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VOLUME V.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1918
NUMBER t75
PREPARING FOR A BLOODY 1918—"HURRY
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DIR. GEN. McADOO ON THE JOB
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Using Every Endeavor to Move Coal and Food
Stuffs to Supply the Shortage in Large Cities
East of the Mississippi River.
NEW YORK CITY REPORTED ALMOST OUT OF COAL
The People Are Shiveringly Facing the New Year
With Many Coal Bins Completely Empty-
Food Shortage Also Alarming.
BULLETIN
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Washington, Jan. 1.—Director Gen-j over by special request in order to
eral McAdoo today is blasting away j tend toward every solution of the
at freight congestion m eastern terri- j problem of geting more heat for the j
tory and speeding coal to states suf-j city. Thousands of homes are totally J
fering in zero weather. packing heat. Several huge office i
The National railroad advisory j buildings welcomed the holiday—being I
board, supplanting the old railroad * faced with the dilemma of cutting off
war board and operating committee j al heat, light and elevator service. The
faced a gigantic task with confidence | twenty-six story building of the In-
(hat last night's orders to the east- ternational Bank, as Sixty Wall street
ern lines would achieve results. j closed at midnight "until further no-
Railroads may annul passenger tice." There is no real coal in the
trains to move freight. All old pri- j bunkers there.
ority orders were put in the scrap pile. Bringing of coal and food supplies
The rule today is "clear away con- ;nto t(,e city by the Hudson tubes and
gestion, keeping in mind vital need , tj,e Pennsylvania river tunnels was
for moving food and fuel." suggested as one solution of the dif-
Drastic measures for immediate re- f;cuity. The city is planning to utilize
lief of the New England and New thousands of its street cleaners for
York coal shortages are in effect. Fif- j loading and unloading cars now frozen
teen hundred car loads began arriving jn a(. jersey City and other nearby
in New England today under special | terminals.
emergency routing, and five ship shortage of coal produced an-
started loading 30,000 tons at^ New j otjler dan(,cr today. A great decrease
| York and Newport News for north-, avaj)able gas for the city is ex-
^ eastern points. j pected. Abnormal demands for gas
At New York city employes were for heating is depleting the reserve
unloading scores of coal laden freight> supp]y Thousands of householders
cars on the Jersey *1 le. Long d:s- arg forced tQ sjt in the kitchens and
tance telephone guarantees from Mc- from their cooking ranges
Adoo that the government will re- J j,as resuited in a vastly increas-
imburse the city, brought the move, j ed congumptjon.
For the first time in months, fuel
Administrator Garfield was hopeful of ;
meeting the coal crisis with the aid j
of government railroad control. In a i
New Years message to his aides he] <ny united press)
stated there was still need for "pa-1 London, Jan. 1.—New Years day on
tience, courage and united effort." the western front was ushered into
Even coal operators were optimistic j the accompaniment of violent fight
that under McAdoo's regime the sup-j ing in the Cambrai sector. Unofficial
ply at the mines would be adequate dispatches from the line today told
to keep up maximum production. The j of continued and unceasing German
National Coal association today de- j efforts, through highly localized at-
clared "there need not have been a fuel tacks, to secure a grip on Welsh
fanine. It was solely due to inade-; ridge. At several points in this sali-
<BY UNITED-PRESS)
Washington, Jan. 1.—The tederal
trade commission will investigate
(he high prices of shoes and other
leather goods.
Announcement was made today
that Commissioner Davies will di-
rect the probe, much information
for which has been developed
through the meat investigation.
Action was determined upon as a
result of "exceedingly high prices"
the peeople were forced to pay for
shoes. It is alleged unusually large
stocks of hides and leather are now
on hand and that tanneries, leather
factories and shoe factories are op-
erating far short of their capacity.
If necessary President Wilson will
be asked for emergency funds to
conduct the investigation.
2 AVIATORS KILLED
BULLETIN
(by united PRESS)
Amsterdam, Jan. 1.—"We are all
instruments in the hands of (iod
Almighty to restore peace," Kaiser
Wilhelm -told his troops around
Cambrai Christmas eve, according
to delayed dispatches received here
today.
"You must have wondered why
God allowed a fourth year with us
still at war," he said. "We main-
tained peace nearly half a century
while others disturbed it. So, by
force, we must bring peace back."
German newspapers, which fea-
ture the kaiser's address, are also
lull of discussion of a great (ier-
man offensive <in the west front.
The Socialist organization Vor-
waerts, declares Germany will "j se
concentrated forces on one front in
order to convince her enemies of the
necessity of peace."
The Allies Will Probably Reply to Germany's Pro-
posals for Peace, but Will Reject Them—May
Offer Counter Proposition.
ALLIES SEE A DLOODY YEAR FOR 1918 AHEAD
Separate Peace looked For Between Germany
and Russia, and Probably Bulgaria, Russia
and Rumania Will Reach Agreements.
ON KELLY FIELD MARRIED: HINSHAW-ROWE
(lis UNITED PRESS)
Camp Kelly, San Antonio, Texas,
Jan. 1.—H. R. Gladstone, civilian in-
structor from Fort Wayne, Ind., and
Cadet R. E. Seguin, Rouse Point,
(Oswego county) New York, are dead
today, the result of the second fatal
flying accident at this field.
The two men were killed late yes-
terday when their machine got out of
control and crashed to the earth from
a height of four hundred feet.
BY CARL if. GROAT,
(United Press Correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 1.—Dawn of a
OUR SOLDIER ROYS
IN FRANCE
VIOLENT FIGHTING
I Our young friend, Mr. Thos. Justin
I Hinshaw, manager of the United
Sales company, evidently believes in
starting the new year right, for h
took unto himself a wife last even-
ing, Monday, Dec. 81, 1917. The of-
ficial mention reads:
"Married: At the parlors of the
First Christian church. Norman,
Okla., at 8 o'clock p. m., Monday,
Dec. 31, 1S17, Mr. Thos. Justin Hit-
shaw and Miss Dorothy Dean Rowe,
Rev. D. A. Wickizer officiating."
The happy couple teft last night on
a honeymoon trip, keeping their Aes
tination a secret, but are suppose.! to
I have gone to Dallas,, Texas.
i The groom is oiw of the best known
land most popular young men of the
its allies unswervingly opposed to any j
peace on the Teuton or Russian terms, j
Sub-surface suggestions that the j
allies were weakening before th6 sin-
ister German peace propaganda met
with the positive declaration from
foremost government leaders that
there is no change of front.
The kaiser must become the puppet
and his people the rulers before this
country and its associate* will halt
their fight, leaders agreed.. Though
1918 finds the world again ssvept
with peace talk and the governments
pondering over it seriously such con-
sideration as the subject receives is
not about acceptance but abouV count-
er agentirig on the topic.
er will they know how to frame then
future war problems. These plan-
tentatively suggest the seizure of
Vladivostok or Kola, in event war
supplies there seem likely to fall intc
Teuton hands.
Above all the peace talk now looms
the great question of winning the
war, officials say.
The message they all agreed on to-
day with a bloody 1918 ahead was
"hurry."
PEACE PROPOSITIONS
BY ED L. KEEN.
(I'nitcd Press Correspondent)
London, Jan. 1.—Britain, France.
Italy and the United States were un-
derstood today to be exchanging views
| regarding the action which shall be
Officials had planned to ignore the'taken by the allies to lountir
German peace movement. tonic peace terms.
pence
But finding that the talk and the
propaganda grew apace, they were
confronted today with the question of form of a counter statement of war
this mass of insiduous aims, subscribed to by all the allies.
According' to well defined informa
tion today, this reply may take the
BY 3. W. PEGIER,
With the AmeHcan Amy in France, I <**• manager of the United Sales
Jan. 1.—A certain picked crackerjack j company he has Uemon^ted marked
marching unit of Anierican troops
broke a heart breaking hike today with _ , .. ,
, . ■ , - j terprising citim n stands in trie tront
a rest in a certain ancient hamlet mi'
France, with dozens of its men crowd-
ing hospitals -with frozen feet, frost
bitten faces and other ailments due
| lias mess ability, building up a fine
business, and as a loyal, true-blue en
to bitter colti,
"Valley Forge had nothing on some
where in Prance, New Years eve,
1917,"
rank of the young men of our city.
The bride is a most charming young
lady, handsome and accomplished,
daughter of Mrs. A. L. Rowe, and has
been assisting her mother in the Mil-
linery department of the United Sales
The young couple begin
quate transportation facilities" with j ent positions have been taken and re-
enough cars under government con- j taken two or three times, the combat
trol the operators hoped to stop the | raging fiercely back and forth.
exodus of miners who are seeking Haig's latest report was that the
more regular work. British lines were intact after counter
McAdoo Thursday will meet the attacks had restored positions taken
railroad brotherhood leaders to dis-jby German liquid fire attacks.
cuss the amount of wage increase for All Field Marsal Haig had to re-
said a young Chicagoan, draw-! ^mpaIiy . .. , , .
ing up his coat collar closer around ! t'jelr ™arrre<] ^ft with the best wishes
, . , , i . • • :,„lof a large circle of friends, and the
his head as protection against the icy .R '
Transcript-Enterprise extends its
warmest felicitations.
wind driven snow.
"My feet are swollen so darn big
with the cold that I'm afraid to take
off my shoes—I couldn't get 'em on
again."
The Sammy limpingly paced along a
j silent shadowy line of motor trucks,
drawn up under a roadside embank-; ok]ahoma City. Dec. 31.—Citizens
ment. He was doing sentry-go while lf Oklahoma who persist jn making
DISLOYAL CITIZENS
TO RE INTDRNED
the employes.
In the meantime he cailed upon all
railroad "workers to lend their ef-
forts in this matter of service to the
government and the'people."
McAdoo's organization is getting
up steam steadily. Daily wire reports
are received from all eastern lines
giving the location of congestion, sur-
plus freight offered that could not
be moved, reports on coal delay and
appeals for aid in solving conditions
heyond the individual railroad control.
His order to "clean up the tracks"
by moving every bit of freight re-
gardless of former priorities was ex-
plained by McAdoo as follows:
"Very often it is quicker to move
10,000 cars including 500 essential
shipments than to dislodge these 500
cars, meantime tieing up all the oth-
ers."
port today was mutual artillerying in
the neighborhood of Arleux Engoe-
shelle.
BIGEL0W DEAD
his unit rested.
The marchers arrived at a group of
tnv united press)
Houston, Texas, Dec. 31.—Colonel
Charles Bigelow, patriot, traveler and
lecturer, is dead here today, an avowed
enemy of Germany militarism.
Colonel Bigelow, while pleading for
preparedness and denouncing German
autocracy and atrocities, late yester-
day afternoon sank to the platform
and died from a stroke of apoplexy
without speaking another word.
The-audience, in which sat Colonel
Bigelow's wife, did not realize for sev.
eral minutes what had happened.
seditious remarks and actions will be
interned, it is planned by the state
primitive villages down the valley nci, of defense according to an-
Iast night afte* fighting the wind in nouncement made today
their march for many weary miles, j For three wecUs ti,c defense council
After a supper of scorching hot soup < ha(| investiKators ,ookin(, up the
and stew, the Sammies crawled into I r(.wr(| of pv(.ry one who js SU8pected
barns and into the ancient houses ful- of (h(, a,jghte|lt tendency towards
ly clothed, their heads incased in knit- pro.(^Pmanism.
ted helmets. They wrapped up in their! ThoroUf,h investigation in Ellis
heavy blankets and huddled together | county where reports have ,)een re_
of reported anti-American
in groups of three or four sharing: (.ejve(j
each others body warmth against a ' nljment amon(f the German colony,
wind which whistled through unglazed \ nQW bejn(, mad(,
snow t roug J Evidence of guilt will be turned over
windows and drove
chinks in the walls.
Some burrowed into straw
piles.
immediately to government authori
ties. jl
GREAT SHORTAGE OF
COAL IN NEW YORK
inv united press)
New York, Jan. 1.—New York faced
the new year shiveringly today. Down-
town thermometers ebbed down to five
and six below zero in the early morn-
ing and a sunless sky gave a hint of
small liklihood of any great rise dur-
ing the day.
Twelve dead directly through the
cold was the toll to date. City author-
ities, working frenziedly to hurry coal
shipments to he city were apprehen-
sive of a big increase in this death
list among children on the lower east
Side unless immediate relief was given
from the present ftck of coal.
Less than one-third the normal re
quired amount of coal was received in
the city yesterday. Today with a new
city administration coming into pow
er many of the city officers were held
HIGH SCHOOL DERATE
The Junior-Senior debate to be held
in the auditorium of the high school
next Friday night is being looked for-
ward to with much interest by both
classes. The contest promises to be
a close one, as one of the victorious
Sophomore team of last year (now
Juniors) is on the Senior team and
another is on the Junior team. The
Seniors placed first and fourth in the
high school try-out held recently,
while the Juniors were given second
and third. The debat • is called for 8
o'clock. No admittance fee will he
charged and all are cordially invited.
TAMMANY IN CONTROL
Others made their beds under the flap-
ping canvas covers of the motor
trucks.
The San)mies New Year's eve was
a mighty contrast to the parties, the j (HY i'xited press)
dances, the bright lights and the fun j New ^ ork, Jan. 1. John F. Hylan,
of one year ago. For 1918, the sol- Tammnay's first mayor in many long
diers will awake salute the stars and | lean years, took office unostensiously
stripes. They will hike gingerly along today with the Tamanyftes still wond-
answering tms mass
propaganda. That explains Lloyd
George's and Clemenceau's coming
conference. It explains, too, the re-
ports that American government
heads and allied leaders are consult-
ing on peace.
True, the allies will consult Wash-
ington before making any attempt to
out-press agent the German press
agents. But there is no general con-
sultation at the moment, except as
in so far as entente ambassadors,
gathered the American viewpoint in
their calls at the state department
and give their governments ideas in
return.
There is little need for consulta-
tion. Opinion of allied and American
government men is unified on the
point that the time is not ripe for
peace.
Germany, they know, really wants
peace—wants it more badly than ever
before. .
There is less talk of a victorious
peace emanating from Germahy than
ever before. Now it is mostly just
plain peace. «
But the American and allied posi-
tion is that Germany is still insinpeie
ir. meeting the world half way. She
ha* not stripped herself of the power
which made the war possible t and
which could inflict other wars.
This is why the present campaign,
press agented via Petrograd and
Brest-Litovsk is getting no "rise"
from those opposing Germany.
But,'lest allies and American si-
lence be misconstrued, there will be
sonje statement to offset the Germans
unless present plans fail
Some quarte
statement will contain even more-spt
eific war aims and peace terms than
or it may be issued as an analysis of
cxactly what lies behind the camou
flage of the German proposals .
The allies recognize the Brest-Lit-
ovsk proposals as a concrete although
back handed proffer to the allies a^
much as to Russia.
Even with Count Czernin's limita-
tions, Germany's apparent acceptance
of the phrase "no annexations and n>
indemnities" and the concession ex-
pressing the right of self determina-
tion of all peoples, is regarded here
as significant in showing the changed
temper of the German war lords and
their attempt to take a definite step 1
toward peace
It is recognized that the proposals
constitute grave new facts, of which
officials recognition has been taken
(Iff, declared the Chronicle today.
the bank of a canal and wash their
faces through a hole in the thick ice.
Although the marchers of the cer-
tain unit here described are members
ering why he has beep so close mouth-
ed over appointments to fat city jobs.
No ceremonies were connected with
the retirement of John Puroy Mitchel,
—Mr. Frank J. McGinley, who is
here from Picher, Okla., visiting his
family a few days, says that zinc
country is certainly prosperous, large
amounts of capital coming in for in-
vestment and everybody having em-
ployment and high wages. He is in
the oil and gasoline business, dealing,
we suspect, in zinc on the side, and
evidently doing well.
of a certain division, dozens dropped land the assumption of power by his
from the ranks suffering from swollen .successor.
and frozen feet on their hike. A quota i ——
of Flivver ambulances swarmed J MARRIAGE LICENSES
through the snow to pick up the strag- j
glers and carried them to the hospitals Marriage licenses issued during the
There the influx forced the placing of j 'agt fftw days are as follows:
cots in the corridors—and even into j Thos. Justin Hinshaw, 2G, and Miss
tents. Fifty extra nurses were sum- Dorothy Dean Rowe, 20, both of Nor-
moned from another unit to assist in man.
handling the big number of patients, j Ralph M. Stoughton, 29, and Miss
A dozen wood chopping camps in the I Minnie E. Woodson, 24, both of Okla-
American zone are working in long | homa City.
shifts supplying fuel to hundreds of Edwin (. Andrews, 46, of Buda,
billets in which a chill hangs ir. the Texas, and Miss Annie Phinney, .!2,
air despite red hot fires in the little! Norman.
drum-like stoves. ! w- Matheney, 39, and Mrs. Clara
E. George, 38, both of Oklahoma City,
—Lieut. W. L. Eagleton left today! Everett Jones, 23, and Miss Frances
for Camp Pike, Ark., returning to his I Smith, 17, both of Norman.
command after a pleasant holiday visit j ' —;
with his parents. Mr. Eagleton is mak- I.owest price ever made on Stand-
juarters suggest that thH
will contain even more spifc-*
LOAFERS FIRST TO
RE CALLED TO WAR
Defense Council Census to Place Job-
less Men in Class One—State Coun-
cil Holds Important Session—Takes
Up l.abor Shortage; Will Meet
Once Each Montn.
Oklahoma City, flun. 1. (Special.)-
If a man be worth half million dol-
lars and, spends his time in a pool
room, engaging in no useful occupa-
tion, he will be placed in the sann-
category, officially as the hoodlum
and the loafer.
Every idje man in the state of Okla-
homa and" every man not employed
in productive labor will be classed as
unemployed in a census which the
county councils will be asked to take-
by the Oklahoma Stat? Council of De-
fense. This census will be transmitteii
any.,^e''ifLm0JT.!"h.I'V!iny CV,'%ither to the local draft and exemp
tion boards direct or sent to the stat. ■>
council and by that body forwarder 1
will not be an acceptance.
Answering the thought that the
kaiser had taken a step toward de-
mocracy by confering more power oni
Chancellor Hertling, officials declared
that this is "mere show" put forth
to quiet growing German voices for
more representation in that Slav
peace session.
The increasing dissatisfaction of
the Bohemians, Slovaks and Czochs
under the kaiser's domination is spur-
ring his peace efforts.
As for Russia, sh£ can stay in or
get out—it makes no difference now in
the military situation, according to
official expressions here. She
doomed to fall prey to German
shrewdness and the best that can
possibly be expected is that the Teu-
ton will find a hornet's nest on his
hands from revolutions within.
Russian authorities here believe a
separate peace between Russia and
Germany is inevitable, while Russia
must accept either such a peace or be
crushed beneath the German war ma-
chine. And once this German-Russian
ficient and with his heart in his work.
to the local hoards.
Unemployed men of military age
■Will be placed by the draft board m.
class 1 under the questionaires if the
recommendations of the state council
are taken and will be subject to the
first call for the national army Those
not of military age will be given a
chance to work on farms or engage
in other productive' labor. Failing to
do this they will be charged with va.
grancy. Pool hall men will be includ-
ed in this class.
This step was decided upon as a-
means to relieve the labor shortage
in Oklahoma which theratens to be-
come acute with the additional drains
which will be made by the draft
Employers throughout the state are
urged to put women in the places of
drafted employes wherever practica-
ble, instead of filling vacancies with
men drawn from other useful occupa-
tions. Congress will be asked to pro-
vide a one-cent railroad rate for the
transportation of tfarm laborers dur-
| ing harvest time. It may be possible
peace is concluded . Bulgaria, Russia
and Rumania will doubtless reach i to brinK German prisoners to,
agreements. j oklahoma.
However, diplomats here are re-1
ing a fine record, being thoroughly ef-j arcl Coats, La Suits and Dresses, at | signed to the inevitable. They declarel All $30.00 Coats reduced to $10..'><>i
Rucker's. j that the sooner this happens the soon-1 at Rucker's.
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