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OLDEST PATER PUBLISHED
CONTDTCOUSLY IN
OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma State Register
PLACES SERVICE A BOTE
PARTY POLITICS, FRIEND
OF SCHOOL LAND LESSES
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 33.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915.
$1.00 PER YEAR
Roosevelt Says We Have Been teutons meed servia as gate to turkey.
Derelict as a Strong
Pittsburgh. N. Y„ Aug. 26.—Theo-jas much as you do and are as much
dore Roosevelt in an address tonight, entitled to the benefits of this camp as
:ii the military instruction camp here, j you are, should be unable to attend
declared that for thirteen months the I such a camp. They cannot attend it
United States bad "played an ignoble unless the nation does as Switzerland
part among the nations," in that it J baa done and gives the opportunity for
had "tamely submitted to seeing the every generous and right-thinking
weak, whom we had covenanted to pro- { American to learn by, say, six months
tect, wronged," and "had seen our own actual service in one year or two years,
men, women and children murdered on i how to do his duty to the country if
the high seas without action on our | the need arises—and the Americans
part."
The former president condemned the
government for having "not taken the|crKC^
smallest step in the way of prepared-
ness to defend our own rights." Oer-
inany, he condemned as "utterly brut'
who are not right-thinking should be
made to serve anyhow, for a demo-
lias full right to the service of
its citizens.
I Shortly before leaving for New Y9rk
1 tonight Col. Roosevelt made the fol-
al and ruthless in its disregard of in- >° 'ins statement:
ternational morality," and —I "I wish to make one comment on the
declared
that it "would be a base abandonment
of morality" for American manufactur-
ers of munitions of war to refuse to
make shipments "for the use of the
armies that are striving to restore Bel-
gium to it® own people."
Munition makers who refused to
make such shipments should be put,
hi- said on a "roll of dishonor." He
added that they should be encouraged
"so that we may be able to hold our
•own when the hour of peril comes to
us in our turn.'
His speech follows in part :
"Free citizens should be allowed to
,do their own fighting. The profes-
sional pacifist is as much out of place
in a democracy as is the paltroon him
self; and he is no
statement so frequently made that we
must stand by the president. I heart-
ily subscribe to this on condition that
it is followed by the statement 'so
long as the president stands by the
country.'
"It is indefensible to state that we
stand by the country; right or wrong.
It is indefensible for any free man in
a free republic to state he will stand
by any official right or wrong, or by
any ex-official.
"Even as regards the country, while
I believe that once war is on, every
citizen should stand by the land, yet,
in any crisis which may or may not
lead to war. the prime duty of the
- Si
rMP
Germany Incl yd To Belief Its
Submarine & • ;eded Its Rights
Berlin. Aug. 35.—(Via London,)—If
the commander of a German sub-
marine exceeded iiis instructions .in
sinking the steamer Arabic the Ger-
man government will give full satis-
faction to the United States, Chancel-
lor Von Bethman Hollweg informed
thi' Associated Press correspondent in
an interview Wednesday evening.
The imperial chancellor made the
following statement of Germany's
position on the sinking of the Araibic:
"As long us the circumstance sur-
rounding Che sinking of the Arabic
ive not been fully cleared up, it is
impossible for me to inalce a definite
statement. Thus far we have receiv
United States as would conform to the
friendly relations existing between the
governments."
Washington, Aug. 25.—'President
Wilson has been informed unottlcially
from sources close to Count Von
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
ti at the next communication from
'Berlin on the sinking of the White
'Star liner Arabic will be of a satis-
factory character to the United States.
Coming close on the telegram wihieh
the ambassador forwarded to the
state department by direction of his
government, declaring it was not the
intention of Germany that any Ameri-
can lives should 'be sacrificed in the
Photos by American Press Association.
The attack on Servia by the Austrian and Oerrnan forces Indicates a desire on their part to control Servia a« a
much needed gateway for sending supplies and ammunition into Turkey
grade, the capita' of Servia, and one of tbe big guns used in the defense of the city.
no report about it. Now we do not "inking of the ship, this development
The photographs show a bridge In Bel-
SUPREHE OOlltT CLERK OFFICE
NEEDS HELP.
Committer
of Lawyers
Conditions.
Okahoma City, Aug. 22 —A commit-
tee of the Oklahoma City Bar Associ-
ation has looked into the state of tJhe
office of the Clerk of the Supreme
Court and reported to the association
that the office la in a "chaotic, inef-
ficient and unsatisfactory condition,
and that this is due to an inadequate
number of assistants in that office.
The association has adopted a reso-
cltizen is by criticism and advice even lution urging that the appointment
- Hgainefwhat he may '^w^the 11 o^two assistants
better citizen than j majority opinion of his fe ^ ^ to be ipaid out of the contingent fund
MVS LABOR IS UNDERPAID.
One-Third el' the Workers Are in Pov.
erty, Walsh Beard Finds.
kll.LKB BY UI.HTMM. VTJIIM-:
PLOYYIXU.
Carl Wittig, aged 10. was struck by.
lightning and install^ killed while
plowing in a field twelve miles south
even know whether the sinking of the
ship -was caused by a mine or by a
torpedo flred from a German submar-
ine nor do we know whether in this
latter case the Arabic herself may not
by 'her action perhaps justified pro-
ceedings of the commander of the sub-
marine.
"Only after
Chicago, Aug. 24.—The second sec-
tion of the summary of the report of
Basil M. .Manly, directpr of research ' neut SoclallBt who die(1 a few weeltB
ail these circumstanc
pos-
and investigation of the United States
Comiriselon on Industrial Relations,
was made public today, as wittfthe full
text of the "Supplemental Findings
and Recommendations." by Conmiis-
of here today. The team was knock-I have -been cleared up will it
ed down, but not hurt. Carl Whittig ^ gj/bie to say whether the commander of
was a son of Fred Wittig, the proini-| one 0f our submarines went beyond
his instructions in which case the im-
ago in Guthrie.
insist that the nation take the right ^ approved toy the Supreme court
and the governor.
There is even a stronger reason for
the poltroon. Probably no body of|io
'•Itlzens in the United States during j course of action. ... -
, : ••Thprp is even a stronger reason for Governor A.iH dins lefuse to
the last five years have wrought so There is even a u s ^ the expenditure of any of the
efficiently for.national decadence and ( demanding of eveiy o>a c a contingent fund for extrt help in this
international degradation, as the pro- after the president has been given offlce un|raK Mr Franklin would te-
mple time to act rightly and either ^uce one of th? :hre? $ 1 .SOJ salailes
fessional pacificists, the peace-at-any-
price men, who have tried to teach our I
people that silly all-inclusive arbitra-
tion treaties and the utterance of fatu-
ous platitudes at peace congresses are
substitutes for adequate military pre-
paredness.
"Under the conditions of modern
warfare it is the wildest nonsense to
talk of men springing to arms in mass
unless they have been taught how to
act In mass and how to use the arms
to which they spring. For thirteen
months America has played an ignoble
part among the nationa. We have
tamely submitted to seeing the weak,
whom we had covenanted to protect,
wronged. We have seen our own men,
women and children murdered on the
high seas without action on our part.
During this time our government has
not taken the smallest step in the way
of preparedness to defend our own
right. Yet these thirteen months have
made evident the lamentable fact that
force is more dominant now in the af-
fairs of the world than ever before;
that the most powerful of modern mili-
tary nations is utterly brutal and
ruthless in its disregard of internation-
al morality, and that righteousness di-
vorced from force la utterly futile
Reliance upon high-sounding words
unbacked by deeds is proof of a mind
lhat dwells only in the realm of shad
ow and of Bham.
"The government has not paid a dol-
lar toward your direct expenses. Inas-
much as we as a nation have done
nothing whatever for national defense
during the past thirteen months, the
time when during all our history, it
was most necessary to prepare for self
defense, it Is well that private indlvi
duals should have tried, however insuf-
ficiently, to provide Home kind of sub-
stitute for proper governmental action
The army officers and enlisted men
i to $1,500. Governor
am.
has not acted at all or has acted paid in that offi
i ti ha ahall he made to feel! Williams is absent from tl.e State and
wrongly, that ho shall be made to teei | j* ^ return until September f,
that the citizens whom he has been j £ the meant,me Lieutenanr Governor
elected to serve, demand that he be j Tr;ipp tlas said that he will not take
loval to the honor and to the interests any action In this cos« as It is a mat-
ter Governor Williams has he^n hand-
of the land. | ( and )t can awa)t t,l3 return
"The president has the right to have , commiitee c: the bar dssofla-
said of him nothing but what is true. | Uon made a Kmg repor: to he as-
He should have sufficient time to make ( sociation in which it reviewed the
his nolicy clear But as regards sup- i working conditions in the office and
his policy c lauded the proposed appointees under
porting him in all public policy ana j ^ contingent fund, T. H. Sturgeon,
above all inter-national policy, the i tQ ie record de,*, an(j Mrs. Jessie E.
right of any president is only to de- I ^liiore as stenographer. The commit-
and not merely because he is presi-
dent.
"Presidents differ, just like other
folks. No man could effectively stand
Lightning Kills Farmer.
Chandler, Okla., Aug. 2:;.—While
milking a cow on his farm near
sioners John B. Lennon and James ;chandler earIy Monday morning, Jno.
O'Connel. The third and final report. Hobinson> was 8truck by lightning
which, like the two which proceed it j and inatantly kiIle(L The cow (hat he
was prepared by George P. West, di- wa8 milking and a horse that was
rector of publicity of the commission. 8fau(ijng near were also killed. Rob-
will be given out tomorrow. j jI18on leaves a wife and two children.
The second section of the summary |
sketches evidence gathered to the ef-
fect that industrial unrest is caused
perial government would not hesitate
to give complete satisfaction to the
was regarding as indicating that Ger-
many would make some proposal sat-
isfactory to the United States respect-
ing eu'bmarine attacks on vessels of
purely a 'passenger carrying nature.
Officials are at a loss to conjecture
what the German government will
propose, but the assurance that there
is every desire In Berlin to avoid a
break with the United States has re-
lieved the situation much.
Officials were eager to know what
position Germany would now take
without surrendering her contended
right to submarine warfare against
enemy commerce.
FLESH IS
NORMAL.
MXOMING TOII' OF COAST STOim PLACED
AT OK AO AM) 65 MISSING.
Enid Youth, known as Unman Rock.
Is Recovering Health.
Enid, Okla., Aug. 21.—Merle Rea,
BERLIN ASKS FOR TIME.
iby low wages, and that low wages are | \0 Report on Arabic Sinking Has Yet
T. G. Chambers.
TO RESUME .RATE HEARING SEPT.
SIXTH.
the several railroad offices <
ies opeatlng in Oklahoma. Commis-
sioner G. A. Henshaw has gone to Bt.
/Louis and Chicago to supervise a part
of this work.
... Oklahoma City. Aug. 19—Final pre
by President Lincoln unless he had pal.ations for resumption of tihe 2c
stood against President Buchanan. If. fare case In the Federal Court here
,, .v,„ firing Iin Sumpter President Sept. 6 are ibeing made by the State in
after the firing . ' . 1 the several railroad offices of compan-
Uncoln had in a public speech, said
tht he believed in the union were too
proud to fight, and if. Instead of act-
ing there had been three months ad-
mirable, elocutionary correspondence
with Jefferson Davig, by midsummer
friends of the union would have fol-
lowed Horace Greely's advice to let
erring sisters go in peace, for peace in
that day was put above righteousness
by some mistaken souls, just as it is
at the present day.
The men who believe In peace at
any price or in substituting all-inclus
ive arbitration treaties for an army
and navy should instantly move to
China. If he stays here, then more
manly people will have to defend him
and he is not worth defending. L«t
him go out of the country as quickly
as possible. To treat elocution as a
substitute for action, to rely upon high
sounding words unless backed by deeds
is proof of a mind that dwells only in
the realm of shadow and shame."
due to the lack of strong labor organ-
izations. Many remedial measures are
recommended, including equal suff-
rage, and various pKhlic utilies com-
panies are condemned.
The report declared that the indus-
trial unrest and payment of low wages
is "a direct result of the lack of strong
labor organizations." The report de-
clares investigators unearthed the ex-
istence of many typical industrial
communities declared to present every
aspect of a state of feudalism, with
employers controlling the social and
political life and abridging the funda-
mental rights of citizens.
• The crux of the question," say the
report, "is: ha/ve the workers received
a fair share of the enormous increase
in wealth which has taken place in
this country during the past quarter
century as a result ilargely of their
labors? The answer is emphatically—
No!
DIEiS AT AGE OF 10*.
Sum Harrison, Cherokee Freed man,
Oead In Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Ok., Aug 19.—Sam Harrison,
a Cherokee freedmian, died at the age
of 108 at his home on Big Creek in
Craig County. Harrison came to the
Indian Territory with the first im-
migration of Cherokees in 1832. At
one time he was possessed of consid-
erable wealth.
Hern Received, Germany
Explains.
nation-wide attention a few months
ago as the "o sitled" boy, is rapidly re-
gaining his normal health and the
"ossified" condition is disappearing.
Tills boy was afflicted in a way that
. j was a puzzle to all tihe physicians who
Washington, Aug. 24. ■Germany, examined him. and there was never a
through her ambassador, Count Von 1 man for a long time who would even
Bernstorff, today asked the United attempt a diagnosis of the disease. The
States not lo take a final stand on the I w « almo8t a "huma" "**•"
sinking of the White Star liner Arabic „ Sonie tlme bef°re th,e "V'Th T&de
, .its appearance !he received a fall from
until all the facts were known. It was a Becond-story ibulldlng, striking on
the first word from Germany since the i his 'back and shoulders. He apparen-
dlsaster. I tly was not seriously injured at the
ARE Restoring Order in Storm Swept
Area. .Several Fishing Smacks.
Vre Yet Unaccounted For.
Houston, Texas, Aug. 21.—Order is
the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. faal ibeing restored in the area swept
Rea of near Enid, who attracted j n>y the Texas coast storm of Uhis week,
and as searchers penetrate hitherto
unexplored portions of bays and
beaches, and us towns and sections up
to this time isolated are heard from,
the death list is gradually growing.
Tabulations tonight showed 256
dead including Galveston and all th«
HAtilUTS BOB BERNICE BANK -AND
ESCAPE.
INDIANS OET PAYMENTS.
Four Thousand lteeelie (Semi-Annual
Allotment.
Three Men Compel Cashier Mode lo
Band Over «1,S M>—Are Pursued
By Armed Posse.
Vinita, Ok.. Aug. 23.—Three masked
bandits entered the First State bank of
Bernice, a small town 16 miles east
of here late this afternoon and after
covering Cashier R. D. Mode with re-
volvers. took 11.500 in currency and
made their escape to the Sl>avinaw
Hills. Posse® are now in pursuit
EASY TO WET A DIVORCE.
Okahoma l,a s are too Lax, It Is Said
Oklahoma t'ity, Aug. 2a.—Marriage*
Oklahoma County are falling off.
have put all good Americans under a |)UWAU> EATS SAUSAGE
fresh debt by what they have done in j MADE FROM BOBSE MEAT,
connection with this camp; and we
owe much to the private citizens who j Buffalo, N. Y„ Aug. 26.—It has been
have advanced the money without j published to the satisfaction of
which the camp could not have been health Commissioner Froncjak that
held. But you men have had to buy thc nlea1 Qf horses slaughtered during
your own uniforms; you have had to thg ,aBt „ix we€lkB at a farm near i
spend money in fifty different ways; Bu(ralo was sold in Buffalo, and used of Field Meet to Be Announ-
Anadarko, Ok., Aug. 19 —Four thou-
sand Indians received their Seni- an-
nuul payments from agent C. T. Stin-
^ Ana^dal^Th^riowaCnc^out^ I while the number of divorces granted
side of the combined agency at Mus- ; s(,ows an alarming increase. In the
kogee iB the largest Indian agency in | , a8t y0ar j marriage licenses have
Oklahoma. At tihe present time there ' . , -pllc year previous the
are 1,090 Wi thitaa and Caddos 1,490 j been Issued. 1 ne >
Kiowas. 1,529 ComamShes and 175 apa- number was 1,169 over luu more, in
ches living on their allotments on , several district court judges view tne
what was formerly the Wichita re- suua{ion with alarm and intend to cut
The ambassador telegraphed from
hsl summer home at Cedarhurst, Long
(Island, and said he made the request
at the instruction of his government
and added that the German admiralty
had not yet T>een able to get a report
on the sinking.
Count Von Bernstorff in his tele-
gram said that if any Americans had
ibeen killed "it -was contrary to the
intention of the German government"
and that it was not the intention of
the German government to sink any
I>eaceful merchant ships in a flagrant
manner.
Tihe ambassador's request was taJken
as an indication that the edrman gov-
ernment may have facts, which, in its
opinion, justify the action of the sub-
marine commander. It comes as the
first ray of promise on a situation
which was admittedly was growing
darker with each hour of silence on
the part of Germany.
iNow, in view of the ambassador's
request, the State Department can do
nothing but wait a reasonable time for
word from Berlin. Ambassador Gerard
has been instructed to watch for a re-
port, but has not ibeen told to ask for
one.
time, but some time later (his mother
i In washing him, noticed that there
was a hard place on the (back of his
neck. Soon this place became very
noticeable and began to spread. His
skin became so hard from the top of
■his head to the soles of hie feet that
he was not able to move around at all.
Then tbe disease began to spread to
his internal organs and the flesh of his
body. His tongue became hardened so
that he couldn't move it at all.
About that time inhysicians all over
the western part of the United States
became interested In the case and a
number of clinics were held aild the
lad examined in every way. However,
according to them, there was never a
•parallel case, before in the history
of medicine.
Finally a treatment was taken up on
the supposition that the lad had been
injured in the fall and that there was
a spinal cord pressure that was in
some way tying up the muscular ac-
tion to an extent that the "part of the
body affected was simply dying.
Apparently the guess was correct
ifor the body responded to the treat
ment, and the lad Is now almost well,
His disease in the first place and then
the apparent cure, form one of the
most amazing cases science has a re-
cord of.
area affected, dredges and other ves-
sels sunk in Galveston Bay and near-
by waters. So far reported, there are
Bixty-flve persons missing, most of
whom are on fishing smack® and other
vessels yet unaccounted for.
As eaclh day passes and those re-
ported as missing are not accounted
for. the conviction grows that they
must sooner or later be listed amoiig
the dead. It is known that many
bodies hajvo been found by soldiers on
Galveston Island, on the mainland and
by seardhers in other parts, in such
condition that they could not be mov-
ed nor identified, and these have been
buried where found. This will make It
impossible ever to know the exa«t
number of dead, for many of those
drowned had no families or others
who will miss them sufficiently to
make close inquiry to ascertain whe-
ther or not they were lost.
SCHOOL
LAND LESSEES MEET
AM) PROTEST.
ALLIES TAKE BIG AREA FKOM
TITRKS.
Front Connected on Peninsula for Dis-
til nee of Twelve Miles.
AO AFTER CHINESE TRADE.
To Start An Aggressive Campaign is
The Orient.
Washington, Aug. 21.--An aggres-
sive campaign to oibtaln for American
business a share in the development
of the enormous resources of China
has been .planned by the Departments
of State and Commerce The plaif
contemplates the development of an
American "vested interest in China that
will insure the United States a fair
.share of that country's foreign trade
and be powerful enough to take care
of Itself in the complicated political
and commerical situation there.
The scheme was developed by
S. Helnseh, minister to China; Julian
H Arnold, commercial attache at Pek-
ing and Dr. E. E. Pratt, cfhief of the
bureau of foreign and domestic com-
merce. Mr. Reinsch brought to Wash-
ington a program framed by himself
and Mr. Arnold, wihich was submitted
I to Mr. Pratt. Secretary I^anslng and
It was generally ln-
servation. _____
(ir.lK!>SMK> l.KVVK CHANfl" E®
TODAY.
I down in the decrees granted.
TROOPS l'REPAKEI) FOR SEW
TROUBLE.
other words, you have had to pay )n the man„,rHeture of sausage
for the privilege or learning how to t
serve your country.
•This means that for every one man
like yourselves who can afford to come —— ,
here there are a hundred equally good 01 Paso, Texas. Aug. 2^11™ in*
American citizens, equally patriotic, the rumor that a large body «
who would like to como and are unable , cans was preparing tc, cro s he W
to . It is undemocratic lhat the rter troops of the Sixth and «*teenth
young farmer, that the young hired infantry «re hurfrie^"^^e"ty
tzzi Z;:, : - o^py,. the ^ ^.y-
all of which wish lo serve the country t0 report at Fort Bliss. ing of ttie guardsrtien was started.
red eBfore Departure.
Camp Dorothy Hoffman, Chandler,
Okla.,—Aug. 25.—■•Payment of $11,000
in gold, the arrival of Acting Gover-
nor Trapip and staff, a track, field and
military contest and preparation for
brealking camp took up the day of the
Oklahoma National Guard Wednesday.
Pictures of the entire regiment and
all separate organizations were taken
I M'I'EII STATES TO GOVERN
U SSY HAITI.
Washington, Aug. 25.—Turbulent
Haiti's new government has been ask-
ed by the United States to approve a
convention under which for ten years
the American government would ad-
minister the finances and supervise
the policing of the Island repuWIlc.
A draft of the proposed agreement
Is before the Haitien congress sitting
at Port Au Prince, where American
marines have been maintain order
since the recent killing of President
Gulllaume by revolutionists.
London, Aug. 25.—Recent operations
Fedlok, Okla., Aug. 24.—A number I ^ ^ OalHpoli peninsula have en-| ~th~ "offl<.|ais
of the owners of school land in ill- a,b)e(| the 3r|ti h troops to extend ma- dorsed and the bureau of foreign and
nan county were present at the court- | u,r(a|ly ,hp areB , nthelr posteBslon j domestic commerce^ jiP^^^a,8J)e^rn
house where they were summond by , an(J ^ cQnect thelr ,lneg of more than
notice to take some action regarding twpWe mll(^ accord,ns an official
the alleged excesive valuation which . gtatpn)ent )8gue<i here Wednesday
being placed on their leases. A . n(ght
The statement Indicates also that
additional troops have been landed
on the peninsula although no details
are 'given on this point and It 1b stated
simply that "further reinforcements
have arrived." It Is stated that the
losses have been heavy but that the
Turks suffered more severely than the
British.
The public are warned that in spite
of the encouraging reports made, the
true objective ^f the aerations has
not been gained and that "further ser-
ious and costly efforts tvIU be required
before a decisive victory Is won."
committee consisting t R. E. Wea-
thers, D. Rector, W. A. Richardson
and C. O. Grlsby, together with Prultt
Johnson, secretary of the Tillman
County lessees, were named to draft
a set of resolutions, .protesting aguinst
he alleged excessive valuations.
HIRL LEAPS FROM MOVING TRAIN
Sadie Walker, aged 18, Jumped from
a moving Rock Island train at Cash-
ion .twenty miles west of here and
sustained Injuries which will likely
result in her death She ran from
the car and leaped off without warn-
ing.
work aloUK the lines suggested Mr
\rnold will return to the United
pit-ites this winter and tour the coun-
try to obtain capital for investment
in China.
JAPAN TO Kl'RNISH SI PPllES.
Old Eneill) Will Assist Russians By
'.Sending Ammunition to Carry
On War.
Toklo, Aug. 25.—The Kobiunin Slhltn-
bnim says: "Premier Okuma state*
that Japan has decided to give greater
assistance to Russia to prosecute the
war. He could not discuss details, but
allowed It to be understood that this
assistance would take the form of the
forwarding of greater aupplles or inn-
nitionB."
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