Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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CHEROKEE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY
DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED BY THE ARROW PUBLISHING CO.
Successor to The Tahlequah Arrow and Herald
TAHLEQUAH, OKLA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915.
TWENTY NINTH YEAR-NUMBER 33
CHEROKEE PROGRAM WILL
BE STAGED IN MUSKOGEE
WIRE IS
BARNEY DEDEIEED?
The entertainment committee of
the Southern Commercial Congress
in Muskogee has arranged with a
number of young people In Tahle-
quah for a program of Cherokee
songs, legends and stories to be pro-
duced at the Hinton theatre. Mus-
kogee, this evening at 8 o clock.
It is a complimentary entertainment
given by the citizens of Muskogee
to the delegates of the Com'mercial
Congress and tickets have been is-
sued only for delegates.
Miss Mary Ellen Chase of the
Northeastern State Normal has di-
rected , its production. J Berry
King has assisted in arranging the
business part of the program and
through the courtesy of J. P. Thomp-
son of the Sequoyah theatre, the
program was given in Tahlequah
last night, as It will be rendered
for the Commercial Congress in
Muskogee. An admission fee of
fifteen and twenty-five cents was
charged for the purpose of paying
the expenses of the young ladies and
young men who make the trip.
SHEKIKF'S DEPl'TIEH N<>T
MAKING THEIR SALT
This will be a good advertisement j
for Tahlequah and particularly for,
the Northeastern State Normal.
All of the people in the program
are Cherokees with the exception of
Miss Caroline Mourte, who is now
the house guest of Miss Ross. Miss
Mourie is the daughter of a Pawnee
chief and protege of Schuman-
Heinke. Her contribution to this
concert will be quite a help.
The program follows:
Part 1.
Morning Song.—Messrs. Sanders
and Tyner, assisted by Misses
Fite, Ross, Mourie and Thorne
How the Earth was Made.—Miss
Ross
Group of Songs.—Miss Mourie
Origin of the Beaver, the Ground-
hog and Green Corn Dance.—
Miss Ross
The Soul of the Indian.—Miss Fite
Stomp Dance.—Messrs. Sanders
and Tyner, assisted by Misses
Fite, Ross. Mourie and Thorne
Part 2.
Indian Phantom Kroeger
Miss Anna Mae Thorne
Indian Love Story.—Miss Ann
Ross
Group or Songs.—Miss Caroline
Mourie ' ,
Ojistah Pauline Johnson
Miss Kathryn Fite
Kvening Song.—Messrs. Sanders
and Tyner, and Misses Fite,
Ross, Mourie and Thorne
CMTIE DIPPERS
ARE AE "
The regular depuEy sheriffs have
had poor sledding, financially, this
month and are reported as having
turned their attentions lor the
present toward farming where they
can be more certain of a living.
One deputy will collect less than
$4 for time put in on criminal work
and the other less than $1. This
is due to the fact that Sheriff
Davidson, who is working on a
salary, is doing practically all the
work in the field and keeping down
the office expenses as much as pos-
sible.
The deputies work on a fee sys-
tem and only draw pay when or-
dered out by the sheriff and during
dull season between the holding of
court have but very little to do
with the field work as the sheriff
has time to relieve them of the
burden.
Cherokee program at Sequoyah
tonight.
COUNTY DEPUTY
WARDENS NAMED
DDSY
Cattle dipping is tha order of the
day in this county and the appoint-
ed dippers are busy attending to the
demands of the cattlemen in all sec-
tions of the county.
Only a few have refused to com-
ply with the law and these have
been attended to by Sheriff Davidson
who is required to do the dipping
at the owner's expense when the
owner refuses.
James Parris, who is working in
the first district was in the city over
night after supplies and is dipping
in the vicinity of Terrisita today.
Yesterday he reports a splendid
dipping at Lowrey where practically
every bovine in that section < •
1,1 James Nichols of Hulbert whois
looking after the work in the south
end and Mr. Craddock the 8°vern"
ment inspector are likewise busy
and are reported to be progressing
nicely with their work.
FLORIDA LEGISLATORS
TURN DOWN THE SIM'S
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 28.—
The lower house of the Florida
legislature yesterday rejected a reso-
lution to submit the proposed con-
stitutional amendment providing
equal suffrage to the voters at the
1916 election. The resolution lack-
ed 14 votes of the necessary three-
fifths. It received 31 votes to -4
against.
CHOIR NOTICE.
Unlawful hunting and fishing is
going to stop in Cherokee and all
other Oklahoma counties if the state
game department and local sheriff's
force has anything to do with it. At
the request of Sheriff Davidson and
recommendation of County Attorney
Vance, fifteen citizens, competent to
assist in the enforcement of the
laws, have been appointed by State
Game Warden Geo. B. Noble, to as-
sist in ridding the county of people
who persist in violating the laws.
Following is a list of the newly
appointed deputys who have re
ceived commissions: John A. Con-
nor and J. B. Moore, Tahlequah;
John C. Sanders, Wauhillau; Wm.
Littlefield, Peggs; Jack Parris, Gid-
eon; James Nichols and R. F. King,
Hulbert; Lee Sanders, Ray. Drue
Simms, Eureka; W. C. Box, Ozark;
J G. Briggs, Eldon; W. R. Hinton
and Wm. Turner, Welling, and W.
K. Carlile, Cookson.
"FOOLISH THING"—WARREN.
PITTSBURG, Kan., April 28.—
Upton Sinclair's suit for $12,000
against Fred D. Warren, former
editor of the Appeal to Reason and
noted socialist leader, was filed In
the Crawford county district court
at Girard Monday aft. moon. Hubert
Lardner of Fort Scott, attorney for
Sinclair, reconsidered a plan to
start the action in the federal court
at Fort Scott and filed in the state
court in the home of Warren.
Sinclair asks $7,000 for writing a
novel entitled "Millennium," which
lie alleges Warren accepted to use.
He also asks $5,000 which he says
he would have received in royalties
had Warren published the novel in
book form, as it is alleged he agreed
to do. Mr. Warren would not dis-
cuss the suit at his home Monday
night.
"It's jUht one of those foolish
things which come along in a life-
time," he said.
Unless Barney Oldfleld be super-
human In more ways than In the
ability to push his racing auto over
a race course he cannot be omni
present. He has been at the Okla-
homa City races and here is what
a communication from that city has
to say about his intentions last Tues-
day:
Special to the Arrow.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 26.—
"We'll try it again Thursday, April
29," announced the directors of the
Southwest Auto Racing association,
after their third unsuccessful effort
to pull off the scheduled 200-mile
championship automobile road race,
for the $5,000 purse, which was
originally set for April 2 2 and sub-
sequently postponed to last Friday
and Sunday.
"You fellows certainly are game
and you deserve the support of the
racing drivers," said Barney Old-
lleld, world's master driver, who lias
entered his Maxwell record-breaker
in the contest. "I'm going to can-'
cen two other engagements in order
to stick this out."
"Count me in too," said Lou.s
Disbrow, world's track champion,
who hopes to send his Simplex in-
to first place Thursday. * * *
Then concerning Barney Oldfleld
we find the following in the Mus-
kogee Phoenix of Tuesday:
HARNEY OLDFIELD
SURE TO HE HERE
The entertainment committee an-
nounced last night that Barney Old-
field would positively appear this
afternoon at the fair grounds. For
a time it was feared that the track
was too soft for the racer but the
ground was firm last night. A big
force of men will drag it today to
get it in the best of condition. Old-
field will race in his automobile
against DeLloyd Thompson in an
aeroplane, the latter performing sen-
sational flying stunts in addition.
Local races will also be a feature.
If Oldfleld tarries at Oklahoma
City ho -.vIi 1 hardly race at Mus-
kogee. If he is at Muskogee, is Ok-
lahoma City trying to fool the peo-
ple? Looks to us as though some
one is faking. Is it Barney Oldfleld
or one of the two cities claiming
him?
VITAL STROGGLES NOW IN
PROGRESS IN TWO SECTIONS
CROWDS FROM TAHLEQUAH
DAILY ATTEND CONGRESS
MAY
GEORGIAN SETS NEW MARK.
MACON, Ga., April 27.—Walter
Robinson of Georgia, holder of the
S. I. A. A. record foi the high jump,
set a new figure for that event at
the Georgia colleges' meet here Sat-
orday. Ho cleared the bar at 5
feet, 11 3-4 inches, beating his for-
mer record by half an inch.
AIRMAN SAYS VILLA
DID NOT RETREAT
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 27.—.
Major Eduardo de Bequer of the
conventionalist army and second in
command of the Villa aviation
corps, ^arrived here Sunday nignt
from Aguas Calientes and issued the
All members of the Sunday morn-
ing choir of the Methodist church
are requested to be at the chuicli
at 7:15 this evening.
JURY IS NOT WANTED NOW.
PITTSBURG, Kan., April 28.—
Lawyers for Antone Menghini, for-
mer mayor of Frontenac, withdiew
their application for a trial by jury,
when the case against Menghini, who
is' charged with hauling voters to the
polls in violation of the law, came
up in a justice court Monday. The
lawyers claimed the socialist justice
had summoned only socialists for the
jury. .
Mayor Menghini was the only
person arrested in the state on a
charge of violation of the law. He
was using his own car and asserts
the law does not prohibit that.
THE WILHELM HAS INTERNED.
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Com-
mander Thierfelder, commander of
the German commerce raider Kron
Prinz Wilhelm, late Monday in-
formed Collector of Customs Hamil-
ton at Newport News, Va., that he
would Intern his ship, Tor the war,
in American waters.
The commander presented this
"Herewith I Have to officially in-
form you that I intern.
The Wilhelm, after repairing at
the shipvard and loading quantities
of supplies, began taking on three
thousand tons of coal at the local
docks Monday. Rumors that she
would attempt a dash to sea past
the allied warships waiting off the
Virginia capes had been current all
day.
following statement:
"1 am authorized lo say that the
.eports published about General
Villa's retreat are false, for I was
with the forces of the division of
the north. He has not evacuated
Aguas Calientes nor called his
forces to Torreon, but is at Aguas
Calientes and within seven days or
earlier he will advance against
Obregon. He dropped back fiom
Celaya to mobilize his infantry and
other arms of service. 1 can vouch
for the fact that up to Friday Villa
and Angeles wers working in har-
mony and conferring together in
matters pertaining to their forces
and there was no friction."
Large crowds from Tahlequah are
In attendance at the Southern Com-
mercial Congress in Muskogee every
day and all report the affair very
interesting and entertaining.
Governor Hamlin of the federal
reserve board was the principal
talker yesterday. Mr. Hamlin was
scheduled for a talk Friday but on
account of other engagements the
committee was forced to advance
his talk.
Tomorrow will be the big day for
Tahlequah people as the band will
go over in full uniform to compete
for the $100 cash prize to the best
•amateur band. Misses Fite and
Ross from this city and Mi=s Mourie
of Pawnee, will also stage their per-
formance in the evening at the Hin-
ton theatre.
ID EIOED ANNUAL
PICNC
The Alumni and Alumnae as-
sociations of the old Cherokee Na-
tional Male and Female Seminaries
will hold their annual picnic on the
seventh day of May at the old Semi-
nary ruins at Park Hill. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend, as-
pecially the citizens of Tahlequah
and Park Hill. There is only one
stipulation—bring a well filled
basket.
Below you will find the program
to be carried out in the afternoon,
be sure to arrange to be there.
Respectfully,
MRS. R. L. FITE.
President Alumnae Association.
Master of Ceremonies
Rod Richards
Address of Welcome W. W. Ross
Response Mrs. R. L. Fite
Indian Schools A. S. Wyl/
Vocal Solo Mrs. H. B. Smith
What We Owe Our White Brother
Mrs. Tom McSpadden
The Achievements of the Indian
O. H. P. Brewer
Our May Day Picnic
Miss Ella Mae Covel
Our Prominent Fullblooda
Hon. W. W. Hastings
The Normal, and What Teachers
Can Gain at the Summer Term
G. W. Gable
Chorus Euterpean Club
A meeting of the organization
will be held at 11 a m. All old
pupils of these schools are urged to
attend.
Papers please copy.
MIES. TAFT'S SISTER WEDS.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 28.—
A message from Washington an-
nounced the marriage Monday of
Henry F. Lippltt, United States sen-
ator from Rhode Island, and Mrs.
Thomas K. Laughlin, a sister of
Mrs: William H. Taft. .
The ceremony, performed by the
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of
St. John's Episcopal church, was at-
tended only by a few relatives of the
bridal couple.
LONDON, April 28.—On the nar-
row, rocky Galilpoll peninsula in
Turkey and on a restricted front
stretching northward from Ypres In
Belgium two of the most vital strug-
gles of the war are now In progress.
Neither struggle has yet reached a
stage which would permit of a pre-
diction of the ultimate result.
In the Galilpoll peninsula fighting
a picturesque assortment of allied
troops landed on Sunday, supported
by the fire of the warships and are
trying to batter their way through
thousands of German officered
Turks in an effort to force the Dar-
danelles—the main gateway of the
Ottoman empire—and reach Con-
stantinople.
According to fhe British claim
the attack is progressing but a
Turkish communication received
Tuesday night declares that al-
though the allies landed forces at
four points, these forces are being
beaten back to the coast while the
moslems In the French ranks are
deserting the tricolor and casting
their lot with the corelig'onlsts.
Equally contrdlctory are official
statements concerning the fighting
in the vicinity of Yrres. It would
appear that the German offensive
north of that city, which resulted in
their recent gain of nearly three
miles has reached its limit and that
although the Germans hold most of
the ground they gained, the question
now is whether they have sufficient-
ly consolidated the new line to re-
tain it.
The rush over, the British troops
are now said to have taken the of-
fensive and are striking toward St.
J ti lien, which the Germans captured
while liie French on the British left
not only have pushed the Germans
from Lizerne, their new lodgment
on the west bank of the canal near-
est Calais but have crossed the
canal and hold Het Sas on *.he east
bank.
The German official communica-
tion of Tuesday, which reports no
progress of the German troops ad-
mits that the British took the of-
fensive toward St. Julien but In-
sists that the successive attacks
broke down.
Some sections of the British press
profess the belief that the crisis in
the new battle or series of battles
for the French coasts are passed,
out. others are of the opinion that
the end is not yet.
"The fate of Galals still hangs In
the balance," the Evenings News
says. "The Germans are not. dis-
heartened. They are not starving
and they are capable of a great sus-
tained offensive in Flanders."
MISS LU
CALIFORNIA TO STAGE
RAISIN DAY APRIL 30
JOHN BUNNY IS DEAD.
z
FRESNO, Cal., April 28.—Cali-
fornia invites the world to this city
on April 30, California Raisin Day.
Twelve counties in this state pro-
duce practically all of the raisins
that grow in the United States, and
this year they are uniting in a
gigantic celeWfclion to be sfaged in
Fresno, th# of the raisin in-
dustry.
The big features are a mammoth
parade and an elaborate pageant.
Arrangements are being made to
accommodate 50,000 spectators.
Eight counties of the San Joa-
quin Valley will each send a queen,
who with her court and maids will
occupy an elaborate float. In the
parade will be fifteen valley in-
dustries and over 1000 decorated
automobiles. Two thousand men.
women and dancing girls will par-
ticipate in a pageant play, "Dionysus
and the Raisins."
The railroads running into the
interior of California have granted
special low rates and expect to haul
between 75,0D0 and 100,000 to the
Raisin city for the big celebration
on the last day of April.
NEW YORK, April 28.—John
Bunny, whose antics as a moving
picture comedian have made mil-
lions laugh, died at his home in
Brooklyn Monday. He had been 111
for about three weeks of a complica-
tion of diseases. Members of his
family were with him when he died.
For a week he had apparently been
on the mend. A strenuous month
of work, it is believed, caused the
breakdown which resulted in his
death.
John Bunny was 52 years old.
For twenty-nine years he had been
before the footlights before he en-
tered the moving picture field four
years ago. During his career as an
actor he had leading roles with many
old-time stars, among them being
Annie Russell. He had attained
countrywide popularity as an actor
before he achieved his greatest suc-
cess on the screen.
Mr. Bunny was born in New York
city of English parents, was edu-
cated In the Brooklyn public schools
and was a clerk In a general store
until he went, on the stage at the
age of 19. In the moving picture
world he was regarded, for a time,
I as the country's leading comedian.
He was said to have received more
than the president of the United
States in salary and royalties. The
amount of his compensation was
never divulged to the public. He
was buried in Brooklyn ,
REPRESENT NORMAL
Miss Lerah LuEz won out in the
reading contest held at the Normal
last night and will represent that
institution at the state contest which
will be held at the Normal Friday
night.
Six applicants were present and
contested for the honor and all are
reported to have dono admirably
weli, so well, in fact, that it was
only after figuring the points to the
minutest detail that the decision
was reached.
The other lady contestants from
the various state Normals will ar-
rive, accompanied by their chaper-
ones, Friday, and while here will be
entertained in the homes of Tahle-
quah people. A reception will be
given In their honor by the faculty
sometime during their stay in the
city.
FIVE NEW CARMAN WITNESSES.
NEW YORK, April 28.—It was
reported Monday that five new wit-
nesses, a woman and four men, will
aid the state when Mrs. Florence C.
Carman Is placed on trial again next
Monday at Mineola, on the charge or
murdering Mrs. Louise D. Bailey at
Freeport last June. District At-
torney Smith declined to comment
on the report.
The new witnesses, It was said,
were obtained through the attorney
of William D. Bailey, husband of
the victim, by following up several
of numerous letters addressed to Mr.
Bailey in which were contained of-
fers to give Information for a con-
sideration.
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