The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XI
NOWATA OKLAHOMA FRIDAY OCTOBER SS 115-
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ness with us as though you came into the store — we take particular care to get
your order out by the first mail after it is received
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Twenty-One Charred and Black-
ened Bodies Recovered
'SCENES ARE HEARTRENDING
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Five Hundred Children Fight and Battle
To Escape the Fiery Death— Many
Injured By Jumping
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BY UNITED PRESS
PEABODY MASS OCT 28— TWENTY ONE BODIES OF CHILDREN
BURNED AND CRUSHED HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE RUINS
OF ST JOHN’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL WHICH BURNED THIS MORN-
ING AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT 30 MORE ARE IN THE DEBRIS
THE 500 STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL HAD JUST GONE TO THEIR
CLASSES AND THE WORK OF THE DAY HAD JUST STARTED
WHEN A VIOLENT EXPLOSION IN THE BASEMENT ROCKED THE
BUILDING ANDTKBPWJHB STUDENTS INTO A PANIC BEFORE
EVEN THE CHILDREN IN THE ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF
THE THREE STORY BUILDING H AD REACHED THE EXIT THE
FLAMES CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION BURST FORTH
ENTIRE FRENCH
CABINET QUITS
BY UNITED PRESS -
PARIS OCT 28-— (3:05 P M)—
THE SATIRE FRENCH 'cXSTSTt
HAS RESIGNED PRESIDENT
POINCARE HAS ASKED THAT
ARISTIDE BRAND ’ FORM THE
NEW MINISTRY WORK ON
WHICH WILL BE 8TARTED AT
ONCE THE RESIGNATION OF
THE CABINET CAME AS A COM-
PLETE SURPRISE AND CREATED
A BIG SENSATION IN GOVERN-
MENT CIRCLES
AFTER A STORMY SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON THE CHAM-
BER OF DEPUTIES AGREED TO
ADJOURN WHICH PUTS OVER
THE CABINET CRISIS UNTIL TOMORROW
SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE STAR
TEXAS WOMAN
HONORS NOWATA
'Oklahoma City Oct 28— (Special)
—The State Convention of the Wo-
men’ Federated dub will be held in
Nowata on November 2 to 5 and the
meeting will be honored by the pres-
ence of Mrs Percy V Pennybacker of
Aastin' Tex president of the nation-
al federation On Thursday Mrs Pen-
nybacker will conduct the general
conference and will take a prominent
part in the proceedings of the conven-
tion throughout Mrs Pennybacker
will be the first national president to
attend a meeting in Oklahoma since
statehood when Mrs Philip N Moore
of St Louis visited the Indian Terri-
tory A number of other prominent
workers in women’s clubs will attend
the meeting at Nowata
Born— To Mr and Mrs A II Cox
of Woodrow October 24th a boy
Mr and Mrs A D Young of Wa-
tors were Nowata visitors Saturday
ANTICIPATE EARLY
EFFORTS FOR PEACE
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CRUSHES HEAD
OF CELL-HATE
By United Pres
Leavenworth Kans Oct 28— Be-
lelving that hU cell mat w plan-
ning his death Sam Richman a con-
vict killed Walter Fore an Insane
inmate of the penitentiary store who
came to the -pen" from Sallna coun-
ty and Richman were cell mates and
while the other man was asleep Rich-
man secured a table leg and crushed
his companion’s head 1
iP0SSE CLOSE TO
“NEGRO” BANDITS
The terror stricken children made
wild rush for the exit and once again
as in other disastrous fires the loss
of life resulting from doors which1
swung in instead of out was illus-
trated The first children to reach the
big doors attempted to open them but
in an instant the space back of them ! By United Press
was crowded with their chreiklnrt Eufauls Okie Oct 28— Officers
moaning classmates who jammed bere gay that ths posse which started
tight against the foremost and made j out with dogs after the “minstrel"
the opening of -the doors impossible j bandit8 who robbed an M K t T
Many of the children were trampled to i passenger near here Wednesday mom
death In the crush while others escap- tngi are ci08ing in on the bandit The
ed through the windows and dothcr cx dogg pfckej Up the trail within an
its ' hour and it is claimed they have led
When the doors were broken down the posse to the bandits hiding place
by the firemen the latter steeled as j It is rumored here that the bandits
they are to terrible sights gasped and secured $60000 but the railroad ’corn-
fell back with horror Ln the opening pany officials maintain that all of
which the removal of the doors made the “loot” which the bandits secured
was a pile of children’s bodies pitiful j was a few packages of cheap jewelry
and terrible Here a little hand still-
ed forever clutched ‘ a ' lead pencil
which was not thrown away in the
headlong flight of the little one On
top of it lay another with Its face
burned beyond recognition and when
the body was lifted the bright red hair
ribbon protected from the flames by
the bodies added a bright note to the
terrible scene which made it even
more horrible
Strong men broke down before that
f pile of charred flesh which but a few
minutes before had been living mov-
ing children intent only upon the in-
i structions which the teachers were
giving them
MANY TO HANG
IN CALIFORNIA
By United Press
‘ Sacremento Cat Oct 28 — Eight
convicted murderers will pay the
death penalty for their crimes by
hanging in the next five weeks Gov-
ernor Johnson could commute the
sentence to life tmprosonment but it
is not considered likely that he will
Scarcely less terrible was the sight interfere Eight executions in five
on all sides of the building lrom every weeks is a new record for this state
Two other murder cases in which the
sentence was death are now up on ap
peal but it is probable that the appel-
ants will hang before New Year
window of which little children were
flinging themseves to the ground
Men begged the children not to leap
but they were terror stricken with
the fear of death by fire When it
was seen the children would not re-
main on the window ledges the men
secured coats and blankets and caught
some of them as they fell Many were
badly injured
When the fire department arrived
the entire building was v amass of
the entire building was a mass of
flames and those who had not made
their escape were inside of the build- j crowds of survivors did not reveal the
ing where they eftld not be rescued face 0f tbe on esought
and doomed to a terrible death I This afternoon several mothers
The hero of the tragedy was Sister went insane with terror and grief and
Aldegon of the Sacred Heart Order were taken to hospital
who marched 25 of -her pupils to a The building was a three story brick
convenient window and dropped them structure end the inside was a regular
out one by ope j tinder box There were no fire escapes
When news of the fire reached the’ on the structure and the little children
homes of the scholars and the agonix- were trapped without an avenue of es-
ed parents reached the scene of the cape t
“The Dependable Underwear”
For any member of the family
By United Prase
Washington D C Oct 28— Tha
hopes of an early discussion of peace
by tha warring nations in Europe has
been raised In the last faw days and
som believe that it will be but a
short time before advances will be
made The subject Is expected to be
broached by Germany on account of
recent diplomatic manuevenng on the
part of that country
State department officials let It be
known here today that they expected
to reopen tho peace diacusalon in a
short time It is believed that the re-
cent discussion between the German
emperor and Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin had to do with tho bringing
gbout of n peace conference
It 1 generally assumed that tha
German government now considers
itself to be in a position wher over-
tures for peace would not be taken by -the
Allied nations at an indication ed
weakness and on the other uand the
reported food shortage in Germany
may have something to do with any
overtures which the Kaiser might
make Developments ere expected in a
faw days
For Ladies
with
No Sleeve
Elbow Sleeve
Short Sleeve
Long Sleeve
Knee Length
Ankle Length
Si)k Wool Lisle or
Cotton
50c to $300
For Misses and
Children and Boys
in
' ' Wool or Cotton
50c to $150
For Men and Young Meti
in all weights and styles in
Wool Silk and Wool
Lisle or Cotton
$100 to $500
CONINE & MAYER
‘ Sell for Less
CLOSE IN ON
SERB FORCES
By United Press:
Vienna Oct 82 — The Austro-Ger-mans
and Bulgarians are closing in
today on the Serbian forces on three
sides and the defenders are in n
most critical position The Auetro-
Germans are moving south on a line
100 miles lung The Bulgarians have
been Victorious at all points in the
east
Tske Russian City
By United Press
Berlin Oct 28 — Genersl Von Liain-
gen’s troops have captured the Rus-
sian city of Rudka which la on the
southern extremity of the east line
ALLUWE ROAD IS OPEN
anmamne I
The road to Alluwe Is now open ac-
cording to a statement made this
morning by County Surveyor Babb
who ha8 been superintending the re-
pairs to the Mud Creek bridge Tho
Alluwe road was placed in nice con-
dition a few weeks ago and the high-
way was no sooner put in passable
condition than tho steel bridge at Mud
Creek was so badly damaged by high
water that it could not be used The
Canton Bdige company of Kansas
City the firm which sold the bridge
to the county made the repairs to the
bridge at actual labor cost The
bridge was thrown open to the public
last night The merchants of this
city will be greatly benefited by the
improvements mads on the Alluwe
road v
Mr and Mrs Ed Best of 'Link
were Nowata visitors Monday
Mr and Mrs M Adamson and soa
T 11 Adamson of Alluwe returned
Sunday from a trip to the Panama-
Pacific Exposition and cities on tha
Pacific ocast Mr Adamson said the
exposition was very good and that
all of the member of the party enjoy-
ed the trip immensely 4 j
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