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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-02
By WALT MASON
Fitz-James and r. Dhu

yo,ve heard about the rafting mill that happened on a Scottish hill, when
bold Fitz- James and Roderick Dhu spared gany for a round OF two? The
arm is told BY Walter Scott, whose breezy jinges hit the spot, and who. as
everybody knows. could cut a midding swah in prose. "Unwounded from
the dreadful close, but breah1ess ALL Fitz-James arose'-Sr Walters words
We herewith uuote-"and gasped: Eurrool I got his goatl 1t looks to m
as thouob r Du from Fz has learned a thing o twol And now the nov
ig nnture fake a lot of wealth for me should make, and shall tour this happy
land and rake in dough. hand over hand. Upon the stage a while I'll pose
and make brief speeches through my nose,a and do a sparring stunt, of course.
9Th some old spawned CharGehorse And when Pm asked If will fight
so,e other mug of Drawn and might I'll haw and hem, and hem and hw, and
st.n and hedge and psh, and pshaw, until / am a bawsted bore-and then.
oerhans I'll fight son moreP"
MaaA1lasou
ru.mau,t h George Matthew Adams
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-02
BASEBALL.
Results OF Games Played In National,
American and Other Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

LEAGUE.
AT New York: r. Il. r
New York..O 0 0 2-5
Cincinnati o 0 1 0 / 0 2 o. IL 2
Batteries-wiitse and Meyers; Hum
phries, Benton and Mclean.
Sec l game: n. ". n.
New York; 0 - Ia !
Cincinnati 4 0 4 0-5 8 /
Batteries-Crandall, Marquard and Mey-
ers; Suggs and Mclean. Umpires-Rigler
and Finneran.
At Brooklyn: r. X. n
Chicago ....3 2 0 0-s IA 2
Brooklyn 20 0 0 0 SIS s /
Observation-Disclosures and Archer; Wing
ling, Barger, Miller and Erwin. Umpires
Owens and Brennan.
At Boston: r. II. e.
Pittsburgh i 0 0 0-1 4 0
Boston .....0 0 0 0 0 90 3 /
Batteries-Hendrix and Gibson; Brown
and King. Umpires-Johnstone and Ea-
son.
At Philadelphia: H. H. T.
Phila'phia / 0 l a I l
St. Louis II 0 2 0 0 0 o. 10 0
Batteries-AIexander and Killifer; Sal
lee and Winyo. Umpires-Orth and KLEIN,
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
New York SO "a IA Cincinnati IS 81 ,469
Chicago. So "a $50 St. Louis. Il IS .423
Pittsburg. So 81 $50 Brooklyn IS GO 1868
Phila'phia As 43 .511 Boston,. Is 81 ZIP
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Girl Of Four Burns in House.

Purcell, Okla, Feb, 22 Fire de
stroyed the residence Of Postmaster
L. ID Dickerson and with it was ere.
mated Eunice, the little 4-yea-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson.
The fire occurred at 800 o'clock in
the afternoon, during the worst snow
storm that this section has seen in
years. Little Eunice. who lost her life
in the flames, could be seen in an up
stairs window by early arrivals at the
fire, who made desperate efforts to
save her life, but to no avail. The
wind soon communicated the flames
to the residence adjoining, owned and
occupied by Mrs Comp Berringer, as
a boarding house. All Mrs. Berringers
furniture was saved, but the house was
consumed. Amount of losses and in
surance not obtainable Origin OF the
fire is unknown.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Record in Appeal Completed.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 22.-In the fed
eral court yesterday was completed the
record in the appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals of ]. j.
Beall and Jack Quinn. the Kingfisher
county election officials, who were
convicted in the federal court at Enid
last Steptember on charges of prevent
ing negroes from voting for member
OF congress through enforcing the
states grandfather clause" provi
sions. The transcript goes to st. Louis
Immediately.
Another case, appealed yesterday tc
the same court is of that of R. H
brennan of Oklahoma City against
whom the government recently secur
ed verdict for s1,4O0, the value O
timber whicn he was charged with cut
ting off government land in Arkansas
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
4nadn Elliott at University.

Dad" Elliott, one Of the most popu-
lar and forceful general Y. NJ. G. A..
secretaries who works among the col
lege men of the world will be in Nor
man addressing and meeting personal
ly the men of the state university this
week. Through all the colleges and
universities of the middle west Ell
liott's name is known and revered and
it is said that he personally has done
as much for undergraduates as any
moral force exerted on their lives. He
is a man of pleasing address and win.
ming personality who in his college
days was a leader in athletics and all
other activities of the undergraduate
world. A special chapel service will
be arranged that the noted visitor may
have the opportunity of addressing al
some length all the men of the uni
versity. While in Norman he will tall
with the individual men in addition t
delivering a number of addresses.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
High School Track Meet.

That great inter-scholastic athletic
carnival, held annually at Norman un-
der the auspices of the state university
and known as the interscholastic track
and field meet, is to be even greater
this year in point of entries and in
lterest than in the past. Already the
university authorities are at work per-
Ifecting the preliminary arrangements
on the broadest possible scale and in
a short time invitations will be sent
out to every high school in the state
together with information concerning
the contests and hints to the young
athletes as to the best training meth
DDS to follow Last year 5000 high
school students, alumni of the univer
lsity and friends of clean and manly
athletic development journeyed to Nor
man to see the youngsters battle fol
supremacy on Boyd field. This veal
the university is planning to accom-
modate an even larger crowd. In ad
dition to the track and field events
base ball and tennis tournaments ant
girls basket ball turnament are helt
the entire program lasting two days
lit is probable that an inter-scholasti'
oratorical contest will be held. Th'
meet is to be held April 26 and q, thu
track and field events being decided
on the latter date.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Land Sale VIII Go On.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 22.-Announce-
ment that the sale of the Navajo Irri-
CATION Reservoir site will be pulled off
at the local land Office here on April
10, as scheduled. Recently an attempt
was made to hold up the sale, the peo-
pie of that district having petitioned
the interior department at Washing
ton to permit the land to be sold for
irrigation purposes. Secretary Fisher,
however, has turned down the petit
ton. The project has been known as
the Lugart Irrigation District. An at
tempt is now being made to interest
Senator Owen and have him influence
an irrigation bill for that section of
the country. The Navajo site is in
Kiowa and Jackson counties, on both
sides of the river fork of the Bee river.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
The Student Citizen.

Two students of the state university
school of law who will not graduate
until June have been so highly re-
gerded by the people of their home
communities as to be placed in the
race for county attorney. They are
Harry C. Kirkendall of Round Grove,
Alfalfa county and Streeter Speakman
of Wellston, Lincoln county. The first
named is q candidate on the republi-
can and the last on the democratic
ticket. Both men have made good at
the university as law students and
their college friends are watching the
race with interest.
A surprising number of state uniyer-
sity students and graduates who have
been away from their alma-mater but
few years were elected to the state
democratic convention which meets at
Oklahoma City to name delegates to
the national democratic convention
The reliance thus revealed by the peo-
pie in men so young speaks well both
for the class of students attending the
states highest educational institution
and the manner in which that institu
ton trains its undergraduates for the
duties of citizenship. Orel Busby, q
first year law student, was named dele
gate to the state convention from Sem
mole county, and Roscoe Cox, second
year law student, from Lincoln county
Thurman Hurst senior law was {
proxy on the Pawnee county delega
ton and several other students wen
as proxies representing various coun
ties. Among the former students nam
ed as delegates were Otis B. Weaver
of Ada and William French of Tisho
mingo. Sucn faith in men so young il
a recommendation both Of their wortl
and character and the training the,
have received in the university schoo
of law.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23

every lexon, vote it same mans to.
But Mr.. Chieftain change it my vote
this time | going pirt near vote 1t
for new officer, l git it tired of same
kind when taint no count to.
I tell it you know it some good
mans she like it Office. She say
speck l run it office next time. | tell
her alright run, the Office it free any
body can git if she can git it nough
vote.
l just say it to every body who got
one vote we want it two or three new
officer in that court house. We going
to git i'm 20, by gosh. I tell 1t you
some bodies going to look it scared
about primary next Aug.
This Injun going to vote it same
way next time, but cant vote it same
mans I don't beleave it put it some
body in officer and he p it there all
time when taint no count, it make it
fool, puff it head up I not feard it
some body | can tell it what | want
to. / know who it tis in that court
house drink it whisky and got Il bad
dance leave it wife, chilouns home.
and stay all night and go home tell
lit wife lie
Hell dam cant vote it for that mans
IofIicer no more. can tell it name
If want to
I L see it in paper she going to run i
again. She fool it herself this time
she loose heep vote 30 booy liAe II
her this time She benn lect it five
year. l don't know who vote it her
five year any more less tbs Jim
Thompisonee.
If any body want to know who It's
benn talk it bout, come to my house,
i tell name. I can tell it her name az
your house TO. WATSll.A.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
INSTITUTES WILDE
HELD NEXT WEEK

Farmers Institutes will be held in
northeastern oklahoma from Febru-
airy 26th to March 21st by corps Of
workers that cannot be excelled in the
entire southwest Commencing at
Lenapah, Nowata county on February
26th, the force will hold meetings in
Nowata Rogers, Wagner, Muskogee,
sequoyah Adair, Cherokee Mayes
Craig, Ottawa and Delaware counties
ending at Jay on March 21
These meetings will be under the
personal instruction and supervision
of Superintendent E. p. Ansley of the
Farmers Institutes, who will lecture
on Scientific Agriculture" Miss Irma
Mathews, superintendent of the wo-
n EMS auxiliaries of the Farmers In
stitutes viii be with the party and will
give demonstrations in cookery and
addresses on Domestic Science in the
Home" Miss Mathews is not only an
Iexpert in her line, but has proved to
be a great Iavorite with the ladies
Everywhere
Other members of the party are Su-
lperintendent NJ M. Woodson of the
demonstration farm department of the
state board of agriculture, and Prof
IN. A. Bittenbender of the State A. &
NJ. college. Mr.. Woodson win lecture
on Cultivation of Crops and Seed Sc
lection" and Prof Bittenbender will
deliver addresses on Poultry Rails
ling" and Feeding of Live Stock" II
addition to the work by the members
of the party, all of whom are experts
in their respective lines, there is
place left on each program for an ad
, dress by some citizen of the count
on an agricultural subject and loca
entertainment consisting of music an
readings will be welcomed.
/ The full list of meetings for tn
J Itinerary is as follows: Lenapah, Eel
! ruary 26; Nowata, February 27; Glare
: more, February %; Chelsea, Februar
: 29 Wagner, March /; Coweta, Mare
i 2; Boynton, March A; Ft. Gibsol
: March S. Wan, March .: Muldrov
Y March z; Stilwell, March 8; Westvill
: March 8; Tahlequah, March IL; Me
r vim, March IL; Pryor, March 13; CHI
r teau, March IA; Welch, March il
+ Big Cabin, March 16; Miami, Marc
/ 1S; Alton, March 49, Grove. Marc
S 20; Jay, March 21.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
PEACE DOVE FLITS
O'ER WAR CAMPS

Oklahoma City, Feb. 20.-A divided
Wilson and Clark delegation from Ok
lahoma to the democratic national con
vention, one to have half of the dele
gates and the other to have the other
half, is the proposition being worked
on today for the state convention
Thursday. 1t is believed now that
such program will be agreed upon
for harmony's sake.
Conferences have been held within
the past twenty-four hours looking to
this result. United States Senator
Gore Ex-Governor Haskell and United
States Senator Owen, the latter hav.
ing just arrived from Washington
were each in turn closeted with Gov.
ernor Cruce today and while it is not
known what actually took place, it is
| conceded that harmony was the talk
w. Fl. Murray, one Of Wilson's leaders
was conspicuous in these conferences
as was Justice r. l.. Williams of the
: supreme court a strong Clark man
: In this latest attempt to reconcile the
| different angles for harmony's sake
it is recognized that the Wilson mer
!. are strong enough to attract attention
!. 1t is said that each side, recognizing
I the others strength gladly acQuiescet
: when the compromise was proposed
: In this Ex-Governor Haskell and Unit
b ed States Senator Gore are said to hav
b been the leaders.
With this part of the work OF tn
convention agreed upon there is notf
ing more of Importance except tn
election of national committeeman
and that after all will be the big thin
of the convention with $50 delegate
and that will be enough to elect him 0
the first ballot. Supporters of job
! Doolin, present state fish and gam
I warden, declares they have now q
, delegates, and that Galbreath cannC
muster more than III on the first ba
lot. Doolin believes he can pick II
enough scattering ones to piece OF
N the 80 needed Bob Gillian of Arr
n more will come with 61 pledged
Ie him and these may be changed into til
Doolin camp. To carry out the pla
ol of harmony, it is said now that jude
ID Thomas H. Doyle, of the criminal cou
IN of appeals, strong Clark man, wi
e, be put in as temporary chairman
I'd the convention and Judge Tolbert (
)t Hobart, will be made permanent chai
n man. Tolbert is a Wilson man. Sue
compromise, it is claimed will wor
al the harmony business overtime.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
v, N. SEXSON
DELIVERS ADDRESS
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
The address given by w. M. Sexson
last evening at the high school open
ing, was pronounced to be among the
very best ever heard in Vinita.
His subject was, THE High School
and It's Mission" and was delivered
in that quiet eloquent way that can
command attention from any audience,
and by his eloquent delivery and
graceful gestures the speaker kept
his audience captivated from begin
ming to end.
The address was one of good logical
reasoning intermingled with that
quaint, delicate humor, so pleasing to
an audience.
Among the best parts of Mr.. Seasons
discourse was the illustrations he
used showing advantages of a high
school education and the encourage.
Iment the student received toward
realizing the dream of his ambition
While until last evening Mr.. Sexson
was not very well known in Vinita
latter hearing his address he is pos
Isessed of a host of friends who will
always be glad to welcome him to ouI
city
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
OPENING
OF HIGH SCHOOL
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily
The Vinita high school is holding
open house this afternoon for the
friends OF the school who care to look
through the magnificent new build
ing.
There were several addresses along
school affairs delivered this afternoon
among them was the one by Rev. Tai
mage on Live Issues which will be
found in full in this issue.
Tonight there will be a program
rendered by the high school students.
The program will be as follows
Piano Solo-Flossie LeForce.
Reading-"Nelse's Triumph ph"-Mary
Barrett.
Trio 49, Bugle Song Mary Frank
Davis, Rebecca Winner and Bernice
Martin.
PLAYA Case of Suspension
Piano Duet-Chouteau Brothers.
Address-"High School And Its Mis-
sion"
High School Male Quartette.
Reading = Kitchen Monologue"
Marion Mcfarland.
Readlng-"A Telephone Romance
Helen Kenreigh.
Glee Club.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
Son Finds Frozen Body Of Father.

oklahoma City, Feb. 22.-W. B. Par
ker, rs years old, was frozen to death
last night within a block of his own
home The old man was trying to get
home in the terrible snow storm and
when within a block of the house fell
and could not get up. One Of his sons
with whom he lives, coming to work
this morning found his fathers body
covered in a snow drift. The old man
has several sons in this city with whom
he spends his time and when he did
not come home his son thought he
was spending the night with one of the
others.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
STORM HIT MISSOURI
ANOKANSASINSPOTS
Southern Kansas and Missouri in the
Path of Snow Storm-Many
Trains Stuck in Drifts.

Kansas City Mo, Feb. 21.-The bliz-
zard of yesterday appears to have hit
Missouri and Kansas in spots, its
course being across the southern sec
tions of both states, and across north
ern Oklahoma
At Topeka raw wind, cloudy skies
and spits of snow constituted the near
est approach to storm. The temper
at,re was falling last night.
Dispatches state that a Kansas
Southwestern passenger train had been
stalled in drift all day near Geuda
Springs, Kans., Frisco passenger
train at Atlanta, and four engines and
ia south bound passenger train on the
Midland Valley between Arkansas City
and Pawhuska. Conditions were said
to be improving and the temperature
rising last night.
A passenger train running between
Wichita and Pratt, Kans., on the Wlch-
ita & Western Branch of the Santa
Fe is stuck in the snow near Goddard
ten miles west of Wichita. The drift
| is eight to twelve feet deep and quar-
ter of a mile long. Passengers are
being cared for by the farmers. Snow
drifted in deep cuts held three Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger trains captive
in Kansas, two near Reece, and one
between Hooser and Dexter.
Snow fell lightly at Atchison. Kans..
throughout the day, but increased to a
heavy storm in the evening. Gas pres
sure was poor there, due, local officials
say, to a break in the mains in the
southern part of the state.
About two inches of snow fell at
Larned, Kans. 1t disappeared, however
almost as fast as it fell and will con-
ltinue the bad condition of the roads,
which is making the prices of forage
and grains soar.
All trains were hours late in reach
ling Joplin, Mo-, yesterday as a result
of Tuesday s storm. Snow was bank
ed several feet deep in many places,
trains being unable to run until the
tracks were cleared A special on the
2 Frisco, conveying delegates from the
democratic convention there Tuesday
g was tied up several hours four miles
+ east of Carthage. The train encoun
e tered an embankment where the snow
i, almost reached the top of the coaches
G Street car traffic was resumed in Jop
S lin last night.
n The blizzard was severe at Mont
n gomery, Mo- The snow is deep ant
e badly drifted, and trains are delayed
8 A rescue crew was sent to Coving
t ton, Okla, near Enid, early yesterday
/ to dig out OF snowdrift passenger
p train on the ST. Louis & San Fran
t cisco railroad, which was caught il
L Tuesdays storm, the worst that SEE
0 ton has seen in sixteen years. Train
e on the Santa Fe, Frisco and the Roc
II Island were delayed at Enid for hours
e Five inches Of snow fell at McAles
t ter.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
MatsiIa on Politics.

Mr.. Chieftain, that newspaper:
benn hear it alltime some body talk
it polite. l disten close to learn it
something
| tell it you Mr.. Chieftain, don't
beleave it some body going git it lected
next time at primary Cause it feel it
to big. This Injun benn vote it long
time every since this country come it
in statehood. I just vote it same way
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
STORM KING IS
STILL SUPREME

Kansas City, Feb 20.-Carried on by
forty mile wind, a heavy snow storm
that swept southern Kansas, eastern
Oklahoma and southern and western
Missouri continues undated tonight.
In eastern Kansas and western Mis-
Isouri the local weather bureau prom
ises snow before morning. In the
western and central sections of Kan
sas the snow is drifting fast and is i'm
peding railroad traffic.
Southeastern Kansas reported eight
inches of snow. Chickasha, Lawton,
and other Oklahoma towns report
heavy SHOWS.
Worst in Years.
Dallas, Tex, Feb 20.-With a quick
change in temperature this forenoon
when the thermometer stood at about
20 degrees, there has been a rapid
fall in Texas through the afternoon
and tonight the thermometer had fallen
to near the freezing point. Many Sec
tions of Texas and Oklahoma report
the worst storm in years which reached
its worst stage in the northwest sec
tions of Texas, where the ground was
covered four inches on the level at s
lo'clock tonight and still falling. The
snow is accompanied by high biting
north wind that has attained velocity
Of about forty miles an hour.
Trains All Delayed.
| Oklahoma City, Febf 20.-A storm
was reported general over the state
ushered in by So miles an hour wind
which kept up at almost that speed
the larger part of the day, swept ovel
Oklahoma today. Sleet, snow and hal
alternated at first early in the morn
ing, while one of the fiercest blizzard'
for years enveIoped Oklahoma City
Trains were much delayed on al
roads and on the Rock Island it is re
ported no freight or passenger trail
will reach Oklahoma City for the mex
twenty-four hours according to official
of that road.
Although the wind reached yeloeit
of 90 miles an hour it made no recor
today, as on February it reached
speed of 72 miles. The lowest tenn
erature recorded today was q degree
above zero.
Cyclone Kills Eight.
Shreveport, La, Feb 20-Elgf
dead and about fifty injured is the r.
suit of a cyclone which passed owe
Shreveport suburbs shortly after
, O'Clock this afternoon All the dea
! are negroes with the exception of tn
two months old baby of A. J. Mannheim
} whose home was demolished. Th
u baby's body was found block ava
from the Mannheim home.
y Eight Inches at BartIesville.
Bartlesville, Okla, Feb. 20.-Tf
Il heaviest snow storm in twenty yea
> fell here today. At 10 o'clock tonigl
u the total snowfall for the day W;
= slightly over eight inches. Street CT
/ and other traffic has been at a stan
still since noon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23

en- route to Oklahoma City on account
of the heavy snow that blocked rail-
roads in every direction
1t is indicated that the attendance
will be greater than that of any con
vention ever held in Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23
For Sale Cheap.

Good fence posts, or will trade Tor
hogs or cattle. R. J. Wright at San
ders- -Wrig t store. Sd-2w
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-23

Bartlesville, Okla, Feb. 20.-The
heaviest snow storm in twenty years
fell here today At 10 o'clock tonight
the total snowfall for the day was
slightly over eight inches. Street car
and other traffic has been at stand
still since noon.