The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1910 Page: 1 of 12
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ARROW.
THE OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, l')10.
NUMBER 22
BENEDICT, COOK, ET AL
SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE
COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS WIELDS THE OFFICIAL AXE
Immorality in the Schools and Incompetency Among the Charges
Against Benedict---Cook was Supervisor of Fifteen District
Agents in the Eastern Part of Oklahoma.
Washington, D. C., .Tan. 11,. Par-
tially as a result of the recent visit of
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Rob-
ert G. Valentine, to Oklahoma anil
partially a* a result of a secret investi-
gation which has been quietly going
on for some time for the purpose of as-
certaining the co .litions of Indian
schools in the five civilized tribes, Sec
reiary of the Interior Ballinger yes-
terday announced the suspension of
Superintendent of Indian schools, John
D. Benedict, of Muskogee; Creek .Sup-
ervisor Walter Falwell, of Muskogee:
Choctaw Supervisor Calvin Ballard, of
McAlester, and Chickasaw Supervisor
Frederick H. Uinholtz, of Ardmore,
pending further investigation of the
schools which, under Benedict's super-
vision, are said to have been in a de-
plorable condition.
The reports show that Benedict per-
mitted the schools to fall into a dis-
graceful condition and that certain
supervisors have neglected their con-
tracts, and in matters affecting the ma-
terial and moral conditions surround-
ing the conduct of the schools.
It also appears that Benedict is con-
nected with certain business interests
in Oklaho ma which have more or less
business with the Indians, which rela-
tionship is whollv incompatible with
his services as superintendent.
The suspended men have been ad-
vised of their suspension pendiu/ fnr-
tfior ^..pviiutdMT
of Indian schools, Oscar H. Lipps. of
the Indian office, has relieved Benedict
pending the result of an investigation.
Clerks will be detailed from the Indiau
office to temporarily perform the work
of the suspended supervisors.
Secretary Ballinger and Commission-
er Valentine are determined to have a
thorough and ccmplete investigation
of the schools and the officers respon-
sible for conditions said to exnt.
The last prop was knocked from un-
der Benedict when Speaker C'anuon
consented to his suspension as head of
the Indian schools. Benedict owes his
job to Cannon and formerly lived at
Danville, Illinois. Falwell was appoint-
ed from Kansas and chances are he will
be reinstated in the service and may
Possibly succeed Benedict as superin-
tendent or the schools.
Official decapitations in Oklahoma
DESERTER CAPTURED SAYS PLANT GETS PURSE;
IS COMING THIEF IN JAIL
ined
two
lian
*rge
are just beginning, according to a high
official of the government, and even
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes, J. George Wright, may soon lie
minus a $."i,000 Job.
Oscar H. Lipps, who has a>
harge of the Indian schools, wa
years ago superintends of 1
schools at Chilocco, and later in c\
of the schools in the northwestern divi-
sion of the Nez Perce reservation in
Idaho.
Although Superintendent Benedict
has time after time requested that an
investigation be made, this is the first
time that one has lieen made of the Iu-
dian schools.
In some quarters it is said that ttte
suspension of Benedict and colleagues is
the result of a political iutrig'ie in which
a number of Oklahoma politicians are
taking part. Congrejsuiau Creager is
credited with being opposed to Bene-
dict. James Harris aud Joe Norris are
said to be in favor of cleaning out the
federal offices in Muskogee in order
they may name the successors of the
present officeholders. Falwell is said to
be in on the deal aud the plan is said to
be to wipe the slate clean, exonerate
Falwell, have him reinstated and give
him Benedict's job.
J. Carter Cook, supervisor of fifteen
district agents in the eastern part of
Oklahoma, was yesterday morning sus-
pended from office on ndvice fron the
department of the interior. This was
uontfrideft by rftadgw 'iiioma* Ryan,
special assistant secretary of the inter-
ior and actirg commissioner to the five
tribes.
Mr. Cook was probably out of his of-
fice when the telegram came, as at 11:30
he did not know he was suspended and
went toFufaula to attend to his regular
duties. The specific charges against
Cook could not be ascertained yester-
day. It is known that Walter Falwell,
Creek and Seminole supervisor of
schools, filed charge* of some nature
against Cook.
Cook was sent to Okmulgee to inves-
tigate charges which had been made
by the state authorities against County
Judge Alexander of Okmulgee couutr
relative to graft in connection with
minor Indian land. His report after a
thorough examination was favorable to
Alexander, whereupon Falwell is said
to have filed charges against Cook.
Overstayed Leave and Was Taken
Dp by Authorities.
Thos. H. Roger son, an enlisted man
of the 8th cavalry, Fort Apach", Ari-
zona, who hnA been spending about
three months of a sixty day furlough in
this citv, was arrested Sunday after-
noon by Deputy sheriff Mc~arter for
desertion upon information issued by
the regular nriuy. Uogersou enlisted
from Pueblo, Col.. April 2n, 1907, and
left the service October 10, 1909 on a
sixty day furlough, at the end of which
time he failed to return.
While in Tahlequah Rogerson made
many friends, carried himself as a gen-
tleman and associated with the liest so-
ciety. No reason is given for his non
returu to duty, but it is stated that he
had announced today as the time for
his departure and intended leaving on
the noon train. Deputy McCarter left
with Rogerson that night for Ft. Riley,
Kan., and will deliver him to the mil-
itary authorities at that post.
COOK HAS NOT ABANDONED PLAN
Sets at Rest Report Circulated to
Effect that Company Will Not
Build Ice Plant Here.
STANFIELL CAUGHT WITH GOODS
Hotel Employe Arrested Today for
Theft - False Beard Found in
Room With Letters
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Their earnings have been sufficient but their savings have not. A
bank account insures perfect independence in mature years.
The First National Bank
OFFICERS
J. A. LAWRENCE, President D. 0. SCOTT, Cashier
J. B. STAPLER, Vice President J. ROB'T WYLY, Asat Cashier
Rev. C. M. Coppedge.
The Rev. C. M. Coppedge of the M.
E. church, Sooth, presiding elder of
the Choctaw Chickasaw district, died
at McAlester a few days ago after a
long illness. lie came from the North
Texas conference to the then Indian
Mission conference twenty two years
ago Twenty ministers from various
points in the state attended the funeral
services
A Gentle Reminder.
Here ii the way a brother edi tor has
of dunning his subscribers: "Gentle
reader, you who owe for this paper you
are reading, as well as for several of its
ancestors, did you ever see an editor's
jwckitlvxiL r Well, it is joot km ftllil le
and prone toemptiuess as those of other
common mortals. The newspaper busi-
ness hasn't been brought to that degree
of perfection that it can be rnn without
expense, and until that is successfully
done we shall be tinder the painful
necessitv of asking you for a little cash
now and then, especially now. We
have been patient—in some cases long-
suffering—knowing that your pocket-
books were about as lean and lauk as
our own. But now, the harvest is past
and most of you have sold your crops.
When the big, round dollars begin to
jingle in your pockets, please remem-
ber that vacuum in the editorial purse,"
In a conversation over the telephone
witli R. E. Cook, of Muskogee,
General Manager of the Tahlequah
Light & Power Co., ho emphatically
denied the report, general in this city,
that the light company had abandon-
ed the idea of erecting an ice plant
here, but to the contrary stated posi-
tively that the machinery for the plant
had been bought and will be shipped
direct from the factory, to Tahlequah.
The cost of machinery will be $10000.
this amount not including building or
boilers. Under ordinary "onditions it
takes from ninety to one hunur«d days
to install a plant of this capacity aud
be maintains that there is still plenty
of time to have everything in readiness
for the coming season and that when
warm weather arrives Tahlequah will
be making ice for her own consump-
tion as well as for many of the towns
along the Frisco railroad. W. A.
Moody who handled the ice in this city
last year for the Crystal Ice Co., of
Muskogee, will likely control the
distribution of the output of the new
plant.
The light company expects to kill
two birds with one stone during the
suium«r, viz: the steam for making
ice will also run the dynamos of the
light plant and furnish the people, de-
siring a day current of electricity, the
same with but very little additional
cost.
This information will tie gladly re-
ceived and we feel assured the ice |<!unt
Will ba it reality instead of a probability.
Mr. Rommel, local mauager, says that
he knows there is no fake about the
proposition and took pains to show nu
Arrow representative a personal let-
ter from the manager in Muskogee ac
quainting him with the whole propo-
sition.
Twenty Cent Cotton.
It has been auuouuced on the New |
Orleans Cotton Exchange that Frank i
Hayne, one of the biggest factors in the :
cotton future market, has left for New j
York with W. P. Brown, the bull leader.
It is understood a campaigu for twenty
cent cotton will be waged, not only in
New Orleans and New York, but also
in Liverpool.
Death of Infant.
At 9:40 Friday night, of pneumouia,
Thomas Lowell, sou of Mr. aud Mrs.
3. It. Walkiugstick after an illness of
several days, aged eleven mouths and
seveuteen days Funeral services will
be held at the residence, Sunday after-
I noon at two-thirty o'clock.
John Stanfiell,a young man from Soui
erset, Ky„ employed at the Nicholson
hotel, was arrested and lodged in the
county jail last Saturday afternoon for
the theft of a pocket book from Mrs.
A. B. Cunningham at the Sequoyah
Picture Parlor Wednesday night of
last week.
Stanfiell occupied a seat iu the ruar of
Mrs Cuuniughaiu on that night and
while he was suspected of having soui«
knowledge of the disappearance of the
purse, made no sigu of same until to
day.
His arrest was brought about by the
simple appearance of a hoy with a
bundle of laundry. A i;haml>er maid
to whom had been descriljed the ap
pearance of the po.-ket book, took the
laundry to his room, where in payment
he offered a $5 bill, which he took trom
the identical missing article. The maid
lost no time in informing Mrs. Cun-
ningham, who caused the arrest, and
the purse was found iu his posessiou at
that time. The room occupied by Stan-
fiell, was searched later by Depu-
ties Chandler and McCarter, resultiug
in the finding, among other articles, a
false beard, evidently purchased from
a St. Louis firm, as an envelope bear-
ing their name and addressed to him in
this city, together with a qnantity of
letters the contents of which the ofli
oers did not disclose.
Only a week ago Sunday Stajifiol fig
ured in an episode at tlje hotel with a
woman, for which he was fined iu the
police court the following dry but
this latest act will pr< lwMv terminate
uiore seriously.
Mrs. Cunningham, immediately after
the loss of the purse, thinking perhaps
some one had picked it up and was
holding for a reward, advertised for
its return, but silence on the part of
Stanfiell. leaves little doubt of his dis-
honesty.
Another Runaway.
A team left standing in front of Palm
tag's hardwure store Mohday l -f t
their mooring and made a dash down
Muskogee avenue turning at Chicka-
saw street where the wagon upset and
the team was stopped.
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RUNAWAY ON HILL
Driver of Peggs Stage Seriously
Hurt by Barrel of Oil.
A frightful ruuaway took place on
Depot hill before noon Monday A Mr.
Williams who drives the Peggs stage
waa returning from the depot with sev-
eral barrels of oil, en route to Peggs,
when in front of the Zeke Parris home
the wagon tongue dropped to the
ground, frightening the horses and
causing the runaway. The team when
opposite H.H. Green's residence took to
the sidewalk where they ran into the
fence. The driver was thrown out of
the wagon and a barrel of oil on top of
him. When assistance arrived Wil-
liams was in an unconscious condition
and it was some time before he recov-
ered. He was brought down town
where medical assistance was adminis-
tered. Several serious bruises and con-
tusions were the result of the accident.
"Mound City Paints may cost a trifle
more, but—!" Fred W. Palmtag
What is in a name ?
ft
Great many people of today
dwell under the delusion that
the name one bears has much to do
with his success in life. We don t
pretend to know the facts of the
case but it is conceded by every-
one that successful men wear good
clothes. Everything in
Men's Furnishings
carried in stock. Courteous treat-
ment and one price to all makes
this store popular to everyone.
P. B. Gilbert 'laberdash^
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