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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
Pretty Fair ImItntors.

what pity" said the art dealer.
that we have no modern artists who
can paint like the old masters"
"And 1 was just bewailing the fact"
replied Mr.. Dustin stax. that SO
many Of 'em are able to completely de-
ceiye US connoisseurs. Boston Globe.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
On Him.

Fgg-Brown cant fiji his orders.
He discharged a lot OF his hands be-
cause they got full.
Fogg-I see; and now he's got his
hands full.-Boston Transcript.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
A Nfodernized Axiom.

Experience, said the ready-made
philosopher. "is the best teacher"
yes" replied the man who has had
troubles with Wall street, "but you're
so liable to go broke paying the first
Iinstallment on tuition. Baltimore
News.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22

Prosser. young girl connected with
one of the carnival shows on the fair
grounds, entered a sofa pillow, and
took first prize In competition with
several other exhibitions.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
Interested I'm Getting Goods.

Uncle Ike Stephenson is quite will
ing to acknowledge that he paid the
freight. but he had nothing to do with
making out the invoice.-Chicago
Tribune.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
Again Demonstrated

Quality as well as price
must appeal to the good
judgment Of every woman
who's debating the purchase
Of a Suit, Coat, or Skirt. We
have spared neither effort
nor expense to place before
you this fall a collection Of
ready-to-wear garments III
all the latest and most pop
ular models. We claim that
we are now in a position to
give Better Quality for a
less price than can be found
elsewhere and we can sub
stantiate this claim if you
will only come and ask to
see our ready-to-wear offer
ings.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-22
PREMIUMS GIVEN
IN ALL Glasses
AWARDING WORK COMPLETED
BY JUDGES Al TULSA FAIR
YESTERDAY.
EXHIBITORS ARE SATISFIED
Kefcr School Takes First ON Best Ex-
hibit.--iiaskcll School Second.
Woman Wins Form Display.

The awarding Of premiums In all de
partments at the county fair was com
pleted yesterday. The number and
class Of the exhibits at this years fair
far outclasses the showing made last
year, and so successful was every ex-
hibit department the past week that
additional buildings viii undoubtedly
have to be erected to take care of the
exhibits next year.
Every building on the grounds
available for exhibition purposes has
been crowded to capacity all the week
and several tents had to be erected TO
take care OF the overflow specimens.
With but few exceptions, everyone was
satisfied with the decisions of tho
judges.
Special County Prizes.
- The county commissioners special
prizes in various departments will be
announced in the next few weeks by
the commissioners themselves, who
VIII base their awards on the decisions
of the regular fair judges
The town of Kiefer took first prize
for having the best school exhibit at
the fair than probably any other town
Of the size in the state. The schools
of the town sent big exhibit to the
fair, and participated in the field day
meet, while big crowds OF Kiefer vis-
itors were on the fair grounds every
day during the past week
The Haskell Agricultural and Me-
chanlcal school of Broken Arrow took
second prize for the best school ex-
hibit. The Haskell school occupied a
big floor space in the main exhibit
hall and showed agricultural speci-
mems as well as to give domestic sci
ence demonstrations twice daily. The
exhibit was the means of convincing
numerous persons that Tulsa county's
one state institution is all that its Of
ficers and directors have been claim
ing for It,
The Limestone school of Fisher took
first prize on the best country school
exhibit. Their display was excellent
and the work shown was above the
average turned out by scholars in
small schools of this kind.
In the Farm Department.
In the agricultural department, the
exhibits showed a great variety and
amply demonstrated the productive
ness Of Tulsa county soil.
Strangely enough, a woman farmer
took first prize for having the best
individual farm display This was
Mrs. NJ p Cook, who lives near
Tulsa.
j. p. Doerr was given the premium
for having the biggest watermelon. 1t
weighed so pounds.
j. p. Harter was awarded the prize
for the best bolls OF cotton.
For the best stalks of corn. Berton
Rike took the premium.
The Haskell Agricultural and Me-
chanical school took first prize on the
best display of farm products grown
in Tulsa county, and in the following
classes: White corn, yellow corn, pop
corn, heaviest ear of corn, lognest ear
of corn, largest ear of corn, and on
late potatoes.
r. G. Handley took first on broom
corn.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
Await Tidines Of Americans.

III Paso. Texas. March l4.-what
has been the fate Of fifteen Americans
who We're taken prisoners after the
defeat of the insurgent army at Casa
Grandas?
ReassurinE evidence that they are
still alive and are held in Jail at Casa
Grundes pending trial is eagerly await
ed i'm III Paso today to Offset the belief
held by some that they have been sum-
marily shot by the Mexican federals.
AS soon as il became known the
Americans had been made prisoners
newspaper correspondents through
The InsurrcCto Junta here sent a mes
sage to Francisco |. Madcro. the revo-
lutiunary president who is supposed To
be near Casa Grandes. requesting
that information conCering the Ameri-
cans be forwarded. The message has
not been answered
Late last night another message re-
puesting definite information as to the
fate of the Americans was presented
To- The Junta with request that 1t he
sent I" Madcro. The Junta does not
make known the movements Of Its
couricrs ana no assurance was given
that the message would he delivered.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
PopuIsce Terror Stricken

Nit"rb". Italy. March l4.-Cavalierre
tianchi. president OF the court today
set about the task Of gettinb a jury to
try the thirty-siN members of the Ne
apolltBn Camorra by invoking methods
that promised results despite the ter
rOr that has filled the hearts of the
citizens as the possibility of be'1g
obliged to condemn those whose deaths
would be pretty sure to be avenged
unless the whole dangerous element of
the society was wiped out.
When the court opened today the
president at once imposed heavy fines
upon those known To have left town Ia
escap" jury duty and threatened that
he would have others who had made
excuses for not appearing when sum-
moncd tn be brought To the bar by the
Carihceners.
The whole forenoon was taken M In
an attempt to fiIl the jury benches. II
was a nervous day in NiteTbo.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
Many Offiee-s viii Go.

Washington, March 1l.-Ofhcers OF
the organized militia are giving en-
thusiastlc and prompt response to tho
war departments invitation to part:ci-
pate in the military operations along
the southern frontier. Already 1,2oo
officers of the National Guard have
accepted the invitation. This repre-
seats responses from FL states. or less
than half the members of the union.
The number of officers who have PC
copied the invitation in the various
states follow:
California 1853: Hawaii 8: Illinois
1875: Indiana SC: Kansas IS; Maine j;
Massachusetts, 80; Mississippi IS. Mis-
souri, lOs: Montana IL: New lIamp-
shire Q: New York l6S and more TO
follow: Ohio %: Oregon 81: South Da-
kota 90: Tennessee Is; Texas 100;
Vermont 4; Washington 81; Wes- Vir-
ginia Sc: Wisconsin 6.
Thee reports, IL is said, in i'cate
that the total number of accep- .nces
will be more than the army now be-
ing modified at san Antonio can ac-
commodate al one time. II pos
sIble that all officers who accept viii
he given the opportunity to go into
the field nv rotation.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
CRUSHED BY ORE.
TWENTY SIX MINERS MET DEATH
IN OPEN PIT MINE IN
MINNESOTA.
OEiYFCUK ESCAPED ALIVE
siekenins Scenes Were Presented
Arms and Legs Seen Sticking
From Debris - Laborsrs
Austrians and Firms.

Virginia, MIMI, March 11.-Death In
TIE form Of 100000 tons on iron ore.
rock, earth, ico and srow shot down
upon track myers working in the
Norman open pit mine here at $3.50
o'clock tonight. Only four men es-
capped the terrible avalanche, and three
of there are in the Malmgren hospital.
suffering from injuries that are likely
to prove fltGl. Ole Johnson. foreman
of one CT tie three gangs of men that
we-e cau-.It by the vast mass, Is the
only one o. the four whose injuries are
not dangerous.
He was taken to the hospital. suf-
fering from severe conclusions Of the
heed.
The piece that was an "oyen pit
this afternoon is tonight a choked area
of rock and ere and earth with here
and there parts of "a body in sight or a
head sticking out of the mass. Arms
and legs can be made out at varying
angles as the great lantern of the
steam shovel swings out over the pit.
An army of men with shovels are
working desperately to recover the
bodies. The work is tedious and pJr-
sued under extreme difficulties. The
men are praying for the light Of to-
morrow to aid them while there are
rlany of the crowd on the embank-
ment overlooking the site of the catas-
trophe, who dread to have dawn come
for IL will show them broken and
manned bodies, the sight of which
will change their stolid grief Of to-
night to hysterical lamentations.
II will be days before the bodies
will be recovered and all parts OF
many will probably never be asse =
bled. The mass OF rock and earth
ground many of them into shreds.
Only four near the outer edge had
a chance to run. So far as can be as
certained all the men caught in the
slide were Fins and Austrians. There
is much confusion and mine officials
are maintaining their usual silence sc
rigidly that the name OF only one coulc
be learned
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
VIII vysee P.tiIess War.

Mexico City, lex. March 11.-Thor-
oughly aroused by the spread OF bril-
gandage and vandalism, incident TO
the revolution led by Francisco i. Ma
dero. and determined to protect prop
erty the DiaZ government next week
will begin to wage against the law
less element a pitiless war Of extermi-
nation.
The resurrecting provision OF the
Mexican constitution not used for 10
wears. and acting under its authoriza-
ton. the government will set aside Tor
six months certain perconai guaran-
tees. Those detected in the act OF
highway robbery. or raiding villages or
farms or train wreciing cutting, cut
ting telegraph or telephone wires or
even removing a spike from the rail-
road track, or throwing stones AT
trains, will be summarily shot by those
making the arrest.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
had MANY ASSAILANTS
SUPREME COURT DECIDES THAT
CORPORATE TAX IS LEGAL.
This Provision Of the Payne -AIdrieh
Bill Was Not Popular With Big
Business Interests.

Washir gton. - c. March 13.-The
tirporation tax prDy isions of the
Payne Aldrich tariff act were sustained
today as constitutional by the supreme
court of the United states.
The fight against the constitutional
ity of the corporation tax began al
most Immediately after the enactment
IF the Payne-AIdrich tariff law of 1909.
Of which ii Is a part. During the long
days of wranrling in congress over
that measure. Pr, siGent TAFT origin
ated a plan to raise part of the rev.
enue necessary for the running of the
government by imposing a corpora
ton tax. He is said to have made the
first rough DRAFT 0f the proposed law
and to have asked the department OF
justice to perfect ii.
Scarcely fifteen years before. the su-
prome court of the United States had
declared unconstitutional the income
tax enacted by congress. In order to
have a valid tax, the errors of that
law had to be avoided. Finally the at
tention of members Of the house and
senate were called to the proposed cor
poration tax as constitutional meas
ure. II was urged as preferable to
another income tax. which, il was ar
FUed. probably would be declared un-
l constitutional and as under the cir
/ Cumstances better legislation than an
inheritance tax. When the tariff bill
inserted as an amendment to the
, Payne bill passed 10y the house. They
! remained there and became a part Of
/ the tariff act
The provision Of the law stated
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BO|L|NS DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and other
Matters In Bries Form fer All
Glasses OF Readers
Washington.

The senate defeated the resolution
proposing an amendment tn the con-
stitution to provide that senators be
elected by direct vote of the people.
Representative S. c. Smith has re-
signed as n member Of the monetary
commission and Representative j. p.
McLachlin of California. who was not
reelected to the house. has been ap'
pointed to succeed him.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
fixed, until further notice. at 81 per
acre the charge for operating and
maintenance by the government oil
lands served by the Okanogan irriga'
ton project, Washington.
The minis will stop making gold
coins as soon as President TAFT
signs the bill which congress has
passed permitting the secretary OF
the treasury to issue gold certificates
against gold bullion and foreign gold
coin.
The house passed bill by Repre-
sentative Burke of South Dakota,
chairman of the committee on Indian
affairs. giving the interior department
general authority to dispose of left
over lands in any Indian reservation
previously thrown open to entry.
The house special committee ap'
pointed to investigate Senator Cores
charges of attempted bribery in con-
nection with ]. w. McMurray's Indian
land contracts finds that Jake l.. Ham
on did make an improper proposal to
Senator Gore concerning the con
tracts.
The house committee on territories
unanimously approved the constitu
ton of the new state Of New Mexico
and recommended its approval by th'
house. The committee declares 1t ha'
found the document ito be republican
in form but 1t makes no distinction
on civil or political rights on accoun
of race or color and that II is not re
pugnant to the constitution of tn
United States or the declaration G
independence"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
DROPS
THREE MET DEATH IN ACCIDENT
IN ST. PAUL WHOLESALE
HOUSE.
CLUTCH WOULDN'T HOLD
Elevator Fell Several Stories and Vic.
tins Were Pinned Beneath Bal
anee Weight Which Fell
When Cage Struck.

1t. Paul, Mimi. March 1.-two
girls and a man are dead and several
injured, one girl fatally, as the result
of the elevator accident in the whole
sale fur house Of Gordon & Ferguson
today.
The dead are:
TILLIE BUESING.
WILLIAM ZSCHICHI.
Girl supposed to he GERTRUDE
SMITH.
The fatally injured girl was Title
Helmer.
The injured are:
Mary Conklin.
Annette Veneer,
Maud Bullow.
The elevator fell several floors and
the dead and injured were pinned in
the wreckage at the bottom of the
shaft. Mason Johnson, the operator
told Coroner Jones that he started up
with ten or eleven passengers, the
usual load. When he closed the gates
after discharging passengers at the
fourth floor. the elevator started to
slip down. He shut of the power and
applied the clutch which failed to work
The elevator gathered momentum and
when IL struck the bottom of the
shaft the counter balance weight al
the top dropped.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
PROFIT IN OSTRICH FARMING
industry In United States Only In Its
infancy, but Promises to Be
Successful.

Flagstaff, Ariz.-"Does ostrich farm
fng pay?" This question is asked by
almost everyone who visits an ostrich
farm. When an acre of alfalfa will
furnish a home for four birds, with
food enough to maintain them: when
an ostrich will yield annually one and
one-half pounds of feathers. with an
average value Of $40 a pound, and
from thirty-six to ninety eggs. which
may be used for incubation. or may
furnish food at the rate Of three and
one-half pounds each II the owner
doesn't wish to increase his troop. one
may be left to Judge as to the profit
ableness of the industry.
Ostrich farming in the United States
Is only In its infancy. II has been
only twenty-three years since the first
American ostrich farm was started
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
for ird;Sn Cr;ms.

Washington, ID. C. March 1l.-An
Investigation into the case of the Pap
ago Indian, who was found dead IN
California with his hand tied to the
tail Of a wild horse. which had to he
shot before II could be captured by
soldiers who discovered II. has ben IN
stituted by officers Of the bureau OF
Indian affairs. A telegram from Su-
perintendent Anna c. Egsan OF the
Yuma Indian schools, says that -four
arrests have been made in connec-
ton with the SAGE. One Of these I'M
Ger arrc3t, che says. hcs confessed to
aiding in tbs crime. The prisoner
saelare, tha-xndian a witch.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

United States Circuit Judge Henry
f.. Eeverens has resigned.
Premier Laurier of Canada will
make a speech favoring reciprocity.
The senate failed to ratify the new
Japanese trade and commerce treaty.
The earl of Dudley will retire as
governor general Of Australia in June
A fortune in securities was stolen
from Aaron Bancroft, New Yors
broker.
Rear Admiral Sutherland has as
sumed command of the second divi
sion of the Pacific squadron.
Ex-Mayor Dunno OF Chicago want,
an official count of the late primaries
Henry L. Myers has been chosen
senator from Montana, succeeding
Senator Carter.
The chief clerk of the third assist
ant postmaster general was dismissed
for manipulating stamp sales.
The Nevada lower house has adopt
ed a resolution submitting the woman
suffrage question TO the people.
Charles Foster, game warden
was found dead with a bullet wound
through his stomach at the foot Of
Turkey mountain. four miles south
Of Tulsa. Okla
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
General.

Thus far Is deaths have occurred
at Honolulu from cholera.
The Minnesota house has passed q
bill abolishing capital punishment
The last hours of congress was
fight. fight. fight, in a legislative way.
The senate voted to seat Lorimer
by 46 to 40 and the struggle is ended.
Champ Clark will be speaker of the
house when congress assemblies April
4In.
The president has called an extra
session of congress TO convene the
4th of April.
Ecuador has called on the United
States for assistance in organizing a
sanitary service.
Italians in America sent $4,000
900 back to the old country during
1910, according to statistics of the
postoffiee department
Representative Scott of Kansas de-
nounced the initiative. referendum
and recall as revolutionary.
Women are exempted from jury
duty by a bill that passed both houses
OF the Washington legislature.
ton emphatically denies rumors of an
antiforeign uprising in Manchuria.
The federal circuit court OF appeals
at Richmond, Va, has decided that
electricity is merchandise when gen.
Grated and sold.
Hungarian postoffice records show
that $37.060,o00 was sent to that
country during 1910 by Austro-Hunga.
rians living In America.
The Merchants and Farmers bank
of Cuibertson. Mont, has closed its
doors and the sheriff is searching
for Cashier V. ii. Bostwick.
President Taft has accepted an In,
vitation to attend Baltic y. Waggen,
er's annual children's picnic in Atch,
ison. Kans., next September.
Thirteen Kansas City physicians
have been arrested on federal indict,
ments for spreading improper propos.
ais in advertising literature.
President Taft appointed William
NJ. Howard. former Georgia congress
man. and Prof. Thomas w. Page OF
the University of West Virginia mem.
bers of the temporary tariff board.
Speaker Cannon appointed Repre-.
sentatives Hawley of Oregon and Lee
of Georgia members of the commits,
sion to supervise the purchase OF
lands to protect the watersheds OF
navigable rivers.
The supreme court of Nebraska de
eided that Thomas Johnson now al
the state penitentiary must hang.
The attorney general, by a house
resolution. has been asked what
steps are being taken in the coffee
trust inquiry.
A bill providing for the gradual
aboishment of convict contract labor
system in Missouri was passed by the
state senate.
The Alabama house has passed the
Smith bill regulating the sale Of
liauor. said 70 b. the most drastic
MEASURE on the subject ever enacted
n any state.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17

New York. March l3.-Jacob NJ.
Dickinson. secretary "f war. will not
sail for Panama this afternoon on a
canal inspection trip as he had plan
ned tn do. unexpected complications
having arisen In the pending negntia-
lions between the Panama Railroad
co. and the steamship lines operating
for the government. which neCessitated
his remaining in this city over til to-
morrow at the least.
Secretary Dickinson was emphatic
in declaring that the Mexican situation
was not influencing his plans in the
slightest degree lie declared that
there would not. in his belief. be any
movement of United States troops
across the border and that interven.
ton was not being contemplated.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
Governor Vetoed Druggists Bill.

Bis marck, y. u, March 1i.-GONer-
nor Burke today vetoed senate hill SOC,
regulating the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors by druggists.
The governor gave lengthy reason
for his action. Inpart he said:
Under senate bill No. SOC the phar-
macist who will sell the prescription
need not be a man of good moral char
acter. lie need not he engaged per-
sonRlly in the business of a druggist
in his district. He may use intoxicat-
ing liquors as a beverage. lie need not
have a stock of drugs. All that tiS
law requires Of him is that he be a
registered pharmacist.
This amendment would entitle every
pharmacist To keep a supply OF liquor
"a IN prescriptions without a permit
and would destroy the effect of the
Jaw making tn finding of liquor priinJ
facie evidence in prosecutions.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-17
Find Skeleton at Neche.

Grand Forks. y. d.. March l2.-The
finding Of a skeleton in the timber
about two miles west of Neche has
Gnearthed a tragedy. the solution OF
which is seemingly very uncertain at
this time. Fred Augond, aged II. while
chopping wood made the find and only
bones and a small portion of hair, red
dish prown in color. remains.
Fifteen months ago an insance man
escaped from the immigration authori-
ties at Neche while three years ago a
man disappeared from threshing
crew and IL Is believed that the skele-
ton in that of one of these men.