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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

ESCAPED
CONVICT
MeeC6m Catches Georgia
Negro and Reward
Of $4,000

J A. Meeeom, assistant chief Of po-
lice, VINO picked up an escaped
Arkansas convict and incidentally a
S.00 reward at Fort Worth last month,
had another piece Of good luck ye5.e-
day when a negro who is wanted ID
Georgia fell into his hands as a result
Of which he has $50 more Christmas
money coming to him.
Meeoom went down to dark town to
arrest Jess Smith, who had made an
artillery display the night before. and
he found another negro sitting at the
breakfast table with Smith. On No
vember % he had received a picture
from the authorities at Augusta, Ga.
and letter giving q description OF ;
negro who had escaped from the state
prison there Smiths guest looked
Ike the man wanted. so Meecon
merely observed to the negro, 4 wan
you too, and took him to the police
station.
on examination Of the picture an,
description Ii was found that the ne
gre whose name is VIII Peek, file,
the bill and later Peek admitted tina
he was the man wanted He wa
serving a seven-year sentence for man
slaughter when he escaped
Meecom wired the Georgia author
ties aL.l received a reply saying step
would at once be taken to take Pee
back to prison. He is now confine
IN the city jail
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
COTTONIS IS
NEARLY ALL
GATHERED
Local Receipts Slightly
In Excess Of Last
Year Record

The beginning Of the end Of the 1912
cotton season IS at hand and Ia the
opinion OF local cotton men, fair
weather for the next two weeks will
see the crop out Of the field The
major part Of the crop wes gathered
some weeks ago and the only cotton
coming since then Is 4bollies"
The local gins have passed last
years record with at least t@o more
weeks Of ginning ahead Of them.
Cotton il coming at irregular times
nov and in vsaied quantities. which
prevents a steady run on the part Of
tha gins The ultimate closing Of the
season now depends on weather con.
ditions The cotton may al be out
within two weeks and & may take "a
days 10 complete the picking. up to
two weeks ago the weather has been
ideal. which gave the farmers ample
opportunity to gather the crop Since
the cold weather the progress has
been slow
Reports OF the local gins show an
incieas over last years run Of sev
eral hundred bales, while the com
press receipts are shade under th,
record at this time last year. The
chickasha gins have received a tota
Of 1850 bales while the compress has
handled $4,000. Fourteen thousand
bales are now on the compress dock.
and IL has become necessary to "dou
bic deck it in order TO make suffic
lent room The amount Of cotton OF
hand now establishes a record ovei
the past six yeara and with cotton ar
ri}lng daily and it is expected thl
seasons business win surpass that o
last year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
PROTEST AT FRISCO.
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
San Francisco. Dec 1S.-As protest
against the quadruple hanging in Ore
gon today several Socialists and other
opponents Of capital punishment an
nounced that they would talk twenty
fourh ours straight in the heart Of the
city The takers began speeches at
6 o'clock last night
After speaking is hours the anti
capital punishment takers were still
speaking at noon They harrmgued
the crowd from an automobile at the
correr Of Market street and Grand
avenue in the heart Of the city, de
,.norueing the Salem hanging
! From o'clock until midnight last
night hundreds listened and, then the
crowds dwindled, but with this morn
lng they picked up again The ora
tors worked in relays. some speaking
oily five. minutes and others an hour
They will continue until 6 o'clock to
night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
TWO GAMES
TONIGHT

Two gamos Of basket ball are
scheduled Al the high school gym, be-
ginning at o'clock this evening. The
principal number on the program is
The contest between the Q. IA S. girls
and the Marlow high school, which
premises to be extremely interesting,
as both teams are composed Of high
class payers.
rhe line.up for chiekasha is as fol-
lows: Forwards, Edwina Ikard and
Margaret Coleman; centers. Ruth
WadsNorth and Ruth Peery; guards,
Vallie Dalton and Margaret Heisler
The second number win be 2 class
game between the sophomores anc
freshmen, which is also expected tC
be entertaining. The prFae of admis
sion to both games Is Is cents auc
% cents
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
Four Murders are Condemned
to Die on the GaIlowsToday
Sentence of One is
COMMITTED
STORM OF PROTEST
GOES UNHEEDED
Gov. West Declines to Thwart
the VIII eff the People as
Expressed in Last
Election
Telegram BY Uaited Press


Salem, Oregon, Dec 3-Today was
bloody Friday in Oregon for four
murderers. Four men Will be execut-
ed on tie gallows unless GOV. West
interferes.
The four TO be hanged are Mike
Morgan. Frank Garrison Noble Faul-
der and H. e. Roberts, who were con
pioted Of a double murder
Until noon yesterday five were SEN
fenced to hang, but Gov West com
muted the sentence OF one to life inn
prisonment
Gov West is an opponent q capital
punishment, but when the amendment
to the constitution to abolish hanging
in the state was defeated IN the last
election, he asserted that the state
should have its ~Bloody Friday TO-
day
Hundreds Of petitions to commute
the sentences or the murderers have
since been received, but West remain
Ell obdurate and when the amendment
was defeated, the date was set for the
hanging
Coy. West said, 7 am sorry the
seating capacity Of The death cham
bel is 80 limited Undoubtedly we
shall be obliged TO turn away many
whc are looking forward to the event
suflragettes and governors Of Other
states which have abolished hanging
peuuoned West, but with out effect
An hour before the time for the exc
eution West was doing nothing to in
terlere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
COUNTY BOYS
AT NORMAN ORGANIZE

5ers and the high school basket ball
team this game to be played during
Christmas holidays. After the game
reception will be rendered the high
school seniors OF the county Dick
COPELAND, Howard Cook and Jas. Orig
gers We're appointed to look after the
arrangements for this matter.
ore Of the aroTed objects Of the
club is to ge more Of the Grady
county girls 70 attend the university
The membership now boasts Of but
two girls and eleven boys This fault
must be remedIed before the best
social side Of the organization can be
realized.
The following students constitute
the membership Of the Grady County
club; Dean stacy. Is; Jack Mcclure
Is. Florence Mcclure, IS: Dick Cope
lana, 10; Andy Hamilton, law, l5i
Hattie Holland, l6; James Driggers
'1e Chester Westfsll. l6; Georg,
White. 16; Howard Cook, lS; james
Bennett, lS, and Laurence Lindsay
treasurer OF the university. all 0
Chickasha; and Robt. Alexander, law
~ and Elton B. Hunt law. lS, Alex
At a meeting Wednesday night Dicl
Copeland was elected captain OF tn
basket ball team and it was recon
mended thar the game be admission
free.
Elton B. Hunt, a member Of tn
club and a last years debating stai
/ viii probably address the seniors G
the county at the entertainment
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
Special to the Daily Express.

Special to the Daily Express.
Norman, Okla, Dec. 1S-There is
a new organization at the University
Of Oklahoma and it is live wire
you may be sure. The students from
Grady county got together in the
chapel last Monday and organized a
county club that from its very organ
ization is going to be one OF the
strongest associations Of its kind at
the university. It is composed o. an
even bakel dozen OF loyal, energetic
and faithful sooners.
Upon It's organization the club elect
ed Amhy Hamilton of Chickasha as
president. Robert Alexander Of Alex
as vice president and Florence Nc.
Clure Of Chickasha was their choice
Tor secretary
Chester Westfall, who is Interested
n journalism was appointed to send
the news Of the important event to
he ehickasha Express. Elton Hunt
was delegated to spread the informa-
tion in the outlying districts Of Grady
county
The club decided to have It's picture
taken in a short time so that 10 could
appear in the Annual But the mos
important action taken was the plans
for doing work for the university
among the high school seniors il
Grady county There are thirty o.
These in Chickasha alone. 1t is ex
9eeted that a basket ball game vii
be arranged between the club mem
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE.

The sale OF dairy cattle yesterday
at the farm og J. B. Roach, TWO miles
south Of the city, conducted by Col.
Hubbard, is regarded as highly sue
cessful and the general average price
per head for the cattle reached TOP
notch. Col. Hubbard said this morn,
ing. eve sold "a head Of cows and
calves yesterday and including all, the
average price per head was S6S This
would not have been ont Of the ordin
airy had it not been for the number
o. calves included in the whole Whill
the sale was comparatively SASH,
consider it very successful
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
auto TOUR
OF COUNTY
The PLAN
Purpose is 70 Increase
Production OF the
FIeeCy Staple

Coniessmg that he is indebted to
tic "kaflr special" for the inspiration
Of his idea, i, c. Hutson. general man
aeer Of the Indiahoma gins. comes
forward with the suggestion that the
business men Ok Chickasha launch
plans foi d cotton special to traverse
every section OF Grady county in autos
for the purpose OF encouraging I'M
creasea acreage and production 81 the
fleecy staple.
Grady county is not growing half
as much cotton as could be raised pro
fltably7 said Mr. Hutson. In same
sections where the land IS better
adapted TO growing cotton and feed.
than anything else. the staple Is al.
most entirely neglected and the farm
ers place their entire dependence on
an uncertain corn crop. In spite Of
the fact that our county Is one Of the
best for cotton growing IN the state,
We rank among the lowest producers
o. the crop ! believe this condition
can and should be changed. ! would
not urge any farmer TO plant more
ectton than he can take care Of
from 40 70 50 acres is generally
enough FOR any man ana the man who
raises that much win. as q rule. se-
cure better returns than the one who
goes in for large acreage
ENplaining his ideas concerning the
proposed Special AIR liutson said
"A, the propsr time we could get
some Of cur auto oAners TO 20 in with
rs. furnishing the use o. the cars
load them up with an necessary sup
plies. get some OF the government
experts and prominent farmers Of the
county to accompany IA. and spend
several days touring the county Il
could be- made 4 pleasant outing for
business men as well aa q means for
bringing vast benefit to the county by
increasing our cotton production The
details of the plan, together with the
a.tans % be used ia bringing the mat
tes to the attention OF our farmers
would have to be carefully worked out
and there is ample time 70 DO this
II every farmer IN She county could
be induced 10 plant go acres Of cotton
anl enough Iced 10 supply his needs
ths spectre Of crop failure neel
never disturb us IN Grady county
The plan that have in mind nigh
also be used ia placing other phases
OF the gospel Of safe. scientific agri
culture before the people While thl
special trains that have been run b.
the railroads have reached man!
farmers, This plan would carry thl
message to their very doors and be
Heye few would fall to give consider
alton to the appeals Of practical farm
ers who are succeeding in their bus
iress.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
CANDY TRUST
ALLEGED
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 49,. civil anti
trust suit against the alleged candy
trust" was filed by the government
today
The suit charges that the Phlladel-
phii jobbing confeetioners associa-
ton conspired to coeree candy manu-.
faeturers from selling direct to re-
tailers, consumers or icbbers, other
than members of the association.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
II INJURED
In A FIRE
Telegram BY United Press.

Telegram by United Press
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 1s.-A dozen
persons were severely injured when a
spectacular fire destroyed a tenement
building occupied by 212 people.
The store rooms on the first floor
were destroyed and many occupants
Of the building threw themselves from
the windows or crept along the sway
ins ladders.
Intense cold added to the suffering
The police and firemen had to drag
o. carry many women out. The loss
is estimated at S20O,00U@
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY THE MUSICIANS UNION

AT a recent meeting the chickasha
Musicians uaion elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows: G. T..
Mckinney. president. G F. Burk, vice
president. A. II. Ross. secretary; Bur
cess Purdum, treasurer; Everett Abb
bott, sergeant at arms
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
Proposes to Run a
Cotton SpeCial"
CAPTURED BY CUPID.

A marriage license was issned
Thursday IN the county judges office
to Sam Lakin, aged 2S, Of Rush
Springs, and Miss Nora Mcdonald,
aged n, Of Marlow The couple were
married yesterday az the home Of the
lade's parents III the country near
hlarlow
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
suIrs I'D m pIsrRIcr couRT

0&t ? tt%NN ~ 0t@ FtGA (4RR ft
chas. 7 and Jennie Williams VS..
Clay Donovan ct al. foreclosure; f x
lie lh and sw Sc 7-e-7 s212s.SS. n.
n. Williams
J II. Nenahle vs.. Eugene Easton ct
al. S2al96, transcript OF judgment J..
II venahie
shuttles Bros. and Lewis vs. f. p.
Rankin. abstract Of Judgment S2S.O5.
\. b. Losey and A. l. Herr
Mercantile Lumber and Supply Co
Va Citizens Auto Co and Henry Frey
abstract Of Judgment SSS.o7. Thos
b Losey
J. P. znrline vs. Thad Smith ct al
$7eO.e6, foreclosure on lots 2.S, see
tiol St.Sn.Sw Bond & Melton
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
SEA FIGHT
IS RAGING
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PEACE FARLEY DELAYED.

Telegram by United Press
London, Dec lS.-Beeause Of the
delayed arrival Of the Turkish envoys,
the Turk.Balkan peace conference dc
MOI begin today
It is stated that the first session
viii not be held until Monday.
It was learned semioffieially today
that the Turkish envoys are instructed
not TO negotiate with Greece unless
that country signs the armistice agree
ment which was signed by the Others
or agree to separate terms with
Turkey
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

LIE. smith of Tulsa is in the city
tho guest Of friends Mr. Smith was
formerly operator for the Frisco IN
this city several months ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

Mrs. Ruby Peters left today for Ok
lahoma City, where she will spend sew
eraI DAYS visiting friends.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

The formal Inauguration Of Or. Esk.
ridge as president Of the College for
Women occurs Monday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13
WEATHER roREcAsT-

Tonight and Saturday, gener-
} ally fair.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-13

CONTINUED on page 4l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

The second of the interclass debates
was held this afternoon between the
Junior and subsenior classes. The ques-
ton for debate was, Resolved, That
capital and labor in the United States
should be compelled to settle their dis
putes in legally established courts of
arbitration The affirmative side of the
question was taken by the Junior class
represented by Angelus Burch and Frank
Fable, and the negative side by the sub
senior class represented by Edwin Men
ringer and Hampton Shirer. The winner
of this debate will meet the sophomores
Tor the championship and a loving cup
in a short time. The debate will be held
in the assembly hall before the entire
body of students.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
ARSON IS ADDED.
To the Indictment for Perjury Against
a Texas Preacher.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 29.-The
Rev. J. Frank Norris, who resigned
the pastorate of the First Baptist
church of this city, has been indicted
on a charge of arson for the burning
of his church on the night of Feb
ruary 4.
Mr. Norris, suffering from a nerv-
Gus breakdown as the result of a Sc
ries of sensational incidents of which
he was the central figure, left Fort
Worth, ostensibly for Hubbard City
Tex, to enter a Sanitarium. He
could not be found at Hubbard City.
His resignation as pastor of the local
church was because of ill health, he
explained
Norris first attracted attention sew
eral months ago as a leader in a civic
reform movement. Then his church
was burned and the minister COM
planned he had received anonymous
communications threatening his life.
On two occasions, he alleged, at
tempts were made to kill him.
A grand jury investigation result
ed in the indictment of Norris on
perjury charge. 1t was alleged he had
testified falsely before the grand jury
and that Norris himself was the au-
thor Ct the anonymous letters. He
was arrested and released under bond.
That night his home was destroyed
by fire, Norris and his family escap-
ing with difficulty from the flames.
The trial of Norris on the perjury
charge was set for April /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

meeting of the Topeka Rooters' CLUB
was held this noon at the Commercial club
A little reminder from the dog catcher
nearly 500 dogs in Topeka were killed last
year.
A city paving force is repairing the
asphalt pavement in the eight hundred
block on Quincy street
The Rev. L. W. Williamson viii speak
in Gemmell hall Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock on THAT Book
H. B. Lautz assistant to the general
manager of the Santa F'e, is in Maynoke,
Okla, on business for the road in that
town.
A F. Robinson, bridge engineer of the
Santa Fe system with headquarters in
Chicago, was in Topeka on company
business today.
slogan adopted by the back yard agricul-
turists this spring. The weather men say
it is a good time to begin.
At the Auditorium Monday night Mar
shall's full band of fifty pieces Will play
an accompaniment with the big pipe or
gan. This is something new in the musical
line.
The public is invited to inspect some of
the work of the Art Loft Studios" now
a part of the exhibition being given at
the Central Y. w c. A. rooms by the
local photographers
The j. Raffeloch stock of general mer-
chandise at 125 Kansas avenue has been
bought by Sam Scrimopslxie. The goods
had been placed in the hands of Fred
Jewell, trustee ana receiver
This is awning weather again. once
more the persons who are fortunate
enough to be tall have to walk the streets
in the sun or duck like a bobbing cork
under the low awnings.
Tomorrow is the last day that dogs can
be registered at the city hall under, the
present tax. If all dog owners register
before tomorrow evening the city clerk
and city treasurer will give out more than
900 tags during the day.
Next Tuesday evening the third of the
series of stunt night entertainments
will be given at the Central Y NJ, c. A
by Miss Hazel Barnwell who will give
numerous readings, assisted by MISS
Verda Phinney, vocalist, and MISS EMO
Strickler, whistler.
Some of the almanacs issued by medical
companies that cure every disease invent
ed claim that April will be month OK
storms Hard rains high winds. ana
even snow and cold weather IS predlcted,
Here's hoping their predictions are as bad
as their medicines.
Two local stores now are drawing
crowds to their show windows by me
chanicaI' men. In each case the puDhc
is asked to guess as to whether or not
the figures are alive. In one store is q
man in a dressing gown stropplng ms
razor. He gives the girls wink as trey
watch the operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
FIGHT over WOMEN.
Court and Attorney Clash When They
Are Drawn on Jury.

Maryville Cal, March 29.-"Women
jurors are more competent and better
fitted to try case than most of the men
whom I have seen in this court" said
Justice Morrisey yesterday when Attor-
ney Dinsmore objected to having women
jurors in the case against Joe HAY,
Chinese, who is charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
When many of the women stated that
their husbands would not be able to cook
their own dinner, the judge Informed
them that it was time the husbands
learned how to cook, and that that ex-
cuse would not be accepted.
Later Attorney Sanford appeared with a
writ of prohibition from Superior Judge
Mcdaniel ordering Judge Morrisey 10
continue the case until April L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
SOLDIERS were HERE.
Two Hundred Rockies Parade on Kan
sas Avenue.

Two hundred new recruits for the
regular army were in Topeka this
morning and remained about thirty
minutes. The new soldiers are from
the barracks at Columbus. Ohio and
are being sent to the PRESIDED at San
Francisco, and to Monterey, Cal, on a
special over the Rock Island
During the short time the soldiers
were in town they were paraded, ac-
cording to military regulations. all
thinking if the bunch were turned
loose, it would be a difficult matter to
get them together again, even in To-
peka.
officials TO increase the ranks of en-
listed men in our regular army seems
to be resulting with considerable de-
gree of success. according to reports.
and the charge of the two hundred
up kansas avenue this morning gives
evidence of the fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
RAID A SCHOOL HOUSE
Burglars Get Dress Goods at Highland
Park.

1t was today reported to the sheriff
and county attorney that the Highland
Park school building had been bur-
glarized last Monday night and that a
large amount of dress goods was
taken from the manual training de-
partment of the building. No arrests
have been made.
BY raising a transom, the burglars
entered the manual training rooms of
the Highland Park school. Here they
found large amount of unfinished
dress goods. All of the cloth of value
was taken and a number of small
articles were carried from the build
ing. In addition to the unfinished
work, about a dozen dresses were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29

Howell. Terry White. affirmative side.
Junction City high school winners
in the Fifth district and last nights
debate are George Herringshaw, Gay
lord Thitts, Maroon johnson, negative
side.
The judges were all from the facul-
ty of the Kansas State Agricultural
college, Manhattan, and were Profess
or n. A. Crawford, department of elo-
cution and oratory; Professor r. G.
Taylor, department of history; Pro-
lessor L. H. Deall, department of Eng
lish literature.
The Jewell City band, students and
citizens met the judges and Junction
City debaters at the train and escorted
them to the city hall Large and en-
thusiastic crowds are attracted by the
debaters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-29
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The girls debating club met this after
noon at the high school In addition to
an important business meeting, Mrs.
Jones gave the girls an interesting talk