The weekly chieftain. [volume], June 11, 1909, Image 8

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EMPLOY GIRL SERVANTS
Quality ef Oil U SucK That it Cou!i
Net Ccrrpete With Product
in United Statet.
Washington. June 7, Preside i,t Taft
late Saturday tubmltled to the senate
the report of Dr. C. W. Hayes, chief
geologist or the Vnltwl States' Reologl
c&l survey, on the relation of the Mex
ican oil fields to the American oil mar
ket. This report contend that the
Mexican oil fields do not eon-Mitute a
iaenaee to the oil producing Industry
tf the C tilted States.
Indep ndent oil producers and refin
ers who are In Washington in an ef
fort to have confrrefs take oil from
the free list. where it was placed by
the house till, have contended that
the Importation of Me xi an oil threat
ened the fmlitry Iti tbla country.
The report of Ir. Hayes, which waa
withheld until Jt was called for in a
resolution presented by Senator Cum
mins of Iowa and adopted by the sen
ate, briefly touched on the situation as
follows:
"While these fields promise to yield
ft large quantity of crude oil, its qual
ity fs such that it can not compete un
der present conditions In the United
States or r.L vpe with the higher
grade petroleum of the Appalachian,
Illinois or mid continent field.
"Further the conditions are such
that the demand for fuel oil and re
fined product In Mexico exceeds the
supply available at present, or in siKht
In the near future. There Is practi
cally no coal in Mexico and the rail
road now dependent hit fly on Texan,
Oklahoma and Kngli.sh coal would con
sume several time the present pro
duction of oil if It were gem-rally ad
cted as fuel. The increased produc
tion of the Mexican field will affect the
United States by reducing the demand
for high grade crude oil for refining.
,f supply the local market, and to
sit nf by competing In the Kuropcan
market with the American refined
product."
, Vr, Hayes adds that the geological
formation in Mexico Is Mich that the
hazards and uncertainties of produc
tion will be very great. P.eeause of
these conditions, he thinks, "the diffi
culty of securing a Hteady supply of
oil and the ave rage rout of produc tion
will be correspondingly Increased,"
The .re port lit Important beenuse the
Independent oil men have been basing
their requent for a duty on petroleum
find Its prod ue t on the limitless possi
bilities of the Mexican Held, which
they have contended would be mon
opolized by the Standard and would
drive United States producers und re
rtnPlii J."1 of business by nhnrp emu
petition. i .
WILL HI1 COMPLETE
JEST tiMDE OF CLAYS
Norman, Okla, June k Prof. Chas.
N. Could, director of the Oklahoma
geological survey has arranged with
the United State geological survey to
have a number of samples of Oklaho
ma clays tested at the goverinitent
laboratories at Pittsburg, Pa. the
coming summer. The chemist of the
Oklahoma survey will go to Pittsburg
noon and i-pend several months work
ing on clays that may be Kent him
there. The tests will Imlude plastic
ity vitrification and burning tests. Tin
prim object being to determine just
what the i l.t y is best suited for. It
Is hoped that the test will show a
number of clays suitable for lij:ht
colored pottery, terra cotia and other
ware.
I'rof, Could Is Already In corres
pondence with the secretaries of about
wventy five commercial c lubs re gard
ing the matter, lie is particularly anx
ious to get samples of the clays In
the eastern and southern parts of the
utate where fuel is plentiful and where
day products plants might be estab
lushed at a pro.'H. At the name tl.ne
he is Bnxious that no part of Okla
homa be m glee ted and so invltea cor
respondence from any one In the ;tat
who has clay he wishes tested. Tn
only expense to the owner will be the
collecting and packing of the clay and
the freight to Pittsburg. The state
and federal surveys will be at all ex
pense of making the tests.
OEEP WATER PROJECT
GETSSEVERE BLOW
Py Associated Press.
Washington, I), C, June 10. The
proponed fourteen-foot deep water pro
ject from .St. Iul to the gulf recelv
d a blow today, when tie board of
engineers reported to congress that
.',! h a waterway Is not desirable. The
waterway would cost $12S,on(t,oih), to
construct, find J)lW0 annually for
;.u intc i.anc e, the englneeis fay.
Spokane. Wasfl., June If the
amended criminal code, effective June
11, Is enforced to t:.e letter, an:
loonman in the estate of Washington
is liable to arre st and punishment for
employing a servant girl in his house
hold or a nurse or governess for his
children. Conviction subjects him to
a fine or imprisonment fa the county
jail. Stripped of its legal verbiage
this in what one provision of the sec
lion referring to the (subject fay :
"Kvery person being an owner or
manager of, or an employe In any
drinking saloon, who ha!l knowingly
give employment to any female per
son .shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
Another provision of the law says
it Is a misdemeanor for any person
connected with a drinking place, or
dance hall or music hall, where Intoxi
cants are sold, to perir.it women or
any person previously convicted,
whe ther In this Hate or elsewhere, of
any crime amounting to felony to en
ter these premises, or fell or give them
liquor. Any one helling or giving liq
uor to a common drunkard or intoxi
cated person, fchall also be guilty of a
misdemeanor arid subject to a fine and
jail imprisonment. Test cases will
follow the enforcement of these pro
visions.
CORPORATIONS CP3TIB0E
TO APPLY FOR CHARTERS
Guthrie, Okla., June 8. The secre
tary of mate's of! re continues to re
fute the old republic an charge that the
democratic constitution would drive all
capital out of the Rtate. Articles of In
corporation were filed yesterdajas follows:
The New State Laundry company of
Oklahoma City, capital f:!.',(i00.
Williams Mining company of Sa-
pulpa, capital f l.V'OO.
The Lawton Star Publishing com
pany, capital $ 1 ."i.fooi.
The Hunter Exchange company of
Hunter, capital fil.Ooo.
('lureuore Townslte company, capi
tal $3,000.
The U.dna Hay Mining company, of
Miami Inc reased its capital stock, from
$12,000 to $30,000.
The l'.ig Jack Mining company of
Line )ln ille, Okla., increased its capi
tal stok from $."0,uio to $75,000.
COURT CLERKS TO
DECIDE Ol'lll FEES
District Clerk May Decline to Render
Service Until Reasonable Com
pensation it Paid.
NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR
OKLAHOMA POSTOFFICES
Washington. June 1. The following
fourth-class postmasters have been aj
pednted In Oklahoma:
AugiNM, Alfalfa county, I-vi John
son, vice H. D. Rodgera.
Chance, Adair county, William 1!.
Anderson, vice V. J. lilair.
Kelso, Craig county, K. A. Light
foot, vbe S, .l. Die knoll.
Ivuiihoe, I'.eavcr county, Alh-u II.
Fox, vice K. M. Treat.
Mark, Maye s county, Klishit Youn;,
Vice- J. W. Kslluger.
A new puKtol'Ue has Im-iui onlere-tl
established at Koekpln. I'lUshcr,
county. Oklahoma, with ltobett C.
Johnson as post master.
GOVERNOR HASKELL DENIES
CAMPBELL'S REQUISITION
(luthrie. Okla., .Iune !. . Uter sev
eral months of delay and the holdii i
of numerous hearings. Governor C. N
Haskell has denied the reiuist iou Is
sued by Governor Campbell for W. L.
Chapman, L. C. Grlmen and A. L.
Brown, wanted In liagle I'ass, 'lex.. ci
several Indictments for alleged fraud
In connection with Khkapoo Indian
lands.
They claim the Indie tments vcir in
stigated by Maitin J. lientler, former
Klekapoo Indian agent, for the purisuce
of making gemd certain deeds which
he held to the same lands.- Chapman
Is seM-retary of the e-orporatioa com
mission and both Grimes and Hi own
are preeminent In business nfu.ii
JUOGE RALPH CAMPBELL
MM AT PEORIA
Peoria. III., June 10. Judge Kalpn
r. Ca.npbelt, of the UniCd States
court for the eastern district of Ok
lahoma, was united iu utarriag. at
high uoon yesterday to Mlsa Cora 11
Duth, the cermony being performed at
the home of the bride's mother, .Mrs.
William K. Regan, U'6 North Undrrhill
Stree t, Re v. O. T. Dwinnell, distrle t
superintendent of the Me thodist Epis
copal church, oflic luting, assisted by
Rev. H. Shoop, pastor ef the Hale
Memorial church.
Guthrie, Okla., June 9. That there
is now no legal bill in force for the
clerk of the supreme court and the
clerks of the district courts In Okla
homa, and H is up to the clerks them
selves to fix the fees which they will
charge, subject to review by the courts
wbote officers they are in case of com
plaint, ia the holding of the supreme
court yesterday In the case of J. A
Ilohart and enhera asilut Margaret
Anderson, an original action in the su
pre me court.
The court in an opinion by Justice
Dunn holds that the territorial statute
fixing the fees of the ctlrks was void,
following on that point the decision of
the territorial supreme court. It is
also held that the federal fee bill,
which had been In force during terri
torial days, was inconsistent with and
repugnant to this schedule of the con
stitution, and did not remain in force
in the state.
In connection with the matter, it
further is held that a party requiring
tue nervice of the clerk of the supreme
court may lawfully be required to
make payments therefore at the time
the request for the service Is made,
and the clerk may lawfully decline to
render the service until reasonable
compensation Is tendered.
An effort was made in the last legis
lature to fix the fees of clerks of the
district court, but the bill was intro
duce'd late in the session and only got
by one hotibe.
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SECOND ANNUAL
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ERiREST
Wholesale Election Frauds And Illegal
Voting Claimed at Spring Elec
tion at Haskell.
By Associated Press.
Muskogee, Okla., June lo. ''barging
wholesale election frauds and Illegal
voting at the flection last Fpring, war
rants were issued today at the Instance
of County Attorney Crump for the ar
rest of nine prominent citizens of Has
kell, Okla. The men are Sam Turvey,
a banker and capitalist; J. C. Hlanken
ship and G. V. Beriyhill, stockmen;
Will Sartin, town marshal; Joe How
ard, J. Moody, Jake Beam, merchants;
I. A. Cullop and Willis Brown.
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PRESENTED ON A SCALE OF MAGNITUDE
NEVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED
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EVIDENCE OF PROSPEROUS
CONDITION OF STATE
Guthrie. Okla.. .June I . The pros
perous coiiditieui of tlie state of Okla
homa and tlo w lloh HOIlienesS of her
limine ial laws are attested to by the
large iiumbc-r of new corporal imis ask
ing for privilege to do business in the
state'. Wednesday's record lu the of-tle-e
of the se retnry of slate is as fol
h w . :
The Llnwood lievelopmcitt lompany
or Oklahoma City. $ I Wem.
'I he Cateho Oil. Gas & Pre ss Brii k
cetinpany, capital $I2u.imio.
The Robertson Hotel Really e-oin-pany
of Tulsa, c apital f C'.ii.Oimi.
Indian Valley Brokerage' eompuny
of ShawiH'e, capital $I.V),(ho.
South Persimmon levetepment
company, of Wcsidward county, capi
tal $;!,emn.
The Oklahoma Cotton Mill company
of Chiikashn. capital $Wi,0o0.
The fm'S of the o filer of the tse-cie-tary
of state, amounted to nearly one
thousand dollars yesterday.
ROCK ISLAND'S FEES
li'OOLD EE 3200,002
Guthrie, Okla., June 10.O. O. Biake
attorney for the Reiek Island railroad,
presented for filing at the office of
Secretary of State, an authenticated
copy of the articles f consedldathm
and amendments of the Rock Island
Railroad company. The fees for fil
ing the same would bo $2ne),n02. which
Mr. Ittake refused to pay, intimating
that the Rock Island would make a
test case of the law requiring one
tenth of one per cent fe'es to be paid
to the state by corporations desiring
to hie their articles. The capital
stock of the Rock Island is $.'n(l,n(iO,.
(Kiel.
AIL THE OLD TIME FEATURES WITH NEW ONES ADDED
Speakers of National Reputation, Senator
GORE and. r.nnnrp.QQinn tTDFAfiFD R
f j. w..m ivlwU llllUIIlf
the Invited Guests.
Sensational Free Attractions, Various Games,
Races and Pastimes, Old Fiddlers Contest, Band
Concerts AH Day, Etc., Etc.
THE DAY S CELEBRATION TO CONCLUDE WITH
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Including Monster Set Pieces, Etc.
Thus Closing the Day's Festivities in a Blaze of Glory, and It's All
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PHI PREVENTS
ASSASIUII
Man Who Shot Mohrle in Four Courts
Monday Will Enter Plea of
Self Defense.
St. louis, June 10. William Wright,
who was Jointly indic ted with Fred W.
Mohrle for killing Samuel Young, Flf-J
teeuth ward democratic boss. Is being
kept in seditury confinement In Jail !
here, to prevent his assassination with-'
la the jail's walls.
Thomas (Hilly) Kane Youngers peilit
Iral lieMite'iiant, w ho is" held for the
assassination of .Mobile in the' Four
Courts Monday at the beginning of
Mobile's trial for killing Young, was
transferred to the- jail j't-str-rday with
members; of his gang who are ti be
tried for vaiious offense. Kane today
said he will plead self de fense.
It is announced that indie tments
would follow "frame- up" testimony to
clear Kane. The fact that Mohrle was
burled in Calvary (Catholic.) cemetery
after his funeral services had been
conducted at his willow's home by a
Protestant minister. Rev. Fmleriek
A. Allen of the Plymouth Congrega
tional hurch, caused comment.
DlliGLEY RATE RESTORED
0!i WOOL TOP WASTE
lly Associated Press.
Washington, I). C. June By a
vote of forty to thirty the senate today
adopted the finance c-ommittee'
amendment restoring the Dingley rate
of thirty cents a jound on wool top
waste and other waste. Th house
rate was twenty cents. The progres
sive republicans generally voted with
the democrat against the Increnfte,
CHIEF JUSTICE KANE
, ON WEDDING TOUR.
Py Associated Press.
Pratt. Kans., June 9 Chief Justice
M. J. Kane, of the Oklahoma supreme
court, and Miss Katherine Kagan, of
St. Paul, Kans., were married here to
day And left for a wedding tour to the
Pac itie i out t.
BELIEVE BINS LEADER OL
!.!AFIAJS Ifl CUSTODY
Uy Associated Press.
Ilellfontaiiie, O., June Postal in
spector, Oldfield Is positive that the
"lilac k Hand" fiuspect, Collogero Vie
curio, arrestetl here today, was con
nected with thej murder of Detective
Petrosino In Italy some months ago,
Oldfiel 1 bases his belief on the fac t
that Viccarrio is known to have left
for Italy Just before Petroshio was as
Bassinated. Vie carlo spent some time
in Italy and returned ..ere. Oldfield
believes him to be one of the ting
leaders of the .Mafia in America and
considers his capture of first impor
tance. Marion, Ohio, June 9. One more ar-j
rest was made today in connection
with the discovery, last night, of n
well organized black hand society,
which has been extorting money from
hiriny w canny Italian business men in
various sections, of the east. An lta1
hb!i, named Vlccfano. of Ilellefontain ,
was arrested there c harged with being
a "go be tween" in securing numey fur
the lilac k Hand gang. Sain Lima, a
Marion fruit merchant, alle ged to be
the leader of the wholesale blackmail
ing gang and who Is In custody on a
spe'clfio charge of threatening John
Am Icon, a wealthy fruit dealer of Co
lumbus, today, angrily protested that
his arrest was the result of the jeal
ousy. "Amicoii is Jealous of me be
cause I sell more bananas In Ohio than
he does," he said.
lu several arrests made' in Colum
bus, Marion and Dennison, yesterday,
postoffiee inspectors and detectives,
who worked lu eonjune ition with them
In the case, believe they have unearth
ed the biggest and best organized
branch of the "Waek Hand" In this
country. Marlon, probably Is the
head of the organization.
Charles Holmes of Cincinnati, chief
postoffiee Inspector, who Is In charge
of the work that has resulted In the
arrests so far made, la authority for
the statement that evidence has been
obtained showing that the gang operat
ing from Marion and with lines reach
ing Into several big cities of the
country, have fleeced different per
sons In this and other states out of
thousands of dollars in the last few
months by the application of 'TUack
Hand" methods. Those arrested yes
terday are Samued Lima and Joseph
Uizo, In Marion; Antonio Vlcerio In
Columbus and A. Mrrfls In iVunlson.
I.ai niuht Mr. Ib.lt ,. ;ijj he was
expecting word from Kellfontaine, O...
of two more arrests. Theae two, be
said, would be of greater Importance
than those already made. He says
that the gang w hic h conducted Its op
erations from Marion was comjio.sed of
Italians and worked exclusively upon
their countrymen. He has obtained
evidence that fin late as two weeks
ago they sent from the Marion post
office? money orders aggregating $1,
iioii, to confederates hi Italy, this be
ing the division of blackmail funds in
one case. Many such bits if evidence
it Is said, are In the possession of in
spectors. "The proof we have found against
the Marion gang convinceH us that
they have worked their game success
fully on mai.y Italians, principally well'
to do Sicilians." Mr. Holmes said.
"We have not found where they went
after an American. Tin y meant busi
ness when they made demands for
money. If their demands were Ignor
ed they resorted to the bomb either
to bring their victim to time or to
fcvenge a persistent refusal to submit
I i blackmail."
January 1 John Amieon's wife found
at the door of their home In Columbus
a box containing dynamite and fuses,,
and tacked on the outside a "Phuk
Hand" note demanding $l.'i.oiO and
threatening death If the money was
not paid. The money was to be paid
at the "lilac k Hand" rendezvous in
Pittsburg. The case was turned over
to the government secret service and
late r given to the postofiice inspectors.
The Amiens received almost weekly
demands for money.
CAKE IU 22,188
OF TEWlie THE TROTH
(Julhrle, Okla.. June 10. A great
deal has been said in the republican
presH lately about a petition with fifty
thousand names thereon filed with the
secretary of state, and asking a refer
endum on the new election law. This
la the most conservative and truthful
thing published In the republican
press regarding the law, and is In
reality, a little more than one half
right. The actual number of names
on the petition filed, both legal and
Illegal, are twenty-seven thousand
eight hundred and twelve, according
to a statement made by assistant sec
retary of istate, Leo, Meyer. Of course
t wenty Feven thousand Is n. long way
from fifty thousand, but it proves that
the republican prttn can on pome oc
casions ban toward lh, truth.