Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 1

The T-D is the Paper in the State That Sarries the Hearst Leased Wire Service and the Associated Press KUMBER MUSEOaEE, OKLAHOMA, THtJRSDAY APRHi IMt Prize, fighting 18 a thing the past in Muskogee. There will be no more prize fights staged here. And If ihey are attempted the will merely emphasize the statement made. TChls Is fair notice to promoters and fighters that the game la over. Thhe people of this town will, stand fcjr clean sport and they like It.

But" they are not goi-ig to have any more of the disgraceful events such were staged at Convention hall last night, and have been staged there before. Clean, scientific boxing are enjoyed bj' many people, when the business sinks to the level it lias in Muskogee the most enthusiastic fan ttas had 'enough and says so. There are top many "pugs" this town anyway; Too many who have no visible means' of support; too many who fake the fights aa soon as are matched: too many who are hasbeens and fourth raters. The sooner the police pn these to" go to work or get out of the" better off they will be. A good example of the sentinient along this line was shown this morning when Messrs, East arid Galbreath.

manager and owner of the Muskogee ball team, called, off fiphi which they had advertised for Friday night for the benefit of the ball tiam. They Stated to the editor of the that they were standing for clean sports and- did not to have the atlgma of the prize ring, such as It is in attached to the ball team. The had already hired their' fighters, and the hall, and paid tor them, but they are willing to lo.se this money rather thainc, considered as such disgraceful scenes as that' of lafit: night. The commissioner of public safety. Mr.

Cook, and the sheriff undoubtedly see to it that Muskogee Is not again simllarlry disgraced. 4 A LIFE TERM FOR WIFE MURDERER TO LEND THE STATE D. April Senator Gore today Introduced a bin providing'that one-half of the proceeds from the sale of public lands now a part of Oklahoma's circulation fund amounting to be loaned and to Oklahoma counties in periods of ten years at 5 per cent interest- for the erection and malnttenanee of roads. 'The money to be loaned In twelve seml-arinual installments. AN A HONEYMOON, ANDNOW ASON Wagoner, April Mcintosh, a gro of TuJlahasse, charged with the murder of his wife, in a resort on February 25 last, was last evening found guilty by a jury in the district court and was sen- tis'ilced to Imprisonment for life.

Mcintosh walked Into a room where his wife was with" some friends and shot her five tinles During the trial, the negroes of Ms were very- bitter against Mcintosh, clamored for his life, and the sheriff had to act autiously to avoid a lEMOCRATS TO TONIGHT Indianapolis, April Democrats of national prominence tiegan arriving here today from various parts of the United States for a banquet to be given tonight by the National League of Democratic Climbs. Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey will be present, but William J. Bryan has cancelled his engagement. STRAITS OF PANAMA New Torlc, April Bunau-Varllla, the French'engJneer, who wa :8 at one time In charge of the Panama canal and acted as the fir.st minister from the Republic Panama to this country, Ig in York today. M.

Bunau-Va- 'il)a fctlli believes In the "Straits Panama," in other words; a 1 ide, deep, sea level from ocean to ocean. 'But it will be a source of irh- niensp satisfaction to me to see the caHal finally finished, eveii along the lines at present planned." he says. "I am still confident, linwever, tliat the 'Straits of Panama' will come. The present phase oT the locks Is the first step. There will be a time when the canal is a perfectly level highway feet wide at the bottom and fifty at the lowest tide.

larger all the time are piiips built that the time will ome, within ten when the need will arise for the sea level canal." A I'. TULgA OOrWTY WANTS COLLINSVILLE. (Staff Special.) Oklahoma City. April petition was filed with Governor on Wednesday asking for the detachment from Rogers county of that portion containing ColUnaville, and Its attachment to Tulsa county. The governor will call an election, if the petitions are sufficient, aubmlttlng the matter to a vote of the territory to be iletaobed and Tiilaa county.

Ed Smith, an ex-deputy constable of Agency, township in Muskogee county, was found guilty of extortion, and his -punishment left to the court. Orlando Mitchell, a well known Muskogee negro, who is servlns time in the Muskogee county jail for forgery, la an alleged accomplice of Smith's, but was not tried. The testimony showed that Smith discovered the time time that Mack Francis, a negro boy, was to have a settlefflent-w4tl)r his guardian. After -the boy had. secured from $150 to $200 from hie Smith swore out a warrant in Ed Jefferson 's, court in Agency township, the hoy witih receiving moaey under false pretenses.

"The boy, after securing 'his money, came to'. Wagoner. Smith, and Orlando Mitchell came to Wagoner and, arresting young Francis, it was said took what money he had 'and divided it between them. Smith then placed the boy in jail In Muskogee coun- Thie boy was tried aad, discharged. GOV.TADLEY SIGNS BILLS -City, April Governor Hadley today signed the Ihouse bill whjch ogives the railroad coramlssloners the power to fix rates' for express companies, to establish free delivery zones In the amount which such companies shall pay railroads for carrying cities of 1,000 people, and to fix express.

RECIPROCITY Whi' REPORTED. New York, April baby boy two days old to more than $5,000,000, is ruling over a magnificent suite in the St. Regis hotel today. its father, Russell Hopkins, is busy receiving congratulations. The baby probably will be to the Baekyard Soil SOME POINTERS ABOUriHE SOIL ITSELK SOME! POINTERS; ABOUT THK SOIL ITSKLP.

OlTR STRONGEST DON'T TO THE GARDEN AMATEUH. If the soil in jrour back yard 4. not been worked, for a long time it win need building up. It may be acid. If 80, a eprinkling of slaked lime mixed In tfte spading will cure that.

A little lime will not hurt it, anyway. For fertility It will need potash, phcksphoruB and nitrogen. It would take this page to tell about these necessary elements. So christened John Rudolph member ihls: you can get wood weeds and cultivate your have not Dont make a bigger garden than you can take care of. Remember that when you plant the seed you have hardly started.

In a little while you will have to puH The most (icstVuctivc cycloiio that lias the statfi: since the (lostriictionof Snyder several years ago wiped out the town of Big Heart, in the Osage nation last night, killing aeveral, persons and more than a hundred Fully per cent, of the' buildings in the town were destroyed or damaged. Big Heart snITered the greatest damage tiioiigh there were i'atalitiesvin inany other The cyclone not general. It to perjod of cycli)nic with the twisters dijiping hither and yon in the wildest al)andon. A baby was killed and fourteen farm houses destroyed three 'I'en were destroyed or damaged at miles west of town. in.jured and a dozen houses were destroyed at (trove.Oklahoma, and at-Oehelata three people are' reported killed and wrecked.

The twisters played all around Okmulgee. In one place the hmise where watchers baby, was The body of the babj'was carried away and has not been found. All over Southern Kansas, f)art8 of Missouri and many other points ai-e reported. after his grand-father, who lives m' ashes to dig in, Ifou will get potash Atlanta, and is one of the great lime ia It. Boneweal contains owners with his son of real estate, phosphorus.

Ordinary barn fertilizer Young Hopkins' mother was Mira has the nitrogen. You will want Lawrence Segrist of St. Loula. Mr. Hopkins, who is consul Of the Panama government here, and his wliPe, were the figures-In a romantic runaway in 1906, when Miss Segrist slipped out of her grand-father's, home and wqnt aboard the yacht Uno.

A hurried trip was to PeekBkill -Rhero miTii was in waiting to tie the they sailed away on their plenty of.the whole because nitrogen makes vegetation grow fast, and the straw or hay in It will Supply hamus to the soil. You the time to do these things properly, your will be a still will be your personal disappointment. Before you plan your beds ask yourself this Question: must growth to make "How much time will i have etables crisp and not tough and stringy. The soil must have humus or it will burn out or harden. Right.bere, we to (Conitlniied oA Page 8.) ed From The Outside World Today D.

April Canadian reciprocity bill introduced in the house yesterday was reported favorably in the house by the ways and means committee. The committee also passed favorably on the free tariff measure but wUl not report it till tomorrow. WEATHER. Tonight fair, colder with frost; Prldar fair, colder In southwest portion. With the exception of three lines to nearby towns, Muskogee since 8 o'clock last night has been practically cut off from the outside world.

Telephone, and telegraph wires were all down and business was accepted at the telegraph offices with the understanding that there should be an Indefinite At- the telephone office Ittisl- ness was Only accepted over tnree open Of the sixty-one circuits but of the teleplione wires, but three were open this morning at 9:30. Communication could be secured to Okmulgee, Checotah and Eufala only. Every lineman of the company out along the various lines. At some places as much as ten or twelve poles were blown down and the wires lying on the ground. It was stated by the p'ioneer Telephone company that they hoped to have some of the lines In shape by noon, but could make no definite promises.

The Union Telegraph office had but one wire going this morning and that was to Dallas, Texas. Even this line sputtered in such a mapner that it was difficult for the operators to use In the Postal office' this- morning an Instrument was ticking. It was reported that they did not have a single wire. The Katy- this morning had a rallrooad wire to Tiilsa and Nela- gony; At 10:80 last night the wires over the Midland Valley went down and were still out this morning. It was stated that they hoped to have them up before the day was over.

The above condition not only with In a commercial way, but train traffic as the dispatchers were un- pble to locate trains along their lines. to give to my garden eveir day this summer?" Having thought out answer, in Better a 2x2-foot bed of 'i)opples to which you give five minutes work a day than a lot full of flowerless, stunted, we'ed-ch'oked flower Bighurst, April of the most destructive tornadoes of recent years swept t.hls place last night destroying probably half a million dollarss' worth of erty, killing several and injur- ing a hundred people. The storm seemed to reach Its maximum violence at the town of Blglheart, was practically AH the telephone and telbgraph wires weris Immediately 4k tpu out of and all communication off. THe-storm came from the west and swept the entire town of Bigheart In its path, leaving ihtnd it a mass of ruina. from which came the iqt Jui'ed, and wWoli were found later the bodies of the deadv Llk6 all similar stbrms this storm was characteriied by some 4.

freaks. The Midland 4 yalley depot, the oldest and frail- tie only building left unlitjured. THREE HELD FOR ROBBERY kogee could have been cut off from the outside world and not feel it. Today, however, this condition In a modem city of 30,000 people is a disaster. important ttelegrams are hieing hung on the hook in the tele-, graph office, awaltinR their turn.

special, agent for the Mis- Business men who hoped to Pacific Railvray company, put out messages either by telegraph i one of the finest pieces of de- Cotfeyville, April To- it became known that N. P. or -telephone, ahd those awaiting important replies, ai-e today tipar- Ing their hair, figuratively speaking. The' companies are not blamed, however, as the present sHite of affairs Is one that human hand cOjUld The only remedyi is the sending of linemen out to Repair the breaks, and every available man in the city ig working to remedy the present condition. Up until noon today the Times- Democrat could not get a Une of news over its leased wires.

tective work In history of the squthwest and as a result three men, believed to have held up the Missouri Pacific express 104 on the night of March 23rd, are under arrest. Lee Jarrett, Glenn and Albert Connor are the men held and the arrest was made near Eudena, Oklahoma, by men who have been working on the case night and day under Kemp's direction. The utmost secrecy has been maintained aa to the progrfss being made In the case and today Kemp would neither affirm nor deny any of tfae many reports, being circulated. WOMEN ACTIVE IN MAJOR HUTCHINGS IS CITY. COUNSEL provisions of the charter In force, and IHghf business was something like a 1 taJedratt.aQd<y>dlly-,thfi exJfltlng but Epernay, Department of Marne, France, April the fact that there Is a vast armed camp within and dragoons bivouacked throughout the night at almost every, village in the chanipagne district, the riot broke out today and the flaines of vengeance continue to sweep the At Vinay the r'oters hastily threw up barriers of barrels, cases and dp- brls of all sorts and succeeded In hold'ng back the advancing troops while' another group of manifest- ants, armed with torchefl, entered the champagne depot.

Tlie sU bottles of obam- pagne they- could find, wrecked the wine presses and set fife to the Wofnen were fpremost In thr; destruction, chanting At the" meeting of the oouncU this morning the deadlock which occurred yeetefday over the appointment of a city counselor was broken by the appointment of Major 'W. T. Hiitch- ings. ThjB salary of the city treasurer was increased from 1 25 month to $100 per month, conditional upon his spending three hours a day in his office at the city hall attending to his duties. His bond was fixed at 1100,000.

Upon the recommendation of mlssioner Fleming', attorney j. C. Davis was appointed assistant city counselor for thirty days for special duties in the counselor's division. His work will be to draw the new ordinances needed to put all the within' certain clearly defined limits, and the segregation within- this district of all women of known.bad character, all under the strictest regulations. They will be permitted 'to leave this district only during the daylight hours, and not even then without a written permit from the police department, authorizing them to come down for shopping, and other legitimate purposes, for a stated length of time, after which they will be arrested for being down town permlsfilpn.

Street walking is at an end. Commissioner Kennedy created a gale of laughter In the council chamber by remarking that the "red- dtnances so as to bring them into conformity with the charter and the state laws. Uncle Bill Herring his application for re-appointment as street commissioner, and it will'be passed upon tie civil service board, and probably approved. No chief of police has yet been named, but several and that he favored Commissioner Cook's plan of regulation. work of V.

snatches of revolutionary airs and: I PPl'cations are on file in Clerk urging on the men. When the troops reached Vlnay lay down on the roads ana defied the cavalry to ride over them. Eventually the troops succeeded In getting control of tho Wheeler's office, and it is likely, that the appointment will be made tomorrow. Street Walking An End. Commissioner Cook outlined a plan tor of the "red Bltuition.

Government officials light" district, which was approved claim the sacking and burning of proqjerty is being led by the crlm- toal element wfaioh are 'flocklns into this region by the mayor and council, and an order was issued today putting the plan Into operation. It provideis for tbe oreaaon a TO EXTEND THE PAYMENTS Washington, D. April 'Senator Gore has made a request of the secretary 'Of the fnterfor for extension of time ontil December 1 next for the second payment on unallotted lands of he Five Tribes recently It.was picked up, turabd completely around, and set down again facing In the opposltte direction. All the office furniture and paraphernalia was blown Ihrbugh the windows and destroyed. The front portion of the big new $26,000 school building wasj blown out, leaving the other three walls apparenttly Intact, and la as good condition as though the masons had taken down the' front wall a brick at time.

What became of the bricks is a mystery, as they have completely 'disappeared. A mother and child were plck'ed up arid blown away, and the body of the mother was found later In a field riearjy half a mite from their home. The child's body had not been found. Fully one-third of the population of about 600 were injured, many them seriously. oil refinery was blown down, the roofs were blown off of the Osage Inn and the Midland hotel and the remainder of the buildings left Intact.

Practically every building lying south of the Midland Valley tracks was either demoUsheo- of twisty Into a mass of age. The whole, town will have to be rebuilt. There was no fire, as the storm was accompanied by a ''renching rain, wh'ch promptly extinguished any incipient blaze. The property lois in Blgheart alone Is estimated to be far above half a million dollars, but this estimate is probably far Jrom accu- as It is Impossible to dojnore than guess at the damage at this time. The list of killed and injured as far as can be ascertained at this time.

Is as follows: The Dead. Morgan; a young unmarried man, Frank Kern, both legs blown off, one missing, Kern leaves a wife and children. A baby five days old, unidentified. T. 8.

Hann. Brown, a boy. Fred Hammond and William Morrow are also reported to have been killed. The Injured. Mrs.

GrangeF," spine thought tor be broken- Mrs. Hammond, natuae of Injuries unknown. Waltetr Kerns, concuastjOn the brain, probably fatal. Mrs. Rob 'TiRon.

severe cuts, 'Ises- and broken arm. Mrs. August Brown, apllnters In body and cuts. Cari Young, nature of Injuries unknown. James Dowjiing, leg broken.

Cy Trank, collar bone broken. Frank Davenport, Injuries. Mrs. Taylor, nature of injuries E. Powell, internal injuries and cuts.

Miss Powell, daughtter of E. Powell, badly M. Morgan, splinter pierced lung, probably fatally Injured, Airs. Robert Huston, badly cut and splintered; Mrs. Glenn, injuries unknown.

Two Glenn wltb leg broken. Fahley, Henry Leasing, fracture. Taylbr child, knee cut off, other- Injuries. Two Granger children, botoh vecely cut. Miss Jones, nature of It unknown.

1 Wm. splinter tentered' er part of body and pierced Chances of Wm, JackMJn, one eye Nine ritS minor Tulsa was, called upoik by physicians, for asa'atance in foj the and were 'wit-h al! tSree hospitals, aaid all the-nitrawr. 1B city were ordered to report Immediate duty. The service every ambulance In the cUy rrrered and accepted. Shortly fore 3 th 'B morning sens were brought in, among belPg sevefal who 11 was could not live through be The entire medical sUff of as well as every nurse'In the oify, was pressed Into service, and Tulsa people went without las: n'ght.

awftUing the arrival "ctf the train to ascertain ,11, friends or relatives bad or Injured In he Storm. Kansas City, April Meagqg reports today from stricken districts of Oklahoma, Kalln': sas and Missouri show that the nuiOp bcr killed in' yesterday eventns'H t1 may not reaeh five, as first announced. Wire vice is demoralized. Definite matlon from many points it not I tainable. At Big Heart, 0 two were kllle.d, sixty Injured, every business house Snclnding two hotels, the railway station and school house.

The seriously were on trains Tulsa. storms swx'pt several towns in central and north central Kansas, ihg several persons, injuring many and doing vast damage to property. It was ish old-fashidried twister, com- ing On suddenly and followed by a drenching rpin. .4 Reserve, Kansas. One was killed and three injured at Reserve, Kansas.

Mrs. Fred Stonet was killed when heiii house collapsed. 1 Her two sons were seriously injuredi-- The wind was so seVere that it ped. the clothing froift Mrs. Stones Mrs.

Roy Vernon was seriously jured when the house was wrecKetf. The tornado destroyed five houses in Reserve. Much damage was done the farming districts. At Delawam, Oklahoma. It is reported that three persont were killed In Delaware.

Oklahoma Several houses were destroyed at Ochelata, Oklahoma. Thirty -two were hurt and thirty houses were mqllshed. The damage Is estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Stdiool Children Hurt. At Eskrldge.

Kansas; a' school house was blown down and thirty pupils Ctatro RUtledlir and Danleld Cousins were badly hurt by flying timbers. At- watha. Jane a set- en-year-old school child, waa killed. Laura Brown, a school teacher, was badly hurt the tornado hit. At Hiawatha, Kansas.

Gladys Mellott, William and Mr. Slmmerman badly injured Wm. Roberts Is suffering from A broken leg. William Slmmerman 1 badly hurt and many others less lously injured as a reault of nado which passed nsar yesterday everjltfg. Conservative tlmatea the number of blown away at twelve.

The will run into thouaande of (ContlatM 9.