Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 26, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL. XXIX. NO. 48.
AIR DRAGONS
GAULT ARRAIGNS
SPECULATORS IN
FOOD AND GRAIN
Oklahoma Farmers Got Only
$122 for Wheal In 1916.
DEALER MAKES THE PROFlt
Patriotism Cannot Exist on
Empty Stomach He Says.
"Patriotism cannot thrive on an empty
Stomach I"
Thin is the keynote of -i stinging ar-
raignment "f t .... i ami Kram n ulatort
contained in a statement issued today by
Frank M Gault president (it the Okla-
homa state board f agriculture in
which it is shown that the average price
paid the farmer for the I9ltf wheat
crop of Oklahoma was $1 22 I bushel
and that the profit derived from the
handling and marketing of this wheat
was twice as great as the II tual prist
paid the farmer at the elevator.
Speculators Responsible.
After charging food speculators with
responsibility for the skyrocketing ot
food prices figures are presented wkajch
ettosMhat prior to October I. 7.1 percent
of Oklahoma's l-r) wheat crop. 20.-
105000 bushels was marketed at an
average price ot $1.05 per bushel. Thlr-
price of bv cents a bushel
Pood speculators who "commercialise
pnd capitalise newspaper reports with
reference to Hie grain on hand are
characterized as little better than those
tinman ghouls' described by Victor Hu-
go as going on the field of battle in the
night and robbing the corpses of those
slam in battle while fighting for the
preservation of their country."
Prices Paid Low.
The following statistics compiled
from (he records of the state hoard of
agriculture and the records of the fed
(Continued on Pig 2 Column ft )
SMTHEMT ARMY
t CAMPS AANOtiCED
CHARLESTON S C May 2o-
Vejor General Wood today stated that
training camps for men taken into the
army under draft were "practically as
lured" for Macon (.a Aitken. S. C.
and Chattanooga Savannah and
Charleston also will come in for im-
portant preparation work he said. Two
ar three divisions probably will be
trained at Chattanooga.
GOVERNOR BUYS
' LIBERTY BONDS i
SALES INCREASE
Advertising Campaign Is
Showing Results Says Mee
Governor Williams has swung into
Hne with the liberty loan subscribers
He made arrangements with William S
Guthrie vice-president of the Farmers'
National bank to take a blink of the
bonds the amount of which was not
announced
1000 Subscription
Subscript i to the loan were coming
Into Oklahoma City hanks more rapidly
today than at any other time since the
call wis made At the Security National
tank fifteen persons subscribed to the
loan before 10 o'clock this morning.
One subscription of more thin $1000
was contained in the morning mail
A campaign for the bonds is being
conducted by mail outside of the city
and this now is beginning to bear fruit
sabers Active.
Most of the subscriptions that have
een reeetved so far have been obtained
y the banks inviting their customers
o subscribe as tbev came in.
William Mee. president of the Clear-
tg Mouse association believes the ad-
vertising campaign now is beginning
to those results ami expects tubirrip
tions to tOf in much inoie rapidly in
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Don't Forget These Seven Points
About Military Registration Day
.
WASHINGTON May 26. III its campaign 10 stimulate inteiest in
registration June 5. fur the war army the war department today
issued a nicnuu andiim emphasising the seven cardinal points tO be
remeinliered. particularly by mrii between the ages cii 21 and .VI inclusive
when ihcy will lie required to register. The memorandum follows:
1 There is only one day for registration June 5 1917.
Eveiy male resident of the United States who has reached his twenty-
first and has not leached his thirty-first birthday must register on the
day set June 5 1017. The only exceptions are persons in the military or
nsvat service of the United States which includes all officers and en-
listed men of the regular army the regular army reserve the officers'
irserve corps the enlisted reseive coips the national guard and national
guard reserve tecognised by the militia bureau of the war department; the
navy the marine corps (he coast guard and the naval militia the naval
leterve force (he marine corps leseive and the national volunteeis recog-
nUed by the navy depaifnent
3 Registration is distinct from draft. No matter what just claim you
have for exemption you must register.
Aegiitration is a public duty. For those not responsive to the iense of
this duty the penalty of imprisonment not fine is provided g ihe draft
act.
Those who through sickness shall be unable to register should cause a
representative to apply to (be county or city clerk for a copy of he
registration card. The clerk will give instructions as to how this card
ihould be filled nut The card should then be mailed by (he sick person
or delivered by his agent to the registrar of bit home district. The tick
person will enclose a self -add tested agaaaptdjapavalope for the return to
him of his registration certificate. 'L
6 Any person who experts to be aMPWtTbWws voting precinct on reg-
istration day should apply as aoon aa possible for a registration card
to the county clerk of the county where be may be stopping or if be is in
a city of ovar .10000 to the city clerk. The clerk will record the aaawera
on the card and turn it over to the abaentee. The abaentee should mail
(his card to the registrar of hit home district to that it will resell that
official by registration day. A self-addressed stamped envelope should be
eacloaed with the card to insure the return to the abaentee of a registration
certificate
rBvgwtratUa beetee wW ha
day Jane S I9t7.
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Deadly Germs of Anthrax
Fill Sugar Lumps Found on
Baron Alleged German Spy
Bombs and Poisons Also in
Baggage of Swedish Noble-
man Working Among Rus-
sians at Norwegian Fron-
tier CHRISTIAN!... May 26--An atnar i
i f i i : ... Laalfll
org collection of bombs poisons hac.ll
of deadly diseases and other means of
death and destruitmn. has been seised
hy the authorities here as part of the
"aggage of liar mi von Kosen a Swed-
ish nobleman and alleged to be a Ger-
man agent. The baron fled to Norway
after Iris activities hast aroused the
Swedish authorities He was arrested
hut at he could not he convicted of vio-
lating any Norwegian law he was re-
Iraied with warning to leave the
country.
Baron von Rosen's field of operation
was along the Swedish border. Hit
purpose was supposed to be to aid the
Russians secure food but what success f
he had is not known. When he fled
rom swenen last January part nis
luggage mi snrn ny uir .-twruiMi au-
thorities and found to contain a large
Fair Tonight and
Sunday Forecast
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weather tonight an luneayi coaler te-
nhjM IT AT I rongCAIT Tonight gtn.r.l
iy fair; cecltr lunaay fair; cooler in ea-
treme east aartlon.
ARKANftAH
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HOURLY
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SITE
We a p. or' no rvgiftiitton
quantity of high explosive! packed in
tin cans marked "corned beet " It re-
mained however for the Norwegian
pollot to uncover the real extent of his
equipment After the baron had heen
ordered out of Norway those portions
of hit baggage which had not been
s-i?rd in Sweden arrived in Christianu
ana were turned over to thv police
Among Ihe articles found were cans of
explosives marked "table salt" bottles
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"" "'"iiiii wmi i mi i a i n i ng llll
uff ((f dngpru hai il jden(lhr(l
by lm. e 0 hf laboratory.
boxes of lump sugar each lump con
craling glass vials filled with bacilli
of anthrax or glanders and a number
of expluatve pencils.
This latter article is an ingenious in-
fernal machine and a new departure In
(rightfulness as far as the authorities
here are aware It has toe nprarcnce
of an ordinary pencil hut if sharpened
a drop of acid concealed in a thin
glass tube is released and acting on
other concealed chemicals causes an ex
plosion sufficient to maim or iierhaps
kiii uie snarpener
One scheme of Baron von Roien in
which the poisoned sugar lumps were
fjRurp j believtd 0 hlVf bfr dj.
r
hich the war hat called into twiiut
lt ween the northern Norwegian town
of Narvik and Finland A tremendous
tide of merchandise flows into Russia
along this road by horse transports
Hetwren J.(aa) and 6.001) horses are used
for freighting goods and harns have
been ronstrsKteei along the road for
their accommodation. The plan attrib
uted to Baron von Rosea was to put
the poisoned sugar in the feed boaet in
these barns and start an epidemic among
uie norset which would Cripple the
whole transportation system.
T"""" "-""at1 i '
Red Cross Tent
in Hotel Will Be
Rented Two Nights
The quartermaster's tent established
in the I ee Hu'kins hotel to assist in
the Red Croat campaign hy Oklahoma
City girls will bt ntibred tonight and
Sunday night hv Jnteph Huckint on ar
count ol the crowded condition of the
hotel Mr Hiii kiiu taid this morning
that he would placr a bed m the rn
and rent in fm the uao nights. The
la MfrvMdl will gM W Ue Red pots
1
OKLAHOMA CITY SATURDAY MAY 26 15)17.
BRITISH
TWISTER WIPES
OUT VILLAGE IN
CENTRAL KANSAS
Sudden Descent Gives Victims
No Chance to Escape
FARM AREA DEVASTATED
Sedgwji k
ties
and Harvey Coun-
in
Storm Path
W If HIT A Kan . Mav 2d South
j central Kansas today was recovering
from the ravages of a spring tornado
which lair yesterday tore a lagged patn
'through two i unities and look a loll oi !
i human lues which late conflicting re-
' ports give as between twenty seven and
i thirty
Andale Chief Sufferer.
I Andale a village of less than VX1 in-
; habitants was the chief suffers with
sixteen identified dead I lie Country
district to the northeast near Scdgwiik
reported nine fatalities while two deal
were identified near Newton still lo
the northeast Conflicting reports are
being received regarding unidentified
dead More than a half hundred per-
ions have been injured.
I lie twitter arose in the southwest
and roared down upon Andale with a
aurkasunaatL- Uiau. wnsjaniail iantaraiy j
TTeTeTarT itrlttefrtOTrnSI
funnel-shaped nun of whirring dehrs
slashing a path from a quarter to a
half mile in width residences and busi-
ness buildings of the tiny town jgxte
reduced to splinters with the accom-
panying destruction of human life
Rooming on as suddenly as it came
the tornado swept through what is
known as one of the richest farming
districts of the slate leveling slam'
nig grain and powdering farm houses
and out buildings standing in its patli
Sedgwick Bar civ Missed.
SedgwicK on Ihe northern edge if
the rountv barely was misted hv the
storm only a ftw buildings in one COT-
ner of the city falling before its viol-
ence. The country surrounding how-
ever paid its price in human lives and
demolished property Still the twister
kept its pace and gathering its final
human tribute near Newton dissolved
as suddenly as it developed
A special train was rushed from here
to Andale containing a hastily gathered
staff of pkytlcianl and nurses The
dead and seriously injured were
brought here The victims and injured
in the other localities were attended
without outside aid
No valuation has been set upon ihe
property damage
TRAIN HITS MTO
FIVE ME KILLEI
AKRON. Ohio Mav Three men
and two women all from Akron were
killed late last night when an Erie pas-
senger train rrathed into their motor
car on a grade crossing at Mantua
Ohio near Ravenna I WO others suf
fered severe injuries and another is not
expected to live.
SENATORS WOULD
SUBSTITUTE NEW
AUTOMOBILE TAX
Individual Not Manufacturer
May Have to Pay
WASHINGTON. May 26 - F.limina-
tionof the S penent mannlsi turing tax
ties in Ihe war tax lull as
y the house and substitution
ofHgVnte tax. as yet to ie fixed
r vehicles payable hy those
havwoj possession was decided upon
today bt the tenate finance inmmittcc.
The income tax taction as first
drawn including the 1 pen en I normal
taa and the house committee's surtaaes
alto were adopted by the senate com-
mittee It Struck out however the III-
r rented surtaxes on incomes over
$40.(Sl added in (he house amendments
bv ReptrscfltatbTtj l.cnroot of Witcon-
SHOPPING CROWDS
Insulting Remarks
Lead to Jail Just
As Man Expected
ANGEl ' '. rexaa May 2 -I
P Mprrii n 1 1 oi rion
County was taken into custody
hv the local chief of police last night
for alleged disparaging retltarkt
about the Allien' an g vrinmcnl ( In
his person was found an nnmailed
letter to a woman supposedly lo.
wife. which concluded With the jrn
lence .
'To hell with W W and all pluto-
crats. I may he in jail in ten nun
me hut let her go Gallagher."
A federal officer at San Antonio
was wired hy" the local authorities
asking what disposition to make of
Morris.
AUSTRIANS LOSE
COAST POSITIONS
BEFORE TRIESTE
r-
mnnrtnnt PrnPrP;c Mndp hw
MliPOridlH rfOfeSb IVUlUt: IJV
Italians in South
'
have captured ajoo snore arteaaera
oa the feonto. Ihe war offset aaya.
Heavy fighting ceatinuee.
The Italians made important
progrttt In the coastal region in
Ihe direction of Trieste. Tbey car-"
ried trenches from the mouth of
the Timavo river on the Gulf or
Trieate to a point east of Jamiano
and also the heights between Hon
der and Medeazta.
Associated Preea War Summary.
The German! are making desperate
efforts to oust the French from the
antage points they have gained rr
tenth north of the Chemin des 1 lames
and in the Craonne region The French
are standing fast however In the
( hampagne the French themselves were
successtul aggrrssors. enlarging nm
sidrrably their positions Off both sides
of Mont ( arnillett
(.eneral Haig reports slight improve
.u 5 . u ...;. .u sixteen--attacked southeast F.ii
the British pMtUoni on thejhftwfen y ( '
PI the I arso and Arras . J OT
merit of
right hank
Husband Threw Hot
Water on Her Says
Wife in Petition
Her husband threw hot water on her
a few days" ago almost causing her to
lose her eyesight charges Mri. Jose-
phine Reicherl in a divorce suit against
William Reicherl filed in district court
this morning They were married July
14 IfNO the petition asserts and have
Ihree children the oldest being 19 years
old and the youngest 14 years old
Property valued at several thousand
dollar is asked by the plaintiff in Vldi
lion to the cuttody of the children.
ItlE MAT IEC0ME
MaMOS' MSISTMT
WASHINGTON May 26 -Dr L S.
Rowe. lecretary of the international
high commiislon and protestor ot po-
litical science at the University of
Pennsylvania hat been offered the as
sistant scretarvship of the treasury in
crage of customs
Women Jewelers
in Paris Strike
PARIS. May . -Encouraged bv the
successful ttrikes of women in other
iradei 1.000 women lewelrv worker!
quit- work yteterday The women water-
proof workers have won (heir strike and
returned to work today
Guards to Attend
Musketry School
BOSTON May atV-Jen New Kng
laud MsatngjL aMfd nl Mir
grasftk OfJsjPUKid lieutenant colonel
havi i&taiiifim to attend the mdjaiI
f MM MKIH Vaia
(Fly the Flag)
Sixteen German Raiders
Kill 76 Wound 174 In
Southeast English Town
i aa . i . m
Three Enemy Airplanes Are Shot Down; Berlin
Announces Dover and Folkestone Are Vic-
tims; 33 Children and 27 Women Among
Slain; Many Houses Demolished.
BERLIN May 26. German air aouadrona vaster.
day dropped bom be on Dower and Folkatone aaya the
German statement iaaued today.
LONDON May 26-Gerroan air-
ships to the number of about sixteen
i aided southeast England on T'tiday
evening according to an official state-
ment issued today Seventy-six per
tons were killed. Three of the (ier-
man airships were shot down.
one nunaren and seventy-tour per-
sons were injured
Nearly all the damage occurred in
one town where some bombs fell in
the street causing considerable casu-
allies among the civilian population.
Three hostile airplanes were brouahi
Tim-am UXlifT tht Ngiao coast.
admiralty sratement says
Airdreeae la Attacked.
"The enemy airplanes attacked the
the airdrome at St Denis Westrex
near Hruges. yesterday morning drop
ping many bombs.
"In the evening several enemy air-
craft returning from the raid on Kng-
land were engaged oversea by roal
naval air service machines. An encoun-
ter took place between one Ilritish jnd
ihree hostile airplanes in mid i hannel
and one of the latter was destroyed.
Several encounters took place off the
Itrlgian coast in which two large twin
engine hostile machines were shot down
All our machines returned safely."
Report Iaaued try French.
The following report on the air raid
was made by Field Marshal vieoQOnt I
French .
"A large squadron f aircraft about 1
sixteen attacked southeast Fimland
ec
mug.
li 'ti nnr mmi'"u ai
ner or piaces nm nearly an tne damage
on urrcd in one town where some bombs
fell into the strrets. causing consider-
able casualties among the civil popula-
tion. Some shops and houses also were
seriously damaged
"The total casualties reported by (he
r I a a . a
police (rom all districts are;
Killed. 7(i injured 174
Thirty three Children Killed.
"Of the killed 27 wertv women and 31
were children while 43 women and 19
children were iniurrd
"Airplane of the royal flying corpt
went in pursuit and the raiding aircraft
were engaged by fighting squadroni of
the royal naval air service from Hun
kirk on their return journey. The ad-
miralty reports that three enemy air-
planes were shot down later by the latter."
Special Notice!
Gas Supply Will Be Cut Off
From the City Bataea 2 p.m. anal I p. an. Q
Tomorrow Afternoon
Map 17th. 1917 T
In order to make the necetiary
and dvplicate main line pipes to
We ask all gas tuttomers to
accordingly turn off all gat burners wheat tha
and not to try to use gat until the returning
normal
If the weather should be cold
men I and contenuent short interruption in service will
until weather conditions prevail
the least inconvenience.
Oklahoma Gas
PRICE 2 CENTS
A TOWN ON THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF KNCI.AND. May 2S.
(Via London May 26.) The mott am-
bitious airplane raid yet undertaken
by the Orrmans on (ireat Britain oc-
curred here this afternoon while the
streets were crowded with thooocts.
promenade rs and workers rrturniug to
i meir nomet. ihe raiders dropped a
I large number of bombt apparently in
' bapbaaard fashion from a mile or two
I above thV town killing 76 persona
mostly women or children and injuring
nearly 175 mee.
Vtva la First Saaaaian.
I W t atwdrop df free.
iaht
be teen against the brilliant
which flooded the cloud-flecked sky ex-
cept hy trained observers with Moo
glasses The raider wat followed by
the other four at a slightly lower ele-
valion. They sailed in a bee line across
the town dropping bombs continuously.
Houses Demolished.
Manv person! in the streets firtt
learned of the air raid when they heard
explujions f bombs around them. Tha
rone in which the bombs were dropped
nit a wide swath across the city with
the chief damage in the shopping and
residential districts. The bombs which)
were of large site demolished com-
1 letely houses and small shops which
they struck.
75 Divorce Suits
Passed to June 30
All divorce cases more than seventy
five in number were passed until J tana
X) thit morning hy District Judge Otd-
field Several of these catet had loan
passed from the April astigruaaat.
Some will be tried during the tnoafh
whenever the judges ft I time betwfa
civil and criminal c; a A few ia
tions and demurrers vn heard rodap
MIANMA NOMM
MMIKI $ism
CHICAf.O May X. Miti Aapia
l.re Medcalt. Marlow. ( kla was gt
a
a verdict tor ji.mui against the
cago & Western Indiana railroad
pany in the circuit court here tadtp
for the lots of an arm.
conneelioa
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