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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-09-30
Fast Races

All the races on the program we're
interesting and what the farmers
race could not furnish in excitement
which the others did. It furnished
in mirth. Lightfoot, . horse owned
by A. J. Kean,, finished every heat
OF the farmers race q full quarter
OF q mile behind the others and the
driver always managed to finish BY
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
FRUIT IS NEARLY \. 4. 7.
SAFE FROM Frost

Prospects are excellent for an
abundant fruit crop according TO
C. Renfro of Sulphur, member OF the
board of agriculture, who says that
so far there is nothing to fear, Fruit
growers should be careful to spray
their trees, however, and take every
precaution possible to destroy in
sects that may be brought out by the
warm weather. MIR. Renfro does not
believe late frosts will occur lhiA
year, though the danger from that
source will not be entirely removed
for some weeks. He recalls that
twi,e during the last twenty or more
years there has been killing frost in
the latter days of April or the first OF
May.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
JAPS MINE
WATERSL0W[R
CAL|F0 F0RN|A?
CORRESPONDENT SAYS TUR-
TIE BAY AND ISLAND IN
(, rs. CONTROL OF JAPS
(By Associated Press. J

Los Rngeles. April l4.-Three Jam
anese warships under command of
Admiral Nakayama with six golfers
and four supply ships, manned alto
gether by four thousand men, were
recently seen in Turtle Bay, Lower
California, standing by the stranded
Japanese cruiser Asama, according
to a staff correspondent of the Los
Angeles Times, just returned here.
The correspondent says that Turtle
bay has been mined by the Japanese.
ammunition has been landed and a
large camp has beer established
ashore.
Preparations have also been made
to land Che guns from the Asama.
Turtle Bay is four hundred miles
south of San Diego, California, and
Is said to be the best harbor north
of Magdalena Bay. 1t was formerly
the ives coast rendezvous of the
United States navy.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
THIEVES ENTER BISHOPS
. EAST SIDE GROCERY STORE
BREAK OPEN CASH REGISTER
AND ATTEMPT TO ENTER
sAFE;t NOTHING TAKEN.

For the fourth time within six
months thieves have entered the
grocery store OF Walter Bishop. Here
tofore their efforts have been confin-
ed to the West Side store. Last
night they took try at the Oklaho-
ma avenue store.
Entrance was gained by breaking
the glass In the front door and cut-
ting the Yale lock in two with Q
pair of bolt cutters. The work was
evidently done between midnight and
$3.50 o'clock. The. night watchman
made his round Of inspection shorty
before 12 O'Clock and again after 3.
$50 far have missed nothing"
said Mr.. Bishop today. can effort
was made to enter the store safe and
the cash register was broken into,
but nothing of value was taken; y
don't understand why the thieves
didn't take something They were
evidently after money only
Chief Mitchell is making an inves-
tigation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
s-HOUR LAW FOR WOMEN
EFFECTIVE JUNE 21s7

State Labor Commissioner w. Y.
Ashton, who is in Guthrie today, says
he is receiving numerous inquiries
daily from all sections Of the state for
information concerning the provisions
Of the nine-hour law for women, which
was passed by the recent legislature.
The inquiries in most cases are the
result of an erroneous impression that
the law is now effective. The bill
does not carry an emergency section
and therefore will not become a part
of the statutes of the state until after
June 81. Its provisions are not ap-
plicable to any city or town with a
population of 5000 or less. the last
federal census being taken as a basis
on which to determine the population
of any splaceA Il aV
Y 3'In an Of the inquiries | have re.
ceived there has been no adverse criti-
cism about the law, every one ap-
lparently being in favor OF it, said
Mr.. Ashton. II is his intention to
have several hundred copies Of the
law printed for distribution among
those who are interested in its pro-
visions aad we1 iss' sat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
COSTS STATE s4,420 TO
GET LAND TITLE CLEARED

The state Of Oklahoma will have to
pay to the Weddell Investment COM
pany the sum OF $4,420, with interest,
representing a mortgage. in order to
clear the title of the state to the
lands occupied by the reformatory at
Granite. This is the substance OF a
letter written by the Attorney Gen
eral to J. M Aydelotte OF the state
board of public affairs in reply to q
letter of inquiry that official had ad-
dressed to the Attorney General The
matter has been before the Attorney
General many times during the last
year, and the conclusion has always
been the same.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
.ANIMPORTANT
TAX QUESTION
IS DECIDED
BUILDING BONDS PURCHAS-
ED FROM BANKS CAPITAL
STOCK NOT EXEMPT

a., H. Huston. judge of the district
court, handed down a decision yes
terday deciding question Of much
interest to the tax payers of the
State of Oklahoma.
The question involved in the case
of the Logan County Bank against
the board of equalization of Logan
county was whether or not the state
had a right to tax that part of the
capital stock Of bank which is in
vested in public building bonds OF
the state.
The Logan County Bank filed a Pc
tition with the board Of equalization,
asking that fifteen thousand dollars
of their capital stock be exempted
from taxation, because of the fact
that the bank had invested fifteen
thousand dollars of their capital
stock in public building bonds of
the state, which are, by law, exempt
from taxation. The equalization
board refused to grant the petition
and an appeal was taken to the dis
trict court.
The County Attorney filed demur-
rer to the petition in the District
court, and the court decided that the
tax laid by the state on national
banks, state banks and trust com
panies is tax not on the capital of
the bank, but on the shares of the
stock of the stockholder, and that it
was immaterial how the capital OF
the bank is invested. The tax being
against the shareholder. The court
held that in case the tax was not
paid that ii is the duty of the bank
to withhold from the shareholder
dividends sufficient to cover the tax
on the shares, and that If necessary
to sell the shares in order to pay the
tax
At the time that the law was en-
acted authorizing the state to issue
the state building bonds, attorney
general West wrote an opinion hold
ing that If the banks of the state
would invest their capital stock in
these building bonds that that part
of their capital stock so invested
would be exempt from taxation. This
was done for the purpose of creating
market for these bonds and had the
court followed the opinion of attorn-
ey general West, the banks would
have escaped a major part of their
taxes.
Judge Huston's ruling is. however
to the effect that the tax will lie and
must be paid and thus save to the
other tax payers of the county an
additional burden which wonld have
been added had the court followed
the attorney generals opinion. l-.
County Attorney Arthur Swank
represented the state in the case.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
|OKLAH0MA GRANITE
| GOES TO TOXIC
GRANITE CONCERN RECEIVES
I LARGE ORDER, SOME OF
WHICH CANNOT BE FILLED

A. u. Smith OF Granie, superntend-
ent of granite cutting at the Granite
works Of that place is in Guthrie to-
day on business. He says his com
pany has just closed a big contract
from a large firm of Janapese archi-
tects at Toxic who want a big ord
er of Oklahoma granite. The speci-
fications call for 100 pieces 3x6xl
feet.
Mr.. Smith states that his plant is
not in position to handle an order
for such large quantity. and in fact
there is no other quarry in Oklaho-
ma which can do so He has replied
to the Japanese inquiry, and ventures
the hope that 1t will not be a great
while until sufficient capital can be
invested in Oklahoma marble quar-
ries to make such orders a mere
bagatelle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
JAIL BREAKERS
e (. MAKE GOOD ESCAPE


Cole Shumake, David Smith, II. G.
Burnett and William Holiday, the
four men who fought their way out OF
the county jail at Muskogee late Mon
day, badly wounding two jail guards,
are still at liberty. taN aaail lii
The last news heard from them was
that they had reached densely TIM
bered region of the Canadian river
and were headed for the Kiamachi
mountains. The posses have abandon
ed the trail.
The four men are thoroughly armed.
They are stealing horses, riding them
down and then taking fresh mounts
whenever the horses begin to weaken.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14

Russians by the thousand have sur
rendered to German armies in Poland
This photograph shows one method
Herbert Corey, the famous war cor
respondent, has written stories of sur
render which indicate that many Rus.
SLAMS believe they will be better fed
when taken prisoner. That has been
big inducement for them to lay
down their arms. In any case, scenes
of two and three hundred Russian
prisoners. guarded by three or four
German soldiers are not uncommon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
MANY STAIRS ARE ON IN
|D|AN PAYROLL IN OKLAHOMA

Special to The Daily Leader.
Oklahoma City. April divide
spread discussion and comment on
the arrest of Henry Starr. who is nov
in jail at Chandler, has led an inquis
tive person in the Cherokee country
TO investigate the rolls of the Chero-
KEGS and count the number of per-
sons of that name therein.
II has been found that there are
more STAIRS on the rolls of that tribe
than persons of any other name ex-
cept vann. of the latter there are
500. while the STAIRS number eco
These Starr members of the tribe
are not all related to each other.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
Germans Hold on TenaciousIi

Petrograd. April 1.-THE Austro-
German forces, which still hold the
isolated SUBMITS OF the Carpathians,
are contesting stubbornly every Fool
of Russian advance along the front
from Bartfeld to aStry This front
runs almost due east and west for
one hundred and fifteen miles. Bart
field is in the northern part OF Hu1i-
gary, and Stry is In eastern 'Galicia.
south Of Lemberg. Attacks and coun-
ter attacks follow with such rapidity
that both sides may be said to be
taking the offensive simultaneously
The shocks are resulting in heavy
casualties
& Uhsok, near the anountainfaof that
name, still remains In the possession
of the ,Austrians. but the Russians
have captured the heights to the
northward, coming within three
miles of the railroad station and their
occupation of the town itself Is ex-
pected to take place By nightfall.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
MEXICAN ..
a SITUATION
ALARMING
GEN. FUNSTON AGAIN AS
SUMES Personal COM
MAND ON BORDER

Washington. d. c., April 14.-Maj.
Gen. Frederick Funston. commanding
the American forces on the Mexican
border. is enroute today from San
Antonio to Brownsville. to take per
sonal charge of the situation there,
which has again become threatening
as result OF the firing of Mexican
bullets into American territory. ini
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
N A I ION
IS AFFECTED B Y
DRY v|CT D 0R|E 5
"WETS" LOSE TO PROS IN
MANY STATES OF THE
UNION

| Washington April 14.--Recent ell
ections have SO greatly increased the
dry territory in the United States
that distillers are finding their
chances for sales restricted to such
an extent that they are decreasing
their output materially.
AS a result, shortly after May i
the commissioner of internal revenue
will instruct various local collectors
to discharge a number OF gaugers
who have been employed at the dis
ltilleries up to now..aa f
Peoria. where more spirits are dis
titled than in any other city In the
country will suffer most from the
order. The Peoria distillers already
have decreased their output to such
an extent that about 90 to % per
cent of the gaugers there are with :
out employment. l.. 4p
On May | the removal of gaugers
from the rectifying houses will in
crease the number laid off to be-
tween 35 and 40 per cent of the Peor-
ia force.
!. Under the law, the collector of in
ternal revenue is compelled to drop
all above Is per cent of the unassign-
ed men.
Congress at the last session added
to the troubles of both the distillers
and the gaugers by providing that
hereafter the government will sup
ervise only gauging in rectifying
houses. The dis!tilleries must do
their gauging hereafter.
When the city of Des Moines went
dry recently large orders were I'M
mediately wiped off the Peoria slate.
When the entire state of Iowa goes
dry next January, Peoria will suffer
further.
The closing of saloons at the Mich
dgan summer resorts also cuts into
the Peoria distilling receipts materi-
ally.
G. F. Rinehart. superintendent OF
the Dry Chicago federation, in an ad-
dress delivered at the Central Y. NJ
C. A. declared "the people of Chica-
go pay out $40 over the saloon bars
for every dollar of revenue they re-
ceive in return"
"A man who played slot machine
which returned 81 for every $50 in
vested. as the saloon does the city,
he said. would be regarded as fiji
candidate for the insane asylum. and
the community which does the same
! thing has no more sense than he.
''The world has solved seyera
problems and it will solve this in the
way that it has solved the others. Nc
question is ever settled until 1t is
settled right.
The pool hall problem is serious
one. but it is only one detail of &
thousand connected with the saloor
problem. Nine times out of ten ;
scientific investigation of the poo
hall product will reveal alcoholic de.
generacy. even unto the third AM
fourth generation.
'The Y. M. c. A. Is particularly in
iterested in the development of men
1t is doing a marvellous work in th'
line OF conservation. The develop
ment OF manhood is retarded BY thu
saloon. 1t is your worst enemy"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
FIELDS OF HUNGARY WON
BY0NRusH|hG MUsC0V|TEs
AUSTRO N GERMAN FORCES
HOLD ISOLATED SUBMITS
OF CARPATHIANs
lBy Associated Press.

Lemberg, April 1f.--After most
desperate attack by the Russians on
the right flank of the Austrian po-
sition at Mezolaborcz, on the Hun
garian side of the East Beskid noun
tains and about fifty miles south Of
Przemysl the Austrians were forced
after twelve hour bloody battle, to
make precipitate retreat.
2 The whole main crest in this dis
trict. which the Austrians have con-
sidered impregnable, now is in Rns-
sian hands.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
BAXTER AND NELSON AP-
7 POINTED ON POLICE FORCE

Commissioner of Safety Mitchell
says he will personally assume the
duties of chief of police II have ap-
pointed Jim IBaxter AS plainf clothes
man and John Nelson as night desk
sergeant will, make no more
changes in the police force at present
later ON may" -
This afternoon a gang of 10 hobos
are on the street cleaning gang.
Every hobo that hits this town must
help the City Beautiful movement"
he said. tsu''a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14

FL Paso. Tex. April 14.-General
Villa is preparing to engage in an
other battle with the Carranza forces.
He has had reinforcements and with
the new men came several cannon and
machine guns An aeroplane has also
been secured by the villa forces. A
dispatch to a friend from Villa says
Don't believe all the news you read
in the Texas papers. | am still in con
troll and will be victorious all along
the line within a month"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
FUNERAL OF NELSON FRIDAY

Kansas City. Mo-. April 14.-Fun-
eral services for Col. William r.
Nelson, editor of the Kansas City
Star, will be held Friday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Bishop Cameron Mann,
Episcopal bishop of Florida. viii have
charge of the services. Bishop Mann
was an intimate friend of the
deceased.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
ATTORNEYS C0NsP|R[ TO
STEAL GUSHING LANDS?
KATIE FIXICO lLIlRED TO
Mt]SKOGEfs; SIGNED AWAY
RIGHTS, ALLEGED
Special Ia Thes Daily Leader.

VIZ
Sapulpa. Okla. April ia. .--R. iC. AL
len, Creek tribal attorney, has filed
In the district court Of Creek county
sensational suit duplicating promi-
nent business men of Muskogee, Ok
mulgee and Tulsa in what is alleged
to be an attempt at defrauding an
Indian Of oil property rights in the
Cushing field.
The suit is over the Katie Fixico
allotment. valued at $1000.OOO, con-
tanning four wells producing tota!
OF 5000 barrels Of oil per day.
According to Judge Allen. Katie
Fixico. a fullblood Creek Indian. in
herited the land from her brother.
Benoche Fivieo, who died in 1907.
The girl is an ordinary Indian
maid and is entirely ignorant Of
money values, according to Allen. VIII
liam P. Morton was her guardian
The girl reached her majority Feb
r,,ary- 10, l9t5s-and' Morton ceased to
be her. guardian. Upon the date OF
her eighteenth birthday. according TO
the petition. Katie Fixico was, taken
to Ckmulgee by her cousin. Malaske
Scott and was directed to the office
OF William Morton. The girl is all
legged to have been unaware that she
had reached her majority.
w p. Morton. who Is a merchant
liof Okmulgee. In partnership with his
brother, Walter w. Morton, is alleg-
ed to have directed the girl to go TO
Muskogee to meet Walter Morton and
another brother, 0. A. Morton, an at
torney of Tulsa.
The girl followed the direction OF
her former guardian and was escort
ed here by Malaske Scott and Sam
iHaynes. The three are alleged to
have gone to the office of III. r. Dem
ton. a Muskogee real estate man.
where deeds, bill of sale and other
papers conveying all the royalties
TIE oil and the gas leases Of the land
We're signed BY the girl
sAa Walter Morton is alleged to have
taken bill of sale conveying to him
all the royalties on the oil and gas
IN return for which he was to pay
$4,000, payable in .installments
amounting to so per cent of the roy
atty derived from the oil and gas on
the land A sum of $4,000 was at
once deposited by Morton in the First
National bank at Okmulgee, accord
ing to Allen, payable to Katie Fixs.o
Allen points out that as a result OF
the bill Of sale sixty per cent OF her
own royalties is paid to Katie Fixico
and forty per cent of the royalties
poes to Morton until the entire $22,-
500 is paid over to the girl and then
the entire amount of the royalty goes
to Morton. The Creek attorney
shows that by keeping all her royal
Nv to herself the girl would have ac-
cumulated $22.5OO in forty per cent
shorter time or in almost one-hall
the period which will be required py
Mortons installments and that there's
after she would still maintain the fuil
right to the royalties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE
THANKS THE LEADER.

= We wish to thank most y
= heartily The Daily Leader for its J
= support and cooperation in max ]
4 ing the Spring carnival in this !
= city a success. We appreciate )
4 the splendid moral support and !
= amount of space which was given
=. over to the carnival. and We feel }
=. that we are indebted to The Daily
:. Leader for creating the interest
x and causing the large attendance
< from over the county. for all of !.
:. which. we are very grateful, and J
x highly appreciate the same )
4 Carnival Committee. }
n !
-. . q. -. =. =. ~ I, =, q, = u y =. :,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
zeppelins Are Captured by French.

Zeppelins ARE Capturen py FRENCH
Paris, April IA The French war
department today issued the follow
ing official statement. Calm gen
orally was maintained along our front
during April 18th. A Zeppelin air
ship threw bombs down on Bailleul,
near the Belgian frontier, Its OBJ
ject was our aviation ground, but this
was not hit. Three civilians we're
killed Two German aeroplanes
were forced to descend within our
lines near Braine and Luneville. The
aviators we're taken prisoners, The
third German machine was winged
by the fire of our advance posts, and
fell near ornes. north of verdun, six
hundred yards from our lines. One
of the aviators was hit by bullet.
Beneche Fixico, who died in 1907.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
TRANSPORT Goes FOR
| REFUGEES IN MEXICO
(By Associated Press.)

Galveston, Tex, April 1.-THE
United States transport, Sumner,
sailed for Tampico today to take
aboard three hundred refugees who
desire to return to the United States.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14
FORCERIEs OF FREDERICK
WILL REACH $4,000
tBy Associated Press.)

st. Louis. Mo-. April l4.-The forg-
cries of A. II. Fredericks, who was
elected president OF the st. Louis
hoard of aldermen. last week, will
total $4,000. The grand Jury will re-
turn several more bills against him.
Fredericks said he would resign.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14

Well placed word for the|
Municipal bath house n1eansI
possible investor |
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-04-14

Try 4 want "a and see
What IL will do, Others get
results, why not you7
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-27


development OF the
But more
the OF
is
being for small payments to labor and
other
community and everybody paid all
the bank evidently
the situation but slightly changed
which practically offset themselves
called
Clearing House where representatives Of the
banks meet to settle their
its particularly those that
in
the
in
sells and
a
evident that the banks intimately related to the trade
dealer of his credit must be above question He
accommodation but he must conduct the business with such
obligations with demand
credit that shall always be the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-27

Gram'in ing, s. C.-Io letter from
Granting. Mrs. Lula Walden ssys:
81 was so weak before began tai
log Cardui. that IL tired me 10 walk
just little. Siocs taking it. | do all
the homework for my family Of nire,
and have not been in bed day.
Cardui is the greatest remedy for
women. on earth" Weak W men
ned arjui. It Is The ideiI wo-
mems o tic. because it is especially
adspt,d for womeb's needs. Ii re-
lisves backache. headache. dragging
feelings. and other femsle mi: cry.
Try C rdui. A few doses will show
you what it can do for you. 1t may
be just what you wsnt.-Advertise.
ment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-27
The Young Folks.

Ifme sss when Grandma wore q
shawl
And sat and sewed ell day;
And when the neiehbo folks would
eel.
Dear me, Su.r' she would saw.
Blu, these days Grandma paints and
pads
and was her dresses tight;
She's fond of the latest fads,
sud tangoes every night.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Time was when Grandma sewed all
dsy
On homespu1 end its ilk,
When she wore home-knit hoe. they
say,
A'd never dreamed of silk.
Nov she plays bridge from morn
sill night
With all the snartest SET;
She's kCel 70. oil the fun 10 sight
"a cant lose Grandma yet.
Commercial Appeal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-27
HELP THE KIDNEYS


It's the little kilneys ills
Tf,e lame. weak or aching back
The unnoticed urinary disorders
That may lead t, dropsy and
BrCht's disease.
when the kidneys are weak.
Belp them with Dams Kidney
Pas.
a remedy especially for weak kid
aeya-
Dosn's have been used in kidney
1roubles for so years
Endorsed by 10000 peop'e-en-
Nfoused at home
Preof in q HopkinsvilIe citizens
statement.
III, Hayes, N. Clay ST.. Hop
kirsviile, saye: II had kidney trouble
which caused my back to ache. l
used box of Dosn's Kidney Pills as
directed, ard they soon cured me. "
Price SOC. at ell dealers. Don't
sintsy ask for kidney remedy-set
Dosn's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hayes had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Pro7s., Buffalo. N. Y.-Advertise'
meat.