Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register
OLHEST I'Al'KK rl ltl.lSHKl> ( UNTIM Ol SI.Y IX OKLAHOMA
■nV®NTT-8EVBNTH YEAR. NO 45
United States Requistions
600,000 Tens Dutch
Shipping in American Ports
Washington, March 20.—Upon llol- j though the latter is an exercise of sov-
land's refusal in the face of German rights justified in international
threats to put into effect her voluntary !law a'"1 |,racticecl by a" atlonH-
. i As late as € o'clock tonight it was
agreement for restoring her merchant1 .. .
disclosed that President Wilson during
marine to normal activity, the United! the day had been informed of the
States guvernment tonight requlatlou d j Uutch reply with the request thai he
all Dutch ships in American waters, indicate whether the requisitioning
At the same time Great Uritain was j should proceed.
taking over Dutch vessels in British i lie decided to await the formal re
ports, _ J ply, which proved unacceptable, al-
A toal of seventy-seven ships of j though under other conditions it miKlit
probably tioo.OOU tons was added to the , have served as a basis of negotiations.
American merchant marine by the re- K>ueil Immediately.
quistloning. Another 40U,t>00 tons are j The president's proclamation was is-
put into the allied service ■ v (Jreat .Med immediately authorizing the navy
Britain's action. Most of them will be | to take over the vessels, which will
used in the foOUl carying trade (between b. equipped and operated by t ic navy
the 'United States and Kurop j department and the shipoins board,
bailed Fortj-Elifiit Hours. ihe I'utch crews being supplemented
President Wilson's proclamation by American civilian sailors and naval
taking over the ships was issued only j i-servlsts. Compensation will be made
arter word finally came front lx)ndon i to the owners as required by law.
that Holland's delayed reply was a re- i In a statement outlining the negotia-
jection of the British demand. The ! lions'which preceded the requisition-
Igovierament had waiited more titan jng. President Wilson pointed out that
forty-eight hours beyond the time when j the permanent agreement with the
Holland hadl been required to make a i Dutch government had bee iblodked by
decision as to whether she would carry j Germany despite the little kingdom's
out the original pact or submit to re-j acute need of foodstuffs for which the
quisitioning. [agrement provildied. A temporary
Every effort was made to avoid dras- j agrement then was negotiated to tide
tic action, as transfer by agreement j over the emergency and that too was
was sought rather than l . seizure, al- : held up by Prussian diplomacy.
VI. U I s SERVICE A HO VI' PARTY POLITICS. KIHEKI) OF SCHOOL LAND LES8E&
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA,
THl'RSAY. .M ARCH 21, 101S
HOOVER CALLS ON STATU FAIOI-
I.Ks l 0 S^LI I III IK W III \T.
All Oklahoma Suppl) hut Seed Re-
serve Should He Marketed May 1.
Herbert Hoover, federal food admin-
istrator yesterday issuodl a war call
to the farmers of Oklahoma to take
all their wheat, except the necessary
reserves for seed, to market before
May 1.
/Hoover yesterday sent Dr. Stratton
D, Brooks, food administrator for Ok-
lahoma, the following telegram:
"In order that we may comply with
the urgent demand of the alii s for
FOOD INSPECTORS CLAIM
BCTniERS WATERING MKAT.
Oklahoma City, Ok., March 15.—In-
cr ase in the use of certain preserva-
tives in prepared meats especially in
sausage and hamberger, has been re-
ported by inspectors of the State
Health Department, which also has
jurisdiction over pur Pood inspection.
Inspectors will .be advised to keep
closer taib on such conditions and
> v. '-s /. :•
RRITISH TANK GOING INTO ACTION THROUGH A FRENCH VILLAGE
m
'V vi,
n*
^1.00 PER YEAR
V*hr
Disloyal Citizens Tan; 1
and Feathered i nd
_ 3-J:
Driven rfom Altus
i. t- MiiHKf mrougii wmeii 11 IS passing mis re rived a considerable amount of attention from the
ners. but that doesn't bother the tank In the least ns it lumbers into action. The Roche guns will make the
their objective as soon as the Teuton air scouts report Its presence
gun
tank
llAII.ltOAl) ADS M: TKKKITOHY I
TO GUTHRIE. | opened March
Santa Fe Hrancli From Waynoka To
Hmialo An Extension of Denver Enid
and (iult'.
FKENCII DE( ORATE EL RENO
SOLDIER FOR Ills ItRAYE/RY.
t orpl, Lewis Simon* Showed Cool-
ness and Courage of Veteran.
•Corpl. Lewis A. Simons of K1 lie no,
and op. nings are
planned for each of the others in ad-
vance of railroad building. One of the
principal industries along the road,
which is expected to add to the rail-
road's tonnage and insure the success
Buffalo. -Okla., March 16.—The fifty- of Salt sI,rin 8 is the development of Okla., has ibeen decorted with the war
three mile branch of road from Way- tllc K'reat sa,t plains, through salt cross biy the French government for
noka to Buffalo will add new territory | |>Iants' Arraneements are already ,be-lheraolc conduct on the field of battle,
to Guthrie by way of the Denver Enid ing made for tho establishment of one Corporal Simons, who has been s rving
and Gulf railway. In fact it will °r two such industries as soon as the | in teh sector east of Luneville, was
make two branches, one on the Santa new *OVVn '8 °l)ene<i. j praised for showing the coolness and
Fe, by way of Kiowa, Kansas and I Waynoka is a division point on the i'4 ourage a war-hardened veteran,
then the Panhandle to Waynoka. theiSanla > the western terminus of the ! serioU8l> wounkled in repulsing an at-
other a short cut on the Frisco, from ' I ulsa and Enid branch of the Frisco ,a<1< "
Enid to Waynoka. All the travel from J «*id the junction point of the Buffalo i The 8tolV of decorating more Ameri-
Buffalo "will have to go iby way of | Northwestern. It has a population of ' an heroes is told in the following dis-
Guthrie also to reach Oklahoma City, ■ l"r>00 now but is preparing for material ',alc'1:
The handicaps of war time have increase within the next year. The With the American Army in France,
failed tc check construction work on|('ity is building a low-water concrete ^'arc*1 ^—American soldiers
the Buffalo Northwestern, one of the bridge across the Cimarron riv> r 'ri sector east of Luneville
Altus, Okla . i.March 2" Ten auto-
obi ie loads of Knights of Libert'*-,"
<■ s cret organization which spran~
o prominence at Tulsa several
•nt lis ago, appeared in Jackson
unnty, seventeen miles northeast of
"is. late last night, took O. F. West
look, alleged disloyalist, to a sel «ted
pot, forted him to kiss the American
ag and take an oath of eternal allcg-
i.uu'e, and then administered a black
uike whip and a coat of tar ami
leathers and bade him leave the county
twenty-four hours.
Westbrook left this afternoon, with
veral hours to spare, turning all of
is property over to friends.
After their visit to the Westbrook
( OPIES OF "FINISHED MYSTERY*
ARE SEIZED.
International Bible Students' Head-
uarters Raided iu Two Cities.
"nend -
is lion
invaded
mint). near
ook Henry
r■•■n; . from
1 tae liailie
' int. . at
c <" Altus, v. a ruing all slackers and
German sympathizers to "get right or
■ unit another climate more healthy";
j "i herwise, the same Idbctrine would be
applied til the county is 100 per
cent patriotic.
It is believed here that the '"Knights
(if Liberty" have organized in all coun-
ties of southerwestern Oklahoma and
across the river in Texas, with not less
than from 500 to 1,000 members.
SKtt IIIM KU, >VKI.I. OI'iJNKI).
I'iire Hnler Near Harrison Avenue I'or
The rulilic 1
Oklahoma City, Ok„ March 14. As
the result of a raid staged this after-
noon l>y ChU f of 'Police Nichols and
a sijuad of police detectives, 5.000 cop-
ies of "The Finished Mystery," a vol-
ume issued Iby the International llible
Society, were seized. No arrests have
!> en made. Lt'aders of tthe organiza-
tio alu b,,inK watched, however, al- it, with a concrete cover to prevent
City Commissioner W. II. Mitchell
has reopened) the 'mineral well in the
park near Harrison Avenue and furn-
ished a new supply of pure water for
the bottle carriers. The well was
dug to a depth of 500 hundred feet
some years ago and then abandoned.
Commissioner Mitchel has had it
cleaned out, has put an iron pump into
take immediate action where occasion few railroad projects now under way
justifies. There is some complaint
■rving
again
which will open up a new trad terri- *,ave honored by the Fr nch govern-
tory, aiud) the Santa Fe has recently ment for heroic conduct on the field of
spent approximately $2,000,000 in local' ^ ar crosses have been con-
ferred upon them.
Among those
Priv
held
in Oklahoma. iMore than 75 per cen
watering the ground meats. While of j()f g**ade has been completed, th
Avheat and at the same time take ! "o probable danger to health it plays j lay'ng of steel is to'begin at once and | Improvements, which includes one of
charge of our own domestic supplies,; he part of making the meat -weigh ',he flrst town out of Waynoka, Brace, Jt'he best water plants on the panhandle
we urgently need this year an earlier heavier. has been opened. It is announced that i division.
and more complete marketing «•: w leat ; 0KXA110MA TO WAGE WAB ON trains will be running over at least a Connty Seat Without Railroad.
in the farmers' hands than usual. I THREE.CENT RAILROAD EARE Part «'• 11 w road by the first of The coming of the Buffalo North
The allies are taking from us fifty Oklahoma City, Ok . March 15.—ITn- j Iuly and that the entire line will b< ■ western will remove Buffalo from the
per cent of other cereals than wheat i less Director General of Railroads Mc- | e^'Pleted in tome to move the 191«s| small division of countiy seat towns in
to mix in their bread. Inasmuch as j Adoo places an intrastate ' pessenger i erops. | Oklahoma without railroads and will; l^ost- of combat,
the people in th -allied countriees and '; ate in effect in Oklahoma. Attorney Although the new road is being i immediately open the way to rapid d( * °«rage I nder Eire,
the soldiers must the fe.l with bread neral Freellng will apj)eal directly , •►uilt by a company composed chiefly o! : velopm- nt. Among the fir : freight
baked in bakeries it is impossible' from the decision of the Federal Court ,local men of the panhandle country, ii consignments to he hauled over the
for them to prepare bread made whol- nullifying the 2c rate, or he will file is a Santa Fe proj-ct and will ulti-1 new road will be materials for $100,000
]} out of other certals and we must a new case with the Corporation Com- , 'nately be taken over by that line. The j worth oi' municipal improvements, in-
furnish them with sufficient wheat to mission asking that a rate of 2 1-2 a Santa Fe holds a ten-year option to |eluding electric lights and water
ated were:
Kim r .MoDoiiougli of Kellogg,
attached to a certain battery of
rtillery who "fulfilled his mis-
don carrying dispatches through a
ieavy fire and fell gloriously at his
thought it is not probaJble that any ar-
rests will be ordered at this time.
A telegraphic communication from
Attorney General Gregory, received
this afternoon in answer to one sent
by the County Council of Defense, seek-
ing to learn what position the United
States Government assumes in the
matter of these books, enubodiod in for-
mation to the «fleet that past activities
in the book's distribution would not be
held criminal but that future distribu-
tion would be attended Ley arrest and
imprisonment.
Three incumbers of this society were
arrest d at Frederick, Ok., today for
having copies of the book in their pos-
seepage. and lias built a stairway from
the street down to it, so it will be of
easy access to its patrons. The well
can be seen from the Harrison Ave-
nue bridge.
Before 'Commissioner iMitchell did
this he haul the State Chemist W. A.
Walker, of the (Department of Health,
analyze the water and found it to be
of a different medicinal value from
any of the others at Mineral Wells
Park. H re is the analysis: Albuinn-
oid ammonia .0«ti per million parts;
free ammonia .032; chlorine 27U0;
total solids 18420. Alkalinity 100; oxy-
gen consuming capacity 2. There was
also a bacteriological analysis by Bac-
session and one man was arrested at tertologist R. A. Campbell and found
Cleveland, Ok., for the same reason.
Police officers stated tonight that
maintain their bakery loaf.
"1 therefore appeal to all of the
farmers in the state of Oklahoma that
they shall bring all th« ir wheat except
their necessary reserves for seed to
market before May 1. This is a war
call and a service for Uncle Sam, who
is fighting for his life.
"If your local miller is unable to
buy all the wheat that is offered,
market in the other customary
trade channels through which it will
reach the food administration grain
corporation."
actual cost. First works.
Sergt. Raymond Quinlan, St, Paul,
Minn.. Privts. Kmile F. Craft, St. Paul;
Charles Daniclson, Stonin Lake, Iowa;
Charles Mclaughlin of Hutchinson*
Minn.; Walter Smith of Hutchinson,
Minn.; Harv y A. McPeak, Renwick,
th have information that 5,000 adidli-
i i tonal copies of "The Finished Mys-
tery" are en route to Oklahoma iCty.
I These books were to be distributed
throughout the State from this place,
i it. is said.
Santa Fi
mile be fixed <t*' the commission. Mr. htiy the road
Freellng made this statement today, i^wtgage bonds have been purchased works When the railroad reaches this '"waI I <oyd R. Leseman Prescott,
Under Government control the Di-?l)>'the Santa Fe, so that the problem of j place, general offices will be main- VVte>; Nicholas McGaughren, St. Paul;
rector General has it in his power to flnancing the project has ben solved, jtained here. | lohn A. Bedner, Now Prague, Minn.;
name a rate.
The Frisco and Katv inaugurated Purchased
e 3c rate immodBately after the gasoline n
j Materials have practically all been |
I —"soldiers of fine energy, having
ESTABLISHES CUII'INO. L Vt n i'rowI since their entry into the
OCT TH RE W'. Mine oi great courage under fire wound-
jed at their iwsts of combat."
Infantry units—Corpl. Homer Whited,
(Bessemer, Ala.; "struck down an en-
sTRIKIS \l.\l\ VIM IN PIBM.IH.ss
the
court's decision was given. The Rock
Island will place the 3c rate in effect
at 12:01 o'clock Saturday night and
the Santa Fe had not today set a time
to begin the 3c charge.
According to interpretation of the
decision by the commission the rail-
j roads may place a rate in effect with-
The
motor •
equipment include
for passenger ser-
vice.
Extends
il'tj-three Miles
s \NT\ El
The roaid; is to connect Buffalo with to the Rainbow Natural Bridge, more
Santa Fe, ithan two hundred miles from the rail-
L tIM.EsT
CON I RITE
SI H ESS.
There are some Far West trips as
Waynoka, division on
extending a distance of fifty-three I road
miles through the western part of j than
enmy who attempted to kill him after
Woods county, the northern part of
Woodward and practically all of Har-
that have b en taken by less
a hundred white people. Theo-
! making to surrender;"
Tesk
Amos
out approval of the commission but! per. Ultimately, it is planned to ex-
the latter still has jurisdiction to pro-j tend the line northwest into Colorado.
-None of th
the road pas
In ltoth \listr!a and llwitrnry. Imulgate a now rate and seek to es
Amsterdam, March IT—.Strikes again jtablish its reasonableness.
si in progress in both Austria and!
an
Hungary, and are spreading rap'dly.
according 4o reports appearing in Ger-
man newspapers. A Vienna dispatch
to the W« ser Zeitung of Bremen, dated
Friday, says that a strike has begun
State Prisoner , to Work on State
Capitol Grounds.
than thirty days the Board expected to mark the beginning of a
in Budapest and is assuming large I of Affairs expects to have a force ot j wonderful era of new development
proportions. Telegraphic communi-* stat • prisoners at work on the capitol throughout the panhandle district,
nation between Budapest and Vienna | grounds. Quarters for the convicts
was suspended Thursday.
A Vienna dispatch to the lx kal An-
zeiger of Berlin confirms the report of
ago to place J. iM. Aydelotte, chairman
of the Board of Affairs, in charge of
the work. Ground plans have already
"been prepared. Mr. Aydelotte will
select the prisoners as trusties for the
work in the way others are taken for
road work, as only those who enn b
trusted are used. It is expected that
early fall w ill see the grounds in shape
and trc-es planted. The last legisla-
ture appropriatod* a sufficient sum to
cover the work.
dore Roosevelt made the Bridge trip
in 1913, and Zane Grey went later, to
get material for one of hi
ular novels, "The Rainbow Trail
ountry through which I Every year a greater number of
, except that immedi- |lbusy business men. as well as those
ately adjacent to Waynoka, has ever I who lore the ent-of-doors, are malting
i ad the advantages of rail transports- j rips in the Southwest ofT the beaten
tion, although it is considered one ot I path. They climb mountain peaks. I
the best wheat growing sections "t I They rescend canyon trails. They cross 1
Oklahoma. The cominig of th" road is | painted deserts, visit prehistoric cliff
ruins and see Indian Pueblos. Th
really rough it or camp-out de luxe.
last wek that workmen in railway
shops have gone on strike. It says
Vienna and neighboring industrial
centers are affected by the movement.
The men in the railway shops of one
line Q it work on Tuesday, and were
joined on 'Wednesday by the shop
workers of other railways. Under
threat of other railways. IT 1234 21212
threat of military intervention the
anen returned to the shops, but did not
work.
Eight New Towns.
are being prepared near the power-1 ,, .. , , .
. , , . Preparation for this development is
house, r.nd they will be under guard. I. .
n being made in the location of eight
Governor Williams decided some time I
new towns between Waynoka and
Buffalo. These are Brace, P'air Valley,
Fredom. Edith, Salt Springs, Selman.
I.jena, and Belle Vue. Brace will be
TUESDAY
MEATLESS
ONE MtAl flUI
VHEATLESS *
The great IdHffculty has ben to get
flrst hand and reliable information as
to trips, time consumed, distances and
cost, nnd to get in toucsh with depend-
able outfitters and guides.
The Santa Fe has established, in
Coal Valley, Ala., "courageous
and well disciplined soldier who aided
the French on patrol to capture two
prisoners."
most pop-1, , .. i
1 I oolness <>| \ derail.
Conpl. Louis A. Simmons. Kl Reno,
Okla., and' Priv. A. Eelix, Unionville,
Iowa, "showed coolness and courage
of war-hardened vet rans; seriously
wounded in repulsing attack."
Trench mortar unit—Serg. Charles
W. Stout of Baltimore, "ocntinued to
fire his gun, directing men under heavy
fire."
Corpl. Russell A Yarnell of Swarth-
fmore, "seriously wounded but remained
at hig |K>st of combat."
Priv. James E. Potts, Baltimore,
"mortally wounded while serving his
piece under heavy fire."
pure of germs.
Commissioner also opened up the
Hercules water well in the stone
house, that had been abandoned. This
well is 1400 feet deep and is the one
from which the swimming ipool in the
Municipal Bath House will be filled.
Its advertising: department, Chleapo, a' '''l''" N, "alk'''' llaltl"
Omvplns-Out Bureau to help 1„o ten- C e «, „« T" a IT'''""'' '
Al t .. . .more, continued to fire their pi« ce un-
derfoot in arranging trips hv pack , . , . ,.
nw%A ... , 4 der violent (bombardment"
and saddle animal, team or auto, away j
from the rallroadl Mr. C. j. Bircbfleld. I Be not anxious about tomorrow. Do
Manager of the Bureau, has covered • today's duty, fight today's temptation
New Mexico. Arizona, and California and do not weaken and distract your-
most thoroughly. Tie not only knows [self by looking forward to things
the country, but knows personally I which you cannot see and could not
most all the men who will outfit and j nderstand if you saw them." C.
guide parties. IKlngsIey.
Eifty-I'our Similar Vessels of large
Size Are Planned.
A Pacific Port, March 14.—So com-
pletely successful was tho launching
Ik if today of the world's largest rein-
forced concrete ship that her builders
announced they immediately will be-
gin construction of fifty-four ships of
larger size and expected that all would
be completed within eighteen months.
Six weeks from the darf the concrete
was poured into the forms the 7,900-ton
ship, christened "Faith," took the
water. The huge hull, careening sharp-
ly as it slid side-wise down a steeply
pitched incline, tihrew up a huge wave
in the narrow estuary, then righted j
shtnply and rode like a buoy. Not a
hitch had marred the operation and ;t |
l'*rge crowld aware of the fact, that tbry |
wer • parti ipating in a significant, p r-1
haps an historical ceremony, shouted 1
itself hoarse.
There was no question, it was said,
that tho siliip was entirely seaworthy
and it was announced engines wpuld
be installed at once and the Faith put
into commission as rapidly as she
could be fitted out. Two tugs immedi-
ately took the Faith in tow for an iron
works plant nearby.
CONTRACT FOR HribDINU FOR
CRIMINAL INSVNE AWARDED.
Oklahoma iCty, Ok., March 16.—The
State Board of Affairs has awarded
contraots for construction of the build-
ing for the criminal insane at Norman
to J. J. Rooney of Muskogee. The con-
tract price is $84,000. This is within
$1,000 of the appropriation made by the
legislature for tho building. The
structure is required to be completed
by Nov. 1.
CORN >1EAl, t VPACIT1 OF >11 M.S.
P. V. Smith, chairman of Lo^n
County f ood Conservation* received a
telegram Wednesday asking to -end
the capacity of corn meal production
of Logan county mills. He seut w rd
that the Guthrie Milling Co., has now
a capacity of 180 barrels a 'day, and
the Crescent Milling Co., 75 barrels a
da*.. There are other mills of too
small capacity to be reconed with.
Mr. Smith declares that retailers
who job flour to bakers and other
stores and persons who sell stock fed
as jobbers, must have robbers gov-
ernment licences. They are only al-
lowed to sell at retail. They must
apply and get license blanks, if they
insist on selling as jobbers, or else
they will He handled by th> Depart-
ment at Washington.
GET I P ONE HOI K EARLIER.
March 31. all clocks in Guthrie—
and all over the Cnited States—the
clocks will be turned one hour earlier.
If you got up at 7 o'clock before you
will get up at 6:00 after that. The
eight hours of labor will be from 7
in the morning to six in the evening. It
is called a Daylight Service, for speed-
ing up and saving fuel and light. It
will prove a fine thing.
WE ATHER HERE AI
FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD :
March IS to 28, 1018. Inclusive. :
West Gulf States: The weather :
will be fair, with temperatures :
above the seasonal average. :
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis. :
sourl Valleys: The weather will :
be fair, with temperatures above :
the seasonal average :i
HARRY C. FRAN'KIRN FIELD, :l
Save Food; Conserve Fuel.
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