Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 185, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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THE WEATHER REPORT i
'n i.sa April It. TrapfWur:
M h i ilium nil minimum 67! south
wind; elttr; s.n inches of rainfall
W kSHlNOTON April It. m likla-
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'IT I.sa OKLAHOMA TUESDAY APRIL 27 LH
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TEN PAGES
WATERWAYS TO
REDUCE RATES
SAYS RANSDELL
Development of Natural Re
sources Would Resull in
I .nucr I- L'eiKin Lai es.
GABE PARKER TALKS
BEFORE CONGRESS
Opening Day of Southern
Conunercia Meet Fea-
tured By Speeches.
MUSKOGEE April 26. Develop-
ment ni waterways and the nat
ural resultant transportation competl-
tion and not regulation by the Inter-
state commerce commission or other
bodies offers the escape of the Un I
States finiii exoesslve railroad freight
rates according to Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell of Louisiana ohalrmman of
the senate i imittee on rivers and
harbors and presldtnl of the National
Rivers and Harbors association who
addressed the Bouthern Commercial
congress here tonight.
Senator kansdell pniiili'il out lliat
he was not mi opponent of railroads
"for 1 1 a railroads have been the
greatest ctviiisers tne worm nas
k nown
"Bui the .shippers anil the con-
Uiners Of this country are entitled to
the uxe of the waterways Qod has
given them" he said and "such com-
petition Is the proper way to regulate
pur mail."
The chief advantage of water
transportation Is Its ureal cheapness
compared to rail. As an example
eight million tons of freight passed
through the Baulte Ste. Marie last
yeai at an average cost of .bs of a
mill compared with a rail rate of .7:1
of a cent This same relative dlffer-
PXiStl on all Wei I-i Ml p r vol
rwaj a
No t han'' for Distances.
"Another typical rase la the rail
rate from New Orleans on the Illinois
Central to Hammond La. a distance
of 58 miles which Is 12 12 cents
while th-f rate from New Orleans to
Memphis mi the same road a dis-
tance of !!'.'. miles Is 12 cents. Mom-
phis Is on the Mississippi river. Ham-
mond is in the interior.
"H the government wire to charge
people the same proportionate rate
American Aviator Reported Killed
mm m&issMri iu
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WIUIAM thaw:
PARIS A rll 26. A report has been received here that William Thaw
an American av iator enlisted in the flying squad of the French army has
lieen killed Ileal Verdun Thaw enlisted In the Knrelgn Legation .some
I '.ime ago and was admitted to the aviation corps several months ago It is
said his machine was seen to fall when he was flying over the German
lines.
BOOSTERS ATTEND
GREAT CONGRESS
nice
watt
Trade Trip Excursionists
Welcomed ;is The) Spread
Tulsa's Paine.
ARKANSAS RIVER
AT A HIGH STAGE
At Midnighl Ii Was 1 1 Feel
Above Normal1 and Was
Steadily Rising.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
JEAN GORDON MAKES
PLEA FOR CHILDREN
Leg taint Ion in Favor of Youths Who
I .a nor Heaps No Good Unless
Laws Vre Enforced
150 ON THE SPECIAL 2.09 INCHES OF RAIN
Mv
T. Herrick Twice Downtown Districts Flood-
( roveruor of Ohio Makes
Stirring Speech.
MKMI'IIIS. April 2fi.-A plea for
n more rigid enforcement of child
I. ili.. i laws in the south was made bv
Miss Jean Cordon of New Orleans
president of the southern conference
on woman and child labor In an ad-
dn ss at
rer nee.
"i iitii
forced i
tonight s session of the con-
thl
laws are properly en
the legislation now con
templated will amount to naught
mid more than 300000 child toilers
In the mills and factories of the
south will continue to be sweatshop
Victims" Miss Gordon declared "We
are striving for a 15-year law and
aft H-hottf day tint legislation with-
out proper enforcement is worse than
no legislation."
The granting of the right or the
ballots to women would assure the
Child worker "real protection." she
said
"It is the women who are seeing to
What little enforcement tlicr is"
Miss Gordon asserted.
Delegates from a number of South-
err. States attended the opening ses-
sion of the conference here today.
Otfiters will bo elected tomorrow.
TULSA CLEARINGS
EXCEED MUSKOGEE'S
DoWN one side of the Arkansas
river valley oil the Katy and up
On the oilier side of the Midland Val-
ley ISO Tulsa boosters yesterday
spread the fame of this citj in the
iregulur bi-weekly trade excursion.
Muskogee where the Bouthern Com-
mercial congress opened yesterday
' for a week's session was the objective
point of the trip. The Rotary olub of
Tulsa. Jt strong joined with the mer-
chants and business men of the city
tin making the trip the success it was.
The striking feature of the journey
was the work done by the 20-plece
Tultt hand. Never before on these
trips has the hand played so freely
and so well and ul every stop made
ithe hand was the center of interest
While at Muskogee the thousands of
I v isitors to the Commercial Congress
! cheered the Tulsa musicians to the
echo.
one hundred and fifty business men
Si me .leeoinp.im d hy I heir vv iv s anil
representing nearly as many different
lines of business climbed on board the
ed by 1 Ceavy Rain Early
Sundav Night.
(Continued On l'age Two.)
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
IN SPECIAL SESSION
ARKANSAS river Is 11 feet above
normal and at midnighl last
night was still rising at the rate of an
inch an hour as the result of rains
which fell Sunday night and Monday
morning in Oklahoma and Kansas. In
many places the river has spread out
onto flat lands and Into sloughs be-
coming a mile wide. Although the
danger mark is 16 feet many residents
of the lowlands were making arrange-
ments to move out In case the rise
continued through the night.
During the 24 hours between 1
o'clock Sunday evening and the same
time Monday 2.0!t Inches of precipita-
tion fell in Tulsa according to the
Weather report. All of this came be-
tween o'clock Suaday and an early
hour Monday morning the great vol-
ume between S and 10 o'clock Sunday
(Continued On Page Ten.)
TULSA MASONS TO
HAVE NEW HOME
TulSt made another good record the
pasl week In bank clearings. With a
total of HI 463 000 In clearings Tulsa
led Muskogee by nearly a million dol-
lars to be exact $R8800. Tulsa also
led In clearings Springfield Ohio
and ITnrgO N. . as well as nearly a
scon of other towns of equal popula-
tion. Despite the tact that oil still is seil-
Ing at a low figure tendency in finan-
cial circles to continue Investments
nv SOS added prosperity here.
CASE WAS WEAK ONE
Contractor Who Was arrested for
Murder i- Released.
NEW YORK April 2fi. Kaf.iele
PlclUllo the contractor arrested and
Charged With the murder of Claudia
Hansbury largely because his foun-
tain pen was found near where boys
came upon the body of a slain woman
in a Vacant lot In tho Hronx April
10. was discharged from custody t).
dav by CoroAtr Flytm. The case
which the police claimed they had
against him was much weakened
when u .Mrs. Burns living in Troy N.
V.. was identified as Miss Hansbury.
The dead woman's identity haa not
been aatnMiahedt
AUSTIN April 2t. Governor
James B I'erguson late today issued
a proclamation calling the Thirty-
fourth legislature of Texas to meet In
special session April 2w to consider
the bill for general appropriations for
the next two fiscal years and a bill
to amend the present laws governing
life insurance companies operating in
Texas.
Hoth bills were left over by the re-
cent regular session of the legislature.
The insurance bill in the form in
Whll h it ts expected to reach the legis-
lature would provide that life insur-
ance companies which left Texas be-
cause of objections to laws govern-
ing them might return provided they
Invested certain sums in tho state and
agreed to leave the fU.stion of back
taxes to be decided In court. Gov-
ernor Ferguson recently stated lie be-
lieved I85.000.ii00 would be invested
In Texas by companies which he ex-
pects will return.
The call for the special session had
been expected for several weeks. Leg-
islators will be notified by telegraph.
I- Run liver b Traill.
Special to Tbi World.
BARTLE&VILLEt oklu.. April It.
M W Wolfe a smelter worker was
killed Instantly late today when hit
by an M. K. xi T. passenger train in
the yards lu re. He failed to hear the
train signals. Wolfe was 40 years old
and leaves a wife und family.
Will Occupy Second Floor
New Glass Building
Sixth and Main.
Architects are drawing plans for
the new M. J. Class building which
will be erected soon mar the corner
I Of Sixth and Main streets. The build-
ing will be brick two stories high
I 50x140 feet. The lot on the n rth-
Iwest corner of Sixth and Main be-
longs to ovcrton Green but Is now
vacant the Class building will he
erected on the adjacent lot a ."0 foot
1 front between It and the Btansbur)
: building.
The lower floor of the new build-
ing will he used for commercial pur-
I POSes hut the upper floor will he
rented to the Masonic orders of T llsa
! on a five-year lease. Committees rep-
I resenting each of the local Masonic
orders are working on the floor plans
'for the upper story und expect to use
the building until the proposed Mi-
I SOnlc temple has been en ted. The
! Masons hop to occupy their new
quartan In thl Class building by July
I 1 next.
I The building according to Mr.
I Class' statement w ill be entlrel)
I modern with steam heat. There w ill
he no elevator but in his opinion it
will not be practical on a building of
that height.
EUROPE KEEPS
ANXIOUS EVES
ON RISERS
He Was the Funniest Man in all the World
Battle Begun i German
Attack Rages With I'm
diminished Fury.
BELIEVE TEUTONS
AIM AT DUNKIRK
News of Allies Attacking
Dardanelles Brings No
Thrill.
IONDON April 2G. (10:80 p m.)
The tremendous battle begun b)
the German attack on iho allied arch-
like Hunt around Ypivs in the plains
of i' landers continues with undimin-
ished fury and England like the rest
of Europe Is awaiting the outcome
With undisguised anxiety.
Even the news thai the allied fleet
and army have commenced an attack
on (lie Dardanelles and that troops
are advancing against the Turkish en
trenchmentl lias received only passing
attention in the face of the stakes
that are in the balance in the battle
beyond the English channel.
Recruiting Increases
While the majority of those capable
of forming an Opinion believe thai the
Germans by the stroke they have de-
livered against the British French
and Belgians are once again aiming
St Dunkirk and Calais I here are tiio.se
who believe that It Is only a feint in
force to draw the allied reserves
while preparations are being made for
an attack at some other point in the
loag line. Whatever are the Inten-
tions of the Germans they certainly
made a successful coup which while
it did not break did dent the allies'
line. The Canadians who were hold-
ing the allies In repelling similar at-
tacks last October when they were
less well equipped than the Cermans
whereas now there Is believed to be
httl to choose between the opposing
forces in either numbers or the ma-
chinery of war. The battle has had a
marked effect in recruiting which en-
joyed a considerable boom today.
in the meantime the Austro-Qer-mans
have evolved a new movement
in the Carpathians. Apparently they
i.CW YOKK. April
nv. whose antlOS a-
t ii fa- comedian have
J( iHN
26 John Mun-
a moving plo
mnde millions
laugh died todav at his borne in
Brooklyn He had I n III about three
weeks of a complication of diseases
Members of Jils family were w ith
him When he died For a week he
apparently bad been Improving. A
strenuous month of Work. It is be-
lieved caused the breakdow n W 111' h
resulted in ills death
John Bunny was HI years old. l''or
twenty-nine sears he had been be
fore the footlights before he entered
the moving picture field four years
ago. inning ins cat
he had leading
rob
is m actor
with many old
IM'NN'Y
I time stare among them hclnir Annie
Russell He had attained country-
wide popularity as an actor before
i he achieved IUn greatest success on
t he screen
Mr. Bunny was born in New York
City of English parents was educated
: in the Brooklyn public schools and
was a clerk in a general store until
I he went on the stage al tht age of
19 In the moving picture world lie
! was regarded for a lime as I lie conn
try's leading comedian. lie was said
to have received more iiuin the pres-
ident of the Cnltcd Slates in salary
and royalties The amount of his
compensation was never divulged lo
the public lie will be burled in
i Brooklyn
INTERNS FOR WAR
AT NEWPORT NEWS
NEW TAX SYSTEM
SWELLS TREASORY
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IT ROOSEVELT
BUT THE 'BOSS'
WAS GOVERNOR
TciUv Admits lie Sought
Advice of "Big Ones"
in Appointments
CORRESPONDENCE
IS READY TO JURY
Appointed a Democrat in
( H'der to ' Keep in" With
ilic "Machine.''
OYRACCRE N. jr. April 26.
J Thodore Roosevelt admitted under
moss examination todav m the suit
for allege) libel which William Barnes
has brought against him that wh'ie
governor he bad freelj oonsulted the
"boss" of ii. Republican party in
New York slate in refelciu'e to tin
appolntmi ni ol officials in the ttata
government ami various legislative
and political matters.
The 'boss" named was Thomas C.
Piatt who at the time represented
New York In lln I'mied Slates senate.
The former nresiiicni i.. i.i i.'.
advice of the aanatnr In mam . ut
ters among them to appoint a Demo-
crat to the office of ta commissioner
to "phase Grady" whom the colonel
described as a "lieutenant boss'' of
Richard ( Iroker t hi n leader of Tam-
many hall.
Letters Read to Jury.
me testimony resulted ftom
lions asked aftei Ii tters of a
thai passed between Colonel Roost-
veil ami .Senator Plat! hud been read
to the Jury. In these letters both
writers discussed aii manners of po-
litical and legislative affairs in bhc
(ines-
vel ic-i
ont i lined
ui Page Two. )
VILLA ANTICIPATES
BATTLE AT TORREON
(Conti
I Ml Cage Tw o )
RATES ON MEATS
ARE HIGH ENOUGH
sixty Members of ( 'rew of
Kronprinz Wilhelra Arc
Sick Bays Captain
More
Do
I nan Kig
lars Will B
Into Treas
j Allium-- r .a pa i a Forces i rasa &fpa
rv .Million "" 1 " lirnus an Iron Ifmg"
Turned
y
TIME LIMIT EXPIRED NO BOND ISSUE NOW
about Olsregon's Inny.
i v Ing to Make I
nets Paj for
live
aching House Prod-
liCss Remunera-Freight
CHICAGO April jo - Present
freight rates on packing house prod-
ucts and fresh meats are so remuner-
ative to railroads. according to C. Ii.
Helnemann. assistant traffic manager
of Morris Co. packers that there
is no justification for Increasing the
tariffs.
Mr. Httatmann occupied the wit-
ness stand before W. M. Daniels in-
terstate commerce commissioner all
day. voicing the objections of the
packing house interests to an increase
of cents a hundred pounds on
fresh meants and packing noilse prod-
ucts one of the advances proposed by
forty-ont western railroad Systems on
certain commodities.
In connection with his testimony.
Mr. Heinemann offered eighty-one
exhibits showing In detail the figures
Of cost of transportation and of com-
parison of rates.
Touching the fresh meat rales Mr.
Helnemann said:
"The proposed advance from St.
Joseph Omaha and Kansas City to
the Mississippi river and points east
would total M0S694.tO.
"It looks to us as if the carriers
were trying to make the packers bear
the burdens created by un remunera-
tive rates on other hauls and other
commodities.
"Against an average per mile earn-
ing of 10 cents on a number of com-
modities moving between Kansas City
and Omaha we now pay 16.6 cents on
fresh meats and IS. 6 cents on pa. k-
ing house products" added the witness.
Hos Hoped For 30 I ays to
Run ( Fauntlel to Sea Bui
Abandons lloie.
NEWPORT NEWS April 86. Tht
German c6mmerce destroyer Kron-
print Wtth'elm will be Interned for the
war in American waters at the re-
quest or lo r commander Lieutenant
captain Thlerfelder Notice of hit
intention was given bj the German
officer to Collector of ( .Mtoriis Hamll
ton late todav m this message:
"Herewith i have to officially in-
form you that I intern "
Commander Thlerfelder later am-
plified verbally tin.- message by saying
(Continued i m Cage Two )
WOMEN ARE CHIEF
OBJECT OF LOOT
lorporatioi
tie hut I
si
a
nt
IHll lllC'll
Is Looming lie
r IHINGTON April
VV plete preliminary
from all internal revenue
districts received at the tn
partmenl Indicate thai the
and corporation income tax
26 Com-
estimates collection
tasury do-
Indlv Idual
this ).ar
will not only come up to the original es
tlmates of eighty million dollars hut
probably will exceed that sum.
Final Notice!
People who have placed or-
ders tin- the mailing of copies
ol' tin?
Achievements of
Tulsa
iiie hereby notified that
names ami mailing addresses
MUST In- in this office by
Wednesday to assure mail-
ing. World Publishing Co.
Oil Mac Prom Mexico Says
ilia Is I tisane; ( mregon
Is "Strong Man."
DRUM RIGHT Okla.. Aorll 26.
: Francisco Villa has been insane for
the past several months according to
lit. A. Alford a big oil operator of the
.Mexican (ItM Who was held as i hos-
tage hy the Villa forces for several
days and talked with Villa in person
He says that excesses ami the terrific
strain Villa has undergone n the past
two years have broken down Ins
reason and that times tlie peon
I leader is a madman
I Alford describes the Mexican situa-
tion tt utterly hopeless and says It
I Will never be I'euied.ed until this or
some other government intervenes ami
I establishes u stable form of govern
mint lie believes that General Obre-
gon of tho Carraatt fores is al
present the "strong man" of tti klco
j and that obregon will soon oust Car-
ranza and assume complete control of
that faction. Alford says the state of
I the women of Mexi is simplv inde-
scribable Women are being sold out
right by the soldiers be deelaies. The
women comprise the chief loot when-
ever a lowu is Captured he savs.
Tills is the most Welcome hit of
Information that has come to the
ears of treasury officials in many
montha if the estimate Is borne out
the prospective Issue of Panama ca-
nal bonds to swell lb'' slowly sinking
general fund of the treasury may I
delayed longer than many students
of the government's financial condi-
tion have thought possible.
It was said tonight that the estimate
put the amount to be collected at .
660.066000 but officials are confident
that results will show several mil-
lions more. TtliS prospect is espec
ially pleasing to ine ail ministration it'
view of predictions that the war in
Europe and the new tariff would com-
bine lo prevent a large return.
Estimates of returns from corpo-
rations do not Indicate so much in
come from this source as was looked 1
WASHINGTON April Uti. The
forces ol Generuls Villa and obregon
probabl) will n i m second battle
within a few dvs somi where Mouth of
Torreon accordlns to a statement ls-
I here tonlghl b the Villa sgency
Villa is declared io have completed
his concentration al Aguua CaUentta
following Ins retreat fro Irapuato
and the advance of Zapal i forces from
Mexico Cltj is said to have drf "n an
iron ring" about Obregon's amy.
"General Obregon's army is not at
I. eon. i. claimed." the statement
says "bin sonic where south (l( ra.
puato. The agency is advis.-d that
General obregon has not reached Ira-
puato. The next battle will bo fought
perhaps w it Inn a w ek.
I 'Obregon Is now completely Iso-
lated from all sources of supplies and
reinforcements. The Zapata forces
advancing from Mexico city upon
Obregons rear have welded together
On iron ring with which the conven-
tion forces have I n slowly enclosing
j obregon Interruption of the railroad
between Pachuca and Tula completed
Un work of . iiiting off obregon. Ho
hi- no communication with Vera
Crux."
Advices lo the state department to-
day made little reference to the Villa
i luregofl sit nation
man amies uom snniiiu sunt con-
Idltions there vv. re nearly normal with
I the exception "f the faqul valley dis-
trict where 'he faqul Indians have
been active md have recently at-'
I several I .reign -o w nol proper-
tack.
tie.
"Ii is st ited" said a department
summary that ir the American com-
panies in Bonora can be kept at work
the situation of the poorer classes in
the matter of food supplies will be
greatly helped Tin Creston Colorado
company islsald to be trying to relieve
the situation bj accepting tiat money
of the state at forty '.tits ("tilted
States currency'on the dollar it is
reported that the governor has in-
for. but the loss has I n more 1 1 n " '"asuig s..ne pay a me in
. ... 1
onset on tile inuivulual side. Ii is
understood that the year will ihi w
more individual taxablcs than last
year when about three hundred and
fifty -seven thousand persons paid.
The treasury's total disbursements
for the fiscal year to date in . f
the receipts for the same period
passed the $100000000 mark today
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR G. A. R. MEET
'nlted states currency at the rate of
I tw for
uie.
KANSAS THREATENS '
LIVE STOCK EMBARGO
TOPEK A
Oklahoma
Mexico and
Thut ther; will be an attendance of
at least two thousand people at the
joint o. a. R and United Spanish
War Veterans May I J 13 and H was
the lirm belief of all r pr aentativ ea
at a meeting of tho I idles and their
worm n auxiterlea in Judge Shaeffers
oil . of the courteous- last night.
There arert men and women pres-
ent The program for the three days al-
ready published was approved at the
meeting and the convention in general
dis.-usseil Another me -tin of the
local bodies will be held m the same
l'l o-e a week from last night which
is the regular monthly meeting date
i cing the tii at Monday in May.
April -''. I'nless Texas
olorado Nebraska New
Ariz uia modify their
I quarantine relations against Kansas
I hv Mav I .Ine Mercel state live stock
sanitary commissioner says he will
retaliate with an embargo against these
'states. Mercel today notified the
live Stock COmmlssloneri of these
i states of hit intention to adopt re-
taliatory measures.
I The quarantine measures were Justi-
Ifled w hen the tool and mouth disease
I broke ou; in southeast Kansas more
than two months ago Mercer has
written J. II. Avery of Port Smith
the Texas ii nimlssloner but he insists
It Is unreasonable now that the fed-
eral bureau of annual industry has
classified all of Kansas except four
counties at free territory.
'"We f i i tli it tile live stock Inter-
ests of Kans.il iiiv.' been unjustifiably
wronged by the action of the sanitary
authorities of Texas" Mercer wrote
Avaasa
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