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THE
YALE DEMOCRAT
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WILSON FOR I
0-H00R OAT
PRESIDENT MAKES FINAL PROPO.
8ITION FOR PREVENTING
8TRIKE.
SENATE FIGHTS REVENUE BILL
8IMMONS DEFENDS, SMOOT AT-
TACKS $205,000,000 PLANS.
Republicans Shout “Big Extravag-
ance”; Democrats Reply Money
Is Necessary.
DIG “WAR” BOND
ISSUE IS URGED
MAJORITY MEMBERS OF SENATE
FINANCE COMMITTEE 8AY
$130,000,000 NEEDED.
BROTHERHOODS FAVORABLE
But Rail Presidents So Far Refuse To
Accede To The Proposition, In-
sisting On Their Arbi-
tration Plan.
Washington.—President Wilson ap-
pealed to the railroad officials to aban- days.
don their insistence on arbitration of Insisting that national defense, pre-
the dispute threatening a nation wide paredness and the Mexican situation
strike and to accept his plan of settle- were altogether responsible for the
ment, already agreed to by the em- necessity of special revenue legisla-
nloves because in his opinion the rail- tion and a proposed bond issue, Sen-
ployes, because l y ator g|mmons declared republicans in
Washington.—With Senator Sim-
mons, chairman of the finance com-
mittee, submitting figures designed to
disprove republican charges of demo- (
cratic extravagance, and Senator j --
Smoot, republican finance expert, »«• oklahom, Senator Trying To Force
sorting that the democratic party
OWEN HAS FIGHT ON HANDS
ALLIED ADVANCE CONTINUES
RUSSIANS TAKE NEW POSITIONS
IN HUNGARY.
OKLA. STATE FAIR !!stamewsnotes
'J
French Press the Germans Back Fun j
ther In the Somme Region On
the Western Front.
should be accused of attempting to
procure votes under false pretenses,
debate on the $205,000,000 emergency
revenue bill began in the senate. There
were Indications on every hand of a
bathle royal to be waged for several
roads are contending for a principle
Which It seemingly is impossible to ap-
ply to the present situation.
In one of the most dramatic scenes
known to the White House In recent
years, the president declared to the
heads of $5,000,000,000 worth of prop-
erties assembled at his summons:
"If • strike comes, the public
will know where the responsibility
rests. It will not be upon me.”
A few minutes later he Issued a
Action On Corrupt Practices Bill
Before Agreeing to Adjourn-
ment of Congress.
congress had clamored for even great-
er expenditures for defense, and hav-
ing done this, were seeking partisan
advantage by making false charges of
democratic extravagance to the pub-
lic.
To prove his contention that normal
appropriations of this session are not
excessive, Senator Simmons submitted
treasury department estimates for the
year 1917 showing that excluding pos-
tal appropriations bond issues already
authorized and amounts that will not
be expended, revenues must be pro-
Itatement saying that the public has a vIded for disbursements of $1,126,243,-
rigbt to expect acceptance of his plan. qqq< or this amount the total appro-
Rall Head Voices Objection. I priation for national defense would
Rail Head Voices oojec o aggregate about $645,000,000 and the
Refusing acceptance for the pres- genator submitted other figures to
•nt, but not giving a final answer, prove that this extraordinary amount,
Rale Holden, president of the Bur- due to preparedness and the Mexican
lington road and spokesman for the* emergency, exceeded normal defense
thirty-three railroad officials, urged appropriations by about $372,280,000.
the president to uphold the principle “This amount.” said Senator Sim-
of arbitration and declared his plan
would "place in peril all that has been
accomplished in the peaceful adjust-
ment of labor controversies by meth-
ods of arbitration.**
At the close of the conference, Presi-
dent Wilson summoned to Washington
mons, "deducted from the total esti-
mated disbursements for the fiscal
year 1917 would leave $753,963,000 as
the amount required to meet the to-
tal normal disbursements of the gov-
ernment for that year.
"Now the total estimated receipts
for the year 1917 undor existing laws
additional railroad presidents from Ja $762,000,000 or $8,037,000 more than
the west and the executives already
her* told him they would confer
among themselves and return,
Situation "Not Hopeless But Gravs.”
The situation was described by a
the estimated normal disbursements
making it clear that but for the ex-
traordinary increase in the appropria-
tion for the naval and military estab-
lishment which have been thought ex-
pedient and necessary, the normal re-
railroad president as "not hopeless but ceipts would be sufficient to pay the
gravo.” | expenses of the government for the
•ssamsa-
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roads In case of a strike. nation developed) actually yielded a
As • result of the day’s conferences, BUfficient revenue to pay the expenses
. however, It was said on good author!- 0f the government and 'left a surplus
Ity that many of the road presidents jn the treasury of $55,270,000.00
looked upon the possibility of a strike Subtracting from the estimated dls-
aa more remote than at any time since bursements the estimated receipts for
they came to Washington. Over the 1917 the senator showed that the bal-
week end it was anticipated that the ance to be provided for is $364,243,-
railroad officials will get Into communl- 000. To meet this amount I10 sub-
eation with the controlling financial milled that the pending hill would
Interests and it still was considered raise $20;>,000,000, J10 on s
UueresiB »nu hi $130,000,000 leaving a balance of
possible that some of « P $29,243,000 to be taken care of by the
rectors of the roads would be called to Rpnoral fund of „ie treasury, which
Washington. Both among the employ- bp Ra,d arnounted to $134,337,895 on
•ra and employes talk of arrangements Auguat ie last,
for a strike continued and for different —--
reasons that both sides thought if it B0RDER CONFEREES ARE NAMED
tame it would last less than a week. -
Wilson Says It'Ts Condition, Not
Principle.
While President Wilson still was ad-
Iressing the railroad executives tell-
Franklin K. Lane, Judge Geo. Gray,
Dr. John Mott To Meet Mexicans.
Washington.—Secretary I.ansing an-
tag them they faced "a condition, not Bounced that the American members
. „ l, . „„„„ of the joint commission to undertake
$ principle, his statement to the conn- geU]ement of dlfrerencea between the
try reviewing his plan and characterlz- Unl(ed S(atpa and Mexico would be_____
Jng it as a "thoroughly practicable and PrankUn K Ijine, secretary of the in- by the democratic caucus, which voted
Washington.—A bond issue of $130,-
000,000 to meet extraordinary govern-
ment expenditures due to the Mexican
situation was unexpectedly recom-
mended to congress by majority mem-
bers of the senate finance committee
with the concurrence of the treasury
department.
The bond issue is urged in the re-
port of the finance committee filed In
the senate in the $25,000,000 revenue
bill. In addition to the proposed issue
and the revenue bill, the finance com-
mittee asserts that further appropria-
tions of $86,000,000 will be necessary
to defray the expenses of operations in
the Mexican emergency if conditions
on the border continue as they are
now after December 31, 1916. Tho
$130,000,000 to be provided by the pro-
posed bond issue, the report says, will
meet Mexican expenditures only until
the end of This calendar year.
Accompanying the finance commit
tee majority’s report submitted by
Senator 8immons was a general state-
ment from the treasury department
estimating disbursements for the fis-
cal year 1917 at $1,126,234,000 and re-
ceipts $762,000,000.
In its analysis of the revenue bill
as revised by the senate committee,
the treasury department estimates
that the annual revenue to be derived
will be: From income tax, $109,500,000;
inheritance tax, $20,000,000 for 1911
(after law is In full force approxi-
mately $65,000,000) ; munitions manu-
facturers’ tax, $40,000,000; miscel-
laneous, including beer, liquors, stamp
taxes, etc., $35,500,000. a total of $205.-
000,000.
Administration senate leaders con-
fronted by the determination of Sen
ator Owen to press his corrupt prac-
tices bill at this session of cpngress
made an agreement with the repub-
licans which they believe will clear a
way for passage of the shipping and
revenue bills now temporarily blocked.
It was agreed that Senator Owen
might move to take up his bill at auy
lime and that enough democrats would
vote with the republicans against the
motion to defeat it, thus postponing
action on the Owen bill until next ses-
sion.
Developments had served to renew
hope for an early adjournment of con-
gress when advocates of the immigra-
tion bill injected a new disturbing
feature. Senator Borah, in the course
of a speech on the shipping bill, re-
ferred to the need for immediate im-
migration legislation and the resulting
discussion reevaled evidence of an-
other democratic revolt. Senator
Hardwick announced it was the inten-
tion of Chairman Smith of the immi-
gration committee to call up the meas-
ure before adjournment and Senator
Ashurst, another democrat, said he
hoped such a motion would be made
soon and that be would not be bound
London.—The Russians, after a con-
siderable period of inactivity in the
Carpathians, are moving aggressively
against the Teutonic forces there.
Follow Tng the taking of Jablonitza,
one of the chief gateways to Hungary,
they have captured a series of heights
west of Vorhokhta and Arzemoy. Po-
trograd reports an Austrian retire-
ment to the west in this region.
The movement is considered as
tending more effectively to protect the
SPECTACULAR FIRE ROES $30,001
DAMAGE, STARTING AT
TRACK SIDE.
REBUILDING ALREADY BEGUN
Coming Exposition Will Not Be Dr.
layed or Impaired, It Is Stated
By The Fair Of-
ficials.
Oklahoma City.—Fire destroyed
buildings valued at $30,000 in the
left flank of the Russian armies mov- state fair grounds. - The-grandstand,
ing northwestward in the Stanislau concession hall and the carrousel
Hallcz region in their advance on , building were wiped out; half of the
1 pmhpre ' 1 Figure Eight burned to the ground.
b' , j While firemen were still pouring
Russian capture of prisoners from 1 water on the blaze, q b. St0ne, first
June 4, when General Brussiloff inau- 1 ylcp president of the fair association,
gurated his offensive, to Aug. 12, are sent out a cajj for a directors’ meet-
ocially reported by Petrograd to have |ng and a big force of carpenters was
totaled more than 358,000. put to work rebuilding the grand-
stand. The fire will not delay the
Further advances for the Italians ii
their campaign against the Austrians ^^Tin the north end
east arid southeast of Gonzia were an- th<j grands>tand and spread to the
nounced by the Italian war office. I conce:lsion building before the fire
Austrian trenches along the slopes of department arrived. Fanned Ijy a
the Carso plateau and in the neigh- 1 breeze from tho north, the flames soon
borhood of San Caterina and San! leaped to the figure eight and the car-
Marco east of Gorizla have been taken, rousel building,
the announcement states. Grandstand Goes Quickly.
After scoring important gains along ^J^as^ceiJe^t tVcentr'al sta-
a front of nearly three miles In the j ^ and the flre had been burnlng
Somme region both north and south for aevera] minutes. The second
of the river the French are busily con- J ,,birm came in at 9:38 o’clock. When
solidating the newly won ground maki tbe dppartment arrived at the fair
ing preparations for tbe expected Ger-j' grounds the g,-andstand was practical-
man counter strike. No such attack ly gone and the flames were eating in-
developed last night, but the Paris to the concession hall.
bulletin reports intense artillery a* Exhibition hall "aJJ*‘t occlstans
, , .. ‘ burning on several different occasions,
tivity north cTf Maurepas, where the Hafd WQrk on the part of the firemen
French, in conjunction with the Brit- prpvpntpd Three times the big struc-
ish, effected their most telling ad? (urp caugbt. After that an incessant
vance, capturing more than three-| streitm P]aypd on the building until
quarters of a mile of trenches.’. | the danger had passed.
The French and British striking 1 Thousands of people went ,to the
with terrific force In three directions Are. Trolley cars were loaded to he
on the Somme front, have stormed and men hung fr0m the
nearly three miles of German | " £hp"ngure eight an<$ the carrousel
trenches, driving forward at points- to building were owned by the Keenan
a depth of 300 to 5u0 yards. . j concession Company of Philadelphia.
The most important gains wefu The figure eight was valued at $4,00n,
made by the British and French troops j the carrousel building at $2,000. Both
1 were insured.
Hundreds of dollars In damages will
result from the burning and tramping
?f grass.
The Pioneer Telephone Company
j lost about a half mile of 50 and 100
striking north from the point where
the allied lines meet. Maurepas and
Clery, two of the most Important
points held by the Germans in this
sector, have been flanked on both
sides, according to the official state-' pajr cabie valued at about $1,000.
ment issued by Paris. The road ha* J State Fair To Buy Site,
also been reached between Maurepas , The second appraisement of the
and Guillemont, the latter town being quarter section of state school land
the immediate objective of okllhimaVSl FaiAnT^osltlon
This advance if maintained brings the | comwlTlv placlng the value of the land
allies directly in front of the larg^- Rt 536,000, was accepted bv the corn-
railroad town of Combles. ’'H1 raissloners of the land office. This
South of the Somme the French J valuation is exclusive of buildings and
stormed German trenches over; ,.81 Improvements. The original appraise-
length of about three-quarterr.-rWh.men was $48,000.
-£ >-•?■* ■ ~ £
direction from Belloy-en banter e. wou]d pnrchase the property at the
Paris reports that a considerable num- j Reeond appraisement. It is the inten-
her of prisoners were taken in these tion of the fair association, he said, to
operations. j purchase the property before the forth-
For the first time in many days no coming fair.
important action is reported from tho _____ ou _u- po.eT
Russian front and the same dearth of ANOTHER STORM ON THE COAST
news prevails in regard to the Italian Chr,8t| Center ot Latest De-
operations. vastation.
The most interesting item of news -
regarding the Italian advance against Corpus Christi, Texas.—The loss ol
contained in a news di3- Hfe from the tropical storm which
Milan, which says that struck Corpus Christ! and ten adja-
SHADOWS C« COMING EVENTS.
Aug. 28-31—Jefferson coun'.y fair. Ryan
Kept, 5-8—Kingfisher county tair, King-
Usher.
Sept. 6-9—McCurtain county tair, Idabe
Sept. 7—Foul ban, Noruiweeiem Norma,
it Norman. .
Sept. 7-9 — Woodward county »a*r
Mooreland. „ ,
Sept. 7-9—Marshall county fair. Madul
bept. S-9—ii.union county tair, KoUia
Sept. 6-9—'liinuuu county fa.r,
fatpt. 11-13—paive county tair. Marietta,
bept. 11-13—Kiowa county tair. wpburt
bept. li-li—Ciiociaw county lair, Hugo
bept. 12-11—j.-umoioa county tair.
•bept. 12-14—Custer county tair, Thomai
bept. lz-n—canauiau county tair, H
Reno.
aep. 12-11.—Okiuss.ee county fall-. vkI-
mali.
bep. 12-14.—jonnston county fair, Tl«n-
nnngo.
bep, 12-16.—Pittsburg county tair, Mn-
Aleater. _
bep. 12-16.—Tuisa county frir. Tulsa,
ben. JS-lo.—nrtiui countv tair. Pursol
bep. 13-16.—OKinuigee county Ifttr, ea-
rn u Jr, ee.
bep. 12-16.—Aleves county Tair. Pryor,
bep. lj-iti.—jacASon county tair. alt
beii. 13-16.—Greer county tair. JAangttm
Srn. 14 -lo.—McClain county fair.
Sep. 14-16.—Washita county tair.
bep. 14-It*.—Ha tinier county fair.
Sen. 14-16.—Carter county fair, Aro-
more.
bep. 14-16. — Garvin county fair, Pauli
Valley. .
bep. 14-16.—Sequoyan county lair, sai-
|i£a yy
bep. J4-16 —McIntosh county fair. Cbc-
bep. 14-16 —MasKeli countv fair.
bep. 14-16.—Grady county fair, 1 ocaa-
aet. . .
bep. 16-16.—Coal county fair, Coalgato.
bep. 15-16 —Cleveland county fatr;_
Sep. 15-16.—Noble countv fair, rerry.
Sep 16-13 — Lincoln county lair. Prague
Sep. 16-19.—Creek county fair. Sapulpa.
cep. 12-2®.—Comanche county fair, caw-
ten.
Sept. 18-20.—Atoka County.Fair. Atoka.
Sep. 18-20.—W agoner county fair. Was-
oner. /
Sep. 18-20.— Hughee county fair. Hoi-
denvllle. ... ,
Sen. 18-21.—Ottawa county fair, Miami.
Sep. 18-21—Pottawatomie county fair.
Shawnee.
Sep. 18-23.—Grant county fair, J offer-
•on.
Sept. 19-20—Oklnhoma Branch. Na-
tional League of Third and Fourth Clam
Postmasters, convention, Oklahoma City.
Sep. 19-21.—Oklahoma county fair. Kd-
mond. _ ,
Sept 20—21—Oklahoma County Fair.
Oklahoma City.
Sep. 20-22.—Logan county fair. Quthrla.
ben. 20-23. —Craig county fair, V
Stp. 20-23 —Beckham county fair, e.19
City.
Sep. 20-23 —Rogers county fair, Ciare-
more.
bep. 21-23—North Lincoln County Fair.
bep. 23-3C—Slate Fair. Oklahoma City.
Oct. 3-T.—Caddo county fair. Anadarko.
Oct 2-7.—Washington county fair, Daw*
ey.
Oct. 4-7.—Nowata county fair. Nowata,
Oct. 4-7.—Pawnee county fair, Hallett.
Oct. 10-12.—Stephens county fair, Dt.d-
can.
Oct. 14—Football. Kendall College »«
Norman.
Oct. 21—Football, University of Texas,
Dallas State Fair, Dallas.
Oct. 28—Football, University of Missouri
at Norman.
Nov. 1-3.—Garfield county fair, Wau-
komls.
Nov. 4—Football, University of Kansa*
at Lawrence.
Nov. 11—Football, Kingfisher College al
Norman.
Nov. 18—Football, Kansas Aggies a»
Norman.
Nov. 26—Football; University of Arkan-
sas at Fort Smith.
Nov. 30—Football, Oktahdma Aggies at
Oklahoma City.
March, 1917.—Southwest Live stock
Show, Oklahoma City.
Trieste is
patch from
fair program” was given out at the terlor. judg0 George Gray of Wilming-
Whlte House. In the statement he ton Dei f and Dr. John R. Mott of
urged adoption of the eight-hour day New York City.
Decause he "believed the concession | All of the commissioners have Re-
light*’ suggested the creation by con- cepted their appointments. The Mex-
gresa of a small body of men to in- lean members were named some time
vastlzate the results, and urged aban- and arrangements for their meet-
**** * Ing will be made immediately by Sec-
donment of the demand for time and a
half overtime pay by the men and
•^contingent" proposals by the rail-
roads.
Mr. Holden Insisted upon arbitration
In his reply to the president because
to delay the measure until December.
NEGRO ADMITS MURDER OF THREE
Ex-Convict, Wounded and In Jail, Ex-
presses Regret There Was Not More
retnry I^ansing artd Eliseo Arredondo,
General Carranza’s ambassador desig-
nate. Virtually the only question to
be decided is where the sessions shall
be held. . Tho Mexicans are under-
stood to prefer some resort on the
**it is essentially the common right of New Jersey coast.
every citizen of whatever condition in Secretary Lane, who will head the
life to be heard” and because experi- American grom was the first mem-
ence "has put tho right to claim arhi
Lake Charles, La.—Helalre Cnrriere,
former convict and slayer of Sheriff
Swords of St. Landry parish, made a
statement to District Attorney Ed-
wards of Calcastu parish in which he
admitted he had iklled three persons
during the past yeur and expressed
regret that "he had not made the total
tratlon as a method of settling such
pontroversies beyond question.” He
argued that the eight-hour day is im-
practicable in railroading and said the
foads are willing for the interstate
eomraerce commission or nny other
disinterested body to arbitrate the
wholo question The demand for the
plght-hour day is in reality, he de-
flared, only an indirect plea for “an
pnormous increase in wages" and said
that “in this instance for thoso de-
said he killed David Pierce, a negro,
near Jennings, La., in self-defense and
shot and killed an 18-year-old negro in
the Mallet section of St. Landry par-
ber selected. Associate Justice Bran- four. Besides Sheriff Swords, Carriero
dels was President Wilsons second
choice, but after a conference wit'
Chief Justice White, lie decided his
duties would not permit him to serve.
Judge Gray, who is a retired federal (sh because he had learned the boy
circuit judge and n former United i,ad been promised $25 if he would
States senator, has had much experi- | reveal his hiding place, after he had
eneo on International bodies and since escaped from the Jennings Jnil. The
1900 lias bcon a member of the inter- | latter kTiling. Carrtere said, occurred
national permanent court of arbltra- three weeks before he shot Swords,
tion under The Hague convention. Dr. ! Discussing the killing of Swords, Car-
general secretary of the in- j riere expressed regret but admitted he
the defense of the big Austrian port. of thp amall freighter Pilot Boy,
Indications of important activity in whlch founjered off the Aransas Pase
the Balkans are Increasing. A Bulgu- Jetfiea xwo Mexican men and on«
rian offlqjal statement reports two at- Mexican woman were killed near a
tacks by entente forces in the region mUe ae,ttlement on the King ranch
of Lake Doiran, but declares each was npar Ance> Texas, and one Mexican
repulsed. was reported killed at San Diego, both
, _ of which two towns are between fifty
Balkan Drive Begun. ^ 8my mf,e9 ,nland. Gne Mexican
Che long expected general offensive was knied at Larita and two are dead
on the Slonikia front has opened and at La Porta.
the grand assault against the forces -phe total damage In this section, ol
of the central powers now is in prog- which Corpus Christi bore the heav
ress in every theatre of the world |eat part, was estimated at $2,000,000
war. General Sarratl is attacking the -phis includes devastating a large por
Bulgar-German forces along the entire Don 0* the l°wer coast’s cotton crop
Greek-Serbian frontier, a distance of which was about to be picked. Tin
rorre than 150 miles. ' damage at Corpus Christi was estl
Reports from both Berlin and Paris | mated conservatively at $500,000
Aransas
__ _ __ Mott is _ _
nandlng a chance't o refuse to’submit ternational committee of tho Young was sorry ho had not killed the two
their demands to arbitration is unde- Men's Christian association and au- negroes accompanying Swords instead
thor of numerous religious works. - • -----
of only wounding them
c25SYSLrJKS
did not give way to a return of tho and five deputies. Carrlere, for whom
old fashioned dances without a strug- ■ authorltldk have been looking since
gle when tho American National As- | he killed Sheriff Swords a mouth ago
sociation of Dancing Masters met here, near Opelousas, was surprised at an
The tango is doomed. Twd new j abandoned saw mill by the posse and
Jensible.”
FIVE FLORIDA NEOROES HANGED.
posse Kills Another In Search for
Black Murderer.
Gainesville, Fla.—Five negroes,
Jhree men and two women were taken
fanred^bv^a'mob ^ar^oneavUle' F\* dances, it was said, may receive the when he attempted to escape received
..the result the kmingof' Com sanction of the association. They are a sharge of buckshot through tho
•table S G Wynne and the shooting a Cuban waltz called “H31 Danxon," and j lungs, fired from Sheriff Reids gun.
i Hanta by Bolsey llng a n * what Is know n as a skating waltz. *t the Calcaslu parish Jail, where Car-
Iro th? £ch.d negroes wore ac. Advisability of teaching the measures rlere is being held, it was stated the
sused of aiding Long to escape. Long 1 of classical “nature" dancing bare^ nrlsoner would not recover. Carriers
the offl- | footed eprlng dances and others of
that type were also discussed.
Pass
Alice
SSK.'fifSL'SSZln'tb*£ \I0wn
kans that signalized the opening ot , $100 000:; S«»ndlego.
the great offensive on the Somme. $50,000; Bishop, fiOO.OOO, Kings I
Small bodies of troops are attacking $100,000; towns in the R o Grande
at numerous points along the Bulgar- valley. $300 000, and o her widely sepa
lan line apparently with the intention rated and Isolated P®iats; |o0^0l0,0„,,,
of feeling out their opponents’ post- Oklahoma. South Dakota and Li'utsI-
tion before tho real battle opens. The ana troops at Santa B«n « are j '
French claim the capture of a num- well The storm was terrible hero
ber of villages in the initial phases i Windows were t>ro^pn a11. over
of the offensive, while Berlin reports city. Every tent In h°? “ 0Toflhe
the capture of Fiorina, a Greek town men was blown down but moat of the
fifteen miles southeast of Monastlr, | South Dakota tent' stood the test bfr
1 ing more remote from the storm and
sheltered by the ball park fence
from the Serbians. Serbian
quarters admits this repulse.
head-
ANOTHER NEGRO IS LYNCHED.
After
Texas
Black Hanged
Taken From Officers.
Being
prisoner would not recover,
sent for a prieet to whom be made
final confession.
Rice, Texas.—Ed. Lang, negro, was
hanged to a telephone po'e near Rice
by an armed mob of ci'lzens for at-
tempting criminal asault on a young
white girl. Although posr.es Cf.ilght
the negro snd turned him over to of-
ficers, a second contlngetit of citizens
took '.he negro away from their cus-
tody and lynchod him. Lung a'tacked
the girl as she was picking cotton on
btr father's farm.
WILSON VETOES THE ARMY BILL.
Objects To Certain Changes In I
Articles of War.
Washington.—The army appropria
tion bill was unexpectedly vetoed bv
President Wilson because he wouh'
not accept certain provisions In thr
-evlslon of the articles of war forced
into the hill by the house conferees
-nd commonly said in army circles tc
nc In the Interest of certain retire
fficers “at outs with the army." Th«
t'l will be rcpassed with hia amend
nenta
v f
The assessed valuation of the town
of Afton for the year 1916 Is $487,555.
This is $80,000 less than last year.
A negro was nominated by the re-
publicans for the office of justice ot
the peace in the Oklahoma City dis-
trict.
R. T. Gate, of Weatherford, was
elected treasurer of the National Ru-
ral Credits Association, in convention
at Chicago.
W. B. Carter, a farmer living two
miles north of McLoud, has harvested
from a four-acre tract 465 bales ol
prairie bay, each weighing 81 pounds.
Governor Williams issued a procla-
mation ordering the socialist "fall
election law” submitted to popular
vote at the regular November election.
L. T. Daniels brought to Idabel what
is believed to be the ®rst bale of cob
ton gathered in Oklahoma this season
It matured fourteen days earlier than
the first bale gathered last season.
A load of corn, the first of the 1914
crop was marketed at Chickasha last
week. The dry deather has put tht
corn in condition to be husked. Tha
yield was good, but tbe quality wr»
not the best.
Practically all state schools will be
represented with creditable exhibits
at the forthcoming state fair, it was
announced by State Superintendent
Wilson. All of the normal schools,
he said, will be represented except tbe
one at Durant.
Announcement has been made of
the appointment of four Oklahoma
postmasters. They were: Presidential
appointment, Roy Tennison, Com-
merce, Okla.; fourth class, John K.
Carr, Boyd; Davy B. Reeder, Vrona;
Cora L. Shoals, Boss.
John T. Butcher, in the Oklahoma
City high school’s department of math-
ematics last year and promoted a few
days ago to be principal of the JetTer*
son school, has resigned In order t>
accept the superlntendency of the
Pauls Valley educational system.
A new city hall and a waterworks
system at Woodward hnve been pro-
jected by the city council in a proc-
lamation calling for a bond election to
be held September T. The proclama-
tion asks the taxpaying voters of
Woodward to vote the sum of $57,000.
Approximately 1,500 votes were oast
in Oklahoma City’s special school elec-
tion-declared to bo one of the ligliU
est votes ever polled in Oklahoma City
on any kind of a proposition. The re-
turns show that the proposal to levy
an additional mill for the operation of
the city schools carried by a vote ol
three to one.
One of the most elaborate schemes
for road Improvements ever projected
in the state by a townsh p has been
darted in Garvin township. Woodward
county. An etectlou *0 vote on »
$30,000 bond issue has been called.
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Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1916, newspaper, August 24, 1916; Yale, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1139166/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.