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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31

ARRESTED
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
cIarksyille, Tex, July 31.--FlNrteen
negroes were arrested here today to
attempt to gain information concern,
ing Leonard Potts, the negro who shot
Sheriff Stevens last night and es-
capped.
The negress with Potts was killed
by the sheriff's posse
It is reported that Potts is surround
ed four miles from here and a battle
seems inevitable
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31
Trump Card in the
Grace Trial Played

Atlanta, Ga, July S1-The proseeu-
tion played its grandest card in the
Grace trial today. A letter was lntro-
duced purporting to have been written
by Mrs. Grace the night OF the at
tempted murder. SAYING she had delay
ed making trip TO Philadelphia on
account Of the arrival Of a friend 1ae
state alleged that the letter is a forg-
cry
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31

CHARLEY DELlVuK

Mr. and airs, James Watts OF ST.
Louis and Thomas Butler Of New Or
leans are The guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lutz. 6i9 South Fourth street.
Mrs aWtts Is a sister of Mr. Luiz
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31

John Bell. we'll known to the barber
trade Of chickasha, has resigned his
position with the Copeland Abstract
Co. aud is back in the barber business
at rhorn's.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31
DELTVUK COMES
TO LIFE AGAIN

Our old friend, long lost, but not
forgotten. ha oE The broad smile and
broader brogue, one chas DeliYuk, the
Austrian grappler. sat himself down
so,rewhere on his chicken farm nj
Wienita, Kan. and penned the follow.
ing episile to the Express;
"Clty Editor, Daily Express
Dear Sir. / youst gent beck from a
e Weecke trap from Colorado and pickt
op a chickasha Daily Express on the
train and see the Big Advertising Of
Wrestling Matches you know Charley
Is allwus rady 10 Wrestle the best
Man IN the World now 81 the Manger.
mant at Chickasha is able to Pay me
$4,000 ana s25000 on the side | am
willing to com IN yonr city and viii
schow the Chiekasha sport how J am
abl to dump tie Terrible Greek Give
also the best regart to an Sport IN Ok.
lahoma Yours truly
CHARLEY DELlVuK.n .
Now, after having analyzed and pom
dered deeply over Charloys letter. it
appears lhat he IS desirous Of obtain.
ing a match in this city with the Ter.
rible Greek. whose name YOU don't
dare speak out n public for fear some
one viii mistake # for a cuss word.
A match between the two might prove
interesting. bat would hardly draw
well after the fiasco pulled OH By the
Greek and Chief Moutour a couple OF
weeks ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-31
WEATHER FORECAST

; Thursday probably local :
showers. moi much change in !
! temperature :
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
DIXoN's TESTIMONY
BRANDED AS FAKE
Democrats do Not Like What Bull
Moose Manager Said About
Party.

/ UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Or Democratic
national committee heads today brand
ed IS false Senator Dixon's testimony
before the campaign Investigating
committee in Washington yesterday,
concerning democratic pre-convention
expenditures, Chairman McCombs,
Acting Chairman McAdoo, T. j. Spence
acting chairman Of the finance com
mittee, and G.. Penfield, announced
that they were ready to testify when
ever called.
In statement issued by Spence,
he said in part:
mfr. McCombs, Mr.. McAdoo, myself
and Mr.. Penfeld will go to Washing
ton to testify at any time We are
called. The evidence we shall give
and that which l believe @. r. Crane
will give, will put Senator Dixon in
the Ananias club.
When we give our testimony we
will bring good memories along with
us, something that Senator Dixon did
not do"
S. G. Penfield, who, Dixon claimed
had given $4,000 to the pre-conven
ton campaign Of Governor Wilson
denied that he had given any sucf
sum-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
HELEN GOULD i'm
RAILROAD WRECK
Her Private Car Went Off the
Track But None in Her
Party Was Hurt.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. S.--Miss
Helen Gould was in q railroad wreck
here early today which resulted in
the injury of eight persons, of whom
I 1yyill die. The West Shore Limit
;. lumber 1, the wrecked train, was
= King forty miles an hour, west
ound, when 1t crashed into freight
wreck near Wende station, just east
of here, derailing all the coaches, In
cluding the private car occupied by
Miss Gould and a party of New York
society women on their way to Chi
cago. Except for slight shaking-up,
the members of the Gould party,
asleep at. the time, were unhurt.
The fatally injured We're Engineer
Smith and Fireman Haskin; the less
seriously, Mrs Catherine Flynn, San
Francisco; John Benson, Des Mofnes
Elmer Boara, Adams, Mass; Marga
ret Walsh and Patrick Ragone, Chi
cago, and George Dalbone, Buffalo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Trick on the Party.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Oct. 3.-lllinois
democrats are aroused over the re-
port that the state board of agricul-
ture is trying to keep the democratic
state central committee from allow
ing Governor Woodrow Wilson to
speak in the down town district
when he comes here next Wednesday.
The board wants the committee to
pledge itself that the candidate for
president win speak only in the fair
grounds, it is said, in order that the
number of paid admissions will be
swelled.
Local democrats call attention to
the fact that the board has refused to
advertise the coming of Wilson and
charge that it is trying to play a
trick on the party in the interests oi
the republicans, by decreasing the
audience of the candidate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Youthful Foraers.

| United Press Leased Wire Service, ]
CHICAGO, Oct. S.-seven youthful
alleged forgers were taken into GUS
tody by the police today and notices
sent to the police of st. Louis and
Kansas City to capture others in
what the chief says has been care
fully executed plot to pass $4,000
worth of worthless checks. The forg
ers operated on the north and west
sides and victimized innumerable
small dealers with checks varying
from $40 up. The gang is said tf
have operated in fifty cities. The
men under arrest are Carl Lamb, 2l
Otto Fernandez, 10, John o'Connor
IS, r. G. Cast, 10; Kearney Ballard
10; walter Knox. 20; and Pell Purs
ley, 10, all of Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
KANKAKEE WAS
BADLY SCORCHED
Three Newspapers and Three Thea.
tres Put Out Of Business
BY the $4,000 Con-
Migration.
WHOLE CITY MENAcED
Sixteen Buildings Damaged BET
the Flames Were Finally .
Quenched After a Hard .
Fight.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-Fire
early today destroyed s15o,000 worth
of property, the plants of three news
papers, and put three theaters out OF
business. The fire started, it Is sup
posed, from crossed electric wires in
the new Remington theater building,
and before daylight communicated to
one-third of the structures in the
business section.
The Remington building, with
equipment valued at $4,000, was con
sumed. It's walls fell on the bic
Baker livery barns, killing three
horses, narrowly missing half q
dozen sleeping hostlers and setting
fire to that and adjoining buildings
The flames spread rapidly and at one
time when the wind was high, threat
Fened the whole town. Sixteen struc
lures were damaged before the fire
department, aided by citizens, got the
fire under control.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
piles of Money.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Oct Individual
deposits of s5,S9167o,oOo were report
ed to be in the 1897 national banks
at the close of business when the last
bank statement was called for Sep
tember 4, according to statement Of
the comptroller of the currency.
Loans were 5000, S41 900; bonds, ST.
o39 1856, goo; specie held $713,46O,o 600
and United States bonds held to Sc.
cure circulation $724,oS5,0oo. Over
draft of $40, ,16S,ooO We're reported and
legal tender notes outstanding aggre-
gated s1S2,49o,Oo0 Capital stock of
the banks is $1.o46,012,oOO; surplus
| $7o1,o21 900 and undivided profits OF
| S242, 1856 .000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
LABOR IJNlONISM
BECOMES AN l. SUE
Dynamite Case Talesmen Are
Confronted With Perplex
ing Question.

TJJnited Press Leased Wire Service.
FEDERAL COURTROOM, INDIAN
APOLIS, Ind. Oct. 3.-"The open
shop versus labor unionism already
has taken it's place as the sharply de-
fined and unmistakeable issue in the
dynamite conspiracy trials, and Judge
Anderson gave it recognition when ne
discarded juror, who said he re-
fused to hire union labor when he
knew it,
The examination Of talesmen today
resolved itself into "the right of en-
ployes to run their business to suit
themselves, without outside interfer-
ence," against the right of working
men to organize for their own pro-
lection"
The puzzled farmer-talesman, safe.
ly getting by this Scylla from the
government "do you think it right
that manufacturer should be told by
a union who he can and cannot en-
ploy," Immediately found himself
facing this Charybdis of the derense:
do you think it right that man
be Disseminated against by his en-
ployer simply because he belongs to a
union?"
When the hearing was resumed to-
day, two of the second venire of fifty
men were in the jury box for examIn-
alton. The defense had exhausted
five of thirteen preemptory challenges
and the government two of their six.
Nine peremptory challenges were left
altogether, which made it matter
for doubt that the Jury would be OBJ.
| tanned during the day.
| The jury was completed this after.
| noon.
When the examination of veniremen
!. was resumed today, the government
rejected three men because they ad
mitted they had strong opinions thai
the indicted men were guilty.
Charles G. Foresman of Muncie
Ind, said that he was prejudicet
against the forty-eight defendants be
cause Ortie McManigal, the inform
er. concealed large quantity of dyn
amite and nitro-glycerine behind hi
4 house
4 The explosive, he said, was discov
cred concealed in barn in the rea
OF his premises, which prejudiced hin
4 against the accused men. He was eS
cused.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
1all Street Banker on the Witness Stand To-
day Testified He Aided Republicans For
Good Of the People.
Expected NO REWARD FOR HIS GIFT
Denied That He Referred to the President AS
"That Fool in the White
House.

ey,' and he grinned when he finished
the remark.
Morgan's early nervousness wore
off quickly when the committee ex-I
erted themselves to put him at his
ease. He fingered his eyeglasses for
a while until he appeared to grow ac.
customed to the staring audience and
the committee members. His seat
was 80 placed that he did~no have
to face the audience, but sat op-
posite the committee.
Deafness appeared to bother Morg'
an. He desired to edge up close to
the committee, explaining:
Il want to get your questions cor
rect, and answer them correct, too"
The high perch he occupied on the
elevated witness stand also seemed TO
bother the worlds greatest financier.
He evidently disliked the prominence
of his position and wanted "closer
communion" with the members.
Senator Paynter showed the most
cordial attention to Morgan, although
Pomerene offered the financier his
chair at the committee table, when
Morgan asked permission to leave his
perch and descend to the floor
taking a chair adjoining Pomerenes
He declined PomereneS own chair
with thanks.
Mrs. Hamilton frequently smiled al
her father, while Satterlee, his son-in
law, gnawed his moustache nervously
at times. Mrs. Hamilton wore a huge
bunch of American Beauty roses al
her corsage.
Senator Oliver was conspicuous In
| his inattention to- Morgan. Oliver de
clined to question the money king
and merely eyed the witness closely
The "grilling' of Morgan expected
from Pomerene failed to materialize
Irony used by the Ohio senator II
beginning Morgans cross examination
dwindled finally to amused sarcasm
then to affability and finally to real
/ friendly laughter.
4 When Morgan told how the repuh
l ilCdU I6dQSIS tlctptu w LIS ohiSO ~
1904, frequently for more money
and didn't get but s50,oo0-botl
Pomerene and Morgan laughed heart
lily. Just fifty-five minutes was tn
4 length of Morgan's examination II
appeared surprised when released s
soon He gave his testimony with al
parent readiness Only once Or twic
did he hesitate over his answers, an
then only regarding names and dates
Clapp notified Morgan that hi
presence here might possibly be n
/, auired again Morgan did not max
; any comment.
! When Morgan left the committe
room he was given going away
|, demonstration that was almost a
ovation. Spectators stood up. Som
! Jumped on their chairs.
> Even the capitol policemen exer
!. ed themselves for a last view
Everybody--that is everybody 9
the committee shook hands happil
with Morgan.
S Morgan arrived at the committe
/. room FIVE minutes ahead of time +
d was accompanied by his son-in-law ar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
CONTINUED on page 81
RECITED POETRY WHEN
ASKED ABOUT ROBBERY

in lieu of $4,000 bonds. Stacey was
caught in ST., Louis and brought here
on the charge of having beaten and
disarmed Policeman Lieutenant Burns
when the latter tried to arrest him
and other alleged members of the
gang in this city. Stacey claims to
be nothing more than scholarly beg
par. When given a ride in Acting
Chief schuettler's automobile, he re.
cited poetry on being questioned
about the robbery. He was handcnf-
fed and manacled and hurried away
from court to prevent service OF a
possible haoeas corpus writ. II ne
escapes on the charge of assault, sta
rev will be charged with the theft OF
lieutenant Burns revolver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
RVOTEyG STARTED
in THE CAPITAL
Teamster on Strike Beat Up
Two Men Before the Poz
lice Rescued Them.

/ limited Press Leased Wire service.l
DES MONIES, Oct 3.-The sheriff's
force today united with the city police
when rioting broke out among the
striking teamsters, three hundred OF
whom walked out last Monday. Early
today f. H. Buthe, a wholesale hard
ware dealer, and Charles Fincher, a
non-union teamster, were dragged
from one of Luthe's wagons and Sc
verely beaten by strikers before the
police interfered.
There were evidences of increasing
unrest among the strikers today and
serious trouble is feared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
NEVER NAG CLUB
MUST BE GREAT
Set Of Rules Reads Pleasantly
Enough to Suit Every
Husband.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-With thirty
four honeymooners aboard, the fem
inine contingent of which had re-
solved themselves into never nag"
club, the Liner Bermudian rippled OFF
toward Bermuda today.
The ~never nag" club has set OF
rules, few Of which are as follows:
ITO have husbands breakfast
ready when he gets up
ITO be dressed neatly for his In
spection."
ITO greet him with kiss when he
arrives home; not wait for him to
make the advance"
ITO give him night off each week
to go where he will and do what he
wants"
ITO care for the household and
watch expenses
sTo welcome the husbands bache
lor friends and make the home theil
club"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
government to commander private
property for military purposes.
Seized Three Aeropsanes.


for military purposes.
Seized Three Aerop'anes.
BEL GRADE, Servia, Oct. 3.--The
Servian government today seized sew
eral carloads Of Turkish war muni-
tions and three Turkish aeroplanes,
in retaliation for Turkeys detention
OF Servian munitions on their way
through Turkish territory.
Peace Agreed Upon.
IASAUANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 8.
The Turkish and Italian represen-
tatives reached an agreement today
on the main terms of peace treaty.
1t is momentarily expected 1t will be
signed.
Threatened with attack by the Bal
kan quadruple alliance it was obvious
ly important for Turkey to end the
struggle with Italy. Italy, however,
also has reasons for giving Turkey
free hand in the Balkans Should
the Ottoman empire disintegrate,
Italian interests will require the ac-
| quisition of Albania 1t is doubtful
| If it would get 1t, for Austria would
want the same territory
In an international Balkan struggle,
1 Italy, the weakest of the powers,
would be sure to suffer. Consequent
ly for the present at least, it prefers
everything left as 1t is. Diplomats
surmise, therefore, that 1t has treated
Turkey generously.
Turks Not SO Bad.
CONSTANTTNOPLE, Oct. 3.-"The
world doesn't know Turkey" said a
1 diplomatic official long resident here,
today. "It is by people who in all
their lives have scarcely seen Turk
i that the race is denounced. l have
yet to meet the foreigner who. thor
oughly acquainted with them, did not
admire them immensely.
Their old government was very
bad. The present one is not ideal.
A But the people are among the finest
4 in Europe. They are magnificent
fighters if they must fight, but con-
trary to the popular fancy, they are
{! perfectly peaceable and orderly when
| they are permitted to be.
4 Most news dispatches | have seen
: give the impression that christians OF
4 Macedonia are peace-ioving, civilized
people, ground down by a nation OF
: savages. The truth is that these SO
: called christians run to the highest
. average of desperate cut-throats
imaginable l don't say the Turks
are highly civilized but do say their
4 civilization compares favorably with
I the civilization of Bulgaria, Seryiap
Greece or Montenegro
Greeks Called TO Arms.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S,-The Greek
legation here received a cablegram
from Athens stating that the govern
4 ment had issued an order to mobilize
: troops to join Bulgaria, Servia and
a Montenegro against Turkey.
+ 'The Greek charge d'affaires IL
seeking recruits from Greeks who
S have emigrated to this country. He
y requested the United Press today t
/ announce that all Greek subjects II
s this country who desire are requested
q to return home and take up arms TO
e the fatherland."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Weather Conditions.

A depression, which is central In
the Lake Superior region this morn
ing, has been attended by warmer
weather, with showers from the Mis-
souri, river to the Western Lakes,
while the weather is fair in other dis
tricts. except there have been show
ers in the extreme southeastern and
southwestern states.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Frilay, and
somewhat cooler tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Hadley Gives Figures.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Oct. 81
Governor Hadley said here today that,
according to his information, the
Roosevelt pre-convention campaign in
Missouri cost about $1,000.
In testifying before the Clapp com
mittee yesterday, Senator Dixon said
that Governor Hadley likely knew
most about the contributions to the
Missouri bull moose fund.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
FIRST MAN THAT SQUEALS
IS THE NEXT MAN HUNG

Carey today began a searching inves-
tigation of the affair but with little
hope of locating the ring leaders. The
convicts who participated acted so
silently and quickly that Wigfall was
hanging dead at the end of a rope and
the convicts had reformed their lock-
step lines before the outside prison
guards reached the scene.
One of the convicts is said to have
told the warden that the prisoners
killed Wigfall because Mrs. Higgins.
whom he assaulted, had been good to
most of them, having mended their
clothes and treated them like a motn-
er Anyway, he added, they didn't
want to associate in the prison with
such monster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Turkey and Italy About Ready to Sign Peace
Agreement in Order to Make Way For
New War.
TURKS ARE THE STRONGEST POWER
If Her Four Little Neighbors Jump Her,
There is Going to be Fight That Will
Be Caution.

['United Press Leased Wire Service.l |
CONSTAiNTINOPLE, Oct. 3.-The
Bulgarian, Servian, Montenegrin and
Greek ministers today presented
joint ultimatum to Turkey. They de-
manded autonomy for Macedonia, Al
bania, Old Servia and Crete within
three days. If at the end OF that
time Turkey has not complied with
the demand, second ultimatum will
be delivered. simultaneously the
powers will be notified that unless
the Turks yield at the end of the sec
ond three days, the quadruple alli-
ance will begin hostillties.
Ottoman bank officials profess to
have news that Turko-Italian peace
pact has all but been signed.
The Porte today refused compli-
ance with Greece's demand for the
surrender Of the Greek ships seized
in Turkish waters. @
The ministers here from Sofia, Bel
grade, Cettinjs and Athens complain
ed vigorously that Turkish officials
are mutilating kilograms from their
respective governments.
The Roumanian minister assured
( the sultan that his country will re
main absolutely neutral in the event
| of Balkan war.
Waiting to Be Forced.
! LONDON, Oct. 3.-The foreign Of
flee has received dispatch from Sir
! Gerald Lowther, British ambassador
to Turkey, it was stated on excellent
authority today, saying Turkey will
not fight unless forced to do SO.
Sir Gerald added that the sultan
| is willing to introduce reforms In
! Macedonia under supervision Of the
4 powers ambassadors, but that the
work is necessarily slow in such q
country, and cannot be accomplished
as speedily as the quadruple alliance
insists.
Turkeys military preparations In
dicate determination to strike first
and hardest at Bulgaria in the event
i OF hostilities 1t Is said that the Con
4 stantinople war office believes a few
regiments will be enough to dea
with Greece.
Constantinople messages say tht
/ Turks are showing a fine spirit O
patriotism, all factions forgetting
, their domestic differences to resis
aggression from outside If Turke,
closes peace terms with Italy, militar.
| experts think it will make short worl
of the quadruple alliance
Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro ant
Greece are all raking the money mar
kets of Europe for loans, apparentl,
J without success.
! Confirmation is lacking of report
: that Turkish forts fired on two Gree
c steamships in the Bosphorus.
q servia Wins First Battle.
VIENNA, Oct 3-That a Turks
batillion has crossed the frontier il
to Servia and been driven back by
!. Servian regiment after a sharp cor
flict was reported here today.
A message from Montenegro say
I the schools thsre were all closed tt
day, that the widest martial enthl
siasm prevailed, that mobilization wa
: progressing at top speed, and that
:, law has been passed authorizing tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
Large Gallery Watches play.

Large Gallery WdtcheS Fay.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Serylce.l
MANCHESTER, Mass, Oct. b.
Miss e. G. Wheeler of Boston and
Miss Grace Semple, Of st. Louis, were
the first off the tee today in the third
round of the women's national champ
innship tournament on the Essex
links. Following this pair 1vere Mrs.
q. H. Fitler, philadelphia, and Mrs.
r. H. Barlow, Philadelphia; Miss
Katherine Mellus, Los Angeles, and
Miss Margery Phelps, Boston; Miss
Margaret Curtis, Boston, present title
holder, and Mrs. Caleb Fox, Philadel-
phia. The largest gallery OF the tourn.
ament watched today's matches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-03
street Cars Crash.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Oct S.-Four
persons We're hurt in a street car
collision today. Motorman Emil
Holub. aged "a, was removed to the
Emergency hospital suffering several
fractured ribs.