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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-05-24
BILBO AND GIBBS
HAVE FISTICUFF
A Walking Cane is Brok.
en- Over Bilbo's $
Head.

Yazoo City, Miss, May 20.-
With cane presented him twenty.
three years ago by jackson citizens
for his services in behalf of good
government. State Senator w. D..
Gibbs who is a candidate for lieu
tenant governor and also author of
the notorious Gibbs Resolution,
introduced at the last legislature,
today resented the charge that he
was renegade Confederate, ;"
which he claims State Senator
Theodore G. Bilbo has been making
in speeches throughout the State.
Senator Gibbs met Senator Biibo in
front of the Sentinel office this
morning, and without parley pro-
ceeded to belabor his alleged accus-
er with the cane. After two blows
had been struck, the cane broke and
the men went at each other with
their hsts. but were separated by
bystanders before either had done
the other any more damage. Ac.
cording to a statement issued by
Senator Gibbs after the fight, Sena-
tor Bilbo refused to shoot it out on
the grounds that his assailant was
too olda man.
Senator Gibbs says he had warn
ed Senator Rilbo that he would re-
sent the charges on ssight. He in
sists III 4 there vas no politics con-
cerfe nth the alfair; that it was
|naf personal natter.
leeds. of Senator
tsihhs na enkeQ purse of $50 with
Nhieh parchase him another
cane
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-05-24

Progress is the law Of Life; mar
is not man as yet
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-05-24
Ladies' Long Coats.

Our offering Of Ladies Long Coats,
both Linen and Silk. are all this sea
, SON. models, and at the prices we
are closing same make them excep-
tional values.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-05-24
NITRATE OF SODA

The greatest plant forcer in the
world.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
BLOOOSHED MAY FOLLOW
DISPUTE OVER OIL LAND

Okmulgee, Okla, Mar. 1.-Two COM
panies claiming an oil lease are hay-
ing a controversy on small piece of
land northeast of here that may end
in bloodshed before settled. One COM
pany is guarding the lease with rifles,
and hostilities have been ayerted SO
far as disinterested oil men who have
been attracted there by a new oil well
that has just been brought in.
The Benebum Oil company has been
drilling a we'll on land adjoining the
tract in controversy. The Benebum
company has an old lease on the dis,
puted land, but the owner, Wright
Thornburg, believing that the company
had forfeited the lease because of non
development, made a new lease to the
Pine Creek Oil company. The Pine
Creek people have possession OF the
land, and are holding it by means o
guns.
The lease is valuable one from
the fact that the new well opens up
promising field, an extension of tn
well known Morris field.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
LOR|hER IS GIVEN
SEAT IN SENATE
By a Vote of 40 to 46 the Anti-Lorimer
Senators Went Down to
Defeat.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
washington, d. c., Mar. /. - The
agreement in the senate yesterday to
vote ON the Lorimer resolution at 1870
today brought the senators to the cap
itol this morning enthusiastic over the
prospect of settlement. Visitors to
the senate began arriving at nine
O'Clock. The action today was on the
resolution as follows
Resolved that William Lorimer was
not duly and legally elected to his seat
in the senate by the legislature of I'LL
nois. The negative votes therefore
were cast by those in favor OF Lori
mer's retention of his seat. The ma
jority of the senate voting against thu
resolution will have the effect of con
lfrming Lorimers title.
A roll call on the Lorimer resolution
was taken in the senate at 1:3O toda,
land Lorimer won. The vote cast was
IPro Lorimer, forty-six; anti Lorimei
forty. Lorimer was not present whel
1.-THE vote was taken.
Those who voted for the resol'
tion and against Lorimer were: Be'
eridge. Borah, Bourne, Bristow, Brown
Burkett, Burton, Clapp, Crawfor'
Cummings, C. K. Dixon, Groma, Jone
LaFollette, Lodge, Nelson, Page, Roo
Smith of Michigan, Switzerland, Wa
ner. Young Democrats: Baco
Chamberlain, Charge of Arkansas, Gu
berson, Davis, Gore, Money, Marti
Newland, Overman, owen, Perry, Ra
nor, Shively, Smith of South Carolin
l Stone, Swanson, Taylor.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
ncolny Harvex,s Speech.

Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen: The
is to build 80 miles of turn
pike in three days, from Monte Ne,
Ark. to Vinita, Okla, the work to be
divided into three divisions; from
Monte Ne to Gravette the first day,
from Gravette to Grove the second
day and from Grove to Vinita the third
day. via Rogers, Bentonville, Center
ton. Hiwassee, Gravette, Southwest
City and Grove.
There will be three similar roads
constructed in Oklahoma leading into
this at Vinita. One from Mnskogee to
Vinita, another from Tulsa to Vinita
and another from Bartlesville to Vim
ita. There will be fourth pike made
from Kansas City via Joplin connect
ing with our pike. Our part of it is
to build the 80 miles from Monte Ne
to Vinita. 1t is as easy to build
thousand miles in three days as it Is
to build ten miles when the plan is
understood and the country populated
as thickly as the country through
which this 80 miles runs. 1t could al
be done in one day. but we divide i
into three days for the advantage tha
is to be had by so doing. We will mak'
some mistakes the first day. We vii
take advantage of these mistakes tn
second and third days. The first d
[ vision, Monte Ne to Gravette is all =
Benton county. and we expect to hav
all the road graders in the county Q
the line that day, and we hope to &c
|, all the road graders in the other thre
l counties through which the road passe
) to use on our day, and to take our roa
: graders with us on to their division
: Therein lies the advantage of dividin
1t into three days. The plan is, hrs
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
BOOTLEGGERS HAVE
ALL BEEN ROUTED
Rogers County RootIegeers Have
Taken to the "TaII Timber
Law Being Enforced.

The Nowata Star prints the follow
ing dispatch from Claremore;
Claremore, Okla. Feb. 2S.-This
county is about as free from gamblers
and bootleggers now as it is possible
to make it. The new officers, which
includes one policeman of Claremore,
as well as the sheriff and deputies,
with the county judge and county at
torney are bending every effort to
clean up the county.
Every man who comes before Judge
Knight is bonded in the sum Of a thou
sand dollars, and Il there are more
cases against him than one he is re
arrested as soon as free and the judge
puts the same bond to him One mar
now in the jail is under ten thousane
dollars bond on liquor selling charges
and is in Jail, his bond having gone t
the limit.
| If he had not run out Of bond
would have been the discovery of pei
petual motion at last,
/ Most of the gamblers who are nc
locked up have fed the town and
horrible thirst is the rule rather tha
the exception.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
MOAN LANDS TO Be
THROWN ON MRRKET SOON

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. 2S.-Sixty
thousand acres of unallotted Indian
lands in the Cherokee, Creek and Sem
mole Indian nations will be thrown on
the market about May 10, according
to information given out here by the
commissioner in the Five Tribes. The
minimum price Of this land will be
the value that was placed on 1t for
allotment purposes. It may be bought
for from so cents to $3.50 an acre.
At a series of sales just closed in
yolving lands in the Chickasaw and
Choctaw country the minimum price
was double the appraised value. The
price will be lower at the coming sales
and more liberal terms will be made
to purchasers.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
WAGE FILIBUsTER
AGAINST MEASURE
Complicated Situation Regarding Ac-
tion on Tariff Made Certain Call
ing of Extra Session.

By Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., Mar. 2.-While
they still deny that there is filibuster
in progress ON the tariff board bill, the
democrats in the senate this afternoon
made clear that they would continue
the fight against the measure indefin-
itely.
The republicans evidently were in
clined to let all appropriation bills
wait until action be had on the tarfff
board. Partisan feeling was more man
|ifest than at any time this session.
Everybody appreciated the complicated
situation that confessed that RFRRR
situation that made certain the calling
OF nextra session. Privately the DEM
Iocrats confessed that they were en-
gagged in a filibuster to continue until
the republicans were forced to lay
aside unfinished business or to aban-
don the appropriation bills.
Just before noon the senate by a
lvote of fifty-five to twenty-three, voted
Ito take up the tariff board bill. Only
lone republican senator. Pulkey Of Con-
lnecticut, voted against the motion,
which was made by Senator Hale. Sen
ators Chamberlain, Clarke of Arkan-
lsas, Newlands and owen. democrats,
voted with the republicans for the mo-
ltion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03

this one will be painted likewise, and
It is from this fact that 1t gets its
name as the Great White Way, thus
marked so any one can travel over 1t
without asking questions.
| have described, thus far, the free
labor part of it. You may ask yourself
the question, "Will it be popular en-
Iough to bring the labor that will do
the work." In Iowa it succeeded. Are
the citizens of Arkansas, Missouri and
IOklahoma less loyal to their localities
than the people of Iowa? John Sigman,
living on Hickory creek, five miles off
THE line Of this turnpike, in my county,
came to me recently and said, Mr..
Harvey, this is the greatest PROPOSE
tion that was ever presented to the
people of Benton county" He is a
successful farmer and owner of two OF
three hundred head of cattle. And
! Mr.. Harvey" he said, 4 want to work
ION that road. I am five miles from it
but | want to help set the example o.
good roads, and l will come and brinl
! as many of my neighbors as ] can ant
J | have some money If that is wanted.
: Peter Lewis, near Lowell. living fiv
{ miles off the road, informs me that n
+ lis coming with his fine span of mule
land asked me where he should report
, Two Of the foremen on the grade Q
: the branch of the Kansas City an
. Memphis railroad, leading from Cav
;. Springs to Fayetteville, six, eight an
y Item miles off the line of this turnpike
= have told me that they wanted
come and bring their crews, and ths
&c the other foreman, they were inform
:, led. was willing to do the same thini
al that they were all willing to donat
"A their services, and that they believe
- THAT all Of the men working for the
. t-lwould donate their service, and thi
10 with Felker's consent, they would bres
IN camp on the morning that the work
ia to be done on the first division, at
. o'clock and report on the sections
z which they might be assigned, thr'
ve lequipped. well organized gradil
ve crews. Mr.. Felker, the president
an the road will cheerfully consent.
le- Among the numerous road captain
IS that have been assigned, with ea
,ig there is enthusiasm and assurances
oa good work. An illustration is L
he Howe at the east end of the Ora
ITO river bridge, a man, who ! was to
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
lN|TA ASYLUM
| TO GET $4,000
Il by coyne And Jeffords Advanced
% Third Reading-senate Refuses
to Restrict School Land Lessees.

oklahoma City, Mar. 2. = Another
see-quarters of million was appro-
lated from the public building fund
Iednesday afternoon by the Coyne-
ys0rds bill carrying money for ad-
slonal buildings and maintenance of
e Vinita insane asylum. A half mil
N is for buildings and $25O,OOO for
antenance for two years.
THE house advanced the bill to third
aiding.
Both houses recessed from the mid
le of the afternoon to evening out of
sspect to Senator Hatchett's 3-year-
ID daughter, who died Wednesday
!orning in Oklahoma City.
lOther bills were advanced to third
sading by the house by Crawford,
bpropriating s14.20O for maintenance
I the state election board for two
ears; by Gillispie and James, carry
ag $4,000 for new land at the Broken
rrow agricultural school and $4,000
Sr similar purposes at the Goodwell
lgricultural school.
Williams of Comanche introduced
,ouse bill No. 600, placing $4,000 at
he disposal of the governor for pro
ihition enforcement during the next
wo years.
The senate wednesday night refused
o restrict the lessee or other pur
chaser to acquiring ownership O.
school lands to the extent of over 16'
Ecres and defeated Franklin's 169 acre
amendment. Is to 10:
When Franklin failed to limit th'
purchasing power of the lessee, he Sc
cured the adoption of an amendmen
kiving the same freedom to any would
be purchaser.
Senator Roddie devoted himself t
J. nding to death the Barefoot bill
Ahich provides for the sale OF all tn
eommon school lands. He failed t
amend the bill providing for its sui
mission to the people, but secured a
additional section, requiring all th
Hands to be sold within six month
lexcept in case of appeals from th
Iappraisement. The bill was perfecte
L The house bill, Milburn's bill, ma
Ting the maxium levy for township
Tive mills instead of three mills, r
Touring the final levy for municipa
ities to be made the third Monday
1 1Iune, instead of the last Saturday
July.
Other bills were passed in the hou
| BY Kerr, Semple and Maxey, makil
tsuperior | judges elective and for TO
| years; by Lindsey and Harlin, app
fpriating $1OS,OOO for the Pryor Gre
| orphans home; by Stockton, MAXI
| April % opening day, a legal holida
| by Maxey, creating a training schc
| for girls.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Citizens in Mass Meeting TO Raise Funds to
Construct Turnpike---All Stores Close and
Business Men Rally to Call--Farmers
Display Great Interest in MOuement---
Col. Harvey Makes Splendid
Talk Advocating Road.

From Thursdays Daily.
Vinita is now practically certain of
the Great White Way" as the propos-
ed turnpike from this city to Monte
Ne. Ark, distance >of ninety miles,
has been termed by the chief promoter,
w. H. (Coin) Harvey, of Monte Ne.
!. Yesterday afternoon a meeting OF
the farmers, living in the country to
be traversed by this turnpike, was held
at the Commercial Club rooms and
about thirty farmers we're present and
to a ma nthey we're enthusiastic for
the proposition. They promised to
give their teams for use on the pro-
posed road, on the days agreed on tor
building this road.
Z Last night a mass meeting was helo
at the Commercial Club rooms, at
which the proposition was gone over
After a full discussion of the PROPOSE
tion. several Of the leading business
men of the city declared this to be the
best thing that has ever been offered
to Vinita. The attendance last night
was not as representative as had beer
hoped for, and it was decided to cal
another hig meeting this afternoon.
Promptly at o'clock this afternoon
every store in the city closed and while
the band discoursed some lively music
the citizens gathered at the Auditor
ium and began raising the $4,000 est
mated as Vinita's share of the cost Q
constructing the macadam and Gu
yerts on the turnpike.
At last nights meeting road cal
tains to supervise the constructio
were selected for all but three miles
the road to Grand river and the otht
> captains will be selected this afte
u noon. The captains were selected IL
the miles running east from Vinita {
follows First mile, John t. Guntei
second mile, w. L. Trott; third mil
J. Fred Kelley; fourth mile, Bob Allel
u fifth mile, James M. Martin; six
p mile, A. A. Roach; seventh mile, J.
= Ince; eighth mile, Frank FRANKLIN
+ (no captain was named for the min
n mile); tenth mile, Lee Owenb
II eleventh mile, Chas. Duncan; twelf
IL mile. Bob McCaffery; thirteenth mi
' Erve Waldron; fourteenth mile, B
d. AIdrich; fifteenth mile, Chas. LIE
sixteenth mile Arthur Beck; sev'
teenth mile, Frank Fleming.
A feature of the meeting last mig
was the address of Col. (Coin) Harv
who is the instigator of this good ros
iii movement. Mr. Harvey said:
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Must Select Candidate.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Ceiba, Honduras, Mar. /. = Unless
the peace conference at Puerto Cortez
agrees today upon candidate for pro-
visional president, Bonila is expected
to declare the aristice off and renew
hostilities. The revolutionary leader
demands the selection Of one of the
three candidates proposed by his peace
commissioner as the first condition of
the agreement.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03

that to but lift his hand the community
for miles would follow him. Mr.. Howe
lis a man who you could not hire to be
road overseer, but IN this great unit
ed work is willing to throw the whole
force Of his leadership and ability into
the cause. He said he would work sew
eral days with q crew of men for moth
ing in getting his section ready. He
also signed check for money and
handed it to one of the Grove commit
Itee who was with me. He has several
pair OF mules himself that he will put
lin harness on the days that he works
II could go on and tell what other road
captains have said but it would pro-
long my address to you have not
heard dissenting voice. ] have thus
briefly described, and you will readily
comprehend its features which do
not dwell on, the labor part of the
plan, and now come to the money
part Of It.
The three days viii grade the road.
Then we put trained paid crew of
men on it, putting in concrete culverts,
macadamizing, where macadam is
needed, and bridges. The bridges Will
all have steel girders strong enough
: to carry 40 tons or more. Then, we
: need dynamite; and we are going to
: get a steam roller, 90-ton steam
! ! roller, and that will cost some money.
= Much of this road, possibly GO per
: cent of it is on a natural road bed
? that needs no macadam but there we
:, level It like a floor with the graders,
putting the surface OF the road in curv-
ed form to shed water, and then we put
= the steam roller over II for weeks aft.
= erward. and If there be stone rising
sIup In the road, over which wagon
I wheels may run for years If not remov
4 ed, when the steam roller goes over
lit. it is sunken dowu INTO the ground
~ To a level with the surface. A steam
- roller viii be needed on the parts o.
- the road that win be macadamlzet
o. that 1t may be made solid and level
The steam roller is essential On
- - derstand, that when we are done vi
- expect to have perfect turnpike, har'
= and level as a fiooE our pride, an
~ ~ the admiration of all people who tTave
~ over it. These things win take money
an The grading of the road is done b
- labor contributed. and in respect {
these things i have Just mentioned
y work on the road after it is graded
~ must be done by a trained crew G
ne men, who we will pay, and the mate
= ial will take money. Just out OF Vi
ita. over Cabin creek, 75-foot ste'
inS bridge is required, and over Hors
'on creek in Delaware county another 5
y foot steel span is reqsfred with his
-e concrete peers and extensive 8
Sid CONTINUED on Last Page)
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVES CONSTITUTION
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, d. c.. Feb. %, - The
constitution of the new state of New
Mexico today was unanimously approx
ed by the house committee on terri
tories. The committee investigated all
the charges of fraud in connection with
the constitutional convention and rati
fication Of the constitution ad finds
that the organic act should be approx
ed by congress.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Mexican Town Msy Be Attacked Soc

Mexican Town May Be Attacked Soon.
Ell Paso, Tex, Mar. 2.-Telegrams
from Chuahua say that owing to the
railroads being cut north and south OF
there, provisions are taking a skyward
lump and foreigners and natives alike
are suffering on account of stagnation
of business. Troops dare not go out
side of the town for wear of being
trapped by the insurrectos. The town
is alarmed by reports that the city's
surrender has been demanded. A ru
Imor is afioat that the town will be at
tackled soon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
still Trying to Settle Strike.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, H., Mar. efforts to set
tie the strike of newspaper linotype
operators, who went out on the Hearst
papers here yesterday, continued to-
day and the morning papers were is
sued by agreement and consisted OF
four pages only. The evening papers
made no attempt to print advertising
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
ADVANCE IN FREIGHT ON
CEMENT IS SUSPENDED
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Mar. 1. - The
general advances in freight rates on
cement, made primarily by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railway, was
suspended today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission until July l.
The order of suspension affects forty,
nine other interstate carriers in the
west and southwest, in addition to the
principals.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Portland Lumber Mill Burns.
" Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Portland, Ore, Feb. 2S.--The plant
of the Oregon and Washington Lumber
company, the largest mill in this city,
was destroyed by fire today. Other
big plants are burning with high
wind blowing. The loss, already ex-
ceeds $15O,0O0.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Pawnee Has 2,161.
ssociated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Mar. 2.--Statis-
tics of the thirteen census announced
today included Pawnee, OKLA, with
2161 in 1910 as against 1,94S in 1907.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03
Missouri commends Her Senators,

BY Associated Press.
Jefferson City. Mo, Mar. 2. = The
Missouri senate today adopted a reso-
luton commencing : .lators Stone and
Warner for voting against Lorimer in
the United States senate yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-11
LAW
IS DECLARED
IN JUAREz
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Ell PASO, May i11.-Martial
law was declared in Juarez to-
day. 1t is believed that Madero
purposes to execute several pri-
soners who are marked for death
because of their treatment of
their insurgent prisoners while
the federals held the town. So
far there has been only one
known execution. 1t was that of
a saloonkeeper named Mastes,
who killed an insurgent after
the town had surrendered. He
was backed UP against stone
wall and shot last night.
Announcement was made here
this afternoon that car service
between Ell Paso and Juarez will
be resumed as soon as the tracks
can be repaired.
Satisfied that they have con-
vinced the Diaz government that
their threats are not empty
boasts, the rebel chiefs today are
ready to turn again to negotia-
tions, and Senors Obregon and
Braniff are already busy on be
half of Diaz in trying to come
to some agreement whereby fur
ther slaughter may be avoided