Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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HISTORIC All mjein'f
Claremore Progress.
AND ROGERS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
VOL XXII.
The Eatly Chicken is the Money Mate
Nqw Ih the time to utnrt I! ♦* limibiitni'. W'« iii-h njjviilh for
Safety Hatch and Brooders
MA 1)10 IX OKLAHOMA CALL AND HKK THKM
GLASGOW HARDWARE CO.
FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN AMER- rines sieged the custom houses and
ICANS AND MEXICANS railroads which ore still under the
l*OUGHl TUESDAY American's control' At about twelve
The first battle between the Ameri- thirty the firing became general and
cnn Marines and the Mexican troops at one o'clock the (runs of the Prairie
look place at Vera Cruz, Tuesday at- went into action. Prior to this a de-
ternoon, in which four murines lost tatchment of blue jackets from the
their lives and twenty Were wounded, Utah holding the ground between the
while in return they wrought havoc in consulate and the water front, opened
the rank* of the Mexicans and al- with two of their three inch guns, i
though the exact number of Mexicans The first shots from these were direct-1
killed in the first engagement js not ed ugainst the ancient Benito Juarez
known it is thought that the number tower, which once served as a light
will reach something near 200. ; house and in which Mexican Bharp-
'J'he news that the American ma- shooters were concealed. Lieutenant-
rlnes had been fired on at Vera C'ruz Commander Buchannan ordered that
whoed throughout the United States it be destroyed. Five shots brought
like the news that Fort Sumpter had the tower down, Lieutenant Colonel
been fired on in the Civil war. All Wendell Neville, comm*ndod the ma-
over the United States countless rines from the Prairie and Major Reid
housands have been eagerly watching and Berkley and Captains Hughes,
the situation in Mexko through the Hill and Dyer, along the lines have
papers as a result of which every one been reinforced by a detatchment
has been on a high tension ever since which originally was in u position bo-
Admiral Mayo demanded a salute yond the terminal works.
Jrooi Huerta as a result of the arrest i Toward the middle of the al'temoon
of the American Marines at Tampico a body of Mexicans evacuated their
some time ago and other insults which, position and are now in the sand hills
the Mexicans have 'inflicted on thej back of the city of Vera Cruz where
United States, Huerta refused to sa- j it is reported that they will be rein-
lute the flag. President Wilson stated
his intention of backing Admiral Mayo
lip in his demand for the salute. Since
that time and for the past few days
things have been carried actively on at
forced by troops from Mexico City.
This withdrawal was not entirely pre-
meditated. Those watching on the
ships observed through their glasses
a large fprce of Mexicans moving
-• — —— «.w«.vw io UIVTUI^
along the hills in the western skirts
from the forcing of a salute from Hu-
erta. The fleet was ordered to Tam-
pico and sailed. President Wilkon ap-
peared before a joint session of Con-
gress and read his war message, ask-
ing that Congress turn the army and
of the city evidently with the inten-
tion of flanking a batillion of marines
in the railway yards. Immediatey
the five inch guns of the Prairie
belched forth, breaking the Mexican
formation and causing a hasty re-
° o *
navy over to him so that he could use . treat
them as he saw fit Congress haggled I Only a few minutes before the three
over the question of turning the forces inch guns of the Prairie had been in
over to him as some of the members J use effectively near the shore. A
of the senate were of the opinion-that small detatchment of Mexicans had
that would be virtually a declaration
of war and many of them were ad-
verse to plunging the United States
into war. Nevertheless Congress ap-
propriated the sum of .fifty million
gained position near the custom hous-
es and their concealed marksmen were
causing some trouble. A few shots
from the Prairie's guns silenced them.
From time to time the guns hurled
dollars as a war fund- Congress has shells along the coasts, keeping them
been in session almost night and day j pretty free from sh#rp shooters,
trying to decide what to do as to the' Admiral Fletcher sent \yqrd to Ma s
turning of ft* army and njivy over to' that if his troops did not cease filling
President Wilson. In the meantime on the marines he would turn the big
news reached government officials that JHms of the fleet loose on them. It
a German ship was due at Vera Cruz seems that it is not the intention of
with a large cargo of arms for Huerta. tl e United States to bombard the city
The ship was sighted and President of Ver Cruz unless it becomes abso-
Wflson oent word to Rear Admiral '"tely necessary. Many of the war-
Fleteher who has charge of the w r ships arrived in the harbor at Vera
ships at Vera Cruz to take possession Cruz Wednesday and it is thought
•f the custom houses at Vera Cruz and that they will in the event that a
to hold up the cargo of arms to Hu-
erta. Immediately after the order had
been received by Admiral Fletcher,
prefaced the occupation of the port by
a demand for ite surrender to the
United States, making his demand
through the American Consul, W. W.
Canada, to the Mexican Commander,
General Gustavo Maas. at Vara Cruz.
Maaa asked that he be given a few
minutes personal parely as the de-
mand was made over the telephone
but Canada informed him that he had
no orders for such a parely. General
Maas promptly declined to ascend to
this demand and shortly after ten
o'clock a. m., ten boat loads of marines
from the Prairie, embarked and ef-
fected a landing near the custom
houses and on pier number 4. Their
bombardment is decided upon that the
fleet will make short work of the city-
No orders have been issued to the
army but Secretay Garrison announc-
CLAREMORE. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, APRIL 84. 1914,
JOHN W.LEACH ENTERS I NEWS OF INTEREST FROM THE
1 NATIONAL CAPITAL ABOUT
THE RACE FOR SHERIFF
v 1 ' | Washington, I). C., April 22.—Sena-
tor Owen has culled upon the Depnrt-
inent of Commerce to reply to his in-
quiry, ui to why tii« price of Oklaho-
i niu oil should be so much less thnn oils
I of u similar grade iu other fluids. The
member* of the Oklahoma Congres-
sional delegation have also been re-
quested to urge legislation whereby
II lie government muy become the pur-!
j ( hayer and storer of Oklahoma oil for i
ti i! in Uncle Sum's battleships.
Want Oklahoma Included
Congressman Davenport is co-oper-
ating with Senator Owen and Con-
gressman Carter in an attempt to
have the entire state of Oklahoma in-
cluded in t ho Kansas City regional re-
nerve bank district They will carry
the fight to the Federal Reserve Board
yet to bo named.
Applicants for Appointment
B. F. Culley, is an applicant for ap-
pointment as postmaster at Bushy-
head, Rogers county, while Mrs. Jo-
unnn Duncan has similar designs up-
on the postmustership at Ochelata,
Washington county.
May Secure Pension
Congressman Davenport has taken
j up with the Commissioner of Pensions
the question of securing a widow's
| pension at the rate of $12 per month
for Mrs. Eva L. Perryman, of Tulsa.
Postoffice Inspector to Visit Grove
! Through the efforts of Congressman
Davenport the Post-Office Department
has designated an inspector to visit
Grove, Okla., to report upon the ad-
visability of establishing rural route
No. 2 out of that place.
Passed Examinations
Williard H. Humphrey, of Skiatook;
Henry E. Barnard, and Harry D. Wil-
bom, of Broken Arrow, have passed
the civil service examination for ap-
pointment to the rural mail carrier
force at Skiatook.
Offices to be Consolidated
The Senate Indian Committee has
agreed to consolidate the two Indian
offices in Muskogee under one head,
the change to take effect on July 1
next.
Recommended Appointment of Keys
Congressman Davenport has recom-
mended the appointment of Judge
J James M. Keysj as postmaster at Pry-
or, Oklahoma. ,The office pays $1800
per tfear.
Appointment Deferred
Indian Commissioner Sells, it is
thought, will not decide upon fhe se-
lection of an Osage tribal attorney
to succeed P. A. Shinn, of Pawhuska,
until after he visits Oklahoma some
time the latter part of this month.
Bill to Grant Pensions
Congressman Davenport has intro-
duced bills grating pensions at the
rate of $50 per month to William W.
Morriss, of Miami, and Marion Hol-
derman of Craig county. Mr. Daven-
port has also filed an application with
the Pension Bureau for an increase of
Thoroughly
modern young
men who expect
the unexpected will
appreciate the merry
dash-and-go in
Adlers Collegian
Clothes
Brightly fashioned.
Popular in
price
w. IS. 150RON CLOTHING COMPANY
Claremore, Okla.
John W. Leach for Sheriff" brings!one is afraid of John Leach, in fact
to mind to most people in Rogers! lust fall when the school levy was in
county that an old landmark yet tow-j doubt the school children asked Mr.
ers in their midst. | Leach to help them carry the election
An Indian born in Georgia, lived injso they could have nine months of
the Cherokee nation 36 years and most school instead of five, and everybody
of his grown up life spent in the ser-
vicp of the people, is the simple re-
cord of this man still respected and
honored with an overwhelming vote
of confidence at each return of the
city of Claremore's biennial election.
This has gone on steadily for 14 years
and yet Leach is not spoiled. He has
had to shoot straight at times, yet no
knows the result—the city levy that
Leach was interested in lost but he
carted enough votes to the precincts
to save the schools, and the school
children have smiled at him as though
he never had had to operate a cannon
trained on an outlaw.
John Leach will make a strong race
for the nomination.
pension for A. B. Blanketiship, of THE WORLD DOES MOVE AND
Tiawah, Oklahoma. | THE UNIVERSITY PREPARA-
$: 0.000 Fish Hatchery I TORY SCHOOL DOES GROW
The House Committee on Merchant The State Board of Education, by
Marine and Fisheries, has favorably' its recent action, has made us a four
reported a bill appropriating $50,000 j year normal school. Notice the reso-
for the establishment of a fish hatch- lution;
ery in Oklahoma, at some point to be | "We further recommend that all
decided upon by the Department of j regular graduates of these institu-
Gommerco. x i tions be granted two year certificates
Office at Flanders Discontinued on the same basis with those who
Because no one can be found to ac- ^lave completed four years' work in
■ept the postmustership, the Post Of- the State Normal Schools; provided,
marines unable to light bare walli
scattered, while the Praifie, Chester
and San Fr$tncisco opened fire on the
nntrril nnit/LitM« <.,:4 L * Lv..' "fl.. .. *1
harbor crowded the bow and cheered
them. The paymaster of the British
cruiser, E*xex. wss wounded on his
. n r.r - - ■■■- "*• uurn, iv.se\.r v,ys wounaeu on nis
naval academy with their five audi ship by a" sfityfcr," who fired from
six inch o*n n« unH fltc um 1I« <i... rm... <1 r a. i i- ■
six inch guns and shattered the walls.
The marines formed again and made
a steady advance. They were stub-
bornly resisted by Mexicans hid on the
tops of bouses and firing from win-
dows. There seemed to be no united
orderly resistance against the
Americans' occupation of the city.
Tlie scout cruiser, Chester, pounded
the walls of buildings on the outskirts
of the town, firing over the marines'
heads and showing perfect marksman-
ship. The Chester occasionally drop-
ped a shell some hundred yards in ad-
vance of the marines, thus giving
them a free passage up the streets
to the City Hall where the American
flag was hoisted. Both marines and
blue jackets dragged light field pieces
~ ~—J u""wvn aiuiuuuu* ugiu nciu picucs
ed that it awaited the President's or-1 but there was little use for them,
ders and was ready for action.
No attempts will be made to carry
on 'any further hostilities upon the
part of the United States unless it
will be the seizing of the custom hous-
es at Tampico. The ships from other
nations will no* be intarferred with
unless they carry a cargo of arms in
which case the arms will be taken by
the United States,
the sh'ore. The flags of the Essex and
fortress San Juan de Ulkit, were half
masted when the dead were being
carried to the boats.
Rear Admiral Badger has not de-
cided whether to proceed to Tampico
or not and it is believed that his de-
parture will be delayed. An indica-
tion of this is the fact that his flagship
has entered the harbor at Vera Cruz.
The Mexican situation is now at a
crisis and the entire nation will await
eugerly the outcome. As yet not or-
ders have been given the army, how-
ever a joint session of the Army and
Navy committees were held at Wash-
ington and plans were talked over in
the event that the army should be or
dered to Mexico, for action,
VERA CRUZ CAPTURED BY
AMERICAN MARINES WITH
THE LOSS OP SIX LIVES
— - | Vera Crux was captured Wednesday
landing was effected without any dis- by the American marines with the
turhance but they had not proceeded i loss of but six American lives. With
very far before they were fired upon fourteen battleships laying in the
by Maas' men. The marine* had or- j harbor marines were landed in force
den not to fire until fired upon. A and - marched through the streets,
bottle ensued in which four marines i They were fired upon by Mexicans
were killed, 20 wounded. The ma-! concealed in the Naval School. The
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CLAREMORE - - OKLAHOMA
Machine guns pounded their "tap tap"
from all quarters while American
sharpshooters, posted at street cor-
ners picked off any one whose actions
looked suspicious.
A fear upon the part£ of govern-
ment officialls at Washington that the
rebels will take sides with Huerta is
shown which will re-inforce Huerta
with the large army of rebels in the
northern part of Mexico under the
leadership of Gen. Caranza as General,
Caranza in a note to President Wil-
son Wednesday demanded that the
American forces in Vera Cruz be with-
drawn immediately, stating as his
reason for the demand that he fears
that the Mexican/people will become
excited and will join Huerta in a unit-
ed efTort to repel the United States
from what they think is invading Mex-
ico, This presents an entirely new
phase of the Mexican situation to the
government officials at Washington
and also a very serious one as it was
not President Wilson's intention to an-
tagonize the large body of Mexicans
as he had no quarrel with them but
he intended merely to punish Huerta
for refusing to salute the flag in
atonement for the numerous insults
inflicted on the United States. While
Mexican Constitutionalists at Wash-
ington pretend to see a trace of friend-
liness in the message, the fact re-
mains that Caranza demanded the re-
moval of the United States forces
from Vent Cruz. The knowledge that
Caranza, constitutionalist chief, would
not make common cause with Iluerta.
bat yet might act on his own initative,
and resent the Americans' act in siez
fag Vera Crua, makes the problem ad-
mittedly more grave than it has ever
been. Government officials would give
out no .information as to future plans
or whether the forces at Vera Cruz
would bo removed according to Ca-
ll demand, however Presdent
CLAREMORE GARAGE
ENLARGED
The management of the Claremore
Garage have enlarged their place of
business by moving into the room
formerly occupied by the 96 Ballard
and Inola Pipe Line Co., both of which
have in turn moved into the corner
room of the same building. The par-
tition has been removed from be-
tween the Claremore Garage and the
room formerly occupied by the oil
companies so that the Claremore Ga-
rage now has comfortable and roomy
quarters.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
Owing to the establishment of two
rural routes out of Claremore, the
Weekly Progress, commencing June
1st, will be published on Thursdays
instead of Friday- . Advertisers will
govern themselves accordingly. The
Daily Progress will be published on
Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesday, Fri-
days and Saturdays after that date.
This move is made to give the ad-
vertisers who wish to put on Saturday
sales an opportunity to inform the
readers of the Progress of that fact
The rural service after that date will
be such as to warrant this change.
—Publisher of the Progress.
BUYS JKRSEYS
A. L. Chanhill. of Vinita, spent Fri-
day in the city. lie was on a deal with
Dr. B. Fortner for the purchase of his
entire herd of registered and imported
cows. Mr. Chanhill has just returned
from a trip to Kentucky where he
purchased 38 head of fine milch cows
which ho intends celling at his annual
sale in the fall..
KRAUSE PITCH Ell FOR MOUNDS
Arthur Krause journeyed to Hen-
ryetta Sunday with the Mounds base
ball team where he pitched a game
says that he is going to eo I the team from Henry«"a, !
rerv alowlv in oUTJl 2 in a 9 to 2 victor, for Henry-
etta. Henryetta was credited with 8
hits while Mounds got 9 hits. It
seems that the Mounds boys were un-
able to hold "the pill" as a result of
which they were defeated. Krause
struck oat 9 men while the Henryetta
pitcher struck out eight
fiee Department has ordered the dis-
continuance of the post office at Flan-
ders. Craig county.
May Suspend Operation
Congressman Davenport has taken
up with the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission the question of suspending
operation of a system of burdensome
railroad freight rates on iron and steel
articles from interstate points to East-
ern Oklahoma. s
Agents Will be Retained
Congressman Davenport has been
advised by the Director of the Bureau
of Census that his appointees as
agents to collect cotton statistics in
northeast Oklahoma nave rendered
satisfactory service, and will be re-
tained another two years.
Would Re-Open Tribal Rolls
Hearings are now on before the sub-
committee of the House Indian Com-
mittee on the Harrison bill, which
would re-open the tribal rolls in the
Choctaw and Chicgasaw Nations to
several thousand claimants. The Ok-
lahoma delegation is Contesting the
passage of the bill.
Advanced to Presidential Class
Drumwright, Creek county, Okla.,
has been advanced to the presidential
class, and Congressman Murray has
recommended the appointment of for-
mer State Senator H. S. Blair, as post-
master.
they have completed the following
professional studies: Elementary Psy-
chology, Theory and Practice of
Teaching, History of Education and
one year's Observation Work."
You will see by this that the grad-
uate, after doing certain pedagogical
work extra, has the same advantage
as a four year Normal student and
this is of course as it ought to be for
our instructors are all Normal School
and University Graduates and per-
fectly familiar with institute work.
Remember Summer School begins
June 2nd and continues ten weeks. It
is made up of two Normal periods.
First period ends in four weeks and
examination is given to teachers.
July 1st the second period begins and
at the end of four weeks another ex-
amination is given to applicants. Of
course candidates for school grades
will be required to stay two weeks
longer.
The ten weeks end August 14th.
Don't forget the time: June 2nd.
Don't forget the place: Claremore,
Oklahoma.
Tuition Free in all departments.
EGGS
For setting from Barred Rocks, $1
per setting. Took 4 firsts and 1 sec-
ond at Claremore fair. 2% miles
north of brick plant
50 tf W. S. Crouch.
REMEMBER
All Ladies'
Tailored
Suits
on sale at a
Big Reduction
DRESS GOODS
CHILD'S
DRESS
SPECIAL
75c and $1.00
Gingham dress
ti to 14 years
50c
We are pleased to say that in our Dress Goods Depart-
ment you will find the most extensive assortment of the
season's newest Dress Fabrics ever shown in Claremore.
Morie and Taffeta Silk are very much
fact it is almost impossible for the
supply the demand. We
have new Black Morie at
Black and Colored Taf-
feta at . . .
$1.00,
in favor, and in
manufacturers to
$1.50 and $1.75
$1.50 and $1.75
i
very slowly in the matter of
any farther advances.
What the blue jackets and marines
wen landing Wednesday preparatory
to their taking of the city of Vera
Cm, the British blue jackets on one
«f the Kagliah Men-of-War in tho
CRtPE CLOTHS ARE VERT SHOWY
We Rre Showing a Nice Assortment
Plain Crepe Fabrics in both white and colors
at 25c to $1.50
Fancy Figured Crepes .... 12k to 50c
Ratine Fabrics are still selling well. We show a
_ nice range of colors, prices ranging from 25c to $1.00
Walker Department St<
THE STORE THAT SELLS WOOLTEX
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