V."
HEALTH DIHSION
TO SUSTAIN SELF
DR. DUKE PR0PO8ES MEA8URES
CALCULATED TO AID IN
8TATE ECONOMY.
OTHER NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
Little Incidents and Accident! That Go
To Make Up a Week's History
In a Qreat Common-
wealth. Oklahoma City. Two measures
ivhTch If panned by tho legislature.
will nssltf materially In the lulmln
latratlon's policy of enreful economy
havo been drafted by Dr. John W
Dirkc Ktnte health commissioner and
will be presented to the legislature in
tho near future Tho bills would put
tho state health department which
now costs the state approximately
135000 n ear to operate on a self-
sustaining basis.
Tho first act provides that nil man-
ufacturers of foods and drugs doing
business In Oklahoma nnd nil persons
bringing Into nnd offering for Bnlo In
the state nny article of food or drug
shall nnnually register the name nnd
address of the company with the
health commissioner nnd pay n fco of
II for such registration. This net Is
modeled after n Texas law which
brings between $10000 and $16000 n
year to the treasurer of thnt state
More important from a revenue
raising standpoint than the preceding
act Is tho measure which provides
for n stat a licenso to be Issued to
hotels rooming houses drug stores
groceries restaurants drink foun-
tains confectioneries fruit stands
bakeries and meat markets. Tho tak-
ing out of licenses by these establish
ments will mean that all such places
of business will bo under the Imme-
diate supervision of tho health com-
missioner. Inspections annually or
s often ns necessary aro authorized
nd the power to enforce tho laws now-
existing Is dclegntcd.
Fees For Doing Business.
The fee for conducting notcls lodg-
ing houses and rooming houses 1b
fixed at $2.00 a year except those
hotclB having twenty rooms which
nlll bo required to pay a $3 license
fco. For every additional rooms pos-
sessed by a hostelry over twenty an
additional dollar i to bo charged.
Fees for the other lines of business
tinder the hill aro fixed at $1 n year.
Tho present law la enforced only in
some of tho larger cities and balngs
no revenue to tho state. Ily making
the fee a fixed ono and providing for
tho whole amount to be turned over
to the state treasurer it Is thought
that the amount accruing to the
stato adding the license fens of tho
drug stores and other lines affected
will reach $25000 per annum.
PIOTIK MEN HOLI CONVENTION
Express Approval of Proposed Censor-
ship of Movies.
Oklahoma City. A resolution con
demnlng the offering of premiums nnd
other Inducements by motion picture
houses and theaters In general was
unanimously adoptod at the annual
convention of the Oklahoma branch
of the Motion l'lcturo Exhibitors'
League of America held here. The
picture men also voiced their approval
of the pending legislation calling for
a rlajld censorship of motion picture
plays.
Tom Roland of this city was elected
national vice-president. Other state
organization officers elected are as fol-
lows: II. II. I'owoll Oklahoma City
president: Hnlph Talbot Tulsa firs I
vice-president; A. II. Mnmon Shaw
nee second vice-president: C. L
Olive Chlckashn treasurer; M. Low-
ensteln Oklahoma City secretary.
LEE CHI PLARNIN0 STATE T0NR
State University Musicians tc Fill Six
Engagements.
Norman. Twenty-two musicians of
the faculty and students of the state
university left Monday morning Feb-
ruary 8 for n six-day concert tour of
Oklahomn and northeastern Texas.
Sixteen of tho men's glee club will bear
tho brunt of tho concerts which will
be given nt night with tho addition
of matinees ni Kldd Key College nt
Sheiman Texas nnd Ardmore Okln
Following Is the revised schedule for
tho tour: Monday February S Shaw-
nee Okla.; Tuesday. February ! Hoi-
tlenvlllo Okln.; Wednesdny February
10 Atoku Okln.; Thursday February
11 Durant. Okla.; Friday February 12
Sherman Texns (Kid Key College);
Saturday February 13 Ardmore Okln.
Water Rent Must Be Paid Promptly
Mangum. Following tho 1'iklng oer
f city affairs by tho nowly elected
city commissioners they hnve decid
ed to arrango for tho sura payment
of vfater rent of tho citizens. An or-
dinance will bo put Into effect imme-
diately holding tho property owner re
sponsible for water rent and tho own
er of property which Is being rented
will come under tho same provisions
The landlord will bo required to pay
the water rent and must arrango bo
tween himself and the renter who wilt
toot the bill.
MRMM IF EXPIRATION IRANTED
Citizenship Right Are Not Restored
By Governor Williams.
Oklahoma City Expiration pnrdons
without citizenship rights have been
granted by Governor Williams to tho
folowlug;
From the state penitentiary Au-
gust ItoblnBon Muskogeo forgery 12
years; Hill Smith Gnrvln hog steal-
ing 3 years; Clnrenco Clay Logan
burglar)'. 7 years; Joo Williams Lin-
coln murder 6 years; Chnrles Hall
Atoka ' rceny 2 years: Hubo Dun-
ford Ilrn larceny of domestic ani-
mals 2 jenrs; Scott I'rlsco Carter
larceny 2 years; Will Sledgo Potta
watomie bnrglnry 7 years; Ltirn
Watson Ilryan deserting child four
months; Alonzo Moore Cotton grand
larceny six months; Lisli IlurroiiR.is
Okfuskee forgery fifteen months;
Han L. Wnll llogors stntutory of-
fense 2H cnrs; Tllllo Sweet Cnna.
dlan murder 2 ycnr A. II. Law.
head Dolawnro grand larceny 5
voars; C. II. Qulnn Love nssnult to
do harm 2 jears; Sam Wade Semi
note attempt to kill one and n half
ears; Robert Whltoker Nowatn lar-
ceny of domestic animal ono nnd a
half years.
Stnto reformatory James Tladcllff
Texas second degree burglary 2
)cnrs; Mack McClannnhnn Osage 5
enrs; Ocorgo C. (Hover Comanche
grand lnrceny 2 jenrs; Armon EM-
son Muskogee stntutory offense 6
jears Dave Moore I'itsburgh burg-
lary 2 )ears; t.. II. Moore Jefferson
grand larceny 1 yenr; Jim M. Mus-
ley Oklahomn obtaining money under
fnlso pretense 1 cnr.
FORT SMITH R. R. RATES BOOSTED
Permission Granted to Increase Two
Cents Per Cwt. On Carload Lots.
Oklnhomn City. Permission has
been gten tho Fort Smith & Western
railroad by tho corporation coinmis
slon to raise Its carload rates 2 cents
per cwt. on practically every commod-
ity carried by thnt road. Petitions
from citizens all along the line from
l"t. Smith to Guthrlo unking that the
lucrenBe be allowed and tho prvot
thnt it cost the company JO.SU to
make $10 00 Influenced the commis
sion to make the order.
Hates on less than carload lots
will nlpto bo materially lncreartod.
First nnd second class freight of this
order will be inciensed 4 cents nnd
third nnd fourth clnss will be raised
3.5 cents per hundred. It Is esti-
mated that tho Increases will bring
approximately $20000 mrtre to tjio
trensury of the company than undci
the old rates.
Since tho San Hols coal mines wero
destroyed a great portion of tho rev.
ciiuo of this road has been cut off.
It Is thought thnt these mines will
bo reopened somo tlmo during the
coming spring or summer. In which
enso tho road will ngnln be placed on
a more substnntlnl footing. The com
mission reserved tho light to revoke
tho order nt nny tlmo thnt bustmws
might seem to wnrrant such an ac-
tion. NEARLY HALF OF LANI NOT TAXEI
Valuation of All Property In the State
Has Been Compiled.
Oklahoma City According to figures
compiled in the state auditor's ofllce
tho amount of non-taxable land In Ok-
lahoma is 18025661 acres. This in-
cludes all tho ludlan land on which no
taxes aro paid. The value ofthta lnnd
computed on tho basis of the value
of the taxable land under similar con-
ditions Is $204121667. Tho nmount
of nssessablo land Is 29160760 acres
valued nt $429090082. The average
per acre of all land Is $13.42.
These figures are made ns of the
enrjl9l4. Tho value of all grain as-
sessed was $1113477; cotton $162-
913; credits and nccounts $2014252;
mortgages $6748468; money $5436-
f0; bank deposits $136350000; cap-
ital stock surplus nnd undivided
profits of banks $31441640. Tho as-
sessed nluo of railroads wnB $197-
945748; express companies $755061;
electric light wntcr nnd power com-
panies $8818156; oil and gas pipe
lino corporations $56720C'!6: street
railway companies $4571951; Fslt-
man enr companies lt.13S.942; telo-
graph companies $1363099 nnd tot-
ephono companies $7313307.
STATE OIL LEASES ARE FOR SALE
School Land Commission to Receive
Bids March IB.
Oklahomn City. Notlco wns given
Saturday that the school land commis-
sion mould on Mnrch 15 receive sealed
bids for oil nnd gs lenses on river
bed property located near Muskogee.
Approximately twolvo miles of tho riv
er bed will bo affected by this order
being nil thnt land lvlng between tho
meander lines of tho river In town
ehlpB 15-16 north ranges 17-18.
101 Ranch Show Goes To Frisco
Ponca City. Joo Mlllor of the 101
ranch and Whlto Chief of the Poncn In
dians left lltiss for Sail Francisco
whero the 101 Hunch Wild West show
will open Saturday February 20. Four
carload of equipment nnd fifty people
will bo taken from tho ranch to cum
plcto the organization that will enter-
tain tho fair crowds. The balance ol
tho equipment and people will ho made
up by the addition of the 101 llnncr
Moving l'lcturo Company already ii
California.
ELGIN OKLA. FARMERS CHAMPION
COM 11
LAW PASSED
ALL NONFATAL INJURIES MUST
BE TAKEN CARE OF BY
EMPLOYER.
MAXIMUM IS $10 MINIMUM $6
Reports On Investigation of Titles To
McAleater and Granite Reform-
atory Plants Are Filed
In 8enate.
Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma now has n workmen's
compensation Inw so far as tho Iioubc
of representatives Is concerned.
ny n vote of 79 to 15 tho compensa-
tion Inw Introduced by IleprcsentntlvcB
Nesbltt Peery Wnldrep. Glnsco nnd
Harrison of Seminole nnd ns amended
by tho house commltec on arbitration
nnd labor wns passed finally by tho necessary for the support nnd main-
lower branch. tcnancc of stnto government nnd tho
Tho bill which Is said to be modeled various state Institutions was ex.
after Die workmen's compensation law I pressed In tho house of ropresentn-
that has been In forco In tho stnto of j lives when the bill proposing nn up-
Now York for some time provides for proprlntlon of $35000 for tho erection
:ompulsory compensation by employers of nn additional cell wing at the re-
to lajured workmen for nil Injuries formntory at (Iranlto was killed on
which do not result In death. The law i final roll call.
could not bo mndo to regulate compen-1 During debate on tho measure
BStlon In case of fatal Injuries because' which occupied practically ono cntlro
of tho prcsenco of n provision In the' morning pcsbIoii It wns charged by
constitution which provides that tho those who opposed tho bill that it pro-
right of court notion to recover dnm-ipohod an unnecessary expenditure of
ages in case of death shall never be public money that It was extravn-
repealed. gance nnd not In s)mpathy with tho
Tho rate of compensation provided democratic platform pi. Jge of "cruel
for In tho bill Is 50 per rent of the econoni)" in the expenditure of public
nverngo weekly earnings of nn em-'money.
ploje. Tho maximum compensation1 it ws chnrgeil by Mr. Plnkhnm
Is fixed nt $10 per week nnd tho mini- that Oklahoma wns tho most extrava-
mum nt $6.00. Bnnt gtatc m tle non for t8 ag0 0jj
Tho bill provides for the creation of flnnnclul nbllity which lie declared mas
n commission of three members to bo responsible for n reduction in the dem-
appointed by tho governor nnd hol0crntc nJority of 31.00 for the first
shall havo charge of the administration democratic governor to less than 5000
oi mo mw. tho creation or such n
commission to linndlo the law is re-
garded as ono of tho important fen-
tures of workmen's compensation laws.
Good Roads Bill.
The good roads bill which will like-
ly be passed proposes abolition of
the stato highway department ns now
constituted and transfer of nil of itsioH'ces which havo been consolidated
powerB nnd duties to the state board
of public nffalrs as specifically rccom-'ar
mended by Governor It. L. Williams.
Tho board of affairs Is given authority
to nnmo an engineer nt n salary of
$2500 per )car. tho salary no-v paid
to tho state highway commissioner.
Tho civil engineers of tho stnto unl-
vorslty nnd A. nnd M. college nt Still-
water and tho head of tho state geo-
logical survey would mHiitute nn ad-
visory board to serve without compen
satlon.
Division of public roads into three
classes county state and township. HmentL' the 8ennto ot 3-000 uo clt'
proposed In tho bill. Any highway
within the stnto would bo subject to
designation ns n sTnto road if the
stato should so desire. It is mndo
mandntory for the commissioners ot
each county to deslgnte not less than
10
per cent or more than 25 per centi
.   .   . .
tho roads in their counties ns stato
ot tho
roads. Convicts would bo emplojed
on nil stnto roads and on nny county
cr township road provided requests
wero made In tho mnnner provided
for In the bill.
As n means of raising revenue for
road and bridge purposes n tax by the
stnto of 50 cents per horsepower would
be collected on nil automobiles motor
cycles and traction engines. This tax
would bo in lieu of the license nnd
when paid would exempt motorcycles
automobile and traction engines from
nil other taxes on an ndvolorem basts.
It Is further provided that every
county must levy n tnx not exceeding
1C mills for tho crentlon of n road
nnd bridge fund nnd where township
government has not been abollshi-d
under tho provisions of a bill passed
by the legislature two years ngo a
levy of 2 mills shall bo levied In
-1.1. rt-l. l.ll -I-- .....tA
flint county commissioners must mnk
n levy of not less than two-thirds
of n mill for n special drag fund to
I.. nu..l In .Infrnt Inr- Ilir. . linn u.a nf
dragging public roads.
Tho senate passed by an overwhelm-!
Ing vote tho Amos Kwing concurrent
resolution cnlllng for nn Investigation
of tho hospital for tho Insane at .'or
man.
A hill proposing nn appropriation ot
(30000 for tho purchase of additional
land nt tho stnto pcnltentlnr) nnd the
hill mnklng nn appropriation for tho
benefit of the wives of the guards who
wero killed In tho penltentlnry out-
brepk nt McAlcstrr about n jeir ago.
wero sent hack to the commltteo on
appropriations for nmendments. The
latter hill Is to bo nmomled so ni to
provide for the payment to tint widow's
of tho guards of the money they wero Ideas of tho governor on tho subject
reipilroil to spend for phvslclnn nml. which It covers nnd is drawn prnc-
hospital servico i n result of the out- tlenlly nlang tho lines ot tho law ns
lircak.  In ffect in Wisconsin.
Authority to Kill Diseased Animals j Another Knock on Capitol Killed
Tho house passed flnnliy the bill! Tho proposed constitutional nmend-
giving the board of ugrlculturo nuthor-! ment offered by Tucker to limit the
Ity to kill nil nnlmnls affected tvlth the amount that can bo expended by the
hoof nud mouth disease. Owners of stato fur the construction of n stato
nn) nnlmnls killed under tho provisions' capltol wns called up by tho author
of the bill will receive pay from the 'upon n minority report of tho commit-
stnto eipial to one-hnlf of tho market tee on constitution nnd constitutional
vniun ot sucu niunini. At me sume
time tho house passed flnnliy a com-
panion bill npproprlntlng $5000 to bo
spent under tho direction of the board'
of agriculture n .he eradication of I
ho hoof and mouth dlsenso from Ok -
Inhomn should nny develop
The Movie Bill Passed
The house passed flnnliy tho moving
picture bill ns amended by committee
nccordlng to Instructions of tho house
As passed tho bill simply prohibits tho
exhibition of nny moving picture that
depicts scenes of outlawry or Immoral
nnturc. It also prohibits tho makln
of nny kind of n wild west plcturo in
Oklahoma. One of the certain effects
of tho bill It Is said will he tho sup-
pression of further exhibition of "lleat-
Ing Ilnck" In Oklahoma.
The house killed n Joint resolution
which had already passed the scnato
providing for the establishment of
two fish hatcheries In tho stato and
npproprlntlng $30000 from the gnmo
protection fund for thnt purpose. Tllo
resolution wns defeated by ono vote
llcpresentntlve C. C. Chlldors of Enid
led the fight ngnlnst tho resolution
tnklng the ground that tho money
should be used In establishing n stato
sanitarium for tuberculosis patients oi
nn Institution for lucorriglhlo girls.
"Cruel" Economy.
Sentiment taken to indicate over-
whelming opposition to appropriations
for nny purpose sao thoso thnt nru
for the present governor
The house passed flnnliy tho general
appropriation bill for the malntennnco
nnd support of tho reformatory which
appropriated $255165 for the next two
fiscal ; ears.
The bill providing for tho appoint-
ment of nddttional deputies In county
nnd ' tho county olllco consolidation
of the last legislature and the bill
rropo3liig un appropriation of $8000 for
the support of the school of mines at
Miami were killed on final pnssage.
i The committee on penal Institutions
nn'1 he K"1 advisory committee of
the senate who have had under con'
slderntlon the question of title to tho
lnnd upon which tho btnte penitentiary
nt McAlester nnd tho reformatory nt
Granite uro located tiled their report
together with their rocomenilatlons In
the senate. They find that on tho pay-
izons Committeo of McAlester can
produce a clear title to tho penlten-
lary land.
With reference to the title nt Grnnlto
the committee finds thnt tho Woddell
Investment Company of Knimns City
Ilia n l nlld tnnrtrrnnn I M ftnVit m n naa
.. ...  ..
ngnlnst the land upon which tho re-
. .f .. ... . .
luuiiuiuiy is iuciiiuu uiiu ihui tjiu in-
debtedness together with the Interest
amounts to $2168. Tim report con-
cludes with the recommendntlon that
the legislature make the necessary ap-
propriation to pay this Indebtedness
and clear the title.
The oil and gas conservation bill
proposed by tho Independent oil pro-
ducers of the state Indorsed by tho
corporation uommlsslon passed the
senate upon flnnl roll call by a vote ot
32 to5. The bill le now rendy for tho
signature of tho governor nnd carry-
ing as it does ths emergency clause
will probably become a law sometime
during the present month.
Deed To Capitol 8lts.
In consideration ot $1 and other
valuuble considerations" tho bnlancn
of the C50 ncres of lnnd In tho north
east part ot the city comprising the
rift ot Oklahoma City to tho state for
n "l e'u'' ns transferred. The
noi nml Seniors mansion sites
''" were transferred to tho stato
"""" """3 ut"i
mid the deed filed
ccrering the rest of tho land prom-
ised. The Instrument filed Frldny
tlvs the State Capitol lliilldlng Com-
pany us tho grantee nnd the stnto of
Oklahoma ns the purchaser.
I o MDOiisn supreme ioun ncponcr
A bill that will In nil probability
result in the abolition of tho olllce
of state reporter nnd mnko n com-
' plctc reorganization on the plan now
followed with referenco to tho publl-
j cntluu of the suprciuu court reporta
I nnd the session laws of the legisla-
ture nindc Hb appearance In the sen-
ate when Senator J. EInior Thomm
of Law ton Introduced Senate Hill No.
379. The bill Is In harmony with the
nmendmonts. The resolution fixes the
maximum amount to bo oxponiled at
$1500000. On flnnl roll call tho minor-
Ity report wnB defeated by a vote ot IS
to 17. Among thoso voting ngnlnst the
.limiting amendment was Wilson ot
Dewey the socialist member.
MISSOURI
WOULD
DUSTBEEFTBUST
FIVE BIG PACKING COMPANIES
MUST PAY $25000 FINE OR
LEAVE STATE.
NATIONAL COMPANY IS A TRUST
Organized To Control Prices Through
the Several Constituent Com-
panies. Must Pay Fines Or
Leave By March 15.
Jefrsrson City Mo. Tho packing
firms of Armour tc Co Swift & Co
tho St. Louis DreBscd Hecf nnd Prov lb-
Ion Company tho Hammond Packing
Compuuy nnd Morris & Co. w oro found
guilty of violating tho Btnte nnti-trust
law by the Missouri supreme 'court.
An order of ouster was Issued but tho
companies nro nllowed to remain In
the state on payment of fines.
Each company wns lined $25000. To
stay in tho state each company must
pay Its fluo by Mnrch 15 1915.
Tho ouster suit against the so-called
beef trust wns filed by Governor Mnjor
when ho was nttorney general. The
enso was argued In the supreme court
more thnn n voar afo.
The supremo court ruled thnt the
nnti-trust inw wns violated by the ac-
quirement by tho National Packing
Company of tho Hammond Pncking
Company and St. Louis Dressed Uecf
and PiuvUIon Company. Thu Natlonnl
Pncking Company wns organized by
tho Armour Swift nnd Morris com-
panies. The opinion snvs that tho packing
company became n holding compnny
for tho packing companies named
thereby destroying nil competition nnd
fixing the price for dressed meats.
The decision says:
"We find tant the combluntlon of re-
spondents under tho direction of nnd
management of the Natlonnl Packing
Compnny icsulted In n common man-
ngement nn arbitrary fixing of tho pur-
chnso and selling prices of livestock
for food nnd tho dressed products
thereof nnd n limltlLg nt the will of
tho mniiagement of tho quantity of
livestock bought or Bold."
STEAMER DACIA SAILS FOR EUROPE
And British Plan to Seize Her In M Id-
Atlantic Norfolk. Tho American steamer
Dacla finally sniled with her cargo of
cotton for Germany via Rotterdam.
Great Ilrltalu has threatened to seize
the ship questioning her transfer from
Germnn registry and sbo already has
been tho subject of dlplomntlc corre-
spondence between the United States
and Grent Ilrltnln. It generally Is ex-
pected n British cruiser will tnke her
somewhero before she arrives In
Europcnn wnters and thnt the case
will bo fought out In n prlzo coure.
Stnto department olllclnls will ob-
serve the progress of tho Dacla across
the Atlantic content In tho event of
her seizure to havo tho Issue of her
transfer of registry come before n
prize court. While tho Ilrttlsh nd-
mlrnlty has announced It would treat
thu Dncia ns a prize there Is no ques-
tion about her cargo. That It was
said would bs forwarded to Its des-
tination without expense to the own-
ers or purchased by Great Ilrltnln.
Stato department olllclnls say they
have satisfied theniselves of tho genu-
ineness ot the Dacla's sale having
seen tho certified checks given by Ed-
ward M Hreltung tho purchaser to
tho Hnmburg-Amerlcan Steamship
company.
CARRMZA OBSTBEPEHOMS AfiAIN
Summarily Fires the Soanlsh Minister
From Mexico
Washington. Jobo Cnro Spanish
minister to Mexico has been summar-
ily oxpelled from Mexico by General
Cnrranzn. Ho 1b on his way to Vera
Cruz where the American bntleship
Helawaro lies In the hnrbor with In1
structlons to offer him refuge
Tho minister had been expelled from
Mexico because he Is alleged to have
sheltered Angel Do Cnso n Spanish
subject nccused of aiding Villa. After
hurried conferences between Secretary
Ilryan and Spanish nnd Urnrlllnn am-
basadors here Secretary Daniels of tho
navy cabled Captain Itogers of the
Delaware to take Minister Cnro on
board nnd nwult orders.
It Is not believed hero thnt Cnrran-
za's notion would bo followed by tho
Immediate retirement of tho remain-
ing dlplomntlc body tin re though It
hns been reported that they deeply ie-
sent tho treatment uccorded to their
cotlengue It Is believed they will sub-
ordinate this to the urguut demand for
their sresenco In tho Meitcnn capital
to look nfter the lives and property
of their nations during the preteut
crisis.
Probe At Standstill.
Yonkors N Y. inquiry Into tho
denths ot eight nged Inmntes of tho
Germnn Odd Fellows home hero Is
vlrtunlly nt n stnndstlll. Coroner Dunn
Is awaiting n report from Dr. 8. M.
Gregory un alienist who has under
observation In a New York (Hty hos-
pital Fred Mors the former nurse at
the home who In a recent confession
sad he wns responsible for the denths
by administering poison or nn anaes-
thetic. The coroner Is continuing his
Investigation at the home.
WHERE THE TURKS FAILED
The Turkish Invasion of Egypt and
the Suez Canal country under German
guidance It a failure. Had It suc-
ceeded It would have been a serious
blow to England.
U. S EMPHATIC IN PROTESTS
MESSAGE WARNS GREAT BRITAIN
AND GERMANY.
Administration Will Brook No Ur
necessary Interference With
American Commerce.
Wnshlngtou. Publication by the
stato department of the texts ot tin
notes sent to Great Ilrltnln nnd Ger-
many respectively revealed that botr
countries had been warmed In most
emphatic terms against menndng the
vessels or lives of American cltlzem
traversing tho roccntly proclaimed set
zones of war.
Germany was advised that thi
United States "would bo constrained tc
hold the Imperial government to i
strict nccountnblllty" for such acts o'
its nnval authorities as might result
In the destrsctlon of Amerlcnn vessels
or he loss of American lives nnd that
If "such n deplorable situation should
arise" tho Am6rlcan government would
"take any steps It might be necessar
to take to sefeguard American lives
and property."
To Great Ilrltnln tho United States
pointed out "the measuto ot responsi-
bility" which would seem to bo Im-
posed on tho Ilrltlsh government "for
the loss ot Amerlcnn vessels and llvel
In cnso of an nttnek by a Germnn naval
force" If England sanctioned tho gen-
eral misuse ot tho American flag bv
Ilrltlsh vessels and thereby cast doubt
upon thu valid character of neutral
ensigns.
Tho two communications were pre-
sented to tho Ilrltlsh government by
Ambassador Tage nnd tho Gorman for-
eign ofllce by Ambassador Gerard
They were prepared by Counsellor Hot)
crt Lansing nnd revised by President
Wilson nnd Secretary Ilrjan nfter con-
sultation with tho entlro cabinet.
The Ilrltlsh Spanish and llrnzlllatt
nmbaBsadors who happened to call nt
tho state department wero given coptei
of the notes as wore tho ministers ot
Sweden Norway and Dcnmnrk vvhc
specially requested It. The document!
created something of n sonsntlun
among tho dlplomnts generally because
of what some regarded as their drastic
Implications. High ofllclnis of the
American government pointed out In
formnlly thnt It had been deemed nd
vlsnble to speak In unmlstnknble terms
now rather than to nwnlt tho nlarm
Ing effect upon Amerlcnn public opln
ion which might ensiio from tho sink
Ing of n vessel with scores of Amerlcae
citizens.
Dlplomnts examined with great In
torest the langungo of tho communica-
tions nnd Borne of them construed tlit
note to Germnny ns n warning that the
loss of American lives by sinking ever
n merchant ship of a belligerent poei
would be covered by the ropresentn
tlons of tho American government be
cause of the Insistence thnt nil mer
clinnt ships must be visited nnc
searched nnd passengers taken off be
tore ships ran ho sunk.
Williams Signs Oil Law
Oklahoma City What effect tho new
conservation oil Inw will hnve on tin
oil Industry In Oklnhomn must now b
seen ns Governor Williams hns al
fixed his approval to tho bill nnd th
measuro Immediately beenmo the law
as It carries the emergency. Tho gov-
ernor said thnt ho believed there wni
sufllclent In the bill to mnko it effee
tlve for tho results sous lit for by Itt
advocates and tho people If Inter
ests Involved desire to go to the courti
on nny constitutional questions thai
might arise they can do so now.
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