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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS
Senate.


Washington, D. c.. Jan. l4,-ln
spite Of the effort Of Senator Hale 10
prcycnt its consideration, the senate
voted down by vote of l3 to 7 his
motion to adjourn an1 took up the
Borah resolution amending the con-
stitution so as TO provide for the elec-
ton of United States senators by di-
rect vote Of the people, After an
hours debate the senate went into
executive session, but Senator Borah
declared that he would call up the
resolution in the immediate future
and would press it.
In general discussion Senator Bailey
effectively blocked one administration
bill providing for the enlargement OF
the engineer corps Of the army and
remarked significantly that he was
prepared to oppose the administra-
tion's scheme for the creation of a
tariff commission
House.
The house devoted the entire day
to consideration of the army appropri-
alton bill. 1t carries approximately
$93000.000.
The senate adjourned until Monday.
The house met at noon today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
AT IENOANCE AT SCHOOLS
SHOWS NO FAllIEG OFF
School Superintendent Calvert
Unable 10 Discover ANY Loss
IN CIty'S Population

Every day | notice for rent signs
are missing from places | have seen
lhcm for several weeks Every school
IN the city has increased lis aiten
dance IN the last two weeks. Where
,hc idea that the city is losing popu
latlon has any foundation cannot
see.
This is the conclusion Of w. S. Cal
vert, superintendent OF the Gun
schools. He is in all parts Of tho
the city in the course Of few daiB
and he says the city is filling up
There were more empty houses last
fall than there are now Putting the
patent facts together he conclud $
that Guthrie has more people than
ever
Since Jan / Banner scuool attend.
ance has increased %; Central, Is;
Capital Is. The losses have been
practically none. The moving OF
state employees and officials to OK.
lahoma affected each school. but only
slightly so that the increases are far
beyond all lossse
For the third time in three years
ihe school board must buy new seats.
approximately 400 seats have been
bought already and probably hund-
rod more will be added this winter.
Guthrie IS Coed place to Live.
Search for reason for the appar.
ent gain in Guthrie population. de-
snite sudden hegira, develops the
fact that no narticular snurcn can he
named Several families have moved
to town in each of the last four weeks
some from Logan county town
ships, some from Texas, some from
Georgia and some from other places
Al incomers have families. The da
tached individuals have done the most
moving out the permanent settlers
are coming in TO make up for what
ever loss the country has sustained,
the real estate men have planted out
siders on Logan county farms. One
real estate man recently sold a val
liable farm TO a Texas man and that
mans neighbors are coming, go
The Texas bunch thus secured plant
ed $4,000 cash in Logan county land
at one time
W. e. Mexican, register Of deeds,
says that Friday was the only dull
day his office has experienced IN four
months. The sales are good, and ap-
parently the greater number OF pur-
chascrs are from other states. There
have been no big deals, but many or
dinary farms have changed hands.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
The Greatest Need.
[ lNeW STAG Tribune.


II we were asked what In our opin-
ion was the greatest need of Oklaho-
ma today, we should probably an
swer a railroad from the central part
Of the state TO the northwest. The
state will never be what it ought to
be, both In a political sense and
commercial sense, until Woodward,
Shatluck, AMI the Oklahoma Panhan-
dlc are brought with direct communi-
cation with the central cities OF the
state The road will be built some
day, and the city that Is so fortunate
as to be its eastern terminus will
speedily become one Of the great cit
one Of the riches portions of the com
fes OF the southwest. As 1t Is today
ons Of the richest portions of the com
mouwealth is as far removed from
our capital as portions of Missouri
and Nebraska.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
ELK|Ns ESTATE HELD UP
FIVE YEARS BECAUSE
DE- DUKES ROMANCE?

Washington, Jan. l4.-Friends OF
Senator Ellins here are unable to eX-
plain the wide difference between the
sums bequeathed to the children by
his second wife and to Mr3 Oliphant
and Mrs Widerseim, his children by
his first wife.
The will makes each of the children
Ly the second wife a millionaire many
times while quarter OF a million is
apparently the amount left to Mrs
Oliphant and Mrs. Widerseim.
Society looks upon the holding OF
the estate for five years as having
reference to the romance of Rather
the Elkihs and the Duke dAbruzzi.
Ii the senator intended to leave the
marriage to the judgment OF those
who comes after him they say he las
prescribed q sufficient period of pro
baton and reflection If the duke dc.
sires an American bride for her own
sake without reference to her dover
he could we'll press his suit within a
year or SO, marry Miss Elkins and
wait for the dover.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
MUST HAVE:
BEEN BUM
M|NS7RELS
(By Associated PressJ

Benton Ark, Jan. i One negro
was killed and one neg,o an two
negresses were injured Ia race not
acre last night following a pc form
ance Of a negro Minstrel organization
r0m New Orleans Members If the
company were enroute to tbeir bord-
ing house when attacked by parry
of fifleon or twenty unidentified
young white men and pursued hdlf a
mile One regros skull was crushed
With a club E r. Vogler the MAN.
ager a white man said he did not
know HE name Of the dead negro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

ware. Two more-the Utah and Flori-
da-a are well toward completion. The
latest to take the water is the Arkan-
sas, which viii be CLOSELY followed By
the Wyoming and the New York and
the Texas have been provided for
Each pair of sister ships has shown
some Improvement over the preced-
ing pair and it is becoming an accept
Ell fact in naval circles that a bat
tleship can not hope to wear out. She
can not hope for a life of more than
ten years-this in time Of peace.
some idea Of the rapidity with which
these changes hnye VNme thn be
gathered from the statement that
single broadside from one of the
modern monsters is nearly equal in
weight to the combined weight Of all
the shot thrown from all the guns of
all the fleet engaged in the battle Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

Manila bay The rapidity with which
the later vessels of the breadnought
type have drawn away from the or
iginal is shown by the figures for
TOM age The first Of the Kind, laid
down in 1905, had tonnage Of a
little more than $4,000 The Della
ware an. the North Dakota, the first
American ships of the class are 20,-
eco tons each; the Florida and the
Utah are 22,0O0 tons the Arkansas
and The Wyoming and the two ships
provided fer later are 10000 tons,
and still bigger ones are contemplate
ed Considering other nayies, the two
vessels building in United states yards
for the Argentine government are big
ger than the Arkansas and her sister
by a thousand tons while the Brazil
ian government ha some still larger
being built
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
CUSTOMS
FRAUD IS
CHARGED
(By Associated PressD

San Francisco, Calf, Jan. l4-Carl
J. Cutting and W. A. Wilson, import
ers Of oriental goods, were arrested
here last night charged with defaud
ing the United States customs by un-
agent sent to Japan last year un-
derthed the alleged frauds, officials
dervaluation Of imports A secret
say Wholesale frauds Of this kind the
last few yeors have defrauded the
Government on two hundred thousand
dollars annually.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
80G0s COUNT Is ggNVIGIt0

Tours, France, Jan. a." Count
D'Aulby DeGatigny was convicted to-
day and sentenced TO one month inn
prisonment. DAulby was accused by
Duchess De Choiseul praslin with
fraud in connection with the sale to
aer and her late husband, Charles
hamilton Paine, of Boston, Of d col
lection of pictures.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
Admitted TO Practice.

W. L. Lackey, of Weatherford, was
today admitted to practice ip the fed
eral circuit and district courts There
was a brief session Of court early
in the day The grand jury reported
late in the day. The greater number
of Jurors and witnesses went to their
homes to spend Sunday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
Services at M. {. Church, South.

G. A. Gossett will deliver two ad-
dresses at the NJ. L. church, south,
sunday His theme for the morning
hour viii be, In the Image of Cod
the evening hour Following after
Peace"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
THREATENS
HONDURAS
CAPITAL.
(Ry Associated Press.l

New Orleans, La. Jan. ia spe-
clal from Managua, Nicaragua, this
morning says:
-Adyices from the frontier OF Hon
duras report that General Duran has
captured practically the entire prov.
ince OF Choluteca in the name OF Man
uel Boniela. leader OF the revolution.
lists. Duran's army is said to ne
marching on Tegucigalpa, the eapl-
tai
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
STARS AND STRIPES STILL THERE

The Flag is still flying at the tenn
pcrary capitol here, but there is litfle
doing under it, The records Of the
secretary Of state, custodian Of the
flag, are still there The auditors Of
flee is 81 present in a freight car In
Oklahoma City No effort has been
made by the county 70 clean up the
building Oh to use any Of il, The state
board Of affairs still having the man
agement.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

Rank corner senate resolution No
7ll4a Resolved, that we are deY-
astated with esteem because the
weather gentleman sent us a dehorn-
ed blizzard Much obliged
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
TRAIN ROBBERS ARRESTED

Ogden, Utah. Jan 1.-The train
robbers who held up the Overlanl lin
tied on the Southern Pacific week
ago were arrested here today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15
TEXAS GuN-T0TER COPIED

Jesse Haines, young man from
Texas, got 70 chasing coyotes in his
sleep last night and the police gath
cred him He was going to do the
cowboy act, applently He hal a Colt
automatic pistol and other "wep-
pings and a large sized Crouch
against the universe He was fairly
cool this morning and is waiting for a
further cooling IN the east end OF the
station this evening Two charges
are pending drunkenness ard char
rY,ng concealed weapons.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

Lena Johnson, an old offender, was
arrested last night for street walking.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

Tickets are on sale for the charity
ball, January 90
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-15

The Logan county high school
board held a meeting this afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
p|Az FORMS A NEW
CABINET WITH De
La BARRA AS HEAD

washington, March 2J-Francisco
de Ia BaFra, Mexican ambassador to
the United States, was today named
minister OF foreign relations of the
Mexican cabinet.
Senor de la Barra mas accepted and
telegraphed to President Diaz. Inme
diately after telegraphing his accept
ance lie informed PresNyat Taft. The
president expressed pleasure at tie
ambassadors appointment and con
graduated him warmly.
The ambassador viii 90 to Mexico
City tomorrow night,
The aew minister Of foreign rela
tions said he did not know if any Of
the other members OF the new cab;
net had been decided uron. The an
baesador dFelosel tho fact that his
name lad been mentioned By srp
porters Of both Tie federal govern
ment ana the revolutionary move
ment
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
clxlE FLYER TRAIN CRUSHED
THROUGH TREsTlE NEAR
CELIA, GEORGIA.
SEVERAL WERE INJURED
Wreck cous1t BY Erea.i5g Of Axle
On Engine When It Was Mid
Way Aerass Treat;e over
A,apaha River.

Otllla, Ga, March 2,.-In one OF
the worst railroad disasters. in the
history ef the South Atlastic states,
eight persons are known to nave been
Killed ana a score or more injured on
the Atlantic Coast southbounl train
No. 95. known as the Dixie 1yer.
which went through trestle oycr
the Alapaha river. IS mites east OF
here, about 8 o'clock tuis morning.
The baggage ana express cars, two
lay coaches and Pullman went into
the river. Three sleopcrs remained
On TIE tracH Tie dead:
William culpepper, Triton, Ga.
Mrs. W. 2, Fletcher, Roland, ILL.,
O. +. Earmwargt, Henderson, KY.
r. j. 'arneil, conlrctor, Savannah,
Ga
], woodward, baggage master, Way
cross, Ga,
Albert Simmons, negro porter.
Negro lirsmaa name not known.
Unidentified wai,c man.
Z The injured.
J. P. kleia, wife ana baby, st,
Louis.
j 7. Watson, Lander, ryo.
\. r. rcweil, Jacksonville.
w z. lersins, Fort Bale, Fla.
+. G G-ecnieaf, Holland, Mich.
G. Vande,rilt, Grand Rapids, Mich
W u Fletcher, Roland, I'LL.
The !aiured we're transferred to tee
Atlantic coast hospital at Waycross,
Ga, and the dead were tah6a to TIT.
ton and Waycross
According 70 an official statement t
tae wreck Yves caused by the brea
ing OF an axle on an engine wllg
midway OF the trestle. the weight {
the train causing the collapse. Tho
disaster came without moznelt !
warning. The Pullman passeng rs
rendered assistance to the victims
As rapidly as POSSIBLE the injured
i were taken TO the cots placed along
the bank of the river while the bodies
OF the dead were brought out and ar
ranged along Inc bank,
The latter were placed aboard tie
relief train and hrrried to Waycross
and Tifton It is not expected to
have the tracks cleare! before Sun
day night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
uLT|NA7Un OF RUSSIA
viii Force China to Speedy Action
on Demands Regarding Treaty
of te3f--Before March %.

st. Petersburg, March 25.--The Rus
sian government Is determined to
force China to take decisive action re-
garding the Russian demands that the
provisions Ct tie treaty of 1881 be
complied with
Russia's ultlmatum which aas been
presented to tie administration at
Pekla, declares that China must give
satisfactory reply to the Russian
note of Feb. iG setting forth in detail
tie Russian Claims before March 2Stls,
otherwise it viii hold the Chinesp
government responsible.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
PLEASED WITH
TAFT'S ATTITUDE
EMPEROR or JAPAN SENDS MES
SAGE TO PRESIDENT BY Al
BAssADoR ucHiDA--uNA5LE
To UNDERSTAND REPORTS.

Washington, March 25.---presiien
Taft was gratlGel today to receive
from the emperor Of Japan a mes.
sage recirrccatng the presidents ex
preston Of COED viii and friandsh'>
towards japan made to the Japane7e
ambassador. Ueh.da, several days
ago
Baron Uch.da called at the Wa.te
House this afternoon and delivered
in person the empercr's message
President Taft has been anxicas
to set at rest the reror:s oi the Jif-
lerences between this country aad
Japan, especially with reference TO
mobilization Of the treops IN Texas.
He said recently that he was nE.
able Ia understand the motive behlni
such malicious and baaeless
stories"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
'aAIH ON THE BORDER
Everything Quiet Among the Treors
FLORISTS and Soldiers Are
Disappointed.

San Antonio. Tex, March 25.-The
war cloud turned out to he fun ct
rain today and everybody in Texas
was happy EXCEPT the soldiers and
winter tourists.
Ceaeral Smith, in command of tn
brigade at Leon Springs, 27 miles
from camp, talephoned headquarter;
that ne would remain there until the
enl CT the month to follow the com
p'e,ion Of a program Of maneuyers
de.ayed by the weather
General Duncan, commander OF tht
department OF Texas, reported
quiet on the border,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
Incidents of the Holocaust.

Mothers, fathers and relatives al
most mad with grief stormed the po.
lice lines at the morgue. Two hyS
terical women fell and had to be car
Cied away in an alyeady over loaded
ambulance.
Among the bodies are more thaa
fifty burned beyond semblance of
human form and they perhaps viii
have to share a common grave as uT
identified dead
AT midnight police anG firemen
were still lowering bodies from the
ninth and tenth floors under the
glare of searchlights.
Crying hundreds were kept ba X
by the police as work progressed.
The regular mergu6 was lar toe
small to accommodate the dead ana
the so-called charities here con
tanned the bulk of tn cnarred bodies
The bodies were arranged in lang
lines along both sides of the tier each
in wooden coffin such as the city
provides for its pauper dead
"Jimmi" Lehaf, traffic squad po
liceman, ran up eight flights of stairs
when the fire was at Its height brac9l
his shoulders against the barred door
and bursted it. He found score OF
girls mad with fright.
He ordered them down the smoke
filled stairway, but they baked. He
used his club and beat them down &C
, safety and not one of the numbel
preished but would have otherwise.
Bertha Meinbrup, 20 years oil
jumped from the tenth floor and was
picked up unconscious with bo,t
legs fractured and internal injuries
She has chance for life.
A boy who jumped from one of tn,
upper floors was caught by a pol2e
man who had braced himself an.
held the youngster practically unin
jured although both fell to the street
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
a SAID To HAVE LOST
LIVES W3EH STEAMER
SANK OFF VANCOUVER

Victoria, Il, c., March 25, Every
person perishad on the small wooden
steamer Setael when she was cap
sized off Beechy Hood, Vancouver Is,
land, during gale Yesterday appar-
emily the sea galped down every part
Of the vessel.
1t lis not positively known how
many persons were en- the Sethen,
but the prevailing report Is that sne
departed with thirty-nine, that thir.
teen of the passengers landed at VIII
liam Eead and that twenty-five and
the crew CT four went down with the
beat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
POOR JACK JOHNSON"
Pugiist Fad to Spend Several DAYS
in Jail While Attorneys tiunsed
For Judge.

San Francisco, Cal, March 25.--
Johnson, champion pugilist of the
world, who was sentenced to twenty
Eve days in the county Jail today
upon pleading guilty in the police
court to a charge of violating the
speed law ordinance, was released to-
night on $500 bail after spending sew
eral hours in Jail.
The bail was granted by Superior
Judge Morgan, pending an appeal to
the superior court.
AS Acting Judge Treadwell posi-
lively refused to listen to the molten
for bail, declaring that as Johnson
had pleaded guilty there was no APP
peal Attorneys for the champion
hurried about to find a Judge who
would grant an order for a release
on bail.
II was nos until nearly 9 O'Clock to-
night when they succeeded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26

London, March 25.-To ]. Pierpons
Morgan's niece, Mrs. Lewis HarcodFt
who was Miss Mary Ethel Burns aad
who 5 the wife of The secretary OF
aSaee f3r the colonies, has hen accof,i-
state fer tho colonies has been accorl
American woman to chlisten a Brit
ish t9ttleship Tie unprecedented
act IS to take place Thursday. Mafah
20, Wien the monster Dreadnought
Monarch is to be launched at Els
wick The Monarch is the largest
batticship ever built by the Vickers
This part cu'eG homer to Mrs Har
court, folowing so closely, as It does
on the reGcrt that her husband is
socn to te raised 10 the peerage, ia
dicates tae exceptional faYpeG' with
which the American w.;aa Of a caibiact
memtor Is he'd at 4 voerl viii has
1mest nnticeably avoided favotlns her
fe,l3a ccrntry wcmel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
JUMPED FROM HIGH WINDOWS
---CRUSHED UPON PAVEMENT
Life Nets Gorged with Bodies and Broke---SM Girls
Ran Along Narrow Ledge, then Caught Electric
Wire which Broke, and They Fell to Death Fire
Department is Fifteen Minutes Reaching Scene

ing rcint but the bodies kept on
tumbing to the pavement through
meshes that coud no longer support
them
Six girls fought their way to a
window on the ninth floor and crawl
ed out to an eight inch ledge run
ming the length OF the building. More
than hundred feet above the side
walk; they crept al1ng their pathway
to a swinging electric feed wire
spanning Washington place. They
grabbed the wire simultaneously and
it snapped. They crashed down tc
death.
A thirteen yeas1 old girl hung fol
more than three minutes by her fin
ger tips to the sill Of the tenth fooI
window
a tongue Of flames licked at he
lngers and she dropped into a lif;
ret held by the firemen. Two won
en- fell into the net at the same mo
ment.
The strand parted and the two
were added to the death list,
A girl threw her pocket book, ther
her hat and then her furs from The
tenth floor Of the building and mo
ment later her body came after then
to death.
At ninth floor window a man and
woman appeared. The man em
braced the woman and kissed her and
then he held her to the street ant
jumped. Both were killed.
Al girl on the eighth floor leapet
for fireman's ladder which reachet
only to the sixth floor. She missei
the ladder, struck the edge of the iift
I net and was picked up with her bacl
broken.
One girl jumped into a horst
blanket held by fGemen and police
men. The blanket ripped like chees
cloth and her body was mangled.
Another dropped into a tarpalir
cid by three men. Her weight tore
1t from their grasp and she strucl
| the street breaking almost ever!
hone in her body.
Almost at the same time a>mar
somersaulted down on the shoulder
Of a policeman he'll the tarpaulin
He glanced eff and struck the side
walk and was dead.
The call for ambulances was f0
lowed by appeals for police until 50
Yatrolmen hurried to cope with III
crowd Of thousands.
Led by Ere Chief Croler firemel
stormed the sta!rways and gained a.
/ cefs to The building at 7 o'clock
Two searchlghts frcm a building
across the street lighted the way 9
the fighters as they ascended to III
top floor
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
LIVES OF $50 PERSONS,
MOSTLY GIRLS, LOST IN
new YORK CITY FIRE

I,e led his class to the roof OF TIE
university CHARTERS where they foGn3
two ladders. The Toys seized them
bore them down two flights to the
roof of an interyenin building, swung
them out to the roof of burning
structure. Forty girls were ther
saved who otherwise would have
rerished.
lfyman Mescher slid down the el1
vatcr shaft ten stories and wGs found
alive standing in water up to his arm,
pits.
City officials announced that an in
vestigation will be instituted. Fire
Chief Croler said:
"This calamity is just what | have
been predicting. have been ady2-
eating that fire escapes be put ca
such structures as this. A large les;
of life is due to this neglect"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26

Fifty charred bodies were found or
the ninth focr. They lay in every
rosit'cn, some so burned that recos
milton is impossible A half dozen
were nude with the flesh hanging IN
shreds to the bones.
Across the street were 100 pine
coffins in which were placed The
hodies. As fast as this was done
the coffins were carried to the
morgue.
On the tenth floor Of the building
adjoining the the burning structure
is the law department Of the New
York University. Here twenty s-ti1.
dents were listening to a lecture ~
M r. II, Sommcrs. He saw smoke
and saw the girls ou: on the roof
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-26
PLAYERS WORE GRAPE BECAUSE
or DEATH or n. STANLEY
ROBINSON.
CHICAGO NATIONALS WIN
scvel Exhibition Games Were
Played Yesterday IN the South
ern Sta.es--Tie Game
at Chattanooga.

st. Iauls, March 25The ST. Lous
National League team wen the As
game Of the spring series from tAo
local America club today by a score
CT 10 10 . The Nationals used tae'.
regular line up. Players were GRAZ
n @cnory of Nj. Stanley r o,nson
owne@ Of thc Naslona's who d.ed yes
tcgdaF
atose- wR:I J.
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