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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
6
Campaign of defense against insurgent criticism opens in Washington and Chicago. Taft, Wickersham, and Lodge urge party loyalty, defend tariff policy, and demand unity while warning against disloyalty and cross-party cooperation.
Guthrie and Oslo April report the corporation commission directs the Katy railroad to relocate the Tulsa division terminal from Osage Junction to Cleveland by October. If Cleveland lacks space, locals must provide. Cleveland to also become a freight and passenger terminal for the Palas division beginning May 1.
The First District Republican committee met in Oklahoma to adopt a platform endorsing the Payne Aldrich Taft tariff law and the Taft administration. Insurgent influence and named figures from Guthrie and Bold may challenge endorsement, with a clash anticipated over tariff and party rules.
A sensational move by the state pharmaceutical board in the crusade against the Mexican sale of cocaine spurred today when Delamine P. Haesmends, a US government inspector for the port of Philadelphia, was arrested on a warrant charging involvement in the traffic.
Washington reports indicate Secretary Knox and Secretary Franklin MacVeagh may retire by week’s end. Health issues and cabinet tensions over tariff policy, Latin American policy, and the Payne Aldrich tariff drive the instability, with Knox upset by grants to Aldrich and lack of defense for his policies.
General Taylor of the Third Brigade of Confederate Veterans in Alabama announces a reunion in Mobile on April 26 to 28. Tickets go on sale three days before the event with round trip fares listed for multiple cities including Vinita and other Oklahoma locations.
Associated Press reports in Morocco that Grand Vizier Madari Grant was poisoned by three of his wives and is in critical condition. The incident was disclosed on April eleventh. Authorities investigate possible motives and accomplices as medical teams treat the Vizier in Rabat.
Desperado Alf Hunter alias James Kingabby hanged at Watonga at 11:15 am for the June 5 1908 murder of Sheriff George W Garrison near Hitchcock Male County Oklahoma Three others involved were named including Buale Pride and Deputy Burt Tate Sanders Hunter confessed to multiple crimes and asked forgiveness in a brief speech as the crowd watched from the ground family present.
Associated Press reports from Washington indicate the rivers and harbors appropriation bill will be reported by the senate committee of commerce next Monday. The measure totals 52.566 million dollars in actual cash and continuing contracts, with prior house passage showing 42.558 million dollars, including cash of 35.302 million and 7.206 million in continuing contracts.
Pittsburg, April. District Attorney William A. Blakely issued a general invitation for any Allegheny County resident to testify before the grand jury on graft. He named A P Moore editor of the Pittsburg Leader, asserting the editor challenged him publicly and urged Moore to produce all evidence. The grand jury session did not proceed today, though inquisitors remained busy with the bank ordinance and were seen with bank officials J Kuhn and J M Young.
The final argument in the Saylor murder trial began with Harvey presenting the defense. He urged the jurors to weigh the relationships between Mrs Saylor and Dr Miller and suggested a motive for killing Saylor by Dr Miller, citing testimony from the July period.
The Topeka court today upheld the constitutionality of the maximum transportation rate law. The decision also affirms the reciprocal demurrage law as constitutional, according to reports from April 9.
Associated Press reports that Eddie Fay Frank Chelater and Little Dick Harris, once jailed in New York, were arrested in Wedmond Virginia and charged with rifling the cashier’s mate at the Richmond post office. They were placed in jail this morning.
Kinnet of Belgium broke the world air endurance record by staying aloft for two hours and twenty minutes with a passenger. The flight, achieved with a companion, marks a new historic milestone in aviation.
A federal grand jury indicted the Imperial Window Glass Company of West Virginia and sixteen officials on three counts including conspiracy to restrain the hand blown glass trade and attempts to monopolize interstate trade. Key officers named include Myron L. Case, M J Healy, J G Bayre, and other directors. The secretary J R Johnston testified for the government and may receive immunity. The indictment relies on testimony from witnesses across western cities.
Yusalf Mahmout the Turkish wrestler defeated Dr. B. F. Roller of Seattle in straight falls in Kansas City Missouri on April 8. The first fall came with a double wrist lock and scissors hold. The second fall lasted two minutes thirty seconds with an arm lock and a Nelson. Roller showed little chance to win as Mahmout dominated from the start. Curley, Roller’s manager, protested the referee, leading to a confrontation and stoppage. Kali Pasha defeated James Rebell in a preliminary.
The April 1 report from Washington indicates growing wheat at 8 percent normal, compared with 82.2 percent on April 1, 1909 and a ten year average of 87.0. Rye stands at 92.3 percent of pre-spot, versus 87.2 a year ago and a ten year average of 80.6.
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