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VOL XXIX . NO. 125.
OKLAHOMA CHIT FRIDAY AUGUST 241917.
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ME0 TOOOFS TO
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SANTA FE MINES
TO BE OPERATED
IN TO STATE
Folsom-Morris Company Dis
regards Immediate Loss
"PATRIOTISM IS FIRST'
Welfare of Nation Above In-
dividual Says Carter
the
ing
coal
op
erated to capacity undeiT
President Wilsons recent price-fixing
Prder irrespective of Immediate pros-
ttctt for either diminished profit or
dual loss according to Dorset Carter
resident of the company in an inter-
iew here today.
Htavy Producer.
The Folsonf-Morris company which
applies coal to the Santa Fe railway
produces about one-fiftJi of the coil
in MV Islinma rA i. nil fi (tip
largest producing companies in the
louthwest.
"Patriotism before profit" wai the
ubstance of Mr. Carter' statement.
"The country can no more afford to
have industrial revolutions at this time
than it can afford to have military
revolutions." sajd Mr. Carter. "I think
that Industry owes al much to the na-
tion as does the individual and in view
f the published statements that tome
f the Oklahoma operators intend clos-
Keir pjants 1 wanted to make It clear
at our properties will continue to
perate."
Carter to Washington.
Mr.1 Carter however said that he
would be a rqember of the committee
f operators soon to leave for iWaih-
(ngtorr to place .the exact situation in
1V tkfiA & ol t-
WstSsent. r- t '
"It wooKr bt tmreesoolble to expect
nose ewnert to eopttaM aoeratinf long
it loss" lie said. Tnst ft ft my opinion
thmjt the properties In this state should
be conducted temporarily even at a loss
until the figures have been placed wkh
those having charge of the country's
coal supply. Then if the operator is
given no relief he can do nothing else
than close down his mines."
Operators returning today from a
Cste-wide meeting of coal men held at
cAlestet yesterday say that mine
owners Oafucularlv in the McAlester-
Haileyvlne field have been hard hit
by the price-fixing order.
Lost sa Screened Coal
Run-of-mine coal cannot be produced
t the maximum ftrice set in the order
they declare; and as for screened coal
and stack loss at government figures
would be very heavy. f
In the Lehigh Coalgate and Henry-
etta fields however some of the coal
men ssy run-of-mine coal can be pro-
duced at a small margin of profit even
under the government figures. Screened
coal and nigh grade coal cannot be
produced at federal prices though.
Operators at- the MAIester meeting
feed prepared exact figures as to cost
of production in their properties. These
figures will be given government rep
resentatives when representatives
ot tne
mining companies arrive lor
.Washington conference.
their
McAlester Mines
Closed Down y
McALESTCR Okla.. Aug. 24-(Spe-cial.)
Cancellation of coal orders by
dealers has compelled the closing down
of alt the commercial mines in this
field. Most of them continued to work
yesterday but loaded cars stand on atl
switch tracks witlmut any orders. The
Rock Island Coal and Mining com-
pany at Hartshorne Gowan and Alder-
son contnue to give employment to
the 1. 100 men there. There are about
1900 idle. They are taking the affair
calmly. Operators today commenced
to compile data on the cost of produc-
tion to present to the government. They
expect to leave for Washington Mon-
day night.
Fall Fashion Show
on September 21-22
The annual falUashion show will be
held here on the night of September 21
and on the day of September 22 ac-
corddrTg to a decision reached today at
the weekly meeting of the Retailers'
association. Live models will demon-
Urate litest styles in show window.
A loan department which will finance
debtors was decided upon. This de-
partment will be capitalised at $5000.
A gold watch was presented to F. .V
Whitten retiring secretary of the as-
socution who nss been employed b
nss been employed bv
the mark trails organisation.
A. ft
McMullin formerly with the Model
Clothing company is the new secre-
tary. .
Rev. I. Frank Roach pastof of the
First Methodist
short talk.
church delivered
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Wfc . MINES belonging to
I Folsom-Morris Coil M in
L company In- the Lehigh
llC field will continue to be
LOCAL BOY WHO
UP
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Del
Long experience in motorcycle riding
and racing which familiarised him with
gas ' engine construction repair and
theory and which immunised him to the
terrors of speed and the fear of acci-
dent are torn of the factors.which have
transformed 'Del Cecil of this city into
a not unskillful aviator within thirty
days. i
Cecil enlisted in the aviation branch
of the navy at the local recruiting sta-
tion about a month ago. He passed
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ENnOLriENT WILL
sciieaLt:
Jew Courses of Study .'An-
nounced for This Year '
Record-breaking enrolment is ex-
pected at the high school for the school
year which will open September 10. En-
rolment will start next Monday under
the direction of W. O.' Moore high
school principal.' Last year's enrolment
was 2090. The graduating class alone
numbered 207. The new freshman class
will be the largest in the history of the
school and is expected to go far beyond
the 500-mark.
'M Juaiors Cproll Monday. t
Under the schedule outlined juniors
will enroll next Monday 'sophomores
Tuesday and freshmen (A') Wednes-
day. The freshmen IBs from the city
schools enorlled last spring and will not
need to enrolf again. There are 361 in
this division of the freshman class. .
All new students irons out-of-town
schools will be required to present their
credits before they will be enrolled.
First-year pupils from ' out-of-town
schools musr present their diplomas or
promotion cards. New students may
enroll any time next week. v
The high school will offer three years
of French and three of Spanish. Sopho-
mores will be admitted tea the beginning
classes in these subjects .
If ew feiatei? CV. - '
The history deMrtnteit under C. W.
Turner also . offers . tOrtcoVses this
year. During the past year experiments
were made in teaching classes In social
problems. This CQarieV.has. proved its
worth along several lines and tlwo or
three large classes will be organised the
first week of school.. . '.
Another new course which will be of-
fered for' the first time at the beginning
of the fall teem li the history of indus-
i
(Cefittnusd 11 Celumn 4.)
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Sunriy Weather
Again Forecast
LOCAL rOAICAST-ralr" weather U-
night ana tatureayj dm much china In
tamparatwr.
tati roniCAar Tomoht fain
4otf In aatsm srtln natures? fair.
KANSAS Fair: warmer Ratur4ay.
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and roolar.
WUf TEXAM-rartly cloudy; r show-
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WILL HELP "BUND THE BOCHE"
Cecil Local Aviator Seated in Hla AirpW
successfully alf the trying tests imposed
upon embryo birdmen hnd was seat to
the naval aviation training school at
Warrington station '.near' Pensacola.
Fla. .He had only become 21 years old
a few days befqj;ctiis enlistment
During his month of training he has
made rapid progress and Is now per
mitted to handle one of the "ground
machine" by himself. Three other Ok-
lahoma City boys are with him at the
station.
LW.W.'s Fail:
ENID (jkl; Aui 'tWrttM
masked men thought to' have been I.
W. W.'s had overpowfjed and at-
tempted to burn him alive the pumper
at a j.500 barrel oil well on the "Neil
farm near Hillings last night escaped
and fought the men away from the
casinghead of the well ' as they at-
tempted to remove it and set the well
a Are. The three men escaped one of
them with a serious knife wound in-
flicted by the pumper. .
vv snisk 1 1 IV auiiifsrr vywsta vwi wi
according to his story he overheardN
the men ssy they were members of the
Industrial Workers of the World and
that members of that organisation
would burn the oil fields. '
The men previously had failed in an
attempt to throw the pumper into a pit
of burning oil. '..
CORPORATION TAX
NOT HIGH EC0U6U
GOVERNOR TUS
Reassessment "of Railroads
' Favored by Offutt
"Oklahoma City corporations and
the corporations of the entire state
are not assessed high enough and the
state board of equalisation still has a
chance1 to raise their .valuation" said
Governor William today. '
. OUd of SUUmeat ' '
The Oklahoma county excise board
has seen (It to criticise the state board
for not assessing 'public -service cor-
porations higher said the governor.
1 am glad the board has raised this
point. I hsve contended all along
that corporations were not assessed
high enough and It Is not too late to
chsnge them. It wouldn't surprise me
if this wouldn't provide interesting
work for the state board at its next
meeting August 30."
Governor Williams todav reiterated
his threat to withhold $42000 from
Oklahoma county for the building of
the Newcastle bridge if a satisfactory
tax assessment is not made
Up to Count?.
'The stete board has Instructed the
county tn raise the valulaion of Okla-
homa City 10 peseetit and it is up to
the county excise board1 to do as the
state directed." he said.
"The county need not expect credit
for higher assessments of politic aerv-J
(Continued tn SUqa I Column 4.)
i:u;:::ied t:;iii::i
LOAN TO RU3CU
WASHINGTON Au 24-Anothrr
credit of $100000000 to Nuia was
made today by the American govern-
ment '
Cecil has an enviable reputation as a
motorcycle rider; On September 24 of
last year he finished second m a read
race between Oklahoma City and ' El
Reno and aturn. Engine trouble pre-
vented him from coming in first. Hs
received his education in the local
schools and lived here at the home of
an aunt and uncle TOO Kast Sixth street.
There are twenty-five hedrs at the
Warrington station. Eactt house three
aeroplanes. " .
nri ArnMA nnnrr
Ill 111 I III Hi H I
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First 'Third Can Be Sent tblnt'of the
r i A n ivecond train
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uamp Dy oepiemDer ( or o
oilahoma will not have 'one-third of
its draft i army ready to be sent to the
training camp September 5. Ad. Gen.
Ancel ' Earp today telegraphed to theV
war department.
Botfe Divisions Slow '
The notice to the wsr department fol-
lowed a visit to Tulsa by General Earp.
From his investigation of conditions
there he says ii wilt be a physical ho-
possibility to tfet the quota from district
No. 2 of the eastern division In time to
get the men away by September 3. It
also appears 'Improbable that the west-
ern division of which Oklahoma City is
a member; will - have one-third of Its
quota certified Hv time.
The first sflstrtct of the eastern di-
vision wboie Iptellata board meets at
Muskogee lai Artlfled onT-third of
its quota to the adjutant general. Lo-
cal boards in this) district shouted more
speed than those in the' remainder of
the state. ;
Local. Besuts BUxwd.
The necessity for quick action on the
part of foeal Boards was reiterated by
General Earp today. The hands of
the appellate hoards which meet a
Tulsa and Oklahoma City have been
tied by the slowness' of the -Ideal
boards be says.
In hit telegram to toe war. depart
am to the war. depart
iSTttLbt:
ment today general
that Oklahoma'
ready by Septembei
had- been -received
oartment this aftemooai. '
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DUTTfJ Mont." Aug. i4.Because of
the strike of smeltermen at the Washoe
works at Anaconda the Anaconda
Copper Mining company .today an-
nounced another shutdown of its prop
erties in Montana. All the mines will
be closed together with the smelters
at Anaconda and Great Falls. Other
mines that deffknd upon these smelter
also will be compelled to cease opera
tions Approximately IS.OGD men will
be affected.
"AUSTIN. Texas Aug. 24-After a
committee of nine members of the
houle had been appointed today to draw
up impeachment charges against Gov-
ernor james E. Ferguson for presenta-
tion to the senate the house recessed
until i o'clock this afternoon. The
house committee of the whole which
heard the charges against the governor
which were preferred by Spaaker F. ().
Fuller late yesterday voied to present
impeachment charges to the senste.
I). S AIRPLANES
WILL OE USED BY
AVIATORHDROAD
Tests of Three New Types
Are Satisfactory
MOTOR NOT FOR SPEED
Durability and Reliability With
Great Power Sought
WASHINGTON Aug. 24 -Tests of
the first of the standardised United
States airplane motors designed and
built under the direction of the aircraft
production board Make it practically
certain that .American-made fighting
machines will be available for service
in France early next year. Results from
several tests have been highly satisfac-
tory it is learned.
Probably three types of service craft
for the army will be turned out. They
will be the smalt swift machines de-
signed for air duels and. to screen ob-
servation and bombing craft; daylight
bombing machines slower than the
fighting craft but still fast enough to
minimise the danger of the anti-aircraft
guns and big enesigh to carry observers
and photographic outfits and bombs in
addition to guns and still slower night
bombing machines in which carrying ca-
pacity Is increased at the expense of
speed because darkness protects them
from gunfire. ...
i ne uniteo Mates motor it -srnnder
rt00- no .ln1 P'i"Jri' or
Ipeed. Durability and reliability co-
ordinated with a high ratio of power
for' each pound of engine weight was
the object of the American engineers
who worked out the plans.
vt.tn'n.af Katteai ami
''jorrlf-rr
rrf rrr nfcH i Fort
CJi iimU ftrit carrrtef
eomaiify Of teitMl infantry and
one eomi
two eoeirtpaniM of XahsAs engineers in
addition to nMdoujrtafl end sanitary
details was In charge or Major Leigh
Kansas engineers The
was commanded by Major
Slayton engineers and included a bat
talion of Missouri engineers. There
were 32S men on the Missouri train
and 500 on the Kaniai train. Ten car-
loads of MUsoui field artillery are ex-
pected here tonight. The engineers
will be Quartered at Camp Doniphan
and wUl lay out the camp.
Bungalow to House
Information Bureau
A miniature model bungalow will be
erected by the Oklahoma City real es
tate board at the corner of Main and
Broadway during state fair week in
which an information' bureau will be
maintained for -the benefit of visitors.
This was decided upon at a meeting of
the board held today at the Skirvln
hotel. t v
Copies of ordinances of othee cities
providing' for 'competitive bidding be-
tween concrete brick asphalt and other
companies on paving contract will be
here for discussion at the next meeting
it was reported.
' The board will tend a night letter
tonight to the Oklahoma congressional
delegation asking that certain details
ol the pending revenue bill be scanned
closely. An exceesive tax on certain
details oi tne rea estate business is
feared.
m MMamal
' .C? mil I1ELEASE
District Judge Oldfleld todsy issued
an attachment for Robert Cook court
reporter to be brought into ocurt at
1 JO o'clock this afternoon to read the
testimony and present a transcript of
the testimony taken in the preliminary
hearing of Karl.M Llndberg charged
with wife murder whose habeas corpus
application was set for today. The
habeas corpus hearing wilt be held at
1 :30 o'clock if members of the sheriff's
force succeed in locating Cook.
I.indberg received a number of vis-
itors at the county jail May and stated
that he believed he could secure bond
In a nominal sum if it was allowed.
He seemed confident that he would se-
cure his release (or a short time at
least.
TWO CI3
PERMITS MCl'D
Two building permits amounting to
$10000 or more were issued from the
office of the building inspector today.
Roth ' were taken out by Stewart ft
Wilderson. contractors. One is for the
erection of a two-story stucco and hol-
low tile residence at 1512 West Four-tt-rttth
strrrt at a cost of $IJ.000. The
other is lor repairs on the old iity
hall building at the corner of Grand
and Broadway which will cost ap-
proximately $10000
Senator Asserts-Rwfc?6
T. r T
i u Leave i exas m Ui
D.L ... r ' iff. A. I .V
oauer nays
Thorough Invbtiffation of Hointon OJ.
break as City Is Plcfced. Under
Law and Search for 100 Micrina tll
Soldiers Is Begun.' ; v ' f Jyffi
WASHINGTON Aug. 24-Stor Sheppard of TC '
after a conference with BocrtUry Bakir talr?
nounced that the negro trap concerned la tht tV.
at Houeton would be withdrawn from Tetaa In
dlately. ' ' :
'fitter Tftlcee No Action. X-'
Later Secretary Eakar tiUr readlnjj first official rtzz:
announced that he could take no action of any kind iintil L.
affair had been inveitifUad fully. y
Secretary Baker alio laid that the Houiton affair did
affect the policy of training ntfto troop in the eouth. V '
It ii within the jurisdiction of the comejnder of the ttt
era department to move the trdopf to any other point 13 I
territory without orderi from Waanlertoa. .
Affair Cidorod IZui t&mu. 1
The affair waa regarded aa moet.urioui particulttf
view df the fact that the negro troops' tSncerned were rtr-
ana not national guardemtn or drann.troops new to rtr
army discipline' :.. -" . -'
Thj ilmjllarity of thepecurrence to the celebrated Er?r
vllle rioting as the result- of which President Roosevelt C
manly dismissed two battalions of negro troops b raarktd; c
officials indicate that the affair will bt Invtxtbated is
thoroughly and dealt with as
They realUa that It accentuates
liing negro troops In the south Against which prottta' r;--
been coming in and which hs
witn an embajTaasing situation.
of the two companies of ths Twenty-fourth infantry which -
gaged in a riot last night and caused the death of seventies r
the wounding of more than a score of periona are belnjct.
today by strong patrols of regulars and Illinois national etc.
men under the command of General John 'A. Hulen goC.
of the city now under martial faw.v j ." - . t M
Throe ConMOJaleo oi-Artlsrv. ''
Three compuiles of coast mrtlllo rtjulan fro T
Crockett reinforced the 1.QQ0 or. raort ICnoUriardrrta t
and order which waa restored sarly thil ttttliz b tl (
talnod. Roll call -this oornlai by CipUln wow ja ccc:
the battalion or negroes dotolopod isimca wcra ttzzz. I
teen of these have surrendered and ethers art being nzzii
by the military patrols as the search cf tiit ntxro dieted f -resses.
' . . - . ';' s
. Eoldiors May thA " '.. h
Under martial law. It wo stated cadiers may be shct L
having mutinied and fired on their officers v. k y
Gudess Troops '
Locked Up To
Avert Massacre
r
Texas National Guardsmen
Are Held Back; Illinois
t Negroes KecpDut.
HOUSTON Tenas Aug. 24-The
Texas national guardsmen here await
ing training orderi to go .to Camp
Kowie were without' arms during last
mint's riotine and their offiters quick
ly mobilised their men. at armories and
held them under restraint in one caie
behind locked iron Bates to orevent
their being uselessly iscrlflced before
(he uni of the narOirmstlnMrs. - '
Of the troops in the city at the ilene
the rioting stsrtei aside from the ktt
talion of negro soldiers ol the Twenty
fourth infantry the following were IHI
i n i S a
iiwi uiiii. t . .
Company H Second infantry Chi
csgo 1J4 men fkae' effieeta.
Company R Second inantry Chi.
cago. Bl men. three offleeri. .
Compann C TrrlM lnfajrtry Ottawa.
14 men three offleeri .
Company E Fourth fasfahtry
bondale 12) men. Usee offleera. V
Compfnjr E FlfcS' krfantrr HHU.
ooro jm iassa ntrer cxsicera. '
Company A SevenOi Infantry Chi
cego 102 men. three offleeri. fr
Compinv G Eighth infantry colc-d
Chicago 137 (Wen. three offMattV
Battery A Second Field .tMt
vmcagp in rmnv live oiiieere. i
First Field Hospital company Chi-
cago 80 men. six officers.
Company E Flnt engineer!' Chi-
cago 164 men (our officers.
The negro guardsmen from Illinois
took no part in the disturbance Re-
maining in their quarreri and under
control of their officers' throughout
the night Today they were likewise
held to quarters and special precau-
tions were taksn to prevent out-
break though the men were not under
armed ftTHd
. aa Awix'fc'
MUTuer hi
IV
Vigorously aa Its nature dtxo:
fat delicate qusstlon of ct
eofrontod .the war depart;: t
; . 1 ;int
. CIih ef Ike llaHaf.
The rlelint aecordinf to heat in '
counU available waa caisse4 kylrr
feeling bred among the negroes tfcff
the treatment aceord4 lonta of't
by dry pelke offloera. 1 A -r!"
police the efrots patrolled tn i
elrotif e-f the city whia mr" "
Use battaHan were releaet I
camp on put. ' ; v
Several minor cbuhei eetT
tween the wMte tseM uA Lit
the latest praoadLa.Cta tit r
in the arrest of two arto tr
interfering when a JtJir .
car arrst4 w..n-'
oroera DM -- I
to watch U leetiXrfc
to- lorieW.arflsdfca xr-s
anstl Aim mtM JJy t
. J r w-di r ew s"
aSLreJSESBSS-'
m fri teTo Caeaa
Lorin. 0 tert assigned to detf
itba rity. Twf soldiers were detailed ;
ww wsp mmm ssrwa as vsss BS Mwm vat snsesn m-wmr
itreeti.
ntsJotJen Welt fas lani.
tjirv and enuntv officer! are
ating with and following the
tioni of the military officer! anSJt M
officially stated that the d"0-
so well in hand that wh 2JL-
permitted to assemble and cwdrf
action breaks out there will he no tor.
hfiuded'in the Hit of dead is a he-
gri lergeint. Vide Henry be ievedto
Kv beVthe ringleader In the He- :
insr. Henry i ooax was row rmv.
:. kurbihot about a ouarter ti f
mile distsnt from the camp llasta
score or more persons are wpteTf
Weenesd Offleer
Itnrara Moodv. OM of tf" t
pohce offtcen frho.sr'
t.on of the '
the hospitaL A J.
f fcsnllH gsSM"fc oaf (en Um mmA OeaVi
more were sUtalled to each street cor
Her. lir dpwntown section of too
hjr. Orierf were t'n to orn the
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