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OKLAHOMA CITY "
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Daily Transcript
Carrying the Full United Press Telegraphic Report
^^r^KLAH>)MA7 SATIKI'XV.I \M UIV -V "'l.-v
NUMBER 197
VOLUME V.
Answers to Hertling-Czernin Op With the War
aMM'w!i SKS *St!twBa™stornV",S,t"0"SfMS us!SmMIUONS
ine neiieicii IMUU^HV -
Hertling masked thinly the militarist
views of Germany, Czernin, on the|ajj0ut a change in Teutonic heart,
other hand, showed symptoms of ner-
vousness over the internal problems
By CARL D. GROAT,
Bv LOWELL MELLET, | (Umt«i i',«, staff c ,rrcpo,.<icm) I
ly ™j ndlM to the outline, of Ge™ „, s ^ -
iind Morerithan"hT he*till probably voice to the world a joint diplomats and army men today.
Moie than tnat n i for whlch Prep,. e seein(, ,n the peace terms re.
b^onXing since* Pope Benedict's peace j*, Hertli.,d ^
3Hm^o rr rcr
before the forthcoming allied conference in Pa1 is. h t t ,
Pnlnnpl House, as exclusive United Press clispattnes max
at the time of his visit to London and attendance at the lnteralliec
cLncil brought to Europe President Wilson's urgent plea lor a
^oint war aims pledge. The matter was discussed at Pans meet-
ings of "allied^ statesmen. There were several conflicting opinions
" t0steethePS or difference have been
,Invert awav The recent visit to Paris of Premier Orlando ot
ltalv has resulted, it was understood here today, in Italy^ s align-
ment with the ulti-a program endorsed by Premier Lloyd George
and UaiyJt"1vas authoritatively reported, is now willing to aban-
d0n ^isace-Lorrain^win'be the big problem which the forthcom-
Ing Prince"" My one of the big powers in the allied camp
which has not recently formally pledged explicit acceptance
liberal^ demoLTatic^progmm-erence to such a ^ has been
expressed in votes in the chamber of deputies, but Premier (lem
'" Viitvic«; if has hpen the one allied premier not to speak.
some cuSer here Ky it was hinted that Clemenceau's silence
had been designed; that the allies have forseen the necessity of
having a greaTleader's speech in reserve to answer German state-
meiltr'ertainlv a speech from Clemenceau-"The Tiger"-would
be of extraordinary timeliness at the present moment It would
*s tup vehicle through which to announce complete and ur
Changed al ed solidantv in the face of the artful attempts of
HertHng and Czernin to'create division and it would serve also to
reford this combine's joint war aspirations and terms 01 peau
wnich Germany must accept.
By ED. L. KEEN,
(United I'rcss Stall I ..ni-spon.lcnt)
London, Jan. 20.—"Now let's go on j
with the war."
Epitomized, that was the unani-
mous chorus of today's London news-
paper comment on the speeches of
Chancellor Hertling of Germany and j
Foreign Minister Czernin of Austria-
Hungary.
It was London's view that Hert-
ling's remarks showed an unrepen-
itant Germany drift, failing to bring
Seven ouartermasters storehouses and municipal
docks burned at Newark. Submarine Boat ( orporation
plant menaced. Conflagration followed spy rumors.
Damage unestimated. r,,*.,!,,
Westinghouse Electric company plant, Buffalo,,
burned. Damage $200,000. , mn.inv
Oella Mills and II. W. Smith Dry Dock company
plant, near Baltimore, destroyed. Damage nearly
$1,000,000. , , , , . .
The fact that big lires broke out today almost * mul-
taneouslv at Newark. Buffalo, and Baltimore, destroy-
ing hundreds of thousands ol dollars in property, lead*
officials here to strongly suspect that there is a
movement alield to concentrate enemy action on Ameri-
ca's war plants.
n mfvv YORK Jan 26.—The plant of the submarine boat com-
■ f , lUany News a,one speculated on the Wat Port ^uUof
But on the whole, authorities felt, | ibi,it of its more liberal terms | government, was V,' ' „nv ni0t "
strong war preparations must b« the being dictated by internal pressure what IS belleyed to have )t'i .p P • l pj(ie a pjer.
answer for the time being Rushing evUlencinK a Ulcere desire for declare they saw
American forces to the western fiont, ^^ AI1 other editorials hinted Shots ,h ' A United States army sergeant's hat was
they contend, will the faster put more t Cj,ernin.g attilU(le was the re- j running 11 om the I ' (. | ( , j by a nlan <>n the roof
conciliation in the German tone. sult of collusion with Hertling— pierced by a bullet he salt! was 111 1(1 at n
Army men in close touch with the j another 0f the numberless ot a warehouse. ^ „ow Huatroved
internal and military problem of l er- :. ^,rman schemes to deceive tlie world A piei <111(1 t oil 1 oi^ )< * • ^ 4
U.i Cnl\tvio
into belief of a brach between the
The more conciliatory speech of
— - i Count Czernin was regarded with
and appeared more sincerely desirous , suspicion jn most editorials. The
Norman Wins Debate
With a unanimous decision from
the judges, the Norman High school
debating team defeated the Chandler
high in the high school auditorium
Friday night.
The debaters for Norman were Roy
Smith, junior, Subert Turbyfill, jun-
ior, and Myrl Smith, senior. Those
for Chandler were Lottie Green, sen
ior, Trughen Hargis, senior, and Jos-
eph Cerney, senior.
The question debated was, "Resolv-
eod, That the Federal Government
should compel compulsory arbitration
of Labor Disputes on Interstate Rail-
roads."
The chairman for the evening were
Mr. Guy Lackey, for Norman and
Prof. W. J. McKinley for Chandler.
The judges were Dean .1. S. Buchan-
an, Dean Roy Gittinger and Prof. E.
E. Ferris.
This is the first of a series of de-
bate- leading to the state contest in
June at the annual scholastic meet.
There are twelve schools in this dis-
trict and ninety-two in the state.
In two weeks the Norman team will
go to Shawnee to meet that team.
After the debate a delicious plate
luncheon was served by the domes-
tic science girls for the visiting team
and rooters, at which a most enjoya-
ble social time was experienced.
BULLETIN
Bv I nilcd I'rcss.
An Atlantic Port. Jan. 26.—
Fire broke out here early today
in the hold of a large British lin-
er. The fire was confined to a
forward hold where oil was
stored. Rumors of a spy plot
were circulated.
The fire, it was said, was under
control shortly after its discov-
ery.
Weather Prospects
Social Hour Club
The Social Hour club spent a de-
lightful afternoon at the hospitable
home of Mrs. J. H. Vose on Jenkins
avenue on Thursday. With a very
few exceptions the entire club mem-
bership was present. After a very
instructive and interesting roll call,
the club - elected the following offi-
cers for the coming year.
President—Mrs. C. H. Bessent,
V. President—Mrs. Joe Davis.
Secretary—Mrs. Jas. D. Maguire.
Treasurer—Mrs. J. H. Vose.
After two hours of industrious
knittin for the Red Cross, the host-
ess, assisted by her three lovely little
daughters, served a delicious lunch-
eon.
The club was further entertained
with music by Miss Vose and Mrs.
Maguire. After adjournment the
ladies departed with the memory of a
most happy afternoon.—A Member.
—A letter from Southwestern Div-
ision Headquarters, St. Louis, Mo.,
reports the receipt of shipment of
Hospital Supplies from the Norman
Red Cross, which have been officially
inspected and pronounced, "excep-
tionally well made."
rtv I'nitcd Press.
Oklahoma—Unsettled weather to-
night and Sunday, with temperature
10 to 20 degrees. Sunday probably
fair. Some indications of snow. Re-
ported blizard has gone east.
Illinois—Snow this afternoon and
tonight, probably heavy in north
portion; cold wave tonight; Sunda>
generally fair and colder; fresh to
strong northeast to northwest winds.
Missouri—Snow thi- afternoon and
tonight; cold wave tonight; Sunday
generally fair and colder with severe
old; fresh to strong northerly winds.
Wisconsin—Unsettled tonight with
snow in east portion; colder in south
portion; cold wave in extreme south-
east portion; Sunday generally fair;
colder in southeast portion; fresh to
strong northeast to northwes winds.
Iowa—Snow and colder tonight;
cold wave in southwest and extreme
■outheast portions; Sunday generally
fair: colder in east and centrol por-
tions; Sunday generally fair; colder
in east and centrol portions; fresh
to strong north to northwest winds
Kansas—Unesttled this afternoon
and tonight; cold wave tonight, with
temperature zero or below; Sunday
probably fair; colder in southeast
portion: fresh to strong northerly
winds, diminishing by Sunday.
many and Austria have felt for
long while that the way is being
paved for real peace negotiations.
Thev still feel the same, saying every
statement, with any sort of conces-
sion in a step nearer peace.
But they share with Serbian Com-
...issioner \esnitch his thought ex-
press to the United Press today. "The
answer, if any is necesary. shall con-
. t of reinforcements to the allied
fronts and co-ordinating in our ef-
forts for definite victory; all talk
about peace now goes exclusively in
favor of our enemy."
This will certainly be the answer.
Washington's tone is more warlike
rieht now than it has been for some
iltt.c. T'ne iv.u- probe- and the rowing
over the war administration, has
brouirht war not peace close to home.
Diplomats in general, think that if
Austria wants a peace discussion as
much as she indicates through Czer-
she herself ought to make a de-
finite move in that direction.
Czernin gave a hopeful outlook as
to the chance of a break in the align-
ment between Austria and Germany,
but officials gleaned no satisfaction
from Hertling.
M. Andre Tardieu, French high
commissioner, saw no peace in Hert-
ling's speech. Hi- refysal to talk
about the cession of Alsace-Lorraine,
•eighty seven percent of whose peo-
ple speak German."
"We answer: The Alsatians and
Lorraineians are French because,
having been French for centuries,
they want to become French again."
Neutral diplomats, hopeful of
peace to end the economic suffering
of their contries, were pessimistic
over the outlook.
two nations.
"Neither of the spokesmen dis-
closes the least readiness to make
any of the concessions which the al-
lies have declared indispensable" the
London Times summarized. "The
joint attack is intended to shake the j —-jauncy,ing>
solidarity of the allies. President , ,
Wilson is manifestly the chief objec-
tive of these converging forces."
Other editorials discerned at at-
tempt to insert a wedge between the
United States and the allies.
By JOHN II. HEARLEY,
t United I'rcss Staff Correspondent)
Home, Jan. 2<i.—The Vatican today
ounted Count Czernin's speech as
another positive step toward peace.
In official circles the many points ' _ I^TIV
of agreement between the speech of JpULLrj-ll-iN
the Austro-Hungarian statesman and
President Wilson's fundamental peace i /;-v ' 1
. . e retrop
aims were pointed out as evidence of 1
the gradual building of a basic struc-
ture on which peace might later be
erected.
A pier ami ioui uji ua^ . r . rw™™
Rumors of a spy plot to destroy the Submarine Boat Corpoia-
t Jon plant were circulated more than a week ago, ,iust prior to a
visit paid the plant by Edward N. Hurley, chairman ol the Emerg-
ency fleet corporation. When Hurley lett, a guard of 200 soldiers
was sent at once to the yard and began a patrol. Police also were
M'nl Th^plaiit l^one of the largest in the country and has just
been completed. One ship already is on the ways and nearly ready
aunching. Others are being laid down.
Soldiers used dynamite to demolish buildings between the
blaze and the huge shipyard. The docks at the quartermaster s
nif r wore blazing a,t nn early ho ti 1. t ... , ..
Oil barges which had been frozen against the dock spilled oil
on frozen Newark bay and it ignited. The sky was lighted up toi
mlK The°entire Newark fire department was rushed to the blaze.
Fire boats were sent from New York, but had great difficulty
cettinir close, owing to the ice..
Crowds gathered around the blaze, but soldiers kept tin
spectators back by firing into the air repeatedly.
Later the fire was brought under control.
1
Petrograd, Jan. 25.—(Delayed,
via London, Jan. 26.)—Bolshevi-
ki organizations had been formed
h> the workmen in Vienna, Bud-
apest and Warsaw "lor revolu-
tionary purposes."
AMERICAN FLYERS
OVER GERMAN LINES
Bv J. W. PEGLER,
-.1 Pi
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nl)
MASONIC SCHOOL OK INSTRUC-
TION.
Bro. D. D. Hoag, grand lecturer,
Will conduct a four day school of in-
struction for Norman Lodge No. ;>K,
beginning Monday morning, Jan. 28.
Brothern interested are invited to at-
tend.
LEWIS S. SALTER. W. M.
BRUCE GIVENS. Sec.
ever, reflected the view of Italian of-
ficialdom—that there was no gen-
uine or sincere desire for peace to be
found in either Czernin's or TTert-
ling's speeches.
It was the Vatican's opinion that
Count Caernin especially addressed
the German people in his speech,
practically warning Germany
"though we support you, there is a
limit." Under this construction, Va-
tican officials hold the address would
tmbarass the pan-Germans greatly.
Moreover, they pointed out that the
speech was made under more nortral
and more natural political circum-
stances than that of German Chan-
cellor Hertling' and there foreghoul.l
be adjudged the more important and
more significant
With the American Army nr
France, Jan. 24.—Major William
Thaw, of Pittsburg, long an honored
member of the French Lafayette Es
cadrille, apparently will have the
honor of having been the first uni-
pilot
That there should be omissions and
reservations was to be expected, ac-
cording to Vatican officials. Their at- This report follows closely the
titude was distinctly optimistic. United Press dispatch of Thursday
The Italian press comment, how- from Joseph Shaplen, reporting re-
ceipt by the Smolny Institute of formed American fighting-
wireless reports indicating a revolu- to fly over German lines,
tion in Vienna.
The Russian word "soviet" means
council. Under the Russian revolu-
tionary government, there were
"soviet" of workmen, soldiers, peas-
ants. etc., all elected and who are
supposed to represent public opinion
of their respective classes.
I'RES. BROOKS TO KANSAS
Dr. Slratton 1 . Brooks, state food
administrator, who is now in Wichita
conferring with W. E. Innes, food ad-
ministrator for Kansas and E. I ■
Cullen, from Washington representa-
tive of the federal administration, is
expected to return Saturday.
More Fires in Plants
II v ('nilcd I'rcss.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 26.—State
and federal authorities are co-opera-
ting today in an investigation of the
fires that at the same time during
the night wrecked two big plants
working on government contracts.
The Oella mills in Howard county
and the Smith Roudick company at
Smith Creek were destroyed, the
damage reaching 91,000,000. The two
men were arrested but later released.
More arrests are expected. Tnere are
indications of incendiarism.
Thieves Arrested
F. L. Blake was in the city today
on his way home to Lexington from
Hobart, where he caused the arrest
of four Lexington young men for
stealing his Ford away back on Sep-
tember 11th. The young men are
Fain, Jim and Chas. Thompson and
their brother-in-law, Tom School-
craft. The four men are now in the
Hobart jail. The machine was re-
j covered, being found in the posses-
sion of Schoolcraft. Mr. Blake did
some good detective work in locating
thieves and Ford, and feels good over
Asks $;},0()(> Damages
—The University Theatre is giving
unexampled good service these days,
showing some of the best pictures
made. Watch its announcements for
next week, it is giving .i mnu.nee
every day, which is a great conven-
ience to the people who do not get
out at night..
Students at the University of Wis-
—Money Kound: Master Gilbert
Bentley, son of Mr. and Mrs. It
Bentley, of North Ponca street, found
The Oklahoman of Saturday notes three of the $20 bills lost by F r .1
the filing of a suit for $:i,000 dam- Reynolds, ads-used in vesteida\ s
ages in the district court of Oklaho-I Transcript, and returned them ti, the
ma county by Mrs. Anna B. Thomp- owner who, of course, was 'tickI" I to
son against the Santa Fe an account death." The young man found them
of the death of her husband, William in a vacant space back ot his home
L. Thompson, who was killed at Nor-! where the wind had blown them, uvi
man on November 9, when the auto- now the whole neighborhno.l is
mobile in which he was riding was searching for the remaining bill. It
struck by a Santa Fe train. is dollars to doughnuts that Fred will
The petition recites that Mr. hereafter take better care of nis
Thompson, who was 61 years old. was money, but he s it.tin > ue .
hurled nearly 150 feet by the force of made Gilbert present of a ■> g
the collision, which almost instantly P'ece-
killed him. According to the petition,
no warning of any kind was given by
the engineer when the train ap-
proached the crossing.
: consin have a melting pot into which
Subscribe for the Daily Transcript ! they put all old bits of jewelry and
—Tom B. Matthews is in Oklahoma
City today undergoing an operation
for removal of his tonsils.
scraps of gold and silver. The con-
tents are to be sold for the benefit of
French orphans.
PROPERTY OWNERS, TAKE
NOTICE.
We are ready and waiting to make
out your assessment rolls for the
jear, 1918. We go to the country
week after next, and desire to clean
up Norman and vicinity before going.
Don't fail to call at the court house
and make out your assesment blank.
DO IT NOW.
W. E. BARNARD, Co. Assessor.
J. N. BROWN, Deputy.
Miss Imogene Turbyfill is here
from the Wildcat school district tak-
ing the examination for teachers be-
ing held at the county superinten-
dent's office, and incidentally attend-
ing the trial of Ben Powers, obstrep-
erous pupil of that district, which
will be held in Judge Burke's court
at 3 o'clock this (Saturday) after-
noon.
Men at the Colorado University are
1 going to tum "lumberjacks" by chop-
1 ping wood from the government land
near the University camp to sell,
i They are doing this to save the coal
supply.
According to a report received here
today, Thaw, lately transferred from
the French to the American air ser-
vice, recently donned his new uniform
and carried out numerous aerial pa-
trols.
So far as known, Thaw is thus the
first fighting American airman to
go aloft under battle conditions. Nu-
merous American aviators and ob-
servers have flown with French fl>>
ers during recent months for instruc-
tional purposes.
Other members of the Lafayettt
Escadrille are reported to have been
outfitteed with their new American
uniforms at Paris. They are now
said to be ready to resume their air
fighting as an American Lafayette
1 Escadrile. Probably they will be the
first soldiers of the United States to
| disabuse the mind- of the Germans
! of their belief, expressed recently by
a captured Boche pilot that America
has no air fleet in France.
I A number of Sammies were an-
' nounced today as graduates of ti
French carrier pigeon school and
qualifies to begin their duties at the
front. They will take care of the
feathered messenger- who are an im-
portant auxiliary to the battle plans.
Kach battalion of American troops
will hereafter carry a pigeon squad.
The birds will be used in emergency
—for instance where telephone wires
have ben put out of commission and
rockets exhausted, cutting off com-
munication.
The American carrier pigeon spec-
ialists wear a silver embroidered pig-
eon on their left arm. They will ha\e
no other duties than the care of their
feathered messengers.
The "specialists" were all choseir
from among men who qualified by
knowledge of pigeons gained by keep-
ing their birds when they were boy-.
One native of Sparta. Wis., was found
to know more about pigeons than the
French instructors, exci|>t their use
under war time conditions.
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