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IN TRAIN WRECK
SALLISAW, Okla., Aug. 29.—
Twenty-one people were injured,
several seriously, when southbound
Kansas City Southern pas3enger
train No. 1 was derailed three miles
north of Marble City shortly before
1 o'clock yesterday.
The wreck occurred in a narrow
gorge on the bank of ti'e Sallisaw
Creek. A tall bluff towerpd on one
side of the track, while the creek
flowed at the bottom of a stc j em-
bankment on the other side, 'lne
cause of the accident is not known
officially but it is thought that the
heavy rains in this locality the pant
few days and nights caused the raiH
to spread, or that a broken rail had
caused the accident.
livery car left the track but the
engine and tender remained safe.
The sniokei, containing fifteen pas-
sengers, ,was hurled down the em-
bankment headon into five feet of
water. The chair car followed.
The mail coach was completely over-
turned and two 1'ullman cars left
the track.
The engineer and fireman hurried-
ly disconnected the engine and
rushed into Sallisaw for aid. Five
physicians and one pharmacist were
quickly summoned and rushed to the
scene of the catastrophe.
The work of the rescuers was
greatly hampered by the lack of light
and the heavy rain. The night was
dark and nothing could be seen
without the aid of the engine search-
light and the few lanterns. Five
people were rescued from Sallisaw
Creek, where they were clinging to
bits of wreckage farther down the
stream.
Between thirty and forty men,
women and children were riding in
the chair car when the wreck oc-
curred. They were all thrown for-
ward and the passengers who fell
underneath were severely cut and
bruised.
The physicians tendered first aid
to the injured who were rushed to
the hospital as soon as their suffer-
ings were allayed somewhat. Some
of the injured were taken back up
the track twenty-two' mile;: to Stil-
well, three v < re taken to Marble
Cit>, ,;nd the rest were brought into
Sallisaw. A hospital train collected
the injured yesterday afternoon and
took th< m all into the railroad hos-
pital at Fort Smith.
Ii is not believed by the physicians
that any of the injured would die
but it was stated that some of the
passengers were injured seriously
and the cases might prove fatal.
BURNING OIL STOVE
IS CAUSE OE ALARM
(From Friday's Daily Arrow).
A fire alarm was sounded this
morning to which the department
promptly responded at the home of
Rev. Joe Thompson. Mr. Thompson
had started to light an oil stove in
the kitchen and having lighted the
generator was called to the front
door where, in conversation with a
caller, he forgot the stove. The
wind was blowing toward the stove,
which caused the flame to go higher
than usu il, the flame reaching the
tank, setting the oil on fire. Tne
blaze shot high and matters looked
serious for a while, but with as-
sistance the stove was carried out
and no damage was done.
\HHESTED ioi: It I HGI.ABY.
SCHOOL MINGS
10 BE FEATURES
One of the most interesting fea-
tures in the coming agricultural
campaign in Eastern Oklahoma will
be the meetings at the schools. The
question of teaching agriculture in
the schools is attracting attention
in all parts of the country, and the
movement is strong in Eastern Ok-
lahoma. Tulsa is one of the larger
centers that is going to tmvc an
agricultural course in its High
School.
The meetings at the sciiools in
the campaign will be largely for the
purpose of showing the importance
of the modern methods in educa-
tion, the bringing about of a system
of teaching that will actually train
the child for the duties of life.
Practical teaching is regarded as the
keynotes of this new movement, .be-
cause it trains the whole child—the
mind and body at the same time— |
it teaches in terms of the child's
life so that the child understands
and is interested in what he is learn-
ing, and it teaches the boy and girl
to think in terms of action. "Drud-
gery," says Frof. Holden, "is only
work without motive. Work is al-
ways enjoyed when there is a mo-
tive behind it. The practical edu-
cation is a kind that motivizes scnool
work, and what is more it vilnMie*
school work. It gives strength
through doing something worth
while, nnd it makes better citizens
—physically, spiritually, intellectu-
ally."
The statistics are rather amazing
when it comes to the number of
pupils who drop out of school work.
Out of every 100 pupils who enter
school, only 8 ■ raduate from High
School. The schools have been
compared to a man who starts to
the creamery with 100 pounds of
milk and loses 92 pounds on the
way. Such figures as these show
that every year nearly 3,000,000
children go out into the world to
fill positions for which they are not
fitted. The fact tliat there are more
than 10,500,000 people in the Unit-
ed States engaged in agriculture—
more than in any other industry
shows that the teaching of agricul-
ture in the schools is a vital neces-
sity, say modern educators. The
increase of agricultural schools and
the agricultural courses in the regu-
lar schools is astonishing. In 1908
there were only 513 college;; nnd
High Schools teaching agriculture.
This year there are nearly 4,000—
eight times as many as there we re
six years ago.
In the coming campaign special
work will be outlined that can be
tflade to dovetail into the regular
school courses—courses that will
train the head to think, to plan and
to reason; the heart to be kind, true
and sympathetic; and the hands to
be skillful and useful and the body
to resist disease and enjoy life.
"Citizens, not systems," will he
the slogan of this educational work
in the campaign.
Hl'KULAHV.
(From Saturday's Daily Arrow.)
Burglars entered the S. R. IJobbs
home Thursday night tiy opening
the back door, which was not locked.
' in the darkness they came to a fold-
ing door which they failed to open,
and their efforts in that endeavor
awo'ke Mrs. Dobbs, who with a re-
volver in her hand waited for tliem
to come through. After their fail-
ure in this Mrs. Dobbs fired the re-
volver the noise of which frightened
them away. Nothing thus far has
been missed and it is supposed that
they got nothing.
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(From Friday's Daily Arrow)
Miss Vera Gourd delightfully en-
tertained Thursday evening at the
beautiful home ,of Mr. and Mrs. W. i
H. Wyly. The evening was enjoy-
ed by playing auction bridge, and j
at the close a dainty ioe course was ]
served by the hostess.
The invited guests were Misses
Marie Crew, Ethel Dedman, Eliza
beth Patterson, Leah Wyly, Ne'I
Staplet, Madeline and Cherrie Mc-
Spadden, Lucille Markham, Hypatia
Keenan, Viviar Johnston, Ruth Ann
Parks and guest, l-.ee Stigler of Stig-
ler; Messrs. Jack Hunt, Norwood
Peterson, John France, Rothwell
Banker, Earl Gibbs, Bill Hicks, How-
ard I'pton, Thurinau Wyly, Diumui,
Grover Patterson and Karl Mark-
ham.
BARNES BOUND OVER IN SUM OF
$2500 FOR KILLING WOFFORD
Charles Blank and   Snoil-
grass, two members of the Stilwell
baseball team, who played against
the Athletes in this city Thursday
and Friday, and Jiitherto well re-
spected young men of Stilwell, were
arrested here yesterday forenoon by
the chief of police of that city, as-
sisted by Chief Wyly, on thecharge
of burglarizing a hardware store in
Stilwell. Their suit cases were
searched and two guns, six pocket
knives and two razors found. After
the finding of the stolen goods the
young men confessed to the burglary ,
to the officers and were taken back j
to Stilwell by the chief of police to ,
await their hearing.
NO ANGER AGAINST ITALY.
LONDON. Aug. 28.—A dispatch
to th(> Exchange Telegraph Company
from Home says that according to
advices from Vienna, General Con-
rad, chief of the Austrian staff, lias
sent the following message to the
Italian government:
"The reports published in Italy
that Austria-Hungary has aggressive
intentions against Italy in order to
revenge itself for Italy's failure to
participate in the war, are absolute-
ly without foundation and are stig-
matized as malignant efforts put
forth by a thiid party."
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ITS HISTORY A STIMULATION TO THE PRIDE OF 0KLAH0MANS, ITS PROMISES
ALWAYS FULFILLED. ITS CLAIMS NEVER EXAGGERATED
Milo of Exhibit Glories typifying the
agricultural and live itock possibilities of
the great itate of Oklahoma. Dazzling
display! housed in sixty big buildings and
barns. Don't miss the Indian Exhibit
Building and the Automobile Show House.
Many new amusement features import-
ed from abroad this year, including Holland
and Dockriil Greatest Equestrians; Power's
Elephants; Louis D.sbrow and other Auto
Speed Demons, Pain's Fireworks, Hutch-
inson's aeronauts, IbmnirJ Running raits,
Big Football fame, tbc New Biuiidajft Shows-
Fifth Annual Oklahoma Horse Show
THE ARISTOCRATIC FEATURE
FIVE NIGHTS OF SECOND WEEK
OPENING MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 1914
COTTON DEPRESSION
TO HELP Oiil Ell CHOI'S
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, That
the movement for diversified fanning
in the south will be hastened by the
suspension of operations in hun-
dreds of European cotton mills, was
the opinion expressed yesterday by
government officials who took part
in the recent cotton conference here.
Those who have studied prob-
ities facing the cotton grower be-
lieve the present emergency most
probably will result in economic
changes In the south, the growing
of other crops, besides cotton, an
expedition into diversified farming
and agriculutral development along
new lines.
The governm^D* I'j expected to aid
the cotton men i>. every possible
way, but it has been suggested that
with a large part of this year's
yield destined for warehouses, it
will be useless for the planter to
plan for full crops next year. It
was said that suggestions would be
made to tne cotton growers that
they plant cotton in only part oi
the area hitherto devoted to it and
1o try other crops. The economists
here believe if this experiment is
tried, it may prove of great benefit
to the south. I'p to this time, ihey
point out, it has been almost im-
possible to get cotton growers to
plant other crops but faced with the
prospect of no market or a restrict-
ed one, the argument £or diversified
farming may have added weight.
\gailist Dropping of llonib* Made In
I . S. Slate Depart ment.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 K. Y'a-
venith, the Belgian mlnsiter, pre-
sented a protest at the state depart-
ment yesterday against what he
termed a "war against women and
children"—the Zeppelin airship at-
tack on Antwerp. Ten persons were
killed, the minister stated, four of
them women. Eight people were
injured.
Secretary Bryan was very reti-
cent in discussing the attitude of
the United States toward such pro-
tests and intimated that the state
deparment could take no action.
Reported activity of Brand Whit-
lock, the American minister, in offi-
cially protesting to Germany, was
denied by Secretary Bryan.
Official dispatches to the Belgian
legation confirmed the result of the
engagement at Malines on August
24 and 2 5. The Belgian army the
telegram stated, repulsed three di-
visions of Oermans near Vilvorde
east of the railway from Antwerp to
Brussels.
It is understood here that the Her-
man military leaders In the battles
before l.iege and other Belgian cities
gave due notice of their intention
to use airships as is reported by
that article.
C«ARGK A HOY WITH
CHECK KOHHEHIES
VINITA, Aug. 27. 1\. M. Kimp-
ton, age 1 Syears, Is in the county
jail charged with forging a number
of checks and cashing them at va-
rious business houses here.
John Riceman, a well known farm-
er living west of town, was the vic-
tim whose name was on tile checks
The merchants and business men
here all cashed the checks without
the least bit of suspicion and It was
not until the checks reached the
bank that the alleged forgery was
discovered.
GOVERNOR'S SON EliOI'ES.
DENVER, Aug. 29.—News • was
received here yesterday of the mar-
riage of Bruce Amnions, son of Gov-
ernor E. M. Amnions, and Miss Mar-
garet Gates, daughter of Perle E.
Gates of Dolores, Col., a member of
the state legislature.
The couple eloped to Castle Rock,
Col., where they were married. The
families of both were ignorant t of
the marriage until yesterday.
W'HITMK'lv SILENT ON U AH.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Presi-
dent Wilson declared yesterday that
his advices from American Minister
Brand Whitlock at Brussels show
that he "minding his own business,"
and that many published stories of
Mr. Whitlock's activities were "fan-
ciful inventions."
The president said he had not
taken up any protests to the United
States against methods of warfare.
He said he will investigate the
lights of the United States as a neu-
tral power.
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
In the County Court in and for
Cherokee County, State of Okla-
homa.
Iu the matter of the guardianship of
Thelma McMullen, a minor; Ed
Clark, guardian. Probate No. 1770.
Now on this the 28th day of Au-
gust, 1914, Ed Clark, having filed
herein his petition for the sale of
the real estate described In said
petition, for the reasons in saldj
petition stated.
It is ordered that said petition
be, and hereby is set for hearing ou
the 28th day of September, 1914, at
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m., at
which time the next of kin of the
ward and ail persons interested in
the said estate are required to ap-
pear before the court and show
cause, if any they have, why an> or-
der should not be granted for the
sale of so much of the real estate of
the estate of Theltna McMullen, a
minor, as is necessary or benefiicial,
for the reasons in said petition stat-
ed.
It is further ordered that copies
-of this order be posted ill three
public places in this county, one of
which shall be at the court house
and personally served on or mailed
with the postage prepaid to the next
of kin of the ward and allpersons
interested in the estate of the said
minor, and that a copy of this order
be published for two successive
weeks in the Cherokee County Dem-
ocrat of Tahlequah, Cherokee Coun-
ty, Oklahoma.
(SEAL) E. C. McMICHAEL,
County Judge.
J. T. PARKS,
Attorney for Guardian.
(First published September 3,
1914. 4tw.)
KEEPS ITS FROZEN RAHHITS.
PARIS, Aug. 28.—The minister
of agriculture yesterday authorized
the -sale of frozen game in Paris.
Large quantities of frozen rabbits
in normal times are sent from
France to the United States. As a
rule they are kept in cold' storage
until the opening of the game sea-
son; under the present circumstan-
ces they will be used here.
WOM \ N I \s I s 15 I) \\ s
AND LOSES 28 POUNDS
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 31.—Mrs.
Boyd Culver, 41, of Eureka, Mont.,
recently completed a 45-day fast.
She came here suffering from enron-
ic indigestion, and started on the
fast under the direction of Dr. Aub-
rey Dodson.
During the 45-day period Mrs.
Culver ate nothing and drank noth-
ing except water up to the last
week, when she began taking small
quantities of lemon and orange
juice. She lost 28 pounds during
the period, dropping from 115 to 87.
After a week of eating her weight
has increased to lu5. She is entire-
ly cured.
BREVITIES.
(From Saturday's Daily Arrow)
Since The Arrow's report of yes-
terday, in the case of the State of
Oklahoma \s. W. E. Barnes on the
charge of killing Jack Wofford, Au
gust 24, Freda Barnes finished her
testimony and Mrs. Barnes was re-
called for further cross examina-
tion and was asked whether the far
end of the field laying jus', west of
the Barnes home could be seen from
the porch, to which question she
gave a negative answer. She also
testing that the only opening to
the Held was olio gate, located on
the back side of the field.
The next witness called was the
defendant, who testified he was
a farmer and smithy. He had gone
out on horseback in this field, carry-
ing a shotgun, to see whether no
stray stock was therein tnd to per-
haps kill a young squirrel or rabbit.
On hearing voices iu the direction
of his home he hurried thereto. On
reaching the fence, which divides the
field from the road, he dismounted
and leaping over the fence he ran
across the road and to the gate,
through which Wofford was endeav-
oring to push. Barnes grabbed the
reins of the bridle, jerking the mu'e
away and asked Wofford what he
meant and what he was doing there,
to which question Wofford said he
was a traveling man and during
their short conversation Wofford
dared Barnes to shoot him, using
profane language, lie told Wofford
lie did not want to shoot him but
lie would if lie didn't go away and
let him alone. Wofford then threat-
ened to shoot Barnes and made a
play as if reaching for a gun, at
which juncture Barnes fired the
fatal shot.
Thereupon the defense rested ana
the court, iu his decision, held the
prisoner to the next term of district
court in the sum of $2,500 on the
charge of manslaughter in the first
degree, which bond was given and
the defendant released.
WHITE DENIES COMMENT.
COPENHAGEN via London, Aug.
28. Henry White, formerly Ameri-
can ambassador at Paris, has made
a formal denial that he said Ger-
many was not to blame for the war.
This alleged statement has been
widely circulated on the continent.
Mr. White said:
"It is the duty of every American
to be neutral in word as well aB In
deed. No such statement was made
by me. I merely commented upon
the excellent treatment given Amer-
icans by Germans. This has been
uniformly good, though several
Americans did run into trouble.
What the cause of this was I do
not know.
"1 wish to lay emphasis upon the
necessity for a neutral bearing on
the part of Americans. This war
is not their business and they
should keep out of it."
VACATION FOR WILSON.
The more nations declare war
the less their people will declare div-
idends.—Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Tills European war suggests that
maybe the white man's burden is
the white man himself.—Buffalo
Courier.
William Watson's poem. "To the
United States," indicates that he
considers it our duty to cuss some-
one.—Indianapolis Star.
Voliva has declared that no rag-
time must be heard iu the homes in
Zion City. There is evidently more
in this man Voliva than we thought.
—Chicago Herald.
Vincent Astor won a $10 prize an
the best cabbage grower in Newport.
This, however, won't even pay the
wages of the hired man who raised
it.—Detroit Free Press.
American millionaires come over
in the steerage and think it a ter-
rible hardship, but many of their
ancestors came over the same way
and were glad of it.—Washington
Herald.
Of course this will have no bear-
ing ou the Jap-Germaniac war, but
the statistics show that in 1913
there were 41,020 books published
in Japan and only 31,281 iu Ger-
many.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
G. Bernard Shaw says he Is a
cosmopolitan, an anti-vivisectionist,
a vegetarian, a teetotaler, a non-
smoker, an atheist, and a liar. This
will be a surprise to those who
thought he smoked.—Washington
Post.
It has been suggested that there
would not be so many wars if pri-
vate individuals were not permitted
to manufacture war materials. The
trouble is that some governments
would do nothing else.—Philadel-
phia Ledger, , ..
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Presi-
dent Wilson has decided to take a
few days' vacation, the first re-
spite he has had this summer. He
will leave late today for Cornish, N.
H,, to remain until Monday or Tues-
day. Miss Margaret Wilson and
Mrs. F. B. Sayre, his daughters, al-
ready are at Cornish, where the
summer White House has been put
in order.
"GETS-IT," 2 Drops,
Corn Vanishes!
The Only Sure Endcr of All Corns.
Desperate, are you, over trying to
get rid of corns? Quit using old
formulas under new names, bandages,
winding-tapes and cotton rings that
make a fat little package out of your
This la the Crip of the; Happy Corrdeaa
Footcrnity of "GETS-1T "
toe. Quit punishing your feet by
using too-eating salves and ointments.
To uso knives, files. soissoi'3 and
razors, B'.icing and hacking at a corn,
only make it grow faster and bigger.
It also brings danger of bleeding
and blood poison. The new way, the
new principle never known before in
corn-history, is "GETS-IT." It's a
liquid—- drops on a corn does tho
work. Paia goes, tho corn begins to
shrivel and out it comes! You apply
It In two seconds. Nothing to stick,
nothing to hurt, and it never falls.
Try "GETS-IT" tonight o.i corns, cal-
luses, warts or bunions.
"GETS-IT" is sold by druggists
everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent dU
rect by B- lawrence & Co., Chicago,