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VOU'ME X—No. 198.
TUISA, OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 21, 1914.
TEN PAGES
Huerta and Adherents,
Not the People of Mexico,
Enemies of United States
FRED SKIS
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WHATEVER TROUBLE WE HAVE WITH MEXICO IS TO
BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DICTATOR AND IT IS
AGAINST HIS CLAN THAT THE NATION HOLDS
CHARGE OF INSOLENCE.
N« Appropriation Atked at This Time and No Declaration of
War I* Implied—No Thought of Aggrandizement, But a De-
termination to Uphold the Honor and Dignity of America.
Give the People of Mexico An Opportunity Which Hat
Long Been Denied Them.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—President Wilson today an-
swered Huerta's defiance by asking congress, assembled i
oint session for approval to "use the armed forces
United States htsuch ways and to such extent as may be i
essary to obtaiWrom Gen. Huerta and his adherems the fullest
recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States.
The president did not ask for any appropriation of money
at this time nor for authority to call out the national guard.
"There can be no thought of aggression or of selfish ag-
grandizement," declared the president to thesombrejaced
■-.enators and representatives who packed the hall of the house.
"This government can, 1 earnestly hope, in no cir^m-
stances be forced into war with the people of ^ico.lfanried
conflict should unhappily come as the result of his (Huerta s)
attitude of personal resentment towards this government, we
should be fighting only Gen. Huerta and those who adhere to
him and give support and our object would be only to re-
stoie to the people of the distracted republic the opportunity
to set up again their own laws and their government.
"There can, in what we do, be no thought of aggression or
selfish aggrandizement. We seek to maintain the dignity
and authority of the United States only because we wish al-
wavs to keep our great influence unimpaired tor the uses o
liberty both in the United States and wherever it may be em-
ployed for the benefit of mankind."
WASHINGTON, April " *
Wilson laid the Mexico
fore congress today in these words.
"Gentlemen of the congress, it Is my
duty to call your attention to a situa-
tion wtaici lias arisen in our Rulings
with General Victorian ) Huerta at Mex-
ico City, which calls for action and to
isk your advice and cnoocration In act-
ing upon it. On the ninth of April
a paymaster of the U. S SJenmnhlp
Dolphin landed at the Iturblde bridge at
Tampico with a whale boct and boat s
crew to take off certa<n supplies needed
by his ship, and wh'le engaged In load-
ing the boat were arres'.od by an office!
and squad of the men >f the army of
General Huerta. Neither the pay
rtv any ono of the bouts crew
20. President forces at Tempico for the release of the
situation be- pyamaster and his men.
The release was followed by apologies
from the commander and later by an
expression of regret by Gen. Huerta
himself. Gereral Huerta urged that
martial law obtained at the time at
Tampico; that orders hnd been issued
that no one should be allowed to land
at the Itvrblde bridge; and that our
sailors had no right to land there. Our
naval commanders at lie port had not
been notified of any such prohibition end
even If they had been, the only Jurtl-
flable course open to t.io local author-
ities would have been to require the pay
master anl his crew to withdraw and to
lodge a protest with the commandln; of-
ficer of the fleet.
, Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest as so
In ■ serious an affront that he was not sstis-
were armed. Two of the men weretn wUh the a„ok)gie9 offered but de-
ihe boat when the arrest took plac- and he United States
were obliged to leave I. and .ubnnt to special ceremony by the
bo taken into custody, .lotnithsUviK'g I nlllitary commander of the port.
at" her" bow "und at her stern the flag j "The Incident can-not be regarded « a
of the United States. The officer who | made the arrest was pf iceedlng up _one
of the streets of
prisoners
higher authority
the iown with his | trivia lone, especially as two of the men
when met by an officer of arrested were taken from the boat Itself
who ordered hl.n to that is to say, from the territory of the
A series of Incidents 'iave recently oc
curred which can not but create the im-
pression that the representatives of Oen
Huerta were willing to fro out of their
way to shew disregard for the dignity
and rights of this government and felt
perfectly aafe in doing what they picas
•d, making free to show in many ways
.heir irritation and contempt A few
lays after the incident at Tampico an
rderly from the U. 8. S. Minnesota was
irrested at Vera Cru* v.hlle ashore in
uniform to obtain the >.hip's mail and
.vas for a time thrown late Jail.
An official dispatch from this govern-
i nent to the embaasy at Mexico City was
withheld by the authorities of the tele-
graphic service until peremptorily demand
by our charge d'afafires in person.
Bo far as I can learn such wrongs and
annoyances have been suffered to occur
only against representatives of the United
States. I have heard no complaints from
other governments of similar treatments
Subsequent explanations and formal apol
ogles did not alter the popular Impression
which it is possible it lias been the object
of the Huertaista authorities to create,
that the government of the United tttates
was being singled out and might be sin
gled out with impunity for slights and af-
fronts In retaliation for its refusal to rec
oginzc the pretensions of General Huerta
to be regarded as the constitutional pro
visional president of the republic
Mexico.
"The manfiset danger of such a situa-
tion was that such offenses might grow
from bad to worse Imtll something hap-
pens of so gross and intolerable a sort as
to lead directly and inevitably to armed
conflict. It was necessary that the apolo-
gies of General Huerta and his repre-
sentatives should go much further, that
they should be such as to attract
the attention of the whole population
to their significance, and such as
to impress upon General liueru
himself the necessity of seeing to it that
no further occasion for explanations and
professed regrets should arise. I, there-
fore, felt it my duty to rustaln Ad n'ral
Mayo in the whole of his demand * id to
insist, that the flag of U e United States
should be saluted in such a way as to
indicate a row spirit and attitude o*i the
part of the Huertaistas.
'Such a salute Gen. Huerta has re-
fused and I have como to ask your ap-
proval and support in the course I now
propose to pursue.
"This government can, - I earnestly
hope, 4n no olrcumstanccs be forced into
war with the people of Mexico. Mexico
Is torn by civW strife. If wo *re to
accept the tests of its own constitution,
it has no government. Qen Huerta has
•et his power up in the city of Mexico,
such as it is, without right and by me-
thods for which there can be no Justifi-
cation.
"Only pert of the country Is under his
control. Ii armed conflict should un-
happily come as a result of his attitude
of personal resentment towards this
government, we should be fighting only
Gen. Huerta and those who adhere to
him and give him their support and our
object would be only ,l3 restore to the
ptople of the distracted remblic the op-
portunity to set up again their own laws
and their own government.
"But I earnestly hope that war is not
now In question. I believe that I speak
for the American people when I say that
we do not desire to cffrit. ol In any de-
gree the affairs of our sister republic.
Our feelln? for the people of Mexico Is
one of deep and genuine iriendshlp and
everything we have so ft r done or re-
frained from doing h s \ oceeded from I
our desire to help them not to hinder
or embrrass them. We would not wish '
even to exercise the good offices ol
friendship without their welcome and
consent. The people of Mexico are en-
titled to settle their ov.r; . domestic af-
fairs in their own way a id we sincerely
desire to respect their right. The pre-
sent situation need have none of the
grave complications of interference If
we deal with it promptly, firmly and
wisely.
"No doubt I could do what Is necessary
in the circumstances to enforce respect
for our government without recourse to
Dctertive Mixed in Political Sen-
sation Here Wanted in San
Bernardino.
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4. WAR BULLETINS. <■
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WASHINGTON, April 20.—At 4 0. m.
resolutions authorUIng President Wilson
to act In the Mexican crisis still were
being considered In the house and ssn-
at* committees and had not been
up by either house of congress for
data and passaie.
MORE BATTLESHIPS.
WASHINGTON, April K!.—The tattle
ships Virginia, Nebraska and Georgia,
of the Third division of the Atlantic
float, today war* ordered to tall from
Boston Friday for Tampico.
GRAND JURY RETURNS
FOUR SEPARATE COUNTS
Extradition Will be Attempted
Once—Strang, alias Woodruff,
Retains Lawyers—Case for
Pandering Pending.
at
GEN. WOOD COMMANDER.
Practically Selected Chief of Staff for
Hostilities.
WASHINGTON. April 20.—Secretary
Oarrtaon announced todny that In the
event of liostllles with Mexico, Major
General Leonard Wood, rnlef of staff of
the army, would command the Amer-
ica 11 forces
T!
vr
LAND THE U.C1'S
Fred Woodruff (Strung) a private
detective, held under w vy ball on a
charge of pandering, '• arrested by
Chief of PCllce Edward Yoder this
morning on advices from authorities
at San Bernardino, California, and is
held a prisoner in the city Jail.
• In a telegram to Chief of Police
Yoder Sheriff J. R. Ralphs of San Ber-
nardino county asked that Strang be ar-
rested and held for San Bernardino
officers. He said a grand Jury has in
dieted Strang on four separate counts
for forgery. Sheriff Ralphs' telegram
to the chief of police dated Sunday,
follows:
"Have warrant for arrest of Fred
Strang, forgery, on four counts. This
county will extradite. Hold and wire."
By means of telegraphic communica-
tion, the identity of Strang was estab-
,Vie<l t0 the satisfaction of Chief
\oder and he arrested Strang on the
street this morning. 8trang offered
no explanation when arrested. He did
not say whether he will fight extradi-
tion.
Chief Yoder immediately notified
Sheriff Ralphs that he has Strang In
custody and It is likely that an officer
will be sent from San Bernardino im-
mediately. Strang has engaged attor- j
neys and it may be an attempt will be ]
made to secure his release by mean3
of a writ of habeas corpus before the
California officer arrives.
Strang was arrested recently during
the city campaign, on a charge of pan-
dering. It Is alleged he was instru-
mental in ptacing Maurlne Cox a 15-
year-old strl, in a house of 111 fame.
After a sensational preliminary hear-
ing he was bound over to tho superior
court for trial and was released on
ball.
Plans for Financing
to Get Encampment Here
Laid This Morning.
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V
Troops in Illinois, Kansas and
Nebraska Ready to Entrain
at Once.
OKLAHOMA SPECIAL TO
LE AVE TULSA ON MAY 2
Five Thousand Booklets, With a Pic-
ture of Convention Hall en the
Back Will be Distributed in
Southern Cities.
CHICAGO, April 20.—All the United
States troops remaining in the cen-
_ . tral division, about 1,500 cavalry and
Campaign I 8tx batteries of field guns, are reafly
to entrain for the south and can be
on their way In 12 hours, it was stated
nt division headquarters here today
There are four troop* of the Fifth cav
airy at Fort Sheridan and four at Ft,
.eavenworth, Kansas, as well as about
FROM HI*!) TO
Orders to Soldiers at Texas City
to Come in From Hike
Ready for Service.
PORTION OF SECOND
DIVISION ENTRAINS
Fifth Brigade First Military Perse et
United States te be Prepared fer
the Front—Large Peree Is
New Awaiting Orders.
Plans for the financing of the campaign
to land the 1015 encampment of tho
United Confederate Veterans for Tulsa
were made at a meeting of the committee
representing the Tulsa Commercial club
which lias this mntter 111 hand al tlie
Hrsdy hotel this mornlns. O. N. Wrlalit
was made treasurer of the finance com-
mittee and the work of raisins the neces-
sary fund will be vigorously started at
once.
The Oklahoma special to Jacksonville
will leave Tulsa on Saturday night. May
?, at 11 o'clock. The two hundred mem-
bers of the party will arrive In Tulsa
Saturday morning and early In the aft-
ernoon and II is planned by the entertain-
ment committee to make their stay as
pleasant as possible by giving them ail
■omnWle ride over the city.
The order has been placed for five thou-
| sand Tulsa picture booklets, upon the
backs of which will be placed a picture
of the convention hall, for distribution in
the larger cities of the south. During tlio
next two weeks Tulsa will be advertised
as never before, a very creditable feature
In this connection.
The Oklahoma train Is the only one to
go over the extreme southern route. It
will pass through the cities of Dallas.
Houston, New Orleans, Montgomery and
across the Suwanee river Into Jackson-
ville.
HOUSTON, Texas. April The sec-
ond division of the United States army
hers on a practice march, began a hur-
ried movement back to Texas City and
Galveston today on orders received from
700 men at Fort Riley. Five batteries i Washington at 3 o'clock this morning,
of field artillery are at Fort Riley. |The fifth brigade of the divteon was
The sixth Is at Fort SneHlng, Minn.
Tho first cavalry, Illinois national
guard, notified division headquarters
todav that It waa ready to move at
three days' notice. This Is one of Illi-
nois' crack volunteer organisations
and is at full atrength and well drilled
aud equipped.
Through the Aero club of Illinois a
dozen of the best known aviators In
America have notified the army chiefs
of their readiness for service. The
men are bound by mutuc.l agreement,
entered into four months ago, to hold
UMR'
goWrnment In case of war.
TBIINKL
selves at the disposition of the
"Cloistered Conversations
rushed aboard troop trains, but the re-
mainder of the big army unit which
brought nearly ten thousand men here was
ordered to make the sixty-mile "hike"
buck to the coast on foot. Plane were
made for the fifth brigade to go aboard
transports, although It was said no salHnf
orders have been received.
The plan was to have the fifth divi-
sion of men ready for aalllng to
Vera Cru* by Thureday mor Ins In case
a troop movement should be ordered.
The se.:ond division. *hlch has been
encamped In Texas City nnd Galveston
for a year, had marched to Houston to
remain until the middle of the week.
soldiers were to hav paraded In a
local celebration of Texas winning In-
dependence from Mexico, on San Jacinto
battlefield, April Zl. Their march here
from the coast last week Indicated that
the division was In almost perfect form,
tljo men so hardy that there was not
even a case of serious Illness In the trig
command.
The Fifth brldade which returned to
Galveston by train under plana already
worked out for troop movements by sea,
would be the first to go aboard trans-
ports unless orders 'or embarkation
should specify some in program.
PITTSBURGH, April id>.— Af 'irther daylight, less than three hours after
cut In tho price of crude oil was an- the orders to return had been flashed
nounced here today with the opening of |nt„ i sleeping camp, the Fifth brigade
the market. The rcduot on for ^*ach boarding trains. The quick meve-
~ inent developed the fact tnat trains made
up, except for hooking on the engines,
had been held In readiness for Just such
orders. The Fifth brigade comprises the
Fourth, tteventli and Eighth regiment*.
Us station is M Fort Crockett, Galves-
ton while the remainder of the second
division IS stationed at Texas Cltjr.
General Frederick Funston, command'
Ing the division returned to his head-
quarters at Texas City In advance of tha
army.
grade Is ten cents a barrel except Corn-
ing, which dropped 16 cents, and Somer-
set five cents.
The price of Electra oil took a. U-cent
tumble today, mnklng the price the same
as Kansas and Oklahoma, M cents.
Ex-Convict, Candidate for Gov-
ernor, Goes to Leaven-
worth, Is Decree.
WILL TAKE NO APPEAL
CONVICTED MAN SAYS
United States; but had it stood by itself.
aTwIthl^an hou"" ha^Un'the j n mW.r'CaVe' been" attributed to the Ig-
tlme of the arrest order., were__rcce!ved ! _of
from the commander if the Huertlsta | Unfortunately, it was not an Isolated case.
Touching Scene When Judge You-
mans Passes Sentence—Took
Jury Just Twenty Minutes
to Reach Verdict.
George Crump, Jr., convicted in the fed-
eral court this morning of impersonating
a United States officer, was sentenced to
one and a half years in the government
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on two
counts, by Presiding Judge Youmans at
the congress, any yet not exceed my con- 1;30 0,c)00k thl8 afternoon
Mr.
%r Rockefeller:" Ab^i" nofvousee so long as pipe lines are allowed to
Production they are Interested In getting all the oil they can. W£ l«"
her it Is damagng to the other fellow or not. They drill, and be-
cause of the fugltlvencss of the commodity deal in, others must drillI to pro-
tect their contracts of lease. So the number of necessary wells multiplies.
1 s iv "shut down" when I know such a thing is Impossible.
Mr Hymn: You mean that It Is Impossible to shut down at the point where
' the large • overproduction" is beng producted,
Mr Hocki feller- Precisely. If I drill a well Into „ ----
royalty owner Is going to force his lessee, to drill within a reasonable time or
ask a court of equity to caneell the lease. Then again human nature^ as-
serts Itself and the scramble begins. I know this and take advantage of It.
Mr tTvmn• Where is the shut-down usually put In effect.
Mr Rockefeller: In fields where there is a scarcity rather than an excess o
Mr Hvmn- What other unnatural effects has an "overproduction" of oil?
Rockefeller "Overproduction" of xithcr commodities exists only during
such times as prosperity Is abroad In the land. The wheat fields of Kansas
for instance is maybe calling for more help to harvest and move tho croi.
So is with corn, cotton, etc. However, the overproduction of ol causes
Shut-downs to bo made thereby affecting the community by the dlsc^*
of labor over great '/.ones which do not actually over produce oil. I make
a local condtlon Into a general condition to the harm of everybody. I
tahHsh a maximum for the prosperity of an oil field If they have 'ie ol,
they go broke producing It and if they haven t the oil-tfieyjo broke look-
I
GETS YEAR IN PER
Youth, 21 Years Old, Goes t«
Federal Prison for Hauling
Load of Whisky.
MAKEUP OF THE AMERICAN
FLEET ORDERED TO TAMPICO
The Atlantic Fleet consists of the following vessels:
Flagship Wyoming, 33 guns; F. L. Chapin, commanding.
FIRST DIVISION
Arkansas, 33 guns; Roy C. Smith, commanding.
Delaware, 24 guns; Hugh Rodman, commanding.
Florida 26 guns; William J. Maxwell, commanding.
North Dakota, 24 guns; Henry B. Wilson, commanding.
Jtah, 26 guns; Louis S. Van Duzer, commanding.
SECOND DIVISION.
Louisiana, 24 guns; Harry A. Field, commanding.
Michigan, 28 guns; Edward E. Capehart, commanding.
New Hampshire, 24 guns; James H. Oliver, commanding.
South Carolina, 28 guns; Thomas Snowden, commanding.
Vermont, 24 guns; George W. Kline, commanding.
THIRD DIVISION
Rhode Island, 24 guns; Clarence S. Williams, commanding
Georgia, 24 guns; Matbury Johnston, commanding.
Nebraska, 24 guns; Spencer S. Wood, commanding.
New Jersey, 24 guns; Frank K. Hill, commanding.
Virginia, 24 guns; John C. Leonard, commanding.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Connecticut, 24 guns; John J. Knapp, commanding.
Kansas 24 guns; William $. Fletcher, commanding.
Minnesota, 20 guns; Edward Simpson, commanding.
Ohio, 20 guns; Josiah S. McKean, commanding.
stitutional powers aa president; but I do
not wish to act on a matter of so sravc
consequence except in close conference
and co-operation with both the senate
and house. I therefore come to ask your
approval that I shouid use the armeii
forces of the United States in such ways
and to such extent as may be necessary
to obtain from General Huerta and his
advocates the fullest recognition of the
rights and diginity of the United States,
even against the distressing conditions
now unhappily obtaining in Mexico.
There can in what we do be no thought
of aggression or of selfish aggrandize-
ment. We eek to maintain the dignity
Crump announced immediately after sen-
tence was pronounced that he will not
appeal to the circuit court. He said he
was ready then to accompany an officer
to Leavenworth and begin on tho sen-
tence.
Crump, who was released from the Ok-
lahoma state penitentiary at McAlester
last fall on a pardon issued by Lieuten-
ant Governor McAlester, had announced
himself a candidate for the democratic j
nomination for governor. He was serving
time there for forgery.
Judge Youmans, who was district at-
irtrney in the eastern district of Arkan-
Chorles Norcross, a white man. 21
years old. was sentenced to serve one
year and one day in the federal pen at
Fort Leav**nworth. Kansas for engaging
in transporting liquor 'nto this itate, by
Judge Youmans of the U. 8. district
court this afternoon.
Norcross' defense had been that he
was just driving the wagon i^ *hlch
the whiskey was found for another man.
He claimed not to know that he haulinff
liquor.
"I think the penalty in these cases
should be stiff," Judge youmans said,
"for two reasons. "The fir t reason i
that the person convicted should be
punished for violating the law; the eec-
ond, and in my opinio-i of still more
importance, is that oth /s are warned
what it means to be caught."
FEDERAL COURT HOLDS
WEALTHY KANSAS MAN
Ainarlllo Texas. April 20—Foster Stew-
art- of Hutchinson, Kan., charged
mem. vv© ■etrK vu MKimnni uic | fipnmn
and authority of the TTnlted States only I ""vend^years a*o when 0«°r «Cuimp.
because we wish always to keep our &treat iHr., Crumps fathe , : „ , ,
influence unimpaired for the uses of lib-
erty, both in the United States or where-
over It may be employed for the benefit
of mankind."
(Additional War Newi on Pafle 7.)
PRESIDENTHUERTA'S
OFFICERS CHEER HIM
EAGLE PASS, Texas, April 10.—Follow-
ing the announcement that Huerta had re-
fused to salute the flag, the f«4eral offi-
cers in Pledr Ncgras this morning met
at headquarters and repeatedly cheered
the Mexican president. The military band
paraded the streets and bulletins were
posted announcing that Huerta had called
j the Yankee bluff.
The constitutionalist junta In Eagle
Pass met here this morning and passed
resolutions of regret at the action of
Huerta. The Tampicu ii.uideut, Uiey de-
clared, waa a deliberate act Intended to
cause intervention and prevent the victo-
ry of the constitutionalists. Members of
the Junta stated that even If the United
s states Intervenes the constitutionalists
will under no conditions uld Huerta but
will preserve a neutral attitude.
REFUGEES ARRIVE.
MADRID. April *0—Fifty Bpanlah re-
fugees from Mexico arrived at Cadiz
yesterday aboard the steamer Montez-
Jorrat, The were In a pitiable condi-
tion from sickness aud destitution, ind
described atrocities whlcn they and their
nnmnaiilAMr «m4 In VotrtnA.
The
marshal In that district, was visibly af-
tt-d when he sentenced Crump to the
federal prison. Crump. Sr., who has been
a warm friend of Judf,"- Vounian-
twenty years, was in the court room.
iudRe said:
A Sad Duty.
"I regret deeply having the duty of sen-
tencing you to the penitentiary thrust on
me. As you know, I have known your
father for twenty years. 1 am sorroy for
a young man who wll lallow himself to be
mixed In such trouble as this: sorry for
a father who has a son who will bring to
him such grief.
"But there Is no use In talking of these
things. Mr. Crump, It Is the Judgment
of this court that you serve a period of
one year and six months ill the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth on each of
the two counts and pay a fine of |100 In
each case. The prison sentences will run
concurrently with each other.
A newspaper reporter asked Orump if
he would appeal to the circuit court. The
candidate for governor answered:
"No; I am ready now to accomiiany the
officer and begin my sentence."
in* for it 1 am always on the receiving end of the business.
Mr Hymn: Then you create an artificial condition by the -overproduction
talk You demoralize the price of the oil used by you every day regardless
of whether or not the "surplus" oil Is ever sold you.
Mr Rockefeller- 1 will allow no quantity of steel storage oil to drift Into th
handB o actural con,petition. While I could get along very well without It.
such storage oil must be kept off the market. I demoralize the price suf-
ficient to care for this oil at bargain prices. If It were kept ill the ^
I would take my chances on getting possession of it at some future time
but when once produced I must have it off the market. My monopoly must
l,e perpetuated by the ownership of the only means of transporting oil
and the possession of most of the "visible supply." I had my awful exper-
ience with privately owned storage ull during the days of Bradford and be-
I wish for no further by you during ! violating the Mann white slave act. after
Suppose every barrel of oil in extess ot that run to being formally called in federal court
uecemoer last was placed In private storage and > taken ho,'c t°day by Judge E. K. Meek, waa
purchase one barrel of this private storage. In other words it ™ r-assed to take its regular course on tho
off the market would you feci Justified in cutting the price of Oklahoma eollrt dockt.t8.
, . 9 ** WftS no* known if both sides woukt
O w tw- I will do anything to discourage the builiHng of private stor- Bns,vv, r ready for trial should the ease be
Mr. try "nd control the purchase of the greater percentage reached thl„ afternoon. Many witnesses
TevervTar^of oil that produced. There is no such thing as my say- [ for the government ar. preaen,
ing that I have all the oil I wish at a certain price and then continue the
cutting of prices. If the oil producer had another market by means of a AUTOMOBILE STOLEN;
government owned,pipe line actinia. l i RECOY ERED BY POLICE
wanted^'n^Meave the rest I now leave absolutely nothing for a real true A delivery automobile belonging to
K, ness rival to get but continue my monopoly by cutting the market con- , the Tulsa Decorating company, stolen
t, a ton drilling The law of supply and demand enters into the I from in front of the company 8 Soutll
onlv to such decree aa I allow it The oil market Maln gtreet store at 7:SO o'clock on
Mr. llymn:
■OATS FOR REFUGE.
American and Foralgn Woman Are Invltad
tt Safety.
VERA CRUZ. April 20.—All American
and other foreign women have been asked
by Consul Canada to take refuge on vee-
hels now in the harbor, preferably on
board the Mexico of the Ward line and
the EBperanzza, which has been chartered
hv il,a IIoW«d flt.te. nmyi"
matter of price making only to such degree
Is not manipulated but is fixed by me.
Mr. Hvmn: Then you think that It is absolutely essential for you to have Jur-
isdictlon over every barrel of oil produced, do you not?
Mr. Rockefeller: I certainly do. How could I maintain my monopoly and not
Mr Hymn: Because you find It necessary to control the situation, by the mak-
ing the market for oil "at well" you must Prepare to take care of all oil
that is offered. Price cutting Is resorted to. You will not allow the crud
to find other markets because you refuse to transport It for the producer.
Every barrel of oil has In It a potential profit for you. The erection of pri-
vate steel storage and its sale to coiupUtiou U not only weaknmg to
"system" but an actual loss In potential profits. You would rather handle
practically all of the oil at such prices as you saw fit to pay and bo con-
tinue the monopoly of the marketprice "at well" than to pay a price
based upon Its intrinsic value for only such quantities as you actually re-
quire or felt need of?
Mr. Rockfeller: You clearly state the case. „
Mr Hymn Then supply and demand is not the governing factor In the fixing
of ^ prices, but It Is the necessity of always controlling the filing price
"at well" for ALL oil produced and the desire to make your appropriation
for tho purchasing of crude cover tho GREATER PER CENT of ALL
PRODUCED, that makes the price of crude In Oklahoma.
Mr. Rockefeller: That la a very practical and businesslike manner of looking
Sunday afternoon was recovered later
In the night by the police. Joyriders
had pressed It into service and aban-
doned U when the merrymaking trip
wan over.. The joyriders were not
arrested.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Forecast
lor Oklahoma. Touiglit fair, witrmor;
Tuesday fair, warmer in east portion.
Local Temperatures.
Maximum 77 | Minimum 11
As a general thing, If you are always
looking for the worst of It you will en.
counter al ot of people who can show it
to you.
Another reason why a politician's pa-
triotism rises above hi" salary and per-
quialtea is because ijue-n Elizabeth ran
over the Duke of Bucki->eham with hat
automobile
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