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OKLAHOMA. GlTY TIMES
ASSENTED PZiSS
LEASED VHZ CZPC3T
(Published by The Oklahoma r'ublishing Co.)
VOL. XXVIII. NO. 127.
OKLAHOMA CITY MONDAY AUCUST US 1'tlC.
LIGHT LAMPS AT 7:25 P. M.
met oni cent
ON TRAINS FIVI CINTfc
DECLARES
AUSTRIA
I
RDIANU
WAR
Ok
EIGHT-HOUR LAW
FOR RAILROADS
IS WILSON PLAN
President Proposes Fnd to
bor Deadlock
a-
HEADS AT WHITE HOUSE
Not Certain They Will Piesent
D -v t r i r n I
nil iiiji nt .
WASHINGTON. Auk 28 President
Wilson's pl.iu for breaking tlir dead
lock between the railroads ami tlu-ii
employe' as discussed in contcreni e
today was as follows :
An ri Klit hour law for railroads
to lirromr effective at a dale far
enough in the future to give the
railroads opportunity o prepare for
it
A law patterned after (lie Cana-
dian act which creates commission
of investigation ami prevents lock-
out or strikes while an industrial
tlispute n bring "investigated.
Tlujdai was din usfl liy the prr.-
I'fcrlent with his party fcaders in congress
is the basis for the next step after the
railroad managers have formally an-
nounced their rctusal to accept the plan
previously proposed
Operators Meet Wilson.
At 2 M) o'clock the siih c otuuiittre of
eight executives composed of Messrs
Hidden Ripley Willard Smith Alter-
tiiiLVi Harrison i riimimii ami I .overt.
wcTo to the White House to confers
witn ire'iurm w nsnii. it
was not
thru certain that thev would present
the formal reply to his plan they had
prepared.
Congress Remains in Session.
Meanwhile. congressional leaders
(jave up hope of adjournment this week
and settled down to stay here as Iouk
as necusarv to provide legislation to
meet the strike situation. Senator
Newlamls and Commissioner Chambers
of the federal mediation hoard con-
ferred today with Acting Attorney Gen-
eral Todd about the legislative prfl
(tram hut all denied that any IrftWl
measures for preventing a strike had
been discussed
After his conference with Mr. Todd
Senator New lands went to the capitol
with tentative drafts of the proposed
legislation ami conferred with Senator
( intimitis (.ne of the progressive repub-
lican leaders ami a niembrr of the in-
ter statfnrrcr committee.
President Still Hopeful.
While the president has not finally
Riven up hope of bringing about an
agreement through direct negotiations
he is going forward with his prepara-
tion for going before congress with his
plan for legislation.
If all the negotiations fail and the
president goes before congress prob-
ably tomorrow or Wednesday it is said
or win irvrai ine oeiaiis oi all tile Tie- i
gotiations in his address and his pA
for legislation.
Woman and Boy Try
To Starve to Death
CHICAGO. Aug 28-I)esertrd hv
rier husband Mrs. Harris Aaron locked
herself in a garret with her 9-year-old
on week ago determined tn starve
to death. When discovered Sunday by
neighbors mother and son were maciat-
ed and weak with hunger.
Rumania's Act
Smashes Wheat
CHICAGO Aug. 28 -Rumania's' dec-
laration of war smashed the wheat
market. Opening prices lodav showed
The market closed drmoralted. Vise
to 11' c net lower with September at
f 1.40 to $1.41)4-4 nd December at $1 4U4
to $1 Mi the extreme break- of the
season.
Auto Bandits in
Detroit Get $4000
DKTROIT AuK 28-Two autmno-
bile bandits held up a Standard Oil
collecting wagon on the Rerkner road
near Dearborn a Detroit suburb this
afternoon. A report to the police said
tHf robbers obtained $-0tK) and es-
raped. 1 -
You man need help
Bomeone needs employ-
ment. You have a used
car for sale. A Times
reader needs a car So
It (foes.
TIMES WANT ADS
Got You Reiultt
Troop B Reports
Donna Texas Aug. 28 1916.
Editor The Times:
Alter rrading the article In re-
cent inue of in Oklahoma City
evening purer the officers and men
o( the Oklahoma cavalry stationed
at Donna Texan wish to state to
the people of Oklahoma that our
ramp in in excellent shape limitary
conditions aie peifert. We have
medical facilities that aie able to
take cate of any situation that may
arise.
We have found that the medical
officeis have' beti efficient and
more than willing t give us all the
medicine we need. The Oklahoma
cavalty has not had a man in the
hospital for more than a day at a
time. We are a great deal healthier
than when we left home.
The only complaint we can reg-
ister in regard to the lack of am-
munition concerns the weight of the
ninety rounds that we carty.
OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND
ENLISTED MEN OFTROOP
B. FIRST OKLAHOMA CAV-
ALRY. FREELING WOULD
nUlfLI I SITaCJfUUUi
IN EXPRESS CASE
Attorney General Recommends
Cnl r
bOt t lOf 1 fl t tO COmmiSSIOIl.
Attorney General Frceling this rimm
ing address-d a letter to lack l.ove.l
chairman of the corporation conunis- i
sion. recommending that iudirment be
entered liy tlie cummissmu against ex-
press companies operating in the state
lor a refund of $425lHXi (tie fimrMinl
albgrd to be due shippers in over-
charges on express rates.
The attorney general has entered into
agreement with representatives of the
carriers for a srltlrinenl on this basis
Hie express rate litigation has existed
since l'lfi. when the commission first
proiuulgat (! its rales for express serv-
ice. Chairman Love would make no state-
ment this mottling as to what the com-
mission would do. The figures agreed
upon by the attorney general are
$5111110 less than the commission fig-
ures and it is understood l.ove is op-
posed to settlement on a figure less
than that compiled by the commission
Respite Comes on
Day Set for Death
; WACO Texas Aug 2H - -John Wil
liams negro who was to have been
hanged here today for the murder il
Allison Criner another negro may riot
he executed for a werk or more. He
was given a respite of thirty days by
(iov. J. K. I rrgiisnn who did not des-
ignate the exact date for the execu-
tion after refusing to interfere further.
This may necessitate a new death war-
rant for Williams on the part of Dis-
trict Judge R I. Munroe.
Only 363 Out of
57922 Mail Order
Books Remain Here
In five freight carloads of mail-order
catalogs from a Chicago house
received in Oklahoma City in the past
two weeks and distributed from the
local postoffire to cities within a ra-
dius of 15(1 inilri-sinly KI of the 572J
volumes were addressed to Oklahoma
City people.
Tln-as the statement of Robert II.
Hansen superintendent of mails at the
posteiffioe. He declares the figures
prove conclusively that Oklahoma City
shoppers are wedded to the policy of
buy-it-at home.
Cool Wave to
Go Away Today
Local Peeccatt Tonight and Tuesday
generally fslri slowly rising ttmperi.
tueo.
tatt Forecast Oonorally filr tonight
and Tuooday.
KANHAH - Pair and warmer
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TRAPP PUTS UP
FIGHT MOVE TO
TULSA OFFICERS
Acting Governor Insists Lawj
Must Be Observed I
NO DESIRE TO MEDDLEl
Local Govermi.ent in Picscnt
Situation Demanded
'I lie question of permitting the Mor-
ris Mr i an light at I ulsa on l abor d.iv
was put sipiareiv up to the officials if
lulv.i county this morning by iting
( iov -rnor I r.ipp
Replying to a telegram from tlir
slirntf and county attorney of Tulsa
entity (or an expression of lis atti-l
tole on the proposed "boxing contest"
the li'utrnant governor replied: '
Governor's Message. j
"Your night letter received. Replying i
thereto will advise that.- sritiiti 25o7
page d?2 Revised laws of Oklahoma!
AI' seiVtos 2.Sf8 2.v. 2570 and
inn i in. uuir hi ll IlKr"-
mg. and define what constitutes a vio-
latum of law under section 25ii7.
Duty Defined.
"Section 2572 plainly defines the duty
of officers relative to the suppression
of crime of the nature spoken of in
your telegram. I
"Sec tioit. 257.1 provides the'' penalty -for
th? w flftil neglect of the duty pre-j
scribed by the sections aboe men-
tioned. Eipiesses Confidence.
"Will ali.. li I I..- ....(;. i...
in the otficers of Tulsa city and count)
and th: utmost respect for the splendid
citiienship. and assume that the law
will be enforced.
"Further will advise that I am a de-
vout adherent to the principles of local
self government airiluv? no disposition
to interfere in the administration of
same unless there is good and suffi-
cient ground for the belirf that fla-
grant violations of law are p-rmittcd
and the aid of the state is needed.
Tenderi Servicei.
"If I can be of any service in the
matter und :r discussion or any other
matter pertaining to the enforcement
of law do not hesitate to call on me."
In his telegram to the governor the
sheriff rrfers to the fight as a "boxing
Contest" and it is understood the pro-
moters of the fight will rely on the law
permitting boxing contests.
500000 DALES OF
conon M STATE
GflULT PDEDICTIOn
President (iault of Ihe state board
of agriuultiire stated this morning that
yesterday's rains cam - too late to ben-
efit Oklahoma's cotton oroji and that
he expected not more than 5W.(K)
bales to be obtained. The following
rainfall was reported to the United
States weather bureau here:
For twenty four hours ending Sun-
day morning: Alva .55 of an inch;
Itlackwrll .10; Cherokee .18; F.nid
.10; Kingfisher (to; ( Ikemali .2.1;
Stillwater ..12; Vinita .05; Woodward
.25; Weatberford .10.
For twenty-four hours ending this
morning; Ada .05; Ardmore .10;
Carnegie trace; Chandler ..15: Chick-
asha .IH; Duranl ..14; I loldenville
OH; I awton. .02; Mangiini trace; Mar-
low ..!.!; Muskogee .IW; Okemah .02;
Oklahoma Citv. ..V; Pauls Valley .lfi;
Shawnee .18; Weatberford .10; Itlack-
well .05; Kingfisher .12; Stillwater
.07; Tulsa .2.1; Vinita .14.
Three Accused of
Scheme to Kidnap
Roland Harriman
EOISK. Idaho Aug 28-Three
men said by St. Anthony
Idaho authorities to have
been implicated in a plot to abduct
Roland Harriman lh-year-old sou
of Mrs. V.. II. Harriman widow of
the railroad magnate and hold him
for a heavy ransom in the fastnesses
of the-Idaho mountains were ar-
rested Sunday bight at St. Anthony
according to word received here
Two of the men Mark I.ufkin and
Davis McLoy are alleged tn have
confessed to the St. Anthony rliir!
of police hut the third man Ralph
Cuselt denied any knowledge of an
abduction plot.
Mrs. Harrison and Roland it was
said were to have arrived at their
ranch on the upper Snake river
about August 18 but postponed their
western visit because of the threat
rued railroad strike.
latest war lord 1
A V H
King Ferdinand
G A. R. VETERANS
DEPART TONIGHT
FOR BIG REUNION
Thirty Oklahoma Representa-
tives to Kansas City
-Thirty veterans of the drand Arms
of the Republic will board a Santa
! tram here at 7 25 o'clock tonight
for the purpose of attending a I'-rat
national encampment it! Kansas lilv
J hey will arrive there tontoi row-
morning and establish headipi.irters at
the Rasb'ach hotel which is ilose to
national headquarters and convention
hall.
Veterans will come here todav from
Yukon Ardmore Norman l-.dniond
(iuthrie and Klgin to join the Okla-
homa City party for the trip. Okla-
homa City's drum crops will also go.
The group will he in charge of As-
sistant Adjutant (ieneral A W. C.
Weeks and will incl.ide Past Depart
ment Commander Coffin of Klgin
Department Commander Mbert
Reeves of Tulsa already is in Kansas
CitV. Senior Vice Commander J. ('
White left Saturday tj motor to the
scene of. the encampment.
The veterans expected to hear Candi
date Hughes speak September 1.
Veterans Flock
To Encampment
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Aug 28 - i
From east and west north and south
war veterans Hocked Into Kansas City
to attend the fiftieth encampment of the i
(irand Army of the Republic. All de-
partments of the reunion were opened
this morning and it was estimated that
before night from 101100 to 15000 dely
gates will arrive.
Campaigns were launched for seveial
I candidates who are to succeed (.apt.
i F.ltas Monfort of Cincinnati as com-
I niauder-in-rhief of thr army. Four I
men whose candidacies were announced
are William J. Patterson of Pittshuigh
J. Payson lliadly of Hoston. Patrick!
II. Coney inspector general of Tnpeka
Kan. and Levant Dodge of Iterea Ky
The election will be held Friday
Autoist Saves Boys j
Kills His Own Child
CHICAGO Aug 28 - In Irving to
avoid running down two farmer bovs 1
William Wilder turned his automobile j
into a ditch Sunday killing his own
child and seriously iniuring his wife.
Three State Guards
I i
Ordered to Border!
.i-J.
WASHINGTON. Aug 28 National
guard troops of Ohio Kentucky and
Vermont now in mohili.'.iiion camps
i were ordered to the Mexican border to-
I day.
of Rumania.
Thirty People
Working Today
0" Grandstand
i Excavations and Frames for
Concrete Being Erected;
Supplies Tomorrow
Wink of i oiitsriu ting a reinforced
coin rete i;t aii'Mallil at tlie Mate Pair
I Kioiiiids will begin in earnest tomrio
'when shipments of reinforcing sieelare
cvpected to at me Twenty laborers
and ten carpenters weri;. put t woik at
the fair grounds today the laborers
excavating for foundations and the
carpenters preparing frames for re-
ceiving concrete
A cement mixer and other apparatus
will be set up tomorrow morning and
if all needed supplies have arrived
work of pouring the concrete will be-
gin immediately.
W. It. Cnlbertsoti superintendent of
the job -.tated this morning that unlrss
heavy rains came or a railroad strike
was i ailed (ir some other conlingrncv
came up the grandstand probably would
be completed in kiillicient tune.
Mr Culbettsoit superintended con-
struction of "the Oklahoma Citv rord
assembling plant and also was engage I
in cotisttiiction of the l.ee Hue kins ho
Court to Order
Careful Hunt for
Buried Treasure
CHICAGO. Aug. 28-Seeking
hidden gold coins apptaiseis
will seaich the premises of Ed-
win W. Morrison the aged tecluie
whose wasted fortune Is the subject
of investigation by the lederal eouit.
According to Fiancis J. Houlihan
attorney tor the receivers a fotmal
coutt oider will be asked tuniciirow
diiectinn a search for the nold.
The garden of tne old man's home
will be spaded by the seairhets tot
buried treasure and the walls of the
ramshackle home will be probed.
Tliat vast sums of money have
passed into Motrison'a hands in re-
cent yeati la asserted by attorneys.
It is also claimed that while he spent
and gave away his money with a
reckless hand he had passion for
hoarding gold coins and aeldom
parted with one. As there is no
tiare of any laige sums of gold be-
ing deposited In banks it is believed
bv tha'tereiveti that a aerret hiding
place may be located at Mortison'i
home.
Tuesday Attoiney J. R Ward who
hojdi deeds to l.nnnonn worth o.'
Motrlion'i properly will be asked to
piodura his books and recoids in the
ferleial court.
4fV Are Joined
; by Balkan Nation;
Berlin Retaliates
Bulgaria and Turkey Expected to Follow
Example of Germany in Action
Against Bucharest Government; Na-
tion Fourteenth to Enter World War'
LONDON A up. -H. Kumauia joined the ontonte bv tie-
iclarinK war on Austria-Hungary Sunday and Ciorntany came to
tho aid of her ally this afternoon by declaring war on Rumania.
As .mioti as the newsif th. declaration by Rumania was
; received in Rerlin. the federal council was called in aefwfon
and it was understood from the first that a declaration of War
was tor lie issued. Turkey and Rubartait is said" will act
i accordingly. "
1 It i.s said the Rumanian legation in Rerlin is being guarded
by the police as stones were thrown through the windows of
the Italian embassy there Sunday.
The note declaring that from !) o'clock Sunday eveninjf
Rumania considered herself in a state of war with Austria
; Hungary was presented to the Austro-Himgarian foreign
minister last night by the Rumanian minister at Vienna who
personally visited the ministry of foreign affairs.
Rumanians and Teutons in Battle
With Many of Former Prisoners
P.FRl.IN Aug 28 lighting has be-
gun between Rumanian and Teutonic-
troops on the I ransj Ivania frontier the
official announcement of today indi-
cates. 'The statement a s many Ru
manians have been taken prisoner
Although Italy's declaration f wa-
against Germany was absolutely un-
heralded and came as a c nnplete sur-
prise it failed to cause the slightes
ripple of excitement in Perlin
Die announcement was made public
yesterday afternoon in the customarv
extra editions of thr Snndav new spa
pers which give the official war reports
Rumania Fourteenth Nation to
Take Part in World Conflict
Ru. barest ills) ah lies received Sun
dac s.ii.l tliat King Ferdinand of Ru
mama had convened a conference of
representatives of all the political
parties former presidents of the legis-
lative chambers niinisteis and gov-
ernment representatives with the idea
of ascertaining the views of all sec-
tions of public opinion.
Rumania is the fourteenth nation to
join in the war Her intervention
either on the side of the entente allies
or the cential powers has been awaited
with svniploms of concern hv both
since the beginning of the great con
fhct..
Opens Way ro Bulgaria. '
This is not due entirely to Rumania's
military strength but also to the stra-
tegic advantages of her geographical
position and the f.i.t that her rntrv
into the struggle opens
the Russian
armv a gateway thtoimr'Rumania to
attack thr Itulgarians from the north
while the allied army having its base
Ht Saloniki attaiks them and their
( icrnian allies Iroin the south.
Nevertheless Rumania's military
strength is by no means inconsiderable.
The country has a population of 0-
800000 and her atniv has been esti-
mated at 580 000 It often has been de
sciihed as one of the most thoroughly
equipped am1 disciplined armies in
T'urope but recent infoimation from
Hucharest has thrown some doubt upon
its (piality. I.atelv it has been slated
that Rumanian otfnets are ill trained
- and undisciplined that Rumania has
j no heavy mi I tilers . and that its flying
; service is infetior
! Mobilisation Complete.
i Si .me advocates of Rumania's par
'ticipatmn ill the war have asseited that
-.he could niohilie as inanv as I.KO.OHO
: men I he mobilization of her army
has been in ptogiess for months and a
'few days ago was repotted to be torn
plete.
I '1 he motive which pinmpts Rumania
; to enter the war is the satist'ai turn of
I her "national aspirations." described
' by Take otiescii the Rumanian liberal
i leader as the "policy of national in-
liiiiii-t" Comise v this means national
expansion In the southern half of
llukovMiia the Austrian crown land
the Rumanians ate thr dominant race
I he mass of the people of eastern
Transvlvama. a part of llimga y is
Rumanian by race' and language. It
is said 4000000 Rumanians live in
I r ansv Kama
Seeks to Annei rtoinces.
Rumania has been credited with a
long ilierislird ambition in annex these
ptov lines and at the tame lime "lib
Idle crowds read the declaration un
demonstratively and then continued tlid
usual Sunday strolls
The official Nojd Deutsche Allge-
meine Zeitung sounds the keynote of
press comment taking the position that
Italy's formal declaration of war will
have but little effect in view of exist
ing conditions.
All the editorials were written prior
to the receipt of information regarding
Rumania's declaration of war on Aus-
tria -Hungary and almost without ex
ceptioti the newspapers expressed th
hope that Italy's -ution would not force
Rumania into the conflict
erate" the Rumanians now under Aus-
trian domination Rece'itlv it was re-
ported Russia had offered ( ernowit?
to Rumania as a tevvan; if she woul-l
unite with the entente.
Rumania also covets llessarabia tht
extreme southwestern province of Rus
sia on the Itlack Sea. whic h was taken)
from her by the Merlin treaty of 1878
Reports have stated that Russia also
has consented to restore llessarabia' at
a war prize with its population of 2.-
0001111 mostly Rumanians and art
area of 2o.ml sipiare miles. This with
I rans) Ivania. would give Rumania 4
total population approai liing IJ0000(X)
and. should all her aspirations be sat-
islied a territory as great in area at
that of F.nglaud. Scotland and Wales.
Troops Along Border.
Rumania has a border line as Ion
as the whole Russian western war
Iront on which to choose her point of
military altai k In what direction her
first blow might be aimed is only in-
"elicited hv her desire to pour her troops
through the passes f the TraiiSylva-
nuii Alps and the Carpathians in))
I ransv Ivania On the other hand. Aus-
tria has been ac c mutilating military
forces at Orsova prepared to attempt
to for e the "iron gates" where th
Danube river touches the western Ru
manuii border Itiilgana is said to
have stationed 100000 nr more trcvnpt
along the southern hank of the Dan-
ube to protect her northern frontier
from a Rumanian invasion.
Tear Russians Mote. '
Apprehension in tiermany that Ru-
mania intends to permit a Russiar)
army to march through her territory to
attack' the Itulgarians has been ap-
parent fo- some tune Military author-
ities in lliidapest assert that the chief
factor for the consideration of the cen-
tial powets is not the 500000 men of
the Rumanian armv but the opportunity
afforded for a new Russian invasion of
Hungary. Rumanian sympathirers ill
I ransylvania have been sent to other
sections i.nd the Rumanian jvriesis ami
churches there have been kept under
military supervision. The I ransylva-
nia Rumanian frontier defenses havt
hern strengthened hv Austria as a pre-
caiiiioti against Rumanian invasion.
Derision Long Delaysd.
Power lul efforts on the part of th
central powers and the entente allies
have been exerted at Huchareit tn ln
fluence her decision in the war for tht
last two years Recently reports from
the Rumanian ramial have stated that
Rumania awaited only the beginning
of the Anglo-Frrtu-h offensive In Mart-
dotns before joining her fortunes tWh
(host oi the entente allies.
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