The Sledge Hammer. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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ASSASSINATION OF THE CROWN
PRINCE FRANZ FERDINAND
LEADS TO CONFLICT
SERVIANS REFUSES TO BE BLUFFED
And Insist On Maintaining Their In.
dependence—All Europe May Be
Drawn Into the Fighting With-
' in a Few Days.
Vienna.—The people in the dual
monarchy look forward to a war with
Servia which formally was declared,
with a feeling of relief.
High officials are optimistic that
the war will be confined to these two
countries. Certain knowledge that
Russia would intervene, however,
would not cause Austria to alter her
course in the slightest.
News of the formal declaration of
war ran through the city before extra
editions of the papers could reach the
vendors and was everywhere greeted
with a spirit which might be described
as close to religious exaltation.
Vienna is absolutely without news
of troop movements, which the papers
are forbidden to print. A sharp cen-
sorship has been established over all
means of communication.
The text of the declaration of war
follows:
"The royal government of Servia not
having replied in a satisfactory man-
ner to the note remitted to it by the
Austro-Hungarian minister in Belgrade
on July 23,1914, the imperial and royal
government finds itself compelled to
proceed itself to safeguard its rights
and interests and to have recourse for
this purpose to force of arms.
"Austria-Hungary considers itself
from this moment in a state of war
with Servia."
The evening papers published the
following inspired statement:
"In well informed circles the view
is held that so far as Sir Edward
Grey's proposal to localize the conflict
between Austria-Hungary and Servia,
the former can declare herself entirely
agreed with Sir-Edward's remarks, but
regarding what has he said concern-
ing the suppression of military oprea-
tions, affairs have proceeded much too
far to allow anything to be done in
this direction."
Servian Capital at Nish.
visions caused great indignation on the
Advices from Belgrade say the Ser-
vian capital is now located at Nish,
whtre the skupshtina ^national assem-
bly) is meeting. All Servians between
18 and 60 years, able to bear arms,
have been called out and mobilization
is proceeding rapidly.
The Militaerische Kunschau reports
sharp fighting along the river Drina.
where Servian volunteers who at-
tempted to cross were opposed oy
Austrian frontier troops. It also re-
ports that Servians fired on their own
river transports by mistake, killing
and wounding several Servian soldiers.
An abnormal rise in the price of pro-
part of the public, who flocked to the
markets to lay in stores. Vegetables
in many cases trebled in price. Feel-
ing ran so high that in many instances
sitall keepers in the markets were
mobbed and the police were called out
to restore order.
Actual Cause of War.
The actual cause of Austria-Hun-
gary's decision to enter into hostilities
was the reply sent by the Balkan state
to the note from Vienna demanding
that Servia take steps to put a stop
to the Pan-Servia propaganda on Aus-
trian territory and also punish thosa
Servian indirectly concerned in the
assassination in Bosnia on June 28 of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to
the Austro-Hungarian throne
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 4-S—Encampment school, Ton-
kawa.
Aug. 6—Kiowa-Comanche opening cele-
bration, Lawton.
Aug. 6-7—Celecrratlon of opening day
anniversary, Frederick.
Aug. 6-8—Old Settlers' Reunion, Avery.
Aug. 7—Summer school closes, State
University.
Aug. 20-3ept. 1—Ryan Fair, Ryan.
Aug. 26-29—Corn Carnival, Caddo.
Sept. 2-15—Jackson County Pair, auiir.
Sept. 7-12—Caddo County Pair, Ana-
darko. _
Sept. 8-10—Caddo County Fair, Binger.
Sept. 8-10—Photographers' convention,
Oklahoma City. _ ,
Sept. 8-12—Kingfisher County Pair,
Kingfisher.
Sept. 9-11—Claremore Fair.
Sept. 9-12—Greer County Fair, Man-
Sept. 14—G. A. R. encampment. Guthrie.
Sept. 14-19—YVah-Shah-She Fair, Paw-
husk&
Sept. 15-17—Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee. _
Sept. 15-18—Pawnee county Fair, Paw-
Sept. 13-18—Beckham County Fair, Elk
City.
Sept. 15-18—Kay County Fair. Newkirk.
Sept. 15-18—Cimarron Valley Pair,
Guthrie.
Sept. 16—Celebration Opening Chero-
kee Strip. Perry. ,
Sept. 10-18—Haskell County Fair, Stig-
ler.
STATE-WIDE NEWS EVENTS
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COURTED WIDOW WITH DYNAMITE
Homo Wrecked; Five Injured; Lover
Held.
Sept. 16-18—McIntosh County Fair, Eu-
faula.
Sept. 16-18—The Sterling Fair, Sterling.
Sept. 16-18—Pittsburg County Fair, Mc-
1 ester
Sept 16-18—Peanut Carnival, Duncan.
Sept. 16-18 — Lincoln County Fair.
Prague. _ .
Sept. 22-24—Delaware County Pair,
Grove.
Sept. 22-Oct. 3—State Fair, Oklahoma
City.
Oct. 7-17 — Dry Farming Congress,
Wichita.
Nov. 3—Indian lartd sale, McAlester.
Nov. 4—Indian land sale, Wilburton.
Nov. 6—Indian land sale, Poteau.
Nov. 9—Indian land sale, Hugo.
October—Southern Commercial Con-
gress, Muskogee.
DEMOCRATS MAKEBIG INCREASE
Funny Things Develop In Registration
at McAlester.
The new city directory of Sapulpa
gives that city a population of 12,000.
State National Bank of Eufaula with
a capital of $25,000 has deposits of
$148,000.
The First National Bank of Ada
with a capital of $50,000 has deposits
of $703,000.
The Farmers and Merchants Na-
tional bank of Hennessey, with a cap-
ital of $25,000 has deposits of $152,000
Daniel H. Linebaugh of Atoka, is a
candidate for vice-chancellor of the
K. of P. at the coming convention at
Winnepeg, August 4.
N. C. Bledsoe, chief of police of
Durant, died after several months'
illness. He had been chief of police
in Durant three years. Chief Bledsoe
served in the 68th Alabama regiment
during the civil war.
A posse of officers, headed by Dep-
uty Sheriff Henry Wilmoth, captured
an illicit still in the mountains north
of Idabel near Glover. The capacity
of the still is forty gallons. Seven
men have been arrested.
With the election of Dr. Thomas F.
Berry of Pauls Valley as brigade com-
mander for the next year, the annual
encampment of the Chickasaw Brig-
ade of Confederate Veterans closed
at Davis. The attendance was better
than at any previous encampment.
Postmaster Dunlap has opened the
postoftice at Ringling and will receive
mall at drug store until the postoftice
building is completed. Fixtures for
the regular office have been shipped
from Indianapolis, and will arrive by
the time the building is completed.
The district court at Guthrie has
denied a reduction in the $20,000 bond
of William Shaffer, negro, accused of
having fired two Crescent cotton gins.
An effort has been made to reduce
the bond to $4,000. The matter will
probably be presented to the criminal
court of appeals.
The First National bank of Hom-
iny, with a capital stock of $25,000,
has deposits of $206,000; surplus ac-
count of $30,000; undivided profits of
$8,600, and a provident account of
$4,000, set aside for future dead beats.
The First State bank of Bristow,
with a capital of $50,000, has deposits
of $667,000.
Hartshorne.—Mrs. Eva Yacobitch, a
widow together with her four children
living at Hartshorne are injured and
their home a wreck as the result of
their residence having been dynamit-
ed at midnight.
One of the children, a boy 10 years
old, is seriously injured and his re-
covery is doubtful.
Mike Korilko, a rejected suitor for
the hand of Mrs. Yacobitch in mar-
riage is being held under arrest charg-
ed with having dynamited the widow's
home after having sought in vain for
five years to persuade her to marry
him.
Mrs. Yacobitch charges that Kor-
llka has one one or more occasions
made the threat that he would dyna-
mite her home if she did not marry
him. She says that on several occa-
sions he has been found beneath her
house, and on one occasion was found
within the house, under her bed.
The charge of dynamite which
wrecked the home is believed to have
been placed beneath the bed in which
Mrs. Yocobitch was sleeping. Mrs.
Yacobitch is about 40 years old. An-
other arrest is expected.
AN OLD SCOUT COMMITS SUICIDE
Ben Clark of El Reno Had Served
With General Miles.
McAlester^—The democrats of MsAl-
ester have made remarkable gains
since the last general election, if the
new registration, just completed, can
be taken as an absolute indication of
party affiliation. The registration
shows 1,328 democrats, 294 repub-
licans, 77 socialists, 23 progressives
and 17 independents in McAlester. In
the last general election, 780 demo-
cratic votes were cast, 483 republican,
154 socialist.
Among the former republicans now
registered as democrats are such po-
litical leaders as J. F. McMurray, for-
mer republican politician and lobby-
ist; J. B. Cambron, former republican
member of the state board of prison
control; Joe and John Fassino, native
| Italians who liave made a fortune in
the manufacture of macaroni in Mc-
Alester and who have affiliated with
the republican party since becoming
naturalized. Joe Fassino was former-
ly Italian vice consul in McAlester.
AGED FARMER WAS FOUND DEAD
Two Brothers Held On Charge of
Muraer at Sayre
El Reno.—Ben Clark, Indian scout
under General Miles and at times as-
sociated with General Custer, com-
mitted suicide at Fort Reno. Clark
stood before a looking glass, and us-
ing a revolver fired a bullet into his
brain. Clark was 76 years old, and
his right hand with which he fired the
shot, has been partially paralyzed for
a number of years.
For many years Clark has been
kept upon the government payroll in
the capacity of rider for the reserva-
tion through deference to his earlier
connection with Miles and Custer. He
is survived by several children each
of whom have received allotments of
land from the government, his wife,
now dead, having been a member of
the Cheyenne tribe of Indians.
DEATH CAUSED BY POWDER GAS
Two Men Digging a Well Overcome
and Killed at Hominy.
Hominy.—Joel Carter and W. B.
Mayfield were overcome by gas in a
well they were uiilling. Their bodies
were recovered. The men had been
drilling the well and the first blast
had been made with giant powder.
Believing all the gas formed by the
powder fumes had been pumped from
the well Mayfield went into the well
to resume work. Mayfield was over-
come and Carter went to his rescue.
Carter put his companion in the
bucket and got in himself, but when
they were about half way up Carter
lost consciousness and both men fell
back to the bottom of the well. They
were dead when brought up.
FRISCO RAILROAD TO BE IMPROVED
Eighty-Pound Steel to be Laid Be-
tween Jones City and Davenport
Sayre.—With two under arrest and
search being made for a third per-
son, officers here are making a thor-
ough investigation of the killing of
W. D. Payne, 68 years old, whose de-
composed body was found Sunday in
a corn field with a bullet hole through
the heart. Daniel and Robert Camp-
bell are being held pending the in-
vestigation.
Several months ago Payne agreed
to transfer his farm to the Campbell
brothers if they would take care of
him during the remainder of his life.
Payne was to have appeared before
the court here Thursday of last week
to answer to a charge that had been
preferred against him by Tom Gold-
smith, but when he failed to appear
search for him was begun resulting
in the finding of his body. Goldsmith
has not been located yet.
JUDGE R. MCMILLAN WITHDRAWS
Finds He Is Too Busy To Run For
Supreme Court.
Blanchard.—Judge R. McMillau
who was active in the race for mem-
ber of the supreme court, Jias ani
nounced his withdrawal from the raca
Judge McMillan gives as his reason
for withdrawing that he could not
make a proper canvass owing to 8
rush of business in the district court
of Cleveland county, of which he is
now the presiding judge.
Luther.—The Frisco is preparing to
lay 80-pound steel rails between
Jones City and Davenport which will
fill the gap of the road in this part
of the state still lacking the better
grade of track. New ballast is being
distributed along the track and when
the new steel is laid the right of way,
will be improved.
MANN GETS A STATE CONTRACT
Will Erect Dormitory and Heating al
Goodwell
Oklahoma City—J. W. Mann of Ok-
lahoma City was awarded the con-
tract by a committee of the state
board of agriculture for the erection
of one dormitory and an engineering
and heating plant at the Goodwell
agricultural school. Mann's bid was
for $18,910 and was the lowest of six.
Work will be begun on the buildings
in a few weeks.
Guthrie Packing Plant Destroyed
Guthrie.—Fire, believed to have
originated in the smokehouse of the
Rinehart packing plant, destroyed the
(plant, valued at $40,000 and on which
1 there was only $11,200 insurance.
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