The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918 Page: 1 of 12
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ENID. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1918.
No. 12
Welcome America's
Victorious Fleet
Biggeet Sea Fighting Force U. S.
Ever Boasted, Returns in Whirl-
ing Snow Storm.
New York, Dec. 26.—America's
battle fleet, returning victorious from
the war, was welcomed home today
by cheering thousands who watched
the impressive spectacle from boats
and skyscrapers and every point of
vantage.
A whirling snow storm at times
blotted out the majestic fighting
ships as they moved slowly up the
bay, past the statue of Liberty,
where Secretary Daniels reviewed
them from the deck of the presiden-
tial yacht, Mayflower. Preceding the
flee* came a swarm of small craft and
submarine chasers clearing the way.
The island in the harbor, the docks
and tops of tall buildings were
thronged with spectators despite a
cutting wind.
It was the greatest naval review in
American history and it marked the
day when the United States formally
assumed its place as the second naval
power of the world. The biggest sea
fighting force the United States ever
boasted today had its first being as a
single unit—a veritable American
armada—as Secretary Daniels re-
viewed the combined American battle
fleets.
The review was the official wel-
come to the Atlantic fleet, which for
nearly two years has kept the United
States flag flying in European wa-
ters. The ten long, gray craft
steamed up the bay this morning to
the music of cheers and sirens and
those in the Hudson river joined the
home squadron, which has remained
on this side.
The home-coming fleet comprised
Admiral Mayo's flagship, the Penn-
sylvania and nine other dreadnaughts,
the Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada, New
York, Florida, Utah, Texas, Wyoming
and Arkansas.
Each mammoth fighter flew from
her masts streamers of ribbon almost
100 feet long. When the column
came into view of the crowds in low-
er Manhattan, showers of torn paper
began pouring down from the win-
dows of the skyscrapers. As the ves-
sels went into the Hudson they came
quite close to the New York shore so
the people had a good view of tfiem.
The cheering was not continuous.
After each outburst the crowds stood
silent, watching. , ,
Aircraft assigned to the task of
escorting the fleet had considerable
trouble on account of the snow. One
naval hydroplane was forced to land
in Gravesend Bay near Brighton
Beach. Coast guard cutters were
sent out to look for it.
Secretary Daniels greeted Admiral
Mayo by wireless telephone, after the
dreadnaught Pennsylvania had open-
ed the conversation by asking:
"How do you do, Mayflower. Af-
ter Daniels' official radio words of
welcome, and Mayo's reply, the ships
engaged in a general talk, one mes-
sage from the fleet being descriptive
of the Christmas dinner all hands en-
All the official welcoming craft
were anchored around the "°w;®r
near the Statue of Liberty. They in-
cluded the Aztec, with the assistant
secretary of the navy, the press boat
Xarifa, and a number of others.
As each of the home-coming ships
drew abreast of the Mayflower the
we til rial salute of nineteen gu™
roared from its batteries. The toy
cannon of the yacht zipped out an
acknowledgment of the Pennsylvania s
greeting—seventeen guns in honor of
tJantic fleet, with sightseeing
a«d freight craft keeping a respect-
ful distance, steamed majestically ln-
its anchorage in the Hudson be-
tween 55th and 120th streets forming,
in conjunction with the home flee*'
double line more than six mileslong.
The dreadnaughts and ^y0rk
were moored along the New lor*.
KTof the river, the destroyers, aux-
iliary and supply ships s^"n^
Lchor off the New Jersey wast.
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Wheat for $2.26
Legislation Recommended to Congress
to Insure the Guaranteed Price
to All Wheat Producers.
Washington, Dec, '26.—Estimating
a possible wheat crop of more than a
billion bushels for 1919, the depart-
ment of agriculture and food admin-
istration recommended to congress
today legislation to insure payment
of the |2.26 a bushel guaranteed
price to the wheat producers.
The recommendations were made
in a letter signed by Secretary Hous-
ton and officials of the food admin-
istration which was received by
Chairman Lever of the house agri-
cultural committee today.
The specific recommendations are:
That congress extend beyond .1 line
1, 1920, the right of wheat producers
to dispose of their wheat to the gov-
ernment at the guaranteed price with
safeguards to protect the government
from wheat harvested in 1920 from
being mixed with the 1919 crop.
That the grain corporation be con-
tinued or a new agency be created
with power to buy, store and sell the
wheat of the 1919 crop which may be
offered to it and that, it be furnished
a sufficient appropriation to carry on
its work. '
That provisions be made for pro-
tection of the government against
wheat or flour brought in from other
countries.
In giving the reasons for the rec-
ommendations, the letter points out
that the 1918 yield was 917,100,000
bushels from an acreage of 64,707.-
000. The report also says the total
storage capacity in this country is
1,150,000,000 bushels, and with prom-
ises of a large crop in 1919, this will
I have to be increased.
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN FRISCO WRECK
Freight Runs Into Passenger Train
at Norge, Near Chickasha.
NO FREEDOM FOR
OBJECTORS GIVEN
TROOPS CLASH IN BERLIN
Washington, Dec. 24. Secretary
Baker declined today to grant general
amnesty to 300 or more conscientious
objectors held in military custody for
refusing to perform any kind of work
in connection with the army after be-
ing -called for service under the se-
lective draft law. ., ,
A committee styling itself the
•'Friends of Conscientious Objectors
called upon Baker to urge that a
blanket pardon be given the men in
custody as a Christmas present and
presented a petition said to bear 15,-
000 signatures. The secretary in-
formed the committee that the cases
involved differed so radically from
each other that it did not appear that
any general policy could be laid down,
but that each case must be dealt with
on its merits.
Sailors Resent Replacement as Guards
by Soldiers; In Street Fighting
Between Forces Many Are
Killed.
INDUSTRIES FREE JANUARY 1
\|| War Board Restrictions and Or-
ders to Be Removed.
Washington, Dec. 24.-Formal an-
nouncement was made today of the
cancellation of all rftrflc.tlon® ^ °£
ders of the War Industries Board ef-
fective January 1, and the withdraw-
al of all pledges made by the indus-
tries at the instance of the board.
Notice of the dissolution of the
board on January 1, was given sev-
eral weeks ago, with the resignation
of Bernard S.Whas chairman
and its acceptance by President Wil-
son to become effective on that date.
Berlin, Dec. 23 (delayed).—The
German foreign office and the chan-
cellory adjoining it, which is at pres-
ent the seat of government, were
blockaded for an hour and a half this
afternoon by a squad of sailors which
had been doing guard duty there for
the past month.
The navy men, who were about to
be replaced by a republican soldier
guard and sent back to Kiel, objected
to the new ruling. As a protest
against the action of the military
commander, small squads of sailors
attempted demonstrations in the va-
rious parts of the downtown districts.
At a guardhouse in the Unter den
Linden the sailors clashed with mem-
bers of the new republican guard.
Shots were exchanged and it is re-
ported there were a number of casual-
ties.
The presence of the sailors in Ber-
lin has been a source of dissatisfac-
tion among the troops returning from
the front and friction frequpently
has been apparent. Suspicion also
is general that the bluejackets have
leanings toward the Sparticus group.
Mrs. Jarboe has received word that
her son, Fred, of Holtville, California,
has been commissioned a major in the
national guard in his home town.
Jarboe is instructing students in the
school there. _
THE ARMY HAS GUNS NOW
Ranks Third in Equipment, But It
| Was Bought From French.
Coblenz, Dec. 24.—When our army
and its trappings get back home the
United States will have an artillery
equipment of strictly modern guns,
which will rank third in the world,
being exceeded only by that of
France and England. For all of the
thousands of 75s, 155s and othter ar-
tillery we had amassed in the last
days of the war will be taken home.
Because technically the war is not yet
over, I cannot give the total number
of our guns.
I am able to state now that with
the exception of one regiment sup-
plied with twenty-four 4.7s no Ameri-
can made guns ever reached the
American front in France. When the
fighting stopped a number of 75s
had reached France from the United
States but did not get into action.
Practically all our cannon were bought
frorti the French.
DROP ZONE POSTAGE RATES
A New System on Second Class Mail
Adopted by the Senate.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The Senate,
•late, adopted, 34 to 22, the committee
amendment to the War Revenue Bill
providing for repeal of the present
zone system of second class postage
rates and substitution of a rate of one
cent a pound within one hundred and
fifty miles and one and one-half cents,
a pound beyond.
OLD-FASHIONED BLIZZARD.
One of those blizzards which the
old timers occasionally talk about
swept Oklahoma all day Monday and
Monday night, beginning early in the
morning and continuing until mid-
night. A strong north wind, heavily
laden with snow whipped down upon
us and it was good for neither man
nor beast to be out in it. And the
blizzard was different from most in
that the snowfall was heavy, reach-
ing a depth from twelve to fourteen
inches on a level and piling up in im-
mense drifts, some of them as high as
the garden fences. For the first time
in Enid's history the street car serv-
ice was completely stopped, the snow
piling so deep that no cars ran after
noon Monday and almost all day
Tuesday was required to clear the
track for resumption of traffic. Hun-
dreds of autos were stalled all over
town and there was much incon-
venience and some suffering as a re-
sult of the blizzard. Snow covered the
paved streets to such a uniform
depth that the bright sun of Tues-
day was able to melt but little of it.
It is the opinion of old timers that
it was the biggest snowfall in the his-
tory of the county and unprecedented
at this time of the year. The imme-
diate result of the storm was to sus-
pend Christmas business and further
impress upon people the necessity for
early Christmas shopping. Traffic on
railways running east and west was
suspended but the Rock Island run-
ning north and south was able to op-
erate trains running far behind time.
The report of the death of Walten
Carter, of Enid, which occurred
Christmas day at Norge, Oklahoma,
when a fast freight train thundered
'into a passenger train, came as a
I shock to his many friends in this city.
' lit has been a student at Phillips Uni-
versity since September, making his
home at Brawners, at 1920 East
Broadway, and working at the Com-
mission Sales Co. on Saturdays and
after school hours.
Mr. Carter is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Carter, of Claremore, and
was on his way to Fort Sill to meet
his brother who is in service and the
two boys were going home to Spend
Christmas with their parents.
He is survived by father, mother,
three sisters, and five brothers, three
of whom are in army service.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 26.—Two in-
vestigations are on today to de-
termine responsibility for the Frisco
wreck, which yesterday killed four
and injured nearly a score.
Cold stopped a passenger train
near Norge. A freight came boom-
ing around a curve and hit the pas-
senger. The second car from the end
crumpled. It was in this car that the
tragedy occurred. The car was in
darkness when the collision caroe,
Men and women were piled into
mangled mass. An overturned stove-
started a fire. Rescurers worked in
the debris and the flames, pulling out
injured and dead.
Failure of the crew to guard tiw
rear end and defective construction
of the car that crumpled are believ-
ed to have been the chief causes fjr
the tragedy. Investigations ail-
ing conducted by state and rail«
officials. .
— 5
WILSON MAY RETURN SOON.
Visit to England Advanced to Meet
Possible Change in Plans.
Paris, Dec. 19.—The reason given
for President Wilson's desire to make
an early visit to England, it is under-
stood, is that he has found it might
be necessary to return to Washington
much sooner than he had expected.
The present British cabinet i^ tech-
nically not in a position to speak for
the government until the result of the
recent election is known December
28. There is little doubt, however,
that Premier Lloyd George and 'nis as-
sistants have been re-elected.
C'UT OFF 16 BILLION EXPENSE
Washington, Dec. 24.—More than 16
billion dollars of cash appropriations
and contract authorization voted by
Congress for war purposes will be un-
expended, Representative Sherley of
Kentucy, chairman of the House ap-
propriations committee, announced
today.
R. P. Cline was in the city Saturday
from Route No. 5. He reports plenty
of moisture and says the outlook is
for another period of good corn sea- r
son for Oklahoma— a thoroughly
soaked sub-soil being the first re-
quirement. According to the experi-
ence of old timers this country has
four or five years at a stretch of good
corn seasons followed by several
years when corn will not grow to ad-
vantage, the weather being too dry
during July and August. These
periods alternate regularly and if an-
other is now starting for the next five
years anything can be raised in this
part of Oklahoma that can be raised
anywhere else in the U. S.
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