Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 1

Oklahoma was third In the South, In railroad building Jn 1911. THE WEATHER Monday nighfc colder in eoutli portion; Tuesday, fair, rJBliig temperatufe. VOLUME XVIil MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY EyENING, JANUARY 15. 1912 PRICE FIVE CENTS 4 of health, who went to Dallaa, Texas, Saturday to get the real facts of the epidemic, of cerebro eptnal meningitis, and to watch the adoiinistering of treatment for the same, returned Sunday, and as a re. eiilt of his visit the pliyBicians' of the city, the city- superintendent ent- of health wili meet tonight tJ outline a campaign of prevention in Muskogee county.

Dr. Thompson says that the record in Dallas shows that there was one case of 1 OotDber, nine in November. 72 in December ad 101 cases from January to January ilienta in the city hospital at iDallas. 'GhJldrn and younger aduls are the principal victims, but the disease attacks all classes and persons at all Fifty per cent of those who have contracted th.e disease have About sixty days agO'-a' child in the family of tlie -brother -in -law of M. D.

Green of was itacked by. meningitis. Mr. Gijeen's 'veg live in Dallasr A few days Mr. Green's brother-in'-law con.

the disease and died Satur. twenty-four hours after he IfoiJnd he -had contracted the dis. Practically all the serum available ifor the treatment. Of the disease is jnow in Dallas, aiid no niore can be isecured at this time. treatrrient, Dr.

A. iSophian. an expert from the Rocke. Institute, who is in charge in the spinalj-oolumn with a shavp hoilow tube a'hd draws off the fluid that congregates abon' "ithe column. -This fluid Is replaced with FJexner which 'is similar to anti.toxin.

The use of urtropin has generally been adopted a preventative. Tt in tablet form and taken ten grain doses four times day. 'U'lhile business going on in Dallas the same people are not being iiermitled to congrega'e in churches, schools and in i)tiblic places. 1 The doctors are giving oht the facts as they find them and the- press is not suppressing the news. The ph.vsicians realize t.Iiat witjh publicity a niuch bet'er caiiipaign to exterminate tbediease can be made.

While Dr. Sophian has beerf mak. -w wij); for a days yet whether or not the epidemic is under con. trol. This disease is more violent and pomes more suddenly thap the usual rases of and.

is a 'more virulent, form. A meeting of the Musokgee medical society has been cailoti for night at tlie Commercial club rooms, when Dr. Thompson will make a formal report of conditions he found In Dallas. AH physicians and citizens interested are invited to attend. The following statement to the people, of iMiuekogee and Muskogee county, relative to what course to ws Active Suffraget Pittsb.urg, Jan.

the FUnn petticoats? Maybe B'ot, ''but Miss Mary FinrT fs" and sending original suffragette erature to the newspapers. She is ther daughter of iSenator Fiinn, who a few years ago, -was cartooned in oppositibn newspapers as a monster aipong political gangsters. is one of the most act- members.of the Equal Franchise and a few daysuago when volunteers were called to go on the hustings, she was among, the respond. A few days later shie appeared on the stage of a local house at tile close of the inatinee and evening performances, and in a voice ringing with, earnestness told the why there should be votes for women. CJUIEilE Was Not Formally Dedicated Yesterday Because Of Misunderstanding With Contractors When-the pastors and nicuibers of the congregation of the new li'irst M.

E. church, and Houston streets, went to the church yesterday mprniug for the dodica. or'y services, for which an elaborate program had been arranged. t.Uey were met" by locked doors, from which stared a warning injunction notice not to enter the church. This Was the result of a mlsundeistand- ing'with the contractors, the McKea onstruction company, of this There some difficulty in regard to the payments upon the sLrucure and last Saturday nigh'- the tractors had an injunction issued restraining the pastor.

Reverend (Martin, and he trustees of.the church from tfiking Tossesston. Elaborate preparations had been made, for the dedicatory service? Sunday and the members of the con. gregation were much disappointed. The new church is said to be one of the finest structures of Us In the city and very handsomely deco. rated.

The McKee Construction' company entered suit in the superior cour(, Monday to secure $5,200 al. leged due them for building the church. S. A. Lanning and all the trustees of thp church are made defendants.

Issued by Dr. J. C. Mahr, state commissioner of Dr. J.

h- Blakemore, eupefi-intendent of health, and Dr. Claude Thompson, 6 By WFFK HE Rt-nPTSKS TO EAT. Chicago, 111., Al- bert'BraUTi. manager of a sj ialty company, "here, has deserted by his and asserts She Kas Rono nearly 48 hours declared, last of food since she left. When Mrs.

Braun went away O' Bhe leift note tolling him that she was leaving because she thought she was a hindrance to his success. That day he reoelved an In- crease In salary. He hurried home to "tell, her TTt ed there she was gone. Tlifi couple had been married less than a year. ooo A Manager Midland Valley MISS MARY UP AGAIN l.I.^iBlIJTY liAW UPHEIJ).

Washington, D. Jan. The constitutionality of employers liability law paissed by congress in 1908, was today upheld by the supreme court of the United States. The court also decided that' state courts may enforce that act, when lo. cal are appropriate Rioters Dispersed When Bayonets Pressed Bodies Lawrence, ders between the men at the big tex.

tile mills of Lawrence became so fre. queait and menacing this morning that two companies of militia had to assist-the police in-" controlling turbulent factions. The uproar at the mill gates was so great that seven tht big plants. Several shots into the air' were flred'by the-polic-e-and-sorae -arrEats were made. During the raids on the.

milll a dozen or more operatives were hurt). The trouble Is due to a general reduction in manufactui--. say, by a cut in the working time of 56 to 54 hours a week by a new state governing establishment where women and minors are employed. The m-Ills closed are the Wood, Wyer and Washington, controlled by the American Woolen company and employig 15,000 persons; the Cotton Mills of Arlington, Everett Pom- bertom corporation and eight mills of LawrnnceT3iick company employing 8,000 Other wool and cotton m.ills, the employes of which aggregate 9,500 are running' on' a small scale. It is believed that prac.

tifcally evtry mill- in' would be forced to close. The trouble Monday morning began with an attempt by-strikers to rush the doors at the Wood Worsted mills and tjie Prospect Woolen Mills. The attempts at both places repulsed by (he police. The greatest crowd gathered at the 'Wood mil! before the hour of opening. thousand hands had reached their places in the mill.

The strikers tried forcd the workers The mills were shut down. Then tlie strikers marched down to the prospect inilte and assailed the gates. They resisted attempts of the police to force them back. Arf. other crowd gathered a' the Washington mills, where they had sev- mtnor scrimmages the Tolice.

At the mills strike sympathizers had worked fbeniBelves into a fighting mood, and had just emerged from an assault on the mill gates when tha Washington mill crowd arrived. Soon all was in an uproar. With chunks of coal the mob bombarded windows of the Pacific weavesTied: Six operatives lii. The polic the liiehr Tiie shots did not scare At this time two companies of militia were ordered out for serf ice and the riot act was read. Captain Randlett's the crowd to disperse was not ira.

obeyed and he sent half a hundred militia men to charge with ba.vonets. Many, of bayonets were ed against the crowd the militiamen were careful not to inflict Two officers, were hurt. Bat'ery C. light artillery, 'was or- dpred out. After unlimbering guns, the tery cleared the thoroughfare little trouble.

Additional iiolice were required from Lynn, Lowell. Haver- hll. Salem and elsewhere pnd were on way here by 10: a. Thirteen arrests were made during the forenooii'. Hartleavilie, 15.

When (lie oil marker, here M'onday, the Prairie Oil and Gas company announced a two-cent raise in the price of crude oil, making pricei 5 5 cents a barrel, the highest since five ago, when the decline began. FORTUNE FOR WALTER GILSCH Slislw, Jan. 1 (Special) number of democrats, of and vicinity, met at the County court house on Saturday ufcVnoon au'l a Woudrow Wilson clni) of county. an entliuViastic meeting the t'ollowlhg officers were elected: lion. Wni.

fj. Ci'itten- (icn; srcretar.v. Prof. .1. T.

Holly; coniftiitioe on meml)ership. i'. Fostei-'arid J. MrlCllls W. LEI'IOHEH, fieniTnl iln- "Tr, A'alley Wants O.

Department to Control Telegraph Lines If anybody in Oklahoma can lo- fiate Walter G. Gilsch they can break the news that a fortune, and a big one, has been left him. It consists of nn estate in Pittsburg, Pa. Gilsch is supposed to own a ranch near Bartlesville, but so far no one has been able to find him. Oklahoma officials have received a letter from John A.

Gilsch, a brother of Walter, living at 1,505 Juanita Pittsburg, setting forth the above facts. He says his brother has disappeared and cannot be located. The last time he heard from him was several years ago at which time he owned a near Bartlesville. New Chief Of Public Health Washington, I). Hildicock, who last night gave out'a statoinent saying ho would rqcomniotid congress government ownorshiii and operation of all (clegraiih lines, was to the White House Monday, morn- Pronouncenient in favor of gOv''- ei'nnicnt ownorsliip 'iiiul operation of telegraph linos as, an adjunct of the.

Postoffice departmet stirred official Washington Monday as few admiuis- trativo acts have in risceut years. The postmaster general's statement was news to the White Iljotise. -it said to have caused the greatest surprise (here. This was evident wlien efforts made late Sunday niglu, to recall the announce-' ment. This effort, however, did not come frohi Mr.

Ho was out of the.city when the statement was released and did not return un- 'ii late last evening. Then he went immediately to his apartments and would not be disturbed. Senators and representatives generally did not learn of recommetidation until they read the i.apers Monday morning. Most generally discussed of all the reports early Monday was one to the effect that pressure might be brought to upon Mr. Hitchcock not to, make the recommendation.

So far the matter has not progressed beyond the declaration by the postmaster general that he would make After Postmaster-General Hltch- had been in conference with P'resident Taft for more than an hour Monday a' authoriiJaMve statement was made 'at the White House, that there had been no friction the presdent and the postmaster-gen. eral over the latter's proposed'vrecom- me.ndation that the governmetat acquire and operate telegraiihsllhies as an adjunct of the postal'system. There was a disposition among prominent senators Monday to credit the report that Mr. Hitchcock action might mean "a break between himj and President: Taft, and alignment of Mr. Hitchcoclc with those who are urging the candidacy of Theodore RoOsc.veit for the republican nomination.

OOPOPOOPOOPOOPO Oiili.AIIO.AIA Ills IIEAI). 'P Khoxville. A special to the Son.rinel, from Ky Says Smith Kouch died at Whitcsburg, in Letcher county, believing that he had sold his hoad (o Blair, of Apache, Okla. twenty-livo years ago was shot in one e.vo. Or.

Blair was summoned. Kouch was poor, and ho said 1 lie only thing he had to tender tlio doc- his services-was his bead Tile doctor acccpteFl the tendci', believing QUC I I would die. How- civer, Fouch, recovered aiulliv -p tor twvoiity-tive FonAh persisted even up dying moments that Dr. BIpir owned his head. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP S.

A. WAR VETS MEET TONIGHT W. is tlie.ncw of t)ie N'alley Irii Officiiil jinnounVeinenl of' tile' a'iiiuiint nieiil wtit -i' at 'cT 'oon I'i'csideni 10. InmT.soll, ())' riiihuU'lpliia The aii. Mouiii'cnir tliat IvOfeber will have charge of all oi 'atliig de- 'ria'i'i ineiiirt' ol''l IVe "s.vsteiir." po of (lu- iiiLst iiupoi'aut of t'lie I 'oad.

The aiipouilijiant is effective W. ranie 'o the Miilland Vajley soon its consiruc.tlon, fi was proniolcil to the office of traffic manager, and now lie lias been raised to the' hilglio.si office the road Ilia', of gonerijii manager. Since I he resignation of Mr. E. Alvord iis iiiniuiger some iiionllis ago.

I office was disron. tinui'il. and the power of opcraMng invested in the seimrate offlcLils. niider new managejiient. Now, however.

office has again been filled by npiioititiiient. Tile hoadfiiiartors of the new gen. eriil will This city is-tlie homo of all of" the liiglK.of.rjcials of the N'alley. except prer.ident. The of traffii- nianager, which Mr.

Lcfeher formerly held, will naturally be n'lorged "with his new position. CRIMINAL TERM FEDERAL COURT TEMPERATURES 30. Fort 20. 22 Tulsa -i -Cloudy, 15. IC.

Oklahoma City. Cloudy, high north wind, 20. Little 28. Shreveport-rGlear, DR. RUPERT BLUE.

Wasihngton, D. Rupert Blue has been appointed surgeon general of tiio public health, and marine hospital service, succeeding the Dr. AValter Avyman. Dr. Blue came herfi" from Honolulu to get his promotion.

He Is remember, ed as the man who stopped the bu- bojiic plague In San Francisco, He discovered the fact- that rata and ground squirrels spread the disease and originated to eixterrainato ihgBe animals. New Jan. announcement Washington that Postma'stbr GeherarHitchcock is' rfcommend the O'W'nership of telegTaph aiid" received with surprise by officials of the big telegraph and'tdephone lines here. is'like a bolt out of a clear sky' declared Theodore Vail, of the Western Union. "Whether the government could run the telegraph line economically or not is very -Mr.

Vail eaid that there had been no conference on the subject and tO -Suggestions had been made to the companies he Edward Xally vice-president and m.anage.- of the Postal Telegraph Cable compan.v did not believe that would favor Mr Hitchcock's recommendation. "In Hiy opinion (he counti-y Is not prepared for such a step" said. "If the goverment was to take over our public utilities should not bigger things be taken first? Surely the railroads art bigger than the telegraph." SGHOOL DESTROYED The United War Veterans will hold public installation at the Odd Fellows', hail ftiis evening at 8 o'clock, and also have their annual Jjaaqjiet at tjip CftlQlllal cafe, Tliere will be members of the G. A. H.

and U. C. with their ladies, present to particiiia'e. The program wili bo follows: Myron'White, Color Sargt. 22nd Kas.

Our M. L. Williams, 3rd U. -S. Vol.

inf. The American E. Creager, 4th Ohio Vol. Inf. The Earl Bohannon, president-elect Ladles' Auxiliary.

The Boys in Blue of F. Estes (G. A. 33rd Indiana Inft. Stonewall F.

Wolf, enberger (L'. C. Gen. Longstreet's cominjand. Gen.

Robt! E. F. Han. cock. The in Time of War- Miss Alice Robertson, presiden' de- pa rlment f-O kl a a.

---------------The I'nited Spansh War "Bohannon fPast dep'artJ ment conrniander), 20'h KfiaV Vols. The Man Behind the H. AVoodworth, 9th Illinois Vol. uritters. The cryniual term of the federal court optned in Muskogee Monday morning and petit jurors arrived from all parts of eastern Oklahoma.

Xo cases were but the jury was aJTter. noon. The trial of cases will start Tuesday morning. Tlip most importiint cafeos to be tried this term is that of Mrs. Hill, charged with imjiersoriatlng a United Sta'cs officer in a certain land deal, the cases of W.

and Jarrett and Albert Conner who are charged with, rohbiws.tHe, South CoffeyvlUe and robbing tho malls: In a large number of minor cases the defendants will enter pleas oi' guilty. LIFE OF CHAS. MAUST Tulsa, Jan. at 5 o'clock Monday niomng completely destroyed the high school building at Collinsvllle twelve miles north of heiei entailing a loss estimated at The origin ot the is unkjiowa Oklahoma City, The life history of Charles Maust who is to be'ried week as Ben Cravens for the murdsr of-Mvin Bate "man, in 1901, wa.s given out liere Monday for the first time.Maust: will claim at the trial that he is Charles born in Fannin county, Texas, in 18G8, where bis father was killed. He was taken by his mother to; Land," when a boy, to live with an itnclf and the uncle was killed in the rustier war of 1 879.

Maust says he then became a cowboy and dropped his last name, taking that of his mother. If be is McDonald, he is the man who killed a cowboy on the ranch of the Prairie Cattle company, now the 101 ranch, near Blis.s, Okla. will try to prove that "ho- has lived in Texas, Colorado and the Dakotas. His wife; now a resident of Denver, will be a witness to testify that she married him in Omaha In 1905. -Wonder why men are always measured la OKMULGEE CO.

CONVENTION Okmulgee, Jan. democratic central committee of Okmulgea county met hero Saturday and selected as the place for holding the county conven- -eenHnlttoe recommended that the county elect twice as many delegates to the state, convention as the coun- ty'is entitled to aiidto give each one a hair a vote in the convention. Dr. M. Ryan, of Beggs, chairman of the county committee, will in all probability be a candidate for election to the national convention.

Mrs. Rufus O'Harrow ot Indianapolis, is the guest of Mrs. F. W. Reid of 2027 Oklahoma avenue.

Jan. (fiiieci Davis ting at the bar witli the for the slate, trial of the rlof cases openbti this afternoon. Joe Davis was tho first to be called to t.he stand. The jury seciirod by noon and W. J.

aisi-iliiig the etaie in the prqsecittion, made t'tie opening sp.l?ech. a t'bii'rles HrooliS. liai'nev- Call. Pete Craliaiii and Baker. Bon hani ill and was io in court today.

the state had made its opening thfj defense asUcii that' they bp permlltod 'o reserve the statement of tllieir line of defense imtil after cldses Its ca.se. Escape of Three Persons From a Burning House At Coweta This Morn ing CjiWeta, Jan. Wttlpthelr hair and: clathlng-singecu three members of the family of J. W. rescuetl from their lionio which with all tho contents wore destroyed by fire early this morning.

Mrs. Iliggins and a child' one year old were carried out of a I 'Doiu wrapped in rugs and blankets aiiii llarlhnd Hlgginis, seventeen years old, was rescued from an upper window after his clothing and hair had been singed by the flames. The house caught In the kitchen where the wall paper was set on tiro by an overheated stove. The building was a two-story residence and It with the contents were a total lossthero being no Insurance. Even the clothes of the family were con- sunieil.

PRESIDENTIAL Mr. F. J. Hellinghausen has returned from a three weeks visit at points in Texas. You can scare the life out of a bunch of fellows hanging around the potsoffice by just yelling "Here comes a job," New Leader Of Prudential Go.

Jiatest portrait of Forrest F. Dryden, only son, of the late Senator John F. Dryden, who was recently elected of the Prudential Insurance Co. He entered the service of the Prudential wlieo 18. Branson of the democratic state committee Is.

considering, a plan to have an unofticial pf held on Pefbru- ary 10 at which time the precinct conventions will be" held. i HlB plan is to have the names of Wilson, Clark, Harmon printed, on the ballots, with blank for others, and have the men who' attend' the precinct conventious Indicate their preference for the nominee on these ballots: This of course would not bind delegates, but it would show a representative preference, and should there be a big majority for anr one casdidate It would have a big Influence upon the state convention which meets in Oklahoma City The printlng and distributing the ballots would be borne by the state com- initte'. Mr, Branson Is talking the plail i over witl'i a number of democrats to get their opinion as to whether thla should be done. Fripped In Court On Word Meaning If Pi-ospccUve Juror Had the Democnt'tji Dictionary He Wonld Have Known. A man was under examination cently by a New York lawyer with reference to his qualifications as a urorJin caaer "Do you understand," the lawyet asked, "what Is meant by a pretiop- derance of evidence?" "Yes, sir," the man pirotnptly.

"Let me have your ot It." "I understand it, I tell you." "Well, what is "I know what it Is," said the man. hotly. "When I tell you I know what a thing Is, I know It. That's all there is about it." "I don't want to hear any more of that kind of talk," Interposeid tha Court. "Answer the question ad' dressed to you by counsel." "Judge, I the man insisted.

"He asked me If I knew what it waa and I said I did." "If yoii are sure you know what it meant by preponderance of evidiinoe, define it," directed the tConrt. "It's evidence previously ed," was the answer. The Times-Democrat Is dlstrlbtit' ing Webster's New Illustrated Dlo tionary. AVith this book at hand thera can be no exciise for not knowing the meaning of terms commonly used In law or business. The book compriax es 1.200 pages ot ready reference for dally use.

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