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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
STATE LEGISLATURE
TO OCCUPY TEMPLE
Fourth Session Of State Legislature
Will Be Convened There.

Oklahoma City, Dec 19.-The state
board of affairs Tuesday, after con-
sidering the question of quarters for
the legislature for several weeks,
finally decided to accept the PROPOSE
tion offered by the owners Of India
Temple and closed contracts for the
rental Of that building during the ses-
sion of the fourth legislature, which
will be convened January Z.
The rental of the two top floors Of
the building for the ninety days of the
session is 81 COS, with a provision that
the Legislature may occupy any addi-
tional Offices it needs on the second
floor OF the building at rental of $12
per month for each room so occupied.
1t also is provided that the time may
be extended as much as necessary at
the same rental and that any special
session of that Legislature may occupy
the quarters.
The state also undertakes to make
the necessary changes in the building,
The partitions in the third and fourth
floors, where the two branches are to
meet and where committee rooms
must be provided, are to be taken out
and changed at the expense of the
state; and at the end Of the session,
are to be restored in their original
form by the state.
The Oklahoma Fire Insurance com
.pany, owners of the building, guaran-
tee to the state the use of the build
ing for such time as may be desired
and the free and unobstructed use of
the lobby, with an entrance on Second
street. The contracts were prepared
Tuesday and will be signed early
Wednesday morning.
1t is understood that work ON the
changes to the building will be started
at once, as it will be necessary to
rush the work to have the building
ready for the opening session.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
MAIL ORDER LIQUOR
TRAFFIC DENOUNCED
Hot Debate over Bill to Prohibit
Shipping Liquor Into "Dry"
Territory.

Washington, Dec. determination
of the mail order liquor business" as
the enemy of state prohibition, char
acterized the opening today of the
fight in the senate for the passage of
the Sheppard-Kenyon bill to prohibit
the shipment of liquor across states
lines into dry" territory.
Galleries were thronged with men
and women identified with the national
temperance movement when the de-
bate began on the measure long pend
ing before both branches of congress.
Consideration OF the bill was devoted
to address in its support by Senators
Sanders of Tennessee and McCumber
of North Dakota, both of whom had in
troduced bills similar to the measure
pending.
Legislative rules threw the bin back
to the regular calendar when the short
debate was interrupted by the conven-
ing of the Archibald court of impeach-
ment. Members will demand that it
again be taken up, however, and an
effort probably will be made to have
it brought before the senate as the
unfinished business, insuring its
daily consideration, until it is finally
disposed of.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
BANKER ARRESTED
FOR BIG SHORTAGE
Former Officer of Pryor Institution
Placed Under $4,000 Bond.

Pryor, Okla, Dec 16.-W, l.. Jones,
former president of the Pryor State
bank, which failed November 26, was
arrested here Saturday afternoon
charged with misappropriating the
banks funds. Jones was placed un-
der $4,000 bond which was furnished
by his brother-in-law.
According to the report of the bank
examiner, Jones misappropriated $17-
900 in cash of the banks money and
issued worthless notes to the amount
of approximately $2S.000 The money
and notes, it is said, was used in pro
noting the building of an electric light
plant at Pryor which was fathered
by Jones. The greater part of the
shortage, it is said occurred during
the past 80 days.
The bank has been reorganized and
reopened under the name of Ameri-
can State Bank of Pryor with J. A.
LANCER, president. Mr. LANCER was
formerly president of the Davenport
State bank and has been connected
with the banking interests of the state
for a number OF years.
The investigation of the defunct in
stitution and the reorganization of the
new bank was conducted by Bank Ex-
aminer w. r. Samuel.
1t is stated neither the depositors
nor the bank guarantee fund suffered
any loss as result of the failure.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
FIFTYoNE TEXAS PARDoNs
Governor CoIquitt Signs Them at Aus
tin on his Fifty-First Birth
day.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 17.-This was the
tifty-frst anniversary of the birth of
the Governor of Texas and the Col
quits spent a most pleasant day at
the Executive Mansion Rowlins Col
quit of Huston, son of the Governor,
came up and helped make his fathers
natal day one of happiness.
For each year Of his life the Cover
nor signed Christmas pardon today.
The Governor has adopted a new
policy in granting pardons. Each is
conditional and obligates the recip
lent to be on good behavior during
the term of his sentence. In the case
of life sentences it conditions the
men to obey the laws and remain
tractable the remainder Of their nat
ural lives, otherwise they will return
ed to prison walls.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
Robbins Takes Rest.

McAlester, Okla, Dec. 16.-Henry
p. Robbins, editor of the News-Capi-
ital, in mondays issue says editorial
ly: Commencing with Tuesdays is
sue The News.Capital will be for a
few weeks be in editorial charge of
Paul Nesbitt." Mr.. Robbins states
that he has only had one weeks rest
in five years, and that nature has be-
come so clamorous that a vacation is
deemed imperative Mr.. Nesbitt was
formerly editor of Governor Haskell's
paper. the McAlester Tribune.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
INDIANS REFUSE
TO TAKE MONEY
cherokees Refuse Government Money
Because of Broken Treaty.

Claremore, Okla, Dec. 16.-Many In
dian families living in the wilds of the
ozarks in Eastern Oklahoma, enrolled
as fullblood Cherokees, are in desti-
tute circumstances. It is said some
of them may not survive the winter,
while at the Indian agencyc hecks for
$13S are theirs for the asking. The
members OF the tribe believe that
great injustice has been done them
and as a result have taken VOWS never
to accept the money.
When the Dawes Commission en-
tered upon the task Of allotting lands
to the Indians it was found that
strong opposition existed to the plan
Many full-bloods protested against the,
restriction of their hunting grounds
and have never accepted allotments.
The government was forced TO allot
arbitrarily those who refused Three
years ago when the government dis
tributed to each Indian $133 as share
in the fund which had accumulated
from the removal of the Cherokees
from Georgia to Oklahoma more than
seventy years ago, these Indians re-
fused to accept the money and more
than forty checks still remain uncalled
for at the agency.
! Twenty years ago, or more. there
was organized among the Indians a
secret society known as the Kee-to
wah, or Night Hawks The object of
| it was to force the government to
carry out the treaties granting that all
lands should be owned in common and
that the Indian should be protected
in his rights. The members of this
secret society, living remote from cen
ters of civilization, have not kept In
touch with the ever changing condi.
tions
The VOWS they have taken preclude
the acceptance Of the money or lands
and the problem of the government
grows greater as time passes. The
situation becomes more serious as cold
weather approaches. Heretofore other
Indians have assisted the Night Hawks
but this year that method seems inn
possible.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
countv Teachers Hold Meeting.

The Craig county teachers held their
egular meeting in the high school
auditorium last Saturday and the as
gociation was we'll attended by both
ural and the city teachers.
a This was one of the best meetings
hat has ever been held in I'll. county
and there we're many good things SAID
that was of great benefit to every one
in their line of work whether in high
school or not, as the program was so
arranged that all might get good ideas.
The special numbers on the program
that deserve mention were those given
-bv Prof. Clark, of the English depart
Auent of the Tahlequah state normal
3Prof. Logan of the Latin department
and Prof. Nelson fthe manual train
ing department. All of these men
handled their subjects in manner
mat no teacher could vel afford to
miss.
The above named men took special
delight in explaining any question that
4 any teacher might ask in regard tC
the Northeastern state normal and the
plan for the teachers to attend tha
normal next summer and have pleas
ant one. was great one and it seem'
that many of the teachers will taxi
advantage Of it.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
ASYLUM FOR INSANE
WILL SOON OPEN

The board Of trustees for the East
ern Hospital for the Insane at Vinita
met yesterday pursuant to call of
Chairman DR.. oliver Bagby J. J.
Maroney Of Okmulgee and Mr. Long
of Wewoka constitute the board. The
following appointments of officials
and helpers was made:
/. N. Bunch, steward
DR.. Williams, assistant physician
]. r. Drake and wife, supervisors.
Jack Sheehan, farmer
DR.. +. M Adams is the superintend-
ent and physician In charge of the in
stitution. The appointment of other
helpers was authorized
The buildings will be turned over
by the contractors January the first,
and as soon as the furniture can be
set up more than 300 patients will be
brought from Norman and the work
Of caring for them begun $50 beds
have been purchased and 200 suits of
mems clothing and similar amount
of women's wear has been provided.
There will be pay roll of s2,500
mont hto start with which will con
stantly increase from time to time.
There will be Is women attendants
and probably few more men. A
number of farm teams, and 25 or 80
COWS will be bought. Chickens, hogs,
etc, will also be procured, and ten
acres in garden will be under the su-
pervision of an experienced gardener.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

Edmonton, Alta, Dec. 16.-Kwong
Lang, laundryman, who lost his life
after saving six of his countrymen
from suffocation in a burning building,
was honored in his death by scores
of white men and Chinese. The fun
eral services. in which his heroism
was extolled, were largely attended
Kwong was AZ years of age and passed
25 years in various parts of the United
States and western Canada He came
to Edmonton seven years ago and
amassed of fortune by investing his
earnings in inside property. His es-
tate includes three building sites in
the business district and a bank ac-
count He had planned to return to
China this month. His widow, living
i'm the province of Hoy Pan, is the sole
beneficiary The estate will be con-
verted into cash and forwarded to
China.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
PARCELS POST
RULES IN FORCE
Nearly Anything Under Eleven Pounds
May Be Sent BY Mail-A Few
Of the Rules.

Postoffice officials here are studying
pamphlets which contain the parcels
post rules. The pamphlets have just
arrived. The rules go into effect Jan
uary /
Nearly everything that doesn't weigh
more than eleven pounds and that can
be tied with 72-inch string going
both ways around can be shipped. In
toxicants, poisons, infammable mater.
ials, revolyers, animals (alive or dead)
obscene printed matter and articles
which violate criminal acts are ta-
booed However, there are exceptions
on the taboo list. One may mail a live
queen bee and other insects if properly
Gagged or stuffed animal. Poisons to
be used as medicines are admissible.
Here are some of the regulations:
Distinctive stamps will be used on
parcels post ackages-stamps not
good for any other class of mail.
Packages must be wrapped so that
the contents may be examined easily.
Packages will not be accepted unless
they bear the name and address of the
sender preceded by the word e"from. "
Inscriptions such as Merry Christ
mas, Happy New Year." with best
wishes" and DO not open till Christ
mas" may be placed nthe covering.
Fragile articles must be labeled
fragile and perishable articles per
ishable"
Eggs must be packed against any
possible chance of breakage and must
be labeled eggs"
Fresh meat will not be accepted for
shipment beyond the first zone
Perishable matter decaying in tran
sit may be destroyed by postmasters.
Perishable matter which may decay
before it reaches its destination may
be given 10 charitable institutions by
Ipostmasters.
A parcel may be insured against
loss in am amount equivalent to its ac'
tual value but not to exceed $50, on
payment of a fee of ten cents.
Addresses must sign a receipt foI
insured mail.
Parcels post matter will not be adj
mitted to registered mail.
Paroels post matter comes under the
head of fourth class mail matter and
all present fourth class regulations
conflicting with parcels post are super
seded.
These rates are given:
Each
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

There will be a basketball game at
the high school building next Friday
night between the Columbus, Kans,
high schoo land the Vinita high school
There will also be a game between
two of the Vinita girl teams as a pre-
liminary to the main contest. This
will be the first game for the boys and
the Columbus team is reported to be
extra strong this season.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
Golden RuIe Changes Hands.

NJ. b. Rich and his associates of the
Golden Ruel Mercantile company have
sold the Golden Rule store to H. NJ.
Blumenthal and wife of Sloan
Springs, Ark. and the new proprie-
tors take charge today. and the bust
ness win continue at the same loca-
ton in the Halsell building.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

grove, Okla, Dec. 16.-The situation
1t Jay is unchanged. The opposing
forces fought bloodless battle about
ten o'clock Sunday night over one
hundred shots were fired at long range
. one being hit on either side. Each
side claim that the other fired first
General Canton was in old Jay at the
time but took no part in the fray He
returned to Oklahoma City today to
report to Governor Cruce but he did
not indicate to any one here what his
report would be.
Certain movements nthe part OF
the sheriff and his forces indicate that
they have given up the fight, but the
vIorce at old Jay is still on guard and
have been busy today digging en-
ltrenehments around the court house.
Sheriff Thomason was in Grove sew
eral hours today, but returned to New
Jag this afternoon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

Get in the Good Fellow bond wagon.
How many things could have hap
pened to you that didn't Are you
BE a Good Fellow.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

Miss Norma Ratcliff is home from
Sherman, Texas, where she has been
school.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
ARMED WOMEN DO
PICKET DUTY At
JAY COURT HUUSE
With Rifles on Their Shoulders They
Stand Guard With the Men
Moving Pictures of Battle,
No.

Oklahoma City, Dec 16.-Oficial
confirmation of the previous dispatches
sent out of Grove, Okla, was made
tonight when Major General Frank NJ.
Canton and Sergeant Major H. A. Ran
dali reached Oklahoma City and said
the records Of Delaware county were
guarded at Old Jay by a determined,
aI1 ed and sober band of men and
womey.. Kodak pictures taken by Ser
geant Randall, in Old Jay, showed wo-
men with rifles doing picket duty Sun
day during the absence of men guards
at dinner.
Major Canton and Sergeant Randall
stated that seven moving picture men
were on the ground with machines,
and the citizens Of New Jay were pos
ing in fighting attitude for the bene-
fit of the enterprising photographers.
Canton and Randall say they reached
Old Jay Saturday night at z O'Clock,
The shooting was started by the New
Jay forces, in conjunction with the
sheriff, Bud Thomason's deputies fir
ing at Sam Bennie and Ed Washburn
as these two we're sleeping by camp
tire on guard in the outskirts OF Old
lay. The bullets struck and knocked
asunder the campfire, but no one was
injured. Old Jay citizens rushed to
arms and about one hundred shots
we're fired by the two sides.
Sunday morning Canton talked with
Old Jay partisans who said they in
Nbnded to hold the records by force
Of arms until January 8 next, when
be new county commissioners would
] ssignate Old Jay the county seat, and
4e trouble end. To surrender the
books now would give New Jay an op-
portunity to hold them after January
thourough court procedure.
Old Jay partisans offered to surren-
der the books to Canton upon order
from Governor Cruce, but as they are
Old Jay by orders of Cruce, admin
istered by Canton, the governor is not
likely to have them returned to New
jay on the district courts orders. Can
ton would not say what his recon-
mendations to Cruoe would be, other
than to express an opinion that the
records could not be moved by the
local authorities without bloodshed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
civrc improvements.

Edmonton. Alta, Dec. i6.- William
Short. X. C.. a pioneer of Edmonton,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
Suggestions to Shippers of Christmas
Packages by Express.

1st Ship your packages early-by
the 18th of December if possible The
express company will give you small
label to paste on the package reading
DO not open until Christmas" This
will give opportunity for the package
to reach its destination before Christ
mas and give the additional pleasure
to the recipient of the gift of having
il on Christmas morning.
End. Use wooden boxes with plenty
of excelsior for packing glass and
other fragile articles, which cannot
otherwise be safely carried.
3rd. Write the address distinctly
and in full-state, county, city, street
and number-on the box or package,
with ink or crayon. Tags are fre-
quently torn off and lost.
4th If you want to prepay the
charges, write the word Paid" in
large, plain letters on the package.
5th. Insist upon a receipt and see
that the amount paid and the value is
marked on the receipt and on the pack
age.
9Th Write your own address in full
somewhere on the package, following
the word From. ....---........."
7th. Enclose a card in each box or
nackaSa reading.
From ..........,-.- ,..,....,...
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
Parcels Present

Parcels post and express cl
compared on 5-pound package:
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

(Consignee's address.)
This in order that, should the outer
markings be destroyed, the inner mark
will insure prompt forwarding and de-
livery.
9Th, If paper is employed for wrap
ping, use only the strongest, and tie
with strong cord, Never ues news
paper.
9th. If package contains anything
of perishable nature, write the word
'Perishable" im large plain letters on
the box or package, which will cali
for special attention and delivery.
10th. Obliterate all old addresses
on boxes or wrappings.
If you win observe these sugges-
tions, you VIII greatly assist in the
prompt delivery of your gift in gOOd
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
Each

list lb ad. lb. III lb.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-04
LATE LOCAL.

Judge HaIly handed down n decision,
Thursday afternoon, authorizing the
Encouragement to sell for taxes the
30-acfe farm OF Attorney Henry
Ohrns. IN the village of Ecorse.
Ohrns charged that the assessors had
been guilty OF fraud in that they
assessed non-residents at higher
rate than resident property wners.
and he charged Irregularities In q
number OF ways. Judge Hally said
that while many OF Ohrns' conten-
lions were right. no fraud had been
practicsd against him. and that he
should have made his protest TO the
board OF review. Ohrns has been
Ecorse for three years and he de-
clares he will carry the matter 20 the
supreme court and spend 100000
before he pays the taxes.
The aDetroit" IN the name given To the
35-foot motor boat which will leave
across the Atlantic The boat Will
Fly the Detroit Motor Boat club pen
nart and will be the first motor boat
10 clear from Detroit for any for
eign country other than Canada.
Walter III. Morton, a salesman with
Noack g. Gorenfio. will be a member
OF the crew. The boat will be in
charge OF Thomas Fleming Day,
editor OF The Rudder, a New York
publication.
with the examination OF VI. w. Neal.
treasurer of the Acme White Lead A
Color works, Justice Stein. sitting as
a grand jury, completed his investt-
CATION, Thursday afternoon. into the
methods employed by certain con-
Germs In getting patronage. report
Will be prepared on the testimony
received and presented to Prosecutor
Shepherd, and the view he takes OF
the findings will determine whether
any warrants are TO issue.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-04

Any method by which in some de-
liberate and orderly manner the de-
cision of any court supposed TO be OBJ
jectionable to the people, may be re-
viewed by referendum vote OF the
people, IL far better than denuncia-
ton OF the courts which breeds con-
tempt OF law and lawlessness and can
in itself accomplish no good either
as TO the particular decision that
gives occasion for the denunciauon
or any following decision.
The referendum vote or the people
should be taken at time when tenn
porary passion has passed and oppor-
tunity has been given to fairly con-
slider and debate the question.
In my judgment II should be much
easier to amend the federal consutu-
ton.
The makers OF the constitution and
OF our early state constitutions were
able men, but however able they were
they could not anticipate or solve the
new problems of life and government
which have come upon US In the last
half century.
They built wisely for the conditions
then existing; their great aim was 10
protect the rights and liberties OF me
individual citizen: they emphasized
wider freedom because life was then
essentially the individual life.
But as individual life has more ano
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-04
JEFFRIES SETTLES
MARITAL SQUABBLE

Justice Jeffries. Friday morning
settled a marital disturbance which
threatened to became quite serious
when he advised Mrs. August Sche-
mansky to leave her fathers nome
and go back to live with her husband
whom she had had arrested because
he swore at her.
she said that their trouble starred
when the stork brought n boy baoy,
several weeks ago, while SchemansNy
had wanted girl. After that, she
said, he refused to kiss her, wouldh !.
pay anv attention TO the baby anu
ALWAYS came home In a bad temper
SO she finally moved to. her father >
home "
Schemansky declared that II MS
wife would come back 10 his domiclie
all would be well. and the judge >
word OF advice to both was accepted.
Schemansky planted a resounolng
smack on his wife's cheek ana they
left the court room arm In arm.