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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
GOAL MOVEMENTS
FIRST QUARTER 1872

An UNUSUAL increase in the volume
of coal traffic has been reported dur
ing the first three months of the pres
ent calendar year, according to a pub.
lication just issued by the bureau OF
statistics fthe Department of Com
nerce and Labor.
Eastern Movement The shipment
III anthracite coal from eastern pro-
lucing territory as reported to the
bureau during the three months OF
January, February and March, 1912,
IS 209,95 long tons, exceeded the
bipments during any three months
eriod in the past decade. Over 25 per
ent of the total shipped, namely A.
SS,476 long tons, was handled in and
round New York City for shipment
! New York proper and other Allan
ports. Coastwise shipments of an
Z acite from Philadelphia during the
st three months Sgsne year totaled
1885 long tons, While similar ship
ents reported from Baltimore were
LII long tons. The shipments of
thracite coal during the month of
arch, 1912, from eastern producing
tritoly were likewise greater than
bse of any previous month, and 81
/ cent greater than the March ship
nts in 1911.
she bituminous coal movement in |
I east during the first quarter of the
sent year as reported by eleven
sding roads amounted to 36,S1S,505 |
srt tons, as compared with 29,019,-
short tons during the first quarter /
1911, 31,773,043 short tons during
same period in 1910 and %, 701, ,359
2ft tons in 1909. The coastwise
1ments from the five principal At
lie seaports amounted to 6,563,411
/ tons during the first quarter of
2, as compared with 6,3S0,41S long
during the same period in 1911 b
6,SO7 ,403 long tons in 1910. Of II
stotal coastwise shipments for the Is
quarter of 1912, 2,S41,1 long tons i
e shipped from New York, 92S,3O7 /
tons from Philadelphia, S91 ,456 q
tons from Baltimore, GIT, 1873 long t
from Newport News and 1,225. 1863 t
tons from Norfolk. The figures a
New York and Norfolk show a
Ied increase when compared with a
same period in 1911 and Newport a
- shows a slight increase, while III
adelphia and Baltimore each show t
crease in the coastwise shipments f
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
a Surprise Party.

Little Miss Annie Burchett was
most pleasantly surprised by mum
Der of her schoolmates in the fifth
grade last evening with a party given
in honor of her spelling in the contest
last week. Annie was the smallest
and youngest contestant and stood UP
third to the last and in appreciation OF
this her friends presented her with
a beautiful gold ring.
There was about twenty-five present
and the time was spent playing games
and at the close refreshments consist
ing of fruits, ice cream and cake, and
the little people went home very thank
full for the good time shown them.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
COUNTY JUDGE NOT
A COUNTY COURT
Approval of County Judge on an
lndian,Deed is Not the Courts
Approval.

Muskogee. Okla, May 10.-Simply
the word approved marked on a
deed over the signature of a counts
judge does not necessarily mean that
the county court has approved the in
strument in question, was the holding
Of Judge Ralph E. Campbell in the
case Of Lima Lowe against Charles
Page and the March Oil company.
Lima Lowe is a full.blood Creek In
dian and Charles Page is a Tulsa mil
lionaire, oil man. Lima Lowe held by
descent four pieces of land which have
/become valuable and while she was
still under age she sold them for a
small consideration to Charles Page.
Later she tried to back out of her
trade and the suit was filed. Page
filed demurrers to her bill of COM
plant and thus raised the question of
whether or not she could rescind a
contract o. sale and the deeds after
they lad b On approved by the secre-
tary of the lterior and by the Judge of
the county court.
Judge Ralph Campbell reasons that
even if she had not been under age,
she was full-blood Indian and that
under the act of May 27, 1908, she
could not sell her land without the
approval of the county court having
jurisdiction of the property The ap-
proval of the court, Judge Campbell
held, must be obtained by court ac-
ton and not simply the action of the
judge of that court, and that simply
the approval of the judge of the court |
did not comply with the statute and |
was not sufficient.
The court also held that since the
records or roles of the Dawes COM
mission were conclusive as to her age
and that since she had the right to
ALLEVIATE her property under the act
of 1908, she must have the right to
disafirm the deeds as they were void
able.
The court, therefore, ordered that p
the demurrers be overruled. This will K
mean that Lima Lowe has the right ;
to appear in court and if she proves h
shat she alleges in her bill of com
plant, she will have the right to avoid
the deeds. II
This decision Will necessarily affect 4
considerable property in the Indian (
Territory or what is now called the K
Eastern part of the state X
i ]
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
TOO LATE BABY
DECIDED FAvORABLY

a telegram from Washington this
afternoon conveys the important in
formation that the case known as the
Too Late Baby Case has been de-
cided favorably to the Cherokee chill
dren born since the closing of the first
rolls made by the Dawes Commission
September 1st, 1907 This means that
several thousand Cherokee children
will be entitled to allotments of Cher
okee land and to participate in the dis.
tribution of Cherokee funds. The final
rolls closed March 1st. 1907.
The court also held in the Choctaw.
chickasaw tax case, under treaties
their lands could not be taxed as long
as the title remained in allottee. This
will govern the Cherokee homesteads.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
TlmeIessness Of Rome.

Few OF us ever ask ourselves where.
IN the eternity Of Rome consists II
uoes not consist In physical eternity
Tor Rome was not withoat beginning
and she shall surely not be without
end. 1t is rather a philosophical eter-
nity 1t is eternity as Kant has
taught 1t to us. the eternity of time
iessness. 1t is the timelessness OF
Rome, rather than the actual extent
OF time which makes the eternal and
this timelessness shows itself in moth
ing more clearly than In Rome's eter.
nal youth. She who today might well
be an old lady with her three thou
sand winters, is only the incorporation
Oh young Italy. this modern young
woman, with her head full of social
istic theories and her garments orna-
mented with the gridiron pattern Of
tramways. Jesse Benedict Carter. In
the Atlantic.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

Texas is the biggest state in the
Union and it gives the biggest demo.
cratic majority Its twenty electoral
votes are always democratic asset.
The democrats of the Lone Star state
by majority of more than three to
one against all other candidates have
chosen Woodrow Wilson as their lead
er. The Texas democracy is progress
sive, as is proved by the disastrous
rout OF the reactionary forces under
Senator Bailey. That Woodrow VIII
son is the choice of the progressiyes
in this great southwestern state is a
fact of tremendous significance in the
democratic contest. Their decision
has eliminated Harmon from the race
and it leaves the Clark and Underwood
much disgusted because
they took Harmon into account when
dividing territory for their warfare
against Wilson.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
saIf.nenIal-

Dan Reed, the head coach Of the
Cornell football team, was talking at
q banquet at an Ithaca hotel about q
football failure.
He'd have been good man." said
Reed, "but he wouldn't train. It wasn't
IN him to train. In fact. the only kind
OF self-denial he was ever known to
practice was to look out of his study
window at his frat house and tell
tho duns he was not at home"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
FIVE PRISONERS
BREAK JAIL
Jarrett With Barren And oesoIate
Future Before Him. Believed to
Have Planned the Delivery.

Muskogee, Okla, May 1i.-FNe fed
eral prisoners. one of them a convicted
train robber and desperate man fac.
ing a sentence Of twenty-five years in
the state pententiary. escaped from
the government Jail here in the rear of
police headquarters, Third and Court
streets, last evening while the merry
making of the Elks was at its height
and the streets filled with people Al
3 o'clock this morning none Of them
had been captured
Officers have been unable to solve
their method of escape. Walter Jar
rett, the train robber, was kept in a
separate cell. far from the window
through which the men erawled 10
freedom and the door to his cell was
always kept locked.
The bars of the window were sawed
in two not long ago in an attempted
jail delivery The bars had been
riyeted together with steel plate
The authorities believe that these
bolts or rivets must have been remov-
ed by someone on the outside of the
Jail.
For the past several months Jarrett
has been confined in a small cell at
the front Of the cell room on the sec
ond tier Of cells under the watch OF
the inside guard and turnkey. Ever
since he attempted to saw to freedom
several months ago he has been watch
ed like man condemned to die and
his escape last night from the Jail. out
onto one of the busiest streets, is
mystery which will not be cleared up
until some of the escaped prisoners
are captured and made to confess.
Jarrett was sentenced to serve
twenty-five years in the state peniten.
Liary on the charge of holding up and
a train near Coffeyville. His
case was tried at the January term of
court and he was being held in the
ocal jail until he could make ain ap-
zeal.
Several months ago some prisoners
7 trying to break out Of Jail sawed
wo bars out Of the west window on
he north wing Of the large cell room.
3efore they could make their escape.
however, they were caught and placed
n confinement while the hole in the
window was patched up by boiling
wo large sheets of boiler plate over
he opening.
lt was through this place that the
We Jail breakers made their escape
ast night.
Earnest Hubbard, who is in charge
the case for the United States gov
is of the opinion that the
I'll breakers had help from the out
de, as several of the bolts were found
nder the window half buried in the
iud, where they had been driven by
le men as they jumped from the win
DIV sill which is about ten feet from
lie ground.
To get to the window from the cell
Ie men would have to crawl along the
ater pipes from the run around
When an examination of Jarretts
II was made a package containing
piece Of bread and a small piece Of
eat was found which leads one to
'lieye that Jarrett had planned on
e escape several days in advance and
at when the time did come it came
suddenly that he did not have time
gather the food he would carry on
S fight to freedom.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
Of coal from those ports.

OF coal from those ports.
River Movement: The river move
ment of coal. on the other hand, shows
much smaller volume during the
first three months of 1912 than during
the corresponding period in 1911. The
shipments by way of the Monongahela
River during that period in 1912. .
lO5,610 short tons, were much smaller
than during the same period in 1911.
namely 2s9SS,519 short tons. A de-
cided decrease is also noted in the
coal movement by way of Davis Is
land Dam. namely, S45, ,245 short tons
in the first quarter of 1912, as COM
pared with 1,293,54O short tons during
the same period in 1911, by way. of the
canal and falls of the Ohio River at
Louisville from 642,02S short tons in
1911 to 304.S44 short tons in 1912; and
by way of the Kanawha River from
4OS,7S0 short tons in 1912 to 257.540
short tons in 1911 The river move
ment during the month of March, 1912
taken as a whole, however, shows
slight increase when compared with
the movement in March of the preced-
ing year. The falling off in the Jan
uary and February river movement of
coal is probably due to the severe
winter which caused a longer and more
extensive suspension of river naviga-
tion than usual
Exports and Imports: The exports
of coal, while constituting but a small |
part of the commercial coal product. |
show material increase during the
first three months of the present year,
from 2,174,121 long tons in
1911 to 2.336,014 long tons in 1912 in
the case of bituminous, and from $685.
291 long tons in 1911 to 730,S21 long
tons of anthracite in 1912. This in
crease in the exports of coal, however.
occurred mainly in the month of March
he exports of bituminous coal, 973. .096
ong tons, having been 80 per cent
greater than and the anthracite ex-
)orts more than double those in March
-911. This increase in the bituminous
'oal exports has been mainly in the
shipments to South America and trans
Atlantic countries and to the West
ndies other than Cuba. The increase
n the anthracite coal exports has been
mainly in the shipments to Canada
Which in March, 1912, were more than l
ouble the exports in March, 1911. The !
IMPORTS of coal during the first three i
lonths of 1912, 364,064 long tons. t
how falling off when compared with y
hose of the same period in 1911, I
amely, 426,259 long tons. The bulk
the coal imports came from Can
da, namely S16,759 long tons, or 81
ercent of the total coal imports dur 9
lg the first three months of 1912.
1t will be observed from the above g
lat the coal trade of the United States 9
practically all domestic and that n
le coal which is exported or import y
l may be regarded as mainly neigh e
orhood trade, that is. commerce with Il
'ntiguous foreign countries. The in W
ease in exports during March, 1912, 81
ay be attributed in part to the labor "a
sturbances in the coal mining in. OF
lstry of some of the European coun- &C
les.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

tor Bailey in Texas. It is said that
Senator Bailey's friends had some
hope Of his being 4 compromise nom
reactionary victory at Baltimore. This
has now gone glimmering down the
aisle of things that might have been.
inee for president in the event of a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

1t is a significant fact that William
Jennings Bryan has returned to Ohio
to stump the state in favor of Wood
row Wilson as against Governor Har-
mon. This is the second tour Mr..
Bryan has made of Ohio Progressive
democrats in Ohio confidently predict
that Governor Wilson will have at
least half and possibly three-feurths
of the Ohio vote in the Baltimore con.
vention
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
Perfectly 1 evAtv

Mrs. Benham-It will be a great
thing when women vote and hold Of
fee.
Benham-Yes; it will be perfectly
lovely If man runs against his moth
er-in-law, and she beats him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
WOODROW WILSON'S
GR|sT OF STATES

Washington, D. c.. May 10.-tS Spe
cial. THAT Woodrow Wilson will
have the enthusiastic support of the
twenty-four delegates from Virginia to
the Baltimore convention is the con.
fident claim of Speaker r. e. Byrd. OF
the Virginia house of delegates, who
is the Wilson campaign manager in
that state. A number of county con.
Ventions have already acted. and the
results plainly show that Governor
Wilson is the overwhelming choice of
Virginia democrats. A telegram from
Mr.. Byrd to Woodrow Wilson head
quarters said:
Up to the present time 265 dele.
gates have been elected to the state
convention, and of these 1876 are com.
mltted to the candidacy of Governor
Wilson. Many of the remaining sew
enty delegates are openly in favor Of
the nomination of the governor, and
VIII vote for instructions for him. The
state convention at Norfolk will GER
tainly declare Wilson the first choice
Of Virginia democracy. The Norfolk
will contain SO9 delegates. "
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

Reaotionary forces in the democratic
party that are striving to nom. late fhe
weakest possible man so as to insure
the reelection of President Taft If lie
should be nominated, as they hope.
are ehagrined by the defeat of Sena-
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

dual match played on the Oklahoma
courts Saturday Edwin Minteer Of
Norman played the singles and Orthel
Jones Of Oklahoma City and Paul Oar
rough Of Hugo the doubles. Darrough
also played two matches in singles.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

Michigan will send solid delega
ton to the Baltimore convention in
structed to vote for Woodrow Wilson
for the democratic animation for pres.
ident. The Michigan state convention
Will not meet until May 10, but its re-
suit is already certain. There will be
a total of 1884 delegates in the con-
vention. OF these all but 336 have
been elected. OF those already chosen
6O6 are for Woodrow Wilson instruc-
tions and S97 are opposed to instruc-
tions. No other candidate but Wilson
has as yet secured a single delegate
Wilson will require but 67 of the 396
yet to be selected to give him control
of the convention, and the selection of
more than a hundred Wilson men is
conceded in Michigan. This
will add thirty votes to the Wilson
column.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17

The Weekly Chieftain the rest Of
this year for so cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
ANNUAL MEETING Of
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Today Will Be Taken Up With
Directors and Commit
tee Meetings.

NEW YORK, February 13.-Magnates
of the National League gathering here
today for the annual spring meeting to
adopt playing schedule and arrange
for certain necessary routine matters for
the conduct of the leagues business ex-
pected that no friction would develop dur
ing the meeting and that every, hing
would be harmonious. The schedule has
already been prepared, and while two
members have, 1t is understood. made
some objection to certain playing dates it
will probably be adopted In its present
form either today or tomorrow.
The first business of today's session
was the meeting of the board Of directors
following which the league itself was
scheduled to go into session.
. There may be a meeting of the joint
resolutions committee today. The trouble
between Manager Bresnahan of st. Louis
and Charles Murphy of the Chicago Cubs
comes before the National League for adj
justment, where it was referred by the
national commission. Some magnates
think that the trouble may be patched up
and further publicity avoided. Bresnahan
asserts that he was insulted by Murphy
at the last meeting of the league and re-
ported the matter to the national commits
sion. There Is little or no serious talk Of
trades of players. The magnates do not
take the contemplated outlaw organiza-
ton. the United States League. very seri-
ously. They say the outlaw league has
no financial backing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
SAM CRAWFORD IS
FEARED BY MAPS
Mighty Tiger Batsman Causes
Cleveland Pitchers to
Worry Much.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, February 13.-There
may be better batters in the land than
Sam Crawford, but the Cleveland pitch
ers will unite in saying that no hitter is
feared more by them than the Tiger right
fielder. Frank Baker, iris Speaker, Bir-
die Cree, Danny Murphy, Bris Lord and
Eddie Collins have made life misei alb e
for many a Cleveland hurler, but the real
game wrecker, from a Cleveland stand
point. is Wahoo Sam. Nap fingers would
rather go against three or four CobbS
than one Crawford. They may pitch them
low, they may pitch them high, they
may pitch them fast, they may pitch
them slow-but no matter where they
hand them up. il the ball is In reach,
Sam generally gets his hit when playing
at League Park.
If person wishes to go back through
at League Park by the Tigers. it. would
be found that Crawford probably has
DATED in more runs than any other two
or three members of his team. In some
years he has batted as high as 800 or
100 on the Cleveland diamond. Dun ing
the campaign of 1911 he slumped some
what at League Park and gathered only
fifteen hits In thirty-six times at bat, his
average being AT. He also failed as q
pinch hitter. driving in only six runs, all
but ono when bases were occupied and
Sans prowess was feared. There is no
telling just how many runs Sam would
have driven in had it not been for the
extreme caution exercised by the Nap
hurlers.
Sam has been u most consistent bat
ter during his American League career,
having had but one bad year, that being
1904, when he hit but .247. He Joined
the Tigers in 1903, having hit $50 for
Cincinnati the previous year. His record
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
SHOULD HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Memorial Club WreStIers Are
Preparing for a Very
Strenuous Season.

The Memorial Athletic Club wrestling
team Of 1912 will probably have the
most successful year Of its career.
Never before have the prospects been
SO bright as at present, and amateur
wrestling should be in the iimelight
again for the first time in several years.
There will be plenty Of opportunity for
all who are interested in this game to
get ALL the competition they desire for
the rest of the winter. Not only does
1t appear that there VIII be sufficient
number Of meets, but from the present
indications there will be more and a
better class Of wrestlers entered from
all the local clubs and colleges, which
will make the matches about even and
more closely contested. The Memorial
Athletic Club opens the activities with
the holding of its tourney a. the Ma
tional Guard Armory, February %, fol-
lowed by the National Guard tourney
March 2 Immediately afterward the South
Atlantic championships will be decided
over in Baltimore March Is. This series
of events means that the wrestling
teams of all the organizations will have
to keep in constant training, thereby
bringing to light class of wrestling
ucTCtO1OIc uuhNOWu " Tic 1VCdI CAtuuSI~
asts Of this sport. The Memorial A. &.
is probably the most formidable factor
in this line Of athletics in this section
Of the country.
Wrestling has always been leading
sport at the Georgetown clubhouse. and
with such a season ahead of them all are
working as hard as possible to make a
good showing. Coach Howard Foley Is
putting in all of his spare time getting
his men into shape. and promises to make
things lively for his rivals. The Memorial
supporters are pinning their faith In this
aggregation of graphing artists in the 1O5-
pound class on Wilson and Bateman, 115-
pound, Marshall and Goucher; 120-pound,
Allison. Santite and Snyder while at rs
pounds Johnson will perform. All these
men have been up against the wrestling
game before. SO they need no introduc-
ton. At 1876 pounds the club is excep-
tionally strong. having four seasoned vet
Grams, Baker, Dixon, Connolly and May
hew. These men promise to make travel
ing hard for all they go up against. Dom
ohue, Langley and Dowden will take care
of the 14o-pound class. along with Chsm
at 15S pounds, without much trouble,
while Coulon. their heavyweight will
demonstrate his own ability. .