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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
$4,000 JUDGMENT
AGAINST HASKELL
Judge Campbell Reverses Himself as
to Testimony And Instructs Jury
to Find For plaintiffs.

Just before the adjournment of the
Vinita term of the federal court Satur-
day night, Judge Ralph e. Campbell,
after listening to arguments on var
ious points at law, instructed the jury
to bring in a verdict giving the CO.
lumbus Savings & Trust company, of
Columbus, o., judgment of approxi-
mately $4,000 against Ex-Governor
Charles n. Haskell.
The suit was brought on note given
by Ex-Governor Haskell and Mrs. Has
kell for an assessment on the stock of
the National Contracting company, an
Ohio corporation, which built telephone
lines in Texas, in which the Haskells
were heavily interested from 1901 to
I19O4.
Haskell claimed the assessment was
nothing but scheme to get money out
of him and a few other stockholders to
paw the bank. He said when this was
accomplished the contracting COM
lpany was allowed to go to the wall
and the assessments which Haskell and
others had paid were lost Haskell
argued that this amounted to fraud as
he had been assured before giving his
note that all the others would pay,
The case was hard fought from start
to finish, mostly on legal points. The
plaintiff claimed that Haskells defense
was technically inadmissable and ought
to be stricken out. When Judge Camp
bell overruled the point the plaintiffs
introduced evidence of suit in Ohio,
between Mrs. Haskell and the bank, in
which it was claimed that the same
issues were involved and decided.
Judge Campbell at first excluded this
evidence, but finally reversed himself
and directed the jury to return a ver-
dict for the plaintiff The case will
be appealed The court will sit at Mus
kogee next week.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
CORPORATION TAX PROVISION
/ UPHELD By SUPREME COURT
SIS, 900, 900 Annual Income to Government is
Assessed By The Decision---Fight Against
Act Began Immediately After Passage of
Payne -Aldrich Tariff Act - First
Rough Draft of Measure Was
Prepared By President Taft

spection only upon rules and regula-
tions approved by the president.
The first action in the courts to test
the constitutionality of the law was
begun in the United States circuit
court for the district of Vermont. A
woman began it. Stella P. Flint, guar
dian of the property of Samuel n.
Stone, Jr., a stockholder in the Stone
Tracy company, of Windsor, VT, be-
gan an action to have the company
restrained from paying the tax. She
claimed that the tax was unconstitu-
tional Her attorney, Maxwell Evarts,
brought the case to the supreme court,
after the circuit court had declined to
hold the tax unconstitutional.
When the Stone Tracy case came up
for argument before the supreme court
in March, 1910, fourteen other cases
likewise raising the validity of the law
and decisions likewise sustaining the
constitutionality of the tax, had reach
ed the court. They were advanced and
heard with the original case. Because
presumably of vacancies on the bench,
the cases were stored to the docket
for reargument. This reargument oc-
Cured in January, 1911.
The constitutionality of the tax was
attacked from all the points from
which any tax possible of enactment
by congress could be attacked. Prom
inent among the objections to the law
was the argument that the tax was
direct tax, not apportioned, according
to the constitution. Some dubbed the
tax "a corporation income tax" and
invalid for the same reasons that the
income tax was declared unconstitu-
tional in 1895 Others claimed that it
was tax on state franchises and
hence was an unconstitutional inter.
ference with the sovereignty of the
states. Another line of objections was
based on the argument that as an ex-
else tax, it was not uniform but con.
tanned unconstitutional classifications
The publicity features of the returns
were attacked as taking private prop
! erty without compensation. To all OF
these objections, the department OF
justice, through the late solicitor gen.
eral, Lloyd w. Bowers, at the first
hearing, land through his successor
Frederick w. Lehman, at the second
hearing, made answer
After the argument of the fifteen
cases, the court took up the three
other cases involving the tax. In these
the principal controversy was over the
Interpretation of the law. The lead
ing point was whether the tax was to
be imposed on Boston trusts" organ.
lied to hold real estate but not in.
corporated. The Boston concerns con.
tended that the tax should be assessed
only on concerns organized under the
statutes of the United States, states
or territories. The government argu
ed that business concerned organized
under the common law were included
within these meant to be taxed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
LEGISLATURE DID
NOT PREPARE TITLE
After Working in the Wee Small Hours
Sunday the State Legislature
Finally Adjourns.

Oklahoma City, Mar 13.-It was dis
covered after the adjournment of the
Legislature at an early hour Sunday
morning that through an oversight the
Legislature had neglected the prepara-
tion of a ballot title for the proposed
constitutional amendment enabling
railroads outside the state to purchase
or lease lines within the state of Okla
homa.
The proposed amendment was to
have been submitted at a special cleo
tion to be held on April 25, but under
the amendment referendum law the
Legislature must prepare a ballot title
which it failed to do. 1t is the opin-
ion of good lawyers that this over
sight kills the joint resolution by
which the submission was proposed.
The county assessor bill got through
after midnight 1t provides for the ap-
pointment by the governor of a tax
assessor for each county, but the posi-
tions are not created until January
1912.
The capitol commission was pr c.
Itically abolished by the failure of the
Legislature to make an appropriation
for it's maintenance beyond the end of
the present fiscal year, July 1, and the
passage of the Echols bill giving the
board of public affairs power to let
the contract for the construction of
the capitol building.
The total maintenance appropria-
tions of the third legislature for state
departments and institutions aggre
gate approximately $5,500,000, and to
cover deficiencies to the end of the
fiscal year 1918 it is estimated that
$2,225,000 was appropriated from the
public building fund. The governor
is expected to veto number of bills
making appropriations from this fund
The legislature failed to pass the
senate bill making amendments to the
general election law and made few
of the changes in the general election
laws which are generally demanded
This action will result in the submis
sion to the people, through the initia-
tive, of the non-partisan general and
primary election law prepared by a
committee representing all political
parties, which was fostered by w. H.
Murray of Tishomingo, and presented
to the legislature but not acted upon.
Democratic leaders assert that the
failure of this legislature to redistrict
the state congressionally means an
extraordinary session of the legisla-
tur next fall or winter, if congress in
the meantime fixes the basis of appor-
tionment.
A large number of bills and resolu-
tions are pending before the governor
and he has approved up to date sew
enty-three bills an djoint resolutions.
The governor has fifteen days from
the date of adjournment to act on the
measures now before him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
by Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
I washington, d. c., Mar 13.-The
corporation tax provisions of the
IPayne-Aldrich tariff act was sustained
Today as constitutional, by the supreme
iourt of the United States. The court
WAS unanimous in the decision, and
Thereby a source of income of approx
Emately twenty-five million dollars an
hually is assured to the government,
The fight against the constitutional
Ity of the corporation tax began almost
Immediately after the enactment of
lhe Payne-Aldrich tariff law of 1909,
bf which it is a part. During the long
Hays of wrangling in congress over
that measure, President Taft originat-
I'd a plan to raise part of the revenue
necessary for the running of the gov.
krnment by imposing corporation tax
He is said to have made the first rough
Araft of the proposed law and to have
asked the department of justice to
perfect it.
Scarcely fifteen years before, the
Eupreme court of the United States
bad declared unconstitutional the in.
home tax measure enacted by congress
IN order to have valid tax, the er.
hors of that law had to be avoided
Finally the attention of members OF
she house and senare were called to
Ahe proposed corporation tax as a con.
1Situtional measure. 1t was urged as
preferable to another income tax which
was argued, probably would be de-
Alared unconstitutional and as under
he circumstances better legislation
11an an inheritance tax When the
kriff bill was in the senate, the cor
loration tax provisions were inserted
as an amendment to the Payne bill
aessed by the house They remained
here and became a part of the tariff
6ct.
i The provisions of the law stated that
he tax was a Special excise tax with
aspect to the carrying on or doing
BUSINESS" It was to be paid by every
prporation, joint stock company or as
bciation, organized for profit and hav
bg. capital stock represented by
hares, and every insurance company
Fganized under the laws of the Unit
+ States or of any state or territory
was provided that the tax should be
Equivalent to one per centum upon
te entire net income over and above
1000 received from all sources" ex
Lusive of amounts received as divi
ends upon stock of other corporations
int stock companies, or associations
insurance companies, subject to the
TX.
The law provided also that returns
aould be made by those taxed to the
easury department, to be used as a
isis for assessing the tax. These
ere open to inspection, but in 1910
ngress enacted legislation providing
at the returns should be open to in
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
FIVE HUNDRED CITIZENS
SWORN IN AS DEPUTIES
By Associated Press.

Oklahoma City, Mar 11.-Five hun
dred citizens were sworn in as deputy
sheriffs today, to take charge of the
street car strike situation. Each man
wears a badge and carries a revolver.
This action is the result of a mass
meeting held this morning, after Gov
ernor Cruce refused to call out the
state troops. Citizens say they will
attempt to run cars this afternoon,
peacably is possible, if not, by force.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-17
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO
HAVE MILD MARTIAL LLW
By Associated Press.

by ASSUCIdI6U TTtSS.
Mexico City, Mar 1.-THE govern
ment today decided to suspend consti,
tutional guarantees throughout the re-
public. This means a mild form of
martial law Civil trials of those ac-
cused of destruction of railroads, cleo
trio light plants, telegraph lines and
raiding plantations will cease. Sum
mary military action will be taken in
these cases.
The citizen., 1911-01-13
NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIM
Seemingly, This Husband Was Some
what of a Hard Man to Get
Acquainted With.

81 met a queer old woman charac-
ter on the train between here and
Buffalo one morning" remarked Po-
lice Judge McGannon when talk had
drifted around to queer people one
meets. She was travelling with her
grown son, whom | had met in the
smoking compartment, and later on
got talking with the old lady. She
spoke of several people she knew
here in Cleveland.
Did you ever happen to know
James H. Soandso?" l asked her
casually, judging from something she
had said that she did know him.
She gave me a strange sort of
look. Well, she replied, I don't
know whether to say know that
man or not He's a queer sort, you
understandable kind of a man that
nobody really knows. Why, | was
married to James Soandso, and lived
with him for four years, but | never
felt that l was really acquainted with
him.
And the funny part of ii" added
McGannon, was the woman was in
deadly earnest about it. She didn't
make the remark by way of springing
any comedy at all. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

among the people of the United States to think
that because many of the foreign diplomats in
Washington represent monarches and have titles,
they are possessed of a certain high mightiness
that keeps them aloof from the democratic horde.
The stranger American who calls at any Of the
embassies legations is sure of courteous treat
ment, which is not always forthcoming when
call is made at an American home. OF course the
foreigners have a native courtesy which is inbred
but unquestionaby they have it impressed upon
them by their home government before coming
to this country that America is a democracy and
that they must remember that here all men are
considered equal. There are plenty of foreign
diplomats who will be hail fellows we'll met in a
crowd of Americans but who in a crowd of their
own countrymen will be very careful to observe
distinctions of class, and hold it beneath their
dignity to show any familiarity with one held to
be inferior in social standing
The diplomats in washington are great stick.
lers for precedence among themselves Length
of service in the capital is the thing that counts
The ranking ambassador may be a mere mister
but he has the privilege of precedence over an
other ambassador who may be a count or a baron.
The Importance or the wealth or the strength of
the nation represented in Washington amount
to nothing where the question of priority of rank
among the representatives is concerned. Great
Britain ordinarily is considered a much more
powerful and important nation in the world of
affairs than Austria-Hungary. Yet today in Wash
ington the representative of the latter country
in official and social professions walks ahead of
the representative of the former country.
The ranking diplomat in the capital city is
Baron Hengemuer Hengervar, privy coun.
cilor, ambassador extraordinary and plenipoten-
tiary of Austria-Hungary. The baron has been in
the diplomatic service of his country ever since
he youth, and he is the foreigner of longest
service in the United States The home re Of
the Baron and Baroness Hengemuller is - the
ideal type In an article on the Aus.
tria Hungarian ambassador, John Elfreth Wat.
kins says of the home Of the diplomat:
The embassy is a treasury of souvenirs of
sojourns among and intimate acquaintance with
the great personages who have shaped and are
shaping the history OF the world. In the drawing
room are bronze busts Of the emperor and the
late ill-fated empress, and upon of the tables
is jewel case presented by the queen of Saxony
In the dining room are displayed a profusion of
ancestral plate and the portraits of all Of the
The citizen., 1911-01-13

rulers of the house of Hapsburg from the eleventh
century down to Francis Joseph himself. Inside the
embassy the fads Of the ambassador and his wife
are apparent, those of the ambassador being auto
graphs and signed photographs of the great ac-
tors in the theater of events those of the baron
ess exotic plants, birds from the forests of dis
tant countries, and dogs"
1t has been said that length OF service In
Washington rules the matter of precedence
among the diplomats. 1t should be known, how
ever, that ambassadors rank ministers, and so
ii may be that the minister who has been here
for ten years must of necessity give way. in the
social and official professions to the ambassador
who has just arrived. Senior Don Joaquin Ber-
nardo Calyo is the minister from the little coun-
try Of Costa Rica. He ranks the representatives
of such nations as Sweden, Portugal Greece Den
mark, the Netherlands Belgium, China Spain and
Norway. Senor Calvo has been in America as
the representative of his country for eleven years
The minister from the little Central American
republic has many things to recommend him to
the interest of the people of the capital 1t has
been said here many times that the family of
Senior Calyo could make a fortune on the vaude-
vile stage as musicians, for each one of the
twelve children plays musical instrument and is
possessed Of a good singing voice
The ambassador of Great Britain to the Unit
ed States is the Right Hon James Bryce, who is
known or ought to be known to all Americans as
the author of The American Commonwealth"
His length of service puts Mr. Bryce fourth in
the precedence list. He is ranked by the repre-
sentatiYes of AustriaHungary, France and Rus
sia. The British ambassador takes the keenest
interest in social, political and governmental con-
ditions in America and lis wife is no less keenly
interested. Mr.. Bryce is sympathetic with Ameri-
institutions.
All of the foreign diplomats in Washington
are democratic; at least while they are in the cap
ital city James Bryce is noticeably democratic he
rides in street car nine times where ne rides
in a carriage once
For five years Baron Rosen, master of the i'm
perial court, has been the ambassador extraordi-
nary and plenipotentiary of Russia to the United
States. 1t is worth while to see Baron Rosen in
his regalia of state at of the great White
House receptions. The Russians run to furs,
and the fur trimmings of the ambassadorial cloak
are both picturesque and priceless. While the
baron has been ambassador only four years, he
is no stranger to this country Nearly thirty
The citizen., 1911-01-13

and among them the duel has assumed
form that is typically Mexican. 1t
Is about as savage and deadly man.
ner OF fighting as one could possibly
imagine. Each opponent extends his
left arm. and third party who has
been selected to act as referee binds
their wrists together with a thong of
rawhide He then places a knife in
the right hand of each, and the fight
Is on. Needless to say. 1t does not
last long. Every stab may be calcu-
lated upon to do damage, and 1t often
happens that both duelists receive
The citizen., 1911-01-13
STUBBORN ECZEMA ON HANDS

Some nine years ago 1 noticed
back of my hands. They became very
irritating, and gradually became
worse, so that l could not sleep at
night l consulted physician who
treated me long time, but it got
worse, and | could not put my hands
in water. l was treated at the hos
pital, and it was just the same. l was
told that it was a very bad case of
eczema. Well, l just kept on using
everything that l could for nearly
eight years until l was advised to try
Cuticura Ointment. l did so, and |
found after a few applications and by
bandaging my hands well up that the
burning sensations were disappearing,
| could sleep well, and did not have
any itching during the night. began
after a while to use Cuticura Soap for
wash for them, and think by using
the Soap and Ointment l was much
benefited. l stuck to the Cuticura
treatment, and thought if | could use
other remedies for over seven years
with no result, and after only having
a few applications and finding ease
from Cuticura Ointment, l thought it
deserved fair trial with a severe
and stubborn case. | used the Oint-
ment and Soap for nearly six months,
and l am glad to say that l have
hands as clear as anyone.
1T is my wish that you publish this
letter to all the world, and if anyone
doubts it, let them write me and l
will give them the name of my physi-
clan, also the hospital I was treated
at" (Signed) Miss Mary A. Bentley,
SO University St, Montreal, Que,
Sept IA, 1910.
The citizen., 1911-01-13
The Duel in Mexico

Swords or revolvers are the weapons,
and the rules are such that no one is
ever hurt seriously. Encounters have
to be clandestine, as detection means
heavy fine and Imprisonment, and
they have been growing fewer every
year on account of the watchfulness
of the police.
"The poems, however, the miners
and the cattle herders of the plains
have more liberty to do as they please.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

Although President Diaz always
has disapproved of dueling," remark
ed the ex-consul, "and has done his
best to abolish the practise, 1t still
prevails in Mexico. The idea that
certain points of honor can be main
tained only By personal combat is a
fundamental characteristic of the
Latin race.
Among the upper classes dUsls are
conducted after the Partisan code.
The citizen., 1911-01-13
The Difficulty.

Life amt nothin' but disappoint-
ment," groaned the Chronic Grumbler
Cheer up" urged the Cheerful
Idiot. Didn't yer git $50 for putin
yer picture in de paper as havin' bin
cured @ all yer ills by Bunks pills?"
"Yes, l did. An now all my rela
tifs are askin' me why l don't go to
work, now th't I'm cured"
The citizen., 1911-01-13

fatal wounds. Yet, in spite of the se-
we're rules of the game, there are men
who become experts and terrorize a
whole neighborhood. They pride them
selves on being able to strike so quick.
ly and so surely that they can kill an
opponent with the first blow, and get
away unscathed"
The citizen., 1911-01-13

And it sometimes happens that
man likes to have his wife get so mad
she won't speak to him-then she will
not ask him for money.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigor-
ate, stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar
coated tiny granules.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

Nothing amuses the average man
more than to have some woman be
lieve she is bossing him.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The citizen., 1911-01-13
Money in That.

The lawyer likes to take a rest,
Like most of us. and still
The average lawyers happlest
When working with a will.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

PILES CURED IN @ TO DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MENI fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 10 Ia days, 50c.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

For KsEADACHE-EEick CAPUDFNE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's liquid pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try it, 10c, 25c., and 80 cents at drug
stores
The citizen., 1911-01-13

When a woman has an eye for the
beautiful she hunts up mirror.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

is true in a large sense but in specific instances
the foreigners are not different Many of
them especially those from Central and South
American countries fall readily into the United
States habit of life, and seem to think, rightly.
doubtless, that representatives of republics
they cannot do better than to follow the ways of
the people of the greatest republic of them all.
Ii Is an utter mistake, and very common one
The citizen., 1911-01-13

There is always poison in the
wound that is inflicted by friend.
The citizen., 1911-01-13
The Pronouns.

1--WE must economize," said the
man of high financial authority.
Your grammar is at fault" replied
the ordinary citizen. why do Won
insist on using the first instead of the
second person plural?"
The citizen., 1911-01-13
hoods
Sarsa sapariIIa

Cures all humors, catarrh and
rheumatism, relieves that tired
feeling, restores the appetite,
cures paleness, nervousness,
builds up the whole system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

ASHINGTON has within its linn
its considerable foreign terri
tory. The residences of the min
listers to the United States from
other countries are considered
in a sense as alien ground, and
therefore home sanctuary for
those who dwell therein.
The foreign official colony in
Washington forms a study OF
life interest which is never
wearying to the native inhabi-
tants of the capital. The for
eigners are so different" is the
way that the natives put it. This
The citizen., 1911-01-13

DICK!
Gracefully, he proposed to ma
last night.
Connie-What of that?
Gracefully, l accepted him only
the night before.
The citizen., 1911-01-13

The reason the bigot advertises his
one idea SO vigorously is that it Is
his whole stock in intellectual trade
The citizen., 1911-01-13

The next time you feel that swallowing
sensation, the sure sign OF sore throat
gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil Immediately
with three parts water. 1t will save YOU
days and perhaps weeks of misery.