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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
SHALL IT BE BILL Or bob?
Or WILL GANG co FISHING?
George Dodsons Postoffice, Dick Morgan
Future and Other Important Things De
pend on Presidential Race.

with The Insurgents on the farmers
free list bill, and 20 override the veto
fof President Taft, has Joined hands
With the La Toilette wing of the par
ty and will from now on be a lame
duck as far as getting any more fed.
eral patronage at the hands OF ires-
dent Taft is concerned which viii
leave Congressman Bird Mcclure
and Republican State Chairman i'm
Harris in unquestioned control OF
patronage matters affecting Oklah0,
ma, and viii preclude the possibility
of w " Boardman, Morgan's cam
pagn manager last time landing the
district attorneyship for the Western
district OF oklahoma, which has all
ready been promised him ny MIR Nor.
gan Ii will also probably bring the
postmaster squabble at Oklahoma
City to a focus and likely insure the
OF George II Dods0n.
who is an applicant for the postmas-
tership to succeed II. F.. Brown.
whose term expired sometime since.
THAT the solid south cannot be
relied on to support President TAFT
was one Of the startling and seeming
IL wild statements made by Mr.
Hauser. He mentioned Tennessee,
Arkansas, Florida and Missouri as
states where the progressive senti-
nent Is strong, ana nequiyocablg de-
clared that the progressives will ear
ry Oklahoma
Hard progressive fights viii bel
waged in the iye states having pres
idential preference laws, Nebraska,
Oregon. Wisconsin, North Dakota and
New Jersey, and California and Kan
sas Mr.. 4auser declared by special
session of the legislature, are likely
to be added to the states having such
laws.
Mr. Hauser refused TO state what
position Col Roosevelt would take
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
LEARNING soME SENSE.
Metsred Service, Like ~Guthyie's is
Found Necessary in Other Places.

Gradually the Oklahoma towns
are an learning that the water sys-
TENS should be metered -4Oklahon-
an.
How true this is OF Chandler. Tn
der the present system the hogs VINO
totally d sregard the law. get all the
water and the conscientious citizens
are deprived Of the use OF water. We
have mentioned this matter time and
again and we realize the difficult es
attending an installation OF meters.
whenever meters are installed and
people have to pay for the water
they actually use. all waste will be
stopped and with little more than We
have now, on ordinary years, there
viii be plen+y OF water, and as long
as the law breaking hogs are allow
ed TO waste the water by allowing 1t
TO flow all night, we viii never have
sufficient waret, or it we dos!k will
cost the town more tolpun1p LII seg-
eral times more that the depart
ment receives. Nothing could be
more unfair than our present sys-
tenn. II places premium on law
breaking. Chandler Tribune.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
SUITOR KILLS
NAUGHTY MISS VAN WYCK


Quogue. NJ ". Sept Miss Cath
crime van Wyck, ~ years old fay-
orite niece ol Former Mayor Robert
a van Wyck and of Supreme Court
Justice Augustus Van WICK, Hllle
walking on the seashore, was SHOT
and killed by William al Childs, Jfa
of California son OF a weslthy retir-
ed dealer in electrical supplies After
killing the young woman, Childs shot
and killed himA Childs had been
attentive 10 Miss Van Wyck Iioth
we're walking on the beach when
Childs suddenly drew d revolver and
began shooting III is supposed Miss
van Wyck failed TO reciprocate
Child's attentions.
Miss van Wyck TWO years ago
vent 10 Europe whore her beauty at
lracted much attention She was en-
tertained by many prominent mem
lers OF the American colony in Paris
Where she was visiting her uncle, the
former mayor
Miss Van Wyck belonged to prom
inent Brooklyn family Her father
formerly was connected with the
standard Oil company and is rated
wealthy. Childs had known the girl
since childhood. He would have been
raduated from Princeton next year.
Ills father was an inventor pfomi-
ncntly connected with the develop
ment OF the telephone. The Chiids
family had recently given up their
uome at Englewood " j., and was
preparing to move to California
Just before Childs shot Miss yaan
Wyck and then himself the youth
Nas talking excitedly and waving his
arms ana the girl was emphaticaily
haAing her head
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
MAKING GUN
To SHOOT At
THE AIR SHIPS
SIr-pOundeT Now Being Rlgget
Up for Warfare In
CI0udland

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6A new six
FOUNDER gun. equipped With specially
adapted high explosive pr0iect.les
and sharnnel shells to demoish aero
planes and balloons in battle, has
been perfected by the United States
army II can be elevated al an angle
and possesses a maximum effective
range of seven miles The eonstrue-
tion OF the new rlfle has just been
completed at the Rock Island, H.,
arsenal Experiments With ii win be-
sin at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds within y fortnight
zmenneigoct cmfwy shrdl
The army thus is IN advance OF
the navy toward the solution of the
problem " defense against airships.
,rhe navy only q few days ago con-
dNcted its FIRST tests With the carrl-
age Of one-pounder gun.
rhe SHELLS which Tits army gun
win hnrl into the skies will be loaded
with dunnlte or other high explosives
and upon bursting Nil send forth
shower Of shot in q cone.llke area,
similar to the performance Of sky
rocket. almost certain TO strike an
airship If aimed with any degree Of
accuracy other projeetiles which
have been designed for the new gun
only a high explosive which
upon exploding would wreck any air
ship i'm IFS vicinity
Following in the wake of these pow
arful proiectles vii be tracers which
sill aid in accurately aiming the gun
ipon the course of hostile airship.
The tracers 70 be used in the day.
light hours will be of smoke, while
sparks will show the path OF the shell
1t night
The sight of the new gun also has
le6ii perfected designed 10 meet the
hanging conditions OF the trajectory
II d proSectile Aired at varying angles.
In the coming experiments the
army win shoot at balloons and box
tites and possibly a real airship Will
le used to sight at great distance
rhe signal corps viii be asked TO co
operate with the ordnance depart
nent and send one OF its airships now
Ii College Park, Md, to the proving
grounds.
Credit for the invention belongs to
he ordnance experts Of the army
working under the direction of Brig.
zen. William Crozier, chief OF ord
lance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06

University OF Texas Day at the Okla
homa State Fair Will be one OF the big
events oi the 1871 exposition, which
opens September 26 and closes October
C. The date for the first annual re
union Will be Thursday, October o,
which will also be Derby Day, and
something like five hundred former
students Of the big Texas university
viii take possession OF the State Fair
Grounds. call for the meeting has
been issued by the executive commit
tee named 10 make AN the arrange
ments The committee is composed
OF Mont r. Highley, Claud Nowlin and
Veris Mclnnis. all attorneys OF Okla
homa City.
Organization OF the University Of
Texas Alumni association OF oklahoma
was perfected recently AZ a meeting
held at McAlester. Ohcers were elect
ed follows: George c. Butte. Musko-
gee. president. Boothe Merrill. Elk
CITY, vice president; c. Crow, Guthrie.
vice president. Dr. James H. Har-
grove. Ardmore, vice president; Claud
Nowiln. Oklahoma City, vice president;
Kent v. Gay. McAlester. secretary and
treasurer Decision was reached az the
initial meeting 10 arrange for bic re.
union of the Texas University men
now residing in Oklahoma. ana for that
reason the entire exeCv i've committee
was selected from Oklahoma City. The
committee has Just held a conference
win a view Of setting a day for the
big gathering and it was decided that
nerbv Day looked the best 10 them.
Plans Of entertainment call for some
thing out OF The ordinary, the crowning
event Of which Win b an slaborate
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
LONG SLEEP
IS FATAL To
CHICAGO GIRL
Smiling Singer" Passes Away
After Ten Days
SIumber

chicago M Sept 6 After q ten.
day sleep, from which physicians
We're unable 10 arouse her Josephine
GefbeI, known on the stage as Gene
we've De Forrest died at the Angus
tana hospital
For three years the little singer
often called The singer with the
smile, had suffered from ulcer Or the
stomach Despite the intense pain,
MISS eDForfest, retained her CHEEKY
smile, ANA always iokinely remarked,
= Oh, am all rights don't worry
about me-
Three weeks ago sne Sought health
az "a Wisconsin resort After a brief
stay she returned to her home in Chi.
cago.
What happened while Josephine
was away none Of us Know said a
close friend yesterday She return
cd sAddeniy, and we mink that she
suffered severe shock which hast
ened her death"
Ten days ago while suffering much
pain, Miss De Forrest as she liked
to be called, fell into a deep sumber
Al first this was thought By phYsi-
clans 10 be a good sign Hour after
nour passed, however, and she con
tinued to sleep. Efforts were made
by nurses to awakaen her Physicians
We're called, b@t e4arg effort proved
futile
AS she slept the happy smile which
had been compared by ntany Of her
admirers to the "Mona Lisa paint
ing returned to her Trim face, and
it remains even after death
Miss De Forrest was well known
TO the Chicago theatergoing public,
aaying appeared many times in opera
ana in vaudeville Even during her
last sickness she often sang to
amuse herself and friends. Phvsi.
clans declare that the ulcer was
brought on by excessive use of her
voice.
Miss De Forrest last sang in pub
lie at the Friars benefit She was
exceptionally popular with the mem
bers OF Chicago clubs She often
sang for the Chicago Athletic, The
Rotary, Saddle and Sirlon and other
clubs at their private theatricals
1t is now possible to measure ac- ,
curately the flow Of steam Ia pipes
1t is done by an electric meter
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
ACTORS FACE HARD TIMES.
Jobs Hard to Get is Complaint Along
the Great White Way.
nv Leased Wirel

(By Leased Wirel
New York, Sept. 6-That the the.
atrical season OF 1911-12 is to be
hard times" for stage folk S the
assertion Of many actors here. who
complain that the difficulty OF OBJ
tanning employment this year is
gerater than it has been for a decade
There are today many wen known
actors idle at what is usually the
most active per od actors whose
services have been in demand and
who have seldom been without en-
gagements.
The engagement agencies bear out
the complaints Of the actors Their
offices are overrun with applicants.
The cause seems to be the tenden-
cy on the part Of the producing man
ayers this year to hold back on the
production of new plays untl they
have been able TO feel The trend Of
the theatrical business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
OKLAHOMA CHARTERS ISSUED
sneeIal g Lhe DaIly Leader

Special 70 the Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept g.
Charters we're issued to these cor
pO-ations.
Tulsa state bank. OF Tulsa, cap tai
$4,000. incorporators. A. +. Lewis.
r A Ross and a. W Magazines, all
ot Tulsa
Glenn Pool oil and Gas company
Of Oklahoma City; capital, 100000
inc0rporators. Fl. p. Nickory, +. A.
Nickery. Il Z. Arnold. L. NJ. Stew
arg ans q. H. Mellon. all OF OklahO-
ma City.
Washi,a Valley Investment COM
muy 0- shawnee. capitaL 100000:
ncorporators d. ID Goodrich. A. ".
oopcr and Chas ~ Myers OF shaw
nee E r. Kelly Of Wanoka.
Beuhow-iortou Building company
af LaWton; capital. $1,000 incor-
Hu-afors. J.. I BenboW, G. 4. Hor-
,on. O. e. Mosher and ID J.. Benbow
Do OF Law.on.
Silver King Mining and Milling
company of Davis capital. $50 600:
nc0lporNCrs. D. j. Evans of Pool
flle r. Ross of Homer. r. Fl. Law
oi Davis. H T. Baker OF Homer.
Rerrins-Parsons Lumber company
oi Snyder capital $1,000. incor.
noators S. vs.. Parsons OF Snyder.
i X Parsons and A. r COttan of
Vernon. Texas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
Corn Growing contsst

Oklahoma City-Word comes from
all sections Of the state that boys under
the age of is yeass are getting their
exhibits Of ten ears Of corn ready for
the Corn Growing Contest az the Okla
homa State Fair, September 26 20 Oct
e Competition viii be keen this year
for the reason that the bows want to
show what they can do under adverse
circumstances. Cash premiums amount.
ing to sl.t40 have been offered In addi-
ton to the $1,000 that win be dis.
tribsted among boys and girls Who be
long 10 agricultural clubs,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
is DROWNED IN BUTTER MILK
WAGON collapses and Wreckaee Pre-.
vents Drivers Escape.

Gilmore. Neb., Sept 6-Thomas
Her. milkman, was drowned in H.
900 gallons Of butterm Tx.
ner was driving tank containing
the buttermiiR When his wagon pass
ed through a depression IN the road
and Was overturned The great tank
'bursted and the buttermill filled the
depression TO the brim
The driver was caught beneath
the wreckage OF the wagon N such
manner that his head was IN The de-
preston and was covered entirely
with the buttermilk Halt an hour
later occupants OF a passing automo-
bile pulled ller from the sea OF milk
and found him dead
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
DAYS MAIL s22 TONS.
(By Leased wire.l

Chicago. Sept 6-E ght hundred
and twenty-five tons OF mail. exclud-
ing first class matter, pahsed
through the Chicago postoffice Aug
ast %. This Is thought 10 be the
largest amount of mail ever handi-
ed by any postoffice on a single
day.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
GOV. STUBBs WOULD BURN
OUT KANSAS "J0INTs"

Colnmbus Ken, Sept & Governor
Stubbs in a Labor Day address here.
defining his position on law enforce
ment. declared that he hereby gave
notice to every joint keeper in the
state Of Kansas that II we have To
10 so we win tear down and burn the
huilding in which the liquor is sold
The governor said he was having as
much fun our OF closing the joints in
Kansas as if we were chasing jack
rabbits
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
IRON HATS NEXT
Metallic Lid is Devised for the Mod
ish And Is on Display

Miss Guthrie may be expected 10
come clanRing down the street about
oct. l. A fashion bulletin from New
York says.
The newest wonder in the windows
of the Fifth avenue milliners Is the
metal hat, which, the public is assur'
ed, will be the proper thing for the
moddish young woman this fall. Some
OF the hats are reminiscent of the he'll
met. some are flat and broad, but
they are All different from hats OF
otner years. They are not simple and
they are not cheap Flowers ana
feathers, lace and fur, gold and silver,
are employed layishly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06

Farm lands in the South are In
creasing rapidly IN value The rate
has been ll8 per cent since 1900,
or total valuation OF s5.000,000. G0d
IN round numbers in 1910 as against
some 81 900 1000 ,000 in 1860.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
MARRIED A NURSE.
enIel to the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader
Boston. Sept 6Back Bay soci-
ETY. has not received such shock
in years as ii sustained when il learn
ed that John Elleston Lodge, the son
OF Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and
Miss Mary Connolly beautiful
nurse from the Carney hospital. had
been married
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06

Malaria causes Loss OF Appetite.
The Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out ma
aaria and builds up the system. For
grown people and children. Zoo.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
Years OF Suffering
casarrh nnd $1,000 Disease =
Doctors Failed 10 Cure.

Miss MNhsl II. I9AMklna. lGls I.afAy-
etta Sf F0rt Mayae. Ind. Wrltess
Nfmf shxae sNAfs Mas sraNbiea Win
cafMgYi AnH hlnpA dlawases ! fFleN sev-
nral 8oefUFs aaa q desfa eifseren Fvia-
edleR. but netse uf them did fne nBy
EDea. IA frsAnA tasa miAsof Hoods Sar
naparitla. I took tNo bottles o{ this
nsealcsne ana wak a. we'll and strong
a. eyWr feel ike Il di4erenf person
ara recommend auod' rs any one sur
ferinE from eaaarrh.
9pi II laaay 1n usual liNufd form or
cfnrolated tablets called SarsaSnna.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06
HAD A WOODEN Leg.
Special to Daily Leader

Special to Daily Leader
st. Paul, Ky, Sept Gliding for
five years the fac he had a wooden
leg. and despondent when discovery
led TO his discharge by the railroad
company for which he worked, all
that me. Louis T Bagby aged Is.
shot and killed himselq today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06

THE BEST SELLING; the best
paying. the hest drinking coffee is
THE ALTON GOODS Coffee,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-06

1t is now possible to measure ac-
the flow Of steam IL pipes.
1t is done by an electric meter
The Marshall republican., 1911-10-05

ty-five cents to six dollars per acre
to be paid in five equal INSTALL
ments. Those who desire to make
communication proof may pay the
entire amount and receive title to
the land after fourteen months OF
actual residence thereon.
The Notarial association at Dali
las has arranged to execute regis
tration certificates during the full
twenty-four hours of eacr working
day and no person need be COM
PEELED to wait to register there.
Judge witten's headquarters will
be at both Dallas and Gregory, al
though he will live at Dallas DUR
ing the registration. Dallas Ia on
the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way and special rates will be in st-
feet during the entire period Of
registration.
The Marshall republican., 1911-10-05


On hour before he brought out n fiasli.
cigars and cards. I was not personally
nverse TO any one OF the three and pre-.
fcrred them together. Having i'm.
bibed and lighted weeds. VIC proceed.
ed to play. I found the gentleman the
best eucher player ! had ever met
Possibly my reason for so considering
him was because before we reached
our destination he had taken out OF me
all the money I had brought with me
for expenses.
WELL" I said. "I'm cleaned out"
Come to my bank tomorrow morn.
ing" he said. and I'll cash n draft for
you"
Since I needed money from the start.
she FIRST thing ! did after my arrival
was TO call NJ the old gcntlemaU's
bunk. found him a very dlneren,
person there from the man with whom
] had travelled. IIe was dignity Itself
lie cashed my draft without the slight.
est reference 10 the manner In which
we had whiled away the time on the
train. asked n few civil questions and
dismissed me with the remark that
this was his busy day.
felt n triie groggy. and ! feared |
looked groggy. Therefore | took n
long nap. deferrIng my call on INV
dancec till evening. I was anxious Z
see Eleanor. but ! feared TO present n
dlssipated appearance to her uncle.
At 4 o'clock ! took n Turkish bath.
dlned. and n 8. quite freshened. ] rang
the doorbell AZ the wnrncids. Eleanor
received m. lovingly. Of course. and
told me thnt the account the profes.
-sors bad given Of me ut college had
made her quite hopeful. After chat.
ting Tor some time she led me into the
library TO DO inspected. An old gentle
man rose from mn easy chair. and
we'll { was appalled,.
He was my fellow traveller.
He told me TO sit down. Then he
said that instead Of making the In
spection OF me In his home he had
gone west for the purpose OF seeing
what { really was by tnklng me on my
guard. He was very well satisfied
with me and considered m n much
better man than had been represent.
ed by the professors under whom I
hrd studied. cor. rather. had not stud
lcd." he added.
What did they say Of mef' asked
THE reputation you left at college
was far better than the one I left my.
self. I don't belong TO n studious fam
lily myself. and ] doubt II you do.
discovered on II trip that you are
honorable. your impulses are Sood and
you will turn out all r!ght."
The Marshall republican., 1911-10-05
BEING
NSPECTED
By HENRY C. WILLING
Copyright by American Pr cas- Asso-
citation. 1911.

In college we were divided into good.
indinerently good and bad. regret to
say that | was Of the third class-bad.
The badness In college boys Is usually
but n superiority OF health. youth and
spirits. and when ! look back upon my
self at that period | see simply a boy
passing into manhood.
As soon as ! nj graduated ! sought
the freedom of the wild west. Ranch.
Ing was my vocation and cowboys
were my associates. The only thing
that I can remember creditable TO my.
self while a rancher was falling I'm
love with Eleanor warield. n visitor
ut n neighboring ranch. This occur
red during my first year In the west
and some time before had been
transformed from the grub. youth, In
to the superior being. a Miss War,
field returned my proffered affection
and consented to be my wife. but on
n condition. l must be approved by
her uncle. lie was rich. and. being n
bachelor. she was to be his heir. New.
ertheiess she was sure that II she mar
ried n man ~displeasing to him he
would leave his property elsewhere.
My iancee. having finished her visit,
left for the east. She was to announce
her engagement to her uncle and ere
ate as favorable an impression with
regard to me as possible. Their. the
way having been made smooth. | was
TO go east myself and present mysel'
for inspection.
Miss War1eld wrote me some time
after her arrival that she had inform.
ed her uncle OF her engagement. She
was not overhopeful In the matter. for
he had asked a number OF questions rs
10 my ~antecedents which she knew very
well would not please a critical old
gentleman who had never sown his
Wild oats and whose ideas OF a hus.
band for his niese inclined 20 the cler'
ical profession. What troubled Eleanor
was that he asked at what college |
had studied. and from my career al the
university Ms | had frankly given Il To
her she was quite sure he would hear
no good of me. She was agreeably
disappointed IN this. however. for the
faculty spoke very well OF me. a cir
cumstance which surprised me aud led
me to believe that these gentlemen
consider unn,eritorious students more
needful of ei,comiums than those who
are meritorious. At any rate. l have
found them far more lenient to my
faults as a graduate than they were TO
me as a student.
When the time came for my inspec.
ton ] wrote my fiancee. giving her the
day and train on which | would ar
rive. On the way I fell In with an old
gentleman who was the only person
on the train I cared 10 talk to and
whom ! engaged IN conversation, He
was n Of those lei who have more
sympathy With young people than
those Of their own age. He talked
horse. and I was delighted TO talk
horse With him. He smoked to excess
and drank whenever It pleased him 10
40 %. We hadn't been. together half
The Marshall republican., 1911-10-05
MT. LEONARD

Miss Myrtle Shepherd who Is
teaching school at Slater and Miss
Eva who is attending NJ. v. c.
spent Saturday and Sunday with
their parents north of town.
T. s. Smith returned home last
week from an extended visit with
relatives at Oaks, N. D..
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cooper an
nounce the birth of son last
Thursday,
Mat Barnes and wife are visit
ing their daughter Mrs. Mason
Elgin at Napton,t his week.
Mrs. Shockley returned home to
Columbia Sunday after an extend
ed visit with her daughter Mrs. r.
w. futile. She was accompanied
home by little Miss Mildred Tuttle
for a visit with her grandparents.
Mrs. James WEIGH has moved to
the Goodwin property at Shackel-
ford.
c. r. Paul and wife have moved
to their new home and are at
home to their friends.
We r pleased to state Carl
Gr,nes seems 60 be improving af-
ter MS short relapse.
w. Il Wilson and wife returned
home Tuesday from Silver Lake,
Neb. They we're accompanied by
the latters parents, Dave Hancock
wife and son for a visit.