Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1915 Page: 3 of 12
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THE TULSA DAILY WORLD THURSDAY MAY 1 : . 1915
I'll it b) H
GERMAN ENVOY
TO U. S. MAY BE
ASKED TO LEAVE
State Department Officials
Highly Indignant Over
Deruberg's Position.
WILL MAKE RIGID
REPRESENTATIONS
"Policy of Blood and Iron Cannot
Be Met With Policy of Blood and
Water" Declares Theo Roosevelt
S 1 1
TRAINS TOO SLOW
SAY THE SHIPPERS
Wilson Confers With Gabi-
nel While Thousands of
Messages Flood Office.
WASHINGTON May IS. Presi-
dent Wilson irnd praotloally
i led tonight on the. first step in
the policy whloh the United Btates
government w ill pursue as a result of
the sinking of the British liner
Lusltanla with the loss of mors than
one hundred American lives.
The presldenl will acl promptly
within another day or two a draft
or n communication to he sent to
Germany was submitted to the cabinet
today and approved unanimously.
While n official announcement was
made it was learned thai the United
States would present and insist upon
an explanation of the series of Inci-
dents which have occurred since the
proclamation of a war zone around
the British Isles the sinking of the
I-alalia causing the death of Leon C
Thresher an American cltuten; the
a i lack by German airmen on the
American steamer dishing the tor-
pedoing of the American steamer
Gulf light ami finally the destruction
Without warning of the I.nsltania with
u toll of more than a thousand lies.
Terms are Firm
in what are described by those fu-
mlllar with the document as firm and
unmistakable terms the president
voices Hie intense feeling -of the
United Slates over these happenings
ami in the name of International law
demands an adherence by Germany
to the established rules of maritime
warfare The note usks that some
nssurance or guarantee he Riven here-
after that unarmed merchant vessels
carrying noncombantants he visited
and searched When encountered on
the high seas by the German navy and
passengers and crew transferred t" a
place of safety hefore any prize Is
d st rov ed.
The president points out it is un-
dersl I. that the United States in its-
note vvhiih said Germany would he
held to "strict accountability" for any
ii! lacks on American vessels or lives
had not admitted any right on the
part of Germany to carry on such
methods of warfare and deidares
moreover that the giving of official
notice of an Intention to commit an
Unjustifiable act did not justify the
act or make It lawful.
Morel) an Ideal.
What will follow in e vent of refusal
by Germany to comply with the
wishes of tile note about to he lent
none of the president's official family
would predict They said the presi-
dent was determined to act firmly
and deal with each situation as It
arose. It was pointed out too that
In his sp h In Philadelphia In ref-
erence to peace Mr. Wilson was ex-
pressing merely an Ideal that he
wished America could and woud fol-
low. Persons familiar with the presi-
dent's point of view indicated how-
ever that he was by no means un-
prepared for or unaware of the pos-
sible eventualities of the present crisis
and knew that circumstances and
events over which the United States
might have no control might make
Vigorous action necessary.
Will Not Deter Wilson.
The circular from the German gov-
ernment to neutral countries assum-
ing responsibility and promising
reparation for an) damage in the war
zone to neutral vessels will not affect
the determined course of the presi-
dent it was onsldered by the cab-
inet lodav bill blub officials later
pointed out that there is no guarantee
In II that the lives of Americans will
be safeguarded as submarines can-
not accommodate passengers or crew
of the vessels they attack.
ACU8B X. Y .May 11 Former
resident Theodore Roosevelt to
night made a plea for prompt action
by the Unltd States on account of
the l.usitani t disaster while com-
menting on President Wilson's speech
of last night to a gathering of nat-
uralized Americana In Philadelphia.
.ir Roosevelt was particularly inter-
ested in th.u part of the president's
speech In whloh the latter referred
to "such a thing as a man being loo
proud t. fight" und "a nation being
so right that it dors not need to con-
vince others by force thai it is right."
"1 think that China is entitled to
draw all the comfort she can from
this statement" Air Roosevelt -aid.
"ami il WOUld be well for the United
States to punder seriously what the
(fleet on China has been of managing
her foreign affairs during Ho last IB
years on the theory thus enunciated.
Musi Assort Position
if the United Slates is satisfied
vith occupying some time In the fu-
ture the precise International position
that China now occupies then the
United St lies can afford to act on this
theory Hut it cannot act on this
theory if it desires to retain or regain
the position won for it undi r Wash
Ington ami the men who In t;e days
of Abraham Lincoln wore the blus
under Grant ami the gray under Lee.
"I verv earnestly hope that he win
act promptly The proper time for de-
liberation was prior to sending the
message that our government would
BARNES' S BE OF
STORY IS HEARO
'strict
things
account-
which it
ill
hold Germany to i
ability' if t did tin
has now actually T
"The 150 tables drowned on the
l.csltamu. the hundreds of women
drowned with them scores of these
women and children being Am t leans
and the American ship the Gulfllgnt
which was torpi d ed offer an elo-
quent commentary on the actual
working of the theory thai it is not
io cess try to assi it rights ami that a
nolti - of blood and iron can with ef-
ficacy be met with a polic) of blood
and water.
Without J I bonis iblav this coun-
try. Si Id and COUld take effective
ai ifon that by declaring in view of
Germany's murderous i ffi nses against
tin rights of neutrals ail ommrrce
ith Germany shall be forthwith for
i iib u a int ill commerce of everj
rmltted and cm nitrated wit h
England t he 1 1 st of the . Mi-
nd Wouldn't Me o War.
would not in a declaration
it would tin ' el) pr t enl -
of ar in ina seMi I . power
b) H conduct has show u will-
Many
ai I
late
oago
llilb
eariiij
VfSlt'l
1 ui t'oduccd
a in l 'hi
lav.
WILL REVISE FIGURES
perl
Mic
Accountant Sa
ii rc Mistaken i
Statistics
kind
I 'l l pi
Is ed
"This
of W a I
u it ions
w In I
t
UI
uni
ft.
niiinit
rfdlnc
in gm i.
slaughter of
and children
"I do not believe thai
sertlnn of our rights no
it is weii to reim mber
(lungs w oral than war.
"Let us is a o'
peace is of worth
hendmuiden of
i i listless and ll.it I
Hi-
lot
men w
the
me n
I lb
firm ns-
s war. but
t In rc are
Mav II A viiriets or
Introduced as nb in e
western freight advance
. v i Daniels lnt i
e commissioner some of
Texas truiispni tation
others iisimc the
ia ges w lie ti an- sougiii in u
urn undent ind thai
only W hen It Is t be
International right-
mal s- if-r.
i.
UNIQUE DISPLAY
OF WAR RELICS
Barnes
I lecausc
to 'I
Against
11." Was
an una i iv
ill t Ictoti
Op
flit I
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Street
i for tl
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Big i
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Deco
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PLUMBERS GO TO
MUSKOGEE IN '16
)scar Watt of Tulsa Chos-
en National State Vice-President.
SYRACUSE N. V . May U August
Belmont N"v Vork banker; William
r. Sheehan Democratic candidate for
United states senator in mil and
Francis Lynda stetson former law
Partner of Grover Cleveland testified
in the supreme court here today in
behalf of William Barnes in his libel
suit against rheodore Roosevelt Thej
were called to give testimony after
Justice W illiam S. Andrews bad ruled
that the evidence given ooneerninsj
the priming situation in Albany was
Incompetent and that the jury would
be Instructed t disregard it
Mr. Stetson said that he had called
Upon Mr Lames as a representative
of the so-called Insurgents in the state
.senate when in 1911 that body was
deadlocked over tin selection of a
United States senator to sue ecd
Chauncey M Dopew. He swore Mr.
Barnes expressed himself as being
against the selection of Mai tin W
Littleton because he thought "Mr
Littleton might at any time become
identified with Tammany Hall."
Mr. Sheehan told of talxlng to
t harlea F .Murphy of Tammany Hall
about his candidacy lie said: "Air.
Murphy favored my candidacy in fore
he changed his mind'' and that he
considered Mr. Murphy a leader or
the Democratic parly in New- York
QOUnty. but not of the party in the
state.
Mr. Sheehan denied that lie person-
ally or through any agent h id dis-
cussed his candidacy with Mr. Lames.
Mr. Belmont told
tion he had with
in the Whit Mouse
legislation when he
volt to Intercede for
i m
displays
war evil
of I
he most comprehensh o
if relics from the Spanish
produced in Tulsa Is on dis
play in l be Hunt
window of ii. A
Bteiner's grocery store Tenth ami
Main. spread on a background of
led. while and blue bunting are some
score souvenirs of the war which Mr.
Btelner and It. M Cross an employe
in the store gathered whib serving
bill whi
racing
cn
Would
of the converse-
lomd Roosevell
about race track
asked Mr Roose-
a hearing on the
Interfere with
as a volunteer in the year 'lis.
Bach of the rein s is marked wnh a
directing card wbich names its use
and significance. For instance the;
flooding tin pan with knife fork and
spoon used by the trooper are named
"pieces of havtland recalling tne
sarcasm of the soldiers in connection
With the n an nature of culinary ar-
i n b s furnished them
Scattered through I be display are
ten different swords and knives col-
lected in the Philippines by Mr
Cross There is a headsman's knife
two carlblnros which were used by
Spanish police In Manila a Malay
krla used b.v South sea pirates a hurl
kail lor "honorable Japanese sui-
cide" a nil amlgo (my friend I oar-
rie i by all Philippine soldiers two
bOlCS and a machete.
There are pictures of the second
Missouri United Spanish War Vet-
erans one showing the soldiers at
the time they ware called out and an-
other when mustered out displaying
a marked difference in training
Prominent in the background is a
complete uniform of the American
soldier during the Spanish war his
canteen and haversack whloh. when It
I contains a "can of coi ned beef and
-jo rounds of Bpringfleld ammunition.
weighs a ton." a hat and a pair of
gloves worn by a rough rider and a
New- Testament presented to each
member of the regiment by the army
V. M. C. A.
Cllic AC '
exhibits wei
today in tm
lo arlna bef
state eommen i e
I hem touching "ii
conditions and
freight
advanced in I be iioilbw si
H. 1 1. Pelton an ai fountain pre
scnted cost figures on the transporta-
tion of Texas live stock In ludlng de-
scriptions of trainloada between Waco
ami Denison Texas for a twelve
month period. Live stoi k ii tins ho
declared weic the heaviest hauled in
Unit section of Ho country. Further
statistics oi Texas live stock hauling
were furnished bv T M Tl Ilnson
secretary of the Amcrlcun National
l.Hv e stock association
Mr. Tomllnson sain i rial nu
did not show that live stock
moved more rs nidlv t ha n train
vv ith oilier kinds of freight
ISltci rpls from the report of the
Texas railroad commission for 1(14
weie Introduced b) s. s. Cowan at-
lorne) for the American National Live
Stock association but In- was not per
united to Introduce evidence which
was presented in Ho hearing of the
Texas Cattle Kaisers ease decided in
! I be federal Court
! w. J. Lauck expert accountant em-
ployed bv the slate railroad loiunils-
Iston introduced statements of the
financial conditions of so vest-
era roads figured on a tral . basis
i i in cross examination C C Wright
general solicitor for the Northwestern
'railroad called attention to earnings
Of 32 per cent credited to tin- Si. Louis
; - San Fran i Isco railroad.
"You cn dlted the 'Frisi o w II b earn-
tings of per cent on a valuation of
140000 a mile" Mr. Write .-aid. "I In
'the tome basis you put I be Santa Pe
earnings at in pet cent. The 'Krlsco
j is In the hands of a receiver Can
those figures be right ?"
' Tin- witness said that there might
lie an error in the calculations and
was given permission to review his
Work and present it again
flgU es
i rains
i loaded
SAY PREACHER LED
A "DOUBLE LIFE"
FOR MEN
Specials for Today Tomor-
row and Saturday
r $3.00 and $3.50
Straw Hats . . .
$2.50 and $3.00
Straw Hats . . .
Save that $1.00 Sir!
$4.65
I ..sl.ll
$t).(K) Barry and Ra
Oxforda
$4.50 Barry and Ra
Oxfords . .'
$4.00 Barry and
Oxfords
$2.50
$2.oo
-1 1 1
Ralston
A A
L'.'iD a i ii
at .'
I $3.00 Silk
SILK SHIRTS
Best Qualities and New Patterns
6.00 Silk Shirts jjjg Jf-J
$5.00 Silk Shirts jrj
$4.00 Silk Shirts PJ
0 Silk Shirt - j2 QJJ
rts::: $1.95
PAUL A. SPITZER
CLOTHING CO.
Successors to Olsans 106 Smith Main
Ministe
All.-
I' hint's ti
id Violai inn o
Mann Act.
I'la I
Ihi
MAYPOLE DANCE
AT OSAGE SCHOOL
Patr
)a
(XCivisp
at d:
i
IOC
ti
ll-
iting Pr
i iiira
FOR M I II TENNIS CH VMPION
Is Mi l l HIS Alt
la INDON. May 1 2. ( J :44 a.
m.) Anthony K. Wilding of New
Zealand. former lawn tennis
champion of Qreat Britain and
who several times has be. u a
member of the Australasian team
in the Davlti cup matches has
been killed in the fighting in the
I ia rdanelles
.Mr. Wilding was a second lieu-
tenant in the royal marines.
MILWAUKEE Ma ii Twenty
witnesses for the government from
various walks of life including f
clergymen testified today in tin- trial
of James Morrison Darnell charged
with violating the Mann act in Hans-!
porting Ruth Boper from Owatonna I
Minn to Chicago ami thence to
Kenosha. The burden of the test I-I
monj was to the effect that Darnell
posed as the husband of Ruth Super 1
to several persons in Kenosha and
that he lived with Ethol Spurgeon of i
Avon in. i Owatonna as his wife ! Polk dances folk sunns drills and
i Rev Myron E Adams of Chicago a Maypole dance and smms will make
'testified that he married the defend- up the program of the Osage school
ant and Doris Vaughn on November patrons day exercises winch will be
j .1. 1914 ami Mrs. Mar Bradford of held at the school building this after-
I Kenosha stated that while Darnell ad noon at 6:46 o'clock. The puMlo ami
i mitt d an alliance w ith Ethel especial!) the parents of children at-
Spurgeon in Minnesota and Introduced tending Osage are extended a hearty
j Until Super as bis wife be asserted Invitation lo attend the exercises.
ithat he had married but one woman The program in full follows:
'lions Vaunhn of Chicago. i Plrsl grade: (a) Dance of Greeting
During a recess this afternoon the ! i III Chimes of Dunkirk; sixth grade:
I See You tin Aee of Diamonds! sixth
grade siris: Kuldomsen; seventh
grade: wand Drill; sixth and seventh
grades: Dumb Bell ami Wand Drills;
fifth grade buys: Axdomsen; sixth
ami seventh grade girls: Maypole
I 'aiiee.
I KNOWN
k 1 1 i mi i;
Is I HiPRIX l li
O I
Ri a- Substantiated
LONDON May 1?. (2:89 a. m)
The Daily Mail asserts that the body
of Alfred Qwynnc Vanderbllt has
been found ami Is being taken Into
Queenstown
Women Car Conductors.
NEW CASTLE England Mav 11.
:i in p. in.) -The boom in recruiting
bavins made further Inroads on the
municipal staffs a number of women
today took the places of streetcar con-I Vaughn sisters and Ethel Bpurgeon Dumb iteii Drill; fourth made: (a)
doctors who have enlisted. At Gates I chatted together several minutes. Miss Tin- Flora (in The Cuckoo Is Sinking;
Head women have been put to WOrklSoper passed them without any Signlsecond grade: lal The Sbocmaker
as scavengers This however is an of recognition and Joined Darnell and (b) Oats Peas Beans; fifth radi
experiment. his parents . IrItIs: Reap the Klax; thud grade: (a)
uunuun Aiay iz. (4:L' a.
m i Reuter dispatch from
Amsterdam says an unidentified
steamer was torpedoed and set
afire uff Bchlermonnlk-Oog an
Island In the North BOO. The
wreck Is still burning ami noth-
ing Is known p gardlng the fate
of the cr"w.
Dives to His Dcntli
After Pinning licit
On Frightened Girl
Tehuantepec Displays Native Art at the Big Panama-Pacific
International Exposition San Francisco
Muskogee was chosen as the next
meeting place of the state Master
Plumbers association at yesterday's
s(ssion of the convention. The con-
vcntlon opened Monday morning und
closed last nlRht. Fifty Visiting mas-
ter plumbers were ID Tulsa during the
two (lays "f the meeting
The following officers were elected
yesterday afternoon: KiiRene O'Cnn-
Der of Muskogee president; D. W.
Holmes of Tulsa vice president; flua
Hansen of Oklahoma City treisurer;
a. d McMullen of OklahoAa city
Bel retary nnd Oscnr Watt of Tulsa
national state vice president.
R 1 1. Hornorook of ian.s.is Cltjr.
director In the National Master
Plumbers association occupied almost
the entire time of the plumbers yes-
terday. Soon after his arrival ho
commenced to talk and he occupied
the stand until noon. After lunch he
van again called upon and the trades-
men listened to him until lato In the
afternoon
All sessions of the convention were
held in !ho Commercial club rocms.
The social end of the meeting was
completed Monday evening when the
Whole body attended a theatre ond
liad an excellent luncheon at the Klks
club.
I'cmaic Rampart
Mr My dear this tower gncs hack
to William the Conqueror
Mrs. What's the matter .' Isn't it
satisfactory '.' Lifo.
NEW rORK M ly 11 -A more
detailed account of the death of
Llndon Bates Jr. a member of
the executive committee of tho
commission for relief in Belgium
who went down with tho I.nsl-
tania Is contained in u cable-
Rram received hi re today by his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Llndon W.
Bates from their youngor son
Llndell Bates) und sent from
Queenstown it says:
'1 barn from Or. Houghton
that he Itox (Llndon Jr.'S fam-
ily nickname) and Herbert Btone
dived overboard ut tho same
time. Dr. Houghton slruek
wreckayv n his head; they dived
Into It. Itox had no overcoat on.
All threo had plven their life
belts to women after having had
tbem on "
The above message confirms
previous accounts cabled from
Queenstown which said that Mr.
Btone and Mr. Dates plunged
Into the sea after Hiving up their
own life preservers. The Dr.
Houghton is Dr. J. T. Houghton
who was saved.
Mr auj Mis. liates today re-
ceived a message of .sympathy
from King Albert of Belgium
which read:
"I learn with affliction of tho
death of your son traveling to aid
our distressed people and express
to you my most sincere sympathy."
GOVERNOR WILL BE
HERE NEXT FRIDAY
Wi
(
iams to Alien
lonies nt' (J.
Encampment.
asi
en
SPEAK TO BANKERS
Elaborate Recept in
n II
is
(eon
aiuii'ii
bv
sans t'of Executive
This rhotograph shows tho beautiful Tehuantepec VIIHga on the Zone the $10000000 amusement SSOtlon at the ranama-ruciflc International Exposition.
Hero skilled craftsmen from faraway Tehuantepec show the manufacture of their native textiles and potteries. At the left is one of the Tehuantepec beauties
whose countenance reveals her Aztec origin.
HIS I mining
Henry P. Davison of tho Morgan
banking firm was talking about in-
ternational marriages.
"Well." ho said. "I know of one In-
ternational marriage that failed
thank goodness to come off. The girl
was the daughter of a I'alnt Rook
millionaire and the man was a count
a Spanish count.
"The count was absent-minded.
That was his undoing. The girl's
father gave a dinner for him In tho
I'alnt Rock castle overlooking Paint
Rook and at tho dinner's ond the
count got up to light a cigaret and
then by Jove! be started to removo
the plates.
"The guests watched him In open-
mouthed silence Ills napkin slung
over his arm he had got nearly all tho
plates removed when his millionaire
hoMt said to him gently:
" 'Wuke up George; you'ro not
waiting In the beanery now you
know; you're pretending you'ro a
count la i'alnt Itock. Wako up man
for gracious sake!' " Washington
Star.
Governor Robert U Williams ac-
companied by his official staff if iull
Uniform wUI arrive in Tulsa Friday
and in honor of his visit a great pub-
lic reception has been planned fr
Friday night lie will address the
A R ami Spanish War Veterans
encampment during tin- day. and win
also deliver a speech before the Ok-
lahoma Cankers' association which
will be In convention here that day.
Paul M. Qallaway chairman of the
entertainment committee of the Tulsa
Commercial club has made elaborate
preparations for the reception at
Hoi .1 Tulsa which promises to out-
shine tho reception to ilovernor Dee
Cruce two years ago us a social event.
The general public will bo Invited to
attend. In tin- receiving line with the
governor and his staff will be G. N.
Wnght president of the Tulsa Com-
mercial club and wife; Mayor Frank
M. Wooden and wife. State Senator
R I.. Davidson ami wife siate Rep-
resentative Wash Hudson and Wife
and Slate Representative James H.
Bykes and wife. 1-ormer Mayor L. J.
Martin will be master of ceremonies
Refreshments will be served on the
mezzanine floor and the lobby of the
hotel will be profusely decorated for
tho occasion.
The exact hour of the governor's
arrival has not been determined.
Neither Is It known for certain what
hour lin will address the old soldiers
and the state bankers. These details
win ho arranged today.
it win be ilovernor Williams' first
formal visit to Tulsa since his In-
auguration as govcrnot of Oklahoma
'Shooting Stars"
Veil All of Paris
PARIS May 11. -(10:30 p ia )
Tho police Issued strict orders to
till the residents of Parte at 7:30
o'clock tonight to extinguish all
lights or oover windows with
heavy curtains as Zeppelin
dirigibles had been signalled.
The people did not appear to
ho afraid and crowds gathered
In all tho open places to watch
the -'tench aeroplane flotilla per-
forming evolutions. As each
neroplane acrrled a strong search-
light the effect was striking as
the whit path of the light re-
sembled the tall of a comet.
Parisians have christened the
aeroplanes which fly at night
"shooting stars."
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