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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
KILLED
IN A FALL
FROM TRAIN

Renfrow. Okla. Aug with
bones broken. battered and bruised,
the dead body OF W. l.. Nichols Of
Wichita. Kan, was found beside the
Rock Island railroad track a few
rods from the station, early this
morning.
The discovery Of the bocy was
made by the postmaster early IN
the morning while making his resu-
lar trip to the s,ation TO get the
mail. 1t was evident from the ma
ture OF the injuries. the position OF
the body and the marks upon the
ground that Nichols had met his
death by falling from a rapidly NOV
ing train. Whether il was the fast
express or a through freight is not
known. for neither stop at this place.
identification was eXected By a
pawn ticket found in his mlothes.
This was made out by a Hutchinson
firm. which gave the Information
that Nichols was from Wichita. His
parents were located and notified.
and the father w. H. Nichols. reach.
ed Renfro today TO take the body
hack to Wichita for burial The
father said his son had left home
the first part OF the week to search
for employment but had not told any
one where he was going.
Though only n years of age he
has a wife living in Wichita.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
BY
WORRY, SHE
KILLS SELF
ANOTHER DEATH IN MEL
VERN MURDER CASE AT
OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. An
lother chapter OF violence was added
to the mystery surrounding the death
Of Mrs. Louise Malvern at Capitol
i!ill last Thursday, when Mrs. Eliza
Ibeth Powell, a sister-in-law, who had
been arrested and held under bond
for completely in the case, met her
death ThursdaI morning by swallow
ing carboic acid
Seated on the bed where his wife
lad writhed in her last agonies. and
ON which the two little boys OF Mrs,
Malvern lay peacefully sleeping IN
the sweet Inconsistencies Of un-
knowing infancy, Albert c. Powell,
husband OF the dead woman wrote
a graphic story OF the details Of his
life's last few hours. Powell is a
deaf mute, but under stress of the
excitement would occasionally utter
a few words as the reporter asked a
particular pertinent question. His
eyes spoke constantly, pleading to be
released from telling the narrowing
details and repeating the experiences
o. the night before.
Told Her Husband
II was dlltl ItluI illuS liOii q AiAP
! to the lawyers office, accompanied
lby Mrs. Paris, the other woman who
/ was arrested for the killing OF Mrs
! Malvern, that Mrs. Powell killed her
self She had been to bed but got
lap after about an hour and went into
lanother room of the little house that
had for years been peaceful home
I Tor the couple. Here she procured
the bottle Of acid and drank it. going
4 lack to her husband to tell him that
she had taken poison Then she fell
over on the bed dying few minutes
liter, before the arrival of physi-
elan, who might have saved her life
had he been there in time.
| The husband is completely broken
Up by the death of his wife and can
teiye no explanation of the matter eX-
lCept that she was worrying over the
accusation against her. He says that
she has been worrying for several
days and that he has feared that she
vas going insane,
Wednesday afternoon, meeting As
sistant County Attorney II. NJ. Peck,
lwho is prosecuting the case against
the women, Powell told him that he
IlEdFeQ MS Wllt Wbuiu 50 crazy liuui
worrying over these matters. This
was Ten hours before actual suicide
lOf the woman.
II developed during the questioning
that Mrs Ella Paris had called for
Mrs. Powell late in the evening and
had induced her 10 90 to "a lawyers
office, for some purpose which Pow
ell does not know. They We're away
from the home until O'Clock Thurs
Cay morning She was brought home
In an AUTOMOBILES. il being 100 late 20
set street car and went 20 bed, lat
or getting mp 10 drink the acid The
Iiody was removed during the day %
street and Diapers mOrgue, where
il was prepared for burial A coron
er's inquest will be held at o'clock
to-day. which is expected 10 develop
some interesting testimony that maN
II ave a bearing on the original case.
lReported Confession
During the day rumors were cur
Continued on Page 81
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
FRENCH REF0RMER
JAILED ON VAC CHARGE

A call came to police headquarters
this forenoon for an officer to come
to the railroad bridge, near Fifth
street, as there was a suspicious ehar'
acter there frightening the passers-
by Officer Muglow was sent, ana
found young man, giving his name
as Joseph W. Brown. asfeep under the
bridge. He was taken to the station
searched, and locked up on the charge
OF vagrancy.
From papers found in Browns pos
session, il appears that ut has had
stormy time of it. Newspaper clip
pings show that he claims TO be
Syndicalist," hailing from Chicago
and his creed Is 20 inculcate tho
French method of force into the ranks
of the International Workers of the
World. When questioned at the jail
he said II comes up from Oklahoma
City, See? | was dead tired, See? I'm
no vag. See? ] just wanted a bit OF
See SO | lays down for a nod,
See? And the bulls COP me, See?' lie
will be given a hearing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
ELEVEN
FILINGS
REJECTED
SCHOOL LAND CLAIMANT
ROW TAKEN BEFORE COM
MISSIONER DENET

The only development In the
school land claimant row today was
the Offering, and rejection, of the
lflings of eleven more claimants for
the lands in question. In each the
fling fees were paid, and the prop
osition Is now up to Commissioner
of the United States Land ONCE
Denet.
Thrty-six claimants have so far
offered their filings and paid the
filing fees 1t Is the contention OF
the claimants that sections l3, ana
sections So, the college and public
building lands of the Cherokee strip
were never legally segregated from
the public domain, and, therefore,
these lands are subject to home
stead entry. Others, more enthus-
iastlc, chim that none of the school
lands of the Cherokee strip ever
became the property OF the state OF
Oklahoma. and that all these lands,
including sessions IL and 80, can be
legally homesteaded These claims
are based on various reasons, the
whole arising from conflicting laws
relating TO the lands opened for
settlement in the Cherokee strip.
and the further claim that some OF
these lands weTs settled upon be-
fore the Jaws became effective.
A similar case has been before the
commissioner OF the general land
office A man by the name Of VII
hite. living near the Kansas line, Of
tered his filing on a quarter the
commissioner sustaining the local
land Office Wilhite has appealed
the case 10 the secretary of the in
terror whore is is now pending.
The contention Of tine commission
er in rejecting whites claim was
that the lands IN the Cherokee strip
had been surveyed and segregated
in 1872. and that congress had the
right 70 say how they should be ul
timately disposed of However. the
claimants are in deadly earnest and
say that they will take the case to
the supreme court Of the United
States If the secretary OF the in.
terror rejects their filings.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
HOWEVER, CAN'T Be
BLAMED FOR RUNNING AWAY

Yesterday was a quiet day in police
circles, the patrons of that depart
ment being strictly on their good be-
bayior.
A little colored lad. named Ruby
Gay, ran away from Oklahoma City,
and was headed Off by the officers
here and returned to his place OF
residence The little fellow begged
the officers not to send him back,
and while he was properly sympathz-
I'd with. the officers had to do their
duty, and he was shipped back. How
ever, he declared that he would make
his escape from down there if it took
lin all summer,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
HER TEARS
WON HER
FREEDOM
GIRL BOOTLEGGER Is SET
FREE BY KIND HEARTED
JUDGE

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 2-No coun-
sci was there to make persuasive ar
guments for his client; no mother or
father was near to plead for her
when Cora Watkins, 15-year-old girl,
with black hair and dark eyes stood
up in the United States district court
yesterday afternoon to answer to the
charge of bootlegging. But Cora
needed no counsel nor parents ald'
She possessed more powerful argu
lnents, and they won her case for hef'
For the tears she shed touched the
heart of Judge Ralph b. CampDell al
Ter he had once pronounced sentence
Iupon her. and he returned again 10
the court room to tell her that she
was free if she would give her prom
.se never to do it again. Thus it hap
pened that the clouds passed away
for Cora and she left last night for
her home in Alton, a smile on her
lips. and hope in her heart
She was the last of five TO be ar
raigned when the court met. She
sat at a table alone. looking inqur-
ingly at the four men who were
charged with similar crime, and be-
seechingly at the judge who sentenc-
ed three of them to jail upon their
pleas of guilty.
The tears came to her eyes, and
she trembled when her name was
called and she arose leaning upon
the table. but she answered quite
steadily the questions the judge ask
cd her.
"Are you guilty or not guilty of in
Producing lquor?" he asked her as he
rad asked the four before.
Guilty" was the low reply,
Did YOU know the nature of the
crime when you committed it?' he
asked.
NO" she replied with an effort to
keep her voice steady
well. YOU know it now. under
stand that you got this liquor Tor
someone else These persons who
got YOU into this ought to be made
to suffer and not you. But under your
lea of guilty. must sentence you
to thirty days in jail, from the dale
you were incarcerated, July II ana
fine you $100'
The girl looked at the Judge mo
rnent, then sank into her chair and
Iburied her face in her hands on the
table, while her body shook with
lsobS.
THAT IS the lightest sentence thai
lean be imposed" the court said; bul
1.-THE girl only sobbed the more. An'
Judge Campbell adjourned the cour
land passed into his Office. But the
seed had been sown. and he asked
Frank Lee. assistant United States
attorney. to talk with him furthe
about the case.
Mr. Lee. too. had seen the tears
and he was reluctant to have tn
penalty stand. He placed the fact
before the court, and showed how
had been her first offense due NOR
Ia Ignorance than to crime. The rc
= suit was that Judge Campbell al
ranged to have the girl released o
her bond for good behavior, and sus
Iended sentence.
She was arrested July II, charge
with having brought liquor from Jos
lin. Mo. to Alton. She said that sh
lbad purchased the liquor, eight "a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
Gettino Ready a Second Time.

Frank Householder, who lost all his
peach crates and equippage for mar
vesting his large crop Of Elbertas by
fire last week, is getting along very
well in his second attempt to pre-
pare for the large crop, and will be
in fair way to handle the harvest
when the picking season opens,
probably the latter part of next
week. The cool weather of the past
few days has greatly facilitated his
efforts to get ready with the fruit.
The cool weather tends to delay the
ripening and will add abundantly to
the quality and flavor of the Ell
bertas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
SAN JOSE SCALE GETTING
IN ITS DEADLY WORK

Complaint has been heard that
San Jose scale is attacking the shaue
trees in Guthrie. and steps are be-
ing taken to eradicate this terrible
pest. Professor Hotter, of the Logan
County High school, in an informal
letter to Mayor Nissley, yesterday
called attention to the work of de-
struction now being wrought by
this plague, and the letter was turn
ed over to Park Commissioner Petty
Mr.. Petty replied that the park
board was spraying the city trees,
but that the cooperation OF abut-
ting property owners was necessary
to destroy the scale.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
TAYLOR GIVES LEG
BAIL, BUT IS CAUGHT

II. c. Taylor, living with his
mother,in.aw in the 600 block on
West Cleveland is in iaA. charged
with assault and battery, and dis
turbing the peace. His wife swore
to the complaint, and she declares
that Taylor lambasted her whole
lot, this morning, and, not satisfied
with taking her to beating, be
sighed for more worlds to conquer,
and fell athwart the lee scuppers Of
Mrs. Creacy, his mother in law. and
put her out OF the running, Taylor
gave leg bail when the officers ar
rived, but was oyerhauled after an
exciting chase, and will tell how il
all happened this evening
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
SUIT FOR RENTALS

Suit was filed in United States
district court today in which the
United States attorney seeks TO re-
cover from J. p. Hoke the sum oil
S96. A rentals and damages for failure
70 make contracted improvements on
the allotment of Top-rhi-na, Conan
che Indian. The defendant resides at
Quay, Pawnee county, and the allot-
inent is in Comanche county. Jddg'
ment is in Comanche county. Judge
the rate of six per cent, and costs oil
Euit
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
FOR THE CAPITAL FUND

The Ladies' Chamber OF Commerce
Will give their first entertainment to-
morrow in the shape of cooked food
sale al Rhodes Furniture store on
Oklahoma avenue. The funds viii
90 to swell the capital fund, and the
sale should be well patronized by all
loyal Guthrieites.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
WOMAN LEAPS FROM
TOP EIFFEL TOWER
fRr Associated Press.l

Paris, Aug Am unknown, Gle
gantly dressed woman leaped from
the highest platform of the Eiffel
tower today Her limbs were torn
from her body when she struck the
second platform. and when the body
reached the ground. drop of 9S4
feet. 1t was a smashed mass.
-Four hundred francs we're found in
the woman's pockets.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
WOODROW WILSON WILL
NOT RESIGN AS GOVERNOR
lRv Associated Press.l

Seagirt Aug. 2-Govern0r WILSON
today formally announced tnat he
would not resign the New Jersey gov
ernorship during the presidential
Leading Democrats of the
nation urged him to follow the pre-
cedent of Grover Cleveland, who con
t.nued in office as governor of New
York after he was nominated for
president.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
CITIZENS MASS MEETING

All citizens of Guthrie who are in
terested IN the welfare and advance
ment of the city are urged to meet at
City Hall at 8 o'clock tonight to hear
reports of the work OF the capital
committee and discuss plans of cam
Eaign, to discuss the county hgh
school matter and other questions OF
vital Importance to all citizens and
taxpayers. Come on time and BRING
your friends and neighbors along
FRED H. WENNER, Sec.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

There will be an important meet
ing of the Taxpayers League at the
city hall at 80 tomorrow afternoon.
Let all good citizens attend.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
PIONEER
PASSES
AWAY
JUDGE S. S. LAWRENCE
GOES TO HIS LONG SLEEP
THIS AFTERNOON

Judge S. S Lawrence, Jddge oi
the superior court OF Logan county,
died at his home on Washington
avenue at 2:30 this afternoon.
He had been i'll many months.
The end was peaceful.
Judge Lawrence was an S9-er and
was prominently identified with the
best interests Of Guthrie and Logan
county.
Arrangements for the funeral viii
not be made until tonight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
THE WEATHER

(By Associated Press)
New Orleans, Aug. 2-Oklahoma:
'onaght and Saturday unsettled
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02

lens of whiskey. for young man,
and had brought it in suitcases. She
vas arrested as she stepped off the
Il ain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
WISE WONT SPARE MURPHY
Converted Only to the Wilson
Brand of Democracy.

Much interest has been aroused In po-
litcaI circles as well as among the
social workers Of the city since the an
nouncement that DR.. Stephen S. Wise,
representing the Democratic party, would
discuss the subject of Social Progress
Through Political Action" Saturday eve
ming at Carnegie Hall, on the same plat
form with Miss Jane Adams, who will
represent the Progressive party, and Will
lam S. Bennett for the Republican party.
II stand on a different political plat
form from Miss Adams" said Rabbi
Wise yesterday. because believe In the
principles laid down in the Baltimore plat
form Of the Democratic party, as inter-
preted by Governor Wilson. Because be-
lieve shall try TO make clear on Saturday
night that the Democratic party is best
fitted under the leadership of Woodrow
Wilson to address itself to the equable
solution Of the social and economic prob
lens that the nation faces to-day.
Il am a convert to the Democratic
party" said he, under the leadership Of
Governor Wilson and men OF his type.
One OF the advantages Of belonging to the
Democratic party is that henceforth
shall be enabled 10 assail the betrayers
OF the Democratic party from the insd ;;
for in that party wisconsin and Murphy
ism cannot co-exist-one must CO."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
WOULD END ALL TRUSTS
Marshall Against Control by
Federal Government.

Oshkosh. Wis, Oct. 16-Absolute de-
struction of the trusts, not control or
regulation by the federal government, was
the remedy proposed by Governor Mar
shall Of Indiana, who spoke here tonight
In furtherance of the Democratic cam
paign in this state. He declared the cor
porations, great and small, were the
creatures of the state and not the fed
eral government. and that they are amen
able to the state laws and not laws
hundred or more miles away.
The Governor said in part:
After twelve years OF constant assault
upon the trusts by all parties, ana gov
eminent control in the hands OF potn
Roosevelt and Taft, at last We get ltle
eradicated and that 1t must be controlleo'
Permit me to say, without any maleyo-
lent feeling for either the trusts OF me
trust magnates, that the trusts must De
destroyed that the republic may I'VE;
Until recently our theory has been that
corporations were creatures or the state
and not of the nation, and that they were
amsnable to the laws Of the state. me
proposal To license, regulate and conuol
the trusts from Washington At once
sweeps aside all our preconceived IDEAS
as to the forum in which our rights are
to be conserved and our wrongs are 10
be redressed.
Bad as it will be to establish business
guardianship over the affalrs OF lne
people 1t will still be worse to suoVert
the rights of the states and deprive the
local courts of jurisdiction. III you Wan van,
a square deal you will keep your law
machinery at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
DENIES TAFT MINIS PLEA
Acting Governor of California Not to
Gall Extra Session.

Sacramento. Cal. Oct. io-Acting Gov
ernor H. J Wallace refused to-day to
call a special session OF the Legislature
to amend the primary laws, as was re-
quested by Gustave Bremen, chairman Of
the Taft organization In San Francisco.
The Governor held that as no act passed
by any session OF the Legislature can be-
come operative until ninety days from the
date OF adjournment. an extra session
was useless In the present case.
San Francisco, Oct. 1o.-After the State
Supreme Court ruled that the Presidential
electors selected by ths Roosevelt wing Of
the Republican party were entitled to
the party designation on the ballot,
Chairman Bremen sent to President Taft
n telegram setting forth the conditions
that confront the Taft wing. In response
the President telegraphed,
Your telegram received. thank you
for the kind words of the Republican
state central committee. | am sure II
the regular Republicans are to be denied
the right of franchise through unjust
action OF the machine now In control OF
California politics, their indefensible con-
duct must ultimately react to their in
Jury. Whatever you do ! shall be grate-
ful for your Rinnnrt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11

next Governor Of the state. II Sulzer
were elected he'd be Tammany candi-
date with a Democratic Legislature. the
majority OF which would be Tammany
Hall Democrats. Then he quoted Sulzer
on Tammany's past, present and future
with fine effect.
81 am not going to discuss Tammany
Hall from any ordinary standpoint OF
politics." he said. IT am going TO read
what Mr.. Sulzer says about Tammany
Hall: 'Tammany's relation to the Democ-
racy has been close in the past; II Is such
to-day and will be more so in the future.
Tammany s Democracy. Tammany
needs no defence from any man.
"A large share OF their work had to be
defended by somebody, and I had the
pleasure myself OF putting a number OF
them in the states prison for voting more
than once 1t needs no eulogy but It's
own history, its own record and Its own
indefatigable regard for the principles OF
the people Read the eight years OF
struggle OF William Travers Jerome with
brass checks on the East Side. Read its
history. Read what II has done for the
people in many a struggle, and for the
Democratic party before you Judge 1t and
condemn It. Do you know its relation to
the Democracy? Well, II is simply this:
That when they defeat Tammany they
destroy the Democracy OF the state and
defeat II in the nation.
IL leave 1t to you Progressives to decide
whether you want TO turn the state over
to that organization"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
"TIM" WOODRUFF 'FESSES
Tells Adelphi Girls of Political
Reformation-Credit to Women.

Timothy l.. Woodruff, the Kings County
leader OF the Progressive organization.
gave women much OF the credit for the
formation OF the new party in talk to
the students OF Adelphi College yesterday.
He told the girls something about his
reformation from the wicked ways OF the
old political organizations and insisted
that he was now working for tho better
ment OF mankind. His change OF heart,
according TO his own story. mas neeh az
complete as 1t has been extensive hhd
varied lie said In part:
|. with a good many others. was asleep.
but now / have awakened, and TO the
women Ia due the credit. They are DO
ing an inestimable amount OF work Tor
advancing the interests OF the party
which is not really POLITICAL party, but
mankind throughout the United States
While | am not quite certain as to where
/ stand on the question or woman sur
frage, still, II at the next election had
TO vote either for or against 1t. / would
vote for II.
When was Lieutenant Governor rode
around the country on passes and re-
celved passes for my family, my servants
and my friends. l worked II Well and
enjoyed II. but now ! know better, for for
man out OF job had TO pay more so
that / might ride free. l have been the
some cail me a boss" but was really
a political leader and drifted along.
I went to church and got a little re-
iigion in me, even though ! was practi-
cal politician. but | never realized what
Conditions were. But when went 10 Chi
cago and heard Jane Adams speak, and
her speech was only second TO that Of
Colonel Roosevelt, realized what condi.
tions were. and | came home and bought
a set of her books and read them ali. IA
a result, I know something OF what In
dustrial conditions are. Before that time
/ fairly abhorred the words, initiative,
referendum and recall" but now, after
the people want and need.