Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 121, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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SPLIT IX DEMOCRATIC HANKS WHEN' DURAX?
SUPPORTS BILL TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS
FOR ORANITE "RKFOKMAT()KY.
By GLENN CONDON
(Staff Correspondent)
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb. 10 "The truth of the
matter is that the various appropriations to be made
by this legislature will be larger than the appropriations
two years ago. The appropriations then were greater
than those two years lief ore that. Is it not significant
that Haskell was elected governor by a plurality of 31-
000 votes which dropped 'to 21000 for Crucc and finally
u :000 for Williams ?"
This statement came from the lips of a Democratic
member of the house of representatives today.
It marked the beginning of the fight to reduce taxes.
The anti-appropriation men won the first engage-
ment by a narrow margin of five votes.
Thirteen members were absent. Had they been
present the bill would have been passed according to
Y. A. Durant chairman of the appropriations commit-
tee and champion of the bill that brought on the breach
in the Democratic ranks.
Durant changed his vote from "aye" to "no" for
the purpose of lodging a motion to reconsider the vote
by which the bill was lost and it will come up again on
;he next legislative day.
Today's incidents in the house were the most signif-
icant that have transpired at this session of the legisla-
ture as far as the taxpayer is concerned.
The bill that preeipitated the break and brought
out the truth concerning the "economy program' was
house bill No. 354 by McCollister of the house and Car-
penter of the senate appropriating $34000 to complete
the east cell wing at the Granite reformatory.
Would Be Another Pen.
During the heated debate on the bill it was charged
that the Granite "reformatory" is not a reform school
at all but a branch of the state penitentiary. It was as-
serted that this and other proposed appropriations for
the institution were a part of the program to establish a
second and distinct state penitentiary.
Tears were shed by competent sob artists upon the
floor of the house who pleaded for buildings that would
"accommodate the unfortunate youth who are sent to
the reformatory' but these tears were turned into ex-
pressions of disgust a few moments later when op-
ponents of the bill pointed out that men and not boys
were sent to the Granite institution.
Representative llensley of Canadian county a Dem-
ocrat declared that these "expressions of sympathy"
should be saved for the "one thousand unfortunates who
are confined in the fire trap at Norman that they call the
insane asylum." Incidentally he gave notice that he
would strenuously' oppose any appropriation for the
purchase of the N'orman sanitarium such as is now pro-
posed by certain leaders in the senate and the house.
The leKlliiUve Investigation of the
;ranile reformatory that was con-
ducted two year ngo was ued a a
hauls of the argunients In favor of the
I. III.
't rue! 1-iwwnijr" Says Purant.
"Cruel economy" declared Repre-
iientatlv l'urant "resulted In the con-
ditions that were bared to tho pub-
lic by the Investigation In 1918. That
Is the only thing that I could not
answer upon the stump. Are we Kolng
to vole down thl bill and thereby
vote for a continuance of these con-
ditions?" ti tl
This statement brought Representa-
tive K. K. Glasco of McClain county
to his feet. . .
I recall" said Mr. Glasco "that
two years ago the legislature appro-
iirlnted the enormous sum of I'iib.-
000 to correct the very conditions
which were exposed by the investiga-
tion here In 113. Do you know that
the approprlaaion for the law build-
ing at Norman would have been suf-
ficient to have prevented any such
condition of affairs? I deny that
cruel economy wa to blame. They
are attempting now to create a new
tat penitentiary over at Oranlte.
Every man here knows that It I. not
a reform school but merely a branch
of the McAlester penitentiary.
"If the appropriation two yeara
ago had been properly uheJ there
would be no need for additional
money now. and as a matter of fact
no necessity for this epproprlat on
really exists. Lt " consider the
1 000 unfortunate people who are con-
fined In that fire trap at Norman and
If money Is to be appropriated let
It be -used for protecting the lives or
those people.
"The atate of Oklahoma hsm apent
TWO HUMAN HEADS
FOUND IN A SACK
Mystery Surrounds tlie Probable Kill-
ing of Two Persona Who Have
Not Been Identified.
DETROIT. Mich.. Feb. 10. Two
human heads two feet and a hand
wrapped In a burlap bag wer found
this nfternoon In an alley behind a
bottling works on Ueaublen street
Features were almost obliterated by
acid. The police believe one of the
heads Is that of a man and the other
Is a woman's. A boy searching for
bottles made the discovery. Detec-
tives found a satchel containing
clothes marked "M. F. A. Easton" a
few fiiet from where the heads were
picked up. The satchel had been
covered with rubbish.
Easton who formerly conducted a
misalon on Beaublen street here died
In Ietrolt two days ago. H onoe wl
In charge of a mission on Canton ave-
nue Chicago.
WIlhclmiiiA Prize Subject.
LONDON Feb. 10. t:&S p. m.)
The British foreign office after the
inquiry has decided that the cargo of
the American attfcmshlp Wllhelmlna
must go through a prize court. Tbe
ship may depart from Falmouth U
soon as the cargo is discharged.
"It la officially confirmed that the
Wllhelmlna was neither convoyed nor
ordered Into Falmouth but wu com-
pdled to make that port because of
damage suffered In tonna while
crossing the Atlantic
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Japanese cruiser Asania In ooinmand of Roar Admiral TelJIro Kurol
carrying fiUO men which wus wrocked off the coast of Lower California on
February 4. The Asania took a prominent part In the ileHicta game of
hlde-nnd-Het'k between the war vowels of the allies and Cicnijriiy In 1'anlflc
waters. She carried lour elKht-lnch kiiiih four nlx-liichers ana twlB three-
lnchers with four torpedo tubes.
WILSON ENVOY TO
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
Duval AVest Former U. S-
District Attorney To
Investigate
TO VERA CRUZ FIRST
Representative Will Point
Out Necessity for Per-
manent Peace.
WASHINGTON Feb. 10. Duval
West former United States dis-
trict attorney at San Antonio Tex.
was selected today to go to Mexico as
the persoiiul representative of Presi-
dent Wilson.
Secretary Bryan announced Mr.
West's selection. The mission is simi-
lar to that of Paul Fuller who some
time ugo conferred with the various
leaders and returned to this country
with his reports.
Mr. West carries no written instruc-
tions but is commissioned to make
general inquiries into the conditions
Interview the principal lenders Includ-
ing C'arranza Villa and Zapata and
make ckfer to them the position of
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GERMANS MURDER
CIVILIANS CLAIM
French Ofllir Iucs Statement E-
plaining TorjMHloliig of Mer-
chantman. PARIS Feb. 10. (5:10 p. m.)
The French government today made
public the result of the Inquiry or-
dered by the minister of marine Into
the torpedoing of the French mer-
chantman. Admiral Oanteaume on
October 28 1914 and gave to repre-
sentative In Paris of the neutral pow-
ers ooplet of the memorandum. The
vessel when struck by a torpedo fired
by a German aubartne had on board
1600 refugee from Belgian and
French coast town.
The report says the attack was com-
mitted by a German submarine with-
out daring to ahow Its colors and
vithoul warning or stopping. It as-
serts that the attack waa made on an
undefended merchantman carrying
women and children and old men who
were refugees. The attack. It In con-
tended waa without military or naval
utility or strategy and waa only- "the
murder of Inoffentrive Individuals."
The report aoorea the methods of
the German submarines and says the
government of the republic believes It
Is acting lit the c"'ion Interests of
the civilized world In bringing the fact
to the attention of the other govern-
Bientav ' ! " - :
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F.
1000 WILL DINE IN
CONVENTION HALL
Opening Event of Y. M. C.
A. Convention To Be
Held Tonight
TO BE BIG BANQUET
Splendid Speakers On the
Program for the Ev-
ening HAV'K you ever tried to serve a
dinner to twenty guests In your
own home? If you have you know
It is some Job. Hut how would you
like to serve fifty times that many
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GERMAN MINES ARE
RUINED BY FRENCH
PART 3 Feb. 10. (10:40 p. m.)
The following ollli Ul communication
was Issued by the war olflce this even-
ing: During tho night of February 9-10
we blew up at l-a liolsselle three series
of mines und wo succeeded In occupy-
ing the excavations thus made not-
withstanding a counter attack which
we repulsed with the bayonet.
"In the Argonne there has been ar-
tillery firing and the throwing of
bombs on all sides particularly In the
region of i:lante and Bagatelle.
"According to the latost advices It
la reported that the Germans have de-
livered a very violent but fruitless at-
tack on the fortifications of Marl-
etheresa. "In Lorraine at I-a Ustere part
of the forest of Perry und to the north
of that forest the advance post had
huccessfully repulsed an attack of the
enemy.
"The minor action reported In the
communication Issued at 3 o'clock to
the northeast of Manonvlller endud
In the pursuit of the Germans by our
Hussars.
"In the Vosges at . Fontenelle
(Ean-de-Sapt) an attack by the en-
emy has been checked."
IF
tb job Is worth having
the house it worth renting
the land is worth buying
YOU'LL FIND IT LISTED
ON THE WOULD 'S WANT
AD. PAOE.
WORLD
WANTS
WIN
HUNDREDS WILL
ARRIVE TODAY
FOR "Y" MEET
Elaborate Daiupiet At Con-
vention Hall Tonight
Is First Session
JOINT MEETING TO
BE HELD SUNDAY
Speakers of I nternalional
Fame In V. M. C A.
Work On Program.
Bi:i'(lii: dark tonlnht several lum-
ilred V. M. I'. A. workers from
all parts of Oklahoma will tu -'(
' 1 1 1 1 I -1 1 In Tulsa to att-nd tho four
days' stato-widi Young Men's Chris-
tian As'iiciallon convention which
opens with u bltt banquet In Conven-
tion hall tonight. The convention si s-
rton which will not open until to-
morrow liiorniiiK will continue for
three ilas ending .Sunday night with
a Mtf union meeting In the spacious
Contention hall.
Judging by ail indication!) obtain-
able yesterday It will bo the most suc-
cessful meeting of Its kind over held
In the 'southwest. Many speakers of
international fame will nppcur on the
liK'graui and all have messages to de-
liver that ure well worth heurlng.
These men uro expected to arrive to-
day from Topeka where the Kansas
association has Just completed a state
com em Ion.
Tho day session of the convention
which will be largely educational will
lie held in I ho Boston Avenue M. K.
church but the night session will be
held I ntht) city Contention hall.
The local committee which has been
working on details of tho convention
for the past three months expressed
themselves us being sal lulled last night
with the outlook for u very miccessful
meeting.
A few advance guard delegates r-
rlvod In the city last night but the
main body will not arrive until today
and tonight. Few conventions can
boast of such ii Kplendid program as
that arranged for this week it U a
program which spoils success
(oodlicurt to Speak.
Two of the biggest etentH arranged
are the big banquet tonight and the
big men's meeting in Convention hall
t'unday afternoon at which Jim
(loodheart of Denver a national char-
acter will inal'.o the main address.
This meeting will be peceded by a big
parade.
In this parade will be the lodges
labor unions and churches of the city
ull carrying banners. W. K. Gordon
has been assigned as marshal for the
parade. The various organizations
will assemble at 1! o'clock and the
parade will move from tho Hotel Tulsa
at 2:20 o'clock the line of march be-
ing west on Third to Boston south to
Fourth west to Main and north to
Ltrndy and then went to the Conven-
tion hall wh.'io the parade will marcn
across the stage.
The famous Chllocco Indian Dand
will load the parade and play at the
meeting.
Another feature of the convention
will be tho noonday luncheons. On
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V. M. C. A. Head Dies.
PIIILADKI.I'IIIA Feb. 10. Wil-
liam Brooks ftourley formerly pres-
ident of the Washington D. ('. stuck
exchange and head of tho Y. M. C. A.
In that city died at his home here
today. He was 71 years old.
TIIIIIK Itlf.I.K
(Fly Ktuff Correspondent. )
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb. 10.
Governor Williams today signed
the bill permanently establishing
superior ourt in Tulsa Poltu-
wat inile and Muskogee countlen
He also approved the bill relating
the payment of taxes on real es-
tate as between grantor and
grantee and the bill providing
for the btate to glte Its assent to
the terms of tho Hmlth l.evcr ag-
ricultural extension act paed by
congress
The pool hall Ml! was signed by
the governor the bill as It was
Hincn-led In the serate abolishes
pool and billiard halls In unin-
corporated towns and cities and(
regulates such Institutions In tli
larger cities. J
The governor Issued a proc-
lainatlou calling attention to th
southern commercial rongrese to
bo held at Muskogee April it to
and wrote President Wilson a
mossag'e Inviting hlin to attend
the congrees.
Tllll signed yesterday by the
governor were as follows: Pro-
viding for the transfer of pupils
from one district to another abol-
ishing the county court at Hnyder
provM'ng fi r a clerk to the county
euptrlntendent abolishing the of-
fice of state Inspector of sthooUl
and the Joint resolution by Hen-
fitor Thomai relative to the dis-
tribution of money In the forest
rcfierte fund.
MANY TELL THE
GOVERNOR WHY
MEASURE IS DA J
I'hil'orccmcnt of Hill Wo 1 1
Impair Contracts for g
Long Terms
WILL NOT SIGN THE
MEASURE AT ONCE
Sections - and 1 of the Pro-
posed Law Attacked As
Tuconstitutional.
Nui'fisl to Tim World
OKLAHOMA CITY Fell. 10
That tho enforcement of tho oil
conservation hill passed by Uio leg-
islature and now up to tho govcrno!
for his approval or disapproval
would Impair contracts already for
terms beyond when tho bill would
KO Into effect and also causn u shut-
down In the oil fields was tho bur-
den of argument of those opposing
executito upprotal of tho hill In a
meeting heforu Governor Williams to-
day. Oil men from all parts of tho Htato
and representatives of different feat-
ures of tho oil Industry appeared
and offered reasons why the bill
should not become a law.
The question of Impairment of
contracts waa raised by W. A. I.ed-
better and Ucorgc A. llamoy the
latter of Muskogoe and both repre-
senting oil men who have existing
contracts on long terms. The argu-
ment against tho proponed legislation
was directed to sections 2 and 4 of
tho new bill and tho provisions were
attacked ns unconstitutional. The at-
tempt of the stato to prohibit a pro-
ducer to take oil from his own lease
under an existing contract niado be-
fnro the proposed measure becomes
effective would bo a big question
said Mr. liamsey and ho designated
tho bill as delegating legislative
powers to tho corporation commls-
Hloii which body is given power by
the bill to enforce Its provisions. The
fact that no oil could be taken from
n lea.se except at a price that must be
fixed through a process of determin-
ing tho market value by cost of pro-
duction and othur means would In
the opinion of Mr. Itamsey be an at-
tempt at faxing Iho price that would
prohibit the producer from his free
right of bargaining his own produc-
tion. Could I'lx Mailiiiiiiu Price.
At a suggestion from Governor
Williams both ngreed that the com-
mission might be sustained In fixing
a maximum price of crude oil but
neither they nor the state could pro-
hibit a producer from Helling at a less
price than that which might be
flxod. The right of the stato to pro-
tect Its natural resounces agmlnst
wanton waste was not disputed but
an attempt was made to define waste
ixji that which would occur In case
oil could bo sold for a price sought
to be fixed by a deduction that might
be subject to any dispute and less
than what might bo termed a public
calamity. It was contended that tho
owners of the leases now In existence
huvo a vested right In those leases
and could not be disturbed by legisla-
tive action that if such was at-
tempted contracts would be Im-
paired and this the owned was safe-
guarded by the state and federal con-
stitutions. One portion of tho hill In
section 4 Mr. ilumsey construed
would give tho corporation commis-
sion tbe right to suppress produc-
tion in one oil field as against an-
other and this would be directly dis-
criminatory. Loss to Kef Incrlcs.
Mr. Itamsey declared that refiners
were not at the present time making
any money In the oil business and
being asked why by the governor re-
plied that he might refer to the cor-
poration commission for a solution of
it. Mr. itamsey observed that the
stato might legislate to protect Its
resources In preventing waste but he
did not think It could delegate such
powers to the corporation commis-
sion. Governor Williams suggested
that government control of big busl-
(Continued On Page Two.)
RECRUIT IN U. S.
FOR MEXICAN WAR
I .OH ANGKIKH Feb. 10 U. J. VII-
Joes; assistant manager of the Cali-
fornia Mexican I .and A Cattle Co
was arrested here today on a federal
warrant charging him with conspiracy
to violate the neutrality laws. He Is
the sixth man arrested In connection
with the alleged recruiting of men on
th American side for service In
Lower Callfornla
Pnlthazer Avllez former governor
of iowor California and four others
recently were arrested here and at
Ban Diego charged with alleged con-
spiracy. Federal officials asserted today that
several hundred men had already been
encamped at various points In the Im-
perial valley California. ready to
move to a concentration camp at a
given signal ul march acrosi the
Uutder.
SENATORS QUIT
AFTER LONGEST
SESSION HELD
Itcpuhliciiis Win Another
Point In Administra-
tion Ship Hill Fight
DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
ADMIT FINAL DEFEAT
Today An Attempt Will He
Made To IJecoinmit
the Measure
WASlll.VOTOX Feb. 10. Repub-
lican anil Democratic senators'
who oppose the government ship pur-
chase bill aided by Senators N'orrls
and Kenyon Progressive-Republicans
who hate stood by tho bill forced an
adjournment tonight after the longest
continuous session In the history of
the senate and made moro uncertain
than otcr the tate of the measure
which the administration has so urg-
enlly pressed upon congress.
I'pou the adjournment after fifty-
four hours and eleven minutes of con-
tinuous debate leading members of
both houses of congress conceded that
an extra session to be called anon after
March 4 seemed Inevitable. There
were some however who still hoped
that there yet might be tlmo to dls-
pone of appropriation bills and the
ship purchase measure In some form
before adjournment.
Adjournment cume on a motion
made by Henator O'Oorman which
prevailed 4S to 4 after Henator Nor--rls
deploring tho fatiguing filibuster
had proclaimed his conclusion that
opponents of the ship purchase bill
could filibuster It to its death.
To Continue light.
Disappointed over the loss of sup-
port from Progressive- Republicans
but still hopeful that something yet
could bo done to save the hill admin-
istration leaders of the senate would
not admit tonight that the cause was
lost. Expecting a break In the sen-
ate President Wilson had been con-
ferring throughout the dav with house
leaders on plans of getting his bill
before the house and such a course
inuy bo taken though the senate Re-
publicans Insist that tlmlr fight will
continue until the end of the session
no matter what the administration
forces may accomplish on the house
side.
Tomorrow the plan of administra-
tion lenders Is to press Henator
Fletcher's motion to recommit the
ship purchase bill with Instruction
for Its amendment to satisfy Repub
llcun-Progressives.
It Is conceded probable however
that this motion will be defeated anfl
that Henator Clarke's motion to re-
commit the bill to the commerce com-
mlttee without instructions subse-
quently will provatl. Henator Kenyon
(Continued On Page Two.)
m:.isutivk mzwh
INSURGENTS WIN
IN THE SENATE
Clever Hill to Create New
Joh Is Defeated ly
Quiek Action.
By OI.KN.N Co.VDon.
(Special Correspondent)
CHARGING by Innuendo that the
present warden of the peniten-
tiary la not a fit person to head that
office and Insinuating that the meas-
ure was Introduced for the sole pur-
poso of paving the way for his re-
appointment Henator Clarence Davis
of Hapulpa electrified his colleague
late this afternoon by strenuously op-
posing senute bill No. 3:'7.
The bill authorized the state board
of affairs to appoint the wardens of
the stato penitentiary and the state
reformatory.
Under the Present law the board of
prison control has the power to name
theso officials.
.Senator Davis demanded that the
bill be amended so as to place tho
appointing power in the hands of the
governor and subject to the confirma-
tion of the senate.
He finally succeeded In having tho
bill transferred back to the commit-
tee on penal Institutions with Instruc-
tions to make the change he asked for.
IiiMirgcnLs AVin.
Senator J. Kiuier Thomas Joined
him In his fight and the senate tva.1
Immediately divided into an admin-
istration faction and an antl-adrnln-Istratlon
faction. The Republican i
voted with the administration men
but were on the loping side as the
Da Is-Thonias motion prevflled by a
t ote of 21 to I T.
Henator Davis. In attacking the bill
declared that he would oppjme any
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