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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-27

THE MONEY WHICH YOU SPEND
At HOME MAY CONE BACK TO
YOU; SEND IT AWAY AND you
SEE 1T no MORE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-27

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
CAROLINE COUNTY
MAN IS DAMAGED
III. III. TATE SUSTAINS INJURIES
TO HEAD, HAND. REPUTATION
AND BANK ACCOUNT
:,
WHILE HIRE.

H II. Tate, of Caroline county.
went back home Friday with a dam
aged head, a damaged hand. q dam
aged reputation and a DANCED bank
account. MIR. Tate seemed to mind
this last matter least OF all. for he
cheerfuiiy stayed in the cage for
prisoners while a court officer went
out to see II the check he gave In
payment FOR his aggregate fine OF $50
and costs was good. Ii was.
The damaged head. damaged hand
and damaged reputation were sustain
ed by Mr.. Tate ere he came before
the Cadi of the Richmond police
court, Justice John ]. Crutchfield.
Annie Kent. Edna Cannon and An
ME Gray obtained a warrant for Tate's
arrest for dtsorderiy conduct and Po-
iiceman Kuhn served it. When on
Ger Kuhn begged Tate to go with him
the latter resisted. That is why Or.
Truman had TO bandage his head and
dress his hand at the Second Police
Station.
For his conduct toward three wo-
men Mr.. Tate was taxed SIS and costs
by Cadi Crutchfield, For refusing to
accept the invitation of Policeman
Kuhn the dose was repeated. As
noted above. Mr.. Tate paid
Never again" he shouted as he
dashed out the side door OF the court
room
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
ISSUES PERMIT FOR
A $4,000 SCHOOL
INSPECTOR GRANTS PERMISSION
FOR BUILDING ON PINE STREET
NEAR CHINA.

Building Inspector Beck Friday
morning issued a permit to the City
School Board for the erection OF
$50, o6e school on Pine street between
China and Holly streets The build
ing is to be of brick, concrete and
steel construction, and will be known
as the Grace Arents School. J. II.
Nuckols is the contractor.
Inspector Beck is now considering
plans for four-story brick store
building which Phil Harris proposes
to erect on the southwest corner of
Broad and Fifth streets at cost of
$3.50 The building will prove
quite an addition to this corner. which
is occupied at present by a small one
story frame structure.
Mr.. Beck has given the Life Insur-
ance Company of Virginia formal per-
mission 10 demolish the building on
the northwest corner Of Tenth and
Capitol streets. ON which 1t proposes
10 erect five-story office building
Plans for the building are expected
to be placed on file in the inspectors
office shortly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
BLOWN To PIECES
WITH DYNAMITE
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF VIRGI-
\
LIMA KILLED BY HEAVY PRE-
NATURE EXPLOSION.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
GAINESVILLE. VA, March "a
AS a result of the explosion of f5e
pounds of dynamite about three miles
south of CIarksviile. Mr.. Zebulon San
ford was instantly killed.
The dynamite mad been placed near
a fire TO thaw and Mr.. Sanford started
to move II, when the explosion oc-
Cured. blowing him to pieces He
was engaged in constructing the
sand-clay or rnacadam road from
Ciarksvilie via sidney Rock 10 the
North Carolina line and was one of
the. leading factors In the construc-
ton of this road.
Mr.. Sanford was thirty zone years Old
and is survived by his father, two
brothers and three sisters. all OF whom
live at or near Virgilina. Va. to
which place his remains were sent
on the afternoon train from this
place.
The sad death of Mr.. Sanford f.
deplored by the people OF this section
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
Five Others Are Not Expect
ed to Recover from lnju-
ries Sustained
WALLS UNDERMINED
BY FIRE FALL UPON
GALLANT FIGHTERS
Entire Fire Department OF the
Wisconsin Metropolis Com
bat Blaze Middleton
Plant Destroyed
MILWAUKEE, WIS. March "a

MILWAUKEE, WIS. March "a
Hurled into TIA. secthing furnace Of
q blazing hve-story BUILDING, SAX hre-
men were killed AID sixteen were naa-
IL nurt mere to-uay. several oil the
injured are expected to die. Praca-
caiIy the whole Milwaukee, depart
ment was az work at bAaze OF the
plant of the Middleton Manufacturing
Company, which threatened to spread
throughout the tntckiy bnnt "iiose-
sake distFict. A company OF hremen
were ut work OH tine roof of tire Duiid-
ing. o.
Without warning the walls under
mined by the flames beneath gave
way and the entire roof With the nine
teen firemen crashed down into the
blazing wreckage.
The comrades of the buried men.
armed with hooks and axes, attacked
the heap of blazing debris, under the
protection of streams of water. Guided
by cries and means from the buried
men they attacked the blazing ruins.
digging out the dead and wounded
SIX OF the fremen. horribly mutt
lated. were taken out dead. One body
was headiess.
The other sixteen. several of them
unconscious, were rushed to hospitals,
where some OF them were pronounced
fatally hurt. Twenty minutes before
the crash came the fremen had sue
ceeded In carrying from the upper
floors OF the blazing structure thirty
girls, panic stricken.
The fire originated from an nn-
known cause in com hustible material
stored i'm the basement Of the plant
The damage to the Middleton Com
pany is estimated at 100000.
The dead are:
Edward Hagie, Engine Company
No. Is.
Jacon Hentz, captain Engine Com
pany 8.
Richard Burke. Engine Company >.
Frank Cavanagh. hoseman, Truck
No. ..
John Houtahan. lieutenant Engine
Company 9.
The headiess body has not been
Identified.
Reports from various hospitals are
that the list of injured has Increased
70 sixteen, Ave OF whom. 1t Is thought.
naMy die.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24

A prominent charitable worker has
suggested to The Virginian that the
school children of Richmond be re-
quested to contribute one cent each
toward the relief Of the famine
stricken millions in China.
In pursuance OF this suggestion, The
Virgintan requests the parents OF all
OF school children 10 give them a
penny to be handed to the teachers,
who are asked to send the money to
The virginian Immediately after It's
collection. that 1t may at once be for
warded to the relief workers in China
There are i7,772 school children in
Richmond. and a penny from each OF
them would make an appreciable sum
1t would save lit human lives. A
penny is IA little thing. but many OF
them Will do great work. While
some children may not be able to
contribute even that much to the fund
for the relief Of the starving millions
OF men, women and children in China,
others can afford 10 give two pennies.
nickle or a dime. Whatever the In
dividual contribution may be. II is
hoped that a goodiy sum for this
laudabie. huma nitarian cause will be
raised in the schools of Richmond and
that The Virginian may acknowledge
Ii early next week.
EfRcacious Method.
AS was suggested by Prof. Joe Shue
principal of the high school at Parks
ley, Va. collections In the schools will
teach the pupils >altruism. humanita-
rianism and charity. No better way
OF impressing these traits upon the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
GASOLINE EXPLODES
MAN BADLY BURNED
WOODSTOCK TAILORING ESTAR-
LiSHMENT DAMAGED AND RIOS
coE FUNK HAS CLOSE CALL.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
WOODSTOCK. VA. March, 24.-Ffre
broke out Thursday morning. about s
O'clock in the tailoring establishment
OF J. r. Miller, on North Main Street,
caused by an explosion of gasolene
Mr.. Roscoe Funk was badly burned.
Only the heroic efforts of the en-
pleyees saved his life, his clothing
firing in a blaze.
A great deaf OF stock was destroyed.
Including about dozen and q half
new suits OF clothing. Liberal applica-
ton of chemicals prevented the fire
from doing further damage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
MORE TROOPS To
GUARD |NF0RMER
TRIAL OF cAMoRRisTS PROCEEDS
AMID SENSATIONAL SUR
Observation-Disclosures
MUCH EXCITED.

VITERBO. ITALY. March 24.--In
anticipation OF a violent demonstration
when Gennaro Abbatemaggio, the in
former. takes the stand tomorrow to
testify against his fellow Camorrists,
another force Of troops arrived here
to-day from Rome.
Whenever Abbatemaggio speaks he
incites the prisoners to outbreaks and
the prosecution is afraid to put him on
the stand until greater protective
measures are taken. The informer has
been diacredited by several of the wit
nesses and 1t Ii admitted that the
blackening of his character has weak
ened the States case
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24

Just 10 let the people know that
winter has not gone for good and that
spring Is here only officially and in
accordance with the calendar. Master
Jack Frost. that roguisll imp of the
elements, visited Richmond Thursday
night and covered the city with a
fine white sheet, creating havoc among
flowers and plants that were left out.
but not causing any other damage.
In view of the fact that Jack Frost
had not been In Richmond for about
ten days, his visit. was somewhat UNI
expected, and number Of house
wives and amateur gardeners. who
were confident that spring was here
to stay, were caught unawares and
their young plants were nipped and
withered. But 1t was not only the
tender growths that were destroyed
for the frost was a killing frost.
Thursday night was cold and the
temperature wandered away down to
the rs mark. remaining in that vicin-
tty for some time. When the sun
arose Friday morning its rays began
4 fight with the cold and the mer-
curry began to climb, reaching 81 de-
or@es at o'clock in the morning.
Friday was the coolest March "a
since the year 1906. when the mer-
curry registered 20 degrees But
Hlcnmonu II not In the grasp or
cold wave or anything OF the sort
for the weather now prevalent fs
normal for the third month OF the
year. Recalling the old saying that
March comes In like a lamb and
goes out like a lion," there are some
weather sages who predict very dis
agreeable weather before the fair
month or April arrives.
such predictions by laymen who
augur almost entirely on past per-
formances are not corrobcrated by the
weather experts ut Uncle Sans bu-
reeu. At the weather bureau the
forecasters predict clear and fair
weather with rising temperature.
and 1t Ii not at ali unlikely that Sat
nrday and Sunday Will be as pleas
ant - the most fastidious weather
critic could wish for.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
FLAMES DAMAGE
c. & D. PLUMBER
DEFECTIVE FTIE BELIEVED TO
HAVE STARTED BLAZE IN
!
BUSINESS DISTRICT.

Old papers and other plumber OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
stored on the second floor of the s.
story brick building on Cary near
Twelfth street. owned by this COM
pany. were partially destroyed by fire
discovered among the papers soon
after 10 o'clock Friday morning.
Officers on the ground floor occu-
pied by A. g. b. James and Andrew
Aaronson. merchandise brokers, were
badly damaged by water when the
firemen flooded the building. The
total damage viii amount to s2oo. 1t
Is estimated.
The blaze Is generally believed to
have started from a defective fiue.
though some incline to the theory
that rats may have started il.
The building was formerly used by
the oid Richmond and Allegheny rail-
road for general Offices
Engine Companies :, ). 4. ), G, I,
and Trucks Nos. ! and 3 responded
to the alarm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
THE NEW WRINKLES
IN CLOTHES FOR MEN.

NEW YORK, March 24--Rah-
Rah boy'a styles In clothes arc
now taboo, according to the edict
~ the New York custom cutters
club. Here are some Of the
styles decided upon,
Coats to havc narrow, sioping
shoulders, with = hast effect like
4 pOuter pigeon.
Trousers 10 be snnall-b0re, with
apr1nw bottoms. The feet will
have 10 Ne held In the posltiom
81 = toe dancers "a don the new
trousers.
Vests Designed to save laundry.
revealing ~ little Of tho cellar
and shirt ~ posstb1e.
A retuvenatcd form Of the Nor
folk Jacket u called the avis
tion coat. although you may wear
ONE without owning m aero
plane.
There win be velvet euRs to
trouseru and white suede pumps
and white Aannei tuxedos for
ReA-srown VIII BE- the favsrlts
color.
The cloak and sutt designers
associattan has oSuicia1ly decided
thit - inehes shall be the linlt
In Iength ~ women's ceats.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
MAIL ORDER MAN
GUILTY Of FRAUD

CINCINNATI. o.. March 24.--wil-
liam p. Harrison. millionaire mail
order man. was to-day sentenced to
three years In the penitentiary and
the payment of $1,000 fine for using
the mails to defraud.
The conviction, which occurred yes
terday. was one of the first growing
out Of Postmaster General Hitchcocks
crusade against concerns that are us
ing the malls to defraud the public,
and sentence of Imprisonment was
insisted upon. Ills concern, the World
Manufacturing Company, used the
mails to sell a vacuum cleaner and a
washing machine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
TEN CRAZY PEOPLE
IN MURDEROUsPLOT
Plan to Stay Nine Attendants
at Government -
Hospital
ALL PLOTTERS ARE
CONVICTED MURDERERS
Inmates or Ward for Criminal
Insane Now Under Heavy
Guard-AWful Act
Near Success

WASHINGTON, o. c., March a.
As the result of plot by ten naniaes
to murder nine attendants at the gov :
errment hospital for the insane. which
was foiied in the nick Of time by the
asylum authorities, to-day tho hun.
dreds of inmates Of the srirlnaliy in
sane ward are In heavy chains and un-
der double guard.
&, The murders were cunningiy planned
to be committed when the force OF
yards was 10 have been reduced to
allow some to attend a theatrical per-
Torrance by the harmless"
All the nanlacs in the plot are con-
vfcted murderers. They had obtained
steel files, Iron bars and chair legs.
The plot was disclosed by a patient
who overheard two of the criminals
discussing the plans.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
OIL COMPANIES
SCORE FIRST TALLY.
County Authorities Ask for
Continuance of Celebrated
Peddling Case
DEFENDANTS READY
BUT DELAY GRANTED
Lawyers Fight Postponement
but Magistrate Decides With
Commonwealth Request.
A Near Fisticuff

Theffrst tally Was scored by the
oil companies in me legal game that
is TO be played between the county
of Chesterfield and the three oil con-
Germs doing business IN that section
of the Commonwealth. The cases
have reached state of celebrity and
are designated as the peddling charges
against the Standard Oil Co. The Ma
tional Oil Co, and the Richmond Oh
Co.
A near fisticuff figured In the clos
ing scenes Of the first attempt to have
a trial of the case, when officer George
Jerrall and driver Thorp OF one of the
oil wagons, IL In alleged, came pretty
close TO passing a few upper cuts to
each other. Captain Alex Wright has
tened TO the scene, but quiet had been
restored and their was no need OF the
officers services.
The Commonwealth asked that the
case be postponed because of the ab-
sence of important witnesses. Squire
Cheatham aeceeded to the request and
Friday, March 3Ist, at 10 A. NJ. In
the Hastings Court room. Judge Wells
having granted the use of the court
house to the county authorities.
Ask For Postponement.
When Squire l.. ". Cheatham OF the
Oak Grove Court. assembled the bench
in the Hastings Court, Part :, FRIDAY
morning, and announced he WAS ready
to hear the celebrated cases against the
three oil companies, charged with ped
ding their product. without license
In Swansboro, quite u crowd OF IN
terested spectators We're in the court
room, and a bid array OF distinguished
attorneys occupied seats in the division
enclosed for lawyers and counsel.
Judge Ernest H. Wells. of Husting
Court. Part 2, was an interested spec
tator.
Eppa Hunton. gr.. and Charles L.
Page appeared for the Standard on
- ~--~----
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
WANT Mann FOR
MINORITY LEADER
Both Parties Squabble as to
Division of HonorS in
the House
BIG FIGHT BREWS IN
REPUBLICAN RANKS
Precedent Would Make Can
non Party Leader on Floor
but Progressives Won't
Agree

WASHINGTON. March 24.--White
House Democrats are embroiled In fac
tional squabbles over the choice of
committee chairmen by the ways and
means committee, big fight Is brew
ing in Republican ranks over the selec-
ton of a minority header,
Precedent. makes the minority lead
err the minority candidate TOR speak
er. Progressives aon't want to vote
for ex-Speaker Cannon and stand pat
ters won't vote for a progressive.
Representative James r. Mann. tRe-
publican1, of Illinois, was urged az
satisfactory to both sides. In 81 quiet
canvass to-day. But Mann. himself,
refused To enter unless Cannon with
drew. Plans are being laid to secure
this withdrawal. 1t was stated to-day.
Mann Is an able pariiamentarian
and one OF the few stand patters to
vote against the Payne tariff law on
its first consideration in the House.
Another concession likely to be
made to the progressives on the minor
ity side is the impelling motive in
movement started to-day to have the
Democratic ways and means commit
tee not only choose the majority mem
bers OF the committees but also the
To Attack Validity OF Appropriation
Bills.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. March a.
1t was made known to-day that an
attack upon the validitW-of appropri-
alton laws carrying s4op. 900, 600 will
be made on the ground that the Sem
ate was illegally in session on March
I, when final action was taken upon
them. ~
IL Is asserted by parliamentary ex-
perts that Senator Hale made a mis-.
take when he ordered an adjourn
ment instead of a recess early In
the morning of March 4 BY law the
terms of retiring Senators expire at
midnight March 8. but II Is usually
the custom to allow the Legislative
day" of March 5 to continue until
noon on March A. The adjournment,
however. moved the Senate calendar
up to March 4.
The matter was allowed to rest for
time. but the experts have been
at work and 1t was asserted to-day
that the bills. including the post
Office, sundry civil, naval, general de-
ficiency and fortifcations bills, will
be put up to the comptroller of the
treasury for decision. Senator Hale
I'D his friends hope to prove that the
bills are all right
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
SCHOOL CHILDREN ASKED
TO AID STRICKEN CHINA
Suggestion Made That Pupils Contribute One Cent Each Tor
Relief of Suffering Observation-Disclosures Total
ing So3. IS Received by the Vlrgnian-
Send in Your Donation to the Viz
ginan at Once
ginian at Once

Young could be afforded than by the
serious situation which now races
China Prof. Shue read story OF the
suffering in China 10 the puplis Oh
his school, and they RESPONDED 10
the appeal with almost wv, wnich
was sent 10 The Virginian to be for
warded to the Red cross Society for
relief work. the purchasing OF food,
clothing and shelter for the afflicted
Ceiesttals.
The Virginian Friday morning re-
ceived through the mail twenty-one
contributions, aggregaling $685. ..
which is acknowledged with graut-
cation. Since The Virginian puo-
lished an editorial calling the atten-
ton Of the public to the necessity for
reiiet tor the 100000 Chinese LETT
destitute and starving by the Hood
ing OF two provinces when the HWai
river overlooked its banks. there has
been a steady stream OF contributions
to the fund to give succor TO China,
and other persons in Richmond nave
started working TO increase the dona-
tIons from the capital city. The
amounts of the contributions from
Richmond have been smaller than
those from other places in Virginia,
and 1t is hoped that the school col
lection will materially increase the
capital city's contribution.
The people in these flooded prov
inces are still In dire need of the ne
cessities of life, and missionaries con-
tinue TO write that a few dimes will
purchases sufficient coarse supplies to
keep the Chinese from starvation I'M
til the weather moderates and the soil
produces something upon which they
can subsist.
What N Missionary SAYS
In writing to the Board of For
eign Missions Of the First Presbyte-
rian church of Philadelphia, the Rev.
Thomas Carter. missionary station
ed at Hwai river. in Anwhei province.
says:
II never really knew what the
Lords prayer meant until to-day. We
came to a village where some Chris
tians gathered to worship. To hear
that company of men say Give us this
day our daily bread had a strange
sound when we knew that not one of
them had so much as seen bread for
many q day. unless you call pressed
sweet potato vines bread.
A million persons in the region just
north Of this station, Mr.. Carter says,
are to die OF starvation before sum-
mer unless help comes from the cut
side. He further says
The country is perfectly peaceful,
more so than usual II seems to the
stranger; for there are no dogs to
bark at he passers-by. They are all
starved or eaten--or both. The same
is true OF all the animals.
All the letters from the afflicted
provinces are OF the same tenor, and
each paints horrible pictures of star
walton. suffering and death.
Think of the contract between the
pitiable plight of these millions of
human beings and your own lot and
send a contribution to The virginian
for their relief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
All Have jap War Fever.

FORT MONROE, VA. March -
Forcible demonstration of the fact
that the situation regarding Japan
Is the absorbing idea of Uncle SANS
navy was given here to-day when
officers on their first shore leave mas,.;
an onslaught on the new stands SEEK
ing the latest phase Of our interna-
tional relations Officers declared they
didn't care snap about the Next
can situation, except in it's bearing
upon Japan.
Comment among the sailors dis
closed that the same idea permeatad
every battleship. Speaking OF the ef-
fective firing at test just concluded.
the sailors asserted that 1t was good
enough to put Japan out of business. y
officers who visited the riddied
wreck OF the former battleship Texas
declared that II was the most COM
vtncing argument for peace they had
ever encountered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
1.-THE EASIEST WAY"
BARRED IN BOSTON

BOSTON, March 25.--Mayor Rich
ardson's example of barring the play
THE Easiest Way" from Richmond
has been followed by the mayor of
Boston. the Hon. John f. Fitzgerald.
Mayor Fitzgerald. who is known to
his fellow-citizens by the loved title
of Little Johnny Fitx," decided after
one performance that the play was
not sufficiently cultured for Boston.
Whats the matter with the play"
reporter asked His Honor.
law. it's too raw.'' replied the
mayor In classical Bostonese
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE
OMAHA'S COURTHOUSE

OMAHA, NEB.. March 24.-An at
tempt was made early to-day to tiyna-
mite the new million dollar court
house being erected here Two huge
charges were exploded In various
parts OF the building Tho damage
was about $4,000,
Bioodhounds here were placed on
the trail OF the dynamiters Labor
troubles are blamed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
SEES PRESIDENT TAFT:
TALKS ABOUT WEATHER

WASHINGTON. u. c., March "a
James J. I'M. railroad and Pacific
steamship magnate, held a conference
with President Taft to-day. He de.
cifned to discuss his business or ar
fairs in general further than to say
that good rain would be of vast
benefit to the country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
TWO YOUNG LADIES
LOSE THEIR LIVES
BURN TO DEATH WHEN LAMP
EXPLODES, ENVELOPING
THEM IN FLAMES, ~

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
WADESBORO, n. c., March Ia
At tho home of Mr.. NJ. l.. Bancom.
OF Olive Branch, Union county. his
daughter Grace, aged seventeen, and
Miss Wilma Davis, aged twenty one,
daughter of Rev. Cul Davis, were
burned to death last night by the
explosion of lamp.