The Coffeyville Daily Journal from Coffeyville, Kansas • Page 1

THE Journal's inn Dm MTiwn Daily circuia- lion Over 2600. Books are Open To AH A A A I LI 1 1UU111IU 5 1 Is The Best ol ALL. VOL XVI. NO. 59 COFFEYVLLLE, KANSAS.

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1908 6 PAGES PRICE 3 CENTS i i i ri III 13 I IS II 13 1 III IV 1.3 1 1 1 MAY BUY WAGON. SENATOR PROCTOR DEAD. BONUS NET HELD INVESTIGATION NY UNIDENTIFIED ELECTED" DELEGATES Advertising and Building Up a Council Considering a Combination Sweeper, Sprinkler and Elevator. J. A.

Briggs, of Waterloo, is in the city. While here, he held a consultation with members of the council with the idea of selling them a combination street sweeper, sprinkler and elevator. The members of the council to whom the street cleaning device was explained were greatly pleased with Mr. Brigg's proosition. The dirt is gathered up and dumped in piles along the street.

This facilitates the street cleaning department in gather- ng up the refuse and keeps it from scattering over the streets. The council is now considering the purch asing of a new sweeper. If the de vice for which Mr. Briggs is a repre sentative is not too expensive, the city will probably buy one from him. The money secured from the sale, of the flusher will be used by the council to do this.

CEMENT PLANT PROSPECTS THE MATTER IS WELL UNDER WAY. Testa Are Beina Made of Cement Rock Supply ilowa Capitalists Are Interested. Some persons have beea led to be- ieve that merely because nothing has been said about the cement $lant, which was rumored a month ago would ocate here that the matter has been entirely dropped. H. L.

Barnes, rep- lesenting the Iowa capitalists who have the situation in charge, stated Thursday morning that the plans tor the plant were rapidly ibeing culminat ed and that he looked for a decisive answer from the promoters within the next week or so. Mr. Barnes further stated that he had been prospecting in the vicinity of Coffeyville and had found a place where am excellent bed of cement rook wad located Already a hole 17 feet deep has been dug and it Is thougfht by the experimenters that a ed of cement rock 40 feet in depth would be unearthed. He said that the prospects for the location of the cement plant here was good, and that after thoroughly examining the rock on his tract ofi Ianxta he found that there -was an unlimited supply of ce ment rock in the near vicinity of the city. The Iowa capitalists are now in Ok- ahoma, but are expected to return to this city sihortly.

They have express ed satisfaction with the grade of ce ment rock that was found by Mr. Barnes here. TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP. Coffeyville Team Will Probably Play Ft. Soott Soon.

Edgar Dale, manager of the high school basket ball team has been ne gotiating for some time with the Ft. Scott management to play off the game which is to decide the champi onship of southeastern Kansas. It was thought a few days ago that the matter would be settled and that the game would be played Friday night. Now the Fort Scott manager has de clared that the contest shall take place on a neutral floor. It is hot known now when the game will be played.

The Coffeyville management wants it here, but the others say that they will not come here for the contest. An agreement, setting the date and place of-the game is expected now at any time. ARMY CAR IN MUD. i Left Atchison for Fort Leavenworth Last Night. Atchison, March 5.

iTfce army car arrived here late last night and departed for Fort Leavenworth. At 11 o'clock this morning it stuck In the mud five miles outside this city, having remained there all night. Omaha, March 5. The American car in the New York to Paris race left here this morning. The roads are miserable.

The Italian car is expected here at 6 o'clock tlhis evening. WEATHER. Kansas Showers tonight and Friday; not much, chinge ia temperature. City. 1 1 (By Geo.

A. Russ.) work of advertising ft 8. The and building up a city is one of the 5 hardest and masit complicated undertakings that a community I- can possibly begin. Of course, there is- only one way to build, up a city and that is to build it Tl'ais part of the question offers no room for argument, but the best manner in which this can he accomplished is the stumbling block in the path Of municipal promoters Many and varied are the methods employed; some of liiiem are excellent, while others are not the best that could be devised. Some cities adopt one plan, and let it go at that; while other cities, more progressive, cast around for new ideas.

In building up a city the first thing is to have the citizens of that community united heartily in the work. Every one should work hand in hand: for the upbuilding of their town. If this condition exists the situation is simplified and the surroundings are in ac- cordance with the spirit of the undertaking. But to bring this I- con'ditioni about is no small job, as has been the experience of boosting committees from coast to coast. If a city expects to grow, the knocker must be eliminated ankl civic patriotism installed in' his stead.

If the people of a city do not speak well of their own, who can be expected to do so? CONVENTION CALL MADE REPUBLICANS WILL MEET MORROW NIGHT. TO- Caucuses to Be Held Some Evening Prior to the Convention to Select Delegates. F. M. Benefield, as chairman of the Republican city central committee has issued calls for Republican city caucuses and for tlhe city convention, all which will ibe held tomorrow evening.

The convention will convene at the city court room in the city hall immediately after the caucuses. The caucuses are called for 7:30 o'clock and the following places are named for tlhe various wards: First wardl Ohurch building at northeast corner of Santa Fe and Seventh streets. Second -ward City court room, city hall. Third ward Janssen building at No. 914 Walnut street.

Fourth ward Kloehr hall, Kloeihr 'building, east side Walnut street (up stairs, old Pfister bowling alley.) Fifth ward Munson on Soutih Elm street, first door south of Walton Grain company's office. Each ward will nominate one candidate for member of the city council and select eight delegates to the city convention, also eight alternates. Britt-McFarland. Los Angeles, March 5. Jim my Britt and Packy McFarland have signed articles for a twenty-four round glove contest here March 31.

its Effect Court of BoyVille waste pleasant days in the "stuffy old school house." Those who do not (have the nerve to stay out of school and get one ot their companions to "fake" an excuse to the teacher usually spend a greater part of the day gazing out of the win dows or planning some new prank tax the teacher's patience. But worse days are coming. Wlhat will these youngsters do when spring has really come and the poor teacher. It will not be many weeks -until the annuaf cases of nervous prostrations will be reported to the school authorities and the teachers forced to resign ibecause fhftr nnnot control the incor- riitie youngsters. Let us have char ity for the school children though, and remember when we were youngsters in school.

Had Attack of Grip But Sick a Short Time. Washington, March 5. United States Senator Redfield Proctor ot Vermont died in his apartments at the Champlain here yesterday, after a short illness following anattack of the grip. The senator son, Governor Fletcher Proctor of Vermont, who was summoned to the city, was at the bedside. Senator Proctor was 77 yeais old.

Senator Proctor had Ibeen ill and confined to his room at the Champlain apartment in this city for about a week. His ailment was diagnosed as the which later developed into pleurisy with! pneumonic complica tions which affected the heart, and in his enfeebled condition proved too much for his powers of resistance. "Besides his son, the governors wife and several intimate friends were at the bedside when death occurred. The senator's body will be taken to the old home in Proctorsville, VL A DELEGATE TO CAPITAL WILL GO TO BOOST FOR POSTOF- FICE BUILDING. One to Be Selected at Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tonight.

The board of directors of the Cham ber of Commerce meets this evening at the Jefferson building to take final action on sending a delegate or delegates to Washington to appear before the appropriation committee of the house March 17, when the bill to appropriate money to fouild postoffices in Parsons, Independence and Coffeyville comes up. This meeting has been called for 7:30 o'clock, and the officers of tne organization are anxious that every director be present at this time. At present, it is not known how many delegates will be esnt but it is thought that one will be able to handle the matter properly. If a delegate 13 chosen this evening, he will probably accompany the Independence and Par sons delegations, and the representatives of the three respective cities will probably appear together before the appropriation committee. If one these cities fail, probably all will, as the bill is framed so as to provide ederal buildings to the three towns together.

MAY FORCE RELEASE. Japan Makes Demand of China for Steamer Tatsu Maru. Pekin, March 5. Japan is threat ening to force a recovery oof the Jap anese steamer Tatsu Maru, which is still retained! by China. Today China proposed arbitration, but Japan refus ed and has warned; the foreign board that such proposals are unwelcome.

She again expressed a desire for tire release of the vessel, failing which she said she would take steps neces sary to secure tlhe release. Japan re sents hotly the fact that Chinese soldiers boarded the Tatsu and hauled down the Japanese flag. BLACK HAND BUSY. St. Louis Chief of Police Is Sent a Threatening Note.

St. Louis, March 5. Black Hand letters are becoming numerous in St. Louis. ChieC of Police Creecy today received a note, embellished with the usual Black Hand mark, and leading: "Chief Creecy, I warn you that you are the next victim.

I would call on you in person but do not want to be a marked man. (Signed) An American Italian." Ediward L. Loyet, a florist, and Theo. Touse, a restaurant man, each received notea demanding certain sums be left at designated places. TWO SUITS BROUGHT.

Anti-Trust Law Violations Are Ken tucky Charges. Owensville, March', p. The commonwealth's attorney today sued the American Tobacco company for five thousand dollars and the Internatr lonal Harvester company for the same amount, alleging both are operating in violation, of the state antHry.st laws. STILL VARIOUS COMMITCES WERE TIVE TODAY. AC- SEVERAL THOUSANDS RAISED Over Fifty Thousand Subscribed First Day of Campaign for Funds.

On A conservative (estimate made 3 o'clock this afternoon places at the amount of money raised today by the bonus fund soliciting committees at $8,000. Subscriptions are coming in slower today, as most of the larger contributions were made yesterday. The whistle on, the Rea-Patterson mill was blown today for every $1,000, though at longer intervals. Only a few subscriptions today came in $1,000 lots. Exceeding "even the hopes of the most optimistic, a count of the money collected Wednesday by the bonus fund soliciting committees Wednesday night showed that 450,285 was raised by the Chamber of Commerce committees.

A meeting of the committees was held last night in the Jefferson theater building and the official count was mads of the subscriptions. Members of these committees have stated that the $100,000 would probably be raised by the last of the week. Lat? Wednesday afternoon, reports of the amount raised were for the most part greatly exaggerated. Some said the amount ran as high as Even the committee members were not certain, and th'ey were as much misled as to the real amount as the people themselves. The mistake was that many persons heard that th'ey had started with, $15,000 and thought that every time the whistle blew that a thousand dollars additional had been given.

The extra blasts of the whistles, however, were supposed to cover the extra amounts, and as a result of this misunderstanding $10,000 and $15,000 were added in var-rious estimates that were made. During the day, the whistle on the Rea-Patterson mill blew forty-eight times. This left $2,000 for' which the whistle did not give credit. This, however, was made up in small sums and was the odds and ends left over from the six different committees. Tire committees will continue their work until the entire fund is raised.

The whistles 'blew as usual tor day and the committees their work today. The sentiment at the meeting last night was that could be raised today. In fact, the committees have approximately $26,000 in sight that they are quite sure to get- Some of the parties were out of the city, but the committees are confident that they will subscribe as soon as they return. the committee were unable to see tout will get around to them before the cam paign is concluded. The six committees continued their work Thursday morning.

They ex pect to finish up the lists today. Many of those who have already sub scribed have agreed to double their donations if the fund cannot be taken to $100,000 otherwise. At the meet ing Wednesday night, a large delega tion of citizens were present, and they (Continued on page 5.) WORDS OF CHEER. The following telegram was received by Mayor Wilcox this 3 afternoon: Kansas City, March 5. 3 Mayor Wilcox, Coffey vllle, Kas: The Publicity Committee of the.

Merchants and Manufactur- ers' Association of Kansas City, thereby heartily commend the effort of your city to raise money to secure more Indus- tries. iEvery Influence for your city's advancement help to build 3 4 up the great Southwest. Wte 3 feel you are located as is Kansas City, within the center of produc- tion. "We wish. you J.

A. iRunyon, Secretary. 'S LONG, CURTIS, M'GONIGAL AND HORNADAY TO CHICAGO. ALTERNATES ALSO NAMED Republicans In State Convention at Topeka Adjourned Wednesday Evening. Topeka, March 5.

The Republican state convention which convened in Topeka- Wednesday adjourned at 5 o'clock that evening after having elected four delegates at large to the Republican National convention in Chicago. The delegates elected were Chester Long, Charles Curtis, R. A. McGonlgle of Colby and Grant Horn-aday of Fort Scott. The alternates were J.

T. Moore of Pittsburg. W. T. Vernon, Kansas City, Kansas, James Smith, Clay Center, and T.

A. Noftzger of Harper. David W. Mulvane of Topeka is as sured of re-election as national com mitteeman from Kansas. The four delegates-at-large chosen today and the twelve delegates from the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Seventh and Eighth districts have been Instructed for him." The- Fifth and Sixth districts have not elected yet.

The delegates to the national convention recommend the national committeeman's election to the national convention William II. Taft was Indorsed for president. The Kansas delegates were instructed to vote for him first, last and all the time. Though by a vote of 725 to 225, when J. B.

Adams of Eldorado was elected temporary chairman of the convention by the antis over Judge Ansel R. Clark of Sterling, the Stubbs people made a final stand when it came to voting on delegates at large. Four were to be named and it was decided to vote for all the nominees at once. No nominating speeches were made. Judge: Corb McNeil of Cherokee named Senator Long, W.

L. Cunningham of Arkansas City named Senator Curtis, E. T. Ward of Wallace named McGonlgle, J. T.

Bradley of Sedan named Grant Hornaday, J. N. Dolley of Maple Hill named James Guy of Topeka, a negro; William Smith of Ottawa named F. H. Stannard of Ottawa.

Guy and Stannard were the Stubbs candidates. They had planned to run W. T. Ver non, register of the treasury, but Vernon refused, so they substituted Guy. The vote resulted: Long.

873. Curtis. 797; McGonlgle, 831; Hornaday, 810; Guy, 181; Stannard, 246. When nominations for alternates at large were called for, J. T.

Moore of Crawford, James Smith of Clay, W. T. Vernon of Wyandotte, T. A. Noftzger of Harper and James If.

Smith, Vernon and Noftzger were Guy of Topeka were placed in nomination. Guy withdrew, and Moore, nominated by acclamation. Organizing Convention. The noise began when J. S.

Simmons of Dlghton nominated J. B. Adams of Eldorado for temporary chairman. J. M.

Dolley of Maple Hill nominated with much eulogy Ansel Clark of Sterling, a Stubbs sup porter, but Adams won by a vote of 723 to 225., Cy Leland's county, Doniphan- voted solidly for" the Mulvane crowd for temporary chairman, and again later in the day cast its solid vote for Long, Curtis, McGonlgle and Hornaday for delegates at large. Adams pleaded in his speech for a leader who would take the middle ground and not a reactionary or radical place. Miller nominated as temporary secretary Clyde Miller of Osage, secretary of the Republican state central committee. J. T.

Moore of Pittsburg, chairman of the state committee, gave way to the committee on organization. This was later challenged when; Adams surrendered the chair to David Hanna of Hill City, who was elected permanent chairman. Miller remained secretary, with Senator Haskins of Olathe helping him. The following composed the working committees: Rules and order of business B. L.

LIGHT COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL MET THURSDAY. IS PADGETT SLATED TO GO? Such Was Intimated by a Councilman Investigation Not Made Public as Yet. A rumor is current at the city hall that a change is soon to be made in the electric light -department. The electric light committee met Wednesday morning as a board or inquiry to decide upon a definite plan of action to be pursued. The feeling is that Earl Padgett, the present light commissioner, is a "marked" man, and that his days as a city official are numfbered.

The plan of campaign to be followed by the light committee ta not known. That the electric lights have been in a poor condition the past week is a well known fact. Tuesday and Wednesday night, they were too weak to furnish light for an ordinary room. Wednesday night, for two or three hours, the street lights were out of commission. Complaints have been received from many sources, and no cue seems to know the cause of the trouble.

When asked this morning what the trouble was, Mr. Padgett was unable to give a definite answer. "Go ask a guy-post," was the answer he made and when he was further pushed for a cause, he merely looked into space and1 shook his head. Rumors more direful than these are afloat that an attempt is to be made to put Gene Rossiter, who was two years ago released by the council from the office of light commissioner, back into his old position. "It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Pad'gett must go," said a councilman Thursday.

The findings of the electric ligSt committee will probably be reported at the next meeting of the council. There is "something in the air," but to state the ultimate outcome at the present time would be an utter fm-possJbility." ANOTHER SCHOOL FIRE. Pupils Marched Out in Perfect Order, However, Grand Rapids, March 5. Grand Rapids today was threatened with a repetition of Cleveland's tragedy of yesterday, on even a larger scale. Fire broke out in the laboratory of the Central high school while twelve hundred pupils were at their studies.

The fire signal was given and the pupils marched out in perfect order. The building was emptied in two and one 'half minutes. The tire did comparatively little damage. POLICE SECURE TRUNK. Thought to Contain Anarchistic Liter ature of Arrested Man.

Chicago, March '5. The police early today raided, a rooming house on Seventy-sixth and) oJhnson streets and seized a trunk full of property be longing to Harry Goldstein, one of the alleged anarchists now under arrest. The trunk is believed to contain an archistic literature. Rosie Stern and Olga Averbauon were released from custody today. Springtime Has On the A sure sign that spring has come is the numtoer of truancies that have been reported the past week to Cook Harbourt, the truancy officer.

Twelve cases were reported to (him Thursday, and he spent all forenoon running around the streets to find the boys. By noon he had them all captured and safe again in the care ot their respective tachers. "Spring fever" has attacked about every boy and girl in" the city schools. The desire to play in some could not be resisted, and the result has been that during the past week there have been more cases of truancy lihan for an one week during the entire winter. The warm spring days prove too great an alurement for the youngsters, and they consider It nigh onto a- crime to.

compel them to I of CHARRED BODIES REMOVED FROM THE RUINS. JANITOR GETS THE BLAME One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Bodies So Far Recovered Hard to Distinguish One From Other. Cleveland, March 5. Up to 10 o'clock today one hundred and twelve bodies were identified from among the pupils of the Lake View school at Collinwood, who lost their lives in a re that gutted the school building yesterday. The cassualities may reach cne hundred and seventy.

How many bodies are still in the ruins, if any, has not been positively determined. Firemen are still probing the smoldering ruins. So far one hundred and sixty-eight bodies were recovered. Of the fifty-six still unidentified, it is generally admitted that practically none can be distinguished from the other. The coroner today 'began an investigation of the cause leading to the catastrophe.

Janitor Fred Herter stoutly maintains that there was no waste or rubbish in the basement. Officials are doubling their efforts to ascertain the names of three girls who are reported to have been in the basement at the time the fire started) and who are said to be by the janitor, to have first notified1 him of the fire, he jan itor has been made to the major portion of the blame. While he practically has cleared himself upon his owm testimony yet the feeling against him is high in Ccllinwood. Yesterday one father, crazed by griet, made an attempt upon the life or Herter, but was restrained with difficulty. Herter is being guarded fcy the police.

In addition to the blame, whether justified of not, being heaped upon him, Herter is broken down with grief over the loss of three of his own children jn the fire. As the day wore on the belief be- came general that the number of dead might total upwards of 180. Possibly twenty more bodies are still in the ruins burned to ashes. RUSSEiLL HARDING DEAD. Former Pacific Suoerintendent Dies In New York.

New York, March 5. Hussell Hard ing, a well known railroad man, died here Tuesday from liver and stomach complaints. Mr. Harding was born in Springfield, in 1S56 and en tered railway construction service in 1870, since which time he had bas in the railway business up to September 1, 1905, when he retired from the presidency of the Pere Marquette system and associated himself with H. B.

Hollins bankers and brokers, of this city. Mr. Harding was superintendent and engineer of several lines successively in the east, and in 1897 became gen eral superintendent to the Great Northern railway. In 1900 he was chosen vice president and general manager of the t. Louis Southwest ern.

Mr. Harding was well known among the railroad men cf this city. He was division superintendent at Wichita before the local offices were established, and later general superintendent at St. Louis. He left the Pacific in 1904.

He has many friends in this city. PLEA FOR ACQUITTAL. Architect Characterized as Real Penn sylvania Capitol Conspirator. Harrisburg, March 5. A plea for the acquittal of.

Former Auditor General Snyder and former State Treasurer Mathues, two of the de fendants in the capitol conspiracy trial, was made today by their coun sel who claimed that they ihad "hon estly followed honest advice given by former Governor Pennypacker. Architect J. M. Houston is charac terized as the real conspirator in the contract scandal but his counsel said it wa3 po conspiracy to defraud the state except In the imagination of the people; on the other side of tie case. jfe 'yOStteqed oa page J-ljJL.