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HEHRY J. ALLEH SEES GREAT FIGHT Leaders Are For Taft or La Follette, Wichita Man 8ays, But Voters Have Made up Their Minds. Wichita, Kuiih., Jan. 2. Henry J. Allen, alitor of the Wl lilta Dally Ilea ion, ban tho folljwin editorial In to day'n Beacon favorable to ex Prcsld-nt Roosevelt for a second term: "Nothing Is more apparent In the po litical world todny than tho strong pos sibility that Theodore Roosevelt will ho the next irHl(Ieiit of tho nation. If you y, out on any street lit any town or elty In the country and .ask a dozen men who, In their Judgment, will be tho iifxt president, a majority of them will miy: "'It will Im either WIIhoii, Harmon or dhmr.p Clark unless Roosevelt runs.' Cornea From the People. "Tho growing demand for Roosevelt does not come from any political con niving. JIo hari no machine engaged In iiroiiMlnK sentiment for him. Ho teadfatly refuses to become a candi date. All the leadei-H .of his party arc for either Taft or La Follette. Tho ItooHevelt boom coiueH spontaneously from tho people. It comes from tho widespread realization that neither Taft nor La Follette can win In the election and that HooHevelt can win. "The progressive and Ktandpnt lead ers have their lighting blood up. Their vision goes no farther than the nation al convention. They know that Taft and La Follette reprcHcnt tlio opposltes of the partjf. viewpoint In tho extremcHt degree. They know' that tho nomina tion ot either of these men would widen tho breach. In tho party, but they are In no mood it stop tho fight, although tho fight Is'taRlng tho party Htralght to defeat. "In order to explain the availability of Roosevelt. at thin hour It In not nee essary to Hay a word to depredate either President Toft or Senator La Follette as men. None of those who oppose 1'reHldenl Taft neeuHo him of lack of character. Few or thoH who support him believe that he can be re elected if nominated. "Ui Follette la the Idol of tho pro gressive lenders, lie ban a following all over tho country, confined Ktrlctly to the progressives. The eonHcrvatlvo members of the party are bo convinc ed that I .a Follette Is the last word In radicalism that they refuse even to study the constructive work he has done us a jdatestunn. He looks like a radio I; he talks for hours at chau- tftuquas, and the conservative element is afraid of hint. Tried And Not Found Wanting. "Roosevelt's availability Is obvious. You do not have to discover It. All men concede U. He has been tried at the head of the nation seven years and came out of oifiee stronger than he was when he began. The people trust him and no legitimate interest that de serves to live fears htm. The rank and file of the party, aided by Ihe many thousands of people who vote Inde pendently, will nominate him if he will rIvo a word of encouragement. These people will be divided into two classes, those who love Roosevelt and those who are anxious that the progress of business ahall not be disturbed by n democratic victory. Big Track Meet for Sooner. Southwestern les will soon college nthletk' be greeted by cir the definite announcement of a dual track meet between the universities of Ok lahoma and Missouri nt Norman euiy next spring. Athletic Director Ronnie Owen of the Sooner Institution re ceived a req.ucst ,or u'n n wvi from the authorities nt Columbia Just be fore the Christmas holidays and in timated that he looked upon the prop osition with favor and believed that the university athletic council would do likewise. If negotatlons are satis factorily concluded and tho meK takes place it will bo the first time Okla homa has met any of the big Missouri Valley school on the cinder path. The contest will bo all the more note worthy to Oklahoma, Missouri will endeavor to wipe out the defeat suf fered by her grldlroners at the hands of tho Sooner in Columbia last fall. Oklahoma will be In the fray to dem onstrate that ah. Is superior to the Tiger aggregation In track as well as football. The university of Missouri won the Missouri Valley track and field meet at Dos Molnca ht year from Ne braska, Kansas. Iowa, Amos and Drake of tho conference. The team is one of tho best in the west and Owen has his work cut out for him It the Soon- m, i;ik its measure. Track and field Sports hv wn Neglected at the- university of Oklahoma ter the past years because of the expense and time they entail, but there is much stellar material In the school and a strong team should be easily pott en together for this and other meets to b f cheduKl In the near future. California's Great Oil Output. California broke all records in 1!H0 In the production of oil by a single Ktato. Her output was nearly '.'.: per cent of the greatest oil production ever attained by the United States. The California wells, aecordlng to the United States Geological Survey's re port on petroleum, contributed 7.1,010, 5f.O barrels to the total, which was greater than tho production of Russia, the eecond producing country in the world. COUNCIL REFUSES BUILDING PMII Long Meeting of City Fathers Caused By Discussion of Ways to Pay Claims Against the City. The city council met In regular ses sion last night at the city hall. The principal business of tho session de volved upon tho passage of the finance ordinance. The fact that several of tho various funds are nbout exhausted compelled the council to refuse to al low some of tho claims filed against the city. One of these was tho claim of Wm. Tewell for $34 for sweeping the afreets, tho street and bridge fund being too low to pay any more claims. Tho" petition of M, .!. Spalding and sou for a permit to erect a building on tho M., K. & T. right-of-way, on Emit Illinois avenue, west of the Katy tracks was denied ua It was thought a building of this kind would mar the view of Parker Plaza from both rail roads, and mat it would add to the danger of the railroad crossing nt this point. Tho contracts with J. W. Shonard for the construction of sidewalks on West Delaware avenue were approved. A resolution was adopted to the ef fect that in tho future the regular meetings or tne council will bo held on the first Tuesday nights of each month, Instead of the first and fourth Tuesdays as now. Special meetings will be called if necessary to take care of any business that may demand Im mediate intention. The meeting lasted well Into tho night but the uncertainty caused by the depletion of some of the funds of the city was responsible and the amount of business transacted wns comparatively small. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COWTEEIJIN FIGHT Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 3. Tulsa is still tho center of interest in the demo cratic national committeeman's fight and Kobert Galbroath, opponent to Tate Brady who seeks his re-election to the office, today addressed an open letter to Mr. Brady, urging him to enter a county primary for the pur pose of pining but one Tulsa county candidate before the state democratic convention to be held February 22. The letter follows: January It. I it 12. Hon. W. T. Urady, Tulsa. Okla. Dear Sir: I am a candidate for na tional committeeman, as you know. I entered the campaign on your state ment that you would not be a candi; date for reelection; and with your personal pledge that you would sup- ... poriutmy io express ins cnoice. Local pride ought to be strong en - ough to cause both of us to bow to the port me. For some reason which you judiciary above suspicion and tne er- have not thus far given yoi have J mine unspotted. This is the best way broken your pledge and promise and. in which to silence and disarm the al- aro agiln a candidate. I believe that 'loged mob." Tulsa county should have but on can-j jn his tight Senator Gore will have didate and that every democratic vot- the backing of Senator Owen and the er in Tulsa county should have nu op-J majority of the progressives of (he will of the local democratic voters so. which no inconsiderable part of nro that one candidate may have the unit- rrcsslve sentiment will swing. j ed support of this county at the state convention. I have proposed from the time you reentered the race to sub - mit our claims to a primary of all the democratic voters of Tulsa county, un- der the direction and control of the regular democratic election officials, You evaded the proposition and, as a subterfuge, proposed a primary next Ausust, six months after the state convention, which meets February 22. will have elected a national commit - teoman and decided the whole Quea - tlon. Yon know th&t the other avowed candidates, Hon. IX M. Halley. Hon. Kobert Gilliam and Hon. John B. I lln, will present their claims to the) state convention on February 22. The Qutttkm I now ask you : Are you w iiling- to let every demo-' cratic voter ot this county say by his vote at party primary, to be held within twenty (20) days, whether Tate Brady cr Kobert Calbreath will be Tulsa county's candidate for nt- lional committeeman?. It us be democrats and iet ti e people rule." tSr.edl KOBKHT GALUHEVTIl. OPPOSE HOOK Oklahoma Believe Kansas Judge Favors Interests, Says Senator Gore Hinges on Bristow. Washington, I). C Jan. 3. Prob ably no greater opposition to a candi- dato for tho United Statec supreme court ever has been shown than in the case of Judge Hook, of Leavenworth, Kans , who, it has beea announced, is being considered favorably by PresI- dent Taft for a Beat on the highest trl- bunal in the nation. Since it became known that Judge jjook waa a candidate many of those senators who are known to be aligned with tho people and against the ad- vaneement of every issue or person who might bo suspected of leaning to- ward privilege, havo become exceed- iugly active and now are waging a relentless crusade against the Kansas Jurist. I In tho vanguard of those attacking tno rcc0rd of Judge Hook and deciar- Ing him to bo not the best man that cun bo obtained for the place, is Sen- ator Gore of Oklahoma and the blind legislator will continue his activities until it finally is decided officially that Judge Hook shall or shall not be given tho position. Gore" Opposes Hook. ' In an interview given out Sunday night Senator Goro said: "Whenever doubt exists as to whether n Judge la Just to the people or leans toward privilege that doubt, out of abundant caution, should be re- solved In favor of the people, when the advancement of a Judge is In ques- There must be three entries in each tlon. Is there such a doubt In the case and all classes or tho first prize money of Judge Hook? The people of Okla- will be withheld, but first prize honor noma, the Corporatlon commission of awarded and second money revert to tlut state, and the attorney general first prize winner, of Oklahoma, practically are united Season admission tickets will be is in the belief that there is Just grounds sued free of charge to all exhibitors, for such a doubt. It is their belief No exhibits will bo allowed to be re that he is pro-privilege, and therefore moved from the exhibition room until against tho people and against their after the close of the exhibition, Jan Just endeavor reasonably to regulate nary 6, 1912. public service corporations. I share A unique feature of this year's show this boiler. "The people should not be asked to run a risk in an appointment of this character Involving life tenure of of fice. "There are lawyers and there are superior Judges who are above sus picion, and one of these should be ap pointed and confirmed ns against a judge who is over-friendly to privilege or even as against one who labors un der such a well grounded or well spread apprehension of being thus over-friendly. "This would cast an additional bus picion upon the Judiciary which should be avoided. "I will not undertake now to analyze Judge Hook's decisions on which the foregoing opinion is based. Honesty of Judge. "The people who exploded the dos ma that the king could do not w rong cannot bo expected to acquiesce in the doctrine that a court can do no wrong. Mr. Jefferson summarized the whole truth in the sentence that judges are as honest as other men and no more. He also said that if the liberties of the American ever were lost it would bo through the federal judiciary, with its life tenure. This U a nadditional reason . for resisting the appointment of an inferior ji'.dg- to the supreme bench of the United States, whose official record has ex cited trust sernous apprehension ana uis- "Let us, as far as possible, keep tl.t I ... senate, it is now oeueeu, aunuun n( "generally is conceded, that Senator uHstow of Kansas is the pivot upon - should Senator Bristow, who is a progressive ont and out, decide that jjudge Hook is not the man for the place, and oppose his elevation even .though the judge be from his home state, then it' is assured that progres- gives as a whole will oppose Hook. "Rut, with Bristow sanctioning the Kansas judge many progressives will Bland with him. The standpatters r sure to do so. j There is certain, however, to be one '0f the hardest battles in the history f tho ' mvernment asainst confirma- tknv of Judge Hook should he receive the nomination from President Taft... Committed Another Murder. Arthur Nichols alias Rogers, the lu-gro w ho killed John Lynch here last summer and made good his escape. fcas ran amuck at Salliaaw by killing another negro and is in jail there awaiting trial for murder. The last crime Nichols is charged with is de- scribed as a most brutal one. cutting his victim literally to pieces with a knife. POULTRY WILL END TODAY Many of the Prize Winners Will i Announced By the Scoring Judges. Be Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 3. A large por tion of tho prize winners in the sec- ond annual Eastern Oklahoma Poultry association show, which is being held in Tulsa this week, will be announced today. Judges Savage and Greer, after a day's hard work, last night finished their task of scoring the hundreds of birds of nil descriptions, and will award the various prizes and ribbons today. A large crowd or visitors spent much time In the show rooms yeser- day, and until late last night the room was filled with Interested persons, both poultry raisers and ordinary spec- tators, who visited out of curiosity, and say all they expected to see. Open Each Day. The show rooms will be open to the public every day this week from 9 o'clock a. in., until 10 o'clock p. m. The exhibits are all ih place, and when the rifferent ribbons and gold leg bands were attached to the prize winning birds and coops today the spectators will have a chance to pick out the choicest of the fowls. Rules of the Show. Awards for the best display are based upon the following scale of points. Each first prize shall count eight points, each second prize, six points, and each third prize, four points. A display shall consist of not less than ten birds of one variety. will be the awarding of gold leg bands to all first premium birds. These will be stamped "IS. O. P. A., First Prize." Prizes Offered. Following is a partial list of the prizes that are offered: Host display of pigeons and ban tams. Two rolls of roflng by Dicka-son-Goodman Lumber company. Highest scoring cock, $5 in gold by Merchants' and Planters' bank. Highest scoring cockerel, f3 in gold by Exchange National bank. Sweepstakes prize on best condi tioned pen in the show, 5 in gold by Central National bank. Highest scoring pen, $2.50 in gold, by A. A. Small. . Highest scoring white Wyandotte pullet, $2 in gold, by Postmaster Wal ter I. Reneau. Highest scoring ten birds of one va- riety, owned and exhibited by one ex- hibitor. $50 in gold, second prize $25 in gold, by Eastern 'Oklahoma Poultry association. The following cups will be awarded: Highest scoring pen, Ben Jeweler Rice cup; best display, Friedman Jewelry company, cup; largest and best display. Fred D. Wermuth, cup; best American class pullet, Pratt Food company, cup. , Best display of w hite Leghorns, oak footstool. Sellers Brothers. Largest and best display of white birds, one uem incuuaior, uj uiuumg- Stevens company. There are also over twenty-five spc- cial merchandise prizes onereu uu uu- fcrent classes by the Wright Clothing company, many other merchandise prizes by other local merchants, and over $200 in cash by the association for first, second and third prize win- r.ers in all the various classes. . ... . r J .11 RAILROAD TIME TABLE. FRISCO. North and East Bound. Leave Vinita No. 414K. C. Meteor .1:40 a.m. Ko. 12 California Express. .3:45 a. m. No. 124 Hustler ...6:46a.m. No. 416 Joplin Express 9:43 a. m. No. 2 Eastern Express. . .3:53 p. m. No. 40S St Louis Limited . . :0o p. m. No. 10 St. Louis Meteor. . 11:44 p. m. ; South and West Bound, x0. 2 Okla City & S. W.. .2:05 a. m. No. 413 Ok. City from K. C. 3:30 a. n. 'No. 407 Ok City fr K.C.-StL.9:24 a. m. x0. 1 Fast Mail 12:01 p.m. No. 11 California Express . 1:20 p. m. No. 415 Sanulpa Express .. .8:13 p. m. ;0. Na No. No. No. No. No, No No. No. No. 123 Hustler . ll:isp. m. M, K. . T. RAILWAY. No"th Bound. Leave Vinita 2 K. C. & St. Lou's. ...12: OS a. ra. 4 K. C. & St. Louis. 6 Flyer " 5 Parsons Bob . . . . 10 Katy Limited South Bound 1 Texas Express. . . S Texas Express... 5 Flyer , .9:13 a. m. ,.6:22 p. m. ..3:50 p. m. . .5:15 a. in. . .3:55 a, m. .7:10 p. ra. . .9:45 a. m. 7 Fast Mail .11:43 a, m. S Katy Limited 11:2S p. m. Clearing House Makes Good Showing. Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 2. Evidence of the continued growth and prosperity of the state of Oklahoma, as shown in the annual report of the Tulsa Clear ing House Association, completed at the close of business December ?.0th. The report shows that the total clear ings of Tulsa's seven banks during 1911 were $32,033,133, an Increase of approximately 33 per cent over the re- reipts for 1910. The receipts for De cember, 1911, the largest month's bus iness on record, were $3,115,204. STATE CAPITOL TO BE BUILT IT LAST The Final Plans Have Now Been Made And the Money Will Soon Be Raised. Oklahoma City, Jan. 3. Actual con- structlon work on a state capitol nevea mat in tne state it gained a buildinr will be commenced within great many more. Oklahoma C'ty is thirty days after Governor Cruce is in headquarters for the entire state and receipt of 100,000, the sum required the records of the district show that to start the structure. C24 soldiers left the state during the This money is to be provided by the year. The navy has a recruiting sta sale of 20 of the 650 acres which the tion at Muskogee, but the figures of Capitol Development company will that office weve not given, deed to the state in default of its con-; That it is not an easy matter to tract to build a capitol within a sped- obtain a Job following the flag in any fled time.- The 20 acres are to be of the three branches of the service is bought by the city which in turn will evident from the number that were : raise the J100.000 to do so by a bond weighed and found wanting during the Issue for the ratification of which a year. The acceptances above resulted Rnoeial election will .be called bv the from 3,337 applications. The army re- city commissioners Thursday. The 650 acre 'tract which the.Capi tod Development company will turn over to the state is worth in all about 11,250,000. Plans have been made by which the balance of the money to finish the state house will be raised without putting any additional burden on the taxpayers. The city bond issue will be for 1250,000. After the $100,000 has been turned over to the tate tor the begin- ning of construction work the other J150.000 will be applied to the bonus guaranteed by the city to the Schwartzchild & Sulzberger packing plant, and to the project for a railroad from Oklahoma City to Woodward to open the northern part of the state. The Capitol Building company tin dertook some time ago to pay to the state 125.000 Der month from proceeds of sale of lands, this money to be ap nliel to the erection of the capitol Tho plan not proving feasable right I at that time, owing to tonditions then existing, the company is turning the land over to the state with a clear title. The erection of the structure plan ned, it is pointed out, will greatly in crease the value of all the tracts. Every detail of the plan will be made public and every angle of the gigantic plan for a new line of industrial de velopment will be discussed. The argument is advauced that every business house in the city is vitally intereted because the carrying out of the various ideas will put more money in circulation and stimulate trade and labor. "Garber Cup Contest. The annual debate at the university of Oklahoma for the trophy cup pre sented several years ago by Judge Mil ton C. Garber of Enid was held in the university chapel on the night preced ing the Christmas holidays.. The par ticipants were the Senate and Forum cnHPtt tho two oldest debatine clubs of the school. The Forum won the de - bate and evtemporaneous speaking contest and the cup, while the Senate secured the parliamentary drill. TUe! contest aroused much interest and tho rponlt. enrnn as a surnrise since the Soma hn,1 uon nil nrevloilS contests and was expected to score the most,been for the coast artillery. This is Mint na-nin. The Forum was renre-! service for which it is hard to obtain i 4i.tA hv rM,n smith f, Konawa and M. L. McCance of Mu- tual. in extemporaneous speaking by ) on account of the opportunity for extra V. E. Danner of Capitol Hill, in thlJPay through qualifying as gunners, conducting of parliamentary drill by j Lewis Salter of Cherokee; the Senate, j ESTELLA. in debate by E. B. Hunt of Alex and j There was quite a nice dance at the L. W. Maxwell of Sparks, in extemp- i home of Charley Marker New Year's oreaneous speaking by Harvey O. Shuff of Alva, and In parliamentary drill by Ulys Webb of Mountain Park. The contest came as a forerunner of the preliminaries which will be held in I I'rank Hold is moving to the Wm. January to choose representatives foriTooley farm. ; the annual debates with Kansas and) Colorado. Damage Suit Against Frisco. Tulsa. Okla., Jan. 2. In a suit hied by Mrs. Texana Ross against the St. r.niii-5 nnd San Francisco railroad to. day, the plaintiff seeks $20,00 damages for the death of her husband, John M. Ross, an engineer for the Frisco road, who died from injuries received while clearing the track near Mountain View. Okla. Ross train followed a freight train that was wrecked and In clearing the wreckage, a broken "Jack" struck fcirn on the arm. An amputation followed In a St. Louis hospital juul Ross died three days later. A similar: suit was filed in Garfield county, mi l dismissed by the federal court on 11 techEicality. HEW STATE SENDS F Totai of 398 Enlisted With Uncle Sam's Troops at Oklahoma City During the Past Year. Oklahoma City, Jan. 2. Oklahoma City furnished more than three hun dred men for Uncle Sam's' lighting force during 1911 according to the statement of the three recruiting of ficers operating in the city. Of these the navy drew the greatest number with 195, the army came second with 183 and the marine corps gained 20, a total of 398. j The figures of the marine corps are not complete, on account of the re cruiting office here being a sub-station and only tne records for the past sev en months being on hand. The rest of the records have either been misplac ed or forwarded to headquarters. ; Though the army gained less than the navy In Oklahoma City, it is be- Jected 1,900, the navy 515 and the ma rine corps 83. The rejections were all for physical reasons and it was stated at the army station that the accept ances have been less than half of those of last year on account of the rigid ex aminations required by the comman der, Lieutenant. M. Offley. Many of the rejections for the army are caused by the prevalence of what is known as fiat footedness, which has become a moted question among army surgeons. The regulations provide that the soldier shall have a foot with a high instep, arched like a ballet . dancer. This is claimed to be the nat- ural human foot and the one that, stands up on the long hikes. The sol dier without a good foot may be brave as a lion and willing in every way, but if his feet are not good, he can't get there. Therefore the fiat footed mef have been held heretofore as unfitted for army duty. But now comes a new theory. Cer tain army surgeons have noticed Lbai Indians and negroes are flat footed races and they have decided that it comes from not wearing shoes and is the real natural human foot. They ob served further and noticed that the negroes in the Philippine service out hiked some of the whites and it had .become necessary to overookl flat-foot- edness in order to obtain recruits for the negro outfits. The Indian's endur ance on a long march is proverbijl an dndw the medicos are wonderin? if they have not been mistaken in keei ing the fiat-footed men out of the army. i The matter is now being discussed and "slew-footed" soldiers may yet re- place the man with the dainty arched instep. The small number of men recruited for the marine corps in Oklahoma City is explained by the smallness of the crop. There are only a little more than 9,000 men in the entire service and it is usually full. The examina tions are also more rigid in some par- " 1UU1U' )nav' . But the smallness of the crop 8 e min rcason- H was stated that ine past 'ear men WUh Soa - B um re-c.mfc,me.u because there was no place for them. Most of the men enlisted for the uu""6 i"aonn mumua ua recruits as it is little known, but it is claimed to be one of the best branches night. All report a good time. Dan Speaks was In Vinita Tuesday- Cha-ley Tucker Is at EHtella digging - ewu again, j Mrs. Downlng'g new house will be ady to move In oon. The box (Hipper at tho Fallen school j hfi wna quit a, succour, taking in the amount of f 14.75, It was given.?; . for tho benellt of Bro. (lahiiol. t Then wan Hinging at the home c'j Frank Hold, hut owing to the coK ' weather there were not many out, b"' ' Hinging lasted until 10 o'clock. -M reported ft Hood time. m n , -i ' FOR UICNT-Si) acres good hay Ian f the N 1-2 of the NE 1-4 of the NE 1 f ami the Kl-J I 4 of the NE 1-4 of tl NK 14 and SW 14 of the NE 1-4 of tlx NK 1,4 ml the SE 1-4 of the NE of Section 14, Township 27. Range E,ut. Address District Agent. N w-ftta, Oklahoma, tor terms. ' QUOTA 0 pn n rnn : ii i ii r ' UULUILIIUCj .A - 7 I