The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-05-23

Braggs and drew a 800 fine and
thirty days in Jail.
The firemen's state association met
In Oklahoma City last week, with the
usual program Of contests.
Young democrats of Pawnee county
have organized a branch of the Young
Mems League of Democratic clubs.
George Humes, negro, shot and
killed his wife at Ardmore and then
the gun upon himself with fatal re-
suits.
More than 1000 members OF the
order of knights of Columbus gath
cred IN Tulsa to attend the ninth an
nual convention of that organization.
Rev. DR.. S. ]. White has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the First
Christian church of Guthrie, and will
accept a call to the pastorate OF the
First Christian church at Joplin, Mo.
For attempting to burn their own
home to destroy goods for which the
police were making a search, three
negroes, Henry Smith, John Smith
and their sister were placed under
arrest at Okmulgee Saturday charged
with arson.
George Humes, colored, shot and in.
stantly killed his wife at Ardmore and
then turned his pistol upon himself
with fatal results. The couple had
been separated for some time. The
shooting occurred when the woman
went to her husbands home for her
trunk.
Fish which he had eaten for din.
ner, caused the death of T.. p. James
youn attorney of Durant. For some
time the attorney had been suffering
with heart disease and when stricken
with ptomaine poisoning after finish
ing the pleading of case his heart
gave way.
1t Will not be necessary for the an
nual meeting of the state farmers
Institute which meets at Saltwater,
August 2, to elect members of the
state board of agriculture this year,
according to an opinion of Attorney
General West given to G. T. Bryan,
president of the board.
A meeting Of the real old timers,
who rode the range in the early '70s
met last week at the home OF Ceve
King, two miles north of Alva and
spent the day in telling old camp
stories and happenings that occurred
on the range when western Oklahoma
was a cattle country.
Material is now being. collected by
the extension division of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma for a new bulletin
on municipal government which will
discuss the different methods of city
administration, especially those which
have recently been adopted in cities
In Oklahoma and elsewhere, including
the commission form and modified
commission form with a city manager.
While returning from a drug store
where he had purchased medicine for
a sick child, o. II. Ward of Erick,
stepped into a vacant house and swal.
lowed the contents of bottle of car.
bolic acid he had purchased when he
secured the medicine. Mr.. Ward had
been in Ill health for number of
years.
All OF the ten convicts who escaped
from the state reformatory at Granite
last week have now been recaptured.
the last two having been taken by Of
ficers near Coopertown. The last
prisoners captured had taken refuge
In the Wichita mountains and had
committed many escapades before be-
ing apprehended.
All Independent oil producers and
others have been invited to partici
pate in meet to be held at Tulsa on
May 23, whom Cato Sells, commission.
er OF Indian Affairs, and Federal Com.
missioner Richardson of the navy de.
partment will conduct a public hear.
ing on the adyisability and feasibility
Of the proposed government pipe line.
Securing more than twice as many
points as Its nearest competitor the
team OF the University OF Oklahoma
won the Oklahoma intercollegiate
Conference track and field meet held
In Oklahoma City. The Sooners car
ried on sixty points against twenty
nine points for the Aggies, North.
western was third with seventeen.
Other points were: Southwestern
nine; kingfisher seven; Central, six;