State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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STATE SENTINEL Established 190J
I1A8KEL COUNTY LEADER Established 1009
STIGLER OKLAHOMA MARCH 30 1916
VOLUME 11
XUMIIKU 7
ABUSES
GRAVE SITUATION DEVELOPING
OYER SUBMARINE WARFARE
WASHINGTON Mrrch 29 — The
accumulat'on or circumstantial evi-
dence’ indicating that Germany haa
engaged upon a campaign of submar-
ine warfare which hai no regard for
te rights of American citizens trav-
eling on merchant ships of belliger-
ent nationality the administration
considers has created one of the mo3t
serious situations which has con-
fronted the United States since the
beginning of the war in Earopo
Every agency open to tbo state de-
partmeut tonight was beiug emrloy-
ed to gather an unimpeachublo array
of facts regarding the explosion that
damaged the British channel steam-
er Sussex the sinking of the British
ships Manchester Engineer English-
man and Eagle Point the Dutch
steamer Tubantia and the alleged fir-
ing of a torpedo at the French pas-
senger ship I’atrla All of these
ships carried American citizens and
all apparently were attacked in vio-
lation of Germany’s recently renew-
ed assurances to the United Stales
The next step of tho United States
is said authoritatively to have been
determined upon Unless Germany
in reply to the inquiries made by the
United States through Ambassador
Gerard makes some statement to
cause the state department to change
its present intentions it is understood
that all recent aggravating incidents
will be combined into one general
formidable indictment which will
bring the entire subject to a clear cut
issue
Should Germany admit responsi-
bility for any of the attacks and at-
tempt to satisfy the United States by
saying that a mistake had been made
offer to make reparation and to pun-
ish the submarine commander the
issuo would not be by any means dis-
posed of It is retarded as certain
that the United States would not ac-
cept such an explanation as satisfac-
tory at least until time had shown
that punishment actually was meted
out to the offending submarine com-
mander aud whether any value lon-
ger could bo attached to Germany’s
promises
In the event of Germany disclaim-
ing responsibility for the disasters
then United States will proceed with
its investigations to determine its
own satisfaction whether the evidence
w hich now strongly indicates that the
Sussex and other ships were torpe-
doed without warning can be regard-
ed as conclusive proof With such
proof before it the government pro-
bably would act promptly Officials
refrain from discussing what the na-
ture of the action wot’ld be The
very number of apparently unwarran-
ted attacks which recently have oc-
curred is regarded by the adminis-
tration as particularly significant
The number is said by officials to
have disposed of the theory that the
explosions might have beer caused
by mines Some of the cases it was
pointed out have occurred in locali-
ties where there is no poeslbll'ty of
mine fields having been laid because
of the depth of the water and the
distance from shore
It became known during the day
that the state department had heard
unofficially the suggestion that Ger-
man submarine commanders were act-
ing under secret instructions such as
were advocated by Grand Admiral von
Tlrpits to torpedo every vessel neu-
tral as well as belligerent approach-
ing the British Isles There bad
been no official confirmation what-
ev r of the secret order report How-
ever the number of disasters which
have overtaken unarmed merchant-
men recently Including those under
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AUTO CIUIl ORGANIZED
About fifteen automobile owners of
Stlgler met in the office of br S E
Mitchell Tuesday afternoon and or-
ganized a local Automobile Club to
be known as the Haskell County Auto
Club O L Thomas was elected
secretary-treasurer and Dr S E
Mitchell was chosen as president
The puropse of this club according
to the prelsdent is that all owners of
cars In the county may have a voice
as a body get more familiar with
rules of driving etc and possibly in
this way improve the roads of this
county They will meet again next
Monday night and every car owner
in the county is requested to be pres-
ent Some have been notified by the
secretary but all are invited At this
meeting the County Commissioners
will be present and it Is hoped that
the club members can form some
plan whereby the roads of the county
may be Improved at this meeting
A' committee composed of L J
Lantz 11 S Ferbrache and C L
Easterling was named to draft rules j
and regulations governing the club
and they will make their report next
Monday night
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WE
In our announcement column this
week appears the name of W XV
Eckles announcing his candidacy for
the office of county clerk of Haskell
County subject to the action of the
Democratic primary in Augur t
Of all the men who have announc-
ed this year for office there Is proba-
bly not a better known man than Mr
Eckles He has served the people
of the County for two full terms as
Treasurer and turned over to bis suc-
cessor one of the best kept set of
books in the County iTH the busi-
ness of this office has been well at-
tended to and has always received
high praise by the state inspector
Mr Eckles won his first term as
treasurer against one of the best men
in this county who had only served
oue term He won his second term
against a hot fight by a competent
man and won with a handsome ma-
jority Mr Eckles is a thoroughly compe-
tent and efficient man in any poal-
tion and will fill the office the people
give him to their entire satisfaction
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PALACE DRUG COMPANY
NO 2 OPENING WEDNESDAY
One of the most enjoyable affairs
of the season was the Palace Drug
Store No 2 opening Wednesday In-
vitations had been mailed to almost
every woman to attend the opening
From two o'clock in the afternoon
until ten o’clock in the evening the
store was packed with men women
and children Everything at their
new Boda fountain Including Ice
cream sherbet and other drinks
were placed at the disposal of their
many customers Misses Grace
Mathis and Lydia Beckett assisted in
serving the drinks to those who call-
ed In addition to this music was
furnished all the afternoon and the
men who called were Invited to cigars
chewing gum and in fact the opening
was one of the best things Stlgler
has witnessed this year Everyone
w-ent away well pleased and compli-
menting the store upon having such
a neat and up-to-the minute drug
store
Mr Louis LeFlore president of
both stores No 1 and No 2 recently
purchased the J R Cole drug store
on Main Street and moved this to the
building adjoining the post office
Here he added a new soda fountain
and many other improvements and
now has one £f the best equipped
stores in the' County He handles
the famous line of Nyal Remedies
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New trousers at E St W
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WILLIAM SINCLAIR MILAM
William Sinclair Milam the youngest son of
C D and May Milam bom June 21th 1915 died
March 28th 1916 after a short illness of pneu-
monia Interment took place at Stigler Ceme-
tery at 3:30 P M March 29th 1916
WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS
We sincerely thank the many kind hearted peo-
ple of Stigler for their prompt response to the call
of sorrow in helping to lay away in its final rest-
ing place our precious little son William Sinclair
Milam
Our little darling was nine months and four days
old when the gaunt hand of death stretched forth
and in spite of every effort of science mother and
father love kindly aid of sympathetic neighbors
gently removed the little soul from its mortal
abode and deposited it gently in paradise
During the nine short months of its life it had
entwined its bright little individuality into the
hearts of its mother father sister and brother
until when the final call came from on high it
seems that the dear little fingers cold in death
still carried such a clutch on the heartstmgs of its
family of its mother father — that in passing
away it carried with it all the joy life has ever
held In spite of our puny efforts death has con-
quered our idol has been taken away by the ruth-
less invador and we are left desolate
We realize the pure friendship that prompted
the presence and aid and sympathy of our many
friends We know that when time the great lev-
eler and healer has seared the wounds ‘ in our
hearts and caused the vacant place in our home to
be occupied with pleasant memories of our dear
loved one instead of th? poignant agony now left
that your sympathy will then be sweet and your
kind hearts and kinder deeds will have a reward in
this appreciation We thank you from our hearts
but misery and desolation in our empty home at
present hold sway over all other emotions
We cannot mention all who aided us in our hour
of need but we especially wish to thank Dr Terrell
and wife Reverend Howard and wife Mr and Mrs
Mallory the ladies of The Royal Neighbors the
ladies of the Woodmen Circle the ladies of the
Daughters of the Confederacy and all others who
with floral offerings lovely music Christian words
and Christian spirit helped us lay away “Little
Billie” for his last long sleep
C D MILAM
MAY MILAM
RUBY MILAM
EARL MILAM
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CHOCTAW INDIAN PAYMENT IS ASSURED
WASHINGTON March 27 — The
Senate Monday agreed to the item In
the Indian Appropriation bill provid-
ing for tribal payments to the Choc-
taws and Chickasaw Indians of Ok-
lahoma The bill passed the house
February 6th and the senate action
Monday means that the payments are
assured They will Include $300
for the Choctaws and $200 for the
Chick aaawg
Other progress was made on the
appropriation bill and It ’ probably
will "be passed Tuesday clearing the
way fo rlmmedlate consideration of
the senate substitute for the army in-
crease measure In view of the
general support that is now being giv-
en to national defense projects tbe
prospects are good for passage of the
bill probably amended considerably
within a few weeks
Senator Williams of Mississippi
in an extended argument gave notice
he would fight all per capita pay-
ni nts to the Choctaws end Chickasaw
In tlie future until some provision
was maed for the ChoctawB In Miss-
issippi Senator Varda in of Mississippi al-
so spoke on the same subject but
Senators afollette and Gronna who
conducted the flllibuster against the
Indian appropriation bill at the last
session on account of the payment
made n protest
Senators Owen and Gore replied
to Senator Williams after which the
amendment was adopted by an over-
whelming majority This payment
means the distribution rf $7500000
to the Choctaw and Chickasaw na-
tions probably during the coming
Spring and Summer The Oklaho-
ma delegation has made a hard fight
to win
U D C TO MEET
The United Daughters of Confeder-
acy will meet with Mrs Agnas Hen-
drick Friday afternoon April 7th at
three o'clock P M The subject for
study will be the one arranged for
March In Historical Sins of Omission
and Commission found on Page 23
and 24 Please bring your hooks
with you
THE METHODIST CHURCH
April 2 1916
Last Sunday Mrs H H Mclntlre
made a soul-stirring Missionary ad-
dress The address was educational
and inspiring We regret that our
congregation was not larger but we
appreciate her splendid effort
The services will be regular morn-
ing and evening The Pastor ex-
pects to occupy the pulpit morning
and evening It will be Asbury Day
at our church and the life and char-
acetr of this great man will be dis-
cussed Everybody come to church next
Sunday Let’s make April church-
going month
THE PASTOR
New skirts at E & W
STIGLER TO HAVE LYCEUM
The Lyceum course for Stlgler tills
year was assured Tuesday after a
committee had taken a list of all
who would take tickets The first
number will be in November and the
last will be in March of next year
The tickets are $2
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ONE CENT HALE
The One Cent Sale at Stlgler Drug
Company created quite an interest
Wednesday From the time the
doors opened Wednesday until late
that night people were' taking ad-
vantage of the hundreds of Rexall
bargains which this sale is offering
You pay the regular price for these
articles and then add one cent and
take another All are standard ar-
ticles and well worth the money
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-REE” C'LIR AT MRS Y ELTON
The “Hee” Club met this week on
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Burl
Welton A very enjoyable after-
noon was spent in doing fancy work
etc The hostess served refresh-
ments at the close of the meeting
CARRANZA GIVES HJNSTON PER-
MISSION TO SKIP SUPPLIES
WASHINGTON March 29— One
of the army's most serious problems
In hunting Villa was solved Wednes-
aay when General Carranza granted
tVe renewed request of the state de-
partment for permission to use rthe
Mexican Northwestern railroad in '
carrying out the pursuit General
Carranza received tho new request
Wednesday morning his answer was
in Washington before dark It was
assumed that General Funston might
begin shipment Thursday
Although the army will proceed to
use the railroad on a commercial bas-
is which is construed here as mean-
ing that all service shall be paid for
the state department will negotiate
fjrtlier with Carranza to bring about
a more romplete understanding of the
situation I
CO CLERK
We have in this issue of State Sen-
tinel the name of Franke E Parke
of Stigler to place before the readers
as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk of Haskell County subject to
the action of the Democratic primary
in August
Mr Parke was reared on the farm
When he reached manhood he began
to teach school and came to the In-
dian Territory Later he stood an
examination at Rock Creek near Red
Oak and after completing the re-1
quireinents obtained a first-class cer-
tificate and taught lu the Choctaw
Schools for a number of years He
was later employed in a General
store as salesman and bookkeeper
He lias had experience in nearly all
lines of busluess Mr Parke under-
stands surveying and when the lands
of the Indian Territory were laid
out In sections he was one of the few
men who knew how to locate lands
by the survey All tills experience
makes Mr Parke well qualified to
fill the office of County Clerk to the
satisfaction of each and every man
who believes in honest and efficient
administration of public affairs
As to Mr Parke's politics we wish
to say that he is one of the most loyal
Democrats that the County has Dur-
ing the time the Federal Court held
sway In this country he was frequent-
ly approached by men In the Repu-
blican Party who were prominent
and was told that if he would affili-
ate with them that there were many
important positions he could fill and
draw a good salary but Mr Parke
Informed them that he had faith in
the principles of Democracy and that
he would not sacrifice his principles
for gain When the call was made
for a State Convention one of his
Republican friends who was a prom-
inent lawyer took him Into confidence
and told him that the Republicans
had counted noses and were sure of
winning and that it was his last
chance but again he remained firm
in his convictions
There is no man in the County bet-
ter qualified to fill this office than
Mr Parke and every voter should
give his candidacy consideration at
the Primary
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NOTICE
We wish to notify all parties inter-
ested In the cemetery that same will
be burned off some time soon and if
you have any shrubbery that you
want to save it would be better to go
out and clean up around your lot be-
fore burning Our funds are low
and we cannot hire men to do this
work So please attend to your lots
at once
Stlgler tVintory Association
War department officials were to-
day greatly relieved by the removal
of the necessity fo maintaining a
motor truck supply line over desert
roads for a distance of more than 200
miles While the physical condi-
tion of the Mexican Northwestern Is
not good many bridges having been
destroyed during the years'of revolu-
tion In Mexico army engineers
should have little difficulty in keep-
ing It open
Aside from the railroad problem
details of the protocol suggested by
General Carranza remain to be work-
ed out through diplomatic channels
S ate department officials indicate
however that there Is no reason for
haste in tills connection As was
tho case when American troops cross-
el irto Mexico in pursuit of Gerono-
ino the Apache outlaw years ago the
formal agreement may not be com-
pleted until the expedition has accom-
plished its purpose and returned It
will serve however as the legal basis
for the adjustment of all claims aris-
ing out of the use of American troops
to pursue Villa
In Mexico the agreement is under-
stood to have another object Gen-
eral Carranza is said to desire its
perfection as a definite and binding
understanding with the United Mates
which he can show to his people in
support of his statement that no hov-
eretgn rights of hiB country have been
surrendered or violated
There was no military news Wed-
nesday from the border or expedition-
ary columns General I’ershing'a
reports to General Funston have been
the Important dispatches from the
front that have been forwarded to the
war department Officials viewed
with satisfaction however press re-
ports saying that American troopers
were pressing close on the bandit’s
heels
Medical officers were inclined to
discredit reports of extense sickness
among the troops at the front No
reports of casualties or epidemics
have been received beyond the tense
message Wednesday saying that a
trooper of the Tenth cavalry had died
as a result of injuries received In a
train wreck General Funston has
not asked for any extension of his
base hospital facilities
A state department summary of
dispatches Wednesday reported quiet
in all districts heard from There
are twenty Americans in Durango
and ten more in the outlying districts
of that region
“All are reported well" the state-
ment said “There are eighteen
Americans in the Satillo district at
where railway communication Is now
open in all directions and a big radio
plant In operation
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