The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 22, 1914, Page 2

_.@nd started on the farm road SEVEN KILLED IN Daring Attempt to Escape. USED A WOMAN AS SHIELD One Visitor, Three Penitentiary _ Offi- clals and Three Plisoners Slain— Fleeing Men Killed Outside - the Pkison Walls. McAlester, Ok., Jian, 20.—-A toll oi Seven lives was the result of the at tempt of ihree desperate prisoners to escape from the state prison here, Armed with revolvers, which hac been stipped io them within tin ~ prison, Tom Lane, Chiney Reed an Charles Kuntz, convicts, overpowerea a guard, obtained the keys and made]. their way to the general offices of the ‘penitent'ary, Forcing Miss Mary Fos ter, stenographer and Parole Clerk Rice betore them the desperate inen thus protected, killed four in the prison offi and made their escape in.a buggy to the prison farm, taking Miss Foster and Rice along, Miss Foster was seriously wounded The desperadoes succeeded in get- ting past the guards at the gate who were afraid to fire because of *he presence of innocent persons, but the three men later were kitled by George Ritchie, keeper of the bloodhounds, who dismounted from his horse and made his flight from behind the ani mal, picking the three prisoners from the buggy. - Overpowered Guard. | The attack on the prison officials was made at 4 o'clock in the after- noon. The three prisoners slipped through the store room in the base- ment and wp a dark stairway that leads to the cage in the entrance of the main building. They appeared at the door of the cage just as the turn- key was locking the ‘gate alter letting out some parties. Thrusting the gun {mn the face of the guard, they demand- ed the keys. After a little parleying they succeeded ‘in getting the keys, and as they reached through the bars to unlock the gate the guard, Jack Martin, ran for the warven’s room, Pat Oates, the a ant deputy warden, was the only officer in that office, and Martin told him to get a Eun becanse ‘three prisoners had pos- session of the keys and guns. No guns @re permitted in the office, but. a guard was dispatched for firearms, Oates and Martin stepped into a side room as the convicts entered the first room of the officer, They ran through the first, which was empty, into the second, which was also vacated as the news of the break was ~>?- known, and then continued isto the ‘st room, which is Warden tick’s, In the ward- en's room Was Judge John Ri uomas former con sman from .linoi nd of late yea citizen of Mt ACH He was sitting in ihe warden’s oftice talking to a prisoner whom' he had been called to McAlester to consult. The convicts rushed into the room ana demanded that all present put up their hands: Judge Thonias respond- ed and begged that he be not killed, but in the fight that followed he was shot through the heart, Day Sergeant Godirey and Parole Clerk Rice were in the room and they put up their hands 4¢ the bidding. As one of the convicts made a half turn of the body, Godfrey attempted to grasp him, and the sergeant was | shot through the head by another convict. Woman Uged as Shield. The ‘stenographer, Mary Foster, who had run into the warden’s office to Bet away from the convicts was cor- gered, and placing her in tneir arms, and another convict with Rice in front, the prisoners attempted.to beat their way back to the front office-and to the entrance. Getting into a buggy that was stand- ing at the driveway in front of the prison, the men loaded the girl and Rice and lifted in the wounded Kuntz that leads west of the prison. They were firat met by a guard who, not expect- ing anything of thé kind, was told to put up his*hands. Heeding the advice of Rice he dif so, They next met the Kéeper of the bloodhounds, George Richie, who was riding a horse. Taking -in the situation, Richie dis- mounted and began shooting regard- less of the girl and Rice. His first shot hit Lane in the head and he dropped forward on Rice, and Chiney BREAK FOR LIBERTY Three Oklahoma Convicts Make ae! can i 7 y Among the persons rescued from the burning steamship Zalmes by the Pannonia and brought to America, was Maria Ruls, wife c’ ne of the officers of the Balmes. !t was her pet parrot which gave the first alarm of fire on the vessel by crying “fuego, fuego.” The bird was forgctten and perished MILLIONS FOR 6qO0 ROADS HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES A HUGE APPROPRIATION. Missouri to Get a Million and Kansas " Three-Fourths as Much—Wil- son to Oppose Bill. Washington, Jan, 20.--More than a million dollars annually for Missouri's ro 3! ? ly three-quarters of a million for Kansas! For the good roads of the Nation, $24,967,500! és In briet, that is the report made to the house by Representative Shackle- ford of Missouri as chairman of the good roads committee. The bill, as explained by the Missouri congress- man, has been approved by the com- mittee and reported for passage, By it the government would take the revolutionary step of entering upon the work of earth road building. The money is to be apportioned .to each state by the mileage of mail routes, Under the bill approved by the committee the money is to~ be Spent solely on roads tised by gov- ernment mail carriers, The report contains tables showing by states the mileage of rural postal roads, from which basis the share of each state in the total appropriation is computed. Under the plan, the gov- ernment would appropriate outright $24,967,500 for earth road building in the Nation. In the report, Chairman Shackle- ford holds that the government's con- stitutional power to construct and maintain post rcads, military and roads used in interstate commerce is fully established. He contends that the sole issue is that of the extent in which it is expedient to use the power, On the heels of Mr. Shackleford’s report came the rather startling re- port that while discussing the subject with ¢allers, President Wilson had de- clared .against the expenditure of 25 million dollars for the purpose. Thé President is said to have included in his remarks condemnation of the pro- hposal to ‘tack so comprehensive and. expensive a measure as a “rider” on Postal. Appropriation. bill. ---The later plan had been proposed as a means of hastening the measure, TWO MEN TIE UP A RAILROAD Delaware & Hudson Employes Walk Out to Force a Reinstatement of \Their Comrades, Albany, N. Y., Jan, 20—A dispute over the discharge of two employes Reed answering the fire was next. shot by Richie, as Lane tumbled from the buggy.-Rice threw Reed out and fell &imself-to-the ground ‘and lay still as though shot. ¥ 5 Senate Accepts Williams. rs Washington, Jan. 20.—The nomina- tion of Johii Skelton Williams, now as-. sistant secretary of the treasury, to de comptroller of the currency and, ‘as Guch, ex-officio mémber of the fed- setal -reserve bank board, has been confirmed by the senate in -executive ployes with full pay is the only union banking department - has announced that the Lockney State Bank at Lock-’ ney; -‘Tex., had_ by the Delaware & Hudson railway led to a strike which has tied up the entire operating énd of the ‘system. About five thousand men, it is_esti- mated, are out. Only shop workers and office employes remain on duty, Reinstatement of the discharged em- demand. Efforts are being made by Labor Commissioner Lynch to arrange for a mediation conference, but the m his efforts came too late. . say Embezziler Closed a Bank. Austin, Tex., Jan. 20.—The state “presenting to the High School a beau- [Alt Minnie Bullock, HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. - Success.’’ his silver tongued oratory. Mr, calmly and ily humor is cise and in seemingly simple every day imagery glinting over it all. “The Springs of Success—Memory, Work and Hope.’’ Before the address Doris Wyatt and Jimmie Williams enjoyed ahand. Dor- is rendered skillfully on the piano the classical ‘‘Lucia de Lamer-moor,’’ as arranged for the left hand while Jim- mie made the hit of his sweet young life by reciting the glories of the B. H. |S. Basket Ball Teams, which: reaital he brought to a triumphant close by tifully framed picture of the immortal ’13-’14 Basket Ball teams. The Hallof fame grows—we wonder what will be the next addition. High School Night at the Ohio St. Methodist Church last Tuesday night was a great success. The students first assembled at the ‘Baptist Church and then marched over in a body, waving their colors and giving the good old But- ler yell. Seats had been reserved for them in the centre section of the church and as they filed in they were greeted | by round after round of hearty applause fromthe audience. Prof. Seaman, Miss Grube, Mrs. Hill and Miss Snider ac- companied the students. For about thirty-five minutes the songs and yells of the High School were given; after wdich a count of the students was made to determine whether the boys or the girls had the largest percentage of the enrolled members present. To the sur- prise of all it was found that 70 per cent of the boys were present, while only 56 per cent of the girls were rep- resented. According to his promise Mr. Davis presented the winners with “Acres of Diamonds.’? The High School-Mandolin Club and the White Brigade girls were enjoyable features of the evening after which Mr. Davis preached an excellent and stirring ser- mon to the students. High Schooi night will long be favorably remembered by the students. Wendle McHenry, ’13 alumni, ‘visited B. H. S, Thursday morning and renew- ed old acquaintances. Miss McGregor is working. nigt® and day organizing a glee club and High School orchestra. The High School has excellent talent. : Alpha Sigma Notes. There was a meeting of the Alpha Sigma society Jan. 19, for the purpose of electing officers for the remainder of the year. The following officers were elected: Arthur Kellar, pres,; Bertie Silvers, vice-pres.; Ethel Coon- rod, secy.; Leslie Harper, treas.; Sel- ma Gench, chaplain; Ashby Wayland, attorney; Cornelia Woods, editor. The coming inter-society declamatory contest has been postponed a week making the date the first Friday in Feb- ruary. There is to be some excellent Last Tuesday afternoon Rev. Lindsay of Clinton, Mo., addressed the students on ‘‘The Hiddings of the Springs of From 2:30 to 4:10 he held jthe rapt attention of the students by Lind- say is an easy speaker—-the words. flow ily from his lips. His t, his illustrations fresh and versatile his points salient and. de- language, but with a maze of rarest ment she recgejved from two greatly in- sulted gentlemen, namely, Clarence Atkeson and Ray Vantrees, It was announced in last week’s paper that they were going toenter as contest- ants in the preliminary declamatory contest to be held here one week from Friday night. Now that certainly was a terrible mistake. We merely meant to say that they had been put on the committee to-urge other Sophmores to, enter. Now if we have that question -settled, we will try to think of some news.” The Sophmores have been hard at ‘work in examinations the past week. We have had tests in Caesar, Geometry and Agriculture, besides a great vol- ume to hand in on the subject ‘‘Macau- lay’s Essay on Johnson.’’ We are proud to say that in the Agriculture test the grades of the Sophmores in that class averaged higher than those || of the Senior Agriculture students. JUNIOR NOTES. , Junior Bookkeepers have finished bookkeeping and. will begin studying Commercial Law Wednesday morning, The Chemistry class has had that dreaded test. The grades range from 52 to 95. Fay Harper made the highest grade, The English class has finished the re- port on Homer’s’‘‘Odyssey.’’ We were required to make a map of the wander- ings of Odysseus. Some of the stud- ents made E plus. Ethel Coonrod, a member of the Jun- ior class, was elected secretary of the ee Sigma society for the third con- secutive term, The Juniors will soon finish Plane Geometry and will take up advanced Algebra. On Thursday evening of last week the Junior’s basket ball team defeated the Freshies by a score of 51 to 41. So far our team has been victorious and if nothing disastrous happens we hope to win the pennant. SENIOR NOTES. The Senior Geometry class is singing Miss Snider’s praises. She had prom- ised them a quiz on Friday morning, but to their dismay~(?) she changed her mind (just like a woman) and posi- tively refused to commit the deed: The Teachers’ Training class one and all spent Tuesday taking the Teachers’ examinations, Miss Smith isn’t the least worried about the results either. She says they have been over all the ground that the questions cover and if they keep cool and ‘‘think straight’ there is no reason ‘why they shouldn’t all do well. Here’s hoping. Professor Coonrod gave ‘his Physic’s classes a royal boost this week by de- claring them to be the best class he has ever had and to have covered more ground than any other class. Miss Grube chimed in saying that the Seniors excelled in German. O noble Seniors! Miss Fenton, however, remained silent and said not a word—too occupied think- ing of those disgraceful English quiz papers we handed in Friday and of our stupidity concerning blank: verse. O slothful Seniors, i Fearful catastrobye! Merle Adair choked on a Latin word. last week and has been growling ever since. Prof. Coonrod’is going in for hygen- ies. Nobody is going to die needlessly speaking and we feel surs we shall win. The final county contest has also been postponed a week from the original date and it is to be held at Butler in- stead of Hume. Every one get busy and make this the biggest and best de- clamatory contest held in the county. Delta Kappa Notes. The D. K. society met Monday eve- ning to elect officers for the new year. The following were elected: Eugene Arnold, pres.; James Williams, vice- pres.; Annabelle Thompson, sec.; Dor- is Wyatt, treas.; Nylene Prewitt, chap- attorney; Cora Allen, editor. The Delta Kappas will give a pro- gram Friday night Jan. 23. Solo—Louie Mead. Debate—Thelma Hill, Gertrude Van- noy, Lawrence Patchin, Ivan Deffen- h, - Piano Solo—Dorothy Armstrong. Reading—Annabelle Thompson. Chorus. Essay—Luna Kenney. Piano Solo—Juanita Holloway. FRESHMEN NOTES. We started the week rightly by hav- ing tests in Algebra and German. Miss ‘Snider says she is very well pleased with the-results of the test on Graph- ing, as one-half of one section made E grades. The Freshmen boys are not defeated, they say, even if the Juniors did beat in a matched game of basket ball last week. The Juniors think they hada walk-over, but the Freshmen at least made.them stumble during the last of the game. Rah for the Freshies. We are reviewing Ancient History, Mrs. Hill promises us that if we make a perfect diagram of the power of the Assembly foom the time of Homer un- til after the reign of Pericles, we may A class meeting was held Friday af- ternoon, and Sam Allen was elected'as| if he can help it. ‘Keep your pencil out of your mouth, Cornelia,’’ is fast becoming the slogau of the Chemistry class. The Senior pins have arrived, but are peacefully reposing in the express of- fice, pending payment. Consequently the Seniors are bankrupting themselves in search of cash. Marriage Licenses - W’A Caunther .... ..+.-Adrian Alice Henderson . . Amsterdam J T Henderson - Amsterdam Iva Heeton WN Mills... Aileene Arnold - Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, i as County of Bates. In the Probate Court, November Term 1913. 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