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THE TALALA GAZETTE-TIMES
NEWS OF THE
STATE CAPITAL
INDICATIONS ARE OKLAHOMA
WILL PAY 91,125,000 IN IN.
COME TAXES.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What tha stat* Officials and Dspsrt-
manta Ara Doing— Itsms of In-
taraat About tha Stata
Government
Another sign of the increasing proa*
parity of Oklahoma was indicated by
Hubert L. Bolen, federal collector of
interna,! revenue, when he said: "In
my opinion the percentage of increase
Ut the income tax will be greater In
Oklahoma this year than iu any other
district of the United States."
The final date for the payment of
Oklahoma County Taxea.
County Treasurer Baker of Okla-
homa county, sine* January 1. haa
collected $1,905,026 In ad valorem
taxea on Oklahoma county property.
Of that amount $941,197 is tax col-
lected on thia year'a or the 1915 tali
and $733,552 is 1914 tax collected this
year. Baker has collected this yeaf
also $128,717 on the 1913 tax, $56,867
on the 1912 tax, $29,623 on the 1911
tax aad $15,067 on the tax of 1910 and
previoua years.
The collection of taxea was not com-
menced in Oklahoma county this year
until February, or three months late.
The delay waa caused by the action
of the state board of equalization in
raising the assessments and in caus-
ing an lmmenee amount of extra work
on the part of the county officials.
Oklahoma county haa received v
check from the state for $4,289, rep-
resenting part of the quarter-mill levy
the state made for good road pur-
poses. The county also made the
same levy for the same purpose. The
county has collects! about $11,000
from that levy, and will collect a total
of approximately $19,COO this year,
state will collect the same
STRENGTH OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
if (i i i
the tax is June 30. Unless paid by 3
o'clock on the afternon of that day The
a penalty of 5 per cent will be added amount, but the money the state coV
to the total amount of the tax. Three Iects will not be turned over to the
o'clock is the final limit, as the money
must be in before the banks cloae. In
the estimation ot Ur. Bolen, there will
be little occasion to impose the pen-
alty, as the persons who have not yet
paid are those who wait nntil the final
day, so their money may draw inter*
est. There is yet in th* neighborhood
Ift $250,000 to be oollectsd.
Mr. Bolen, by th* limitations fixed
by the treasury department, la not al-
lowed to give out definite Information
aa to the amount which la coming aa
Oklahoma's share of the in com* tax,
bnt an Oklahoma City man who haa
kept fairly accurate figures on the to
dividual fortunes of the state, estl>
mates that the total tax will be $1,126,-
000. This means that 80 per cent of
the total has already been paid.
county for some time.
Oklahoma county has received $28,
053 from the state's tax on automo-
biles In the couny,
States and Territories.
[—Alabama „
t-Arliooa
I—Arkansaa '
♦—California
I—Colorado ..-
•—Connecticut
1—Delaware
f—District of Columbia
►-Florida *
I®—Georgia
II-Hawall
It—Idaho
IS—I 111 noLa
14—Indiana ""
14—Iowa
1*—Kant**
17—Kentucky '
U—Louisiana ""
15—Main* ..........I....
•> Maryland
U—Massachusetts
i>—Michigan T"
K-Mlnneaota .
M—Mleelaelppl
K—Missouri
H—Montana
17— Nebraska '
—Nevada (a)
•-New Hampshire
m-New Jersey
H—New Mexico
It-New York V!
IS—North Carolina '
g-Nonh Dakota I.!""""
M—Oklahoma ...".'.",'...'.'."','.,1
!e
Pennaylvanla
-Rhode Island
Indian Tax Not Constitutional.
Oklahoma5s gross production tagf
law was declared unconstitutional in-
so far as it applies to Osage and de-
partmental oil and gas leases in a de-
cision handed down in federal district
cojirt by Judge Cotteral. The law was
passed by the specially convened state
legislature .last February.
The decision carries with it tem-
porary injunctions against E. B. How-
ard, state auditor, and Sheriff Freas
of Osage county. The former is en-
Jataed from levying on the property
Of ttt Barnsdall, Indian Territory II-
Okla and Gypsy oil com-
Two Sectarian Schqpla Qualify.
Th* course of study taught in Henry
Kendall College at Tulaa and in Phil-
lips University at Enid were formally
approved by the state board of educa-
tion, and the graduateB of these two
Institutions who take the required
course will be given life teachers' cer-
tificates by the board of education.
Two more church colleges were ex-
tended recognition by the state board.
They are 'the Oklahoma Methodist
University at Guthrie and the Cffela-
homa Baptist College at Shawnee.
Graduates of these colleges are en-
titled to be given life teachers' certi-
ficates.
Courses of study taught in other
church colleges in Oklahoma are ex-
pected to be approved by the board
some time this week. In all cases
where approval is given it will apply
to this year's graduates.
It is announced by the board that
teachers' examinations In all state
normal schools and the A. and M.
college at Stillwater would not be
conducted until after July 1.
The board decided that all changes
in school presidents should take effect
July 1 with the exception of the trans-
county and on d* fer of Presldent Grant c- Orumbine
under the terms of ,rom the Northwestern Normal at
Alva to the Central State Normal
School at Edmond, which will become
effective on August 1.
g-gregon
^8* _
~Bouth Carolina
41—Bouth Dakota
4J—1Tennessee
4J—Texas .. "I !
44—Utah
46—Vermont
♦•-Virginia
17—'Washington
tt-Wert Virginia .
O-Wlsconsln
tt-Wyomlng
Total
(al No organized militia In Nevada.
80
M
a
ii
41
, 11
11
ii
46
I
til
M
21
127
U
24
M
a
16
I
U
2*
11
u
«
ua
I,Ml
good; Infantry, excellent, good aad fair
by companies.
New Hampshire—Medical depart-
ment, fair; cavalry, fair; field srtil
lery, good; coast artillery, poor; In-
fantry, excellent and very good.
New Jersey—Medical department,
very good; cavalry, good; artillery,
very good; Infantry, fair to good.
New Mexico—Medical department,
good; artillery, excellent; Infantry,
very good and good.
7.S7I
1416
1B.10I 1B.JK
THE CALL TO ARMS'
The militia of all the states wer*
called to the colore In the following
statement addressed to the governors
of the various states by Secretsry of
War Baker:
"Having In view the possibility ot
further aggression upon the territory
Of the United States snd the necessity
for the proper protection of that fron-
tier, the president has thought proper
to exercise the suthorlty vested In him
by the Constitution and the laws snd
call out the organized militia and the
National Guard necessary for that pur-
pose.
"1 am In consequence, Instructed by
the president to csll Into the service
of the United States through yon, the
following units of the orgnnlzed mili-
tia and the National Guard of the state
of which the president
directs shall be assembled at the stste
mobilisation point (or st the
place to be designs ted to you by the
commanding general, eastern depart-
HOW THE UNITED STATES AND
MEXICAN ARMIES UNE UP
ALONG BORDER.
Douglas
Columbus
El Paso
Rio Grande
Presidio ,
Laredo
Brownsville
San Antonio
Namlquipa
Babrlocra .
San Miguel
IN MBXICO.
Galena
Caaaa Grande* ...
Corral I to*
Aacen*i*n
Total 34,810
These men are stretafted along a
front of 1,800 miles. TMa makes the
line average nineteen men to th* mil*.
To*al 12,000
These men are stretched along a
front of MO mlloa, Thle makea the
line averas* forty-*lght men to the
mile.
Organised National Guard of the United Statea (mobilised) - 145.000
AGAINST THIS FORCE CARRANZA HAS
In Sonora under Callea 12000
In Chihuahua facing Pershing'* front 40000
At other point* along border . 115 000
Total
.67,000
► latter is restrained
Sees.
JBiK* SMNU gave S. P. Freeling,
attorney general, ten days in which to
file briefs. It Is thought the state will
appeal the decision to th* circuit
court of Appeals.
Expreaa Refund Order.
The question of issuing an order
directing express companies operating
The gross pro^pctlon tax law was jn Oklahoma to refund approximately
declared unconstitutional after Judgo s500>000 ln excess charges to shippers
2™ ^ ; ?"dget Col; is now entirely in the hands of the
terai and Judge Hook of the circuit i 41 . , - . A
court sat simultaneously hi Oklahoma c0Tp°raU0n comm,S9,on toT ^termlna-
City to hear arguments by th* state > *'0B' ndmerous delays and
and attorneys for th* companies continuances the hearing on the peti-
some time ago. Three IMaral Judges tion of the attorney general to deter-
are necessary in a case involving con-
stitutionality of a state law.
Time of Injupnctlons.
The injunctions against the oil i
mine the amount of the refund was
concluded late Thursday afternoon and
the case was taken tmder advisement.
According to figures submitted by
panies will hold good until the *—■" the express compaales the amount to
has been finally decided. be refunded to 1478.675. This Is
No estimate of the amount of money slightly less than the amount est!-
involved by Judge Cotteral's decision mated by the corporation cnrnmianton,
could be obtained at the office of the However, It te understood the comls-
atate auditor, but since Osage county 8ion probably will issue an order di-
contains some of the most productive reeling the express companies to
that thT sum of "money OkKa tbe t0 the*
will lo*e under the decision will,CWn ®gures- This will likely be done
aount to many thousands of dollarj |aT0l° further controversy regarding
annually.
tbe amount.
State Twine For Next Wheat Crop.
Machinery and equipment for the
binder twine plant to be operated by
the state In the penitentiary at Mc-
Alester was purchajed by the state
Condition of the National
Guard in the Various
States.
According to the latest war depart-
ment records, the condition of the Na-
tional Guard is as followa::
Alabama—Medical department, good
fleid artillery, poor; Infantry, fair and
good.
Arizona—Medical department, good
infantry, fair and good.
Arkansas—First Infantry Companies
B, D, F and K, poor; others good or
very good. Second Infantry Compa-
nies C and E, poor; others good or
fair.
California — Medical department,
good; cavalry, fair; field artillery, very
good; coast artillery, good and fair;
infantry, fair or poor by company.
Colorado—Medical department, good;
corps of engineer*, fair; cavalry, good;
Bald artillery, poor; Infantry, good and
poor by companies.
Connecticut — Medical department,
very good; cavalry, good and excel-
lent; Mi artillery, very good; coast
artillery, good and very good by com-
panies; infantry, excellent and very
good.
District of Columbia—Medical de-
partment, excellent; signal corps, fair;
Infantry, fair, good aad excellent by
companies.
Florida—Infantry, very good and
good.
Georgia—Medical department, fair;
Infantry, fair and -poor by companies;
cavalry, good; fleid artillery, very
good; coast artillery, good and poor
TOUTS LEDUM TO NEHCM CRISIS
Auditor Approves Printing Claim.
Claim of the Warden Printing Com-
pany for 12,720.50 for printing the
constitutional amendments to be sub- chinery Compaay of Patterson, N. J.,
mitted te August was approved by, for $35,465.
State Auditor E. B. Howard and was The contract calls for the delivery of
paid Immediately. the machinery not later than Jan. 1,
The claim bore only the approval of 1!U7" The flr8t 8h|Pment is expected ' by companies.
the state board of affairs which con- t0 re"ch the P«nit*ntlanr within the Hawaii-Medical department, very
tracted' for thp a , neit six,y or seventy days. The work 'ood '• infantry, good and fair by com-
«?22* 1.^ 8eCret%ry ot installing it will begin Immediately !
or state Lyon, who has been engaged ond will be rushed with the view of Idaho—Infantry very good and good,
ln a controversy with the governor having the plant in operation in time I Illinois—Medical department, very
and the board of affairs about the to make binder twine for use in the food; engineer corps, fair; cavalry, ex-
printing, had contended that the harvest.
claims had to be signed and approved ThP machinery purchased by th*
by him, which he declared he would board ,s Rufflcient t0 e< uiP * Plsnt
not do. with a dai,-v capacity of 12,000 pounds
i. i _ j . * . °* binder twine.
It is understood the action of the An appropriation of !25.000 was
auditor in approving the claim will made by the last extra session of the
put an end to the controversy. Lyon legislature for the installation and
asserted that the pamphlets had not equipment of the twine plant. Of this
been printed according to law, and $75,000 was set aside for the construc-
since the responsibility of their legal- Hon of the building and the purchase
itv has been a-nsuuied by the board of °t the machinery, the remaining
affairs and the auditor it Is expected 150.000 to be used ia tbe purchase of
that he will not protest further. raw material
Woman Put Off Train, Wins Caa*.
ceil eat and very good; Held artillery,
very good and good; lafantry, very
good and fair by companies; Seventh
snd Eighth Infantry, Chicago, excellent
aad very good.
Indiana—Medical department, fair;
fleid artillery, fair; Infantry, good and
very good by companies.
Iowa—Medical Sspartment, fair;
Held artillery, good; Infantry, fair
and very good by companies.
Ksnsaa—Medical department, very
good; field artillery, fair; Infantry,
very good and good by companies.
Kentucky — Medical department,
fair; Infantry, fair and good to ex-
Lyon Prepare* T* Mail Sookleto.
k_ * a R„.„, . _ Although he says his requests tor ! cellent by companies,
airs. J. a. Bryant, who was put off the governor and the state boArd of ; Louisiana — Medical
a Rock Island passenger train laat affairs to assume certain responsible
September at Erick, Okla., was award- ties have not been satisfied, Becre-
ed judgment for $750 damages by a Ury of 8tate Lyon has begun tbe task
district court Jury in Oklahoma City, of addressing envelopes containing
Mrs. Bryant aad a 10-year-old child publicity pamphlets on proposltMaa to
got on the train at Texola, the first be voted uponHa August, which are te
atation beyond Erick. She discovered be mailed to every voter to the state.
afee had left her pocket book contain- A fore* of about fifteen girls was put
tor tlcekts to Oklahoma City la tha to work on tbe Job. There are 325 00*
station, and sho so Informed th* e* - voter* to the state, which means that
Sector, but th* train departed aad ttaf many envelop** will hav* to b* ad,
p«npit*ft III mil
lis! an a — Medical department,
gooff; cavalry, good; field artil-
lery, fair; Infantry, good, fair and
poor by compnalea.
Maine—Medlral department, fair;
coast artillery corps, fair and good; In-
fantry, good.
Maryland—Medical department, very
good; Infantry, very good aad fair by
companies.
Maaaachusette—Medial department,
excellent; cavalry, very go*d; field ar-
tillery, excellent; coast artillery, good
end very good; Infantry, pood and
very good by companies.
Michigan — Medical department,
poor; engineers' corps, fair; signal
corps, good; cavalry, good; field artil-
lery, poor; Infantry, good and very
good.
Minnesota — Medical department,
fair; field artillery, very good; in-
fantry, good and very good by com-
panies. „
Mississippi — Medical department,
poor; Infantry, fair and poor by
companies.
Missouri—Medical department, good;
cavalry, very good; artillery, excel-
lent; Infantry, very good and fair by
companies.
Montana—Medical department very
rood; infantry, excellent and good.
Nebraska—Medical department, very
Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills.
ment), for muster Into the service of
the United States.
"Organizations to be accepted into
the federal service should have the
minimum peace strength now pre-
scribed for organized militia. The
maximum strength at which organisa-
tions will be accepted and to which
they should be raised as soon as pos-
sible Is prescribed In section No. It,
"Tables of Organisation,'* Dnlted
States Army.
"In case any regiment, battalion or
squsdron, now recognized ss such, con-
tains sn Insufficient number of orgsni-
sations to enable It to conform at mus-
ter to regular army organisation ta-
bles, the organisations necessary to
complete such units msy be moved to
moblllzstlon camp and there Inspected
under orders of the depsrtment com-
mander to determine fitness for recog-
nition aa organised by th* war depart-
ment
"Circular 19, division of milltis af-
fairs, 1914, prescribe* the organiza-
tions desired from each stste as part
of the local tactical division, and only
these organlsstions will be accepted
Into service."
The following brief chronology con-
stitutes the highlight* In the politi-
cal history of Mexico, starting with
the Madero revolution against Presi-
dent Porfirio Diaz. November 18, lfilO,
Culminating in th* present crisis, as
feliaws;
itia
NOT. 23—Frsndsco L Madero pro-
Claims himself provlsieaal president,
snd two days later Diss resigns,
sailing with bia family for Bursp*
May 81.
i ia.
OCT. 10—Second revelation started un-
der Genera! FeBx Diss. Two weeks
later he Is captured by federal
troops and uprising apparently
crashed.
itia.
FEB. 21—Third revolattoe takes plsce
and Tletoriaao Huerta proclaimed
provisional president Gustavo Ma-
dero executed.
FEB. 21—Fourth revolution, this time
against Huerta. started by Carrau-
sa. governor of Ooahslla.
OCT. 14—Huerta proclaims himself
dictator and abrogates CMatitatloa.
1S14.
APIUL 9—Paymaster snd seven sailors
snested In Taaptco by Mexican sol-
dier*. Though released a lew hours
Ister, Rear Admiral Mayo demanded
an apology, punishment «C the Mex-
ican officer In charge saS a salute
of twenty-one gunsi TMa ems the
APRIL 21—United Ststes marines oc-
cupy customhouse at TM Crus
snd take charge of dty.
JUNE 24—Peace protocol signed by
"ABC" mediator* at Nl^ra Falls,
Ontario.
JULY 15—General Huerts resigns aa
provisional president
AUG. li—Csrransa, by sgreement with
General Obregoa and General Itur-
blde, named provisional president
te succeed Francesco Csrbajai, who
held oSlce oae moetk after Hnerta's
resignation.
MOT. 11—Th* Mtbreab sf boatUIUss
between Carranxa ^nd Villa takes
place.
1S1S.
JAN. S to MARCH 6—Sporadic fight-
ing between Villa and Carranss
forces.
MARCH 9—Secretary of State Bryan
warns Americans to leave Mexico.
Two days latsr John McMsnus
murdered by Zapatlstss in Mexico
City.
AUG. 8—First big fight between Mex-
ican! snd American ranchers takss
place In Osmsroa County, Texas-
American soil.
SEPT. 17.—Six Carraaza soldiers
killed In fight with American sol-
diers near Donna, Texas.
Oct 19—United Statea formality rec-
ognizes Carranxa de facto govern-
ment Wild Jubilation ln Mexico
City.
NOV. 26—Three American soldiers
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR A60 THIS WEEK
Juns 26, 191B.
Gsrmsns rstook soms lost
trenchee nssr Souchss.
Dutch stssmsr Ceres sunk by
mlns In Gulf of Bothnls.
Austrlsn submarine ssnk Italian
torpedo boat In Adriatic.
British svlstors blsw up big am-
munition depot nssr Roulsrs, kill
ing 50 seldlsrs.
Juns 27, 1918.
Violent srtlllsry fighting In Bsl-
gium snd north of Arrss.
Serbe captured Mlchsrsksada,
Austria, with much booty.
Italians oecuplsd summit sf Zsll<
lenkofeel, weet of Monte Croce
pass.
Russians In Csuessus region oc-
cupied Gob snd movsd toward Bit
lis.
4 French esroplsns bombsd Zeppe-
lin hsngsrs at Prlsdrlchshsfsn.
Juns 28, 191S.
Severe srtlllsry dusls from ths
Alans to Flsnders.
Teutone took Hsllcs, Gsllcls, snd
forcsd bsck Russlsns along ths
Bug.
Montsnegrlne occupied Glovsnnl
Medus, Albsnls.
Italians entered Auetrisn tsrrl-
tory south of Rlvs snd In ths Ledro
valley.
Germsn submsrlns ssnk British
steamer Armenian; 29 lost, Includ-
ing 20 Amerlcsns.
June 29, 1916.
Heavy cannonading nssr Sou-
chez.
Teutons drove Russlsns scrsss
border north of Lemberg snd took
Tomsszow, Polsnd.
Montenegrins entered 8cutsrl,
Albania.^
German submsrlnee ssnk Brit-
ish steamer Scottish Monarch snd
three Norwegisn vessels.
Austris • Hungary protected
against shipment of wsr munitions
from U. 8.
June 30, 1915.
Germsns won some ground from
French neer Bagatelle.
Austro-Germans took Zswlchost,
Poland.
Germans stormed Rueelsn posi-
tions on the Gnlls Lips snd crosssd
thst river.
Itelisns captured three psssss In
the Csrnlc Alps.
Austrisns repulsed sttacka In
Monfalcone, Ssgrsdo snd Plsva
regions.
Alllee took Turkleh trenchee
near Krithla.
July 1, 1915.
Grest srtlllsry engsgemsnts
slong the Alsne.
Teutone csptured Zsmost snd ad-
vanced between Vistula and Bug
rivers.
Austrisns bsst Itsllsns north-
east of Monfalcon*.
Germsn submsrlne esnk ons Itsl-
ian and two British stssmsr*.
French seroplane bombed Zee-
brugge and Brugee.
July 2, 1915.
Germane under crown prince
topk offensive In weetern pert of
ths Argonns.
Gsrmsns msds gslns nssr Ls
Four-ds-Psrls.
Italians took vlllags of Tolmlno
but Auetrlsns hsld ths fortifica-
tions.
Alliss hsld gslns In Gslllpoll
against furious countsrsttscks.
Russisn squsdron routed German
squadron In engagement In the
Baltic.
Russisn submsrlne blew up Ger-
man battleship nsar Danzig bay.
British munitions bill
houss of lords.
Hsrd Findings.
William Hard, the scientific man-
:,°™ded ' wlt* branding j ^es".'" Yon'k^ ^ * C' *"
Mexican troops near Negate*, Aria.
Forty Mexicans killed.
1918.
JAN. 1—Vllle atrocities against Amer-
icans become dslly.
JAN. 13—Fifty Amerlcsns massacred
by Vllllstas near Chihuahua City.
JAN. IS—Fight between American
troops snd Mexican soldiers near
Fort Hancock, fifty-three mile* east
of El Psso.
JAN. 17—Vllls orders bis troops to
"host all Americana m sight.
JAM. 23—Eight Americans hanged by
Villa's orders st Oarnejutla, Mexico.
FEB. 18—Official report made to Sec-
retary of 8tate Lansing disclosed
thst total American murders In Mex-
ico numbered 188 in three years,
■ARCH 1—Sporadic raids by Vllllstas
serosa border become almost dslly.
MARCH 9—Columbus raid by 1,608
Mexican rebels under Villa. Seven-
teen Amerlcsns slain.
MARCH IB—American troops andsr
command of OMooel Dodd enter Max
Ico ae vanguard of General Per-
shing's punitive expedition.
Yonkers:
"Some of the new Ideas In sclentlfio
management are worse than useless.
That reminds me of a story.
"'Here come the police! Where
can I hide?' gaaped a mining ahark
aa he tore from his outer to his Inner
office.
" 'Here, get in here!' said the treaa-
nrer, throwing open a fumed oak cab-
inet 'Get in this simplified card In-
dex case. I defy anybody to find any-
thing in here!'"
Fined tor Contempt.
"Pa, were you frightened when jot
proposed to ma?"
"No, my dear, bnt then I bad ao
Idea ot what I waa up against*
•Thst remark wlU Just coat you n
new gown." spoke up mother.—Detroit
Wes Press.
Appropriate Site.
T sss where they hav* bra
tag near th* alt* of th* n—Ira
of Eden."
"Well, why aotT lent that stae
ell th* trouble started r
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