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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
"OREGAA PLAN" TO Be
effective At ONCE
Candidates For Legislature Must Give
Views on instructions For United
States Senator.

Oklahoma City. Aug. 2S.-With the
initiated constitutional amendment for
the Oregon plan of electing United
States senators. shown by the official
count to have carried by more than
10000 over the required constitutional
majority, preparations already are be
ing made to put the new plan into eff
feet at the general election this fail.
Every party nominee for the legis-
lature and every other candidate who
files nomination papers is required to
file with the secretary OF the state
election board a statement, either
pledging himself to carry out the will
Of the people in regard to the election
Of a United States senator, or declar
ing that he regards it as nothing more
than a recommendation which he is at
liberty to disregard.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
.LAFOLLETTE MEN
WILL AID WILSON
Agree to Form Progressive Republican
League For the covernor--Ten
Senator Gore.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Joseph E. Davies
OF wisconsin, secretary of the demo.
cratic national committee. tonight an.
nouneed that Rudolph spreckles Of
California and John J. Blaine of Wis
consin, both supporters of United
States Senator LaFollette in his cam.
paign for the republican presidential
nominatio nhad agreed to head an or.
ganization to work for woodrow vii.
son.
According to tentative plans of the
democratic managers, the organiza.
ton will be known as the Wilson na.
tional progressive republican league
ana VIII make an active fight in sun
port of Wilson among republicans. In
reply to telegram from United States
Senator Gore Of Oklahoma, one of the
democratic leaders at the Chicago
headquarters. Mr.. Spreckles telegraph.
ed that he would be glad to act as
president of the proposed league.
Mr.. Blaine, who directed consider.
able of the work of Senator LaFol.
lette's pre-convention campaign, tele-
graphed he would assist Mr.. SpreckIes.
1t was said Mr.. Spreckles would or.
ganize the western division OF the
league at San Francisco then come to
Chicago and organize the middle west.
ern division and finally go to New
York to open an eastern headquarters.
Allied In this work also will be
Charles r. Crane of Chicago, former
y active in the republican party.
A. s. Burleson OF Texas, chairman
Il the democratic campaign speakers
'ureau' arrived today. He will go to
daine to make a series of speeches
here during the state campaign.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
CHEROKEE FUNDS
FOR DISTRIBUTION
New Born Patents to Be Delivered
And Equalization Money to
Be Paid.

The supreme court decided in favor
of the new born Cherokee children on
May lS, 1912, and a motion for a re
nearing was denied in the case on June
10. 1912, more than sixty DAYS ago
Before that time most of the patents
had been prepared by the commission.
ed to the Five Civilized Tribes at Mus
kogee, in anticipation that the case
would be decided in favor of the chill
dren. Some of these patents were for
Warded to the secretary of the interior
by the middle of June, but our advices
are that none of them have as yet
been returned approved. The paw roll
OF the children entitled to equalization
money Is being made up at Muskogee,
but has not as yet been forwarded to
the secretary for approval. We see
no reason why some of these deeds
should not have been delivered before
this time, as the approval by the Sec
retary is only perfunctory affair. Ger.
tainly the pay roll could have been
made in thirty days and if the work
had meen expedited it could have been
forwarded to Washington. approval.
and returned and the money in couse
OF distribution by this time. The peo-
pie throughout the country are de-
manding an early settlement. They
are entitled to it and to our knowledge
the Cherokee national attorney has
done everything within his power to
expedite the issuance and delivery Of
these patents and payment of this
equalization money. We suggest to |
those interested that they write the
secretary of the interior urging speedy
action; also the commissioner to the |
Five Civilized Tribes at Muskogee
and our senators and members of con-
gress. 1t will require $1,0S9,OOO to
equalize these new born children. The
sum thrown into the channels of trade |
would be a great benefit to the coun-
.ry at the present time, and If it Is due
he children, as decided by the SUI
oreme court, they should have it now.
great many parents have bargained
or land for their children in anticipa-
ion OF receiving this money. We be-
ieve that this money should be paid
low instead of waiting until the chill
lren are dead with old age.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
0kLAHOMANs WIN
At ALL POINTS
Indian Appropriation Bill Embodies
All Items Of Democrats.

Washington, Aug. 2S.--In the pas
sage of the Indian appropriation bill
today as agreed upon by the house
and senate conferees, Oklahoma fares
well in the items embodied therein.
thanks to the tireless efforts of Repre-
sentatives Ferris. Carter and Daven.
port in the lower body and Senators
Gore and Owen in the upper branch.
Three hundred thousand dollars is
appropriated for the schools of the
east side of the state, deprived Of tax
money by peason of the supreme court
decision exempting certain of Apache
prisoners at Fort Sill; $25, 900 for Platt
National park, near Sulphur; s25O,OO0
for payment of Kiowa-C -Comanche debts.
Among the other features Of the bill
is the abolition of district agencies for
the five tribes, saving of quarter
to half .aillion dollars annually.
Taken all in all, it is complete vic
tory for the Oklahoma delegation on
all Oklahoma matters.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
OKLAHOMA MAN
TO SERVE SENTENCE
Conviction of w. c. syars of Part in
Killing Of Hampton snapp Up
held on Appeal.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 23.-The cas-,
of w. c. Byars, convicted of man
slaughter IN the first degree in Potta
watomie county and sentenced to fif
teen years Imprisonment, has been af
firmed by the criminal court of an
peals. Byars was charged jointly with
Hawk Jones. Pat Ellis and John Rud
dell with killing Hampton Snapp near
the line between Pottawatomie and
McClain counties in 1908. 1t was ad.
mitted that Ruddell fred the fatal
shot. The defendants all claimed the
shooting was accidental, but the court
holds that the evidence does not sus.
tain that contention.
Ellis and Jones were sentenced to
fiye years each, but Jones was granted
a new trial and his case is still pend
ing. Ruddell is a fugitive from JUS
tice and the case in which the state
got forfeiture of his $4,000 bond now
is pending on appeal in the supreme
court.
The case of Frank Nash, convicted
of burglary in Comanche county and
sentenced to two years, is reversed.
Nash was arrested while getting an
outfit OF tools such as burglars use,
from beneath building at Lawton.
The state offered in evidence ''tri-
angle" which, it was claimed, fitted
the marks on safe which had been
robbed, but it was shown that the in
strument, while ordered by Nash from
a Lawton blacksmith, never had been
delivered to him.
The conviction OF p w. Holden, SEN
fenced to six months and a $500 fine
in Oklahoma county on charge of vio-
lating the prohibitory law, was affirm
ed. and the appeal Of John Roam of
Johnston county, convicted on a SINH |
lar charge, was dismissed.
The court heard arguments in the
labeas corpus case of w. c. Carter,
held on murder charge in Okmulgee
county A reduction of bail was
sought, but the court indicated that
he relief would not be granted, and
t is expected that the application will
,e withdrawn.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
ARE IN ADJOINING CELLS.
Two Women Used Pistol to Redress
Marital Ills.

McAiester, Okla. Aug. 2S.-Two
women accused of having resorted to
use Of the pistol for the cure of mari.
tai ills are in adjoining cells in the
McAiester Jail today. One of the pris.
oners, Mrs. AL Turley, is charged with
having shot Mrs. Lena Shoemaker at
Crowder, Mrs Shoemaker is dying
The shooting followed Mrs. Turley's
declaration that her husband was too
attentive to Mrs. Shoemaker.
The other prisoner is Mrs. Samuel
Beck She is accused of having mur.
dered her former husband at Bower
When Beck called at the house where
his divorced wife resided, she shot. de-,
claring she feared he intended harm
to their child.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
CONGRESS WILL
QUIT TODAY
Everything in Readiness For Adjourn.
ment to Come Today.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Veterars o
congress failed tonight to recall an
other such time" ending of congress!
as that which marks the dying of tb,
present session, which probably viii
close tomorrow afternoon. None O
the feyerish haste and butsle that us
ually characterizes the completion O.
legislation and the passage of con
ference reports on appropriation bills
was apparent tonight.
Majority Leader Underwood today
reached an informal agreement with
Senator'S Penrose and Smoot to dis
pose of all general legislation tonight
leaving only the conference report on
the general deficiency bill to be acted
on tomorrow.
The house recessed at 6 O'clock to
$50 O'Clock and the senate went ahead
with the passage of appropriation bills
SO the house could consider them TO-
night.
The army bill caused but little de-
bate in either branch, and the confer
ence report was adopted by both
houses today.
The senate passed the general def
cheney bill after short debate and
conferences will adjust differences of
the two houses on this measure to-
morrow. The postoffice appropriation
bill was the last to pass the senate.
The general deficiency bill, as it
passed the senate, carried nearly $12.-
100000 almost double the amount of
the house bill. Many amendments
were adopted in the senate.
Chief among the senates additions
was the item Of $4,000 to repay con-
tributors to the ransom fund for Ellen
NJ. Stone. the American missionary
captured in 1901 by. Bulgarian bri-
gands.
An amendment changing the title of
the Office of the supervising architect
in the treasury department to the bu-
reau of public buildings was adopted.
The supervising architect would be
known as the director of public build
ings.
The senate agreed to the conference
report on the postoffice appropriation
bill after short discussion of the
parcels post plan indorsed by the con-
ference committee.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

receive salaries commensurate with
their outlay of work
In concluding this article, I can not
do better than to quote the words OF
Spencer
Bear in mind the truth that the aim
of your discipline should be to pro.
.duce SELFGovERNING being; not
to produce being governed by others.
Were your children fated to pass their
lives as slaves, you could not too much
accustom them to slavery during their
childhood; but as they are by and by
to be free men, with no one to control
their daily conduct, you cannot too
much accustom them to self-control
while they are still under your eye.
This is what makes the system of dis
cipline by natural consequences, so
especially appropriate to the social
state we have now reached"
Strike with hand of fire. oh, weird
musician, thy harp. strung with
Apollo's golden hair. Fill the vast
cathedral aisIes with symphonies
sweet and dim, deft TOUGHER of the
organs keys; blow, bugler. blow until
thy silver notes do touch and kiss the
moonlight skies and charm the lovers
wandering mid the vine-clad hills. But
know your sweetest strains are dis
cords all compared with childhood's
happy laugh-the laugh that fills the
eyes with light and every heart with
joy"
Gada Delenda Est. (Free transla-
tom Abolish the club
SPECTATOR.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
STATE BOARDS
FINAL MEETING
State Board Completes Work With
Coal County Report.

Oklahoma City. Aug. 23-After ap.
proving the report of the county as
SCISSOR of Coal county, the last to be
submitted. the state board of equaliza-
ton practically wound up its work for
the year at a meeting held Thursday
morning. The only item in the Coal
county report that was changed was
the valuation on horses which was in
creased from 1864 to $3.50 per head.
The valuation of the Kansas Natural
Gas company. which is three years in
arrears in its taxes, was left at s12.-
300 and the company is subject to the
is per cent penalty for delinquency.
State Auditor Leo Meyer reported
Nnag in excess of $4,000 in inheritance
taxes has been collected through his
department. In Muskogee county, the
reports show that eight estates are
valued at nearly s1,500,00O and that
The taxes will amount to $13,75O.09.
Muskogee county will furnish the larg-
est income tax of any county in the
state and that county's list includes
the estate of George w. Barnes. the
Wealthy oil magnate who died last
Year in Monte Carol, which is valued
It $223,0S652. The estate of Cant. +.
?. Sewers, an Indian Territory pioneer
Fho died last spring, is valued at |
s816, 6,466.75.
Priscilla Mackey, negress, mother
y Herbert and Castella Sells, who
Fere killed when their home in Taft
vas dynamited year ago last spring,
must pay taxes on $52,754.52, the value
I the estate of her two children. The
state of John Quincy Adams is valu-
d at $32,S46. His property was be-
ueathed to his wife and two daugh-
ers. Milo e. Adams of Oklahoma
tty, a son, was bequeathed IS. II
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
Sunday School Census.

AT meeting held Thursday night
at the study of Rev. Berger the Vinita
Sunday School Union temporary ex
ecutive committee divided the city
into six districts for convene in TAX
ing the proposed Sunday school CEN
sus, and selected captains for sew
eral of the districts.
The first and second wards were di-
vided into two districts each; the third
and fourth wards were designated as
one district each. These districts
will be sub-divided by their respective
captains and the work of taking the
census will begin on Wednesday aft
ernoon, September IL.
The next general meeting of the
Union will be held at the Methodist
church next Tuesday night for the pur-
pose OF hearing the report of the temp
orary executive committee, and also
a report from the constitution revi-
sion committee; and participate in a
on the round table order.
now being arranged by DR.. C. w. Day.
All Sunday school teachers, super
intendents, preachers, and Sunday
school pupils, and all other persons in
terested in Sunday school work are
earnestly invited to attend this meet
ing.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
ALIENATION CASE APPEALED.
Supreme Court to Pass on Miners
Verdict for $1,000.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 23.-Fred
Waller has appealed to the supreme
court from the judgment Of the super
ior court of Muskogee county, in which
verdict for $500 was given against
him for alternating the affections of
Mrs. Fora Belle Renfro. wife of w.
Estle Renfro
Renfro is coal miner ard alleged
that the trouble started at time
when he was out of work and his wife
was staying with her parents at Wago-
ner. Walker had room at the same
place and it was asserted that Mrs.
Renfro soon grew to care more for
him than for her husband.
Walker claims he is the victim of a
put up job" to extort money from
him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
HEALTH, HYGIENE
AND DEMOGRAPHY
conferees Agree on Four Great suppIv
6iIIs-sigmen's Good Roads
Provision Adopted.

| Washington, Aug. 2S.-With a celer.
ity that hiteherto has not marked the
session. congress today rushed toward
completion four great supply bills and
tonight looks forward confidently TO
adjournment Saturday. Conferees on
the sundry CIVIL Indian, army and
postotiice appropriation measures
reached agreements on those bills to.
day. The legislative, Indian and sun.
dry civil measures were passed bv
the senate and the general deficiency
bill. the last of the big supply meas
ures to be taken up was reported In
the senate. and the ways creased for
It's consideration. The house took no
action on appropriation legislation
further than to order all conference
reports printed in the Record so that
prompt action could be had tomorrow
Unlike the senate's quick work. by
which the three bills were rushed
through in less than ten minutes. the
house is expected to develop sharp
clashes on both the sundry civil and
the Indian bills.
Leaders on both sides however. did
not regard these difficulties tonight as
being reconcilable before adjournment
tomorrow, and it is believed the ex-
ecutive decks will be comparatively
clear.
A fight developed in the senate on
the army bill over the proposed seven
year term of enlistment. The admin
istration measure and the postoffice
appropriation finally were carried over
until tomorrow's session.
Radical change sin the postal sery.
ice were provided for by the house
and senate on the postoffice bill.
The postmaster general however.
was empowered with the consent of
the interstate commerce commission
to change the rates, zones and articles
admitted to the post at any time. A
Joint committee of six was authorized
70 study the working of the systems.
The "Sigmens good roads proyi-
sion was adopted. This appropriates
100000 for experimental road con-
'truction with a joint committee to
study the proposition.
The senate provision recurring
newspapers to publish semi-annualIy |,
list of stockholders was adopted and
mother provision added to require
'yery newspaper to print a statement
II its average daily circulation.
The house eight-hour labor proyi- ,
ion was agreed to together with the
lause for the payment for overtime
YORK In cash. The senate amendment
0 allow employees to join in associa-
ions was adopted. The provision au.
horizing the transfer of employees
rom one service to another was
tricken out.
AS agreed to the bill, contains no
eference to the blue tag" system of
transporting second-class mail except
clause prohibiting the extension of
ne system an danother authorizing a
,int committee to investigate the sub
sct in conjunction with a study of :
compensation to railways for carrying 6
he mail o
A maximum salary of s1,1OO was Il
xed for rural carriers. II
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Shenlebarger are
here from Shamrock, Texas. visiting
Mr.. ad Mrs. NJ. B Rich.
N. L. Cornwell and wife were visl-
tors in town today from Bluejacket.
Train No. 1. on the Katy, due in
Vinita at S:51 a. m., going north, broke
mighty good record by being late for
the first time since being installed
several weeks ago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-30
: SHAME OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

iitor Chieftain:
In the issue of The Leader of last
ay, Immediately following the dis
issal of school at Success School
)use, 8 miles east of vinita, the
lowing item appeared:
Success school closed last Friday
k-< with one of the most successful
ms in its history. Patrons and
pills We're well pleased, and Prof.
essler did not whip a single pupil
ring the entire term
Gnconsciously, perhaps, the writer
the items to the Leader from the
einity of Success school house, gave
e reason for the great success of
e teacher. He had the confidence
ID respect of his pupils and did not
He to resort to that relic of bar
srism, corporal punishment. We
tye on the statute books laws govern
8 the beating of domestic animals
d yet we will stand stupidity by and
low half-baked school teacher with
half ounce of brains in the back of
S head, to whip a child for some
5ht infraction of her or his peculiar
II Given Rules.
II is very encouraging to drop into
school house and see written on the
LEX board some ten or twelve COM
andments, COPIED after the style of
2 Mosaic lot perhaps), which recite
ndry and divers punishments for
2 fracture of the same, and above
] saforesaid blackboard, a CAD about
eet in length.
lE is shame and disgrace. to the
zsted civilization of the goth cen
7 that this condition of affairs pre-
&. and l make the statement with
fear of successful contradiction
It at least four-fifths of the money
}ended for the public schools in this
- both in the cities and in the
lntry is worse than wasted.
he system of teaching is entirely
ang
4 the first place pupils should be
ght something that will benefit
n here and now, and the peculiar |
snts of each pupil should be drawn |
Education is nothing but a draw
out, and the kindly philosopher
ebel, has shown such to be the
by his experiments along this
{ course, some little high school
5, in her teens who is alleged to |
Ieaehing and who is being courted /
two or three beaux on Sunday and
ze nights of the week, hasn't time
Investigate the methods of Spencer,
ebel, or Pestalozzi. She will tell
very glibly that she never is par
to any Of her pupils and that
. of her boys are awful bad and
have to be punished-have to be
pped; but it is always the smaller
Hthout desiring in any way to
ID the sensibiIities of any teacher t
Ae kingdom of Craig, insist that
teacher who says she or he Gas
Ease may be- is not partial, de-
g themselves, and themselves
man nature is so eeastituted, that
given 40 or so pupils. there are
that are not so apt as others,
ssnconscioasly, teachers do not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-11

Bubbling over with enthusi-
asm, which was increased after
Charles Drury had described the
great fight w. j. Bryan put up
at the Baltimore convention, the
Pierce county democracy at
their dinner yesterday afternoon
voted that nothing would prop
erly give them a chance to shout
as they want to excepting to have
Billy Bryan right here to give a
big speech in the stadium at a
grand ratification meeting for
the national ticket.
Accordingly, Drury, w. B. Cof-
fee and r. E. Evans were named
committee to wire Bryan ask
ing him to come. The date is left
open to him.
The meeting was the biggest
yet held. Even Stallcup, Robert
Montgomery, e. F. Masterson, L..
F. Chester made speeches, but
Drury was the star of the day
with his description of Bryan as
the gladiator in the arena at
Baltimore. ~
l.. f. Chester, democratic can
didate for governor, left yester-
day afternoon for Spokane to go
up into the northeastern corner
of the state today to speak to a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-11
TURN DEFEAT
into VICTORY

The port commission advocates
at the meeting called by Mayor
Seymour in the city hall last
night by. a clever move in select
ing representative men to spring
as candidates for port commits
sioners, In a moment brushed
away the flood OF opposition
that has been gathering to over
whelm the whole movement be-
cause of the uncertainty attend
ing 1t, and all hands Joined hands
to put the scheme through.
A, A. Hilton, p. j. Fransiola
and Frank Spinning of Sumner
were picked for the port commits
sioners.
When the Wapato waterway
men heard the names they wilt
ed Their big speeches of oppo-
sition dwindled into commenda-
tion for the men, and before they
got through they were all boost
ing the port commission plan.
Newton Peer, T. III. Martin and
other committee of 21 men all
said they would go down the line
now for the port commission.
Robert Bridges, port commits
sioner of Seattle, and It. L.. Stiles
explained just what the port COM
mission means. Stiles wanted the
district changed to include only
property benefited and not to
take in the whole county.