Wagoner County Democrat (Wagoner, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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PUBLISHES ALL THE OFFICIAL COUNTY NEWS
VOL XXI
WAGONER OKLAHOMA THURSDAY JULY 19 1917
NO 45
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DRAH AUGliSI 5
PRESIDENT DIRECTS THAT
ALL STATE UNITS ENTER
THE REGULAR ARMY
MILITIA STATUS CAST ASIDE
Remaining Oklahoma Troops Will
Report For Duty at Ft 8111 And
Enter Federal 8ervlce On
August 5
i Washington— The last step neces-
a&iy to make the entire national guard
Available for duty in France was taken
by President Wilson' with the issue of
a proclamation drafting the state
troops into the army of the United
iStates on August
The national guards of New York
Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia
Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
North Dakota South Dakota and Ne-
braska will be called into the federal
eervlce on July 15 and sent to concen-
tration camps in the south although
the draft will not apply formally to
them until August 5 -
Others July 25
Similarly the state troops from
Maine New Hampshire Vermont
Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecti-
cut New Jersey Delaware Maryland
District of Columbia Virginia North
Carloina South Carolina Tennessee
Illinois Montana Wyoming Idaho
Washington and Oregon are called
into the federal service on July 25
The remaining states’ guardB whh
will be called into the federal service
on August 5 are: Indiana Kentucky
Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi
Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Tex-
ak Missouri Kansas Colorado New
Mexico Arizona Utah and California
To make certain that the purpose of
the national defense act is carried out
the proclamation also specifically de-
clares the men drafted to be dis-
charged from the old militia status on
that date In that way the constitu-
tional restraint upon use of' militia
outside the country is avoided and
the way paved for Bending the regi-
ments to the European front
' North and Ehst First
Prior to the application' of the draft
fegiments in the northern and eastern
sections of the country are called into
the federal service as national guards-
men in two increments to be mobil-
ized on July 15 and 25 Many units
ialready are federalized and presum-
ably they will be mobilized with the
other troops from their states The
guard from the other' states will be
mobilized on the day of the draft
fThe arrangement was necessary to
Iprovide fdr movement of the regl-
fnents south to their concentration
(camps without congestion and to the
iBame end the division of states into
these increments was revised from
the original schedule
The operative date' of the draft was
idelayed until August 5 so that all
iregiments can be taken into the army
simultaneously -
Camp Sites Selected '
Fourteen camp sites for the sixteen
tactical divisions into which the guard
rill be organized for war purposes
(have already been selected and the
militia bureau is preparing the rail-
way routing of the troops to the
camps - Seven of the sites are in the
’southeastern department five in the'
Southern and two in the western
After setting forth what guard units
phall be called on the several dates
President Wilson’s proclamation
which directs the movement declares
that all national guard officers below
fthe rank of colonel shall have the
same rank in the regular army organ-
izations The same applies to non-
commissioned officers the proclama-
tion Bald
The " designation of the units by
states will be continued for the pres-
ent at least
Oklahomans May 8oon See Europe
With the date wnen all of Okla-
homa’s guardsmen will be drafted into
federal service and called into active
service being fixed by President Wil-
son the time is clearly in sight when
the Oklahoma units may be among the
next to go to European' battle lines
For between calling them into active
service and actual war the difference
may be only a few weeks Intensive
training has been the daily life of the
guardsmen even to the organizations
not yet in federal service
Four Units Have Been Waiting
Qf the Oklahoma guard four units
have been awaiting the word to pro-
ceed to the Fort Sill camp These are
the First engineers Ardmore Second
engineers Oklahoma City Third en-
gineers Tulsa and Troop C cavalry
McAlester Troops A and B Musko-
gee and Oklahoma City respectively
have been in federal service but are
dismounted and have not gone to the
Fort
With somewhat of a slacking on tha
Russian offensive In Galicia owing to
bad weather French and Germans
along the Cbemln-Des-Dames and In
the Champagne have come together In
mighty struggles in which the advan-
tage rested mainly with the forces of
General Petaln
In Champagne north of Mont Haut
and northeast of the Teton the French
captured powerfully-organized German
entrenchments on a front of more than
800 yards and to a depth of more than
300 yards and held and consolidated
the positions notwithstanding heavy
counter attacks in which the Germans
suffered heavy casualties and Tost 360
men made prisoner
Along the 'Chemln-Des-Dames the
Germans west of Cerny tYrew heavy
forces against the French line The
battle raged throughout the night but
hlthough the Germans broke through
the French line at several points day-
light saw them evicted except from
from line trenches about five hundred
yards in The Berlin war office claims
the capture of 350 'prisoners
In Flanders at various points the
British and Germans continue to carry
out artillery duels
In Galicia troops of General Brusl-
loff have driven the Austrians from
positions soutnwest of Kalusz and
taken more than a thousand prisoners
and many guns Apparently the Aus-tro-German
lines are stiffening as the
result of reinforcements for l’etrograd
records repulse of attacks along the
Dobrovdiany-Novica front and says the
enemy has gone on the offensive along
the Lomnica river near Petzhinsko
and stubbornly resisting Russians on
the Slivkiiasen sector
There has been little activity on any
of the other fronts although the Rus-
sians near Van in Turkish Armenia
hqve driven the Turks from several
positions It is not improbable that
Roumania may soon again become an
Important theater' in the war as the
Berlin official communication! an-
nounces that an Increase in artillery
activity is noticeable
TO BUILD 400 STEEL SHIPS
Goethals Plans to Turn Out 3000000
Tons In 18 Months
Washington — Announcement was
made by Major General George W
Gofthals manager of the shipping
board’s emergency fieot corporation
that he will at once offer contracts for
construction of government shipping
plants to produce 400 steel merchant
ships Within eighteen months the
general said he expects to turn out
3000000 tons of shipping
General Goethals also will com-
mandeer 1500000 tons of shipping un-
der construction for private account
This will be taken over completely and
its construction expedited by giving
government help As soon as the
yards are cleared each will be di-
rected to start building a standardized
ship
The fleet corporation General Goeth-
als announced will continue to let all
Contracts for all woOden ships of a de-
sign approved by the corporation’s ar-
chitect for which bids cansbe obtained
by responsible bidders Additional
contracts for both fabricated steel and
wooden vessels General Goethals
says will require- more money than
congress has authorized
DRAFT IS STILL DELAYED
Last of the Week Before Names Are
Drawn
Washington — Oklahoma must fur-
nish 6275 men for the national army
at the first draft which probably will
be postponed until ' the last of the
week Oklahoma City will be expected
to give 550 men as its share and Tulsa :
460 ' 1 j
These figures are based on new cen-
sus estimates compiled on the basis of
the drafts registration The so-called
revised census will be used in deter'
mining apportionments Each city
county or state must furnish two-
thirds of 1 per cent of its paper pop-
ulation The estimate is made for pur' 1
poses of equalizing the draft rather
than to represent accurate population
totals I
Delay in the drafting of numbers '
until next week seemed- unavoidable :
because many states are not complet-
Ing organization of their district ex-
emption boards as rapidly as war de-
partment officials had hoped
HATTERS' CASE IS SETTLED
Union Will Pay About Two-Thirds of
Long Standing $252000 Judgment
Danbury Conh — An agreement for
a settlement of the judgment of $252-
000 and costs in tbe case of D El
Loewe & Co against members of the
United Hatters of North America was
announced after a conference between
the lawyers and union officers repre-
senting the litigantB The settlement
was tor two-thirds of the amount of
the judgment and costs ' -' -
RUSSIANS BREAK GERMAN LINE
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' 1 — Below Brzezany Intense artillery action m progress -— Austro-Mo’r-man
line broken between Hallcz and the Carpathians and Halicz captured
S — Russian cavalry pursued Austrians across Lomnica river A— Dollna
base on which Teutons are falling back - B— Lemberg objective of Russian
offensive ' -
HOLLWEG STILL
A FIRE EATER
CHANCELLOR YURNS HIS
BACK TO HANDWRITING
ON THE WALL
STILL DREAMS OF ANNEXATION
Kaiser’S ' Lackey Boy Stirs Up Hot
man of Mexican 'fame and Helff-'’
Debate in the Reichstag— Zimmer-
main committee last week and advo-
cated peace without annexations or
indemnities Dr Von Bethmann-Holl-weg
said Herr Erzberger’s attitude
was unpatriotic
According to the summary of the
chancellor’s speech before the main
committee published in the Lokai An-
zeiger of Berlin he said:
‘We must continue the war with our
whole energies I do not deny that
we have great difficulties to overcome
hut so have our enemies We shall
see whether their difficulties or ours
are greater
“Nothing was further from my in-
tention than to cling to my post but
how it is a question of protecting the
'fatherland from injury and for this
reason I consider it necessary to re-
tain my posL”
After the chancellor made hla ad-
dress Mathias Erzberger the centrist
leader declared that he debate had
strengthened his conviction that the
whole situation required energetic ac
tion by the reichstag He combatted
violently the claims of the pan-Germans
and other annexationists
The crown council called by Em-
peror William was held in Berlin ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam but no an-
nouncement as to wbat took place at
tbe gathering has been made'
Other advices from the same source
say that the meeting of the crown
council lasted three hours being one
of the longest on record since July
1914 when Emperor William signed
the mobilization order that preceded
the declaration of war
The leaders of both the empire and
he kingdom were in attendance to-
gether with the members of the em-
pire’s military and naval cabinet
It is believed says the dispatch
that one of the results of the council
will be the introduction of a franchise
bill for Prussia granting universal di-
rect suffrage and the secret belloL
London — Fewer merchantmen with-
one exception were sunk by German'
submarines and mines last week than
in any other week since! the British
began making weekly reports of losses
last March
Only fourteen ships of more than
1600 tons were sunk and three of less
than that size Seven fishing vessels1
were destroyed
The figures follow :
Over Under
- V 1600 1600 Fishing
-NVeelk'''wJ'Toiia Tons -'Boats
First 14
13
3
Grand total 667
BEHIND ON POSTING BOOKS
Uncle Sam Did Too Much Business ln
June
Washington — With financial inter-
ests eagerly awaiting a treasury state-
ment for the fiscal year which ended
June 30 Uncle Sam is having a diffi-
cult task in balancing his books
An unusual load has ben placed up-
on the treasury this year through
the payment of an Installment of the
Liberty loan on June 28 These heavy
receipts amounting to perhaps $375-
000000 reached the federal reserve
banks while they were still wrestling
with first payments on the loan and
working on weekly monthly and an-
nual balances
With more than 4000000 subscrib-
ers presenting varied problems and
necessitating several forms of account
and tabulation in their own banks and
and trust companies as well as in the
federal reserve banks an Immense
task is imposed on the federal finan-
cial system War loans to the allies
made through the reserve banks con-
stituted an added burden
SCHEME TO BUY UP WHEAT
Wilson and Hoover Planning Billion
Dollar Corporation
Washington — The formation of an-
other immense government corpora-
tion similar to the emergency fleet
corporation for dealing with the
wheat supply of tbe nation is under
consideration by Herbert C Hoover
and President WllBon
The capitalization of the grain cor-
poration may run close to $l0c0000
000 if it is finally decided to adopt
this form of dealing with tbe grain
situation
T
SERIOUS UPHEAVAL TAKES
PLACE IN THE KAISER’S
OFFICIAL FAMILY
REICHSTAG GOES ON STRIKE
London — Dr Von Bethmann-Hollweg
the German Imperial chancellor baa
Affiliations — Had Been Ger-
man Food Dictator
London — Dr Von ethmann-Hollweg
the German Imperial chancellorB has
resigned and Dr Georg Michaells
Prussian under-secretary of finance
and food commissioner nas been ap-j
polrted to succeed him
Dispatches announced the resigna-
tion of General von Stein the Prussian
minister of war General von Stein'
recently excited the antagonism of
the socialists by his paii-German ac-
tivities He was charged by the so-
cialist newspaper Vorwaerts last
month with aiding in the circulation
of a pan-German pamphlet opposing
peace efforts
i
Conservatives Held Back
According to a Berlin dispatch tbe
conservative party has published a
statement that it cannot admit that
the proposed franchise measures have
been made necessary by the war dr
General von stein
that they can be regarded as calcu-
lated to help in surmounting tne diffi-
culties of the present situation or
strengthening the will of the people
for victory ' -
According to a Berlin telegram dur-
ing the meeting of the main commit-
tee of the reichstag a socialist speaker
moved that adjournment he taken be-
cause the political situation was not
yet sufficiently clear tor the govern-
ment to take a position on the ques-
tions raised After some discussion
the motion to adjourn was passed
Germany’s first commoner chancel-
lor Dr Georg Micnaells a bureau-
crat without even a noble “von” be-
fore his name has not indicated his
policy on reform and peace Neither
conservatives nor liberals call him
their own
The chancellor’s first step which
might be Interpreted indicating an
open mind was to permit representa-
tives of the two divergent groups in
the reichstag explain their stand-
points the chancellor listening to
conversations conducted by the vice
chancellor Dr Karl Helfferich and
reichstag representatives
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg and
General Ludendorff again were sum-
moned to Berlin to sideiracK the pro-
posed peace resolution by giving en-
couraging reports of the military situ-
ation and to inspire the reichstag
with a belief in posslbiltes of obtain-
ing that “German peace worthy of the
sacrifice made” to which von Hln-
denburg often committed himself in
public in replies to the memorials of
Pan-German organizations
Reichstag Goes On Strike
Copenhagen — The reichstag at Ber-
lin has gone on strike and the mem-
bers have decided to suspend the la-
bors both of the full house and the
main committee until the political sit-
uation is cleared up This leaves the
war credit bill in abeyance
Emperor William has summoned
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg chief
of the' general staff and General Lu-
deqdorff the chief quartermaster gen-
eral for a conference:
This news should be integrated in
connection with intimations that the
German government has decided to re-
fuse to parllamentarize the cabinet
and the difficulties reported in con-
nection with the adoption of a peace
resolution-
LIORE GRIEF FOR THE KAISER
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO
PROVIDE 22000 FLIERS
Appropriation of $840000000 for Ain
craft Goes Through Without
Argument
Washington — The war department
bill appropriating $640000000 for
construction of 22000 airplanes was
passed by tbe house without a roll
oalL It was amended only in minor
details'
The bill carrying the greatest avia-
tion appropriation ever proposed in
congress and passed in less than five
hours evoked some criticism of legis-
lative methods but no attack on the
general purpose Chairman dent of
the military committee declaring de-
bate might result in information leak-
ing to Germany clashed - with Mr
Fitzgerald chairman of the appropria-
tion committee who said congress
whs handling public funds in a slip-
shod and illogical way and that if
the war emergency during which the'
bill is specifically applicable continues
two years the appropriation for such a ’
period wogid violate the constitution
The bill which now goes to the sen-
ate gives no details but a total per-
sonnel of the aviation section approx-
imating 110000 men Is understood to
be contemplated Broad discretion-
ary powers are vested in the presi-
dent The $640000000 appropriated is not
only for personnel and aircraft but
for engines equipment guns arma-
ment ammunition spare parts bar-
racks and buildings operation of avia-
tion’ stations experiments creation
acquisition and development o air
craft plants and factories expense of
agents for observation and investiga-
tion abroad and other necessary work '
NO TRADING WITH ENEMY
House Stops Activities of Unpatriotic
Citizens
Washington — The administration’s
trading with the enemy bill contain-
ing prohibitions against business in- -tercourse
with any country with
which the United States is at war or '
its allies except under license and
providing for governmental seizure of ’
the propeyty-vof alien enemies and en-
emy patents passed the house with- '
out a record vote
In general the measure Is modeled
after Great Britain’s trading with the
enemy act but certain features of the
British legislation which have been
considered of doubtful validity In in-
ternational law were omitted
The enemy property seizure section
providing that an official custodian
take over all such holdings and that
their despositlon after the war be left
to congress was approved
Tbe bill was under consideration in
the honse only three days and few
amendments were adopted A sec-
tion which would have prohibited any
messages between the United States
and enemy territory was stricken out
and the provtalons restricting firms In
neutral countries were modified so
that such firms would be reached by
the act only If they had Inter-related
business relations with- firms in the
United States and enemy countries
The bill now goes to the senate
FOOD BILL VOTE ON JULY 21
Senate Still Talking Talking Talking
Talking
Washington — A senate agreement
to vote on President Wilson’s food
control bill on July 21" five weeks
after its submission to congress as an
urgent war measure was followed by
issuance from the White House of a
detailed report by Herbert Hoover de-
claring that both the farmers and the
public are threatened with serious
losses unless food control authority is
given quickly to the federal govern-
ment Democratic senators secured the
agreement for a vote only after they
had consented to strip the bill of
some of its more drastic features in-
cluding the stringent prohibition
provisions
There was no expression of opinion
from tbe White Honse regarding the
provisions of tbe substitute bill but it
is expected to be agreeable to the
president in the main
Villa Victorious At Parral
El Paso Texas — Hundreds of gov-
ernment troops were killed in Fran-
cis oo Villa’s attack on Parral Chihua-
hua last week according to arrivals
from Parral who have reached the
American border They described the
encounter as the bloodiest Parral had
witnessed They said Villa achieved
a oomplete victory forcing the rem-
nant of the garrison to flee the town
and it was only after his men bad
looted virtually every store and honse
and had abandoned the town that the
Carranza forces re-occupied 1L
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Foster, Horace S. Wagoner County Democrat (Wagoner, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1917, newspaper, July 19, 1917; Wagoner, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1923129/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.