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STATE SENTINEL, STIGLER, HASKELL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1918.
STRTB^tlSriNEL
Published every Thursday at its office on
Third Street, one block north-east of the Mid-
land Valley Depot, in the town of Stigler, Okla.
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POSSIBLE TEST THE FIGHTING SIXTEEN KILLEB,
OF GOVERNMENT STRENGTH OF TOE HINT INJURED
UNITED STATES IN EXPLOSION
A bill has been in troduced in the | The following official figures rela-
senatc for the purchase by the gov-jtive to the development of the
eminent of the Virginian railway)
which may put to the touch the sen-
timent, undoubtedly' growing, in fav-
or of government ownership of rail-
roads. It proposes for the govern-
ment to take over the Virginian rail-
fighting strength of the United States
were sent to the State Sentinel by
Congressman Scott Ferris and are
SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 2. A1 !
least Iti persons were killed and 200 j
injured and tile huge plant of the 1
Semet-Solvey company at Split \
Hock, neat' here, virtually wrecked j
the most comprehensive that have'by two explosions of trinitrotuluol
been made public. , iat 9:30 o'clock tonight.
America bas loaned $5,561,029,-
way, a coal carrying line which runs 750 to allied countries.
from Norfolk to the Pocahontas-New | There has been a total of 9,815
I Terrific concussions from the ex-
plosion of the powerful war powder j
.rocked large business buildings in j
River coal field in West Virginia, a
distance of about 375 miles. This
field produces what is called "navy
American casualties from all causes, the center of this city, smashed plat*
I glass windows and caused a panic
,in the residence portion of the town
April 6,1917, at the outbreak of
the war, the American army, all
specification coal," a superior grade i branches, ni/nibered 331,855 men'as though it had been shaken by an!
required by the navy for its speciallartd officers—now have 2,130,000,'earth quake.
uses. The naval base adjacent to|almost half of whom are in France.] The explosion followed a fire that |
Norfolk, which includes Hampton
The general policy and purposes of
the Railroad administration as an-
nounced by Director General McAdoo
may be briefly summarized as fol-
lows:
First, the winning of the war, to
which everything must be subordi-
nated; second, the service of the pub-
lic. which means maintenance and
improvement of railroad properties
so as to provide safe and adequate
transportation fecilities at lowest
cost; third, the promotion of sympa-
thy, understanding, and cooperation
between the administration and the
2,(100,000 railroad employees and the
100,000,000 patrons, which latter in-
eludesevery individual in the nation;
lourth, the application'of sound econ-
omies, including elimination of su-
perfluous expenditures, payment of
just wages, and just and prompt com-
pensation for injuries, economical
purchase of material and equipment
and approved devises for saving life
and labor, economic routing of
freight and passenger traffic, inten-
sive employment of all equipment,
and careful record and scientific
study to secure the greatest effi-
ciency.
The Director General states ' that
while the development of this policy
requires time, great progress has
been made toward the desired goal.
He commends heartily the intelli-
gence .public spirit, loyalty and en-
thusiasm ot the members of the rail-
road administration and the officers
and the employees of the railways.
TO SCHOOIj MSTK1CT
HOARDS OF EDUCATION
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FOH JULY 7, Mil8
I Group two in charge.
I Song service will begin promptly
i at 8:00 p. m.
] Subject: "Taking Care of the
1 Fragments."
| 1. Scripture reading—John 6:12.
I 2. Introduction.
| 3. "Taking Care of thtf Frag-
ments" its application to the indi-
vidual.
t. Fragments of strength.
5. To' society.
(I. To the nation.
7. To the Kingdom.
X. Importance of a 111 m to.
July dues are now payioPe ;aid
each member is kindly requested to
bring his dime.
II. Y. P. I-, motto: "Wo Study
That We May Serve."
11. Y. P. U. aim. T .vining in
Church Memb ■ 0. '
OFFICE OF COUNTY
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEMOCRATIC
STATE SENATOR.
We are authorized to announce
Dr. S. S. Mayfield of Eufaula, McIn-
tosh county, as a candidate for the
nomination to the state senate from
the senatorial district composed of
Muskogee, McIntosh and Haskell
counties, subject to the action of
the democratic primaries.
DISTRICT JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce
E. F. Lester as a candidate for the
nomination to the office of Judge of
the Fifth Judicial District, subject
to the action of the Democratic
primary.
Roads, has become one of the most
important on the Atlantic. The har-
bor facilities are unlimited and eas-
ily defended. The government is
constructing great terminals there.
It has no ice troubles, and is easily
We had 257 forts, cantonments, had raced beyond control and spread
training camps, etc., then—we nowjto the "T. N. .T." vats. Two of these
have 419. [let so burying many workers under
We h4ad 7 army hospitals then, ac-!an avalanche of debris and scatter-
comodating 5,000 men, we now have ed the flames to adjoining buildings.
63 accommodating 100,000.
We had 8,900 men and officers
reached from the interior. It is'in the medical department we now
claimed that through the purchase''have 171,000.
and operation of this coal road thej We had 375 nurses then—we now
government could nupply Iv.th its'htne 14,527. No ambulances then,
battle and merchant fleets with coal! 6,000 now.
at one-half of the ordinary cost, and Death rate in camp among Amer-
malce the road pay for itself within icans in Spanish-American-war was
iess than twenty years. The invest- j 20.14 men out of every thousand,
ment required lor the purchase and'Death rate now is only 7.5 men ofit
betterment of the road, the con-j of every thousand.
struction of needed branch lines, and j At the outbreak of .the war, there
the purchase of lands estimated to I were 4,402 men and officers in corps
contain 800,000,000 tons of high- j of engineers—we now have 197,000,
grad coal, would be about $115,000,- j of whom 50,000 are in France.
000, and advocates of the bill claim I April 6, 1917, we had 96,425 men
that this could be raised by the is- >nd officers,'all branches of navy—
Bue of b : s upon the property, 500,000 now
guaranteed by the government,
which may be paid off within twenty
years out of the proceeds'of operat-
ion. In other words, they claim the
government may acquire the road
■without the outlay of a cent, and
merely by lending its credit to sup-
port the bond issue required to make
and improve the road. In view of
the tendency toward government
ownerchip. the fate of this bill, and
the debates upon it in congress, will now.
be watched with general interest. It j We had 3 aviation fields then
may lie that this coal road will be j now we have 28. Hed 300 planes
acquired, in view of its present and]*'1"0 more than 5,000 now.
peculiar value to the government,] n°w have 2,000 American
and operated as an experiment to .airplanes in France—seven American
test out the feasibility of government I airplane squadrons operating on the
ownership. j western front.
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There were 300 ships afloat then,
there are 1,796 now. *
There have been 700 troop and
supply ships conveyed overseas with-
out a single sinking. Two ships
sunk were British vessels.
Our ships have sailed 1,000,000
miles in transporting troops and sup-
plies abroad.
April ti. 1917, we had 11,075 men
and officers in air service—160,000
A TALE OF THE SKIRT.
WORSE THAN THE JAMES HOYS.
Next, the skip-tbp skirt, that is to | few nights ago a comedian on
say the skirt that knows where it I the stage of a Washington play house
is going and gets off right there, caused roars of laughter and ap-
Since the skirt and the woman is in- plause by saying that the hotel where
dissolubly connected, and woman
has become a vital factor in the war,
conservation!would be a dismal fail-
ure unless it took to the skirt. The
Woman's Committee of the National
Council of Defense has had the sub-
ject of dress under consideration,
and ordains: first, that women
should wear fewer clothes; second,
that they should wear simpler cloth-
es; third, that they should wear
shorter clothes; fourth, that they
should wear made-over clothes.
Without going to th'e trouble of mak-
ing inquiry, it may be assumed that
the male contingent will enthusias-
he was stapping was being run by the
James Boys. The statement was a
libel on those redoubtable highway-
men, seeing that the Washington
tavern keepers have reduced the art
of fleecing their victims to a point
hitherto unknown. Compared to
them, Jesse James, Cole Younger
and Sam TiasS were ameteurs. Rooms
that used to command not more than
.*3.00 per day are now held at $6.00
to $9.00, and with unblushing ef-
frontery the prospective guest is
told that he is in luck to get a room
at any price. The dining room char-
ges are simply outrageous. One of
tically endorse this program. It pro- the leading hotels had strawberries
Tides for the elimination of pockets, on its menu all this season at 75
pleatings, frills and ruffles. The on-!cents a portion, and hal. a grape
ly openinr for ornament t! ;: will re-! grape-fruit was 35 cents. These are
main will be in the headdr< ><? That but samples of the robbery practiced
may be v.- irn a la fric;..m or pola-'here, and some peci want to
liaise dele sse, as the wearer pre-[know why there cannot be a hotel
fers. Sto- Ongs will fit tin v. e. her; 'administrator appointed i jr the nat-
and go p." irf winter and n;.n s in ional capitol whose business it will
summer. - nder this regime, la!.iirbe to protect the American public
suits wir. rdly be worth Ji. men- from the most exorbitant and uncon-
tion. It i eonfidently believed that | s<-,onable system of plunder yet de-
if these insulations are rigidly and v*sed.
universally followed, the resulting
savings will be sufficient to ' r up
all the War Savings Stamps tha. ;ay
be offe 1 and to create a now
There is not much difference in
actual effect between in American
needlessly consuming materials need-
American flotilla sufficient to swe pied by the nation and a German sink-
the Atlantic clear of submarines. |ing such materials at sea.
At a late hour tonight the flames
were burning fiercely and there was
danger of more explosions. Volun-
teer firemen were powerless to stay
tlie progrss of the flames. Aid was
sent from Syracuse, but at midnight
the water system broke down.
A shift of 700 workmen was in
the plant when the fire, the origin
of which has not been ascertained,
broke out. The workers made ef-
forts to subdue the flames and later
in speeding to safety were caught in
the first of the two explosions. Men
were hurled in all directions. Two
caimlit between burning buildings
were blown through a wall. Still
alive when picked up, there was not
a shred of clothing on their bodies.
The second big explosion follow-
ed fifteen minutes after the first and
the two combined crumpled build-
ings in the vicinity. The homes of
workmen across the road from the
plant, collapsed and burning timbers
were blown to the roofs of buildings
across the railroad tracks which di-
vide the plant in half.
Columns of flames shot 300 feet
in height. The heat was so intense
that it cracked glass hundreds of
•yards away and a thick noxious
smoke combined to handicap the fire
fighters and the rescuers.
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THE GLAMOUR OF
LIVING IN WASHINGTON
Many thousands of young women
from almost every state in the Union
have come to Washington within
the last six months for the purpose
of accepting pdaces in the various
departments of the government.
TheiY presence here was demanded
on account of the enormous inflation
of work occasioned'by the war.The
vast majority of these young girls
have been attracted by reason of the
offer of better salaries than they
were acustomed to getting at home.
They were wanted as stenographers
and typists, and the average pay for
such clerks is about $1,100 per year.
Of course, this seems like a goodly
'remuneration to these young women
drawn mostly from the cities and
towns throughout the country. When
viewed, however, from the stand-
point of the high cost of living which
meets them in Washington, it can be
stated as a fact that they would have
done about as well, even in a finan-
cial way, to have remained at home.
Food and lodging of any decent sort
at the Capitol command higher pri-
ces than almost anywhere else in the
United States. A decent room can-
not be had under $2;. per month, and
good • board will run from $ >0 to
$60. On account of these conditions
many of the aforesaid new arrivals
have thrown up their positions in
disgust and gone back to their
homes. In spite of that, thousands
of new ones are still coming in on
every train, there being a glamour
about working for Uncle Sam and
residence at the seat of government.
The Jackson poultry law, Sections
312 to 320 of the 1917 School Law,
provide that poultry and egg shows
shall be held in each school district
throughout fflie state of Oklahoma.
It also provides that the district
shall set aside the sum of from $10
to $20 for the purpose of paying
premiums on poultry and eggs pro-
duced by the children living within'
the school district.
I am calling your attention to
this item at this time in order that
voir may include it in your estimate
for next year! It is highly impo,
tant that we do everything we can
to increase the food supply. We
cannot ship eggs and chickens to
the army in 'France but we can use
them as substitutes for meat which
we must supply to the soldiers. Be-
sides, the present price of poultry
is sufficient to justify this action.
Millions of £ollar£ can be added to
our income with but little expense
if we will only arouse public inter-
est.
Yours respectfully,
R. H. WILSON,
State Superintendedt of
Public Instruction.
war finance corporation
SUI'EHIN-
TENDENT, HASKELL
COUNTY.
School Boards and Patrons:
I have a letter from the depart-
ment of interior advising that the
regulations for the distribution of
the congressional appropriation for
aid of rural schools for 1918-19 will
be practically the same as they were
in 1917-18. The department prom-
ises that if the people do their duty
in voting excess levies where need-
ed, the government will do its part
by the districts. The following is
a copy of paragraph 3 o.f the regu-
lations of 1917-18:
"In all districts, other than incor-
porated towns and cities where a tax
of live or more mills is levied, one
half of the amount required in ex-
cess of the five mill levy to maintain
an eight months term of school,
shall be paid to districts in addition
to tuition, if any, based upon total
monthly salaries of teachers, pro-
vided such districts increase their
levies sufficiently to pay the re-
maining one-half of the required
amounts. Provided further that dis-
tricts having an assessed property
valuation ol $30,000 or less may
have special consideration and as-
sistance extended them, such assist-
ance to be based upon non-taxable
Indian lands and the number of In-
dian children."
Yours truly,
J. J. POWELL,
County Superintendedt
The war finance corporation was
designated primarily to extend credit
through the banks of the country,
and not directly to borrowers, to in-
dustries which are necessary or con-
tributory to winning the war. Only
in exceptional cases, in rare instances
will loans be made directly to indus-
tries.
War conditions have brought to
bear a very heavy burden on the
banks of the country. They are call-
ed upon to assist largely in financing
the government, as well as to meet
the increased legitimate financial de-
mands of the industries of the coun-
try. The War Finance Corporation
was created to enable them to con-
tinue to furnish essential credits for
war industries and enterprises nec-
essary or contributory to the prose-
cution of the war.
The corporation, therefore, is an
instrumentality to which the banks
can resort to obtain assistance to
finance war industries, and is not in-
tended to be a direct lender to cor-
porations or individuals.
AMERICAN WORklNGMI-iN
AND THE
WAR
Behind our fig-hting army in
France is our great industrial army
here at home. Every worker, every
wage earner, has a great opportun-
ity to perform a national service.
He can speed up his production of
material, he can ecomomize in con-
sumption, and lessen the drain on
our resources, leaving the more for
our army and our allies, and with
the resultant saving by purchasing
Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps he can help finance his coun-
try at war.
And the workinguien of America
are doing their duty—are, as Presi-
dent Wilson says, bearing their share
of the national burden nobly.
FOR SHERIFF
We are authorized to announce
DAN FOLSOM as a candidate for re-
election to the offipe of Sheriff of
Haskell County, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic .Primary.
FOR COUNTY" CLERK
We are authorized to announce
HUSE MOORE as a candidate for re-
election to the office of County
Clerk of Haskell County, subject to
the action of the Democratic Primary.
FOR COMMISSIONER
We are authorized to announce
BEN HICKMAN as a candidate lor
re-election to the office of County
Commissioner for the Central Ola
trict of Haskell County, subject to
the action of the Democraic Primary
We are authorized to announce
O. H. WILLIAMS as a candidate for
the office of County Commissioner
for the Western District of Haskell
County subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary.
We are authorized to announce
Charlie Short, of Kinta, as a candi-
date for the office of County Com-
missioner of the Western District of
Haskell County, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic primary.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
We are authorized to announce
OMAR M. HUDSON as a candidate
for County Judge of Haskell Coun-
ty, subject to the .action of the Dem-
ocratic Primary in Agust.
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR
We are authorized to announce
B. F. WILEY as a candidate for
County Assessor of Haskell County,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Prim,ary in August.
We are authorized to ann iknce
Frank Prentice as a candidate for
the office of County Assessor, sub-
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary. '
FOR COURT CLERK
We are authorized to announce
M. CUNNINGHAM as a candidate
for Court Clerk of Haskell County,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primary.
amos iienry shot
Amos Henry, a full blood Choc-
taw, and one time influential citi-
zen of that nation was shot and kill-
ed Sunday at his place south of Mc-
Curtain by Luther King, a whjte
man. Henry, who was 75 years old
had King hired to work by the day
and in counting the time King had
overtime charged while Henry only
gave him credit for straight time
This made a difference of several
dollars in settlement which result-
ed in King firing the fatal shot at
Henry. King came to McCurtain
and gave up, but as the crime was
committed in Latimer county offi-
cers from Wilburton came over and
took him in custody.
HANDS, ARMS,
UMBS ASLEEP
And Was Rua-Down, Weak and
Nervous, Says Florida Lady.
Five Beetles of Cardui
Made Her Well.
Kathleen, Fla.—Mrs. Dallas Prlne,
of this place, says; "After the birth
of my last child...I got very much
run-down and weakened, bo much
that I could hardly do anything at
all. I was so awfully nervous that
I could scarcely endure the least
noise. My condition was getting
worse all the time...
I knew I must have some relief or
I would soon be in the hed and In a
serious condition for I felt so badly
and wns so nervous and weak I could
hard live. My husband asked Dr.
about my taking Cardui. He
said, 'It's a good medicine, and good
for that trouble', so he got me 5 bot-
tles... After about the Beyond bottle I
felt greatly Improved.. " ofore taking
it my limbs and ban and arms
would go to Bleep. A r taking It,
however, this poor c'i ation disap-
peared. My strengtl' ie back ta
me and I was soon < he road to
health. After the use bout 5 bot-
tles, I could do all houss-work
and attend to my < aildren be-
■Ides."
You can fesl safe in t, ving Cardui
a thorough trial for yon troubled. It
contains no harmful or 3 iblt-formlng
drugs, out Is composed o' mild, vege-
table, medicinal Im: -Mnnts with no
bad after-effects. TI:. ttuds of women
have voluntarily written, telling o!
the good Cardui has done them. II
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FOR COUNTY WEIGHER.
Wg are authorized to announce
W. I'. Forrester as a candidate 101*
the office of County Weigher of
Haskell county, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic primary.
REPUBLICAN
FOR SHERIFF
We are authorized to announce
the candidacy of Tom Cotton as a
candidate for the office of Sheriff of
Haskell County, subject to the ac-
tion of the primary in August.
ORIGIN OF THE TANK.
should hejp you, too. Try it.
It is well known that the British
tank is an adaptation to military
| ends of the American caterpillar
| tractor, but it is nqt generally known
that the use of the innocent tractor
1 as a movable fortress was not Bug-
jgested until the present war was
| well under way. The idea first oc-
| curred to an Englishman who saw
ia c: .■ rpillar. tractor on exhibit at
1 Antwerp; He wrote about it to Maj-
or General E. D. Swinton, of the
; British army, and the result was
itba . t! first of the famous tanks
war. s'f ped to France for trial in
j fTeplembt r, 1915. When it made for
tljr- Geriuan ;ine that instantly bent,
wltl-out argu ,.ont. America invent-
ed the :.iibm:.rine, the airplane and
the tank. It K'ilf soon provide a
poisonous gas that will put whole
regin.^ to sleep. Yet a people
who make their brain measurements
at the v.-rist .ainly imagine that
only "kul ur" can furnish the know-
how when it comes to killing.
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