The Mangum Mirror (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 61, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 16, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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TNI MANOOM IIIRKO*
EARP MAY GO INTO ARMY
01EARY RELIABLE, IN0ISCREE1
1 PEACE LEAGUE HEAD IN
BERLIN' "SAFE" LIST
Stat* Department Makea Mora Di
closures of Bernstorff's
Activities.
Washington - - Another aeries of
sensational telegrams which passed
between the German government anil
Ita embassy In thla country waa made
public by Secretary Lnnsrag.
They are remarkable for the degree
of cunning and Ingenuity displayed in
the evident purpose to do all poaslble
Injury to Germany's Kuropean enemies
through cutting off their resources In
Amerit a. while at the name time avoid
ing ax far aa possible incurring the 1
wrath of the American people by the
actual destruction of life In thia coun
try aud Canada.
The statement follows;
"The secretary of state publlahes
the following two telegrams from the
German foreign ofllce to Count vou
Hernstorff In January. 1916:
"'January 8 (secret! General staff
desires energetic action In regard to
proposed destruction of Canadian Pa
ciflo railway at several points with
a view to complete and protracted in
terruption of traffic. Captain Boehm
who is known on your side, and Ib |
shortly returning, has been given In
Urafted men of Washington leaving for Camp Meade wearing the a^ged^ltto^
atructlcn, Info™ the military a* | Rh.no." 2 Elizabeth Flynn. I. W. W. organizer, anarchist and afrike Inciter, held In heavy ball for alleged aed
The resignation of Adjutant Gen-
eral Ancel Earp to accept a commis
slon in the United States army is ex
pected in state house circles within a
short time.
Governor Williams and Brig. Gen
J. P. O'Neal have recommended to the
war department that General Earp t>e
commisisoned and General O Nell is
anxious to annex the Oklahoma adju-
tant to his staff at Camp Travis. It is
probable that General Earp will be
commissioned as a llrst lieutenant in
the regular army, but this will be only
an opening for him. however, as after
seeing service In the field he would
be eligible to be adjutant general in
the adjutant's department at Washing-
ton
In
| tache and provide the necessary funds
| (Signed) " 'Zlmmermann.'"
"Jan. 26. For military attache. You
can obtain partici^ars as to persons
suitable for carrying on sabotage in
the United States and Canada from
the following persons: 1. Joseph
MacGarrity, Philadelphia, Pa.; 2. John
P. Keating, Michigan Avenue, Chica-
go; 3. Jeremiah O'Leary, Number 16
3—French troops in
u first line trench ready to go over tne top when the signal Is given.
NEW ARRIVALS AT SPARTANRURG INOCULATED AGAINST DISEASE
STATE-WIDE
NEWS EVENTS
EIGHT ANTI-DRAFTERS WILL
SERVE SIX-YEAR TERMS
AT FT. LEAVENWORTH
OTHER HEWS OF THE STATE
Little Incldenta and Accldenta That
Go To Make Up A Week's History
Of A Great Common-
wealth.
COMMON LAW WIFE
Enid.—After being out Just twenty-
cases which have been on trial in fed-
eral court here since September 19,
returned a verdict finding eight of the
four hours, the jury in the anti-draft
eleven members of the Working Class
union guilty of "conspiracy to resist
the enforcement of the laws for rais-
ing an army to fight against Germany.
A verdict of guilty was returned
against Clure Isenhouer, Obe Isen-
houer, Tobe Simons, John Shirley,
Walter Phillips J. N. Sparkman. C. W.
Morris and Earl Whitten.
Verdicts of not guilty were returned
for J. L. Bohannon. Daniel Isenhouer
and Frank Banning.
The maximum penalty of six years
in federal prison and a fine of $100
■was given to each of the eight.
There were three counts in the in-
dictments, one charging conspiracy to
resist the draft act. one conspiracy to
resist the authority of the United
States government and one charging
conspiracy to incite insurrection. Th9
jury acquitted all defendants on the
second and third counts, but found the
eight guilty on the first count.
All the defendants are said to be
members of what was termed the
"Jones family." living in the Brown
and Pink neighborhoods In Pottawat
his present position Adjutant ] Park Row. New York. |
General Earp has made an enviable | " 'One and two are absolutely re- f
record. He is the youngest adjutant . liable and discreet. Number three Is (
general in the United States, but has reliable, but not always discreet, j
developed an efficiency in his work These persons were indicated by Sir,
toward getting guardsmen and select- I Roger Casement. In the United j
ed men organized and into service j states aabotage am be carried out.
that probably has not been excelled j on every kind of factory for supply |
in any state. ' ing munitions of war. Railway em- j
—i bankments and bridges must not be j
| touched. Embassy must in no cir-,
cumstances be compromised. Similar ,
IS NOT A DEPENDENT j precautions must be taken in regard j
j to Irish pro-German propaganda. i
Indian Can't Convince the Board So (Signed) "Representative of General |
Will Serve. j Staff."
! The following telegram from Count
Muskogee.—A problem of consider- 1 von Bemstorff to the foreign office 1
able interest was presented to the dis- , jn Berun was sent In September,
trict exemption board here when j 191g;
Abraham Locust, an Indian, came be-1 .. .September 15. With reference to
fore the board with his father to see j report a. N. two hundred and sixty-
about his claims for eexmption, which j gix o{ May tenth. nineteen sixteen.
the local board of Adair county had The embargo conference in regard to :
turned down. ! whose earlier fruitful co-operation Dr. ;
Locust had claimed exemption oa ■ can give information, is just j
the grounds of having a dependent I about t0 enter upon a vigorous cam- ! inoculated with serum
wife and children but the local board pai^n t0 secure a majority in both
favorable to Ger-
£
Men of the National arniv in the cantonment camp at Spartataburg, S. C., baring their arms
Men of the national j inJectIon the arm is swabbed with iodine to prevent infection.
to let iodine dfy after
said that he was not legally married
to the woman. He explained through
an interpreter that his wife is a Night
Hawk and that according to their
ideals the marriage ceremony was
not necessary, in fact she refused to
depart from the ^common law" cus-
tom of the tribe. Locust declared.
The local board also stated that Lo-
cust was being supported by his fath-
er, but the Indian declared that he
lived a mile from his father.
Then when the district board
seemed up in the air about the mat-
ter, the Indian solved the problem
himself.
"I reap harvest, then go," he grunt-
ed. So they gave him till December
1 to get his crops in and then he will
go to the army.
WHO GOT CHURCH WINE?
Grand Jury To Look Into Father
Metter's Charge.
Oklahoma City.—A grand jury In-
vestigation of the serious . charg-
es of Father Metter of the Norman
Catholic church that county officials
drank sacramental wine which had
been seized by the sheriff may be or-
dered soon and the state may take a
hand in the probe.
Several petitions addressed to Dls
trict Judge F B. Swank are being cir
culated in Cleveland county request-
ing a grand jury investigation of
One of
Father Metter's charges
omie and Cleveland counties, west and these, which Is In the hands^ of J. T
south of Tecumseh.
houses of congress
many and requests further support.
There is no possibility of our being
compromised. Request telegraphic
reply.'"
Count von Hernstorff evidently felt
absolutely secure in his dealings witn
these people, as well as with the Irish
pro-German propaganda in view of his I
assurance to the foreign office that (
there was no possibility of their being
compromised.
The decree of the German govern-
ment, at that time, to avoid any ex-
cesses on the part of German agents
in this country in carrying out their
program ' of destruction that would
lead to a break with America, is evi
denced by the strict injunction that
in the attacks upon the railroads the
embankments and bridges should not
be touched.
Apparently It was realized that
otherwise passenger trains might be
wrecked, involving loss of American
life, as many Americana patronize the j
Canadian railways.
The main purpose was to cut off I
supples of munitions and food from
the allies.
Apparently the correspondence 1
issued today must soon be followed by
additional disclosures to clear up some j
of the mysterious transactions re-
ferred to as the state department
doubtless has other material In hand.
Dr. William Bayard Hale was a
special representative of President
Wilson in Mexico in 1913 and was fre-
GOVERNOR M'CALL LEADS THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN
Governor McOU of ,«««. from ,em **?22Z
^ '17th. <« id «• •— °d br°the™'
GEN. PETAIN DECORATES BRAVE NURSE
U. S. CAN'T CANCEL DEED
Campbell Rules Action of Probate
Court la Final
—— Some time ago Attorney General S
Ardmore—After a probate court P Kreeling was directed by Governor
has approved a deed to Inuian lanas. Williams to investigate the Incident
'the United States, as guardian of the at Norman under the attorney gener-
Indians, is estopped from cancelling al's bill, which provides for the ra*
the deed, was held by Judge Ralph E moval of officers
Campbell in the federal court.
The case in question was that
the United States against E C Arm- held up
Prescott of Norman, has 120 signers quentlv referred to as the president's
and only 10 Oare necessary for the blographer.
•ailing of a grand jury. Three other i Q.Leary attained notoriety in the
petitions are being circulated one in campaign by opposing Wilson.
the Noble and Lexington vicinities. ,
one near Newalla and one In the Den
ver neighborhood
Gump Asks Big Sum from Thaw.
Philadelphia. — Suit for damages
aggregating $6*0,000 against Harry
K. Thaw was filed here by attorneys
for Frederick Gump Jr., the Kansas
City high school boy who was alleged
to have been flogged by the Pitta-
As the McCullough
case was pending in supreme court at burg millionaire in a New ^ ork hotel,
of thet me. Attorney General Freellng Thaw, who was adjudged insane after
held up the Investigation, expecting attempting suicide here, is in a local
strong and others and Involved pro- that the constitutionality of the attor- asylum where he was committed some
ducinc lands In the Healdton oil field .ley general's bill would enter Into the time ago by a committee on lunacy,
worth approximately $5,000.00
j According to Father Metter's charges
Insanity Plea Unavailing. j j- Baker. Santa Fe agent, refused
Shawnee -George Cook, farmer llv- to deliver the wine. County Judge
lag near Maud, wan convicted by a George C Burke ordered the aheriff
Jury after pleading insanity of the to confiscate same and store it la the
murders of his wife. Grace Cook, and office of the Jod®e. and later the wine
fct- sister .a iaw SaUle Thomas oa July disappeared. The priest charges the
Cook * ftr t wife died March if Judge became Intoaicated. It Is fur
ltl< Grars Thomas nursed her t*ser charged that a "party" was held
throvgfc her last 'line** ar 1 within at which friends of the Judfe helped
dxty days had named Cook The disposs of the wise hut so other
feahy d-ed sis iter If* isims have beee
was hilled Evidence was introduced cass provoked the nient
to pro* e n-"-e eus esses of maaaity cuasioa of the status of con
sits,' c (VV* •• e«'or wtae uader the hone dry iaw
Why Dont Me Come Home?
Washington—Senator Thomas P.
Gore will be the only member of the
Oklahoma congressional delegation to
remain In Washington during the in-
terim before the convening of the
regular ression of congress in De-
cember Moet of the congressmen
will spend their Use Is the r district#
s>mking for the second Liberty Joaa.
while Senator Gore plans to remala
qu etuoe recuperat-
es* the strata of hard wort ef
t
hy her individual bravery
( rresK-ti hoepltal at Pugay
s. a* ' *
Million- ol tlie Wtt tl<M>ver f l«lce
card* have been received by the wom-
an's committee of the council of na-
'l naI drfi-nv and are being distribut-
ed throughout the country at the re-
ined of the Rational foo«| ndministrw-
I -'on TINms "ho dfl 'h pledge may
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FOR FOOD PLEDGE SIGNERS
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UNITED STATES
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Gilmour, C. L. The Mangum Mirror (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 61, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 16, 1917, newspaper, October 16, 1917; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281688/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.