The Drumright Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1915 Page: 3 of 12
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THE DERRICK. DRUMRIGHT. OKLA.
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REAFFIRMS STRICT NEUTRALITY
TO ALL POWERS CON-
CERNED IN THE WAR.
PURCHASE OF MUNITIONS OFWAR
Cannot Be Stopped and Administra-
tion Declares It Is Not Our Fault
If the Allies Are the Only
Buyers At Our Market.
Washington. — Answering nineteen
Separate and specific charges, calling
attention to the fact that the United
States government has promptly taken
to task Great Britain, France and
other allied powers, and declaring
that every possible effort was being
put forth to protect these rights and
maintain the strict neutrality of the
United States to the European nations
at war, the United States govermnent
has issued a lengthy defense of its in-
terpretations of the rights and duties
of a neutral.
A document 5,000 words long, pre-
pared by President Wilson, Secretary
Bryan and Counsellor Robert Lansing
of the state department, after several
days' of consultation, was made public
in the form of a letter from the sec-
retary of state to Senator Stone of
Missouri, chairman of the senate com-
mittee on foreign relations.
While the letter is a reply to an in-
quiry from Senator Stone for infor-
mation as a result of complaints made
in the press and in letters from vari-
ous parts of the country, charging the
Washington government with unfair-
ness to Germany and Austria, it also
is intended as a pronouncement of pol-
icy on some questions of neutrality
previously unexplained.
Concerning War Munitions
After answering nineteen separate
and specific charges and calling at-
tention to the fact that the United
States has promptly taken to task
Great Britain as well as Germany and
every government which in any way
(has infringed upon the rights of this
country, the letter concludes with the
following declaration on the much dis-
cussed question oT exportation of war
munitions:
"If any American citizens, partisans
of Germany and Austria-Hungary, feel
ithat this administration is acting in a
way injurious to the cause of those
countries this feeling results from the
fact that on the high seas the German
and Austro-Hungarian naval power is
thus far inferior to the British. It is
the business of a belligerent operating
on the high seas, not the duty of a
neutral, to prevent contraband from
reaching an enemy. Those in this
country who sympathize with Ger-
many and Austria-Hungary appear to
assume that some obligation rests
upon this government in the perform-
ance of its neutral duty, to prevent
all trade in contraband and thus equal-
ize the difference due to the relative
naval strength of the belligerents. No
such obligation exists; it would be an
unneutral act, an act of partiality on
the part of this government to adopt
such a policy if the executive had
the power to do so.
"If Germany and Austria-Hungary
can not import contraband from this
country it is not because of this fact,
the duty of the United States to close
Its markets to tlje allies. The mar-
kets of this country are open upon
equal terms to all the world, to every
nation, belligerent or neutral."
During the course of the letter's dis-
cussion of the serious charges made,
the following facts hitherto undis-
closed were revealed for the first
time:
That the Canadian government re
That sharp representations also
were made to another of the allied
governments because search was con
ducted on the high seas on an Amer
ican ship for German and Austrian
passengers. The name of the vessel
or offending government was not ro
vealed.
That on December 15 last the Ger-
man ambassador by direction of his
government delivered a memorandum
to the United States government stat
ing that "under the general principles
of international law, no exception can
be taken to neutral states letting war
material go to Germany's enemies
from or through neutral territory,"
That representations were made to
both Japan and Great Britain against
the continued presence of their war-
ships off American ports and that ti)6
protests in each case was heeded.
That since the announcement of tho
Washington government's disapproval
of war loans, none has been made to
foreign governments by this country.
A distinction is drawn officially for
the first time Between loans floated
by popular subscription and large
credit transactions for the purchase
of war supplies, the state department
revealing that it has no objection to
the latter.
Fair to All,
In a general way the letter sets
forth that rules of neutrality have
been promulgated by the American
government without discrimination
and have been applied with equal
fairness to all concerned. It cites in-
stances of violations by Germany and
Great Britain and asserts that protests
have been unhesitatingly entered re-
gardless of the country offended.
AFTER ROBBERY
ROBBERS SHOT WHILE IN ACT OF
DIVIDING $6,000 LOOT FROM
THE BANK.
GERMANS LOSE ANOTHER CRUISER
Disastrous End to Venture Into the
North Sea
London.—The German armored
cruiser Blucher was sunk and two
other German cruisers were "serious-
ly damaged" in a running fight with
a British patrolling squadron in the
North Sea, according to an announce-
ment by the British official press bu-
reau.
None of the British ships were sunk
and only light casualties were report-
ed by the British fleet.
One hundred and twenty-three of
the Blucher's crew of 885 were saved.
The official announcement said-
"A British patrolling squadron of
battle and light cruisers under Vice
Admiral Sir David Beatty, with a de-
Admiral Beatty
stroyer flotilla, sighted four German
battle cruisers and several light crui-
sers and destroyers steaming west-
ward. The Germans put about, pur-
sued by the British, and a battle be-
gan at 9:30 a. m. The British cruis-
ers Lion, Princess Royal, New Zea-
_ | land and Indomitable engaged the
J German battle cruisers Derfllinger,
i nai me uananian government re- Scydlitz, Moltke and Blucher, in a
cently asked the United States for contested running fight. The
permission to ship "war equipment" j ^"uc^er out of line, and sank
across Alaska to the sea and the re- a')out 1 o clock. Admiral Beatty re-
quest was refused. ported two other German cruisers
I were seriously damaged before they
Protest to Alliea. j reached an area where German sub-
That the United States has brought marines and mines prevented further
to the attention of an "offending gov- pursuit.
ernment the searching of an Amer- "One hundred and twenty-three sur-
ican vessel for German-Austrian sub- vivors of the Blucher were rescued
jects, with a declaration that such out Df a crew of 885. It is possible
procedure, if true, is an unwarranted that some others were picked up by
exercise of jurisdiction over American destroyers.
vessels In which this government will j , , .
nor acouiesce " N° Brl"sh Rhlpi' Were ,0Bt am1 °nly
light casualties were reported in the
The government to whom this de- British fleet.
deration has been made was not ..~.u n u. i j j .
. . ^ k . .u . I The 'teht cruisers and destroyers
stated in the letter, but the incident . ... J. ^
. . . . , . . .. . . apparently engaged n the batt e, but
is known to relate to the search by a „ . . .. '
«. . _ this was not mentioned In the report,
boarding crew from a French cruiser
pt an American ship plying between German cruisers, when sight-
two ports in Colombia, when it is al- e<®' were steering westward and ap-
l ged some German passengers were Paren,'-V making for the Knglisb coast,
/jrced to sign a promise not to Dar- hu' "le enem>" at once made for home
at high speed.
ticipate in the war. It was this occur-
rence which led to a warning speech "The Lion which led the line of pur
by Senator Stone to the belligerents suing British cruisers, reported only
against such searches of American eleven wounded and lio killed on he.
tfhips. i personnel."
HOUSTON COPS BATTLE IN DARK
Suburban Bank Held Up In Broad
Daylight and Half An Hour Late*
Three Robbers Are In
the Hospital.
Houston.—Fifteen minutes after a
lone bandit looted the Guaranty State
bank, 3619 Washington avenue, in the
middle of the afternoon, of nearly
>6,000 in cash, Police Detectives Bin-
ford and Hill, were engaging him and
two pals, in a pistol duel in a small
general store in San Felipe road.
When the smoke of the pistol fire
cleared, during which the detectives
emptied their two guns, three of the
bandits lay wounded, only one seri-
ously. They are now at St. Joseph's
infirmary where they doggedly refuse
to disclose their identity.
The trio and a son of the store
owner, Morris Seigle, were dividing
the spoils of the afternoon raid, spread
out on the bed, when the detectives
surprised them. Detective Binford
was first to push open the door into a
dingy pocket of a room midway from
the front of the store.
Detective's First Shot Counts.
As he peered in one of the armed
men shot a glance at him and almost
as quickly raised a revolver, firing
three times in succession while Bin-
ford was reaching for his gun. The
detective's first shot struck him in the
thigh and the pistol flew out of his
hand.
Seigle leaped to his feet with his
hands above his head and moved close
to the wounded man. At the same
instant the other two bandits who
had been kneeling on the opposite
side of the bed drew back into a cor-
ner and fortified themselves behind a
trunk.
Hill, with drawn gun, was just be-
hind Binford. He turned his atten-
tion to the pair behind the trunk. One
raised a double-action gun to shoot,
but Hill's pistol spoke first and the
bandit's gun was shot out of his hand.
The other man shot once when the
second bullet from Hill's gun. struck
him in the abdomen and quieted him.
Battle In the Dark.
In the darkness that veiled the
rooms, the detectives were able to
. make out two squirming figures on the
floor and to all intent they were at-
tempting to pick up their guns to
continue the fight. In this commo-
tion the detectives, who are not quite
able to explain precisely the details
of all the shooting, poured the rest of
their ammunition at the struggling
bandits, then knocked them out with
the butts of their guns.
The holdup of the bank occurred
shortly after two o'clock. Cashier J.
D. Dyer and his assistant, J. R. Colgan,
were alone in the bank at the time.
The latter was behind the teller's
window, while Mr. Dyer sat in the
front office reading a paper. The front
door swung open and as he looked
up a man with leveled pistol ordered
him and Mr. Colgan to throw up their
hands. Then he commanded them to
lie down on the floor face down, as he
swept a stack of currency and silver
from the counter into his pocket.
Cashier Locked In the Vault.
Turning to the safe the robber or-
dered Mr. Colgan to open it and with
the bandit's pistol at his head swung
It open. Snatching up $3,000 in cur-
rency, he forced both Dyer and Colgan
into the vault and locked the door.
As the bandit left the front door of
the bank, his pockets bulging with
cash and currency, stacks of silver
dollars went jingling to the sidewalk.
This attracted the attention of several
persons who rushed to the street as
the fleeing bandit disapi>eared around
the corner, currency and silver spill-
ing to the ground at every step.
The cry of "bank robber" soon
spread and a number of spectators
folowed the course of the running man
to the bayou.
In the meantime Mr. Colgan, by un-
screwing several bolts on the inner
door of the vault, managed to throw
off the combination and open it. Re-
leased. Mr. Dyer phoned tbe police.
Then started the chase that wound up
In the hand to hand battle in the 9tn
Felipe road store.
AUSTRIAN ARMY GROWS ACTIVE
SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED EN-
ERGY SHOWN IN BUKOWINA
Germany Officially Protests Against
the Sale of Curtiss Aeroplanes and
Hydroplanes Made in America
London.—The sudden stiffening of
the Austrian front at the eleventh
hour, to check the Kussian Invasion
of Hungary as a natural sequence of
the occupation of Bukowina, seems
for the present, to e the event of
chief military importance.
The Russians seein to recognize this
and all recent dispatcnes from Petro-
grad have emphasized the Austro-
German offensive in the southeastern
theater.
Second in importance, perhaps, are
the Russian movements near the east
and west Prussian Tronaiers— move
ments of which the German statement
received by wireless takes cognizance
although insisting that no new ad-
vances into German territory now are
feared.
In the western theater there has
been so little change that the British
newspapers print the official commu-
nication with scant comment.
With great battleB soon to be fought
out at her front door, Roumania has
not yet decided to jon in the conflict,
but it is patent that the situation in
the Balkans is simmering and it is
believed action will come suddenly.
The Italian, Greek and Bulgarian min-
isters were among the callers at the
foreign office.
Germany Protests Aeroplane Sales'.
Washington. — uermany protested
to the state department through her
ambassador, Count Bernstorff, against
shipments of ammunition and hydro-
aeroplanes to the European belliger-
ents on the ground that such airevalt
are war vessels.
Mumfional
SIMM
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director oi
Sunday School Course Moody Bible In-
stitute, Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 31
"COLONEL" FITZPATRICK FIRED
Geo. Smith Finds His Conduct Unde-
sirable In School Land Office.
Oklahoma City.—On the same day
that he was reappointed as a
"colonel" on Gov. Williams staff, Kirby
Fitzpatrick was advised by Secretary
Geo. Smith of the school land depart-
ment that his resignation would bo
acceptable.
"Fitzpatrick was under the influence
of liquor and tried to force his atten-
tions on two stenographers in the
office," was all Secretary George Smith
of the state schol land commission had
to say of the incident in the land
office, as the result of which, Smith
asked and accepted the resignation of
Kirby Fitzpatrick, title examiner for
the commission since statehood.
Fitzpatrick came from McAlester
when he became a state employe, and
achieved notoriety a year ago in con-
nection with the $50,000 damage suit
of Minnie E. Bond against Sen tor
Gore. He was one of the three—"Jim"
Jacobs and Thaddeus E. Robertson
were the others—who declared that
they witnessed a scene in Mrs. Bond's
room at Washington, the basis of the
suit. Fitzpatrick testified at the trial
which resulted in a verdict for Sen-
ator Gore.
He attained more notoriety last
fall in the investigation of the school
land department, by admitting that his
"friends" got their loans a good deal
quicker than ordinary citizens.
INCREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE
Oklahoma Heads List of States for
Wheat With 515,000 Acres.
Washington.—Responding to the
plea for the planting of more food
crops and less cotton, nearly 4,000,000
acres devoted to cotton last year have
been planted to wheat and oats this
year, according to a report of the de-
partment of agriculture.
With an increase of more than
500.000 acres. Oklahoma heads the list
of eleven states on which figures were
compiled concerning the Increase in
wheat. South Carolina shows the
greatest increase in oats with 336.00C
acres more than in 1913.
The estimated figures as made pub-
lic by the department of agriculture
were: Planted in oats, fall of 1913,
2,455,000; 1914, 4,355,000.
Planted in wheat fall of 1913, 5,.
459,000; 1914, 7,271,000.
A table, prepared by the depart-
ment. giving the gain acreage increase
in eleven southern states included:
Wheat Oats
STATES Inc. Inc.
Acres Acres
Oklahoma 515,000 44,000
Texas 228.000 291,000
Arkansas 66,000 164.000
Louisiana 94,000
THE BIRTH OF SAMSON.
LESSON TEXT—Judges 13:8-16, 24-25.
GOLDEN TEXT—Beware, I pray thee,
and drink no wine nor strong drink.—
Judges 13:4.
The story of Samson bulks large in
the book of Judges and in the interest
and Imagination of all men ever since
his day. This being the only lesson in
i seven years' course we suggest, in
outline, Samson'S entire life.
I. Samson's Parents. God chooses
a humble man and woman, folk of piety
and prayer, to bring forth and rear
this great deliverer. The angel's most
improbable promise (13:3) is accepted
by Manoah and his wife (13:6, 7).
They express a desire to be ablo to
measure up to the responsibility—a
suggestion to parents. There Is also a
hint of the dual responsibility of par-
ents in the words, "teach us." (See
Eph. 6:4; Jas. 1:6-7.) It was reason-
able to believe that the one who
brought the promise could also tell
them how to train and nurture the
child. God honored the mother's pray-
er and she shares her experience with
the father (v. 9). As the mother of a
Nazarite she must keep herself from
all things unclean (v. 14; II Cor. 6:
17), even as Mary, the mother of
Jesus (Luke 1:38). The experience of
the sacrifice, the worship of Manoah
and his wife and the fact of Sam-
son's birth completes the record of
chapter 13. Manoah could not worship
the angel, but could show him hospi-
tality. Verse 18 (R. V.) seems to indi-
cate that this was another premani-
festation of our Lord Jesus.
II. Samuel's Power. Every raoe has
its superman, and usually it is one of,
physical strength. That Samson had
no physical evidence of his superior
strength is evident from the fact that
Delilah asked Vo know his secret. Nor
was his strength in his hair, else there
was no need that the "Spirit of
Jehovah" should come upon him. The
secret of his power is indicated in
13-.25. The word "move" suggests to
play upon a harp, as if Samson's heart
was open to God as a harp is open to
human touch. "Samson's power was
the result of a faith that was open
to the infinite storehouse of the di-
vine dynamic." Such spiritual power
is within the reach of every man.
Samson ("sunny") was full of laugh-
ter; not the comic, but the joyous. He
did the big things God gave him to do
and was filled with gladness. But
Samson came under the spell of an
evil woman and all of this true laugh-
ter and glad joyousness left his soul.
III. Samson's Impurity. A woman
can make or mar the man with whom
she associates. As a Nazarite, Samson
was dedicated unto God, must not al-
low a razor to touch his head, was not
to touch anything unclean, nor drink
Intoxicating liquor. This vow was
usually for a short period. Samuel and
John the Baptizer are other Naza-
rites recorded in Scripture, and are
said to have been such from- birth
(3:14; 16:17; Luke 1:15). Samson's
strength burned out when he lay his
head in a harlot's lap and the laughter
went out of his soul. It was that
which broke the contact between him
and God. Samson's birth In a godly
home, his knowlege of his relation to
God and the experience of God's power
did not keep him from an Ignoble
failure.
IV. Samaon'a Imprisonment. We find
him after his excesses grinding In the
Philistine prison, where he perhaps
overheard praises being sung to Dagon
who had overthrown Jehovah's judge.
It Is never safe to play with tempta-
tion though conscious of our own
strength; then it is we are most apt
to fall (I Cor. 10:12). One act and
the gay hero is grinding In a prison
house. Directly a man goes into Im-
purity, whether In act or thought, he
loses the power that formerly moved
men or woAed wonders. Year after
year Samson plodded his round of en-
forced toll, a type of the force and
power of Intemperance and other Im-
pure habits.
Finally, "when their hearts were
merry" (16:25), he Is brought out to
make sport. During one of his resting
periods he said to a boy near by, "Let
me feel of the two pillars," those upon
which the main walls rested and
which were within a man's reach.
Then it was that be was able to grip
the mysterious power of the unseen
(16:30). Was Samson a suicide? No!
H accepted death as the inevitable
consequence of his act of duty (See
Heb. 11:31).
The growth of his hair was only a
token of that consecration which be
had surrendered when he failed to
withstand the wiles of Delilah.
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