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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
FARMER FAILS TO FIND
A PARADISE In CANADA

Attracted by alluring advertising
literature put ont by enterprsing real
~estaters' and Canadian immigration
authorities. thousands oi American
farmers within the past few years have
sought cheap lands IN the far north
fondly hoping To find q Paradise wher7
easy fortunes grow on trees or are to
be picked on bleak pralries
Not q few oklahomans have been
seized by the wanderlust and have
caught the Canadian icyer a number
even going from fertile Grady county,
Ii is likely, however, that some Of
them viii come back wiser if not
richer, as a result OF their trek 70
that tirgid northern land.
strong testimony that Canada Is
anything bat a Paradise Is furnished
by a letter received BY z, r. March #
this city from 4. y. Dahl Who mosea
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
RETNRN tn
CHICKASHA

History repeats ITSELF or in other.
words, the same thing happens over
and over again. 1t has grown to be
irVism that when people leave Chicka-
sha they always come back
Once get the Chickasha spirit and il
is Impossible to drive it out Of the
system. Alr and Mrs. j. o, Nash,
former proprietors Of the EARLY hotel
found i so, and now they are back in
Chiekasha % stay
1t was announced today that Mr. and
ahs. Nash have bought the Early ho-
Tel from NJ. II Brown, to whom they
sold il last winter aud win take pos
session October /. After leaving here
they had charge oi the Artesian hoteI
at sulphur but have been out OF bust
ness for several months
Mr and Mrs. Brown have mad,
many friends in ehiekasha and amoni
the travelling public since they tool
charge Of The hotel They will 30 iron
There to Oklahoma city, where the,
win be located for the present
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30

school and girls and boys alike are
out selling season tickets The price
is So and the ticket admits the holder
Ito lS attractions, including football
and basket ball The ticket covers all
the football games.th that are 70 be play
ed in Chickasha this season On the
regular high school schedule, The
receipts are to insure in advance the
expenses Of the team for The season.
There Is much 10 be done In The mat
ter Of procuring new uniforms, sweat
ers, etc, for the team
The Uhickasha high school has de-
yeloped one Of the foremost teams in
the state for the past three years and
has done much TO put chickasha on
the football map They deserve the
support Of the citizens and il is hoped
the season tickets viii find the ready
sale they merit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
First Football Game
of the Season Friday

Announcement has come of the
game that win open the football sea-
son in chickasha, and the enthusiasts
are bnsily engaged in working out adj
vance dope on Che two opposing teams.
chiekasha and El Reno.
Ihe battle, to be staged Friday az
University park, win decide, in mea-
safe the strength Or weakness II the
ehlckasha aggregation, as II viii b.
me first real action OF The season
Ordinarily the locals would tie it onto
the ll Reno bunch good and strong
as they always did in the past, and
some are predicting a repetition on
Friday Others claim that the visitors
viii be strong and that Chickasha will
have TO 90 their limit to pile up a
score that would compare with feats
oi former years
Business is buzzing around the high
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
SOLDIERS
COMING

Chiekasba was cheated Of the visit
by the soldiers Oh their way to Okla
homa city from Fort sill, but accord
ing 70 information received Yesterday
by Mayor J B. Burton they win be
brought here on their return 70 the
fort either today or tomorrow
The commanding officer telephoned
Mayor Burton yesterday stating thaS
about $50 men and 300 horses were
due through here on one of the two
days and asked as to the possibility
OF finding plenty OF water for the
horses
Mayor Burton replied that water in
any quantity desired could be nrocur
cd here, which statement seemed to
cinch the proposition The soldier
are hiking it and will presumably come
via Blanchard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30


from Grady county to csr'stadt, All
berta, expecting no doubt to esvapg
from the drouths that sometimes visit
Oklahoma.
Let the letter speak for itself Mr.
Dahl says in part
If am not glad to report to you how
We have been served around here this
fan There was hardly any rain an
summer and what little we did grow
was finished with a number OF days
Of hot winds viii give you report
of the crop yields in our district
From 25 acres Of oats ] harvested BOO
bushels; 80 aeres OF wheat made lSi
bushels; 30 acres Of flax is not vel
cut but all my neighbors made from
TO bushels per acre SO You seq
how rich we are out here. How W.
are going to live, don't see unless
We GET government loans"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
WOODRUFF
PARTIALLY
RECEIVERS

Telegram Dy United PresA
New York. Sept sO.- Timothy
Woodruff, former lieutenant governor
of New York. who was stricken last
night at a political meeting. is today
partially recovered from an apparent
total collapse or stroke OF paralysis.
Woodruff was stricken in Cooper
Union Just as he concluded an address
at the fusion notification meeting.
Physicians who attended Mr.. Woodruff
announced tlfat he had suffered a
stroke of paralysis and said his CON
dition was serious.
As he was speaking Mr.. Woodruff
turned to John purroy Mitchell, the
fusionist candidate for mayor and
complained Of a pain in ais knee. He
contlnued his address, however, but
as he concluded he reeied and would
have fallen bad not Mr. Mitchell and
Others on the platform supported him.
Mr.. Woodruff was carried to an
anie-room. whore he was attended by
two physicians Later he was remov.
ed to his apartments in an uptown
hotei. accompanied by Mrs Woo &
ruff. who had attended the meeting
with him
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
MILLIONS
INVOLVED
In A SUIT

Telegram BY United Press
Denver. Sept 30.-The retention by
the government Of oil lands ID Califor-
MIA, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah and Colo
RADIO, valued a. unbelievable figures
is involved in a government suit
against the Midwest Oil company. the
hearing Of whies began in United
States court Of appeals here today.
Technically, the involved property
is valued at four million dollars, but
in reality much more is involved since
the suit viii test the validity Of the
order OF the president in 1909 in with
drawing nearly three and a half mil
lion acres from entry
The navy department Is Interested
in the cause because Of IDS bearing on
the fuel oil supply
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
PLAN NOT
FAVORED
Telegram Oy United Press

Detroit sept 8o- Representative
shaokellosd 81 Missouri chairman ot
the house roads committee, today iold
tha National Good Roads association
that the scheme Of me trans-conti-
mental highway. advocated by the or
eanImtiou and the automobile assocla'
lieu vas fancy plan for privileged
tlasses
Secretary Houston Of ;he United
states department of agriculture eN
pressed his approval cf the efforts OF
line organization and explained the m
lterest Of the federal government WIN
/ reference to road building fle urse'
good roads for the farmer In prefer
enee lo great transcontnental high
vays Tor automobiles and al tpe same
4 time he said he did not underestimate
IT, valuable service rendered by anlo
mobaiass IA Tue propaganaa for roa'
building
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
START ON
DORMITORY

That work on the dormitory Of the
o. C w viii begin at once, was the
statement made BY MIR Krepke Of the
Krepke Construction company yester
DAY evening before be returned 70 El
Reno He was here looking over the
ground aud attending 70 necessary pre-
liminary matters.
According to information given oul
by Mr.. Krepke, material for the build
ing is nov on the way and the big con
crete mixer is expected to- arrive ia
chickasha today We are desirous
Of taking full advantage o. the open
weather and get as much Of the build
ing completed as possible, before th'
real winter sets in. said Mr. Krepke
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
PAVING CASE
APPEALED

Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept 3o-
Chief Justice Samuel Hayes yesterday
granted writ Of error in the Guthrie
paving taxes TO the United States su.
preme court The supersedeas bond
was fixed al $4,000.
the records are to be sent to Wash
ington within SO days and bond TO be
approved within five days.
The United States supreme cour'
viii later pass on the injunction fea'
tire on account o. the paving proceed
ings being contrary to the federal con
stitution
An. agreement was made to advance
the case in the United states supreme
court
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
IS PUSHING
CURRENCY
MEASURE
Telegram BY Balted rrsau.


Washington, Sept, 30, Following a
conference between the president
chairman Owen and Senator shafroth
of the banking committee Il Is rnmor-
"a thai the president is exerting pres
sure to force apeedy action on the
administration currency bill.
Hearings on the bill have been in
progress before the committee for
several weeks numerous bankers civ
ing their opinions. The committee is
divided on the measure and the most
that the optimistic friends Of the bill
hope for is to get it reported to the
senate by the middle OF October
Il is believed by some that the bin
win be reported 70 the senate without
recommendation.
Ii is generally understood that the
bin passed BY the house will be modi-
fled in many ways when it goes to
the senate
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30

New York, Sept S0.-The reform OF
the American banking system is the
general topic announced for discussion
at the second national currency re-
form conference to be held in New
York October "a and IS Among the
speakers whom Prof. Samuel McCune
Lindsay oil Columbia university. chair
man Of the program committee an
nounced has promised to attend sie
Senator Owen, chairman Of the com
mittee on banking and currency anc
former Senator Al1rich who will de-
liver the principal address at the close
cf the conference.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
Defendant Charged with White
Slavery il Held fOr Action a
Federal Grand Jury Two
Witnesses Examined
MARRIAGE ISSUE
FIGURES IN CASE
Couple We're Cousins Defendant
Claims License was Secured
in Chickasha but the Rec
Ords Failed to Show Il

Following hearing last night before
United States Commissioner Hamilton
Bert Atkeson, charged with white slav-
cry, was bound over under nominal
bond to the action of the federal grand
jury which conyenes in Chickasha on
November 3. The trial, which was to
have occurred today, was held last
night as matter Of accommodation
The defendant and witnesses arriving
Ii the city last night and wishing to
return to Waurika at once.
The evidence IN the case showed
that the defendant and Minnie Alike
son We're first cousins and were mar
ried in Wichita Falls. Texas. seven OF
eight months ago. after having tried
to procure a license In Ryan, Okla.
which attempt was fruitless..
The defendant stated that he was
supposed to have gotten marriage
license in chickasha in 1911, upon
which Mrs. Thressa McClelland, clerk
Of the county court was called as 4
witness and stated that after an ex-
animation Of the marriage records
from 1910 % 1912. she found that 10
marriage license lad been issued to
Bert Atkeson and Minnie Atkeson.
The defendant claimed that some man
had issued him a license on November
II, 1871, and had charged him $5 for
same.
Attorney HIilliard Of Waurika, coun-
sci for the defendant. refused to put
Atkeson on the witness stand and the
only testimony taken was that Of Min
ME Atkeson and Mrs. McClelland.
Minnie Atkeson on the witness
stand said that she had known the
defendant a number Of years and was
Ills first cousin; that She did not know
how old she was. She said she and
the defendant left Lone Grove. Okla.
nearly two years ago and went to
Shamrock. Texas. where they lived to-
gether as husband and wife and that
her baby boy was born on September
IA, 1912, in Shamrock, Texas. She
said they were married in Wichita
Falls, Texas, seven or eight months
ago and that the defendant had always
treated her well, that she loved him
and wanted to live with him.
"He has been good husband 70
me. said the witness. on cross-exam
nation witness said Bert did not
want me to go with him and tried !,
get me to 60 home when we were go
, fing to Texas. 1 told him ] did moi
want to go back
On redirect examination the witness
said that the defendant had paid bel
railroad fare to Texas from Ardmore
1--WE tried to get a marriage license a
Ryan when we first Went away" sai'
, the witness. She said that their n
tention in going to Texas was to Sc
4 married Mrs. Mcclelland on th'
stand said that she had heard the dc
fendant say he was supposed to hav,
la
gotten a marriage license here on Ne
/ vember II 1911 that she had exam
+ ined the marriage record Of Grad
n county from 1910 to 1912 and tha
e there had been no marriage license il
4 sued to Bert Atkeson and Minnie Afk'
" SON. Cgoss-ezanailation was ~aiVe'
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
WEST RULES IN FAVOR


Oklahoma City. Okla, Sept s0.-
That the 1908 textbook adoptions are
the only ones which can legally be
used III Oklahoma is the ruling Of the
attorney generals office. In an opin-
Ien given 70 w. J. Donahue Of Bartles.
Nile, county attorney Of Washington
county which says
''rhe state board Of education has
continued the 1905 adoptIons and this
holds good until set aside by that
body It is my opinion that the 1905
books are the only books that can
now be lawfully used except as to
those 1872 hooks about which there
ID no controversy
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
SIGNALS FKOM
ENTOMBED men
Telegram BY Unhe Press

UTT1- III -
WilkesbarFe, Pa Sept, u.--sisaais
were received today from Thomas
Toshesey. d miner who was entomDed
Friday in tie Continental mines near
ceairalla.
Forty men are working to lioera'e
him and It is believed that he wy pc
reached in two days. eighty feet oi
roek must vet be bored through.
The Imprisoned man was fed today
hraneh twoinch pipe which was
aF,vea through the rock He We
framed hy a premature Last
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30

Telegram BY United Press
Albany sept SO The stock specu.
latiye margin account OF Gov sulzer
with Harris and Fuller New York
brokers. from March 1910, 20 june.
1918. was exploited today before the
Impeachment court wiih Fuller o1 the
stand.
The prosecution presented a maze ol
figures Showing ihat ,he governor was
ia extremely unfortunate speculator
Every purchase made 81 him seemed
followed by 4 depression Of The mar
het
Nest 81 ihe testimony concerned
transactions 10 the period prior TO Sui
zer's assuming the gogaporship. H.
#as developed that for years sulzer
had spaculafed. oiisotting amy claim
a the governor that bis speculations
sere purely investments.
suffers original purchase Of Big
-Four stock in March. 1910. had drop.
ped seventeen points al the end of the
year and he Was compelled 70 win.
draw two hundred shares 81 Bis Four,
substituting two hundred shares Of
American smeiters stock 10 prevent
the selling of The securities ior lack
ol margin.
Ia January. 1917. Congressman Sui.
ser tho testimony ahoUs, owed ilarris
and Fuller Sis.55a3S carrying on their
looks nsa hundred shares OF Bis -Four
Two hundred shares OF American
smelters and hundred shares o.
Southern Pacific
After ae aas elected governor he
Paid lie llgm iAaN. $4,000 u cash
HIs securities continued @ fan and
ie drm demanded additional margins
ahieh suffer WIS epable % meet
On june s, 1913 Lleuionaut Com
mander Jusehhlhal % the governors
an himself broker assumed 'he
accounts. payus the firm f2s.'as.-l
and receitus the securities ihen Oh
deposIt.
The managers hope 20 complete lA.
presentation Of evidence for the prose
outlon tonight
snlzer Monday won triple yietor'
over bis accusers at Che trial Of h'
impeachment
PRESIDING Judge cullen q the h'Al
court barred the introduction q evl
denee intended 10 prove thai The gov
ernor had made corrupt poliiica
bargain with Assemblyman pa'rie q
Green county. and held that the le.
tlmony brought forward TO show iha
he had made simiiar bafgains win a.
semblyman Prime OF Essex. was IL
competent
The legislation had TO do 10 eng
case with highway and bridge improv.
ments provided for IN bills passed :
the legisla.,ae to which the assempe
men were desirous Of getting the so'
ernors signature. III the Pairle eas'
however no charges We're orousu'
the articles OF impeachment ana e
this ground Judge Cullen 'hre" y
eharge out
Tie Sweet and Prime cases WEI
specified In article of the 'mpeae
ment, charging that the governor -
vetoed one and signed the other pl
One assemblyman had failed to s'l
port the governors direct primary y
and the other did SO after consulun
(contlnuod on Page Two9
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
STEAMER is SUNK.

j. Telegram by United Press
: bennington Ont. Sept. 30.-
+ The wooden steamer City Of
, London. was sunk on Lake Erie
J. this morning in a collision in
= fog with the steel steamer
! Joe Monroe. Whether lives
= we're lost is moi known
#4@#*s#+%*++++# - ; = = 7 =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
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THREE KILLED IN WRECK.

. FihEE klLLEU IN WhEDN' Y
4 Telegram by United Press.
: Scranton, Pa sept So.
= Three trainmen on the Della
, ware & Hudson were killed and
= three injured in a head-on cot
Z lision at Jefferson junction this
= meFnlng.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30
WEATHER FORECAST.


Tonight and Wednesday, gem
oralIx. fair
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-30

Recorded BY the local U. S,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-21
ACCUSED OF OFFERING BR|BE
Candidate for Senator in West Vir-
sna Who Is Arrested Denies the
Charge Against Him.

Charleston, w. Va. - The se1.a-
tprial bribery situation took "a SEN
sstional turn with the arrest of Col.
william Seymour Edwards, a candi-
da,e for United States senator to sue
ceei Clarence w, Watson. Edwards
is charged with Offering bribes. He
was released on bond.
The arrest of Edwards caused the
greatest Excitement in the capital,
coming as it did on top of the arrests
OF fqlr representatives and one state
seio 2r recently on charges of accept
ing, hes to vote in favor of Mr..
Edw. IDS. 1t is said Edwards will be
given preliminary hearing Febru-
airy Is.
In statement Edwards character
izes the charges against him as un-
true and preposterous. He denied EN-.
phatically that he had directly or in
directly offered or caused, to be Of
fered bribes to any members of the
West Virginia legislature to influence
their votes in behalf of his candidacy
for United States senator
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-21
Admits Leading Double Life.

Chicago, Ill.-A DR.. Jekyll and Mr.,
Hyde existence of former men,
ber of the Y. M. C. A. was terminated,
when Charles w. James, %, of Hunt.
ington, Ind, was sentenced to one
year in the house of correction. He
confessed to Judge Richard e. Burke
that he had led double life, working
for railroad in the daytime and COM
mitting burglaries at night When
arrested James had in his possession
a black mask, bottle Of chloroform,
a loaded revolver, brass knuckles and
10 keys.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-21
C0NV|CTS TRUST MEN
JURY IN GOVERNMENT CRIMINAL
CASE RETURNS VERDICT.
Finds Officials of the National Cash
Register Company Guilty on
Three Counts.

Cincinnati, O.-"Guilty as charged
in all three counts of the in
dictment," was the verdict rendered
here by the Jury trying the case Of
John H. Patterson and the other rs
officials or formet officials of the Ma
tional Cash Register Co., who were
charged by the government with vic
lating the criminal section of the Sher
man antitrust act,
The three counts specified in the In
dictments are, conspirSng to monopo
lize trade in the cash \register bust
ness; second, monopoliAing the trade
in the cash register business, ant
third, maintaining this monopoly be
tween 1909 and 1912.
Each of the three counts carrie:
within maximum penalty Of $4,000
fine and sentence in a common Jail
of not more than IL months, thus
bringing the maximum sentence for
each man up to $4,000 fine and SO
months in Jail.
The defendants were:
John III. Patterson Dayton, president:
Edward A. Deeds Dayton. vice president;
George L. Edgeter. Dayton, secretary:
William f. Bippus. Dayton, treasurer;
William II. Mussey, Dayton; William Pill
um, Dayton; Alfred "A. Thomas, Day
ton; Robert Patterson. Dayton. director
Thomas j. Watson. Dayton, sales mana
ger; Joseph T.. Rogers, Dayton, assistant
sales manager: Alexander c. Harmed
Dayton, salesman; Frederick S. High
district manager. Boston, Pliny Ewes
district manager San Francisco; Arthur
A. Wentz, Columbus; George e. Morgan
Dayton: Charles T. Walmsley, Chicago
Charles A. Snyder. Elizabeth, N. j.
Walter Cool. Denver; Myer N Jacobs
Pittsburgh; Mont l.. Lasley, Detroit; Ear
Hayward, patent attorney New York
Alexander w. Sinclair. New York; JOIN
j. Range. Washington; Edgar Park.
tdismissed). New York: NJ. G. Keith, New
York: William Cummings, Brooklyn Ill
not at triaD j. C. Laird. Toronto: w. G.
Howe. San Francisco, and L. II. Epper.
son, Minneapolis.
The jury deliberated on the case fol
almost ten hours and there was but
scattered few of the defendants ant
spectators in the court room wher
Foreman Edward c. Morrow an
nounced his verdict.
The indictments were returned Feb
%, 1912, after special agents Of the
government had put in many days in
the search for evidence.
|
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-21
JAIL FOR CASH REGISTER MEN
Head of Company and Twenty-eisht
Others CONVICTED of Violating Anti
Trust Law Are Sentenced.

Cincinnati, O.-John II. Patter.
son, president Of the National Cash
Register Co., who, with 2S other Off
cials or former officials of the COM
pfny, was convicted of criminal VIC.
sfation Of the Sherman antitrust law,
was sentenced tC, pay pay Q fine of $4,000
and to serve one year in .JGah1., The
terms ranging from three months to
a year in Jail and to pay the costs.
The men were convicted recently
of having violated the criminal sec.
tion of the Sherman antitrust law.
One OF the defendants was given
three months in Jail, while three 9TH
ers were sentenced to nine months
and the rest to one year. George
Edgeter of Dayton, secretary of the
company, was given the lightest sen.
tence of three months. William Bip.
pus, treasurer; Alfred A. Thomas OF
Dayton. and Jonathan B. Hayward OF
New York. were given nine months
in jail.
Before passing sentence Judge Hol
lister denied the motion of the de
PENDANTS for new trial, and de
clared that as the defense had submit
ted no new evidence, he had come tc
the conclusion that the verdict had
been upheld by the evidence. The
bond of President Patterson was In
creased to $4,000. the sureties of the
other defendants remaining the same