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Oklahoma city times
Paid CiicuUtion Guaranld GfMUr Than Any Other Evening Nwppr Pubtiaht)d in Oklahoma. '
ASSORTED faSS
VOL. XXIX. NO. 144.
OKLAHOMA CITY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1917.
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Swedish Scandal May Drag Entire Peninsula
Of Scandinavia Into the European Struggle
EK a58mta
1 Main British blockading fleet at
Itirkland islands as a base maintaining
a blnrkadr across llie northern entrance
frum Scotland to tlw coast of Norway.
Jr-The Fnglish rhannrl fleet block-
ing the Straits of Dovrr and maintain-
ing the shipping lanrs to France.
.V The Sound a strip of water les
than twenty miles widr which is the
only natural entrance to the. Haltic
sea from the North sea via the Skag-
garrak. 4 The Kiel canal built by the er-
mans across the Danish peninsula m
give their fleet direct access to the
North sea and Helgoland fihm the Hal-
tic. 5 Helgoland the great (ierman nav-
al fortress and submarine base in the
Worth sea.
(The Russian fleet bottled tip in
MOUNT CABRIELE
IS OCCUPIED BY
ITALIAN TROOPS
Dol
Hill and Gargaro Basin
Also Captured
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 - Italian
troops have taken from the Anstrn-
Hungarians the fortified bill of ).d
and the (iargnro twin and now occupy
the slope and top of Mount an Gi
hrieje. after severe fighting llie Hal (
an embassy in announcing tnc capture
today said it is the greatest victory
gained by the Italians since their en-
trance into thewar
OIL UAH DONATES TO
TIL1ES TOBACCO FUND
Through the generosity of Frank
Tloopes local oil man 100 packages
each containing 45 cents' worth of to .
hacco will be sent to American sol-1
diers at the front. Mr. Hoopes' check
for $-'S to "Our Boys in France To-
bacco Fund" was received by the Times
today.
A quarter will send a 45 cent park-
age of tobacco to a soldier in the
trendies Arrangements have been
made with several tobacco companies
ta et the tobacco at a low cost and
all expenses of transportation are cared j
for so the entire contrinunon win go
into tobacco for the lioys in the war
Ihe Times' fund now stands at $45Ko2.
Send contributions to the Times.
BOND ADVERTISING
PLAII IS REJECTED
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 Secre-
tary McAdoo's statement today to the
senate finance committee on the wat
credits' bill indicates that the paid
newspaper advertising campaign for the
issue of Liberty bonds advocated by
publishers' associations will not he
adopted. Limited advertising at the
most is possible. Secretary McAdoo
stated. "It may be necessary to use
some advertising" said Serretary Mr- i
Adoo. "I do not know whether it will
be in newspapers or some other form "
HUROEnS DISCUSSED
DEFORE DISCOVERY
RED OAK. Iowa. Sept 14 -Two J
witnesses for the state today testified'
in the rase of Rev. Lynn George Kelly
that the Villista murders were dis
cussed in the town forty miles from1
Villisca. forty minutes More the mnt-i
igrt were discovered They said that
fofljr who is charged with murder in I
njatarrtion with the crime was a party'
r the discussion liut the witness said
soatehody else was talking about the
murders before Kelly joined the discussion.
the (iulf of Finland faring disaster
as a result of the fall of Riga.
Possibilities of all Scandinavia be-
coming involved in the war are seen
following Secretary Lansing's revela-
tions of the ( icrinan-Swrdish intrigue
in sending messages to Berlin from Ar-
gentina through the Stockholm office.
Severance of . relations between the
allies and Sweden is expected unless
the Swedish government makes proper
explanation of its participation in ihe
(ierman intrigue and makes an imme-
diate apology at the same tiniedismus-
ing the responsible officials and giving
assurances that there will be no repe-
tition of such an incident.
On the other hand Sweden may take
the desperate course of siding openly
Belgians Jsk
Lives to Rescue
Dead Aviators
British Airmen Fall in No-
Man's Land; Recovered
Under German Fire.
HAVRI. ' Sept. 14 - A tragic
aerial romb.it took place the after-
noon of September 9 above the
Belgian trenches along the railroad
' from Nieuport to Dixmude An
Foolish airplane which had been
surrounded by five Germans fell
east of KaiiiMappelle in No Man's
1 and with 1 50 yards separating the
lines.
The Germans opened a hot gun-
fire on the F.nglish machine but
several men from a Belgian regi-
ment determined to lend aid
crawled out in the broad daylight to
the aircraft. Both the aviators
were found dead. The Belgians
brought in one of the bodies and
returned a few hours later for the
other. 1 hey saw the Germans rob-
bing the dead man. but the Ger-
mans fled on the approach of the
Belgians. The rapid fire guns re-
sumed their shelling of the spot
where the machine lay but the Bel-
gians nevertheless succeeded in
bringing bark the body of the other
Englishman to their trenches.
URUGUAY SEIZES
GEntlAli STEAUERS
MONTFVIPF.O Sept. 14 -Uruguayan
marines today boarded all the Ger
man ships in the harbor here the gov-
ernment having heard of plans to sink
the vesseb.
Showers Today and
Saturday Forecast
LOCAL FORtCAiT UnaMtlad waath.
e; ahowtr tonight and Saturday; eooltr
Saturday.
STATE FORECAST Tonight unaet.
ittetf; ahowara In weetern portlan: eeoiar
. txteamt
northwaat portion; Saturday
cooler In north and waat per
tlont.
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AKKVNSAH Menernllv flr. warmer
WKMT TKXAH I liaettleil nhowura In
north Hint wrt. .
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PtTROGRAO
RUSSIA
with Germany risking the domestic as
well as international consequences.
I bis would probably mean Germain's
long anticipated seiiure of Denmark.
Such a step by (iermanv would doubt-
less drive Norway into the allied camp
With Norway at war with Germany
the allied fleet would have a base on
the Norwegian coast enabling the l
lies to deal with the submarine cam
paign far more effectively than is now
possible
Some naval authorities are convinced
that such a base would mean practical-
ly ending U-boat activities. Ihe sub-
marines Have been traversing Nor-
way's three-mile limit regardless of the
illegality of the act. But an allied fleet
i.petatmg from a Norwegian bae would
he able to hem the U-boats inside (ier-
man waters the naval experts assert
ARRESTS REVEAL
$100000 FRAUD
IN RAIL BONDS
Two Men Held for Selling Can-
celled Securities
CHICAdO Sept. M.-F.ugene L
17 1 t m ii Aewl Tler Inlltictiirt aft till-
der arrest and four of their associates
... i.. i... .i i... it rnli .
of disclosures' of thru- connection with
the disposition of $1(K).(KI0 worth of
cancelled railroad bonds whjrb are de-
clared to he w. r'lilrss ai cording M
State's Attorney Ifovtie.
Flannigan. who is said to have been a
former police masistrate of F".atwood.
N. J. came to Chicago recently an I
opened offices and acrording to Mr.
Hovne negotiated for the sale of the
bonds He is said to have purechased
for $100 between $140000 and $200 000
worth of cancelled bonds of a $7000-
000 issue surrendered some time agi
bv an eastetrn court. The cancellation
mark made with a rubber stamp was so j
dim that it could be revealed only bv j
close scrutiny. Hankers ' brokers re.il
estate dealers priests ami property
owners in Chicago are assrrted to be
among those who bought the bonds.
ALLEGED RODDERS
TRnEDT0C0UTYETYTms
T. C. Mrllwain and H A Reed the
latter a negro who were arrested by
Mike Conners and John ( assidy at the
corner of Choctaw and Western ave-
nges last night were turned over to the
county authorities today. The police
believe that in the arrest of these two
men they have the two persons who
have been committing many highway
robberies in that section of the city re-
cently. Two women are said to have identi-
fied the two men at the police station
last night.
COURT CONFISCATES
COUNTRY inn CIDER
First blood was drawn bv the county
today in the fight to have the "Country
Inn" declared a public nuisance and to
secure an injunction against the place
when Juslire of the Peace T. F" Pon-
nell ordered a pint bottle of "cider."
seired at the place confiscated. Accord-
I tug to Prputy Mierill Adrean. one of
the offuers who participated in the
raid winch resulted in the seizing of
the cider it was diluted with water.
The iniumtiott suit against the "( nun
try Inn" onerated by 1 red Cameron
n. ii.. i i si. inn. i ......
as I'OIV lOilk.. HMO in. i.iim ..iiK
(7 1 will be heard tomorrow morning in dis-
trict court The county attorney seeks
a permanent injunction against the
place and an nrdrr to ronfiscate or de-
stroy all of the apmirtrnances used in
maintaining It on the grounds that it is
SCHOOL PATRONS
TRANSFER PUPILS
FROM JEFFERSON
Partial Relief From Crowded
Condition Is Obtained.
BASEMENT WILL BE USED
Board Decides to Redistrict
Certain Sections.
The crowded condition of Jefferson
school has been somewhat relieved bv
the transfeiring of a large number of
pupils from that schorl to the schools
in adjoining school districts.
Patrona Help.
"A great many patrons of Jefferson
school are showing an excellent spirit"
said C. H. King principal of the Jef
ferion school today. "Those who live
near the dividing line of the school dis-
trict have voluntarily taken their rhil
dren from the Jefferson school and had
them transferred to the schools that are
not so Crowded.
"These pupils with those who wer'
transferred because they did not belong
in this district has resulted in a slight
relief though of course the building is
still overcrowded."
Redisricting Ordered.
At a meeting of the board of educa-
tion last night it was decided to re
district certain school districts in or
der to relieve the congested conditions
at Jefferson and wlnttier schools.
Some of the children now at Jefferson
school will be transferred to F.ilgemere
and Putnam Heights schools and from
Whittier school they will be transferred
to Hawthorne
The haenienti at the Wheeler
Lowell Culbertion Jefferson Lee Mc-
Kinley Wbfttier and Willard schools
will be used for the present.
STRIKE OF fJETAL
WORKERS REFERRED
TO U.S. OFFICIALS
$AN FRANCISCO Sept. 14 -A
threatened strike involving twenty five
unions affiliated with the Iron Trades
Council of San Francisco and affect
ing approximately 24.QOO men. has been
I"" "P "?' Mrtl Kvernnien so far
'he California metal trades assona
lion is concerned it was announced
here The strike is sel for M.mdav.
Considerable government shipbuilding
would be affeited
Steel Workmen
Paid at Rate Of
$10000 a Year
YnrNT.STOW'NrOhio Sept 14
Several rollers in steel mills here
are earning as much as $ft)0 a
month or at a rate of approximate-
ly $10000 a year a result of the
ineases granted in a recent agree-
ment with Amalgamated association
workers according to managers of
the plants Koughers and other
skilled workers are able to make
$12 to $15 daily
FOR CRIPPLED UAH
HhN R Yr.TTA Okla. Sept. 4-
(Special.) A jury after being out nine
hours returned a verdict of guilty in
superior court here at a late hour last
night and sentenced (i C. Collins a
cripple to riinety-nitie years in the state
prison for the murder of AI Johnson at
a lie camp near here on the morning of
August 20. Collins slabbed Johnson
to death with a butcher knife during a
quarrel over a card game. Collins will
not appeal.
Cowboy Finds $460000 Cached
By Priests in Hills of Arizona
PIIOF.NIX Arl Sept. 14-
The discovery of 4Ml(im cached
in the hills of (iraham county
ibis slate is repotted by II l
Whitman of SolornonvUle who is
now in ( handler near here I he
discovery was nude by Joe Wal
sey. a cowboy
While hunting stray rattle
northwest of Sdotnnn ille Wal
sey found a tree trunk from who h
the handle of a shovel protruded.
Pigging disclosed an iron bos
containing old Spanish gold coins
Yeggmen Crack
But Find Nothing In Safe;
$5000 Hidden In 'Stocking'
.Citizens Watch Burglars at
Work and Ambush Ganp
But Their Escape Is Made
by Single Unguarded Road.
I'.MT.S VAI.I.FY Okla Sent.
14 --(Special) Three yeggmen wlio
blew the s;i(c of the Hank of Kl-
more at F.lmore City a town of
J(KI people fifteen miles west of
here after using eight shots of
nitro glycerin shortly after mid-
night last night were prevented
Irom obtaining between $4 000 ami
$5.1X10 in cash heiause officers of
die bank fur some months have
been depositing . bank funds in a
"stocking" or some secret billing
place after locking up. The safe
lias always been leM empty.
Reached Town Yetterday.
The yeggmen came into Flmore
City early esterdy ia) an auto
mobile. They loitered around the
town all day. exciting the suspicion
of citirens by their anions. The
bank officers were told of the pres-
ence of the strangers and took extra
precautions to hide their money.
Citizens were awakened by the
sound of the first shot They gath-
ered at a safe distance from the
bank to watch the yeggmen at work
at Ihe same time posting guards on
every rod leading from town with
the exception of one seldom-
traveled bv-way It was planned to
ambush the thieves when they left
the town.
Took an Unguarded Road.
When the eight charges had been
finally fired and the empty afe had
been opened and ransacked by the
dltappoirrted yeggs they climbed
into their automobileand took the
only ontisfdd road out of the
rlty They were traveling toward
the Healdton oil field which lies
only a short distance from Klmore.
An alarm was sounded but no
arrests have been made
. ( Ine side of the bank building was
destroyed by the explosion This is
the sixth robbery attempt made
upon the Hank of F.lmore in the last
ia yean.
ONE IS KILLED
AND FOUR HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Okmulgeeans Fall Fifteen Feet
From Embankment.
HF.NRYPTTA. Okla. Sept 14-(S-peciah-I.loyd
Slavton 2.1 rrs old.
is dead; Mildred Hrown 1R years old
is not experlel to live and three others
are probably eriousv injured as the
result of an automobile accident here
at J o'rlock this morning The accident
orrurred one mile north of the titv at
a point known as "Hlue Cut" a sharp
firvf ...
Slavton and P" ot irienns wer.
driving irom wmuK-r
in a seven passeiiKn iimh... s. ...
the steering gear became disarranged
The tar skidded off an embankment
fifteen feet high turning completely
over and landing directly uH.n Slavton
and Miss Hrown. -
Slayton's (best was crushed by the
steering wheel nd Miss Hrown was
raugbt beneath the seal and the
ground sustaining a broken arm and
a number ol fractured ribs besides in-
ternal miuries
Ihev weie riding in the front seal
The others were thrown from the car
and were only slightly injured I hey
all lived at Okmulgee
and gold vessels the inlriiate
working of whuh is said to bring
the value of tie find above H"'.-
mil The g'dd has been taken io
Safford seat of dratum county
and placed in security. Ihe oil
residents of the section declare
WaNev has disu.vered a hiding
plaie j pticsls who left that see-
lion sSf iii seventy five years ago
when it was a part of Mexico.
It has alwavs been thought the
iirtests'buried the (hutch wealth
before fleeing
Elmore Bank
RECONSTRUCTION
WORK IN RUSSIA
WELL UNDER WAY
New Cabinet Being Formed
by Premier Keiensky
BULLETIN.
PRTROGRAD Sept. 14. A (tar
being received by Premier Kersniiy
at the Winter Pajac nd Informed
of the fate which awaited him Gan-
etal Krulmoff commander of the
Kotnlloff troop which ware sent
against Pilrogtad returned to hla
lodging tonight and ihot hlmaelf.
The general' wound war not-
fatal. l'KIK()(KAH Sept 14 -Alihougii
the revolt can be considered formally
ended only after (he announcement that i
i.eneral Nortulolf its leader has at-
tually surrendered the population ol
the country already shows signs of re-
covering its composure; and is attempt
ing a new process ol reronstiuctnm.
Cabinet Being Reformed.
Ihe jrovisional government actively
is taking necrssary measures to restore
the interrupted economic and social life
no annougn ine iiinnamrniai iiiincui-
ties which inspired (enrral Kornilolf s
adveiitute remain hopes are expressed I
that the cabinet which is now under
reconstruction' will in the future show
greater vigor and decision.
l ast night the dirertor of communi-
cation. M. IJverovsky. wat able to an
nounce that railroad communication
hid been restored on the Warsaw
Moscow -Windau and other interrupted
hues which today resumed the trans
port of freight
Petrofrad Recover Calm
Premier Krrensky tonight issued an
order giving to Ihe military governnuj
ol retrograd who temporarily is t.en-
(Centlnued en I Column I.)
GUARDSMAN UAY CO
"UP" FOR ROPERY
I he small sum of 10 rents may cause
Mmer I'ettit to spend lime in the state
. penitentiary at McMester. Pettit a
J. ' .i
member of the Oklahoma
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guard was arrested several days ago on
a ch.irge of highway robbery. He is
aiiegeu io nave neni up ' ienrge .vi
Magee on September 4 and to have se-
cured the sum of 10 cents from him
Mafiee charges that Pettit threatened
him with a billiard cue if he did not
give up the money.
Pettit waived preliminary examina-
tion before Justice of the Teace Amos
T. I"arler today after which he had a
long conference with County Attorney
Selhv endeavoring to determine what menl for Sweden were rovered with
sentence the county attorney would ree- lead caps caused the custom officers to-
commend in else the hov pleads guiltv dav to hold up shipment of .MO easel
I'ettit is not yet 21 vears old. of the nails It was said there wal
! enough lead on each nail for the manu-
NATIONAL GUARDSMAN rrf f " rilr het h h
IIHIIWIIMb UWHIIUaJMHIl ippi(.Mjon (or hipj.ing license con
DRAWS YEAR'S TERP unHn niid
Otis Roberts a member of the Okla
fmm( gtA prtM Kllity j
(jsfrjrt . ay to a charge of steal
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Oldfield senten.ed him serve one
year in the state penitentiary at mc-
Alesler.
Koberls told the court that he enlisted
at Fort Sill on May I. II7 and that
some time after that be was granted
a ten days' leave of absence to come t
Oklahoma City to visit his sister While
here he stole the automobile to go to
see his mother be said. He was arrest-
ed at Wirhita I alls Texas
AMERICAN STEALER
?ILi:0RET0nFEC3ED
LONDON. Sept I4-The American
ship Wilmore was sunk by a Clerman
submarine on September 2 according
to an announcrment made today by (he
Mrittsh admiralty. All the member of
the crew of the vessel were saved
Further details have not been received.
Ihe Wilmore S.frV) tons gross was
formerly known as the Atlantic. She
sailed from Philadelphia August Jo with
a cargo of coal locomotives and crude
oil for a French port. The Wilinote
was armed.
HERCllAtlTS OLOSE OH
CITY'S DAY AT FAIR
Retailers at their regular nleeimg 'to-
day unanimously deridrd to close their
stores during the afternoon on Oklaho-
.ma C ity Pay at the State l air Septem-
ber J
MONEY SECURES
EXEMPTIONS FOR
ST. JOSEPH (.'III
Hifih Missouri County Official
and Clerk Involved
ONE MAN PAID OUT $260
$800 for Other Cases Found;
Arrests Expected.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Sept. 14.--Frauds
under the selective draft law
which threaten to involve a doren ex
eruption olfuials in St. Joseph and
lliichanan tounty Missouri have been
uncovered Frauris M. Wilson United
States district atornev announced to
day. A high county official and a tub
ordinate in Fit office are already In
volved. Mr. Wltson asserted.
Physical Disability Grounds.
The large number of exemption for
physical disability in lliichanan county
first led to the sending of aecret ervic
men to St Joseph thej government of-
ficials said. The percent tlicre durlnr
ine tirit
first week was 75 they asserted
w t a a I - fn Knnsas City exemption fof
physical disability were 18 percent
f)nt it. p.ia gijo
()nf m wh0 wished to escape thi
cm(MP the operatives ay lhat
it cost him' 2ftt for his release. Thii
man was fit for service )n every way
they said. Other 'disclosures led trie-
operatives to the office of a county of
(il.jt whfrf nfy jound jQO wnjcn
prrr rrvj. mp Mint was ob
ujnP( ny nr mr mean.
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OtlE YJ0'Jfrl DD
zxzry 13 DYoa
FALL RIVEft. Ua'SepU4Mr.
Robert Imrmint widow of Robert Dun
nin; an artist wat found dead in bed)
I In a room on the upper floor at the
home of her sister Dr. I.tiey C. Hill
in..
early todav and Dr. Hill was found
unconscious from gas poisonint; in
room on the first floor. Dr. Hill I fx
perted to recover. An investigation it
bring made.
TWO DU."L3.ES
REFOHTEO TO FCU32
Two burglaries were reported to thai
police last night one occuring at 31V
South Hroadwav. where a uuanlitv of
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jHiri or ine io ai inr lauer piacr w.n
not filed at the police station.
'there were no hold tins reported Is
night according to jiolice authorities
HAILS FOm SWEDEN
IIAVEJLEAD 0AP3
KF.W YORK. Sept. 14 - Accidental
discovery that wire nails in a consign
Airplane Raid German Bases.
LONDON Sept. 14. - British naval
airplanes made another raid on tha
"'S'l.i i ini.-i7 v.'vi iiiuiauaj snv
Cerman military establishment in BeU
n dmirily lUlfment lodaf
says.
Draft Exemptions
To Be Reczhed If
ShipnenYalhOut
EATTLE.
Wash. Sept. 14-
S) Shipyard
worker who have
been Granted exemption from
the army draft on industrial grounds
who strike todav in obeyame to the
jtrike call will be automatiaclly cer-
tified for service it was announced
by the district board today
Union officials expect 7.5(10 men
to go on strike here today. 5 ! in
the shipbuilding industry
in the regular carpenter and build-
ing trades work of the city. The
trke order came yesterday as a
a to the battle of organised
labor to enforce the eight hour day
in lumber and shingle mills. Union
workers have been called off of
every job where lumber manufac-
tured in eight-hour plant it being
used union leader said
dnlv l.5(XI shipwrights joinar
and laborers went on strike btfoft
noon tiring up a number of NiCiijH
shipbuilding plant ' 4 .
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