Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST Oklahoma--Tonight and Saturday unsettled; showers in north portion tonight or Saturday. Tonight er in east portion. MUSKOGEE VOLUME XIX-No. 149 MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1913 PRICE FIVE CENTS TIMES- The President Of The United States Pens This Memorial Message To T-D Readers. -DEMOCRAT de First the Ex- him, nor north since help my men Sate means nation have denda nor W.

S. WHITE GETS THREE YEARS W. S. White, former owner of a Muskogee baseball team, and stock salesman for a number of local companies, was convicted in Oklahoma City last night of embezzling $2,500 from Mae H. Edmondson, of Holdensentenced to three years in the state penitentiary.

White was ville, and to jail and his lawyers at committed proceedings to secure his release by a writ of habeas corpus OR the groundg that the proper officials were not In the court room when he wag sentenced. Mrs Edmondson swore that she gave her note and mortgaged home for $2,500 for stock in an insurance comrany. Sho never received the stock and the mortgage was foreclosed on her home. It was charged that White acted a8 the woman's agent and instead of using the money to buy the stock as agreed, diverted the funds for his own use. Edmondson offered to make the mortgage and note to the insurance company, but White told her that it would be better to make it di: rect to him.

PEUGEOT Car Distances American Machines up to 300 Miles At -Heat Causes Trouble Speedway, Indianapolls, May With the stench of burning rubber permeating the air for miles around; with drivers reeling in their seats because of the terrific pace and the heat of the sun; and with monster mafario chines cracking like toys as the minutes and the hours sped by, the third annual 500 mile Sweepstakes automobile race here tuday called for the best of American and foreign cars and drivers to withstand the rigors of the flying miles. The twenty-seven cars went away from the starting line at ten o'clock, after being, paced once around the track. Burman, the a favorite In the betting, in his big Keeton, got away to a flying start, closely pursued by Goux in his monster Peugeot. After the first fifteen laps. the strain began to tell, and car after car, crippled and dragging its flayed tires like the dangling wings of a wounded bird, would dash up to the pits for repairs.

Ralph DePalma, one of best driverg in the race, was forced, to quit in the eighteenth lap hig Mercer developed cylinder trouble. a He WaS followed by Jenkins, Schacht In 800n the twentleth lap; by Herr'8 Stutz, Harry Endicott'9 Nyberg, Nikrent'8 Case, Zuccarrilli'8 Peugeot, Trucco's Isotta, Grant's Isotta, Endicott's Case, and by Towers' Mason, which turned turtle, breaking Tower's les and injuring Mechanician Dunning. They were taken to the hospital. Burman led in his Keeto1 at 100 miles, in 1:13:55, breaking speedrecords for the distance. way was second.

There were twentythree cars in the race. Goux in his Peugeot led at the 200 mile mark, Burman having had to stop to put out a fire which ignited near his carburetor. He changed varbureters twenty and -Ave resumed miles the behind raco Goux. after 'alling time for the 200 was 2:33:30. At distance, Anderson's Stutz way second, Guyot's Sunbeam third, Stulford'8 Mercedes forth, and Wishart's Mercer fifth.

Goux In his Puegeot, was leading at the end of three hundred miles, His time was 3:52:26.75. Thig in averof 77 42 miles an hour, a new recage ord for cars of this class. This record wins a trophy of $2,500. Woodrow Wilson, Southern elected Chief ecutive of our country the civil war, hopes to to "Draw together all for the service of a that has neither North South." JEALOUS Husband At Sallisaw Shot His Wife and Then Killed Himself- Hotel Proprietor SALLISAW, MAY (SPECIAL.) -WILLIAM PROPRIETOR OF THE HOTEL IN THIS PLACE, MORNING SHOT AND WOUNDED HIS WIFE, TURNED THE GUN ON 'HE IS DEAD AND MRS. ACCORDING TO FHYSICIANS, A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE COVERY.

JEALOUSY WAS CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY. For a week or ten days been having trouble with his accused her with being too with boarders at the hotel morning on ctreet directly to prey, on his mind. of the hotel and in sight of people he met hig wife face drew a 38-caliber resolver. her and she fell apparently then turned the gun upon the shots were (atal Pierson was -one and his wife 1g thirty have six children. the oldest fifteen and the youngest general impression in Sallisaw the woman was unjustly her husband, and that his accentuated by drink and drugs tically unbalanced his mind Ily and led to the shooting.

as known there had been no between the couple this morning. Pierson hag' wife. He intimate' PIERSON, FARMERS THIS FATALLY THEN HIMSELF. PIERSON, HAS OF RETHE it: This front face. shot He and old They being Tho that' by jealousy, practempora- So quarrel PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY The public schools of the city closed this morning after a most successful The past week has been chiefly devoted to the final examinations and this morning the pupils went to their respective schools to receive their report cards for the term.

The past year has been, the best year in the history of the Muskogee schools. Superintendent Monroe gays that it has been the best from a good many points of view, the best in attendance, both in the number of pupils enrolled and in their regularity and: best in point of efficiency among pupils and teachers and best the standpoint of healto. here has been no epidemic of any disease in the schools during the past year and the general health 'the papils has been above the average, The schools closed with an enrollment of about 6,000. This Is about 500 more pupils than were In the schools at the close of the school year of 1912. The schools will re-open about the middle of September.

The board of. education has not set the exact date but it will probably be a week or two earlier than usual. BIG WELL AT BARTLESVILLE. Bartlesville, May Wolverine Oil company drilled a gusher here today. The well started at one thousand barrels and 1g the largest well drilled in this field in many months.

It is located east of Bartlesville and opens up a new fleld. The completion of the well caused great excitement and in the day thousands of acres of land were leased. PAID TRIBUTES OF LOVE TO THE DEAD Decoration day was generally ohserved in Muskogee today, practically places of being closed. Only a few, stores remained open unnoon. Picnic parties caught early cars and went either to Brushy Mountain, Fort Gibson or Hill to spend the day.

Many families drove to the country to spend the day in the woodr. At nine o'clock a committee of the A. and U. C. V.

and Spanish War Veterans visited Green Hill cemetery, strewing flowers on the graves of the soldier dead. The principal celebration was held in the National cemetery at Fort Gibson this afternoon. All morning ple went to the old fort via interurban. in carriages and automoblles. Following the address of the day by Hon.

P. C. West, Judge William Hoyt. captain in the army of the I Potomac who died at his CITY EDITION cool- THE WHITE HOUSE 'N A great the re the hands a rel. he pod the tall a I deem Slate.

did die. and the 'of clety de locked If degree the acon PARENTS DROWN IN EFFORT TO RESCUE THEIR DAUGHTER Walter Moore And Wife Die Trying to Save Their Oldest Child From Death In The Washita, And Leave Four Little Ones Orphaned--The Bodies Are Recovered Sulphur, May --In a heroic effort to save their oldest daughter May, from drowning, Walter Moore and his wife lost their lives in the Washita river near here late yesterday, the child was also drowned. Moore had a of five children and familia a short time ago. "Yesterday afternoon they went to the on a holiday to fish. Late in the afternoon they were wading and fishing when the daughter, got beyond her depth.

She and her mother made a dash to her assistance. In a moment mother and daughter was struggling In a current and out of their depth. Moore made a desperate attempt to save both his wife and child. He reached them before they went down but could not make headway against the The three went down clinging together and were drowned. The body of the mother and daughter were recovered and brought in about 10:30 last night.

Moore's body was not recovered until after midnight. There are four little orphan children being cared for here as a result of the tragedy. WARRANT ISSUED FOR PEYTON A warrant was issued yesterday afternoon for the arrest of Mastergon Peyton, a Muskogee attorney, charging him with embezzlement. It is alleged collected $1,097 the that Commercial Peyton Electric company, foot St. appropriated the money to Louis and hiy own use The St.

Louis company filed its claim with an Oklahoma City firm of attorwho referred the claim to neys, Peyton. S. E. Dunbar Comterson an electrical firm of this city. pany, whom the claim was against, resiste.l and suit WAS brought by Peyton.

It, The latter secured judgment against Dunbar Company and the latter paid the judgment to John L. Wisener, who the time, and Wisener in was sheriff at turn paid the money to Peyton. Oklahoma City attorneys to The whom the claim was orizinally referred claim that Peyton had never accounted the money, but on the contrary, for had told them that he was getting suit against Dunbar ready to start Company, when in fact the judgment had already been paid. Peyton has been out of the city several days and his whereabouts are unknown at this time. Many suits have been filed against the past year and in Payton during many instances the defendant confessed Some time ago disbarment proceedinstituted against him and ings were the supreme appointed a special to take testimony.

The special adversely to Peyton and judge conclusions with the state reported filed court. It is understood that supreme the latter court has not yet passed upon the decision. HOMER BROWN A WESTPOINTER Hower C. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. H. S. Brown, of Tahlequah, has successfully passed all physical and mental examinationg for entrance Point enter that into West June 14. Young Brown is stitution now at his home in Tahlequah.

18 nineteen years old and was 'appointed as a cadet to West Point by Congress: heart of moor me the for for rates tor be regrow her fauna a. Historical poser en VINITA STOCKMAN FEARS INSANITY Kansag City, May he was afraid he would kill himself, William Bradin, 35 yearg old, a stockman of Vinita, asked Sergeant S. I. Reed at police headquarters yesterday to take him in charge. Bradin'g request was granted and he Wag to Colonel J.

0. Greennian, investigator of the insane for the police department. Bradin left Sunday night with a carload of stockta arrived in Kan. sag City Tuesday morning. He told ('olonel Greenman he did not know where he been since he sold his rattle.

When he arrived at police headquarters he was without funds. Bradin gays he lg married and that hig father is J. W. Bradin, 119 South Third street, Vinita. Colonel Greenman telegraphed to the father yesterday afternoon.

Bradin was gent to the General hospital. RED HOT IN KANSAS. Kansas City, May mounting in one case ag high as 104 degrees from extreme western and southwestern Kansas counties are reported today. No Immediate relief 1g promised. Crop conditions are not regarded as serious.

HILTON IS CHAMPION. St. Andrew's, Scotland, May Harold H. Hilton of the Royal Liverpool Golf club won the world's amateur golf championship today, beating Harrig of Acton. England, and five to play over a thirtysix hole course.

This is the time Ililton has held the title. RAILROADS WARN GIRL TRAVELERS Chicago, May of the largest roads entering Chicago began post ing along their lineg today notices to girls, issued by the Illinois vigilance association, warning them against chance acquaintances. The posters urge girls traveling alone to Chicago to write to one of several organizationg. that they may be met at the train and saved from designing men and women. BASEBALL RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE.

RACING RESUMED IN N. Y. TODAY Beimont Park, I. May weather greeted the thousandg who gathered here today to celebrate the revival of thoroughbred racing in New York state after a lapse of thirty three months. Today's events were under the auspices of the Westchester Racing association and the combined interests of the Saratoga and local tracks.

District Attorney Wysung and Sheriff Demot of Nassau county were early on hand with deputy sheriffs and other officers to see that the law prohibIting bookmaking and gambling was strictly enorced. In this they were promised the earnest support of the Jockey club and of the promoters of the sport, who were anxious to reestablish racing on a solid basis. The feature of today's card of six races wug the metropolitan handicap at bne mile, for which fourteen horses were eligible, Three of these Whiskbroom I. Night Stick and Marry Task were recently brought back from England, where they were raced last year by Messrs. Whitney and Belmont The first named.

the Whitney entry, had not until today suported silk in this country, but Merry Task ran in tw.) races during the recent meeting Pimlico. Judge Ralph E. Campbell of the United States court, is spending Decoration day in his old home, Muskotah, Kan. Found Ford in Ninth. Philadelphia, May morning game with New York was pulled the fire by Philadelphia in the out of inning.

Not hit or run was ninth scored off Ford's in first eight innings. In the ninth, however, on a succession of three hits, error and a stolen base, Philadelan made three runs to New York's phia total of R'o. The score: R. H. E.

.....000 000 003-3 3 2 Philadelphia York 200 000-2 3 2 New and Lupp; Ford Batter Sweeney. Groom Stung Boston. Washington, May Groom of Washington scored a four to three victory over Joe Wood. Boston's star pitcher, in the morning Hooper opened the game with 8 home run over the fence. Wagner's run in the final inning gave Boston its last run.

Wood's bases on balls resulted in runs. Score: H. E. ..001 .200 012 000 00x-4 001-3 4 7 4 Washington Batteries--Wood and Nunamaker; Groom and Henry. Tigers Trim Sox.

Chicago, May pitching by Joe Lake and morning one wild inning from gavel cago 3 Lange, replacing Detroit the, game Smith in the second, was wild and filled bases. Moriarty forced Cobb the plate but Veach. Morarity and McKee reached home. Score: R. H.

E. Detroit ..020 010 000-3 8 1 ....000 000 020-2 7 2 Batteries--Lake and McKlee; Smith, Lange, Scott and Schalk. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Providence: Baltimore Providence 9. At Newark: Buffalo: Torontoly Buffalo Newark 5.

7. At Rochester: Montreal Rochester 3. AMERICAN: ASSOCIATION. At Columbus: Columbus Indianapolis 1. At Louisville: Louisville Toledo 3.

At Kansas City: Kansas City Milwaukee 13. At Minneapolis: as he the de the fount of that the sections fly the DELAWARE COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND RECORDS ARE LOST Roosters That Cannot Crow Washington, May roosters, guaranteed absolutely soundless and which will solve the problem of light sleeping city dwellers are the subjects of experlment in the department of agriculture. A correspondent, who discovered the process of eliminating the cock's crow, saw the experts at work. A simple and painless operation of cutting one of the rooster's vocal chords does the trick, he says. The rooster can fIll his lungs and go through all the evoJutions which accompany hearty crow but can make no sound.

A RIGID Investigation Is To Be Made Of The Alleged Beating Up Received By Thelma Mincell The county attorney's office is makfurther investigations today. Into ing the case of Thelma Minchell, a young woman reported brutally beaten up in Madame Marcelle's north end resort from the effecta of which she beand insane. It Is understood that came the Marcelle woman will claim that the Minchell girl three large tablets of bichloride of mercury, and this caused her condition. The county attorney scouts the mercury theory, and declares that the girl Wag so brutally assuulted that when the lunacy board passed upon her, her face was almost beaten to a pulp. Following the assault.

the g111 was given an opiate by a local physician quiet her. She then wandered to the home of another woman who turned her over to the lunacy boara. It was today that the girl, who is in reported the state asylum at Vinita, 1g recovering. One of the men implicated 1s said! to have also been implicated in EL ber of escapades in the city, including an attempted suicide. In stance, it 18 reported that 8 woman with whom he is said to have, been Intimate, fired several shots at him her mark, PAGE SAYS HOWDY TO KING GEORGE London, May Hines Page, United States ambassador to the court of St.

James, was received today by King George, to whom he presented his letters of credence. Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, presented the new ambassador. Then Mr. Page went through the formality of presenting the king and queen the members of to the embassy staff, many of had attended many courts and levees In company with the late Whitelaw Reld. Mountaineers' Work In The White House Washington, May a rival of the historic east and blue rooms, the White House, became known today lg to have a room decorated largely with the handiwork of the mountaineers of the Mrs.

Woodrow Wilson, who is interested in the work of the southern educational association has ordered duplicates of many of the exhibits of on wire 1n the associations here. The wife of the president and Mrs. Marshall, wife of the vice president, have been frequent visitors at the exhibit. The latter la chairman of the honorary board while Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife.

of the secretary of the navy is "chairman I Fire Destroys Building Occupied By County Officers, the Post Office and A Mercantile Establishment- Fight Between Old and New Jay May Be Renewed JAY, MAY BIG FRAME COURTHOUSE AT OLD JAY, THE SCENE OF THE RECENT HOSTILITIES IN FIGHT THE BITTER 'SEAT BETWEEN OLD OND NEW JAY, WITH. PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE RECORDS OF DELAWARE COUNTY AND THE JAY POSTOFFICE, BURNED HERE THIS MORNING. FIRE WAS COVERED RAGING IN THE BUILD. ING AT TWO O'CLOCK AND EF. FORTS TO CARRY OUT ANY OF THE RECORDS WERE FUTILE.

THE OFFICERS HERE MORE THAN INTIMATE THAT THE FIRE WAS OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN. The county seat fight between old and new Jay, has apparently reached Its climax with the burning of the court house and records. The county, officials will now have to seek new quarters, and the old Jay men who are In office will undoubtedly refuse to occupy the new building in. new Jay, which two. months ago was tendered to them rent free for a court house.

Old Jay retained the court house and: several months ago' by guarding offices, building with Winchesters, when an attempt was made to move the records. The two-story building in which, the court house was located was 'occupied by all the Delaware offices. About two o'clock Friday morning, residents of Jay discovered that the building Was in flames and too far gone to even attempt to quench the, flames. of all the offices in the building, the register or deeds and the county treasurer's were the only ones who had placed their records the vault. It is believed that even these are ruined.

The Sanders and Caulk mercantile establishment and the post office occupied the ground floor and were burned. The actual loss in property will amount to thousands of dollars The loss of the county. records since statehod in 1907 is Irreparable to a certain extent. At great expense, the land records can be replaced, 88 also can the tax and corporation records. The court, guardianship, and similar records, may never be traced.

An anxious situation has developed from the burning of the court house. The county commissioners will have to ing, and will undoubtedly make arrangements for another, buildthat be found in old Jay. The new quarters Jay citizens may make another attempt the removal of the court to secure house to their townsite, in case further trouble may result. 33 New York, May 30. won They Pounded Fromments 8 hard fought game from Philadelphia by eight to six.

Fromme, the pitcher secured from Cincinnati, made h13 New York debut and was pounded hard. Marquard held the visitors after Fromme's removal in the eighth The Giants won out in the second half of that Inning, after Seaton replaced Moore Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia .200 001 030-6 14 0 New York .....301 000 9 1 Batteries: Brennan, Moore, Seaton and Dooin; Fromme, Marquard and Meyers Cammy Had Help.

Pittsburg, May took the morning game from Chicago in a sensational pitchers' battle between Reulbach and Camnitz. Three of the six hits off Camnitz were for extra bases but sensational catches by Wilson helped Pittsburg. Chicago got its one run on a hit. a base on balls and double steal. Score: R.

H. F. Chicago .000 000 001-1 6 3 Pittsburg ....100 001 00x-2 7 0 Batteries: Reulbach and Bresnahan; Camnitz and Simon. Dodgers Beat Boston. Boston, May won tho morning game today by a rally in the ninth.

After Cutshaw's pop fly had been lost in the gun, Hummel drove him home with a three bagger and scored on Smith's sacrifice fly. Score: R. H. F. Brooklyn ....000 000 002-2 7 1 Boston ..010 000 000-1 2 0 Batteries: Ragan, Yingling, and Miller; Tyler and Whaling.

Pittsburg, May afternoon game postponed; rain. St. Louis, May Game.) Score: R. H. Cincinnati .5 12 1 Louis 3 10 0 St, (Thirteen innings.) Batteries: Ames and Kling; Sallee, Geyer, Harmon and McLean.

JOCKEY FATALLY INJURED. Park, L. May York, was fatally Injured while exercising a horse on the track here toFalling out of the saddle, his feet caught in the stirrup and he was FIREMAN BUYS GROCERYSTORE lat 1305 Elgin avenue, wag laid to rest the officers circle and Balute WaS fired over the graves of the dead by a company of Milo E. Hendrix camp Spanish- War Veterans. Funeral services for Judge Hoyt were held at the Elgin avenue home at 11 o'clock this morning.

Many floral offerings were made by friends of the deceased, and although Judge Hoyt WaR a soldier in the federal army, many of the wreathes and flowers came ex-confederate soldiers. After impressive rites were sald by Rev, Llwyd of the Episcopal church, the body W98 placed on a funeral car and taken to Fort Gibson. Another car followed containing the pall bearers and friends of the deceased. The men who wore the and those who wore the gray joined together in celebrating Decoration day, at the National cemetery and doing homage to the nation's soldier, dead. After three years' service.

on the Muskogee fire department, William Manley has resigned to go into the grocery business. Manley has purchased the store of C. G. Parking at 406 East Broadway, and is now installed as proprietor. For two years Manley has been driver of Chief J.

L. Templeton's automaking an enviable record 'of mobile, hundreds of alarmg answered without a single accident. A successor to, Manley will be chosen from among the present department members. "UNCLE REMUS" Washington, May here today of the purchase by Walter Pulitzer, of New York, af the "Uncle Remus" Magaxine, founded several yeare AgO by the late Joel I Chandler Harris at Atlanta Ga.