The Cushing Independent (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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CUSHING. PAYNE COUNTY, OKI^AHOMA, APRIL 0, 1917.
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All German Ships
Interne d In U. S.
Ports Are Seized
U. S. FORCES GREATEST
IN ALL HISTORY
Resources Incomparably MostEvtensive in World Already
Mobilized for Public Service
DESTINY SECURE IF WAR IS LONG
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TWENTY-SEVEN VESSELS TAKEN I
OVER BY GOVERNMENT OFFI-
CERS AT NEW YORK; FIVE |
SEIZED AT BOSTON.
MUNDY THURSDAY.
Navy Modernized to Last Word in Efficiency; Army Small
But Matches Unitefor Unit with Germany's
Wilson Signed
Resolution Today
Announcing War
Army preparation! are less com-
WASHINGTON, April 0.—It
Is understood that orders for the
selzuie of all Gcrmnn ships in
American ports* went out this
morning Immediately upon the
passage of the war resolution by
the house. The vessels will he
held for the present as a mens-
■ re of safety. So far there has
been no decision as to whether '
the government shall take them
over and pay for them after tho
war.
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NEW YORK, April 6.—The seiz-
ure of German merchant vessels that
took refuge in Atlantic ports with the
beginning of the war began this
WASHINGTON, April 5.—Actual pleto because of the uncertainty over
and potential resources which, all wtftt congress will authorize for that
The following Scottish Rite masonsj told, probably never have been branch of the service.
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I.! equaled by any other nation in the The regulars, numbering nearly
M. McClanahan, 60# S. Cleveland I history of the world, are brought 120,000 and trained and equipped In
avenue last night to obsetve Mundy Into the great war under the Ameri- a way, which their officers believe | K member of the house
"" matches unit for unit the boasted effl-1 representative* from Ok la-
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WAR BECOMES AN ACTUALITY
AFTER STROKE OF PRESI-
DENT'S PEN; HOUSE ADOPTS
RESOLUTION EARLY TODAY.
J. W. Hulme, E. E. Offen, and I. M. (
McClanahan. Rev. Brewer acted as | in army comparatively
Wise Master. The ladles present. highly efficient, bedecked by a citl-
were lllesdames Brewer, Schumaker, ! zenry of upward of 20,000.non enpa-
Barrier. Mohler and McClanahan. 1 ble of military duty, and industrial
Mundy T"uracil) is the celebration | resources Incomparably tho greatest
of the Paschal Lamb and is obllga- | In tho world, already mobilized for
tory on all Scottish Rite masons. The j public service.
mystic feast consists of the unloaven I Destinies Sernif.
bread and the roast lamb. In con- ] Although much remiins to be
nection with the feast Is the cere-! done, officials believe the nat on s .... . . A
mony of extinguishing the seven destinies are secure now. no matter ( attitude of industry, have produced
burning tapers, emblematic of death. how stubborn or prolonged may be a great compact scheme of nn lonal
On Easter Sunday the tapers are re- the pressure. The slowly maturing resources with almost unlimited pos-
morning almost immediately after, ^d> emb]Jmatlc of the rC3urrec- preparedness sentiment has borne sibilit-.es.
■' t)on i fruit in military ana industrial prep- America Fully Prepared.
Mrs. McClanahan had prepared aerations which already have put the For military reason, only a small
sumptuous renast which was served United States on a defense basis not part of the detail of these prepara-
after the mystic bread had been even hoped for two years ago.
Thursday Feast: Rev. C. M. Brewer, i can flag. .
C H Schumaker. R. D. Barrier. C. O. Into the balance against Germany ciency of Germany s best, are ready |
Mohler. Arch Smith, Charlie Walters, are thrown a navy in strength and tospond over night to whatever call
efficiency among the foremost afloat? may come. The national guard,
small but 150,000 strong, and hardened by
months of service at the border, al-
ready has many units In active ser-
vice, and can bo fully mobilized on
sohrt notice. Without additional au-
thorization by congress the regulars
and guardsmen could be recruited to
a combined strength of 700,000.
Industrial preparations, thanks to
lessons of the wap and the patriotic
hoiiia voted for the declaration
of war In the house of represen-
tatives early today. They in-
cluded Congressman Scott Fer-
ris, chairman of the detention,
Charles Car< r. W. W. Hastings,
Tom McKeown, Jim McCllntle
and Joe II. Thompson, demo-
crats, and Dick T .Morgan and
Bert Chandler, republicans.
congress passed the resolution de-
claring a state of war between the
United States and Germany. The j
collector of the port at Boston was j
the first to act. The federal offi-
cials at New London, Conn., Baltl- j
more. New York and other places
quickly followed. Before daylight,
United States department marshals
were in charge of German vessels j
ranging In size from the majestic j
Vaterland of 54,282 gross tons, to
small sailing vessels.
tlons has been permitted to reach the
The navy, always the first line of public. It Is known, however, that
uiuneu an ufianaAcu ui, i 110 a|;ii it | J ^ .
of the occasion was ,n the hearts of defense, has cleared Its decks of anti- for many months the government has
nn within nnrt quated incumbrances, has added new considered war more than a posslhll-
| units, modernized to meet the Ger- ity and has strained Its every resource
man tactics and the patriotic co-op- to make ready. In the tense waiting
eration of ship and material makers period since relations were broken,
is hurrying to compeltlon
broken an dpartaken of. The spirit I
all present and fellowship and good
will was supreme.
Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan are loyal
and generous hosts.
WASHINGTON. April 6.—War be-
tween the United States and Ger-
many becomes an actuality today Im-
mediately upon President Wilson's
approval of the war resolution adopt-
ed by a vote of 373 to 50 by the
house a few minutes after 3 o'clock
this morning.
. . Sets Machinery in Motion.
This action will set in motion the
government's newly planned ma-
chinery for mustering military, naval
and econom.lc forces into an aggres-
sive war ngalnst Germany.
The resolution passe# the house in
ARMY SKRV1CE IS CRED-
ITED TO STUDENTS
High Sclioo 1 Sen loin Who Are Sw-
ing U. S. to Get Diplomas.
OKLAHOMA CITY. April S.—AU
high school seniors who join the Uni-
ted States armed forces now, will re-
ceive thel rdlplomas in May, th*
same as if they had continued their
studies.
All under classmen, whose grades
are satisfactory, will receive credit
for a full year's work if they Joia
the colors now.
These announcements were Bad*
by Principal Wellemeyer yesterdaf
at a general assembly ef the high
school students. The gathering by
a unanimous vote passed a resolution
extending God speed and best wlshee
to tho boys who already have rallied
to their country's defense.
Tho roll of honor to date consists
of Coach Thompson and the follow-
ing students: Hugh Carter, Horace
Solllday, Leon Whalen, Oscar Bleser,
Donald Layton, Qrannille Allen, Ar-
tie Fain, Robert Norris, Sidney Re-
gan. Ronald Madole, Warren Tom
and Cheater Johnson.
German £py
In Cushing
Arrested in Tnlsa Yesterday With
Pictures and Data On Cushing
Refineries
ALLIES EXPECT U.
S. ARMY HELP
other the president, while hoping fervently! he same form as adopted by the
mighty fighting craft that will be the that hostilities could be avoided, has senate Wednesday night. It ec ares
last word in power and efficiency, kept the whole machinery of the gov-
Authorlzed but ten days ago to re- | ernment In motion day and night to
cruit to the the full war strength of ! prepare against eventualities. To
American Force in French Trenches 87,000 men, the navy already has, al-
most attained the total. A newly or-
ganized coast patrol of submarine
chasers Is on duty.
Ariny Preparations Less Complete.
Predicted in Six Months.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FANCE, April 5.—«There is much
speculation in the British army as to
what assistance, in a military sense,
America might render the allies. Re-
gardless of what theorists may say,
practical fighting men here believe
that the United States would want to
have a representation with the allied
any close observer at tho capltol, It
Is now apparent that Germany again
has misjudged If she thought to find
the United States hopelessly incom-
petent and unprepared.
Last week a fellow of who had
every appearance of a German was id
Cushing. He carried an outfit of books | army on this front and would send j
with Mm which he was not so es- J over a considerable fighting force i
petially careful of, and nobody knew within six months provided the war j
bis business. # | lasts that long.
He carried a pack strapped on his
* back which remained there all the both Germany and Great Britain are
time, while he ate, and at all other fighting with new armies. Britain,
timas. Chief Joe Harris noticed him because she did not have an army in
with suspicion and thought of arrest the European sense, befpre the war
Ing him as a suspicious character, but! begun, and Germany because
LITTLE FOR MAYOR
some other people said "he is only
t peddler," and talked Joe out of the «l'ed to the colors since 1914, a
! large proportion having only five
months' training. It - generally is
Andrew W. Little Elected Mayor Majority Only 11 Votes
Wharton Re-elected Cily Clerk by Good Majority
Yesterday evening closed one of the \ While wo have taken no part in
One"basl76f0T this belief Is that'™0" hotl7 contested personal cam- the past in the campaign, tho Inde-
paigns ever finished in Cushing. It pendent will be found supporting Mr.
was a clean campaign from start to ! Little and the new city council just
finish no mud slinging and so far as ft3 long ts they are on the right side
we know the various candidates have ] and there Is every s uranee that they ^ wou,d haye tQ ,0ad the flght for,
the same old friendly feeling for ; will alwura i- r < ' "■ looking after , _..u v.— « 1
each other. \ the wolfaiip of • a <„lry In a careful,
t ^ ! conscientious, r; air staking manner.
Andrew W. Little was elected by
1 While there wa? r;ood men went
majority of eleven votes, ^ "
and Germany because her
forces are lagely made up of classes
that a state of war exists and direct*
the president to employ all the naval
and military forces of the United
States and resoujees of the govern-
ment to carry on war to a successful
conclusion.
President Will Sign It.
After tho resolution Is signed by
Vice President Marshal, it will be
rushed to the president, who has said
he would sign it.
Among the fifty who voted against
war, there were thirty-two republi-
cans, sixteen democrats, one social-
ist and one prohibitionist. Voting af-
firmatively were 193 democrats, 177
republicans, two progressives and
one independent.
Administration leaders until Thurs
day hf;d paid little attention to report
that Representative Kltchln would
oppose the resolution.
Rather looking to him as the man
FREDERICK SUSTAINS WILSON.
Three Thousand In Mass Meeting
Adopt Resolutions.
FREDERICK, Okla., April 6.-
Three thousand persons attended n
mass meeting at the auditorium this
afternoon at which patriotic speech*
were made and resolutions adopted
giving unqualified Indorsement to th*
address of President Wilson to con-
gress and his plans for national de-
fense; indorsing universal military
service, and pledging support to the
government In any means adopted to
defend the national honor and ad-
vance tjie cause of liberty. Gov-
ernor Williams was also commended
for calling a day of prayer. School
was dismissed In order that the chil-
dren might participate In the parade
preceding the meeting.
The Junior conducted chapel exer-
cises at High school today. One ol
the principal features was the special
music.
C. M.
Hawkins being the second man in the
race. Mr. Little is in every way
:d
and
n-fty
HO'-
value
1
2 and
value
arrest.
But a traveling salesman who had
seen the man here last week came t<f, now that a «ood soldier can
town Inst night and Informed a re- ; "e made within six months. The or- thoroughly competent to fill this posl-
presentative of the Independent that j Kan!zation behind the fighting force |ifm and wi„ dQ gf) with creg-lt t0
the Go-man had been arrested yester- ; ™ut ^ui,t "p genIus' but lt la j himself and the people who elected
da*by the Tuisa policy and on ex- h/re that Araerlca can easl* him. .
• ' . . i meet that emergency.
aminstlon of the nack which he car-; _ . . . . . .
H It is also argued In army circles | ■ ■ ■ -
i that America might well specialize
in such branches as aviation and ma-
chine gun detachments. The air-
planes would have to come up to a
i high standard, however, and must
down to defeat n tho race they lost
no friends Ip the campaign and no
derogatory c'.iarges were brought at
any time against any of them.
L. P. Wharton was elected city
clerk* by a large majority.
rled. It was found to contain data, j
figures and plans from all the tank
farms and refineries in the neighbor-
hood of Cushing, together with the
number of tanks and the number of
barrels which each contained and the mak(J ^ lpast 15Q m,,ea an hQur tQ
total number. This fellow Is now f tafee rgnk wUh ih0 b0gt Engliah an>1
where hW mall facilities will prob- i French machlnes_
ably he est' off and Ws information j
will never reach his native land.
These kind of felows are danger-
ous. There are many of them travel-
ing over various parts of the United
States under different guises aad
TO ORGANIZE COMPANY.
| A meeting was held at the Moose
i hall last night for the purpose of or-
ganizing a company of reserves in
every suspicious character should be , caS0 of & cal) for yoiunteers. The
watched. They are much interested i cr0W(j was very small and the meet-
In the oil field and there are some of i ing waa postponed until next Monday
them right here among us.
night. This is the t'.me for those who
are ready and willing to enlist their
services for their country.
In case of a war. Cushing should
furnish a company of Infantry In the
name of the town and our bovs
The report Is In circulation here
today that the old gentleman who
visited our city last week, claiming
to be walking from Wllkesbarre, Pa.,
to the Pacific coast, was also arrested , should not go elsewhere to enlist.
In Tulsa, and when his disguise was 1 In case of a call for volunteers Cush-
removed he was found to be a man j «ng can easily furnish a company,
about twenty-seve nyears of age. *a 1 Be sure to attend the meeting Mon-
German with plenty of Information n'Kht,
on his person and In his possession.
We cannot vouch for the truth of
this. The old man visited schools all
along his route, and made talks In
the different city schools.
The Musical fairy play at the
Grsnd given by the Harrison school
next Frldsy night. April •. Come
everybody.
rer year Ioe Creast, sail IT
FHONH YOUR WANT ADS TO II.
TIMES ARE GOOD
Now but they may not always be
so. Why do you not start an ac
count with us now while you are
making money and provide for the
times when money rs not so plenti
ful and you are not making so
much.
We are always ready to extend
any accomadatlon consistent Vith
good banking methods.
OKLAHOMA STATE BANK
"The Bank of Steady Service"
revenue, t.hey talked with hifn freely | LONDON, April 5.—The German
of the financial phase of the sltua.-1 0fficiai communication of today, as
tion. Aroused by reports of his attl- ceIved here, claims that the Germans
tude, democratic leaders hastened haye inflicted a sanguinary reverse
to his office Thursday to find that he on prench in an elaborately pr*-
had prepared In part a speech oppos- pare(j nn(j rigorously executed ur lar
lng tho resolution. Fellow members takIng north of Rhelms. Eight hun-
of the house and senators pleaded mPn were ipade prisoner during
vainly with him to abandon his plans.1 operation, the communlca lon
CALL FOR NAVAL MILITIA.
ANOTHER U. S.
STEAMER SUNK
Summons Ready to Re Issued When
Wilson Hltrns Resolution.
WASHINGTON. April 5.—T h e j
navy department completed prepara- |
tlons la'.r, ^rlay >c flash telegraphs
orders for the mobilization of 15,000 i
members of the naval militia and the :
naval reserve Immediately upon the : wire as we g0 t0 press saying that the
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ident Wilson after It has passed the ,
bouse. • i sunk off the coast of France with 3T
—■ { Americans aboard.
EASTER SERVICES.
Easter services at the Baptist
church will be attended by the
Knights Templar. A cordial invita-
tion to all other secret organizations
as bodies or as individual members
Unconfirmed reports come over the
SWITCHMAN BADLY HURT.
D. A. Forrester, a switchman in the
Santa Fe yards while attempting to
move some cars In the south yards
„ . . ... ; this morning In some manner a b lofc
is extended. There will be specta. °
, _ , in the cable caught in his clothing
music for the occasion. , w
' and threw him to the ground. He
sustained a badly lascerated wound
on his right hip and the lowor part
Mrs. George Floyd is recovering!
nicely from her recent surgical opera- | ^ ^ A780" w, "left" hand
tlon. Her son, Jack Daniel, who has
been with her, returned yesterday to
his home In Oklahoma City.
Miss Mary Skinner who has been
living with her brother near the Con-
sumers Refinery, will leave Monday
for New York to join er mother.
ROOMS—Furnished mad snfnrmlshed
SSI Bast Cherry
was cut and the bones of his right
hand dislocated.
Santa Fe Physician Manning was
called and he was taken to the hos-
pital for treatment and at 2:45 %
m. he was taken to the Sa&ta lf
hospital at Mulvane, Kan.
The accident happened at 6:26 thlg
morning.
We understand that tie has a
lly. hat they dc not live la Cashing.
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Roff, Charles H. The Cushing Independent (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1917, newspaper, April 6, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276823/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.