The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
NEWS OF THE
STATE CAPITAL
Output of Grade Schools Compiled.
Eight thousand six hundred and
forty boys and girls were graduated
from the common BchoolB of Okla-
homa thi syear, according to reports
received by State Superintendent R.
H. Wilson. Lincoln county led the list
of counties in the state, with 312 grad-
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE TO uates; Pottawatomie county was sec-
ORGANIZE ANOTHER REGI- ond with 277 graduates; Caddo, third
UCMT mii itia with 245; Grady, fourth, with 238, and
Oklahoma county, fifth, with 220. Mar-
I shall county ranked lowest. with only
SENATE PASSES NAVY BILL
SIXTEEN CAPITAL SHIPS IN
T!'°EEYEAR PROGRAM.
NO CHOICE IH
GERMANS 3RD. LINE PIERCED TUNNEL UPL0S!C^;22 DEA£
Nation's Greatest Fleet Proposals;
Haid right in Expected In Con-
ference Committee.
ALLIES CONTINUE TO GAIN ON
WESTERN FRONT.
COLQUITT AND CULBERSON ARE
CERTAIN OF PLACES IN
SECOND PRIMARY.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS ^ Era.dua.,e344
Atoka
Beaver .
IteckhaYn
Blaine ..
Bryan ..
Caddo ...
Canadian
. Carter
' 'herokee
Choctaw
On© thousand men are wanted for cimarron
Cleveland
What the State Official! and Depart
ments Are Doing—Items of in-
j terest About the State
Government.
Adair
Alfalfa 191
62
72
136
1K1
Fh
XI
.245
312
251
...134
107
132
the Oklahoma National Guard, accord-
ing to Adjutant General Earp, who
started work upon organization of a
second regiment.
Actual work was instituted follow-
ing departure from the dtate of the
First regiment for the Mexican bor-
der. The adjutant general returned
from Fort Sill, where he witnessed
the leaving of the soldiers.
The adjutant general said he would
organize a battery of artillery, four In-
fantry companies, comprising 532 men,
two troops of cavalry, one ambulance
aompany and one engineer company,
airtiwng a total of 1,000 men.
The first step the adjutant genc-ial
will take in this work will be to ap-
point captains, whose duty it will be
to organize companies.
The adjutant general said he prob-
ibly would appoint captains within the
lext few days, just as soon as he
!ound men capable of doing officers'
iuty.
, 2<
xi
Coal 81
Comanche 115
Cotton 122
Craig 127
Creek 110
''uster 1X2
Delaware 33
Kills
32
109
Dewey
Garfield
Garvin ...
Grady ....
Grant
Greer
Harmon ..
Harper ...
Haskell ..
Hughes ..
JarKHori ..
.lefl'etHon
Johnston .
Kay
Kingfisher
Kiowa ...
Total ..
...115
! ;:i45
.. .238
...192
Ill
2« 7
113
118
latimer .
I,cFlore ..
Lincoln .
Logan ...
I ve
Major ...
Marshall
Mayes ...
Murray ..
Muskogee
McClain
McCurtain
McIntosh
Noble ....
Nowata
okfuskee 11-
nklahoma 220
Okmulgee ljj
< >suge 4-
Ottawa JJ
Pawnee I"'
Payne JJJ
Pittsburg
Pontotoc 10.
Pottawatomh
PuHhmat aha
l!og -r Mills
Seminole ..
Se<|iio>ah .
Stephens ...
Texas
TVlman ...
Tulsa
Wagoner
Washington
Woodward .
Washita ...
Woods
Washington.—The naval appropria-
tion bill, with a three-year building
program, including the immediate con-1 nor
struction of four dreadnaughts, four LIQUOR ISSUE STILL CLOSE
great battle cruisers and fifty-eight
Dther craft, passed the senate by a \ Large Majority of Counties Favor Sub-
irote of 71 to 8 It carries $315,826,-j mission of Prohibition Amend-
S43, or $45,857,588 more than the total t
is the measure passed the house.
Many proposals to curtail the enoi>
mous building increases written to the j
measure by the senate naval commit-
tee were defeated overwhelmingly and
ment.—Cyclcne Davis
Dropped.
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Absentees Cannot Vote At Primary.
The attorney general's office held
that qif'lfled voters of the state who
are away from home on the day of
the pi unary election cannot cast ^|ieir
voU by mail. The opinion was writ-
ton by Smith P. Matson, assistant at-
'orney general, upon request from
Erett Dunlap, chairman of the statr
„ . ,. c'oction board.
Guard Officers To Recruit. ■ i
Iviatson held that the primary elec-
Six officers of the Oklahoma Na- fon was Il0t a geneiUi election within
tlonal Guard, on the retired and super- ^|le meaning of the chapter of the law
numeral-?- lists will be nominated by )msse(] thls y,,ar- wllich snys that a
Governor Willh.ms within a few days f)uaii0ctl elector is duly registered
Tor the position of recruiting officer for j w|10 m!)y be unavoidably absent from
the regular army. . t }le county in which he Is registered
Authority for this action was given j on tiie day o{" the general election may
Adjutant General Ancel Earp in a tel^ vote at any such general election in
egram received from tile headquarters any precinct in which he inay happen
of the southern department, Fort Sam to he, and have his vote mailed into
Houston. " j his l-.i me county by the precinct reg-
The six nominees will be subject to ist'-ar.
physical examination as ordinary re-
cruits. They will work only in the
Btate of Oklahoma, and will be under
the supervision of Maj. C. N. Iiarney,
In charge of federal recruiting for the
Btate.
According to the telegram, the state
Is entitled to three recruiting officers
to represent the First regiment, ana
one from each of the three separate
units, the hospftal corps, troop 13 cav-
alry, and the regimental infantry.
Chairman Dunlap said that voters
who may be unavoidably absent from
home on the day of the primary elec-
tion could cast their vote and have
same mailed to his home county.
If the ruling of the attorney general
stands as written by Mr. Matson, from
5,000 to 6,000 traveling men in Okla-
homa will not be permitted to vote.
Hundieds of other qualified electors,
ako, will not be allowe dto vote.
Dallas - Complete returns from 237
of the 250 counties in Texas from Sat-1
urday's democratic primary did not ]
as soon as final passage was an- c)lange the lMds main,alned by For-
nounced the senate voted to insist on |mer Governor O. B. Colquitt and Sen-
its amendments and send the bill at j ator C. A. Culberson for the United
once to conference. The house is ex- States senatorial nomination. The to-
pected to insist upon its building pro- ut that time was: Colquitt, 105,000;
gram and a long struggle Is in pros-
pect before an agreement is reached.
Two democrats, Senators Thomas
and Vardaman, and six republicans,
Senators Clapp, Curtis, Gronna, La-
Follette, Norris and Works voted
against the bill, which has had tha
support of leaders of both parties dur-
ing the week of debate that preceded
passage.
Largest Ever Proposed.
I Construction of 157 vessels including
sixteen capital fighting ships within
three years at an estimated cost of |
$588,180,576 is contemplated in the
senate program, the largest ever pro-
1 posed in congress. Of the total appro-
priaiions in the bill, $110,726,160 is
for the first yeai .-> Jilding expendi-
tures.
To Complete Submarines.
j Two fleet submarines previously
authorized are to be completed at
once.
! Miscellaneous appropriations car-
ried in the bill Include:
$11,000,000 for government armor
plant.
$19.48.-,.500 to provide ammunition wide Prohibition was
i for ships to be built in the next two c<mnt from 237 coun
years.
j $3,300,000 for batteries for merchant
auxiliaries ($1,600,000 available
I once).
$3,500,000 for aviation
Governor Colquitt.
Culberson. 68,000; Dr. S. P. Eroks, in
third place, had received 61,848.
The lead in favor of submission of j
a constitutional amendment lor state !
reduced in the i
counties to 1,087. j
Amendment Fate In Doubt.
The remainder of the counties to be
at heard from cannot, it is said, change
the senatorial result, although the fate
of "submission" will not be known un-
Austrlans Give Way Slowly Befor#
Russian Drive.—Von Hinden-
burg's Lines Cut.
London.—Tha fourth week of the
Sowme battle begins well for the en-
tente allies and is expected to be
fruitful of important developments.
The British have began a new itftack
on the whole line from Pozieres to
Guillemont, and the fact that General
Haig has been able to resume the of-
fensive so soon after the unsuccessful
German counter-attacks of last week
in which very, strong German forces
were brought forward, is regarded as
a good auguer.
The fighting has been of the fiercest
character, the Germans working with
their utmost strength to prevent the
British from advancing to their third
line positions. But when the last re-
ports left headquarters in France, the
Australians had firmly established
themselves in Pozieres, in the third
line German defenses, and are report-
ed to have placed themselves astride
the road in the direction of Bapaume.
while at Guillemont and Longuevai
fortunes fluctuated, both places chang-
ing hands several times. Fighting is
proceeding with the utmost violence.
According to a reliable estimate, the
British and French together have cap-
tured since July 1 more than 26,000
prisoners and 140 guns.
From 'lie eastern frontier comes the
report of continued Russian ■successes.
General Kurcpatkin has cut Field
Marshal von Hindonburg's line at sev-
eral points and, according to an un
official report, has penetrated a dis-
tance of five miles.
At the other extremity of the long
line the Austrians officially admit theii
withdraws- toward the main ridge of
the Carpathians, and the Russians are
within four miles of the Hungarian
fronUsr, moting toward Maramaros
Sezlget.
Except in the Dniester region,
heavy fighting is proceeding along the
whole front. General Sankharff's
forces are supposed to be working in
the direction of Brody and Sokal.
BODIES BURIED BENEATH /A
TBRS OF LAKE E^IT.
Exact Cause of Accident In Cleveland
Water Works Crib Not
r eterffiir.ed.
I
Cleveland.—Federal officials are in
vestigating the waterworks tunnel dls
aster which cost twenty-two lives.
All hope that any of the twelve men
trapped in the tunnel are alive has
been abandoned. Ten bodies, those
of members of ^two rescue 'parties
which tried to reach the doomed men,
but themselves succumbed to the dead-
ly gas, are in the morgue. The eight
injured men, also members of the res-
cue parties, Will recover.
Four inevstigations—city, county
state and federal—have been started
to determine the cause of the gas ex-
plosion near the five-mile crib end oi
the tunnel which entombed the twelve
men and released the gas which over-
came the two rescue parties. The lack
j of safety devices such as gas helmets
| and pulmotors at the crib and shorn
| ends of the 16,000-foot tunnel also will
be investigated.
! According to the federal investigate
j ors, the electric wiring in the tunnel
I was faulty. They would not venture
| an opinion as to the cause of the ex-
I plosion, but most of those concerned
| with the disaster declare that one of
j the unfortunate twelve workmen prob-
j ably jabbed his pick into a large
I pocket of gas which caused the blast,
j Others say that a crossed light wire
| may have caused the explosion.
$1,500,000 for naval experimental lil ,he last P^inct has reported.
and research laboratories.
The~ following congressional repre-
Gasoline Probe to Begin July 28th.
The corporation commission's probe
into the price of gasoline in Oklahoma
will be started July 28. The investi-
gation was brought about by com-
plaint from Attorney General Freellng,
who alleged that a number of com- peared
panies had entered into an agreement mission and asked for an extension of
to raise gasoline prices throughout the time for beginning work on the depot,
■tate. j Mr. Kleinschmidt outlined tentative
The attorney general asks the com-! Plans for the new venture and also
mission to issue an order prohibiting I submitted drawings for the Frisco-
the companies from selling gasoline at Rock Island station building that was
Office Building May House Depot.
A $700,000 seven-story office build-
ing, part of which would be utilized
by the Frisco and itocK Island roads
as a passenger station, may be erected
in this city near the present Frisco
station. This was made known when
R. A. Kleinschmidt, Frisco counsel, ap-
before the corporation com-
$1,411,000 tor government projectile ,
plant.
POET RILEY DIES VERY SUDDENLY
Indiana Writer a Victom of Paralysit
at Indianapolis Home.
$1,270,000 for arming and equipping
the naval militia.
$10,335,915 for maintenance and en-
largement of public stations, naval
yards and docks.
$50,226,912 for pay of the navy.
Other Important Features.
Other important features of the
measure would provide for:
Increasing the enlisted personnel of
in the sixteen districts of the state:
First—Eugene Black, renominated. I
Second—Congresman Martin Dies|
renominated by 1,500.
Third—James Young, no opposition.
Fourth- Sam Rayburn, renominated.
Fifth—Hatton W. Summers, no op-
position.
Sixth—Rufus Hardy, renominated.
Seventh—A. W. Gregg, renominated.
Eighth—Undecided with four candi-
Indiannpolis. — James Whitcomb
Riley died while only Mr. Riley's
nurse was awake In the poet's home.
He had asked for a drink of water
and reclined on his bed again. Miss
dementia Prough. the nurse, resumed
her vigil and, noticing that the poet
seemed not to be resting easily, ap-
proached his bed. Mr. Riley died be-
fore she reSfced his side. His death
was due to paralysis.
Mr. Riley suffered his first violent
attack of paralysis July 10, 1910.
U. S. TO BUY THE DAKISH ISLANDS
Twenty-Five Million Reported As Pus-
chase Price.
Washington.—Only determination of
a few minor details remains to com-
plete negotiation of a treaty between
the United States and Denmark pro-
viding for acquisition of the Danish
West Indies by this government at a
purchase price of $25,000,000.
In general terms the treaty is under-
stood to folow one negotiated in 1902
by the two governments but which
lapsed when the Danish parliament
failed to ratify after the United States
senate had acted favorably. It is said
!o contemplate complete American ac-
quisition of the group which lies east
of Porto Rico and is regarded as of
great strategic military value.
Relinquishment of undefined Ameri-
can claims through right of discovery
in Greenland, a Danish colony, also is
Said to be included
The treaty of 1902 in common with
Dther uncompleted purchase proposals
that have been considered between
the two governments during the last
half century provided that the islands
should not be transferred until their
Inhabitants had voted approval. It is
presumed the present treaty bears
such a provision, but the possibility
of an unfavorable vote by the islanders
Is considered very remote.
a rate higher than 17 cents a gallon.
Gasoline is selling In Oklahoma City
today at 22 cents, but the price some
time ago was 27 cents a gallon.
The first hearing in connection with
the probe will be conducted in the
commission's room i.. the Mercantile
building. The investigation will be
Btate-wide in its scope.
Some Counties Pass Loan Limit.
ordered by the commission. He re-
quested a two months' delay to per-
mit further negotiations.
If the combination station-office
building is constructed it will ba
financed by capitalists and the Frisco
will rent the station section.
The attorney, in making his request
for more time, called attention to the
fact that the Frisco is to be sold under
court orders on July 19 and that tha
building project should be left to tha
the navy from 45,000 to 74,500, and of da,es splitting the vote almost evenly,
the marine corps from 9,000 to 14,500; Ninth—-J. J. Mansfield defeated
authorizing the president in time of Congressman Geo. F. Burgess.
national emergency to increase the1 Tenth—J. P. Buchanan, re-elected,
enlisted strength of the navy to 87,000 Eleventh—Tom Connally, succeed-
and the marine corps to 17,400 men. ing R. L. Henry, who ran for the
Enlargement of navy yards with United States senate.
equipment for construction of capital Twelfth—James C. Wilson, defeat-
ships and extension of government dry ing Oscar Calloway.
docks for accommodation of largest Thirteenth—Marvin Jones, defeating
battleships.
Naval Militia Changes.
Reorganization of the naval militia
The state school land commission management.
last week approved farm loans tori ... , , , ,, ,, ,
... ,, . Plans for the union station called
$186,400, and thsreby established r. , ... . ...
. , . , , , I for an expenditure of $250,000.
new record for loans for any sing?4|
day in the history of the state. All j
of the money loaned on the apprica-j Oklahoma Car Wrongly Tagged,
lions approved will be on farm lands1 An Inspector from the state high-
in Oklahoma. The money will be se- *ay department will be sent out to
cured by mortgages on deeded farms. I various parts of the state on August
Secretary G. A. Smith said that the!1' equipped with an officer's commis-
commission will have to slow down on slon and authority to make arrests
loans to several counties in the state for vio'atlon of the state motor ve-
in the immediate future, owing to the hide 'aw* " was announced. A fine of
fact that those counties have over-
firawn their apportionment of the
school land money. The department
has approximately $7,000,000 loaned
out on Oklahoma farm lands.
$50 for attempt to evade the law will be
assessed.
According to an estimate by the
department there are between 2,00f
and 3,000 motor vehicle owners in th<
state who have not yet applied for
tags. About 5,000 have not yet re-
Sentence Commuted Forty to Ten Yrs. ceived tags owing to the fact that the
The criminal court of appeals com- demand for them has so far exceeded
muted the sentence of C. W. Maddox the supply.
ef Cloud Chief from forty years to Higway department officials say
ten years in the state penitentiary, the outlying portions of the state con-
Maddox is now at McAlester serving' tain the greater number of those at-
bis sentence. He was convited of the tempting to operate without tags. On
murder of Templeton Elam, a rancher the Texas boreder, they say, vehicle
near Cloud Chief, following argument owners procure Texas license tags for
over the grazing of cattle. Judge $1.50, pay their ad valorem dues in
Brett was disqualified by virtue of Texas and then attempt to operate In
being Maddox's counsel, and his place Oklahoma. The same is true along
on the bench was taken by Judge Col- the Kansas border where the county
Her. ; license fee is $5.00.
Wilson Wants Good Water.
State Superintendent Wilson has
requested Dr. Duke, state commission-
er of health, to make an analysis of
the water supply of each city where a
state educational school is located.
This request was made, Mr. Wilson
raid, as a precautionary meas '.'e to
iLkure good water when students re-
turn to school this fall. An experience
of tie past, when the commissioner
of health discovered that the water
supply for one of the institutions was
I'nhealthful, caused the euperinten
dent's action.
J. H. Stevens. ^
Fourteenth—James L. Slayden, no
opposition.
Fifteenth— John N. Garner, no oppo-
sition.
Sixteenth—Thomas L. Bland lead-
ing Congressman W. R. Smith by 2,000,
with Kl l'aso county yet to report.
The nominations of Daniel E. Gar-
rett of Houston and Jeff McDemore
(incumbent) for congressman at large
is certain. Garrett succeeds J. H. (Cy-
FRED BARDE DIES AT GUTHRIE
on a similar basis with the reorganized
national guard.
Organization of naval reserve force
and marine corps reserve.
Co-operation of the coast guard
service with the navy in time of war.
Two new cutters for coast guards.
Twenty per cent bonus to contract-
ors for construction o? war craft with- clone) Davis.
in contract time litr'.s.
More Aviation Stations.
Increase of aviation stations and ad-!
ditlon to facilities for work of this G- p- Pre," Manager Newspaper
Man III a Long Time.
service. a
After starting out to cut heavily into Guthrie.—Frederick S. Barde, 47
the house army bill, the senate recon- years 0|tji correspondent of the Kan-
sidered and restored most of the gaa f;ny star since territorial days,
items. dje<i at his home in Guthrie after an
Decreases of $36,000,000, related to illness of several months. Death was
transportation, subsistence, foreign due to hardening of the arteries. Be
service pay and emergency estimates is survived by a wife and three chil-
put into the bill by the house when dren.
the Mexican situation was critical. Barde was one of the most prom-
Increases included: For medical sup- inent newspaper men in Oklahoma,
plies, increase from $2,000,000 to $4.- He has written numerous magazine
500,000; engineers' equipment, $1,000,- articles and short stories and achieved
000 to $1,770,000; ordnance stores, $6,- no little fame in 1913 and 1915 by
000,000 to $11,000,000,1 automatic ma- publishing reports on Oklahoma fish
chine guns tor regular army, $3,600,- and game. He handled the press bu-
000 to $7,725,000; automatic machine reau of the republican state organiza-
guns for nation guard $2,000,000 to tlon during the 1914 campaign.
$6,586,150; armored motor cars $300.- He moved to Oklahoma shortly aft-
000 to $1,000,000; field artillery for na- er the opening in 1889 and had been
tional guard, $8,000,000 to $14,200,000; identified with newspaper work prac-
amnmnition for national guard field tlcally ever since. He was author of
artillery, $8,000,000 to $14,000,000. several histories of the state.
James Whitcomb Riley.
HERE'S ANOTHER 0RPET CASE
j Illinois Youth An Adept In Effecting
Abortions.
He recovered and seemed to he li
good health until he was stricken s
second time. This stroke caused t
complete paralysis of his right side
The severity of the stroke wore awaj
somewhat until the poet's hand
seemed the most affected. Mr. Riley's
determination to battle the illness
was shown at that time when he sal
about laboriously to learn to write
with his left hand.
Riley was born at Greencastle, Ind.,
and began life as a tramp sign painter.
He began to compose jingles for hi
signs and from that developed into
a poet whose works are known tha
world over.
The poet's philosophy of life and his
manner of expressing it in what la
imagined to be Indiana dialect won
for him years ago a place in the hearts
of the public. Of late he had not ap-
peared at public gatherings to any
great extent, hut jn nice weather could
be seen on the streets of Indianapolis
in his automobile.
Olney, 111.—Roy Hlnterliter, 21 years
old, son of a wealthy farmer, was
:harged with having been responsible
!or the death of Miss Elizabeth Rat-
Sliffe, 17 years old, of Paoli, Ind., by a
soroner's jury here. Miss Ratcllffe
lied while buggy rid'ug with Hlnter-
liter.
The mystery surrounding the death
jf the girl was cleared when the com-
ail-sion of physicians investigating de-
sided that she had suaered from em-
bolism of air in the arteries.
States, Attorney Morris produced a
chain of evidence tending to show an
attempt at a\ illegal operation had
been made. Hlnterliter denies he had
been intimate with the 0iri.
Physicians say she was about to
become a mother.
Dr. Frank H. Weber, chief of the
mcdical commission that performed
the autopsy, said a fatality under such
conditions never before had come to
his notice.
An instrument used in illegal opera
tions was found in possession of two
of Hinterliter's chums. These men
were witnesses at the inquest and told
of boasts by Hinterllter of skill in per
forming illegal operations, especially
the act of "blowing."
Too Many Fires.
Seventy five per cent of the fire loss
<n Oklahoma last year was caused by
carelessness or was of Incendiary or-
igin. Fire insurance rates will never
be reduced in Oklahoma until fire
losses are reduced, especially the part;
paused by incendiaries, gasoline and \
oil, defective heatiir- apparatus, poor j
wiring, rubbish, cigarettes and from
"unknown" causes. The fire loss In'
1915 was 13,375,650, or $693,307 morel
than in 1914.
Hanly Heads the Prohis.
St. Paul.—J. Frank Hanly, former;
governor of Indiana, was nominated
for president of the United States on
the prohibition ticket and Dr. Jra D.!
Landrith of Nashville, Tenn., was;
named for the vice presidency at the,
concluding session of the party's na-;
tional convention here. The party,
platform with only one change in the
draft presented * by the resolutions
committee, the irsertlon of a plank
declaring In favor of the initiative,
referendum and recall, was adopted
unanimously. i
Outlaws At Juarez.
El Paso.—General George Bell, Jr.,
commanding the El Paso military dis-
trict, notified General Francisco Gon-
zales, commandant in Juarez, that his
reports indicated that six outlaws, Vil-
list"- sympathizers have been respon-
sible for the recen*. exchanges of shots
between the Massachusetts national
guardsmen In this vicinity and Mexi-
cans south of the frontier. These out-
laws, General Bell's information said,
have a rendezvous on "The Island," u
bit of Mexican territory a few miles
below El Paso.
Shots Exchanged On Border.
El Paso.—Fighting has occurred at
the point on the Rio Grande below
El Paso where the outposts of the
Ninth Massachusetts infantry are sta-
tioned, but without any casualties. Ac-
cording to the official report of the in-
cident received by General Bell, the
men on guard said a party on the
Mexican side of the boundary opened
fire upon them, whereupon they re
turned a smart fire. It was at this
spot, known as the "Island" that a few
shots were exchanged across the boi>
der last week.
Diphtheria Kills Girl; Father In Jail.
St. Ix)Uis_—A warant charging man
slaughter was issued against John
Bosca, a steel mill worker, whose
eight-year-old daughter died of dlph
therla. It is charged that Bosca, act-
ing in accordance with an old world
superstition smeared the child with
dog grease in the belief that this
would cure her. A physician reported
that the father had refused to allow
him to enter the house. Bosca denied
that he had excluded the physician
from the house and said the physician
failed to come when he was expecting
him after two or three previous visits.
Trying To Explain the Blacklist.
Washington.—The partial answer
to the state department's request for
Information concerning the blacklist-
ing of American firms by Great Brit-
ain was given informally to Acting
Secretary Polk by Sir Cecil Spring-
ftice, t'.ie British ambassador. Sir Cecil
<aid the blacklist was not directed
against neutral trade; it was not in-
tended to affect existing contracts and
that the British government would be
Slad to consider the cases of firms de-
siring to offer proof that they had been,
put on the list unjustifiably.
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Royaltey, Harold H. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1916, newspaper, July 28, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110736/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.