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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
HEWEATHER
New Orleans,
La, Mar. 23ro.
night fair ard
warmer except in
southwest Fri,
day fair.

alysis Of the Guthrie water TO various
mea OF experience we were surprised
how conyersant they were with the
famous resorts. not only of this coun
try but Europe and they universally
pronounced our waters superior to any
They saw greater possibilities for the
city than even we did, ard suggested
many enterprises that capital should
be organized for and which would
bring immediate profit Everybody
acquainted with such matters remark
ed that there are three things absol-
utely necessary, providing the waters
have actual value to attract the out
side world and make them commerci-
ally profitable These three things
are up-tC.1aie bath houses, good ho-
tel accommodation and numerous
and varied places for healthy amuse-
ments
In conclusions we would like to
add that in our opinion the greatest
possible mistake Guthrie could make
at this time would be to commence
this development as health resort
in a small way Let us start on a
generous scale, SO tha, nothing can
stop us in short time from being
the peer of any resort in the coun-
try"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
MAY HAVE BEEN MURDER
AND SUICIDE COMPACT
According to Letters Lett By
Couple, Double Crime Was
Due 10 Jealousy
Special to Daily Leader.

Special TO Daily Leader
Colorado Springs. Colo. Mar q
With Sheriff Birdsall outside he door
waiting to serve warrant on him
w. Herman Nostrand, aged 50, a
gambler and bartender OF this ,ity
shot and killed his wife and then
turned the revolver on himself and
completed what is believed by the au.
lhoritles to have been a murder and
suicide pact.
The shooting occurred at $3.50 last
night, in the Brunswick roomine
house in Colorado City, and accord
ing to letters left by the couple, was
cue to jealousy
Five days ago Nostrand became IN
lGtuated wi a woman here. His
wife took him to task for his faith.
lessness, which caused him to beat
her severely ana to keep her locked
up as a prisoner in the room where
tne shooting occurred.
Sunday she escaped and swore out
a warrant against him, charging lin
with bodily assault. Later Nostrand
persuaded her to return to their room
where he again kept her prisoner
Constables who were given the war
rant to serve, heard OF the threat
made by Nostrand that he would Kill
anybody who tried TO serve it and
did not attempt 10 act 1t was only
after a brother of Nostrand's had told
the authorities he was afraid Nos
trand would harm his wife that Shef
in Birdsalls attention was called tc
the matter.
Brdsal went TO the room and
while waiting to get in the shoe Ing
occurred
Six letters were found in the room
evidently written jointly by the
couple, and addressed to relatives
and friends. In all of them 1t was
evident that the woman had either
feared she was going to be killed or
had entered into an agreement with
her husband for him to kill her and
then shoot himself
The Nostrands had been living to-
gether eight years, but that they
we're ever married seems doub .ful
Her mother, Mrs f. j. Littleton and
three sisters live in Missouri Nos
trand's father and three brothers i've
here
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
Escapes Dawn of Execution
SPECIAL To Daily Leader.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Mar, PA form
q captain OF the Arkansas national
guard, who saw distinguished service
in the Spanish-American war, 4.nd
who desires his name to be withheld
on account OF the attitude cl the
United States toward Mexico arrived
in Pine Bluff today following a thrill
Ing experience in Mexico He joined
the insurrectos through enlistment
ia San Antonio, last January. and
vas at the head OF a party of twenty
five. The company was equipped
with guns and expense money, aad
went to the Mexican side on a detail
as scouts.
He Was captured and placed in
prison with five other Americans at
Gomez Palacio. The six escaped at
Midnight preceding March is, on
which day they were to have been
shot
by different routes they walked
$50 miles % Eagle Pass, where they
met the guard officer going to San
Antonio, and later to Pine Bluff.
OF the five who escaped with the
captain, one was from Fort Smith
and the others from Arizona, New or
leans and Texas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
(By Associated Press.)

Galena, Kan, Mar. Is, Tightly
cinched fingers from which the flesh
had been torn by frantic struggles
gave mute but convincing evidence OF
the desperate struggle for the life OF
Martin Fiendt, zinc miner here,
Wednesday
With Walter Miller, Fiendt, climb.
ed down a rope into an abandoned
mine 100 feet deep which they intend
ed to lease Miller climbed ont, when
their inspection was finished Feindt
could not accomplish the feat, falling
when half way up. He caught him.
self on a projecting ledge of rock
Miller hurried for help, but 1t was
twenty mirutes before rescuers arriy
ed Felndt had fallen, drowning II
the water at the bottom Of the shaft
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
TRUSKET T 7
TESTIMONY
IS BEGUN
JURY FINALLY SECURED
IN CASE OF AGED KAN
SAS SLAYER
tBy Associated Press.J

Independence, Kas, Mar 23-A
jury in the Truskett case was obtain
ed today, with ten farmers, carpent-
cr and workman on it. Prosecuting
Attorney T. H. Stanford in his open
ing address TO the jury said the evil
dence will show that Truskett,
smarting under imagined wounds, de-
lberately and premediatedly lay in
wait for Neeley, carefully inquired
into his movements, followed him to
the Palace hotel and shot him in cola
blood He said an examination Of
Neeley's body showed that he had
not even a pocket knife in his poclo
cts.
Fred Neeley, son Of the dead man
called as the first witness, was ruled
out on a technicality. The next wit
ness, George A. Perry, proprietor ol
tLe hotel, testified to seeing Trusketi
and Neeley together prior 10 the
shooting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
TALkFEsT WAS SPIRITED
But No Results Flow cd From
City Hall Meeting
/ asst Night

Admit ist1ation forces, after two
years Of effort to continue in power
were able last night to muster 2G
men-of 14O present--in favor Of a
CONTINUATION of the administration
aud against the citizens ticket, head
ed by original and consistent advo-
Gates OF charter government. The
plan to demand that the citizens tick
Of be withdrawn In favor Of the Far
quharsOn administration did not even
gel to vote. motion to table the
demand carrying by vote of 80 to
2G 1t was evident the crowd took no
particular interest In the impending
failure of the city hall crowd TO per
petuate its reign
The mass meeting was originally
called as an indignation meeting but
the good crowd Of representative cit
izens failed to "indignate' to any no.
liceable extent The meeting was
switched to charter meeting, in
which the document now before the
voters Of the city was seriously dis
cussed. The indignation feature was
confined to Mayor Farquharson,
Statesman Beamer Doc Sharpe and
one or two other adherents of the old
regime
When the administration men had
finished speaking the five minute rule
was put on the other fellows.
Dr. e G. Sharpe, memDer of the
administration, moved that the men
who had filed for city offices be asked
to withdraw The motion was tabled
after debate.
Mayor Farquharson made dark
and bloody grounds speech about the
$lc0 election soon to be held, as has
been the custom for twenty-five years.
Frank Olsmith, the next mayor,
made a spirited reply to the insinua-
tons that he was a conspirator He
pointeli to his record there since the
settlement and 10 his consistent adj
yocacy OF a commission form of gov
ernment. He thought the conspiracy
on the other side
w II. Chappell called attention to
the fact that the election had already
been called and that ali proceedings
so far had been legal and regular.
James Hepburn made a witty ard
gooG-natuled speech about the candi-
dacies Of himself and Judge Olsmith,
saying that his opponents were cruel
to want them to withdraw now that
they had cinches ON offices.
The voting vas a fiasco
w. II. Merter calles the meeting
to order and Jake Douglass was made
chairman ard w A. Rayson. secretary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
CDLDRE0 BARBER WAS EASY
o @ G @ COCO 10000 co @ @

Warren Apperson, a colored bar
Der. fell into the hands Of the law in a
peculiar maMef th.s morning He
was carrying a bundle um}er his arm
when he met deputy Sheriff Humph-
rey and another man. They asked IT
he was moving his shop Of taking
home his weeks wages in beefsteak.
IN a spirit of ies, Humphrey started
toward him, saying, What have YOU
there,anyway?"
IT'S a bottle er Ticker, Mr. Humph-
rey.N
Give it to me- said the deputy
sheriff This afternoon Appefson
gave 5000 bond and was released at
the superior court for trial ON a
charge OF transporting liquor. The
package was a quart of whiskey.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
COTTON MEN TO ATTEND
Much Interest Manifested in
Convention of Crushcrs'
Association

Great interest is being manifested
by cotton crusher officials having
plants in Oklahoma in the convention
6 the Interstate Cotton Crushers' as.
scciation, to be held In New York
June T, s. and 3, which 500 members
are expected to attend
Elaborate preparations for the en-
iertainment OF the delegates by tae
New York Produce Exchange have
been made, including a banquet at
the Hotel Astor, ball at the New
York Produce Exchange. and lunch
con served By the officials Of The
North German Steamship lines on
board the S. s. Kaiser wilhelm II
Among those who are expected tC
attend from Oklahoma are W. II
Coyle and Z. Cook, Of Guthrie, w
l.. Clayton J. W Dupree End K. y
Nosc Of Oklahoma City: r. w Wot
ten and J Al Schwartz Of Chickasha
r a. Norris Of Shawnee; w
Folder Of Stroud
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
SUED BY wlFE's GUARDIAN
cial to the Daily Leader.

Suecial to the Daily Leader.
McAlester, Okla, Mar 23-Alleg-
ing in his petition that Henry G Kess-
Ter, husband OF his ward, has not
contributed to her support in accord
ance with an order Of the court when
he secured a divorce, James B. Cas-
sidy, guardian of Clara Kessler, an
insane woman, has filed suit against
kessler and J. b. McAlester, for si,-
900, the amount OF bond which he
alleges was given by Kessler aud en-
dorsed by McAlester to insure Ubcd-
ience to the court order
Cassidy sets forth IN his petition
that Kessler agreed to pay $40 per
month to go toward defrayng The ex.
pense OF keeping Clara Kessler N a
Jacksonville. H., sanitarium. He al.
leges that no payment has been made
since January /, 1909,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24

Kansas City, Mar 23.lunsympa-
thetlc policemen. paying no heed to
the fact that this was the first day Of
spring. when all the world should
love a lover. stepped upon a pret-
ty romance with their official hob
nailed brogans today when they ar
rested a pair of youthful elopefs.
The brde-elect, Mary Ernest d re-
markably pretty, blue-eyed girl. was
wearing her gweetheart's shoes and
stockings, wh1ie he came In manful-
ly wearing a pair OF rubbers
This state OF affairs was due tosthe
haste they were compelled to use
IN getting away from the parental
home Adrian Miller was the groom
elect ard he + 20 They had zone 20
the railway station and were waiting
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
NO CLUE IN DOUBLE MURDER
Special to The Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader
sulphur, Okla, Mar 23--Though D
coroners jury held sessions Sunday
and Monday. investigating the MR.
der of two men, named Johnson aud
Roberts, near Dougherty, the double
crime still lis shrouded in mystery.
Tie bodies of the men we're found
Gle and one-half miles north OF
Dougherty, and officers were appoint
ed to watch the body until coroner
arrived. While they were watching
man. who later gave his name as
John Hale. came out of tent nearby
and opened fire on the officers with
a double-barrelea shotgun.
After a brief fight he was arrested
and is being held here.
The Johnson who was killed was a
citizen W Dougherty, while Roberts
lived at Pilot Point, Texas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
TANGLED IN SUPERIOR COURT

Jinks McGill and Wesley McGill,
managers of basement emporium
on West Harrison avenue. are tangled
up in superior court AS result OF
q raid the other DAY they are under
charges Of selling liquor They have
been running a place that is habitual-
ly alluded to as joint for several
years.
Jinks is now under sentence Of
two and a half years in the peniIen-
tary for receiving stolen property,
having been convicted of fencing
Tor a gang Of negro thieves
There are about thirty booze
cases on the superior court docket
The court will commence grinding on
jury cases on April 8.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
GHICkASHA CLERK SUICIDES
special to the Daily leader.

Special to the Daily Leader
Chickasha Okla, Mar. 23 Fred
Weidenmaier committed suicide mere
al 5 O'Clock Wednesday by shooting
himself through the heart.
He was 20 years old, and has bean
bookkeeper for swift & Company
here for the past year He bears the
reputation of being sober in lus
trious young man and no reason ioI
his action has been found.
Weidenmaier had all arrangements
made to leave today for California
He had just returned from visiting
lis uncle In the vicinity Of Fort Cobb
Weidenmaier had bene dead an houl
when his landlady went to his room
to announce supper ana found hse
dead
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
GIRL WHO ELOpED WITH FEET
BARE DONS LOVERS SHOES. BUT
HER FATHER OVERTAKES HER

for a train to Topeka when appreheno
ed Oh telegraphic Information from
the girls father
Miss Ernst, in preparing to leave
her home unseen and unheard could
not find her shoes and stockings. She
fiAalls slipped out harefooted and met
Miller. who, was waiting at the top OF
"a nearby hill with a team and buggy
Her feet were scratched cold and
bleeding wheA She arrived, painting
from the swift rum Miller immediate
" removed his own Shoes and stock
ngs ard made her put them on, intend
ing to buy her some when they
reached the city.
The police held them prisoners un-
til the arrival of the girls father, a
merchant ~ Henley Mo and both
We're taken hack there.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
ELECTRICITY WILL KEEP THE
HEART BEATING AFTER DEATH
BUT DOES NOT RESTORE LIFE

III is possible to cause the heart
to beat BY applying electricity, said
pr Lewis W. Bremerman, but lfe
cannot be restored This is inter
es Ing scientifically, but has no par
ticular significance II is frequent
y done with rabbits IN medical col
leges
"A saw one instance where he
heart action was restored after q
man had beeu dead nine minutes,
said Dr. Joseph A Huber THE ease
was in Cleveland, Ohio and the heart
beat was as long as the electricity
was applied, which Was an hour
Il have seen hearts beat for
hours after death, said Dr. Henry I.
Eyford The heart is put in alt
solution ana then electricity is an
Piled, N
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
LUMBER CONCERNS SEEK DELAY

The Metz and Stewart Lumber com
panies Of Wichita, Kan, anl The kio-
wa Lumber company Of Kiowa. Kan.
charged BY Attorney General West in
custer proceedings with violation OF
the Oklahoma antitrust laws. have
asked continuance Of the attorney
senerals resuest for = temporary in
junction preventing the concerns
frol operating in the sta.e of Okla
hon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
WITH A FINE ATTACHED
IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE
Former Banker and Former
Chief Of Police Get Fifteen
Months Each
(By Associated Press.)

Wichita, Kan, Mar 23--All five of
;he attendants in the postage stamp
cases tried in the federal court here
last week today were sentenced to
the Federal penitentlary at Leavsn-
worth The sentences were as fol-
lows.
H. s Naftzger, fifteen months In
prison, fine five thousand dollars.
Frank s. Burt, who turned govern
ment Witness fifteen months in pris-
on, fine one thousand dollars.
John Callahan. five years in prison,
fine one thousand dollars.
Edward Earl and Ray Templeton,
who robbed postotIices, five years
each, fine one hundred dollars.
Naftzger and Callahan will appeal.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
(By Leased Wire.)

chicago Mar, "a That BY The ap-
pication Of electricity the human
Eeaitta can be made to bent Tor aours
after death, Int that The beating does
not mean the res'oratioh Of life, are
assertions made today by Chicago
physicians The remarks were call
cd OUT by the report OF Dr. Edward A.
Spitzka OF Philadelphia, that he had
restored the heart action Of an exc
cuted man three minutes after tae
body had been cut down.
I'VE have done this time md
again, said Dr. Sidney II. kuh.
There Is nothing startling to It.
The heart can be made to heat hours
Nv electricity hut that no necessary
relation to human life.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
WEST DlsAPPRovEs BONDS
Greek County Cannot Issue Papsr IN
Amount Of $4,000
Special to The Daily Leader,

Special to the Daily Leader.
Sapulpa, Okla, Mar. 23--The county
commissioners have received word
from Attorney General West that he
would not approve Of and sign tue
Greek county refundlng bonds,
amounting to $117,00O.
This news came like bolt ont OF
the blue sky, as no one had antici-
pated any such action and 1t was
thought thai the county would soon
be on cash basis as result of the
issuing OF the bonds.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
WOMAN IS FINED
FOR USING STRAP
On HER HUSBAND
(By Leased Wire)


g Denver, Colo, Mar 23 Magis- {
9 trate Stapleton has fined many {
q wife-lbeaters but yesterday was {
g the first time he was called lp-
. ON to fine a husbana-beater He {
q fined Mrs Lizzie oliver living at Z
- 1854 Court place, for chastising
9 her husband, William, in public {
g with strap.
= The divers, according to their /:
q testimony in. police court, have {
. been separated about six months
9 They made an appointment to {
& meet Monday night OH Fifteenth {
= ANA California streets to try % {
q settle their differences. Oliver Z
9 testified that Mrs, Oliver was
9 lac and when he rebuked her
= for her tardiness she drew A I
q strap from the folds Of her I
g dress and proceeded to use it on (
= him. She was getting in good I
g work with the strap when Pa
= trolman Higdon appeared on the (
. scene and rescued the hapless &
g William
g {
o @ o @ coo O ococc COO c
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
0 @ @ @ coo @ @ oooe GOO {
TWO FIRES THIS MORNING

Three fire-fighting machines were
out at 12.S) this afternoon to handle
q fire in small building fifty fee, to
the rear Of the store Of J A. Milne
& Co. The fire was caused BY
burning trash, and the shack was
destroyed.
Three hours before the department
had been called TO the Fielding home
at SlS East Noble avenue, where a
fire caught in the attic Slight dam
age was done Two companies ans.
wered this call
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
To GUARD
WOMEN AND
CHILDREN
MINERS TO GIVE PRoTEc-
TIoN FROM n .HLEss
MEXICAN RA:gRs
ESCAPES FROM PRISON
DAWN OF EXECUTION
ATkansan, Caught With Rebels,
Breaks Cell with Five
Companions
lRY AaSnciated Press. ]

lei Paso. Tex, Mar % Women and
children throughout the region near
Doqullas, Texas, are being congre-
gated at the Chishos and Terlinsua
zines where the miners can protect
tnem from Mexican raiders until
troops can reach there from Mara
than. Troops left this morning but
Il is two days march.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
SURVEY FOR INTERURBAN
Special to Daily Leader.

Tishomlngo, Okla, Mar. ga
large force OF surveyors and assist
ants stared this morning to make
surveys from Tishomingn, to Rav'a
and from Tishomingo 10 the Devils
Den for the proposed electric line to
connect these places Power for this
line will be generated at Tishomitgo
The new enterprise will be financed
by local business men with the as
sistance of some of the officials OF
the Frisco railroad. This line IS to
be completed by October /. and will
be extended to Denison, Texas, to con
nect with tho Dallas Inc st t,a'
nlace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
CRAzED MOTHER
CUTS THROAT OF
HER YOUNG SON

2 Pottsylle, Pa, Mar 23-Re- {
6 Gently discharged from private {
9 hospital at lie banon, Mrs. Benja- {
6 min J. Granger, 30 years old, {
= took her little boy out today (
9 through an isolated section {
= known as the Pines {
9 There she tied his hands and {
g feet and stuffed a handkerchief {
G down his throat to still his 6
= cries. Then with a razor she {
9 cut his throat. The weapon was {
cx then used to mutilate the !.
g child's chest The boy made 1 !.
{; brave fight for his life, and in
g his struggles wrenched one {
9 hand free from the ropes which :
6 bound it. |.
z II was not ten minutes after {
9 the murder before it was discov {
= cred, and just as the police and :
9 hospital authorities arrived, the {
{ mother was found near a public I.
g school, proving an alarming :
= spectacle to several hundred 6
g children. She was arrested and $
G is now in the county prison. {
@ {
n acaGaGc n00 r,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24

CAT TLEMAN
SUNMAR|L-Y
EXECUTED
AMERICAN is DECLARED
GUILTY OF AIDING
MEXICAN REBELS
(by Associated Press.)

San Antonio, Tex, Mar 23-John
Hamilton Dlnowitty well knows ere
as Ham" Dinowitty, and three other
Americans were sho to death under
order OF a Mexican court martial fol
participation in the insurIection, ae
cording to a dispatch received today
by the Dinowitty family The news
was brought by Fred Dinowitty. eo5s
in OF the executed man. Ham Dino
witty was in the cattle and mining
business In Chipehau
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
DIED AT RIPE AGE.
tBy Associated Press.l

Kansas City. MO, Mar 2S.-Robert
G, Wilson for sixty years citizen
OF Jacksop county formerly promin.
ent public affairs, died at his home
with his daughter here today aged
ninety-one
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
A KANSAS APPOINTMENT
(By Associated Press,

Topeka, Kas., Mar 23- Governor
Stubbs today appointed Thornton w
Sargent, Of Wichita, judge OF the ec-
ond division OF the sedgwich county
district court, recently created by the
legislature.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
FARMERS BODY BADLY MAAGLEl



Topeka, Kan, Mar. 90 The body
Of Thomas Ebert, wealthy Russell
county farmer was found on the
Union Pacific tracks this morning at
Silver Lake. the first station west
of Topeka. 1t is believed he fell from
the train at an early hour this morn
irg. The body mangled, was identl-
fled by papers in the pockets. among
which was $4,000 In drafts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-24
BREAKS ALL AVIATION RECORDS
[Ilv Assnclatcd Press. !

Douai, France, Mar. 23-Ayiatol
Louis Breguet broke all records to
day when he carried eleven passeng
crs two miles in monoplane,