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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
SIX NILE ROAD
GOES TO WALL
Recelvershlp is Named For cassvilIe
g. Southern at vlve Presidents
Request.

Joplin, Mo-, July 19.-Subsequent to
the filing in the federal court here of
suit in equity against the CassviIle
Il Southern Railway company and the
Mercantile Trust company of st.
Louis. Judge Arba S. Van Valken.
burgh has appointed G, M. Senree re-
ceiver for the railroad.
The Cassville & Southern has been
in operation for several years between
Exeter and Cassville. 1t is about six
miles long. 1t was a steam road until
recently, when 1t was electrified.
Official Files Action.
o. II. Ohrendorff of Eureka Springs,
Ark, vice president of the road,
brought the suit He alleges that the
railway company on June /. 1911, ex-
ecuted mortgage bonds in the sum Of
100000, payable at the office of the
Mercantile Trust company in st. Louis
and to secure the bonds executed a
deed of trust to the trust company for
the line and rolling stock.
At the time of the issuance of the
bonds, Ohrendorff alleges, the road
was indebted in the sum of about $32,-
900. Also, he says, it was necessary
to expend about $4,000 for a power
house and an electric car. To get the
money, he continues, the road June 20,
1911, executed promissory notes aggre-
eating $4,000, due one year after
date, and to secure the notes, bonds
of the company were placed as collat-
eral.
The road was indebted to him $10,-
600 June 30, 1911, Ohrendorff says, for
which he holds note and also twenty
$500 bonds for security.
Ohrendorff says the entire indebted
ness Of the railway, including unpaid
interest, does not exceed $50,O0c, but
that there was pledged as collateral
to secure the Indebtedness more than
$4,000 bonds.
He declares the company is unable
to meet its Indebtedness. now past
due, and redeem its bonds, and If the
holders of notes foreclose on bonds
held as collateral the Indebtedness
will be increased $4,000 without he
or any other creditor who only holds
bonds to the face of his note receiving
any benefit.
The complaint says the property is
worth $4,000 or more, and If It is dis
posed of at fair price enough will be
realized to pay him and other eredi-
tors in full
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
DECISION IN INSURANCE
CASES HANDED DOWN

Oklahoma City, July 19.-Opinions
in these cases were delivered by di-
vision No. . of the supreme court com
mission:
By Judge Rosser-American Insur-
ance company. Nework. N. j., VS.. Mrs.
L. M. Rodenhause, Carter county; af-
firmed; Phoenix Insurance company,
Brooklyn, vs.. w II. Quinette; Mercan-
tile Fire and Marine Insurance com
pany, Boston, VS.. same; Queen Insur-
ance company VS.. same, all from Car
ter county; reversed and remanded.
George w. Barnes. Sr., VS.. Leander A.
Keys, Muskogee county; reversed and
remanded; Charles w. Brooks vs. Mat
thew Reynolds and Jack Hunt, Okla
homa county; reversed and remanded; {;
Cook County Liquor compang VS.. State
of Oklahoma, Murray county; affirm
ed
By Judge Brewer-Missanri, Kansas
& Texas Railroad company vs. B. 0.
johnson and Charles A. Mantz, Pot
tawatoigie county; affirmed
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
OKLAHOMA CITY WON'T
STAND ON TECHNICALLY

Oklahoma City, July 19.-In a for
NAL statement to voters issued yester-
day the Oklahoma City citizens COM
mittee in charge of the capital fight.
announces that no technical objec-
tions will be offered to the petitions
recently filed by the Guthrie Chamber
of Commerce, initiating bill for the
return of the state capital to Guthrie
and that the voters of the state wfl
be urged to settle the capital matter
finally at the November election
The statement declares that there
are numerous Irregularities in the
Guthrie petitions of which advantage
might be taken and claims that the
number of signatures from Logan
county to the petitions is considerably
in excess of the total vote cast in
Logan county at the last general cleo
tion when Logan county man, ] w.
MeNeal, was the candidate for gov.
ernor on the republican ticket. The
committee claims that Oklahoma City
has been misrepresented with regard
to capital matters and that it well
comes an opportunity to put Oklahoma
City's side of the controversy before
the people of the state. In view of the
fact that Guthrie is already circulating
literature the voters are urged to wait
until they get Oklahoma city's side
before making up their minds on the
matter
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
The KATY
RAILROAD
To BE a Part Of the Great North And
South System Dreamed BY Hill
And Planned BY Hawley.

Chicago, July 18.-A Chicago news
paper prints the following railroad
gossip or interest to citizens of Okla
homa:
Edwin Hawley was presumed ten
years ago to have worked out a plan
for construction and unification of a
system which would fulfill the dream
of Huntington for trans-continental
line with terminals at Newport News
and San Francisco, with New Orleans
as the chief central point. But when
it became apparent to Hawley that the
Panama canal would be built, he was
not doubtful about the commerce it
would carry. He began to change his
plans to create great north and south
line in the Mississippi valley with a
terminal on the gulf. This was not
original with Hawley. James J. Hill
first realized there should be nation
bisecting north and south lines If the
Great Northern was to realize its full
opportunities. Products of the north
west could furnish profitable traffic
southwark, whereas, products of the
south could furnish adequate exchange
traffic.
AT his death, Hawley had measured
the opportunities for north and south
traffic and means by which a unified
system could be operated. Now, the
surmise is that Mr. Erb is to attempt
to fulfill what Mr.. Hawley had i'll Diind.
Mr.. Erb plans a new road. He would
finance and construct that part of the
system needed for extension of the
Milwaukee and st. Louis and Iowa
Central to the Canadian boundary..
Then through identification with the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. through
trunk line to the gulf, which trayerses
the rich Oklahoma country, a through
trunk line to the gulf will have been
perfected in time to obtain much of
the first commerce created between
the Mississippi valley and the gulf,
and designated for the Panama canal.
Very likely close traffic connections
will be made with the Canadian North
ern"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
BULL MOOSE SEATS
SELL READILY.

Chicago, July 1S.-The sale of
tickets to the third party national con-
vention in Chicago August 5. was
opened at headquarters today. Within
a few hours it was announced $1,000
had been received, $1,000 of this
amount being for fifty tickets from
one man, whose name was not given
out. Madill Mccormick said it was
planned to have the receipts from the
tickets pay most of the convention ex-
penses, estimated at $4,000.
A general committee of arrange
ments with various subcommittee
was appointed today. Ralph c, Otis,
who has been at Oyster Bay consulting
with Colonel Roosevelt, was made
chairman. The commission is to have
charge of all details, including the dis
posal of tickets and finances. Cover
nor Deneen was asked by telegram
today when he would receive a COM
mittee appointed to ask him and other
candidates for state officers whether
he would support Colonel Roosevelt or
President Taft.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
West Decides Against cruce

Oklahoma City. July 19.-ln an opin-
ion to Governor Lee Cruce, who had
referred in his letter to ''the unforu-
nate difficulty of the board OF educa-
tion and myself" Attorney General
West holds that the points raised by
the governor in regard to the author.
ity of the board to adopt text books at
this time, under the wording of the
original act creating the text book
commission, are not well taken and
that the board has such authority.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
The Bureau Of Railway Economies.

The Bureau of Railway Economics.
In an address before the American
Economic Association during the
meeting of that body in Washington
in December last President Taft con-
graduated the professional econom-
lists upon the increasing extent to
which their services were being called
into requisition by the government for
the Investigation and analysis of in
tricate questions of public concern.
He might have added that it is not
alone the government which has
turned the corner as he expressed
it. in calling for such expert service.
A forward step in the same direction
was taken by railway companies of the
United States in establishing the Bu-
reau of Railway Economics.
The need for such bureau was
first felt during the period of discus
sion which preceded the enactment Of
the federal railmay legislation of 1906
and 1910. Sometimes it happened that
different analyses of serious matters
were based upon varying data and led
to inharmonious conclusions. More
over, the railways We're not always in
the possession of the complete infor-
nation necessary to enable them to
refute widespread accusations that
they knew to be unjust Railway Of
fcers absorbed in the problems of inn
mediate administration were without
the time and the opportunity to study
the broader questions Of no less, and
sometimes of greater, Importance.
its Origin.
In the spring. OF 1910 there was held
a meeting OF railroad presidents to dis
cuss methods for bringing fulness of
knowledge into their discussions OF
the broad questions of general con-
eern, accuracy to their conclusions,
and that force to their presentations
which accuracy alone can give. 1t was
recognized that to this end there must
be a competent agency whose time
and attention should be given entire
ly to the study of the more intricate
subjects Of general interest. 1t was
recognized that the ultimate solution
of the problems affecting the railways
must be upon the basis of exact fact;
therefore, that the exact facts under
lying every question must be care
fully ascertained and logically present
ed. At that meeting was appointed a
general executive committee of six
railroad presidents who established
the Bureau Of Railway Economics. The
processes tending toward uniformity
and Standardization (referred to in
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
WOODROW WILSON
NAMES COMMITTEE
Fourteen Democrats Who Called to
Assist Him Receive Honor Places
Senator Gore Selected.

Geargirt, N. j., July 1S.-The dem
ocratic campaign committee, which
will have supreme charge of the pres
Iidential campaign, was named last
night by Governor Wilson. 1t consists
of fourteen members, with William f.
McCombs, the chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, as chair
man.
The other members are; Robert S.
Hudspeth of New Jersey, Joseph S.
Daniels of North Carolina, William
Saulsberry of Delaware, Robert L.
Ewing of Louisiana, A. Mitchell Pal
mer of Pennsylvania, Joseph e. Davies
of Wisconsin, Will R. King of Oregon,
all of whom are members of the ma
tional committee, and Senators Thom-
as p Gore of Oklahoma, James O'Gor-
man of New York and James A. Reed
of Missouri; Representatives Daniel
J. McGillicuddy of Maine, Albert S.
Burleson of Texas and William G. Nc
Adoo of New York City.
The appointment of vice chair
man was postponed and no action was
taken on the appointment of a treas
|urer or finance committee.
Headquarters will be opened in a
few days in Chicago and New York
and at later date in some Western
city, as yet undecided on.
Each member of the delegation of
leaders who waited upon the governor
at his summer home this afternoon to
help select the campaign committee,
was given a place in that body. Mr..
McCombs, as national chairman, was
given the craftsmanship of the cam
|paign committee. The other nine men
who attended the governor in his Sc
lection were Committeeman Daniels,
Davies, Sanlsberry, Hudspeth and Pal
mer; Senators Gore and O'Gorman; !;
Representative Burleson, and Mr.. Nc
Adoo After the meeting. Chairman
McCombs announced that the cam
paign committee would hold its first
meeting at an early date, to appoint
various subcommittee, among them
being the advisory committee, press
committee and finance committee.
AS to the latter, he thought it would
consist of 35 or 40 men, representing,
of course, every section of the United
States. Names had hardly been reach
ed in considering this committee, he
added.
The appointment of the campaign
committee is but the first act. the gov
ernor said, of the real organization of
the campaign. 1t will be thorough and
carried out to the smallest detail. no
section being neglected or overlooked.
The campaign committee is largely
composed of men who stood by the
governor in his fight for the nomina-
tion.
A notable exception is Senator Reed
of Missouri, who was one of.the warm
est supporters of Champ Clark An
other man whose name had not been
mentioned in connection with the cam
paign committee, is former Judge King
of Oregon who, from the bench sus-
tanned the validity of the initiative
and referendum in Oregon and after
retiring recently. won his contention
in the supreme court of the United
States.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19

other articles1 which developed the
American Railway Association charg-
ed with the study of matters pertain
ing to the physical and technical
phases of railway operation, and which
also developed the various associa-
tions of traffic, accounting and finan-
cial officers charged with the unifica-
tion of procedure pertaining to their
respective departments, thus led to
the formation of an organization
charged with the study of the relations
of the railways to their environment
their economic relations.
A Source of Accurate information.
The headquarters of the Bureau Of
Railway Economics were established
in Washington that it might be facili-
tated in its scientific study of railway
problems by ready access to the sta
tistics and records of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and of other
departments and bureaux of the fed
eral government. That its main func-
tion as a source of accurate and au-
thentic information be, not impaired,
it was forbidden to engage in polemic
and partisan discussion.
In furtherance of its purpose to be-
come a recognized source of accurate
and authentic information in regard
to the railways the bureau is building
up a comprehensive library and has
issued catalogue of the existing body
of railway economic literature. 1t
works harmony with, and sometimes
in at least partial collaboration with,
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The main point of distinction between
the statistical departments of the two
organizations is that while the COM
pilations of the Interstate Commerce
Commission principally serve the pur-
poses of record and reference, those
of the bureau are designed to throw
light upon various phases of the exist
ing situation for the current informa-
tion and guidance of its constituents.
Important Inquiries.
The bureau makes special investiga-
tions, analyses, and compilations in
response to specific requests of its
subscribers. 1t publihes monthly
ummary showing the collective trend
of railway earnings and expenses, and
from time to time it publishes the re-
suits of studies of general interest.
Such, for example, is comparison Of
the railway status of the United States
which that of the principal countries
of Europe. 1t has issued bulletin
comparing the facilities, seryiceability,
and utilization >of the railways of the
United States, the United Kingdom,
France, and Germany; another COM
pairing the railway wages and cost of
living in these countries; and by the
time this article appears has probably
issued further bulletin making a
specific comparison of the freight
rates in these countries. These gen.
eral publications of the bureau are
sent not only to railway officers, but
to the educational institutions through
out the United States, in which they
are being used in increasing degree
by teachers of eeonomicsT and to the
railroad commissioners, by whom they
are in constant demand. While the
bureau is not publicity agency, the
results Of these studies are also made
available to the newspaper press for
the information of the public in gen
eral.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19

Remember homemade ice cream,
sherbet and cake on the lawn at the
First Presbyterian church tonight,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-19
Teddy Favors Waterways.

National control of the building
through any state of a lakes-to-the-
gulf deep waterway and the use of the
Panama canal machinery in guarding
the Mississippi river against floods are
favored by Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt in letter made public here by
La Verne Noyes, an Illinois supporter
to whom it was addressed.
The letter points out that not only
would such a work protect thousands
of acres of rich lands rom deyasta-
tion by flood and prove commercially
important in storing Of power. but it
would do great social service in wip-
ing out sectional lines, and give the
north and the south opportunity to join
in the great work.
For Social Betterment.
Only by new party in which all
can joinon equal terms, can the need
ed social and industrial tasks demand
ed by our people be successfully under
taken says the letter. and one of
the greatest of these tasks is the de-
velopment Of the Mississippi river
Mr.. Noyes had asked Colonel Roose-
velt whether Illinois should expend
$20,0OO,O00 for building its part of the
deep waterway.
Colonel Raasevelt's reply says there
lis no need for Illinois to pay $20,000,-
600 or any part of it in individual at
tempt to get deep waterways from
the lakes to the gulf, that being a task
for the nation, since the nation alone
can properly do it.
"The tremendous devasting floods
of the last few months, says the let
ter, with the attendant loss of life,
of homes and property, have made it
clear that no more time should be
lost in undertaking the control of the
flood waters of the Mississippi and
its tributaries and the connection of
the great lakes and the tributaries of
the Mississippi with the gulf with the
great commerce-carrying channel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-08
IN THE WlLDS OF CANADA

THE interior Of the provinces of Quebec and
Ontario is nothing but a continuous stretch OF
dense forest much Of which has been burned over
in days gone by. so that the deadfall was consd-
erable" writes Frederick A. Talbot telling of the
surveys for the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad in
the Engineering Magazine. "The forest was for
the most part trackless, the Indians and trappers
moving through this inhospitabe country along
the obviously easy channels-the waterways.
Huge stretches of muskeg were encountered, for
the land is in need Of draining. AS the west
ern boundary Of the province of Ontario is ap-
preached the country becomes more broken. lakes
and swamps being intersected by stretches of
badly broken rocky hills From Lake Nipigon
westward to the boundary of Manitoba the worst
country between the Atlantic and Pacific had to
be penetrated with great difficulty and arduous-
ness.
For the purpose of the surveys an elaborate
organization had to be perfected, in order to ship
In supplies and keep the surveyors we'll equipped
with provisions. For six months of the year the
country was in the grip of snow the fall Of which
is heavy. while the thermometer drops to very low
readings. AS the nearest railway communication
was 100 more miles to the south supplies had
to be packed over and numerous caches had to be
established. Tote roads were driven for team
work as far as practicable in summer. trails had
Ito be bazed to permit of the passage of the half
breeds twho, because of the physique and stamina
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-08

we're pressed freely into service for carrying sup
plies on their backs) while large fleets Of canoes
of every description were acquired, the waterways
being followed SO far as possible, Packing by
mules and horses could not be practiced exten-
sively. owing to the muskeg and the absence OK
fodder for the country was unsupporting to ami
NAL life while the shipping in Of hay would have
been impossible except at the expense OF more
urgent necessities. Owing to the uncharted char
acter of the rivers canoeing demands extraordin-
ary skill and after the first few months ex-
perience where unfamiliarity with these water
ways was attended by considerable losses In boats
and valuable supplies. only men familiar with the
country. such as those In the employ OF the
Hudson Bay company, were permitted to handle
these craft. Even then occasional losses were
sustained and the stores of provisions suffered
extensively from the Ill effects of portaging which
frequent and heavy. During the winter com
munication with the hnterland was maintained
solely by means of dog sleighs, large numbers OF
these animals being acquired from the Indians
and bred for this service"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-08
Esther Was Alarmed.

Esther, a five-year-old daughter OF
North side parents. heard much about
the dangers of diphtheria. and was
eager to observe every precaution to
keep from coming into contact with
it, that she and her two bretheFs
might not catch it"
One day she insisted ON going to
the grocery on the corner to spend
her penny, and was warned hy her
mother not to stop and play with any
children she might meet ON the way.
After having been gone only few
minutes, she rushed into the house
much excited. exclaiming as she en-
tered:
Mamma. you must keep 'Ose boys
away from MIR. AS house. cause they
have diphtheria and have a sign
up"
Her mother said: is that sSH What
does the sign say?"
ut says for SALE" said Esther
indianapolis News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-08
Reward Of Merit

Go on, sab! Go on and blow yN'
hawn bout who yo' is and what yo'
done!" impatiently said old Brother
Bogus. But lemme specify dat Use de
ony extinguished citizen O. dis town
dat de president o. de railSoad-dis
yuh road, right yuh!-paid any ten
ton to when he went th'oo In his spe-
cial kyah last week. Yassah! I wuz
yuh when de train passed-Fight on
dis spot!-and dat ar po'tly white
man gimme a fine see-gyah; fang it
to me out'n de window O. de kyah.
and t wuz lit, too!"-Puck.
When people begin to say to a
woman, How young you are look
ing" it's a sign she is getting cid.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-08
School Libraries Saved.

Although Attorney General Hogan,
in an opinion to City Solicitor Smith
of Xenia, held that the power of
boards of education to make a levy
Of one mill for library purposes is
taken away by the Smith l per cent
act and that the application of the
boards for library funds must be
taken up by the county budget COM
missions. there is nothing in the law,
he said. that takes away the power of
boards Of education to make con-
tracts with library associations.
The ruling saves q large number Of
school libraries throughout the state
which were thought endangered by
the new law.