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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
MANN CHOSEN MINORITY
LEADER IN NEW HOUSE

Washington, d. c., April 4.-Repre-
sentative James R. Mann of Illinois
was unanimously chosen candidate for
speaker and floor leader of the repub.
licans in the house of representatives
at a caucus held in the house cham.
ber last night. He was proposed to
the caucus by former Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon and received the support OF
the regulars and those insurgents
who were present.
His Endorsement means that he will
receive the republican vote in the
house today when a speaker is elected
and that he will become the active
head of the minority party in the
house.
More than a dozen insurgents
were not present at the caucus. Ii
the afternoon the insurgents" held {
meeting, at which forty-six were either
present or accounted for.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
QUARANTINE IN CREEK
COUNTY ACCOUNT SMALL POx

Sapulpa, Okla, April 4.--As a result
of an epidemic of smallpox that is rag
ing in the oil fields east of Sapulpa
near the postoffice of Hilton, deputy
sheriffs are maintaining quarantine
line around an area of five miles
square.
The epidemic is the worst in the
history of Greek county. Over fifty
cases have been reported. For weeks
the disease has been raging among oil
field workers near Hilton, but only in
the last few days has it assumed dan
gerous proportions For some reason
it had never been reported to county
officials.
When the news was received here
today Sheriff Berry Immediately swore
in extra deputies, and they have es-
tablished an armed Gordon around the
stricken district
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04

San Francisco, April 4-Baron
d'Estournelles dc Constant, the French
missionary in the cause of information
al peace who is making tour of the
country spoke here today, taking as
his text, The Campaign in Russia"
The Baron said, in part:
General ignorance has been singu-
larly useful to governments in con-
cealing the consequence of their wars
from the eyes of public opinion,
"For a long time l have been en-
deavoring in vain to find out what the
wars during the Revolution and the
first empire cost France in men, ex-
elusive of anything else. The figures
vary from 100000 to 100000. TAX.
ing only the minimum and multiply
ing it by several generations, | find
that Frances population has been re.
duced by 20,0O0,O00 in the course of
century But for these wars we
should now in all probability, have a
population of sixty million inhabitants
instead of forty who would, moreover
be physically stronger, inasmuch as
without attempting to calculate the
consequences of drink, which has a
close connection with the matter
these wars eliminated the men best
fitted to perpetuate their kind. Even
if we limit ourselves to the immediate
consequences, we should have to EN-
bark upon several years of research
to obtain only doubtful results.
1--WE must also take into account
the immense opportunities lost by
Frenchmen in all parts of the worlt
and especially in America. The cour
age and heroism displayed during {
quarter of a century of war were no
called into being by it, as some peo
pie imagine, but were already in ex
| istence and ready to be utilized, il
France and abroad, to further enter
prises already begun. Though it wal
abandoned after the seven years war
the work accomplished by Cartier
Champlain and LaSalle, and later Oh
by Lafayette and Rochambeau--non
the less great though in differen
order of ideas-sowed the seeds of a.
abundant harvest that Frenchmen, i
spite of all obstacles, might have rear
ed. Here were openings for our entel
prise and our commerce; salvation fo
our shipping, our seaports and rive
ports. Our influence and our languag
would have extended in all directions
We severed all these ties, and instea
OF vivifying the New World wit
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
DEMOCRATS SEEM
TO HAVE VICTORY
Indications This Afternoon Are That
the Democrats Have Elected
Full City Ticket.

The murkiest election day imagin-
able dawned in Vinita today. Despite
the weather however, a fairly heavy
vote is being polled, and If the proper
tion holds out until the polls close the
indications are that thousand votes
will have been cast At o'clock this
afternoon nearly 500 votes had been
cast and the voting continued rapidly.
The heavy downpour of rain has
made it exceedingly difficult for the
party workers. The workers, how
ever were not dismayed and battle
royal between the two parties is in
progress. The indications are that
the entire democratic ticket is elect
ed The democratic poll workers in
each of the four wards claim the dem.
ocrats have majority in each ward
ranging from five in the first to thirty
in the second ward However, if there
is scratching to any considerable ex
tent these figures may be reversed in
the case of some candidates.
It is pretty generally conceded that
G. H. Goodpaster has been elected
city marshal over C. e. Wilkinson
the republican candidate. The race il
close on the mayor, city attorney ant
police judge. No line on the othei
candidates was obtainabIe
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
GENERAL IGNORANCE HAS
BEEN S|NGULARLY USEFUL

French blood, we watered the battle
fields of Europe with it.
Under the head of losses, let me
confine myself to quoting the eompar-
atively optimistic estimate given by
Napoleon himself. According to
Taine, Napoleon said angrily to Net
ternuch, in the course of their eight
hour interview at Dresden on June 2s
1913: What do you want of me? Dc
you expect me to dishonor myselfi
Netternich was bold enough to reply:
I have seen your soldiers, they are
mere children. What will you do when
your army of youths has gone? Ma
poleon replied hotly: You are not 9
soldier and you do not know what
passes in a soldiers mind. l have
grown upon the battlefield, and mar
like am, does not care - fol
the lives of million men,
"On another occasion, Napoleon re
marked to M. de Narbonne (accordint
to the Due de Broglie, quoted By
Taine): After all the Russian cam
paign only cost me 100000 men, anC
a great many of them were Germans.
His imperial chimera devoured ;
great many more than this add
Taine. From 1904 to 1915 the mum
Der of killed amounted to more thar
100000 Frenchmen born in France
itself, to which We can probably ado
100000 men from outside its boun
daries, killed while fighting for him al
allies or against him as enemies"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
OKLAHOMA WILL HAVE TO
FIGHT FOR PUBLIC LAND

Oklahoma City, April 4-The state
of Oklahoma plans to continue its con-
test to secure title to 100000 acres of
government lands due the state under
an act which gave each state 10000
acres for every congressman and SEN
ator upon the states admission to
statehood. Oklahoma has two sena-
tors and five congressman.
A letter received by the attorney
general Monday morning from the in
terror department states that in the
opinion of that department congress
did not intend that Oklahoma should
receive this land because other con.
cessions were made to Oklahoma
which other states did not get. 1t is
merely an opinion.
The letter cites that congress grant
| ed the state 100000 acres for the agri
cultural and mechanical colleges by
another act. and that while it is moi
expressly stated, it is the opinion oi
the interior department that this
grant was made in lieu of the lane
which the state could claim under The
other act. The letter states that The
secretary of the interior does not be
lieve congress intended that two
grants should be made to Oklahoma
1t was stated at the attorney gen
erals Office that it is weak conten
ton on the part of the government
It was also stated that the case viii
be taken to the supreme court of the
United States for settlement.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
CONGRESS CALLED
IN EXTRA SESSION
Mccall Introduces Bill to Carry Out
Provisions Of Canadian Reciproc-
ity Agreement.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., April 4.-Called
in extra session to consider the Cana
dian reciprocity, the Sixty-second con-
gress assembled promptly at noon to-
day. Like every other opening of con-
gress it drew to the capitol many
more persons than could hope for ad-
mission to the galleries. The chief
feature of interest in to1ay's session,
of course, was the election of Champ
Clark, as speaker of the house and the
return to the floor as a mere member,
of "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Governor
Harmon, Of Ohio, and William j..
Bryan, who are both in Washington to
fulfill professional engagements, met
on the floor of the house just before
the session opened, amid deafening
demonstration.
The insurgent republicans in their
votes for speaker indicated that they
intend to maintain a separate work
ing organization. Fifteen of them
voted for Representatives Cooper Of
Wisconsin, Norris of Nebraska, and
Madison of Kansas. However, tenn
porarily they deserted and voted with
the regulars for Mann. Victor Berger
of Wisconsin, the only socialist, de-
clined to vote. Interest in the open
ing day almost entirely was in the
house. The reelected and new sena-
tors were sworn in under the old
regime. 1t is not likely the presidents
message will be ready before tomor-
row. Representative Mccall, of Mas
sachusetts, introduced bill to carry
out the reciprocity agreement. 1t was
referred to the democratic ways and
means committee, which means that
it will be side tracked for a similar
measure of democratic origin The
threat of the democrats to hold back
the reciprocity agreement in the hope
of forcing the senate to act on the
tariff bills holds no terror for the
senate. as many of the senators, op
posed to reciprocity, have stated they
do not care how long the agreement il
held up in the house.
Clark was elected speaker of the
Sixty-second congress, holding 81
votes against 131 for James R. Mann
of Illinois; sixteen for Henry a. Coop
er, of Wisconsin, and one for Georg'
W. Norris of Nebraska. The thre
last named are republicans.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
MUsKOGEE DRUGGISTS HAS
MULTIPLICITY OF TROUBLES

Muskogee, Okla, April 4.-When
Samuel S. Pate, a local druggist, was
given a sentence of six months in the
county Jail after being convicted of
selling whiskey, and an additional
sentence of thirty days for contempt
of court, the young man thought he
had troubles. But when Ruth Italia
Pate, his wife, filed suit in the su-
perior court yesterday and deputy
sheriff served notice of the suit, his
cup of bitterness was filled to the
brim.
Mrs. Pate filed her suit this morn
ing and Deputy Sheriff Robins in a
few minutes served official notice on
the prisoner. He took it calmly In
fact, Mrs. Pate had called at the coun-
ty Jail few days ago and told him of
her intentions.
In her petition she charges Pate
with being an habitual drunkard. The
couple were married December 81,
1910, and lived together until Febru-
ary 1, this year. Since that time Pate
has been in Jail technically and other
wise.
Pate has one six months and thirty
days sentence to serve on $100 fine
to pay. When he is released he must
stand trial on several other charges
pending against him.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
WILL SET DAY FOR
WORKING ON PARK
Will Publish List of Desired Shrub
brey And Ask People to Donate
to the Park.

The ladies' who have undertaken the
work of beautifying North Park are
now collecting the funds subscribed
for that purpose.
In a few days they will publish a
list of all of the shrubbery wanted for
the park, and persons, who have a sur
plus will be requested to donate pieces
on the list.
The ladies' also are planning to set
a day to work on the park. On this
day every person, who can do so will
be asked to devote the day to i'm
proving the park, In this way the
ladies expect to accomplish a great
deal in short time.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
American Shot in Mexico.
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., April 4.-George
Creeichfield, an American, was shot
from ambush at his ranch near Tux
tam, Mexico, and probably fatally
wounded, according to telegram re-
ceived today by the state department,
from United States Consul Miller. The
Tampio department Immediately or.
dered the consul to make thorough
investigation. The consul added that
Creeiehfield is citizen of New Jersey
and was recently candidate for con
gress on the republican ticket in that
state. Aside from the statement it is
not believed the wounded man can
recover. The dispatch contained nc
details.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
YOUNG LADIES' MISSIONARY
SOCIETY ENTERTA|NS

About fifty people were most de-
lightfully entertained Saturday after
noon and evening at the beautiful
home of Mrs. C. A. Davidson on North
Foreman street, by the Young Ladies
Missionary Society of the Baptist
church. Mrs. Davidson is well known
as most delightful hostess ard the
day was pleasant one to all who
were in attendance.
During the evening Miss Irene
Nichols sang several beautiful selec-
tions, accompanied by Mrs. H. Hayens.
Miss Aisle Workman sang. Miss Yer
non Gilstrap gave a musical reading,
with Mrs. d. H. Wilson as accompanr
ist and Miss Florence Scott carried
away the honors by standing On the
library table and giving I humorous
reading.
Miss Davidson played number Of
beautiful selections on the violin ae-
companied by Mrs. H. Havens on the
piano.
Refreshments were served, and the
young ladies netted about SIS for their
society.
Respectfully submitted,
BERTHA WILSON.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
RETAIL DEALERS TO
ELECT OFFICERS
About Twenty-Five Merchants of the
City Attend Meeting Held at
Commercial Club.

About twenty-five retail men of the
city attended the meeting at the Com
mercial Club last night and after
listening to an outline of the work OF
the national association by State Or
ganizer A. Jacobsen, it was decided
to organize a local association and
take membership in the parent insti-
tuition.
No action toward organization was
taken last night, owing to the length
of time required to set forth the work
of the association. 1t was decided to
meet again tonight, at which time the
officers of the local order will be
elected.
About twenty of the retail men Of
the city have already signified theil
intention of joining, by signing peti
tion for membership in the national
association.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
Death Of j. 3. Leforce.

After a lingering illness extending
over several months, J. B. Leforce
died about four o'clock Monday after
noon, at the home of his son, Sam
Leforce, on North Foreman street.
The deceased had been confined to
his bed since last August The doctors
were unable to agree as to the all
ment, but it is thought to have been
some form of stomach trouble. The
funeral services were held this after
noon.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
FIRST TRAIN IN
SINCE FEBRUARY
Brings 200 Soldiers And Machine Gun
to Juarez, Which Still is Being
Strongly Guarded.

Ell Paso, Tex, April 4.-The first
passenger train from Gasas Grandes
since the battle of February 6 arriver-
ed at Juarez Monday afternoon. It
brought General Samuel Garcia CueI-
lar, who lost an arm and won promo
ton to brigadier general in the bat
tie; 200 soldiers and machine gun.
Three hundred and fifty soldiers are
left on duty at Casas Grandes. The
foreign prisoners still are confined
there.
The train came through without ac-
cident, passing on the way north the
first passenger train southbound in
more than month. This train left
Juarez at O'Clock Monday carrying
few passengers, car of delayed mail
and car of baggage and express.
Juarez still is strongly guarded as
result of the bomb explosion there
Sunday morning. The three wounded
men still are alive.
El Paso rapidly is filling up with
refugees from the war zone, who have
been walking into the city for several
days. The crops have been ruined ID
that section of the state, the food SUP
ply is exhausted and the workmen and
poor people are crossing the border to
earn enough to provide their families
with food until another planting sea-
son arrives.
Business at the local immigration
station, which had been light since the
railroads to Mexico were cut, has in
creased materially this week.
Specials from Sonora and Sinaloa
show considerable insurrecto activity
in those regions. Culiacan. capital Of
Sinaloa. is surrounded by insurrectos
but the troops in the city are showing
no fear of attack. Word has been sent
in that the water mains are to be cut
An attempt to burn the market house
last Friday was unsuccessful.
A correspondent in Guayamos re
ports that an American mining man
: named Stevens was robbed Of $1s5 and
all his supplies by band of insur
rectos near Fundicion, and almost was
famished before he reached Nae8ioa
where he obtained food
OF the twenty-three men arrested by
United States soldiers at Zargesaford
thirteen miles east of 81 Paso, almost
all were El Paso Mexieans. One, how
ever, is a Frenchman, Jean Huablot
who claims to be correspondent fol
the Journal des Paris. All were lock
ed up pending a preliminary hearing
! Wednesday They were attempting tt
join the insurrectos. it is charged
when captured.
When the federal court opened herr
yesterday Judge r. s. Maxey charges
/ the jury very strongly regarding in
vestigation of violations of the neu
trality law.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
Notice to Holders Of County Warrants

Notice to Holders of County Warrants
Office of County Treasurer. Vinita
Oklahoma, April 4th, 1911.-The treas
urer is prepared to pay to the follow
ing county warrants on presentation:
Court Fund Warrants, series B, Nos
III to 1870.
I. and I. Fund Warrants, series B
Nos 21 to %.
Supply Fund Warrants. series B
Nos. 174 to 1877.
Separate School Warrants, series B
Nos. 67 to 6S.
Interest ceases on above May 4th
1911 Respectfully,
e. d. FICKLIN,
County Treasurer Craig County
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
City Elections Being Held in Kansas.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Topeka, Kans., April 4.-Elections
are being held today in all Kansas
cities that have the commission form
of government Twenty-Five cities are
voting. Socialism is the issue in Pitts
burg, Wichita and lola. In Galena,
Mrs. Sarah c. Scovell, socialist, is
a candidate for mayor. Mrs. M. E.
Johnson, a widow, is the mayorality
candidate in Elmdale. Mrs. Ella vii
son was elected mayor Of Hunnewell
yesterday The issue in Topeka is
closely drawn on prohibition. T. A.
McNeaI lis a candidate for mayor
against the present incumbent, J. B
Billiard, a nopen enemy to the Kan
sas anti-liquor law.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
Aged Army Chaplain Dead.

by AssOVIdItu FftSS.
Litchfeld. Conn, April 4.-Rev.
Hiram Stone, the first Episcopal mis-
sionary sent to the Kansas post, and
chaplain at Fort Leayenworth before
and during the civil war, is dead at
his home here Of pneumonia, aged
eighty-six. Stone went to Kansas in
1851. He came east after having serv-
ed sixteen years in the regular army
as chaplain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
saltwater Charter Approved.

Oklahoma City, April 4.-Governor
Cruce has approved the charter CIV
ing Saltwater a commission form of
government.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
Prominent Man Killed BY His Wife.

Prominent Man Killed BY His Wife.
Ardmore, Okla, April Aired F.
Fraley, prominent businessman and
a pioneer here, was shot and killed by
his wife today. The shooting is said
to have been the result of family our
rels.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04

F. S. E. Amos, private secretary to
Governor Cruce, is here from Okla
homa City to cast his vote for the
democratic ticket.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04

Judge John B. Turner returned to
Oklahoma City today, after voting in
the city election.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-04
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
IN BIG PIANO CONTEST

The following is the standing of the
contestants in the Chieftain's piano
contest;
MRS. BLANCHE JOHNSTON. .114,575
MRS. J. N. TAYLOR. .1os, ,175
MRS. AcHGlLL 1o6, 1915
MISS JIMMIE coNNELL. 1925
MRS. WIN. SAPP. .........,.. 10000
MISS MILDRED BRITT. -. s.4o0
MISS EULALA KELL....... 1875
MISS FANNIE GARRETT. $500
MISS ETHEL o'NEIL. -. 2,625
MISS IDA WILLIAMS, cataIe.. 300
MISS S. WRIGHT. ........... f75
MISS SADIE casio. ...... 1875
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-25
ARRESTS FOLLOW 4
BLAZE IN CHICAGO
Owners of Building, which
Burned, Cremating Sew
eral, Are Suspected.
(National News Association

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-Five charred
bodies were recovered and seven per-
sons are reported missing following a
fire which destroyed four-story tene-
ment, 1885 South Sagamon street, this
morning. Dozens were saved by fire
men. Idehfified dead are Harry Engle-
witch, IS wife and baby, and Samuel
Alphart One woman weighing over
SEQ hounds was carried from the up
teEHoor by her husband and four fire
Iheh. Owners of the building, Harry
Lasky and his brother-in-law, Samuel
Goldstein, were arrested, the police
having found letter from an insur-
ance company refusing them more in
surance.
Many escaped down fire-escapes and
fainting women and children were car
ried to the street in the rain where
they We're forced to remain almost
nude.
All Of the bodies were found in a
narrow passageway leading to fire
ESCAPE in the rear of the building. 1t
is believed the dead were trampled
IN panic which followed the sounding
6fu tf1f> alarm. One of the bodies was of
Unidentified woman, who was found
grasping her dead baby in her arms.
Both were bruised by the feet of those
who escaped.
The fire started in the basement and
mounted so quickly that escape from
the upper stories was cut off within a
few minutes. An alarm was sounded
in the building and in a moment the
Railways were choked with strug.
Cling mass of humanity. Fire-escapes
were crowded and women and children
fell over one another in their fight to
escape, A dozen policemen forced
their way into the building and helped
drag the people TO safety
Twenty families occupied the build.
ing. All were foreigners. The cause OF
the fire is unknown. Loss, $35. 900.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-25
FARMERS REPORTED
HENNERIES RAIDED

". P. krom and w. c. Rich, living
short distance northwest of the
city, reported to Wayne township
trustee James Howarth that their
henneTies had been raided by dogs
on Friday and Saturday. Mr.. Krom s
loss was four turkeys and that OF Mr.
Rich, five turkeys and two chickens.
The dog is said to be bull terrier,
white. with the exception of a few
blotches OF black or brindIe on his
body. Although accompanied by a
shepherd dog which seems to enjoy
the fruits of the bulls killings, is
never in at the death