The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 213, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 18, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS - HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POT TAWATOM1E COUNTY.
8HAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY IS, 1915
LUSITANIA WOULD NOT HAVE
SUNK HAD TOEOE NOT BEEN
EXPLOSIVES IN HER HOLD?
NUMBER 213.
By Associated Press. i
Paris, May 18.—Germany's reply
to the American note on the sinking
of the Lusitania will be sent Thurs-
day, according to the Matin's Am-
sterdam correspondent, who said he
is informed it will justfy the at-
tack on the steamer on the grounds
that the submarine commander has
affirmed in his report that only
one torpedo was fired, which con-
vinces him that the second explo-
sion was due to the fact that the
ship carried munitions of war. The
report is said to state the torpedo
was fired in sucli a way that the
Lusitania would not have sunk if
she had not had explosives aboard.
Chester Crt?gg, formerly a well
known railroad man of Shawnee,
is here visiting his brother-in-la/w.
Chas Knapp. He is recently from
Toague, Tex.
A1 Haslinger is in Hobart as a
witness in a Rock Island damage
suit.
Dr. G. H. Sanborn left this morn-
ing for Elk City.
assailant of
prest. chagas is
shot ey soldier
BELIEVED ATTACK OF PBEITAS
WAS DIRECTED AGAINST
COSTA.
By Associated Press.
Lisbon, May 18.—(Senator Freitas
who shot and dangerously wounded
Joao Chagas, president of the new
cabinet, was slain at the railway
station hy a soldier who witnessed
the attack on Chagas.
It was Freitas who led the at-
tack in the senaite against Alfonso
Costa's party in the parliamentary
conflict last year. It is believed
the bullets which struck Chagas
were intended for Costa.
Chagas is reported recovering
from his wounds, although probably
he will lose the sight of one eye
ENGLAND IS FACING CABINET
CRISIS, RESULTING FROM A
By Associated Press.
(London, May 18.—What seems
like a cabinet crisis has suddenly
sprung on Great Britain. There has
arisen what appears to be a rup-
ture between the civil head of the
admiralty, Winston Churchill, and
the lords of the admiralty, but par-
ticularly Lord Fisher, admiral of
the fleetl As a resuit, the possi-
bility of material changes in the
cabinet is being discussed.
Fisher has not attended the ad-
miralty for the last twto days. The
times in an editorial disoussion of
the crisis, refers to the dissatisfac-
tion expressed which Churchill, who
Is credited with assuming the re-
sponsibility of overriding his ex-
pert advisors "to a degree wbich
at any time miglut endanger the
national safety."
tulsa boosters
here tomorrow
The Tulsa booster train will ar-
rive in Shawnee tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock, and will remain here
for twenty minutes, during which
time the members of the party will
call upon as many of the business
men as possible.
ARMY SEIZES AUOS.
By Associated Press.
Rome, May 18.—The automobiles*
of every member of the cabinet,
with the exception of Premier Sa-
Iandra, were commandered today by
the army.
Two Warships in Hudson River Superior to Anything in German Navy
11mm
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PW v.
Admiral Fletcher,
Commander of the Fleet
Soper-Dreadnauirht New York
Super- Dread naught Texas
under full steam.
tiffiiumu
5« shines,
raced 10 steelf
A SWEEPING
VICTORY FOR
RUSSIANS?
By Associated Press. *
London, May 18.-A far reaching
victory in Buikowtna is claimed by
the Jtu.Msian war office, which de-
lares the Russians have retaken
niueh off the territory they lost
when driven out by the Rustrians.
The successes aro declared to off-
the Austro-German victory in
western Galicia
It Is reported the Russians have
taken Chernowitz, capital of Bu-
kolwina, and broken the Austrian re-
sistance over a ninety mile front,
and captured twenty thousand
prisoners
STEERED IX ZIG-ZAG COURSE
AM) THIS ESCAPED
DANGER,
By Associated Press.
Glasgow, Scotland, May 17 (De-
layed)—A passenger who came over
from New York on the Transyl-
vania, which arrived at Glasgow to-
day, declared a German submarine
was sighted la^t night. The Tran-
sylvania steered in a zig-zag course
and raced clear of danger.
Way lie Imairinatioa.
By Associated Press.
lLondon, 'May 18.—The Transyl-
vania encountered a submarine off
the north wes/t coast of Ireland,
aibout five o'clock Saturday after-
noon, according to passengers ar-
riving here. They say the subma-
rine appeared at a distance of four
hundred yards. Some declare they
saw the wake of a torpedo which
was fired at the liner. Others say
these statements are imaginary.
school board has
adopted close
keiilllations
kksoi.rriONS make require-
ments for teacher appli.
casts very .strict.
No battleship In ,tfie German navy
super-
CQuals either of these great
dreadnaughts of the American navy,
now assembled in the Hudson
river. In fact, they are surpassed
by no vessels in the world except
the five recently turned out by the
British admiralty, among wliich is
the Elizabeth, now in the Darda-
nelles.
KATY WRECK.
A car off on the Katy south of
here delayed traffic last night for
al>out an hour. No serious damage
was done.
PRESIDENT RETl'RJiS.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 18.—The May-
flower w'ith the president aftoard
sailed for Washington at 1:30 this
afternoon, after the president had
reviewed the Atlantic fleet.
HILL SPRAY TREES.
Policewomen Are a Reality and
Are Employed Effectively in
Many of Our American Cities
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md., May 18.—A police-
woman, Mrs. Alice StebMns Welis.
of Los Angeles, Calif., was given
close attention by a special section
of the National Conference of Char-
ities and Correction here today when
she told of policewomen's work.
For a long time .past, she said,
the "woman policeman has been a
figment of the imagination, held up
to ridicule as the acme of the ab-
surd and impossible, but though the
last echo of derision still reverber-
ates, there has grown a policewom-
an movement as great In strength
and size as any recent humanitarian
movement has attained in equal
time."
As the latest list of cities which
have added regular policewomen as
an integral part of the police de-
partment for outside work, she nam-
,eii, Chicago, as leading with 20;
l/os Angnles, Baltimore and Seattle
with 5 each; San Francisco and St.
Paul three each; Topoka. Minneapo-
lis, Dayton and Toronto, 2 each;
Vancouver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Ro-
chester, N'. Y., Ottawa, Aurora, San
Antonio, Syracuse, Denver, Muntie,
Colorado Springs, Superior, James-
-O
town, X. Y., Fort Wayne, Ind.,
Racine, Wis., and Phoenix, Ariz.,
one each. She also believed that
Sioux taty, Ia„ Beatrice and Omaha,
Neb., Boston and Salem. Mass., Bel-
1 lactam, Wash., and Ithaca, X. Y„
were to be included in the list, and
she named Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and
Des Moines, la., as places where a
policewoman was paid from private
funds, with approval of the chief.
In addition there wefe numerous
cities which employed police ma-
trons.
She had found upon investigation
that the United States led in this
departure, for notwithstanding re-
ports of the employment of police-
women in foreign countries she had
been unable to learn that they were
officially employed abroad excopt
in Norway; and in England in a
voluntary way.
The need of women on the police
force had arisen, slio said, from
the fact that Industrial and social
energy no longer centered in the
home, "but has given us an age In
which men, women and children,
eat, sleep, work and pilay together
as never before in the world's his-
tory."
The bag worm pest is getting
so bad that the city street depart-
ment has purchased a big spray,
and will at once take up the work
of spraying such trees as have not
been already treated.
F. Ferguson, district agent of
the farm 'demonstration work tor
the southeastern district of Okla-
homa, was here from Minco yes-
terday.
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST. *
*- By Associated Press.
New Orleans, May 18.—For
► Oklahoma: Tonight and Wed-
nesday, rain. Moderate to
► strong southerly winds this
^ afternoon and tonight shift-
ing to westerly Wednesday.
think michigan's
fruit is saved
By Associated Press.
Grand Rapids, May 18.—Rain and
light snow during the early morn-
ing hours is believed to have saved
western Michigan's fruit belt from
serious damage from frost last
night
A. E. Kelly left this morning for
,Hobart as a witness in a suit
against the Rock Island.
H. T. Riddell is a business vis-
itor in Oklahoma Cfty today.
commencement
at high school
and 8th grades
Torpedo of Submarine E-l Could Sink Any Battleship AHoat
This photograph of a torpedo used
by the American submarine E-l,
now in New York harbor, with the
display in the history of the coun-
try, shows to some extent the
American preparation for war. The
photograph was taken with the cam-
era of the su/bmarine sailor wlio is
shown beside the torpedo. It is
powerful enough to sink any man
of war afloat.
BISHOP TIU'RNTON WILL I)E
LI V Kilt I'llE ADDRESS TO
"Hill SCHOOL GRADUATES
The following is the program of
the commencement events of the
Shawnee high school and eigjith
grades: '
Senior Play, Thursday and Fri-
day. May tO and 21, 8:.'10 p.
High School Auditorium.
Baccalaureate Sermon, by Rev. J
llerron Miller of the First Presby-
terian church, Sunday, May 23, 11
a. m., High School Auditorium.
Junior Reception, Monday, May 24
8 p. m., ChriBney Hall.
Eighth Grade Graduating Exer-
cises, High School Auditorium
Tuesday, May 26, 3 p. m.
''lass Day Exercises, High School
Auditorium, Wedneeda^ May 2f
8:0 p. m.
Commencement. High School Au
dltoriura, Thursday, May 27, 8:30
p. m. Address by Bishop T. I
Thurston.
Mrs. Fay Donaldson of New Or-
leans, who has been the guest of
her aunt, Mrs. Geo. E. McKlnnie,
left today to visit relatives In Ilon-
ham, Tex.
I DEATH OK U.K\ HekVUfllT.
Alex McKnight died this morning
at 4:30 o'clock at the home of his
! parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mc-
I Knight, 117 North Market street,
aged 32 years. Ho had been 111 for
;t number of months. Funeral ser-
I i Ices will be hel l at the home of
I his brother, Chas McKnight, 120 N.
Market, Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The services will be In
chargo of the A. O. U.W,
Mr. H. T Douglas of the Shaw-
nee National Bank is a visitor to
Oklahoma City today
A resolution adopted by the board
of education Monday evening at the
regular meeting provides that no
teacher shall he employed in the
high school who does not possess
the minimum scholastic attainment,
equivalent to graduation from a
standard college or university of
the same or superior rank of the
University of Oklahoma, and such
teachers must have had special
training in the particular branches
they are to teach. This Is com-
pliance with the North Central High
School Assn. st&ndard of acrredited
schools, and is not retoracftive.
The resolution further provides
that the qualifications of an appli-
cant for appointment as teacher be-
low the high school shall be train-
ing equivalent to graduation from
an approved high sichool and at
least sixteen credits from a state
normal, or two years experience as
a teacher in a system of schkjols
approved by the committee on-
teachers and salaries. All appli-
cants for positions must be exam-
ined and secure certificates before
they will be considered applicants.
The "cadet systep" for higih school
graduates is favored, i. «., high
school graduates may be appointed
substitute teachers and must serve
as suoh for at least one year be-
fore being eligible to appointment
as regular teachers. A special nor-
mal course will be established in
the high school for their training.
'not poison' say
coroner's jury
The coroner's Jury which inquired
Into the death of Ruth Guthrie re-
ported last night to Judge Sparks
that they found death to have been
due to blood poisoning resulting
from a criminal operation.
The report of the state chemist
on his examination of the stomach
of the young woman said that there
no trace of bi-chloride, whicli
a statomeut loft by the woman said
he had swallowed.
110te very light
in levy election
A very light vote is being polled
today in the special school election
to provide for a three mWl extra
levy. This morning scarcely any
votes at all were polled, most people
apparently assuming that the levy
would carry anyway.
feature of the election is
the fact that there has been no
work done today for or aaginst the
levy,
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