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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
From Tuesdays Daily.

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Homer Trott went to Chelsea today
noon.
John Ratcliff is in town today from
Estella.
Fred Tyler is in town today from
the country.
j. B. Gilbert is in town today from
The Grand theatre will be dark until
Saturday night.
Carl Meredith is here from Joplin
visiting relatives.
Lee McWherter of Alton was in the
city last evening.
Mrs. W. C. Wright is visiting here
from Iago, Texas.
Miss Jennie Parks left this morning
Cor visit at Pryor
Dan Myers left this morning on a
business trip to Kansas City.
Charles Murdoch visited friends in
this city last evening from Muskogee.
Miss Lorraine Draked left this morn
ing for visit at Muskogee.
James s. Davenport and wife ar
rived today noon from Washington.
Oliver Bethel went to~Pryor this
morning. He will return this even.
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Cantrell are
the proud parents of an eight pound
eri,I 4b ;c raornipo
Rev. J. NJ. Cantrell is visiting his
son and friends in this city today He
will go to Durant tonight.
Miss Lucy Clark and Miss Ethel
Fischer returned to their home at
Chelsea today after visit here and
at Pryor
Dr. Roscoe Marks returned this
morning from Chicago where he re-
Gently graduated from the university
of Illinois.
Deputy Sheriff B. S. Webb went to
Okoee yesterday afternoon after John
Foreman. who was wanted on
charge of rape.
Mrs. Freeman Nidiffer left this
morning for her home at Gravette,
Ark, after visit with Miss Myrtle
Lucky ia this city. 8d t.a
Levi Jones and Nell Sharp were
fined twenty-five dollars and given
thirty days in Jail each, in police court
yesterday afternoon.
B. P. Mills and Joe Hall were in
Alton this forenoon advertising the
Fourth of July celebration to be given
by the band in this city.
Homemade ice cream and sherbet
served on the church lawn Thursday
evening by the ladies of the Presby
terian church. The public is invited.
The school children have been ask
ed to meet at the high school building
tonight at eight O'Clock to practice
their part in the Fourth of July pro
gfram.
A male quartette composed of
Messrs. Davis, Hancock, Bebout and
Talmage are on the program to sing
at the Sunday school convention next
Sunday night.
The Rube Welch-Kitty Francis Mus
ical Comedy company engagement has
been changed on account of the sick
ness of two of the principals in the
company. They will play at the Grand
next week
Raymond Crawford the advance
man for the Crawford Stock company,
is in town today making arrangements
for an engagement in this city next
month. This company has played Vi
nita each July for the past five sea
sons.
The people of vinita are responding
readily to the call from. the commit
tee en- entertainment that are secur
ing homes for the entertainment Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
GOMEZ ASKS TAFT
NOT 70 INTERVENE
AT SAME TIME THANKS u. S. FOR
SENDING GUNB0AT.
CLAIMS REVOLT IN CONTROL
Cuban Government Needs Only Sufficient
Time in Which to Crush the Racial
Revolt in Southern Part Of
Island.

HaYana.-President Gomez sent a ca.
blegram to President Tart in which he
protests in friendly but irm terms
against intervention by the United
States.
1T is my duty to say that SO serious
d resolution alarms and hurts the feel,
ings OF a people who love and are jeal-
Gus OF their independence" he says, after
reciting that he had received from United
States Minister Bcaupre a note inform
ing him that the Washington government
had ordered a gunboat to Nipe bay and a
strong naval concentration at Key West
IN anticipation OF possible e~yentualities,
aud also in event that the Cuban govern.
ment was unable to protect American
property, it vas the intention to land
forces for that purpose.
Il appeal to you" he continues, "as a
loyal friend Of Cuba, respecting her
rights, that you will be convinced that
this government is capable and suff-
GENTLY supported by the valor and patri-
otism of the Cuban people to deal prompt
~ with a few unfortunate ana misguided
persons without reason or flag
The Cuban government has expressed
through Minister Beaupre its gratitude
to the United States for sending the Prai-
RE to Guantanamo. The thanks of the
island republic were conveyed in a reply
addressed to Minister Beaupre.
fIl,. v,Zt, I.1-- 49, IF -
government at present needs only suff-
cient time in which to crush, as it will
surely crush, the unjustifable racial re-
volt in the southern part of the island,
Just as it has put down revoIts breaking
out in other provinces where, although
only four days have elapsed, no armed
parties are at large, and confidence is re-
awakening and public tranquility is
growing"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
U. S. SOLDIERS IN CUBA
Marines Will Protect Americans at
All Hazards.

Washington.-Precautions taken to
protect American and other foreign in.
terests in Cuba have been amply just,
fed in the judgment OF the state depart
ment, based upon reports received from
many sources, and especially from the
owners of plantations, mills and mines.
The situation at Guantanamo is said
to be improving,
The question of whether any Ameri-
can marines and sailors would be sent
to the interior of Cuba for the pro-
lection of American lives and property
was answered specifically at the state
department today as follows;
IF a commander of an American
force now on the island sees or hears
of a Cuban holding his machete over
the head of an American, he certainly
is not to enter into negotiations with
Cuba and question Washington as to
whether he shall stop it or not"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
DECLINE IN BEEF EXPORTS
Statement of Department Commerce and
Labor Issued.

Washington.-Thc monthly statement
OF the department of commerce and labor
shows the total value of exports for April
to have been SIG, 100 1000, as against
Sl54,0O0,0O for the same month last
year. The imports were valued at $780,
100000, as against $ll0,sO0, 900 for April,
1911, For the ten months ending April
30, the total value of exports was 1885,.
100000, as against $1,726, SOC, 900 in 1911.
The imports from $1,214,GOO,0 900 to ST..
800, 500.
There is an appreciable falling off in
the receipts of fresh beef. which last
month consisted of only 500, 900 pounds,
as against 100000 pounds in April,
1911. For the ten months the reduction
was from 34,5O0,000 pounds to 14,5oO.O 900
pounds, Cattle also lost heavily for the
month.
The exports of cotton for last April
were 364, 100000 pounds, while the pre-.
vious April they were 1879, 500, 900
pounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
ON
WITNESS STAND
RICHEST MAN" PROVES Diff
CULT TO EXAMINE.
WAS EMPHATIC AT TIMES
He Evaded Cleverly Untermeyer's
Questions Except on Certain
Points, and Answered These
Vigorously.

New York.-John d. Rockefeller, re-
Oil Company, was placed on the witness
stand here to tell whether he believed
the company had been really dissolved
under the decree Of the United States
Supreme Court.
The aged millionaire could not be in
duced at all times to give direct an
swers to questions, but made indig-
nant denial of all suggestions that there
had been any effort to evade the decree
OF the court.
"The richest man in the world was
subjected to a grilling by Samuel I'm
termeycr, counsel for the Waters-Pieree
interests, that caused the witness to
pound his fists on the table to en-
phasIze his indignant denials of pointed
questions as to whether the decree of
the court had been in fact carried out.
did you ever have a discussion with
John D. Archibald as to how the sub
salaries should be cut loose and still
held tight 2" qucried the Waters-Pierce
attorney.
There was never ay thought of cut
ting loose and holding tight" Mr.. Rookie
feller almost shouted. Il happen to
know about that"
Mr.. Rockefeller had previously made
the statement that he had never read
the United States Supreme Court de-
cree, although he knew about it lin a
general way"
Mr.. Untermeyer had the utmost diff
ficulty throughout the examination to
get him to answer questions by yes"
or mo Mr.. Rockefeller persisted in
giving his own nswer in his W way,
nor could he be induced to change his
tactics even after Commissioner Walter
S. Jacobs had instructed him to give a
direct answer. Finding the effort hope
less, the examining attorney remarked
that if the witness were asked if the
sun was shining outside, Mr.. Rockefeller
would not give q direct answer. He
would say instead that the moon was
about to rise"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
ROOSEVELT WINS IN JERSEY
Controls Convention and Gets All of the
Forty Delegates.

Newark, N. J.-One of the most
sweeping victories Theodore Roosevelt
has won in the primaries since he be-
gan his campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination was recorded by
the Republican voters of New Jersey.
Indications are that Col. Roosevelt car
ried every congressional district in the
state and that all the 2S delegates New
Jersey will send to Chicago will be
Roosevelt men.
Gov. Wilson won his own state against
u strong opposition, headed by his
political enemies within the state, and
appears to have "a of the % delegates,
including the delegates-at-large.
Col. Roosevelt's indicated plurality on
the preferential vote is 10000.
Senator La Follette's vote indicates
he did not get more than . per cent OF
the total.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
100000 GIVEN
FOR EDUCATION
s25o,o0o FOR KNAPP Cousrov
LIFE SCHOOL.
SOUTHERN SCHOOLS ON LIST
$685. 100 Provided for Professor.
Secondary Education in State Uni.
varsities of South-NegrO
Schools Provided For,

New York.-Nearly 81, 100000 w,,
contributed to the cause of educatio, i.
the general education board. foprd.a
by John ID. Rockefeller, at its meo,i,e
here. Of this sum 100000 was apD,es
priated for distribution among FIVE 81
leges, the largest contribution Of soso
600 going to the George Peabody al
lege for Teachers of Nashville, for Il.
establishment of the Seaman A. KAN
School of Country Life.
Aside from the college appropristior.
the sum of 100000 was set aside d,
demonstration work in agriculture IN
the Southern states, for professors II
secondary education in state uniye,.i.
ties of the South and to aid the work
of negro education in the South. Tia
demonstration work appropriation I,
$133,O0O
For professors of secondary educo
ton in the several state universities Il
the Southern states, $50, 300.
S"PeifIsioh Oh negro rural
schools in Kentucky, North Carolina and
Virginia, $4,000.
To three negro schools-Hampton In.
stitute, Tuskegee, Ala, and the speL
man Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.-the sum
of $4,000.
What may be regarded as the boards
most important appropriation was that
for the establishment of the Seaman
A. Knapp School of Country Life. The
late DR.. Seaman A. Knapp had been in
charge for the past ten years of the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work in the South. In connection with
this gift the following statement was
issued:
"The general education board recoa.
nizes that the George Peabody College
for Teachers at Nashville, Tenn, prom.
ises to render conspicuous and perma.
nent service in the promotion of popp
lar education throughout the Southern
states. 1t also recognizes that the Pea.
body education fund during its long
years of service to the South has been
largely instrumental in bringing about
the promising conditions which call for
just such an institution as this en-.
larged college for the training Of teach
ers. 1t further recognizes that The at.
fliation of this institution with Wander.
bilt University will greatly enhance
the value of both institutions. The
board has, therefore, watched with
sympathetic interest the progress Of the
new movement.
THE general education board has
been interested in the promotion Of prac.
tical farming in the Southern states and
in the development of an efficient sgs.
TEN of rural schools. The George Pen
body Collsge for Teachers proposes to
train leaders for rural schools Not fa
the traditional rural school, but AVN
which shall meet the needs d
an agricultural population.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
REFUGEES ALMOST STARVED
Stories of Dire Distress Come From
LaSalle Parish,

New Orleans, La.-Stories of dire dis
tress among 1,4oo flood refugees in the
vicinity of Jena, La, in LaSalle parish,
were received here by DR.. Oscar Dowl
ing, president of the Louisiana State
Board of Health, from DR.. Mayor New
hauser, special inspector of the board,
who is in charge of the medical and
sanitary work among the refugees in
the Black river section.
DR.. Newhauser said he had just com.
P'eted a trip of twenty-five miles up
Back river, and that some 1900 refu.
gees were ~clamoring for food and are
in need of medicines.
DR.. Newhauser says that scattered
about in the swamps within a radius Of
nine miles of Jena there were $50 ne
groes and $50 white people, among whom
100 tents had been distributed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
WILL GET BACK X


tate at Biloxi.
Hjlo,L-Back taxes on an assessment
Of $4,000, 600 are to be collected from the
Frank Z. Howard estate according to Il
notice received by the city tax collector
Of Biloxi, the tax collector having been
officially requested by Writ Adams, state
revenue agent, to notify this estate that
these back taxes are due.
The assessment is for the years 1906
05-0s-O9, and the amount Of taxes to be
levied on the estate Is in proportion to
the tax levy for each Of these years,
The city taxes alone, if this collection
is made, will amount TO about $2O9 900.
It is said that the claim of the revenue
agcn, will be based on the ground that,
although the greater part Of the Howard
estate IS located in other states, the feet
that Mr., Howard claimed to be a citizen
of Biloxi, all the taxes were due to be
paid in this state, except where it was
.hown that the taxes had been paid il
some other state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
CELEBRATE GETTYSBURG
John Sharp Williams Makes Stirring
Speech-Honors Blue and GRAY.

Washiugton.-The feature of the
meeting Of Union and Confederate dele
gates from all the states to formulate a
programme Of the fftieth anniversary
Of the battle Of Gettysburg was an i'm
promptu address by Senator John Sharp
Williams. Senator Williams was i'm
pressiye in his reference to the memoir
able charge of Pickett's Virginia, North
Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and
Mississippi gallant troops, Southern
chjyalry and courage, he said, were
visited upon Il Gibraltar as tcmpcstuous
as ever stirred the Mediterranean.
in the national military parks he
wanted to see true Confederate history
Of hat memorable conflict taught in
monuments to Southern heroism. South.
ern soldiers were Just as true as Amcri.
can soldiers. Both sides, he said, were
octuatcd by patriotic intent, pure pur-
pose and heroic devotion to II CON
ceiyed duty. The women and children
on both sides were as brave and as true
as the men in arms.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Say Fourteen ear.0ld Lynched.

Louisville, Ky.-Three weeks ago the
body of Bruce Russell, IA years old,
was found hanging in the woodshed be.
hind his fathers home here. 1t was
believed the lad committed suicide.
though no motive for the act could be-
assigned. Tuesday the boys father ap.
peared at the city c]oroner's office and
SAID he had witnesses who would sup
port his theory that his son had been
lynched. The same day the body was
found young Russell had a quarrel with
some Of his playmates.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Water Is Adulterant

Washington,-The addition of water
to canned products will be considered
adulteration in the future, except in
those cases where a certain amount of
water is required for the proper proper
ton or for the sterilization of the
product, according to a pure food de-
cision signed by Secretary Wilson, of
the department of agriculture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Runaway Kills Child.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-A runaway
team tearing down the street while a
boy 5 years old held to the lines and
tried in vain to stop the frightened
horses wa a spectacle that chilled the
blood of the spectators. The wagon
was overturned and the child was in
stantly killed, He was Harry Mckee,
son of a wealthy citizen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Fright CauSad Death

Birmingham, Ala.-M. A. Dell, aged
IS years, dropped dead from heart fail.
ure, su]perinduced by fright. His 16-year,
old daughter dropped at the breakfast
table and received an injury about the
head that caused her to bleed somewhat.
The father picked up the daughter and,
seeing the blood, became badly fright.
ened and dropped dead,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

Open Giant Causpwsv

Galveston, Tex.-More than two miles
in length, costing SO, 900, 900 and requir.
ing two years to build, the Galveston
causeway, connecting Galveston Island
with the mainland of Texas, was form.
ally opened up by one of the most spec
tacular programmes ever carried out in
the country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Mother Smashes Iail.

Durant, Okla,-After his arrest on the
charge OF burglary Leon Mitchelrs moth,
er drove into that town from her couu-
try home, and, with a revolver in each
hand, drove the deputies away from the
jail, when, AK in hand, she smashed the
Jail doors and liberated the young man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Bonismen File Suit.

Gulfport.~-On account of the shortage
in the accounts OF William Reeves, IT.,
former sheriff Of Harrison county, sew
eral Of the bondsmcn have filed suit in
chancrry court seeking to have several
of the bondsmen pay their proportionate
part OF the $4,000 which they had to
pay the state; that is, they state they
have paid this amount and now ask the
court to reimburse to the extent du
from each one,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

A New York court holds that a man
with en- income OF $1,000 0 a year is
not In atiluent circumstances. At the
same time, he ia able to buy a square
meal occasionally, and hand the waiter
q modest tip.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

A New Jersey woman got q verdict
from a sympathetic Jury against an
ungallant man who called her AN old
maid" 1t Is necessary to impress the
fact that old maids IN these feminist
times are MS extinct as the dodo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

The E~nglishman who Ind a walking
stick made Of the love letters he had
received during his courtship possibly
would be peeyod II the young voma
borrowed It and wore It out over hts
shoulders.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Assessment is Raised s2o.ooo.ooo

Jacksop.-Mississippi Railroad Com.
mission has finished its assessment OF
railroad, telephone, telegraph, express
and sleeping ear companies operating in
Mississippi. The total raise in assess.
ment over last year is about 100000,
600.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
After PIANO Playing Record.

New York.-Harry w. Richard, who
has only one hand, will endeavor to
break a loagdistance pianoplaying
record, He will try to play continuous
ly for sixty hours or more, while his
wife and relatives serve him with food
and drink.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Must Stir the Soul.

Washington-Only true sculpture,
stirring the soul, can come into the
United States free of duty, according
to q decision by the customs court
drawing a sharp line between the orna.
mentor and the sculptor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

Paris.-The idea Of assembling q
congress of the European powers in an
endeavor to settle the Turkoltalian
war seems to be gathering force. II y
understood here that Turkey is favor
able to such a suggestion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Six Die of Heat.

P%ittsburg, Pa.-With the government
thermometers registering g degrees
higher than on the same day last year,
six deaths from heat were reported TO
the coroner in the twenty-four hours
ended at noon Friday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

The cotton manufacturer still cling
to the idea eNemplIhed In that suEges.
ton OF boosting tho market by getting
Chinese to lengthen their shlrtE Now
they want women to widen their
skirts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Big Power Project

Montgomery, Ala.-Thirty-fve thou.
send acres Of land win be submergoa
and a storage reservoir to hold millions
OF gallons of water will be erected AZ
Cherokee Bluffs, az a cost of S5,oOo.ooo
by the Alabama Interstate Power Com.
paEly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Woman to Go to Chair.

Boston, Mass.-HSndreds of women IN
Massachusetts, are working to prevent
execution of the death penalty on MIS-
Lena %Cusumano, who, with Harry Mas
cioti, is sentenced to die in the electro
chair for the murder Of Mrs. Cusu-
mano's husband.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Gen. Young Honored.

Louisville, Ky.-The honor which re-
Gently came to Gen. Bennett H. Young
Of Louisville in his election to the post
Of commander-in-chiet of the United
Confederate Veterans was celebrated in
a reception rendered by the generals
Kentucky friends.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Natioualize Levees,

WaShington.-In view of the awful de,
struction of life and property caused by
the floods of the past few months on the
Mississippi, the naturalization of the
lcyees is to be made one Of the burning
issues before congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

There are too many idle men in thu
world, announces a Boston s~unragist
Here's a challenge TO the average
spinster who has been thinking that
there aren't enough
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

Wilson Cyvaaps To-.z

Houston, Tex,-A solid delegation O,
40 delegates instructed for Woodrow
Wilson was elected to the Nationa,
Democratic convention by the Texas
Democratic presidential convention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
Drag Nebraska Clear.

New Orleans, lathe United States
tirst.class battleship Nebraska, after be-
ing stuck for several hours on a mud
bank on the outer bar of Southwest
Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi
river, got clear without assistance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
West Point win Get Station.

Jacksonville Mississippi Railroad
Commission has issued mn order to the
Mobile 4 Ohio, the Southern and the
Illinois Central to combine and erect a
suitable and commodius union depot in
that city. and put the same in use a.
soon as nrnetieable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31
NEGROES Rent Man to Death.

Canonsburg, pa.-While VIM. Roman
cavitch and Julian Ncimiot were on their
way to work near here they were set
upon by three negroes, Romancayitch
was beaten to death and robbed of the
few dollars he carried and his chothcs.
Neimiot rscRned and ave the alarm.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

A Chicago citizen has been arrested
for dancing on the street IN 3 costume
consisting OF nothing but a hat Chi.
cago policemen never did csre Tor
classic dancing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

An Ohio farmer Is said TO have 70
covered from nm attack Of blindness
when two Of his teeth were extracted.
but It probably wac the dentists bin
that opened his cyes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

A New York couple waited eight
years before they were Joined +, ,hs
holy and everlasting bonds OF we'd.
lock. Plenty Of time to think abou,
the fatal step.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

An aviator claims that be wss
forced to descend by an attack Of sea-
gulls. but II he had been g real dyed
In the wool nature faker he would
have made Il flying fRh.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-31

The reason why a ship Is called
"she' appears 10 be because tho shIn
Is always alleged to be "the last word
In naval construction aud never urn
out 10 DO.