The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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WEEKLY EDITION
THE TAHLEQUAH ARROW.
THE OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR.
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 11)11.
NUMBER 47.
Cherokee County Court ARKANSAS Austrian Spy Serving
Began Session MondayRiver Reaches Tw?ntyi in United States Army
w / Thrpp Fnnt Mark
(From Monday's Dally Arrow.)
The County Court convened at 9
o'clock <his morning, Judge Parks
presiding and all the court officials
present.
The following jury of twelve men
was chosen to serve for the term:
Bos Thompson, Sam Howard, L. L.
Sisson, Henry Ward, P. M. Taylor,
J. W. Myers, J. N. Thompson, W. W.
Lowrey, W. H. Winder, W. T.Will-
iams and J. F. Willis.
Resolutions as adopted at a meet-
ing of the Tahlequah Bar Associa-
tion and published the Arrow short-
ly following the sad accident and
death of County Attorrey W. L.
Johns, were read to the court by
Judge M. C. Reville, who requested
that they be spread upon the clerks
minutes of the court.
Remarks upon the death of W. L.
Johns were made by Attorneys E. C.
McMichael, Houston B. Teehee.B. L.
Keenan, J. J. Ewers, W. W. Hastings,
J. I. Coursey, G. W. Benge, J. I). Cox,
GeorgeHughes, R. H. Couch, Richard
M. Wolf and Judge J. T. Parks, mem-
bers of the Tahlequah Bar, each of
whom requested that the resolutions
of respect, as read by Judge Reville.
be spread upon the clerk's minutes
of the court and that the court do
now adjourn for the day.
The court ordered that the resolu-
tions as presented by the Tahlequah
Bar Association be adopted and
spread upon the clerks minutes, and
that the court stand adjourned for
the day.
(From Tuesday's Daily Arrow.)
The County Court was busy with
the criminal docket th's forenoon.
The first entry on the docket being
the dismissal of two cases against
Walter McCollum.son of county com-
missioner McCollum, charged with
selling liquor.
Two cases against Melvin Robin-
son, two each against Isaac Shade,
John Johnson, S. L. Miller, Bill Sulli-
van, four cases against Joe Hicks
were continued as were cases against
Silvester Bond. Ed Coppington, B. F
Wallier John Rigsby, Henry Shade,
Jennie Tipton, Lon Cooper, Evan
Moody, Tom Owen, Alex Crittenden.
Ava Hickey et al. Callie Wilbanks
Will Pickney, Mitch Hubbard two
cases, Ned Still, Watt Tolan, Johnson
Manning and Jeff Yarborough.
Pleas of guilty were entered by
Jake Pack, Jeff Yarborough, John
Sunday, Van Paden, Ev Triplett and
Wallace Vansickle, the later being
fined $25,00 and costs. On others
sentence was deferred until Friday.
Bond was forfeited in the cases
of Wm. Dew, Sam Keller Jake . Mc-
Daniel and Idabelle Cochran.
In the case against Will Whitaner
demurer was overruled.
East Siders Now
Have Protection
The extension of the 8G0 feet of
water main on the east side is com-
pleted and the two fire hydrants are
now in operation, giving the resi-
dents of this district the fire protec-
tion which they are entitled to and
at the same time yermitt the spark-
ling water from our in-exhaustable
springsto flow freely in the homes in
the district.
A GREAT MEETING IN PROGRESS.
(From Monday's Daily Arrow)
J. M. Burton, of the Baptist church
is conducting a revival meeting at
Negro Seminary Springs. As a
result of his labors, thirtty-five have
been converted. The attendance has
been the largest that has ever been
reported in this country. The best
of attention had been gven to the
preaching. The meeting will prob-
ably continue until next Sunday.
Fort Smith, Aaug. 8.—The Arkan-
sas river will reach the crest of its
rise at noon today when a stage of
prehaps a few inches over 23 feet is
predicted. Then the waters that
have been feeding the stream will
have subsided according to inform-
ation received at the United States
weather office here and the Arkansas
will start on a period of recession
that is expected to bring it down
to its normal stage within a few days.
Simon Has Fled
Fort Au Prince, Hayti, Aug. 3. —
The revolution in Hayti has triumph-
ed. President Antoine Simon fled
the capital yesterday and took re-
fuge on board the Haptian cruiser
"17 December," formerly the yacht
American. With him are his wife
and children and a number of his
followers.
The "17 December" lies in the
harbor and it is believed Simon is
waiting the arrival of a foreign mer-
chantman on which he can take pass-
age for St. Thomas, D. W. 1., or Ja-
niacia.
Only Municipal Execu-
tive Has Hard Time
Met in
Regular Session
(From Tuesday's Daily Arrow.)
The CityCouncil were in regular
monthly session last night at which
time the bills incured during the
month of July were considered and
warrants for thesameordered drawn.
The Tahlequah L. and P. Co's. bill
for city lights , for the months of
May, June and July, was ordered
paid in full.
An ordinance was passed provid-
ing for the collection of city poll tax
on the first days of January and
July.
The water committee was author-
ized to purchase 900 feel of pipe to
extend the water mainthrough the
south part of the city.
The three members of the equali-
zation board were allowed $20,00
each for their recent services.
The balance of the bills allowed
could not be secured as the city
clerks time was otherwise occupied
and he could not furnish us with the
list for publication.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 8.—Miss
Clara Ania Dyer, formerly of Phil-
phot, Ky., who yesterday swore that
Private George Peter of the 135tn
coast artillery, now stationed at Fort
Cotton, N. Y., is a spy in the employ
of the Austrian government was
closeted again late today with Capt-
ain James 1). Watson, in charge of
the local United States army recruit-
ing station and members of the Ind-
ianapolis detective force, but after
the session the authorities said there
was nothing more to give out than
that Miss Dyer reaffirmed her story
(Continued to Page 4.)
Honeywell, Kas., Aug. 8—"Pol-1
itics is not a woman's game."
This is the decision of Mrs. Ella
Wilson, mayor of this town and who
since her inauguration has had a
standing fight with the male city
council. They would not confirm
her appointees for city marshal of
city clerk and she would not sign any
of the bills they passed. This has
been the status of matters since her
election in April.
Mrs. Wilson tonight for the first
time admitted she would quit if she
could, saying politics is not the place
for a woman.
:tO MINUTES LATE.
(From Monday's Daily Arrow)
Something got out of fix with the
west bound Frisco train today, near
the siteof the old Male Seminary and
the whole shebang stood there for
nearly thirty minutes before the eng-
ine could be persuaded to continue
on to town.
BYSTANDER IS
SERIOUSLY SHOT
MUCH OBLIGED TO HUDSON.
Those people who have lived down
in the third ward so long without
c.iy water and fire protection, should
rejoice now. Hudson, the alderman
from that ward secured an extension
of the water main nearly a thousand
feet through the council last night.
PLAN NEW ROAD.
St.
Louis, St. Charles & Northern
Enlarge* Plans for Road.
TOGO
Is a Busy Man as Na-
tion's Guest.
Washlngto Aug. 5.—President
Taft tonight extended to Japan
through the nation's guest, Admiral
Togo, at a dinner in the White House
inhonor ofthe Japanese naval hero,
an invitation to join the United
| States, Great Britain and France in
jthe great world movement for inter-
' national peace. Rising from his
j rhairbetween Admiral Togo and
I Speaker Clark the president offered
a toast to the emperor of Japan.
| Washington, I).C.,Aug. 8.—Admiral
I Togo, the nation's guest faced a
strenous program yesterday. The
event In which he showed the most
interest being a visit to the United
States naval academy at Annapolis.
Most of. tomorrow will be spent at
the Washington navy yard. The ad-
miral will dine with Secretary of
State Knox tonight and attend a re-
ception at the National Press club of
Wushingtoa.
Usual Result Follows Shooting At
St. Joseph; One Dying.
ST. JOSEPH, MO., Aug. 8.—James
Farris, 25years old, is dying from
bullet wounds and Sam Hughes, 35,
an innocent bystander, is seriously
wounded as the result of a shooting
affray here late last night. James
Haynes, a carpenter, was captured by
a posse several hours later andis held
as the would be slayer.
Your neighbor will not forget the
glass sale at Hudson,s Saturday, why
should you?
Montgomery, Mo., Aug. 7.—A
| meeting of the stockholders of the
St. Louis. St. Charles & Northern
Traction Company was held at Mid-
dletown, near here, and it was decid-
j ed to extend thfis road so as to run
! from Paris and other points in the
northwest part of the state to St.
j Louis. The capital stock of the com-
pany is to be $3,000,000.
Report of the bond sales and right-
iof-way was made and showed that in
| spite of the dry season the work is
steadily going ahead. Work will
commence this fall if the subscription
'can be completed by that time.
INDIANS SUE
FOR BIG SUM
Otoes and Missouris claim $10,000,-
OOO Is Due Tliein from U, S.
Frisco Will Assist in
Protecting Employes
Prompted by the statists in the i
accldnt bulletins of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and their own
knowledge and observation, the em-
ployes of the Frisco have arranged
for the organization of Safety Com-
mittees, by which it is believed the
number of easily avoidable accidents
resulting in injuries to employes will
be greatly reduced.
These statistics show that in the
year ending June 30, 1910, 3,418 !
railway employes were killed and I
68,925* were injured. Of this total
one-fifth of the number killed and
one-tenth of the injured was due to i
collisions or derailments; the remain-
ing four-fifths of the number killed
and nine-tenths of those injured was j
to an overwhelming extent, the re- j
suit of trivial causes which could
easily have been corrected.
The loss or injury of an employe
as result of an accident; the great
harm his family sustains by reason of
his impairment or loss; and the
necessity of placing a green man in
his place, which increases the risk
to the business and the peril of other
employes, are factors recognized by
the railroads of far more importance
than the mere question of dollars
and cents In the settlement of claims.
This organization which the Frisco
employes have formed Is unique not
only in the Southwest, but in the
United States. It will consist of a
Central Safety Committee, a commit-
tee for each division, shop committee,
round house, yards and station com-
mittees.
The duties of these committees
will be to discover defective condi-
tions or careless practices local to
their division or plant. Further that
the necessary improvements or rem-
(Continued to page 8.)
Judge and Mrs Pitchford arrived to-
day from a short visit in Sallisaw after
a s'av of some weeks at the sanitarium
in Dentonville, Ark Bo h the Judge
and Mrs' Pitchford appear to have ben-
efited by their trip.
Frightful Suffering
of Shipwrecked Men
Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 8.—Attract-
ed by signals of distress from Bard- J
well island, a barren rock near the (
entrance to Resurrection bay, the
steamship Bertha on August 2 sent
out a small boat and took off two |
ragged and starved men, Charles Al-
exander and Alvin Anderson, who
had been on the island for two
months and who would have perished |
but for the coming of the Bertha.
The men sailed from Kodiack M<iy |
11 in a dory on a prospecting voyage, i
About June 1 a storm upset their1
craft off Bardwell island and all their
provisions and outfit were lost in the
sea. They managed to get ashore
but with nothng but their clothes.
The men had a few matches, lived
j for a month on mussel ,clams, young
! gulls, sea weeds, and wild herbs
I which they cooked.
FIRST BENEFICIARY.
Guthrie, Okla.,Aug. 8—The United
States attorney's office has been no-
tified that a $10,000,000 suit has
been filed in the court of claims at
Washingtonby attorneys for the Otoe
and Missouri Indians, whose allot-
ments are about seventy miles north
of Guthrie. The Indians claim that
sum is due them from the United
States government under a treaty of
July 15, 1830, for lands taken over
by the government In Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.
The remnants of the two tribes
were moved to Oklahoma just prior
to the opening of the Cherokee strip
in 1893.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 3.—Ira
Mr. S. S. Boyles ,who was buried j Bender, A. T. Maple and Bert H.
yesterday, was the first beneflcary Conners pleaded not guilty to char-
under the new benefit fund of thejges of having conspired to dynamite
A. H. T. A. of Tahlequah. The the county hall of records. Judge
lodge now pays a benefit of $50.00 at Willis said he thought the men
the death of all members in good should be placed on trial about Aug.
standing. 15.
Arkansas River is
Mile Wide at Tulsa
SUCCESSFUL TEST
OF BOILING LAVA
HONOLULU, Aug. 7— The third
attempt of the Carnagie Foundation
scentists to test the temperature of
boiling lava of the volcano Kilauea
has been successful.
The first thermometer was eaten
up by chemical action, and the second
was crushed by flowing lava blocks,
but yesterday a pyrometer lowered
deep into the lava registered 1010 de-
grees centigrade. This is the first
record in the world of the heat o?
boiling lava.
TAFT SIGNS BILL.
Washington, D. C., Airg. 9.—
President Taft yesterday signed the
re-appointment bill under which the
house of representatives is increased
from 391 to 433 members, with two
more if Arizona and New Mexico are
admitted.
We want peach seed at 1 cent
per pound. Ozark Nursery Co.
Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 8.— The Ar-
kansas river tonight registers two
inches above 13 feet. The river at
this pointt is a mile wide. A six
inch rise will send the water over the
Frisco railway bridge. Last night
the river rose more than six feet It
is believed the danger here is over
and that the river will commence to
fall tomorrow morning.
PROMPT PAYMENT
Within twenty days from the time
the application was sent in for the
insurance of a $l,000policy held by
the late W. L. Johns in the W. O. W.
camp, the check was received and
delivered to Mrs. Johns yesterday.
The Cherokee Harness Shop sells
it cheaper. dw81
STORM
Does Considerable Dam-
age in Greer County.
Granite, Okla., Aug. 7.—Many
thousands of dollars damage has
been done to cotton in this part of
the state the past week from hail and
wind. In a strip east of the city,
about a mile wide and seven long,
the damage has been almost com-
plete, in many cases the whole crop
is entirely destroyed. In some of the
fields there is scarcely a leaf left
on the plants and the wreck Is com-
plete.
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