The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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WEEKLY EDITION
THE TAHLEQUAH ARROW.
THE OFFICIAL
DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF CHEROKEE COUNTFT
,'WENTV-FIETH YEAR.
STRIKE
175,000 Anthracite
Miners are Out.
e<ju\h. oklxhoma. TlH ltSniV. aprii. 4. i'm--
number ai>.
PHILADELPHIA. fa., April — j
There was a complete shut-down yes-
terdaj throughout the anthracite.
coal regions. About 175,000 men
are Idle. The miners observed the]
da> as "eight-hour day." Several 1
years ago bitiminous miners or the
west won an eight-hour day and ever!'
since it lias been the custom to ob- ,J
serve that victory on the tirsr (lay of;
April when the new agreement went j
into effect.
The anthracite workers have been j
contending for a similar work daj
for ten years, but the best they have .
secured thus far is a reduction from ;
ten to nine hours a day.
The union leaders express confi-|
dence in a complete suspension until
a new agreement is entered into by
the men and the operator*
COl.l Mrtl S, O., April L'. The I
.In,004 bituminous clal miners in the|
southern and eastern mining districts
of Ohio were idle yestenia> Al-
though the day is a holiday in cele-
bration of the eight-hour day, the
men will not return to work until
the completion of the count in the
referendum vote.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 2. —
Except for a few miners, and a few-
other men employed to keep the
property in shape, the bituminous mi-
ners went out yesterday, and they
will remain idle until they receive
notice that their demands have been
agreed to.
CASH FROM KAFiR CORN AND CORN
The following statement of the cash value of Kafir-corn anil corn
for the past eleven years was compiled from published reports of the
Knns-is Board of Agriculture
\ \i.i r. per \< hi
Kaflr-com. Corn
l{• oi t 10 32 $ 3.2::
1002 12.tift • 11.20
1903 ti. 30 8.74
1904 9.72 "-81
1905 9.94 10.11
190« .!« 3-8f)
1907 ... 1 1.13 ' 2-r'
190S 10.8S 11.70
1909 11.23 10.77
1910 12.92
1911 15.72 . 7.68
Total 11 vrs. . $123.03 *99 27
Average 11.18 9.02
In Kansas the average Cash return from an acre ol Kafir-corn dur-
ing the past eleven years was 23.94 per cent greater than trom un acre ol
corn
If each cot'en grower would plant us man; icre ot blackhull white
Kafir-corn in April as he intends to plant to cotton in May, not one ot
them would ever need to spend his cotton money for feed. N'ot less than
ten acres of Kafir-corn should be planted in April ;ind Ma> evei\ yeui
on every farm in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
The First National Bank Invites the business of the farmer and w ill
extend every aid within reason. We believe in diversified crops, not
only as a benefit to the soil, but for the reason that where one crop
falls some other crop will make good.
Anything we can do for you with reference to Cherokee Payment —
of course will he done cheerfully without cost.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.00
VV. W. HASTINGS, Pres.
II. O. SCOTT, Cashier.
O. yv. WILSON, Vice-Pres.
J. ROBT WYLY, Ass t. Cashier
TURKS
Slaughter Italians in a
Terrible Battle
LONDON, March 28.—The Turk-
ish army in Tripoli has acheieved a
great victory over the Italian army,
Whose losses were 27 officers p.id 2.-
500 men killed and wounded, ac-
cording to reports received here
Thursday
The place or the battle Is not giv-
en in the report, which says the en-
tire camp equipment of the Italians
fell into the hands of the Truklsli
troops. The Turkish commander
says that the casualties among the
Turks and their Arab allies num-
bercil only 150 killed and wounded.
Looking lor
Stolen Horse
(From Wednesday's Dally Arrow.)
T. '4. Siratton of Cookson Is in the
city today endeavoring to locate a
horse which was stolen from his
barn nearly two weeks ago. Mr.
Stratton it offering a reward of *25
for the return of the animal which
he Bays was a gi oo one, being a grey
and weighing in the neighborhood
of 1,300 pounds.
The thief who got away with the
horse also took a saddle valued at
more than $50.
DETROIT, Mach., April ~ Bi- ]
luminous coal miners to the number
of about 3,000 are idle in Michigan i
and will remain out pending the set-
tlement of the wage arrangements. |
PolanderTries to Club Senator Gore
REPUBLICANS AT SHAWNEE.
SHAWNEE, Okla., April 3.—In-
complete returns Indicate that F. I'.
Stearns, Republican and twice mayor,
has been elected over A. D. Martin,
Democrat, and the present mayor.
The remainder of the ticket Is in
doubt.
Tipton Home Scene
of Bloody Fight
(From Wednesday's Daily Arrow.)
As a result of a melee at the home
of Jennie Tipton, on depot hill, last
night, Bob Martin is today suffering
with n severe gash in his head and
Evans Moody is in jail charged with
administeing the gash.
The trouble is said to have start-
ed with a tistlc encounter, but tire-
iiiK of not getting his man io the
mat and with bleeding, swollen lists
caused by the delivery of some hard i
blows, Moody grabbed up a stick o! !
stove wood and began pounding!
Martin over the head.
A gash about two inches long on
the right side of the top of Martin's
head resulted from the blows and
put that gentleman out of fighting
commission.
Officers Wvlv and McCarter were
called and arrested the men for dis-
turbance, placing Moody in jail and
turning Martin over to the care of
a physician.
No charges, thus far, have been
preferred against either party and It j
is quite probable they will get oil
with a fine for disturbance.
Mississippi
River Higher Than Ever
Before
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 3.—Two
hundred miles of levees late last
night held the greatest volume of
water known in Mississippi river his-
tory. Early spring freshets due to
heavy rianfall on watersheds of the j
Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland riv-
ers caused ' he river's rise. The crest :
is not in sight, an average rise of
about two feet being yet expected
in the district between the vicinity
of Ilickman, Ky., and Helena, Ark.
• Forty-four feet or higher," is the
prediction here, where several hun-
dred persons were driven trom their
homes when a small levee broke,
and where street cur traffic is par-
tially suspended, railroad service ii-
regular and the gas plant threatened^
The flood stage here is 35. One of
the two levees at Hickman, Ky.,
broke, rendering 2,000 persons
homeless and throwing out of work
several hundred men in the lower
part of the town. The larger levee,
protecting the main portion of Hick-
man, seems to be holding its own
against the flood.
Farmers have abandoned their
homes and removed their live stock
to higher ground near the lowlands
that would be flooded should the riv-
er force its way through the levees
in parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Ten-
nessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Boats carrying muils, government
steamers and ferry boats are the
only craft afloat on the river.
A special warning says the stages
are likely at Cairo. 111., of 54.5 to-
morrow, 55 2, and 5ti feet Friday ot
This week. The Cairo flood stage Is
4". feet
WAUKESHA, Wis., April 1.—
Tutted States Senator Thomas P.
(lore of Oklahoma, speaking here ;
Saturday night in advocacy of Wood- j
row Wilson for president, was the
object of an attack by a crazy Pol.in- j
der and was saved from serious in- !
jury or perhaps death, only by the
quick action of Judge Hamlin, chair- |
i man of the meeting, who hurled a ;
chair at the foreigner, and knocked
him from the platform. The Pole, j
named Charles Schmarhalla, was sit-
ting directly in front of the speaker
and when Gore spokr in defense of
Wilson's attitude toward foreigners,
he jumped upon the stage, at the
same time drawing a heavy stick
from under his coat. Not until it
was all over did the blind senator
realize that his life had been in peril.
He said that the first, he knew of
tiis danger was when he felt the
swish of air as the man's body, bal-
anced on the edge of the stage, fell
into the orchestra pit.
Negro Fiend Assaults
Oklahoma City Lady
\SKS pardon for
\ tahlequah man
WASHINGTON, D. April 3.
President Taft yesterday received a
petition through Senator Owen, ask-
ing the pardon of William Phillips
iof Tahlequah, now serving a life
jterin in the federal prison for mur-
der. Phillips killed Henry Downing
after the latter had made repeated
j threats against his life and after the
two had quarreled. The murder took
I place in 1902 and Phillips was sen-
tenced during the fall of that year.
Among the pardon petitioners are
three jurymen who sat .at the trial
and the only ones that can be found,
in addition to the judge hearing the
case.
STATE MEETING
EASTERN STABS
llllhtii
annual meeting
will convene in okla-
homa citn tomorrow.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. April 3.
Henry White, a uegro ex-convict
from Texas, criminally assaulted Mrs.
S. J. Frew of Capitol Hill, yesterday
near the woman's home. lie drag-
ged her into the bushes beside a
small stream and smothered her
screams by holding his hand over
her mouth.
The woman fought desperately
and scratched the negroe's face in
her efforts to get away from him.
City Commissioner Trueblood and
two men from the sheriff's office
were passing the place In an automo-
bile and heard the woman's smother-
ed screams. They captured the negro,
tied him with ropes and took him
I to the court house. When a crowd
[gathered there the negro was again
placed in the automobile and taken
to the city jail, but later was placed
again in the county jail.
Mrs. Frew was badly bruised in
the fight with the negro and her
face is a mass of bruises. No effort
has yet been made to mob the negro,
but tli<- feeling against him grows
the news of the outrage spreads.
.iim baldwin with 1rmouh.
(From Monday's Daily Arrow.)
James Baldwin, who recently re-
signed his position with the Boston
Store to move to Muskogee, has ac-
cepted the position as traveling
salesman for the Armour Packing
company, and was here today with
Mr. McAlester, acquainting himself
with the work. Mr. McAlester, who
has represented the Armour Co. in
this section for a number of vears.
has been promoted to a much better
position.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April
I.- -Members of the grand chapter of
the Oklahoma order of the Eastern
Star will gather here Tuesday and
Wednesday, April and 10, in the
order's fourth annual convention.
The session will be held in the Ma-
sonic temple. All indications point
to a record breaking attendance. The
local chapter of the order has pre-
pared an interesting program for the
entertainment of the visitors. Mayme
C. Ilelin, worthy matron of Oklaho-
ma chapter No. 10, will deliver the
1 address of welcome at 10 o'clock
i Tuesday morning. A response will
be made by Mrs. Bessie Dove, asso-,
riute grand matron. Several other,
; addresses will be made, and some of j
ihe routine business will be attended 1
J to during the session Tuesday. Now .
members of the chapter will be 'n— j
| itiated in the evening. The most, ini-
! port ant work of the session, includ-
ing the election and installation of
I officers is scheduled for Wednesday,
iThe reports of the secretary and
1 treasurer also will be made on the
, last day of th meeting.
evaded questions to Indicate who the
other participants were.
She declared that she killed the
four members of the Randell family
who met death here last November,
i four members of the Andrews family
who were killed here a year ago last
| February, a family of five negroes at
Rayne and four negroes at Cowley.
The other victims at Lake Charles
and ill Texas who were killed since
her arrest, were slain in exactly the
same manner, and the authorities
are sure th y were victims of un-
named members of a band of fanatics
that aided her in part of her bloody
work.
Through the succession of murders
the theory of the authorities has been
that all the negroes who have been
killed are the victims of the fanatics,
Church of Sacrifice, a mysterious ne-
gro sect that Is said to believe in
sacrifice of human lives as a man-
ner of securing immortality. This
theory is in part borne out by the
confession of the woman. Before en-
gaging in any of these crimes, Clem-
ent ine armed herself with a hoodoo,
which she got from a preacher and
which she and other members of her
band were secured would protect
them from the law.
confession clears up
MYSTERIOUS MURDERS IN
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE, La., April 3. -In j
the most amazing confession written
into the criminal annals of this sec-
tion of the country, marked by hor-
rible details Clementine Barnabet, a
negress, yesterday told the story thai
has surrounded the. murders of sev-
enteen negroes in Southwestern Lou-
isiana and gave clues which are ex-
pected to fix the guilt for fifteen oth-
er night assassinations of negroes in
this state and Texas which have
been charged to the mysterious axe
man."
Calmly and without any evident
appreciation ot* the awtulness ot her
bloody work, the negress relnted in
detail how she slew each family, of
the methods she pursued in escap-
ing detection and ot the aid she had
in carrying out her fiendish plans.
Yet while she was willing to tell of
her own part in these crimes, she
Why Arch Coch-
ran Was Removed
as Guardian.
On the 5th day of March, 1909,
Arch Cochran was appointed guard-
ian of Carrie. Zell and Joseph L.
Caehran, minors, and on April 2 fol-
lowing, executed an oil and gas min-
ing lease on heir allotments. At
the time he c c-cuted these leases he
rceived $80 'Jur each of> said minors
and made a bond in the sum of $500
which was sufficient to secure the
small amount which came into his
hands belonging to the minors at
that time.
The lands of the minors being un-
restricted, a commercial lease was
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The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1912, newspaper, April 4, 1912; Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc136849/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.