The Tahlequah Arrow (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 75, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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THE TAHLEQUAH ARROW
PUBLISHED SATURDAY OK EACH WEEK
THIRTIETH YEAR
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, HMO.
NUMBER 73
THRUM 10 BOOST
ARMOUR PLATE
A bill foi a government armour
plate factory was approved by the
naval committee Tuesday within a
few minutes after manufacturers
had Bervved notice that should such
a plant be established the price
charged the government for armour
plate made by private concerns
would be increased nearly one-half.
An appropriation of $11,000,000
is carried by the bill for purchase or
construction of a government factory
with an annual output of not less
than 20,000 tons. That is little more
than wouid be required for two firat-
class battleships and would leave a
large part of the armour needed in
the navy's increased building pro-
gram come from private plants.
The threat of the private manu-
facturers was communicated to the
committee by Senator Penrose, who
said the Bethlehem and Midvale
companies were among those who
had agreed to an increase of $200 a
tno if tho government factory pro-
posal 'went through. The navy de-
partment now pays about $425.
Senator Tillman, chairman of the
committee and author of the bill,
told Mr. Penrose that "the threat
of the armour barons" could not pre-
vent passage of the measure. "I
guess we can find a way to etop the
robbers," he added. "In Uvc of
trouble we could seize their plants
and operate them by right of emi-
nent domain."
The proposal for a government
plant has the backing of Secretary
Daniels and Senator Tillman will
press his bill for early passage.
I, \ IMKS VISIT HULBERT
COMING 10 THE
SEQUOYAH THEATRE
"Tobie, the Terrible Funny Man,"
lived up to his reputation at the
opera house last night. In fact, his
offering had about the same effect on
the immense audience as do the
esteemed Mr. Chaplin in the films.
Anyone who has ever watched an
audience viewing a Chaplin film
knows what this means. "Tobie" is
the featured player with the Baird
6 Wilson comedians who presented
their opening bill last evening to
what was probably the biggest audi-
ence ever packed into the open
house. The crowd began coming at
7 o'clock and it required five special
doorkeepers to hold them back. At
8:30 it was necessary to lock the
loors and about 500 people were un-
able to get into the theatre.
The intial offering of the Baird &
\Vils6n comedians was "The Call of
the Woods," a strong drama, well
presented by a capable and well
balanced company. It is one of the
best stock organizations that ever
come to this city. "Tobie" is a co-
median of a rather unusual sort; his
work is far more natural than that
of the average comedians, and
there is a "kick" in every line and
gesture. His supporting players are
unusually clever for stock company
performers.
The company is augmented by a
very good orchestra, and "The Hunt-
ing Scene," presented as an over-
ture last night, found instant favor
■with the audience. Excellent vaude-
ville specialities are given between
the numbers.—Junction City Union.
Representatives of the Civic
League were in Hulbert Wednesday
«olicitisg advertising and subscrip-
tions for ahe special editions of the
Democrat and Arrow next week.
The ladies met with splendid success
and found the Hulbert merchants a
wide-awake bunch of energetic busi-
ness men.
The Hulbert folks thoroughly ap-
preciate the efforts of the league ,n
maintaining a lady agent and were
loud in their praise of her work.
Besides taking many renewals for-
the paper the follawing new list of
readers was received: J. L. Ber-
rong, First National Bank; Carl M.
Camp, G. J. Gardner, V. Butler an I
R. L. Webber.
WAGONER TEACHER
SHOOTS 2 PUPILS
Edgar Watts, 18 years old, son of
Attorney Jess Watts and a nephew
of District Judge Charles G. Watts,
was shot and killed and Clark Moss,
son of Judge Moss, was shot in the
face ar>d badly injured, in Wagoner,
their home, during the noon hour
Thursday. J. E. McDarment, ath-
letic instructor and teacher of scien-
ce in the Wagoner High school, Is
under arrest.
The shooting occurred in the base-
ment of the High school building
during the noon hour. McDarment
claims self defense, avevring that the
boys attacked him witL the gun and
the killing occurred during a scuf-
fle. The gun was Identified as Mc-
Darnient's property. McDarmeut
was spirited out of town in an auto-
mobile shortly after the shooting
and taken to Muskogee v/heve he
was placed in jail for safe keeping.
LINCOLN'S BIRTH
DAY ANNIVERSARY
NAME OK PRESIDENT
ON I
It.
KING MAKES
PROPOSITION TO BOYS
R. F. King, prominent merchant
and stockman of Hulbert has a prop-
osition which should interest every
farmer boy in Cherokee county.
Mr. King is one of the most ex-
tensive raisers of swine in the
county dealing exclusively in thor-
oughbred stock of the Duroc Jersey
variety.
Mr. King's proposition to boys
who will qualify to become a member
of the county pig club is as follows:
He will furnish such boyc a start
by selling them a pig at a reasonable
price and take the boy's note ,with
6 per cent interest as payment. The
note to be taken uv from the in-
crease of the pig and if the pig dies
the note will be considered paid.
The pigs will be inspected regulary
each month by the lady demonstra
tor.
This proposition should appeal to
all boys who belong, or are eliglb'.
to membership, in the club and will
be a splendid chance to show the
make-up and ability of the lads.
Mr. King has one of the most mod-
ern hog farms in the county and It
v/ould pay anyone interested in
swine raising to visit his place for
new ideas. During the past year he
marketed, in Muskogee, over $1,200
worth of dressed pork and one of
his recent butcherings consisted In
killing sixty head of hogs.
BAND CONCERT ENJOYED
The band cencert, given at the
Sequoyah Theatre Thursday was
fairly well attended and thoroughly
enjoyed by all. The musicians, only
ten in Wmber, are to be cougratu
lated for the splendid showing made.
The boys realized a little more than
$35 for their share of the proceeds
The gypsies are with us and will
tell your fortune at the fair.
STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY
SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES
Herman Teller, a student in the
school of law at the University of
Oklahoma, speaks Ave languages
fluently, and he learned all of them
in the cocntries where they are
spoken. Teller is a ussian. He Js
aeqully at home in Russian, Polish
Italian, German or English. He ts
working his way through school at
Oklahoma and intends becoming a
court interpreter.
Joshua Sherman, proprietor of
the New York store, will leave to
morrow for the eastern market to
purchase spring goods for his store
President Wiilson's advisers ex-
pect him this month to rinke the
' first formal announcement of Ills
In 1909, one hundred and seren j candidacy for renomlnation in a note
ears ago today, In Kentucky, the t0 the "ecretary of state of Ohio that
the United ' '1's namP nia>' be used in the pri-
— 'MRS. J. R. HASTINGS
DIED AT AFTON
sixteenth president of
States, Abraham Lincoln, was born;
serving his country as president
during that terr'ble rolgn of war be-
ween the north and the south.
Hosest Abe," as he was famali-
arly known, held the affection of the
great body of citizens which no presi-
dent before him, except Washington,
had ever possessed.
'Lincoln's whole career is a doc-
rine itself, the doctrine of American
democracy. His life is a sermon
which is to preach to lis that where-
n success truly consists, and his
hallowed memory is to be a perennial
n;ipiration to develop our por.sibili-
ties and especially to revere the func-
tion of the man of politics of whom
we have been recently inoculated
with so much contempt—^the man of
politico in American life. His name
i synonym of American democra-
cy." Born in the hovels of an
'humble home, brought up in the
country without educational advan-
tages, later splitting rails for a live-
lihood, spending his evenings study-
ing law from borrowed books. Rap-
idly gaining prominence in the
world he became a flat-boat hand,
then a clerk, captain of a company
in the Black Hawk War, country
store-keeper, postmaster, surveyor,
and lawyer. After being admitted
to the bar he rapidly rose to promi-
nence and distinction, was sent to
the legislature and thrice rc-elected.
Afaer his accension to the presi-
dency, his history is identified with
that of his country, and is today on
the lips of every school boy anl girl
who has reached the eighth grade.
GOT TWO YEARS
FOR BURGLARY
The jury in the case of Jim Carter,
charged with burglarizing the home
of Ben Hayes, on the river, came
.in Wednesday afternoon after a short
deliberation, with a verdict of guilty
and fixed the penalty at two years in
the penitentiary at McAlister.
VAXN MURDER CASE
UP TO THE JURY
mary. The president has made 110
definite announcement, even to his
friends, but they all believe He ,wi 11
b.- a candidate:
On the authority of Secretary
Tumulty President Wilson's name
will be placed on the Indiana primary
ballot as its only candidate for the
democratic nomination for president.
The primary will be held March 7.
SCHOOL FUND WAS
GREATLY INCREASED
Cherokee county will have $3.15
per capata for each school child, to
apply to the school fund this year as
igainst $2.15 last year. The total
amount in the treasury, which was
received this week, for Cherokee
county is $15,393.40, of which
amount $10,495.50 is derived from
the state fund and $4,897.90 from
the county.
The first apportionment whic.i
was> received last July was 95 cents
per capata and the apportionment
reeeivevd this week was $2.15.
The case of Tom Vann, charged
with the murder of Ben Johnson,
has occupied the attention of the
District court since Wednesday morn-
ing. The entire day, Wednesday,
was consumed in selecting the jury
and it was not completed until after
several special venires had been is
sued and jurymen brought from
Hulbert on the evening train.
The taking of the testimony began
at the opening of the morning ses-
sion Thursday and was finished late
in the afternoon after which the jury
received its instruction and the ar-
gument was commenced by County
Attorney Vance which was followed
by Attorneys for the defense, J. Berry
King and Morton Rutherford and
was concluded by Atty. J. I. Course?
who assisted with the prosecution.
The jury trying the case consists
principally of farmers, the following
sitting thereon:
J. B. Lane, R. L. Parnell, J. O
Stewart, W. W. Young, A. C. Justus
E. A. Baker, S. T. Trott, J. M. Wells,
Rob Roy, R. Van Fuller, R. G. Forest
and J. A. Gates.
At the time of going to press, Fri
day afternoon, the jury had not
reached an agreement.
BOSTON STORE WILL MOVE
%GREEMENT
MI ST BE
ALTERED
AGAIN
The Boston store will movve,
about the 15th of the month, from the
Crew building Into the Fite build-
ing recently vacated by Mrs. Thomp-
son's millinery.
When Count Von Bernstorff call-
ed to confer with Secretary Lansing
on the Lusitania negotiations late
Tuesday he presented a formal com-
munication from his government
contending that under the Prussian-
American treaty -Hie Britiish liner
Annam was a German prize and
should be permitted to remain in
Americaan waters indefinitely.
At the conclusion of the confer-
once Count Von Bernstorff said:
Everything is substantially a:'
right: but it is not finished."
Secretary Lansing in reply to in-
quiries, sent word from his office
that the negotiations had not ad-
vanced much.
It was learned that some alter-
tlons which concern the form of the
agreement and are regardi d aw
minor ones, are now to be made and
the changes involve the proposed
agreement to the Berlin foreign
office. It is expected to be about six
days before it returns to Washing-
ton.
Although Count Von Bernstorff
has been negotiating with the great-
est latitude up to this point, now that
the questions involved concern the
form anad final .wording of the
agreement between the two count-
ries, every change, no matter of how
minor a nature, must be submitted
to Berlin.
In the opinion of German official
those changes which now are to
made do not alter the effect or sub-!
stance of the agreement and they
expect they will be accepted by the
Berlin foreign office. Meanwhile no
announcement will be made by the
United States.
After Secretary Lansing had con-
ferred with President Wilson more
than an hour and the case had been
discussed at length at the cabinet
meeting the whole situation was also
described by administration officials
as "very hopeful,."
Late Tuesday a high administra-
aion official made this statement:
"A settlement of the Lusitania
case is in sight probably within the
next few days. The United Staaes
has not increased its demands; it
has not reduced them. You can
draw your own conclusion as to the
basis of the agreement."
The same official said:
"The wording proposed by Ger-
many appears to cover the position
of the United States. It is not fair
Mrs. Elizabeth Shclton Hastings,
wife of J. It. (Pete) Hastings, of
Bernice, died at Afton where she
was being treated for cancer. Death
came Sunday, January 23rd, after a
long and lingering illness, during
which time every effort possible was
made to free her from the ravages
of that dread disease. She was 4 4
years, 1 month and 14 days of age at
the time of her death, being born De-
! cember 9, 1871.
Funaraal services were held .Vlon-
| day, January 24, at 2 p. m., being
' conducted at the Baptist church at
Bernice, Rev. Davis of Fairland
being in charge. Interment follow-
ed at the Ralston cemetery near old
i Needmore.
She leaves surviving her a hus-
band and five children, her father,
S. S, Shelton, of Nowata, three sis-
ters. Mrs. II. H. Green two miles
southeast of Miami. Mrs. J. L.
Peebles of near this city and Mrs. T.
J. Rogers of Grove, and two broth-
ers, Spenser S. Shelton of Pawhus-
ka and R. L. Shelton of Nowata.
Mrs. Hastings was born and raised
in the vicinity of Tahlequah and
was known by almost everybody here
and had the love and respcct of all.
Her husband, J. R. Hastings, is a
brother of Hon. W. H. Hastings.
The services at the grave were
conducted by the order of Eastern
Star, of Afton of which she was a.
valued member.
Visit the Japanese tea garden at
the Valentine fair today.
NAVY IS STRONG
IN THE PACIFIC
The American navy is now ready
to meet any enemy it might be called
upon to encounter in the Pacific.
This statement was made today by
Rear Admiral Victor Blue in con-
cluding his examination before the
house naval committee Tuesday.
He declined to say what steps had
been taken in the last year and a
half toward preparing the navy
against emergencies, holdin? these to
be military secrets.
Chairman Padgett supported Ad-
miral Blue in his determination not
to reveal departmental secrets, over-
ruling Representative Britaen's at-
ruling Representative Britten's at,-
"whether the.navy is now ready to
fight." Mr. Britten asserted that the
general board had warned the de-
partment a year ago that it should
prepare and he wanted to know just
what steps had been taken.
Admiral Blue told how only 803
men have been brought into the
naval reserve by laws designed to
foster such a force.
' (Representative Britten, Republi-
can, said he understood the French
navy, with which the American wai
now thought to be about on a par
otherwise, had 90,000 reservists with
an active force of 63,000.
While the naval reserve law had
been disappointing in producing
numgers. Admiral Blue Said, it had
brought a greater percentage of re-
enlisiments, giving the navy a large
proportion of trained men on Its
ships. Men should be permitted, he
thought, to give from sixteen to
twenty year:-; to navy service if they
could be induced to do so.
Admiral Blue conceded that Japan.
Germany and France all had more
officers and men in active service
than the United States, and added
that the great weakness of the
American navy was want of a proper
reserve.
The senate military committee
closed its hearings on the army bills.
SPORT GOES TO TULSA
G. P. Hardy, editor of the Demo-
crat went to Tulsa yesterday to at-
to assume that there will have to be3 tend the prize fight last night be-
any further admissions
sions from Berlin."
conces- tween Carl Morris and Arthur Pel-
key.
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