The Fairview Leader. (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1915 Page: 2 of 9
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PRESIDENT WILSON
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MAKES DEMAND THAT SUBMA-
RINE 'WARFARE -ONi MER-
CHANTMEN MUST 8TOP
NOTE CARRIES VEILED WARNING
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United 8te Government It le Posi-
tively 8tated In Waehlngton Has
Not Consulted With Foreign Capi-
tals Relative to Course in Event
Germany Declines to Comply With
Various Demands
Washington D C— The United
States government has cabled Ambas-
sador Gerard f or presentation to the
German government a note calling at-
tention “to the grave situation which
has resulted’’ from violation of Amer-
ican rights on the high seas culmlnat-
Ing in the sinking of the Lusitania
with a loss of more than 100 Ameri-
can lives
The communication expresses the
confident expectation of the United
States that the ' "Imperial German
Government will disavow the acts of
which the government of the United
States complains that they will make
reparation so far as reparation is pos-
sible for injuries which are without
measure and that they will take im-
mediate steps to prevent the recur-
rence of anything so obviously sub-
versive of the principles of warfare
for which the Imperial German gov-
ernment in the past so wisely and so
firmly contended”
In its conclusion the note states
that “the Imperial German Govern-
ment will not expect the government
of the United States to omit any word
or any act necessary to the perform-
ance of its sacred duty of maintain-
ing the rights of the United Utates
and its citizens and of safeguarding
their free exercise and enjoyment”
The full text of the note sent by
President Wilson to Germany upon re-
cent sinking of the Lusitania as made
public by the slate department is as
follows: r' ‘
' Department of State
'l ' Washington D C
“The Secretary of State to the Amer-
I lean Ambassador at Berlin: i
“Please call on the minister of for-
eign affairs and after reading to him
this communication leave with him a
copy
“In view of recent acts of the Ger-
man authorities in violation of Amer-
ican rights on the high seas which
culminated in the torpedoing and sink-
ing of the British steamship Lusitania
on May 7 1915 by which over 100
American citizens lost their lives it is
clearly wise and desirable that the
government of the United States and
the Imperial German Government
should come to a clear and full un-
derstanding as to the grave situation
which has resulted
I The sinking of the British passenger
steamer Falaba by a German subma-
rlne on March 28 through which Leon
C Thresher an American citizen was
-drowned the attack on April 28 on
the American vessel Cushing by a Ger-
man aeroplane the torpedoing on May
1 of the American vessel Gulflight
Tby a German submarine as a result
of which two or more American citi-
zens met their death and finally the
torpedoing and sinking of the steam-
ship Lusitania constitutes a series of
events which the' government of tho
United Slates has observed with grow-
ing concern- distress' and amazement
“Recalling the humane and enlight-
ened attitude hitherto assumed by the
Imperial German Government in mat-
ters of International right and In par-
ticularly with regard to the freedom
of the seas having learned to recog-
nize the German views and the Ger-
man influence in the field of inter-
national obligation as always engaged
upon the side of justice and human-
ity and having understood the ln-
s’ructions of the Imperial : German
Government to its naval commanders
to be upon the same plane of humane
action prescribed by the naval codes
of other nations the government of
the United States was loath to be-
lieve — it cannot now bring Itself to
believe that these acts so absolutely
contrary to the rules ' the practises
and the spirit of modern warfare
could have the countenance or sanc-
tion of that great government It
feels it to be its duty therefore to
address the Imperial German Govern-
ment concerning them with the ut-
most ‘frankness and in the earnest
hope that it is not mistaken in ex-
pecting action on the part of the Im-
perial German Government which will
correct the unfortunate impressions
which have been created and vindi-
cate once more the position of that
government with regard to the sacred
freedom of the seas1
- "The government of the United
Insurance Board Approves
Oklahoma City Okla — The state
insurance department has endorsed
the ' organization of the National
Teacher’s Health and Accident asso-
ciation a mutual Indemnity company
that it about to seek a charter in Ok-
lahoma This Is the first exclusive
teachers’ Insurance company to come
Into this state - The directors of the
proposed company are H H Raupe
Chas C Parson Claude A Parson
all of Oklahoma City and James A
'lynch and Roy Ward of Welston -
SENDS NOTE TO BERLIN
States has been apprised that the Im-
perial Government considered them-
selves to be obliged by- the extraor-
dinary circumstances of the present
war and the measures adopted by their
adversaries in seeking to cut Germany
off from all commerce to adopt meth-
ods of retaliation which go much be-
yond the ordinary methods of war-
fare at sea in the proclamation of a
war zone from which they have warn-
ed neutral ships to keep away This
government has already taken occa-
sion to Inform the Imperial German
Government that it cannot admit the
adoption of such measures or such a
warning of danger to operate as in
any degree an abbreviation of the
rights of American shipmasters or of
American citizens bound on lawful
errands as passengers on merchant
ships of belligerent nationality and
it must hold the Imperial German
Government to a strict accountability
for any infringement of those rights
international or incidental It does
not understand the Imperial German
Government to Question those rights
It assumes to the contrary that
the Imperial Government accept
as of course the rule that the lives
of non-combatants whether they be
of neutral citizenship or citizens of
one of the nations at war cannot law-
fully or rightfully be put in jeopardy
by the capture or destruction of an
unarmed merchantmen and recog-
nize also as all other nations do the
obligation to take the usual precaution
of visit and search to ascertain
whether a suspected merchantman
is in fact of belligerent nationality or
is in fact carrying contraband of war
under a neutral flag
“The government ' of the United
States therefore desires to call the
attention of the Imperial German gov-
ernment with the utmost earnestness
to the fact that the objection of their
present method of attack against the
trade of their enemies lies In the prac-
tical impossibility for the officers of
a submarine to visit a merchantman
at sea and examine her papers and
cargo It is practically impossible for
them to make a prize of her ahd If
they cannot put a prize crew on board
of her they cannot sink her without
leaving her crew and all on board of
her to the mercy of the sea in ' her
small boats These facts it is ’ un-
derstood the Imperial government ad-
mits frankly We are informed- that
In the Instances of which we have
spoken time enough for even that
poor measure of safety was not giv-
en and in at least two of the cases
cited not so much as a warning was
received Manifestly submarines can-
not be used against merchantmen' as
the last few weeks have shown with-
out an inevitable violation of many
sacred principles of justice and hu-
manity "American citizens act within their
indisputable rights in taking their
ships and in traveling wherever their
legitimate business calls them upon
the high seas and exercise those
rights in what should be the well-justified
confidence that their lives will
not be endangered by acts done in
clear violation of universally acknowl-
edged International obligation and
certainty in the confidence that their
own government will sustain them in
the exercise of their rights
“There was recently published in
the newspapers of the United States
I regret to inform the Imperial Gov-
ernment a formal warning purporting
to come from the Imperial German
embassy at Washington addressed to
the people of the United States and
stalng in effect that any citizen of the
United States who exercised his right
of free travel upon the seas would do
so at his peril if his journey should
take him within the zone of waters
within which the Imperial German
navy was using submarines against
the commerce of Great Britain and
France notwithstanding the respect-
ful but very earenst protest of his
government the government of the
United States 1 do not refer to this
for the purpose of calling the atten-
tion of the Imperial German Govern-
ment at this time to the surprising
irregularity of a communication from
the Imperial German embassy at
Washington addressed to the people
of the United States through the news-
papers but only for the purpose of
pointing out that no warning that an
unlawful and inhumane act would- be
committed can possibly be acepted as
an excuse or palliating for that act
or as an abatement of the 'responsi-
bility for its commission' “ ’ -‘
“Long acquainted as this govern-
ment has been with the character of
the Imperial German Government and
with the high principles of equity by
which they have in the past been act-
uated and guided the government of
the United States cannot believe that
the commanders of the vessels which
committed these acts of lawlessness
did so except under ir misapprehen
OIL COMPANY WINS BIG CASE
Federal Judge Rules Indian Died
Seized Oil Lands (
Muskogee Okla — United States
Judge Campbell decided the famous
Barney Thlocco case involving oil
lands worth $2090000 against - the
government contentions that Thlocco
died before receiving his patent to
the land and that therefore ' it was
unallotted and still the property of
the Creek Nation Various oil com-
panies were victorious
sion of the orders Issued by the Im-
perial German naval authorities It
takes It for granted that at least
within the practical possibilities of ev-
ery such case the commanders even
of submarines were expected to do
nothing that would involve the lives
of non combatants or the safety of
neutral ships even at the cost of fail-
ing of their object of capture or de-
struction It confidently expects
therefore that the Imperial German
Government will disavow the acts of
which the government of the United
States complains that they' will taake
reparation so far as reparation is pos-
sible for injuries which are without
measure and that they will take imme-
diate steps to prevent the recurrence
of anything so obviously subversive of
the principles of Warfare for which
the Imperial German Government
have in the past so wisely and so
firmly contended ’
‘“The government and people of tfte
United States look to the Imperial
German Government for just prompt
and enlightened action in this vital
matter with the greater confidence be-
cause the United States and Germany
are bound together not only by spe-
cial ties of friendship but also by the
explicit stipulations of the treaty of
1828 between the United States and
the kingdom of Prussia
' "Expressions of regret ' and offers
of reparation in case of the destruc-
tion of neutral ships sunk by mistake
while they may satisfy international
obligations if no loss of life results
cannot justify or' excuse a practice
the natural and necessary effect of
which is to subject’ neutral nations
and neutral persons to new and im-
measurable risks
“The Imperial German Government
will not expect the government of the
United States to omit any word or
any act necessary to the performance
of its sacred duty of maintaining the
rights of the United States and its
citizens and of safeguarding their free
exercise and enjoyment
“BRYAN”
German Americans Uphold Wilson
The following appeared in the Eng-
lish column of the Staats-Zeitung:
“What attitude do German-Amerl-cans
take toward the German subma-
rine policy as evidenced by the fate
of their fellow citizens on the Lut-
tania? Are they with- the 'president
of the '‘United tSates 6r 'the tempen-r
of Germany?”— The Evening Mail
1 II’ is i f
' I speak for myself and I be-
- lieve '-for the great majority of
German-Americans when I say
that we are with the president of
the ’ United States to the finish
in all matters affecting national
honor or national prestige ' '
I subscribe unqualifiedly to the
statement of Carl Schurz: “My
country right or wrong If right
to be kept right' if wrong to be '
set right" t
HERMAN RIDDER
Com of Lusitania Destroyer Reports
Berlin via Amsterdam 'to London
— From the report of the submarine
that sunk the Cunard finer Lusitania
last Friday fhe following official ver-
sion of the incident is published by
the admiralty staff under the signa-
ture of Admiral Behncke:
“The submarine sighted the steamer
which showed no flag May 7 at 2:20
o'clock central European -time after-
noon on the southeast coast oft Ire-
land in fine clear weather
“At 3:10 o’clock one torpedo was
fired at the Lusitania which hit star-
board below the captain's bridge The
detonation of the torpedo was follow-
ed immediately by a further explosion
of extremely strong effect The ship
quickly listed to starboard and began
to sink 1 1 - i
- “The second ' explosion most be
traced back to the ignition of quanti-
ties of ammunition inside the ship”
i Leo Frank la Given Sentence
Atlanta Ga — Leo M Frank was re-
sentenced to be hanged on Tuesday
June 22 for the m ruder of Mary Pha-
gan a factory ' girl ’ Sentence was
passed by Judge Ben H Hill of the
Fulton ' county superior court Mary
Phagap was killed on‘ April 26 1913
Before sentence was ' pronounced
Frank made a statement to the court
reiterating ' his declarations of inno-
cence? 'When brought' before Judge
Hill to be resentenced Frank again de-
clared his innocence
Omaha Neb — A shipment of 519
lambs’ averaging 78 pounds from
Scotts Bluff Neb sold here for $1160
a hundred the highest price ever paid
for wooled lambs on a Missouri river
market
Cambridge Mass — Professor Ban
nard of the Yerkes observatory at
Williams Bay Wls has discovered
two companion bodies near Meilishs
comet according to an official an-
nouncement just received at the Har-
vard observatory
Preparing For Big Harvest
Oklahoma City Okla— Oklahoma
through Its department of labor 18
making preparations for the harvest of
the 46000000 bushels of wheat ' that
the government reports predict will
be grown in the state this year Be-
tween 16000 and 18000 men will be
needed for this gigantic task accord-
ing to a statement Issued by W G
Ashton state commissioner of labor
Mr Ashton has just completed organ-
ization work for the distribution or
labor during the harvest period
BUT 4 mis
ARE AT PEACE
SPAIN SWITZERLAND HOLLAND
AND 8CANDINAVIA ONLY ARE
THE QUIET ONES
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PORTUGAL AND ITALY
HAVING DOMESTIC TROUBLE
Russians Having Success In Qalicla
—Important ' News Is Expected -From
the Dardanelles t Any
Time — French Advance
London May 16— With the outbreak
of a revolution in Portugal which ac-
cording to dispatches from Madrid is
supported by the navySpaln Switzer-
land Holland and the Scandinavian
countries are the only states In
Europe which are not either engaged
In war or have domestic troubles to
ocupy their attention '
Very little J news has yet come
through from Llsbop but it is reported
that the navy has bombarded the capi-
tal held by the army which remains
loyal to the president Manual De’ Ar-
rlttga It Is not known whether the
insurrection was started by the royal-
ists but members of that party resi-
dent in London disclaim all knowl-
edge of It
Greece Bulgaria and Roumania
where there are pro-war and anti-war
parties are waiting for the final de-
cision of Italy as to whether she will
join the allies — a decision which has
been delayed by the resignation of
Premier Salandra who however is
reported from Rome to be back In
office The prediction Is made that
Salandra will form a new government
with thl support of the leaders of the
stronger parties in the chamber
Among- the belligerents Interest
wavers between the battles of Galicia
Flanders and Pas De Calais and ‘ the
operations in the Dardanelles from
which important'’ news regarding the
advance of the 'allies Is daily expected
ARE WAITING ON BERLIN’S REPLY
Washington May 16 — Word that
Ambassador Gerard had read and pre-
sented to Herr von Jagow minister
for foreign affairs of the Imperial Ger-
man government the American note
sent Thursday as a consequence of the
Lusitania tragedy and other ocur-
rences in the ' war zone removed all
anxiety here over the delay in trans-
mission and awakened intense Interest
in the nature of Germany’s reply
In view of telegraphic anil cable de-
lays and the 'probable necessity for
conferences between the foreign min-
ister with the Imperial Chancellor von
Bethmann Hollweg and doubtless Em-
peror William himself it would not
be considered surprising here if the
response did not arrive for another
eight days
It was believed possible however
that Ambassador Gerard might report
earlier on the manner in which the
American note was received by the
government and the ‘ semi-official
press
The intimation which came in ‘press
dispatches today Indirectly from Ber-
lin to the effect that Germany would
willingly submit the questions raised
by the American note to arbitration
was received with much interest and
it was Indicated that if there was a
suspension of - submarine warfare on
merchant ships while the discussion
was in progress the plan might be ser-
iously considered by the American
government
Arbitration also has been talked of
here before today’s press dispatches
arrived Some German officials had
intimated that although without ad-
vices from Berlin they were confi-
dent from previous knowledge of the
desire- of the German government to
remain friendly with the United St&tee
that arbitration would be welcomed
The difficulty of constituting a
court of arbitration at this time when
most of the great powers whose par
tlclpation might be desired arf at
war was pointed out by some diplo-
matists however as making the plan
impracticable
That some way would be found to
reach an amicable settlement between
the United States and Germany was
the growing conviction of many offi-
cials and diplomatists today A va-
riety of suggestions were heard
One which was given serious
thought was a proposal to refuse clera-
ance to belligerent ships carrying mo-
nitions of war or absolute contraband
if they also carried passengers This
would involve no embargo hut a sepa-
ration of passenger and contraband
traffic
The United States stands firmly on
the legal right of its citizens to travel
on any ships and believes its position
is indisputable
Decision Has Vast Bearings
Washington — In ond of the - most
far reaching decisions of recent years
the Interstate commerce commission
decided that the railroads owning and
operating steamship lines on the great
lakes must give them up after De-
cember 1 The principal eastern
trunk lines which carry the great vol-
ume of freight traffic between Atlan-
tic seaboard and the west are affected
and the decision may partially alter
tbe trade routes over which are moved
mtlllohs of tons of freight '
“INTERVIEW” WITH THE HERO
Happening When Man From the Front
Explains Things to His
Fair Charmer
“Oh Mr Hero I’m so glad to see
you safely 'back from the war Sit
right down and tell me all about It
I’m awfully Interested Wasn’t it sim-
ply terrible over there? And did you
really live in the trenches for weeks
at a time with shot and shell 'scream-
ing all around you? 1 1 don’t? see how
you could stand it Were you ever hit
by one of those forty-two centimeter
guns I mean by the bullet of course
not by the gun But then of course
you weren’t or you’d have your arm
In a sling or something Who do you
think is going to win? I suppose I
shouldn't ask you that though You
soldiers are not allowed to tell mili-
tary secrets jire you? Did you ever
really kill a man yourself or don't you
know? My uncle who was in the
Spanish war says you never can tell
whether it’s your bullet or somebody
elee’s that hits the enemy I should
think that would be awfully annoying
Not that you want to know that you'd
killed a man but still you’d like to
know whether you’re wasting your am-
munition or not ' Oh must you go so
soon? I wish you would stay longer
I’ve been so Interested ta hearing your
adventures Call again soon- wont
you? Good-by”
The Heroines of Novels
If I were his satanic majesty and a
novelist came to me for judgment I
should beetle my brows In a horrible
manner and quiz him thus:
“Did you ever make your heroine
eighteen years old? Did you ever en-
dow a maiden with the repartee of
Pinero the intuition of Blavatsky the
carriage of Garrf n the hauteur of
the Medici the Ueauty of Aphrodite
and the wisdom of Athene — all at the
age of eighteen years?”
If the novelist answered me “Cer-
tainly not!” I should say: “To heaven
with you!” But if be answered: “Sure
I did!” I would blast him where he
stood
For of all the iniquitous fallacious
unfair and dangerous doctrines this
takes the icing of the cake— that the
female species reaches her -apogee at
the Immature age of eighteen — From
“Balm forLovers” by George Weston
in the Saturday Evening Post
8t!tch! Stitch!
“I have just read an interesting
article about the sewers of Paris”
said hubby closing the book on his
thumb ‘ ‘
- “Yes” replied wlfle “they’re busy
night and day making shirts for sol-
diers” '
Only a thirty-third degree artist can
make a soft drink of hard water
Money! Money!!
1 But it isn’t everything—
I
There’s far more satisfaction in bounding health
and the ability to be comfortable
I
When health has slipped away through wrong
habits of diet the only way to get it back is to
change food
S ' V
Grape-mite
v is scientifically prepared food and contains all the
rich nutriment of wheat and barley — including their
invaluable mineral content — necessary for sound
nourishment of one’s mental and physical forces
'
With a dear head to steer a strong body you can
do things and win Both can be built by proper food
and turned to money and comfort
Grape-Nuts food is delicious richly nourishing '
and easily digestible — undisputedly the most scientific
food in the world
“There’s a Reason”
'
— think it over!
Psychology of Practice
The question of short versus long
periods of practice in training the hu-
man muscles for any particular kind
of work Is obviously one having far-
reaching application Some interest-
ing experiments on this subject have
been carried out by Dr K S Lashley
of Johns Hopkins university Acquisi-
tion of skjll in archery was selected
as the subject of observation Twenty
untrained persons were divided into
three groups One group shot five
arrows with the English longbow per
day another twenty shots per day
and the third forty shots The re-
sults showed conclusively that the
group shooting only five times a day
improved in accuracy with less ex-
penditure of time In practice than was
required by either of the other groups
for the same amount of improvement
A report on the experiments says:
"The relatively greater efficiency of
short periods of practice continuing
for many days is in accordance with
the results of the study of animals
and of speech habits In man and In-
dicates that in training to muscular
feats in both animals and man the
length of practice periods required is
usually too great for - maximum ef-
ficiency”— Scientific American
A Quibble
John B Stanchfleld the lawyer was
discussing in an Interview in New
York the case of his client Harry
Thaw
“But objections like that” said Mr
Stanchfleld “are mere quibbles They
have no real bearing on the case Like
the farmer’s wife they only confuse
and embroil matters
"A sickly fanner said to his husky
wife one spring morning:
“ 1 see by the papers that a woman
down Paint Rock way goes out every
morning and hoes with her husband’
“‘Well what of it?’ the wife an-
swered ‘She could do it easily enough
if he’s as thin as you are I’ve often
thought of using you to peel potatoes
with’ ”
Comparisons
“My income” said the boastful the-
atrical star “is much larger than that
of the president of the United States”
“Yes” replied the conservative per-
son “But you can’t judge by incomes
Jack Johnson’s Income used to be
larger than yours”
Too Much for Them
Corpulent Individual — But you can’t
give me apy reason why I should pot
enlist
Spouse — Well I should miss you
dear but the Germans 'couldn’t — Lon- (
don Mail
But Not One of Them
“Does he belong to the moneyed
class?”
“Heart and soul There's nothing he
wouldn’t do for them”
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