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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12
Clark to Succeed Himself.

By Associated Press.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 12.-At a Joint
caucus of the republicans of the state
legislature, last night, Senator C. D.
Clark was chosen as the nominee of
the party to succeed himself Clark
will have the full party vote and be
reelected to the senate.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12
Basket Ball Team in Trim.

Norman, Okla, Jan. 1.-THE Sooner
basket ball team has resumed daily
practice since the holidays and is fast
rounding into form for the indoor sea-
home game next week. The squad is
showing wonderful improvement both
in speed and endurance under the
hurry up" coaching of Bennie Owen
and is now appears certain that the
team which will do battle for the uni
versity this winter will be one of the
best that ever wore the red and white
uniform. Thirty-two men are trying
out for places and the gymnasium is
crowded every afternoon. Coach Owen
announces that the team will be pick
ed some time this week. Charles Carey
who played forward for the Sooners
in 1908 but has been out of school
since, enrolled last week and will try
out for his old position if eligible.
Carey is an experienced player and
should prove valuable acquisition.
R. l.. Porter, sub on last years ag-
gregation and a promising candidate
for the five, is down with typhoid fever
at his home at CARRIER, Okla, and will
not be in the game this season. The
probable lineup for the first game will
be: Reeds and Gorton, forwards;
Parsons, center; Diamond and Weed,
guards.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12
Wants Panama Canal Fortified.

By Associated Press
Washington, D. c., Jan. 12.-Presi-
dent Taft today sent to congress a
special message urging the fortifica-
tion of the Panama canal and an ap-
preparation of $5,OOO,OOO for the initia.
tion of work, at the present session of
congress.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12
Prohibits Women Wearing Tights.

by Associated fTeSS.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. 12,-The first
freak bill appeared in the house to-
day. 1t is by Representative Cones, OF
Meade county, prohibiting the wear
ing of tights on the stage or in public
by women 1t provides that the skirts
of all women, in public. must be not
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12
Determined to AVenge Americans.
By Associated Press.

by AaoUNIdNtU IItbS.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 12.-Actuat-
ed by the determination that those re-
sponsible for the execution of the two
Americans, Cannon and Groce, during
the Nicaraugan revolution, shall be
prosecuted. the state department to-
day asked Consul Moffat, at Manaugua
for report ON the situation.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12

The marble counters at the Harvey
eating house are being replaced with
heavier slabs.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12

A crowd of the young people will
dance at the Auditorium tomorrow
might.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Presidential Primaries

The California legislature is again In session, convened this time by Gov. Hiram Johnson to pass upon 26 sub- iects, one of which is a presidential primary. If California also holds a preference primary the list will be uuite formidable, and already the standpatters are giving it considera- tion. North Dakota will lead off on March 19, followed by Wisconsin on April 2, Nebraska on April IT, Ore gon on April 19 and New Jersey on May 2S. California would make the sixth state, and the legislatures of this winter may add three or four or more to the list. The Texas legisla- ture has already passed a presi- dential preference law.
 The expression in April or May of the preferences of from six to ten states will be weighty. There are not many votes for Mir Taft in the six states including California, for Gov srnor Johnson favors the nomination of Senator LaFollette, and what Governor Johnson wants goes long way in progressive California.
 The presidential primary laws cover both parties, and in the five or six states democrats will vote for Underwood or Clark or Wilson or Harmon delegates. The new pri maries will show at any rate whom the voters, acting directly, favor il the states mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01

cedented. Temperatures in all parts of the south, from the Texas Pan- handle to the sea, were of a freezing nature. Nothing lower than IT de- grees, Fahrenheit, seems, however, to have been recorded, and no harm to trees or bushes is done when the mercury stands at that point.
 No doubt the crest of the cold wave is passing by and Alabama may today see a return of early winter weather of normal nature. Tenn peratures of IT degrees are not nor nal in Alabama in November, and they are not very frequent in Decem- Der. January is the period of low temperatures, as a rule, and the very lowest temperature within the records kept by the weather bureau came in February. That cold wave killed orange trees in Florida to the value of $40,0OO,000. It created good skating on East Lake in this city, and altogether it was visitation that does not come oftener than about once in a century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Trade Has Turned

From every quarter come optimistic predictions concerning the iron trade" says Matthew Addy Ss Co. of Cincinnati. ''The president of the great Jones & Laughlin concern says the tide has surely turned. So much iron is being used that stocks which accumulated in furnace yards during the dull times are being greatly reduced. With the continuance of this process the only thing that held back the iron market will be removed. It is somewhat odd, with the statistics in their present favorable shape and with the promising outlook, to find an effort is being. made in the old style high finance fashion to depress the market.
 Business of the week has been fine. Sales have been in large volume This time the south has been in the lead. Many of the heavy melters of iron have pur- chased in wholesale quantities. In fact, it is generally believed that from 150,00O to 100000 tons of southern iron have been sold in the past few days. There has been no difficulty in obtaining S10 for southern No. 2 foundry. Of course, no one is bragging over this price. for 1t Is so low as to leave no margin, but it is hoped that the large sales will clear the atmosphere and that before long prices will improve. Certainly order books are in much batter shape. Iron masters are in more of a mood to give thanks than was the case six months ago, although of course they bear In mind tho famous definition that gratitude is a lively, expectation of benefits still to be conferred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Underwood's Strength Recognized

Everyone must be impressed with the widespread interest which is manifested in Oscar w. Underwood as a presidential quantity. All the influential democratic and independ- ent papers have recently had edi- torial expectations of Underwood, and it is plain to see that his name is reckoned with in all political camps.
 A noteworthy fact of all this talk about Underwood in connection with the presidency is it's spontaneity. The large business interests of the coun- try. and democrats in general, are coming more and more to regard Oscar Underwood as the logical man to head the democratic ticket in 1912. He has had no organization, and there has been no concert of action on the part of his admirers. As a matter of course, his friends here at home have been ready to organize a presidential boom for him, but he has discouraged any movement of that sort at this time. But every day one reads articles in northern papers in which his availability is accepted There has been much stress on the point that the northern people would be glad to vote for a southern man for President, provided the southern CT had the equipment and was good man in other respects.
 Underwood, as a presidential prop osition, will continue to grow, ano his friends have reason to feel that after his work in the Forthcoming session of Congress has been accom- plished the democratic party will bt impelled to nominate him as the best man to oppose President Taft, ol whoever else the republicans may put up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
CHICKS DIDN'T THRIVE

From the New York Sun.
 we came across ever so many English remittance men up in Northwest Cana da," said an American just back from tour through that region, "and the coun- try is full of stories about them. cow man told us of one whose folks had sent him over to make fortune out of some sort of farming He bought small place and then he sent for dealer to come and bring a lot of farming machinery and i'm plements and explain the uses of each. When the dealer had finished the Eng lishman shook his head F esX
 I fear he said, that sort of farm ing involves too much exertion. want too much. Finally he decided to take up raising chickens, and as the principal ,ex- ertion about that seemed to be watching the lamps in the incubators the remit tance man liked it. His young chicks were matched, and he was happy. But he found they soon began to die. He could not account for it, so he hunted chicken expert and told him his troubles. M
 What do you feed them?' was the experts first question.
 "'Er what? I don't believe I catch you.'
 "'What do you give them to eat?
 Give them to eat Why, my aeax chap, I have several hens, and of course let the little chickens feed as young calves would.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Tariff Board Obstruction

The Age-Herald's Washington cor respondent is, no doubt, correct when he says the standpatters, from MT. Taft to MT. Penrose, will present de- lays and obstacles without number to prevent any revision of the tariff. No revised schedule will finally, says Senator Penrose, become law.
 But perhaps the most offensive of these tactics will come when the tariff board presents a great mass of figures concerning wool and cotton that no one can interpret. These figures will have cost the tax payers about S500,000, and they will be valueless, because no one can say what thev mean. The board itself cannot, for it will report no sugges- tions or recommendations as to tariff rates. It has been instructed to re- port simply a mass of figures capa- ble of at least 50 constructions, or else it is really incapable of finding any instruction in it's own figures.
 Its masses of figures can be made to mean anything, and this, of itself, should put an end to tariff board re- ports on tariff schedules. The whole thing was devised for delay and ob- struction purposes, and nothing else, and it is to be worked for that pur- pose, according to the best informa- tion obtainable in Washington. If the insurgents and democrats of the Senate should send revised schedule to the President he is expected to veto it, either because his pet board has not reported, or, if it has, then he is expected to twist some of its figures into an excuse for veto. Ln other words, the standpatters propose to kill all reivsed schedules, but this will but make plainer the differences between them and the rest of the country. Every veto of schedule thoroughly revised to revenue basis will add bundles of votes to the dem ocratic party next November, and Oscar Underwood is the right man in the right place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
GuiItiness will speak Though tongues were out of use.
 -OtheIIo.
Education in the South

J. W. Abercrombie, eX-president of the University of Alabama, discussed southern education at Houston, Tex, yesterday. All the problems of the south were presented, especially those relating to public education. sIf." he said, "the south were as wealthy and productive as other sec tions of equal area and population, which is not true by reason of the ravages of war and the presence of the negro, it would require about one and one-half times their rate of tax ation to give her children advantages equal to those provided for other sec tions by theirs, for the reason that the south is confronted with the ir- removable necessity of maintaining a dual system of schools. To provide equal advantages under existing con- ditions would require a rate of taxa tion many times larger than that levied elsewhere. Such a rate would be oppressive, impoverishing, confis- catorv. and most of the burden would have to be borne by about one-half of the population"
 If this be correct diagnosis of the case. what, said eX-President Aber- cronbie, is the remedy? q may be mistaken he said, ''but in the ab- sence of action by the national gov ernment I see no hope of prompt and / effective relief. Congress must make an adequate annual appropriation for purposes of general education, to be apportioned among all the states of the Union upon the basis of illiteracy, and to be expended by the several states through the channels already established. Such apportionment would place most of the appropria- tion where it is most needed and, therefore, where it would accomplish most good"
 MT. Abercrombie frankly says the south cannot educate all, and his ap- peal to Congress is based wholly upon it's inability to educate, regard less of race, all of the children. Ala bama has, for example, a quarter of million of children who do not go to school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
MOVING PICTURE ACTORS

Dewey performs many other heroic &C., tions, as well as doing comedy parts, and is therefore one of the most valued mem- bers of the stock company.
 There is a small boy with a goat hitched to a cart that always appears prominently in pictures depicting scenes in the slums. Many persons who have seen pictures with a boy and goat in the foreground have quite naturally sup posed the team belonged there, but they were simply dragged in to add verisimli- tude to the scene.
 An actor who once convulsed audi ences in theatres all over Germany by his clever comedy, but who seemed to have lost his grip. Is now known as ''the kisser" at the moving picture factory. This is because he is always used in scenes which require real artistic kiss. '"The lisser' does it beautifully. There is something in the pucker of his lips and the expression of his face that makes the act appear as if he were in deadly earnest Frequently about the only act he has to perform in picture is to im- plant an ardent kiss upon the cherry lips of a pretty soubrette, and for this he draws real money-actually gets paid, and paid well. One would think the man. agers might find some man to contribute his services on such occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
NOT AT ALL CRAZY
From an Exchange

Several New York school teachers re- gently paid visit to Bloomingdale In- sane asylum, and were approached by a gentleman who showed them about ths grounds. In the course of his remarks he dwelt with particular emphasis on the fact that some insane people were of such cunning that one could not discover their condition except by some strange remark let fall by chance.
 After two pelasant hours spent in the of their guide, the teachers were about to return, when one of them, wishing to take not too abrupt leave, remarked:
 'Time must pass slowly here for you among so many lunatics.
 '"rhere is where you are wrong," re- piled the man, q am engaged five hours a day in my life york;
 How interesting!" cooed the teachers.
 The man produced a roll of manuscript.
 See, I am making an index to Web stcrs Dictionary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
DICK WAS A DOC

Dick Duncan is dead. He was an inti-4 mate personal friend of ours, and we have had many interesting walks and talks to- gether. Dick was not talkatve nor over ly demonstratve but he knew his friends on all occasions. Although an aristocrat born, he was democratic in his tastes, and it did not matter whether his friends wore good clothes or mean. Dick was shot down in cold blood by some miscreant who will probably not be indicted and prosecuted for the murder, but that mis- creant will forever wear down in his con- science, IT he has a conscience, the reali- zStion Of the hct that he murdered one Who was far better than he. Some folks called Dick dog. True, he had a tail, and he walked on four legs, but he was not snarling cur like the man who did nm to death. Dick was gentleman dog. He never worried a cat nor tore up a iauy $ flower bed in all his life. He loved me sport of the hunter and his keen scent could tell the difference between a quail and a chipmunk much farther than he eoulo see. lie was well hammered ani- maL too. He would plant his muddy feet on your coat, f is true, but he did that as mark of affection, in lieu of speech. which was denied him. The Indians aI- ways thought of heaven as a place where they would rejoin their favorite horse and thelr 1aVorite dog in the happy hunting ground, where palecfaces wound no longer disturb, and where every day would he hunting day. There's wpere Dick has gone.-Bowling Green, Ky, Messenger.
 NO CHANGE APPARENT.
 Ty Cobb has come,
 Ty Cobb has gone;
 The world, by gum
 Still rolleth on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
niscnssinr undcr.yood

Early in the fall when I was In an automobile party touring through New York and New England. I heard Oscar Underwood frequently spoken of as presidential possibility" said w. A. Chen oweth, who is just back from Atlantic City. where he attended big meeting of the Hardware association. "on my re- cent trip east I heard more talk of Un- derwood In fact, it seemed'to be nothing but Underwod. There is no question but that the large business interests are most favorably inclined to the distinguished Alabamian.
 My idea is that Harmon will go to the convention with great deal of strength; that Woodrow Wilson will have consid- erable strength, and that anything like a deadlock will give the nomination easily to Underwood. It seems to be the gen. eral impression that Underwood is splen- didly equipped. both by training and tenn perment, for the presidency. His chances certainly look very bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
FATAL STREET MUSIC
'om the London Chronicle.

from the -Iondon Chronicle.
 In casting up the score against street musicians it must never be forgotten that to them was due the untimely death of one of Englands foremost .humorists- John Leech. The strain of ceaSeless appli- cation to his work rendered Leech abnor- mally sensitive to street noises of all de- scriptions, and street music in particu- lar drove him frantic. The organ grind CTS, it is said, knew of his enmity toward them, and played within earshot of his studio simply to plague him. In a letter to MT Bass, M. F., who was framing 8 bill for the suppression of street noises, Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch, de- clared that beyond doubt Leech's ulti- mately fatal malady, angina pectoris, or breast-pang, was due to the disturbance of his nervous system caused by the con- tinual visits of street bands and organ grinders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Regarding Historic Characters

Said black belt man of Confederate days Miss Johnston's description of Stonewall Jackson is one of the instances where too much is said. The impression left is not correct, because of the prone ness of the human mind to seize and pre- serve the weaknesses of fellow men. Ad- hitting that Jackson was the victim of certain disagreeable mannerlsns, and per sonal habits. the perpetuation of the fact is made too forciblc by the authors rhetoric. There is no advantage to history in an authors exploitation of the weak nesses of great exemplars' lives. We find no encouragement in virtue to the men of the living present by pathetic recita- tions of that kind. I want to say just here that the widespreading movement to make MT. Underwood President Is a splendid testimony to the gradual resume of control of the federal government by thes south and the day is steadily ap- preaching when all caricatures of the con- ouered banner and the heroes who fol- lowed it. will be scorned by enlightened minds.
 Jackson, the phenomenon, was distin- guished by one of the severest tests of a cultured mind and a regulated temper. Read his famous letter to Secretary of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
American Cardinals

"CatholicS have naturally read with in- terest the accounts of the consistory ccre- monies in Rome in connection with the creation of a large number of cardinals, including three from the Untied States" said a layman. "The only regret that l have heard expressed among Catholics is that Archbishop Ireland failed to be raised to the cardinalate. He Is one of the greatest of our American ecclesiastics, and while do not know him personally, I am special 2dmlrer of him from read ing his magazine articles.
 ''The first American cardinal was Archbishop McClosky of New York. who received the red hat in 1875, and who died in 1885. Those who have attended services in St. Patrick's cathedral in New York may have noticed the large red hat belonging to the cardinal, suspended by an invisible wire from the vaulted roof over the sanctuary or chancel As the present archbishop of New York has just been made cardinal the red hat that has been hanging in the cathedral for more than a quarter of a century will be moved. It is the custom. I under- oldilhf tO ulSpldy tio ildL oI d dCCSdsSu cardinal until another prelate having his throne in that cathedral is elevated to the Sacred college.
 "The present archbishop of Baltimore, the beloved Cardinal Gibbons, was the second ecclesiastic in America to be made a member of the College of Cardinals Since the archbishop of Baltimore by vir- tue of his office is the ranking member of the hierarchy in the United States-prim- ate in the matter of honor-that primatial see will doubtless always have a car- dinal, or, at any ratep 1t will not be long without one When Archbishop Gib- bons was translated from the bishopric of Richmond to the archsee of Baltimore at the age of about fl or 42, 1t was predict ed then that he would some day be made a cardinal, but as there had been no precedent his friends had to wait and see. He went to Baltimore IS the coadjutor of Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, and the archbishop dying in a few months afterward, the young archbishop became a prominent national figure. Of all the able bishops and archbishops Cardinal Gibbons has been exceptionally strong in his influence both in Rome and in this country without regard to class or sect. He Is a great patriot and great dip lomat."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Snow on Thanksgiving Eve

Related pedestrians in this city on Thanksgiving eve saw snowflakes. They did not accumulate on the ground until they became snowfall. There were just a few in the air, while in north Alabama there was "a light snow" In Baton Rouge, on a line with Mobile, "a light snow fell" " and Tennessee and Kentucky experi- enced real out and out snowfalls.
 All this is unusual but not unpre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
Predicting 10 Cent. Cotton

"The impression in business circles out side of the cotton trade seems to be that the price of cotton will advance to 10 cents before the end of the year." said Frederick F. Hampton of Philadelphia. "'rhe south is prosperous now as it is, but if the price of cotton had not been so low, this fall would have witnessed an iromense boom throughout the entire southern section The south has been thriving steadily during the past 10 years to my knowledge. I have averaged about one visit a year since 1900, and each time I have remarked signs of development.
 "All the important southern cities have grown most of them quite rapidly The Birmingham district seems prosperous in spite of long continued dull iron mar ket. Birmingham, in my opinion, has by far the best future of any city in the entire south."