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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06

chickasha and overhaul the pumps
and possibly figure on the Installation
Of new and larger pumps The expert
win cost the city $40 per day and ex-
penses
A communication from Kate Bar
nard, state commissioner Of charities.
was received relative to the city jail
in which attention was called to the
section Of the Oklahoma laws making
provision for the painting or white
washing the interiors Of the jails at
the beginning Of every quarter Miss
Barnard ordered that the city Jail here
be painted or whitewashad at once. No
action was taken by the council. but it
is understood that the interior Of the
jail will be painted at once. Miss Bar
nard also recommended that an addi-
tional supply Of blankets be purchas-
ed and kept clean for the use Of such
prisoners that may be confined within
she bastile.
Regarding the building ordinance
that was checked up to the ordinance
committee at a former council meet
ing, no report was made yesterday.
The committee asked for additional
time on the ordinance before making
their report
An ordinance was passed placing an
annual tax Of So on each motorcycle in
the city the city to furnish numbers
for the machines similar to those used
H. automobiles.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
Probe Causes Interests to Cease
to Block Passage Of Tariff BiIl
Cut Out the Press
Dope"
TO EXTEND SCOPE
OF INVESTIGATION
Heads Of Big Concerns win Be
Asked to Explain Methods Used
COMMITTEE Reports Find
ing PAY Dirt
Telegram BY United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Washington, june 6.-That the cam.
paign against the tariff bill has ben
halted was pointed out today by sem
ators who say the flood Of letters and
kilograms to members has been
stopped.
Practically all the advertising that
the sugar agitators have been placing
over the country has also been stop
ped
The committee today planned to con-
slider the WOOL sugar, cotton and in
surance Hobbies and then call the
heads of great companies who con.
ceived the modern type OF lobby.
Senator Oliver testified today. that
he had many tariff callers but no lob
byists. He said iron and steel men
were in the majority.
The senate committee Thursday
night decided to extend its present in
quiry into a sweeping investigation Of
all organized efforts that have been
made to influence action upon legisla-
ton Of any kind pending before con
gress or under consideration ID the
recent past.
This action was determined upon at
the end Of the afternoon session after
several senators had added to the tes.
timony already given tending to show
that well-organlzed and vigorous work
is being done by commercial interests
upon the sugar, wool and other tariff
issues.
The committee decided to subpoena
all persons thus far mentioned BY SEN
ators, including tariff callers" and to
learn the exact nature Of all organized
work that is being directed toward in
fluencing any member Of congress up
on any subject Efforts Of the COM
mittee viii be centered first upon the
sugar fight second upon wool and
after that full investigation win be
made that will take in activities Of pro-
hibition and liquor 'lobbies;" the Alas
kan railroad forces; labor unions.
farmers protective organizations and
practically all other organized bodies
that have carried on publicity cam
paigns, endless chains letter writing
or other means OF influencing mem.
bers of the senate OF house.
Senator 0verman, chairman Of the
committee, said Thursday that he be-
lieved the investigation already had
established the fact that powerful in
fluenee was welded upon senators by
the organized forces conducting cam
! paigns to mold or 70 influence public
opinion This. he said, constituted a
5 new style lobby" Of the most tremen.
: dous power,
Senator Reed, a member Of the com
t mittee, sent word to President Wilson
4 during the day that he believed the
4 testimony Of Senator Ransdall and
{ other Witnesses fully established me
truth OF the presidents recent state
Il ment, upon which the resolution fol
g their investigation was based, that
" powerful lobby existed in Washington
at least upon the sugar tariff issue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
REBELS Are
WINNING

Telegram by United Press
Eagle Pass, Texas. June 6.-Reports
received at the headquarters OF Gov.
Carranza this morning said second
battle between federals and constitu-
tionalists was fought yesterday near
Salome.
More Than a hundred federals were
killed and the rebel loss was forty
The constitutionalists claim a victory
Reportf say the federais are being
pursued today At Monterey it is re
ported that the City OF zecatecas was
captured by constitutionalists.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
CONSIDERED
BY CABINET
Telegram BY unItss Press.

Washington, June 6--Japan's re
ioinder to the reply Of the United
States was laid before the cabinet to-
day. but the drafting of a reply was
postponed until the next regular meet
ing.
The president told the cabinet that
early but not hasty action was desired
by Japan A test OF the Webb bill in
the courts is inevitable, the president
told his advisors.
Wilson stated that negotiations will
continue indefinitely probably long
after August. when the California law
becomes effective.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
$1,000 YEARS.
MINIMUM FOR
THE MARRIAGE
Telegram by United Press.


Chicago, June 6.-That a minimum
wage law would work a hardship to
business because it would discrimin-
ate against merit and be unfair to
everybody. was the statement made
today by George George M. Reynolds,
president Of the Commercial Continent
tai bank, before the Illinois vice com.
mission
David R Forgan, president Of the
National City bank. testified that he
did not allow any Of his clerks to mar
~ unless they were drawing at least
a thousand dollars a year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
SUE suFFERs RELAPsE.
! by United prean

London, June 6 Emily WndIng na.
Wis, the suffragette injured when she
threw herself at the kings horse at
the Wednesaay Derby, suffered a re-
lapse this afternoon. Physicians said
a severe operation probably would be
necessary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
SHOOTS BECAUSE
NOT PROMOTED

Pittsburg. Pa, June 6.-Discontent.
ed because he was not promoted, Will
liam e. Sage, clerk in the Penn. rail
road ticket office, slot and killed
James McNaiar, chief ticket agent and
slightly wounded Ralph II. Pauley
chief clerk sage escaped.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
Holiness Preacher
is Killed by Sons
TeIegram BY unlted Pes.

Telegram by United Press.
stephensville, Texas, June 6.--Lee
Jones, a Holiness preacher. was SHOT
and killed this morning by his two
sons.
The boys surrendered at once and
admitted the crime. They alleged that
Ne abused their mother
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
&c ATTENps nANausr
IeIeRram by unItea PreaA.

London. June 6. u1lted States Am
bassador Walter Hines Page makes
his first public appearance in L0nfNa
since he accepted that post tonight 1t
the Pilgrims banquet given IN his
honor At the diA0er tonight Amhas.
saaor Page viii be formally invited e
lunyeil tbs Pilgrims mamoflal u
Southampton on August rs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06

The gang will gather on the bank
corner Saturday morning and at $3.50
the order will be given, All aboard
for the Canadian" Inscribed on the
banner-whether you see it or not
it's there-will be the slogan, Build
the Bridge and Cinch the Meridian
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06
BREAK in
MARKET
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

+ Telegram by United Press. !
+ New York, June 6-The :
+ stock market broke sharply to- :
: day, steel going to "a 3-4. !
= There was a low market IL Z
Z quidation by spectators who :
+ had been holding on hoping for !
Z a rally.
= i
@#+%&%$$%%$ $$&$4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06

Oklahoma City, June 6.-Formal an
nouncement has been made Of the CON
summation Of a s2.OO0,o0O public util-
ity merger which will take in plants in
at least eight Oklahoma cities and
towns and expects to add other prop
critics to its holdings from time to
time
The new corporation will be known
as the Public Service company Of Ok
lahoma and is authorized under its
charter to operate electric light, gas,
street railway or interurban, ice and
water plants Negotiations with the
owners of various plants have been
under way for some time past and it
is announced that the company has
50 far acquired electric plants at
Guthrie Tulsa vinita, Atoka. Lehigh,
Chiekasha and Coalgate.
The company is still negotiating for
the plant at Lawton and if it is ac-
quited. which now seems certain. it
viii mean the building Of a street rail
way in Lawton and the construction
of an interurban lire between Lawton
and Fort Sill, which has been greatly
desired by citizens Of Lawton for a
number Of years past. There are nc
street railway lines in the properties
already acquired but the company.
action along that line at Lawton vii
be followed by similar improvement.
in other cities.
Fred " insult of Oklahoma City il
president of the company, Martin ]
Insult, vice president, Burton French
secretary. and R. f. Frank, treasurer
The directors include Samuel Insul
! and Martin J. Insult, Chicago; Ere
W. insult, Oklahoma City; Paul N
1 Galloway, Tulsa. and Galen Grow
! Guthrie.
|. Samuel insult and Martin }. lnsu
, are prominently connected with eie,
i. trical enterprises in the middle wei
+. and are we'll known in that busines
= Their decision to enter Oklahoma
! own and operate properties Of tn
y character viii be Of distinct benef
to the state In keeping with the SCI
!. eral policy Of the company, eaeh al
r. every place where 1t acquires a plai
can rely on getting the latest and be
machinery and appliances, efficie
people ID charge and fair and cot
teous treatment in every way.
TIE general offices of the campal
4 will be maintained in this city, wi
u President Fred w. insult in chars
and branch offices will be maintain
in every city where the company h
properties.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-06

All ready now, turn loose on the
chorus and everybody bear down hard
On the margin Of the river
Where well feast on fatted calf;
There we'll meet to talk it over
And to bridge that bloomin' stream
Second, third, fourth verses. etc
ditto
(Chorus)
Yes we will gather at the river
The beautiful, the beautiful river
Gather with the gang at the river
That flows through the lovely sand.
Not quite so loud, Mr.. Dwyer-wt
want music, not noise, and if you dom
put on the soft pedal the cops will ge'
you for disturbing the peace before
We oct outside of the corporate limits
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

violence. He taught them and the
community that the way to enforce
the law is the way prescribed by the
law itself" as he had so often de-
clared. When a distinguished citizen
once said to him that that way would
not detect and punish crime he answer
ed dryly and drolly, "Then don't"
Fights Boss Mclaughlin.
Soon afterward Mr.. Gaynor moved
into Brooklyn, then and for many
years under the control of Boss Nc
Laughlin. The politicians distrusted
him. He did not court them, but went
his way. The ring quietly bought up
a private water company which sup
piled a part of the city. They paid
about 100000 for it. Soon after they
made a contract with the mayor and
comptroller and auditor. selling 1t to
the city for 81, 100000. By this time
Mr.. Gaynor had accumulated some
money in his profession and could
spend some. He brought a taxpayers
suit to prevent the carrying out of the
contract. He gave all the facts, show
ing 1t to be, as he said, "a spoliation
of the funds of the city," The court
contest aroused the public to the high
est interest. Mr.. Gaynor won through
all the courts. 1t was a year of hard
work, with every powerful political
and financial interest against him.
First they laughed at his suit. But
he only grew more silent and grim and
worked harder and harder. The fraud
was killed, and he paid all the expense.
amounting to $4,000. He next took
proceedings and compelled the city Of
fcials to collect the millions of ar
rears Of taxes from the elevated rail
roads. The members of the ring had
large holdings in them, given for their
influence, and protected them. He
took similar proceedings to expose the
so called Columbian frauds and pre-
vented the fraudulent bills from being
paid. He did other similar things.
His activity was marvellous. The com
o saying was that he heard every
pin fall in the city and that nothing
escaped his attention.
A mayoralty election was now com
ing on in Brooklyn. Every one turned
toward MI. Gaynor. Honest people
wanted him for, mayor. The politicians
meered and said: '.That is It. That is
what he has been after all along. We
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

for the legislature. but refused. He
said he wanted no Office. The newspa-
per accounts of that time show that in
his speech he declared, as he often has
since, that 'tours is a government of
laws and not of men," He even read
that famous passage to that effect from
the Massachusetts bill of rights.
Az a Police Officer.
When the government was organized
the town board insisted on appointing
Mr.. Gaynor police commissioner, and
he was prevailed on to serve. He
went quietly and systematically TO
work, and everything was done In a
strictly lawful manner No lawless
police raids were made, but in a few
months the colony of evil places was
empty, and every hotel and saloon had
a license, and they were made to re-
spect the Sunday law. The town was
Cleaned up"
In a year Mr.. Gaynor resigned his
office. His work was done. He made
the police force respect the law and
not do as 1t liked. He tried to teach
the same lesson to the 10000 police
men of the city of New York. They
were not permitted to do any unlawful
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

visit the old farm on which he and his
brothers and sisters spent their child
hood.
There were thirteen brothers and sis
tiers raised on this farm and school
ed" at a quaint little one story school
house a long mile from the farm.
This little schoolhouse remains just
as it was forty years ago, except that
1t is now annually painted and kept
in repair, whereas in former days 1t
was innocent Of paint, and not infre-
quently the snow and rain fell upon
the heads Of the pupils or upon their
old fashioned desks because Of a bro
ken pane or leaky roof. There is only
one room In the schoolhouse. Today
the children of Ed Herthum, present
owner Of the old Gaynor homestead
are pupils OF the old schoolhouse. Ed
Herthum's father bought the farm
buildings, stock and 100 acres Of land
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

smoke a pipe and talk things over with
him.
although he struck me as a young
man Of strong personality and more
than average ability, l never imagined,
of course. that some day he would be
mayor of the greatest city on this hem
isphere. But as l look back n it now,
1t seems that 1 might have guessed
something of the sort If l had been
anything of a prophet. For example,
one thing that remains in my memory
is the way in which young Gaynor al
ways talked of big things. OF great
achievements. He was then practicing
law, and 1t seemed to me that he had
4 better clientele. a more profitable
business, than the average young law
yer fresh from the country. Stin he
wasn't satisfied, and he seemed to
think that his energies were cramped
and confined In Boston. He was al
ways talking of New York and of the
opportunities he believed were there
for a young nan of energy and abil-
ity.
"As well as I can remember 1t was
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

Of Mayor Gaynor's father forty odd
years ago.
To the old place Judge Gaynor paid
a visit every summer, spending three
or four hours talking over his boyhood
days and invariably doing a certain lit
tie stunt as gleefully as a child. There
stands in the farmyard a huge bowlder
upon which the Gaynor children used
to crack nuts and play Indian scout"
hands shading eyes which peered into
the far distant Mohawk valley, OF do
ing a ''circus act' on one leg and with
o~utstretched arms.
'"The judge never came here but
what he climbed on that bowlder and
did some of the old stunts for the
amusement of my kids" said Mr.. Her
thum. HE never came to the old
place without something in his pockets
for the kids, and he roamed over the
farm where he declared the happiest
Of his days were spent.
"None of my present neighbors re-
members the time when the Gaynors
lived here, but one of the judges old
schoolmates. James Mahar, moved to
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

sion was steady. He was a student
and was careful in his practice. He
settled all the cases he could, but when
he had to fight in court he was a for
midable antagonist.
He early began to take an interest
in public affairs, but not as a partisan.
He at first lived in the town of Flat
bush, adjoining Brooklyn. Its popu-
lation was about 10000. Its govern
ment was dependent on two political
bosses and was thoroughly bad. There
were much waste and peculation. All
sorts of fayoritism existed. There
were forty saloons, only n with a Ii
cense. There was a colony of road
houses ~frequented by drivers to Coney
Island and the beaches. Gaynor was
then a silent young fellow. But he had
tried several law cases at the town
hall with great ability. He said one
day that the government of the town
was a disgrace and the people should
not suffer it. People thought of the
two opposing bosses and smiled, for
whichever was in power the result was
the same. And many even said that
they had an. understanding and work
ed together. The next thing was that
every one received a.. printed circular
from Mr.. Gaynor inviting him to a
public meeting in the town hall to Sc
lect candidates for the approaching
election. The hall was packed. Both
bosses were there. The chairman was
a tool of theirs.
His Early Political Greed.
a. motion was put naming candidates.
Young Gaynor quietly handed up a
resolution as a substitute, naming a
new set of men from top to bottom.
The chairman refused to submit 1t to a
vote. Mr.. Gaynor got up on a bench
In full view, and the whole town learn
ed that he was not as quiet as he look
ed. He reviewed the condition OF
things in the crispest words. He de-
manded that the chairman put the sub
stitute to a vote and told him that II
he did not do SO 1t would not be at all
difficult to put him out Of the window
and put another in his place. The
whole meeting broke out In cheers
The chairman lost his r and put
the substitute. 1t was overwhelmingly
carried. Two days later the two OPP
posing bosses combined on a ticket,
but were beaten three to one at the
polls. Gaynor had been asked TO run
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

he finished his law studies and passed
the Massachusetts bar examinations
soon after arriving in Boston. His Of
fee in 1873 was at 8 Pemberton square.
Edwin q. Snow of the Ancient and
Honorable artillery knew him at that
time.
81 remember William J. Gaynor very
WELL" said Mr.. Snow. 'for he lived on
the third floor. Of the house at 90
Waltham street, and my wife and l
also had rooms on the same floor. At
the time l did not know where Gaynor
came from, but somehow 1 got the i'm
preston that he came either from
Pennsylvania or Nova Scotia. He was
a hard student, and often worked over
his books late into the night. Never
theless he was the sort who could and
would take time from his studies to In
dulge in a social chat, and many an
evening / dropped into his room to
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19
rArILLIAM J. GAYNoR, mayor

TATILLIAM J. GAYNOR, mayor
NAI of New York city, who died
ON board the steamship Bal
tic while ON his way across
the Atlantic on a shsrt vacation, was
a man of great force of character, hon
esty of purpose and fearlessness in the
discharge of his duty as he saw it.
Judge Gaynor was born near Oris-
kany. In Oneida county, N. z. He
was of mixed Irish and English ances-
try. One of his ancestors on his moth
er's side fought under Montgomery in
the war of the Revolution and was
killed In the attack on Quebec. The
neighborhood In which he was reared
was called 'Skeeterboro." His was the
usual life of a boy on a farm in a poor
country. He worked In the fields and
woods and did the chores. He went to
the little district school each winter
for a few weeks. He afterward went
to the village school and the seminary
and afterward taught school and final
ly achieved a good education.
He settled in Brooklyn, N. Y, in
1875, at the age of about t~wenty-four.
He did newspaper work. Then he
practiced law. His rise in his profess
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19
THE MAYOR AND HIS DOG.


THE MAYOR AND HIS DOC.
success in New York and that it was
high time he should be going. Every
year was precious at his time Of life
he told me. and he felt that it was then
or never for him to make the change
"Well, we gave him a sendoff at the
old boarding house ON Waltham street,
and we wished him all the luck in the
was going to accomplish, but I know
that for my part l felt he was destined
for big things-how big 1 had no con-,
ception. AS the years have passed by
l have followed his career with a
strong personal interest"
Turned Down by Tammany.
Up to as late as last August it was
thought that Tammany would renomi-
nate Mayor Gaynor. not because the
organization liked him, but because of
expediency. Then came the announce
ment that Edward q. Mccall. former
supreme court justice, was Tammany's
choice.
Then friends of Mayor Gaynor, in
Guiding Jacob H. Schiff. Herman Rid
der, editor Of the New York Stats
zeitung, and more than 100 other men
prominent in the business life of the
city, formed the Gaynor Fusion and
Nominating league and at a mass
meeting held in City Hall park named
him as an independent candidate for
mayor Of New York city. Mayor Gay
nor accepted the nomination in a char
a~cteristic speech and shortly after
took passage for Europe On the steam
ship Baltic, a voyage from which he
was destined never to return alive.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19

the latter part of 1878 that he called
me into his oom one night and pointed
to his trunk that was already half
packed. We'll, Ed he remarked, with
a smile. Pm getting ready to leave
Boston. I'm going to try my luck in
New York OF Brooklyn AT first /
could hardly believe 1t. | wanted to
know why he was going away when
his affairs were beginning to prosper.
He waved 1t all aside airily and said,
with a certain tone of resolution, that
he felt SURE he could make a greater
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-19
Photo copyright by American Press Association.
SCENE WHEN MAYOR GAYNOR WAS SHOT IN 1910.

Whitesboro some time ago, so that 1t is
the farm and not the neighbors the
judge came to see.
81 never saw a man so stuck on his
old home as Judge Gaynor was, and
to see him cracking nuts and pirouet-
ting on that old bowlder was as good
as a circus. There is no church within
miles of here even now, and there
wasn't In the Gaynor days. so, al
though the Gaynor children got their
schooling near here, they had not the
advantage of church or clergy unless
they drove to orlskany.s
Made His Debut In Boston.
Mr.. Gaynor made his debut as a
lawyer In Boston. At that time he
was just twenty-one years of age and
had gone to Boston from his fathers
farm in New York. There he had. edu-
Gated himself and had started teaching
school when he was only nineteen
years old.
Meanwhile he was studying law, and