Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER 01
BLAM) COlNTY AM) THE ( II V OF N01UIAN
Cleveland County enterprise
VLU W iJMJi H"/ ^EM-EHPmSE. NORMAN TKANSCRll'T AM) NORMAN DEMOCRAT-TOPIC.
CONSOLIDATION OF CLEVELAND COl'NTY
NUMBER 2i
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY .1 \M 1 ' ■ '
VOL. XXVI
PATRIOTIC FARM
CENSUS OF STATE
Oklahoma W i!l Have Complete Crop.
Seed, Labor and Stoek Reports
W ill Help Farmers (Jet Labor and
Seed—Assessors Donate Services:
Volunteers in Kvery Township Will
Help.
IMPORTANT CAPTURE MADE OF
ALLEGED GERMAN SPY IN SOCIETY
\ Beautiful Woman and Many Prominent Society
Men and Women Are Implicated in the
Activities of Walter Sporemann, Alleged
German Spy.
WASHINGTON Jan. 15.—The trail of a beautiful woman, In'-
idL^ - *= s*
through fields ot .social «. .
^ins^.mannhhin,S.lf. unto federal mart '•
m°r<c'overnment*a'gents untier the navy and justice departments, •
have 'ilreadv followed for weeks the tootsteps of alleged intiij-'uint,
rthnS7VZ
Baltimore. . . r1__1.<Qrnurm,< activities was Patriotic Farm C«
Just what the woman plu\e( >! r < little information of all the farms ai
*
.. -GERMAN INTRIGUE
EXPOSED BY UNITED STATES
I'nitecl States Furnished France With Proot ot
the Treason of the French ex-Premier—A
second Benedict Arnold—Endeavored to
Betray His Country.
WHAT PATRIOTIC FARM
CENSUS MEANS:
It will help the farmer to
obtain needed seed.
It will help him in getting
labor.
It will not increase his
taxes.
It will not decrease farm
product prices.
It will help win'the war.
MORE WHEAT MUST
BE SENT TO ALLIES
(BY i N1 II U l'Kl>Si
Washington, Jan. ,10.—Ship losses
and crop failures abroad have brought
about a serious food situation in the
allied countries that the United States
is planning to release for export an
additional PO.000,000 bushels of wheat.
although the country's export surplus
had been shipped by mid-December.
The American people will be asked |U LLET1N.
hv the Food Administration to cut j,m 1(;_'[\vo more arrests were made here today ot
their consumption to make u . the, ;,(| 'implicaied with Joseph Caillaux in treason against
amount to lie exported. I nless thej -| |1(,v pa„| Comby. a well known lawyer and Deputy
I'ombv was taken intu custody late last night and Laustalot
earlv toda'v. In Lmistalot's case, the arrest was more or less ex
peeled since charges had been raised against him at the samt
time iha: Caillaux was making his defense 111 the chamber ot
do the Nation is threatened with a
flour shortage in May before the new-
wheat crop is harvested in June.
The Food Administration is consid-
ering: legislation to make the savins
of wheat compulsory and has up- .
•proved a bill drawn by Representa-' 11
Oklahoma City, Jan. 12—(Special.)
—Under the direction of the Okla-
homa State Council of Defense, a
■nsus is to be made
and farm land in the
It is a big task. It is desired
American government. It will
be a most efficient aid to the govern-
the woman. . ■ p„i.n<tnrff was ment in winning the war. It will be
It was recalled that hornier he'depended for of direct and practical benefit to the
known to have many women friends upon whom he depended of oklahoni;i. lt wit, not
valuable information.
jtx :
at full speed today in the chase after not to understand. Hut when the: offr-
r f vi'.ilfer Snorrmann be- cer mentioned a social affair whi.
accomplices of Waltei mann be h,re. sporrmann in.-
lieved leader mo ne, of Gernany b).clllllc friendly. The offi-
most spectacular plots aga.nst ^ # „un, arrested him.
country. Officials at Norfolk quizzed him in the conservation
Sporrmann was in rnai^e o . .. that they might ascertain sources, especially
al intelligence officer. X he seaicn ioi
tive Lever, author of the food control
bill, to enforce wheatless days. Pro-
posals for mixed flours and for a form
of war bread of mixed grains also are
under consideration as possible meas-
ure- to reduce the use of wheat flour
b\ CARL 1) CROAT. . ,
, , . . . . ■) vvork in Italy and was regarded as an
Washington Jan 1G.—That former, intimate of Bolo Pasha, who dealt in
Premier Callia'ux of France now unde big men and millions for Uermany.
arrest was on intimate terms with | The Bernst,ortf «tab esconst..tat* the
i ..„inr -it Buenos second revelation by the state depart-
es in reuuee me « - 1 erman a i.,..,iui. more merit of the envoy's direct comntuni-
ln preparation for dealing with the (Aires and apparently U I t.;ition with Berlin in intrigue mat
situation the Food Administration has or less directly with Ger , •- .
decide,I to purchase from the mills .0 indicated in telegrams from German ^ ^ (.onstitute „
per cent of their output. Out of the ' Ambassador N on Beins „iviM11 pj,rt of the famous Luxburg corre--
flour purchased ir will supply the ti-.is country >.-l ruur> _ . . • .pondence is apparent. That America'
allies, the army and the navy and! out by the state department today. |l . „ , „
will retain reserve stores to meet any
farmers of Oklahoma. It will NOT
operate to increase their taxes, to
render them more liable to draft, or
to increase prices for farm products.
It will help them, just as it will help
the government.
What the Farm Census Means.
For the prosecution of the war and
if American re-
n the food line.
local shortages that may arise.
Some Food Administration officials
think a slight flour shortage next
spring not only would cause suffering
here, but might have a wholesome el
feet in causing the people to turn to
other careals.
The shortage of food abroad prob-
ably will bring an early determination
of a policy respecting the balance t
'be
The. first of the messa
against German praise o£
because "he fears Paris and fate of
Juaraes;" a second message advised
of CailUnix's departure from Buenos
Aires and counselled that the Ger-
mans treat Caillaux courteously it
they effected the "very desirable cap-
ture" of bis vessel.
On .June G. 1917, the German cen-
sorship. it was shown barred all ref-
: i)oiie> 11 >|t'"s • .
aintained between food and troop erence to l alllaux in l
warned state department—and not England *
Caillaux supplied them to France indicates
clearly that the United States alone
was responsible for making this haul
of damaging evidence against Ger-
many.
Some had thought that the British
censor intercepted the Luxburg docu-
ments, but it is now considered certain
that had they passed them previously
they would have notified their ally
German friends.
ligent man who speaks English with- homa is one of the greatest
out an acecnt as well as several other tural and food-producing states in the
Union. There are in Oklahoma MM.*
7S4 farms. Of these 99,000 in round
numbers are rented; the remainder
are owned by the occupants. There
;i-e 1:! 100 coO ai-ri-.-' under cultiva-
<14S OpUUIKUU... ... ....
other box of bottles containing chemi- tion and Jl,000,000 ac) ' - under farm
'' cais were found in Asch's rooms. control. To ascertain the resource.-
With Asch's arrest, nine persons, :,:id ti'e need- of these farms is a huge
one a woman, are understood to be task, the size of which can be appre-
iated from the fact that 500 hooks.
W.,Khimrton something of the fire in the business ,he first step is to know exactly what
his companions is on in Washington, tWQ weeks a(r0, but these resources are. This is what the
New York and other eastern ^lU®s- ; Sporrnian was silent. He is an intel- Kami Census will accomplish. Okla-
Sporrmann, arrested at Nortol , ^ ^ whn sneaks Enclish with- boma is one of the greatest agricu
Va., will face hearing here. 'I he pre-
liminary charge against him is only , s
that of being a dangerous enemy alien ■ an.(ist of Manus Asch by de-
but from evidence at hand it is li e y ; ment of justice agents today
he will be charged with spying, ami new Hght on the activities of
if convicted will doubtless be shot. Sporrmann_ A box of letters and an
The alleged Teuton agent, who has other box of bottles containing cnemi
caught trying to fire an army maga
zine within the important naval zone
at Hampton Roads, had been trailed
long by persistent naval intelligence
men and justice department agent".
They followed him at social affairs
and in his journeys to Camp Meade,
Maryland, and other military points.
Though he wore the uniform of the
United States army, the men dogging
him. penetrated the disguise and nev-
er letting him out of their sight fin-
ally trailed him to the magazine near
Newport News, Va., where it is claim-
ed he tried to blow it up.
a beautiful woman is said to have ; quegtjoned anj detained
been his undoing, though officials j
here are reticent to reveal what part
she played in his detention.
Documents found on ^porrmann,
when arrested in \ irginia, indicated
that he had an alliance with the no-
torious Boy-Ed, German military at-
tache, that he was well supplied with
the kaiser's funds and that he worked
with the aid of prominent persons in-
eluding one woman. Sporrmann
held by government authorities,
charged with being Sporrmann's ac-
complices.
Federal agents have under surveil-
l ance a Baltimore music teacher, whose
arrest is expected today. In their po-
each containing 150 names
names in all >vill be sent out
Council of Defense.
The actual taking of the census will
be lone bv the county ssessors, aided
shipments. A decision will be left
lar ely to the allies, since they best
caj determine what will be the more
use *ul to themselves in prosecuting
th" war.
. Ithou-.-h the interallied conference
... -, i; agreed to turr. over ships for
the transportation of Anierienii
troops, food conditions have reached
such a >tate that many officials are of
the opinion that allies may at present
prefer foodstuffs.
So far as known, however, there lia-
as vet been 116 change in policy and
the Food Administration has been giv
en no more ships for moving lood
-'25,000 than called for in a schedule piep.n-
by the ed some months a:-e. A distribution
'of the balance between food and tm- i>
shipments will be left by the Ameri*
ran government the allies them-
es tele
Buenos
is going
.. -count
scandal
at-
sion art
photographs of this worn- by several assistant
in
an taken with Walter Sporrmem-.
Frederick, brother of the man ar-
rested in Norfolk, was taken from po-
lice headquarters to the United States
marshal's office today. Here he was
Important Meeting
111 thus
each county,
untributing theis services the
a.-sessor- and their assistants will be
doinv a must patriotic duty for whicl
they deserve the highest credit. The
information in the iffices of the as-
sessors has been placed at the ser-
vice of the State Council of Defense.
It should be emphasized, however,
that neither this information, nor
other information acquired during the
course of the census will or can lie
used to increase taxes. The informa-
tion is collected solely for the benefit
. of the government and in order to as-
An important and interesting mee
ir.g for women will be held in the
Domestic Science building at the
high school on Monday and Tuesday,
January 28th and 29th, under the ^ ^ flf the fatwr
auspices of the extension division of , ,
the Women's Council for Defense. It
j., a Footl Conservation meeting, dem-
brother, Frederick was arrested here j onstrating wheat and meat substi-
last night as an enemy alien and is j tutes and war time menus, at)d will
said to have revealed important infor-, be under the charge of Miss McPheet-
niation about Walter, whom he dis- ers, of the A and M. < ollege. 1
' program will be as folows.
.. . . t tncrfithpr tbo re- Mondav, Jan. 28th:
As officials pieced together the re „,_,.iberty Bread Demon-
markable tale surroun,bng Wa J r,
Sporrmann s activities, it runs Tuesday, Jan. 29th:
tflis: , , Rr„m«n in 1910 1 10:00 a. m.—War Time Menus.
"Coming here from Bremen m 1910 ^ p_ m _M,at Substitutes.
he established a res,, en • . women of cleveland county are there is a surplus of seed on hand,
Before the war u- apparen y ' urRed to attend these meetings. They this will be noted. This will be one of
lished relations with Boy-Ed getting j ^ ^ the most valuable features of the cen-
thousand of dollars from him to i-j ^ connection with the meeting sus. It will facilitate the distribu
r.ance his German work.
pi ess, presumably to help protect him
in his own country.
The statement issued by the de| ail-
ment said:
"The department of state communi-
cates to the press the following tele
gram by Count Bernstor to his p>-
1 eminent on 1-ebruary -I, l.'l
"Number 178. Buenos Air
graphed the following:
-No. 21. Caillaux has left
Aire- after a short stay and
direct to France evidently on
of the (group undecipherable)
which he regards as a personal
tack upon himself, lie speak- con-
temptously of the president and the
rest of the French government with
the execution of Briantl. He see-
through the policy of Kir. kind per
fectly. He does not anticipate the
complete overthrow of France. 11"
sees in the war now. a struggle for
existence on the pai't of l-.nglan'l. Al-
though he spoke much of the 'indis-
cretions and clumsy policy' of the
.
litve in German atrociti- . ii" n. in
essential hardly chanced his politi-
cal orientation."
"Caillaux welcomes :ndiri. t .. en
tesu from me, but empha z.-d the
f ti-eme caution which he i- obliged
Tbis latest chapter in German in-
trigue shows Bernstorff and other
Teuton diplomats to have played v.n
big stakes—the former premier of
France- while other documents show
Bernstorff in the role of an attemp
ted corrupter of the American con-
cress.
(MY 1 \ITi:o I'Rtssi
Amsterdam, Jan. 11.—Czech lead-
ers of Silesia and Moravia met at
Prague recently and adopted resolu-
tions demanding a Czech republic, ac-
cording to information reaching hen
today.
The government, it was stated, was "JS
. , ... . .,,„hto show as the French government
exhibiting alarm over growth of such ha(, watched him even here
a republican sentiment and had doub-
order to fill these needs.
Information to Be Acquired.
The facts which will be collected in
regard to every farm in Oklahoma
will be: the name and the address of
the farmer, the acreage, whether ten-
ant or owner, the 1918 acreage now in
or to be planted for wheat, rye, oats,
barley, corn, kafir, cotton, broomcorn 1
and potatoes.
A statement will also be made of j
the amount of seed of every kind i
needed for the spring of 1918. Where
anil
leu the garrison at Prague.
German and Austrian newspaper-
received here point to growth of the
Czech movement and demand gov-
ernment action to curb it.
Ht
warned n- against the exccs-ive
piaise bestowed unon him by our pa-
pers the Neue Frie Presse and <le-
sircd on the other hand that the Med-
iterranean and Morocco agreement
should be adversely criticised
STRENUOUS EXPERIENCE
Messrs. Clyde Pickard antl J W
Miles had a strenuous experience last
night, an experience such as they vt
read about hut never before exp' r
diced. They havt read about the
blizzards in the north, where travel
lers battled against the driving snow
for hours without being able to sec
ten feet ahead of them, and can now
appreciate such a storm.
They were in Oklahoma ( ity arid
left there about 7 o'clo. k last night in
a Paige car. They had pretty good
luck as far a- Moore, but the stom
got worse there and w'a-n they trim
the west road they got -tuck in a
snowdrift from which it took them a
lone time to extricate themselves
Hacking up, they returned to Moon
pud tried the east road, and got,
stud again. Then they tried going
directly west from Moore and comine
south along the ridge, and by stren-
uous endeavor, plowir - through snow-
drift- up to the hub, got as far as Mr
MeCormiek's, on the Jacob's farm
west of Norman. There they left the
machine and borrowed, a lantern from
Mr. MeCormic! with the intention of
walking to town. Mr. McCormiek
1 'Our praise injure-
France. Caillaux'* reception here was
cool. His report about Brazil had
of defens" to systematize ami coor-
dinate the supply of labor through-
out the state, and place it where it ; ---— ^ ^ ^ Kran,
will be of greatest value. As thi> ^ ^ ^ be[jin ^ r
entire work is done in general co-op- con,utuencv ]Ie fea,- P:
eratit n with the federal government,
it will also be possible to draw upon
the national labor supply when nec-
essary. The practical value of this
to the Oklahoma farmer is evident.
Census of Breeding Stock.
The breeding stock of the state will
his position in placed a lamp in the window to guidt
ide in his
is and the
(Si'jnedl BERN-
?:ite of Juares.
STORFF."
'No. 202. Naval attcche to admir-
alty statf. Hal.anna leh. rapli:
•• -The steamer Argua left Buenos
Aires Januarv 30th. The captain is
them hack if their lantern went out,
hut Clyde says they were not many
feet from the McCormiek house he
fore the lantern blew out and then
they could not see the light of the
lamp- were, in fact, lost and unahh
to see ten feet before them. They
struggled along, however, and were
fortunate in taking the right direction,
and finally a building loomed up be
fore them. It was the farm residenet
ousanu oi oonms j ]n connection with the meeting sUS. it will facilitate the distribu- ais0 be carefully tabulated. This will carrying important^papers.
ince his German work. j there will be a program on the even- tion of seed where it is most needed. t0 p,-event the killing of animals very desini1"1-
When war with lermanv .no t ' J jntf the 28th at the First Methodist It will enable purchases to be made which would ultimately he fore val case of rs
porrmann gathereil in seveia^ . nrln ' rhurch, Santa Fe avenue, beginning j intelligently for the entire state. It uable as breeders. In Germany in the treated wit
on uniforms, whici wit a ,(r j o'clock under the auspices of will afford a market for the sections ear]y part of the war the high prices tion. (an
rmv suit were found in his room •
envnlllo cuPfl find t> . . I . 1 4.. .. .i <n<liu<>r!i>iinilt(' I Slt'Tl
C-inture of Mr- alul Mrs' MeCullough, from
1 it- .. 'mKaxo.! tn OOBO thl anx-
Sporrmann cnuicu ^uu. * , , ^
ican uniforms, which with ; at s o'clock, under the auspices of will afford a market for the sections earjy part of the war the high pric
army suit were found in ns r > ^ HeUlth and Recreation committee tions which have surplus seed and for meat ]e(i to an indiscriminate
here. ViU' of which Mrs. J. W. Bridges is chair- relieve the deficiencies of farmers siaUghter of animals, especially pigs.
But not until ««-s "C° '| man. There will be patriotic music who are short of seed. ' - - lU: K" Kr,th
Then it1 is"claimed,'his"uniform and and speaking and an interesting pro- SolvinK lhc Farm l-abor Problem
Jhe woman with whom he associated, | PTan, prepared, which will be publish-
formed a combination of circumstan-, ^e.1 later re,Oration
ces which uncovered his real role. At, ^ ^ ^ j ]at i.
that time he was evidently gath l, MRS, E A FOSTER,
data about Camp Meade and other
where they 'phoned to ease the anx
iety of the home folks, and where they
staid all night.
They both say it was an experience
which they tlo not desire to duplicate,
and are mighty thankful they cam.
out of it so well.
NOTICE
One of the most valuable feature
stionaires remain
military stations. Detectives trailed
him constantly, finally tracing him
to Newport News. There he readily-
found work at the aviation field and,
it is claimed, made one unsuccessful
attempt to blast the magazine. Sen-
tties fired on him, but he returned
the following day.
An officer making bis way
several sentries spoke in German ton-
ible. Caillaux on board. In
rapture Caillaux should be
with courtesy and considera-
tion. Can you inform our cruiser?
(Signed) BE R N STO R F F.
The German censorship order given
Later on this was regretted by both the German press on June n, 191 i
the producer and consumer and has said:
been a source of great detriment to "For political reasons, It is urgent- —
of the census will be the aid it will , Germany. The Farm Census will en- ly requested that nothing he wi uten Tw fl,||mvm, ,,
give in solving the farm labor prob- able Oklahoma to avoid this mistake, about the forme, French mini, te . n , fo). jn th(, Nor:-.«n post otfic.
lem Each farmer will, state the I It is hope,I, and confidently es- Caillaux, and that Ins name be not
amount of labor over the neighbor- peeled, that the farmers of Oklahoma mentioned under .
hood supply he will need for the 1918 will cheerfully aid '" making the! Caillaux long * .te", th
season. The number of men needed I Farm Census a success. Oklahoma v.l French politics. ^^ e<l th.
and the month or other time during be the first of the states to conduct , ^eek m Par.s, a ^lr" shed hV h
which tl-eir services will be required this work on so complete and thor- Bernstorff messages an shed ty
will be given. The time statement ; ough a scale-a proof of the pa- state department. At the time, it
, will also show for what form of work j triotie and progressive spirit whal
superintendent on Thursday, Friday tin extra help is required, whetliei animates this^ state. I he I arm een
land Saturday, Jan. 24, 25 and 26 for the wheat harvest, cotton picking sus will add to '' •
nasi 1918. or other activities. farmer. It will benefit the entin
W. R. CLARK, County Supt. j This will enable the state council country. It will e p win tin ,\.n.
Committee of De-
Chairman Woman':
fense.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
There will be a teachers examina-
I tion held at the office of the county
-;.al incriminating evidence h;n! been
found a^ain'.t bin. also - ■ the private
\aalt- of an Italian bank
Caillaux had been under fire, for
' alleged assistance in propaganda
Atterberry William T
Barbaur. Harry Clnudiu
Cloud, Russell E
Frank.
Charles E.
Hutching, Emery Bennett.
Martin, Thomas !■
Walker Jack-, -i.
Elmer Irwin.
§, Clifton,
FLOYD 1 SW \NK
Butler
Files
lanev
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Nelson,
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