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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY
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PUBLISHED BY THE ARROW PUBLISHING CO.
Successor to The Tahlequah Arrow and Herald
TAHLEQUAH, OKLA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914.
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR-NUMBER 12
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RICHARD CROKER MARRIES
PRCMINENT CHEROKEE GIRL
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troops retired after
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NEY YORK, Nov. 24.—Richard
Croker, 71 years of age, a former
leader of Tammany Hall, will be
married tomorrow at high noon at
the Savoy hotel in this city, to Miss
Hulah Benton Edmondson, a prom-
inent member of the Cherokee tribe
of Indians, whose home is in Tahle-
quah, Okla.
Hon. W. W. Hastings of Tahlequah,
congressman-elect from the second
Oklahoma district, an uncle of the
bride-to-be, who arrived in the city
this morning, with his daughter,
Miss .Ahniwake, will give the bride
away.
Simplicity will be the key-note of
tiie wedding and only a few of the
intimate frends of the contracting
parties will be present at the nup-
tials.
After the wedding, the couple will
Immediately journey to Palm Beach.
Florida, where they will remain un-
til April, at which time they will
leave for Mr. Croker's castle in Ire-
land.
Miss Bulah Benton Edmondson is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Edmondson, who reside in Okiahomn
near Maysville, Ark. Miss Edmond-
son received her schooling in Tahle-
quah and was a graduate of the
Cherokee National Female Seminary.
After graduating from, the Seminary,
she taught in our public schools until
about live years ago, when she went
to Boston, where she graduated from
the Curry school of expression. She
then returned to Muskogee, where
she acceptcd a position with the
schools in that city as teacher of ex-
pression. After one year's service
she left for New York to study voice
culture and it was while thus en-
gaged she met and captivated the ex-
chief of Tammany Hall.
M'ss Edmondson has a host of
friends and acquaintances in this city
who will join the Arrow in wishing
them happiness unalloyed.
by United States District Attorney J.
/. Bourland of Ft. Smith. Bourland
succeeded in getting the supreme
court to permit the tiling of the ap-
plication, although the time limit for
appeal long has passed. Errors in
the procedure of the lower court
were alleged in the petition.
The penitentiary commission an-
nounced that the resignation of Lu-
ther Castling, electrician, who quit
rather than electrocute the ten men
under sentence, had been accepted,
ti. B. Dempsey of Arkadelphia has
been named electrician.
GERMAN
FLEE
GET
r WILL
ACTIVE SHORTLY
THE HAGl'E, Nov. 28. -Kaiser
William is reported to be at Kiel and
his presence suggests German naval
activity soon. The Baltic ocean will
soon be ice bound.
A I,YIN RICHARDS
FORMS PARTNERSHIP
Alvin Richards, former secretary
of Justice Dunn of the supreme court
and during the recent campaign with
\V. \V. Hastings, has formed a part-
nership with Guy A. Curry of Stigler.
Mr. Richards made quite a number
of friends in the city during his stay
here.
WANT 10 GIVE A
CARLOAD Of FLOUR
At a meeting of the Ministers As-
sociation of Cherokee County, it was
resolved to put forth an effort to
raise 100 barrels of flour to be sent
to the starving women and children
of Belguim. We ask all the papers
of the county, the churches, lodges
and societies to join us in this move-
ment and act with promptness.
Great is the need. Whatever is giv-
en will be conveyed free of charge.
Let us make the minimum amount at
the very least 100 barrels of flour. It
is bread they want and need, not
money, not Christmas toys, etc.
Whatever our county gives will
reach them.
GILBERT I. THOMPSON,
Pres. Ministers Association.
N.E.S.N.GIRIS RUN
OVER OPPONENIS
T.isy won again—the bas-ket ball
girls—when they swamped Fort Gib-
bon high school Wednesday and ran
over Sallisaw on Thanksgiving day.
The N. E. S. N. scoing machine was
in perfcct order. The team was
strengthened by the presence of the
lO.ptain wlii, w! s out of the game last
week and non in a walk-away. The
two big guards, Shelton and Mount,
smothered Hi! tneir opponents' at-
r.-mpts at goat. The centers, Lutz
and Nott, kept the ball in the hands
of their forwards. Sanders played
circles all around her guard; Benge
could net ti<1 S3 a goal. It was a
team of stars who worked together.
At Fcrt (lib" u the gills clearly
outclassed their opponents from the
start. Wlien they got warmed up,
it was a walk-away. Ihe score was
N. E. S. N., 35; Ft. Gibs-m 5
At Sallisaw the girls started out
-lov> . The fist half was clo^. Then
the N. E. S. N. girls woke up and won
the game in a rush. When the final
wi.i'Mle blew the score stool: N. B.
S N , 18. Sallisaw, 4.
Ir looks like a championship team
tnis year. The team ha3 trie stuff
that makes winners.
GOOD RAIN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. General
ICnieliano Zapata, whose forces oc-
: cupy Mexico City, has assured the
! l'nited States government, through
! American Consul Silliman, that for-
' >'igners w ill be given every protection
; and that his troops will continue to
; preserve order.
The general has restored the tram
; car properties, confiscated by the
constitutionalists, to the owning cor-
poration, and restoed tb> property
of an American named Hill, which
had also been taken.
THE fRUIT TREE
PLANTING DAY
"Fruit Tree Day" has a pleasant
sound to the ear of every man. If
sounds like apples and plums and
pears and peaches and cream to mo.
Yes, and grapes and cherries and
apricots and, well time would fail
me to tell of all that enterprising
men have raised right outside, their
own doors and almost beside our
doors right here in Cherokee county.
We have folks in Tahlequah who
were foresighted enough a few- years
ago to plant fruit trees and for the
last several years some of us have
been glad to buy their surplus. Well,
everybody in Tahlequah should have
had all the fruit that they could use
grown on their own property and
also had a surplus to sell. Instead
of that, this very year we, as a city,
have sent at least $5000 of our good
money over into the adjoining state
1 of Arkansas. We believe in inission-
I ary work, hut that, it should begin
| at home. We need that money. We
; could have had every dollar of it to
buy shoes and chothes and meat if
I we had had a little foeslght a few-
years ago. Let us plant our fruit
trees now, so that we will soon have
apples and plums and grapes to sell
and have no need of buying from
others. December 11th is the day.
The Civic League will attempt to see
every man and woman in the city be-
fore that date so that they can get
them to buy trees and vine* for Tree
Planting Day. Even if you are a
renter be public spirited enough to
plant a tree. Our business ijien are
always putting out money |in cit>
bands and fairs and schools and every
thing that helps make this a town
that you want to live in; now is your
chance to show that you appreciate
it. Help make Tahlequah a better
city, a fairer city, a city where it is
cheape to live because everybody will
have all the fruit they need. Plant
a tree at least.
OKLAHOMA "JIM CROW" LAW
HELD VALIO OY HIGH COURT
that the Turkish army operating
against the Russians is retreating on
Erzerouni.
The press bureau says the sultan
of Turkey has received a pledge of
allegiance subscribed by the Egyp-
tian notables.
FORTUNE SETTLED IT"v
DICK CROKER'S 111!IDE
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 2.—Accodin?
to Mrs. Grville 1). Brown, mother of
Miss Ethel Brown, bribesniatd for
Beulah Edmondson, in addition to
Richard Croker's gill of a pearl dog
collar to his bride, he settled $500,-
000 on her in bonds. Her baughter,
the bridesmaid, ha* men invited to
spend the winter at the Florid* reM
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Croker, she
said.
DRAY CHANGES HANDS
(From Tuesday's Daily Arrow)
J. L. McDaniel yesterday sold his
dray business to.V. L. Maples of West-
ville, who took charge of the busi-
ness today. Mr. Maples will continue
t.ie business under the old name,
"City Dray and Transfer" and will,
when not busy, be found in front of
the postoffice. ready for business. He
will also use the old phone number
of 20.
OKLAHOMAN CALLS
ON COMM. SELLS
Washington, Dec. 1.—The judg-
ment of the Oklahoma federal courts,
which refused to enjoin the opera-
tion of the Oklahoma Jim Crow law,
was affirmed today by the supreme
court. The lower court held the law
constitutional, notwithstanding the
section which provides sleeping, par-
lor and chair cars for whites alone.
Justice Hughes, speaking for a ma-
jority of the supreme court, declined
to agree with that contention, how-
ever, and a decree was not issued be-
cause the case set forth the rights of
the negroes too generally.
Chief Justice White and Justices
Holmes, Lamar and McReynolds join-
ed the other justices in affirming the
decision of the lower court, but did
not concur with tho holding on the
constitutionality as it refers to rail-
road cars.
Although a majority of the court
expressed the opinion that the law
was invalid that was not decreed be-
cause of the error in the previous
proceedings.
IH'RNS MAY AF-
FECT MAN'S SIGHT
SAPULPA, Okla., Dec. 2.—Ed
Perry, 27 years old employed by the
American Nitroglycerin company,
may lose his sight as the result of an
accident in the Glenn Pool oil field
yesterday. While working near a
gasoline engine the fly wheel broke.
Perry was hurled to the ground and
enveloped in a mass of flames. His
fr>ce and arms were seriously burn-
ed.
ATTEMPTED TO DYNAMITE
PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC
MANY ENROLLED
FOR WINTER TERM
The winter term of the Northeast-
ern State Normal opened Monday
with more students than were riiiol-
led a year ago at this time. After
the Christmas holidays many more
will enter. A number of students at-
tending during the term just closed
have accepted tcacliing positions for
several months, expecting to return
to the Normal in the spring.
One change has been made in the
faculty. Miss Mary E. Whetsell lias
been selected to till the vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation of Miss Ethel
Hoffman, primary critic. Miss Whei-
sell came here from Muskogee where
she was employed'as primary teacher
in the city schools. She is a graduate
of the Iowa State Teachers' College.
Great preparations are being made
for the unveiling Friday of the Flor-
ence Wilson monument. State Sup-
erintendent of Public Instruction R.
H. Wilson, E B. Howard, member
of the state board of affairs, and oth-
er officials of the state have announc-
ed their intention to be here on that
occasion. Congressman-elect W. W.
Hastings is also to be present and de-
liver one of the principal addresses.
SAYED FROM ELECTRIC
CHAIR BY Ij.VW MOTION
(From Wednesday's Dally Arrow)
Over an inch of rainfall last night
is the cause of much rejoicing among
the formers and stockmen of this
vicinity. The fall will be of excep-
tional benefit to the wheat,' which
was reported as suffering.
NEW CONCRETE CROSSING
A new concrete crossing connect-
ing the sidewalk In front of the
Gatenb.v property on North Muskogee
Ave., with the foot-bridge leading to
the Normal, is one of the latest im-
provements, by the city, which will
be thoroughly appreciated by the
Normal students.
MISSION IS TO RESTORE
ORDER, SAYS VILLA
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 2.—
Neal McLaughlin, convicted of as-
saulting a young white woman near
Ozark Ark., was saved from the elec-
tric chair in the state prison today
when motion for a new trial was filed
MEXICO CITY, via El Paso, Tex.,
Dec. 2.—General Villa entered the
capital yesterday at the head of
about 25,000 toops. He arrived dur-
ing the afternoon in the suburbs,
where he remained buring the even-
ing receiving delegations and foreign
consuls. Villa will not enter the
capital part of the city until the ar-
rival of Provisional President Gut-
ierrez.
General Villa issued the following
statement to the Associated Press:
"My only mission is to restore or
der in Mexico and not to take per-
sonal revenge on anyone. I promise
that order will be restored at once. I
am acting as the subordinate of Pro
visional President Gutierrez and the
national convention.
"The provisional president is now
the supreme power in Mexico and I
am merely acting as field commander
of the armies. All foreigners and
foreign property will be protected."
Villa left Tula early today after
receiving news of the capture of Pa
chuca by the cavalry brigade of Gen-
REVENUE SUMPS
A somewhat serious condition con-
cening the war tax stamps is facing
the dealers: It is a crime to dis-
pose of certain articles, especialy in
drug stores where cosmetics are sold
without these sta.npp. The pres-'
eui slock may be disposed of by
the dealers affixing the revenue
stamp. But stamps are not avail-
able, none having been received here
yet, so that, mylady, who chances to
be out of these artificial adornments
must wear her God-given beauty in-
stead of art. Aild let us pray that
for this purpose stamps will be slow
in arriving, as a woman never looks
so well as when she looks natural.
The law goes into effect today aud
every bill of lading, every telegram,
every note, mortgage, almost every-
legal paper except receipts, and hun-
dreds of other papers and bills must
according to law, have a revenue
stamp affixed. Ignorance of the law
or failing to comply with the law, a
heavy line and imprisonment is the
penally, and no one is anxious to in-
cur the danger of the penalty, so the
railroads are refusing to accept ship-
ments unless the stamps are affixed
to the bills of lading. It has been
generally supposed that a supply of
stamps would be on hand to be sold
through the postoffice but they have
not arrived and the postmaster could
not handle them without orders from
tho department. It. may caues some
trouble for a few days, but before
long matters will have been straight-
ened out, business men and the peo-
ple in general will understand and
the. matter of putting a stamp upon
all our doings will have become a
habit.
W. W. Hastings, the man who
gave away the bride at the wedding
of former Tammany chief Croker
and Miss Bulah Edmondson In New
York yesterday, came to Washington
today to call on his old friend, In-
dian Commissioner Cato Sells. Mr.
Hastings is Mrs, Croker's uncle. Mr.
Sells assured a Star reporter that Mr.
Hastings is "the classiest Indian in
Oklahoma."
Bride Not a Full-Rliiod Indian
The new Mrs. Croker is a Chero-
kee Indian of the Five Civilized |
Tribes, but not full-blooded by any
means, as she numbers among her
forefathers an English army officer ,
and an English nobleman. She has
been interested in music and similar
forms of art, studying at a Boston
institution until recently.
"I haven't the slightest idea how
she became acquainted with Mr.
Croker," said her uncle, Mr. Hast-
ings, today. "The first idea I had of
it was two weeks ago. She sent me
a telegram asking if I would give her
away at this wedding. No an-
nouncement had been made, so I kept
the matter to myself."
Member of Next Congress
Mr. Hastings was asked to describe
the wedding, but he merely said:
"It.was a large wedding. Twenty-
five people were there."
Mr. Hastings will be a member of
Congress from the new Muskogee
district of Oklahoma In the next. Con-
gress, sitting with the democrats. He
looks more like the popular idea of
an Indian than he looks like the pop-
ular idea of an inhabitant of Mars.
However, he Is 'big medicine' among
the Cherokees, as he represented
them as attorney for years, appear-
ed before the supreme court of the
United States in their behalf, and
never lost a case for them there, he
says. He attended to their intricate
affairs in closing up their business
when the five civilized tribes were
enacted into full citizenship and re-
ceived land allotments.—Washington
Star, November 27.
London, I>ec. 1.—A Lima, Peru,
dispatch to the Central News, says
thai a special train from Callao, on
which Dr Jose Pardo, ex-president
of Peru, was a passenger, was dyna-
mited Sunday. The ex-president es-
caped but six others were injured.
TAKE BETTER Al
BEFORE YOU SHOOT
Careless hunting by a few hunt-
ers who shoot at anything that moves
has a tendency to make it unpleas-
ant for those who use care and are
sure what they are shooting at be-
fore pulling the trigger. Recently
a valuable mare belonging to Dr. R.
L. Fite was found dead in the pas-
ture with a bullet wound as the
cause. This carelessness has caused
Dr. Fite to forbid hunting on his
farms. This order acts against all
hunters, whether careful or careless.
And no one can blame the doctor. A
man with a gun con not be too care-
ful which way he points it.
BRITISH TO SOUTH AFRICA
COURT RECEIVES FRANK CASE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Leo M.
Frank's application for a review of
his conviction in Georgia courts for
the murder of Mary Phagan. an At-
lanta factory girl, came before the
entire supreme court after having
been denied by two individual jus-
tices, one of whom expressed the
opinion that Frank had not had due
process of law.
Chief Justice White received the
motion, saying only that the court
would take the papers. A decision
may be announced next Monday.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
HOLDING MISSION
Don't forget the meetings at the
All Saints Episcopal church, being
held this week.
Rector H. E. Martin last night de-
livered a very interesting sermon on
"Who, Where and What Relates to
the Christian Life and the Undivided
Relation to Christ and His Church?"
Tonight he will take up the ques-
tion "What Will We Do With the
Man Called Christ "
Tomorrow night tlie subject will
be "Ease in Zion."
Friday evening the Right Rever-
end T. P. Thurston will be present
and address the meeting.
Reverend Martin is a very inter-
esting speaker and it will pay every-
one to hear him. Services begin
promptly at 7:30 o'clock each even-
ing.
W A IE CONTRACTS TO ST. LOUIS
ltOCKHILL TO PEKING
BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville,
N. Y., Dec. 2.—The official press bu-
reau announced today that it had re-
ceived advices from Rotterdam that
England was soon to send a part of
her new army to South Africa. The
remainder of the British reinforce-
ments, it is said, are destined for the
continent.
The Turkish general staff. It is re-
ported from Constantinople, denies
St. Louis, Nov. 30.—Bids for 1,-
700,000 flannel army shirts for the
allied army were submitted by sever-
al local firms to representatives of
the British war department here Sat-
urday. It is believed tEie contract,
which is to be given early this week,
will amount to more than $2,000,000
A contract for 7,000 sets of har-
ness, costing $175,000, was granted
to a St. Loujs manufacturer by rep-
resentatives of the allies. Several
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 28.—
William Woodvllle Rockhill, former
United States minister to China, ar-
rived tu San Francs.:o today on his
was to Peking, China, where he will
become one o." tin confidential ad- shipments of saddles will begin this
visors of President Yuan Shi Kai. week. Another firm announced it
Mr. Rock'nll has been associated had just shipped 43.000 suits of un-
intimately with Oriental affairs' foriderwear for army use to Amsterdam
thirty years. and 12,000 blankets to Mexico.
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