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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Another offense Against M'Hrine

An information charging w. R. Nc.
Brine with having forged $1,000
state warrant, while chief warrant
clerk in the office of former State
Auditor Leo Meyer, was filed by AS.
sistant Prosecuting Attorney A. L.
Hilpirt in district court of Oklahoma
county.
The offense is alleged to have been
committed February %, 1911. Infor-
nation alleges that the warrant was
made out to j. H. Cornell and pur-
ported to be in payment for supplies
furnished the A. & M. college at Still
water, Okla.
McBrine is now confined in the
Oklahoma county jail under sentence
of penal servitude of one year for a
similar offense. McBrine pleaded
guilty to the charge under which he
was sentenced to the penitentiary, but
at the request Of the county attorney
was held in the local Jail for what
benefit he could be to the state in
duplicating other persons alleged to
have participated in the floating Of
the $4,000 worth Of bogus state war
rants.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Board of Health Report

OF the 9,272 deaths occurring in
Oklahoma during the year ending
October 81, 1918, 2128 were due to
preventive diseases, according to the
annual report Of the state health de-
partment, which has just been is
sued by DR.. ]. c. Mahr.
tuberculosis took the greatest toll
of life, with 1872 victims, while typhoid
fever, with 399, was second, and ma
laria, with 173, was third.
The highest death rate occurred
during the month of February, there
being 92S deaths reported during that
month. The lowest rate of mortality
was during the month of April, when
only Gil deaths occurred.
OF the total number of deaths re-
ported, 5000 were among children I'M
der six years Of age; 525 were chill
dren over six years of age and SO
were among pupils, classified as stu
dents.
In the classification of occupations
and professions no deaths are report
ed among cigarmakers, insurance
agents, liquor dealers and planning
mill workers.
There were 602 deaths due to ex-
ternal causes, such as suicides, homi-
cides, drowning, gas, poison, firearms,
injury due to falls, injured by rail-
ways, machines and automobiles, in
jured by animals, fractures, lightning
and electrical machinery.
There were 1,707 deaths among
farmers and 1920 deaths among adult
females
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14

High grade milk COWS on farm Of
]. H. Jackson, Enid, OKLA, that were
fed sIIase and gave $500 worth Of
milk a month.
very tempting. Corn off 20 acres was
cut and put in the silo and little
kafir was also cut for silage. This
year Mr.. Jackson filled the silo with
kafir. Twenty brood sows and shoats
followed the dairy cattle and kept in
good condition all winter. The reg
istered Percherons were also fed al
falfa hay, there being about 70 acres
of alfalfa on the Jackson farm. Mr..
Jackson is well pleased with his silo
experiment and will erect another silo
in the near future.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Banking Board Has ssse.ooo paper.

The state banking department of
Oklahoma now holds notes of l. NJ.
Putnam, former real estate dealer in
Oklahoma City, in the aggregate sum
of more than $3S6,OOO, according to
a statement of State Bank Commits
sion j D. Landlord. The First State
bank held notes of Putnam at the time
it was taken over and in testifying
to the condition OF the institution,
Landlord also told Of the Putnam pa
per in other banks which were closed
by the department. The notes are Of
doubtful value.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
MARVELLOUS CITY lire Record

The fire loss in the largest three
cities of the state during the month
of October, was only SLIPS, according
to the report of State Fire Marshal
Hammond, which has just been COM
piled for the month. The minimum
loss was in Tulsa where only $40 was
reported as the total fire loss of that
city,
The total fire waste was 1924, 435 .21
OF which $15O,611.74 represents the
loss on contents Of buildings alone.
There were a total of 1875 fires, only
three of which are believed to have
been of incendiary origin. Sixty-fve
fires are under the head of unknown
causes; twelve due to oil and gas
explosions, and ten due to defective
or overheated stoves. The origin of
six fires is accredited to the careless
handling of cigaret and cigar stubs.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Reporter Lands stscehouse Berth
State ofioes MOT to Move

A report was current in state house
circles that an agreement to rent the
Miller Brothers building on West
Grand avenue to be used for state
offices within the next few months,
was pending, but this was denied by
Lon M, Frame, chairman of the state
board of affairs, which has charge of
the proposition Of providing office
room for the different departments Of
state.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
The Oldest Separator.

81 see you keep a cow"
yep"
Got a separator?"
yep"
What maker"
I'm it. | separate the COW from
her milk twice a day"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Buyers Must PAY Fee

Certain provisions of the new law
providing for the re-weighing Of cot
ton are puzzling to the attorney gen.
erals office as well as to others who
have made inquiry of the attorney
general William G. Cops of Noun
tain Park, a cotton man wants to
know whether the purchaser or the
buyer of cotton must pay the fee for
the re-weighing of it. The law is
vague on the proposition, but manda-
tory that the cotton must be re-
weighed and that somebody must pay
for it. Section 1, according to the
attorney general, says that buyers be-
fore removing the cotton must have
1t re-weighed, and that the purchaser
shall pay the fee for the second
weighing. 1t is taken to mean by
this that the re-weighing is the sec
ond weighing and that the one who
buys the cotton must pay this fee.
Reporter Lands stseehouse Berth
l. H. Stafford, local reporter. has
been given position as bookkeeper
in the office of State Auditor Joe
McClelland. Mr.. Stafford succeeds R.
G. Cain, who has been connected with
the state auditors Office for a num-
Der Of years.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-14
Mind the vIdders, sammy.

WIHu lHS VTuupTsI odWIny.
Old Sage-Look out for the widows.
my boy.
Young Snip-I shall certainly try to
avoid having one of my own. sir.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14
POSSIBLY JOHN DRAM WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
JAILED IF HE'D HELPED BREAK STRIKE

The story OF a mother selling
her baby daughter for $50 to try
and save that baby's father from
the penitentiary was added today
to the pitiful story of the Dram
family.
John Dram was sent to the
Bridewell for six months by
Judge Gemmill at the request of
the United Charities and over the
protest of his invalid wife for not
supporting his wife and children.
The wife and two twin chill
dren, six years old, have since
been living in absolute want at
Ill East Delaware place. Mrs.
Dram refused any aid from the
United Charities after that or
ganization had her husband sent
to Jail.
Dram is pardoned convict.
He was one of the Trilby gang of
holdup men in 1896, and was sent
to Joliet for fifteen years for as
sault to murder in that year. He
was given a full pardon by Gov.
Yates IN 1905.
When Gram was placed on
trial for assault to murder his in
FAINT daughter was only few
weeks old. Dram had no money
to hire a lawyer to defend him;
his wife had no money; neither
had relatives who could come to
their aid.
According to the United Chart
ties. Mrs. Dram sold her baby
daughter to family that later
moved to Detroit for $50. The
L,1,,-I ,,o orlo,1yr7 RI he \ fine Cirl
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

- - - A9AN4N = IN - AAA9AAN
PED BREAK STRIKE
Carol Shaw. Mrs. Dram has
never seen her frstborn since she
sold her for $50 to get enough
money to hire a lawyer to defend
her husband
In an effort to find out just why
the Dram family had received and
was receiving such treatment
from the United Charities, a re-
porter for The Day Book went to
Miss Ellyn Cooney, assistant
superintendent of the lower
North division of the United
Charities, who handled the ease"
of the Grams.
He found Miss Cooney in the
division headquarters of the
United Charities at I'LL Wells
street. Behind her sat Miss Alma
Sears, division superintendent.
AS soon as the Dram case was
mentioned, Miss Cooney began
dragging out files.
"Oram, she said, "is a bad
man, a very bad man. He is an
ex-convict. Mrs. Dram is not a
good woman. Her illness is
feigned. I think she is a drug
fend."
"She does not keep her house
like drug hend," said the re-
porter. Il was up there. Every
thing in the house was spot1essly
clean. Her children were clean.
Everything about the house sug-
gested order and tidiness. 1 could
not have believed they were in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
LAWYER PASSES THE "BUCK"
Lauterbach Says That Story He Had
Influence at Washington Was
Merely an "Exaggeration."

Washington, July Edward Lau-
terbach confessed to the Overman
lobby inquiry committee on Tuesday
that he had told Lewis Cass Ledyard
that he was able to prevent or head
off the confessional investigation of
the steel trust.
Lauterbach admitted that when he
told Ledyard of coming to Washington
to look over the situation" he had
actually seen no member of the house
or senate nor any other official. He
said he had learned that President
Taft was opposed to the investiga-
ton" from Lamar and Henry B. Mar
tin, secretary Of the Antitrust
league.
'sThen your statement to Ledyard
that you had been to Washington and
learned things that prompted you to
say the investigation could be stopped
was falsehood?" demanded Senator
Reed.
1T was an exaggeration. replied
Lauterbach.
The witnesses declared that in his
conversation with Ledyard February
s, year ago, he did not represent
himself either to have seen or to
have been in the confidence of any
member of the Democratic party.
A sensational scene was enacted
before the committee when Reed
thought he detected Lamar prompting
Mr.. Lauterbach. Pointing finger at
Lamar the senator shouted:
Il want this prompting stopped and
IL it isn't stopped will send you to
Jail. Let us have no more of it,
His nerves on raw elge, Lauter-
bach himself leaped from his seat.
Il am an American citizen" he
shouted, land / demand all the rights
Of such"
A moment later Lauterbach cried:
"Mr. Morgan has seen fit to char
acterize me as vermin. / demand
this committee call him as witness
here and ask him about the efforts
of Mr.. Ledyard to ruin me-"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
BATTLE OVER LINCOLN
VETERANS RESENT sLUR ON MAR
TYRED PRESIDENTS NAME.
Fight Occurs in Gettysburg Hotel and
Guests Flee in Panic When
Trouble Starts.

Gettysburg, Pa, July 8.-Seven men
we're stabbed in fight in the dining
room of the Gettysburg hotel as re
suit of a fight started when several
men aroused the anger of an old vet
eran in blue by abusing Lincoln,
Wednesday. Three of the wounded
men are in serious condition at the
Pennsylvania State hospital The
state constabulary are making des'
perate efforts to find the men who
did the stabbing.
The wounded men are:
Edward j. Carroll, sergeant Of the
quartermaster's corps, U. S. A.
David Farbor Of Butler, Pa, mem
Der of the state constabulary
John D. Maugin, Harrisburg.
Charles Susler Of West Fairview.
Pa
Malcolm Griffin of Bedford City, Pa.
Hayder Renisbecker, Gettysburg.
Harry A. Root, Jr., Harrisburg.
Farbor, Maugin and Griffin are in
the most serious condition. Each was
wounded in the left breast and the
surgeons fear they will not recover.
The fight started shortly before
seven o'clock, when the dining-room
was full, and caused panic among
the scores of guests.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

San Francisco, July 7.-As long as
Joe Rivers held the upper hand he
fought like turk When brave heart
ed Richie stemmed the tide and then
turned it, the Los Angeles Mexican
grew yisibly discouraged. Joe fought
several rounds with very little spirit
and quit in the eleventh on Friday.
The battle was fought under perfect
weather conditions in the open and
was witnessed by 1000 persons. The
receipts, it was said, aggregated $780,
600
New York, July THE sound
steamer John T, Wilson, which plies
between here and Stamford, Conn,
sprang leak off Beldens point, City
island, at dusk. 1t headed at once for
the city dock at City island and sank
after the fifty passengers had been
landed
Toledo, o., July 8.-Three young
women were killed and two others
were injured at Munsingers crossing,
near here, when an auto in which
they were riding was struck by a
Detroit and Toledo interurbanv car.
Milwaukee, July 3.-Four passen-
gers were killed and Is injured last
night when Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul passenger train was wrecked
within the city limits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
Tornado Near la Crosse.

La Crosse Many miles of telephone
wires were torn down and commun.
ication with rural districts made i'm.
possible as the result of a tornado
here. Thousands of dollars damage
was done to growing crops in this i'm
mediate vicinity, grain being laid low
over wide expanse of territory. Many
windmills were demolished by wind,
while dozens of farmhouses were un.
rooted and fences blown down The
greatest damage in this city was done
along the river front, where many
lighthouses were destroyed and
launches blown upon the shore. Trees
eighteen inches in diameter were
broken off close to the ground. One
of the new factory buildings of the
La Crosse Plow company was demol
ished.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
WILL MANAGE NEW ASYLUM
pr. Rock Sleyster, Waupun, Appointed
Superintendent Of Building
Nearing Completion.

Waupun The state board of con
troll has appointed DR.. Rock Sleyster
for four years physician of the Wis
consin state prison, to the position Of
superintendent and steward of the new
hospital for the criminal insane, APP
preaching completion in this city. DR.,
Sleyster, who is only "a years old,
was born in Waupun.
The wisconsin Hospital for the
Criminal Insane will care for insane
criminals, criminal and vicious insane.
1t is planned to care for SO the first
year and $50 the second year.
The only wall to give suggestion
of a prison will be in the rear to
enclose the exercising park 1t will
be conducted much as the Mattewan.
N. Y, hospital and probably will be
opened on Sept. /.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
News Notes OF Wisconsin.

MilWaukee.-Ten persons were in
fured and 200 lives endangered when
the Milwaukee road passenger train
No. g. Copper Country limited, left
the tracks and piled up just north of
the Lincoln avenue viaduct in this
city. Five cars were damned together
and hung over the edge of fifteen
foot embankment, torn from the
trucks and on the verge of overturn-
ing.
Madison.-In answer to an inquiry
of the department of horse breeding
of the state university, Attorney Gen
eral w. G. Owen rules that owners
of stations enrolled under the old
law without examination by a legally
licensed veterinarian must forward to
the bureau of horse breeding an aft
davit of soundness signed by a legally
qualified veterinarian before their GER
tificate of enrolment may be renewed.
Superior from the win
dow of train running at full speed,
John Yourka, sentenced to serve six
months in the workhouse for assault,
made good his escape while being TAX
en- to the institution. When the train
was stopped there was no trace of him
to be found and it is presumed he was
unhurt
Sheboygan-Th half dozen or so
canning factories in Sheboygan coun-
ty have started work and the pea
packing season is on full blast. The
crop looks good and the pack this year
is expected to be a record breaker
Madison There will be no inspec-
ton of moving picture films by the
state industrial commission or any
other state body. The assembly hav-
ing killed the senate bill for such in
spection.
Madisot-Chisf of Police Shaugh-
messy has ordered saloons, billiard and
pool rooms halls, bowling alleys and
theatsrs closed on Sundays.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. L. Richards
has introduced bill providing for
eugenic marriages in WISCONSIN The
bill provides that persons applying for
marriage licenses must Sc with the
county clerk a physicians certificate
that they are free from certain dis
eases. Without such certificate no IL
cense can be legally granted.
Madison. the general an.
nouncement to canneries in Wisconsin
that it will prosecute violations OF
child labor or Women's labor laws,
the industrial commission announces.
that it is about to prosecute three
specific companies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
FORMER SUGAR OFFICIAL DIES
Charles r. Heike, Who Was Convict
cd Of Fraud and Pardoned by
Taft, Dies Of Heart Trouble.

New York. July 5.-Charles R.
Heike. former secretary OF the sugar
trust, who was convicted of compile
ity in the underweighing frauds and
whose sentence of eight months i'm
prisonment was committed by Presi-
dent Taft, died last night at his home
in Sea Bright, N. ]. Heike had been
ill for some time. The president ex-
tended clemency when he was assured
by eminent physicians that imprison-
ment would only hasten the convicted
mans death which would occur before
many months. Before this Heike had
tried in vain to upset his conviction in
the higher courts. His penalty was
limited to fine of $4,000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
LEGISLATURE WORKS AGAIN
Calendar of seventy-four Bills
Awaiting Senate When 1t
Resumes Sessions.

Madison. After nearly two weeks of
inaction the senate met on July 8 to
take up the work of legislation where
the assembly left off before July 4.
A long calendar of seventy-four
bills awaited consideration, most of
them, however, of minor Importance.
The most important measures on the
schedule are the Balls bill authoriz-
ing the Wolf River Improvement COM
pany to build dams on the Wolf river;
the sterilization bill, the Martin anti
lobby law, appropriation for the board
Of control and the bill amending the
Workmen's compensation act
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
WAR OF ALLIES IS ON
OVER 10000 BULGARiANS DIE IN
FIERCE BATTLE.
BIoodiest Fighting in All Balkan War
Revealed In Report of Disaster
to Servian Army.

London, July 8.-After ten days OF
fighting, more severe and deadly in
character than any in the last Balkan
war, light begins to break upon the
hitherto obscure operations.
The Servians have lost more men
than In the whole previous campaign,
and semi-official statements issued at
Belgrade have the appearance of an
intention to prepare the public for
news Of a disaster.
A Belgrade dispatch, describing the
five days operations between Vardar
and Kwivolak, says that after holding
greatly superior force in check the
Servians were obliged to retire. Thus
Kwivolak fell into the hands Of the
Bulgarians. 1t contends. however,
that this Bulgarian success was insig-
nificant compared with the Servian
successes against the Bulgarian right
wing
Another semi-official communication
says the Servians lost, $4,000 killed
and wounded and the Bulgarians TO-
900. The Bulgarian losses were in
creased by the poor organization OF
their Red Cross service and lack of
communication and transports. Their
wounded were left on the battlefield
and the dead were unburied
There is heavy fighting also between
the Servians and Bulgarians to the
south of Istip and in the neighborhood
of Kotchana. About 100000 men are
engaged and the losses on both sides
appear to be terrible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
RAIL SITUATION is SERIOUS
Expected to Favor Suspension Of
Workman Win Arbitration.

New York, July There are still
more than 5000 of the railroad en-
ployes' strike ballots to be canvassed
by the general COMMITTEES. Members
of the committee left the city last
week. but will return today to COM
plete the work
While neither President Lee of the
brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen nor
President Garretson of the Railway
Conductors has made any positive
statement as to whether the vote will
be for a strike, the representatives
of the railroads expect nothing else.
Further conferences probably. will
follow the announcement of the strike
vote.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
TO PROBE FAILURES
u. s. PROSECUTIONS MAY RESULT
FROM SUSPENSION or PITTS
BURGH BANK.
REPORT SHOWS DISCREPANCY
Flrst-Second National Closed by Gov
eminent and Receivers Are APP
pointed for $73,o0o,ooo Water
Works Company.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July As re-
suit of the suspension of the First
Second National bank of Pittsburgh
on Monday, one of the largest insti-
tutions in the country of which w. s.
Kuhn is president the government
may start criminal prosecution. The
bank had more than $30,000,000 in
deposits.
The circumstance on which the
probable prosecutions are based is
the discrepancy of nearly $2,000,O0O
between the sworn report to the
comptroller of the currency as to the
banks condition on June and what
should have been true copy of this
report published in the Pittsburgh
newspapers.
The closing of the First-Second
bank was followed by action in rapid
series against various other interests
with which the Kuhns are identified.
During the day there was run on
the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings,
large institution, of which j. s.
Kuhn Is president. Then came the
closing of the First National bank OF
McKeesport, an adjacent city. which
Is closely allied to the First-Second of
Pittsburg. Soon afterwards a re-
ceiver was appointed for the banking
house of J. S. & w. S. Kuhn, incor-
porated
Greatest of all disasters in this tre-
mendous financial crash, however,
was the receivership for the Ameri-
can Water-Works and Guarantee com
pany, the largest concern OF its kind
in the country. of which j. S. Kuhn
is president This corporation con-
trolls water-works plants in about
eighty cities and towns in the Uni
ted States, and the capital stock. OF
the various controlled companies ap-
proximates $73,00O.000.
The one consoling feature OF the
situation was reassuring statement
sent out from Washington by Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo, In
which he declared that the general
banking condition in Pittsburgh, as
well as in the entire country, was
strong and sound, and that he ex-
pected no further trouble as result
Of the failure
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-11
JANET BEECHER IS WEDDED7
Beautiful Belasco Star Refuses to
Tell Her Friends Whether She
Is Bride.

New York, July SIS Janet Beech
er, the beautiful Belasco star, still
Janet Beecher, or is she Mrs. Harry
Guggenheimer? If she is not Mrs,
why not, and when is she going to be-
come one? These questions Miss
Beecher-or Mrs. uggenheimer-re-
fused to answer, even when her
friends besieged her for information.
A week ago marriage license was
taken out for Harry Guggenheimer and
Janet Beecher Harry Guggenheimer,
young lawyer, admitted that he was
to be the lucky one
He was to wed Janet Beecher, but
further than that he would not say.