State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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HTATE SENTINEL Established 10041 -1IASKKL
COUN'TV LEADER Established 10O0
ST1GLER OKLAHOMA APRIL 1 1915
VOLUME 10
M M HER 5
UNITED STATES HOLDS GERMANY
TO ACCOUNT FOR AMERICAN
LIVES
WASHINGTON D C March 21—
While no official notification of the
death of an American Leon C
Thrasher on the British liner Fala-
ba sunk by a German submarine
had reached the American govern-
ment today officials viewed the sit-
uation as fraught with grave possi-
bilities 1
Secretary Bryan said he expected
Ambassador Page in London to sub-
mit a full report on the case if ad-
vices there confirmed reports of Mr
Thrasher's death but added that no
inquiries had been received by the
department nor had any been made
of Mr Page Officials generally
were not inclined to discuss the mat-
ter It is known however that in view
of the language of the American note
of inquiry in reply to the German no-
tification of a submarine blockade of
England the facts in this case will be
awaited with the greatest Interest
That note contained a plain warning
that the loss of American lives
through German program of sinking
merchant vessels would be viewed as
an unfriendly act
It was' suggested in some circles
that the Cerman position would be
to place responsibility for the des-
truction of the Falaba upon her cap-
tain contending that his effort to es-
cape rendered his vessel liable to at-
tack under the rules of international
law On the other hand however it
was said that while the rules of In-
ternatlonal law heretofore applied
permitted the destruction of mer-
chant craft which resisted search by
belligerent war vessels it appeared
that the Falaba only attempted to
escape and did not resist It was
pointed out in official circles that ac-
cording to reports the ship's ' boats
were over her side and her passen-
gers and crew attempting to leave
her when the torpedo which destroy-
ed her was discharged
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CARRANZA OFFICIALS
LOOT THE TREASURY
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WASHINGTON March 31— An
official statemetn by the Villa-Zapa-ta
convention of the government in
Mexico City received Wednesday by
the state department charged that
Carranza officials during their occu-
pancy of the capital removed from
the treasury national government
bonds and other securities valued at
16000000 pesos
Many of these securities which
had been deposited as gua)antee8 by
concessionaries and contractors are
owned by foreigners The public
Is warned in the statement that they
cannot “be made the object of legal
transaction since they are the prop-
erty of the nation or of the deposi-
tors as the rase may be"
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NEVADA TIGHTENS
CARSON CITY Nev March 30—
Governor Boyle signed the so-called
gambling bill Monday making al)
gambling a felony except certain card
games when no percentage is taken
A twenty-round boxing bill was ve-
toed on the ground that other states
forbade twenty-round fights and this
would merely be an invitation The
existing law permitting ten-round
fighting remains but there Is no pro-
vision for collecting state licenses
Counties may require licenses
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G E Eads of Oklahoma City
representing the Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Company is in the city
this week looking after business
HEX ALL WEEK AT
NTIGLER DRUG COMPANY
This is national Rexall Week and
over 7000 drug stores in the United
States are observing it by putting on
special sales of Rexall products and
in addition to this they are giving
gifts with certain purchases made at
the Rexall Stores The Stlgler
Drug Company Is the Rexall Store
of this place and they have some ex-
cellent bargains
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GREAT BASEBALL GAME
BOOKED FOR FL SMITH
The next world's champions of the
baseball world will probably be seen
at Fort Smith within the next week
The sport writers Incline to the opin-
ion that the race in the National Lea-
gue is between the Boston Braves
and New York Giants while the
fight in the American will be between
Chicago White Sox and Boston Red
Sox The Giants will plgy the
Twins on Friday April 2 while the
White Sox will play the same team
on Wednesday April 7
While the Giants are billed as the
second team that name is simply a
name used to distinguish the two
squads of McGraw's men and instead
of being composed altogether of rook-
ies It contains a number of men who
have helped land pennants for New
lork and have taken part in World
Championship battles Pitcher Gran-
dall Catcher McLean Third Base-
man Eddie Grant and Outfielder Rob-
ertson are regulars while it Is pre-
dicted that some of the youngsters
of this team will have supplanted
the veterans now with the first team
before the end of the season Mc-
Lean is one of the greatest catchers
In either section of the big circuit
Crandall Is reputed to be the finest
relief pitcher in the business Then
there is old Cy Seymour who will be
I tliC pinch hitter '
j Of course Eddie Collins the for-
I mer keystone of Connie Mack's $100
1 000 infield will be the big noise in
the other game His sale to the
White Sox was the big sensation of
the off season Ban Johnson presi-
dent of the American League has
stated that Collins Is the greatest
I player of today ranking him above
Ty Cobb Hans Wagner Trlss Speak-
er and Larry LaJole Walter John-
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Corporation Commissioner A P
Watson took the witness stand Wed-
nesday before the senate court of im-
peachment as a witness in his own
behalf in the impeachment proceed-
j Inga against him andrelated in de-
j tall his connection and the circum-
stances surrounding every financial
and other transaction which for the
basis of the articles of Impeachment
preferred against him He was on
the stand practically the entire day
and although put "hrough a rigid
OToss-examination by Judge C L
Pinkham chairman of the board of
bouse managers his testimony giv-
ing for the first time his version of
the various transactions remained
unchanged when he left the stand
The commissioner's memory was
remarkably clear as to the important
details of the various transactions
which he related in the order he was
questioned concerning them by the
Judge W A Ledbetter one of his
counsels
One thing established by his tes-
timony and which stood out promi-
nently was that out of all of the va-
rious financial transactions to which
his name has been connected he re-
ceived only $500 and that was the
money lent by Anton H Classen the
president of the Oklahoma Railway
company The money Mr Watson
said was used to make a payment on
his home to prevent foreclosure by
which be would have lost all that he
had paid In on his residence
AUK NUB
tm m con
MANY YOUNG LADIES WORKING HARD TO SECURE THE $1000 IN
GOLD OFFERED FOR THE LEADER IN IRE FIRST COUNT
1 Judging from the Interest that has
been manifested In the great prize
voting contest so far there is going
to be a great scramble for the $10
In gold to be given to the contestants
having the largest number of votes
on April 30th The special prize Is
worth winning and the contestants
realize the fact
The contest is an assured fact
There has never been a contest In
this locality where better prizes have
been offered or a more strict adher-
ence to justice and equity to all par-
ticipants The State Sentinel desires
to emphasize the point that every
contestant will be afforded an abso-
lutely fair deal
The names of the judges will be
announced soon Bear In mind the
merchants who are giving coupons
with every dollar cash purchases:
Dobyns-Lanti Hardware Co
Mayer's
Oklahoma Clothing Store
Stlgler Drug Co
Teal’s
Miss Rae Gallagher
When you trade at these stores be
sure and ask for coupons Every
one little piece of card board bear-
ing 25 votes may win some' friend
of yours the beautiful Obermeyer &
Sons Plano
Get your friends to subscribe for
State Sentinel For each one year
new subscriber you will receive 600
votes renewals for one year 600
For each one year back subscription
4 00 votes
There is already a large list of
contestants but there is opportunity
to nominate others Fill out the
nominatli tlank and send It to this
MANY LIVES LOST
BY BRITISH SAILORS
LONDON March 20— Upward of LONDON March 31— Two Ger-
150 lives were lost in the sinking by1 man submarines the l'-28 and an-
Gernian submarines of the African j otlier the number of which lias not
liner Falaba and the British steam-J been ascertained which have been
er Agulla bound front Liverpool for operating off the west coast of Eng-
Llsbon land during the past few 'days have
The Falaba which was torpedoed added two more British steamers
in St George's channel Sunday af- the Flamlnlan and the Crown of Cas-
ternoon carried screw of ninety tie to their victims totaling five since
and about 160 passengers aud of this Saturday evening
total only 140 were rescued Of
those rescued eight died later from
exposure
The Agulla had a crew of forty- nouSh time in which to get into their
two and three passengers and of theboat8- tbe cas® °f (he latter ves-
total twenty-three of the crew and8®1- however the submarine fired be-
all of the passengers were lost fore lle crew ef( tlie steamer and
i shells passed along the bridge on
In both cases on sighting the sub-
i which the captain and an apprentice
marine the captain tried to escape
by putting on all speed possible Jut we" " CaH(e
the underwater craft overtook the
I shell fire but this did not prove suffl-
steatners showing that Germany has
clent to send the Flamlnlan to the
some of her most modern submarines
bottom and a torpedo had to be used
engaged in the blockade operations
against England
The captain of the Falaba who is
one of the lost was given five minu-
tes to get his passengers and crew in-
to the boats but according to the
survivors before this was possible a
torpedo was fired striking the en-
gine room and causing a terrible ex-
plosion Many persons were killed
and the steamer sank in ten minutes
Trawlers which happened to be in
the vicinity rescued most of those
who were saved others got away
in the boats which were quickly low-
ered when the order was given to
abandon the ship
Those who were still on the steam-
er when the explosion occurred were
thrown into the sea and It took the completely destroyed by fire Mr W
fishermen an hour or more to pick K- C°char was occupying the house
up the persons in the water who man-1 aad aved ar? Jart °f the hou“’
aged to keep themselves afloat ‘“ld ood8' The fire' lt wa“d
' The Agulla was attacked off the 8ar‘d ?“ tha r°°f th bulldin
Pembrokeshire coast The submar-
ine which In this case was the U-28
opened fire with her gun shells from
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office Also cut out the vote coupon
and cast it for your favorite In
order that every contestant may ful-
ly understand the votes during the
contest State Sentinel wishes to state
that the contestant having the larg-
est number of votes during the con-
test will be awarded the piano aa
first prize the one having the next
largest number of votes will have the
first of the other prizes and so on
until all the prizes have been distri-
buted Use the free coupon in this issue
If yon know of any lady who has not
been nominated whom you think
would make a good race UBe the
nominating blank in hls issue and
send her name to this office or bring
it in in person and it will be entered
It matters not If she be single or
married This is a popular voting
contest not necessarily a young lady
voting contest Read the rules and
regulations on another page and gov-
ern yourself accordingly Some one
Is going to receive these prizes and
you can help decide who it will be
The first count In the contest will
be on Friday April 30th at which
time $10 In gold will be awarded to
the contestant receiving the largest
cumber of votes
These are the names of the con-
i testams w ho have been nominated
i The are authorized to accept money
for subscriptions to State Sentinel
and give receipt therefor
Get busy and vote for your choice
The contest will be conducted square-
ly and no partiality will be shown
Do it now and help some one reap
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BRITISH LOOSE
TWO MORE-SHIPS'
There was no l?vs of life on the
Flamlnlan and Crown of astle the
crews of each being given barely e- i
As an offset to tills a French des-
troyer rammed and it is believed ev-
en sank a German submarine off Die
ppe
TOO Midi FIREWATER
Jack Snow was arrested Saturday
on a charge of public drunkenness by
City Marshal Hickman and Night-
watchman Cole Snow appeared be-
fore Squire Crews Sunday and made
a stay bond and was released
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DESTROYED lY FIRE
Between the hours of seven-thirty
and eight o'clock last Thursday the
residence belonging to Mrs S C
Mallord of Checotah was almost
and by the time the fire department
arrived it was under good headway
and quick action and good force of
water enabled them to put the fire
out saving part of the structure
CLEANUP NOTICE
You are hereby notified to remove
all rubbish and refuse matter from'
preifilses occupied by you also from
streets and alleys adjoining your
premises and to put same in a sani-
tary condition This notice must be
complied with on or before the 8th
day of April 1915
J B SYLENDER
Chairman of Sanitary Committee
4-2t
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FIGHTING GERMANY
AUSTRIA AND DRINK
i m i — 4
LONDON March 30— "We are
fighting Germany Austria and drink
and so far as I can see the greatest
of these three foe Is drink” said
David Lloyd George Chancellor of
the exchequer replying Monday to a
deputation of the ship building em-
ployers federation (he members of
which were unanimous In urging that
in order to meet the national require-
ments at the present time there now
should be a total prohibition during
the period of the war of the sale of
intoxicating liquors
This should apply not only to pub-
lic houses but also to private clubs
so far as to operate equally with all
classes of the community
It was stated that despite the fact
that work was being carried on night
and day seven days In the week the
total working time on the average in
nearly all the British ship yards was
actually less than before the war and
the average productiveness had de-
creased There were many men do-
ing splendid and strenoua work pro-
bably as good as the men In the
trenches but many did not even ap-
proximate full time thus disastrous-
ly reducing the average
Notwithstanding the curtailing
of the hours they are allowed to keep
open the receipts of the publlc hous-
es in the neighborhood of the ship
yards had greatly increased In some
cases 4 0 per cent As an Instance of
one of many similar cases tnat of a
battleship coming In for Immediate
repairs was cited She was delayed
a whole day through t lie absence of
rlvetters who were drinking and ca-
rousing In one yard the rlvetters have been
working on the average of only fifty
hours a week and in another yard
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TD LEAVE
NEWPORT NEWS Va March 21
—(Under supervision of the United
States navy the German merchant
raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich Wednes-
day night is filling her bunkers with
coal Sixteen hundred tons were de-
livered alongside on barges late In
the day and the crew immediately
began transferring the coal to the
cruiser
When the barges arrived at the
ship yard where the Eilel Friedrich
is mored orders were at once given
to bar all approaches for the night I
Captain Thierichens requested the!
Washington government to furnish j
a patrol for the pier which his ship
occupies and marines were sent from
the Norfolk navy yard for this duty
Approach to the pier from the river
as well as from land entrances to thej
yard were effectively barred
Particular orders w ere issued by j
officials of the ship yard to permit
no newspaper men to enter the plant
Effort to gain admission ever before!
dark were unavailing Attempts to j
get near the pier by launch In the
James river also were frustrated
Coaling of the ship was started
about 5 o'clock in the afternoon As
the first sacks were hoisted from the
barges the ship's band struck up a
German national air and at frequent
Intervals until a late hour the sailors
labored to patriotic musical accom-
paniment At the rate the ship was
being coaled it was estimated that
the supply allotted by the American
government would be in the vessel's
bunkers before morning
TRACK
AND FIELD
MEET
ON APRIL 9-10 TO BE GREATEST
EVER HELD IN HASKELL
COUNTY
Great preparations have been made
for the Haskell County Track and
Field meet which will be held In
Stlgler on April 9th and 10th The'
entries are the largest yet made and
the following schools will partici-
pate in the meet: Stlgler Keotm
Enterprise Lequlre Chant Center
Point Star Prairie View Fair View
Case Antioch Eureka Rucker Gar-
land Martin Box McCurtain and Ha-
vanna Officers to govern the pro-
ceedings have been selected outside
the county The largest entries ever
made the greatest enthusiasm ver
shown by the pupils promise one of
the best track and field meets In the
history of the county Programs
of the entire meet will be mailed to
all the teachers and all preparations
are being made by the committee to
make the event the success that It
promises to be There will also be
a large number of entries In the Lit-
erary feature of the meet and this
part of the program promises keen
competition
ItOLErt CASK CONTINUED
" William Boles charged with per-
jury bad his case before ‘Squire
Crews rontinued until the 6th of
April Boles made a false affidavit
as to the age of a girl some three
weeks ago when the man she was
going to marry was getting the li-
censes HAD A LITTLE 8(1111'
Constable Hulsey of Garland
brought Clint Garland and J Shirty
In to “Squire Crew’s yesterday to an-
swer the charge of fighting The
boys plead guilty to having had a
little scrap and the court assessed a
line of $5 and t lie trimmings against
each of them
Buford Farrlll of Whltefield was
a Stlgler visitor Tuesday
UNCLE SAM LOOSES
SUBMARINE F-4
WASHINGTON D C March 29 —
Searchers for the lost submarine F-4
which was lost last week reported
late tonight that they had determin-
ed the location of the vessel within
a radius of fifty yards and t hat she
lay at the bottom of the mouth of
the Honolulu Harbor in water rang-
ing front 43 to 60 fathoms in depth
Rear Admiral Moore at Honolulu
cabled to Secretary Daniels the fol-
lowing received by wireless from the
Lieutenant Smith commanding the
searching fleet:
“We know location within radius
ot fifty yards depths vary front 4 5
to Co fathoms Honolulu Harbor
light hearing 24 degrees true dis-
tance 2800 yards"
This dispatch was the first report
the department had received since
Admiral Moore cabled Friday night
t hat the boat had been located In
fifty fathoms of water
All hope that any of the crew of
twenty-one might he alive was aban-
doned two days ago but department
officials and naval officers here are
awaiting anxiously for news that the
bodies have been recovered or for
any information throwing light on
how the little vessel went to her
doom It Is feared however that
the submarine may prove to be the
tomb of her crew and that lt never
will be known what accident befell
her Naval officers say that If the
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