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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27

me about going with a man twice my
age. AS ne was very handsome and
always very gentlemanly, | soon grew
very fond of him and he seemed to
be of me. He called on me five or
six times week and | have his let
ters, which are Ger ainly full of warm
lave, TO say the least.
II kept visiting Chicago just to be
with him and finally he bought me
an engagement rirg and introduced
uo to many OF his friends. ! sm now
visiting my friend, Mrs. Josephine
Cramer. a. 400 Waveland avenue.
and it was here the break came. A
month ago he told me he was tired,
and after begging me for four years
not 10 speak of any other man.
4 believe he tired of me because
was a poor girl and he thought may
be a rich wife would be better for
him. though he has heaps of money.
will say though he was always re-
sractful and treated me like lady.
He thinks ] haven't spite in me to
sue, but III show him yet. though
hate to get dragged before the publis
this way.
O.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
WATER WAS SHUT OFF;
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION

Judge Huston. in chambers today.
Is hearing the Injunction suit brought
by j II Bells of Gushing The
suit grew out OF dispute between
Mr. Belts and the city council ana
mayor OF Gushing over use Of city
water, which eliminated in the city
council ordering the water commits
sioner to cut or the water from use
by Bells at his oil milIs The ac-
tion was started before Judge Hus-
ton. while he was conducting court
ut saltwater IN she early part Of the
year.
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PRISON OFFICIAL
SAYS R|CHESON
IS SURELY DYING

/" Boston. Ian. 21- Rev Clar- I.
. ence v Richeson. the confessed :.
I: murderer OF Miss Avis Imnel. :.
:: is believed to be dying aud may :.
ls not live To feel the extreme pen =.
- atty pronounced upon him by the =.
= Massac husetts court Sheril :.
:: Quinn, IN charge OF the Charles =:
:. Street Jail. where the minister =.
/" is confined made the remark to ::
:: day that Rev. Mr. Richesou is q y
. dying man
+" The sherin is of the opinion =
. that Richesnn will not live 10 see y
q the dawn of the week of May 2 y
:" the time set for his electrocutiln .:
y Rlcheson was visited today by z;
- five members of the city coun =:
y ell The minister greeted the x
y councilmen with faint smi,e :.
:" and chatted with them IN a hes. =.
:! ltating way for fifteen minutes =:
y Outside Of the warden attorneys y
:. and spiritual advisers. the city Z
- councilmeu were the first men 20 y
=: see Richeson since he attempted -
y To njure himself in his cell sey. y
y eral weeks ago ::
y The visitors were shocked az :.
= the prisoners appearance and sev Z:
:. eral OF them declared that they y
:. did not believe he would live n e
:: month During the conve 'sation y
y with the prisoner, one OF the =
y councilmen asked Richeson II !.
J. he liked having the negro Butts -
Y for a cellmate. As Rlcheson is :.
!. Southerner II was thought he =:
z would be opposed TO the negro as -
Y roommate, but Rieheson told y
z his listeners that he had no y
Y objection to the negro and re y
Y garded him as frieud ::
z II
(. :. q. =. 4. y !. y !. ~ !. y y - =. 9:
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BOLD ROBBERS TAKE
LONG CHANCES TO LOOT
IVWHFI IVNFH FIHtf-HHN EVI IND
CONTINUED on Page ID

portable object we're ignored Ths
street ia iron, OF the apartments
looked like a secondhand store OF a
bazaaI
Tie ire started from an overheatea
furnace ia the rear OF the furniture
store. which is owned by John T.
oney When the hremen arrived
the Wnois s'aee vas mass Of hames
and Tor q fiEe the threestoTy struc.
lure was tafesscned The IRE we
eMinguisned ail sid not spread be.
yond the store The thief w5o enter
ed the apartments was evidently as
bnsy as the 6remen and was not det-
erred hy the danes and smoke frosn
the pursuit of his occupation, at Least
To the extent OF robbing by the smoke
His presence in tae building vas dis.
covered after the IRE when il was
learned that the valuaoles ware MISS.
ing from the apartments OF Mrs.
Jones and AIRS. Hurd. The thief waa
not seen al work
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EDITORS
SH0ULDN0TBE.
P0STMASTERS
KANSAS REP UBLlCA A N
CHAIRMAN GIVES SCRIBES
A Hof SHOT
(By Associated Press)

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 27-The
Taft and Hadley administrations
were both strongly endorsed by the
Missouri Editorial association at
heir annual session here today The
resolutions stated that Taft had fully
redeemed all platform pledges and
that Missouri under Hadley's admin
istration had done honor to the great
Republican party.
Charles Morey, the Republican
state chairman, startled the editors
with the announcement that an editor
had no business being a postmaster
and that while In the past he had
''pulled for editor friends desiring
postoffices, the time had come to stop
it
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NO TRUTH IN STORY
special to the Daily Leader

special to the Daily Leader
Tulsa. Jan. 27.-1'nere is no truth
in the story that Frank Greer, with
Ret Milliard, his brother-in.law, were
negotiating for the Tulsa World
Also there is no truth in the report
that Gov Haskell is to take over the
Tulsa Democrat The stories are
figments of correspondents brains.
Greer said he intended to stay in
Guthrie aud conduct his Farmer pa
per, and that ne was out Of politics
for GOOD
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SUPERIOR COURT

Today vas sentence day in the SUI
perior court Lew and Slick Green.
tcoloredi were sentenced to three
months each. In the county Jail and
We're assessed fine of $500, each. for
selling whisky Slick Green. was
also sentenced to thirty days IN the
county Jail and a fine Of $50 was as.
sessed, on separate charge of sell
ing intoxicating liquors. Frank Win
FRY, was sentenced TO ninety DAYS in
Jail and to pay a fine of $50 for point.
ing gun At a neighbor's head
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WILSON CLUB AT ALTUS

Altus, Okla, Jan. 27-A Woodrow
Wilson club has been organized here
with Ned McDaniels chairman and J !.
NJ. Williams secretary. Sixty1our
members signed the roster and an ac-
tice campaign for membership is on,
The organization will include Jack
son county with branch clubs in ev-
cry town
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NINETY DAYS--s300 FINE

The jury in the case of Lou and
Slick Green, charged with selling
whiskey contrary to tue laws Of the
state returned verdict in the super
ior court Yesterday afternoon OF
guilty They were each given q sen
tence Of three months In the county
Jail aud tne Of $500 An appeal was
taken to the criminal court OF APP
peals.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
GOV. STUBbS
INTERVIEWS
ROOSEVELT

New York, Jan. Ex-Governor
Stubbs. of Kansas, reached Now
York today Roosevelt spent the day
at Oyster Bay. Stubs could not say
whether he would see the former
president before leaving for New
York. Gov. Stubbs will address the
Kansas society in New York Monday
night.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
TO MEET FEBRUARY Il
Democratic County Convention
Is Called For That
Date

The logan county Democratic cen
tral committee met this afternoon at
the city hall.
The representation was large and
the interest keen. Chairman Favors
presided and John Calvert took the
minutes. 1t was decided to hold the
county convention to elect delegates
to the state convention at the city
hall February II. The date Of state
convention is February % at Oklaho-
ma City. The representation will be
one delegate for each ten votes cast
for governor at the last primary
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A CASE AT sRlsroW ALSO,

Special to the Daily Leader.
Bristow, Okla. Jan. 27-Physcians
report the first ease of meningitis In
Creek county Friday. Harry Monday
cat. Greek negro living one mile
south Of Brstow. The sick boy. aged
20. passed his sixth day Friday. Doc
tors here have ordered serum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued yes
terday evening to John Blehm, aged
19 and Lydia Siebeulist. aged Is The
fathmer Of the groom was here to give
his consent and at o'clock they were
married by Judge Strang.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
MODERN WOODMEN
RATES RAISED

Chicago. Jan. 27-The proposition
for the revision upward of the Mod
ern Woodmen insurance rates. was
adopted at he convention of the or
der here today The plan increases
the rate from fifty to one hundred
per cent.
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MAY BE MORE COMPLICATIONS

Srec;lt to the Daily Leader.
Paris, Jan. 27-'Ine Italian vessels
which were seized at Taygnano. al
so sheled several barges The Incl
dent occurred in French waters. In
dignation here S great.
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DATE
FOR THRONE
To AbO|CATE
fBy Associated Pressl

San Francisco. Jan. ~ president
Sun Vat Sen issued an ultlmatum
declaring taat Manchu throne must
De abdicated by eight O'Clock on the
morning or January ~, the date and
time set for ending the armlstiee be-
tween the government and the repub-
licaus, or an attack viii be made on
the capital according to cable gram
to the Chinese Daily Free Press
here today
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BY
HIS OWN
PETARD
(By Associated Press }

Pekin, Jan. 27--General Wang II
High, a noted Manchu official, and
guards, was injured. perhaps fatally
today ~ a bomb throws. by an an
identified Chinaman, who Was himself
torn to pieces by the explosion It
is SAID that this is probably the begin.
ming of a series OF similar crimes in
this dynamite campaign against the
Manchus.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-27
WTROlIC EDITOR TAKES HOT
SHOTS At "p|TCHF0Rk BEN
Wilson Nomjnates Marse Henri
WattePsOn as Member Of
Ananias Club
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- :.
y Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 81 "
y Senator Tiilman today declined =
!. to make reply to Colonel Waiter =.
=. sons challenge OF last night in :.
=: connection with the Watterson- y
!. Tillman-Harvey-W Wilson controyer- ::
!. IF Watterson has proofs he :.
= was authorized to raise money :.
\. for Wilson's campaign he ought "
!. to publish them. | have nothing :.
=. more to say" =;
w Watterson today issued anoth- !.
y er statement saying he had the =
x proofs If Tillman would call for 7:
- them. =
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RELEASED CAPTURED SHIP

Rome. Jan 27.--The French pas.
senger steamer Tavignano. seized by
feet Of Italian torpedo boats late
last night off Biban. was released to-
day
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REFLECT KING AS PRESIDENT
lRy Associated Press }


Kansas City. No. Jan. 2I.-The
republican state editorial convention
today reelected Cap Henry King, st.
Louis Globe'Democrat. president, and
Harry Mitchell, Springfield Leader
secretary
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Senate

Senate
Z Not in session; meets D. N
!: Monday.
!: House
: Met al noon.
= Debate began on steel tariff
!: revision bill General debate
!: will close tomorrow The bill
Z may be passed tomorrow after
): noon
Z Samuel Untermeyer Of New
!: York testified before the rules
: committee regarding the domina-
z tion CT the country's money DOW
( er ~ four groups OF fnanciers
Z Louis d. Brandels, Of Boston,
Z discussed pending antitrust
: bills at hearing before the
Z judiciary committee
: Hearings before the rules com
: mittee on the money trust res
: olution of inquiry was ended.
|: The committee will decide short
: ly whether to recommend an IN
: vestigation
Z Adjourned at 6:l5 p. m. until
Z noon Saturday.
Z q y y x Y z z Z < 4 Z Z Z x
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The city Kas crowded With OUT Of
town ladies. here to attend tne East
eER SlsE sea2as II lnslE4stlo2s >.
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THE WEATHER
lBr Associated press.l

Ibl AesUtIdItu TItseT
New Orleans. Jan. 27-Oklahoma:
Tonight aud Sunday unsettled; cold
er tonight -a~s> -
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FRIDAY N CONGRESS

Z . y y =; y q y y y y y :. :;
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United States Senate,
Washington, d. c.. Jan u. 1912
My Dear Sir. In your note Of Jan
uary 25. handed me by the Hon.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-04
WIFE LEAVES Y
HAPPY HONE
Mrs. Arte Hall, of Monongah,
Takes Two Children
and Goes Away.

Mrs. Artie Hail. wife of j. o. N.
Hall. miner of Mononsah, left yes
terday for Moundsville with the ev!.
dent intention Of no longer living with
her husband Her action was fore
Swallowed by a card which she had
published in newspaper Thursday
morning. In the card she sought to
Justify herself for her contemplated
action.
Mr.. Hall said yesterday that his
wife's action in leaving her home was
a surprise to him, and her statement
in the published card did him a SER
ious injustice. He stated that she
had no valid reason for her action as
he had always provided well for her
and for the children, which she had
before his marriage with her. Nj.
Hall is member OF the Odd Fellows
lodge of Monongah, is well thought
of by his neighbors and fellow work
crs. He is now Noble Grand of his
lodge.
1t is said that this is the third time
that Mrs. Hall has left her husband
and that each time heretofore she has
been received again into his gooa
graces. Two children Lett with the
woman, one being an infant and the
other son of about ten years OF age.
Mr.. Hall stated that on Wednesday
his wife had gone. to the company
store and secured SIS in goods which
were charged to him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-04
OLE EXPL0DES
CAUSES DEATH
Mrs. Harvey Williams is a
Victim of a Peculiar
Accident.
CLOTHING IGNITE S
Woman Rushed to Hospital
But Her Life Could
Not Be Saved.

Mrs. Laura Williams, 20 years old,
wife of Harvey c. Williams, of West
Milford, died in local hospital
Thursday morning at 8 O'Clock from,
burns she received Wednesday after
noon at 4 o'clock, at the home OF her
father-in-law. j. W. Williams, OF
Marshville, when bottle of oil
exploded, igniting her clothes.
Miss Mlry Williams, sister-in-law
Of Mrs. Laura Williams, was doing
some work in the parlor with japa-
lac and was using oil to thin the
japalaca, She placed the oil bottle
before the fire and when it became
hot it exploded and the oil ignited
Mrs. Laura Williams was in the ad-
joining room, and when she heard the
explosion and the screams of her
sister-in-law. she rushed into the
room and while trying to extinguish
the flames her clothing caught, and
before they could get the flames ex-
tinguished she was, fatally burned.
Her husband, who was outside, hear
ing the screams rushed into the house
and seeing his wife in flames, threw
bucket of water on her, extinguish-
ing the flames.
DR.. Jessie Williams, brother-in-law
of the deceased woman, was making
call upon patient near his home,
and as he passed the home his sister
came running out and she called him.
When he entered he found that Mrs.
Williams was in a critical condi-
ton and made all arrangements 20
bring her to local hospital. They
arrived at the hospital at 1 o'clocl;
and all medical aid possible was rem
dered Mrs. Williams, but at the time
it was seen that she could not live
long. The end came shortly, as she
passed away at o'clock.
The deceased woman and her hus-
band had been in indianapolis for
the last four months, where he is TAX
ing course in veterinary surgery,
and has come home to spend the holt
days.
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M'CANN DIES
IN THE SOUTH.
Former Prominent Resident
of This County Pass.
Away lin Georgia.

kilograms were received here last
evening, announcing the death, caused
from heart trouble, yestert,r at noon
OF James NJ. Mccain a: his home in
West Lake, Ga.
Mr.. Mccain was son Of James
and Achsah Price Mccain. He was
born and reared and spent nearly all
his life at the old Mccain home
Evergreen" near Bridgeport. He
was united in marriage with Miss
Mamie Bartlett, daughter Of Phipps
Waldo and Emily B. Bartlett, and to
this union were born four children
Hillo Yeamer, now of West Lake, Ga;
Mrs. Icie Ulrica Fitzpatrick, who, It
will be remembered, died a year ago
this month; Malcolm Waldo, nd WV
ian Darcy, both of whom died some
years ago, the latter in infancy. His
wife and one son, Hillo Y, and two
sisters, Mrs. Martha Jarvis and Mrs.
Sarah Coffman, of this city, survive
him. He and his wife moved to
Georgia three years ago in November.
in order that they might be near
their only children who were living
at that place.
Mr.. Mccain enlisted in the Con
federate army while mere youth,
where he was distinguished for his
bravery, and had a Cross OF Honor
presented to him some years ago by
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
He was student at Roanoke College
at the beginning of the war, and left
that institution to enter the army,
and after the close of the was he re-
entered this college, from which he
graduated with high honors. He had
a fine mind, was one Of the best read
men in this section, and a writer OF
some note. He was a fine conversa-
tlonalist and was kind and exceed
ingly hospitable in his home. A host
of friends in this community will be
grieyed to hear of his sudden death.
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lend
Sets Fire TO a Church with
Coal Oil While Celebra-
...,. ton is On.

PIEDMONT. W. Va, Dec. 2s.-
While the Methodist Episcopal Sun
day school at Aaron Chapel, near
Bloomington, just west of Piedmont,
was rendering Christmas program
at night, the pastor, the Rev. "A. r..
shedegar discovered smoke forcing
its way through the ceiling near the
pulpit. People rushed from the build
ing, knocking one another down.
At the rear of the church a blaze
was discovered leaping up the wall
ten feet high, and was beginning to
eat under the Notwithstanding. After
considerable effort the fire was ex-
tinguished. Superintendent William
Wilkinson had his hands blistered IN
fighting the flames.
Coal oil was used in starting the
fire. 1t 10 believed that a spirit of
revenge was the underlying cauze,
the motive being not only to break up
the entertainment but to destroy the
church.
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COAL OUTPUT HEAVY
But PRICES ARE LOW

tons. When to this is added the
production o. anthracite. IS, 900, 900
short tons, (the equivalent of So
100000 long tons). the total pro-
duction of coal aggregated between
ass, 100000 and 4s6, 100000 short
tons. compared with sol, 500, 600
tons in 1910. These estimates are
based on statements from leading
operators, on the railroad shipments
for all but the last few weeks OF the
year, and on the monthly reports
fro mthe blast furnaces. The rail-
from the blast furnaces. The rail-
of about As per cant in 1910 com
pared with 1911, and the production
of pig iron, as given in the Iron
Age, shows decrease OF about 16
per cent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-04

! From 1884 to 1870 natives Of Ger
many, Great Britain, ireland seand:.
navla. and Canada together contrib
uted substantially nine-tenths Of Gil
the immigrants to this country, but
since 1870 their proportion Of the
total number has steadily declined
from somewhat more than tour-hiths
for ls7G-1Sso to three-fourth for 1885,
1890, about two-ffths for 1S9i-lsOo,
and only little more than onc-httn
for lsO1-lslO,
Immigrants from Austria-Hungary,
Italy and Russia, on the other hand.
constituted less than one per cnte Of
all the immigrants from 1921 to 1870,
but thereafter their proportion has
steadily increased-from about one,
sixteenth for 1S7l-lssO to one-sixh
for 1SSl-lSso, one half for lS9l-l9oo.
and very nearly two-thirds for 1906
1910.
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FALSE REPORT
HUMPHREYS, Organizer of
Owls, Says about His
Having Skipped.

j. D. HUMPHREYS, an organizer Of
Owls, who was recently here for the
purpose of organizing a local branch
of them, has written the Telegram
from Monogahela. Pa, stating that
while here he obtained a number
of members but they desired him to
hold the charter open until after the
first OF the year. So he went home
and is working there. He says that
he has fifty-elght members there
ready to be formed into branch
organization. He adds that he has
receipts at the Hazel-Atlas glass fac
tory here in care of C. e. Walton,
who will sign up all men who desire
to Join the order. He also has re-
ceipts at the Brunswick billiard par
Tors. Mr.. Humphries writes as fol-
lows:
Il understand that after left
your city some one started report
that l had skipped with the money
i had collected there. That is false
report" -
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-04
SHOCKING
Crime is Committed in the
Cabin Creek Mining Re-
gion in This State.

CHARLESTON, Dec. 2S-The ar
rest of Cam smoot and placing him
in jail here has brought to light
news of horrible outrage, alleged
to have been committed in the Cabin
Creek mining section ON Goldie Tot
ting, aged 16 years. According to
the story told by smoot, two men,
believed to be Harry Burns and
Louis Cooper, attacked ALI Totting
and his sister Goldie. and after leav-
ing the young man unconscious, took
the girl from buggy, dragged her
in the underbrush and assaulted
her. Smoot, who had started with
Totting and his sister, claims he
stopped at Jesse Moore's residence
and that he saw Burns and Cooper.
carrying a shotgun, follow the
buggy.
lettings description of the men
who assaulted him tailies with those
of Burns and Cooper, neither OF
whom have been apprehended, but
were well known to smoot. smoot
says the first thing he knew of the
trouble was when he was arrested.
He is held as a witness. Miss Tot
ting's condition is serious.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-04
RELATIVE DENIES
That Clarence Vernon Made
An Indecent Proposal
to Little Girl.

"A relative of Clarence Vernon, of
the Erie mining settlement, who was
recently shot in the shoulder by
nine-year-old italian girl, states that
the assertion that the boy had made
an indecent proposal to the girl is
erroneous. 1t is stated that tho
shooting was caused. when the boy
took the girls wagon in play, and
was told by her to return it or she
would shoot, He did return it and
then she shot him.