The Oklahoma Ledger. (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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STERLING. OKLA.. LEDG F. R
PROTESTING ENGLISH NOTE
WILSON IS FIRM AGAINST INTER-
FERENCE WITH TRADE.
hie
IOUTHBOUND PARSONS DENISON
TRAIN STOPPED NEAR
/ EUFAULA.
AMOUNT OF L00T IS 59,000
Train Held For Two Hour* While Safe
It Blown.—Posse With
Bloodhounds In
Pursuit.
Document Takes Up 10.000 Woids;
Reported to Be Vigorous
In Tone.
Eufaula.—Southbound Katy passen-
ger train No. 9 on the main line from
Denison to Parsons was held up by u
party of ten masked bandits at
o'clock Wednesday morning at a point
two miles south of Onapa and nine
miles north of Eufaula. One safe in
the first express car was blown, and
about $9,000 in loot was secured.
The robbers escaped after falling in an
attempt to open three other safes.
The robbers boarded the train at
Checotah or some other point north of
Onapa, climbed over the baggage, ex-
press and mail cars and forced the
engineer to halt the train just as it
leached the foot of a hill near Onapa.
They then weiu hack, captured the
conductor and forced him at the p< 'nt
of guns to open the express car.
After working an hour in which five
charges of nitro-glycerine were ex-
ploded, the first safe was opened and
rifled. Into the second car the robbers
hurried, but the safe there fes'ated
their efforts and two other safe* in the
third express car failed to open. The
train had been held for nearly two
hours when the robbers abandoned
their efforts, thanked the train Ci^w,
wished them a cordial "good-night
and disappeared into the noarby brush
During the robbery the train crew
were lined up along the track, guard
ed by a portion of the band, while oth
era stood guard in the passenger
coaches and some went back along the
track to stop an approaching freight
train. One brakeman whose name is
unknown, was nipped on the finger by
a bullet from the gun of a lobber when
he attempted to escape. A dozen or
more shots were fired in all.
First word of the robbery came from
the engineer of the freight train who
escaped from his captors ran to Onapa
and gave the alarm.
One express messenger was forced to
carry the nitro-g.ycerlne tor the rob-
bers while tney were at worl:. The
robbers laughed and ioked with the
others while guaruing them. The lead-
er appeared to be a big man called "Big
Bill' by his companions.
The train reached Eufaula at 3.45
o'clock. Trainmen stated that the
amount of loot secured would not be
known until the trafti reached Denison,
where records of what it carried can
be secured. The train often carried a
large amount of money and valuable
securities, but nothing can be learned
of the haul.
Northbound Katy passenger (rain ar-
rived at Eufaula at 4:30 a. m.. and tak-
ing on a sheriff's posse of a dozen men
headed by Sheriff McCuine, departed
for Onapa. The southbound train de-
parted a few minutes later. Blood-
hounds from the state penitentiary at
McAlester were on the northbound
train.
The mail car on the train was not
molested. .
Three years ago a Katy passenger
train was robbed a few miles south of
Eufaula, near the South Canadian
river, the engine was run across the
river and the bridge burned. Several
members of the Davis band of alleged
outlaws afterward were convicted of
this crime.
Washington.—America's long-consid-
ered protest against British interfer-
ence with commerce between the
United States and Europe has been dis-
patched to London by special messen-
ger and will be presented by Am-
bassador Page at the British foreign
office this week. Alexander W. Kirk,
third secretary of the American em-
bassy at Berlin, who had returned to
Washington carrying documents from
Ambassador Gerard, was entrusted
with the mission on his return Journey
to Berlin. It contains a repetition of
arguments made in the note of
20, which recorded the Washington gov-
ernment's first protest against the or-
der in council, or so-called blockade, is
admitted, but no intimation was given
by officials as to what measures arc
proposed In the event that T here i.> no
modification of British practices.
Not only does the latest communica-
tion cover the various notes pnd memo-
randa sent by the British government
since March 20, but it also acknowl-
edges and discusses the lengthy notes
that came from Great Britain in Jan-
uary in response to the first protests
by the United States against interfer-
ence with neutral trade.
It was the note now on its way which
former Secretary Bryan advocated
sending at the same time that the sec-
ond Lusitanla note was dispatched tc
Berlin last June. President Wilson de-
clined to send it at that time because
of the fear that the United States might
be placed in a position of bargaining f6i
its rights with Germany on the basis ol
its attitude vtth England. With the
clearing up ot the submarine contro
versy, settlement of the Arabic case, il
was announced at the state depart
ment that the note to Great Britalr
would go forward. After three weeks
of consideration at the White House it
finally was dispatched.
As prepared originally at the state
department, the document was under
stood to be vigorous in tone and replets
with objections to Great Britain's
policy. No intimation as to whethei
the document since has been ruodifiec
is available.
BULGARS MOVE AGAINST NISH
•WHILE GERMANS SURROUND
ARSENAL CITY.
ALLIES ARE RUSHING RELIEF
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STATE CAPITAL HAPPENINGS
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Widows' Pensions In Okla. County.
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But Too Late to Do Any Good; Italy
Launches General Offensive;
Bombard Bulgarian
Coast.
London.—The Serbian fortress of
Pirot described as the key to Nish Is in
the hands of the Bulgarians while the
Austro-Gesmans, advancing from the
north, are endeavoring to form a ring
around Kraguyevatz, where the Ser-
bian arsenal is situated. This besides
endangering both the Serbian war cap-
ital and the town where the Serbian
munitions are manufactured, the cen-
tral powers, with Bulgaria, are nar-
rowing the gap through which the Ser-
bian army in the northeast muct es-
cape.
The Anglo-French troops are firmly
establishing themselves along the
Oklahoma City.—
Oklahoma's cotton crop will reach
750,000 bales if frost holds off until
November 5, according to Mr. Round-
tree of Paris, Texas, head of the firm
of Roundtree & Co., who was in Okla-
homa City last week. M"r. Roundtree
says he has made a study of the cot-
ton situation in Oklahoma and de-
clares planters have no reason to com-
plain at the present time. He esti-
mates the crop for this state at 775,000
bales in case frost comes by Novem-
ber 1.
For twenty years the average time
ol the first killing frost each fall w
found to be November 5. Within t, -
past five years there have been sev-
eral early frosts and the average for
twenty-five years is brought down to
November 1. The weather at present
is ideal for cotton, according to Mr.
Roundtree and every day of sunshine
means hundreds of bales more.
Mr. Roundtree says that even as
far south as Paris, Texas, the cotton
movement is slow yet, but cotton men
are elated over the prospect for a
bumper crop at good prices.
Northern railroad men say that In
their opinion the demand for cotton
seed products, such as cotton seed
southern end of the Nish railway and. .
crossing into Bulgaria, have occupied 1 neal and cotton seed cake will not be
so great through the cattle feeding
Mates the coming winter, owing to
the immense amount of other ieed
which is available.
the hills surrounding Strumitsa. al-
though the capture of that town, which
has been reported, is not officially con-
firmed.
The allied fleets, too, have again
bombarded the Bulgarian towns on
the Aegean. While these efforts take
some of the strain off heavily-tried
Serbia, there is no reliable informa-
tion as to the movements of the greater
21 DIE IN BURNING SCHOOL HOUSE
Little Ones Lost In Disaster at Pea
body, Mass.
Peabody, Mass.—Twenty children
most of them girls ranging in age frorr
7 to 17 yearg, lost their lives in ,i flr«
which destroyed St. John's parochia' 1 own trenches.
County Commissioners Sustained.
The supreme court has sustained the
county commissioners of Garfield
county in the matter of refusing to
pay the claims of two deputy sher-
forces which, it is hoped, will save her. iflg, Robert Bebb and John Gregg, for
Reports continue to circulate chiefly $3.00 a day each in guarding prisoners
from German sources of Russian taken to the state penitentiary. The
army, which is to march across Rou- i county court ordered the commission-
mania to the rescue. But of the British j ers to pay the claim. The commis-
and French reinforcements no news Bjoners allowed part of the claim, the
has been received. It is thought that ^en accepting the payments. The
in addition to direct assistance, the j cage hag been jn tlle court three years,
allies will try indirect means whereb> I jjjg supreme court holds:
the Aujtro-Germans may he prevented „A county ig not liable t0 a deputy
from sending reinforcements to Serbia. gheriff for $3 a day fop servlcef, as
Italy Launches Offensive. guard while carrying persons adjudged
Italy, on her part, has already under- insane to the state hospial for the
taken this by a general offensive and , insane,
there is talk of another offensive on "A person presenting a claim
the western front. The Germans Keem i against a county, a part of which was
The burden on Oklahoma county
taxpayers as the result ol operation
of the widows' pension law will be
about as heavy as one solitary straw
on the broad back of an elephant, ac-
cording to a statement by County
Judge William H. Zwick, after he had
workeS for some time figuring on all
phases of the measure.
Judge Zwick has had complete
charge of distributing the rwidows'
funds in this county, and efter devot-
ing practically all his time this week
to the work, has disposed of the big
fivHt rush of the husbandless to take
advantage of the offer of aid. Tak-
ing up each widow's case individually,
digging down to the bottr-tn of every
one, Judge Zwick has discovered cir-
cumstances that he never before
thought of. He has become intensely
interested in the widows.
So the judge took a p'-icil and
piece of paper during a leisur® mo-
ment and set about to figure out just
what this assistance for the widows
will cost. The result showed that a
man who pays taxes on $100 worth of
property will be required to pay the
county just 1 cent additional for the
widows.
Oklahoma county has arranged to
give the widows $8,000 this year. This
is more than any other county in the
state will give, some even setting
aside such a small sum as $200 or
$800. It is this benefit fund of $8,000
that will cost the taxpayers just 1
sent on $100.
The average monthly allowance
given those two score of widow-
mothers whose cases have been passed
on by the court is $8.46.
allowed and a part disallowed, who
accepts a warrant for the part of the
claim allowed, cannot thereafter main-
tain a suit against the county for the
to have anticipated this, as they
launched a general ataack in Cham-
pagne over a front of about five miles
in an effort to recover ground which
the F^uch recently took from them, part of the claim disallowed."
They succeeded in recapturing the I
Butte de Tahure, but, according io the New Treasurer of Board Qualifies.
French account, they were repulsed j jj Campbell, member of the
everywhere else, suffering extremely |Ute board of agriculture, last week
heavy losses and to the noi.li c-f Le , fl!ed hJg b(md of 520,000 with Presi-
Mesnil they actually lost one of their
The Turks report increased activity
of the allied artillery apd warships in
the Dardanelles.
VILLA PREPARES FOR WATERLOO
school. Another girl was fatally in >
jured, while others were less severelj ,
hurt.
The 600 children had enteted theii
elass rooms for the morning sessior
when the Are was discovered, and al
though a majority of them were guided
to safety by their teachers, panic Battle of Agua Prieta Will Probably
seized a large number as they neared End the Revolution.
the front d""rs and in their rush tc j
escape the-' lost their footing and theii ; „ •>
, \ <" I K 1. L. 1. <1,1 I Douglass, Ariz.—General Francisco
frontS vesributo rhat nearly all S Villa began moving Ms troop, into po-
bodies were found.
All of the sisters escaped but Mother
Superior Marre Carmelita was serious
ly burned. At the convent house il
was said her injuries probably were
not fatal, although she is prostrated by
the disaster and the suffering of hei
charges.
A tardy pupil, who smelled smoke
reported it to the mother superior
sition for an attack on Agua Prieta,
I Sonora, opposite here, regardless, he
personally declared, of any conse-
quences or effects from the United
I States.
"If necessary, I will fight the United
States army assembled along the bor-
dent Frank Gault of the board, and
Is now treasurer of the board with
Ruthority to act. This is in compliance
with a resolution passed by the board
several days ago when Mr. Campbell
was elected treasurer. He was also
Instructed to make a demand on State
Treasurer W. L. Alexander for the
$45,000 of the Morrill fund now In the
hands of the treasurer.
Under a ruling of the attorney gen-
eral this fund should be in the pos-
session of the treasurer of the agrl-
tultural board, and for which Presi-
dent Gault has contended for some
time. Demand will be made at once
by Mr. Campbell for the money.
Insurance Merger Plans Announced.
Plans for the consolidation of the
Southern Surety Insurance Company
with headquarters at Muskogee and
the Southwestern Surety Insurance
Company with headquarters at Den
lson, both Oklahoma corporations,
have been perfected, according to an-
nouncement by State Insurance Com-
missioner Welch. Negoliatio.ns«for the
merger have been on for more than
two months.
The name of the continuing com-
pany and place where it will maintain
Its headquarters have not been agreed
upon yet. The stockholders of the
Southwestern Surety Insurance Com-
pany will meet in Denison early in
November to approve the merger plan,
and a meeting of the stockholders of
the Southern Surety Insurance Com-
pany will be held in St. Louis a short
time after for the same purpose. The
name of the continuing company and
other final details of the consolidation
will be completed at these stockhold-
ers meetings, it is said.
Collections Will Be Large.
Collections from all sources In the
state school land department for the
der," Villa asserted, after hearing for n,onth of October probably will reach
the first time the American go\ern- 1500 000 the largest on record. Some
German Losses 5,000,000.
Amsterdam.—The Nietuwe Rotter-
dam Mesche Courant gives German loss
from October 11 to 20 at 57,424 in dead,
wounded and missing. The total Prus-
sian losses are given as 2,021,078. The
newspaper says there also have been
issued 228 Bavarian, 209 Saxon, 286
Wurttemberg and 53 naval casualty
lists as well as lists of officers and
under-offlcers with the Turkish array.
The Courant figures the total losses
to the central powers at 5,000,000.
ment had given permission for Car-
. , , ranza to transport troops from Eagle
and the fire drill was quickly started , pagg rejnforce the garrison at Agua
A few days ago In a practice drill the prjeta
building was emptied within two rain '
ute« It would have been cleared in The main body of Villa soldiers form-
almost the same time but for the fall- ed a juncture with their advance troops
ing of a child, believed to be a cripple. , at the Gallardo ranch about twelve
in the front vestibule. Over her body miles east • ®f Ag"a rle _ f .
child after child stumbled and fell. The ln8 arm>' then st rteu forward for the
opening was choked and further escape first advance on the Carranza defenses.
was in this way stopped. Colonel Florencio Diaz, commanding
% .. ^ol . - v approximately 1,500 cavalry, preceded rervices over the body of Justice Gib-
The classes of pupils, marshaled by ^^uUnde, of Ule inyJen and A Brown> stated justice of
halted with his forces just beyond the supreme court of Oklahoma, who
range of the commander at Agua jjed in Oklahoma City.
Prieta. The casket containing *-he
Governor's Son Faces Charge.
Little Rock.—Governor G. W. Hayes'
son, Grady, 20 years old. who was run-
ning the governor's automobile when
it was struck by a street car and re-
sulted in the death here of James W.
Surr.Jse, an occupant of the automo-
bile, was ordered to appear in court
on a charge of reckless driving. A
charge of manslaughter was lodged
against the motorman of the street car.
Mr. Surrldge was buried at his home
in Walnut Ridge.
if this will go to the home ownership
fund and some to the general common
school land. Sale of school land,
which have been in progress ftrr Borne
time, is largely responsible for the big
increase in collections.
Last Tribute At Mangum.
All business houses and schools In
Mangum closed during the funeral
Oklahoma County Sale Begins Dec. 13.
Printed pamphlets, containing full
Information and a complete descrip-
tion of all state school land embraced
in the thirteenth sales district, which
Includes Oklahoma county, have just
been printed and are now available at
the office of the state school land de-
partment. The book gives all infor-
mation of interest to prospective pur-
chasers, the location of the land, Its
appraised value and the terms of the
sale.
The date of sales in the district are
Major county, Fairview, Nov. 8 to 12;
Blaine county, Watonga, Nov. 13 to
17; Canadian county, El Reno, Nov.
18 to 20; Lincoln county, Chandler,
Nov. 22 and 23; Kingfisher county.
Kingfisher, Nov. 29 to Dec. 3; Logan
county, Guthrie, Dec. 6 to 8; Cleve-
land county, Dec. 9 to 11, and Okla-
• homa county, Dec. 13 to 16.
body
the sisters in the rooms and halls, had
filed through the corridors and started
down the Stairs in orderly procession,
notwithstanding curling plumes ol
smoke, until the blockade occurred at Villa, according to reliable esti- wa9 escorted by Governor Williams'
the doors. Then with cries from those mates, has 10,000 soldiers. He claims p^y. When the body arrived In
below in their ears the children in the to hare 18,000. The battle may begin Mangum it was immediately taken
rear of the lines scattered to the rooms at any moment That it will begin as cj,arge of by the Masonic lodge of
on all three floors of the building. quickly as possible is the general wjjjcjj Justice Brown was a member.
Those on the lower floor dropped opinion here, based on the condition ^ body was taken to the Baptist
safely to the ground. From the second °r hiK men- thousands of whom are rhurch wher the funeral services were
floor most of the children jumped into thirsty in portions titles from water j conducted by Rev. Holmes Nichols
the coats of firemen and bystanders, and w1'h scant supplies of food, ac- ^ j. Morgan, pastor of
which were held out to catch them, cording to \ ilia s own testimony ^tnd Methodist church. The floral dec-
Many of those who went to the win- reports three Mexican ranchers who
dows of the upper story were warned
against risking the long Jump and es-
caped from windows below and bome
slid down water spouts.
arrived acroff the border stripped of
everything they possessed.
The border line is closed, but ar-
rangements were made by United
Tf-e sister teachers controlled the State* immigration authorities to ad-
situation until the mishap at the front _=>'* W* thou^Hds of mo.^r
door which proved so fatal. Mother
orations wer profuse.
Members of the bar and personal
friends of Justice Brown were pres-
[nt from Altus, Hobart, Elk City, Chey-
rnne and other cities in southwestern
Oklahoma. Following the services at
wr^U^'-r^r^nr'Xgua .tbc Methodist church the members of
Superior Marie Carmelita said that
during the fire she had made certain
that all the children had left the upper
floors before she did. No bodiw were
found above the first floor.
Prie'a, wbo*e number was augmented -he Masonic lodge took charge of the
by wo.-.«-n and children cam* followers i body, and escorted it to Riverside
wi'b Orrariza contingents arriv- jwnetery, where burial services wero
lng over American territory from La- , I0®<lueted by the Masons
redo.
Bartlesville Man Loses Glass Eye.
What is the reasonable retail price
of a perfectly good, medium sized
blue glass eye? Also the reasonable
charge for the services of a doctor
for placing it in the socket?
These are questions members of the
rtate industrial commission is trying
to find answers to, following receipts
of a report of an accident at Bartles-
ville, in which R. P. Patrick, a sheet'
metal worker, sustained the loss of
an artificial eye. •
According to the report received by
the commission a chip from a piece of
steel with which Patrick was work-
ing struck his artificial eye, breaking
the ball and cutting his eye lid, re-
quiring three stitches to close It.
"Wo like compensation to the ex-
tent of n new eye and surgeon's bill,"
Patrick requests in his claim, and in
all probability he will get It, mem-
bers of the commission stated.
Ahother aacident report received
several days ago was that of a work-
man who fell over a wheelbarrow los-
ing three teeth. He also has requested
that he be given compensation suffi-
cient to have the teeth replaced.
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