The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 23, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS HERAL >
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
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SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVHN'INT., FEBRUARY 23, 191.
N 3R 140.
Nothing In Notes From
England and Germany
to Change U.S. Position
American Fleet Ready for All Emergencies
The American fleet -all of It that
counts for anything—is ready for
action. It has rendezvoused off
Cuba and Florida. Fortunately, the
preparation for the parade through
the Panama Canal has made it pos-
sible for the fleet to gather without
exciting European imagination. Yet
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 23.—President
Wilson views the sinking of the
American steamer Evelyn in the
■North Sea as a tragic accident, he
told callers, and he has been unof-
ficially informed that the captain
is now following the safe course
laid out for him. The president
added that warning had been given
that mines were planted in the area
in which the Evelyn was sunk.
The president indicated he hasn't
yet determined whether a reply will
be sent to the recent note Irom Ger-
many and Great Britain on war
zones and the use of the American
flag. He said, however, there was
nothing in the German or English
notes which would cause the United
States to change its position.
RUSSELL'S TAX
RESOLUTION TO
BE BEFORE SENATE
TEN WHITES,
5 INDIANS,
By Associated Press.
'Denver, Feb. 23.—Reinforcements
are expected to reach Bluff, Utah
today, where posses of whites are
engaged in battle with Piute In-
dians. In the fighting which began
Sunday five Indians and ten white
men have been killed, and ten
white men wounded, six Indians
have been taken prisoners. It is
said desultory fighting continued all
night within half a mile of Bluff.'
The huts of Tse-Ne-Gat, teh In-
dian leader wanted for murder,-have
been burned.
ALLIES ASK
U. S. AID FOR
By Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The entente
Allies have made representations to
the United States that Germany is
not meeting the cost of the care of
her prisoners of war ih their camps,
and has asked the United States:
as careing for the diplomatic inter-
ests of all warring powers, to make
representations to Berlin. The ef-
fort to provide supervision of all
prison camps by American army of-
ficers in the interest of humanity,
and to establish uniform treatment,
seems to have been permanently
checked because the warring coun-
tries do not agree upon the extent
of American Hctivities.
Oklahoma City, Feb. 23.—Th<
joint resolution by Senator Camp
"bell Russell affecting taxes from
public service corporations and the
joint resolution by Senator Davis to
repeal the Russell amendment to
the constitution, which was adopted
in the last general election, have
been made special business in the
senate for Wednesday afternoon.
The Russell joint resolution pro-
poses to amend the constitution so
that 60 per cent of all taxes from
public service corporations would
go to the state and only 40 per
cent of it would go back to the
county, and all of this to the school
fund. The Davis resolution pro-
posed a straight repeal of an exist
ing amendment which provides that
all public service corporation taxes
be paid direct to the state and dis
tributed on a per capita basis as
other common school funds are dis-
bursed.
Many cities and towns and many
counties are fighting the Russell
amendment on the ground that it
would deprive their county and mu-
nicipal funds of all revenues now
derived from public service corpor-
ation taxes. The fight over the two
proposed amendments is expected
to be attended with much fireworks
and the result is awaited with in-
terest in all parts of the Btate.
COUNCIL MEETS
EARLY, TO ATTEND
THE BIG REVIVAL
BUSINESS WILL BE DISPOSED
OF IN A HURRY THIS
EVENING,
The city council will meet at 7
o'clock this evening, dispose of such
business as is before it in the great-
est hurry consistent with the at-
tention it demands, and then go to
the big revival meeting at the
'hristian church. At least, those
who so desire will go.
These are the plans laid for this
evening's meeting, and unless some-
thing unseen comes up, they will
be carried out.
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BOSTON
in case an- American- vessel is sunk
in the "war zone," established by
Germany about the British Isles,
the fleet will mobilie for action.
This map shows the location of
the great vessels. Many more are
being fitted out at the navy yards
Civilians and naval men are work
ing overtime at the New York navj
yard, though no order has been is
sued to them to get ready.
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By AssooIUmI Press. it, Associated Press.
London, Feb. 23.—The Norwegian Chicago, Feb. 23.—A wind, snow
.steamer tRegin was sunk off Dover j and sleet storm has prostrated tele-
this morning by either a mine or a phone and telegraph wires in west-
submarine. The crew of twenty- J ern Missouri and Lowa, Kansas, Ne-
two were saved. The Regin carried braska arid South Dakota, according
coal from Tyne to Bordeaux. She to advices erceived by the telegraph
sank within ten minutes.
MAKE THEIR
EXPLOSIVES
By Associated Press.
London, Feb. 23.—How the British
make their explosives is described
by a writer who was given permis-
sion to go through a factory now
turning out much of the material
used in the British and French
shells.
The factory grounds are connec-
ted by telephones and tram lines,
says the writer, and in addition to
the ibuilding there are a number of
embankments. Some of the sheds
are highly dangerous. First among
companies. Many poles were blown
down and several cities are cut off
from wire communication.
Press Reports Late.
The Associated Press reports re-
ceived by the News-Herald are late
this afternoon, such as have arrived
at press time having been sent by
way of Dallas, Tex., instead of from
Kansas City via Oklahoma City as
is customary.
The Western Union this afternoon
could not tell when direct service
between Oklahoma City and Kansas
City would be restored.
BRITISH ADMIRAL
UTILE KNOWN TO
HIS OP PEOPLE
By Associated Press.
London, Feb. 128.—iNo popular sail-
these comes the nitrating room, in1 or is so little known personally to
which a tank filled with a mixture the British people as Admiral Jelll-
of nitric and sulphuric acid is keptjeoe. Yet the admiral has an adven-
in a state of violent agitation by turous record and has three times
means of compreseid air jets, shot [ in his career recovered from wounds
up from the bottom.
a small stream of
MEALS EOR GIRLS
AT COST, PLAN OF
THIS"fiOOD FELLOW"
CHARLES PAGE, MILLIONAIRE,
WILE CONDUCT LUNCH BOOM
AT TULSA.
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PLANS FOR WATSON
PROBE PERFECTED
Oklahoma City, Feb. 23.—'Plans
for conducting the official investiga-
tion into charges that have been
preferred against Corporation Com-
missioner A. P. Watson were dis-
cussed at an executive meeting of
the house general investigating com-
mittee Monday night. No statement
was given out by the committee,
other than that the investigation
would be started just as soon as
witnesses could be located and oth-
er preliminaries completed.* The
pcobe will be conducted in pursu-
ance of a resolution adopted by;
the house Friday afternoon.
Commissioner Watson has told
members of the committee that he;
welcomes a complete investigation
of all of his official acts and the
charges that have been made against
him. He expresses confidence in
complete vindication.
STATE WILL BUY
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Oklaoma City, Feb. 23.—"Let us
adhere to the cruel economy plan
and repeal the law to burn a man
up, and hang him with a $1.50 rope
if we are going to kill him," de-
clared Representative J. T. Dicker-
son of Oklahoma county, addressing
the house of representatives Monday
in opposition to the bill appropriat-
ing $4,500 for the purchase and
equipment of an electric death chair
in the penitentiary at McAlester.
After an hour or more of heated
discussion between advocates of cap-
ital punishment and those who op-
posed it, in which the bill was at-
tacked from both an economical and
humane standpoint, the measure was
passed by the committee of the
whole by a vote large enough to in-
dicate strong sentiment among the
representatives in favor of the in-
fliction of the death penalty.
This action also is taken to indi-
cate certain defeat of the bill now
pending before the house, proposing
the abolition of capital punishment,
in Oklahoma. If the house were'
favorably inclined to that bill, it is1
'pointed out, it would not have act-J
ed favorably upon a bill providing j
a method of executing the death |
penalty.
Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 2-2.—Charles
Page, millionaire philanthropist, who
has achieved almost world-wide re
nown through his splendid orphan
age at Sand Springs, where one
hundred children are kept and edu-
cated at the sole expense of Mr.
Page, has decided to embark in an-
other practical charity, that of con-
ducting a lunchroom where working
girls will be served meals at cost.
Not a dish served will cost in ex-
cess of 2%c.
Mr. Page owns a farm of 6,000
acres adjacent to his orphanage and
from this farm will come every-
thing even to meat which will be
served in his restafirant. His herd
of dairy cows is one of the largest
and best in America.
From the orphanage cannery,
which has access to one of the larg-
est and most complete orchards in
Oklahoma, will come the fruits. The
orphanage gardens will supply vege-
tables in season.
Working girls will toe able to ob-
tain a first-class lunch at the Page
institution at from 5c to 10c.
is having nothing to do.
"When a fellow steps up before
the judge when an old case in
which he is interested is called, and
looks the Judge in the eye, he is
mighty likely to dismiss the case,'
said a local attorney, "unless he i§
ready for trial." One attorney dis
missed a case at his own cost, rath-
er than let it "hang fire" any
longer.
A large number of old cases have
been disposed of at the present
term, practically notihng being al
lowed to go over.
UPHOLDS TWO
Jefferson City> Feb. 23.—The su-
preme court today affirmed the sen-
tence of death against John Tatman
and Samuel Sherman, convicted in
Kansas City of the murder of An-
drew Lynch, a policeman, to hang
April 9th. The court also affirmed
the twenty-four year sentence
against Oscar Harrison, convicted in
the Shidler assault case at Kansas
City.
JUDGE PITMAN IS
MAKING SPEED
RECORD IN COURT
KEEPS BIGHT UP WITH THE
I>OCKET—MANY CASES ARE
DISMISSED.
Judge Pitman of the superior
court Is said to be making a new'
speed record in the disposition of,
old cases.
A heavy docket was set for the
present term, but the court Is keep j
Inn right up with the calendar,—In
tact, a greater part of the time he!
YOUNG DEMOS TO
MEET AT TULSA
Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 23.—A com-
bination on the part of the dele-
gates from Muskogee, McIntosh, Ok-
lahoma and Tulsa counties, present-
ing the appearance of a well oiled
steam roller, and gathering scat-
tered support from the rest of the
state, Monday at the afternoon ses-
sion of the Young Men's Democratic
League of Oklahoma elected Allen
Street of Oklahoma City as presi-
dent and chose Tulsa as the next
convention city.
Probably the most sensational de-
velopment of the convention oc-
curred late in the afternoon when
Kelly Brown, chairman of the reso-
lutions committee, asked the con-
vention to adopt a resolution con-
demning the direct primary system
and providing for a plan of prefer-
ential primary. After a hot fight
on the floor an amendment offered
by Pat Malloy of TuIsj condc nniug
the direct primary but not ol ering
a substitute plan was adopted.
SAVINGS BANKS
OF GERMANY STILL
DO GOOD BUSINESS
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Feb. 13.—A report on the
German savings banks shows that
they have done satisfactory busi-
ness since the war began. In the
days around the end of July about
$24,000,000 more was withdrawn
from them than was paid in; in
August the deposits exceeded the
withdrawals. In October, owing to
the payment of subscriptions on the
big national loan, the withdrawals
again exceeded deposits by some
$90,000,000, but the reduction of de-
posits during the second half of the
year was altogether only about $23,-
000,000; and if the interest credited
to depositors at the end of the year
be taken into acount, their hold-
ings for the half-year actually in-
creased by almost $50,000,000. A
considerable number of savings
banks have already issued their an-
nual reports for 1914, and not one
of them shows a reduction in de-
posits. Since the beginning of the
new year a considerable improve-
ment in the business of Che banks
has been observed. From various
parts of the country it is reported
that depositB have been heavier than
ever before. People are apparently
laying by money to subscribe for tlte
next big war loan, which will prob-
ably be brought out in about two
months.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
Mrs. F. H. Reily, who underwent
a minor operation, Is reported to
be progressing very favorably In-
deed, much to the gratification of
her many friends.
Randolph Master, son of Dr. and
Mrs. F. M. Masters, was operated
upon today for appendicitis.
Bert Atkinson of Calvin was op-
erated upon for appendicitis and Is
doing well.
♦ HEATHER FORECAST. ♦
♦ N'ew OrlcanB, Keb. 23.—For ♦
♦ Oklahoma: Tonight and Wed- ♦
♦ nesday, fair, warmer Wed- ♦
♦ n ob tiny ♦
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Above the acid j that were at first believed to be fa-
pure glycerine tal.
trickles in. Below the vat is a pool! .Tellicoe comes of a family of
of water in which the vat's contents | French extraction, and his father
could be drowned were the mixing was a sailor. As a midshipman, he
to go wrong. The acids 'When mixed excelled his fellows In Ills studies
with the glycerine, become nltro-j and attention to duty and won nearly
glycerine,—ten times more powerful, all the prizes offered on his train-
than gun. powder and likely to ex- ing ship. He took part in the bom-
P'ode at the slightest shock. bardment of Alexandria, fought at
The fumes arising from the tank I Tel-el-Kebir, and had a narrow es-
are closely watched while the con-1 cape fronl drowning when the Vic-
tents are cooled by means of chilled! toria sank. He also fought during
brine, forced through a coil of pipes' the Boxer rebellion in China. As an
at the bottom. Should the slightest' administrator his career was no
trace of red appear, the attendant i less distinguished, for he served as
must drown the sturf on the second. I Director of Naval Ordnance and as
When ready the crude explosive, Controller of the Navy.
runs through lead pipes to another A writer describes him as a slen-
room. There It is allowed to settle der man below average height with
In vats, and the surface is skimmed calm gray eyes and an air of per-
off. If the compound has not been' feet confidence. At the same time
properly mixed, a ring of peacock there is a lurking sense of humor
green appears on the surface of the in the lines about the eyes and
tank, and the attendants dash out of mouth. In his small, wiry figure,
the building to save themselves if be resembles the late Lord Roberts,
they can. | Admiral Jellicoe has always been
The third building is devoted to Immensely popular with the enlisted
the washing of the nltro-giycerine1 men of the navy, by whom he is
to get rid of the excess free acid, known variously as Jackey-Oh, Hell-
Two washings are gone through, the fire Jack and also as Silent Jack
first in pure water agitated by corn from the fact he seldom speaks un-
pressed air jets, and the second time f less he wants something done.
in water to 'Which a strong solution I
of soda has been added to neutral-]
lze the remaining traces of acid.
Nitro-glycerlne is now used for
many purposes in the form already
reached. But to make dynamite, It
is taken to a fourth shed, where
finely ground wood pulp and Chi-
lean saltpetre are added. This yel- Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 23.—A vain ef-
lowlsh soapy mixture is harmless fort to hold up an alleged gambling
unless fired by strong concussion, house on South Boston avenue re-
generally by a cap of fulminate of suited In a battle In which five
mercury, an explosive that goes off meI1 were injured, two perhaps fa-
at the merest touch. j tally, at 11 o'clock Monday night.
Dynamite is rarely used in torpc-^ Three men casually entered the
does, because gun cotton is more joint, dispersed to different corners
convenient. Some forms If it, how- Gf the room and at the same time
ever, enter Into submarine mines. < partially masked themselves and
The making of melinite and picric drew pistols on the crowd with
acid and of trlnitro-toluol, the ter-jtbe gruff expression "put 'em
rible explosive used in aerial bombs, up!"
is kept from the public, while abso-j The scheme would no doubt have
lute secrecy Burrounds the makin*. been carried out but for the fact
of cordite, lyddite and the myster- that somebody in the crowd fired a
ious "B" powder. Not even the work- sh0t at one of the bandits. The
men and the chemists employed in bullet took effect and he fell. The
making these explosives knows the other two men ran the gauntlet to
combinations into which they are (he door shooting as they went,
mixed for service use. It is said Three non-partlclpatlng bystanders
that some of the materials turned were wounded but none fatally. The
out in the explosive factories, which negro Porter of the place was per-
employes and chemists think are ab- haps fatally Injured.
solutely necessary to the production
of service charges, are not used at Mr. K. K. Yaklsh, assistant cash-
all. They are asked for simply to )Pr 0f the Bristow National Bank,
mislead possible traitors who would spent Sunday in the city, ttae guest
betray government secrets. of his mother.
FIVE WOUNDED IN
HOLDUP AT TULSA
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Weaver, Otis B. The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 140, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 23, 1915, newspaper, February 23, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc128695/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.