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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
'TROTS' AND HUGS
ARE A TRAVESTY
ON HONEST DECENCY

- New York, Ian. - Rev. Ber. =;
I" nard Vaughan. s. T., London =:
- preacher and brother ol Cardinal =:
= Vaughan told an enormous audi =:
:. ence at the BROOKLYN Academy q
t OF Music last night precisely :.
- what he thought OF the Apache Z.
4" the turkey trot' aud other :.
- dances now the craze among So z
:. ciety folk OF America, -
a. II proper dancing is all the :.
- world ever recognized aud eX- q:
:. hila@tine nastme he said =.
- improper dancing, on the con =:
:. trary is a practice that Is in =:
- toXicating and therefore to be :.
:. ostracized TO anyone with =
:. even the most elementary know. :.
:. edge Of physiology. il is appar Z.
:. ent that the movements in the :.
- so-called dances OF the Apache y
- character can result IN nothing =.
;. making for righteousness or even =.
:: decenCy. Men and women do q
!. not happen to be- iceles or =.
:. sleighs. nor are they automata =.
- or pramaphones. Not even .are y
:. they oysters or Iellydsh They =:
:. are human beings ana unlike as =:
x bestQS, are very susceptible to e
- fire !.
:. The so-called dances bearing z.
y very suspicious names are fore =.
- es calculated to awaken animal =.
= passion and to set youth on fire "
y and il Is quite impossible To con :.
=; slider what sort OF a patent fire q
'@ engine could eXtineuish such en- !.
- kindled flames either IN this "'
!. world or the wOrld to come Il :.
!. would not be n bad plan to have :.
!. the hose ready To PLAY on peo- y
). pie who dare TO defy the public =
y conscience by indulging in vici. Y
= ous movements whose tendencies :.
y are recognized 10 be SO iniuri :.
:: ous 10 civic morality =.
y why in the name ot every :.
g thing that is decent are these Y
= 'trots and hugs to he tolerated :.
= in men and wonlen who come TO -
= them hot and feVcrish from HE y
Z banquet table X
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22

as it was brought out by the opposing
attorneys:
Examined by Attorney Embry.
A. State to the court your name
what is your name
A. Bert Welty
O. DO YOU know this defendant?
A. Yes, sir
Q. WAC is he?'
A. Ben Cravens
O WAS he with YOU at schwartz S
store at Red Rock when Alvin Bate
man was killed.
A. Yes, sir"
@. What time did you and Ben
go down there that day?
A. Just about dark.
O. How was you dressed
"A. When we were in the store,
Q. Yes; When you We're in the
store. how were you dressed"
A. II had on a mother hubbard
and hood or bonnet.
e. ''Who had on the boots?
a. Il had on the boots
@. you had on the boots; were
they not Ben's boots?'
A. Yes, sir; nad new pair of
shoes and they hurt my feet; SO !
wore Bcn's boots.
Q. Where did you stay the night
before the killing at Red Rock?'
A. I'm the Otoe country.
@ Where did you get the spring
wagon"
A. ben got it from man by The
name of Sexton.
@. Where did you leave that
wagon that evening before the kill
ing at Red Rock?'
A. Down by the creek about l0t
yards from the Santa Zee track
X. About waat time did the kill
ing occur at RED Rock?'
a. About O'Clock"
@. Where did you and Ben go
after the killing ~
A. Il went out one door and Ben
the other and whon got to the place
where the wagon was Ben was there
aud was in the wagon and ! hollered
and told him to wait, that | nad the
money and not to leave me. He shot
me and fell back aud hollercd for
AIM not to run off and leave me, and
he left me Then | started to get
up and lFleu 10 HHu lue money ana
couldn't. then | struck out across
the country until ! came to Mr. Sex
tons house and | told him ! was
hungry He saw dried blood on my
face and he said, Where's Benz and
said. I don't know. Ben didn't treat
me right He gave me a pony and
was so weak from the loss Of 9looo
and exertion that | couldn't get on
him. so he helped me on. | rode on
and finally come to gate and got eli
md couldn't get back on, so | layed
down there in the mud and | knew t.
stayed there | would die in the mud;
so went on until | come to the
house where stopped
Q. Whose house was it?'
Continued on Page 81
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
PREPONOERENCE OF EVIDENCE
DAMAGING TO CRAvEMS
Much Speculation as TO The Line
Of Defense to Be Sci Up By
Jennings

What will be the plea set up by Al
Jennings in his defense Of Maust Or
Cravens? That is tie qnes-.an. Wlll
il be circumstantial evidence, or mis-
taken identity?
The preponderance Of evidence ad-
duced so far by witnesses, for the
government, as to the identity OF
Aaust is unquestionably against the
defense. Every witness examined ia
firmly OF the opinion that Maust IS
Cravens, and in this conviction their
opinion is we'll set and unDreakabie'
Jennings will make the fight Of his
life to keep from having the prison
ers body examined for the sears that
Cravens is known to nave. At sat
urday's session Dr.. W. I. Court
wrignt, who nad been called to attend
Cravens' wounds in the Kansas pen
tentiary. was questioned by United
states Attorney Embry as TO the To-
cation of these scars. Attorney Jen-
nings raised strenuous objection,
fearing it was the intention OF tne
prosecution to have the scars eX-
hibited to the jury The jury was
sent from the room and it was then
explained that tne prosecution had
been misunderstood This action on
the part of Jennings indicates tne
.,:,eeI.,, esfa-the plea that VIII be made
,v the defense Jennings contends
thar If the prisoner Is compelled To
exhibit his person TO the jury for the
inspection oi the scars which he is
supposed to wear, II would be makl2S
a defendant give evidence against
himself
Special agenet Of the Santa Fe at
Topeka. formerly record clerk at Kan
sas penitentiary, had charge OF records
Be$>ihion measurements, anG was
guard at the mine prison where
Cravens worked Had seen GRAY
ems stripped several times ano had
noticed the scars as described Dy Dr'
Courtwright Knew him at the TN
as Ben Cravens and had paid part;cr-
lar attention to him. Later examined
him at the Jefferson City penitentlary
and identified him at tnat time as
Cravens This was just before ne
was arrested and brought to Guthrie.
He was absolutely certain the defen-
dant was Ben Cravens
Welty on the Stand.
The last witness called Saturday
was Bert Welty, who was with GRAY
ems at the time of the murder OF Al
vim Bateman at Red Rock, VINO was
captured aud is now serving HE
sentence Tor participation IN the
crime. He positively identihed the
prisoner as Ben Cravens.
The defense attempted to discred-
it his testimony on the theory that
the witness was testityng for the
purpose OF helping him secure pa
role
AT the conclusion Of his testimony,
which included detailed account OF
the crime from start to ,lnish, court
adjourned until this morning. counsei
for the defense pleading illness It
was 4:40 o'clock when the testimony
ended. A score of the more import
ant Witnesses fer the prosecution mad
been heard Without exception they
testified that the prisoner at the bar
was the man they had known from
ten to twenty years ago as Ben
Cravens.
Here is Welty's testimony IN detail
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
INDICTED BANKER HERE,

Abner Davis or Oklahoma City
formerly Of the Night and Day bank
Of that place was in Guthrie Saturday
for the purpose Of giving bond in the
sum Of $1,000 for his appearance in
court to answer to the charge of us.
ing the United States mails to de-
fraud. in tnat he publsned an ar
tlcle in an Oklahoma City newspaper
in which he o6ereed for sale stock
in the bank which was ALLEGED to
have been iusolvent at the time
This case is the outgrowth Of the
two state cases at Oklahoma city
in which Davis was found not guilty
Davis was Indicted by the federal
grand jury which had just made it's
report
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
SWEEPING
REDUCTIONS
PROPOSED
fBy Associated Press1

Washington. Jan " Sweeping re.
ductions of from thirty to fifty per
cent on all items in iron aud steel
tariff aud placing on the free list OF
all iron ore, sewing machines print
ing machinery. cash registers. nailss
and many other articles proposed In
Democratic steel revision tariff bill
was made pubi today
Among other articles which viii be
placed on the tree list by this blli are
zine ore aud Linotype machines
Among the reductions proposed are
lead bearing ore. hfty-three TO TWEEN
ty.hve per cent on the lead contents.
of zine in blocks or pigs twenty t'ne
to fifteen per cent
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
KNOX
IS BEFORE:
COMMIT
INFORMATION WANTED ON
IS E c r < t F u N d" OF
NINETEEN-NlNE

Washington, Jan. 22-Secretary Knox
was subpoenaed today to appear be-
fore the House Committee on State
Department expenditures to explain
the secret fund expenditures for
Lake Champlain centennial Celebra-
ton OF nineteen hundred and nine
Department disbursing officer Morri-
son had previously refused to produce
the vouchers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22

MUST CARRY
THE BEER
THIS BEVERAGE CANNOT
BE REFUSED BY COM
MON CARRIERS
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan ~ Beer Is q
commodity and The railroads must
carry it when offered for transporta-
tion from one state into the dry
counties Of another state, regardless
of the laws of the latter state. The
supreme court Of the United Staes
made tnis ruling today regarding
proposed shipments from Indiana IN
To dry Kentucky counties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
CAPTAIN EWING TO coALeArE

Captain Amos \ Ewing. eommand-
ing the Highland wild Cats lett this
morning for Coalsate Called there ~
response to an urgent appeal trom bis
old lieutenant Dynamite I'd Per
RS There will be things doing ~
that neck oi the woods politically tor
the next few days
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
HAS MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

Ray Pierce ran into Or. L. y.
Browns automobile yesterday with
bis motorcycle and was bruised up
considerable and fractured his hip.
The accident occurred at tre corner
OF Harrison and Broad Pierce was
going ar "a good speed. his machine
IS hadlY bruken up.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
HONEYMOON COUPLE
LAND FROM STORM TOSSED SHIP

But the Tsgus did not s.ns. She
snook OF thousands 81 tons OF water
and came np Scared but safe. Cap
tain c F laws ON the bridge held %
II stanchfou with sucn a grip that ne
bent it when the water swept against
him. Severa other passengers hoat-
ed from their chairs about the for
ward deck. The panionway on
one side WAS swept away and taat on
tie other hung by a single upright.
Many OF the 227 passengers iefe
their hunks waen the Tagus reached
Quarantine. for the first time since
TUESDAY night Passengers told u
honeymoon couple, the male memoer
of which was very. very sick in
steamer chair on deck yesterday. HIS
wife. pale. but game, was trying IL
get him to drink a cup Of tea. re
was supremely Indifferent.
But I'm your little wiley, sad bas
bride soothingly.
L don't give 2 darn murruared the
husband, bdrying his face in hia
hands.
a.. fs,.ttttf., tar. faor,, c@tfr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
SEN. GORE:
WANTS EN-
INVESTIGATED
tBy Associated Press.l

Washington, Jan " Senator I. !.
Gore coday introduced resolution in
the senate for the congressional in.
vestigation of presidential campaign
funds for l9104 and 1905 and as sQpn
az practicable for 1912.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
A LECTURE
WITH THIS
SENTENCE

Oregon. H.. Jan 22-DF Harry
Webster Of Chicago was ucday SEN
fenced 70 life Imprisonment for the
murder of his wife. Bessie Kent Web
ster. in a lonely wood near here last
October. The judge declared no
greater punishment could be inflicted
on young and intelligent man than
to infprison him for life
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22

The revival meetings at The Free
Methodist Church on the West side is
still in progress and is still growing
in interest Sunday night nine per
sons came to the altar and all except
one was either saved OF sanctified.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED

a marriage license was granted 70
john " Flowers. %. and Lettie Led
ingty IS Both parties are residents
Of this city
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
lRy Assnclated Presal

cntraia Ill. IAN. 21- The cause
Of the wreck i, ascribed 70 the
scarcity 81 water along the line. A
special order was made necessary
that alI trains take water Ill Kin
mudy Fireman Vert and Engi-
neer stuart of the Limited. we're
recently transferred from freight to
passenger engine II is believed
they forgot about the order to take
water Boh were injured. Tie
dead were taken 70 Chicago.
The responsibility was placed on
the towerman at Edsewood. BY Henry
Broecker the flagman OF the expresg
at inquest begun here at noon today
He testified that the towerman should
have blocked the Limited
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22

This Is one of the worst accidents
that has happened for years on this
road Il Is also unusual in SO fa1
tnat only he sIecp gan occupants wee
killed. Usually 10 IS he reverse the
slcepcrs escape aud the other cars
are the ones that gel caught Tne se-
cldent happened early lhis m9Fnlns.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
MISSOURI OFFICIAL ILL
Am Associaled Pressl

Jefferson City, Mo. Jan. 22-Iieut-
Gov Gmelich is seriously ill with
pneumonia at his home here. Aged
seventyiWO
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
THE WEATHER

IS Associated fress.)
New Orleans. Jan. 22-Oklshorla:
Tonight and Tuesday generally tair.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
SATURDAY IN CONGRESS
senate

;: ~. today.
Z House
: Met at noon
:: Commissioner OF Navigation
= Chamberlain told the Interstate
!: commerce committee that the
!: Panama canal would not affect
: the Suez canal monopoly OF
: Asiatic commerce
!: Attorney General Wickersham
: in conference with the rules com
:: mittee said the government
2 would proceed against the Inter
z national Harvester company
: Senate bill allowing Nicaragu-
: an presidents son 10 enter West
: Point passed by house,
!. The foreign affairs committee
!: heard Witnesses urge protection
: Of the scenic beauty OF Niagara
: Falls.
: Adjourned at > %. III. until
z noon Monday
z Naval year book issued by for
= eign relations committee gave
: United States second place
= among naval powers.
: K x = = x < x < < x = x x =
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
IN Associated Press ]

Washington. Jan - Duke Of Con
nugbat will shortly come to Wash
ington to visit President TAFT it was
learned here today gis originla
plans did not include call on the
president, which fact provoked con
siderable comment
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-22
CONNAUGHT
Will. VISIT
PRESIDENT

tBy Associated Press
New York Jan 22 Duke ana
Duchess Connaught arrived here
safely today
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
lIReIII MAKES
STOCKS COSTLY
rkesE STRONG ON FAIRLY ACTIVE
TRADlxe WITH TONE SOME
WHAT F4RMER.
#SEARS-ROEBUCK is UP
mil AND HARTMAN sTEADiER
AND MOVE FRsCTioNALLY ON
DEMAND THAT rs MonER-
ATE ONLY.
'SEARS-ROEBUCK is u

Z NEW YORK Sept s-stucks
closed strong today on fairly active
trading. The tone of the early mar
kef was firmer than on yesterday,
but trading in the early session was
dull The strength was due not go
much to any insistent demand for
efccks as tn the scarcity of supply. so
that only a moderate demand easily
furCEt quotations higher. Gains OF
y 4 point or were registered I'm the
early dealings in Reading, I.ehigh VAL
my. Canadian Pacific. Amalgamated
Smelling and Steel. with a few less
material gains in railway and indus
trial shares.
Sears Roebuck moved up more than
three points in anticipation Of increas-
ed dividends or rights 10 siockhold-
crs. and American Snun made "a new
high record by way OF acknowledging
tho action of it's directors In placing
the issue sauarely on the II per cent
basis Texas company moved up a
couple Of points by mid afternoon on
businr fer the Increased dividend
The Hiu and Hartman stocks were
Ateaeiier tf,1n yesterday and moved
up fractienally on moderate demand.
ST Pau reflected yesterdays state
mrnt of earnings. The so-callcd
grangers are beginning tc throw off
the Influence of tho recent postpone
ment OF the advance IN commodity
rates and yielding moderately 10 as
eHrn noes OF a big crop movement.
Metal shares were higher. The cop
rxfs reflected strengthening of the
snrtal market in London, and the ex-
. llnctatIon that the producers state
rsent expected To be issued next Mon
.anr ss,ornfur ~ mot an Saturday Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
finished into the completed part.
Duke Ruys American Car.

American automobiles have found
favor with British royalty.
News of the purchase OF an Ameri-
can automoble--the Hudson--by the
Duke Of Westminster. of England, re-
puted the richest man In the world.
was received today by Coleman Clutch
ins. the Hudson dealer here.
The duke became owner of two
Hudsons, one Of which is for the use
OF his mother The other Is his per-
sonal car and he utilities it In driving
about his property interests In and
about London, which are very large.
The income of the richest man in
the world is said to be T,000,000
His wealth was acquired through the
ownership OF large land estate.
which, through the growth of London,
became city property.
Among the British nobility some
of those who own Hudson cars are
Lord - Harrington, Eleasten Castle,
Derby; Lord Wolsely. London; the
Earl of Lanesborough. London; Sir
ID. Haig, commander-in-ch chief of the
post at Aldershot.
The Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught---the former being the uncle
OF King Congratulated the Hudson
as their official car during the fall
civic reception given them in Vic
toria Park, Sidney. Nova Scotia. They
were accompanied by Captain T. Ri
vers Buckley, equerry to his royal
highness. The duke Is the son OF the
late Queen Victoria. brother OF the
late King Edward and the uncle of the
present monarch OF Great Britain. He
Is governor general OF Canada
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
AT the Theaters
Continued from rifth PaEe.)

should be = big winner at popular
prices.
The part OF the priest was well
played by Mr.. NJ. F. Kelley. Brandin
Peters was excellent as the accused
man. George Manning made a most
realistic French Canadian. though why
French Canadian instead OF Por-
tuguese, is rather hard to under
stand. Portuguese sailors are more
to Gloucester than "Canucks,"
il James b. Connolly is to be believed.
George w: Weston played the part of
real Irishman as II he had known
the original intimately. As Rose
Creighton Miss Adelyn BUSHNELL was
sweetly sympathetic, although she did
not faint when bluntiy informed that
her sweetheart had killed her brother.
Perhaps the playwright may be to
blame for picturing the girl and the
mother Of the accused man. and his
brother. the priest. as not unduIy
overcome at the murder. Painting
might stop the action OF the play and
everybody had considerable acting to
do.
Miss Adelaide Goundre as the
mother not only looked the part, but
almost made the counterfeit sentiment
ring true.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06

Mutt and JEFF comes to the Acad-
envy tonight for a limited engagement
of three performances. company
of nifty people IL carried with a car
load of magnificent scenic and electri-
cal effects. Also new music, songs and
dances, not overlooking the inevita BILE
cargo OF petite feminine beauty with
out which no real show is complete
MIR. Hill holds the enviable record OF
having put over the greatest finan-
cial and artistic musical comedy sue
cess of a quarter-century In his pro-
ducton of Bud Fishers clever cartoon
conceit. Mutt and jeff" 1t is al
most impossible to conceive the
amount of publicity the play has re-
ceived through the publication of the
Fisher cartoon in more than 500 daily
newspapers in every part of the
United States and Europe. There Is
hardly man, woman or child in the
country who has not seen and laugh
ed at Mutt and Jeff' in the pictures.
Mutt and Jeff'' will invade London
during the current season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
WILSON CLUB ON
THE SOUTHS|OE
COMMITTEE ONLY WATTS FOR
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
FIGHT TO END.

Members of the committee APP
pointed at a recent meeting of the
,south Richmond Democratic cub 20
look after the interests of Governor
Woodrow Wilson on the Southside are
working hard in his behalf, and de-
clare that they will organize club
for him as soon az the smoke of the
board campaign has
died away.
The administrative board primary
being next Tuesday the chairman viii
endeavor to get the members Of the
committee together next Wednesday
or Thursday night and perfect their
organization. The committee has talk
ed with the majority of the voters
of the Southside in regard TO the ad-
visibility of establishing club and
every one whom they have approach
ed were in favor of organizing n club.
The members OF the cornmlttee
claim that with the exception OF
shorty Smith and a few others
South Richmond will go solid for Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
Hydroplane Close
to Mile-a-Minute

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.--All motor
beat records for speed were smashed
off Huntington, l. L., today, when
little twenty foot hydroplane, called
the Tech Jr., owned by Coionei l.
Coleman Dupont, OF Wilmington. Del,
covered nautical mile or knot. in
the astonishing time of one minute,
His seconds, which figures at the
rate of SOL knots, or 1913 statute
miles per hour, or close to a mile
minute gait.
The boat. which is fitted with an
eight cylinder Sterling motor, of l50-
horsepower, was designed by Adoiph
APPEL, of Ventnor, y. J., for the In
ternational races, but was not ready
in time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-06
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, Srpt. The weakness
in the wheat markets OF the North
west was a reflection of the heavy
sales at bUfh Minneapolis and Duluth,
of new wheat, which is to come for
wBrd as soon as cars are obtainable.
The average grower OF wheat In the
three Northwestern States realizes
the fact that the longer he holds onto
his grain the lower the price Is likely
to be. There was heavy sales on
hedging account at both Mime
apolis and Duluth today. and there
were some transactions here In the
way Of sales against the actual grain
to come forward. The most pro-
nounced selling at Chicago. however,
was led by the larger professionals.
and which was wholly on short ac-
count. 1t will take new and liberal
buying power to absorb the wheat
which will surely be offered FOR sale
and where this baying power Is 10
come from In question that no one
In the trade seems able to answer.
Present weather liz all that could be
wished for the growing corn crop and
there were somewhat larger offerings
by farmers. There were reports of
very high temperatures in sections
Of Southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
where. II is said. that corn is firing
in spots. These reports however.
failed to attract any great amount
OF attention. While the Heceipts OF
oats in all positions were again large
at 100000 bushels at primary mar
gets. this grain is being used to fill
old sales. and there are no accumu-
lations at primary markets
The grain list suffered recessions TO-
day OF one TO | IA cent for wheat.
l ID to SIS cent for eofn-and Ia
Ia IS cent for oats