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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Produce the Evidence.

Editor Oh the Chieftain: In your is
sue of yesterday, Captain White says
that If want to know as to the truth
or falsity of the scriptures, 81 can find
out as many millions have done" Just
how | am to do this, am not advised;
but | desire here and now to ask the
Captain to produce some names of the
countless millions that he is always
talking about. The Captain deals too
much in generalities, and in this con-
|nection challenge him to produce a
scientist, a preach of any note or any
eminent publicist of today who is not
finch ured with heresy, !. e. does not
believe in the inspiration of all the
Bible; but throws away parts that
don't meet ais approval Where are
your Edisons, your Teslas, and your
Curies? Edison the Wizard of Menlo
Park, and the magician of the goth
century, magician who uses the
forces of nature to perform his Won
ders, is free thinker. The Historian
Ridpath, whose work is a classic and
not questioned, by any of the defend
ers of Superstition was a nationalist.
Taft, the president of the United States
is a Unitarian, a belief which denies
the Divinity of Christ, but believes all
men are good. Right here l might re-
mark that Unitarianism beneyes that
Man is too good to be sent to perdi-
ton, and Universalism teaches that
Gad is too good to damn man. so either
doctrine is a safe one to hitch to-
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Observer on Wrong Track.

Editor Vinita Chieftain: If "Ob-
server" or any sensible man desires
to know the truth or falsity of the
inspiration of the Bible he can readily
find out as countless millions of men
and women have done.
If observer" or any skeptic, in
fidel, or other kind of a disbeliever is
only seeking a way to hide or atone
for his immortality he is fit subject
for supreme contempt
If Mr.. Observer will leave out the
Bible history and tell us where nature
came from and what is its destiny, he
will not need to hide his identity. And
while he is enlightening the benighted
Christian world please tell us what is
life! Why corn eaten by hog makes
hair, while eaten by a goose makes
feathers? What comes after death?
Where the wind comes from? Has
man soul? Are you living a life that
is above reproach? If you are living
a life that the Christian people can
get on a higher plane by following,
why are you hiding your identity? Mr..
Observer, if you will listen, or even
become on observer, you will come to
the conclusion that you are on the
wrong track. It's a clear proposition
that you have had more notoriety than
any man of your doctrine deserves.
Your prototypes failed to destroy the
belief in Gods word They are the
worst discredited lot of witnesses that
the world has ever produced. First
because they had no foundation upon
which to stand. Secondly because they
had nothing to give in its stead and
lastly their lives have not been such
as to inspire confidence in their opin-
ions So far as l am concerned l am
through with public discussion with
any hidden foe.
CAPT. G. S. WHITE.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
ever lost, or none gained.

ever lost, or none gained.
Chemists tell us that our universe
is composed of some 7S simple ele-
ments and that our bodies have per-
.haps IA of these simple clements
substances that can not be subdivided.
The Captain will be panied to know
that the church burned Bruno at the
stake for teaching the daily revolu-
tion of the earth on its axis, and that
she tortured Copernieus for telling of
his belief as to the Solar system, and
suppressed Calico for using his crude
telescope in investigating the planets
and stars. The fact that the church oc-
.cupies today tthe same ground taught
by these men need not deter the true
believer, for the church has had to do
this stunt quite frequently. In com
mencing these discussions, it was our
intention to try and convince the Chief
tain readers. not Captain White. that
the book We call the Holy Bible is not
the foundation of Justice Morality, or
Civilization, but that civilization has
levolyed and has been of gradual
growth. Many scientists, writer's, and
thinkers have contributed to this ad-
vance As to the Civilization of the
Bible, the dark ages are a perfect type
Iof n government by the Bible, of the
Bible and for the Bible. This Theoe-
rack business was attempted here in
the Plymouth Colony by band of re-
ligious refugees called Puntans, and
their record is so damning that | feel
sure that no defenders will arise to
protect their fair fame Ills task would
be too great 1t would be impossible
to condone their treatment Of the
Quakers, or Baptists, and the insane
delusion Of Witchcraft was their
browning infamy They read in their
Bibles that Saul had called for
Familiar Spirit" and he had been di-
rected to the witch of Endor," who
caused Samuel the Prophet to mater
ialize, so they were sure of their prem
ises. Compare the civilization of the
Jews at the time of Christ with the
Civilization of Greece or Egypt, and
Judaism pales into insignificance. The
Greeks had 500 years before Christ a
system of equitable laws relating to
property and citizenship, and the laws
given to Solon have been improved on
very little even in our day.
OBSERVER.
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SUGGESTION, RELIGION AND HE'LL
(By w. G. Williams, ST Louis, Mo-

SUGGESTION, RELIGION AND HE'LL
(By w. G. Williams, ST Louis, Mo-
Saloons are blessing as well as a
curse,
A blessing in disguise, to quench the
thirst,
Habits are forming the cradle to grave,
Thoughts are the fire, welding more
chains,
That binds us more tightly, God only
can save.
Woman a blessing, never curse,
Angels in disguise, to bless the earth,
Sent by God, to lead all men,
In the road Of right and out of sim
Chugches are blessing as we'll as a
curse,
They do more harm than all else on
earth,
They have fought each other, beginning
to end,
And according to their money allowed
to sin.
If all our churches, combined as one,
Then and only then, God thy will be
done,
Christ's teachings are free, can't be
bought,
No minister, a Christian, for money is
sought
Our difference in religion, sure a great
sin,
A wall in the road to the brotherhood
of men,
The true religion, doing good without
pay.
'Tis the only salvation of the people
today.
Suggestion is a science, the success
of all,
That has been a curse and a hell for
all,
Making Gods, more brutal than men,
They expect us to worship until the
end.
People enlightened, ages passed,
Developing new thoughts so very fast,
Giving conclusions, and the preach
that's sane,
viii work for God and not for gain.
If all our religions were combined as
one,
With Bible of facts and not of fun,
A Bible of Truth, with morality filled.
In our soul, Gods spirit instilled
In the days of the prophets and wise
men galore,
Gods on earth, in the sky to adore,
The graft was then as well as now,
And to our preachers We must bow
Twas always thus, and always viii be,
Our religion has been sold and we are
not free.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23

Mr. Editor As ] expected every
article on every subject that I here
after may express an opinion the read
ers of your paper will be reminded that
Ratcliff has had the nerve to not only
criticize but to maintain the fact that
the Bible is not of divine origin. In
my first article of what | intended to
be series of articles some pie hungry
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
THE PUBLIC FORUM.

This department in the Daily and
Weekly Chieftain will be for the use
of correspondents who wish to discuss
subjects of interest to intelligent read
ers. The Chieftain is not responsible
for the various views hereunder ex-
pressed. All communications should
he brief, pointed and courteous. The
iong-winded disquisition will be slower
IN getting published, and the short
article will get the most readers.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
AGED CLERKS ARE
TARGET FOR BILL
; REPORTED IN HOUSE
Appropriations Committee
+ Would Remove All En-
ployes of 65 in 1914.
Continued from First Page)

zion, who were appointed prior to July
+ lslz, shall cease and determine, un-
less previously separated from the
service. on the 30th day of June, 1914:
Provided, That all persons separated
hereunder from the classified service
shall, IL not more than sixty-five years
ot age. be eligible for, and may. in the
discretion of the head of the executive
department, be reappointed without ex-
animation for additional periods of five
years II at the time Of such reappoint-
ment they shall be up to fair stand
ard of efficiency and capable of rem
dering a full measure OF service in re-
turn for the salary of the place to
which they may be appointed: Pro-
Nided further,
That nothing herein shall be construed
TO prevent the head of any department
from removing at any time, for good
and sufficient cause, any employe of his
department. And provided further. That
n operson separated from the classified
service under this provision shall di-
lrectly or indirectly solicit Endorsement
for reappointment through any member
of the Legislative department, and any
perso nviolating this provision shall be
denied reappointment: And provided
further. That no head of an executive
department shall receive or consider
from any member of the legislative de-
partment any request for the reappont-
ment of any person seeking employ
ment in the classified service, and it
shall be considered violation of law
TOT any member or the legislative de-
Ipartment to submit to any executive Of
ficer a request for the reappointment OF
any person in said classified service.
A separate section reads:
Sec. 4.-That during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and thirteen no va.
cancy occurring in the classified service
OF any executive department or Other
Government establishment within the
pistric of Columbia shall be filled except
by promotion or demotion from among
persons employed within the District ot
Columbia in such department or estab
lishment: Provided, That If in the
judgment of the President the exigen,
cies of the service require, and he shal
so orderI transfers may be made during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
thirteen from among persons employed
within the District OF Columbia In one
executive department or other Govern
ment establishment to flll vacancies thai
another executive department or otheI
Government establishment
The Washington times., 1912-05-01

priations for this bureau are omitted
and a provision is recommended, as
heretofore stated, abolishing the same
and transferring its duties to the De-
partment OF State.
Bureau of Labor-A reduction is rec
commended OF one messenger at $40.
Census offce-The salaries and ex-
penses OF the Census office have been
paid, for the current and two past fiscal
years, out of the lump appropriations
teenth census. That work will be prac-
tically completed at the end of the cur
rent fiscal year, and accordingly estl-
mates have been submitted in the usual
form and in detail for the ensuing fiscal
year and appropriations are recommend
ed in this bill based upon those esti-
mates. Compared with the detailed sp-
propriations for the office for the fiscal
year 1909, the accompanying bill pro-
vides for fifteen fewer positions and
$3.50 less in aggregate salaries.
There Is also recommended in the bill
an appropriation Of $4,000 for temper
ary clerks TO complete the work OF
the thirteenth census.
bureau of Statistics-A provision "a
recommended abolishing the Bureau OF
Statisticn and transferring. its duties
for sixty employees with salaries OF
S6!64o instead OF nIty-seFen employees
now engaged In the Bureau OF Statistics
with salaries amounting 10 $73,650.
Shipping serviCe-A reduction OF the
shipping commissioners Is recommended
Hs follows: At Bath. 1900: Gloucester
500. Honolulu. Sl.2ol: Mobile. s1,2noi
Rockland. $500. Salaries of commits.
sioners are reduced as follows: New
bedford. from $500 to s., 900: New York
from; 5000 to $4,000: Providence. from
81, 100 to S,7o0, and San Francisco, from
$4,000 Ia $500
Division OF naturalization-An in.
crease is recommended of one clerk
at $1,000
District iudgss-Two additional dis.
trlct Judges at $500 each are recon-.
mended for the State of Arizone and
>Ecw Mexico, the same having been au-
thoriZed by law.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
WIDOW OF GROVER
CLEVELAND JOINS
MEMORIAL BOARD
One of Committee to Raise
Funds for Monument to
Titanic Heroes.

Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widow of the
former President, wired the officials Of
the Woman's Titanic Memorial today
accepting a membership in the commit
tee of one hundred being organized
throughout the country with Mrs. John
Hay and Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
of Washington, as chairman and Sec
retary.
Daughters of the American Revolution
also fastened today to accept positions
and to indorse with enthusiasm the pro-
ject for a memorial, erected solely by
women, In the National Capital In
recognition Of the sacrifice by men for
women on board the Titanic.
Mrs. Matthew Scott, the eprisdent
general of the Daughters: Mrs william
Cumming story, of New York; and Mrs.
Donald Mclean. former president gem
eral, are ne sowpnsors of the project
Continuous interest in the progress of
the fund raising is being shown, It IL
announced, by Mrs. Taft, who keeps
herself informed of the details of the
work OF organization. Mrs. Sherman,
wife of the Vice President, has pledged
herself to enlist a thousand women,
from whom will come subscriptions of
81 each,
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100 each; 9 clerks. at 81 900 each: and
l laborer. at $500.
An additional messenger boy, at $3.50,
| IL recommended.
Office of the Auditor for the Navy
Departmental reduction Is made OF
clerk, at 500.
Office OF the Auditor for the Interior
Departmental reduction is recommend
| ed OF 5 clerks, at $1,000 each, and 5
clerks. at 81, 600 each.
Oftice OF the Auditor for State and
Other DEPARTMENTAL reduction Is
recommended of l clerk at $500 and l
laborer at $3.50.
Office OF the Auditor for the Postoffice
Department-.A reduction is recon-
mended OF eight clerks, at sl,S00 each;
Is clerks, at $3.50 each; 90 clerks, at
81, 400 each; l6 clerks. at sl:9o0 each; 10
money order assorters, at $3.50 each |
female laborer. at 1850: 3 laborers, at
$3.50 each. and charwomen. at $240 each.
Authority is recommended for the
pensation not exceeding $4,000 during
the next fiscal year, to audit the ac-
counts Of the postal savings system.
! office of the Treasurer-A reduction is
at $500 each; one assistant chief Of
| division, at $3.50; one clerk, at $1,6O0;
| two clerks, at $,2O0 each; one clerk, at
$1,000, and two clerks, at $500 each.
| recommended in the force OF the office
employed in redeeming national cur
| rency.
A provision is inserted authorizing
connection with the postal savings
system at a cost not exceeding SIS, ,00O
for the fiscal year 1918, the same to be
paid from the appropriation for postal
! that estimates be submitted in detail for
| such force for the fiscal year 1914 and
| annually thereafter.
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing
| rI,i1 Co. ,AIt t1al Nd TNNf NJ
fcer at 5000 is recommended, and one
| clerk at $3.50 is omitted.
Secret Service Divison-The salary OF
the chief is reduced from $4,000 to $500.
| Office Of the Director of the Mint-A
reduction is made of l adjuster OF ac-
counts at s250O, and one clerk at 1920.
The total appropriations for mints and
| assay Offices are reduced from N.5l9,-
| 75S to EG'I. ZOO. Il decrease Of $l2, ,055: the
| total number of salaries is reduced in
| the aggregate by -
A further provision is inserted abol-
| ishing the positions Of cnine.- and melt
| er and refiner in the coinage mints and
| the assay offce at New York. and sub
stitutirg in their stead superintendents
| of melting and refining AMI coming de-
parttnents: and the salaries Of the su-
| rcrint tendents Of ths coming depart.
ments are reduced from S,J01 to $50
each. "
Office of the Quartermaster General
"A reduction is made of l clerk at
5000, craftsman at $1,000, and /
writer OF specifications at $1,000.
Office of the Colnmissary General
A reduction is made of l clerk at
5000.
Offce of the Surgeon General-A
fireman at 1920 Is provided for in
stead Of an assistant engineer at 5000
Office of the Chief of Engineers
The amount authorized to be used
from certain lump appropriations is
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
Friends School Club
To Celeblate May Day

A May Day celebration after the fash
lon OF May Day festivities in England
several hundred years ago, will be con-
Quoted tomorrow afternoon beginning
at 2:3o o'clock at the Friends School
Country Club grounds, on the Pierce
Mill road. near Wisconsin avenue.
The scheme TO be enacted is that of a
pastoral pageant, the date. 1900 A. D.,
and the setting the edge Of Sherwood
forest. Old English Morris Nances,
May-pole dances. zarlsnd dances by
peasants, dancing of water nymphs, an
archery contest. and a procession OF
Sherwood forest characters, including
Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and Friar
Tuck. are features Of the program.
Mr. r. H. Sidwell Mr.. Sidwell is prin-
Gipal Of The Friends School.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
Sulzer Would Change
Diplomatic System

Influence, wealth, and familiarity
with pink tea" affairs, which have
been recognized since the days of silk
stockings and contDental breeches as
prime factors in obtaining admission to
the diplomatic and consular service Of
the United States, were today blue
penctled by the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Aspirants for positions in the con-
sular and diplomatic service will here
after be admitted by civil service eX-
aminations promoted for efficiency, and
classified according to merit, If Cph-
gressman Sulzer's bill, which was cJ-
portedw favorably to the House for i'm
mediate consideration and passage by
that body, becomes a law.
Sulzers bill providing sites for diplo-
matte residences in Mexico City, Tokyo,
and Berne, and for a consulate at Han
kow, China, was favorably reported.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.

Office OF the Secretary-A reduction
is made OF 10 watchmen, at $40 each.
Old Postoffice Building-A reduction is
recommended OF watchmen, at $72O
each.
General Land Office-The salary Of the
chief OF the division of surveys is re-
duced from 81, $50 to 400.
Indian Office-It was ascertained by
the committee that there are now and
have been. for some time past, employed
in this bureau number of persons who
are paid from appropriations carried in
the Indian appropriation act. and not
deeming ii wise at this time to bring
about a complete reorganization OF this
office and make permanent provision
for such of these employees as might be
permanently required. they have recon-
mended legislation requiring detailed
estimates TO be submitted for the fiscal
year 1914 and prohibiting thereafter en-
ploynent' Of any pei sonal services In
this office other than such as shall have
been specifically appropriated for in the
legislative, executive, and judicial ap-
preparation acts.
Pension Office-Reductions are rec
commended on one deputy commission
each, three firemen, at 1920 each, and
eight watchmen, at 1920 each.
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Office OF the Postmaster General
A reduction is recommended of seven
watChmen, at $72O each.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
A reduction Is recommended of one
! Assistant Attorney General, at $4,000,
and of six clerks, one al $1.400, one at
$1,000, two at $1,000 each, and two at
5000 each, and an assistant attorney
the $4,000 Is recommended in lieu of
an attorney in charge of titles at that
salary.
A provision is recommended requir-
ing that hereafter the administrative
audit of all expenditures under the
control Of the department shall be
made in the Disvision OF Accounts OF
that department..
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AMI
LABOR.
Office of the Secretary-A reduction
is recommended of clerks, l at
81, 400, ! at $1,000. and at $1,000.
The appropriation of 100000 for
compensation and expenses of COM
merCial agents is omitted.
Bureau of Manufactures-The apprO-
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
JAPAN'S DELEGATES
/. ARE EXPECTED HERE
THIS AF TERNOON
Representatives to Interna-
tional Red Cross Confer
ence Now in New York.

Japan's delegation to the international
Red Cross conference here next week
will reach Washington probably this
evening. The delegation arrived in
New York Saturday, and has been
spending the next few days sightseeing
there.
The delegation is headed by Baron T.
Ozawa, one of the foremost humani-
tartan ENJOYS Of the Orient. Others in
the party are Capt. T. Hiraga, Lieut..
Col. E. 1nouye. Surgeon Major Y. In
ouye, Countess 8. Yoshiyasa, Count
Yoshiyasa, and Mrs. T. Nagasaki.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
DR.. Cleveland Talks
To Accounting School

Importance OF technical knowledge in
conducting all government positions is
emphasized in an address delivered to
the Washington School of Accountancy
by DR.. Frederick A. Cleveland. chair
man of the federal commission on econ
omy and efficiency. DR.. Cleveland
talked of technical problems which pre-
sented themselves in the great New
York insurance Investigations and dis
cussed the work OF the Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research in New York city. DR.
lie Grand Powers presided at the ses-
sion and introduced the speaker.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
WIFE OF CLERK OF
SUPREME COURT DEAD
Mrs. Mary A. Young, Aged 10,
Succumbs After Long
Illness.

Mrs. Mary A. Young. wife Of John r.
Young, 1922 r street northwest who
had been a clerk OF the District Su-
preme Court since 1876, died at 1890
o'clock this morning from arterio-
sclerosis.
Mrs. Young. who was Miss Mary
Massey before her marriage. has been
an invalid for three years, although
bole to supervise the management of
her household until FIVE weeks ago.
She was seventy years old and was
born in La Sale county, Illinois.
Nearby. in the town of Remington,
moving to Washington in 1871.
Besides her husband, one daughter,
Miss Julia II. Young. survives.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
ReorganiEe Service,

The Secretary of War is required to
reorganize the classified service of the
War Department 20 as to dispense with
the services OF not less than 10 ger cent
OF the existing number OF employees.
Still another section provides that no
vacancies In the classified service In
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
Hurry Harvester Case

To avoid any possible delay in the
Harvester trust suit, filed by the De-
partment of Justice in st. Paul yes
terday, Special Assistant District At
torney Edwin p. Grosvcnor will go to
st. Paul in the next few weeks. as soon
as the pleadings and revocations OF the
trusts attorneys are in. and ask the
court for a certificate of expedition that
will carry the case direct from the
District Court to the Supreme Court
should and appeal be taken.
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Office OF the Postmaster General
\ reduction is recommended of seven
~ tc hmep at S7o0 zach
The Washington times., 1912-05-01
reduced from $4,000 for 1912 to s4o,-
900 for 1913.
STATE, WAR, AND NAVY BUILD
ING.
itChmen at $I2U eacn.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Bureau OF Navigation.-A reduction Is
recommended of two copyists at $40
each.
Bureau OF Equipment-A clerk at 81. 600
Is provided for instead Of a craftsman
at 3l.700.
Instead OF a general provision author
izing expenditures not exceeding in the
aggregate $l25,00O for personal services
to be paid out of the general appropria-
ton for Increase OF the Navy" in the
Bureaus OF Ordnance and Equipment.
Steam Engineering, and Construction
and Repair, specific provisions are made
under each of these bureaus authorizing.
during the next fiscal year, expenditures
OF this character payable from that ap-
preparation in sums not exceeding the
amounts actually expended during the
last fiscal year except in the case of
the Bureau of Ordnance the sum that
may be expended is increased by $500.
Photographic Offce.-Eighteen addi-
tional employees with Ray amounting to
$50 $50 are recommended in order to en-
able the photographic Office to produce
charts fro mmetallic plates by photo
lithographic processes
Naval militia office-Provision Is made
for one chief clerk at 81, 900, one stenog-
rapher at Sl.2C0, and one messenger boy
at $500.