The Tulsa Weekly Democrat (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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lii »mn pemdgraTr
imsctjssing another "hon'd issue.
pQbttahMl Thursday Evening af Every Week.
FEKNON L. SMITH .....................EDITOR
U. H. HORTON ............GENERAL MANAGER
SUBSCRIPTION HATES:
Oue Dollar per year, Fifty Cents for Six Months.
GREAT ARMY OF THE UNFIT.
r»
A LTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT IS taking little
heed of (hem, the people of this nation are turning
their attention to the great army of the unfit—
the ^ool room sharks in the cities, the saloon habitues
and those who live by their wits or as panderers. They
are the ones who make the jeers of Germany hurt.
Unfit men are to be found by hundreds and even by
thousands in every city. There are others in the
smuller towns and in the country. In the cities their
unfitness may be charged to whisky, or to the drug
habit, in addition to which many are moral lepers and
afflicted with loathsome diseases. Truly they are unfit
for service in the army or elsewhere.
Now that the war department has made the first
draft of men for the army, thousands of these unfit
human beings stand revealed. They have been rejected
by the examining boards, chiefly because of the diseases
with which they are afflicted. If they were otherwise
physically fit they could not be Liken into the army on
account of the danger of contamination. They cannot
be used even in the places that are left vacant by the
physically clean and perfect men who must go to war.
}Jevcr before in its history has this government had
these conditions placed before it in such a strong light.
Here are thousands of young men whose lives are
blighted, but who arc to be pitied more than they are
tc be censured. They are the victims of their surround-
ings—the product of the atmosphere in the cities and
towns. The road to the condition in which they are
found is through the night life of the city, by way of
the pool hall and the saloon and by way of the red light.
It is brought about by unemployment, by the use of
Irugs and because in cities and towns there lire the
’estering sores of the low dive saloon and the unregu-
ated social evil.
City governments have failed most miserably in do-
ng their part for the young men of the nation. They
mwe practically placed them in the hands of the un-
crupulous and the depraved. These are permitted to
■ut temptations before them when they are young and
mpressiortable, when they lack the judgment that would
ome to them in later years. The pity of it is that men
/ho manage the cities do this with full knowledge of the
esults—that they are sinking an appreciable part of the
.merman nation in the depths of degradation.
The greater pity of it is that these conditions pro-
ail here, there and everywhere. They exist in Tulsu and
i every city in the land 'and no real efforts are made
) change them. Tha churches pull some away from the
nkholes and others are not even tempted by this low
irm of life; but enough of them are caught in the whirl-
)ol of iniquity and go down to ruin, body and snul.
Now the government knows it. The figures are
fore us, from %the pool hall, the saloon, the low dive
id the red light district. What will the government,
hich is the people, do nbout it?
ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
ANKERS IN THE EAST TAKE themselves very
seriously and they have held meetings to discuss
the second liberty loan. Presumably they ex-
changed views respecting the proportionate part each
bank will have to assume. Upon one point there is
general agreement and that is that New York banks
nmy be compelled to accept a larger share of the loan
than they did before.
Doubt prevails with regard to the subscriptions
which the great corporations will make. No one be-
lieves that the United States Steel corporation will be
in position to subscribe $25,000,000 to the second liberty
loan. The recent financing of the Bethlehem Steel com-
pany to secure fresh capital makes it doubtful whether
there can come a large response from that corporation.
Other corporations are somewhat puzzled, not knowing
exactly where they stand. The imposition of excess
p.ofit taxes, the determination of prices and other fac-
j tors must be considered before they will be able to say
whether they can contribute anything, and if so
how much.
There is doubt about the ability to secure a large
subscriptioji list from clerks and other employes of the
great mercantile houses. On the other hand, bankers
believe some of the very rich men will make as large
subscription to this loan as to the first and perhaps
larger. The surmise is that John D. Rockefeller will
buy as many second bonds as he bought of the first
irsue and perhaps more. Probably the immunity from
taxation which is to be a feature of these bonds will
tempt some large investments. Bankers at this meeting
were inclined to think that the interest will be 4 per cent.
trunk A. Vanderlip and other influential bankers
say the second loan will be more quickly and easily ab-
sorbed than the first. The people and especially the
farmers have now a better understanding of what is
behind these bonds. By the time the issue is ready
the members of congress expect to be going through
the country telling* the people aboufrthem and explaining
more fully the duty of farmers as well as others in the
purchase of the bonds.
^ h h
A correspondent who has just returned from Colo-
rado by way of the automobile route wants to know why
some of the road signs request the drivers to slow up,
while others ask him to slow down, and if there is any
difference. There is practically no difference. It is safe
to do either, especially when about to cross a railroad
track just before the train is due.
to to to
FOOD EXPERTS SHIFT AROUND.
LIFE’S LITTLE “IFS
KNIT
AND LET
KNIT.
THE HEATER. ADNTlE WAS kMlTTIMQ
FOR THH RFD CROSS WOULD HAVE
Been finished by nolo ^
G
JEWSPAPER WRITERS AND OTHERS who claim
\j to be in the confidence of Governor Williams
speak confidently of the “coming special session
the legislature,” and some have begun to speculate
on the date of assembling. Therefore the presump-
n is that the governor intends to call such a session,
is said the feelers already have been put out. Influ-
ial members of the senate and lower house are said
have been asked about the advisability of a special
sion during the coming winter. Their replies are not
de known.
First information of the prospective special session
ie out through George McQuaid of Oklahoma City,
■harge of the bureau for the Dallas News. McQuaid
t member of the governor’s staff and has a cinch on
de information from the chief executive.
It was more than an intimation sent out by Mr. Mc-
iid. Reading between the lines it was plain to see
intention of the governor or some element close to
to call a special session this winter. The excuses
■n were flimsy and worthy of little consideration,
that will not be permitted to make any difference.
There is a disposition on the part of some men in
ihoma to get all they can while the getting is good.
fact that they are slowly disintegrating the
erratic party in Oklahoma does not make any dif-
jice to them. They do not realize thnt the present
,inistration, while most excellent in some respects,
lnot been economical in the true sense of the word,
' that another session of the legislature will run
Jexpense account up so high that even those out in
tstioks are likely to revolt. There are state offi-
‘ who have done their best toward making the ad-
oration economical, but their efforts have been
ailing because others were such free and liberal
Hers.
»There is no more need of a special session of the
Mature now than there was the next day after the
‘*sossion adjourned. Some of the laws were defee-
J*hen and they are defective now. The legislature
,poked many things, and this will be done at every
Dn. Some of the laws passed at the last session
cn°t worked out as expected, but that is always the
,, There is no legitimate excuse for calling a spe-
Fession. and every man in the state knows it.
expense of a special session would fall on the
of Oklahoma and thev should let the governor
p how they feel about. The politicians are sure to
pm know, and others should speak up.
to to
Dudley Field Malone has resigned as collector of
o»is at New York, his resignation has been ac-
*1 by President Wilson and Mr. Malone has de-
* a re well address to his employes. Now he
g-vote all his time to the defense of the pickets who
^arrested in Washington for making spectacles of
?lves.
to to nc.
nat was a hot shot and one that hit the mark when
j.s Edward Russell said that three United States
grj were entitled to the credit or the infamy of
in the downfall of Riga. America is at war
Germany, but the kaiser still finds work for a
class of Hunamericans to do.
° to to to
yunsel for I.ouis Werner and Martin Darkow in- I
bfor publishing treasonable articles in the Phila- i
“ Tagebiatt, read the articles hurriedly and then I
{je court that his clients did not appear to him to I
rarsgressed the lanv- That ought to settle the I
J of course.
to to
J Indiana court has held the woman suffrage law j
be unconstitutional, and that is one setback |
afrage which the pickets in Washington cannot be I
with having brought about.
1H)I) EXPERTS HAVE THEIR troubles as well as
others. In fact being an efficiency expert is one
of the hardest places of all to fill. About the
time an expert recommends one thing, conditions change
and he finds that his recommendations are all wrong.
That is the case with the specialists in the United
States Department of Agriculture. A short time ago
the experts in the information bureau of that de-
partment were sending out advice about eating bread.
They said more bread should be eaten. One of them
opined that a man engaged in muscular work could
profitably consume about three-fourths of a pound a day
of breadstuffs.
At that time bread was much cheaper than it is
now, but meat was high. Doubtless it was the idea of
the expert that if he could induce consumers to eat more
bread it would not be necessary for them to eat so
much meat. Anybody can see, though, that the expert
or specialist in the department of agriculture, bureau
of information, whose duty it is to tell consumers what
they shall eat is up against it these days.
“What shall we recommend today?” one specialist j
soys to another, turning in his swivel chair from the
mahogany desk before him. Together they look over
the list of things to eat as they have been produced
from the soil of the United States. Opposite are the
prices. Everything is high, from apples to zebus—
and zebus arc scarce in this count™.
Just as likely as not the specialists decide upon al-
falfa, which of course is not human food in ordinary
times, but which no specialist will hesitate to recom-
ment now, because it is cheap. Bread and meat are
out of the question in these days of high prices. The
specialists are expected to recommend something or
they will not be earning their salaries. Therefore
these are sad days for the specialists.
IS» te! to
“God is our testator," said Wilhelm when he tricked
Nicholas into making a secret treaty. At that time
the “Me und Gott” habit was much stronger upon the
kaiser than it is today.
to to lest
WHERE THE TERRAIN IS JUST RIGHT.
\\ \y(
LUKE COULD HAVE REPEATED ON HiS LAST
YEAR'S SUIT (WHICH HE HAD OMLY WORM ONCE)
AND WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE GlRiS A TREAT
IF
V/ELL YOU CAM SEE" FOR.
YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENED,
LATE
ABODE
OF
MR. AND
MRS. MOTH
AND
FAMILY
SAID SUIT HADN’T ALREADY ACTED
AS A TKEAT FOR. A CERTAIN! FAMILY.
TO SUCCEED IKI HS HEW POSITION
ONE IDEA , AND HE MKiHT HAVE DONE SO
PHILS
IN ATTEMPTING To PLEASE, HE HADN'T
(Tone too far, .
CopiTIftu, HIT. Pr>«. Publlm.lnt Co. (V r. Ennius WorlJ.t
V
ARIED TERRAIN IS WANTED by the govern-
ment, including hills and valleys, streams, lakes,
meadows, prairies and woods. The government
wants a tract twenty miles square on which it will build
a cantonment and where the soldiers of theTJnited States
will be taught the use of guns, big and little. On this
spot for which the government is looking the southern
division of the army will be trained for war.
The government Is looking over several sites, and
there is reason to believe that the tracts in Osage county
will be found suitable. It is said that the land there
meets the requirements most admirably as to the blend-
ing of hills and valleys, lakes and streams, wooded land
and prairies. The soil is suitable and there is an ab-
sense of habitations not to be found in some of the other
sites under consideration.
Although this may not he taken into consideration,
the Osage country now under consideration is the most
picturesque to be found anywhere. It is worth a visit
by tourists from other states and they have found it so
in the past. There are hundreds of springs and they
supply good water in the greatest abundance. Tulsa
is close at hand, and that supplies the large urban cen-
ter needed for this cantonment and training ground.
Railroad connection will be supplied.
This would be an honor for this section not alto-
gether undeserved. It is said to be the intention of the
war department to locate this training ground in a sec-
tion of the country where the climate is suitable, and
Oklahoma offers the fulfillment of that specification as
it can he found in no other place. The prospects are
said to he good for the location of this cantonment and
training ground somewhere in the state and Tulsa will
he greatly benefited should the government choose the
site that has been offered in the Osage country.
Tulsa is likely to get the aviation school thb gov-
ernment will establish somewhere in the state, but both
are not too many for this side of Oklahoma.
to to to
It developes now that Folke Cronholm is lost and
that the Swedish government does not know anything
about him. He is said have been employed in Mexico
to keep the German government informed as to what
was going on, but Sweden is professing innocence of his i
whereabouts with a vehemence that seems to make it I
(Ell' MEASURE
IS 10 BE HELD
Ropers Plan Would Draft All
Aliens and Leave Rest to
State Department.
aid today said he hoped to have it
ready for the house by next week.
Passage by the house must be fol-
lowed by the senate action, with per-
haps a conference necessary.
MEXICO WILL LIVE ON
RESOURCES OF HER OWN
Composite Box Score of 11-Game Series
Between Western As’tion Stars and Dallas
Though Dallas amassed hotter than .300 batting average in the recent
TllnS 9WJe’ "le ContlnBent "Stored their attack in
better .ash on and garnered one mere run though gathering 17 fewer safeties.
TYJ •..;T:erT::..':TR.,,perior’the seiects turni«s» whU.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Delay of
perhaps an .the' month in the enacD
meet of an alien slackers measure
was predie.’.: 1 HvJay as the rieult of
a desire to improve ihe senates Dill
"'he Chamberlain rntasur©, approved
by the sena’u .tul submitted to the
h use was lied jp by the imra gration
States.
No Effort Will Be Made at This Time , 1 ile W' A- llerpllsp was si
to Obtain Loan f rom United hiK‘<? 2^. Sehioibner „nd McLarry wag „cteworthy
am:y„gr.crwr„nudmVo0u°s rs sr*for 8eventeen hits eac:‘,;
Mulvey led the Stars’ onslaught With .311 with Herriott close by.
. W. A. STARS.
MEXICO CITY, Sept, bf.—Mexico
will not try to obtain a loan from
the United States. All intentions and J
formal negotiations In that direction ; Name
have been abandoned. j Mulvey, If
This is the conclusion in all quar-! Pike, 2b .
or remittee in view of revisions desired f°re a committee of deputies. He ,,fa ' ’ cl
bj t halrrn-t ; Burnt tt. Repr-.scnta- stated that the confidence that both | , urray’ rf
live Rogers of Mnetn/ihnce. Irhflinhpr. wnniz wr,»*b- tiai-onfin. „.i, V. i Totten. 3b
ever.
iogers of Massachusetts, how- chambers would work hereafter with) rouen, jd .
advanced suggestions making; high patriotism "because Mexico has i Herriott, lb
ifimhorlniri hill far mnro i to livp on her own rp«mirppo ” TTnwin o
xrvw, autatitcit ail£g USUUJ1S maKilTg “‘to” iiauiuuoill UUUttUSP
the Chamberlain bill far more sweep- to live °h her own resources.
Ing. Whereas the Chamberlain bill ---
would draft aliens from countries
whose treaties do not bar forced mili-
tary service in this country, the Rog-
ers plan would draft all aliens and
leave it to tile state department to ad- ]
just any objections from abroad.
The Rogers plan has been approved |
by the state department and President |
Wilson and will be mad© the central
feature of a revised Chamberlain
E
Dowie, c
’Smith, o . ..
Salisbury, p .
loung, p . ,
Carman, p .
Haircloth, p .
Totals . .
Name
I Kns, ss, 3b .
Swedish Minister Husv
on German Code Leak
bed to Death; Thirteen Knife
Wounds Inflicted.
Schleibner, lb
McLarry, 2b .
Storey, ss-Sb ,
Brownlow, rf.
Query, c-if .
Compere, p .
Lewis, p .. .
Sewell, p .
Freeman, p.
Totals . .
Dallas . ...
W. A. Stars.
A.B.
R.
H.
- Bet.
PO. A.
K.
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14
.341
19
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7
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17
27
1
.978
5
14
.318
17
3
4
.833
10
12
.333
11
1
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8
8
.190
14
22
6
.857
.......... 30
8
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103
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28
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.......... 377
57 99
Dallas.
.236
294
118
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67
HENRYETTA, Sept. IS.—A posse
tonight Is scouring the wools between
three and four miles east of the city
in an effort Jo capture the assailant
of Mike Finna, a miner who was way-
laid and stabbed to death two miles
east of the city shortly before noon
today. Sheriff John Roack is at the
head of the posse and believes they
have a trace of the man.
Tlie body of Fimia was found by a
farmer about eleven o'clock today
near il.e town of Coalton. a mining
settlement three miles east of here.
Thirteen deep knife wounds had been
inflicted and one bullet had been
fired into his abdomen. Death ap-
parently. resulted instantly. The]------- — -«»■■»)• z, stor
knife was left sticking in Fimia's left Mulvey. B-»oks, McLarry.
side where it had been plunged Into j Three base has—B.nienli
his heart. When found he bad tip- i i.er, Brownhuv, U wis MnrrnUV
parently been dead about two hours ' Home run*- i.L’ ,
Fimia was a miner and one of ihe 1 Schleitmrr xi . '‘nS 3’ t)owie 2 McLarry 6. Query, Callahan. Herriott,
be>t known foreigners in the coal | - ' * urTa5’-
fields where he had worked fer sev-
eral jears.
Laus° ha? been assumed tor the f ’’"V?8!*- McUlrr> 2- I’ike 2, Storev, Totten 2. Herriott 2, Mulvev 5,
Vmir»„P;"rS ,rK°li,!c h0- I * ' «*P S- Kns- S<*lelbnt.r 2. Brooks 2. Baler.U 4. Murray,
been known. He had a^smaH sum'of i Schleibner" MaUipk Smith. Minay, Storey, Herriott 2, Sewell.
Double play
& I “ ~ B.C1:
Mallick Heallya Herriott, Mulvey 2, Schleib-
2 McLarry 6, Query, Callahan, Herriott,
u,, 1 lke Heatly. Murray, Cnlahan 2, Conley. Balonti. Tot-%
SK***!SSSSSSS®Sv
W A.P. E KE NKjRI
to to to
Assurance is given that American business has no
intention of profiting at the expense of the government
in the sale of supplies, but at the same time it may be
just as we»l for those who represent the government to
keep their eyes open. There might be one or two busi-
ness men, accustomed to profiting from sales to others,
who would forget themselves when selling to the gov-
on, minister
W A. V. Fk
; Sweden lo the United Siatt
i>een one of ihe busiest
Washington during the |v*
days in his investigation ot
of Swedish diplomatic v
the transmission of infortt
tine H
I ac tion.
of
has
men in
st few
the use
fnr
money when he left his home this
; mi iiiir.g to go to the mines at Coal-
tun- He was thirty-five y ears oi l and
single. \ pair of blood-stained tro is-
< rs feund on the opposite side of the
■ ro.id vi.i probably be instrumental In
j running down the assailant. There
\*'er«' r> • witnesses to the murder.
PRESIDENT INVITED TO
ATTEND WORLD'S SERIES
W A Star? li; Da las 10.
AMERICAN OFFICER IS Kay County Men Will Go.
GIVEN FRENCH CROSS p°nca city. sept, is —sixty-m*
.... ----- young men of Kay county called by
as Struck on Helmet by Dcc« of the draft will leave this city for the
training camps Tuesday, October 2.
A special effort is being made to en-
- - Piece of
Shrapnel at Verdun. Km*,*.,,
Injury.
nd pat
fERS IN
las just re
’AN Fi
FRANC
pie
_] tertain the bo
7 n Lie-.. ure. Committ
uu HEADOITAJt. j .
an- rd to arrange
" “opt. lg.—News entertainment
np that an Ameri-! band music w
before their
;e’s have been appoint-
a programme for the
of these young men,
ill be furnished, patrl-
be made followed by
anquet in the evening,
rgest number that has
the county at one time.
injury,
A wi
rliy love the man
rause
sn t
he
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