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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-26

recent address 81 Oklahoma
Clty Gov. Cuge discussed The tax
problem as f0ioV
& i have come p sou % discuss 4
single question that row is attracting
more attention il Oklahoma than aag
other prsDosltion-ihe question q tax
alton
We cannot too quickly put check
upon the cttravsgaace ID government
and I SAINT 10 say to y0B now that the
tail burden wili not soon grow much
lighter than It is we are running
tits state government just as eeonom-
IcaIly as il can be run under present
conditions. It wiIi cost for the present
year to run the Oklahoma state gov
eminent between two and half and
three million dollars Kentucky FOR
the past few years has been under the
i control d Republican officials. Il has
an area q LITE Go excess Of 0ne-hall
ot that 81 Oklahoma. and 4 population
T very lttle larger than ours II Is one
Of the old established states and does
+ noi require an expenditure for new
things as does Oklahoma, aHd yet the
cost Of state government IN that state
+ f. two and half times what il is in
H Oklahoma
Nov Jet us Tor a few moments
study the cause that has produced the
4 present high tax in Oklahoma.
\ Cause Of High Tsxes.
SIT has been said in this state that
the cause Of high taxes has been the
action of The state board Of equsliza-
ton III raising values of taxable prop
erty IN this state. am a member oi
that board and ! am not here to de-
fend its action. but to give you the
facts. and Iet you determine whether
the state board Of equalization IS re-
sponsibie for the present high taxes
.Iis true. The constitution Of the state
IN as plain language as the members
OF the constitutional convention could
employ, has stated uNon what basis
property shall be rendered for taxa
ton; that all property in the state
whether 81 belongs to an individual
company Or corporation. shall be as
sessed at its actual cash yalue-ths
value It would realize at a voluntary
sale, and the members Of the state
equalization board. when they tool
the oath OF office. swore that thel
would honestly enforce the laws o
this state. 50 far as # became thel
duty II the discharge Of this dutl
they raised values in Oklahoma NOR
than 100000. 900. That was increas
ing property at a rapid rate
Values running into the million
we're placed upon the tax rolls In
few days and yet ] assert that the az
tual assessed valuation Of property i
Oklahoma as fixed by the state boar
Of equalization has not yet reached It
true constitutional value. The stat
board Of equalization did not deal wit
your property as individuals; 1t raise
the value Of no mans property in thi
state. it simply dealt with property b
classes and by counties, and when
had raised the aggregate yalue Of
given class Of property, the same wa
certified back to the county official.
AssesFor Law Effective.
Under tie Interpretation OF the lav
as given By the attorney general. h
holds that the present assessor law a
passed by the recent legislature is 4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-26
nov. Grucee Discusses
the Tax Proposition

effect and that H Is the duty 81 the
local officials to take the raise that
has been made b. the state equaliza-
lion beard ard put it where it belongs
and where a mans property has been
given In at its actual value. 10 leave il
alone and apply the raise to that IN
diriduai who did nst siFe in bis prop
erty az its actual value believed
then. and 7 believe now that the attor-
ney general vas right il the consrue-
ton o. this iaw With very rare e1-
. cephon. however. the local officials
disregarded the opinion Of the sttor-
I Iney general. and applied the raise
made By the state board Of eQualiza-
uon upon a percentage basis to all
tax values affected By that class Of
] property The result was that In many
I instances. III almost every county in
thc~s state. unjust taxes have been as
sessed agains, the individual taxpay-
srz
The school land department Of the
state makes q great many loans upon
farm lands Id Oklahoma j gathered
statistics from Hfty-fiye counties Of
lthe state. IN these counties we have
made one Thousand eight hundred and
ffty-six loans Before a man can se.
cure a loan for the school land De-
partment he must give a description
OF his lands and Improvements, setting
forth the value thereof and make oath
10 the correctness IN addition to this
hs must get two Of his neighbors who
aye dlsinterested and who know the
I value 0f his lands and Improvements
likewise to make a statement under
oath, as 10 the value Of the same. The
value fixed by the sworn disintereSted
appraisers OF these eighteen hundred
and slxty-six tracts Of land aggregates
S9,35s.5ll and the aggregate assess
cd value OF these same tracts of land
after the state board Of equalization
had made its raise. is s5.S49.5i6, or just
62.6 per cent of the value as fixed UP
on 1t under oath BY the owners of the
land.
True Of Whole State.
What is true Of this land is true. Il
my judgment Of the state Or Okla
homa. But how does the situation
stand in this city2 ! am going 10 giy'
you two concrete examples. one D
+ residence property and one Of bust
/ ness property ] am going to take thl
/ property or two friends Of mine. NJ,
private secretary, Mr.. Amos, owns
piece Of residence property IN Okla
homa City, he bought this propert
last spring for $500 and those az
auainted with it said that he was gel
ting a bargain, that the property wa
worth $4,000. This property is on tn
tax rolls, after the state board O
equalization had done its work, at 81
100. or less than 70 per cent OF it
value On Main street there is a piec
Of property formerly owned by MI
Colcord Of this city; that property wa
rendered by the assessor for taxatio
4 purposes a year ago al $4,000. tn
state board Of equalization raised thi
property to $4,000, and since this az
tion on the part Of the board. thi
property was sold FOR $4,000. whlc
shows that the assessed value Of tina
property is just about % per cent o
its sale value
"The state equalization board ca
spend no money Of the state, it canno
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-26

appropriate one penny t9H aag Rar-
E1se Hsither 0sH s. leEg ere dollars
worth % taxss aseapt lo provide s9r
appropriations made BY tae legisa.
iurs. ard ihis IS true. 10 g large mea-
sure. oE the comfy officials 0i tae
state They are not solely RESPONSE
for hish taxes Who IS responsibie1
Listen. and I VIII tell yoa The indi-
Tidual property owner and voter in
Okiahoma primarily are responsible
for high taxes IN this state You have
a duty to perform 90 this matter as
much Az the governor Of che state
and no official q set q officials can
bring 10 pass in Oklahoma justice in
taxes. and economy IN government un-
less the Individual citizen does bis
duty.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-26
Honest Men IN An Parties,

There are honest men in all par
ties. and there are many dishonest
men in the Democratic party IS in an
others. II you have men in office who
are reckless u the peoples welfare,
the voters alone are responsible for it,
You soon win have an opportunity to
speak upon this question, for in the
approaching election your ballot will
determine the type Of men who will
administer your local affairs for the
next two years. and the members or
the legislature who viii deal with state
affairs also viii be Of your own ehoos
ing. II you get incompetent men. il
will be, IN a large measure. your own
fault
Another way that you materially
can reduce the cost CT government In
this state is to reduce the number Of
men who are upon the official pay
roll, and ! say TO you without hesita-
ton that believe in and stand for a
reduction OF officials IN Oklahoma.
both state, county and local No man
has a moral right to hold any official
position unless ne IS rendering 10 the
people whom he is serving a service
commensurate with the salary he Is
receiving, but aere is where you gili
meet with trouble. It seens % be a
well settled conviction among office
holders that when they are once plae-
ed upon the payroll It is to De a per-
manent thing. and you can hardly get
them Oft without cutting their heads
of. When you undertake to pass leg.
islation that will put a man out OF Of.
flee. be feels YOU are doius him a per-
soual injury.
Cut Down Payroll.
4 believe that The number Of em.
Iployea il this state upDn the state
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-26

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
MOB SEXES RAILWAY TRAIN.
Found @" Renchirs jail rh"' Nesrs
HAD Reen Hidden.

WACO, Tex. May 26.--Four hundred
men of Smith county seized a Cotton
BELT train at Tyler last night oustcd
the engineer. put one OF their own
crowd in the locomotive and started for
Waco To- lynch Will Price, negro. sus-
pected of being an accomplicc of Dan
Davis. who was burned to death 10y n
mob in Tyler yesterday.
The crowd boarded the train at Tyler
and many OF them had no money To pay
their fares. The conductor stopped the
train and refused To proceed until those
who had not paid got of. The crowd
Of would-be lynChcrs had an engineer
with them and proceeded to install him
at the throttle.
Arriving here the mob marched TO the
Jail Sheriff Tillcy was waiting. He
told them To send a committee IL en-
anime the negro prisoners. After an
inspection the committee reported that
the negro they wanted was not there.
Most ~ tn" crowd went TO the city
hall lawn where they slept on the grass
until time to catch an early train.
When they conGregated at the Cotton
lelt depot. the railroad had Il force of
police there and refused To let any of
them board the train withou, ticket
About two hundred could not produce
the fare and were left here. They are
now lounGing about the parks
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
DRY DOCK IMPERILS UTAH.
Batil-sbip CanEht by Defective
Pump Causes Much Worry.

The failure Of one OF the pumps that
empty the caisson in the big new DIR v
dock in the Brooklyn navy yard that has
gained for itself the uncviable title Of
hoodoo caused those who We're trying to
get the battleship Utah out Of the dock
considerable worry late Saturday after
noon, The Utah has been undergoing
repairs in the dock since May in prepara-
tion for escorting the German feet which
will get here in few weeks, and all the
work was done Saturday.
Naval Constructor Stocker, in charge
of getting the big fighter out of her dock,
ordered the valves IN the Caisson opened
at clock 80 as to catch the high tide
The water came pouring in and the Utah
lifted slowly from her blocks. The c4s-
son serves az stopper and as soon as
the Utah lifted il was necessary to empty
the caisson SO that the gate could he
fioated and taken away. loosing the Utah
Then 1t was discovered that one of the
pumps was not working
The dock is still in the hands Of the
contractors, but the Naval Constructor
had charge Of the lob, so he went work
with one pump. This emptied the water
from half of the caisson but il made the
Utah wahbly and necessitated some
lively work getting out the gate, which
had Jammed at the mouth Of the dock
Finally two or three tugs got together
and hauled away the jammed gate and
every one heaved a sigh of relief when the
Utah finally slid out into the East River.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
GEN. OSPINA HOPEFUL.
Relieves Secession Of Panama vii
soon Be Submitted to The Hague,

Gen, Pedro Mel Ospina. administer of
Colombia to the United States, who has
been in this country. said yesterday:
On leaving the United States after twelve
months of active work on behalf of NV
country ! carry away the conviction that
the day is not far distant when the con-
troversy between Colombia aud the Govern.
ment of the United States in connection
with the secession OF Panama will be settled
by tS submission to the Hague tribunal
u has suficed that the true facts he made
known TO the American people. and now
with Willingness to do Justice that honors
them. influential members of both houses
OF congress ana representative newspapers
rejecting all shades of poli' ical opinion are
demanding that justice he done o Colombia
and due repavatiOn made for the wrongs
done to her in the name Of this powerful
nation.
Shch an attitude both doe. honor TO thu
American people and iustities the sentimen,
] was privileged to voice when on being
received as Minister of Colombia bv PreSi.
dent TAFT asserted that Colombia has fuIl
confidence in the honesty of the American
people. whatever her claims growing ont of
the policy that certain American Admins
trations have seen tit to follow toward their
weaker sister republic. which has alway,
kept faith with the country of Washington
To-day II would be morally impos ssible for
q self-respecting Administration To ignore
the claims OF Colombia and IN refuse to her
alone that which the Government of tho
United States Is Offering to all the other ma
lions OF the earth: that IL to- say. the right to
tation o. public treaties settled BY impartisi
arbitration. 49,, '"' ''"'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
NEBRASKA REACHES KEY WEST.
Battleshtp TO Take Marines-Naval
station Ready for Fleet.

KEY WEST. Fla. May :8.-The orders
issued for the mobilization OF the Allan
tic fleet hcrp SO a. 10 be in striking dis
tance il conditions in Cuba demand quick
action has caused great activity at the
naval station
Preparations are being made TO supply
the ships with whatever they may need
when they arrive Wednesday The bat
tleship Nebraska anchored in the ha-bor
late this afternoon. The Nebraska ar
rived of Sand Key at noon, but Capt.
Wood hcsitAted to enter the harbor be-
cause the Nebraska recently had grounded
in IN. Southwest Pass. below New Or
leans. A wireless message however, was
sent to Capt. Wood ordering him to bring
TIN. Nebraska into the hsrbor and the
ship entered in the afternoon. Coal HOSTS
have b,en at work filing barges all day
and 900 tons will i've put aboard the
Nebraska at once.
Capt Wood also has been advised tha;
200 marines are en- route here by speCia |
train and are to be taken aboard the
Nebraska
The mobilization of the fleet here for
service IN Cuban waters has caused m uch
excitement in the large Cuban colony here
and some remarks not complimentary to
IN" United States are heard, especially
among the negro Cubana.
The white tuhans. however. as a rule
are glad the United States intends to
act.
The Cuban Consul here has call ed for
volunteers 10 assist in putting down the
negro rebellion and large number of
men enlisted to-day. Several Americans
were among those who enlisted
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
CHORUS MAN HEIR TO SEQ. 900
with Details of the story by THE
Hose Maid" Press Agent.

Edward A. Smith. lr whose father
died in St. Louis. Mo. IN July. 1910
leaving an estate from when the son
will inherit 100000. has been located
working as a chorus man IN Tho Rose
Maid" at the Globe Theatre Since he
ran away from horne four wears n g.
lawyers and private detective agencies
have tried to locate the young man. b''
according TO the press agent AT the theatre
Nathan G. Go'dbcrger found him at IN.
theatre on SATURDAY. night
Mr.. Goldbcr1er IL n lawvcr WIN Offices
AZ 3i8 Broadway. According TO the atore.
said press agent there has b""n a toui
year search for Young MIR. Smith. and on
Saturday night Mr. Goldberser, who
was in tho theatre. saw the maine oi
Edward Smith in the list Of chorus men
Then he did better than The SrN, which
cannot find the name. Al any rate saw
the press agent the lawyer went iacs
stage a8d saw tho young man. 4 Il he
was the long lost heir.
The elder Smith. again according to
the press agent. VS. tho Western repre-
sent atiye of the adams Express Com
pany in Chicago al the time Of the grelt
fire. and saved valuable parers TO say
nothing Of the company's money At
the time Of his death he was general agent
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad &, y,
Louis Since his death his estate has leen
in litigation
Young Smith told the theatre mar gers
that when he left home he joined the
navy This has been his first the trica
experience Now ne is going home 10
ST Louis to collect the SSooO,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27

herring about 1000 men. These are arm
ing rapidly. the leaders evidently havins
made preparations for juAt such an out
break. for they seem to be plentifully sup.
piled with improved firearms and ammu-
milton.
Several cars Of provisions have been
looted by the rebels seeking supplies
Whole herds OF cattle have been driven
away and the latest news Ia the threaten
ing Of the sugar mills was informed by
one Of my agents that three day notice
which would end Saturday might was
issued to all the mills 10 shut down or
they would be attacked This is supposed
to be u move to force operatives to join
the rebels.
"The Cuban Government is making
frantic efforts to get troops into the
field. but the ma ,oritv Of these are poorly
equipped and slpost totally unfit foi
emer ergency duty. :Srhe entire standin 4
army numbers about 5000 men. II il
beloved by many they are not capable OF
coping with the situation unless they are
inobilized at once at the seat Of the
trouble"
The situation Ia so tense that all Of the
big wholesale dealers have discontinued
shipments into the provinces MIR.
Showers said that while Havana was little
disturbed by the news from the prov
inces all government officials regarded
the situation as the most serious that has
faced the present republic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
ROBBED The GAS METER
And Expioaion F0llowed when tie
Folks Came Homo.

Two burglars w,re csr:Irel yes,ci-
slot gas meter Of an apartment on the
third foor Of 643 East Thirteenth street,
b!, when the family returned and
matches were struck there WAS an cN-
ploslon and fire az a resul, If esc,p-
ing gas This was the frs; sign tia.
the meter had been robbed, Tl.c Hat
belonged to Nicolo I.umbcdo and The
burglars were aressted by l.,eu'. I,eer.
ing and Detective Long Of the ,nion
Market station house.
While the two policemen were walk
ing along Thirteenth street at 2 o'cloo X
last night boy ran up to them and
told them that he had seen two mon
enter the apartment by the fire escape
In the rear. They ran to the rear yard
just In time to see two men como out
from the house and make their way
along the fire escape. The detective
and lieutenant ran upstairs and caught
the men. who had bundles Of clothing In
their possession. Calling Policeman
Baer. whom they placed on guard. they
took their prisoners to the station
house. I'aer got orders to wait until
the family returned.
Lumbedo and his family soon ap.
peared. and Bacr told the man to 60 tt
the station house and look after his
property. Meanwhile Mrs. Lumbedo ant
the others were afraid TO go upstair.
alone and the policemen accompa ME,
them. Matches were struck and louC
explosion followed. The kitchen was ne
on fire and an alarm vas sent in b,
f'acr. The blaze was eXtinguished will
slight damage, when II was found e
have been due to the broken gas meter
At the station house tho men said the,
were Frank Smith Of 63l East sixteenth
! street and Alexander Doyle, q driver. %
634 East Thirteenth street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
CRAZY" MAN HAD PNEUMONIA.
Captain Of Immigrant SCHOONER Had
COnnned Him IN the UOid.

PROVIDENCE. X. l.. May ca.The two
here this afternoon from the Cape Verde
Islands. The captain reported one men,
ber of the crew drowned at sea and doctors
found one passenger dying Of pneumonia
and tuberculosis Although the schooner
is only ninety feet long. she brought fifty
passengers. the full number allowed by
law without a doctor. and carried a crew
of twenty. The size of the crew will be
investigated tomorrow by the immipra
tion officers.
DR. John b. Ferguson of the Health
Department and Dr. Charles A. SYLVIA
tn" Portuguese Vice Consul. examined
the pa Isenger list and they were informed
by Capt. Caitan }, Duarte that there vas
a crazy man confined in the hold
Although Capt. Duarte and the crew
had believed the man was crazy the
physician found that he WAS in the last
stages of tuberculosis and in addition had
pneumonia He was taken ashore md
rushed to the Rhode Island Hospital,
where he was registered as Avedina
NJ. IaVan"reo. He was not expected To
live the night out
Besides the crazy man Cant. Duar,e
reported that Pedro de Ries. IA member
of the crew, went To sleep on deck on the
night of April 10. and was washed over
board and drowned
The Comee left here for the islands
on October - and on the trip over leaked
50 badly for three days that all on board
passengers and crew, stuck 10 the pumps
10 keep her aHoai. Her owner was aboa rCi
az that time. but on the return trip pre-
ferrrd To come by IA larger boat and is now
on his return trip on the bark Charles
Rice, bound for New Bedford.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-27
SHOT DOG WITH JAWS
- SET IN VICTIMS LEG
Bull Terrier Bit Boy, Then
Caught Theatrical Agent
Climbing a Fence.
BRONX CROWD Is EXCITED
Dalmatian Hound Bit a Little
Girl and Ambulance Doctor
Was Kept Busy.

4 Boston bull terrier which Morris
Lawton Of 940 Teller avenue. the Bronx
was leading a. the end Of a leash along
Walton avenue yesterday afternoon. sud
denly slipped on, of it's collar and dashed
On down the avenue yelpinG l.awton
followed shouting that his dog had gone
mad. and pedestrians Fastening in crowds
to Ma acomb's Dam Park where n hall game
was in progress. ducked into doorways
or took to their heels.
lngwald Forsunan. a six-year- who
lives at Sii Walton avenue. didn't get out
Of the way in time. and at l8ist street The
terrier leaping upon him. set his teeth
in the boys left leg The crowd now
came out of hiding and with I.awton at
its head bore down upon the boy and the
dog. The terrier started on r'in through
i8iet street. the crowd following. and
coming into the Grand Concourse he
caught sight Of an Irish setter whom he
Immediately grabbed by the throat. The
softer ran on yelpng into a lot, and the
crowd surrounded the terrier while Law
I on wound n chain around him and tied
him to post.
More than 5000 people on foot and in
tacle ny this time and Policeman Voos of
| he Alexander avenue station. who had
been summoned, had to fight his way int o
the middle Of the circle. Just as he ar
/ rived the terrier broke his tether and made
dash south on the Concourse
Al l6lst street he came up with James
Ba gnell. n theatrical agent Of Si5 Walton
avenue. The crowd yelled to Bagnell
to look out, and he started to climb n
nearby fence. lie wasn't quite quick
enough. and before he was half way over
| the terrier had him by the right leg.
Policeman Voss. warning the crowd to
stand away. aimed carefully at the terrier,
| who was still hanging to the leg Of Bag
nell. He fired. The shot took the terrier
in the stomach and with an angry yelp
he made for the policeman, Again Noss
fired, and this time the terrier succumbed
The occupants of several automobiles
insisted on getting OUT of their cars and
| shaking hands with Policeman Noss whom
they pronounced splendid marksman.
An ambulance from Lebanon Hospital
Forsinan and Bagnell. The setter and
the dead terrier were taken 10 the Nor
risiania police station. where they were
examined later by Board Of Health men
five-year-old Marian Mahoney OF 527
Trinity avenue. The Bronx, was bitten
Yesterday by Dalmation hound at .eth
street and Third avenue She was walk
ing with her father in crowd and stepped
on the hounds foot in the crush. There
was a yelp and the hound grabbed the
little girl by the right hand. sinking his
/ teeth deep into the flesh.
! The shouts Of the crowd frightened the
hound away and detectives from the
/ Alexander avenue police station. where
Peter Mahoney reported the matter later,
are still looking for the animal. Little
Marian was treated by DIR. Faust. who
came in an ambulance from Lebanon
Hospital, and was able to 20 home with
her father.