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VOLUME XV
AllDMOHK, OKLAHOMA MONDAY KVKNINO MAY 17 liHV.l
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summon third grand jury
to hear muskogee cases
Tulsa. Okla.. May IB. Hecausc '
they fulled to find an Indictment
against C. W. Turner and W. F
Hutching of Muskogee in the town
lot fraud cases, now before them,
Judge Mnrshnll dismissed tho grand
Jury einisinolotl Inst Tuesday and
called for n new one to report in
Tulsa next Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
Dlsnvlssnl wan made upon a motion
filed liy Dint riot Attorney W. .1.
flregg in charge of the investiga
tion. Gregg charged In IiIh motion
that Improper influences hud heen
brought to Itenr upon tho Brand jury. '
The grand Jury nlstr.lssed today
wan drawn from the western district
of old Indian Territory, and .Judge
Marshall ordered the new Jury to be
dmwn from the eastern district, ex
eluding Muskogee, county. In speak-
Ing of the dismissal of the grand
Jury Governor Haskell made the
following statement this nftemoou:
"It looks to me at) If tho attor
ney for the government though'
they were the grand jury. What
Is the une or having a grand Jury i
if the district attorney and special
attorney general onn override the
grand jury and dony It tho right 1
to exercise lUt own sound judgment?
"Tho district attorney told the
court that tho government had sub
mitted nil tho evidence It had In the 1
llutchlngs-Turnor case, and the;
proper function hold the evidence
Insufficient to find nn Indictment
grand jury In the exercise of Its
ngulnst thorn. lleoauso tho govern-1
mont attorneys did not agree with ,
the grand jury on ttte questions of.
fact involved, they asked and obtain
ed Its di 'charge.
"Ah to tl.T charge of Improper In
fjiionoe upon "io grand jury, set
forth in the district attorney's mo-!
tlon. the court stnted that it was too
Indefinite to deservo consideration
and that such matters should be
presented In the proper way, and
specifically, so that they could lie I
nuswared. Wo will at any time lie
ready to answer any charge of
undue influence upon tho grand Jury
or of Improper conduct in any way.
At any rate we shall ask that the
government attorneys answer to our '
charges of gross misconduct against
them."
The grand Jury had done noth
ing tills morning In the way of ex-,
aminlng additional witnesses. They
only deliberated over the evidence
presented to them during the week.
They failed to find an Indictment i
and adjourned nt noon until Mon
day morning. They will not lie back .
.Monday ami tho new Jury will be
Impaneled Tuesday.
All witnesses who testified this
week have been ordered to remain
In the city until next week. Addi
tional witnesses hae been sum
moned from Ohio. Tennessee, Illi
nois and Texas to report at Tills. i
next week. Whether these will be
ordered to stay tlieir Journey for a
few days or not is not known
Governor Haskell returned to Till-
I'S BIG
FIREMEN
VAL AND GALA CELEBRATION
The randest and best ever held in Ardtnore
6 - BIG DAYS - 6
MAY 17 to 22
Attractions furnished by The Lachman Mighty
Hippodrome Shows.
10 HIGH CLASS ATTRACTIONS 10
Sensational Free Acts.
Located on lot near foundry. Don't forget the time
and place. Come out and have a jolly good time.
rnlnit nfter addressing
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I'ress UMHiciatlon at
t'luremore.
Following are n summoned
by Judge Marshall- 'jfternoou to
roinirt next Tuesday ami compose
the new grand Jury:
T. I. HavM. Stewart. Okla; C. G
Harvey. Colbert. Okla.; Urnest Wil
liams, Southwest City, Mo.: Goorge
lllghtowor. Darren, Okhi.; S. A. Hen
nett, Uurtlesvlllo, Okht.; W. T. Hal
ley, Pryor Creek. Okla.; .1. A. John.
Hush Springs, Okla.; W. T. Murphy,
Vlnltn, Okla.. It. F. 1). No. 1: Wil
liam J.ee. Haymoii. Okla.; Claude
Thompson, Grove, Okla.; L. Iuipnon,
Cltra. Okla.: 1. II. Price, Hugo OklH.;
.Ino. W. Woods, Hugo, Okla.: W.
li. Petty, Dutch Mills. Ark.; I". T.
Klllson, Catoosa, Okln.
Continued insinuating attacks upon
Governor Haskell by the Tulsa
World has called from the gov
ernor nn excoriating statement in
which he dolves Into tho history of
tho World Publishing company, finds
out who la responsible for the at
tscks and then proceeds to admin
ister a drubbing that all but spar
kles. He finds that W. J. Gregg, one
of the government attorneys in the
town lot prosecution, is vice pres
ident of tho World Publishing com
pany. He discovers also that George
G. Hayiio, president of the company,
is now on tho Pacific coast, and
attributes certain no and edito
rial utterances to Gregg.
"It Is fair to assume," says Gover
nor Haskell, "that Mr. Gregg is al
lowing his newspaper to oreato prej
udice against one of tho defendants
at whom these venomous ami un
truthful newspaper articles ore aim
ed. There was only one town lot de
fendant named in Teecnt articles
In the 'World and his name was
mentioned eleven times. Shall we ns
sumo that they have dropped all
other defendants and are finally
admitting tholr real purpose of de
siring to Involve only one man?"
Tho governor also charges that an
officer of the World company recent
ly made the assertion that the pros
ecution was purely political.
Tho charge In these cases Is
known as a misdemeanor under the
federal law, but tho government has
four attorneys, two of whom are
from tho far east, noted for smooth
manipulation, three chief detectives
and 2fi subordlnatiw, making a total
of ,1.". lawyers and detectives repre
senting tho government.
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FARM AND CITY LOANS.
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Wo nro In position now to
mak0 quick loans on good
(arms and city property for 5,
7 and 10 years. Reference to
any bank In Ardmoro as to
our reliability.
DREW & RAMSEY.
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SPRING FESTI
Free Band Concerts.
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HOLD UP TRAIN
ROD MAIL CAR
ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH BOOTt
AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN
20,000 NEAR SPOKANE.
.. . dlcatlng that they Imd been Involv
ed In other train holdups in the vie.
USE MALICIOUS CRUELTY s"oU"" th "w ASSAILANT MADE HIS ESCAPE
Send Wild Engine and Car Back to
Track After Robbery Crashing Into
the Coaches Where Several Passcn-
gers Are Hurt.
SiKiknne, Wash., .May 1C In tho
holdup of the (Ireat Northern passen
ger train No. 3. between Colbert and
.Meade, shortly before midnight last
night, twelve persons were Injured
when tho engine and mail ear atartHl
running wild down the track by tho
bandits nfter they lmd Hlled the mulls,
collided with the rninliilng ears of tho
train. The bandits detached the en
gine and mall car of the train, ruu
them down the track a short distance,
and then, after the registered mails
iiad been opened, they sent the on
giuo back to collide with the ears
standing on the track.
The conductor smw the wild ru n
coming down the track at the rate oti
twenty-tlvo miles an hour when they
wore, a short distance away, and he
and one of the trainmen placed a
tie on tho track in an effort to stop
their made High t. The engine and
car were partially stopped by thU
mollis, but plunged into the coaciiee.
Uliero was n loud crash mid the pH
songers were thrown yrom their
seats, most of tho Injured being hurt
by glass from tho broken windows.
When the train reached Coloen
some switching had to be done.
While the engine crew was busy at
tills work two men suddenly appear-1
eil in tho engine call, and thrusting t j
revolver against the body of Kngli
eer William .Miller, ordered him to do
as commanded. The engineer and Hie
man John Hall, obeyed. The mail
car was coupled onto the train uu.t
pulled out. After the train had pro
ceeded a t'ow miles tho engineer and
his llreman were forced to leavo tho 1
call. Two of tho robbers than vron
to the door of tho mall car and order
ed it opened. Their command was
obeyed by Benjamin Stumpf, the mall
clerk. Meanwhile two other bandits 1
were with tho euingeer and llremaii,:
who were uncoupling tho mnil car and
tile locomotive. Soon after tho train '
stopped Conductor C. I... Robertson
Jumped from a car, but was driven i
back by a score of revolver shots
Hastily climbing into tho cab, tho
outlaws scut tho engine hurtling down
the track how far is not known.
As soon as tho conductor wub
aware that there was a holdup ho sent!
a brnkemnii to tho rear of the unm
i
to prevent a, collision and had anotii-1
ei hrakcmnu cut in on tho telegraph
wire to send word to Spokane. A
third member of tho train rr.-w was :
hurried to the station with tho news.
About half an hour after tho engliio
and mall car bad disappeared, thoy
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l urried preparations were made to
ditch the runaways, but without com-
pbto success. Two special tralnloails
of deputies were hurried from Spokauo
when the word of the holdup was re
ceived. Hoc-tors also were taken out on the
train to care for tho Injured. Chief
Uynu of Hillyard went out with a,
posseo and surrounded all the roads
leading toward Spokane. No trace of,
the robbers was found. It Is believed 1
that the unudlth obtained a large sum ;
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MONEY MONEY MONEY
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To loan on farm property In
any county In the State or
Northern Texas. Money ready
ns soon as title Is perfect.
I pass ill Mm nil loans and the
title. Huslness strictly pri
vate. I loan to Freedmen and
pay out the day application
Is mnde.
GEO, R.
Nob!o Untitling
FISH
til' :iii)iu y from th t catered m.i:I
,ui tint being placed .it 20.ttn.
The bandits who c limed Into tie
.iti .ne lacrlhd a follows:
On- more than alx feet tall, weigh
ing more t tin it 100 pounds, face wrlnk
l.il. aiwnit :'. years old or older, evi
dently an experienced engineer; the
other about live teet, nine inches ta'l
ami weighing about 170 pounds. .n
they entered the. cab the talt man anld
to the engineer:
"You have heard of ns before," in-
T. N. Wilson and wife of Spokane
were seriously injured Mr. Wilson
surfer. -d a fracture of two ribs iind
Mrs.. Wilson was badlv bruited,
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FT. SMITH COMPRESS BURNS
BIC PRESS AND FIVE THOUSAND
BALES OF COTTON DESTROYED.
COVERED BY INSURANCE.
I-nrt Smith. Ark.. Ma v 17 -Plre here
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early today destroyed the Von Smith I
compress and Its contents of 5.000 ,
Isiles of cotton.
The hvss is etlniated at $300,001
covered by Inmirnnc. i
It is believed to hav been the work 1
nf liinoiiillnrle na Hie tin mint lirnt.-e
out in a dozen different places In the'
yard.
ARE BRINGING IN SPECIMENS
ONE OF NATURALISTS WITH
ROOSEVELT TO COMMENCE
..PRESERVING ANIMALS.
Nairobi, llrltlsh Bust Africa. May i
17. ICdmuml Haller, one of the nat- j
tirullsts of the Ilmisrlt expedition,
ennie Into Nairobi today with some !
fifty specimens of animal and bird 1
life that are to bo cured and pre
served here.
They Include one rhinoceros, six
i lions, two giraffes, twenty small
I kinds of game and various kinds
1 of birds.
HAINS RECEIVES SENTENCE
SLAYER OF' ANNIS GIVEN IN
DETERMINATE TERM OF FROM
EIGHT TO SIXTEEN YEARS.
Flushing, I- f.. May 17. Captain
Peter C. Halns, Jr., was today sen
tenced to serve an Indeterminate
sentence of eight to sixteen years
In prison for killing William B.
Anuls.
KANSAS BANK DYNAMITED
ROBBERS AT SHAWNEE, KANSAS.
NEAR KANSAS CITY, BLOW
SAFE AND GET $600.
Kansas City, Mo .May 17. Hank
robbora dynamited tho safe of the
snawneo state naim in biiawnee.
' Km nun 4 nenwa tin llfwt tium Imru
1 tl,ln' 11,1,1 oseaped
'ey and checks.
with $000 In
QUARREL ABOUT FENCE LINE
FATAL ENDING TO CONTROVER-
SY IN INDIANA FATHER AND
SON ARE KILLED.
Uiebiiiond, Intl., May 17. A contro
versy over a line of fence between
two farmers today resulted In death
.. by shooting of Alexander Meek ami
it , Raymond Meek, bis son and the se
;i nous injury oi i-imuk uuusuacK ami
his son, Frank.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
New Orleans, Ia., May 17.
The weather forecast for
tonight and Tuesday Is unset
tled with probable showers to
night or Tuesday.
ATTACKED RY
A NEGRO MAN
WELL KNOWN YOUNG COUPLE OF
CHEROKEE. KAN.. ATTACKED
ON STREET AT MIDNIGHT.
Juki coming into their own. The im
provident and sol: impoverishing
White Man Shot and Wife Dragged method In vogue in th south are be
Two Blocks, Where Black Was ing shed and the south will emerge
Frightened Away Mob Searching
for Negro.
Cherokee. Kan., .May 17. T. H.
Hunter and wife, well known young
Ieople of this city, were HtUieKeit n
a negro tin Main ativet hero lat mid
night, iKrth receiving aevere Injuries.
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ine ileum iiPiiuernieiy anoi 1 miner,
breaking his collarbone. He then '
grRnbed Mm. Hunter toid drugged her
two blocks, when he beenme frighten-
IH ,! m nwav
Mrs. Hunter was unconscious wh-ei
her assailant ran. hut recovered hi
few mlllllteS.
The town is amused and If the tie-
gro is caught there will probably lie u
lynching.
Hunter is an employe of the St.
IauiIs San l-'raiicim o railway her.-.
JAMES J. HILL AND TARIFF
SAYS THE PEOPLE OF THE CO'JN-I
TRY WANT BILL TO BECOME
LAW SO THEY CAN COMPLY.
Washington,- M"by 17. Itxif resiling
Indeed in the midst of all tho tariff
turmoil and strife that has held Wiihli
ington in its grip for the past thr.'e
mouths is the voice of James J. Hill,
the great builder and developer of th
northwest, that the people don't ca."e
a cuss what they do about the tar'if
Just so they do It at once.
The voice of Mr. Hill, too Is one to'
which the people nro lncliuen to :end
ear. Tho simplicity and vigor with
which lie puts tho case tloes not leavo
room for a doubt as to Ills meaning
or his sincerity. Ho says there Is ft
big wheat crop in tho northwest this
year, and that the farmers of tho
south and west nro doing better nnd
more progressive work then they hiivu
ever dono before and that this Is of
far greater I in ortauco tlinn tho fact
that a tariff hit is In the making and
that Washington Is the storm center
for thoso who have an Industry which
they want protected uiul which tiny
aver will be ruined ir it is not pro
tected. Mr. Hill says that the princi
pal concern of tho people, the grortt
masses who are out on the farm pro
ducing wealth for tho country. Is for
the tnrlff bill to become tt law so
that they may adjust themselv. to It wlcli convenes hero tomorrow to re
whatever It may be. and proceed as Investigate tho alleged Muskogee tow !
If nothing Intel happened.
"Of courso there is u certain elns
of .)0),.llo w)0 thllk th(ll ,.Kii-i,.t.Iim
,s Uw (M)ro.(lil. nnd the number
evils It may rectify or create to their
mind is legion. Hut not so to the vut
majority." lie takes the same view
of tho stock and bond market of New
ork, Insisting that that Is purely n
local issue in which New York Is prin
cipally Interested.
No man hits n more optimistic vl iw
of the general business outlook of tb
ctry than this sturdy old farmer
ff tli.1 nrit-4liu-at Vnr t r Hill ttt n
farmer and when he speaks of farming
condition he knows whereof he'
speaks. He has one farm of 0.000
ucres nnd another of 30,flon tiosnie
several smnllor ones and he runs
tlieso farms on a scientific basis, nnd
on tllfin )le has gnlned that ainioit
wizard like knowledge of ngrlculturo
. , tll0 Ilorti1Wet that has been th"
wonder of tho country for many years,
nnd which compels nttentlou when-
over he speaks on the subject of ngrl-
tt cultural conditions.
tt Mr. Hill has been ono of tho most
tl ardent ndvocntos of freo lumber th.it
tt has boon In Wnshlngtou. but nt the
tt samo time ho does not believe for a
tt moment that tho lumber business wdl
tt ' not go on in Its orderly way just the
tt same whether lumber is placed on th
tt freo list or not There H scarcely r
""' wmi.'Ii ti-,. himself ll.illi'i il
w 'i ii Ml Mill diM-usses the trfiln wli.i
I..UI Til.- I.it lliii- he was in WaMi
.'iittun I., i:ill.(i il the Whit hour
in ih In- riiHtiim, ,ui(l had a long i'.
tcrvlew nli lres blent T.ift. an. i
hleii li.' left Washington lii ii mor
opttmlHlie iihshI Hi tt li ever.
The compliment paid tlH sown u,
Mr. Hill, who has nearly nil of his Interests-centered
In the north an!
wnt. Is worthy more than passing n.
tire, o aald that to the south and
southwest must lie looked for th.
greatest Inrtuntrial and agrlculttr.il
development in the country within th
ih'M few year, for the farmer are
from Its chrysalis and take its proper
place as the great producing section
of tho country. He looks for the sumo
rapid progress In agricultural devel
opment In that aettlou of the United
.Suites tliut has chartifttorltcd the west'
within the past quarter of a century.
ACQUIT GIRL AND FATHER.
'cc ucnoon Not Guilty of Infante'
clde I
Oklahoma City. May Hi.- Alice Uea-'
con. the girl scIukiI teacher of Walter.
Okln.. arrested two weeks ago as hav.
ing been the mother of a baby whose
dead Isnly was found by the side of a
culvert, was declared not guilty at her
preliminary trial at Walter yesteruav
evening. Kugene Doucon, father of
,1H girl, who was arrested as being
Hie father of the clillil. will be dis
missed tomorrow when bis trial comes
up. Tlie alfalr has created Intense
feeling at Walter and over r.OO puopin
attended the girl's trial yesteroav.
When she was acquitted tho wildest
demonstration followed. The girl and
her family nro esteemed ns respecta-
,l10 l,yl,1-
Act Cuts Down Schools. ;
, Vlnltn. Okla,, May It!. According to
n statement of Superintendent Ilene
! diet, supervisor of Indian schools, one
' half of the country schools now holm;'
supported by the congressional appro
priation will he discontinued with tho
present school year. Instructions :)
this effect have gone forth to tho
lxiards of trustees of the schools af
fected. This action is necessitated by the
action of cohgress In appropriating
lint $irii.000 ns u maintenance budget,'
I in lieu of the $300,000 appropriation
, of l'.tOS. This act of congress further
, provides that when tho new state in
1 fully capable of maintaining us own ,
schools Independent of federal aid
tills practice tif rjovcrnmout mainten
ance of country public scliols will
cease.
MORE WITNESSES AT TULSA
TWENTY WITNESSTS ARRIVE
FROM OHIO AND TENNESSEE
FOR THIRD INVESTIGATION.
Tulsa. Okla., May 17. Twenty wit
nesses from Ohio and Tennessee ar
rived here today to testify before the
federdl grand Jury I mitigation.
lot fraud case.
SHERIFF SUSPENDED.
Charges of Misconduct In srv.e
Against Officer.
Okmulgee. Okla.. May 10. Ily an
agreement between the commUslo'i
er and Sheriff McCulIey of Okmulgee
county, tho latter lias been suspended
pending tho outcome of charges
.lKutnst him of misconduct in olllce.
Undersheriff Moon, who had been
serving under .McCulIey, has been ap
pointed sheriff.
u. S. Supreme Court,
Washington, May 17. The V. S
Bupreine court is holding ti sluing
today for tho announcements of deel
gomi ttnj the hwtrlng of motions. It
wll ladjourn for t he term on the
31st.
$1,000,000 TO LOAN
On City Real Estate and Good Farms
Prompt Service. Lowest Rates. Most
Reasonable Terms.
GORMAN, BOGIE & DOBBINS
I'hone 50 Over City Nnfl Hunk
CASE OF VON
VLISSINQEH
TWO CHICAGO BANKERS APPEAR
ETORR REFEREE IN BANK
RUPTCY IN CHICAGO TODAY.
ABOUT HIS CONFESSION
Chicago Forger Snye He Confesse I
to Thorn More Than Four Years
Previous to His Confession Their
Stery of This Sensational Case.
Chicago. III., May 17. Maurice H.v
senfeldt and tternard lloseberg. o
whom Peter Von VMssennen. forg. t
for more than one million dollar
In mortgages. Is alleged to nae
confeHMKl his crime four years pn
vloiis to his public admission of guilt
appeared before the referee In b .ns
ruptcy ttxlay in connection witu
Von Vllasengen's affairs.
Itosenfeldt. declared that Von Vhs
sengoti cotihwaed to the forgerli
but Jed him to bellevw that he an I
Hoseuberg were tho only person.
Involved.
Itosenberg said that Von Vllsson
gen told him his embarrassment
was only tomimrary nnd that In
could repay everything nt the rate
of $1,000 weekly.
This contradicts Von Vltssengen's
testimony, ho having declared that
he informed Itosenberg nnd Rosen
feldt that he could repay them only
by swindling others.
READY FOR ST. LOUISANS
MUSIC AND SPEECHES WILL BE
ON PROGRAM AT ELKS WED
NESDAY NIGHT.
Arrangements nro almost complete
Tor the entertainment here on Wed
nesday evening of tho 100 St. Louis
business men who nro on a trade
extension trip to this state, and
who wll stay nil night at Ardtnore
In tholr special train.
A short program of music, fur
nished by tho howenstoln orchestra
will bo enjoyed at tho Blks hnll,
a ImiwI of punch will bo at the
servlco of tho guests and somo im
promptu speeches will doubtless bo
made, hut will bo to no set arrange
ment. Thu visitors will bo called on
to furnish n sliaro of tho evening's
amusement and have said that they
want to entertain the btislti(3: men
on the train for an hour or so.
A large delegation will meet the
.spoclnl trnln at Madlll nnd accom
pany them to Ardmore.
Glass Manufacturers Meet.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 17. About for
ty glass manufacturers from tho
middle west are holding a secre'
meeting here today.
Have you found soma thing? A
want nd will find tho owner for yo
I' you lost something a wttnt aa
will find it for you.
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TO LOAN
ON FARM PROPERTY
Wo examine your title.
We Inspect your property.
AVe draw your papers.
We pay out money right now
If you want a loau qulokly
see us.
UOOKBlt & AXDEUTON.
Over l'ostofflce. Ardtnore.
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