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iVOLUME XXXIV.
GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING,
,J A N T A I? Y 4, 19.10
LAST EDITION.
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HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL
III 10 YEARS
EXTENDS OVER GREATER
PORTION OF TRANS MISS
ISSIPPI VALLEY
ft
STORM ACCOMPANIED
BY COLD NORTH WIND
ft
Assumes Almost Proportions ot
Blizzard in Iowa and
Nebraska
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas Cita;, Mo., Jan. 4. Snow
and sleet fell over the greater portion
of the trans-Mississippi valley today,!
accompanied by a cold north wind,
with a temperature close to zero In
Iowa ami Nebraska. In Central and
Western Kansas the Jail of snow is.
the heaviest in ten years, extending
west Into Colorado.
Twelve inches of snow Is on thoj
ground now ami the storm continues,
In Western Kansas all trains are late, i
The temperature in Central and West
ern Kansus and In Northern Oklabo.
ma averaged nine above. There is no
great interference with traffic In
Southern Kunsas, In Iowa and Ne-f
braska the storm has assumed the
proportions of a blizzard and much
delay In traffic It being experienced.
Business Crippled At Muskogee
Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 4 A falling
temperature accompanied by u fine
mist of rain has resulted in a heavy
coating of Ice on the pavements of
Muskogee and they have become so
slick that merchants have taken off
their delivery wagons and business
is badly crippled. Newsboys cannot
ride their routes and four horses
have been killed while attempting to
work on the streets.
a mist that was falling early Inst
evening became a sled shortly after
10 o'clock and by 11:30 the sidewalks I
were cowreri with ice. Because oil
ike brick pavements where the grades
were steep being dangerous for sev-1
eral hours pedestralns were com-j
pelled to use the streets for safety.
Late in the morning the tomperotur
modified and the light snow aided
much in ridding the walks of their!
dangerous character. with the day
came further moderation and side
walks were soon passable without
deaar lo life or limit.
All trains were greatly delayed,
those from the East and North being
hours late. The heavy sleet, the
first In many years in this section,
was not all melted away when the
neon-hour change of temperature
came.
Several accidents were reported
last evening, a traveling man who
had been in his room In one or the lo
cal hotels falling to the brick walk
and sustaining quiie seveie bn
serious injury.
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BUILDING PLANS IDE IPPDDVED
The state hoard of affairs today
adopted nnd approved the plans and
specifications for two new buildings
for the Eastern Oklahoma hospital
tor Insane at Vmlia. The board will
later order bids adtertlaed for the
erection of the buildings which will
cost fCO.OOd and $jOfi,(iOfi respectively.
Reported That Alleged Post
office Thief "Fence" is
Heady to Talk
It Is reported tha' A. 12. (fames, the
Oklahoma City pawnbroker who is
confined in the Federal jail here
pending action of the grand jury on
cbaige of wilfully purchasing and dls
ixising or Government stamps, has
made a partial confession to the Gov
ment nnUflffli-e illSllCCtOlS work
ing on the case. Chief Inspector!
Gregg, of the Denver Secret service
office, urrlved last night and Is work
ing on the case. The Inspector, it is
state,! believes that a fall confession
will he forthcoming from Gomez a
little later. He has nlready. It Is stat
ed, told enough to implicate several
oilier partlsH.
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(Associated Press)
New Orleans,
rain or snow;
day; colder In
Jan. 4.
warmer
west.
-Tonight
VVednes
ooiQoeoioiooifiio
GRANTS CITIZENSHIP PARDONS
Upon the recommendation of State
Wat den It V. Dick, Governor Has
kell late Mondav afternoon issued
twenty-one citizenship pardons toj
Oklahoma convicts whose terms ex
pire during the month o! January, an
follows: G. T. Junkins, Canadian
county, one year for grand larceny: ;
Arthur Lee, Craig county, two years j
for grand larceny; Arthur Vandever.
Adair county, two years, adultery: :
Wrn. Wilson, Kingfisher, two years,!
grand larceny; Charles V. Baker,
Pottawatomie county, one year, burg-;
lary; Simpson Tiger, Mcintosh conn-!
iv, felonious assault; Willie Ashley,'
Coal county, forgery; Joseph BrudaJ
Coal county, assault lo kill; James!
Crittenden, Adair county, two years,
manslaughter; Jasper Colbert, Coal
county, one yar, forgery; Charles
Tilley, Pottawatomie eoutuy, four
veers, larceny of domestic animals;!
W. S. Wilson, Canadian county, one
year, embezzlement; George Mason,!
Pittsburg county, nine years, larceny;
Robert Jackson, Pontotoc county, two
years, forgery; Win. Jackson No. 1
and W'm. Jackson N'o. , both from
Caddo county, two years each, as-j
Bault charge; Leslie Williams, Kiowa j
county, two years, grand larceny;
nave Kvens and Joseph Darling, !
both from Cherokee county, one year'
each, false pretences; John McKin
ley. Rogers county, two years, burg
la y; I.ou Simons. McCurtaln county,
one year, larceny.
WOLF HEADS COUNTY
Frank Wolfe, of Crescent, county
commissioner from the Third district,
late Monday afternoon vttifi elected
chairman of the board for the en
suing year, succeeding Kd Oberhol
er of the First, district, who has of
ficiated tis chairman the past two
ears. .
The commissioners adjourned late
ibis afternoon after a two days' busy
session at which a great volume of
routine business was transacted, The
regularly monthly and quarterly
claims were allowed and Ihe quart
erly reports of the various county of
ficers were checked over and approv
ed. DEFENDANTS PLEAD,
'HOT GUILTY Y'R HONOR'
Despite Which District Judge
Sets Their Respective Cases
For Hearing
Judge A. II. Huston held a brief
session of district court this morn
ing which was (taken up by Obe at
ruigiiment of defendants in criminal
eases and the selling of the causes
for trial.
"Jim" Owens entered a plea of not
guiltv to charge of murdering Mrs
Maria. Simmon:-', an aged negress.
His demurrer i the indictment was
overruled and (be case sat ror trial,
on January 20.
Wm, B. Bonnetl and Robert miii
also entered pleas of not guilty to
Charge Of stealing I spun ot mules
from Allen C'-uk and I heir case wai
set, for trial foi January -it.
Judge Huston sustained the demur-j
ror of the defendant to the Indict-1
ment in the case of State vs. Joel
Williams in which the defendant was
charged with at tempted burglary,
Can High and Will Itideii entered ;
picas of not guilty to forgery Charges
ami Ihelr cases were set for trial on I
January 19. 'as were the cases against
Moses flsrrold and Wm. McGee.
charged with disposing of mortgaged
propert y .
Harvey Q, Breedtn was arraigned
on the charge of disposing of mort
gaged property and given twenty-;
fOttf hours to plead.
An adjournment was taken until j
Baturdai morning.
PflTEET'S
The preliminary hearing of "Jim'
Pnteet, In which the defendant is
charged with shooting ai Knfurce
tnent Officer I'ricBt with intent to
kill and shooting Santa Fe Fireman
K. P. Tiernan through the window
;il the Alamo hotel three weeks ago,
ir being held this afternoon befon
Justice Soward. Frank Melinite is
representing Pot eel and County At
torney James Hepburn is prosecuting
Only clraumsiantla evidence is be
ing introduced at the hearing.
WILL AWARD STATE CONTRACTS
The state board of public affairs is
making preparations to award 'con
tracts for the next ouaiterly supplies
for the various state offices and the
forty-nine state Institutions, school
etc. The board awards contiacrs
each quarter to the lowest and be 1
bidder for the furnishing of supplies
upon the schedule bid upon. Yester
day was the last day for receiving
bids on contracts and Chief Clerk
Feeler Isl busy today tabulating the
bids for the consideration ot tf
beard.
ROIITION
A VICTORY
CRIMINAL C O
HOLDS SEC.
BILLUPS'
URT UP.
t, ART. 3.
BILL
COUNTY COURTS HAD
HELD TO THE CONTRARY
Affects Possession of Liquors
t
With Intention of Violating
the law
The criminal courl of appeals, in
an opinion by Presiding .
M, Ku.'tuan, holds Section
rung
l of
Henry
Article
as lite
which
posses-
!, Senate bill No. (11, known
prohibition enforcement act,
makes ir. an offense to have
ston of prohibited liquors with
intention of violating any of the
the
pro
o be
lest
visions ot t lie proiiitntton law I
i onsiltutlona) and valid, m the
cape of the Slate, of Oklahoma versus:
Uoorge Hotter, an appeal from the l,o !
t-.an county court.
The criminal court, reverses County
Judge j. c, Strang and other county
judges over the state who have held!
the above mentioned section of the
enforcement act unconstitutional for'
the reason that the clause embraces
different subject nuttier from thati
contained in the ikle of the act.
County Attorney James Hepburn1
took exceptions to the tilling of Judge,
Strang and appealed the case to the
criminal court of appeals oh an agreed'
statement of facts.
Judge St tang in the trial courl sus
tained the defendant's motion to
quash and set aside the information,;
holding that the section was uncoil j
Btltiitlonal.
This decision also affects a number
of similar cases pending In the coun
ty court Which will probably be tried
rt the next term of court.
Opinion By Doyle
The criminal court in an opinion
by Judge T. 11. Doyle, the ease, of N.j
N. Boncpnrte vs. United States, nnj
appeal from the United States fed
oral courl of the Southern district of
Indian Tertitdry on the ground thai
I be appeal w as not properly liken.
Bonaparte was convicted on the
charge of forging checks at
er and sentenced to three
the penitentiary.
McAlest-
ye.-.rs in
REPORTS SCHOOLS IN
The report of Citv Superintendent
W. S. Calvert to i he iChOOl board
last night shows the public schools
10 be in a flourishing condition, with
a decided increase in enroUment for
ihe new term which will commence'
Shortly, Tbiny-ttve additional pupils
rere enrolled yesterday at Lincoln
school, nineteen at Banner, twenty
One at Capitol HID and twenty at the
CtiiigiHs school, Superintendent Gel
ve t reports a slight decrease in Hie
average si tendance in the white
schools during December, WhiCtl be
a1tiibu.es to sic! nesS, with a net gain
sf Bpventy-fonr in the colored schools,
The board approved the action of
the teachers' committee in circling
Miss Ida W. Belt as principal of
Central school, succeeding Miss Nora
J . Cuoney, who has been granted
leave of absence for the remainder
of the year.
The sided Ion of Delia Windsor as
art supervisor In the separate schools
and the employment of Frances As
ibur and Clare (ioodenler as grade
teaehera In t;.e white sehooli was
also approved.
Superintendent Calveri also report-.
ed i in opening of un additional dOU
room in the basement of the Lincoln
school yeste day t0 take care of the
big increase in enrollment at that
school .
The. furniture and apparatus com
mittee was Instructed to pntemse
additional desks and supplies neees-i :
' tated by the increased enrollment In I
i the various ward schocHs.
The treasurer! repor ! showed the;
school lioard stiH running on a cash '
Ijasis, which was gratifying, as the
lioard had anticipated a big deficit.
City 8upeilnterid-nt Calvert reported
, iJo99 in the County treasurer's bands
eeUeeted from deUacjMMl taxes,
which would be ample to ran 'be,
beard until :he railroal tr.x InJunc-l
tiou esses in the Federal courts are
, settled.
The hoard adjourned until Satur
day evening when lae report .f the.
teaehera' examining committee wilt,
be received. In the event that any
of the teachet- now m j, loved ii, tbe
schools not passing the examination
which was conduced by ihe board
.luting the holidavs, cnd-r the ruling
of the board. r. teachers will be
put In fheir places next Monday.
MISSION PIM IHTERVfEHS
W. P. Kager-'Tlie commission
form of government is exactly whal
I want and what Is needed. Rvery
property owiier In Quthrte, 1 think, Is
also in favor of the proposition. The
only ones fighting it are the present
administration officers."
M. I,. Morrison (city contractor)
"I nm against toe proposition. Any
one that will sign a petition or vote
for a commission form of govern
nient is not a good Republican or
good Democrat.'
Will Undwall "The commission
form of government is the only thing
Paxes under neglectful council regime
are soaring high. The present Hepnh
lican admit is! ration is the only ones
against it.';
It. M. Dunham "Yes, I am In tai
or of Ihe commission plan of govern
ment. 1 signed the petition and am
Republican, I believe it to be the best
interest of the eiiy. W need a change
It is only the Republican ring fight
lug the proposition."
J. n. Punk-r' Anything for a change
over presem administration. A com
mission form of governmeol would
be the right Bt p to take for a greatsi
Guthrie "
fSd NlchoJa "The
is a winner. Guthrie
I'ommtsslon hb
should adopl
barter by ati meant
.loe Willis "We nei
ommlsslon form Of f
l a change, The
nvernment with
the right kind oi eommi
control would be a greai h
over preaenl methods."
noners in
provemonl
BEMUD DEPOT PLATFORM
Citizens of Seward, Logan county,
tiled (omplainl wllh the corporation
commission toila,.' for an order re
quiring the Hock Island road to street
a depot platform at thai place for
the convenience Of the traveling
public. They allege that the road
has a high grade through the town
and that it Is eatromelv difficult to
board n train.
railroad
her hm
Alleging that the FrlsCQ
company is responsible for
band's untimely death in a grade
crossing accident In this city on the
night of December 18, last, Mis. Nei
Ii6 W. Koch has filed a damage suit
for $r.,UOO in the district court ggajnst
the road Koch was struck, and in
atinUy killed by an A. V. & W train
backing Into Ihe Frisco station here.
His head was severed and both
legs
and arms were horribly mangled,
Mrs. Koch says the absence Of a Dlgltl
watchman at Ihe closing caused the
accident.
SCHOOL LANO EXPENSE
Maintainance ot Department,
Without Specific Appropriation
Now With Supreme Court
The supreme COtirll held a brief
session ibis morning with chief jus
tlce Kane presiding and till associate
I justices Silting except Mayes, who
is absent from the city, a number
of motions were disposed of ami sov
j eral attorneys admitted to practice
. before the court.
The test, case of Lew IJells vs. the
Commissioners of the Land Office.
,10 which the authority of the school
land commissioner; to pay for the
maintainance of th
partment out of tin
department in the
propria! ion by the
i issue, was argued
school
land de
revenues of I hut
thsence of an ap
legislature Is In
and submitted.
The suit was b'OUghl at the request
! of the governor, who bad put the
knotty Question up to both the First
and Second legislatures which
thai an appropriation was not
' essary.
The court convene for the
ary term next Tuesday with a
number of causes docketed for
rul el
nee I
Janu-
large
trial
D
Tense Scene in Court When
Woman Victim of Assault
Points Out Assailants
(T?y Associated I'resB.)
Kansas City, Me.. Jan. 4. A dra
matic spectacle was furnished In the
criminal court here today when Mrx.
W. H. Jackson told the story of bar
ai ..ait at Ihe hands of George Reyn
olds and John Wllllanis, negro,
bore on ihe night of December 23.
Mrs .l ie' on w.i so weak she
MUM hardly sit uprUjb-, in a chair,
bjit suddenly she jumped to her feet,
printed her linger at the prisoners
and fairly nc.ermed:
"Those are the men! ! Those are
the steal "
She later fainie.1 and it was several
minutes before she Oo.tld continue
her testimony.
The case will probably go lo the
Jury this afternoon. Thi- death sent
ence is like'y.
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CITY'S NEW i
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CHARTER
CONCISE DOCUMENT PRO.
VIDING FOR MUNICI
PAL GOVERNMENT
WILL RE UNDER THE
COMMISSION PLAN
Five Commissioners Will Be
Elected lo Head as Many
Municipal Divisions
Special to Daily i odder
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. i. in
briefest city charter ever written,
consisting of twenty four articles and
providing sole nrgauie law for
Okla
noma city,
llle coilllllill
munlclpa i corporation,
Ott charter formal Ion
composed of Freeholders Murphy,
Williams nnd Snyder, presented
Tuesday afternoon Its Bret draft of
the document which, in general form,
upon a favorable consideration from
the people and from the governor,
will be municipal rule for future oit
hahoma City, On this document all
argument leading to the final d aft
will be based,
Chief of Ihe features Is the n'llcle
establishing coirunissloners. Five oi
these are provided, each t head hi
municipal division, department of
general administration, department ol
health, department orf public safety,
department of public work! and de-
partment of public properly. Elec
tion of these OffKialS Bhwl c.inie,
upon lhi adoption of the chatter, bv
number. One hall US head d' the
llrst. two of the second, three of the
third, four of the luiirth and five of
the flfth.
Under each of these live depart
ntcnts shall come (he various city
employe:.. as follows: Municipal
judge, city attorney, city clerk. Bit
auditor, city assessor, chief of police,
chief of fire department, plumbing
and sewer inspectors, electrical In
spector and building Inspector. elt
physician, cily chemist, city Btlgl
neer, citv street conuulssioner, su
perihtendsni of waterworks, superin
tendenl of parks and three officers.
. ,ich to he known as trustees of the
Carnegie library,
These officer! shall be apportioned
under the various beads of depart
meats, city physician under the n
I partmeQl of health ami so forth.
Kach of these various employe'..
' shall be appointed by the coinnn
slonefa and each shall be subject al
ail times to the head pi his revpeel
Ve depart men; . Salaries shall be
I I. -ft to I he , board, and ihe matter of
raises in nit city salaries except
I those of the commissioners shall also
j tall to the board's discretion. New
; olllcers may tilso he created oy tit"
board, as the city s growth demands
them .
My the crention ot n civil service
commission the board shall detef
mine as to roattefi of efficiency ami
prescribe rubs for the coiuluc1 of
their various employee,
In this new plan, on the face of It.
to the one who occupies the posit ion
of bead Of ihe (list division, the l
partment of general administration,
ball fail the Job known today an
"mayor." The clause which provides
for the establishment of this coin
mission, the committee on formation
hetteves, docs away with a possible
resurrection of .the carlv dispute as
to whether the mayor Nhaii be elected
directly by the people The chief of
lb,, general adrnmldtraiiou depart
ment I-, made ho by the people, and
in him falls -the general supervision
and tin- executive duties which ""'
rfer the present In general effect
least fall to the mayor.
Dally meetings of the cOfOtPiASton-
era to be public, are provided ami
regular reports, ' be published, ar-,
demanded, Including In thara all
Bnanclal expenditares, plans and :h-
like.
Tfi? respective t"rms of office of
sefa officials elected at said first
election sha'l expire in order on the
first Monday of May In each of tb
following years lowii; Fill, 1919, j
Lfttg, 1114, HIS,
After thls first election Is dom-!
away ihen, on the first Monday In
May of seeh year one official will re-j
: tire to lie replaced by another, elect
ed by the people, hh term to egtend
' until May of the fifth via- following.
The dec-' ion shall be In April precede
Ing the May Installation.
A majority vote on all niestltins of
routine nosings Is repjire.l. with
ipaetgJ regulations In Ihe matter of
declaring emcgencles.-
I'ntil the city shall have reached
100,000 the salaiv of ea.:i of the com
mUsloncrs, exce pt th presi-lent of
the board, shall be $1 000 a year, and
that of the president IVMh). After
thr- iwj.tXIO mark Is reich-d $.'..i'sb
Hhal! be for the president and li.r.OO
for the other members.
In event of death or re-.ignaUon of
one of the commissioners during his
term of office the vacancy shall he
fil'ed by a majority vote of the board.
City moneys, as provided in the
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TODAY'S MARKETS.
Chicago, Ills, Jan.
wheat closed at i-14
at $l.u:i :t I. May com
f.7 l 4c; July at f,T 3 1(
Kansas City Crain.
Kansas City . iu . J..n
wheat Closed at $1.08
at 97 MO. Kay corn
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closed at O
Jul v at the same figure O
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 4.
Twelve thousand cattle were re
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section governing the city treasurer.
Shall be deposited In the bank mal;
ing highest bid In an offer of let. est
on dally deposits, such bide not, to
he less than 2 11 per cent, however,
in ihe arrangements for ihe depart
ment of municipal judge there is a
clause setting apart separate deien
tien ami trial tor Juvenile offenders
In the matter of ward divisions
the following provision Is listed:
"Solely for charter forming nnd school
district purposes Ihe hoard lmine.ll
ateiy upon its election shall divide
Ihe city Into live wards, the division
being subject lo alteration by the
body."
All existing ordinances of the citv
not in conflict with the charter lb ill
remain in full force and effect.
No city official shall he paid for his
services in fees .
it i hall be unlawful for any candi
date lor otllee o promise to tinvone
employnteht under his position or
through his power in the event of
his elect Ion.
No officers or candidate for Office
shall hi- lot eras ted In any Job or con
tract to he let to the city.
Commissioners Removable by Vote.
in the mgtter of Inefficiency-, the
removal of any commissioner who
'hall have become obnoM.nis to Ihe
people is provided as follows: Upon
a pel I Jon signed by 2." per cent id'
the qua)) led voters of lb,, ell-- II shall
be ihe i uiy of the president of the
hoard In call a general vote on the
question, and on that vote the ii-ntov
it may be made This clause leave
all (iuchIIoiih of flual choice and ultl
Qxate satisfaction or dissatisfaction
hack to Ihe general public, upon
Whose
chi eti
he the commissioners tire
s,
Federal Jiidg,, J. II. Colteral this
afternoon held a brief session of
United Slates circuit and dls trie I
courts A number of motions and de
mill. ers were passed upon ami sev
eral bankruptcy case- disposed of.
TO THROW IIP SPDNSf
Bootleggers Apparently Have
Won Fight Aflninst Prohibi
tion Enforcement
Special to ully Leader.
Muskogee, Okla,. Jan. I, 11 look-
H If the bootleggers have won their
light in Muskogee county, and the'
tlte attempts (d the stale and (1111111'
officers in cope with ttie situation is
at au and, The county commissioner
have come to the conohislon thai 11 i :
lolly lo keep Up llle enormous 01
penst of paying fees to deputy slier
uis and enforcement officers, when
i.o results are obtained except to nil I
In- Joints IPd drug stores and GOUfil
(ale whatever liquor there Is In sight
There are now cases In tin
nerler court for alleged violations ot
the prohibition law. judge UcCaiu
o the superior court, and Y. J
Crump, prosecuting attorney, an- de
baling whet her these cases shall be
I carried on through the courts, or
mopped from the dochels, as it would
appear useless to attempl to push tin
prosecutions further unless the com,
ty agrees lo pay ihe costs Incurred
by the officers who make tin- raids
There ate deputy sheriffs, policemen
ami other officials who. It. Is aileg
,-d, are mailing up fee bills as high
.is f.'.no per month each for raiding
joints, and the county officials hav.
about decided that this expense will
bankrupt the county,
joints are running wide open, it
Is sld there trtj forty bars running
ti luskogo.
places gui i mm
On account of J. 11. Dilbe, k. ;uia
DllWOtth, ilie llarrah bank robber,
who Confined in the MethodUt
hospital here, growing much better
tmi stronger, Sheriff Mahoney today
placed a guard In his mom to pre
vent his attempting to make an es
cape. Dltbeck being kept here on
Seconal Of the Oklahoma coutily jsjl
being ipiii-aniineil for smallpox.
PHILANTHROPIST S DEM
IS HI UNEXPECTED
(By Ai-sociated Press.)
New York. Jan. !. Xews of the
slid. len death of D. O. Mills, philan
t! ropho and nnancier. which occurred
last night at his California winter
borne, was received with sorrow he:.
Ills withdrawal from business and
active Interest In various philan
throptc enterprises because of ill
health had somewhat prepared his
friends for ihe sad news, however.
n ri n i r tt i i
sJUulLI I
i nmiiin
u I I I U I ML.
PENNILESS
D. A. R. THIEF, STOLE
THOUSANDS, PROVES SHE
IS NOW POOR
WAS OF QUIET TASTES
AND LIVEO FRUGALLY
Washington Members are Puz
zled as to What Be
came ot Money
Washington, Ji
: convei s it Ion
he Daugbt) i ot
i .ion Just now I
f the society w
in, 4 The one topto
among members of
he American Revol-
ft un- use an official
ho nl If. red 'i I cfs of
houssnos c
y, she is
M i
mane gf ihe niou
in of extremely
m not nearly us
hiy salary word
In t ioo:n In a
lor lav, when she
I lie prt Ve 1 Unit
quiet
tt,
well gg
warranl ;
l.on I'll I tig
cnnlcssed
tier mom
lid live;
IQUSO, V'
her audi
she had not n dollar in t v
WOI ..1
(UitKiiie ot nei' s.'ii.lfy, wiilcli S!
,c I au
drawn a few d lys betare
Her asso-a.es and coworker say
her life app.tr aiily has no hlddtn s
lery, end tn.it afic st')i'.'ag at leatt
11,000 a year tor eight or tea yearn
end living in a mosi frucal tuaarer,
oj ii" slid Vi:r.1 how sr.-: can
he without money. An auditing firm
hen (..'h i c.bHrge of the D. A.
It. oflices n:i, !.- ;MV..ittt;a(ing each
department JPItey .'. tl! t ot make a
tutemmu a.- i. the extent of t Ir
ibscovct if, . quill t'.lcll lllVCStifcktlOit
is finished.
Will Not P ovjeute Tbief
One of the in n icrs of Ike foclety
lei It be undo s:o ),; yestordaf fhftt
n, u only w -"- ln'.-rs suhscriblnif for
Llie magott'iie ril' I, hu :ht other
mall was robbed, They say the re
nnrt of the audtllng c-aiitlee whrn
it completes i: tnvejilgtitlon, w',11 bo
astounding as to 'he amount stolen.
The gocletv will pnsiM'cly not prose
rnte, In us milch as the wnntiiii las
spent the motley, ni matter how
grout ihe a:no 'lit ihe :beft u.wr
in-. The I'ld'tov w .11 establish a f ys
im of rcn'l'ns the UMil and ruuula
the money ranu - Ions attch as is em
ployed in lie- first ctrAs banks 'hn
present adtelnw ra' On, headed JH?
Scott of I" .to i, n, 111.. preM
dent general, which is serving '.
first year, is determined to run ev
crylhlng on a business basis. Tho
clerh now employed, who hold their
positions through "pull" instead of
merit, will be replaced with more com
patent ones.
A SUE AI UN SCHOOL
Considerable iclt( ment prevailed
at tin- Lincoln colored school early
this morning when tin excited teach
ei seeing a great volume of steam
..lining up from the boiler room and
i. ..in 'Ii atlla .ors caused by ,ttl
lanitor allowing mo much cool wafer
to . liter Ihe boiler, gate the tiro
ilaiiii Tti.- Indents, who have been
vi H drilled ..ti practice tire mnrcbee.
were out of the building in a jiffy.
No damage ol any kind to ihe boiler
er beating plani Is reported by Prln
i lpal (I C Pe rv of the school.
NSTAB
President Tali's Mind Chances
Like Weathenrane on
Public Questions
(By Associated Proas.)
'a: hingion, Jan. 4. Another
change In President Taft's program
oi special messages to congress w
announced today. It was stated that
the message on the Interstate com
weree law ptohably would cot go to
, .ngress until Monday or Tuesday.
Ihe anti-trust message is still sched
uled for Thursday.
It was said today that, the President
ired i" consult further with mem
of the interstate commerce com
loo ami the senate aud house be
fore sending the message. .
Mdoj Tan wi'l send to congress
;i papers and the reiort of the at
il concerning the Glavia
charges against Bellinger.
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