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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
CAN'T KEEP WIFE'S LETTERS.
Justice Hoyer Restores Hers 10 Mrs
Branbe nbury.

\ husband has no right to take pos
session OF his wifes love letters, even IL
they are written to her by another man.
under decision by Municipal Court
Justice Hover yesterday. Accordingly
City Marshal MulvihNl. who had taken
ninety nine letters written 10 Mrs.
Frances June BrandenburG from the
safe deposit vault of h"r husband,
Henry Noorce Brandenburg, a banker at
3, Wall street. turned them over to
Mrs. BranuenOurg.
While Mr.. and Mrs Brandenburg live
together at 49, West lJSth street il de
veloped at the hearing that they have
had some disagreemcnts recently. one of
them was due To the fact that Mr..
Brandenhure discovered a packet Of his
wlfe's love lett"rs, and before She knew
he had them he put them away in
the safe deposit vault NJ 25 Broad street
The secret was too good 10 keep. SO
he told MS wife whore the letters
were
These letters are all ot a personal
nature" said Mrs Brandenburg,
"To the best Of the deronent's knowl-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
WEBB BILL THOUGHT
WITHIN THE TREATY
Continued from First Page.
BRiAN'S RETURN DELAYED.
S~crrtar> Of state VIII stay in sac
ramento several Days IonRrr


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Secretary. Hrvln who was s,nnnsa, T.,
IA. ready ,o return ia N,.biry,on no..
night. has announced that he will spcnd
several more days here in a n,ssae.
to the President he is said 10 hav. ,x.
pressed optimism over the final result.
bat the 'rugrcsslyrs are to-day as de-
term.ncd 20 pass an alien land law AS
thcy wer" al tin" outset
Coy. johnson to-day received the
following telegram from President
Wilson.
II take th" liberty of calling Nour
attention To the Webb bill, which would
involve an appeal To the courts on the
question of treaty rights and bring on
what might he long and delicate lit.
Coy. johnson immediately REPLIED.
4 thank YOU very much for your
suggestion. The fault may he due T.,
the fact that We have endeayored I,
preserve aliirma,iveh upon the face
of our bill the existing treaty. I hay,
referred the matter at once TO our At
torney- General and would be ax-
tremelv grateful for any suggestion,
that would avoid the obi.ction Won
mention"
The Presidents obiec,io, :, m. rau
land iill that ,t would involve upp.a,
to m. courts ON the u,cs,ion of ,rca,y
RIGHTS and hiring ON wha, niph, IA.
lone and delicate li,ipa,ion' was ro.
farrcd a, ouc. ,n Attorrcy.G.rc,,'
N.lb yybo said.
.wheu g. ir.,ty .xur.s.I, nro,.id..
fnr Ii,nitad ,,vr.rsh,r ~ land III. S,,,o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
DOPED WHALES IN SHIPS PATH
school. Dream ON Oceans BED \ner
hitting Marine Poppy.

capt. W. II. Bevan OF III" United
Fruit liner Amirant" impaired tn his
press agent yesterday Il yarn of doped
whales that. according 10 he ships
surgeon, Or W. Wall!ng Nam Dulsen
had been browsing ON - marin" plant
resembling the poppN. The d"p"d
wnaics there Mere several of them
wcr" encountered yesterday morning
by The Almirants OFF Bdrnegat. They
wee all lying ON The he'd Of til" ocean.
so the press agent saws, 80 drowsy that
they could not even move their flakes,
and the skipper was forced 10 steer a
zigzag cours" 70 avoid hitting them
For a time it looked as If The
Almiranta We're ON a bender herself.
staggering up the coast, hut III" skipper
says only the whales We're out of com
mission, More than sixty whales We're
counted by the surgeon. Not on" Of tn"
sixty woke up. even when the wash from
the Amirantes pr"pellers rocked them
in the cradle Of the deep.
The seventh mate suggested hat .
boat should he lowered and the whales
lassocd and brought into port after he
received an opinion from tn" surgeon
tha, the effect of the dope might las;
several hours. But the skipper would
not entertain any proposition tina;
would halt a mail carrier.
Tn. surgeon says he does not r-incm
Der the nam. Of the marin" plant. or III.
ultramarne plant on which whales
4 that is the toothsd variety called
I OdontoC.te feed. and the skipper de.
clared he also had forgotten il. The
press agent said
I'm no cetacear. how should know
All that know is tina, the story is true
| Please don't ask me whether | ever
heard Of an "mniNorouS ol hrrbNor
] ous whale
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
BANKS DISLIKE M'ADOO ORDER.
Interest on Government DrDOsits
Leaves small prONt.

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'to"iliieii' p"hheiH VI 'e" ~ "''
practically unanimous yesterday III say
ing that Government deposits of funds
und.r lin. nov rnpllafioul imposinp an
;,,,..,..., ,l,,u,, ~, , ,,,,. go, o,tiv.
'n'eleH' e''ai ~ VI pvi '..''. W, -,
as well as inactive accounts ali'ounceu
by the Secretary of the treasury Will
have little or no attraction here The
,os, ,f s,,ob ,rouo,, :, ,b, bapks will be
y, 80, -. :: il,oI,,
~ i''b'i' 7''' '"''h'i - '''"' '''''' - ''''
10 u" small profit III handling u
Petty politics was one reason as
sirped by n banker for the order making
H., , ,,,r ,,,, i,,.,., ,bor,,,, .,d in
Wv f'' ''"'' ~ "
creaslhE 'he amount Oh 'oNeriiihei,' oe-
posits bv siO,OOOWo Money conditions
i'm the country. bankers agreed. do not
demapd onv incronso IN tho Government
-, ..,;.,, RI. =, -.
"'Tos''S VIII" 'h' '"''NN' '"''' - "o
strinE"ncV az rms Time.
The feature of the order permitting 80
nor conf of ,h. d,posits of bonds IN
.,o,r, Jo,,.i,. -, Co,a,,,,, s,,,,.
10 pe ln TAU county ana Nhuticipa
H''"I l'l'S "st 'hl'u "lhloNa,' 'ie
| P"rc'h'at' ~ 'tiiS So't VI 'o,'a,eral' now
| ever s1iu me oa'RefS' VIII nave 10 ne
IarGer .ne uep,sNs are 10 I've redl'F
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
SAYS WIFE'S TEMPER
Is LIKE A CYCLONE
No RECONCILIATION for Him. I.r
Compte Tells the
Court.
NE ASKS SEPARATION
Couples Litigation WcarieS
Justice and He Won't Hear
Summing Up.

The last witness in the lie 'ompte
suit, which has been going ON since the
first of the week in the Supreme Court
in Long Island city before Justice
Scudder, was heard yesterday and the
court ordered the lawyers to submit
briefs The suit is an action by Mrs
Madelon lie Compte for separation from
Edward lie Compte. Mr.. lie Compte asks
that his wife be compelled to reconvcy
To him their home at t09 Woolscy street
ASTORIA,
I.e tompte. who until recently re-
ceivcd $500 a month as electrical engi-
nccr in t.hrets brewery in Manhattan,
but says that most OF his property is
gone. was the principal witness Nester-
day
H.. told about deciding his home
for which he paid Sll5O0 and ON which
he spent $1,000 in improvements
to his wife with the understanding thar
she was to deed 1t back to him.
l.c Comptr said that his wife was a
WAYS afraid that II anything happened
to h.m his first wife. whom he divorced
after She had eloped with his chauffeur
might obtain tn" guardianship of his
children and thus get possession Of the
Astoria property. He said his first vo-
lent quarrel with his present wife came
when he asked her to fulfil her part
OF the agreement and redeed the prop
erty to him.
What a damn fool Id he TO give IL
80 Vou now" is the answer l.e 'ompto
SAYS his wife made to him when he
spoke To her on the subject.
Under cross-eNamnation lie Compte
admitted that he swore out an af'ldaV,,
pauper and on which she was com
mttsd t. the Kings county insane
asylum She was released three days
later ON a writ of habcas corpus. IN
her absence from the home which SHE
had caused to be guarded by sav""a
men against the entrance of Le compte
he went To the house, discharged the
guard and had the furniture put IN
storage
He also admitted that. despite his
affidavit declaring his wife was a pau
per ne made an affidavit two weeks he
fore she was sent to tho asylum that
she had $500 in cash and had diam ond'
worth $1,000.
When lie Comptc was asked II he
would take his wife back he replied:
no She has temper like a cyclone
and tongue worse than a serper'
sting"
Mrs 10 compt" Who q of med,uE
height, slender, with blue eyes an,
abundance of bronze Colored hair. 9p
pear.d each day Of the Trial in d'fl.r.
.nt costume,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02

edge some are addressed to Dear ana
others to Dearest and all are in tn.
handwriting of Il. l.. r. Frank j. anG
Philip
Mrs. Brandenburg said that the
reason FOR the detention of the letters
was that the defendant means to
harass and annoy your deponent by
reading the letters and making ref
erenaes to them.
Mr.. Brandenburg admitted the letters
belonged to his wife, and Justice Hoyel
gave judgment TO Mrs. Brandenbur,
for the letters. $50 damages and 81
costs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH

San Francisco wants the navy 20 par
ticipat- IN the Portola celebration during
the week OF October 81 20 90
A strike of 800 bricklayais IN BE HE
hem. Pa. was avertcd yesterday by the
granting Of an increase Of a. cents a day,
Bert II. Grobe, navy man CltIh on the
battleship Wisconsin, IL under arrest and
viii be heard today IN Philadelphia ON
the charoe of -mheZZline 500 In rosta,
receipts
Yokum Hall. n doinItorN a tn" Burn
ham industrial farm AT Canaan, y. Y. and
two other buildings were burned last
night. The loss is about SlJ,000. The
dor rmitOrv was erected for boys tsknu
from the streets OF New York
The United states Governmnet returned
to the coinage OF gold In April after hav-
ing discontinued II in March for the COIN
age OF the new Buffalo Indian nickels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
CHINESE INLAND LINES DOWN.
Telegraph wires Destroyed North of
Port OF shanghai.

The Commercial Cable Company is
sued last night the following notice to
the public:
SHANGHAI, May 1.-On account of in
terruptiOns and disturbances on the
Taku- Tlenstin I'eliin Lines, messages to
and from Tientsin, Pekin and other
places In north China are subject to
considerable delay.
Later the Commercial Cable Company
issued the following:
There will be no delay to places in
China beyond the cable termini. The
telegraph land lines have been de-
stroyed. The Offices at Meichow, Ming
yuan, WuTung kiao. Yue-hs ind
Kien Chow-nan in the province Of
Szeehuau have been closed"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
Legal Ala society FsvOrs Wen BiIl

Arthur Won Briesen, president of the
Legal Aid Society. sent a telegram yes
tcrday to several state Senators setting
forth that the society joins the Russell
Sage Foundation In advocacy OF the We'll
Assembly h!ll instead OF the Levy bin re-
gardlng the loan sharks. The object IN
sending the message was to correct the
impression that the society favors the
Levy measure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
MELLEN TO TESTIFY,
BUT NOT UNDER OATH
New Haven President Believes
He Can Refute Charges
Made by Brown.
EXPLANATIONS BY CHOATE
He says Some Alleged "Papcr
Profits Can BE Easily
Understood.

-
/ Busru> May L. President Mel,en ot
! the New Haven will appear before Com
, missioner prouty tomorrow unless pres
ept plans are changed. He will answer
! charges which have been made and i'm
| piled regarding his conduct of the affairs
| of the railroad Mr. Mellen Is convinced
| that he can make a satisfactory cxplana-
| lion of every transaction concerning
which the slightest suspicion has arisen
What President Mcllen saws will no,
hc in the form of sworn statements as he
| * under Indictment in New York and
tb, D.nartmen, of Ius,ico has in hand
matters concerning his management Of
the rnod commissioner prouty will
NOT allow Mr. M,llen IN no Questioned
unless be js willing to ha intarroo,,od
or suhiec, himself to cross-exanin,,ion
The ststenent ,hat Mr. NeIlen would
onn.ar uas made nv At,orpev Charles
T. cho,t. Jr ,f,,r Mr. pro,,t, snid
tina, tho Interst,t. .,o,nuerc. ,,nn,ni..
sion wanted ,o ascertain exoc,lv wha,
had he.n dnn. with a,leged "nansr nrof.
ifs" said tn have been made nv Mr.
Nolen and others in New Havon s,ocl,
deoIs
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"a was sioo ana s.id ,n ha,., boo,, ,,,,d.
hv Mr. uel,er IN ,ori., of s,,a, ~,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
Sipp Tells Uis story.

George A. Sipp followed Fox. The
carly part OF his testimony already had
been told In greater detail to the Curran
committee. He said his attorney. Ed
ward J. Newell. advised him to run
down South. Sipp told Of a telephone
conversation between Newell and Rouss
in which the name "Mr McNulty' fig
,ired and caused some amusement.
Then he put his hand over the re-
ceiver and said they were willing to pay
me $1,000" said Sipp. He told Of going
10 New Jersey and said:
Newell met me in Newark and said
they wanted Harold Sipp to sign an afii-
,lavit that he had never paid Fox or
seen anybody else pay Fox. l told him
that would be perjury. He said. 4 don't
See any harm in il, and I'm lawyer"
The goodly number Of lawyers within
Inc court room enclosure laughed at
this
Sjpp said Newell came over to the
Hotel Continental in Newark on Sun
Jay night and rang up Mr.. Husssy at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-02
KILLED ~ Train Hits wasou,

CArskn.L, May i.--Nathan Richards,
10 years old. OF South Cairo, was killed
here this evening when "A southbound
West Shore train struck his wagon.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11

be authorized to. commence the bust
ness of Banking;
Now therefore ]. Thomas P. Kane,
acting Comptroller of the Currency, do
hereby certify that "The First Nation
al Bank Of Colbert" in the town os
Colbert In the County of Bryan and
State o. Oklahoma is authorized to
commence the business OF Banking as
provided in Section Fifty one hundred
and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes
OF the United States.
Conversion Of The Colbert State
Bank.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal OF office this sixth day
of May, 1913.
(SeaD T. p. KANE,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
LEGAL NOTICES
(1st Ins. July Il; 3rd ms. July 25)
State of Oklahoma, Bryan County:
NOTICE

(1st Ins. July Il; 3rd ms. July 25.)
State of Oklahoma, Bryan County:
NOTICE
Notice is hereby gwen that pur-
suant to an execution issued out of
the District Court of Bryan County,
Oklahoma. on the 5th day OF July,
1913, in cause number 1893, wherein
w. E. Dunaway is plaintiff and Carl
G. McCarty, Sue McCarty, p. j. Har-
ley and Anna f. Harley are defend
ants. | will on the 9Th day Of August,
1913, at the hour of two o'clock p. M,
in front of the courthouse in Durant,
Bryan County. Oklahoma, sell to the
highest and best bidder for cash in
hand tho following described lands
and premises, to-wit:
Lot four (4) and the west half of
lot five (5) of block one hundred
twenty two Q22) in the town,
now city of Durant, Bryan County.
Oklahoma. according to the offic-
ial plat and survey thereof. to-
gether with all improvements sit
uated thereon and the appurten-
ances thereunto belonging. which
said property is better described
as follows: Beginning at the
southwest corner of lot block
1872. and running thence easterly
alcng the south line of said block
122, $50 feet. thence in a north
erly direction at right angles with
the south line OF said block and
parallel with the lot line between
lots and 5. 140 feet to the alley,
thence In a westerly direction
along alley line OF lots and 8.
$50 feet; thence in a soutAerly
direction along the west line of
lot 4. 140 feet to the place Of be-
ginning.
Said lands and premises are to be
sold to satisfy a judgment entered in
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
ODD FELLOWS ASSN

Friday night about seventy-five del
egates from the Odd Fellows lodges
over Bryan County. gathered in the
city at the local hall. aid formed the
Bryan County l. o. o. F. Association
The following officers were elected:
DR.. N. Miller of Durant, president; I;
A. P. Hill of Caddo. first vice presi-
dent: DIR. Gray. Matoy, second vice
president. and Sam. d. Stlnson. Du-
rant. secretary and treasurer.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at Kenefick on Tuesday.
Sept. 2. at which time degrees will
be conferred and a banquet will be
given.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11

the said district court Of Bryan Coun-
ty, Oklahoma. on the 29th day of Oc-
tober, 1912, foreclosing certain
mortgage against said lands and
premises, in the above mentioned and
described cause.
Witness my hand this the 4th day of
July, 1918.
LIB HART,
=. Sheriff Of Bryan County Oklahoma:
list 1ns. July 4th; 4th Ins. July 25.)
Durant, Oklahoma, June 3Oth, 1913.
To Whom II May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that I, W. ].
Work, will on the End day OF August,
1913. apply to the Governor of Okla
homa, at Oklahoma City, for parole,
at which time all persons interested
may appear, IL they see proper, and
contest same4
w. ]. WORK.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
list Ins. July 4th; 3rd Ins. July 1sl
WARNING ORDER

State of Oklahoma, County of Bryan
In District Court, June Term, 1913
L. l.. Miller. Plaintiff, vs.. Chas r.
Allen ct al, Defendants.-No 1898.
The defendants. !Chas. N. voss, Geo.
F. Baker and II. o. seiffert are hereby
notified that they have been sued by
l.. L. Miller and must answer the petit
ton filed by the plaintiff on or before
the 18th day Of August. 1918, or the
petition will be taken as true and
judgment for $4,000 with interest at
the rate Of per cent from January
1st. 1913. will be rendered accordingly.
Witness, my official signature and
seal this the aOth day of June, 1918.
(SeaD w. A. JONES,
Clerk OF the District Court.
BY Richard Nicolds, Deputy.
Utterback, Hayes & Macdonald, At
torneys for Plaintiff.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
HATCHER SCHOOL HOUSE


We had a nice rain here the latter
part of last week. which did the crops
great deal of good
Mr.. and Mrs. N. T. Beauchamp Of
Caddo spent Sunday here with Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace.
Miss Mary O'Dea returned to Sher-
man after spending several weeks
with home folks.
Mr.. Stanley's father from Texas is
visiting him this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Hibdon are visiting
relatives I'm Kenefick this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson and her sis
ter. Miss Devaney. were Caddo visi-
tors Friday.
Ira and Sadie Hibdon went to Kene-
flick Saturday.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
OF PARTNERSHIP

This is to notify the public that
have severed my connection with the
Albany Mercantile. Company, located
at Albany, Oklahoma The Albany
Mercantile Co. will collect all ac-
counts and paw all bills from about
the first day of June. 1918.
VIZ o. w. ISBELL.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
COTTON BOLLs

r. F. Green. living near Robbers
Roost, brought fine stalk of cotton
to this city Monday. which is on ex-
hibit at the Durant National Bank
Thes talk is over three feet high and
contains some thirty odd bolls and If
all in the bloom. Mr. Green reports
his cotton to all be in fine, condition.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
NEW TREASURER SWORN IN

George Harrison. new county treas
urer. was sworn into office Monday
of this week and entered into the
duties OF the office. Deputies Mrs.
Pearl Davis and Miss May Harris
were in the office few days this
week, helping Mr.. Harrison get onto
the running Of things. after which he
and his one deputy will take care of
all of the work of the office.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
BETTER WEATHER PROMISED

The weekly bulletin from the U. s.
Weather Bureau states that unseason-
ably high temperatures need not be
expected this coming week. It will be
cooler during the first part OF the
week over the eastern portion of the
country, followed by some rise in
temperature later.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
CHILD sCALDED

Sunday morning as Mrs. ]. r. Nc
Kinney of this city was preparing to
scald a chicken, John, her little two
year old son. fell toward the bucket
of water in which his right arm was
plunged. scalding the little chap quite
badly. but not seriously burning him
He rested easy at last reports.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Eight cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported to the State Health
Department OF Oklahoma, Of which
three cases are at Frederick and five
are at Atoka. DR.. ]. C. Mahr. State
Health Officer. states that If the peo-
pie will eradicate the stable fly there
will be little danger from the disease.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
OATS COMING IN

Quite deal OF oats has been mark
eted here this week. most OF which
was good quality. Prices have huh
around SSc per bushel, and bidding
on them has been close. Buyers an
ticipate more oats will be marketed
in Durant this year than last.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-07-11
(1st Ins. May 16; 10th Ins. July 1S)
No. s03S1
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Office Of the Comptroller Of the
Currency

Washington, d. c., May 6, 1913.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned. it has
been made to appear that "The First
National Bank Of Colbert in the town
of Colbert in the County of Bryan and
all the provisions of the Statutes Of
State of Oklahoma has complied with
the United States. required to be COM
piled with before an association shall