Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, January 14, 1918 Page: 1 of 14
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z Oklahoma City Times late street
Paid Circulation Guaranteed Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
VOL. XXIX. NO. 248.
ASM K 'I ATK1 HtKNH
I.KAHKP VVIIIK KKI'ciHT
OKLAHOMA CITY MONDAY. JANUARY 14. 1018.
PRICE 2 CENTS
BIGGEST U.S. TANK SHIP IS LOST
ONLY SEVEN CARS
OF COAL IN CITY;
MORE DUE TODAY
Four Tons Found at Ford Plant
Offered for Sale.
BRITTON PROMISED CAR
Gas Company Chart Indicates
rive-Ounce Pressure.
Although report! to the state corpora-
tion commission would indicate that a
coat f.iinnir in Oklahoma City has been
Itaved off for awhile ll.r coal lias not
materialized in the Oklahoma ity re-'
tailcrs yards. There were wven cars on
hand at noon or in tlir railroad yards
here awaiting twitching to the knowl-
edge of retailers.
Fourteen cars of coal are coming to-
dav over the Katv railroad from Shaw-
nee according to a message received hy
the corporation commission The county
fuel administrator rereived encouraging
report! regarding coal inVransit hut the
actual presence ol the fuel has nit been
apparent as yet.
A survey of the retail coal yards in
Oklahoma I 'ity at noun todav revealed
that there are six full cars and ten tons
on hand and that sixteen cars are in
transit to the retailers In detail the re-
tailers trportcd supplies and orders as
follows
Retailers Have Seven Cars.
The J O. Black & Son Coal com-
pany reports that it has no coal on hand
bui lias one car in the Santa l-'c yards
awaiting placing.
Mrs. Fannie Poral reports that she
has no coal on hand hut has six cars in
transit. She doej not know when the
car will get here.
The Pa.kingtown Coal and Feed
Company reports that it has no coal on
hand hut has one car in transit where-
JHV ntx imrerfam.
Ford and DutUl Coal company reports
tli.it it has ten tons of mine run coal
brilund equal to one small car. and that
there art a dozen wagons waitiiiK to
he loaded I'liev have two cars on the
Santa Fe tracks and two more in transit
The y H. Schofield company re-
ports that it has three cars of mine run
coal on hand and that there are seven
in transit
The A M DeBoll Coal company re-
ports that it received one car this
morning and that 'there is no more in
silit.
The Garrison Coal company reports
that it has no coal on hand hut is ex-
pecting one car during the latter part
of the week
Fouiteen jtaia Coming..
J M Cavle traffic expert of the
stair corporation commission received
word that fourteen cars of coal are due
to arrive on the Katy from the Shaw-
nee division Reports to the corpora
tion commission were to the effect that
this coal would he in the Oklahoma
City ards hefore nightfall.
J. II Johnson county fuel adminis-
trator said no arrivals of coal had been
reported to him up to noon and this
(Continued on Pane 2 Column 2.)
WILSON'S SPEECH
SENT TO TROTZKY
AT BREST-LITOVSK
Ambassador Francis Warns
Russians of Separate Peace.
By the Associated Press.
PB i ROGR l. Jan 13 (Sunday).-
David R Framis the American ambas-
sador in greeting the RtlSlian people on
the occasion of the Russian New Year
which is tomorrow. January 14 has is-
sued a statement to the Russian ptess
in whit h he says
" I he hest greetings I ran Rive the
Russian people from the American pCO
pie is President Wilson's message to
i. .ngrrss on January 8 (December 26
old style) which has been given in full
to the Russian press "
Russians Are Warned.
The ambassador said that the mes
sage expresses ileatlv the friendship ot
America for Russia adding: "I he
Russian people however cannot he too
often reminded or too deeply impressed
hv the fad that theit hard earned free-
dom is jeopardised hv negotiations for
a separate peace or that if German)
dominate Kusia their highly prised
lihertv and fruits of (lie revolution will
he sacrificed.
Ttntrky Qatl Speech Tet
The full text of President Wilson -int.li
r. 1 1 1 ongi ei s which reat had Pel
rogrtd only Friday already has been
telegraphed bj Psemiet I cnlna to Poi
rign Minister Trotikv and other mem-
bers of Ihe Russian delegation at Hrrst
Lltovsk
Lauder Rouses Patriotism
By Theater Speech in Which
Humor Blends With Pathos
"Don't fiiow War Weary."
Urged Comedian in Passion-
ate Appeal for an Anglo-
American Alliance.
An alliance of the English speaking
ia.es of the world to oppose the mili-
tarism of the German speaking races
thjt is the prime ohject ol Harry Lau-
der In his tour of America In a speech
hefore thousands of Oklahoma Cityaps
at the Liberty theater shortly after
n i today he outlined his dearest
scheme
Harts' of the hum toiiuue took off
his cap and hells and uncovered his
heati to show to Oklahoma City that
leneath the motley of the clown there
are human emotions love patriotism
and hatted
His first public appearance today
following his late arnval in a special
car this morning at at the Kotarv
club luncheon in the I ee Huckini hotel
at 1 1 M) o'clot k
nines With Rotariaae.
The banquet room on the meiianine
floor was filled with the largest crowd
in the history of the local Rotary cluh
Scores of Rftarians and their wives
were forced to take tables in the small
lianiiuet toom adioining and in an
overflow meeting in the I.ee-Huckins
dungeon downstairs
Lauder entered Ihe hatujuet room
preceded by a hand of Scotch pipers
who were skirling "The Campbells Are
Cnmin' " in true "hielan' " style. The
chief guest did not speak at this meet
mg hut reserved his talk for the Lib
ertjl theater where at 12 .10 o'clock he
addressed a crowd that filled the build-
ing tri capacity.
One hundred and fifty seats were re
served on the stage of the theater for
Rotary club members and the first
seven rows in the parquet were reserved
for their wives. Lauder's talk lasted
about three quarters of an hour.
Given Ovation at Thtater.
When Mr. Lauder came on the stage
of the theater proceeding his pipers
he was given an ovation by the crowd
which filled every seat in the home
The Rotanans marched down the
center isle to the stage
Just after the Rotarians were seated
Mi Lauder came on the stagr As soon
as he appeared every man woman and
child in the house rose and it was fully
five minutes before the cheers cleared.
Asks Support of War.
W. W Warren president of the Okla
homa firy Rotary cluh made the intro-
(Contlnued on Pag 2 Column I.)
CHIEF OF MINERS
IS FORBIDDEN TO
ORGANIZE UNION
Supreme Court Takes Hand in
West Virginia Muddle
WASHINGTON Jan 14 - President
Frank J Haves and nine other officials
and members of the United Mine Work-
ers of America were today ordeted hy
the supreme court to show cause why
thev should not he declared in contempt
of court for violating injunctions re-
straining representatives of the organi-
zation from attempting to organise em-
ployees of Ihe Hltchman ( oal and Coke
company of Wheeling W. Va
The court ordered the miners' of fi. ials
lo appear in court at noon March 6 to
show cause whv they should not be ad-
judged guilty of contempt of the su-
pteme court and of its authority and
jurisdiction and punished accordingly."
Six to Fourteen
Degrees Forecast
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LOCAL PORECAST-Cloudy unaettleti
nt) colder tonight with a minimum tam
paratura of S to 14 degraea. Fair and
omtwhat warmer Tuesday.
STATE FORECAST tonight fair and
".' foldar In aaetarn and southern
nortlon. Tutlday. f ale warmer In north.
ern and weateen portlona.
HOURLY
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OKLAHOMA CITY
WILL ESCAPE
STORM CENTER
Worst of Latest Cold Wave
Not Be Felt Here
Arrival of the storm scheduled for
last night was het aided here at 8 o'clock
this morning by a slight flurry of
snow and an immediate drop in tem
perature accompanied by a stiff north
wind. From the weather bureau it was
reported that the -prospects were that
the storm would not be severe.
Oklahoma City it was said is in
effect only on the "edge" of a huge
storm sweeping ovrr the southwest
Temperatutei are expected to de
i line this morning from the 1') degrees
lecorded for three hours this morning.
nut are tun expected to tan DdOW
degrees above zero
1100 Merchantmen
Have Been Armed
Against Submarines
W ASHINCiTON Jan 14 Pleven
huntded ships have been amred hy the
navy against submarine attack since
last March it was tevealed today in the
teport of the naval house suh commit
lee investigation published today.
Ihe committee says the report is ini
pressed with the wartime efficiency of
the ordnance huteati of the navy whiih
has not only responded promptly lo a
demands for ordance of standard types
hut has lotifid time to develop new ma
lerial such as improved depth charges
imssi screen apparatus and heavier
gun equipment for aircraft
VIENNA RATIONS
ARE CUT IN HALF
ZURICH lan 14 The municipal
Council Ol Vienna threatens to resign
and disclaim ail further retponsibllits
for ferding the . it v. declaring that the
permanent reduction of the flour ra'inn
i annot he borne hv the population
Hittet complaint is itade hv the
Neue Prei I'resse of the action.
ONE OF EVERY 8 I0VVANS
OWNER OF AN ANT0M0BILE
DES MOINFS. I'.wa One out of
every eight Inwans owns an automobile
Pigurei issued at tin stale house to
day showed that mora than 282000 au
tomobilea were registered last yeai
This was OWI more than the preced
mg year bringing in $1. Ml. 718 in li-
cense fees an avrtage of ti.S rents for
every man woman and ilnld 1(1 the
state.
1 6 ARE KILLED
IN TEXAS WRECK;
OKLAHOMAN HURT
Nine Moie Injured In Smasliup
Neai Bremoud
SOLDIERS ARE AMONG DEAD
Stea in I rom Bursted Pinos
Scald Many of Injured.
HOUSTON lexas Jan 14 - Sixteen
persons wire killed and nine injured
early Monday morning as the result of
derailment ol Ihe north hound Hous
ton I lesas ( rniral passenger train
which left heie for Dallas late Sunday
The known dead
LEO BLOCKER Navasota Texas.
BABY MARTIN Damon J'esas.
hild of Mr and Mrs Edgar Martin.
JAMBS NEWMAN fi years old Dal
las Texas
Among those less seriously injured
was Arthur Crabber Tulsa Okla.
The accident occurred at Hammond
Switch six miles south of Hrrmond
at .1 25 a. tn.
Two steel coaches directly behind
the mail tar were crumbled tn shapeless
ssrs of wreckage and it was the
passengrts aboard these who made up
tfle toll of six of the dead Hescuers
worked in the dark with torches placing
the dead and injured upon an express
ear which was immediately started for
Waco
Soldie's Among Dead.
Of twelve bodies known to have been
taken from the wrcik one was a
woman two hovs from LS to 16 years
of age two soldiers and the other five
were civilians.
' Five additional bodies were later re
ported found in the ruins of Hie sarond
steel coach. No identifications have J
vet been definitely made.
Several of the dead were badly scald
ed hy steam escaping from broken heat
ing pipes of ihe shattered day coaches
The Pullman coaches did IMH leave the
rails according tO reports from relief
parties
Train Split a Switch.
Hie accident was caused hv the split
ting ot a swifch at the Hammond hliu I
siding according to the hest inlorma
lion obtainable.
The eniiine. lender baggage and mad
cars passed over the switch safely but
either a broken brake beam or other
fault caused the trucks of the first steel
Coach to leave the main tta'k over the
twitch point ditching it and the next
coa h following both being .rushed hy
the unpad of the heavy Pullmans
which however were hut slightly dam
aged.
PACKING PLANTS
FORCED TO CLOSE
WHEN COAL FAILS
Armour and Swift Hit Hard by
Chicago's Blizzard.
CHICAGO Jan. 14 The huge pack-
ing plants of Armour and company and
Swift and company were ihut down to
day because of the Inability to ohtain
coal. The employes were armed with
shovels and set to work clearing the
tailroad tra. k entering the sto k
yardl of snow Hundreds of cattle and
hogs are reported tO have petishej on
slock cars because railroads were un
aide o move them
SHIPPING BOARD MAY
SEIZE All VESSELS
WASHINGTON Jan 14 Requlsl
Honing of all American vessels was
forecast todav when Ihe shipping hoarfl
requested the department ol commerci
lo repot! the location of lUch vessels
Se.retary Kedfield teplied that 175
sailing vessels with a cargo carrying
rapacity of 425000 tons now are with
in or adjacent to American territorial
waters
HOLDS CROWD OFF WITH
GUN AS HE BURNS $'00
LEW1STON Pi loieph Carlos
ii yean old 11 Hawstoni decided to
burn 20 lolls
i irloi celebrating and said a
mai wai worse off with money and no
plaie to spend it than without the
money With a revolve! he kepi the
erOWlj from interfering while the mon-
ey was burned li was his savings for
a vrat.
A. P. Gardner
Is Near Death
iLaUtlaLi... --aaSjtJ
.SB
Major Augustus P. Gatdnar
MA( ON' Ga Jan. 14-Major A P
Gardner former congressman from
Massa. husett who resigned whrn wat
was declared In enter Ihe army Is in a
dying condition al Camp Whetitt today
from pneumonia
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE ROBS ARMY
OF FOOD SUPPLIES
Large Warehouse in Washing-
ton Is Ruined hy Baize.
WASHINQTON. Jan 14 -A quality
of army supplies including 4l.ism.mm
worth of food was destroyed the ijuar-
Ifrmaster warehouse ruined and several
other buildings damaged by a fire todav
at the Washington barracks occupied
hy engineer ttoops The (lames were
given impetus bv the explosion of a
quantity of gasoline stored in one part
of Ihe big warehouse
Aftrr a hard fight of aiihour and a
half the fire was extinguished An
ordnance building containing a .pian-
tity of small arms ammunition was en-
dangered but lOldierS removed what
was stored there The origin of the fire
has not been disclosed bv officials at
the post A limited quantity of clothing
and shoes was destioyed
AMERICAN TRAWLER
IS SUNK ABROAD
WASHINGTON Jan 14 An Ameri-
can trawler operating in l''urope.in
waters has been lost hv sltiking a ro. I
Vlmiral Sims teporled Ihe. sinking of
Ihe little vessel to the navy department
today All members of Ihe . rew weie
saved.
ENGLAND MUST NAVE
HALF MILLION MORE
SOLDIERS FOR WAR
LONDON Jan I4 Between
420000 and 450000 troops musl he
raised at oncetn ibis country Sir
Auckland Geddes minister of
national set vice told the house of
. Offlmoni today.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON Jan I4-Ctea-lion
of a volunteer reserve nf 450
000 shipyard workeri is planned bv
tha ahfpping board. The men will
he recruited with assistance nf state
defense councils.
Kaiser Picture
Stolen Burned;
Wants Revenge
Ml" HOII l Minn Because tliniv
young men late- last night broke into
his house and look a pi. lure of Ihe
kaiser whuh wa hanging on the wall
and built a bonfire of it in the street
at Hgwley Minn (jcorgi H Peters
asked c t Dosland county attorney
here today to start criminal action
agaitl't the men
Ihe county attorney obtained an af-
fidavit from Peters ami sent it to 'lie
attorney general of Minnesota who
Will dri.de what ICtioll wijl he lak'M
In his afftdav. Peters savs be bad
the picture Iwentj even years and ir
eeived it as a premium from a I hlcaqo
newspaper II. valind it personally al
S 1 at alibi ugh it was probably not
vs.."1 ovrr 2S 'ruts when he received it
a IE
Nitro Plant
On Farm Fake
Rancher Says
lan Who Blocked Railroad Of-
fers to Help Plow Rlght-of-Way
Ovei His t and
William Eastey who was recently
given a hearing and lain lajeasrd in
Bond on 'a charge of planting IS8
quarts of nitroglycerin on ins farm
lo present the Santa l e railroad f r in
laving a track on his premises now
denies having planted the explosives
according lo a lellct received hy Manev
Brothers f l ni who have ihe contract
lor laving this parti ular track from
ihe Santa Ke engineer who is super
Intending the work in t'ge county
I he letlei i radi
"You may have nn tear that thtt
are tome I SI ipiaits ul nllto glycer-
in planted on his ( Kaalay's) land as
we have a positive atatement from
Kasley that ll was nol planted on
Ihe tight uf way and says that he
Is willing and will hold lha plow
lor plowing up any pottlun of lha
land un lha right-of-way."
In the I 'mted State toiirt Kasley was
released on bond which at lirsl was III
al 130000 bill was later reduced 10
$!.mm upon his promllC that he would
go to the farm and dig up the explo
'ives which he testified that he had
had planted hy someone whom be did
not know
Kasley married an Osage Indian and
the land which he acquired in this man
tier sfllh (hat winch he had previously
nwrted comprises one ol the largest
pastures in Osage lountv He said
that if a track was laid on bis land il
would greatlv depreciate its value. He
asked J.tlimm from the Ssnta Ke for
the tight of way An appraising hoard
placed a valuation of $Ai(l for the prop
Bttj
OENERAL WOOD MAY
REMAIN IN FRANCE
CAMP R'NSTON. Kan Jan. 14.-
The headquarters stuff of ths Kighty
ninth division at ( amp PunitOM is he
ginning to believe it will HOI see the
chief Ma) lien Leonard Wood
until the division lands on the other
side A rumor has rea. bed headquar-
ters from Washington thai etteral
Pershing has asked thai deiieral Wootl
be left in f rame awaiting the arrival
ol bis division.
CHANCELLOR WILL
ANSWER WILSON
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Count Hertling Plans Reply to
Entente Speeches
AMSTERDAM Jan 14 Moat im-
portant conferences were held in Herlitt
al the week end according to Giffflgn
newspapers They were inaugurated by
the emperor's reception tO the rtown
prince on Saturday when Kiei.l Mar-
shal vo i Hindenburg and vieneral von
I udendorfl also conferred with a num-
bet ol leading peisonages
According to the ZeitUng am Mittag
Chancellor von Hertling is expected to
niak two speeihes One will be before
the main Committee of the reirhstag on
foreign poll) ies and the other w ill be
before the Prussian upper bouse on
home poll ies Ihe one before the
reichstag committee probably will be on
Wednesday when the empetor will re-
ply tO President Wilson and Premier
I lovri George and "In advance to those
statements that entente statesmen are
still expected lo make"
OHIO FEDERAL JUDGE
IS HELD IN CONTEMPT
WASHINGTON. Jan 14- Contempt
proceedings were instituted ill the su
preme court today against Federal
ludge John J Killits of the district
toiirt for northern Ohio by Attorney
General Gregory charging judge Kill
Us with suspending executing of indg
men! indefinitely against a hank em
l"'ler in violation of the supreme
courts specific order
KENTUCKY FIRE LAID TO
PLOT OF GERMAN AGENTS
WHITESBURG Ky l ire believed
t- have been the wotk of I .ertnan
agents desttnved pat! ol the town ol
Wayland north of brre causing a loss
o $100000 Among (he buildings de-
itroycd is the storehouse ol the Mk
horn Mining corporation.
Rewards have been offered lot the ht
Cendiaries and armed guards ate now
protecting admitting plants.
VESSEL 'TEXAN'
FOUNDERS AFTER
FLASHING APPEAL1
14000-Ton Ship Hit Amid-
ships in Collision
CREW MAKES ITS ESCAPE
"Good-bye No More" Is Last
Word by Wireless
AN ATLANTIC PORT Jan. l-e
Agents of the American steamship
Texan a vessel of I4.1XX) Ions today ra
ceived advices from naval autboritiea
that she was sinking at sea. The loca-
tion of the ship was not given
the naval authorities diil not state
(be cause of the Texan's distress but
reports reaching shipping circles here
from other sources were that the vessel
had heen rammed amidships in col.
lislon with another thtu-
Crtw Taken to Boats.
It was said a steamer which had
puked up the Texan's S O S. calla
was hurrying to her assistance and that
the crew of forty-three bad taken to
the hoats The Texan left here recently
with a cargo of nitrates bound for a
French port agents of the vessel stated.
Was Struck Amldahlpa.
Messages reaching here from another
port said that a steamer arriving there
today reported that al 4 o'clock a. m
she picked un an S. O S from the
Texan reporting ' that she had hen
struck amidships and was sinking. The
last message from the Texan said;
"(lood-hye-no more."
The messages did not give the loca-
tion of tlie ship nor did they say how
she was damaged
Illinois 2-Cent
Fare Case Appeal
Lost to Railroads
WASHINGTON Jan 14 The Illi-
nois Central raikoad and twenty-eight
other roads bv an opinion of Ihe su-
preme court todav. lost their light to
nave the Illinois J cent passenger fara
law set aM'te
Federal decrees dismissing proceed-
ings .intituled by ihe Illinois Central
to restrain the Illinois public utilities
Commission from placing into effect the
2-cent rate were sustained
Garbage Man
Says Meatless
Days Hurt Trade
PITTSBURGH Pa - The American
Reduction company of Pittsburgh whith
Jincern collects the city's refuse placed
petition before the council finance)
committee requesting that they ha
granted an increase of 90 percent over
the 1917 rate The company petition
stales that "meatless days" have caused
a falling off of ii percent in the greasa
in refuse and. as a result they have
sustained a loss of approximately $146.-
000 since Ihe food conservation measure)
went Into effect.
CREMATED BODIES
ARE tO BE BURIED
IN ONE CASKET
Nothing Remains to Identify
Indian Victims of Fire
MUSKOGEE okla Jan I4.-Tln
bodies of all thirteen of the Indian
hovs who lost their lives in the fire
whuh Saturday morning destroyed tha
boye1 dormitory at Dwlghl Indian mis-
sion will he but led in one steel vault
I ueidav afternoon Lhe funeral serv-
i. es will he held in the sc hool chapel
al I o'clock and the bodies will ba
interred in the cemetery at the school.
All thirteen of lhe bodies hsve heel
re.overed from the ruins of Ihe wooden
structure So charred wete they that
there was no chance of identifying any
of them
Main telatives and friend? of tha
fire VlCtimi will attend the funeral
in addition to the students at the mis-
slon who will take a special part in the
services.
lunie Mit.ee I Dead.
NKW VOKK. Jan 14 - lunie McCree
a tor and Writer of lyrics died sndden-
Iv last night at his home here in hie
fifty thud year He was the originator
of the vaudeville act "The Dope Fiend."
m which he appeared in the title rota
Mr McCree had heen president ol tha
White Rats an actors' organisation
liom m to 1913.
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