast commerce over the
public highways has been estimated
at little more than nine miles, aver
aging in cost twenty-three cents per
ton per mile, against seven cents in
France and eleven cents in England
and Germany. Based ON estimates of
what he termed good authorities, i'm
provement of main lines of the system
of roads in this country along meth
DDS adopted abroad would save in
hauling more than 23 million dollars
annually to the people of the United
States.
That is what Senator Swanson calls
the mud tax" paid each year by Amer
leans for hauling their products over
poor roads.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
CONGRESSMAN MITCHELL
DIED At LAWRENCE
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
Lawrence. Kans., July Z. Repre-
sentative Alexander C. Mitchell, of the
second Kansas district died at his
home here at 7:45 o'clock this morn
ing, following a long illness. Mitchell
was elected to the house of represen-
tatiyes last year on a progressive re-
publican platform, defeating Repre-
sentative Scott, a regular" republi-
can. Two weeks after he took his
seat in March, he became i'll and re-
turned to the west, and on April so,
underwent an operation, in Kansas
City, for disease OF the stomach.
Two weeks later he was brought to
his home here.
Representative Mitchell was elected
to succeed Charles F. Scott, former
chairman of the last house committee
on agriculture and had voted for but
one legislative measure and that was
Canadian reciprocity. This he did
under a terrific strain, despite his
hopeless yhysioal condition. He in
sisted upon remaining in Washington
to vote for the bill. Immediately after.
ward he left for his home at Lawrence.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
MANY DROWN AS RESULT
OF STEAMER GOING ASHOAE
BY Associated Press.

Surf, Cal, July S-Four members
of the crew and probably several pas
sengers were drowned as a result of
the going ashore of Pacific coast line
streamer Santa Rosa, near here yes
terday. A powerful searchlight used
by gang of railroad laborers near
the coast is believed to have caused
the ship to leave her course, the quar-
termaster mistaking it for Point
Arguillo lighthouse. The wreck was
attended by the utmost danger and
thrilling rescues on the part of her
crew. Two hundred passengers, in
cluding many women and children
were aboard. A life raft containing
twenty women, being taken ashore
capsized. In the darkness it could
not be told if all were rescued. The
place is isolated and the shore unin-
habited. Rescue parties were sent
out from neighboring towns. Fires
of driftwood were built along the
beach and hot coffee and restoratives
given the drenched survivors as they
were brought ashore
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
COUNTY COURT HEARING
MORE DOOTLEGGER CASES

The county court is still busy with
tie so-ealled bootlegger cases, Henry
Raines, who was Friday convicted
with the recommendation of fine of
$500 and 100 days In Jail, has taken
an appeal and gave bond yesterday.
The jury found ". B. Raines guilty
on liquor charge and recommended
a sentence of thirty days and $50
fine. The verdict was the same in
the case of the state vs. Chas. Webb,
on a liquor charge
This afternoon the court is hearing
the case of the state VS. William Fred
ericks, charged with selling some beer
to one, Chas. Phillips.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
ROGERS URGING SUIT or
SHAWNEE INDIAN TRIBE

Washington, D. G, July s.-Attor-
ney G. B. Rogers Of Tulsa, representing
the Shawnee tribe of Indians, has filed
a petition in the court of claims on be-
half OF the loyal Indian claimants to
S4ss,OOO in property destroyed during
the civil war. Tie money was ap-
propriated by a senate resolution last
year, and after the court of claims
passes on the amount of depredations
the case then goes back to congress
for action. Most Of the claimants re-
side in Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
OWEN ADVOCATES
COMMISSION FORM
Is an Agency Fer the Restoration Of
Efficiency And Ending Of Cor
ruption IN City Government
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Washington, n c.. July Z. - The
commission form of government for
municipalities was advocated by Sen
ator owen Of Oklahoma today in a
speech before the senate. The speak
er took the position that such form
Of government would be an agency
for the restoration of integrity and
efficiency and the termination of cor
ruption in city, state and nation, and
the overthrow of the undue influence
of commercialism in government.
Having declared that the great
problem Of the present time is the re-
storatlon of equality of opportunity so
that every man, woman and child shall
enjoy fair return for labor honorably
and faithfully performed, the speaker
considered the question in its bearing
on the integrity of government.
"The commission form of govern
ment," said the senator, "has ma
tional value and direct bearing upon
the integrity of the election of sena-
tors because 1t is an important agency
in overthrowing corrupt machine poll
tics 10 municipalities and cities. The
proportion of inhabitants living in
cities as compared to the inhabitants
of the United States, is between 40
and so per cent, not counting towns Of
less than $500 inhabitants. If cor
rupt government can be terminated in
cities, 1t can not survive in the states
or In the nation"
The senator said the commission
form OF government eliminates mere
partisan politics in cities, towns and |
villages in the government of munich |
palities. 1t usually carries with it, he
said, the Initiative, referendum and re-
call, giving home government, pop |
ular government.
1T enables the people through the
initiative, referendum and recall"
said the speaker, ito initiate and pass
any law they do want, including cor
rupt practices prevention acts, and
veto any law they do not want, such
as the granting of franchises of value
without consideration. 1t enables
them to ercall inefIiecients and dis
honest officials
Senator Owen said that more than
200 cities and towns have adopted
some form of this improved method of
city government within the last two
years. He explained that the COM
mission form as usually understood
may be illustrated with the system
adopted in Des Moines, Iowa
The general plan is that the citizens
by primary may nominate candidates
for mayor and four commissioners
who shall have complete charge of
town business, legislative, executive
and judicial. Any person can be nom
mated for petition of 25 citizens.
The ten candidates having the high |
est vote at the primary two weeks
later are submitted to the citizens for
an election and the five candidates
having the highest votes at this cleo
ton comprise the city council with full
powers n legislative, executive and
judicial. They manage the business
as completely as the board of direc-
tors could manage the business of a
bank.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
state to Advertise Its Bonds.

Oklahoma City, July S.-The state
contemplates advertising for bids for
the sale of the $1,75O,0O0 bond issue
authorized by the last legislature. and
will open proposals August Is. The
bonds bear per cent interest, and
payment is guaranteed by revenues
from the sale of public building lands.
The land is sold on forty years time.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
Castro Has Landed in venzueIa.

BY Associated Press.
Willemstad, Curacao, July S.-The
Venzuelan government has positive
news that Cipriano Castro, the exiled
president of Venzuela has affected a
landing in the western part of Ven
zuela and today has a following of a
thousand men.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
CASHIER OF vINITA BANK
WOUNDED BY SMALL BOY
From Fridays Dany.

rs the result Of boys play with a
toy pistol, in which 22-calibre cart
ridges could be shot, J. e, Burlington
is suffering painful wound in the
arm. Late yesterday Mr. Burlington
was playing tennis in South Park. and
as he was changing clothes to go home
the little son of p. c. Berkland shot
him in the arm, with one of the dan
geroas toy pistols. BufHngton's wound
is not serious unless blood poison
should develop. DR.. C. S. Neer treat
ed the wound and today located the
bullet By means of the X-Ray.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
Boys In Juvenile Court.
From saturdays Daily.

: 4Atti NUtuIU Uu1 . Astttt
Chief Of Police Goodpaster this
morning took two small boys in charge
fer shooting another boy in the leg
with blank cartridges in a toy pistol.
These boys were turned over 80 the
Juvenile court and Judge Parks will
probably take some action TO prevent
repetition of the accidents result
ing from the firing of these pistols.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-14
Dickinson Goes to Vanderbilt.
BY Associated Press.

by Associated fress.
Nashville, Tenn, July s.-The an
nouncement was made here today OF
the appointment OF former Secretary
OF War J. II. Dickinson to the chair
in the law department of Vanderbilt
University Judge Dickinson will de-
liver at each term a series of lectures
on federal jurisdiction and proceed
ure.