The Mooreland Leader. (Mooreland, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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mill fiscal JTOMI
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fallows i
"OMOmra of Um Coegreaa i I
km wM tbo privilege of addressing
jroo la order to roport to poo that Do
ooaikor If Iirlig tbe roeoao of tk
Congress acting through tko Secre-
tary of Wo r aad under tko authority
eontsrrod upoe mo bp tko act of Cee-
approved August IP IPIC 1 took
psMssstoa oa4 assumed ooatrol of
tbo rollwop llaco of tbo eoaatrp sal
tbo apatfuo of water traasportattoa
voder their control
"This step seemed to bo la pern
tlvolp oeeessarp la the Interest of tbo
pvbllo welfare la tbo presence of tbo
root tasks of war with which wo
are bow dealing
"As oar owa experience develops
dlffleatUes and makes It clear what
thop are I have deemed It np duty
to remove those difficulties wherever
I have the legal power to do so
Must Mobilise All fteeeureee
"To assume ooatrol of tko vast rail
wap spstems of tbs country Is 1 real
Iso a very heavy responsibility but
to fall to do so la tko existing circum-
stances would hsvo been much grout
or I assumed tbo less res possibility
father then tbs greater
1 am sure tbst I sm speaking the
mlad of all thoughtful Americano
when I ssp that It Is our duty ns the
representatives of tbs Nation to do
everything that la necessary to do to
secure their complete mobilisation of
tko whole resources of America bp na
rapid and effecUve n mesne as esa
to found
"Transportation supplies all the ar-
teries of mobilisation Unless It bo
under a single and unified direction
the whole process of the Nation's no-
tion Is embarrassed
Voluntary Aetlsn Palled
' It was In tbs true spirit of America
and It waa right that we should flrat
try to effect the necessary unification
wider the voluntary action of those
who were In charge of the great rail
troy properties and wo did try It
"The directors of tho railways re-
gponded to tho nosd promptly and gen-
erously Tho group of railway exocu
tlves who were charged with the task
of aetual eo-ordlnatlon and general dl
motion performed tholr difficult du-
ties with patriotic seal and marked
ability ns was to have boon expected
and did 1 believe everything that It
was possible for them to do la tho cir-
cumstances "If I have taken tho task out of
their hands It has not boon because of
nay dereliction or failure on their
part but only because there were
some things which tbs government
can do and present management can-
not - "We shall continue to value moat
highly tbo advice and assistance of
these gentlemen and I am sure we
shall not find them withholding tt
"It has become unmistakably plain
that only under government adminis-
tration can the entire equipment of
tho several systems of transportation
bo fully and unreaorvodly thrown Into
a common service without injurious
discrimination against particular prop-
erties Only Government Can Do It
"Only under government administra-
tion can an absolutely and unembar-
rassed common use bo made of all
tracks terminals terminal facilities
and equipment of every kind Only
'under that authority can new termi-
nals be constructed and developed
without regard to tho requirements or
limitations of particular roads
Under government administration all
these things will be possible— not in-
stantly but ns fast ns practical diffi-
culties which cannot bo merely con-
jured away give way before tbo now
management
Tbi common administration will to
carried out with ns lltUe disturbance
of the present operating organisations
1 and personnel of the railways an pos-
nlble Nothing wlU be altered or dis-
turbed which it In not necessary to
disturb
Public Service First
"Wo are serving the public Interest
and safeguarding tbo public safety
' but we are also regardful of the inter-
est of those by whom these groat
properties are owned and glad to avail
ourselves of tho experience and train-
ed ability of those who have been
mfpgiti them '
“It Is necessary that the transports-
' ttoa of troops and materials of food
and of fuel sad of everything that is
- necessary for tho full mobilisation of
tho energies and resources of the coun-
try should bo first considered but
ft is clearly in tbo publie interest also
that tbs ordinary activities and the
pormal Industrial and commercial Ilfs
of tbs country should bo interfered
with and dislocated as little as pos-
nlble and tbo publie may rest assured
that the Interest and convenience of
tho private shipper will be as careful-
' ly served and safeguarded as tt la
’ possible to servo and safeguard tt la
i the - present extraordinary elreum-
1 0t£toCs
V Should Bo Pair to Owners
"While the present authority of the
executive suffloed for aU purposes of
r 'Ministration and while of ooorac
i i fctemta must nr tko pros-
f -"i v-' ’
’ k V ‘ - ' ' I a ' ’ ) -j
fh ny mim
attp It la I am euro you wt4
rtrf nag gssiseery that tko l
gad rrodttaro ad tko railways tko hofcfr
ru of their aiaoka sad head cheat
meet vo (ms the pavarwmaat an un-
qualified guaseatee that their proper
y— will kt tiilakilii IfemifkiMt ikg
perted ef federal eeotrwi la aa need
repair gad as oeaipleta Helpmeet aa
at araeeat and that tbo several
wttl receive under federal
each eemeeaeaMea as la
and June Cki to the
to the general public
"I wewtd er“3aet tho e
rultwuy npevutiMg tacame ef the tkrod
yean ending June M HIT
"I earnoetly
cannateee ho gtvea by epprarctot
legtnlatlea and given — gveaptly ts
so permit
m pii
of ouch gunruaioes nad tboir
greet luOueaee aad nleueseanoa an elm
moato la tbo preeent flnaectol aad In
dantrlal nltuettna nf the oouatry la-
deed oeo nf tko etnas arguments fay
aasemlag eoatrel ef Um nllronde at
this Mm la the ftennetal argument
"It Is assessery that the valaee of
railway aeeurltloa should bo Justly
and fairly paid aad that tho largo ft
naaslal epontloas ovory year
aary la eons set lea with tbs malstea-
t operation asd dsvolopment of
rends should during tko ported ef
tho war ha wisely related to the fi-
nancial operattoaa of tho government
"Our first duty is of ooursa to con-
serve tho eoasaseu Interest aad tko
eommoa safety and to nuke certain
that nothing stands la tho pray of tho
sueeossful prosecution of the groat
war for liberty and Justice but It is
aa obligation of publie conscleaco and
of publie honor that tho Private Inter-
ests wo disturb should be kept sals
from unjust Injury and tt la of tbs
utmost con sequence to tbs govern-
ment Itself tbst all great financial
operations should bo stabilised and co-
ordinated with the financial opera-
tions of tbo government No borrow-
ing should run athwart tha borrow-
ings of tbo federal traasury and no
fundamental Industrial values should
anywhere bo unnecessarily Impaired
"In the handa of many small Invest-ora-la
tbs country as wall aa la na-
tional banka la lasuraaca com panlee
la savings banka la trust companies
la fiaaaclnl agencies of ovory kind
railway aeeurltloa tbs aum total of
which runs up to some ton or olovsa
thousand million dollars constitute a
vital part of tho structure of credit
and tbo unquestioned solidity of that
structure must bo maintained
MoAdoo tho Right Man
"Tbo Seeratary of War and I easily
agreed that In view of tbo mamy com-
plex Interests which must be safe
guarded and harmonised as well as
because of bla exceptional experience
and ability In thta now field of gov
eramentxl action Mr William O Mo-
Adoo waa the right man to aasuma di-
rect admlnlstraUvo control of this new
executive task At our request ho
consented to assume tho authority and
duties of organiser and director gen-
eral of tbo new railway administration
Ho has assumed those duttoe and bla
work i la acUve progress
“It to probably too much to expect
that even under the unified railway
administration which will now bo poo-
ible sufficient economies eaa be ef-
fected In the operation of tho railways
to make tt possible to add to tboir
equipment and extend tboir operative
facilities as much as the present ex-
traordinary demands upon tboir um
will render desirable without retorting
to tbo naMonat treasury for thu funds
Nation Must Aid Financially
"If tt to not poeatbto tt will of
eourse bo necessary to resort to tbe
Congress tot grants of money for that
purpose Tbo Secretary of the Trees
ury will advise with your committees
with regard to this very practical as-
pect of tho matter
“For tho present I suggest only the
guarantees t have Indicated and auch
appropriations as are necessary at the
outset of this task 1 take tha liberty
of expressing the hope that the Con-
gress may grant them promptly and
ungrudgingly We kre dealing with
groat matters and will 1 am sure deal
with them greatly
John Paul Jones Was go etch
John Paul Jonea waa Scotch by birth
aad a very enterprising person Dun
lag tha Revolutionary war ho com-
manded an American privateer and
made successful attacks cm British
commerce In 1779 tbe Dutch permit-
ted him to enter their ports with two
British ships of war which ho had
taken sad which the local authorities
flatly refused to deliver up Ha died
at Paris in 1799 and his remains ware
brought to this country a fsw years
ago for burial "
How Could There Be?
Hiram — “ ‘No parking T Wen I
reckon not! There ain't a tree or
bench la sight anywhere!" -
i- The Real Rsaeen
Aa Illinois woman wanted a divorce
because her husband snored and talk-
ed la his Bleep He's probably one of
those - exasperating husbands - who
talks In bis sleep Just enough to
toll her where he has been -
Tbs First Waving Plage
Waving flags are said to have been
first brought to Spain by tho Saracens
The present Spanish colors rod aad
yellow came from the old shields of
Castile and Aragon
Remarkable Memory
la England Samuel Wesley repro-
duced from memory after a lapse of
16 years an oratorio covering upward
of 900 closely written pagan which ha
had composed early la life - He sold
that he saw the score i& hto miad’s
ye aa accurately aa if tt lay before
Raying tor F entry -
Poataas— “Do yon pay tor poetry t"
Editor— "Tea madam My physi-
cian orders me to aa expensive vast
cure twice a year"— puffhle Bums j January U tlT Minister WUttoek
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:n t:3 A3 1 ura
CgsdRal Mereier Mowed la Ctotor
dawmattoa ef Aato ed
CNriSgg Whtoh
ggstoa ef
i CautooTf fg ra! bM town fty
III Cijm rears alien tad all jfo
§fplt if cirilUtd awrtore German
afJtorttlM greed Mim la aid
Ikras la Ike preerewllea tt tear
r&d eeaualllee rn pvklic laormg-
Uea fires Iks sets concerning
Ikssg oirocious itidc la -g pe mfkUt
rsesnllf msdg faille from which vs
Isks the fcllcwing: t
October 11 IMS the Herman author-
Mee took a long step la the develop-
meat ef their policy of forcing the ft
Mans to aid them la prosecuting the
war The decree of that date reveals
the nutter and openly dlscloeee a-coo-tempt
for International law
"Article ! Whoever without reason
refuses to undertake or to continue
work suitable to hla occupation and la
the osecutlon of which the military
administration to Interacted Buck work
being ordered by one or more of tho
Bdlltary commanders will be liable to
Imprisonment not exceeding one year
He Buy also be transported to Ger-
many "la voklng Belgian tours or oven la-
ternattoqsl conventions - to tho con-
trary can In no case Justify the re-
fusal to work -
"Article 1 Any person who by force
threats persuasion or other means
attempts to Influence another to refuse
work ae pointed out In Article t to
liable to tho punishment of Imprison-
ment not exceeding live years
- "Article 8 Whoever knowingly by
means of aid given or la any other way
abets a punishable refusal to work
will bo liable to a maximum fine of
10000 marks sad la addition may be
condemned to a year's Imprisonment
"If communes or associations have
rendered themselves guilty of such an
olfsnN tho heeds of tbo communes will
he punished
"Article 4 In addition to the penal-
ties stated la Articles 1 and 1 the Ger-
man authorities may In cbm of need
Impose ' on comatuBee where without
reason work has been refused a fine
or other coercive police measures
"This present decree comes Into
force Immediately
"Per Etappelnapekteur
"VON UNGER ’
"Oeneralleutnaot '
"Ghent October 12 1910” '
"Slavery" Bald Cardinal Merrier
Cardinal Merder'a brief comment to
as follows: "The Injustice and arid-
trarineM of this decree exceed all that
could be Imagined Forced labor col-
lective penalties and arbitrary punish-
menta all are there It to slavery nei-
ther more nor lese" '
Cardinal Merrier was In error for
tho German anthorttles were able to
Imagine a much more terrible measure
la October 1916 when the need for
an additional labor supply In Germany
had become argent the German gov-
ernment established tbe system of
forced labor and deportation which
has aroused the detestation of Chris-
tendom Tho reader will not be misled
by tbe clumsy effort of tbe German au-
thorities to mask the real purpose of
tbe decree ? r
“L People able to work may be
compelled to work even outside the
place where they live In case they
have to apply to the chsrlty of others
for tho support of themselves or their
dependents on account of gambling
drunkenness tooling unemployment or
Idleness
"II Every Inhabitant of tho country
to bound to render assistance In case
ef accident or general danger and also
to give help In case of publie calami-
ties as far as be can even outside the
piece where ho Uvea In case of refu-
sal he may be compelled by force
TO Anyone called upon to work
under Articles I or U who shall re-
fuse the work or to continue at the
work assigned him will Incur the pen-
alty of imprisonment up to three years
tnd of u lino up to 10000 marks or
on or other of these penalties unless
t severer penalty la provided for by
the laws la force
“If tho refusal to work has been
Made In concert or In agreement with
several persona each accomplice will
be sentenced wif ht were a ring-
leader to at toast n week's imprison
Moat
"IV Tha German military author!-
ttoa aad military courts will enforce
tbo proper execution of this decree
"THE QUARTERMASTER GEN-
ERAL 8AUBBRZWBIG
"Great Headquarters - 8d October
19J6" u '
Military Rulore Responsible !
The responsibility tor this atrocious
program rests upon tho military rulers
tf Germany who had labored no seal-
eusly to latoct the array and the
people with the principles ef ruthless-
Bess It to significant that tbs decree
f October S 1916 followed hard upon
the elevation of Elndenburg to tho su-
preme komatfrd with Ludsodorf as his
chief of Matt hi hla leaf report ef
rrr-utr
ffi ca Cb t ca traGnMi!
"Then In August Ten Llndsnburg
mend He to mid le heraeHlctard
Van Etoaiag'a paCtoy pe tan aSI thsra
was a quarvoti Tan Etostag went IB
ItofUn 9e pretest threatened le
hot did net He returned end n
Man aCrial kora aaM tkat Bsigiwd
wanM new he subjected te t mare ter-
rible realms waeld learn what war
waa The prophesy has keen Medicat-
ed Recently -t was told tkat the drua-
Me measures am really mt hadindncfi
Inaptrsttani idanat knew Many Oor-
ye aleera say aa"
If Tan Biasing had oppaood Ike pri-
toy ef departs tine when Ida earn Judg-
ment waa overruled he rauaraled tu
became tbe "devil’s advocate" and to
fended the system la publie Rspe-
Hally Instructive to the tot towing ms-
ranatton reported hy Mr F G Web
Patti
V went te RrigluM te lavcetlgate
eaedttloaa gad while there I had op-
portunity le talk see day with
Mdvamor General Van lUaatng who
died three or four weeks ago n man
neventy-twe or seventy-three years
old a man steeMd In the 'system'
born and bred to the hardening ef the
heart which that philosophy develops
There ought to be some new word
coined for the process tbaf a man's
heart undergoes wheu It becomes
steeped In that system
i "I said to him Oovernor what are
you going to do If England and Franco
stop giving these people money to pur-
chase foodf
Van Biering Relied on Btervatlen
“lie sold' We hsvo got that all
worked out and have had tt worked
out for weeks because we have ex-
pected this system to break down at
any time
“He w ent on to aay 'Starvation will
grip theee people In thirty to- sixty
days Starvation to a compelling force
and we would use that force la compel
the Belgian workingmen ninny of
them very skilled to go to Oerronny
to replace the Germans so that they
could go to the front nnd fight against
the English and the French'
" 'Aa fast as our railway transpor-
tation could carry them we would
transport thousands of others that
would be fit for agricultural work
across Europe down Into southeastern
Europe Into Mesopotamia where wa
have huge splendid Irrigation worka
All thut land needs la water and tt
will blossom like the roee -
“The weak remaining the old nnd
the young we would concentrate oppo-
site tho firing line nnd put firing
aqunda bnek of them and force them
through that line so that the English
and French could take care of their
own people'
"It waa a perfectly simple direct
frank reasoning It meant that the
German government would use any
force In the destruction of any people
not Ita own to further Its own ends"—
1 ytederick O Walcott In National Geo-
graphical Magailne May 191T
A brief general view of tbe character
of the deportations can perhaps be
gained best from the report of Minis-
ter Whitlock
"The deportations began la October
In the Etape at Ghent nnd at Bruges
as my brief telegrama Indicated Tha
policy spread! the rich Industrial dis-
tricts of Hainnult the mines and steel
wqrks about Charleroi were next at-
tacked now they are arising men In
Brabant even In Brussels despite
some Indications nnd even predictions
of tho civil authorities that the policy
was about to bo abandoned
Tbe etapes were the parts of Bel-
gium under martial law and Included
the province of western Plunders part
of ' eastern Klnnlers and the region
of Tournal' ' The remainder of the oc-
cupied part of Belgium was under
civil government
Pitiable and Dlstraaslng Seen
“During the Inst fortnight men hava
been Impressed here In Brussels but
tbelr seizures here are made evidently
with much greater care than In tha
provinces with more 'regard for the
appearances There was no public an-
nouncement of the Intention to deport
but suddenly about ten days ago cer-
tain men In towns whose names are
on the list of chomeurs received sum-
mons notifying them to report at one
of the railway stations on a given day
penalties were fixed tor failure to re-
spond to the summons and there waa
printed on the card an offer of employ-
ment by the German government ei-
ther In Germany or Belgium On the
first day out of about 1600 men or-
dered to present themselves at the
Gnre du Midi about 750 responded
These were examined by German phy-
sicians and 800 were taken There
was no disorder a large force of
mounted Uhlans keeping back the
Crowds nnd barring access to the sta-
tion to all but those who bad been
summoned to appear - The - commis-
sion for relief In Belgium had secured
permission to give to each deported
nan a loaf of bread and some of the
communes provided warm clothing for
those who had nona nnd In addition a
smalt financial allowance As by one
of the Ironies of life the winter haa
been more excessively cold thnn Bel-
gium has ever known It and while
many 'of those who presented them-
selves were adequately protected
against the cold many of them were
without overcoats The men shiv-
ering front cold and fear the parting
from weeping wives and children the
barriers of brutal Uhlans all this
made tbe scene a pitiable and dis-
tressing one
- "It wa understood thut thef seizures
would continue her In Brussels but
ou Thursday last u bitter cold day
those that had been convoked' were
sent home without examination It to
supposed thut the severe weather bus
moved the Germans te postpooe the
dsrtottoa" ? "
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Ca Make Up A WssFl Hletory
a A trael
Bttlt water —War
servers ef retell eeacsrBs and el
keusekeld food stecke are being taken
In Oklahoma this month fellewlas
largely tha lias of surveys Made luat
Beptambsr The survey of retail e on-
cers la being made tor Oklahoma
only la Pays county where the work
to under the direction of County Agent
a F Msrktoad Tbe survey is being
made at tha laataaee ef tha bureau
of ptmhto °f the United States de-
partment of agrleulture
Every retail merchant In Payne
eounty has boon supplied with blank
to ba filled out showing In detail ovary
Item of foodstuffs on hand under date
of December 31 Mr Msrktoad points
out that th survey will he mud
easier for th merchants by virtue of
the fact that most of them ware taking
tbelr annual Invoice
The household survey tor Oklahoma
to under the direction of Mlsa Emma
A Chandler director of the home
demonstration work for the extension
division of A and M college Miss
Chandler haa aeleoted It rural eouu-
ties and nine towns In which tha sur-
vey will be taken
The totals for Oklahoma will ba es-
timated on the basic of tha surveys In
these towns and counties Tha towns
In which surveys will ha mods arc
MeAlester Chlckasha Ada Guthrie
Buffalo Hobart Durant Tallhlnl and
Bartlesville Tha counties In whleh
the survey will be made for all rural
homes are Pittsburg Bryan Coal Gar-
yin Rogers Pushmataha Okmulgee
Lopan Grady Custei Kiowa Tillman
Pontotoc and Orant
Tho household surveys will take Into
account all of the food stocks on band
and a weekly record of food eonaump-
tlon t
163 QTS NITROGLYCERINE
Planted On Farm To glop Banta Fs
Trask Work s
Oklahoma City — Wm Easley Osage
eounty farmer who admitted In feder-
al court that he had buried 163 quarts
of nltro-glycerlno across his land In or-
der to keep ths Sants Fs railroad from
building an extension to Pawhuska
was released from the county Jail His
bonds had originally been placed at
935000 but were reduced to 93000
Easley who to reputed to be worth
about 1300000 Immediately furnished
the amount Hs left n short time later
tor his home
That the United States authorities
proposed to deal severely with Easley
for his act In planting ths explosives
was Indicated following s long distance
conversation between representatives
of United States Dltsrlct Attorney
John Fain's office and Fred Ralna of
Muskogee United States explosives In-
spector for Oklahoma
Until the explosives ara removed
from tbe ranch the Santa Fa engi-
neers and construction workers will
remain idle It Is said tbe explosives
are ao situated that an explosion from
one of the cans containing tbo fluid
might result in the entire lot be dis-
charged The rancher promised his
attorneys and federal authorities that
he will assist in locating tha explos-
ives UNCALLED MEN TO ESCAPE
4000 Raglatrants Ara Delayed in War
Entrance
Oklahoma City— Nearly four thou-
sand men or about twenty-five per
cent of Oklahoma's quota to tha first
national army which had been called
and examined but not sent to training
camps will be affected by orders Is-
sued by Provost Marshal General
Crowder placing all deferred Incre-
ment! of the first army in the new
classification i
The order says there will b no more
formal calls for deferred percentages
of tha present quota before February
15 but that exemption boards should
until they hsvs enough men flnally
classlfied to clast oee send forward
promptly men selected under the old
regulations to makw up deficiencies
In calls already made -x
As n result of this order tt to said
that a Urge number of the deferred
percentages will get the benefit of the
new classification system
Calls will be made very shortly the
order states to obtain men under sec
tlon 149 of the selective draft law
TWO MILLION DEAL IN OIL
I
Mld-Continsnt dells Properties Ts
‘Tlday Company
- Tulsa— Tha Mid-Continent Petrol-
eum Company sold to th Tlday Oil
Company the Katie Flxico eighty acres
in the Cushing oil fields and probably
Its gasoline plants at Cushing and
Drumrlght for reported consideration
ef 93000000 The sale of all Mid-Continent
properties to denied by Superin-
tendent Aaronson but tt to believed
here that susk a deal has bssn mad
TCJTU FZZZ3 C
e ttos jg HoM R Fort VX
Oklahoma Ctty— Alfred T- Lee- Ada
youth oatil (net Bnturdey waa a dm
sartar from tha Putted He toe ennyl
and he dM net kaew tt New he hh
rtpnelBf at Fart BUI awaltlas
It um BiShAry Mimflliiii
Lae arts emptoyod aa a
mar Ada Rlai
waa seat aat ky hie laaal I
taraod Eeraa dsyu weat hy aad aa
The feet that he had fulled le veeatva
Ms fiMtlaABAlM flf hi! Blit M ilk
tempt te ehteta It caused tbe heard
peso the matter up to the state ndjm
lent general wke la tara passed tha
matter np te the adjutant psasrnl tf!
thu army
about hie questteunsire nnd went to
Ada nnd queetleaed the heard He
was advised and than looked upee na
s deserter from the army He name
to Oklahoma Ctty aad In the alM ef
tha adjutaat geaeral was further ad-
vised that the Military authorities bed
him listed aa n deserter Be armed
with n certificate from Waehlngtea
showing him to he n deserter ba re-
oorted te the United States district
attorney's office
Pa bo was passed along seme mere
this time In parson te tbe army author-
ities at Fort Sill
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WENT CRAZY OVER DRAFT
Farmer Killed Wife Baby nnd Him
Belt
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Muskogee — Fear of the draft made
Charlaa K Logan a fiend First Lo-
gan killed kla wife and baby aa thay
slept then after applying the torch te
bis home eut hla throat with n rssor
Ha died kneeling beside n couch
clutching In one hand the question-
nslre which he ehould have filed the
day before tho night of the tragedy
Charred bits of tho blank form wore
founed la tha blackened bones of his t
hand
Deputy sheriffs returning from tbe
scene of the triple tragedy la th lit-
tle farm home near McLain hrougkl
with them the verdict of "double mur-
der eulclde and flamea te destroy the
evidences of despair caused by the
thought of nerving In the army"
Tha murder theory virtually baa
been abandoned In tha firat excite-
ment neighbors recalled that Logaa
had had trouble with another farmer
at tbe time
HE ASKS FOR $500000000
Te Operate Railroads for Period el
the Wan
Washington— President Wilson Is
a massage to congress told of the
government’s nslsure of the railroads
for tho period of tbe war sad naked
that congresa appropriate funds - tor
th maintenance of th roads and to
reimburse th owners at an annual
rate aa naar aa poaslble to th not
operating Income for th three years
ending Juna 30 1917 -
An administration bill with theaa
provisolns appropriating 9500000000
also was ready to be Introduced la
both branches of congress
Only by government operation th
president told congress could ths
unity necessary to the country b ob-
tained and he added that existing or-
ganisations of the —llroads should ba
disturbed as little aa possible
' Tha president laid streaa on the'
guaranties to ths roads and their
stockholder
OKLAHOMA COUNTY 28116
Red Cross Campaign at the Capital a
Big dueessa 1
Oklahoma City-— Had Cross mem-
berships obtained In Oklahoma county
during jtbe Christmas drive exclusive
of a few rural and city districts which
have not reported total 38416 This
is 3116 above tho county quota of
25000 and tt to expected that when
final reports are In the number Will
be from 1000 to 3000 greater
Of the memberships obtained dl-
rectly by the county campaign organ-
ization 34123 were for fl 253 were
for 93 41 were for 96 16 were for
110 11 were for 950 and on was for
$25 making a total of 34450 member-
ships This total Include thoea ob-
tained by men'e end women’s teems
by city schools booth workers etc
"Unloaded" Cun Kills Bey
Frederick — An - "unloaded" pump
shotgun In the hands of a boy brought
tha inevitable tragedy at tha Glen-
wood school two miles north of th
city when a load of blrdshot tor'
away the right side of fifteen-year-old
Ralph Shouse's face killing him in-
stantly 8house and three playmates
had been ejecting shells from that
gun and had supposed tbe magastne
was empty When the weapon waa
handed the smallest boy Frank Mash-
burn however It was discharged aad
struck Sbouse
' I W W Organising Crime -TuUs
— United States Commission-
er J H Wilkins ruled hare that a
person organising workmen into the
I W W order at the time the conn--try
to at war to guilty of violating the
espionage act Insofar as that person
Is inviting others to become affiliated
with an order that has Invited strike
and other industrial disturbance The
ruling came in the case of Chartts
Kralgsr arrested by the police Decem-
ber 98 and in whose possession was
found a vast amount of I W W lit-
erature H to held under 99000 bond
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