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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-23
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO Gov
ERING AL EXPENSES

/ their Judgment.
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO Gov
ERlNG ALL EXPENSES
After much contention among The
oklahoma City factions ana hard
work on the part OF the legislative
committees. contracts were prepared
between The State OF Oklahoma.
through rs legislative committees and
the representatives og Oklahoma CITY.
WHEREBY EVERY DOLLAR OF Ex-
PENsE THAT THE STATE OF OK.
LAHoMA HAD INCURRED IN or
SHOULD INCUR m REMOVING ITS
OFFICES FROM GUTHRIE, EVEN
The ATTORNEY FEES IN The
CAPITAL LITIGATION AND OFFICE
RENT For ALL TIME UNTIL THE
COMPLETION or THE PERMA.
NENT CAPITOL BUILDING TO
COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS
SHOULD BE FURNISHED TO The
PEOPLE or OKLAHOMA.
APPROVED RATlFYlNe ACTS OF
LEGISLATURE
J approved the act of The lesisla
ture ratifyins these contracts while
il was not The identical location or
The Identical terms voted for by the
people in June, yet ] have always fel,
that the legislative committees had
honestly and faithfully represented
The taxpayers Of oklahoma and mad
made contract for which. they as
servants Of the people could well be
proud
This, friend Ellis. gives you the his.
tors from the beginning up 10 tile end
Of ny term Of office. and if ane one
calls for proof OF any statement ii
have made, / shan be glad to furnish |
it,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-23
Gov. Haskell Discloses
Perfidy Of O. c.

n. giges found a letter proposition ia
oklahoma City 7 would not oppose
their Judgment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-23
REcoMM ENDED RE-ENAcTMENT
or CAPITAL BILL

When in November the state su.
Yyende court found substantial reas-
ons for declaring the June llth elec-
ron void. the governor was still
bound to realize tina by an ovg-
.helming vote the people had clearly
indicated their desires and as the
capital law had failed only for tech
nical reasons, IL was the duty of the
governor TO submit 10 the state legis
lature the question of correcting
technical errors and thereby carry
into effect, the will Of the people ex-
pressed BY their own votes. There
fore. the Legislature was assembled
in special session and as governor
recommended 10 the legislature The
re-enactment Of the capital bill which
the people by their votes had adopt
ed, leaving out the appropriation oil
six hundred thousand dollars Of pub
lie money which would not be called
for IN VIEW or THE PLEDGES
MADE BY OKLAHOMA CITY'S REP
REsENTATIyEs TO FURNISH Al
FREE CAPITOL
FIGHT OVER CAPITOL SITES
AT once various factions sprung MI
in Oklahoma City contending for dill |
ferent capital sites within or adia- .
cent to Oklahoma City II was SO I
near the end OF my term Of office as
governor that felt that the burden
Of carrying out the construction Of
the capital was matter in which the
legislature. the members OF which
were Just beginning their terms Of
sefyice had more right TO insist on
their views than / had on mine, and &
while recommended the location
that the people had by their votes
selected / frequently expressed the
view TO the legislative committee that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-23

Don't fal TO see Jess and Dell al
HE Elite tonight
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
BRAHMS WOULDN'T
DO nERE EPSTEIN SAYS

A Brahms recital-lecture was given
yesterday by Herman Epstein at he
Misses Hebbs school Mr.. Epstein
once heard concert conducted by
Brahms himself. and described MIN
as a short, stubby, plump parsonage,
with baggy-kneed trousers. turned up
above his ankles. with shaggy
white beard. and quite unappreach-
able and rudely direct in speech. Mr..
Epstein then made the rather unkind
remark that Brahms would hardly be
possible in Wilmington concert
only Philadelphia. New York and
Chicago being educated up to his
music, which ranks among the great
est. but is not amiable or spectacular
enough to be popular
Mr. Epstein gave an explanation cf
the composition of an orchestra.
which is madeup o. strings" violins,
cellos, violas and contra basses; the
"woodwinds,' flutes, clarinets. oboes,
English horns and fagots; the bras
ses,' comets. horns, trombones and
tubas; and the percussion" instru-
ments, such as drums. triangles,
cymbals. Mr.. Epstein showed a min
iature orchestral score. in which
fourteen lines had to be read at tho
same time by a player.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
HAS
GUESTS FROM
FAR OFF CHINA

Dr. and Mrs Edward II. Hume Will
be the guests of the Rev and Mrs.
Thomas p Holloway over Sunday.
Dr. Hume is the field secretary OF
Yale College in China. He is gradu-
ate of Yale. and Of the medical depart
ment of Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, in whose hospital he was
resident physician for a year. He
secured a Rhodes scholarship and
spent a year abroad in special study.
For several years he has been actively
engaged in medical work in China.
DR.. Hume will speak at the morning
service at the Second Baptist Church
ON Sunday, and on Monday night will
address the Mems League in the
chapel. DR.. Humes is a gifted and
consecrated man whose ancestors
we're missionaries in the east
Mrs. Humes will address the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Second Baptist Church in the Church
House on Monday evening. Following
the meetings, the two organizations
will join in a social hour when the
guests of honor will meet the mem-
bers. Refreshments will be served
during the hour.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
SATISFIED
BARN WAS FIRED

State Detective Mccoy, who is inves-
tigating the burning of the barn on
Miss Emma Lynam's farm, along the
Lancaster turnpike early ON Tuesday
morning. is confident that the barn
was SET on fire, but whether the per-
son did it Intentionally or by acci-
dent he was not prepared to say TO-
day.
Mccoy learned yesterday afternoon
that there was horse supposed 10
have been in the barn and burned 10
death, which was found wandering
along the road toward the farm house
about o'clock on Tuesday morning.
The animal was partly harnessed.
This lead the detective to believe that
the person who stole the animal if it
was taken might have accidentally
set The barn on fire while striking
matches in searching for the best
horse i'm the stable or may have pur-
posely applied match to cover the
theft.
Edward Lucas, the tenant OF the
farm said the horse had no harness
on wnen put up for the night Tie
believes that the person who took the
animal rode off but was thrown. Lucas
is satisfied that somebody set the
barn on FIRE.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
CUT VAULT AWAY
TO ENLARGE BANK

For the past week workmen in the
employ Of the Manufacturers Con-
tracing Company have been demolish-
ing the large vault in the banking
house of the Wilmington Trust Com
pany to make room for larger quarters
for the banking house.
The vault will have to be taken
apart and sent back to the factory.
but before the two inch steel plate on
the interior is reached. it is necessary
TO chisel away 10 inches of concrete,
to get at the steel rods on the inter-
ior Of the safe These bars are one
inch thick. six inches apart, beyond
these are another row of steel rods
running vertically and tied at the top
and bottom with two inch steel angles.
The vault itself consists of three
plates of steel and the innermost one
is of hardened steel.
The Stiffcl-Freeman Company, OF
Philadelphia has a force of men erect
ing a new vault for the trust com
pany, in another section of the first
floor of the building. This vault win
be - by by feet, and will be sur
rounded by Is inches of concrete. IL
will be the most modern vault in use
at this time.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
WILL PAY OFF
S35,OO0 in BONDS

Members of the Sinking Fund Com
mission conferred with the finance
committee of City Council last night
on matters pertaining to bonds On
April ! sinking fund bonds amounting
TO $4,000 will mature. and provision
has been made TO take them up, but
on May /, when $4,000 in water
bonds fall due Il viii be necessary 20
refund the same. These matters
were discussed and everything ar
ranged to meet the obligations when
they come due
William =. Bancroft appeared be-
fore the committee members Of Coun-
ell, with a request for $1,000 to be
used In improving certain lands along
Red Oak road and small tracts of
park land In other sections of the city.
a public bath house in the Sixth ward
also Is talked of by the Park Board.
The members Of Council are op-
posed to any expenditures by the
Park Board unless il Is for play
grounds and breathing spots in tho
First. Third and Tenth wards. Coun-
ell has practically decided 10 advance
no more money 70 the Park Board
until these conditions are fulfilled.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
SHIELDS MAKES
HIMSELF CLEAR

There seems 10 be misunderstand-
ing on the part Of Councilman Robert
G. Conner, chairman of the fire COM
mittee of that body, relative to the
statement made by Dennis s. Shields
former chief Of the Fire Department.
THE EVENING JOURNAL contain
ed an article yesterday stating that
Mr. Shields favored FIRE marshal,
only to inspect the buildings where in
flammable material is stored. inyesti-
gate the cause of fires, etc. and in
fact rather prevent fires than assist
in cxtinguishing them Mr.. Shields
says he did not mean that fire mar
shal should be appointed to Succeed
the chief Of the department. rs now
elected by the fire companies. but ex.
pressed the thought that because OF
an interview he gave out two weeks
ago Il might have been the cause for
Mr.. Conner asking the members Of the
fire companies about the fire marshal
question. This interview. Mr.. Shields
said, was not with Councilman Conner.
but with newspaper reporter
"Mr. Conner misunderstood the
article said Mr.. Shields today. II
have no desire 20 interfere with his
affairs, but simply wanted to put my
self straight, that what ! said two
weeks ago should not be miscon-
strued'
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
CALL STATE
PROSECUTORS
INSWAIN CASE
Mr.. Gray and Mr.. Jones Are
Wanted Tomorrow By the
Senate Investigators
NO DEMAND FOR
RECORDS OF OFFICE

Attorney General Andrew c. Gray.
of this city, and Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Frank NJ Jones. Of Georgetown
this morning received subpoenas to
attend the sessis tomorrow morning
in Washington Of the Senate judiciary
subcommittee that is hearing the
charges preferred by Willard sauls-
bury that Cornelius p. Swain, of
Bridgeville. is unfit TO be confirmed as
United States marshal.
Mr.. Gray and Mr. Jones were sum
moned to appear to give testimony.
but whether they were summoned by
the prosecution or by the defense Mr..
Gray said this morning he did not
know. He said he would attend, but
did not know what he would be asked
TO testify about. The subpoena. he
said, did not call for the production OF
records of his Office or of his investi.
CATION into political conditions he
made Following the election of 1910.
Witnesses desired by both sides
"NiN "uhlhoutu yesterday and this
morning by the judiciary committee.
The witnesses whose names were fur
nished by Mr.. Salisbury were SUM
moned by telegraph. instead of by
formal subpoenas, which is taken as
an indication of their Willingness 10
attend the hearing
Mr.. Salisbury this morning said he
didn't intend to go to Washington
until tomorrow morning. Daniel 0.
Hastings, who with Robert II. Rich
ards represents Mr.. Swain. will 20
TO Washington this evening. II is
said that witnesses have been limited
to twelve on each side. but anidayiis
may be presented.
Tomorrows' hearing will he unus-
ual in that Mr.. Salisbury. who start
ed the investigation against Mr.. swain
has unloaded the proving OF charges
upon Former Senator J Frank Alice
Dr. Caleb r. Layton. Newail BAN
John 4. Nandenburg. r. Reese Layton
and other persons Of Bridgcville and
vicinity whom he has had summoned
as witnesses.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
FIGHT ON over
LEWES PIER SITE
Sussex COuntianS Carry
Trouble to U. 5. Engineer
for Settlement

A big delegation of Lewes residents
went to Philadelphia this morning TO
attend a hearing given by Major Her
bert Deakyne, United States Engineer
on two conflicting applications for the
construction of piers at Lewes II is
a situation that has created the great
est interest i'm Lewes and aroused a
determination to try to prevent the
Neptune Fishing Company. a new con-
cern, locating there. Danied 0. Hast
ings, of this city and Robert C. White.
of Georgetown, are counsel for the
fishing company
Lewes already has two fisheries. i'm
which money of residents of the town
is heavily invested They are regarded
as home industries. and recently when
a New York syndicate tried To get "A
beach front location for a new fish
cries plant il could not be obtained
from the Town Commissioners.
Louder It. Layton. Philadelphia
broker, formerly of this city, recently
bought the Lane property on the
Lewes beach front which carried with
It a lease on five hundred feet of har-
Dor front for a long period. and this
site was transferred by Mr. Layton to
the Neptune Company. a concern said
to be backed by the J. Pierpont Nor
gan interests.
BY this move the new concern an.
parently obtained a foothold on the
beach and a lot Of feeling was stirred
up among those Lewes residents who
we're opposed to letting any outsiders
tart new plant. The Neptune Com
pany applied for permission to con-
struct pier out into the harbor from
the frontage Il acquired. and shortly
afterward the Pilots Association Of
the Delaware River and Bay applied
for permission to construct coal
pocket or pier on theisame site Ioca-
tion as that desired by the Neptune
Company.
This brought about a dispute over
the title to the site, and Major Dea-
kyne decided to give "A public hearing
10 the conflicting interests today at
his Office in Philadelphia. A carload
of Lewes residents. including town
officials, men interested i'm the pres
ent fisheries and pilots went to Phil
adelphia on the train that left Will
mington at 1920 o'clock this morning
to argue against the Neptune Com
pany's application in behalf of that
of the pilots association. Mr.. Hast
ings and Mr. White went to Philadel-
phia to present the Neptune Company's
application.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
ICE PACKS rs FEET HIGH
TEAR END OFF RIVER PIER

afternoon a strong wind blowing
them toward the yacht club grounds.
The pier Of the club Is located be-
tween the government buoy and the
grain elevator piers. aud the ice
packs seemed to come In at an angle
OF sixty degrees, passing the gov
ernment structure aud landing
against the yacht club pier. l.. G.
Gibson, keeper Of the grounds, saw
the danger and taking up a position
on the end of the pier attempted to
guide the big packs past the struc-
ture with a pole. but il was as a
pigmy in strength to the force which
was propelling the foes He was
alone and worked for several hours
in an effort TO protect the clubs prop
erty, but the elements were against
him, and by 20 o'clock all that part
OF the uncovered section of the pier
and part of the covered portion ex-
tending out TO the channel, had been
carried away.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
CHURCHILL HOOTED BY
CROWDS IN BELFAST
Liberal Leader Addresses Irish Nationalist Meeting,
But There Was No Violent Outbreak Minor
Clashes, But the Police Held the Crowds
in Check.

content with verbally expressing their
opinion of the cabinet minister who
tried to maintain an air of unconcern
throughout
The crowd at the park was mostly
Nationalist in character and in his
speech he caught them by appealing to
both the loyalty and the self-interest
of the Irish people to support the gov
ernment policy. He criticized the pres
ent parliamentary methods of Great
Britain, saying that il was not suffi-
ciently representative of the local and
provincial life of the nation He COM
mented on the fact that England's two
rivals for commercial supremacy, the
United States and Germany resective-
~, are administered respectively by
46 and % separate legislative bodies.
In order to keep pace with the world
movement, he said, he considered il
Ritally necessary for England to learn
how TO combine the fullest qualities
of national and local aspirations and
interests with the strongest frame
work of imperial unity. Home rule for
Ireland, he said, he regarded as the
first milestone along the road to the
eventual unity of the English speak
ing races.
Before Churchill departed for the
park to make his speech a band of
workmen, carrying clubs paradod the
streets carrying an effigy of him on
a pole They we're not molested by the
police who had orders not to make ar
rests unless for actual rioting.
Interrupted by Suifragettes.
During his speech. Churchill was in
terrupted by a delegation of Suffra-
gettes who tried to put him on record
on the question.
1--WE can safely leave the Irish par
lament to decide the question Of
votes for women" answered Church
ILL., and the clever side stepping was
greeted with a round of cheers.
Churchill referred to the fear of the
protestant north" that home rule
will mean Catholic aggression in the
following terms:
Il am now looking forward to the
time when the accursed machinery
whereby hatred is manufactured will
he broken forever. I can assure all
Ulster residents that the fears that
their liberty viii be affected and theii
faith prosecuted are absolutely
groundless."
While the park meeting was in pro-
gress a delegation OF Nationalist
hung efhgies of Lord Londonderry
and Sir Edward Carson the Unionist
leaders to wires across the street
The police held the crowd outside
Of the park in check and refused TO
permit known Orange agitators 10
enter There were frequent minor
clashes.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08

LONE WOMAN
TRIES SUICIDE
Mrs. zula SChlaymer Drinks
Laudanum When Husbands
Letter Fails to Gene
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
In TINE TO SAVE LIFE

Dospondent over the continued
absence of her husband. and being
among strangers, Mrs Zula A. Schlay-
mcr, wifo OF Harry A. Schlaymer. or
Klemar. a boarder at No. 1O5 West
Seventh street. drank over an ounce of
laudanum early this morning. and was
removed to the Delaware Hospital in
the Phoenix ambulance. where she ia
In serious condition. The hospital
attaches say the woman will recover.
Mrs. schlaymer was found " Miss
May Burrier. sister of Mrs. leonard
Willis, tho boarding house keeper.
shortly after z o'clock this morning.
lying across a bed IN her room. When
Miss Burrier inquired of Mrs. Schlay-
mer what she had done, the de-
spondent woman said. Il have done
it. Don't call any one, ] want TO die.
A. the same time Mrs. Schlaymer told
Miss Burrier TO copy the address of
her father. G. l.. Thomas, In Virginia,
where he is said to own an 500 acre
farV
on's barber shop below the house and
the police were notified The ann
bulance removed the woman to the
hospital Patrolman John Ward
found the empty laudanum bottle on
chair In the room.
Mrs. Schlamyer, on Monday. notl-
fed the police of this city and lohila-
delphia that her husband was miss
ing. Accompanied by Miss Burrier,
Mrs Schlaymer went TO Philadelphia
and called on the parents of her hus-
band Mr. and Mrs Morris Klomar,
No. 723 West Moyamensing avenue,
| and told them OF the husbands alb
sence. Il was afterwrrd learned that
Schlaymcr. who Is u presaman, had
gone TO Atlanta. Ga. Since that tim'
Mrs Schlaymer has been without
funds and 'at various times she init
mated that she woufd try - pic ide',7i't's
terday she was very desponddnt and
talked continually of q letter which
she expected from her husband. She
afterward visited Chief of Police
Black and told OF her trouble She
seemed 20 be greatly distressed.
The Schlaymers came here from
Patterson, n j.. about three weeks
AGO. He had formerly worked for
( Charles Il. Story and again tried TO
get position here. Failing In this
he went to Philadelphia where he
found employment and continued 10
write TO his wife daily. On Friday
Of last week he wrote saving no
would be Here aud pay his wifes
board. The next day he failed to ap-
pear and has not been seen by his
wife since
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
WAGON COASTS
ICY HILL, HITS
TREE: one HURT

While Leroy Plummer aged 20
years OF No. 5O4 West Front street,
was driving one of the Armour and
Company's wagons down Van Buren
street this morning, the brake ON tho
wagon gave way at Sixth street and
trouble followed The steep hill and
the ice on the cobbles swampcd Plum
mers chances of controlling tho
horse which swept unrestrained down
the hill. dragging the helpless wagon
after il. AT Fourth street the wagon
collided with "a tree which served bet
ter than a dozen brakes Plummer was
thrown into the street, iniuring his left
shoulder and right leg The horse was
uninjured but the wagon was pracu-
cally wrecked. the front axle being
smashed and splinters conceived from
other portions of the vehicle.
Plummer was carried into the cigar
store of Ernest Greenwell at Fourth
and Van Buren, streets and later re-
moved to his home. Plummer said ir
was the second runaway he has been
in I'm three weeks, the former one oc-
curing at Third and Market streets.
Evening journal., 1912-02-08

Ice packs fully twenty-five feet high
threaten the destruction of the long
pier OF the Wilmington Yacht Club,
at Gordon Heights Already between
fifty and seventy-ive feet of the pier
end is gone and efforts were being
made today TO protect the remainder
which is covered structure.
The scene around the pier is an
Arctic one in every particular. Never
we're the ice packs so high, some Of
them reaching a height of from twen-
ty-hye feet to thirty feet The ice is
packed around the yacht club pier
and "a food tide would surely carry
away the entire structure adding con-
siderable to the loss already sustain
ed The pier lies in this mass Of ice
and only the top Of it can be seen.
Some distance up the river portions
of the structure carried away can be
seen high on the ice.
The ice packs began TO make their
appearance about 3 o'clock yesterday
Evening journal., 1912-02-08
DIVIDE ON THE
BUILDING ORDINANCE

The proposed ordinance amending
the present building ordinance pro-
viding for the construction Of wooden
back porcehs and stairways TO a
height Of four stories. was discussed
by the architects and builders with
the members of City Council in COM
mittee meeting last night.
Some of those present favored the
amendment and others were opposed
70 il, and just what Council will
do with the measure when il comes
up for action. probably tonight, is not
known.
One of the councilmen opposed TO
the amendment is Col. w. L. Stover.
He contends that a backward step
Will be taken If the amendment is
passed. He contends that rear back
porches and stairways such as the
amendment provides should be con
structed Of iron or material not 50
combustablc as wood. He contended
that the amendment was only TO IN
cur cheaper construction