The weekly chieftain. [volume], November 26, 1909, Image 2

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1 KILLED
OF! SPITE Nf ZELAYi
Reported That Zelaya9 s Troops are Deserting
in Great Numbers First United States Mail
Over a Month Parents Only Knew
in
Newspaper Reports-Floods Contenue
Throughout Isthmus.
FORTY OF LOST MINERS
ARE FOUND STILL ALIVE,
fly Associated Press.
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O Cherry, 111., Nov. 20. Tlx O
O rescuers, who art' soarchii.t. Cue O
O St. Paul mine for bodies of the 0
O entombed miners, are reported O
O to have found foity minora O
O alive in tho furthermost end of O
O tho mine. O
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WW MAN IIS
IITA PROPERTY
UhicfiehK Nif . Nov. M. Tin- tele-
ktaph wires t the interior are down
1 mil It is impossible to confirm hero
lUiat President Zelaya had ordered the
! reported executions, Including those
nf (ho Anient airs, Leroy Cannon and
Leonard Grace.
The steamship Maibttu li Giorgio,
from New Orleans Nov. Pi. has ar
rived here, bringing (he mail, the
first received from the United Platen
fur more than a month. There Is no
change here (the capital of the piovis
iottal government). Tho blo kado at
Grcytown remains effective, and the
rebels tiro HfreiiMthoning their position
continually. ,
It Is reported that Z laya's troops are
deserting In largo nuinb'Trt. Tho fear
of a rebel invasion of the Interior ban
influenced President Belaya to mobi
lize bin forces ttu re. A serious move
ment UBJllost tin' eastern coast Jit pres
ent is unlikely.
Colon. Nov. llThe United Stated
lirulscr Des Moines wailed from I'ort
j Linton, Costa Itica, yesterday. It Ih
! believed tdie is ou route for Uluoflelds.
Floods continue throughout tho isth
mus. Tho railroad In tho vicinity of
P.obio nnd Frljoloa in under water.
TrtilnH from ColoTi for Panama wore
unable to proceed further than Itohlo
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 19. Danhd K.
Cannon, father of Iroy Cannon, the
young Ponnaylvaulan executed in
Nicaragua, has asked the state de
partment at Washington to obtain pos
itive confirmation of the news of tin
young mati'H death,
"Wo know only what w read in the
newspapers, and hope Washington can
tell lis something." said the young
manH mother. "Mr. Cannon and I, if
the hoy Im dead, will try to have the.
body Hint here. Wo hope tin. govern
ment can help us to pet it."
Mrs. Cannon said bhe had received
J no word from hi r jon that ho had tak
en part In any revolutionary uprising,
'such as Is contained in other letters
! received hero by sc hool friend. Those
letters eanio from Honduras, and stat
ed that Cannon was in that republic
iu August and September because of
President Zelaya's enmity toward him.
J Some of tho letters received from
Cannon by friends indicate that bo was
tho object of personal animosity on tho
part of President Zelaya. Prank C.
Fooso, a boyhood chum of the ad
venturer, says bo received a letter
from Cannon mailed from (luatemala
City, July 1G, and received hero in Au
gust. Cannon said;
"I am hero against my wishes, aa
you have? road in the papers. I was
bold prisoner h!x months with the live
generals who were captured in the
last war iu Honduras with Nicaragua.
I can't go to Nicaragua until Zelaya is
taken out of power."
ISITCIIEOGX iS GOT
"III HOOD" WITH TUFT
Washington, D. C, Nov. 20. The
White House chronicles leuvn no
room for doubt aa to how thoroughly
Postmaster General Hitchcock Is in
trenched with tho administration as
chief adviser in matters of patronage.
Two census squabbles and the ques
tion of the governorship of New Mex
ico were up for acttleiucut. In the
eeiiKiis cases Post mauler General
Hitchcock was called in to settle diff
erences between Census Director Dun
and and the complainants, while In
tho New Mexico governorship matter
the postmaster, general and National
Ccriitulttectiiati Solomon Luna got to
gether in ay effort to recommend
a candidate to succeed Governor
Curry.
The squabbles conn under the Juris
diction of Secretary Nagel of the do
partiiient of commerce and labor and
territorial affairs ordinarily come un
der that of Secretary Iliiliinger of the
department of tlo interior. Officially
tho postmaster general his no inter
est in either mailer under discussion.
The two census cases are interesting,
In the North Carolina case Represent
utlie Moo re hei J, republican, carried
a democratic district. He indorsed a
3dr. Joyce for cettNus supervisor. Ills
candidate was turned down and tho
nominee of tho r Rul.tr machine, Prof.
J, H. Glasson win appointed. There
fort UeproHetitHti vp NiKirehead threat
ened to resign ajid PoHtmiiHter General
Hitchcock was e iil ! in to .straighten
out the tangle. As a result the. ot -(Ciinization
appiiUfee will h given n
food berth in V,'M.shtngton and Mr.
Mcrtirt head's nun will be census su
pervbor.
The other cotta t nrfe wiw no lest
ii;tercHtitig. CimMtH Hirector Durand
nclected A. & WfflHt, a Yab man,
fur wiper isr to $i Piitaburg dls
trlct. Tod.tr Sointiur oUter of the
Pen iii-y Ivan la or:,;aiiirrttio;i prut on tod
to the pn jlde,i', ic,tiu Pootinaster
Gm ral llitili fn I; uiw cnliml into con
fercm e, w ith ttio ret.ult that Senator
(diver's man, P. J. IUjiupp, t be
nmde supertUM' .! !r, Wilb'tt will
be glcn aut'Utoi' t4tli)u.
For the Ne o governorship
Ptitnuister G-tJ liifthooik lias
ur.'bT ndviseiuitit tbo tiime of ,V. L,
Ijuwshe, bit thii j mk1i4hI po.a niat er
general, win hp ttj'tidr resigneil
rnua tne psNihi ?, ntt wiH);e
mrcessor Iias nt been apjMi(ited. The
New Mcxbo m, liow.jver, insixts
upon the app-HoliMent of a ioetl man.
BUSINESS CIRCLES
STIRRED TO DEPTH
Gompera Unanioaou! Re Elected.
Hy Associated I'rc.t..
-Toronto, Csu4a, Nov, 20.Samuol
Gompers vt iriiuouHly ro-eleeted
president of the Atiierieutt Federation
of Labor, by Ilia ronrcsntloa today.
New a to the effect of an Impending
public wale of the Model Clothing
stock, Vlnlta, Okla., has created a
stir among local business c ircles, nnd
the notion taken by the concern has
caused no little Kurprlse, but will tin
doubtedly bo welcomed by ti e entire
buying public, which thus can evade
paying regular prices for their pur
cluuios. The stock Is the largest and best
assorted of Its kind lit Vinita, consist
ing of $;1S,(H)0.(I0 worth of clothing,
furnishings, shoes, etc., iu fact all ar
ticles usually found In a first class
clothing store.
Tin' firm of the Model Clothing Com
pany Is well known and reputed in this
vicinity, having been engaged In busi
ness in Vinita for tho past several
months. No reason Is given for this
nulhal move, appearing in today's
issue of this paper, bears evidence of
the hinoorelty of their intentions.
To accomplish the huge task of
disposing of the J;!S,Oi)0.00 htock, the
concern Is bending all efforts, and
sparing no expense to thoroughly ad
vertise this event, and as adxertlse
ments have been sent broadcast over
a radius of two hundred miles, enor
mous crowds ere expected to attend
tiiis public sale which commences at
Vinita. Wednesday, November 24 Vast
preparations are being made to ac
commodate tho expected masses,
scores of clerks having been employ
ed and are now making important
thangca In the establishment to prop
erty meet the demand. The entire
building will tie closed from Monday,
November 22, to Wednesday, Novem
ber ", at 9 a. m , when this unlipte
mercantile fete Will commence.
M LIVES PAY TOLL
OF GRiDiRQN BATTLES
Chicago. Nov. Tl. Football has
claimed a toll of thirty lives and 215
Injuries during the present season, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
Ileoord Herald. Tr.ls Is the largest
number of deaths recorded in nine
years.
The thirty deathb on bide eight col
legi players, twenty high heboid boys
and two members of athletic clubs
The injuries Were divided Into 171 col
lege men, forty hltfh st hool players
and five from athletic clubs.
The daily number of Injuries was
four. Twenty five suffered Internal
Injuries; there were nineteen dlslocat-j
ed ankles; nineteen cases of concus
sioii of the brain and the same mini-,
ber of fractured ribs; fifteen legs and
nine arms were broken, while twelve
collar bones were cracked; there were'
fifteen cases of torn ligaments nnd
thirteen fractured shoulders.
$183 Per Foot is Price Paid For Prop
erty Occupied Dy Raines'
Livery Barn.
Another large real estate deal was
consummated in this city last night,
whereby the property occupied by the
Raines livery barn on South Wilson
street, was sold to Harry Mead, a
hardware nnd Implement dealer of
Wichita, Kans.
This property was owned by Dr.
Oliver ltagby and W. 11 Ilalsell and
Is one of the most desirable business
lots In the city. The consideration
was $3.1 .'0 for the fifty feet of $1S;1
per front foot.
It is the intention of the new owner
to remove tho building that now occu
pies the lot and erect a handsome
two story brick building, with f)!ty
feet frontage on Wilson street and
one hundred and fifty feet deep. The
building when completed will bo oc
cupied by Mr. Meud, with the largest
lire, of hardware and implements in
northeastern Oklahoma.
Mr, Mead was formerly In the hard
ware business at Shawnee and now
conducts a big business at Ilolden
villf. He is well known In retail hard
ware circles throughout southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma. His location in
thla city is considered a valuable ad
dition to the business world in Vinita.
Mr. Haines, proprietor of the livery
barn, said this morning that he would
vacate nis present quarters before
January 1, and would probably occupy
a building to be erected for him ou
South Scraper street.
SPOKANE WOULD PAY
COMMISSIONERS $7,500
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 22. Six thou
sand dollars a year until the popula
tion of tho city shall have reached
1. "0,00(1, arter which each of the five
commissioners is to receive $7,.'00 year
ly, is the salary recommendation of
Mayor Pratt's special committee In re
porting upon a now charter for Spo
kane. The commissioners are to be
elected at large for these departments:
Public safety, public works, public af
fairs, public utilities and finance. It
is also recommended that the park
commission be continued, also a civil
service commission be created. One
of the members shall be designated as
mayor and act as chairman of the
board, another as vice chairman, but
every resolution or ordinance must be
signed by the mayor, acting mayor or
two members of the board. All ordin
ance legislation shall be by ordinance,
efi'eciivo ii) days alter adoption, un
less otherwise specified, but franchises
cannot become operative until HO days
after their passage. After the com
mission is created, and beginning in
1912, two members rIi-sII he elected at
the general election and three alter
nately at biennial elections.
ANNOUNCES DISMISSAL
OF SEVENTY-THREE ATTACHES
Dy Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 10.- Revenue Col
lector of the Port, William Loeb, Jr.,
today, announced the removal from
the customs scrko of 7.1 employes
and attaches of the weighing and oili
er divisions of the customs service'
here. Among those dismissed are:
James P. Vail, formerly deputy sur
veyor of the weighing divisions and
Georgn K. lledell. Inspector, formerly
chief clerk of the weighing division,
REVENUE OFFICERS GET
MISSOURI MOONSHINERS.
lly Associated Press.
Cape Girardeau, Mo, Nov. 22.
Three moonshiners were arrested, by
revenue officers Saturday night after
trip through the denso wood of Rip
ley county. This stiil Is the first cap
tured in Missouri in five yearn, aud
had a capacity of twenty barrels of
whiskey a week.
USE THE TELEPHONE
.aTuST IDA IN THE DISPATCH
ING OF TRAINS.
,;': bif all our
.vj i m; oil for years
:ceri;ner.ts Have Dimonstrated Thst
Sc.' eme Is Perfectly Feasible and
Possibilities of Accidents
Not Great,
Ti re has never been any doubt of
!: availability of the telephone for
train ditpatcbln?
since Mr. llaui
..jf nd of tho Pos
ted, P.evere I'cach
au I Lynn suj
co '.fully operated
trains by tele
l hone on that
read l' years
piincij.al railroads
to act as tliounh
.here were doubts. This couserva-I-.'ii
was due perhaps to the f -oiing
hat while tho telephone n:i0'hi be just
is yood as the Uicr,raph It would not
j.' any better, nT.d since the tele
.'.raoh wr.s estaUlshed and fairly sat
sfpciory, why make any change? Tha
i i two years has brought a great
'.haiuo in this feeling, however.
This l.in been brought about by
ho demand on the part of lh public
'or a more rapid aud ftef;ti"nt train
fi'ivlce am' the near approach for
'. e enforcement of the federal e'-ht
lour rule, coupled with the scarcity of
, eiulers.
To neet these conditions of notes
: three? ways were o;i'u. The pre
' ", legranh f ystcru cculd be en
i" '1, a a ;'arate t ! 'pho system
i s :il: :1, or tho present r.dograph
cs .'.'julppr d wiih te'ephen." a.-p'r-
u i.
Composite systems arc etpedally
vpii'ur on the vast railway sysie;
t-o west, where stations of leu a-u
:ir ararf and the cost of construct
or 'cipphone .lines Is high.
Tli; portable telephone has come
nto r.l.nost geneial use on western
oat! several of which carry the In
struments on every train.
All these Instruments are of special
design, being compac t and inclosed la
a carrying case. In event of a wreck
or a washout this set may be quickly
connected to the composited jiortion
of the telegraph line by means of polo
and lii;e provided for the purpose. Any
member of the train crew can easily
communicate with the nearest slatlon
and give a detailed account of tho dif
ficulty. The train dispatcher can thus be In
formed and change hi orders to pre
vent further catastrophes, while the
division superintendent, liecaus of
the detailed information given him by
some one right on the scene of the
trouble, can Issue clear and explicit
orders for correcting the difficulty
without having to wait until he has
made a long run with tha wrecking
crew and sized up the sli nation.
The wrecking trains also are pro
vided with portable telephones, en
abling the crew to keep iu touch wit!
the chief wrecker. The advantages of
such a system over the old pracil.-e of
sending a tiain man back over mu iy
miles of track to' some telegiaoh !a
tlou are easily apparent. A few i nn
utes gained at such a orish as a
wreck may often mean life to the un
fortunate victims of such a cams
tropin.'
In handling train orders by tele
phone the same general methods ap
ply as with the telegraph, any names
or figures occurring In the ord-T be
ing spelled out. jetter for letter. Por
instance; Kngine 1.189 one tlirt
right nine nnd on slncle tracks the
names of ihe stations are spelled out.
This Is done not only when the orig
in! cudor is given, but !n all repeti
tions, thus avoiding even the slight
est chance of an error. The diapatch
i r. Instead of sending the order and
then writing it in his book on the Iist
repetition, now copies the order In h'a
boo'; a ho "la Us If off." lie thus
puu;e h s speed to his ability U writ
it clown, bo tli reci Iviiig opera, or is
tint llkf'y to b" "rushed" beyond his
ability to make a le-ihle copy.
In repeating back the message the
ope.ator follows the same ruUs of
spelling out the figure ihj-1 turn s,
and the dispatcher tin le rs -ci 's aca
woid as lie r Cohen the re, out "d or
der. In cases' where the !is mtohei
gives the same ori'er to four ist.i'.ii , s
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
OF AMERICANS' EXECUTION.
Iiy Associated Press'.
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O Washington. It. t,:., Nov. 20. O
O An official confirmation of tho O
O execution, in Nicaragua, of two O
O American!, I.eroy Cannon and O
O I'Otuird Grace, was received O
O by the state department today O
O O
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STANDARD OF IIEl'J
JERSEYMUSTBREAR
Decision of Circuit Court Holds Big
Oil Company to Be Illegal.
Combine.
P.y Associated Press.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 20. In an opin
ion, written by Circuit Judge, W. II.
Sanborn, of St. Paul, and filed in St.
Louis and St. Paul today, the United
States circuit court, for the district
of Missouri, held that the Standard
Oil company, of New Jersey, was nn
illegal corporation nnd ordered that
it be dissolved.
It is authoritively announced, by of
ficers of the Standard OU company,
that an appeal will be taken from the
decision filed at St. Paul.
The case was heard in the United
State s circuit court, at St, Louis, ' .st
April, by Judges Sanborn, Vandev en
ter, Hook and Adams. All of tho judges
concerned in the opinion. The suit
waa brought to enjoin John I). Rocke
feller, William Rockefeller, Henry M.
Flagler. II. H. Rogers ami John I).
Archibald, of the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey, pnd Oliver II. Payne
and Charles M. Pratt, from maintain
ing a combination of conspiracy in
restraint of trade. Today's decree en
Joins the seven individual defendants
and the Standard Oil company and
subsidiary corporations from continu
ing or carrying luto effect the illegal
combinations they have formed nnd
from entering Into any like combina
tion or conspiracy, nnd they are for
bidden from engaging or continuing la
interstate commerce, until they dis
continue their IllegaJ ccciblnation.
The decree takes effect thirty days
from date, unless suspended by an
appeal to tho eupreme court.
his order hool;
underscored ft.
will show
ill- ilnios. 'I
ca- li wo
his sviJf,
li
Of Check!!! e . lO'H'tho- W l
fact that II II' h ' . ' e del ;l'e i'l.ul
lion can In f-'iven by usins tie 1
ph.wc than by th- ic! t.s . . .i-
for the pcpuhiriiy of (he sys' ;,
ll 's'i's about cliht second;? to ea
ach n;,,tii u by iie aas of this tsysi s
Ahuli i known a the
yten. this ll!'-'
i'ii:;i5 the dispa:chtr lu.
i.struetlug o n e
WILL PUNISH ALL WHO
WERE GUILTY OF FRAUD
Unid, Okla., Nov. 11). Vlccente Diaz
who Bays he is a grandson of PrcBl
dent Diaz of Mexico, was arrested here
yesterday on a charge of disorderly
conduct In default of bond ho was
put to work ou the street. Later he
telegraphed to Mexico City for lianan-
cial aid. ami produced letters and pa
pers which satisfied the police of his
identity. In the belief that the young
man's story is true the police an
nounced he would be released. Diaz
said he was the victim, of circumstances.
KILLED OFFICER BECAUSE
HE ENFORCED THE LAW
lly Associated Press,
Ardmore, Okla., Nov. 19. "Doc"
Hurfleld, a countable at Hyars, Mc
Lain county, was shot and killed, early
today, by George Jacobs. The shoot
ing Is said t" have grown out of Pur
field's strict enforcement of the liquor
law, of which Jacobs was an alleged
violator. Jacobs was arrested.
.p.
rater
t p ro
ta '.e an
1 m to i ! th
v oe i v t I o n,
a-'d w,ii in
sifiK'tln ; ihe sec
c .id o.itiH'or, to
''all the third, the
!iiih ti iiiia.vU-in
a tin s aa average
21 -...ii?
ALL AMERICAN CUTTERS
TO SEARCH FOR LOST YACHT
lly Associated Press.
Wnshlrgton, I), C, Nov. la. - .AH
i government stntions and revenue cut
;ters In the West Indies have been in
istructed. by wirele ss to aid in a search
for the piivate yacht of Colonel John
; Jacob Astor. which has not been hoard
i from since It b ft Kingston last week.
the day before the hurricane.
Train S'oppel by Mover,
i t
1 in
'IT f:0
en'.-ie
unni n .I r c ill v g;
'.id bv a nif'i'iir. tho
v lib h was ) '!. 1 1 ni by i ,
or a sUnat of some sort. Th mn-'o
vhiih, sb) Pop, ilar Mechar.lcs, wa
.' 'scribed by the engineer u id pass- ti
' as b 'iut oa big aa a house ,
.ossed the trftcka just ahead of tfc,
t a'n with a bi Pliant, dizzllhs li ;h'
'hat blinded the cyea for a naniju;- g
i 'ii ti
BEGIN ARGUMENT Oil
LIQUOR CASE DEMURRER
The argument n the detnurrors to
Ithe it forn. .tion in a number of liquor
cases began in the county court this
morning. Owing to the absence from
the city of Attorney W. P. Thompson,
who represents the defendants in
nearly all of these cases, most of the
liquor cosei will probably bo continu
ed until the !i?t term of court.
In Memoriam.
DeWitte Clinton Duncan, the subject
of this sketch was born in the state
of Ccorgia, near Dalouegi, four score
years ago. Here he spout bis Jnfar.t
, hood, lie came with his people, tho
Cherokee Indians, to the Indian Terri
tory when but eight years of age.
From his earlist year he was a Ktu
dent and a thinker and as lie grew
older the center of his thought, and
the mainspring of his life was the wel
fare of his people. He early in life
realized that nothing could stop the
progress of white civilization and
treaty, or no treaty, he realized the
Indian must sooner or later yield.
In order to best serve his people he
took advantage of every educational
opportunity thrown in his way.
Ile entered the historic male sem
inary at Tahlequah. a school for In
dians. Graduating from this institu
tion with high honors he entered Dart
mouth college. New Hampshire, ami
pursued u full collegiate course, gradu
ating with the class of 1861. The class
was an oxcoptionaly strong one. Mr.
Duncan ranked in scholarship with the
best in the class. After leaving Dart
mouth, he taught In New Ungland for
two years and then came to Wlscoiir
sin, here he met Miss Helen Kosen
crans. Their acquaintance ripened in
to love and they were married and
came together to Iowa, here both
teaching and engaging iu work for
the betterment of humanity, occupy
ing the front rank in these efforts,
tnen taking up the law, his chosen pro
fession, and wrus an honored member
of the Vinita liar nt the time of his
death.
.Mr. Duncan was the last of his gen
eration. In the family were eleven
children. Seven sons and four daugh
ters, all reached maturity and died In
this country.
In the passing of Do Witte Clinton
Duncan, known as "Tooo.ua stee," his
Cherokee and also his pen name, that
part of Oklahoma, kaown as Indian
Territory, as woB as all Oklahoma,
has lost one of Its most uaique and
notable cltir.ei.
IntenseV patriotic and loyal to his
people, tho Gfemrikeea, he was always
defending their rtghta with pen and
Toice. He was Hompnlously honest
and though h mfeht h& enrlcbed
atmgelf nt the experwe of his people,
he adhered to his own ideas of right
and Justice, which Is In Itself a white
monument to his character.
His was a superior mind, practical
In the working out of his thoughts, to
him a promise was a promise to be
kept.
The ancient treaty made by the gov
ernment lo the Indians relative to their
removal to the Indian Territory, a
treaty which opened with the poetic
statement, "As long as grass grows
and water runs." To him meant exac t
ly what it said. Though realizing the
inevitable, that white civilization must
prevail, Mr. Duncan held that there
was an honorable way which was not
taken.
Recently lie has devoted muc h of his
time to the interests of his home farm
near town and to his reading and writ
ing, never losing interest in the gen
eral affairs of the country.
He passed' peacefully away at u:l"
p. m., November 2nd nnd was laid to
rest In Vlnlta cemetery, November
5. 1009.
Ho leaves a widow with many sym
pathizing friends to mourn her loss.
He was a member of the Methodist
church. He was a good type of the
Christian and might have sung with
Tennyson:
"Sunwt and evening star
And one clear call for me;
And may there be no moaning of thn
bar
When I put out to sea.
Por such a tide as moving seems
asleep,
Tck full for sound or foam,
When that which drew me from out
the boundless deep,
Turns again toward homo.
.Twlight and evening bell
And nfter that the dark
And may there be no sadness of
farewell,
When I embark.
For though from out our bourn at
time and place,
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to pee my pilot face, to fse.
When I have crossed the bar."
WICKERSH1 PRAISES
DECISION AT ST. PAUL
Hy Associated Press, i
Leavenworth, Kane., No. 20. "It Is
one of the most Important decisions
ever rendered In this country," declar
ed Attorney General Wickersham,
when apprised, here today, of the St.
Paul decision. He added that until
ho had necn the full text of the decis
ion any opinion of his must naturally
be of a personal nature.