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'" fl. m?fWF -rrnrrT mmmmmmmmi Vu i-iS4 v v 1,H fc K Farmers' Champion VOL. III. ELGIN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913 NO. 4a 4b m jjs.- T News Notes i EpkoM of tk Mast laapsrtant Happamiagt at HoflM and Abroad I FOREIGN. Fivo days armistice was agreed on by the delegates from Servla, -Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria. Premier Karl-Staaf of Sweden, lib eral, on opening the eighth northern temperance congress, made an ad dress, In which he said he favored prohibition for Sweden. Charles Blsscll and Bernard Mc Donald, mine managers, held by Mex ican federals under sentence of death at Cttlhuahua, have been ordered re- lca3ct by the Huerta government. Mrs. Edith Rlgby, well known suf fragette, was sentenced at London to nine months at hard labor for setting fire to the country residence of Sir William If. Lever at Lancanshlrc, July 8, causing damage estimated at $100, 000. Venustlano Carranza, Mexican rebel chieftain, wired his Washington agents that ho would pledge peace in Mex ico within ninety days If the United States would grant constitutionalists the right to Import arms and war mu nitions freely. Sylvia Pankhurst, the militant suf frage who was out on license under the "cat and .mouse law," was the leader of a .suffraget demonstration which surpassed all previous Sunday afternoon affairs of the s6rt. During the rioting which followed, Miss Pank hurst was -re-arrested and taken to Hollowoy Jail. la consequence of outbreaks of rev olution in Venzuela and tho invasion of the country by armed forces under the leadership of former President Clprano Castro, tho federal council constitutionally authorized President Juan Vicente Gomez to assume dicta torial powers until the movement Is crushed. World supremncy lo lawn tennis rests with the United States. The struggle for tho Dwl,ht P. Davis trophy, emblematic of tho Internation al tennis championship bf London on Wimbledon courts In a victory for the United States when Maurice 13. McLoughlln, tho American singles champion, defeated Charles P. Dixon, the veteran English player at 8-6, 6-3, f-I. A. strike In the textile industry In volving sixty-four factories at Bar celona, Spain, has been called. The authorities here say that from state ments made by leaders of tho work ers under arrest they nro fearful that the strike will assume a revolution ary character. As a precaution, rein forcements of troops are being hur ried to the city. DOMESTIC. "' v. A general curtailing of the Frisco railroad's passenger service to take effect August 10 is announced. Sev eral trains will be discontinued, while others will be rerouted The 1913 city directory of St. Paul contains the names of 2,400 John sons, over 400 of which have the In itial "A." The Olsons come along fairly strong with 1,440, while the Smiths are relegated to third place with only 800. Eight are dead, one other Is prob ably fatally burned and eleven others are seriously Injured, .as the result of a motorcycle accident at the Lagoon tnotordome, across the river from Cln natl. Attended by thousands of mourners, many of them relatives or close friends of the victims, the funeral of the twenty-one Identified dead who lost their lives la the Btnghamtoa Clothing company Are, was held at Blngbamton, N. Y. la the presence of 125 members of the fraternal order of the Moose, la Moose hall, Donald A. Kenny, presl feat ef the Birmingham, Als, chauf feurs' ualea, aad Christopher Oustln, aa Irea meuMer. met death from a sleek ef electricity. They were be- ftftf The Order of Moose, In convention at Cincinnati, selected Milwaukee for their 1914 convention Fourteen deaths due to heat were reported to the health board at Detroit July 31 Ten were young children. Under a new law which wont Into effect Aug 1, 2000 Ohio saloons have closed. Only one is allowed for each GOO population. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, aged 82, moth er of tho lato United States Senator Jeff Davis died at her home at Little Rock of old age. After falling 100 feet from his balloon to tho ground at tho University of Florida campus at Gainesville, Fred L. Owen scrambled to his feet and declared he wbb unhurt 8. U. G. Ithoados, member of the lowes house of tho West Virginia leg Islature, accused of accepting a bribe In tho recent contest In the general assembly for a United States senator, was found guilty. A severe rainstorm, accompanied by wind and lightning, which burst over Baltimore, caused injury to eighteen persons, two of whom may die, nnd damaged property to tho extent of about 8100,000. Mrs. Ella Flacc Youne. superin tendent of Chicago nubile schools. who tendered her resignation a week ago because of friction with certain member of the body, has announced Bhe has decided to retain her position. Mld-rimmer heat killed thirty-five persons, twonty-flve adults and ten In fants, prostrated more than fifty and brought temperatures as high as' 104 In some cities and mado the 100 degreo mark common through a wide area on July 30. A monumental legend written In great concrete letters on the face of Culebra cut and telling the history of the building of the Panama canal Is the central feature of the plan of the commission of fine arts for beautify ing the canaL w' ' Shouting "Death to Diaz," a strong contingent of Mexican rebel sympa thizers gave a riotous reception at Los Angeles to General Felix llaz, leader of the revolution In Mexico, against President Madcro. Ho Is oa his way to Japan. An application for authority to bor row 8100,000 with which to meet In debtedness due August 1 of tho Ncwl Orleans, Texas ft Mexico, a part of the Frisco system, was made to Spe cial Master Chafee, by J. D. O'Kccfe, receiver, at New Orleans. After concealing his race nil' his life, Henry Lee, head of Laird & Lee, book publishers of Chicago, died worth 8200,000 which escheats to the state of Illinois as he had no rela tives. His mother was a negro slave and his father a white man. Christine Neal, 17 years old, one of the principal witnesses In the recent "white slave" Investigation; Dorothy Bwentsen and Madeline Hngaln, es caped from the girls' department of tho state reform school at Whlttler, Calif. The threatened strike of 80,000 con ductors and trainmen of forty-five eastern roads for higher wages and Improved working conditions will not bo called. Articles of agreement to aroltrate, under the Newlands act, the questions at issue were signed by tho employes' representatives and the con ference committee of railroad map agcrs. WASHINGTON. After a conference with the presl dent Secretary Bryan declared that the United States was In no way be ing pressed for action In Mexico by European nations. At a conference between Represen-tatlve-at-large Claude Weaver of Ok lahoma, and President Wilson at the White House, the chief executive ex pressed his inteatloa of withdrawing the nomlnatloa of A. E. Patterson, negro, of Muskogee, to be registrar of the United States treasury. j After several hours of long, ortho dox tariff discussion In the senate the chemical schedule was approved without change. At his own request, Gen. W. H. Blxby, chief of engineers of the United States army, will retire August It to favor of Col. William T. Russell, senior colonel of the engineer corps. A cyclonic storm of wind, rain and ball swept tho natlon"s capital leav ing death and rula.ln Its wake. Three dead, scores injured and hundreds of dollars worth, of property destroyed was the toll recorded. NEWS HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE OKLAHOMA CROPS REPORTED TO E FAR ABOVE THE AVERAGE. COTTON CONDITION 81 PERCENT General Average for the Country Is Only 79.6 Per Cent.- Corn Crop Over th- State la Damaged About 59 Per Cent. Washington. Tho condition of the growing crop of the United States on July 25 was 79.6 per cent of a nor mal, compared with 81.8 per cent on June 26, 1913, 76.G per cent on July 25, 1912, 89.1 per cent on July 25, 1911, and 80.0 per cent, the average on July 25 of the past ten years, accord ing to the third cotton condition re port of the season Issued by the crop reporting bureau of statistics, de partment of agriculture, and estimated from reports of Us coriespondents and agents. Tho area planted to cotton this ear, as previously reported by the department of agriculture In Its pre liminary estimate, Is about 35,622,000 acres, or 2.6 pot' cent more than tho 34,766,000 acres planted last year. The Oklahoma condition Is re ported at 81 per cent, as compared with 80 In 1912, W In 1911 and a tea year average of. SI. The acreage as compared with last year Is 107 per cent Injury To Corn Is 69 Per Cent On the average, over .the state the MU . eera' crop vfcar. been damaged, to the extent of 69 per cent, with a growing condition of 41 per eent, ac cording to the crop report for the month of July, issued by the board of agriculture. This shows a condi tion more adverse than was shown for corn In July, 1912. Then the corn wan damaged to the extent of 27 per cont, with a growing condition of 73 per cent. Reports from the various sections or the state indicate that crops are good In some places and poor In others. In Carter, Delaware and several other counties, It Is said that corn will make bumper crops, while In other places It has been en tirely burned. The growing condition of cotton for July, 1913, Is shown to be 76 per cent, while that for July, 1912, was 74.3. The per cent of cotton abandoned be cause of drouth and other causes la 1913 I slO per cent while that for 1912 was 18.1 per cent. The growing condition of broom corn for July, 1913, Is 65 per cent, which Is not so good as that of July, 1912, at 78.8. In many places, how ever, the 1913 crop Is more profitable than the 1912, because of a better price. From 880 to 8100 a ton has been received for much of tho 1913 crop that has Seen sold, while the price for tho 1912 crop started out much less than that The growing condition of the for age crops Is considered good at this time of year, cowpeas oelng 78 per cent, kaflrcorn, 76, and mllo maize, 74. The growing condition of alfalfa for July, 1913, Is 60 per cent, with 42 per cent abandoned because of poor stand and other causes, while for July, 1912, It showed a growing condition of 74 per cent, with 34.7 per cent aband oned. , The growing condition of corn for July, 1911, was 28 per cent and far 1909, 64 per cent, and for cotton In 1911 It was 87 per cent and In 1909 76 per cent. The per cent of cotton .abandoned in 1911 was 11 per cent and la 1909 it was 8 per cent. Randall Bend Forfeited. Guthrie. On the day set for the pre liminary hearing of Hugh Randall be fore Justice Seton on the charge of forgery, there were several witnesses In court ready for the hearing, but the defendant was not present. His attorneys were not In court, and the court ordered tho forfotture of the 11,000 bonds. He was charged with having presented a forged claim for horses and mules hlch he claimed to hava killed and paid for while hawaa actlag under the direction ef the slate aearo oi saricuuere. PAT STOCK SHOW WORKERS Board of Managers to Msst In Okla homa City on August 7. Tom E. Smith, of Norman, presi dent of the fat stock show and sale to be held annually at the Oklahoma Na tional stockyards, the first exhibition being In March, has announced the names of additional members of the board of managers which has charge of the event For tho Shorthorn breeders II. O. Lookebaugh of Watonga, A. B. Camp bell of Geary and J. L. Wadley of Noblo are selected. For breeders of Hereford cattle, the new representa tives are W. N. Shellenbarger of Oklahoma City and N. D. Pike of Weatherford. For breeders of flue swine, J. R. Sparks of Hunter and C. L. Ticer of Oklahoma City are named. .These men, with President 8mlth, Vice President Charlie Campbell, Sec retary W. R. Martlneau and Treasurer T. P. Martin Jr., compose the board of managers, empowered by the breed ers, commission men and packers In terested In the show to make all ar rangements looking to a mammoth ex hibition of fine fat and feeder cattle and hogs at the Oklahoma stock yards In March. Mr. Smith writes the board of managers will meet In Oklahoma City August 7 at the Exchange building, and requests,' t those breeders In terested atteno ,e session, the board of managers wanting to get views on the proposed show and sale. He has received many letters from stock men over the state and Texas, and most of them say they will attend the show next spring. "THIRTY" FOR CAD ALLARD Veteran Oklahoma Newspaper Man Dies Suddenly at Chlekasha. Chlckasha. "Thirty'' came suddenly to Cad Almrd,jeteran newspaper man, at his hem -in Chlekasha. t Up trf within the last few weeks, Mr. Allard had attended to his duties as editor of the American at El Reno, although he had been a great sufferer for months. In 1902, Mr. Allard moved to Enid, from Illinois, where he became one of the founders of the Dally Eagle, editing It till he sold out and came to Chlckasha In March, 1905. He after wards worked on papers at Guthrie, Chlckasha and Checotah. He leaves a widow and three children. Bstsr Roads for Sequoyah County. Salllsaw. Last week saw another big day In the history of Sequoyah county. The towns of Salllsaw and Hanson are eight miles apart and ev ery store and bank In both towns closed their places of business and met the farmers along the line be tween the two towns on road duty. By actual count there were elghty-flve teams at work on the road and the men numbered 60. It has proven by far the best good roads day ever held In the county. In the various crews were counted twelve bankers, fourteen lawyers and seven ministers of the gospel. Deep Wells For Altus. Alius. Members of the city council of Altus believe they have found a solution of the water problem In a series of twenty wells about forty feet deep, which It la proposed to drill In the Beasely addition In the eastern part of the city, where the water Is pure and abundant The wells are to be equipped with Individual motors, 'which will pump the water directly Into the stand pipe. No action has yet been taken on the proposition. Held for Killing Father. Chlckasha. Will Thomas has bees held without ball for the, killing of his father, J. A. Thomas, near Alex. The testimony showed Thomas had threatened the lives of the family, but they had refrained from reporting the case through fear of htm. Gen. Bliss te Inspect Militia. Chandler. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will; sooh arrive at Camp Garrison, where the Oklahoma National Guard are en camped, for the purpose of giving the men and officers a thorough Inspection and looking over the work of the Guard as It shows In the results ac compltsbed la camp. Ae this Is the first time a general has ever Inspected the National Guard of this state the occasion will be an-Important one to the Guard and every effort will be put forth to make as good ahowisg as possible. J. J. MOLESTER ON JOB Ml LIEUTENANT. BOVERNOR WAKES THINGS UP WHEN GOVERNOR LEAVES THE STATE. more mvrkrers are mrmned And tho School Book Contracts Are Given the O. K. Crucs Revekee All the Aete ef the Temper ary Governor. Tho litigation aad controversj over the school book adoptions mad last July by tho old state board of education, was summarily terminated when Lieutenant Governor J. J. Me Alcster, actlag as governor In the ab sence of Governor Cruce, who was In Kansas City,, signed and approved the contracts and bonds for twenty-four publishing companies and Issued a proclamation declaring the books In use and dlrectlag the attorney gen eral to dismiss all litigation Instituted by the state In opposition to the con tracts. At the same time Governor McAlcs ter made use of his pardoning power and granted full and complete par dons to B. II. .Updyke, a nephew of former Governor Haskell, sentenced to life Imprisonment from Oklahoma county for murder, which occurred two or three years ago; George Crump, Jr., sentenced to seven years for alleged fraud In some Indian land sales In Pottawatomie county; J. W. Dobbs, senteaeod for fifteen year .. fit. rut . - -w. . uuiu niK vtij v gwuq vt jMmn slaughter; Bea Beadev seatenced from Bhawaee ea a charge ef at tempting te bribe a district judge. The companies wheee -eeatraeta were signed -are: AHys.ft Bases, ef Chicago; W. H. Wheeler ft Co., ef Chicago: J. B. Dyche Pnbllsalss Ce, of Oklahoma City; Bates a- Ce. ef Chicago; the Macmillaa Co., ef New York; Charles Scrlbner ft Bea, ef Chleago; Atktnson-Mentser Co., ef Chicago; Scott Foresmaa ft Co., of Chicago; B. F. Johnson ft Co., ef Richmond, Vs.; Educational Book Co., of Boston; Oklahoma School Herald Publishing Co., of Oklahoma City; Southern Publishing Co., of Dallas; Roe Peterson A Co., of Chicago; Sil ver Burdette ft Co., of Boston; Fergu soa Publishing Co., of Sherman, Tex.; D. Appleton ft Co., of Chicago; Glnn ft Co., of Dallas; Woodiuff Bank Note Co., of Lincoln; Charles B. Merrell ft Co., or New York; B. H. Sanborn, of Boston; Little, Brown ft Co., of Bos ton; Colonial Book Co., of Chicago, and the American Book Co. of Chi cago. Governor Lee Cruce, as sooa as ha returned, Issued a proclamation re voking the four pardons. Oornrnor Cruce also notified bv tele gram the twenty-two boot companies that he would consider sn affront ts the stato any attempt on their part to put Into the state the school books contracted for by the deposed state board of education and approved by Acting Governor McAleater. Governor Cruce, at the same time. .Instructed Attorney General Charlea West to disregard the Instructions re ceived by him from Acting Governor MoAlester to dismiss the salts pend ing, In which the validity of the school book contracts are being ques tioned. Attorney General West wan directed by Oovernor Cruce to con tinue the salts until they are finally determined by the supreme court of the state. Btate Penitentiary Warden Robert W. Dick was notified' on the tele phone by Governor Cruce to disre gard the pardons Issued by Act las Governor McAlester which at ' that time hsd not reached the prison, by mall, and to hoht the four prisoners whom McAlester sought te free. The signing of the hook contracts aad the pardons took place la the office of Secretary of State Bea Harri son la the preseace'ot Mr. Harrises, who attached the official seal ef the state to the documents; Hugh Har roll, assistant secretary of state; Nor man Haskell, of Oklahoma CRyJ eea ot former Governor Haskell i Oeae Day. ef McAlester, one ef the aethers of the Harris-Day code ef taws,' aad Bute Buperlateadeat of PwMw !a straetlen Robert H. Wlteea, at vast Instance the teasel books wars SB raved. ' .1 l vi -1 'A r, '(( 5 f $-v-