Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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ASSOCIATED PDES3
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LEASED WIRE DEPORT
VOL. XXIX. NO. 32.
U. S. SHIPS CHARGED WITH AIDING U-BOATS
GOVERNMENT TO
USE ALL STEEL
MILLS' OUTPUT
Congress S Be AskeJ for Bis
Appropriation!
DROP PRIVATE CONTRACTS
Damages May Bo Paid
Consumers Affected
to
WASHINGTON May 8 1 1
will he askrd t" appropriati l 000000
(Ki for the building ol the great A ' "
ican merchant fleet
The program ruilvrfl by the mp-
ping hoard contemplates thr diverilon
to government urs ol ihr producti "t
every iteel ""ll tlx" country
collation ol existing contracti between
those milll and private consumers and
where necessary payment "i damages
hv the government to 'l"" parties whose
contracti arc canceled
Estimates of the shipping noara are
that S000000 i 100000 lorn ol steel
Ud wooden veasela will be conitructeo
l. the governmenl daring 1 1 ' next two
yean
The only manufacturer! ol steel
to tr exempted from the program will J
if thoee needed otherwise at national
congress have heen prepared and the ad-
miilMtrirti n hopes get IMetn unirr
way
vi tiroiuntlv th.it the lirst ot thr
shipbuilding operations may be in mo i
Hon within IWO weeks lust now me
11000000 will be provided is to l"- ten
to congress but the tentative program
rails for an additional issue ol bonds.
t Q-operation of the labor organisa-
tions has already pledged it is unotr-
st i and there will 6 no legislation
nn1es thr present urogram is changed
looking to the drafting of thr laboi ne
cesser) to carry out the plans
The on!) other exception to the en
eral cancellations of private contracts
with steel mills will he those of tail
roads Steel mills it is contemplated I
will he permitted tO supply them withj
the minimum amount Ol steel protracts
with which tile railroads can gel all ng
All othei industries kindred to the
steel trade or in whl h the use of steel
flt-utes largely will be affected bi the
proposed legislation The administra-
tion contemplates creation of a tribunal
to determine the extent of private losses
due to cancellation ol contracts
The program contemplates the use to
ir i.iiniiim ot evert resource within
the United States speedily to design and I
' I thr latgtst ntlfflDCI "t ships pos-
tlble
GEORGIANS OVERFLOW
QUOTA FOR OFFICERS
poki OG1 I THORPE Ga Ma) I
Thirty-one hundred applications for
fficrrs eommisstofu wrrr on lili hni"
torv These will be graduall) m to
C ioi"iCi allolird this trillion
The fits! IS' trportrd ttu - altrtnooii
and other details will ontinUC t" aiine
until Ma M
More Than 3.000
at Ft. McPherson
ATLANTA. Oa Mac K More than
thtee thousand applications ol prospct
live Candidates toi the officers' tesetM-
corps at Pott MePherson had beta
i rived at thr post todg
TWO AMERICANS M
SHIP SRRK RY ORIS
i OHDON May R rhi Nonaagian
hank Dour was sunn hv gunfire on M.u
2. Her nrw of twrlvr wrre fjlSJSJSJB
oirludniK t s"" ' '"- ' II Ed
wards of Norms iN'ormah Tennessee
and ll K Parker ol Frent streat Porh
mottih. Ohio
Change in Uniform
Scott's Proposal
WASHINGTON May R It will he
difficult to distinguish betwren Amen
ran and British aimv offiiets in (he
(mure it plans BOW utidrr consideration
liv Major (irneral Si oil i hiet of staff
are approved I he tvrili-.lt roll csjllgl
uniform ja ket may he adapted to te
plare the i loseil mllai n.'W trHulalion
tut the American set vice
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
Paid Circulation Guaranteed Greater Ihan y Other I vening New. '".per Published in Oklahoma.
Show the Colors)
Sims First U. S.
Officer in War
Council of Allies
A
Re.ii Admiral W S Sims.
The honor of bring tire firt United
Stall-s officer I" attend one of the en
Irnlr alius' war onferrnars BOCS la
(.ar Admiral VV S. Sims Hr rrprr
.rllll. mv country at the ronferet'.i - m
Paris at which four othei nations in thr f
war 'ire.it Britain I ranee Italy and
Ku-sia had delegates
STARVATION IN
GREECE FOLLOWS
ALLIED BLOCKADE
More Than 100 Deaths From
Lack of Food
WASHINGTON Maj R- An offi-
cial dispatch front the Greek govern
mrnt communicated la the state de
partmenl h thr t.rrrW legation says
the blockade of the allied l.icck ri-t
has resulted in main
deaths from star
sation
In Januar) then were deaths; in
February ta in March 49 and in
the first third of April 10
As thr organisation Ol thr new
Zamiis cabinet was undertaken in har
mony with thr wishes of ti aihrs the
legation assumes thr blockade wi
I h ral
now
srd
pincy Parp Hfrn
'-"-'B IOV5 "tlU
Enlists in Army
t iin M30. Maj R Fred S Hart-
man. hrro of thr d'K ran from U m
mprK Man to St Paul. Minn las!
February reported to thr central dr
partmenl U 5. A. here today as a vol
untrrr lot the armv aviation corps
Fair and Warmer
Weather Forecast
LOCAL FORBC A8T Qtnarally fair
and vwarmtr tonight and Wtdnaaday
atATk FOaBCABT Tonight fair; not
ao cs)ld In waat portion prohahiy treat
In northraat portion; Wtdneaday fair;
rising tamptraiura.
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w i I IK.XAH Km i ni li-ing Iftn
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BILLION
KMSER
CITY LIGHTING
PLANT FAVORED
I BY COMMITTEE
Citizens and Company Offi-
cials Fail to Agree.
STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED
lany Sessions Held Daily to
Discuss Problem
"We are stronger than rvrr in favor
r.f a municipal light and power plant."
This is the attitude of the subcom
mittre of the Chamber of Commerce
light and powrr investigation commit
Ire. following a failure to agree with
officials of the Oklahoma as ft Elec-
tric compan) on reduction of clei
trie rates here. '
M.my Sessions Held.
Intitunci ahlr 1 1 .1 1 1 h.ut nrr:i sprn
by memhrrs of the subcommittee and
representatives of thr gas and electric
Company during the last two wrrks in
ci nsultations having for their aim thr
affecting "i an agreement on iatrs sat-
isfactory to hoth.
At a meeting held Sunday in thr
Skirvin hotel it was thoiiKht that a
common hasii of understanding had
been reached but after a hot and
woroy session held yesterday at noon
in the Lee Huckins hotel the commit-
iCortlnued on Pigt ft. Column S )
T. R.'S DIVISION
TO THE FORE TODAY
WASHING TON May 8-The
Rin'srveh division issue today i ame to
the fore as perhaps the most interest
ina. if not the most important before
Conferees of Ihe house and senate on
the war army bill All other ditfet
ences Including tb se on the ae limits
and prohibition appeared to be us-
ceptiblc of an earh settlement
This Surgeon Took
His Own Medicine
KB cm i M s n Ma) I Dt ll
I Kiuk. an Aberdeen surgeon during
me day performed four operations upi n
patients at a local hospital In the aft-
ernoon Uf Kiiik himself (irrw ill. and
thr ailment was diagnosed as appendi-
citis He was hurried to the hospital
and another ssMnon removed his ap-
pendix Mrs King was in the satn
hospital convalescing imm an opera-
tion recent!) performed
RARDITS WHO SHOT
AGEHT MAKE ESCAPE
BART1 F.SVI1 LB. Okla. May R
liners of Washmaioti and I Isatjr
counties are ICOUring the t'sace moun-
tains south of here fur two bandit! who
ratly this morning held up and perhaps
fatally w Minded H C DodgC Station
avrnl at Nelagony Ukla twenty miles
rst of hrrr I lodge was hoi in the
abdomen.
Police Judge Has
40 Cases in Day
i
tty i ases disposed ol this morning
by Municipal Judge Mitchell hn p
lire court Most of the ofletidets were
those who have failed to secure lJ7
license tags lor ivtomobilci Several
speeders were also trinl and in prac-
tically every instance dtew down fines
ranging from J ami costi to the mai
mum of $1') and insts utiflihrr of
cases wrrr put over until this aftei
PJoOQ or tomoffOW morning
Mexican Senate
Debates Finances
MEXICO CITY May ft-The sen-
ate temametl m session ttu 1 1 1 a late
hour last night dlsCUSSlttg the lull giv-
ing Vrrsidrni t atraura extraordinary
(Miwri OVCI the (inatnrs I the colin-
trv As rM laws have heen passed gtv
nig ihe ixeesttive power to approve
payments of government funds the pav
of all gOVtrnmenl employes eaiept the
ami) is bebl up.
ASKED
OKLAHOMA CITY. TUESDAY MAY 8 1917.
"Hail to Victor
in Disrepute as
German Anthem
(MtERI IN M.i B German) want
IpS a in w national hymn The prei
ent anthem "Hail to the Vli t r"
iv objected to i n the ground thai its
nniMi i- Hot stirring enough ami that
its similarity to the English nation
al anthem hai been ;i conitanl source
i f rmharra ' inrtit t.. (irrinaii sailrs
merchanti and officials a bp ad.
EMPEROR MAY BE
DENIED RIGHT OF
NAMING OFFICERS
Proposals to Redistrict
Empire Arc Made.
the
I OPENHAGEN. May 8 The reich-
stag committee on constitutional re
("tin will takr up this wrrk thr ities-
tion of redislrtcting 1 he Centrists Na
tional L.itu raU. ami Kailiial Socialists. I
who carried the previous reforms ovei
the opposition of thr Conservatives trill
a cording to a Merlin dispatch vote for
1 general rcdistricting of Ihe empire
A population of JtSKSS) is fvored as
the basis fr a reirrMaR dislriit. The
proposals long among the chief de-
mands of the I iberalf and Radicals are
a blow at Conservative influence as
the present districting dating from the i
. t
to "fficrrs stnke at the root of an hu
portent source ol the emperor's powei
At presrnt all appointments in the aimy
and navy and even the highei mviI
isis arr n the hands of the empcroi and
the 1 iv il 1 iiiuo-ts.
Heavy Artillery
l.oosr-d on fiollwrg
i OPENHAGEN M.v R Ihe Con-
smaPves and pan -Germans have
brought up their hcav artilter) in the
. hattle against Chancellof von Belli
I mann Hollweg and boldl) lav the blame
for the long duration ol the war .it
pits door The Deutsi he I ages eituny
I explain! Ihal three 01 foul days' rJeU)
I in I ierman mobilising at the outlet ol
'the war due to ihe chancellor's hesi
taut poln i aused ihr loss of thi bat
of the Maine
ihr papei holds that thr ttoops were
detached 10 'Irani the Russian invasion
i Vmml (ni.ili .11 I.. I...... ...(
fleitnl tnrhanaw lh rt.f.ol l .1
von Klmk's army into a victory and
that in that CMC the war would have
ended in a speedy and decisive t ier-
man triumph Ihr I .mrs rituug goes
on to declare Ihal the chancellof threw
awav a lecond i ham c of terminating
thr war to opposing rutidr-s subma-
rine warfare It i oes -iel Marshal
t on ran son liortiii!..rl. itstri.in i n-n
ntander in i hiet as ..iving recently)
".The war would have been nrr long
ago if thr submarine campaign had br
gun a vrar ratlin
The pan-Germam and anneviiion
ists ate also comparing the chancetloi
to hismank and demanding his retire-
ment neratisr ie dors nm mrj'iirr up
to iirrmanvs ' h. n nian Ihe agn i
lion for the downfall ol on Bethmann-
Hollweg is unconcealed In press and
parliament and it Ii reinforced by mass-
meetings organi.-rd hv imperialist
leagues and thr independent lommitPr
for a derman peace Ihe bitterness in
creases as Ihe chancel gtovv (oi a n-
form of political conditions in Germany
The chancellor's opponcnti i mplc thr't
altaiks with fat front flattering irmarks
about ihe Auitro Hungarian govern
ment for iis declarations In favor of
moderale pi a. ( ll rm
VAWTER JURY GIVER
WIDEST DISCRETION
( HKISI I SsNSBURG W Va Mav
H lodge Moftetl. n Ihe opening of
cottrto ti dav in ihe i ast of t harlrs I"
awier charged with killing Stockton
llrlh ir . l P. h l.t reatl his IrtStrsti
lions in the nuv While tbr were
given he widest Missihle diactetlon III
then verdltt VrgMfmntl vvne then hr
gun with H I RopPi ceanmonwtallh'i
allornev as the lnl siieakrt Me ItfOtSg
ly arraigned swtei I sthgl hi rermed
bis "shainrful batgaiinng " He believed
that Vawtct was sane.
101 a""" '"i""'- "v0" w" entrusted to Australians and these hard-
country jectlons at the expense of the nghting colonials have almost su
munrcipalities and industrial regions r h .. tr0nghold so that
Ihe commiitrr s proposals in regard i.. .r ;. .. . .. ..1
FOR MERCHANT
HOLLWEG
SALIENT OF 1 8
MILES IN GRIP
OF THE ALLIES
Australians May Take Bulle-i
court Momentarily.
GERMANS REALIZE MENACE
Victory Threatens All Teutons
in Northern France
BER1 IN Mav Oermsa tioops
have recaptused Rrsaay says the
nfficial utate nient issued ti.iav by I
the Getman aimy head'j'iaitets J
htalf.
Associated Press Wai Summary I
Ihe great human nippers wl ich Gen-
eral Haig has forged around theaouth
rrn end of Proi lUrt-Uueanl switrh linr
an steadily closing and thr rolling UP
of ibis important section of the der
man defenses appears to hr a matter of
a frw days flu- Drocourt Queant linr
i thr hastily improvised haitirr thrown
no hv l-i.l Matvhal voti Hiiuh-n'iurff
to protect i ambral and bouai aitr the
morr famous line nan'e'l in honor ot
himself had been smashed by the lint
ish.
Colonials al Bullerourt
The bitter resistme offered by (tie
Germans to the British advance has
centered in iheir defense ol Buulccoun
tvy.i anl a half miles wrst i Queant
lo the siith thr llritish have forged
j vyell brvoml ()ieant but have heet:
forced to mark time until I'.ullecourt
H ... MI "I .III. K .'
(nil. II.. . 1.. . 11.... .. t
' momentaril)
The Drocourt Queant line forms a
I broad salienl in the Britiah front eig'i
'tern miles at its ti p and paralleling thr
Douai i imbrai line Drocourt is seven
I miles from I) uai and Queant about ten
'miles iim Cambrai The crushing in
I of this salient will mean that the (ler-
man grip on the great l.ens coal regi. n
j will be broken and the entire German
' line in northern Prance Imperiled
Beilm Dortotini; News
There arr many signs that the Cier-
I mans realte the inetiare to them in al-
ternate sledge-hammei blows ol the
Hntish ami I rrtn h. beneath which iheii
ill.. ii est tr.ps arr hripg driven from
position aftrr position News from
i the western front is not mereh tun-
"I pressed in Iterlm. bul ii being doctored
for the consumption ol German news
paper readers. Discrepancies between
thr I ierman and allicl official vr'-n tiv
" apparently aron-ing suspicions
in
si. me I i ttnan niimls at least as tin-
lirrlin newspapers arr being bombard
ed v it h uuestions that ihnr military
critics find some difficulty In answer-
ing There is significance alo m the
fait thai th( German emperor in (he
latest of bis congratulatory telegrams
speaks of a "serious and decisive 'utie"
instead o eviultitig over vutorirs real
or Imaginary
p.itt (torn brain e the only fighting
of significance reported from the war
thr.ii r is taking plat r in Mairilnia
The reports from this front air meager
hut Ihe) indicate an increasing activity
which mat ptrs.igr a general offru-ite
v )r ajrs
BANKER RILLED RY
FALL FROM ELEVATED
CHK SCO May R A fall or a leap
fr ni thr elevated railway platform at
Wabash avenue and Adams street lo-
dav endeil Ihe life ol Robert I Title
aged private banker whose financial
downfall recently came under ihe lertt
tmv oi Federal fudge I andis
Berlin's Soldiers
Praised by Prince
AMSTERDAM. May ft --Berlin pa-
pers print a Irlegiani sent b the l.et-
man trown ptuue tO the burgomaster
ol Heriin. anthutiaiilcally prniaing the
troOM from tin i Ipltal
"Notwithstandlni the greate-i txei
lions the Iremendoip fire of the la t
weeks and consul rahlc losses the ;
tilude of thrse llerhn h"v was sl
did. Thetr Mod IDiritt ami reads wit
has not sufferetl ut the Irast With
turh troops we van Ictvh the devil Itum
hell."
I
UNDER
(Fly the Fflg)
Sooner Helped
Fire First Shot
of U.S. in War
llonald F. Core.
Donald P Core ol Bartlesville Okia.
1') years old. was one of the gunners
on the S s Mongolia which late last
mouth "somewhere In the Atlantb
shot al and sunk a German submarine
pteparing t
ink the vessel with a
I torpedo
hi fe Irttri to thr Tirnrs from hrs
sotrr. Miss Mabel Lee ( ore I41J .South'
beyenne street Tulsa she .says;
"I am lertamlv proud of my brother
for he is only 1" and ran awav from
home to join the navy which really
makes it more interesting "
STRONG DENIES
BRIBERY CHARGE;
MAY BE PROBED
If Accusation Is Tiled Investi-
gation Will Follow.
School Board
Developments
I i Strong hosted member whom
charges ot attempted bribery and
irruption have lieen filed denies
them flatly
ohn Mope new president of 'he
board electrd last night declares he
ktmws nothing ol the merits of the
case that thr charges were "a su
pt ir" to him. and that his policy will
in- t'i stand behind thr superintend-
ent I II lohnstou new membei ol thr
school board and chairman of thr
Irgai advisors committee states
thai if the charges wrrr tornullv
died sriththe board an investigation
would hr madr
I I l Strong member of the boOl I
of education against whom i barges ii
corruption and attempted bribery base
hern made hv I K Corter. tsstietf i flat
denial ol thi allegations tins mording
I II Johnston new member ol the
hoard anil t hairman of tin legal ad
lisott committee d dated today that it
Ihe charges were (ormallv Itleil with the
hoard 01 education the charges Sgsinst
Mr Strong would be givrn a tlispat
lionate Investigation
ttii Preeideat
Briefly these were the sr devel
ppmenti todav of the botttbthell ast
into an "tberwise Uttettcltltlg meeting
of the Owtahotna Ity board of edit
cation last night Ihe nrw board met
la-t night in Ihr Irving school build
ing to elett nrw officers Ihe vhaigrs
(Continued en Pagt I rolumn 1)
Nationals Lead
in Australia
MELBOURNE Australia Mas a
Thi nationalists now are leading in lb-
senate alettion 1st OsttMland btM iht
nsiilt their is still m doti'il V'nie rt
tutus ptinctpally Irom abseui soldjtrs
air still to nunr hut it is leat lha
the rout of ihe lahor element is r un
piete Hm nttlonallit randidttaa lot
the senate aic moeasing steadily.
9
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9 B Kl
1 R m Jla.
FLEET
I
FIRE
home
issssssssisssssssssisisssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM
PRICE 2 CENTS
VESSELS HELD
SAID TO HAVE
GIVEN SUPPLIES
Believe They Carried Material
Out in Atlantic.
MAKING AN INVESTIGATION
State and Justice Departments
Probe Line.
W Slll'iT' IN. Mav 8 -Thr gov-
eminent is investigating the activities
of the steamei Manitowoc and other
vcs-rls of tin American I rans-Atlantig
company which are sn to have car-
ried supplii 1 'ierman submarines iis
the Ktlantit rhis was iislosed al
the navy department today but no de-
tails of the steps taken wrre given out.
"h 1 1 1 f 1 1 an ! il.uitn i iimpanv
ha Mors in New York and HoVtotS
and its -lops fly ihe American flag.
il here will not sav what had
aroused then suspicious hut admitted
that the ships had hern held for in-
vestigation at St. Thomas Virgin
Islands hv order of the navy depart
ment Both the slate and justice de
parlnientj have be.cn taking part in ths)
investigation
Seamen Tell of
Supplying U Boats
SAN UAN Porto Rico Mar 5.
rheri are tierman submarines in tho
Vtlantit and until recentl) they have)
supplied from the I 'ruled Statee
I" ships (King Ihe merican flag as
lati mi ts by mcmhers of
rets ol thi It im Manitowoc
which foi several weeks was detained
in the hartvu at St Pn oias Twenty
one of ihr rrw atr in the United
States
Mamt soi Muskegon and Ola-
i 1 hrl f to thr same line
shorllv before thr islands became list
Virgin island 1' s . put into th
Pari at St I h mas. Iiound frolg .
v rNV rk supxsedlp
to "awati orders " They were still
trail . foi orders when the is
lands wen- transferred I" the Uoited
ling to their manifests
all three ships tarrird coal and Otbss? '
fuel supplies.
Mem the new of the Manila
w . s) all the yssels were loasloB)
with n'rahatid lor lerman subsist
When wr left New York last
v w.-te supposed to have a cargo SSf
i i1 e 'ustrK in hunkers" said one
' In the coal were all sorts of fuel SSSSSS
1 supplie It was supposed tht
i- destined for Huenos Aires
Hetwern Si Ihomat and Ituesnos Airee
1 o i ii the high
I t1 mai tors We had
irgo when wr i raided Buenog
itrs "
V Buenos Mres ihr Manitowoc tht
Musi . 1 it .I 'fir i ilaguash all took
i i argo oil and other
lurl supplies which weie covered oves?
i lb sevn J hundred Ions of coal thep
said 'in the Mamt'wos there were)
ip ti i hests filled with
g. Id each supposed to contain WSO.HA
"ten also wer
hidden undi i the t oal
While a sftsnsj ii 1 I homes for os
dets ihr I ian si) 11.01.1s were IraaSst
(erred 1 Ihe l intrd states snd thai
hiin not pritiotp-il to sail. Tlsi
i rew ol ihr Manitowoc tried to gel
' ihrit pav while itllr ill tht
bul 1 ti ' ut' lb gsteail telnsed
lk( in) pavmenl The men liven
ihniandetl ihev be returned to Net)
Yoik and ihey arrived here Tsstseasv
tin 1 oiled Slates.
SOUTHERN ROADS
ARD RATE PLEA
VSHIM.IDN Ma. R Hepre
i thr southeastern railroaea
were beard loda) hv the Inierstast
( t inmen e commission on the applkta
' all lines n ihr aountry (or s)
grnrral IS penent increase in freight
tales They folluwsd the le d of
i tern ttrmi ami naseu tneir
pt im tp.ills on the gp'imd o
lr r at i 'ii and the nicssOStt
pteparin the-iselves to ala
lit ii in ihe war
1 1 n siothern railrc
railroeat
vsfe on band to
irstsiw j.
oiler of ife
assistant comptroller
prrsetlled lo in
data lot all loaek of tht
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