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VOL. XI, NO. 280

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TWELVE VOTE

AGAINST CHILD

LABOR MEASURE

Bill Passes Senate With

Only Opposition by

Democrats.

WAS PUSHED HAR

BY PRES. WILSON

Will Prevent Interstate

Commerce of Products

of Child Labor.

IT7AS1IINOTON', Aug. S The gen

ute liile today passed the bill

to prevent Interstato commerce in

products of child labor The vote wis

f2 to 12. The measure, ul ready passed

by the house, wui brought to a vole

in the senate upon the Insistence of

President Wilson after the Democratic

senate caucus once had decided to de.

fer its consideration until next Decem

ber. Senators who voted against the bill

We.'c Raiikhcail, Alabama; liryan and

Flcti her, Florida; Hardwicke and

i-'ui it U, lieori-'ia; Overman and Snu

nsons, North Carolina; Sith and Till

man, South Carolina; Williams, Miss

isHippi (Democrats), Oliver and J'en.

rose, Pennsylvania ( Republicans).

Opposition lo the measure had come

chiefly fioni southern cotton mill

owners, and the group of southern

Democrats who voted against it had

fought it in caucus and maintained

their opposition during the senate de

bate on tho ground' that the regula

tion proposed in unconstitutional ami

would Interfere with the rights of the

elates. Kleven Democrats, from the

south. Senators Swanson and Martin,

Virginia; Vnderwood, Alabama; Var

damftn, Mississippi; James and Heck

ham, Kentucky: Hansdcll, Louisiana,

Holilnton. Arkansas, and Shields.

Tennessee, voted fer it.

Conferees Appointed.

In order to expedite consideration,

senate conferees were appointed im

mediately aflcr the final vote was ta

nen. The only amendment adopted

would extend the bill's provisions to

burr oil products of establishments

employing children from Interstate

coiniiicree

The house measure was directed

only against those on which child la

bor actually had been employed.

Senator Koran did not offer the

amendment he had drawn attaching

the immigration hill as u rider In or

der to force action on it at this ses

sion. Amendments to make the pro

hibition apply only to children under

14 who could not read nor write, to

make It apply to children on farms,

lnd to poMponc Its effective date for

two years, were voted down.

The , ill as passed would prohibit

Interstato commerce ill the product of

any mine or quarry in which children

under 16 jears of age have been em

ployed, or In the product of any mill,

caniM ry, w orkshop, factory or manu

facturing establishment in which

children between 14 and lii have been

employed more than H hours a day,

more than six davs a week, before i;

o'clock in (he morning or later than

7 o'clock in the evening. It would

take effect one year after enactment.

Denounces Owners,

During the closing hours of debate

today, Senator Tillman denounced

southern cotton mill owners oppos

ing the bill and said that while he

believed It iincoiistiutlmial he was

tempted to support it because of the

selfishness of the interests fighting it.

He also declaied congress was too

much influenced by the attitude of

labor In lercsts.

"I have been shocked", said the

South Carolina senator, "to see men

in South Carolina, rich. Intelligent,

well educated men. who were willing

to swell their dividends at the ex

pense of little children. The veil of

sophistry In their letters could not

hide their heartlesslessness. Their

plea, stripped of verbiage, is 'let the

children toil that we may live in lux

ury' and yet we wonder at the spread

cf Socialism and the increasing hos

tility of labor towards capital."

Servility of present day vote srek

crr to organized labor. t,o added, pre

sented as great a problem today as

diil the attitude of politicians twen

ty years ago to concentrated wealth.

"The congress of the I'nited States

tic in bleu every time the labor unions

frown," he continued. "Capital, with

its biiital, cynical reganl for human

ity started the conflict and labor in

self-defense organized for the strug

gle. "We have ceased to legislate in the

way we know to be right and have

become ponderers to public opinion

or rather we arc nuking a cowardly

gurrci ricr to those who vote and de

mand tin so thing.!. 1 predict that III

time n law will be pasted making it

l-nlav. fill for anything to enter into

Interstate commerce that is not de-

sire ruby voters of labor unions.

"Tfie recent day uplifters of fu

Innnity are tho counterpart of I lie

old abolitionists. Those fancies,

rcnest und well-meaning as they

were, declared thu constitution was a

league with death and covenant with

liell end their twentieth century uc

reKsorf, endorsed the statement In acts

If not in words '

Need More Harvesters.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug. S.

Troom corn raisers of Garvin county

have smt another appeal for labor,

And local employment agents are on

the lookout for men to go there. Re

cently a cull for several hundred men

came in to the state free employment

bureau but not enough men could he

found to fill the order. Now more

r wanted. The work pays well und

,-31 continue for several weeks.

OKLAHOMA'S OLDEST

WOMAN DIES AT 110

I'ASSKS AWAY AT IOOItlIOl SIC

AFTKIt 1IAVIG 1XJST A

FOItTrNK.

Hud Outlived Three Husbands, Twen

ty Cliildrcn, Grandchildren and

Former Owner.

After having outlived tweniy of her

22 children, a multitude of grand

children, three husbands, the man

who owned her as a slave, and all her

friends, Sarah Anderson, Oklahoma's

oldest woman, died yesterday morn

ing at the age of 110 years. She was

half negro and half Creek Indian.

Death came at the country poor

house. I'p to four years ago she was

worth several thousand dollars, com

ing from her allotment but she la said

to have been defrauded of her en

tire estate and to have spent her last

years in poverty.

Mrs. Andersen was born and raised

In Oklahoma, never having been out

of the state. Her owner in antebel

lum times was Joo Clancy, a wealthy

Creek Indian slave owner. She was

a slave for more than fifty years hut

was never sold. Her name was Sarah

Jerkins before marriage.

She was married three times and

all of hr husbands are dead. She

leave a daughter, a son and four

grandchildren. The daughter is 80

years o'd.

Friends said last night that they

were positive aa to her age.

NAVAL INCREASE

ADVOCATES WIN

Opposition to Huge Puild

ing Program for 1917

Yield to Persuasion.

FULL VOTE TUESDAY

Senatc Approves of Confer

ence Report on $257,

000,000 Army Hill.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Admin

istration leaders believed to

night they hud won their fight for

authorization by congress of the big

naval building program, including

four dreadnaughts and four butt tie

cruisers for 1917, drawn up by the

senate naval committee after confer

ences with President Wilson and Sec

retary Daniels. Majority leader

Kitchen, in serving notice today that

he would call up the bill in the house

next Tuesday, announced that Chair

man Padgett of the house naval com

mittee, one of those who held out in

conference against the senate in

creases, would move that the senate

amendments lie agreed to. Karlier in

(he day Mr. Padgett and Senator

Swanson, ranking Democrats of the

senate committee, had talked over

the subject with President Wilson,

who Is understood to have reiterated

his belief that authorization of the

larger program was imperative.

Senator Swanson said tonight lead

en had made a careful canvass of

the situation and were confident that

the senate's personnel increases and

continuing htiillding program would

be accepted by the house along with

tho building increases for 1S17. A

call was sent broadcast to ubsent

representatives to be on hand for the

vote Tuesday.

SeMirate lloll Culls.

In making his announcement to the

house, the majority leader said sep

arate roll rails would be taken on

the senate amendment Increasing the

capital ships for next year from four

to eight; on the proposal for a gen

eral construction program next year

providing for increased numbers of

submarines, destroyers and other ves

sels U'Mdes thoce of the capital class;

on the three-year continuing pro

gram; on the personnel Increases, and

on the appropriation of $ I ,(iii5,u0u for

a drydock at Charleston, S. C.

That Chairman Padgett would

make a motion to concur in these

amendmentes came as a surprise to

opponents of a big naval program.

They would not concede defeat.

With final action on the naval hill

imminent, the senate today approved

without debate the conference report

of the $2.r 7.000,0110 army appropria

tion bill which will be aetej on in the

house tomorrow.

A favorable vote is expected after

which the bill will go to the president.

If expectations of administration lead

ers are borne out, the naval bill will

follow It to the president's desk within

two weeks at most, anil national de

fense P'gii lation, undertaken as the

salient feati.re of the Sixty-fourth

congress, will have been concluded

with appropriations to carry it into

effect aggregating approximately

J 1135, 000,000.

lUtooZK ovm:k ki.is coop

Hut Tulsa Officers ConfiM'.iic lots of

' House ill Osage County.

Two r.ntomobiles, four hundred bot

tles of whiskey and four barrels

beer were the stock n trade

which fell into t.ic bunds of

Deputy I'nited States Marshal J.

J. Moran and his deputies fol

lowing a raid on a road house In

Osage county Stordav night. Three

men, arrested by the i ("fleers at the

time of the raid, were brought to

Tulsa, and lHter removed to Paw

huska. The alleged owner of the place

made his escape.

MEDIATORS ON

HAND AS STRIKE

CRISIS NEARS

Wilson Sends Officials to

New York as Faction

Leaders Confer.

400,000 RAILWAY MEN

VOTE TO TAKE STEP

American Federation of

Labor Pehind Men in De

mand for 8-1 lour Day.

fUTASlIINOTOV. Aug. 8. At the

suggestion of President Wilson,

Judge W. I,. Chambers and (!. W. W.

Hanger of the I'nited States board of

mediation and conciliation left Wash

ington tonight for New York to be on

the ground tomorrow when the rep

resentntivis of the 400,000 railway

men threatening a strike confer with

the representatives of the carriers.

Martin A. Knapp, the third member

of the board, now in Connecticut, also

is expected to reach New York to

morrow. I'nder the law the board is not

authorized to offer its services un

til asked to intervene by interested

parties, or until a tie-up is imminent,

but in lew of the magnitude of the

threatened troubles, it said tonight

tnat an offer to mediate might be

made should the employers and tho

men fall to get together tomorrow.

I'resident Wilson, it was said tonight,

was anxious to have the board on

the ground ready to do everything

possible.

laMr llelilnd Move.

That the American Federation of

Labor stands siiuarely behind the men

in the demand:! for an eight-hour

day was made plain in a letter ad

dressed to officials of the unions In

volved by President Oompcrs, and

made public here tonight. The com

munication was sent on behalf of the

executive council to the secretaries

of the Order of Railway Conductors,

and tho Brotherhood of Hallway

Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen

and Engineers. In It Mr. Gompers

said :

"It is our most earnest hope that

the railroad companies may he in

duced to take a broad-minded and

humanitarian view of your demands.

When the railway companies under

stood the full meaning of the eight

hour day and realize the advantages,

moral and social, that will Inevitably

result form its adoption, they can not

rertisc to concede ttie workers the

boon of the eight-hour day and con

cede without imposing upon the

workers the necessity of cessation of

work in order to establish your de

mand.

"Regardless of whether your pur

pose is secured by the voluntary agree

ment of the railway companies or

whether It is necessary for the rail

way men to slriko to obtain this Just

and nc essauy protection, the Ameri

can Federation of Liber phslges to

the brot herhoods its support and sym

pathy in tho effort to accomplish that

which is fundamental for the protec

tion and betterment of the railway

men."

ALL COLLEGE MEN

WILL QUIT BORDER

September Student Soldiers Will He

Sent Kurk Home; New Kc

irulting Plans.

TOPKICA, Kan., Aug. S. Preliml

ary to the announcement of a new

recruiting plan lor the Kansas na

tional guard, Adjt.-Gcn. Charles I.

.Martin stated today I hat the Kansas

recruiting officers had been ordered

mustered out of the I'nited States

service at Fort liiley. The orders

came from the central division at

Chicago and the following officers are

affected by the new ruling:

These Are Affected.

"Maj. Albeit If. Herman, Hiawa

tha; Capt. Dennis ,1. Sheedy. Fre-

dorila; Capt. (leorge J. Tronjo, Paola;

Capt. Charles S. (libhens, Nlckerson;

''apt. Guy P. Sawyer. Newton; Second

l.ieut. Homer M. Kunz. F.mporia, and

Second l.ieut. Joe W. Murray, l.aw

rence. These officers have been re

cruiting In the state a little more than

two weeks.

Hack to College.

"A new plan for recruiting is to

be inaugurated but I have not been

advised as to what It is" said General

Martin.

Word has been received hero also

that unless there is need for them on

the border all college students will

be mustered out of service Septem

ber 1.

EX-BASEBALL HEAD

IS NOW A TULSAN

W. K. Hill, Former President or West

ern Association, Ixieales

Here.

Y. K. Hill, former president of the

Western association of baseball clubs,

has moved from .McAlester to Tulsa!

Mr. Hill has opened up law offices

with his fetber, under the firm name

of Hill & Hill.

"Tulsa is the llvesl rpot In Okla

homa", said Mr. Hill yesterday, "so

father and 1 decided this was the

place for m. Now that wc are here

we are glad we came."

While Mr. Hill has retired from

baseball for the time being it is pos

ribl that he will be prominently

identified with a new circuit that is to

be organized next season.

! Hill's father Is one of hc lest

known attorneys In Oklahoma. For

IS years he was general attorney of

the Choctaws and Chlokasaws,

READY TO VISIT IN

TULSA; HE SUICIDES

gfoiu.i: i. ma o. iikothi.k of

miss. s. ; m.i.i s, SHOOTS

sin.i' ix sr. i,oris.

Had lreai'ed to Ao-oniimuy Nx-al

Woman Here lo Itegaui Health

Lost on ItirUulay.

Spwil to Th World.

ST. I.OUS. Mo.. Aug. 8 A few

hours before he was to accompany

his wealthy sister. Mrs. S. Gallais.

to her home in Tulsa, Okla.. George

Irving Hi uno, 31 years old, secretary

or the Arnold A. Thurman Grain &

Feeii Co., shot and killed himself In

a lavatory on the seventeenth floor

of tho Hallway Fxchange building at

4 o'clock this afternoon, lie fired a

bullet into his brain, dying almost

Instantly.

Mrs. Gallias, the wife of an nil man

of Tulsa, arrived in St. Uhiih sev

eral davs ago with her daughter with

whom she had been touring the re

sorts in the north. Kruno bad been

stricken with Kiight's disease on his

birthday on January L'3 last, and was

in such poor condition ph sic.illy that

his sister prevailed upon him to ac

company her home. He had spent

several weeks in a hospital. He agreed

anil made preparations.

When he left his home at 77 Hay

nrd avenue, Kruno told his sister h

would have luncheon down-town as

he was feeling badly ami did not want

to make the trip out home and bark.

Mrs. Gallias was waiting to bear from

Kruno when a telephone call notified

her he hail been found dead. Kruno

was the son of John Kruno of ;Mi-Ti

Kensington avenue. a pioneer fish

dealer of St. Louis. He had been des

pondent on account of bis illness

which made it impossible for him to

pursue his work at the down town

office. This despondency is believed

to have caused In in to kill himself.

He leaves besides Mrs. Gallias his

parents, two sisters. Miss Clara Kruno

and Mrs. K. Wostenholm, St. Iuns;

two brothers, Frank ami Lee Kruno,

his widow and two small children.

Mrs. Gallais will remain here for the

funeral services.

HUGHES WOULD

PROTECT NATION

Tells Chicago Audience He

Would Cut Out Pork and

De Rigidly Finn.

PRESIDENT IS WEAK

Charges Democrats With

Waste, Kxtravagance

and Vacillation.

CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Charles E.

Hughes tonight told an audience

that crowded Chicago's great Coli

seum the ball where he was nomi

nated for the presidency what ho

would do if elected president of the

I'nited States.

Mr. Hughes charged the present ad

iiiiinstralioii with waste, extravagance

and vacillation. He declared that it

bad not kept the country out of war,

but that it had fought an ignominious !

war in Mexico ami had withdrawn!

from that war ignominioiisly. lie!

charged the administration with liav-

ing nrougni ine country much nearer

to participation in the Furopean war

than the country would have been

had the administration "stood for

American righis."

He declared that it was no more

possible to expect tariff protection to

American industries from a Demo

cratic congress than it w'ould be to

get a revival sermon out of a dis

orderly house.

The nominee assailed the adminis

tration also for its appointments to

office and declared that if elected he

wiuld appoint to office only men who

were well iiualificd.

Democratic expenditures for rivers

ami harbors were attacked by the

nominee.

Stop the Hllsllless.

"I piopose that we snail stop this

pork business," be said. "1 propose

that we shall have government in a

business-like way. We wont have

any more if I ran stop it of these

'kiss me and I'll kiss you' appropria

tions in congress."

The nominee said he stood for a

business-like, responsible budget

based on facts,

"I do not want uny hot air in mine,"

he added.

The. Democratic party, Mr. Hughes!

.-aid, was approaching Ibe idea of aj

protective tariff "like a skittish horse (

to a brass band." In 1912, he added,!

the Democratic platform hail said in!

effect that a protective tariff was un- '

constitutional. i

"They say in effect now that the!

L'urouean wai has changed the con-I

titituiion of tne I'nited States,'' he'

continued, "but do you think they arc

converted'' Don't you trust them a

little minute with protecting Ameri

can industry. Tiny haven't got it in

their bones."

Mr. Hughes rei.i'iated much of his

Detroit Hpeerh regarding the admin

istration's Mexican poiicy.

"it had no right," be said, "to ccom

mit this country to a course of eon

duct which landed Mexico in anarchy,

left our citizens a prey to the ravage

of revolution and made our name a

word of contempt in a sister repub

lic. "We have gone forward." the nom

inee said In speaking of the adminis

tration's Mexican policy, "with a de

termination to be destructive, not con

structive, to destroy all they had."

Hal's Foreign Policy.

As to the administration's foreign

policy, Mr. Hughes said:

"We have allowed our words to be

co.i ri.M iii on i-auk mi.

RUSSIANS VIE

iii sLIANS

If I

IN TEUTON ROUT

Latins in Oori.ia Region

Triumph Over Fncmy

and Capture 10,000. "

AUSTRO GERMANS

FALL AT DNIESTER

Anglo-French l'egin New

Offensive of Powerful

Momentum, Is L'cpoit.

LONDON, Aug. 8.-111:03 p. in.)

Kcforc the echoes have died of

the mutual congratulations of the en

tente allies sovereigns, .statesmen and

generals on the auspicious opening of

the third year ot Ibe war comes news

of further Kussi.iu successes and of

a splendid victory for the Italian

aims on the lsono front. The sur

prising success of (he Italians, who,

in two d.is, have captured ten thou

sand prisoners, suggests I hat in ad

dition to trauslei ring General Koev

ess, an aide Austrian general, from

the Treiitino front to Galicla, the

Austnaiis also ventured to transfer

troops from the Isonzo to the Russian

front in an endeavor to stein t lie Rus

sian advance.

General Cadoi na's victory has

caused ill Loudon rejoicing us one

of the most promising successes in

the new allied operations and a dem

onstration of the constantly growing

power of the allied olfensive on all

fronts. liussia's new victories south

of the Dniester and southwest of the

Stamslau-Kolomea railway afford

eipial satisfaction and Hie prompt

admission in the Kerlln official state

ment of the retirement of the Austro

Cctmans south of the Dniester is

taken here to indicate that the Rus

sian victory in this uunrter Is weight

ier than yet announced by the Rus

sian official dispatches. According

to an unofficial report, the evacuation

of Lemberg, the Galician capital, has

ulreudy been ordered.

Ill the meantime a new combined

offensive by the allies has begun on

the western front which is expected

to lead lo the severest fighting. Gull

lemunt. around which heavy fighting

Is now in progress, is one of the strong

positions in the German second svs-

tem of defense and will doulftless bo

defended by the Germans, as was

Pozleres, Willi the utmost stubborn

ness. Goi'i.iu Fulls.

VIK'N.N'A, (Via Iyindon, Aug. 8.1

(11:42 a. in.) The loss of Hie c.riviu

brnlgi bcud to t lie Italian forces is ad

mitted in the Austrian official state

nient today. A withdrawal to the

eastern bank of the Isonzo, the sUite-

loeni says, was necessary to avoid se.

vere losses because of desperate ut-

lui'Ks by I lie Italians.

The statement reads:

Kusl of ottvnia and Tlumacli (Itus

siun front) an enemy attacking inl

ni'in penetrated our firs' line, but was

completely repulsed ,y a coiinter-at -taik

We took a thousand prison, rs.

"Near Tluniucli in the lace ol an

attack by superior forcrs our de

fei se was transferred from the re

gion west of that town.

Italian theater: The fighting in the

Gori.ia ronton, continues with una

bated stiihliornness. We repulsed

several enemy attacks with superior

tones. Since the afternoon of Aug

ust t; we have captured 2.9.13 prison

ers including "2 officer i.

"In onler to avoid severe losses to

tr.c brave defi iideis of the bridgehead.

rg.uisi winch rep-ated desperate at-I

tacks have been made by the Italians,!

they were list mghi withdrawn to the

astern Isonzo "

PARIS. Aug. 8 (11:20 p. m.)

Notable gains have been made bv the

French in the Somine battle, accord

ing to the official statement tonight.

In two days they have carried Ger

man trenches along a front of morn

than three ami a half miles to a depth

of from three hundred to five hundred

meters.

In the Verdun sector they have suc

ceeded in regaining a foothold in the

Thiaiiinont work.

The statement reads:

"North of the Somine we increased

our gains of yesterday, captuiing a

small wood and a trench strongly

organized by the enemy north of Hem

Wood which we hold in Its entirety.

"In fine, in these two days, we have

conquered north of the Soinine the

whole of a line of German trenches

on a front of six kilometers (3 T.r

miles) to a depth of from three hun

dred to five meters.

"In Champagne yesterday after a

spirited bom bardment strong enemy

detachments, which attacked with the

grenade our positions northwest or

'I'a hu re and small pouts on Hill 1D5,

were taken under our fire and dis

persed. "On the right bank of the Meuse

the battle continued violently on the

entire Thiuumont-Flciiry front. With

remarkable tenacity our troops have

held back and repulsed the adversary,

who sought by counter-attacks to

drive iih from the ground coniiieriii

by us these last days northwest and

south of the Thiaiiinont work; then,

passing to the olfensive In then turn,

they re-occupied all the elements of a

trench where the enemy had taken

foot and penetrated anew the Thiau

mimt work.

"On the Vnux-Chapitrc-Chcnois

front we raptured a line of trenches."

Prohis Xanic le aders.

DALLAS. T-xas. Aug. H. At the

Prohibition party state convention

here lod iv Rev. i. W. Lewis of Dal

las was nominated for governor. Dr.

J. R. ILchardson of Seymour. I;eu

t ni nt-g rvernor. and K. II. Conihear

of llilias. I'nited States senator. P.

f. Puige of Dallas was named slate

chairman.

OFFICERS FOIL MOB

AFTER TOWERY PAIR

SPIRIT IILACKS WHO KII.I.I.H Oil

MAX I'ICOM i:i KAI LA JAIL TO

NKAKItY COTTON I IFI.H.

Six Women in Crow I Willi Ji I Code I'p

To Jail ami IH'maiiilod Hie

Prisoners,

Se.eul to Th( World.

Ml SKiuiKi:, Okla., Aug. S. A mob

composed of oil men and seeking to

wreck summary vengeance upon Wilt

and Cecil Towery. negroes who have

confessed that they murdered Charles

Vaughn, an oil man Saturday, was

foiled again early this morning by

Sheriff J. W. McCune, of Mcintosh

county, who spirited the negroes from

the county Jail und hid them in a

cornfield while armed men searched

the Jail.

The mob. In which there were six

women, rode up to the county Jail

shortly alter '1 o'clock this morning

and demanded the prisoners. Sherilf

McCuue had been tipped oil and only

a tew minutes previously had taken

the prisoners away. Jailer Waddle

permuted the mob to inspect the Jail.

After lie had satisfied them that tho

negroes were not there, most of the

crowd dispersed. The negroes were

I later taken to the state prison at Mc-

A lester.

According to Sberirf McCuno the

f posse that were seeking the negroes

( lives passed within twenty feet of

tlieiu ns they lay In a cornfield. The

negroes were guarded by Sheriff Mc

Cune and Chief of Police Wlnkleinan.

SHG01S DAUGHTERS;

TURNS GUN ON SELF

Driven Insane, Prof. J. K

Malone of Walter Fnacts

Tragedy on Home.

FORMER EDUCATOR

lie and Small Daughter Die

Instantly; Child at

Death's Door.

WAI.TKR. Okla, Aug. 8 Profes

sor J. K. Malone, former

superintendent of schools in Cotton

county, early tlTis morning shot and

killed his youngest daughter, Leone,

six years old, tried to kill another

daughter, Je.inettc, 1 1 years old,

whom he shot twice through the body

then sent a bullet into his own heart,

dying Instantly. The tragedy occurred

at the Cotton home here, and was dis

covered by neighbors, whose curiosity

had been aroused when none of the

Malone family was seen about the

accustomed morning duties, Jeanetto

was hurried to a hospital, but little

hope is entertained for her recovery.

Ifcsdgncd Heeenlly.

Ill health recently caused Professor

Malone's resignation as county super

intendent of schools. He had been

acting strangely, but no particular sig

nificance was attached lo this fact by

his daughters, with whom he made

his home. Yesterday when the eldest

daughter Kessle, fifteen years old, left

to visit relatives in lawton, she was

bade an affectionate adieu by her

father, who at that time exhibited no

symptoms of mental incapacity. The

fact tnst Kessie left when she did In

all probability saved her life.

Particulars leading up to the trag

edy may never be told, as there is

little probability of .leanette regaining

consciousness, and she is the only one

who knows. From the appearance of

the bodies, however, it is thought the

little girl was shot and killed first,

after which the weapon was turned

on .leanette. Convinced he had killed

both children, Malone is thought to

have gone to his own room, where he

fired a bullet Into his heart. The

revolver was found on the floor be

side Malone's body, it had been

emptied but there was evidence of

only four shots being fired.

rofessor Malone was well known

In educational circles throughout the!"1'?;1"17'" w"i k

state. Shortly betore he assumed the

office of county superintendent in

liH'i, his wife died. From that date

his health is said to have failed, hut

not until recently did it become

parent that his mind was also

fecttd.

ap-al-

COMMISSION FAILS'

TO HIRE WALLACE;

County I'nlhers Ignore J. I

Appointment of All

Av.i-.tanl.

T L. Wallace was booked to win.

The odds were long in his favor and

all was rt ...dy for the .-rack of the

s'ariers pistol. Kat Ue.i by County At

toriiev .1 aloes K.-rs he looked like a

sine ivjriitcr and through the first few

laps of the race in the county com

missioners meeting yesterday he led

the held. Kut as they came under the

wire Wallace lost.

Since the sudden mid only par

tially explained expu'sion of George

Reeves as assistant countv attorney

l-y Mr. Kvcrs there has been a va

cancy ns assotant in Mr. Kvcrs' of

tce. WaH'.ie was slated for ibe place,

lint when Mr. Fvers suggested the

name of Wallace yesterday the county

commissioners found that tln-ie were

other matters of more importance to

attend to and they refused to act fa

vorably upon the suggestion of livers.

And the place left vacant hy Reeves

remains vacant and Wallace and

Kvcrs ii'e members of the committee

on was and means.

DEMOCRATSCRY

HUGHES MADE

FALSE CHARGES

Issue Statement After Long

Powwow With Wilson

on Nominee's Speech.

RELATE TO CHANGES

IN FEDERAL SURVEY

Edwin Sweet Telegraphs

to 0. 0. P. Candidate

''Setting Him Right."

VI7ASII1NGTHN, Aug. S. Sute-

menis made by Charles F.vans

Hughes, Republican nominee for the

presidency. In speeches at Detroit yes

terday were characterized as false as

to facts and of misleading substance '.

In telegrams sent by administration

officials tonight after a long discus

sion of the subject by President Wil

son and his cabinet at today's meet

ing. The charges related to changes

in the coast and geodetic survey and

the census bureau.

Secretary Redfield, In Klngham

t'n, N. V., telegraphed to Secretary

1 ti in ii It v denying the diaries made hy

.Mr. Hughes, and later sent a similar

telegram to Mr. Hughes. Kdwin V.

Sweet, acting secretary of commerce

In Mr. Redfield's absence, ulso tele

graphed Mr. Hughes giving a detailed

refutation of the charges.

Mr. Hughes cited the retirement of

K. Dana Durand as director of the

census and the appointment of Will

lam .1. Harris in his place, and tho

replacement of o. II. Tillman as head

of the coast and geodetic survey by

Dr. 10. Lester Jones. Mr. Redfield's

telegram to Secretary Tumulty fol

lows: Statement False.

"Statement of Hughes respecting

appointments census and coast survey

In Detroit false as to facts and of

misleading substance. You may say

frrm me Durand of census retired

voluntarily, was not removed or re

tired, r recommended him to present

employment. Harris' succession was

not political. Mude fine record and

promoted trade commissioner for

merit. Tillman, coast survey, retired

voluntarily after my refusing no

resignation. Jones, his successor, pro.

looted for meritorious work as deimiv

commissioner fisheries. 11.,,, ,He

wonderful record Instilling new life

into service."

Mr. Sweet's telegram to Mr llnrh

quoted Mr. Hughes and riililln iimiI

I deem It my duty to correct soino

grave errors In the foreiroimr ui!ii

nient. Dr. Tillman, s rim.ni..(

uf the coast and geodetic sur

vey, the scientist to whom you re

fer, was not displaced In l.'ul,..,,

March. 1915. be

and told me ihat he had determined

to r-'sin on account of ill health n

said that he had reached the conclu

sion many months In. fore 1....1

already purchased n i.L.,.,. , 1.,

burg. Va., which he cxneoie.l 1., .,.i,

his home. I I'l.Mimin n,i

formation to Secreta'v Redfield vl

expressed Slinirlse , ,1.1 ,....r,' ..

.... ...1.10 .-, ai uon was entirely volun

tary and was not the result of any re

quest or suggestion of (he department

direct or indirect. '

Wrong Again?

"You refer to K. Lester Jones, his

successor, as a stock breeder and vet

erinary surgeon. At one time he had

a hum 111 Virginia on which he raised

..w. n. 1 .iih was soi.i some time

he-

lore rie entered the

government ser-

! vice. He never w as

as a veterinary sur-

I genu. He

: tion and r

is a gentleman of educa

lineineiit. Kefore his an-

I poiutlllelit t,

succeed Doctor Till.,..,.,

oe ,i.i uepuiy commissioner of fish

eries, (another bureau of tins depart

ment 1. an, 1 displayed administrative

talent of such huh order that he wai

l,'', I by both the secretary and my

self worthy of recommendation for

appointment to fill the vacancy in th-j

coast and geodetic survey. In our

Judgment tins bureau was well

ciiiippe,l from the scientific stand

point, but stood in great need of a man

of executive ability to direct and

About two months el:, I I,

the resignation of Doctor Tittman and

tho appointment of Mr. Jones. Dur

ing that interval and before the rec

ommendation was made, suggestions

and advice were freely sought from

parties who knew the qualifications

of Mr. Jones, and also from parties

who knew the needs of the bureau,

some of them of the highest standing

in the scientific world. Since the

appointment of Mr. Jones the wire

drag work on both the Atlantic and

Pacific coasts, and the coast survey

and all other work of the bureau have

I been developed and prosecuted wild

marked vigor and success.

Only .' .Made.

"As to your statement regarding the

civil service, you are equally niisin-

loiinc.l. During the year to which

you refer, the number of nppolnt

; incuts made in the coast and geodetic

survey has been far short of lot. Tho

actual number is .".0 of which 3S ap

pointmc nts were made with the ap

proval of the civil service commis

sion. The remaining 12 were for tem

ipotary positions, chiefly of laborers,

! at salaries of less than three dollars

.a day. None of them are under tho

1 civil service law as it stands now and

; as 11 stood for years,

j "You snv: 'I believe that 62 were

I made in opposition to the advice of

I the civil service commission." the fact

! is that during the entire incumbency

i of Mr. Jones, not a single appointment

nus iifi"! made in tins bureau in op-po.-:rion

to the advice of the civil

service commission.

"Will you please give to this state

ment the same currency that you gave

to I ho statement you made at De-

olt?"