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THE OKLAHOMA LEADER
SUCCESSOR TO OTTER VALLEY SOCIALIST. SNYDER, OKLAHOMA.
No. 16—Vol. 5.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1918
Weekly.
I
Five Thousand Out of Original
500.000 Population Die of
Hunger Monthly.
ROME—Out of a total population
that numbered 500,000 before the war,
an average of 5,000 persons are dying
of starvation and disease in Monte-
negro every month.
Preliminary all of the farm land of
the little kingdom is absolutely un-
cultivated this year. Nearly the en-
tire male population which .has not
fallen in battle, is held prisoner by
Austria. The few who escaped have
• taken to the mountains where they
seize food convoys arriving for the
Austria army and thus obtain sup-
plies for themselves and the popula-
tion.
A sheep or goat, which before the
war cost $4, now sells at from $80 to
$100. Potatoes that ordinarily cost
half a cent a pound, now cost $1.20 a
pound. For food the people strip the
bark from trees, boil it and make it
into a sort of pastry.
Contagious diseases have added
their toll to that of hunger. The situ-
ation is so bad it is openly recognized
in the Austrian and German press
that unless, something is done imme-
diately the Montenegrin race must
disappear utterly. The newspapers of
the central empires demand that the
allies be given a permit to provision
the country.
Authorities estimate that only 23,-
000 tons of foodstuffs would be suf-
| ficient.
BMMMISM
BIG ABDOCi
GREETS DEI
CLtmii visit
Defense Fund for Leader Under
10-Year Sentence Con-
tinues to Grow.
SOCIALIST PIRTT MUM. THOUSAND SPEEDY GUIS FBB
MIS BECAUSE OF PERSONSTHROIIGTO BEGISTBMIT5FRI1
SIIFFBAGE DEFEAT SOCIALIST BAfflB 37T045 EXPECTED
Democrats' Defeat of Bill Women Aid Materially to Make
Means Defeat in Congres- i Liedertafel Affair Huge
sional Elections, Belief. I Success.
SPECIAL. TO THE LEADER
CLEVELAND—"There was nothing
about his appearance to indicate that
his conviction left him dispirited.
This was the conclusion of a writer
for The Cleveland Plain Dealer when
Eugene V. Debs returned to the scene
of his trial, conviction and sentence to
10 years' imprisonment to address a
huge mass meeting arranged in his
honor. The Plain Dealer continued:
"Debs was calm and smiling. He
made no reference to the war, and his
nearest approach to mentioning the
trial in this city came when he de-
clared: 'Individuals may be arrested,
but they can not arrest the lorwaid
march of this conquering movement.'
Ilis utterances in the main related to
the principles of Socialism.
The mass meeting was held in Acme
hall just a few blocks from the fed-
eral'courthouse where Debs was placed
on trial.
honors for debs.
Socialist, labor, radical and daily
papers continue to comment on the
conviction of Debs and the sentence
imposed on him. The Truth, of Cam-
den N. J., declares that:
•'The verdict of the Jury was to be
expected, likewise the sentence of the
judge. If Jesus Christ drew the death
penalty Debs could not expect less
than 10 years. Today a large part of
the world's inhabitants call them-
selves Christians and erect shrines
for the worship of Christ. Some day
(he entire world will be Socialized and
all men will honor the name of Debs."
Arthur Henderson Declares At-
titude of German Majority
Socialists Most Hopeful.
LONDON — Arthur Henderson,
leader of the British Labor party, in
| an address before the organized
workers of London, spoke most hope-
fully of the attitude of the German
M^ority Socialists and said that he
considered the Bulgarian armistice as
opening the way to a situation which,
if dealt with wisely and sympatheti-
cally, might lead far along the road
to a general peace.
jtn his judgment, the fashion in
some quarters of treating such mani-
festations contemptuously was the
worst possible way of dealing with
these efforts, nor should any peace
proposals be dealt with in a negative
way.
He pronounced the German Major-
ity Socialists' formulation of condi-
tions on which they would enter the
government as most important and
considered Herr Scheidemann's latest
speech in the reichstag main com-
mittee with its call for a different
policy concerning Belgium and de-
scription of the Brest-Litovsk treaty
as an obstacle to peace indicative of
a i advance.
JAILED SOCIALISTS GET
RIGHT TO SEE RELATIVES
BY THE LEADER'S CORRESPONDENT.
MINNEAPOLIS—Six Socialists held
in the Hennepin county Jail on various
charges, have just won a court vic-
tory, through their attorney, Abe S.
Ginsberg, which will permit them to
see their relatives. The Socialists j
were singled out to be denied the |
right to see their relatives or friends
. a privilege accorded other prison-
ers. Ginsberg applied for a court rul-
ing. Judge Steele issued an order re-
versing the ruling of county author-
ities, and the sljf Socialists are now
permitted to see visitors.
WOULD TAKE 51 DAYS
FOR U. S. ARMY TO PASS
WASHINGTON—It would take the
American arm\. marching in infantry
formation, f>l days to pass a given
point. Representative Lunn, Democrat,
of New York, and member of the mlll-
I tary committee, told the house Tues- j
day in illustrating a speech showing i
the magnitude of America's war prep- I
arations.
finds significant incident.
"An incident in the trial is signitl-
cant," comments The Heading (Pa.)
Labor Advocate. "Debs, in his address
to the jury, referred to the fact that
Uncoln and Sumner had opposed the
war against Mexico and criticized the
administration of President Polk. He
could have added the names of Phil-
lips and many other famous men to
that time.
"The answer of the prosecution was
that there was no espionage act en-
acted at that time, the inference being
that if there were Lincoln, Sumner,
Phillips and others would have been
prosecuted. The interesting fact is that
the people of that period enjoyed the
fundamental guarantees of the consti-
tution. They were preserved for^ all
minority opinions of every shade."
dkfknse fund grows.
Contributions to help appeal Debs'
conviction and sentence to the United
States supreme court are coming in
to the national office of the Socialist
party from all sections of the nation.
A number of railroad shopmen at
Terre Haute, Ind., join in sending $33
to the $1,000,000 fund to help appeal
Debs' case.
"Hope it will do some good," is the
message that accompanies $10 from
"some of the boys" at Mitchell, S.
Dak.
DeKalb, ill., helps out the Debs ap-
peal fund with $7.75 They are plan-
ning a huge demonstration, with Wil-
liam Rross Lloyd, Socialist candidate
for United States senator, as the
speaker.
Staunton. 111., joins the procession
with a contribution of $50 to help ap-
peal Debs' ca*e. This was secured on
a list by one of the local Socialists,
who writes: "I have had no trouble
at all collecting the money. Just a
few spare evenings. The people give
gladly."
"A bunch of Uncle Sammy's Boys''
joined a Socialist local in the east in j
sending in $10 for "Debs and Democ- j
racy."
THE LEADER'S WASHINGTON BURE Vt
WASHINGTON—"This suffrage de-
feat is going to be a godsend for the
Socialist party!"
A Democratic woman uttered that
sentiment as she left the senate gal-
lery after the vote on the issue of the
enfranchisement of women had been
announced.
The fact of defeat had fairly
stunned the minds of the hundreds i-f
suffrage workers who had been sit-
ting in the galleries, day after day,
for almost a week, watching the sor-
did game of political barter going on
between reactionaries of the two cap-
italist parties on the floor, and listen-
ing to speeches reflecting a seven-
teenth-century mentality.
dkmockats commit sl'icidk.
The Democratic party seems *.o
have committed suicide. Administra-
tion leaders are saying privately that
their chances are no better today than
were those of the Republicans in
1910.
Look at the roll call of reaction:
Senators Knox and Penrose, Pennsyl-
vania; Lodge and Weeks, Massachu-
setts; Martin and Swanson, Virginia;
Overman and Simmons, North Caro-
lina; McLean, Connecticut; Reed,
Missouri; Shields, Tennessee; Smith
Georgia; Smith, Maryland; Smith,
South Carolina; Underwood, Ala-
bama; Wadsworth, New York, and
Williams, Mississippi.
There are the leaders of the two
capitalist forces in American politics.
brandkd by vote.
These Democratic and Republican
leaders — Simmons and Underwood
and Williams and Overman, on the
administration side, and Lodge and
Penrose and Knox and young Wads
worth on the opposition side—all
these masters of the national conven-
tions of the American reactionary
power are branded by the vote of
Oct. 1, 1918. They are politically
dead.
The Democrats have rejected de-
mocracy in the midst of a war for
democracy. They stand every chance
of being kicked out of control of the
house and senate, next month,
through the votes of the women in
states like New York, Monti-na, Cal-
ifornia and Nevada, where the suf-
frage issue is alive. The Republicans
under reactionary leadership, and de
voted to reactionary policies through
out the economic fleld, offer to the
women's cause absolutely nothin
the Democrats, remaining in qfflce,
would not inevitably grant within the
coming year.
KIX'( >\" SI deration im.ikll.y.
It appears quite unlikely that the
Democrats will permit the resolution
to be reconsidered in the senate De-
fore the November election take
place. They will go to the people on
an anti-suffrage record.
On the international field, the effect
of this suffrage vote is to tar all cap-
italist parties with the same sticx.
In American politics, the effect is to
sweep away the last illusion as to the
capacity of capitalist parties to meet
the issues of liberalism after the war.
It is the Socialist party that gains
defeat of equal suf-
M 11 A i'K EE—Several thousand
persons visited the second Socialist
bazaar Thursday, which opened in
Leidertafel hall. Seventh and Prairie
Sts., Thursday, 2:30 p. m.
Articles sold rapidly and by the
close of the first day, about half the
stock had been disposed of.
In the afternoon, a cinch party was
held. Numerous prizes were awarded
The first four winners were Mmes.
Gruber, Weber, Hummel and Burg
hardt.
Hot meals were served in the din-
ing rooms, the kitchen being in charge
of the West Side Women's branch.
To the Young Socialists' booth goes
the honor of having made the lirst
sale.
Most notable among the many
booths is the Market Hall vegetable
stand, where garden produce of all
kinds may be obtained at reasonable
prices. This booth is being conducted
by the Towns of Lake and GranvilU
branches, about 100 farmers contrib
uting. Members of the market hall
booth announce bargain sales for Fri-
day, and urge purchasers to bring
market baskets with them.
sella ti
for dei1s am) demochacy.
line of t"he "Debs and Democracy"
boosters in Schenectady, N. Y.. found
the regular contribution list too sho:t.
He extended it about 2 feet and sent
in a total of $47.60.
The Italian Socialist Federation
turns in $200 collected from a few of
its branches.
There is a deaf comrade in Penn-
sylvania who Is not immune, however,
to the voice of "Debs and Democracy."
The result is a check for $300 for the
defense fund.
The farmer boy from Oklahoma
sends In $2 and wishes Debs good luck
in appealing his case to the United
States supreme court.
Ten dollars to help Debs appeal h).i
by this
f r age.
SOCIALIST CANDIDATES
GET PRISON SENTENCES
DEADWOOD, S. D.—In the U. S.
district court here Orville Anderson,
Socialist candidate for governor of
South Dakota, who has been convicted
of violation of the espionage act. was ;
fined $1,000 and sentenced to four j
years in the federal prison at Lea- 1
venworth. Fred Fairehild, candidate
on the Socialist ticket for lieutenant- I
governor and previously convicted on |
I n charge of making seditious utter- |
;incest was fined $1,000 and sentenced 1
j to two years in the Leavenworth peni- J
tentiary.
Ill \\ y salks rkportkd.
Heavy sales were reported by all
committee members, the ice cream
booth selling out early in the evening.
Fancy work also sold rapidly. Great
quantities of this were received and
three of these stands were in opera-
tion and under direction of the East,
South and West Side Women's
branches.
"Dolls, get your chance on a doll
here," were the cries that greeted vis-
itors ears upon entrance. They were
from the Young Socialists' booth,
who disposed of a great number of
kewpie dolls, clad in tight-fitting
bathing suits; teddy bears and novel
ties.
Among amusing features were the
great minstrel shows of Wildrose and
Dockwallop. The show was held in
the small hall, the following partici-
pating: Carl Dietz, Charles Wiley, Al-
bert C. Ehlmann, William Gordon,
Robert Schuffenhauer, Albert J
Melms and Glen Turner. These per
formances were so successful it was
decided to repeat them Friday night.
music cheers workers
The musical program in the large
hall added to the joviality of the oc
casion and spurred on the zeal of
workers. Musical selections were ren-
dered by the South Slovanian String
orchestra. The Socialist Maennerchor,
which opened with the stirring tune
of The Internationale, was cheered by
the assemblage.
Foremost in the arranging of the
entire bazaar were the Socialist wom-
en, and the men comrades are volu-
ble in their praise of the untiring ef-
forts and inspiring enthusiasm with
which they carried on the work.
"Not enough can be said in their
praise," said a member of the com-
mittee. "It is always the women who
come forward and, with their splendid
co-operation, stand shoulder to shoul-
der, staying to the last.
The guessing contest, as to how
many votes Kmil Seidel, Socialist can-
didate for governor, would receive in
Wisconsin Nov. 5, will be closed Fri-
day night and the person guessing the
right number or number nearest, will
receive a prize.
Class 1 Men of 19-36 Group
Will Soon Be Exhausted.
Officials Believe.
WASHINGTON — Interest in the
draft is now focused upon probable
future calls to the colors of the Sept.
12 registrants between the ages of 37
and 45.
The exceptional speed with which
the class 1 men of the 19 and 36
group are being placed makes it likely
that this class will be exhausted much
sooner than expected.
It is certain that the 37-45 cla&8
will be called for the 4,000,000 men
vvhich Crowder has pledged to have
in France by next July.
plan two groups.
It is understood the older regis-
trants will be called in two groups.
The controlling purpose is to have the
entire 13.000,000 registrants carefully
com! ed, in order to obtain as many
fit class 1 men in the entire registra-
tion in the shortest time possible.
Another source of fighting material
which will become available in the
meantime are the young men who
will attain their nineteenth birthday
anniversary in the course of the next
few months.
to ascertain. man power.
The September draft was not
planned wholly to secure a force of
fighting mefi. It was designed also
with a view of obtaining a definite
line on the actual man power of the
country.
.Roughly estimated, there are now
3.300.000 men in the army. Of this
number approximately 2,000.000 are
in France. Ten days ago Gen. March
announced the number of actual ar-
rivals overseas as 1,750,000 up to
Sept. 1. This leaves about 1,800,000
men now in various stages of train-
ing in camps and cantonments.
swiss to dance.
The Shoeplattler dance will be
given Friday night by the Swiss or-
ganization. The Maennerchor Ba-
varia will give several vocal selec-
tions.
Tii : is the second annual bazaar to
be held by the Socialist party of Mil-
waukee county. According to all in-
dications, said Secretary Melms,
Thursday, this year's bazaar will be
the biggest success for any affair ever
held by Socialists in Milwaukee. All |
nroceeds will be turned over to the
whe
i
comes from a Kansas comrade,
writes: "I could never rest in I
ace if Debs should die in prison." j
Send all contributions to Oliver C. j
Wilson, financial director, defense j
fun l, Socialist party, Room 405, 803 ,
West Madison St., Chicago, HI.
1.840.000 YANKEE TROOPS
SENT OVERSEAS TO DATE
WASHINGTON—A total of 1,840,000 j
American troops have been sent over-
seas to date, members of the house
military committee said they were tola I
at a war department conference Fn- j
day.
M SOCIALISTS
BUCK [IMPS
Express Sympathy With U. S.
Leader for Arbitrary
Condemnation.
PARIS—The Socialist national con-
gress which opened Sunday has been
preceded by a meeting of the Socialist
Federation of the Seine for the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to the
congress.
At the beginning of the proceedings
an order of the day was adopted with-
out opposition expressing sympathy
with Eugene Debs, Socialist and for-
mer candidate for the presidency of
the United States on his "arbitrary
condemnation."
WOMAN'S PARTY PLANS
ACTIVE FIGHT AGAINST
SENATORIAL OPPONENTS
WASHINGTON The National
Woman's party is organising cam-
paigns in New Har ipshire, Missouri,
Louisiana, South Carolina and New
Jersey, where elections will be held
in November for senators to replace
the five appointed to complete the
unexpired terms of Senators Uallinger,
Stone, Broussard, Tillman and
Hughes. Four of these seats are now
occupied by anti-suffragists.
"We shail endeavor to ch inge tlie
completion of the present congress,"
Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the
Woman's party, announced Sunday.
The political forces we have had
vork against have now capitulated
■i t in regard to the 34 senators
. in opposing us, are opposing also
president and the war policies of
in W i
<>n will be
ure be cent
Prot
tinued, but will in f
on the senate instead of the white
house. Beginning Monday, three
pickets with banners, one of protest
and two of the colors of the Wom-
an's party, will stand at the entrance
side of the capitol each day the sen-
ate is in session.
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