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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
WANT AGENTS
TO REMAIN
Suits for Recovery of Oil Royalties by
Tribesmen viii Be Dropped if
Ruling Holds.

Bartlesville, Okla, Aug. 16,-Be-
cause Of the dismissal of the district
Indian agents and other federal en-
ployes in eastern Oklahoma, the suit
recently brought against Harold L.
Lannom, wealthy Bartlesville oil man,
by Akey Ulteesky, an Indian girl, seek
ing to recover $4,000 in oil royalties,
of which she charged Lannom defraud-
ed her, will be dropped and it is not
probable that the prosecution of Ian
nom will be carried further. Upon the
discharge of District Indian Agent
Dunnagan and D. H. Bynum, United
States attorney, there will be no one
to prosecute the case.
Eight hundred other suits, which
Mr. Dunhagan was preparing to file
questioning the title on as many
pieces of valuable oil land in northern
Oklahoma, will also be dropped.
The Indians of eastern Oklahoma
are greatly incensed at the action of
congress in dismissing the agents,
who protected the Indians and their
affairs. One final effort will be put
forth to induce the senate to retain
the thirty Indian agents. !.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
BELIEVES INDIAN
AGENTS ARE SAFE
Congressman Mcclure Says Senate
viii Block Democratic Scheme
Agents Are Necessary.

Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 17.-That the ac-
tion of the house democrats in en-
deavoring to cut off the appropriation
providing for eighteen district Indian
agents in oklahoma will be defeated
by the senate is the opinion Of Con-
gresham Bird S. Mcclure, First dis
trict OF Oklahoma, who was in Tulsa
yesterday Mr.. Mcguire believes that
the agreement OF the senate and house
conferees cutting off til appropriation
will be fought and defeated in the
senate and viii 90 back to the house,
where the appropriation will be ulti-
mately approved
Mcclure Fought for tne 5pproprIa.
ton in the house and III his speech iii
favor Of It showed where outside Of
Oklahoma there is a superintendent
or agent for every 1900 Indians, While
in oklahoma there is only one agent
for 1l5,0O0 Indians, thus making it
necessary to have district agents each
with more Indians under their care
than any other agent, in order to pro-
tect the Indians from the grafters who
make ita speciality Of getting the land
of the Indian for little or no compensa-
tion.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
WEST WILL TEST
The LIQUOR LAW

Oklahoma City, Aug. 17-Attorney
General West has agreed to cooper
ate with the attorneys for the Santa
Fe railroad in the case brought by j.
l. Brown in the federal court for the
western district of Missopri to compel
the railroad company to accept for
shipment consignment Of a beyer-
age known as "Tokay"
1t is planned to make this test
case sto the character of so-called
temperance drinks which the railroad
companies are required to accept for
shipment into what was formerly In
dian Territory under the decisions of
the federal courts which made that
absolutely dry territory.
The assistance and cooperation of
the state has been asked in order to
show the court that it is not merely
a controversy between carrier and
a shipper, but involves a public ques-
tion, which is of interest to the state
and nation.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
Frisco May Use Gulf Line Route.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. l6-It is ru-
mored in railroad circles here that the
Frisco line is negotiating with the
Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf in regard
to a transportation agreement which
will allow the Frisco to route its
through trains from Fairland to Hen
ryetta over the Gulf line, Ii has been
known here for some time that the
Frisco is dissatisfied with boU of its
routes from Kansas City to Denison,
Texas, as both are full of heavy grades
through a large portion of the state
One of them is by way Of Fort Smith,
Ark, and down through Hugo and the
other is by way of vinita, Tulsa, Sa-
pulpa and Ckmulgee If the arrange
ment is made. Il viii greatly increase
the shipping facilities of Muskogee.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
EXPENDITURES ARE
MADE PUBLIC
Senator Robert L. Ovens Campaign
Expenses TotaIed s2,4as.--state-
ments Filed.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 17.-One hun
dred or more expense bills have been
filed with the state election board by
candidates for nominations in the
August primary. The amounts ex-
pended range from nothing 'of value
as sworn to by J. Luther Langston,
candidate for the socialist nomination
for congre essman-at-large, to $2,S22.54,
as sworn to by c. N. Haskell, who
was defea cd for the democratic sena-
toIial noAiination By Senator Robert
Ii owen Senator owens expense bill
shows tars he expended $2,439.49. His
account is itemlzed and shows that
there we're expended for the Musko-
see headquarters s99S.66 Oklahoma
city Office $618.T7 travelling expenses
$4,000, printing S193.
HaskelI's statement showed that he
paid for stenographers $50, railroad
fare and hotel expenses S296.20, ex-
press, telephone and telegraph SILL
u; CA. Skeen, expenses, $28i S. K.
Gordon. printing, $500; postage $110,
newspapers and printing s1,4SS22.
u. r. Daniels Of Tulsa, candidate for
the republican nomination for repre-
sentative from the third district, spent
only S7S5.69 according to his expense
statement. Daniel is charged by re-
publicans in the third district with
having far exceeded the limit in the
matter OF expenditures in his cam
paign. He is reputed to be very
wealthy
Joe B. Thompson, one Of the three
nominees for congressman-at-large on
the democratic ticket, spent S1,470,15;
Leslie P. Ross, one of the defeated
candidates spent $42S5o; Robert E
Echols, who was also defeated spent
$1,194.07 and William NJ. Franklin
spent s1,4S9.45.
In the second district race Judge ].
]. Carney, who was nominated by the
democrats, spent $723.75; James S.
Ross. defeated candidate, spent $71S.-
". James Dennis Flynn, who was de-
feated for the republican nomination
in the third district, spent $2S450.
James N Lindsay, republican can
didate for representative, fourth dis
trict, Oklahoma county. spent nothing.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17

state. Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the legislature, before either
the company or the governor of the
state could do anything, Guthrie again
filed suit attacking the validity of the
act of the Legislature, and losing in
the state court, appealed to the su-
preme court of the United States,
which court rendered decision in
May, 1911, holding the location of the
capital at Oklahoma City valid I'm
mediately after the decision had been
handed down by the supreme court of
the United States, Guthrie filed an ap-
plieation for a rehearing, which appli-
cation was not passed upon until the
18th day of November, 1911, when it
was denied. At that time financial
conditions in the state and in Okla
homa. City were such that it seemed
to sell the lands as origi-
nally planned, and the State Capitol
Building company, in order to protect
the interests Of the state, delivered to
Lee Cruce, governor, deeds to the $50
acres Of land and psil 10 him 100000
in cash, he to hold tue same as trus-
tee, and he also entered into a contract
with the State Capital Building Com
pany in consideration Of said convey
anee chat he would recommend to the
next legislature that said lands aud
said money be accepted by the state ia
full satisfaction Of the provisions Of
the original contract And it is the
opinion Of Governor Cmce, as express
ed il his letter Of July q 1912 to Mr..
Nv II Born Of Bartlesyille that this
is the much more desirable and busi.
ness-like method for the state to adopt
in the erection of the building. Thus
the situation stands today
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
HITS
ROOSEVELT PARTY
Progressive Movement in C. o. P.
Pleases the Wisconsin
Senator.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 16.--In a
picturesque, spontaneous outburst dur
ing debate of the presidents wool tar
iff veto in the senate, Senator LaFol
lette today attacked the new progress
sive party, and swore new allegiance
to republicanism.
The original insurgent,7 quivering
with emotion, with clenched hands
and strained face, poured out flood
of impassloned oratory that kept the
door and galleries Of the senate rapt
and silent. Standing in the well of the
chamber, Senator ia Toilette assured
his associates that he intended to
keep up the fight in the republican
party to make chat party really pro-
.gressiye," and to keep on until the
last bell rings an dthe curtain falls =
after reviewing briefly the trust
record Of Colonel Roosevelt Senator
Pa Toilette declared that the former
president was mot the man to find the
way out now" He asserted that no
obstacles dragged across the path Of
the progressive movement in the re-
publican party can now stop it's adj
vance
He declared that when the republi-
can party, through its progressive as
sociates, had reached a point where
1T would respond to the purposes for
which it was born( an attempt is made
at Chicago to divert it."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
Grove Ships Eighteen Car Loads of
EIberta Peaches.

This section of the county has prod
ucts other than corn, wheat and oats
to sell During the past week eigh-
teen cars of Elberta peaches were
shipped ID Leavenworth, Kans., Mil
waukee, Wis, Chicago, Pittsburg, Pa,
and st. Louis. Beside this shipment
there has been something like 1000
bushels of peaches sold at the or
chards surrounding Grove. Up to
Tuesday night, w. e. Ross had ship
ped IA cars and Will Clark A. A part
of Mr.. Ross shipment included
peaches grown by w. l. Jones on his
Edgewood farm, just south of the pub
lie school building. As near as we
can get at the facts, this makes in the
neighborhood of $4,000 bushels of
peaches gathered from three orchards
and does not mean that this is all
There is yet several thousand bushels
of late peaches to father and market,
which will bring possibly a better
price than the early ones. Returns on
only two cars have been retceived to
date, and it is impossible to give the
correct amount the peaches viii net,
but>it will be in the 'neighborhood OF
$4,000, and when all have been mar
keted the total will be something like
$4,000. The returns not only benefit
the gentlemen who have money invest
ed in orchards, but nearly 800 people
who We're employed to pick, superin.
tend and crate same. The peach crop
has greatly benefited business, and
with a good corn crop practically as
.sured, we see prosperous times ahead
for our people Grove Sun
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
THREE COUNTIES
ARE STILL OUT
Owen Now Has s1,s45 Lead over
Charles ~ Haskell

Oklahoma City, Aug. l5.-Custer
county's primary vote reached the
state election board today, leaving
three counties Oklahoma, Payne and
Kiowa-to be heard from on the Unit
ed States senator's race The seventy
three counties heard from give owen
a lead of 31,S45 over Haskell as shown
by the boards revised and tabulated
figures. Owens vote was 7S.526 and
Haskells 1861 With seventy-two
counties reporting on the republican
race for United States senator, Dick
erson has II sos. Jones 7,949, Parmen-
ter 5000 and Perry S.425.
Thirteen counties failed to report
votes on the Oregon plan for electing
United States senators. In sixty-three
counties the affirmative side received
106,14S and the negative 1S,164. The
board today made the FIRST tabulation
on the four leaders in. the democratic
race for congressman at large. the re-
ports embracing all the counties re-
porting on senator. Murray is high,
with S5,457, Thompson is second with
'29,314, Weaver third with 22.92S and
Branson fourth with 20.99S
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
Fast Came Sunday.

The Adair baseball team will be
here tomorrow and will play the Mil
ford-Berger team at the Electric park
These two teams played at Adair last
week and the game went to Adair cas-
lily but the Vinita boys expect to play
their best game this time and are
confident of victory. The game will
be called at three o'clock. The grand
stand at the park has been remodeled
and now affords the fans comfortable
seating place.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
DARROW CASE
TO THE JURY
Fredericks Declares Darrow is Whole
sale Criminal And Asks For
a Conviction.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 16.-District
Attorney Frederieks did not conclude
the argument for the prosecution in
the Darrow bribery trial until late to-
day and Judge Hutton announced he
would not deliver his instructions to
the jury until tomorrow.
Fredericks closed his argument,
WHICH had extended through day
and half, by urging the jury to set
aside their sympathy for Darrow and
by finding him guilty put an end for
ever to the corruptingl of jurors.
IF by reason Of his age he said,
"or for any other reason you think
he is entitled to consideration or
clemency let the court extend Ill
In summing up Mr. Frederiol1s read
a list Of twenty-five alleged crimes he
said Darrow had committed in pre-
pairing the Mcnamara case These in
cludad the telephone warning to Sew
eral jurors considered hostile to the
defense and procuring $4,000 from a
San Francisco bank for alleged cor
rupt purposes.
Fredericks declared that if Darrow
was not convicted jury bribery would
be made safe forever.
Speaking of the manner in which
Darrowls closing pleas had affected
the jurors, Fredericks called upon
them to be strong. George Washing
ton wept when he signed the death
warrant of Major Andre" he said.
You men must do your sworn duty
even though it affects you likewise" "
The prosecutor was interrupted fire.
quently by attorneys for the defense
or by the defendant himself Fred
ericks declared the attorneys were
badgering him because they did not
want the jury to hear what he had to
say and asked the court to silence
them.
Much time was devoted to the oft
discussed peace negotiations in the
Mcnamara case, the speaker declar-
ing on one ocasio nthat had George
n Lockwood accepted the bribe offer
ed him instead of reporting it to the
district attorney, there never would
have been settlement, as the defense
would then have had two men on the
jury.
They were willing to let the poor
wretch, ] B. Mcnamara, go to the
gallows if necessary" said Fredericks,
but they did not want to throw in
IJ J. Mcnamara because that would
have meant the throwing in of union
labor an dthey did not want to throw
organized labor to the wolves, as they
have termed u.s."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE
Distance at Which Recognition OF
Person May BE Considered
Reliable.

How often we say Il recognized
him, sometimes at distances that
make us doubtful Now the German
government has made scientific In
vestigations showing the distance at
which this recognition may be consid.
cred reliable. According to their re-
port, man with good eyes will recog
nize a person seen once before at a
distance not greatly exceeding 81
feet. An intimate acquaintance may
be recognized at from one hundred
and sixty to three hundred and twen.
ty feet; and a very dear friend or
relative up to FIVE hundred feet.
The rifieman can discern the diff
ferent parts of his adversary's body.
and every decided movement at about
three hundred feet, and movement
Of the legs or arms Up to little more
than twice that distance. At six hum
dred yards moving man is mere
creeping blur on the landscape, and
at eight hundred yards any move.
ments of the arms or legs are no
longer visible.
OF course, there are averages such
as the jurist must recognize in weigh.
ing the evidence Of witnesses, and
the military leader in noting the posi-.
ton of his antagonist and the outside
limit of effective rife and pistol
fire. Then, there are exceptions to
these rules. Hunters, seacoast dwell
iers, prairie cattlemen and farmers
whose sight, unweakened by civilized
life and trained by constant exercise
Of long sight" viii often nearly
double the averages given. So, too
the clearer air Of the elevated
prairies and table lands certainly
doubles the power of the human eye
Joe Chapple's News Letter.
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GUTHRIE DELAYED
CAPITOL BUILDING

Oklahoma City, Aug. 17-On June
|11th, 1910, the people of the state of
Oklahoma, by vote of 96,261 in favor
Of Oklahoma City as against 81 1901
I'm favor of Guthrie, located the state
capital at Oklahoma City This was
a special election held on an initiated
bill for that particular purpose. The
bill on which you voted at that time
provided that the state should appro-
pirate $600,00000 with which to pur-
chase tract of land within five miles
of Oklahoma City, which land was to
be plated into lots, blocks and streets,
and sold, and the proceeds there from
was to constitute a fund for the erec-
tion of the state capitol. Guthrie inn
mediately instituted a suit attacking
the validity of the election, and late
in the year of 1910 the supreme court
of the state of Oklahoma held that
said election was void because Of a
mere technica Terror in the ballot
title; but also held that it was within
the rights of the people of the state,
either by initiative or an act of their
legislature, to locate their capital
where they pleased and when they
pleased regardless of the 1913 pro
vision of the enabling act
In the meantime, however, state
capitol commission had been appoint
ed, plans had been selected for eapi-
tol building, and all arrangements
were being made to carry out the pro
visions of the initiated bill, except that
certain Oklahoma City citizens further
agreed to donate the tract of land
without the states appropriating a
single dollar The decision of the su.
preme court, of course, rendered null
and void the work that had been done
by said capitol commission but in ac-
cordance with that decision holding
that the people had the right to locate
the capital by act of their legislature,
Governor Haskell called a special ses.
sion of the legislature at Oklahoma
City, in December, 1910, and this spe
cial session of the legislature, in ac
cordance with the will of the people
as Overwhelmingly expressed in the
special election. located the capital at
Oklahoma City and selected a new
site for the building within two miles
of the Lee-Huckins hotel; and certain
citizens of Oklahoma City entered into
contract with the state to donate
600 acres of land in the vicinity of the
capitol location, the proceeds from
which land was to constitute a fund
for the erection of the state capitol
These citizens, in order to facilitate
the work, Incorporated themselves as
the State Capitol Building Company
The only purpose of this company be-
ing to hold this land as trustee for
the state and TO rthe various donors,
and to carry out the contract with the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
The Main Thing.

Arnold Bennett. the English ro-
mancer, was much impressed In New
York by the beauty of the girl ste
nograDher.
1T isn't your actresses or your So
ciety bellies that I'd award the palm
for beauty" Mr.. Bennett said at q
luncheon. TITS to your stenograph-
ers.
Il won't say it's their beauty alone
that gets these girls Their positions.
but I'll tell you story.
"A male stenographer was talking
about a girl who had displaced him
lis she really an expert?' his
listener asked
"tOh. no. was the reply; but she's
as expert as you'd expect a girl Of
her beauty to be-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-17
Woman,s unfltnsss.

An anti-suffragist once said. "Wom-
ans unfitness for the ballot necessi-
tates her continuance in narrow en-
vironment."
This reminds us of the cid negro
who was asked why he did not seek
religion. He replied, Boss. amt
f1t."
well" said the other man, why
don't you get fit"
Uncle Pete answered, Boss, amt
ntten to git fits--Woman's Journal.
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National League.

Lavender, Reulbach, Cheney, Toney
and Archer and Cotter.
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Batteries Alexander and Doom;
Hendrix, Warner, Robinson and Glib
son.
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Columbus at Minneapolis (Second
Game Called off on account of rain.
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St. John's Episcopal Church.
Sunday school, S;4J. a. m.
Morning prayer and address, II a.
q.
WIN. II. TALMAGE, Minister.
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(First Camel

At Minneapolis R.HE
Columbus 020 900 600 2 8 1
Minneapolis 021 OOi 0O*- 10
Batteries Cook and Smith; Ohm
stead and Owens.
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R. H. h..
American League.

AT New York R.H.E.
Detroit 400 O1O 300 8 8 3
New York 9O4 O10 OO1- 8 12 3
Batteries: Works, Lake and Kocher;
Davis, Warhop and Sweeney.
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At Cincinnati

At Cincinnati R.H.E.
Brooklyn 100 010 001- 3 8 4
Cincinnati 012 900 01*- /
Batteries: Rucker and Miller;
Fromme and Mclean
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Game called on account of rain.
Batteries; Falkenberg and Land;
Karger and Casey.
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At Washington r. II. L.
Chicago 600 900 O0O- 0 2 2
washington POI OO1 OO*- 8 /
Batteries: Benz and Schalk; John
son and Ainsmith.
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BASEBALL RESULTS YESTERDAY.
American Association.

At Kansas City R.H.E.
Kansas City 600 1O1 100 II 10 2
Louisville 1O2 600 600 o. 6 /
Batteries Powell and James;
Northrup and Northrup
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At St. Louis
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-16

Mr.. r. F. Clendedin left yester.
day for Milwaukee, Wis, and st.
Paul, Mimi, to spend several weeks
Mrs. Amelia Barclay returned
yesterday after visit to relatives ir
Chicago.
MIR. Harry Collins, of Dayton, O.,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Collins, in this city.
DIR. B. E. Bean. of North Middle
town. is at a Lexington hospital under
treatment. His condition is critical.
Mrs. Rose Lowry, of Columbia,
Tenn, will arrive today to be guest
of Mrs. Clifton Arnsparger for several
days.
Misses Lizzie Lehman and Anna
Farrell, of the faculty of the Paris
Public Scools. have gohe to Knoxville,
Tenn. TO remain several weeks.
Mrs. &. H. Harris and daughter.
Miss Vertna Harris, of Chattanooga,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Har-
ris. and to her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Redmon
and Mrs. Bennett Tarr and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, have returned from a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Geffiuger, in Harro6sburg.
The Bourbon news., 1912-07-16
Prof. Sharon Gets Position.

Prof. J. A. Sharon, of Richmond,
who has been connected with the
State Normal School in that city, has
been elected as superintendent of
the Newport Public Schools. Prof.
Sharon was Superintendent of the
Public Schools in this city and is one
of the best known educators in Ken
lucky. His work here attracted the
attention of officials of the Eastern
State Normal School at Richmond.
He accepted position as instructor
at the latter school and has given
eminent satisfaction.