Coweta Times. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1917 Page: 6 of 8
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THE COWETA TIMES
n
COSTSjl LIVES
HALF MILLION DAMAGE IS
WROUGHT IN CITY OF
COALGATE
INJURED LIST IS OVER 250
Part of Kansas and Missouri and
Large 8ectlon of Southwestern
Oklahoma Involved in Latest
Twister
Oklahoma City — Thirty-one are
known to be dead at leaBt 250 injured
and property damage to an extent as
yet unestlmated resulted from a se-
ries of tornadoes that struck twelve
oounties in Oklahoma and certain sec-
tions of Kansas and Missouri
Coalgate a town of 3500 inhabit-
ants the county seat of Coal county
reported thirteen deaths seventy-live
persons injured and a property dam-
age estimated at $500000 More than
200 homes in the southwestern sec-
tion of the town are in ruins Five
were killed outright in that town
Drake Okla a town of 200 six
miles south of Sulphur in Murray
county suffered five deaths and the
destruction of two residences and the
school house
Lightning Kills Child
Three were killed in Love county
and one child was killed by lightning
In Bryan county
One death a as reported from Bar-
tlesville Nine persons were Injured in Sem-
inole county Oklahoma and property
damage is reported from Tulsa Creek
Okmulgee Logan Marshall Pontotoc
and Johnston counties
At Cofteyville Kan three persons
were killed thirty injured and more
than 100 homes destroyed
Close to Kansas City
Three were killed at Morse Kan
twenty-live miles from Kansas City A
number of persons were reported in-
jured Buffalo Mo reported a tornado
whirled and twisted through the sec-
tion between that place and Lebanon
Mo Wires in both directions were
down so that the extent of the damage
could not be ascertained
Worst Damage at Coalgate
Coalgate — The death of thirteen
and the injury of three scores of
others with a property loss of more
than one half million dollars constl-
- tute the result of the cyclone havoc in
Coalgate
Inhabitants of Coalgate say that the
funnel-shaped clould seemed to form
in the southwest many of them
watching the movements It made a
dive for the southwestern part of the
city and threatened to pass over the
business section As it struck the
city however it swerved to the north
demolished the western part angled
across the northwestern part and rose
into the air again two miles northeast
If the cyclone had struck at night
Instead of in the day it is probable the
fatalities would have gone into the
hundreds The news sparead rapidlv
as the funnel approached and it moved
rather slowly Those who had cellars
ruBhed to them one cellar 10x14 feet
accommodated forty-ntne people and
kept them from danger while their
houses were being torn into thousands
of pieces
Like Battlefield Scenes
The scene in the Elks club rooms
turned into a hospital resembled
those on the battlefields wounded and
dying lie on all sides In one room
was a dying girl of 8 and a young
mother her child already dead In the
last gasps of life In another was a
mother whose babv had already died
On another cot lav a mother and
baby both battered about the head
and back
Beginning at Blair and Ohio streets
the c clone swept the beautiful resi-
dential section of Coalgate nlmost
clean Magnificent homes were torn
into shreds The west side school
building was scattered for blocks the
entire top story having been torn
away
It Is estimated now that the prop-
erty damage In Coalgate will exceed
$500000
Growing crops In a number of places
suffered heavily and one of the larg-
est Items In the property loss will re-
sult therefrom
One Red-Carder Reforms
New York — Asserting that the So-
cialist party "Is probably the greatest
Ingle obstacle to the progress of so-
cialism In America” and has been
"committed to a program essentially
nnneutral un-American and pro-Ger-tnan”
John Spargo socialist writer
and member of the national executive
committee of the Socialist party an-
nounced that he had resigned from
the party
Hockln Leaves Prison
Leavenworth Kan — - Herbert S
JHockin -of Detroit who with thirty-
eight others was convloted in the
federal court at Indianapolis on a
charge of conspiracy to transport ex-
plosives Illegally was released from
the federal penitentiary Sunday He
entered the prison January 30 1912
As he left the prison gates Hockln
peered expectantly about hut appa-
rently no one know be was la sight
He left for Chicago He made no
statement regarding his Intentions
Mockin' home was Troy N Y
11 CHINA PROVINCES SECEDE
PRESIDENT WILL ASK DEC-
LARATION WAR
Dictator Is Named — Hsu 8hih Chang
Put at Head of Government
by Militarists
Peking — Eleven provinces of Chino
no longer recognize the Peking gov-
ernment and President Li Yuan Hung
The provisional assembly of Kwang
Tung in assuring its loyal support to
the president and parliament demands
that the military governors be dis-
missed and punished Dr Sun Y'at
Sen former Premier Tang Shao Yi
and other revolutionary leaders are
proceeding hurriedly to Canton
It seems probable that should the
military governors persist in their
revolutionary course the three loyal
South China provinces namely Kwang
Tung Kwang Si and Yunnan will rise
in support of the president At present
the situation is serious and the presi-
dent virtually powerless
According to official information to-
day President Li Yuan Hung intends
to introduce a bill taking in a decla-
ration of war against Germany if there
Is a puorum present in parliament
The presence of a quorum however
seems doubtful
SENATE PASSES FOOD BILL
Speculation and Hoarding Made Se-
rious Offenses
Washington — The first of the ad-
ministration food bills already passed
by the house passed the senate with-
out a record vote Numerous amend-
ments were attached to the measure
which provides for a food survey and
crop stimulation and it was sent to
conference where the differences will
be thrashed out while the two houses
are considering the second adminis-
tration measure — providing for food
control and price fixing
The bill as finally accepted by the
senate provides for a comprehensive
survey of food resources and for the
stimulation of agriculture and re-
stricts drastically the storing of food-
stuffs fuel and other necessities and
speculation in futures The restrictive
provisions were adopted by the sen-
ate The bill carries a total appropria-
tion of $11000000 ""Compared with
$14770000 as it passed the house
Hoaiding of storage of food fuel or
other necessaries of life in order to
limit the supply or affect prices would
be made a felony under the senate
hoarding amendment but farmers
who hold their own products would
be excepted
RESERVE OFFICERS CAMPS
Older Men Will Go Into Training In
the Fall
Washington — A second series of of-
ficers' training camps will be held be-
tween August 27 and November 26 In
eight locations to develop officers for
tho second increment of 500000 men to
be called into service by the selective
draft Adjutant General McClain an-
nounced In general qualifications for
admission to these camps will be the
same as for the first series but a
strong effort will be made to obtain
men above 31 years old and the num-
ber admitted to training will be small-
er than In the present camps
Applications must be sent to the
comandlng genereals of the depart-
ment In which the applicant lives be-
tween June 16 and July 15 by citizens
between the ages of 20 years and 9
months and 40 years
The training camps selected for the
second courses are located In the
southern part of the country where
the weather will be good through the
fall Oklahoma recruits will go to
Leon Springs Texas
ROOT PARTY SAFE IN RUSSIA
American Commission Includes Many
Notables
Washington — Safe arrival at a Rus-
sian part of the American commis-
sion to Russia headed by Ellhu Root
ambassador extraordinary was an-
nounced In a dispatch to the navy
department
The commission left Washington
about May 1 charged with greetings
to the new democratic government of
Russia and authorized to pledge un-
stinted aid from the United States
not ojily in the prosecution of war
against the common enemy but in the
rehabilitation of the democratiezd
country It was preceded by a spe-
cial mission of railroad experts whose
arrival already has been announced
After an official conference between
President Wilson and Mr Root the
commissioners traveled overland to
the Pacific coast and boarded a fast
naval vessel for the voyage to the
Orient
AVIATION CAMP ENLARGED
Ban Antoni- to Have 27 Squadrons of
150 Men Each
San Antonio — Orders received by
the southern department indicate
marked enlargement of the army avl
tion camp here Instructions have
been received to establish twenty
seven aero squadrons of 150 men
each It also was announced that
4600 recruits are on their way hers
and that Capt W 8 Cook bar Ijcon
mads commanding officer cf thp camp
IN FIRST DRAFT
NEW ARMY WILL BE MUCH
LARGER THAN WAS
PLANNED
ALL EXEMPTIONS INDIVIDUAL
Drafted Men Will Be Notified By July
1 Leaving Them Till September
1 to Arrange Their Affairs
Before Reporting
Washington — Plans of the war de-
partment to draft from 900000 to
1600000 men of the 10000000 who It
Is estimated registered for the new
army were disclosed by Provost Mar-
shal General Crowder to the' senate
military affairs committee Exemp-
tions he said probably would result
In reducing the number to 625000 men
for Immediate service
Need More Men
While the war department had orig-
inally planned to first select 500000
men General Crowder told the com-
mittee the plans have been revised and
It now is proposed to require 626000
To secure this number he said it
probably will be necessary to draft at
least 900000 and possibly 1500000
because of expected exemptions
General Crowder told the committee
that an additional 125000 will be need-
ed to fill up vacancies In the army of
500000 and to keep training camps in
continuous operation When the orig-
inal plans for service from half a mil-
lion were made he said the depart-
ment had not planned to send Ameri-
can forces abroad so soon
Favors Immediate Draft
General Crowder told the committee
he favored immediate drafting of men
registering rather than postpontment
of the draft for several weeks after
registration He regards it desirable
that every drafted man know and can
have a few weeks to make their per-
sonal arrangements before being called
to the colors
Details of making exemptions also
were explained to the committee by
the provost marshal general He said
the government does not contemplate
any class exemptions but that all will
be personal Farmers factoiy operat-
ives and other special classes would
not be exempted as such nor territor-
ially but all exemptions will be made
individually
In Training By September 1
The men drafted probably will he
In training camps by September L
General Crowder said and added that
he favored beginning selections with
In two weeks after regiseration so thal
exemption work may be expedlated
and notifications of final selections
may be made as soon thereafter as
possible
PROHIBITIVE WHISKEY TAX
Senate Blocks Distillation During War
By High Revenue
Washington — Prohibition legisla-
tion was approved by the senate fi-
nance committee as a new feature of
the war tax bill
Prohibitive taxes upon distillation
of whisky and other spirits for bever-
age purposes with a ban upon their
importation were agreed upon by a
substantial majority of the commit-
tee Taxes fixed by the house on
beer and wines were left unchanged
though they have not yet been finally
approved
General suspension of production by
distilleries and use of liquor now in
bonded warehouses will be the effect
of the new section if enacted into
law
In addition to the present taxe of
$2 20 per gallon on the liquor a tax
of $20 per bushel (from $5 to $9 a gal-
lon upon all grain cereal or other
foodstuffs used in manu eturlng
whisky or other distilled spirits for
use as beverages) was written Into
the bill Senator Simmons said the
increase would be prohibitive upon
manufacture while the law is in effect
or during the war Increased taxes of
$5 per gallon upon molasses syrups
and substitutes used in distillation for
beverage purposes also were agreed
upon Permits for exportation would
be given only for war purposes
As a supplementary explanation the
committee further approved an amend-
metn prohibiting importation into this
country Porto Rico and the Philip-
pines of distilled spirits made from
any foodstuff except for industrial
mechanical or scientific purposes
Senator Gore of Oklahoma a prohi-
bition advocate was the author of the
liquor amendments Senators esti-
mated that actual consumption would
decrease but little from liquors now In
bond and that about the usual reve-
nue would be furnished
More 8ples Arretted
New York — Evidence that two com-
plete high-powered wireless Installa-
tions assembled here from various
sources were shipped piecemeal to
Mexico supposedly for the use of a
German spy system in this country
was unearthed In connection with the
arrest of -three men on charges of
conspiring to send mail containing
military Information surreptitiously
from the United States to Germany
through membara of Norwegian crews
Conviction at this time of these mea
carries the death sentence
SUB CAMPAIGN LOSING
LONDON — Only twenty-one British vessels were sunk by German subma-
rines during the last week according to announcement by the British admir-
alty This is the smallest number since the beginning of unrestricted warfare
Eighteen vessels of more than 1600
tons were sunk one vessel of less than
1600 tons and two fiBhlng craft
The losses reported this week com-
pare with a total of thirty lost in the
previous week While the losses of
vessels exceeding 1600 tons each re-
main the same as in the last previous
report the number of vessels of less
than 1600 tons Is reduced from nine
to only one The number of fishing
vessels sunk is reduced from three to
two
The text of the announcement reads:
“Weekly summary: Arrivals 2719
sailings 2760
“British merchant vessels sunk by
mines or submarines — more than 1600
tons 18 less than 1600 tons 1
“British merchant vessels unsuc-
cessfully attacked Including one pre-
viously reported 17
“British fishing vessels sunk 2"
The report invariably includes all
mercantile tonange known to have
been sunk by mine or submarine
whether employed by the government
or otherwise
A state of virtual inaction prevails
on all the war fronts " In only one
theater has there been any fighting
worthy of note This was in the
Champagne region of France where
the French counter attacking heavily
against positions northeast of Mon-
thaut where the Germans in a violent
offensive bad captured trench ele-
ments drove out the Teutons and re-
established their former front in I8
entirety
To the west In the region lying be-
tween Solssons and Rheims there has
been a continuation of the spirited ar-
tillery duels on various sectors nota-
bly Vauxlllon and Laffaux and south
of Berry-Au-Bac the Germans for the
first time in several months carried
out a sapping operation This netted
them portions of trenches which were
blown up
The Intensive fighting along the
southern portion of the Austro-Italian
front has apparently entirely ceased
for the moment the Italians being oc-
cupied In some consolidating move-
ment and bringing up guns for fur-
ther operations in their campaign
against Trieste Along the Isonzo line
only artillery duels have been In prog-
ress owing to bad weather conditions
There has been a renewal of activ-
ity by the Italians In Albania and sev-
eral villages In the southern part of
this theater have been taken and held
successfully against counter attacks
of the Teutonic allies Eastward on
the entire Macedonian front artillery
duels are In progress
An indication of the heavy fighting
during the moDth of May is given in
an official British statement of cas-
ualties during this period showing
that 112233 British soldiers were
killed wounded or made prisoners
fncuded In the aggregate are 6902
officers
BRITAIN TO FEED ITSELF
Agricultural Head Declares Country
Never Will Be 8tarved Out
London — In an address in London
Rowland E Prothero president of the
board of agriculture said that under
a plan devised by the government
the success of which he believed to be
assured Great Britain would grow
sufficient wheat in 1918 for all the
needs of the population with a liberal
supply left over for live stock Mr
Prothero said this depended upon the
WELL HERE’S PANCHO BACK
Villa Again Gets Brief Mention In the
War Naws
Presidio Texas — Francisco Villa
holds a border port opposite an Am-
erican town and again United States
troops are patrolling the border while
Villa cavalrymen are on the southern
bank of the Rio Grande
At 3 o’clock in the morning approxi-
mately 200 Villa folowers dashed into
the little border town of OJinaga op-
posite here shouting “Viva Villa!” and
shooting right and left as they rode
Only a handful of Mexican government
forces occupied the town Gen G Fig-
ueroa General Garcia and Colonel Rlo-
jas having gone out to engage the
Villa command then encamped In La
Mula pass thirty-five miles south of the
border
Fifty of the government forces of
seventy-five men left In OJinaga es-
caped across the river to Presidio "Wo-
men and children followed carrying
babies and bundles Of tbe twenty-
five government soldiers remaining
sixteen were killed during the fighting
lx were taken prisoners and tbs oth-
er three were wounded
Tbs fight lasted two hours after
which tbe shops and homes of the
OJinaga residents were looted
Poster Mutilator Beaten
Chicago — Wadlslaw Plonks labor-
er tore down an enlistment poster A
crowd of fifty men were engaged in
beating Mm when a policeman rescued
tire - - -
solution of agricultural problems fac-
ing the country but if these were dis-
posed of “even if we started with
nothing in hand and not a grain of
corn were brought into this country
we would still be able at the normal
rate to get 9000000 loaves dally
which roughly are what we will re-
quire” The speaker said he did not believe
this year's harvest would produce the
required quantity but he felt thal if
the country economized in the use of
breadstuffs Germany could not starve
England even if her submarines tri-
umphed over the allied fleetB and not
a grain of cereal came into the coun-
try PRESIDENT LENDS
COUNTRY $10000
ON LIBERTY BOND
Washington — President Wilson has
joined the ranks of participants in
the Liberty loan by subscribing for a
$10000 bond
Writing to Secretary McAdoo the
president said:
"May I not send you personally my
subscription to the Liberty loan which
I make with great satisfaction and
with tbe wish that it might be a great
deal larger”
Leading Canadian railroad men
and bankers were among those who
notified the treasury formally of Lib-
erty loan subscriptions Frederick
Taylor general manager of the Bank
of Montreal telegraphed:
“The subscription of the Bank of
Montreal of one million dollars to the
Liberty loan means that Canada and
the United States side by side face a
common enemy I do not hesitate to'
say that there Is no better security ln‘
universe than the Liberty loan”
Naval Airship a Success
Washington — Navy officials enthus-
iastic over the successful builders’
trial ofSOO miles of the first of sixteen
non-rlgld dirigible balloons ordered uy
the department said that tbe dirigible
programm now was assured of com-
pletion much soner than had been ex-
pected The airBhlp left Chicago and
arrived without accident at Okron
Ohio The contract caled for delivery
within four months but the builders
will turn the first ship over for active
duty on coast patrol work within less
than ninety days
TAX ON COFFEE SUGAR TEA
Senate Finance Committee Eliminates
Levy on Munitions
Washington — The senate finance
committee decided to provide in the
war tax bill to raise $80000000 by con-
sumption taxes of 2 cents a pound on
coffee 6 cents on tea cent on sugar
and 3 cents on cocoa
Substitutes (or tea an dcoffee also
will be taxed From the new taxes the
committee estimates the following rev-
enue will be raised:
Sugar $50000000 coffee $18000-
000 tea $3000000 and cocoa $7000-
000 Coffee and tea taxes will be lev-
ied upon imports and such arrange-
ments are being made to take care of
important contracts before May 1 re-
quiring purchasers from Importers In-
stead of later to pay the taxes Under
the house bill It was proposed to tax
coffee 1 cent a pound and tea 2 cents
Another Important change agreed
upon was the elimination of the pres-
ent tax of 12M per cent on war muni-
tions now raising $2500000
8plea Betray Danleh Bhlpe
Copenhagen — Telegrams 4rom Aar-
hus In the province of Jutland re-
cently have reported a series of ar-
rests on suspicion of commercial es-
pionage and now It is announced that
five of those arrested have confessed
revealing a wide system of German
espionage From the confessions it is
learned that through code message
the spies kept the German admiralty
advised of the departure of Danish
export ships thus facilitating the
work of the submarines They ales
sent military and naval news
THETRAITORS
FEDERAL JAILS YAWN WIDE
FOR ANTI-CONSCRIPTION
AGITATORS
MOB HANGSJIAN AT DEWAR
Until He Confesses and Implicates Hi
Confederates In Water Works Plot
—Working Class Union Lead-
ers Arrested
Okmulgee — As a result of the dyna-
miting of the water works plant at De-
war nine men are in jail here while
a dozen or more arrests in connection
with the case are expected Excite-
ment is running high in the south part
of the county and there is much talk
of mob violence
Sheriff Roach was told over the tele-
phone that unless the accused men
were given a speedy trial the citizens
of Dewar and vicinity would take the
law into their own hands Every pre-
caution is being taken to protect the
prisoners
The confession of C H Baker one
of the men under arrest that the des-
truction of the Dewar water works
was only one step In s plot to destroy
other public utilities and manufactur-
ing plants in the south part of the
county has only added fuel to the fire
of wrath that is enveloping that part
of the county
The men in jail are: Mike Bra-
shears his sons Lee and Claude Wil-
liam Barnes William Montford Bert
Jenkins A M Hayes C H Hayea C
H Baqer and Bert McLaughlin
Hanged Admits Plot
Baker was found in a stunned condi-
tion near the water works plant im-
mediately after the explosion He at
first denied that he knew anything of
the affair but after being hanged to a
tree he confessed implicating the men
arrested and twelve others as being in
the plot He also declared the con-
plrators had started two fires recently
that threatened to destroy the entire-
town of Dewar
Ail tbe men implicated are mem-
bers of the Working Class Union
It is said that a fund of $4000 was
raised some time ago by citizens of
the south end of the county and that
detectives were employed to invests
gate the working of the W C U The
evidence gathered by these men will
be used in the trial of the men ar-
rested Three 8uepects Held In Garfield Coun
Enid — County officers arrested
three men on charges of Interfering
with registration or attempting to
evade the law
Socialist Leader Held at Coalgate
Coalgate — William Ninas one of
the most prominent workers in the
sociallst party in this portion of the
state and a resident of Coal county
was arrested by Deputy United States
Marshal Walter Jacobs charged
with aiding and abetting violation of
the selective draft and service acL
Ninas was abusing the government
and advising Its overthrow
Another Plot in 8emlnola County
Wewoka — Fie young men arrest d
at Seminole this county confessed to
participation In plans for a general
resistance to registration They im-
plicated seven leaders In the Working
Class Union In which there are 200
members in this county
Two Arretted at 8alliaaw
Sallisaw — Rube Munson and H C
Spence alleged leaders of the Work-
ing Class Union who were arrested
here have been taken to Muskogee to
face federal charges of conspiracy to
defeat the registration law Munson
is a national organizer of the W C U
Two Arrested at Tiahomingo
Tishomingo — Robert Ballard and
Fate Ballard brothers wore arrested
and placed In the county jail here
charged with making seditious state-
ments toward the government
Trouble In Other States
Kansas City Mo — Federal authori-
ties of western Missouri and Kansas
are rounding up persons suspected of
being participants In anti-draft plots
Four men and one woman were taken
Into custody here while at Topeka
Kan three other men and a woman
were caught in the net being spread
by Investigators of the department of
justice the secret service and the
United States attorneys’ offices
Two of those arrested here — Ray-
mond I Moore and Thomas Sullivan
— had sought unsucceafully to obtain
an injunction In the Jackson countv
circuit court to prevent Governor
Gardner Mayor Edwards and other
officials from enforcing the registra-
tion Dr Eva Harding Arrested
The four arrested at Topeka were
Dr Eva Harding of that city who ran
for congress as an Independent can-
didate at the last election Ike Qil-
berg Fred Felton and Ernest New-
man They were taken Into custody
in connection with the Investigation
of anti-draft meetings held at Topeka
Another arrested In Kansas was
Prof George W Ktehlge of Lawrence
socialist candidate for governor of
Kanaaa In 1914 He ia charged with
conspiracy in connection with the
agitation against tbs aslectlve draft
laws
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