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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS- HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON A SSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
SWUM Daily VJ 16. fComolidated 1
Shawnee Daily New*. Vol 16 iDec. I 191 I J
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 17, 1915.
NUMBER 154.
NOMINATED
FOR MAM
Harry C. Myers was given the
democratic nomination for mayor of
Shawnee in the primary election'
HARRY C. MYERS
Winner of Mayoralty Contest.
WILLIAMS SIGNS
TEN MORE OF BILLS
RECENTLY PASSED
MILL llEGDLATIXi DllCG MAK
! ISO AMI HEALTH l'HESEK-
VATIOX INCLUDED.
Oklahoma City, March 17.—Gov-
ernor R. L. Williams Tuesday an-
nounced he had signed the follow-
ing ten bills passed by the legis-
lature:
House bill No. 490, by Durant. An
act amending sections 6789, 6790,
6947 and 6948 of the revised laws of
Oklahoma, regarding the preserva-
tion of health, and creating an as-
sistant state commissioner of health.
The bill carries the emergency
clause.
House bill No. 640, by Harrison of
Hughes, and McIntosh of the house,
and Blassingame of the senate. Es-
tablishing, maintaining and adjust-
ing accounts of physical property of
state with counties, and providing
for monthly apportionment by the
state treasurer of all funds collect-
ed. The ibill also extends the pow-
ers of the state auditor.
House Bill No. 344, by Young.
Amending section 6791 of chapter
67, article 1 of revised Oklahoma
laws.
House bill No. 543, by Harrison
of Hughes, Childers of the house
and Barrett of the senate. Pro-
vides for additional help in state
treasurer's office with the emer-
gency clause attached.
House bill No. 528, by Clark, Mc-
Tuedday, by a vote of 318 to 280
for W. H. Hie key his nearest op-
ponent. The other candidates fol-
lowed in this order: Moore, 162;
Dickson, 103; Sparks, 91; Cammack,
67; Martin 46.
'For city treasurer, J. M. Hamil
ton was nominated, securing 383 Cord and Durant of the house, and
German Raiber Driven to American Port
hi IM—immtsaassa
The North German iLloyd liner,
Prinz lEitel Friedrich, which has
been a German auxiliary cruiser and
has raided British commerce in the
seven seas since the war 'began, put
into Newport (News the other day
bearing more than 300 prisoners,
taken from British and French
ships.
Tuesday night after dark the Ger-
man ship appeared off Cape Henry,
but did not enter until after day-
light, when she passed quarantine
and dropped her anchor at Newport
News. All her officers preserved
the strictest silence, and her cap-
tain at once dispatched a message
telling of his arrival and the con-
dition of his ship to the German em-
bassy at Washington.
Among the prisoners were the
captain of the American ship Wil-
liam P. (Frye, who, 'With his wife
and son, were picked up by the Eitel
after the Frye had been sunk.
There were also a number of
French people who were passen-
gers on the French liner Floride,
sunk by teh Germans off the coast
of Brazil. The list of prisoners in-
cluded alos many lEnglish people
who were aken from vessels cap-
tured by the Eitel.
The Eitel has a crew of thirteen
officers and 356 men, including six
Chinese stewands. There were 326
prisoners, French, English, and
others.
The' Prinz Eitel Friedrich Started
oiit in her career as a warship
from T8ing-Tau. She reached Tslng-
Tau shortly after the outbreak of
hostilities, and the German marine
authorities there equipped her with
naval guns and turned her into an
auxiliary cruiser.
She sailed from Tslng-Tau before
the Japanese attacked that port,
and early in November she was re-
ported off the western coast of
South America, were for several
months she *has been active in the
pursuit of British and French ship-
ping. One of her exploits was the
sinking early in December of the
British steamer Charcas off Chili.
Japanese cruisers havq been de-
scribed as searching for this Ger-
man vessel persistently, tout they
never could find her.
votes to 366 for Watts and 304 for
Young.
For members of the school board,
G. C. Halley, lEdwin Campbell, J.
B. Crabb, W. M. Gallaher, J. C.
Baker and W. B. Taylor were the
winners in their respective wards
while Collier defeated Longwith at
large, 88 to 66.
In the first ward, Carey won over
Brown for councilman by the nar-
row margin of 8 votes, while Adams
defeated Potts in the fourth by
votes.
In the republican camp, Dr. Ellis'nient and control of hotels, lodging
defeated A. O. Baker for member of' and rooming houses, drug stores,
the school board of 1 vote in the grocery stores, restaurants, drink
Burford of the senate. Requires all
manufacturers of food and drugs,
and all persons, firms or corpora-
tions bringing Into the state such
products for sale, to register with
the state commissioner to health,
giving their names and addresses.
The bill also carries the emer-
gency.
House bill No. 54, by Durant, Mc-
Cord and Clark of the house, and
Shaw, Waters, Risen and Burford of
201 the senate. Provides for inspec-
| tion and license fee for manage-
first ward, and W. S. (Search de-
feated J. H. Ruffin for treasurer.
'fhere were no other contests.
Losers (iood-Natured.
The Users all took their defeat
good-nature'dly, and this morning
Messrs. Cammack, Martin, Moore
and Hickey in Mr. Cammack's auto-
mobile, made a number of calls as-
.urlng the people that they were oa'giving them power to collect
an excursion "up Salt Creek." They
didn't look at all like defeated can-
didates.
The party journeyed to the home
of Mr. Myers to offer congratula-
fountains, confectionaries, fruit
stores, bakeries and meat markets,
and all places under supervision of
the state commissioner of health.
House "bill No. 557, by Johnson.
Provides for fees to be charged by
state officers, and declaring an
emergency. The bill principally af-
fects the corporation commission,
bates.
•House bill No. 393,
and Glasco. Provides
heritance tax.
House bill No. 155, by
by Johnson
for an in-
Hudson.
tions, but finding Mr. Myers away. Creating a board of examiners and
on business, they left their con- inspectors of plumbing in cities and
gratulations and best wishes with J towns of at least 2,000 inhabitants.
Mrs. Myers, and also their calling iSenate bill No. 334. by senate
cards, in the form of their cam- committee on fish and game. Mak-
paign cards. | ing an appropriation for salaries
The election was carried through ind expenses, and the maintenance
with almost complete good nature of the state game and fish warden s
on the part of the contetsants for office •
the various offices. Perhaps nevel
before in the history of Shawnee
has such a gentlemanly campaign
*>«on conducted.
" At Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City primary re-
sults are as follows1.
Fqj* mayor, democrat—Gault
IYck 778. Patterson 706, Welty 402.
Coates 314. Sipc-s 308, Van Winkle
mum AGREES
TO AID SILI.IUAN
UNUSUAL TOURIST
ARRIVES HERE ON
A WORLD TOUR
"SAFETY FIRST"
MtETING HELD GV
i STATE LABOR DEPT.
'BEELZEBID* H AS II VI)
CHECKERED CAREER SINCE
STARTING BOOTBLACK.
A COMMISSI ON E It \ S ItTO \ VNT)
OTHERS WILL BE HERE TO
MAKE ADDRESSES.
To visit the capital of every state
A Safety First meeting will be
in the union and of every country j held In Shawnee Friday evening, in
on the globe, to cross 13 seas and the city council chamber, under the
five oceans on a Qapital of 33 cents,' auspices of the state labor depart-
without begging, borrowing, work- ment. W. G. Ashton, commissioner
ing, soliciting, posing or stealing, labor, and others from the de-
between May 13, 1914 and Jan. 18,' partment will be here and deliver
1920, is the stunt that J. F. Bel-j addresses, and there will also be
land, former "bootblack king" of. local speakers
New York, and now president of a
publishing company and other in-
dustrial enterprises, has set for him-
self. In addition, Belland must de-
posit thirteen cents in each of thir-
teen banks in each state and country
All manufacturers of the city es-
pecially will be urged to attend this
meeting, which will be similar to
those held at Oklahoma City, Tulsa
and Muskogee.
Further mention of the meeting
and the program will be published
in Thursday's issue.
FLYER ATTACKED SHIP.
South Shields, England, March 1
—'The British Steamship Blonde ar-
riving here reported she was at-
tacked in the North Sea by a Ger-
man aeroplane, which dropped one
bomb on the deck of the vessel.
One member of the crew was
killed.
PLANT LEtTTIlER COMING.
Secretary McDonald of the Cham
ber of Commerce received word this
afternoon that Edw Bccleston, rep-
resentative of Luther Burbank, will
give a free illustrated lecture Fri-
day evening at Convention Hall on
the cultiation of garden and field
plants.
SENATORS AGAIN
MAKE INQUIRY
CONCERNING DILL
COMMITTKE
( VHi:Kit OF
IX
TO INVESTIGATE
••M . 179," \ Vil l li
II Ml 11V,
STRUG E IN
PROG! TO
BE b JSIVE
Stearns ....
For Treasurer—
Hamilton 38
Watts 36
Young 30
.15 20
TOTAL
Ruffin 8
•Search 7
By Associated Press.
Washington, March
17.—Consul
177, Myers 75, Bennett 55. Repub- Silliman reported today Carrania
lican—'Ed Overholser 1,325. had
For commissioner ot public prop- in providing
ert* democrat—'Street 782, Barnett Americans and other foreigners who
7-4 ' Donneli 584, Alexander 557, live In Mexico City and Progresso
Nicely 440, Hunt 382, and to facilitate the transportation
JH. Q- of Red Cross supplies to the Mex-
i 10
) 11
O-
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Carrlco 482,
Maupin 27«. 'Republican
Eastman 4fin, Bradshaw 339, Jones ican capital.
J95. Hess 272, McClure 231.
Commission ot accounting and fi-
nance. democrat Donnelly 2,631,
Trueblood 1.309. Republlcan-Par-
man 1.050. Elliott 353.
W. II. SWIFT DEAD.
education which he earned polishing
shoes after he was left an orphan j
on the streets of New York, and
has nad much experience in walk-^
ing contests. He says he was born
on the 13tli, was the thirteenth child
of a thirteenth child, etc., etc., from
which facts he won the name of
"Beelzebub" when he was a boot-
black. He made a tour of the
world in 1908-1911. This eighth and
last walking stunt is to cover 69 For Councilman, Ward 1-
countries, an itinerary of So,617 Carey 57
miles, and will take five years, Brown 35
eight months arfd five days. | Broo.ks 16
Belland has all kinds of creden- For Councilman, Ward 4
tials showing him to be the real ar- Adams ..
igreed to co-operate with him j tide, and he is really a very pleas-1 Potts ...16
transportation for | ant and interesting gentleman. His Vessell 30 22—52
wife accompanies him part of the Member Bd. of Education. Ward 1—
way. She did not con^' to Shaw- Halley 98 109 Ui>6
nee with him, but will meet him Member iBd. of Education, Ward 2—
at Oklahoma City. \ Campbell 7<2 63
The thirteenth deposit of thirteen Hendrickson ..12 34
cents that Mr. Belland made in Ok« Mem'ber Bd. of Education.
lahoma was made at the Shawnee Crabb 44
National Bank. He was also given, Wilson 26
similar deposits at other banks; Member Bd. of Education,
here. i Gallaher 66
* I Cannon 33
Lamar McDaniels left yesterday Member Bd. of Education,
OFFICIAL KEITHNS OK PRIMARY FLECTION MARCH 16, 1915.
a3—318
12—280
11—162
5—103
6— 91
12— 67
5— 46
TOTAL 1,067
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speaks 20 languages, has a good
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CAN'T ATTACK A. P.
UNDID TRUST ACT
BRITISH CHECKED IN
ITT U K ON DAHDANEMJES
II) Associated Press,
Dardanelles, March 17.—'British
met with reverse today in an at-
tempt to clear Dardanelles of mines.
They lost three mine clearing ships
and one sailing vessel. Consider-
for an extended trip that Includes
Ada. Denison, Dallas, Houston, San
Antonio, points in Old Mexico and
able damage was inflicted to one California.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, March IT.—'William H.
Swift, secretary of the democratic
Hate committee from 1868 to 1876 British cruiser under whose prctec-
I nwner of the old St. Louis tion the operations were undertak-] "Letting well enough alone is
fltate Journal died today, aged en. The Identity ot the cruiser U all right, but It never gets you to
eighty-three. ' I unestabllshed. the top of the ladder.
Baker 58 40— 98
Starkev 26 49— 74
Member Bd. of Education, Ward 6—
Taylor 97 87—184
Stone ^6 28—104
Member Bd. of Education at I^arge—
11 250
46— 92
Ward 3—
47— 91
18— 44
Ward 4—
89—155
38- 71
Ward f, | WILSON WOI LI) VRKITIMTE
FAST OHIO COAL STRIKE
Oklahoma City, March 17—Still
dissatisfied with the procedure by
which house bill 'No. 179, relating
to salaries of certain county officials
in Muskogee county, became a law
without action of the senate, Sen-
ator Campbell Russell opened the
morning session of the senate Tues-
day with a resolution asking for
the appointment of a committee to
make a full investigation.
A few days ago the senator se-
cured the passage of a concurrent
resolution reciting practically the
Bime facts and secured its passage
by the senate, "but when it reached
the house it was jokingly referred to
the rules committee with which it
has since found a decidedly quiet
resting place.
The senate again passed the Rus-
sell resolution without a dissenting
vote and a committee consisting of
Senators Russell, Keller and Car-
penter hsa fleen appointed to con-
duct the Investigation. The com-
mittee Ik empowered to serve pro-
cess and compel the attendance of
witnesses, to administer oaths and
to conduct their examination in
whatever manner Is essential to a
complete discovery of the mystery
surrounding the passage of this law
in which senate action seems to
have "been regarded as an unessen-
tial element.
Tn presenting his resolution Sen-
ator Russell read an editorial from
the Muskogee Times-JPeniocrat refer-
ring to the passage of the 1)111 and
li,. ton mm sid ibt wflttbrial, if ^ai«e.
as a libel upon the governor ot this
state, and if true, he said, the gov-
ernor was a libel upon the citizen-
ship of the state. By reason of the
strictly local features of the 1>111
and for t^e reason that it is re-
garded in the nature of a 'Tamil'
row" it has failed to create any
intense interest about the senate
chamber.
Assessor Bill Passes.
The "Ryan-Council assessor 1)111
which 'was introduced the fourth day
of the session and over which man\
turbulent scenes have arisen in both
houses was passed on final roll call
the morning session. It places
the assessors on a alary bai effec-
tive January, 1917. and also makes
It optional with each county as to
hether the county will a<lopt the
Arkansas system of givlngf notice
and having the taxpayer meet the
assessor or whether the present
plan of individual assessment will
be continued.
There is a wide difference of
opinion as to whether the bill is
one o feconomy or extravagance. Its
claim that with its operation the
state will be saved more than $75,-
000 per annum while its opponents
feerly predict that it will result In
such wholesale extravagance and
dissatisfaction that Its repeal will
be one of the first acts of the sixth
legislature.
The conferees on the income tar
bill have been unable to agree on
the terms of a measure that will
prove satisfactory to both houses,
and his being srlctly a revenue
measure which must, under the con-
stitution, be passed at least five
days before adjournment of the leg-
islature Its final defeat is practical-
ly conceded . There was some in-
timation on the floor or the senate
Tuesday that an effort would be
made to hold the legislature over
a day or two longer in order to
pass this bill but the suggeston met
with such slight favor that it was
not considered seriously.
Capital Measures Through.
The state capital appropriation
By Associated Press.
London, March 17.—Neuve Chap-
polle and Selol In the west and
Prezasnysz and' Prezemysl in the
east are the pivots of a battle that
has arisen with struggles tli'at may
make Important milestones in the
war. just beginning to be fought.
The outcome at Neuve Chapelle,
from which the British have driven
the Germans with a loss of twenty
thousand, should prove whether the
rmans can mass their men and
retrive the lost ground with the
British tactics .displayed last year.
If the British hold, It will go toward
attesting what may be expected
when the allies begin the spring
campaign.
Przansysz will demonstrate wheth-
er Von Hlndenberg has failed vir-
tually in •nullifying his costly ef-
fort to reach Warsaw.
Hlir Campaign Begins.
By Associated Press.
Petrograd. March 17.—Active en-
counters of consiedrable strategic
importance along the six hundred
mile front constitute. In the opinion
of military authorities, the begin-
ning of the spring campaign.
These engagements are spread
along a line from the River Niemen
in the north through Russian Po-
land and eastward through Oallcia
to the River Dnesister. Never be-
fore in the history of the war in
the eastern theatre has there been
such continued activity along the
whole line.
In Carpathians, the Russians ap-
pear to have been successful in
turning the Austrian right flank
south of Stanlslau In a spectacular
battle In which both armies were
half burled in snow.
The fall of Prezemysl Is im-
minent. ^
~RfP0RT
SINKING OF TWO
MORE VESSELS
ATLW
TO
•A" AND FIN€LAL* SENT
BOTTOM BY SUB-
MARINES.
By Associated Press,
Washington, March 17.—Attorney
General Gregory in a letter to
James R. Breck, consul for the Sun
Printing arnl Publishing Asgoda
tion of New York, holds there is no
ground for any action by the federal bill providing the remaining $750,000
authorities aV in,{t the Associated_ for the completion of the building
Press under the anti-trust law.
By Associated Press.
London, March 17.—The official
statement says: "The Blrtish steam-
er Atlanta of 1915 tons, was tor-
pedoed iby a German submarine off
Inishturk, on the west coast of
County Galway, Ireland, Marph 13.
The crew were saved.
"The British steamer Flngal, 1562
gross tons, was torpedoed and sunk
March 15 off the Northumberland
coast. Twenty-one of her crew
landed, but six lives are reported
lost, including the chief mate and
stewards."
SO POOR THEY'D
GIVE HI1 CHILDREN
By Associated Press.
Dallas, March 17.—'W. S. Noble,
secretary of the Land League of
Texas, told the federal commission
on industrial relations he had this
week found two land tenants in
North Texas so poverty stricken
they were offering to give their
children away. He testified at the
hearing on American fawn land con-
ditions.
was passed without opposition. The or license had been isseud was a-
money is taken from the sinking monded so as not to he retroactive,
fund for the public building bonds| There Is a wide difference of opin-
and the appropriation at this time jon between the two houses as to
will create no additional tax levy | tlie items of the general deficiency
By Associated I'reBs. Senate bill No. 359, creating the( wll and. notwithstanding that the
Washington, March 16.—The presi- state pharmacy board, was returned conferees reached an agreement and
returned the bill to the senate with
a favorable report, it was promptly
dent today began preparing a propos- from the conference committee with
al for arbitration to settle the eastern! a favorable report and passed as
Collier ... 88 Ohio coal srike, to present to both amended.
The section disqualifying
Longwith 66 sides probaibly tomorrow.
druggists to whom government llqu-
rejected
asked.
and a further conference
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