The Delaware Register (Delaware, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THE DELAWARE REGISTER
ALL EFFORTS AT MEDIATION AND
ARBITRTION HAVE
FAILED
WILSON CONSULTS LEADERS
r ! ill ’
In Final Effort to Prevent Catastrophe
“ " Which Would Result If the
- i 400000 Men Decide to
1 ' f Walk Out
New York — A general strike on vl“-
r tually all the railroads of the nation
( paralyzing commerce and throwing
f 2000000 men out of employment can
be averted only through the good of
flees of President Wilson as a result
of developments ln the dispute over
i the men’s demands for an eight-hour
” day and 'time and one-half for over-
time The controversy was laid be-
fore the president at his invitation
after the workers had flatly rejects 1
any form ot arbitration They refused
mediation I
On To Washington 1
Soon after accepting the president’s
-summons extended through the fed-
eral board of mediation and concilia-
- tlon the men announced that the lend-
ers of the four railroad brotherhoods
had departed for Washington City
accompanied by thirty or the 600 dele-
gates assembled here The railroad
manager! nineteen in number left
tor the capital at the same time
Mr Tumulty the president’s secre-
tary brought here with him a commu-
nication froth President Wilson ad-
dressed to the brotherhoods and the
railroad managers pointing out that a
paralysis such as would follow a gen-
eral railroad strike would be a catas-
trophe at any time but would be noth-
ing short of disaster under presen’
conditions On this ground the presi-
dent based his request for a confer-
ence with representatives of both fac-
tions before a strike order is issued
by the leaders of the men v
Debate Hours Long
The Anal break came after the men
fiad been in secret session nearly six
hours Reports differ as to the reason
for the failure of the negotiations ln
view of the cheerful outlook of the
' flight before The men asesrted they
refused to arbitrate because the rail-
roads Insisted on arbitrating their
“contingent proposition” The board
of mediators in a statement declared
however that the men rejected their
proposition ’ contending that they
would not arbitrate even if the rail-
roads waived the contingent proposi-
tion The statement of the mediators
issued by Judge Martin A Knapp
chairman of the board just before
v their departure for Washington fol-
lows: Offer No Suggestion
“After repeated efforts to bring
(bout an arbitration of the pending
controversy between the railroads and
their employees ln train and yard
service the United States board of
mediation and conciliation was today
advised by the representatives of tho
employees that they would not submit
tbe matters ia dispute to arbitration
In any form -“The
employees further stated to
the board that they would not arbl-
trate their own demands even if the
- contingent demands of the railroads
were withdrawn and also declined to
Buggest any other plan or method of
a peaceful aeltlemeut of the contro-
' versy
Double Pay the Rub
Tbe chief objection of the men lo
arbitrating the railroads’ “contingent
proposition" lay in their contention
that the proposal entailed the wiping
out of double compensation features
which tbe men have gained during
thirty years of effort The railroads
have contended that double compen
sation together with the demands ot
the men If granted would increase
the wages of many of their employees
more than 100 per cent
Milk 8trlker At 8t Loul Killed
SL Louis — III feeling ln the strike
of drivers for local dairy companies
reached a climax ln the killing ot
Dave Mitchell a striker who was shot
In an argument on the street George
Schneider foreman of the dairy was
arrested Many strikers were ar-
rested There was considerable inter-
ference with grocery and bakery
wagons that sent to the dairies to get
their milk to retail and ice cream was
dumped into the streets
New York Traffio Strike Over
New York— After the men had been
ut one dny the New York sreet
railway strike came to a sudden end
Directors o( the New York Railways
Company and the Third Avenue Rail-
way Company tile two prlnclpnl lines
affected voted after being deadlocked
for twelve hours to accept a plan of
settlement proposed by Mayor MiG
North Carolina Dam Breaks
Asheville N C— Thg Lake Tox
away dam weakened by the recen!
i broke send'ng a great wall of ed state troops were placed on pa-
pressed in financitg circles that an- water down the valley toward western troi duty along the border according
nouncement would be made shortly South Carolina No lives (bus far to figures secured at department head-
that arrangements had Deen conclud- have been reported lost and warnings quarters Officers said this total did
ed for a new loan reported to be $250-'sent out from several cities are be- not begin to represent the number of
000000 to Great llrltan This loan lleved to have enabled most persons releases of this nature that will be
would run for two years according in tbe path of the flood to reach safety granted There Is a steady flow of ap-
to a summary published here with The lake an artificial body of water plications from men who are desirous
interest at 6 per cent and the notes was created In 1902 by eattern cap- j of leaving the service on the grounds
to mature in two years would bs of- itallsts It covers 550 acres to an that they are needed for support of
fered at 99 j average depth of thirty feet I their families at home
ANOTHER LOAN FOR ENGLAND
$250000000 CreTit Expected To Be
chel and Oscar S Straus chairman of
the public service commission after
representatives of the strikers had
agreed to ft It then was announced
that normal service would be re-
sumed at once on the lines which rati-
fied the agreement '
One of the chief concessions I the
right to organize which was the issue
settlement gives to the employes the
strike leaders said they were deten
mined should be fought to the end-
Cleveland Milk Driver On Strike
Cleveland — More than 300000 per-
sons in Cleveland are without milk
and cream as the result of a strike ot
200 milk wagon drivers
DR JOHN B MURPHY IS DEAD
i
i
'
Noted Surgeor a Victim of the Munde-
' j 1 lein Banquet
Mackinac Island Mich — Dr John B
Murphy of Chicago one of the world's
most renowned ' surgeons “ died sud
deniy at a hotel white on a summer
outing An attack of heart disease
was the immediate cause ot death
Dr Murphy had been in pool- healtn
for several months and some had as-’
cribed his condition to the poisoned
soup partaken at th banquet given
to Archbishop Mundelein at the Uni-
vdrsity club Chicago last winter His
wife waB with him at the time of his
death t
The famous surgeon who recently
was knighted by Pope Benedict for hi
researches In Burgery was only
years old II® first came into inter-
national fame through bis specializing
in intestinal disorders and invented
what was known as the Murphy but-
ton making possible operations which
theretofore had been deemed impossi-
ble He was credited by manywlth
being the first surgeon to perform op-
erations ’for appendicitis such cases
previously having been diagnosed as
quick consumption or other intestinal
di?oniers Of late ypars Dr Murphv
had turned his attention to joint dis-
eases which he treated by the serum
method having followed the sugges- ed under this view would be the with-
tion that rheumatism and other slm- drawal of American troops from Mex-
ilar disorders were due to pus centers Ico to be followed by negotiation of
in C7ie body - - t a protocol covering future military
operation along the border
The immediate military situation on
the border disposed of the commis-
sion will be ready to piocoed with its
remaining specific task Investigation
to determine whether interests desir-
ing intervention have inspired border
raids
Washington— All the national guard
units included in President Wilson'3
call of June 18 not yet on the Mex-
ican border were ordered there by the
war department
Between 20000 and 25000 additional
troops will thus be added to the bor-
der forces National guard forces
there will number approximately-
000 and the total of all troops bn the
border or in Mexico will be 175000
Secretary Baker made a formal an-
Washington — Their offer of a com-
promise legislative program which
might lead to an early adjournment ot
congress rejected by the republicans
democratic senate leaders decided to
nouncement that the troop movement ' drive along w Khout republican co-
had nothing whatever to do with the operation in an effort to dispose of
Mexican situation as such and was pending legislation by September 1
solely to relieve thousands of troops Republican leaders who had given
now held ln mobilization camps only the democrats hope that their adjourn-
because Uiey lacked a few recruits to ment proposal might be accepted were
bring units up to fixed minimum j unable to control the party conference
strength which took up the matter for ratifica
tion
Progressive republicans led by Sen-
ators Borah Norris and LaFollette re-
fused to be bound by any program
which would prevent action on the cor-
rupt practices widows’ pension civil
was veterans’ retirement and immi-
gration bills
The result was that a resolution was
adopted rejecting the democratic pro-
posal and urging passage of the immi-
gration bill before adjournment
Democratic senators Bald that no
change In the legislative program
drafted recently by the party caucus
now was contemplated They were
hopeful that the shipping and revenue
bill and conference reports could be
disposed of and adjournment reached
early in September at the latest
Approprlstions Break All Record
Washington — The importance of
the $200000000 revenue bill on whlc'i
senate democrats devoted many hours
of deliberation in cauaus is being im-
pressed upon leaders by the fact that
appropriations of the sesalon cow
nearing completion have broken ail
records With the passage this week
of the $50000000 ship purchase bill
and probable approval by the houso
of the senate’s gigantic naval bill tho
appropriations of the sixty-fourth
congress will have exceeded the pre-
vious high record by at least s bait
billion dollars
Will Reach $1700000000
While exact figures cannot be com-
puted when the gavel has fallen on
the last supply bill of the session the
aggregate appropriations by congress
for ail purposes probably will approx-
imate $1700000000 as against $1114-
000000 for the sixty-third congress
Besides regular supply bills which
total as they now stand $1387206580
congress 111 have added when the
shipping bill Is approved more than
$90000000 for special purposes There
aiBO have been contract authorization
amounting to about $207000000 all of
which would bring the grand aggre-
gate to $1685000000
New York Plague Worse
New York — Mrs Frank Copeland
Page daughter in-law of Waiter Hlitei
Page United Stales ambassador to
Great Britain died of infantile paraly-
ala at her summer home in South Gar-
don City L I Health department of-
ficlals announced that laBt week was
the high record week for the disease
since the epidemic developed Cape3
repotted were 1198 as against 1117
lust week and 912 the third week In
the list of new cases and deaths made
public a total of 6140 cases were
shown with 1371 deaths
MEXICAN AND J UNITED STATES
DIPLOMATS WILL SOON BE-
GIN CONFERENCE
LANE AND BRANDIES NAMED
A American Representatives— Am-
" dondo Outlines Proposals the
I t Mexican Member of tho
- ’ Commission Will Make '
Washington — Formal announcement
was made by Acting Secretary PolU
of the acceptance of General Carran-
za’s proposal of a joint commission
tor the settlement o' Dorder disputes
and to dibcuss other matters which
may help clarify relations between
the United States and Mexico Only
the time and place fop the conference
remain to be decided
t
Secretary Lane of ‘the-inteiior de-
partment will head the American com-
mission supported by Associate Jus-
c® Brandels of the supreme court
will be announced later
Eliseo Arredondo Carranza's ambassador-designate
gave assurance
that General Carranza is ln complete
accord with suggestions of tho Wash-
ington government that the commis-
sioners1 be given the broadest possible
scope The ambassador said thai his
government regarded its recent note
as a full answer of acceptance of Sec
refaiy Polk's suggestions that the
Bcope be broadened
- Withdrawal First Subject
As it begins its task the commission
will be Required first to reach some
conclusion on the specific points out-
lined by General Carranza in his orig-
inal proposnl The first subject treat-
ADJOURNMENT IS NOT IN SIGHT
No Telling When Congress Will De-
cide to Quit
SIXTY-SIX DEAD IN BIG FLOODS
Four Hundred Square Mites In West
Virginia Devsstated By Water
Charleston W Va — Sixty-six per-
sons were known to have lost their
lives ln a flood which swept three
West Virginia mountain streams ren-
dering ten thousand persons home-
less and causing a property loss esti-
mated at $5000000
Reports are still meager owing to
interrupted wdre and rail communica-
tion but the authorities expressed the
belief that the death toll might reach
100
The National Red Cross offered aid
to the flood sufferers but the local
and state authorities replied that they
believed the altuatlon could be succesa-
fully handled without outside assist-
ance Four hundred square miles were
devastated by the flood Eighteen
tulles of track on the Chesepeake and
Ohio railroad have practically been
demolished Railroad officials declare
sixty days will be required to rebuild
the main line to Cabin Creek
319 Guardsmen Released
San Antonio — Discharges under the
dependent family provision have been
gt anted to 319 men since (he federal-
¥eatures of the state fair at a glance
Tenth annual Ofllahoma State Fair and Exposition at Oklahoma City
Opens Saturday September 23 and closes Saturday September 30
Educational
Babies’ Health Conuference — Examination ot children from one to three
years Limited to 400 entries
Cotton Show — A new feature this year for cotton raisers
Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs — Winners in oounty contests in the seven clubs will
compete for many cash prizes and scholarships
County Exhibits — From more Oklahoma counties than ever before compet-
ing for honors’ Twenty prizes offered
London — News from the Isonzo Boys’ Pig Club — Youthful raisers showing the value of knowledge and care
front Indicates that the army of the this important industry
duke of Aosta is rapidly following up Poultry Show The largest assemblage of birds In the state
the notable success won by the Ital-1 8Ut? alr School— The reward to first prize winners in counts contests
jsisjr-tsc A'sjisa -
prisoners Live Stock Show— Many hundred thousand dollars’ worth of cattle hogs
Italian forces are reported In force sheep and horses in the various divisions ' '
over the Isonzo vigorously pursuing Model Hairy Milk House — Showing the facilities necessary and the propel
the retreating Austrians whose big 3ea-1 ’ m®thod of handling milk
port of Trieste twenty-two miles 'unerala— ‘A complete exhibit of natural and manufactured mineral products
southwest is threatened ' from Oklahoma’s storehouse of wealth
‘ ’ Twenty-one departments and sixty buildings on the 160 acres the State
The Italians have pierced the strong Fair occupies B
Austrian entrenchments northeast of Domestic 'Arts Departments— Offering many ’ interesting exhibits for the
Monte San Michele on the Isonzo! 1 women folk -
front and near the village of San Mar i nictor Demonatrations-Tractors of various sizes will demonstrate every
tino the Rome war office announced
They have occupied Boschlnl The ! ’ Entertainment
statement says more than 12000 Aus- Automobile Races— On Wednesday September 27 and Saturday Septem-
trians have been captured I ber 30 t
The British pressuro continues to rm° nTiAatern°°Tn ?nd evening n front of 6rand 8tand-
be exerted northward from Pozieres ing'dj Oklahoma Lniverslty vs Central Statu Normal on opea
where they are struggling to gain com- Harness a“nd Running Races-On Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday
plete command of the ridge overlook- Auto Show-WIth more than 60 differed models display
ing Baupaumn They made a new Makovsky and his famous band §
advance last week Oklahoma Drum Corps-To delight visitors with their martial music
On a front a mile wide the Aus- i°ff ’ Jones 8hows—On the Midway
tralians under General Birdwood Eight’ Carouse Mill Circle Swing
smashed their lines forward 400 yards day kIah0ma tnnting futurity oa Thursday Oklahoma derby same
mans'iorthwest ofPozIeres!!0 This I ianjr‘pkla10na trotting futurity on Thursday Oklahoi derby same
last gain entirely eliminates the Hippodrome Shows Indues: Berio Sisters America’s' greatest diving
trarn°’ ?ost 8ensaUonal outdoor act in the world the
’ troupe laugh-makers supreme elgfft comedy acrobats the
trouP® twenty-one Persians In a picturesque and novelty
Svtrnnp J! the Grand 0pera Quarett® musical treat for
everyone and the climax to a wonderful bill ’
Last Days of Pompeii
BrsftatCfmprnnouaTln8plrin Bpectabl® PV®r produced and shown
thnthunHf A i n ln Ok'ahoma neccssltating three hundred people and
thousands of dollars worth of fireworks "
Ovillers salient
A few miles to' the east beyond
Maurepan north of the Somme Gen-
eral Foch’s victorious poiius made
gains on a front of three miles which
took them Into the foe’s third line
strongholds beyond Maurepas
The Russians In Galicia under Gen-
eral Letchitsky have pushed west of
the Stanislau-Koiomea railway lines
and cut the Stanisiau Nadvorna rail-
way at Krjplin The progress of the
Russians brings them to the south-
west of Stanisiau
A German statement says repulses
with heavy losses was met by Russian
attacks on the Stokhod line
The capture of Goritz by the Ital-
ians Is seeminglv as important as any
gain yet attained by the entente al-
lies in their present offensive the city
being the door through which the Ital-
ians may now pass in an endeavor to
carry out their long cherished idea of
capturing Trieste Austria’s big Rea-
port ht the head of the Adriatic sea
Vienna in admitting the loss of Gor-
itz says the evacuation followed the
repulse of new Kalian attacks on the
Doberdo plateau and that the straight-
ening of the Austrian lines made ne-
cessary by the operation was carried
out without molestation from the Ital-
ians Vienna also reporta that 41000
Italians have been taken prisoner in
the recent fighting in this region
In Galicia in the sectors of Stnnis-
bni and Hattch the Russians have
driven their forces further westward In
their endeavor to capture the central
portion of the railroad running from
Kolomea to Lemberg Passing across
the Monasterzyka-Niznioff railway
they have forded the Zlota Llpa river
southeast of Hallch and south of Stan-
islau have captured the town of Kryp-
lln on the Stanislau-Nadvorni railroad
The counting of General Letchitz-
ky’s prisoners eluting the last ten days’
operations in Galicia brings the grand
land however and will be drilled ln
total of prisoners since early in June ihortly The acreage Is supposed to
to 402000 be on an excellent geological fold and
A further series of surprising sue- was taken two years ago under the di-
cesses by the armies of Generals Sak-' rectlon of D W Ohearn and Frank
ltaroff and Letchitsky were announced Buttram geologists of the Fortuna
by the Russians The most conse- ‘ company
quential of these were the capture ot i ' '
the Important railway junction and ' hlla CPmpany retalns ab°u elght
tovn of Stanisiau 87 miles southeast bundred acrf 0leafa dJ°nta the
of Lemberg L the definite occupation acreage 8° d’ a"d a's° has valuab
of Monaslerzjska and the seizure ot “"Tm 8 Morrison where
important positions of the Zlata-Lip “ s drll!lng fevaral wel'8’ Tbe Rox'
line Coupled with these victories ®a Purchased these leases on account
was the capture or many thousand the geological structure found there
prisoners especially on the right bank and expects ater 0 opcn up a lar0
of the Sereth where the prlbonets poo‘‘ J
taken number 6000 I t Stockholders Mostly Local
I The Roxana is now considering a
large refinery at Cushing and is also
building a pipe line between Cushing
LOSES HIS LIFE TD GET PHOTO
Car Turns Ovr As Gerrlgan Drives
Toward Camera
San Antonio— James Gerrigan one
time racing pawner of Tobin DeHytrel
was killed Just outside the city while
speeding bis automobile at a terrific
rate up a hill to have his picture
taken in action
Gerrigan with A 8 Graham a
friend and C O Lee a photographer
proceeded to ( point on the south loop
near the San Jose mission that Gerri-
gan’s wish for the picture might be
gratified Graham and Lee the latter
with his camera set waited over the
brow of the hill while ’Gerrigan speed-
ed up on the other sidj In their posi-
tion they could not witness the ap-
proach of the driver until he reached
the top of the eminence
Time passed and Gerrlgnn did 'not
appear Graham and Lee invest!-
gated They found his machine over-
turned beside the road half way up
the incline Gerrigan was pinned be-
neath it dead
New Taxes Agreed On
Washington— A corporation stock
license tnx to raise approximately i t°r'cal Bocloty will be on the third
$20000000 elimination ot most of the floor bf th® 8tat capiloi building
oljpctlonable stamp taxes which once I Iracf-icaly ten times s much room
had been accepted and approved with 88 now occupied in the Carnegie
an amendment of the proposed net building will be available This will
1 allow for the most atractive disposi-
tion of the large collections Two
hundred bound volumes of Oklahoma
newspapers Is the latest addition to
the Oklahoma Hlstulrwl Society’s col-
lection It is expected that about 600
volumes more will be placed ln the
stacks this fall
profit tax on munition manufactures
were determined upon by the demo-'
cratio senate caucus after a five-hour
stormy debate on the revenue bill
As approved tho section relating to
munitions provides that a net pioflt
lax of 10 per cent be levied upon man-
ufacturers of all munitions of war
MILLION DOLLARS CASH FOR AN
LEASE NEAR YALE— CONSID-
ERED RECORD PRICE
NEWS FROM STATE OFFICES
Vhat the State Officisls and Depart
ments Are Doing— Items of In-
- terest About the 8 tat
Government
Oklahoma City — One of the largest
til deals ever consummated by Okla-
loma City people has just been closed
y A P Crockett of the law firm of
Burwell Crockett & Johnson of this
sity Mr Crockett Is president of the
Fortuna Oil Company which company
he Just sold to the Roxana Petroleum
Company of Tulsa oil leases upon 480
icres of land near Yale for $1000000
sash These leases have no oil upon
them yet The price is the highest
ver paid for non-producing acreage
In the state The original cost of the
lease is said to have been $400
One Well to Sand
A well has bben drilled down to the
d 1?“dton’ hal‘n PWon
t both places This sale is regarded
as distinct recognition of the merits
of selecting oil leases upon geological
formation
I — — —
'rrM Employment Men Confer
Ashton commissioner of la-
i bor bod a conference with the men
n charge of the four free employment
bureaus last week and mapped out a
campaign for tbe next year A new
ysie® for the work was put into
effect- wblch Mu Into closer
- oucl1 th different bureaus and make
or be betterment of the servece
b® business done by this branch of
Hie commissioner's work during the
P®8 y®8r was very successful and as
result of the meeting still better
i results are hoped for during the next
ycar- Plans were outlined with the
purpose In view of being of greater
service In supplying hands for regular
farm work aud also for tbe harvest
work for the different crops in the
Space For Historical 8oclety
New quarters for the Oklahoma His-
Echo of McDarment Case
State Superintendent Wilson has
called a meeting of the state board
of education on August 24 to hear
charges which have been preferred
against Prof A 6 Walker of the Du-
rant Normal and to complete arrange-
ments for the opening of the next
school year
The charges against Professor
Walker were preferred by Jess Watts
of Wagoner father of the high school
boy who was killed iu Wagoner early
last spring Corley P McDarment a
teacher was acquitted of tbp killing
and it Is alleged by Watts that Prof
Walker was unduly active !a behalf of
McDarment and that he assisted in
taming funds for McDarment's de-
fense At this meeting the board also wi'l
make arrangements for temporarily
filling the places of three professors
who are now with the national guard
two of them being in service on tbe
border They are Major Jack Alley
teacher of economics and Prof G Y
Williams of the science department of
the state university who are on the
border and Frank Wyatt professor of
history at the Alva Normal who has
been commissioner by the war depart-
ment to recruit a company of militia
at Enid Their places in the schools
will be saved for them it was stated
Wheat On Ground For Lack of Cars
Although the wheat market has c6u-
tinued high for the past week the
movement of Oklahoma grain has fal-
len off considerably since the big rise
ln prices came Grain buyers of Ok-
lahoma City say this is due partly to
tbe fact that cars cannot be had fast
enough and partly to the belief that
the wheat is bound to go very much
higher before winter
The car shortage has become very
j serious recently Reports have been
con Ing ln to local offices that in some
sections of tbe state buyers have been
piling the grain on tbe ground This
has been done in the Alfalfa county
towns more than any other place
Elevators In many towns have shut
their doors and are refusing to take
the grain except on contract for future
delivery
It Is estimated that 4000 more cars
are needed to handle the Okluhoma
crop than are available now
That the problem of getting freight
cars to carry the grain la more serious
than ever before was tbe opinion ex-
pressed by L C Williams of Wichita
Kan Mr Williams is commercial
agent for a railroad'
Oil Tax Collections Big
A total of $681338 12 in gross pro-
duction tax on oil and gas was paid
to the state during the month of July
according to a statement issued by
State Auditor E B Howard Collec-
tions during the month ef August are
expected to be considerably less than
during the month of July due to the
fact that -the pi Ice of oil is on the decline-
Tbe amount of the tax Is based
on the caluailon ot the oil at the well
’ 8tate to Examine Levies
Governor Williams ' has requested
State - xaminer and Inspector Fred
Parkinson to examine all levies made
by every county ot the state to raise
revenue for the current fiscal year
to see bat the constitutional limita-
tions have not been exceeded Last
year Mr Parkinson states that Jn
several counties excessive levins were
madq and which had to be validated by
the extrff session of the legislature la
order to forestall Innumerable lawsuits
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