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PROSPERITY TALK
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it t;row.
THE WEATHER
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and W etitirtniy mmcttlM prultttly
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TRICE 5 CENTS
VOL. XII NO. 207.
TULSA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY APRIL 17 11)17.
INTENSE BATTLE RAGES OVER ENTIRE WESTERN FRONT; F
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NO HYPHENS NOW
DECLARES BARD
"One Hundred Per Cent Amer-
icans" Says Pastor at
Foreign-Born Meeting.
GERMANS FOUGHT FOR U. S.
President's Dream of World
Peace May Be Fulfilled;
'Tis War Against War.
r Kil iiir' h n-ite RfV. Andreas Han!
nnleil l.iitlnrun divine who eltirlril'ird
fnurtfii liumlred fort-ignisim ritizena
in KiinsaH Citv Siimtuv aflernuuii is
well-known Ihti liaviuV prem hil on
two oi-nh.-.liiiia Ht tht local l.iittii'riiti
rhurrh and aVIiviTfi) an niliiilri-toi at mi
r.lks' uii'inurial uiuttin iu Convention
lull. )
Spiviul to Tho World.
KANSAS CITY Mo.. April Hi.
"We are not luke-warm hyphens but
lull per cent Americans "
This statement from liev. Andreas
Bard noted Lutheran minister of this
city at Convention hall Sunday after-
noon brought fourteen hundred
foreign-born Americans to their feet
with a mlulity cheer.
lievcrend Hard eloquent: speaker
that ho is fairly elect rifled the vast
audience lie was born in Germany
himself and his father Ih now a
bishop in lierlin.
"We came to these shores" he said
"not by predestination but by choice.
Our citizenship is entirely of our own
I ree-will and accord. We fully com-
prehend the meaning of true Ameri-
canism. It means that wo recognize
no king but Justice. We bow to no
crown save liberty. We have no
kaiser hut our conscience. When wo
set foot on the shore of New York
we ceased to bo subjects we became
citizens."
He said in part:
"If any one would look down on
he immigrant ho would have to de-
spise the pilgrim fathers who came
hero in the .Mayflower. He would
have to belittle the pioneers who in
nil times and climes have blazed the
trail of progress.
I iciest s War
"There Is no 0:10 here who detests
war more than I do. As long an I
have been in the ministry 1 have
shown its absurdity and depicted Its
cruelly. - But lilies sometimes spring
from swamp around. And one golden
eheaf that has been gleaned from
the world-wide battlefield is a meet
ing of tliis kind when natives of
many lands are forced to Iniiinre into
the meaning or American citizenship
and study the folds of (Hd Glory as
they never studied th'm before.
'Such is my faith in American pa-
triotism that If all Protestants should
lie wiied out as If by magic the
Catholics of this country would pro-
tect tho flag against the enemies
from without or within; that If all
the men of the north were dead the
men of the south would see to it that
old glory should not be lowered: that
If all the native Americans would
cease to be the foreigners who found
11 home here would fight for their
adopted fatherland even tho it be
against the country which they left
behind.
"I am not statomnn enough to an-
alyze the meaning of tho present war.
To me it looks like an unpardonablo
slaughter. Hut if our national lead-
ers are right In their diagnosis no
American patriot can refuse to en
dorse their measures of defense. If
there Is Buy nation which by its will
ti conquer opposes tho world's will
to live we are bound by our demo-
cratic ideals to oppose audi n na-
tion. If there Is any people on the
face of the earth which places the
nation above the Individual such .1
people has tin-American ideals. 'The
world must be made sui'o for democ-
racy.' This statement of Presidmt
Wiison in statesmanlike and correct.
No reil-blooilcd American native or
foreign horn will be satisfied until
the principles of life liberty and the
nuiMilt of happiness are extended not
only to the great powers of Europe
but to the smallest nation on eartn.
whether It he Greece or Poland or
Belgium. Nations are not horn with
hadd'es on their back nor others with
Hinrs to tide thm.
Apply the Test.
"The question which at this crisis
agitates tho nation Is this: Will
Americans of German blood be loyal
to their adopted country? Now. it
would be an easy matter to pour forth
a Niagara of words. Hut we want
more than words. Kegan and Goneril
protested thehir love for King I.ear
while Cordelia was silent; In the real
crisis 110110 was more faithful than
Cordelia.
'Let us apply the test of Henry Clay:
I have no lamp to guldo my feet save
the lamp of experience.' What has
been the experience of this nation in
regard to Americans of German
birth? Speaking to tho Co -Operative
club a few weeks ago I ntatcd that
the first regiment to reach Washing-
ton after his call to arms was tho
York county regiment composed of
Germans under Lieut. Heinrh h Miller.
I stated that the first force to reach
Lincoln was a regiment from Pennsyl-
vania composed almost entirely of
descendants of the revolutionary
patriots who first responded to Wash
iugton's call. I referred to the victor
of Santiago; Admiral Schley. I said
that tho first shot fired in Manila bay
was fired by Chief Uunner Leonard
G. I'. Kuehlweln a German. Since
then I have been bombarded with let-
ters deiyylng these facts. Instead of
retracting a single statement I am
going to amplify and extend my asser-
tions. Of the Ill-starred sailors of
the Maine 27 were Germans. When
n plea wm sent out for financial as-
Kistance of the army at Valley Forge
nine Germans responded with a sub-
scription of 1100000. Over 200000
Americans of German origin served
In the union army five thousand of
whom were officers. There was a
German In Hobson's little band.
CONTINUED OU PAGE SIX
STRIKES IN BERLIN
WITH DREAD CUTS
Workmen Gloomy When Their Ita-
tiitiis Are Ax i In (hopiH'd liy
the Government.
COPENHAG EN via London April
16. The reduced bread ration In tier-
many has now none into effect. J inly-
ing from the tuna of the press It up-
pcars that the reduction lias caused
great discontent among workmen anil
even threats to retaliate by strikes.
Walkouts In Berlin were reported to-
day. A proposal which was supported
strongly among the metal workers
was to reduce correspondingly the
hours of work by one-fourth. Social-
ist and army newspapers appealed to
the workmen to accept the depriva-
tion in the same snirit as tho soldiers
at the front and not to imperil tho
soldiers by a reduction In the muni
tion output.
The metal workers organization
then threw its Influence against any
demonstration of dissatisfaction. No
open trouble has been reported.
ENGINE CRUSHES FOUR
TO DEATH AT SAPULPA
Trainmen Meet Horrible Death
When Jammed Between
Car and Tender.
World Crook County Bureau.
SATTI.TA Okl.i. April l"i. P. O
Hidden 'ind MikcT. Cable swhV'hrr.en.
and Ira Koonee nrd Dnr. Mason car
repairers wrre Instantly killed to-
n'pht In the FrLieo yards here when
they ivctc run down rind crushed by
u stilus of parti whl: h ptruck their.
in the bark as they wrre repairing
a disabled enr on the same track. It
li. believed tho noise of other engines
in tho yards prevented them fiom
lunrlng the approach or inc. cars.
The n-cident was a peculiar one
None of the four men was cut by the
wheels hut al' were horribly crushed
and mutilated.
All of the dejd were yeung men.
their avenge um being about 2 4
vturs. Mas m ha.l only procured em
I lnvmont today ns a ear repairman
while Kooncc had been m.irricd but
three weeks.
At tho time of the iraeody the men
were cp Rated In attaching .1 chair to
rue end of a car from which the
dtawbar had been p.illed. All were
residents of Papulpa.
VERMONT WINS HETTY GREEN
"Klcliest Woman in World" Not I'.esl-
tlcnt New York Court Holds.
NEW YORK April Id. Hy a deci-
sion of tho surrogate's court here to-
day declaring that at tho time of her
death Mrs. Hetty Green described as
"the richest woman In tho world" was
a resident of Vermont New Y'ork will
lose a transfer tax estimated at sev-
eral million dollars unless tho surro-
gate is reversed by the higher courts.
Mrs. Green at Intervals had lived
in New Jersey and New York. The
attempt to have her declared a resi-
dent of this state was made by the
transfer tax department. This how-
ever was opposed by her son Col.
Edward If. It. Green who contended
that notwithstanding" her large busi-
ness Interests in this city and other
tortious of New York state Mrs.
Green was at the time of her death
and had been for many years thereto
a resident of Hellows Kails Yt.
MURDER THEORY ABANDONED
Police Now Think Hoy at I Hack well
Just Suffocated Self.
BLACK WELL Okla. April 18.
Police today were Inclined to abandon
tho murder theory in connection with
the death of 9-year-old Hay Hutchens
whose body was discovered early Sun-
day morning in a trunk in tho home
cf his mother Mrs. -Hessio Hutchens
keeper of a local rooming house.
Threo persons arrested Sunday were
held in custody today pending tho
verdict of a coroner's Jury.
Police are working on the theory
that tho hoy smothered to death alter
having playfully crawled into the
trunk with tho Intention of unexpect
edly Jumping out later to surprise his
mother. Marks on the body of the
boy offirers believed were caused by
his struggle to free himself when ho
found the Uunk lock had snapped
shut.
SAYS WORLD PEACE SOUGHT
German JU'Prcseiiiativc Sa.v Kml of
War for All Is Ohjift.
CO TEN II AG EN April 1U (via Lon-
don). A largely attended Socialist
peace meeting for women today was
addressed by M. Staunlng a Socialist
and minister without portfolio who
wns selected by the German Socialists
as an Intermediary for the transmis
sion of telegraphic peace overtures to
the Kussian Socialists. M. Staunlng
in his speech denied that a separate
peace between Russia and Germany
was the aim of either tho German or
the Danish Socialists. All their efforts
were directed he said to a general
world poace on a basts which would
prevent wars In the future.
DRUNK HE INSULTED FLAG
Slircveport. Ja. Man Then Tnlil $23
lino and Swore Allegiance.
SHUKVEPORT. La. April 16.
Harry Hahr a glassblower who was
arrested tor making an insulting ro
mark about the American flag was
fined 25 and costs today by City
Judge bamuel wno also compelled
Hahr to publicly kiss the flag which
riles from the Judges Dencn.
Hahr publicly declared ho would
stand by "Old Glory."
Hahr claimed he was Intoxicated
when ho Insulted the flaff.
OIL REGIMENT A
POPULAR SCHEME
Patriots in Many Counties Vol-
unteer to Open Recruit-
ing Headquarters.
CONFERENCE NEXT MONDAY
Capt. Pat Hurley and Others
Make Plans for Raising
1800 Recruits.
State Senator Johnson's proposal for
11 n oil country regiment of Infantry to
double the strength i f the Oklahoma
national guard met with instant favor
yesterday. Patriotic citizens all over
eastern 1 iklahoma called The World
office for information about the move.
In Okmulgee Senator Johnson's home
town a company Is iheady being
formed and yesterday afternoon more
than fifty men had enlisted.
Capt. P. J. Hurley and others In-
strumental in recruiting work here
met at tho Y. M. C. A. last night and
discussed tho project in detail. It was
deiided to call a conference for tbH
city next Monday when everyone In-
terested will meet and prepare to open
headquarters here and start recruiting
in Hartlcsvllle Okmulgee ilapulpa
I n iiinriy lit Vlnit.i Collinsvillo and
oilier oil field communities.
.Nucleus Already llcr
A cnmniitteo was appointed to
mike planii for next Monday's con-
terence and also to Interview the
Iliads of locnl civilian training or-
ganizations to nsi-ertain whether or
not they will enlist in the proposed
regiment. Cosden & Co.. Carter oil
comp iny. Sinclair Oil i Gas Co. Ph -ncer
Telephone company. The World
and many other corporations hne
already started training. Company Y
composed of Y. M. C. A. dormitory
men. t drilling dally. Military train
ing In the high school will start next
wei k There are three hundred stu-
dents of mlitary nge. Kendall college
has organized a company. With all
of these organizations as a nucleus. It
is thot that Tulsa ah. no car. raise four
enlr.r.nnio for the. regiment.
It is possible to raise a re-'iment 01
nt least 1.X10 men or more than III"
fntire nienibershil) of tho Oklahoma
rational guari vi tho opinion of
those who attended last rluhl's meeting-.
The committer named by f'hnlrman
Frtd Thompson consists cf Glenn
Condon C". ' IMchner P. J. Hurley
Fred Thon ps 'li : r d Charlen Gilniore.
Y. M. C. A. Hatuilloii.
Another comml'ieo was appointed
t( Hart a mo emoi.t for tho organiza-
tion of an entire battalion under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. It 0.111-
s:sts of Messrs. UiggluH Hell Allen
Gilmoro and Tuomoson. This bat-
talion will be organized Independent
of everything elc and will be m ln-
talnod ""tri'-tly as a civi'lan orf:nniza.
t.on until the men deculo to enter the
( 11 country regiment.
The pro-ipe. ts o serving In 0 regi-
ment composed solely of men In the
oil country and of being officered by
rompctent men cf this dlstret wil'
I e sufficiently all irlng to hundreds of
men in this vicinity t 1 cause thrm to
enlist. It is believed Men who would
1. of. volunteer at th In timo for anv
th"r bran"h of the service would
Jump at tte chanie to join such Uii
craanizntlon.
li necessary oil men enn flnanc
onr1. equip tho intlra regiment but
this may not be necessary for under
a recent war department ruling tnH
state is entitled to another Infantrv
regiment. Adiiitant General Karp and
Governor William probably will b)
(.lad to accept the regiment ns a
v hole us s.ion as ;t reaches minimum
tArength.
Will Call for Pledges.
At Monday's conference representa-
tives it the various counties and com-
munities will be asked to pledge them-
selves to raise a ceitain number of
men In a rh en tln'B
The conference will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce ut 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Now that the jiigint erlng company
and aviation corps are prut
completed Capt. p. J. Hurley an-
nounced last rilatlit that he would do-
ote lis time frm now n to gc-ttini;
up tiio oil country lealment.
Nets Hit "Sub" Menace Says Visitor Here
4
Saw the Deutschland Captive at Plymouth
The British with their steel nets are
capturing many of the Teutonic sub-
marines which are attempting to
tighten the bluckado about England
and the coast of Franco.
This emphatic statement by W. F.
C'hown Of Dlverpool England Is based
upon the some 150 submarines he has
seen in the harbors of Southampton
and Plymouth England tho toll of
German undersea craft which has
been levied by the British since Ger-
many Inaugurated Its policy of food
blockade by submarines.
Two Merchant t'-IJoats
"And among them aro to be seen
the commercial submarines the Bre-
men and the Deutschland" Mr. C'hown
declared and he declares thai the
papers of England have been per-
mitted by the censors to publish tho
pictures of Captain Koenlg and Ills
crew as their bodies were taken from
the captured submarine and placed
upon the docks awaiting removal to
a cemetery.
C'hown Is In Tulsa visiting friends
t so Stocl Nets.
Mr. Chown as assistant steward on
the great Cunard liner Mauritania
had an opportunity to investigate con-
ditions along the waterfront of Liver-
pool and it was there that he secured
firsthand Information as to the meth-
ods pursued by the English admiralty
In combatting the blockade policy of
the central powers. It was here that
Herman Member of J
Cleveland War Body J
Resign. in a Huff
CLEVELAND. April lfi. --
1 lei man Kcllinger president of
the local German-American ul-
llance. today resigned from
Mayor Davis' war board a.s a re-
sult of the sensation he created
last Saturday when lit a meet-
ing of the board Kcllinger assert-
ed that German-Americans
would not Join in the Intensive
li.11 ilen fanning movement on
the ground that it would help
Great Hrilaln and her all.es.
Myron T. Derrick chairman of
the board said the resim atum
Would be accepted.
"This is no time for leniency"
said Mr. Derrick. "We should
lock up all those who utter
wolds that prejudice our cause."
WAR COUNCIL NOT
YET IN AMERICA
Plan to Receive British Next
Wednesday; Time of French
Arrival Unknown.
WASHINGTON April 1 . MaJ.-Gen.
Leonard Wood ranking officer of tho
active list of the army was designated
today to represent the military branch
01 the government on the committee
which will welcome to the United
Mates the distinguished lliiti-.li gov-
ernment commission headed by for-
eign Minister Halfour.
The state department is represented
on the committee by Hrei kiniidge
Long third assistant secretary; the
n.iw by Hear Admiral I'letcher of the
general board and Command! r K. I '.
Sellers and l.ie army by Geceral
Woou and Col. U. 10. L. Miclle.
Hi cclvc llritoiiH Wednesday.
It was stated at tho White House
during the day that tho president had
ariang'd to receive the Ilritish visitors
Wednesday.
Lin phaslzing the government's de-
tuc to omit no precaution 1) Insure
the safety of the visitors the state
oeiartment has asked that nothing be
printed In regard to tho movements or
the paities until officials are ready
to make them known. The llrltlsh
'iovernnient itielf has let It bo known
that it would appreciate such consid-
eration having In mind the fate which
overtook Jj?rd Kitchener.
Xol Here Yet.
Published reports that tho lirilish
commission had landed at an Amerl-
iiii port or in Canada caused f-ecro-laiv
l-aiislig to Issue tills statement:
"Statements appearing In the press
concerning' the movements of Mr. Hal-
four and his party are erroneous. It is
rat known precisely when .Mr. Halfour
will amve. As soon ns circumstances
permit an official announcement will
be ma le.
"Nothing doflnlto is known con
cerning the arrl.'al of too I'icncli
n Isaion."
TIRED OF LIFE TRIES GAS
Police and Firemen With Piilmoior
Save Despondent Man.
Declared to ha bro idlrg over the
(tilconie of tho present European
war J. L. Metzler late last nii-tit at-
tempted to cumiv.lt stii ide by asphyx-
iation. Ac;ordlnir to police officers who
rushed to the Mot.-.lcr nonie 11 Nnth
Lawton with Uirn i'h.ef Alder and
the city pulmotor Metzler ha.l ire-
fared for th3 -ind by entering hit
room and closln-; nil doors and win-
dows tlyht. Ho then tuti.ed on tho
Has.
Escaping fumes we-e discovered !
ethers :n tho house bef irn the man
wis overcome and the life of the pul-
motor was unnece:s.:ry. Mel.ler's
condition early this morning- was such
that no danger of death i s the result
of u relapse was anticipated.
Wilson's Message Indorsl.
WASHINGTON April Hi. WUuout
debate the senate today adopted a
icsoliitlcn by Senator Owen express-
ing Its approval of President Wilson's
pioclumatkn to the people calling on
all for wrr serrlco.
he saw the preparations for the "net
war" which the English and Kronen
are carrying on to stave off and cap-
ture the submarines by means of hugo
steel nets which nre placed at Inter-
vals acros tho English channel.
According to Mr. Chown who re-
turned to the United States on Feb
ruary 20 aboard the Mauritania her
! last voyage before being placed in re-
serve by the British government tho
I nets which are being placed across
itho English channel are not of large
mesh as Is generally supposed but
ro made of rings not over eight inches
I in diameter.
I The rings of which these nets are
I mado aro constructed of very strong
steel and will stand a great strain.
I They are formed Into huge nots
which have a dopth equal to that of
!the part of tho channel over which
'they are to be strung and with a
I length Just eight miles short of the
distance across the channel.
A Ma.o of Steel Kings.
These nets reaching to the bottom
of the channel are then placed at In-
tervals of from four to six miles the
one at the mouth of the channel
reaching from the coast of France to
within eight miles of the British coast
line. The next net or No. 2 is strung
from the English coast across the
channel to within eight miles of the
French coast and net No. 3 Is strung
from the French const to within eight
miles of the English shore. To pro
rrlD OPPOSITION
TO CONSCKIPTION
Sentiment Against "Draft" Is
Appearing on Surface in
Iioth Houses.
SURE TO PASS THO BELIEF
Administration Lenders Confi-
dent of Victory but Mar-
gin May He Small.
WASHINGTON. April li'.. Tenla-
tive votes Is the house military com-
mittee today disclosed a majority In
favor of milking some provision for
volunteers In the army war plans
which as drawn by the general stuff
and approved by President Wilson
aio based entirely upon the selective
draft system. Two members of the
committee were absent and the ques-
tion of preparing a substitute for the
administration bill will be passed upon
finally tomorrow.
Various methods of raising and or-
ganizing the great fighting force have
been advanced by members oppcsing
linniediatn application of tho drart
ranging from a proposal to eliminate
the draft provision entirely to chair-
man Dent's scheme to authoii.e a call
for fiOil.llliO volunteers and authorize
the president to resort to II111 draft If
the volunteers do not conio forward
in a reasonable time.
To Pass Tho llellcxisl.
The administration is standing
squarely ll J m 11 tin- general staffs
unanimous opinion that tho volunteer
system can have no id. ice beyond the
enlistments in the regulars or national
guard In the raising and training or
tho army needed. Apparently confi-
dence still prevails that eventually
both houses will accept the staff bill.
The senate military committee
spent today hearing nil explanation of
the staff measure from Secretary
Haker and Adjutant General Crowder.
1 'lialiliiun Chaiubeiialn said tonight
I he hoped to cnniiudi! win k in 1-0111-
mittee on the bill toluol row and de-
spite opposition shown to the draft
1 feature lie was hopeful It would be
approved and reported to the senate
in time to follow 011 the floor the
JT. 000. 000. 000 reveinio bill winch
probably will bo passed tomorrow
night.
fee Obstacles In Srfiic.
There were no votes .a'ion In
K-nato coin'illte; diirm the day
M ine meiit'ieri thot t'.io official
the
but
cx-
! planat on given and tho arguments
: advanced In supp rt of Hn) d'aft pro-
vnem had made a deep Impression
1 upon those anxious I 1 have the vol-
tuitier svT'ctn ttiid s 5.1111. Several
! k nat' rs however sin. we I iihmlstiik-
In My that tney opposed con script 1011.
j ullho they f ivorel 111.) pilnclplo of
universal ser.i-'e.
liepu'illo.ii sei'.nlfrs will confer to-
morrow on legislative q ictions and
nltho 111 war i.eaiuro now before
congress Is lllely lo be treated in par-
jtisan fashion tli c inference may
I have seme effect on tho chances of
tno ni'ny Mil.
I Senators from all sections nro re-
olvinif .nary fl'-xti tin and letters on
I the sql 'ert anl most of the 11 are s'id
I to be egalns'. cons 1 Ipt'on. The i-en-I'le
iiidcrs siv that vlicn the lull
I loicho t'-.'i f lo ir it vvd be parsed
nltho the majority ir us favor may
I at b'! lar(o.
Anpr.lv 1 iMii-n 1 V I I .
I The house t ellilirv 0 Hinoittei to-
j d.iv if proved Chairmai Webb s hill
'.vlilch voiihl permit tho allies I 1 ro-
ll rult 'nelr citizons !u tho Unite I
. States.
"In view r.f th fact tlii. our oun-
try Is conteinpl.it m; the cousci ipti m
I c 1' our bovs to ware war a-i-res Gcr-
ninny ertalnlv 'lie al:i"s should be
! permitted to at lei.st 1'i isi.i lil thMr
( t!:'.ens n the t'niKd l-'te.s to go atid
do likc'Visc" sal I tho report nccoin-
panylng tho hill.
Put Germans 011 Island.
PANAMA Apiii 1 'I. A contr.i-
tiioi camp fo" Interned Germans has
lien established on Taboga Island 12
miles frin tin city.
gress thru this mazo of nets It would
be necessary for u ship to enter at
tho mouth between tho English coast
and then proceed almost diagonally
across tho channel to tho space left
at the end of net No. 1 to pass on
toward the third net.
This Mr. Chown explains makes It
necessary for ships to spend seven
hours in passing thru the channel
which before the nets were strung
consumed but four hours of a ship's
lime t
' Tho submarines which have been
captured have tried to dodge these
nets as best they could without com-
ing to tho surface fur observation pur-
poses. - In some Instances they have
evaded the first unj even the second
nets but none according to an-
nouncements of tho admiralty have
gotten farther thru tho channel."
J jnpty Traps Weekly.
It Is not tho custom of the admiralty
to cloan the nets more than once a
week Mr. Chow 11 explained and with
but few exceptions tho crews of tho
submarines have been found dead at
their poBts when tho nets wero raised
and tho entangled submarines set free.
The nets which are playing havoc
with tho submarines are built loose
and submarine seamen In striking one
feel no shock until the screw Is en-
tangled In the nut as It closes up
about tho undersea craft. Then It is
too late and all that la left tho crew
Is death
JAPS WOULD GIVE
SERVICES TO U. S.
'J."iloil In Hawaiian Islands 11lous
to Join American Army. Snjs
Uiivoy lo This Colour).
CHICAGO April 1 fi. -Yazuc I'uwa.
representative of the Drily Plppti JIJI
published at Honolulu Is en route to
Washington to get a ruling from the
wcr deiiartinent on the military status
of :!." 000 Japanese 111 the islands who
wish to enlist. The law docs not per-
mit naturalization of Japanese citi-
zens and on that account the Japanese
citizens In the Hawaiian Islands have
been refused admission to the na-
t ik nal guard. Yazuc Wuwa said the
Japanese citizens of tho Islands were
willing to enlist a force of "almost
any size up to H.'i.OUO" if the United
States will accept It.
GOVERNMENT NOT TO
SHUT DOWN ON PRESS
Decide to Leave it to Editors
What Shall Pe Printed and
What Shalt Not.
WASIIINGTON. April 1(1 Secre-
taries Lansing Maker and 1 laniels ami
George Creel who compose tho new
government publicity bureau created
by President Wilson held their first
meeting today to map out a cuurso of
act ion.
The primary purpose of (he bureau
It was staled was to profit immedi-
ately by tho mistakes made abroad In
Imposing a military censorship on the
press at the beginning of tho war and
to open to tho public nil proper In-
formation ns to what the government
Is doing or Intends to do. Details of
the plans are still to he worked out.
There will be no effort to withhold
any Information except such as In the
Judgment of the press Itself It would
be unwise to print. Ail advisory re-
lationship with the press representa
tives al Washington will bo established
to secure that end.
Indications are that no attempt at
direct censorship will ho made. Tho
bureau will for ululate utter a confer-
!cnco with the newspaper men here a
'set of regulations for the guidance of
newspaper editors and which it Is be-
lieved will be so clear and Impose so
few restrictions that there can bo 110
mlHtako as to their meaning. It will
be left to the papers to comply and
there Is no plan for watching tho col-
umns of tho press.
HOLDING 0THMER FOR TRIAL
(Ill leer Itclli-vcsl to Hive Planned t
Plow I n Grain I levators.
GALVESTON Texas. April Id.
dpt. Wllll-iir othmer. who was ar-
rested yesterday nt tho direction hi
the federal authorities will be gVeii
a preliminary hearing tomorrow aft-
ernoon lu fi re United States Coniiiils-
hii ner John '. Walker.
''n.ptn!n othmer who has been tin-
ier the surveillance of the federul
Miihoiitles for nearly three years
ci.me to Galveston a month ago '.mm
New Yisk. Tim complaint agilnst
him allcRes that he Is aiding ami is
i.b.iut to aid an enemy of tho i'nilcd
States
Departn er;t of Juidien iu'ent.s have
been set kinr lo connect him with
I lots for the destruction of grain elo-
vati rs at Galveston and certain Mv-
eri'ineiit ornportv hire and In 01 her
heclions of the country.
d. a. rTplYdgeallegiance
Twcnlv-I'i'e ll'itulrrd Mcctlnir In
Washington Kwcvtr liy:iltv.
WASHINGTON April Hi. More
.".Mil) Daughters of the A moiica'l
In volution opened their 2fth annual
convent I 111 1 "id todav with a r ilute
to the flat "il l lent wed po dges of
loyally to their country.
While the givt a idlenee in Con-
tinent il Memorial ha I rose I ) lis
feet with a den oi.stratlnr. of pattiotle
i ut hus'asin the l aughters repeated
their pledge of loyalty and In addition
Pledged li "in itf'ves 10 any set vie
Iicsliier.t Wilson or their o.untr
ml-'lii as1;.
hi notion of Mis. lures Hamilton
Lewis wife of the senator trim Illi-
nois the danehtets Inland '."c ri-
tiot al eeono nlc I'lov j nert by aree-
to abandon ft.e.r luiKiUct tet for
Wi dues lay 11 g!it.
GRAIN STILL FALLING OFF
W heat Crop Dis rca-ses 322 1000 Hush
els; Corn Also Dropping.
NEW YORK. April 10 The visible
supply of grain In tho United States
fhovvs tho following ch-inges:
Wheat decreased 3.-1.000 bushels.
Wheat In liomi decreased liS7il0.
Corn decreased 71701)0.
Oats decreased 1.52100(1.
Oats In bond Increased 47'i.OOO.
Itye Increased 20S.000
Barley decreased 202000.
Barley In bond unchanged.
BERNHARDT IN HOSPITAL
Hut Physicians Say "Divine Sarah"
Seems Xot In Dauber.
NEW YoltK April lfi. Sarah
Dernhardt tho actress who was re
moved from her hotel to a hospital
hero yesterday was said by her phy-
siciuns tonight to bo showing "signs
of improvement. A consilium. n was
held today but It could not be learned
vvhethrr an operation would bo per-
formed. Pago Visiting With KI111;.
LONDON. April 16. Walter Hines
Page the American ambassador and
Mrs. Pago arrived at Windsor Castle
today fur a short visit lo the king and
iiueen.
STRUGGLE TO BE
WAR'S REAL TEST
Allies' Huge Onslaught h
Being Carried Out on
Well Laid Plans.
FIGHTING IS TERRIBLE
Reports From All Offices
Say Clash Now on Is
Intensely Bitter.
ENTHUSIASM FIRES THE MEN
News of Launching Great Of
fensive Spreads Like Wild-
fire Among Soldiers.
I'AlilS. April 16 (11:50 p. . I
The I 'is iicIi Ix-gan an attack thl
morning after several days' anUlcrJ
prvpaiHllou between Solssons an)
Ithclins. Several German l'm-Sn wen
carried ami morr than ton thousand
Germans vhto taken prisoners.
The official uniioiiiiiviiient of till
sin is-ss IksiiisI by tlio war office to
night describes the fighting ns brind
of tho utmost violence.
HltlTISH IIKADOl AUTI US IN
l l:N(i:. April lo (via Ixnnlon). I
The hot flames of war nro raging nvel
tin- cnllro western front 011 plan:
idjilioralcal at prolonged conference
bclwisii General Mvcle ami Itch
Marshal llalg ami tin; war councils! ol
i'rniiiv tinil I'lngliuiil. Tho results al
ready justify Hie (SiiM'luslon tluit llM
supreme military test of tho war I
near ut hand.
ti:n divisions smashed.
Already a half Hooru of Germany'
Inst divisions have bcc.i Hiniislictl til
phsei- by the ltrl(ih onslauMht mn
their own uiisuis'cNHfiil isiuntcr at
tacks. The Bavarian dlvLsjons wen
sai'rlflissl fiist hut tlKi Prussian KUAisl
iIIvIsIoils thrown In lo stem the Ilrlt
l-h flixxl tide luivo lieeii suffering
such isisiialiicM In the last few day
that llicy will have to he rrllovisl.
The Caiuidiaiis aooonnusl for
largo isinl indent of grenadiers In th
fighting nlKuit "the I'lmplo" while yen
li'islay'rt affair at Ijignli-ourt look Iu
heaviest toll both In lcal and priston
crs from fivo German guard recti
men is.
KKVKItSE T KVG.NICOmT.
It will ever be one of tho most strilc
Ing pli-tiireH of this war the rout o
the Germans nt Ijognlooiirt after wha
they Ixdb-visl lo hnvo leeii a Hiieccsn
fill attack. Kiiiinlng for tlnir owi
trciKiun which were part of th
fanusl llindciihiiri; line they wcrl
trapiMxl by tho Imrbed wire cntaiuflo
incuts which had been built with him
great strength ami thickness In froiJ
of them. The ooiust of the IIIiioVii
burg line has been IU iKit.s of priM
tisilve wire.
I.KXS HOLDS.
I p to the time that a rainstorm he
can Monday afternoon the British lia
laplurisl from the Germans tho illlag
l)f Villeret southeast of llnrghVHlrl
ami eight milcH f is un St. Qiienthl. an
also had made additional progresJ
norlliwoM of Ia-ils. People arc stil
fleeing In mi Unit city.
BOOSTERS TO VISIT
OIL TOWNS TODA'
Itinerary Fourth Trade Trii
Includes Shamrock Sa-
pulpa and Depew.
TODAY'S 1TIN KltAHY.
Keiifw 11:l7'Ud Kiirk 7 :'M
Shamrock I'i Z-'Mowm-n S:l
lir I . I ')Saiuli 8:3
Mlllay 'l4Krllyville Il l
Slriiuil 2 :4S Ihiybiirn
Havi npurt II ;2Brislosr 10:1
Lii.nJ.tr 4.01
At 7:40 o'clock this morning
special train bearing the Tulsa traill
excursionists of the Chamber of Con
nieree and Federation of Allied Inte
csts will leave the Frisco station for
tour of 13 towns and cities In Tulsa
trade territory on the fourth of
series of five trips being made th
spring.
In every Instance in the past i
which Tulsa boosters have taken tl
field to preach the gospel of a greatu
Tulsa and a bigger business for Tulsl
tho results have been a great succesi
and In the three preceding trips heU
by the local commercial orgaiiiiatio
thousands of new trieuds nave nee
made for the industry of this city an
old friends have been bound wil
even stronger ties to the thrift an
spirit of a growing metropolis.
Tho itinerary as announced for th
fourth trado trip which will be he!
this morning by Secretary W. .1
Itayson of the Kctnil Merchants ass
elation will Include visits at some 1
the most prosperous towns and cltn
in Tulsa's trado territory. Especial!
Is this true of Bed Fork Dowdcil
CO.YUMJEi) OS r.KQR TIIltEJS
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