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VOL. II, NO. 176.
FULL LEASED WM BERVICl._Oy
THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS.
OKLAHOMA
News
CITY, OKLA^MMMM^jMMWMB^
WmAmi Van
■ad Warmer
INAL
ONE CENT.
Conscription Forces Defeat
Filibuster Against Army Bill
IS OUTDONE.'
IN SMEGY
BULLETIN.
BV HENRY WOOD.
With the Soisson* Army,
April SI.—Soissona, the city
nearest Paris which has been •
under German guns since the
battle of the Marne, is now
freed of this menace for the
first time since the enemy was
turned back from the French
capital in 1014. But cutting
off the salient from the Vailly
bridgehead to Fort Conde, the
French today forced the Ger-
mans back such a distance
that Soissons is liberated.
By United Preti.
With the French Armies in
the Field, April 21.—The French
out-Hindenburged Hlndenburg In
their great offensive.
It is possible today toj; the
first time to reveal some of the
strategy which to date has swept
French forces on in their great-
est victory since the war began,
was the same strategic su-
BULLETINS
Mine Strike Conference
May Go To Mediation
By United Preti.
New York, April 21.—Confer-
ences Were between representa-
tives of 173,000 anthracite coal
miners and mine operators of
seven Pennsylvania counties,
over the miners demand for a
20 per cent increase, probably
will extend into next wee
was said that if a deadlock de-
velops the question probably will
be referred to mediators.
Chicagoan Arrested
As "Menace To Safety*
By United Preti.
Chicago, April 21. — Heinrich
Greim, 40, was arrested by the
U. S. marshal ihere today on a
presidential warrant charging
him with being “a menace to
the public safety."
War Insurance Rates
Increased to 5 Percent
By United Preti. '■
Washington, April 21.—Gov-
ernment war Insurance rates on
truis-Atlantlc shipping were to-
day raised from 3 to 5 per cent.
Club Women Endorse
Conscription Methods
Conscription was endorsed in
resolutions adopted by the sec-
ond district Federation of
women's clubs here Saturday.
It was t'he second Important
utterance in 24 hours, favoring
Tla8 Stn this principle, for which Presl-
aroentanro ofkhe dent WilBon 18 Acting. en-
force German acceptance ot me ».____...
ground previously chosen by the
French as the site of the battle
of the Marne.
In the same fashion, the
French forced the Germans to
accept the site of the present
battle of the Aisne, on ground
(Continued on Page 6.)
Faithful Endurance,
Berlin Declares
By Unit'd Press.
Berlin, April 21.—Today’s of-
ficial statement took occasion to
enlarge on the unity of purpose
of all of Germany’s people as |
exemplified on the western fight-
ing front.
“Troops representing all Ger-
man peoples are N Individually
performing heroic deeds hourly
under the heaviest fire and with
faithful endurance to death,” the
war office said.
Repulse of French attacks Is
asserted.
Williams, who has been burdened
with applications for commis-
sions in proposed volunteer regi
ments, came out flat-footedly
that a conscription act would
be "declaratory of every man’s
patriotic duty to his country."
The legislature’s action in sub-
mitting suffrage was endorsed.
The next district convention
will be at Alva. '
Safer Kesler
“Eats”Smoke at
Grand-Av Fire
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Washington 10. Philadel-
phia 2, seventh inning; batter-
ies, W. Johnson and Ainsworth.
E. Johnson, Hill, Liebold and
Schang.
At Cleveland 3, Detroit 3,
sixth inning; batteries, Bagby
and O’Neill, Jones, Cunningham
I and Spencer. "
I At Boston 6, New York 0,
sixth inning; batteries. Ruth and
Thomas, Shawkey and Nuna-
maker.
At Chicago 0, St. Louis 0* sec-
ond inning; batteries, Fhber and
Scbalk, Koob and Severold.
™ PER CENT OF
DELINQUENTS
DOE MCE’
Disclosures more *t*rtling
than any which have been made
in the now-famous Dreamland
datfee hall hearing before Judge
Oldfield are promised by Dr. H.
H. 11 ulten, First Baptist pastor,
for his Sunday night eermon on
the dance question.
‘‘I have been Investigating,
with State Charities and Correc-
tion Commissioner W. D. Mat-
thews, the dance hall's relations
to two local homes for delin-
quent girls." said Hulten, Sat-
urday,
“Our inveetigation shows that
no less than 60 per cent of the
delinquents started in the public
dance. X will discuss three spe-
cific cases, and show how the
dance-hall-liquor-Joy-ride route
led to the homes of correction.
The two homes Investigated
were the Holmes Home of Re-
deeming Lcve and the State In-
dustrial School for Girls.
"Dance Hearing Almost
A Regular Lawsuit”
Sans the host of nlftlly dress-
ed girls, sans their attending
males of the specie*, and sans
the lurid tales that these two
genders have been engendering,
the Dreamland dance hall in-
junction hearing Saturday be-
came almost a regular lawsuit.
This lawsuit, it Is now evi-
dent. is destined to remain un-
settled for a day or two at least.
Defense has many witnesses yet.
and argument of attorneys is
hound to bo stressed by defense
Counsel Snyder and Robertson.
Activities of Marie Walker
and Ida Stotts in an El Reno
hotel, whether they were nice
or not nice, are not to be
touched upon in the case again,
Judge Oldfield ruled Saturday.
The ruling stopped several de-
fense questions that were laying
the way to discredit the testi-
mony of the two girls.
James Johnson, an advertis-
ing man with headquarters at
.: '•'JSf.
By United Preti.
Washington, April at.—Administration forces and Ms
lective conscription advocates won th$ir first real legislative
skirmish at the capitol this afternoon when a filibuster that
was bitterly waged for more than an hour was filially
squelched.
Plans of leaders to rush the army-bill thru to a Voile
ahead of everything else proceeded after Chairman Chamber-
lain of the military committee, forced a vote to take up the
army measure. Only five senators—Thompson, La Follette.
Gronna, Hiram Johnson and Fcrnald—voted against Cham-
berlain.
Senator Thompson started the filibuster tactics.
At the close of the “morning hour” which is devoted to
merely routine business, he demanded "the regular order”
which yesterday had been shunted aside so that debate OR
the spy bill was postponed, giving the army measure prece-
dence over all other matters.
House Committee Acta.
In the meantime the house military committee finally
and formally reported out the army general staff bill so
modified as to shift responsibility for use of the selective
draft system onto President Wilson, unless he should con-
sent to try out the volunteer system first. Chairman Dent,
volunteer proponent, and Rep. Kahn, California, conscription
advocate, ranking Republican member of the military com-
mittee, completed their respective majority and minority re-i
ports. Dent’s report carries an appropriation of $3,000,00a
Kahn’s report signed by eight members of the committee,
four of whom have seen military service, insists on the origv
inal general staff bill.
Explains Draft Flan. other 500,000 would bo selected
Sen. Chamberlain, chairman of later,
the military affairs committee,
piloted the army bill. He ex-
plained the first provision would
authorize both the regular army
and national guard raised to
war strength—.a total of about
20,000 officers and 614,730 en-
listed men.
“Tills is the largest volunteer
force ever called for In the U.
S.,’’ said Chamberlain.
At the same time 500,000
men between the ages of 19 and
25 would he immediately select-
ed and put into training. An-
MUSKOGEE FAIR 12 GERMAN
Bill TO PEOPLE WARS III PS
ARE SUNK
TRADE PAPER CHIDES
*’Between those ages, compar-
atively few men have contracted
family ties," be continued. "It
would entail small expanse to
the government to care for do*
pendants.”
“The selective draft will makg
available about six million men,
of this vast army about 3,500,*
000 would be fit physically. Only
about one-half of that number
would he taken and for that
reason we are resorting to ‘sa*
lective draft,’" Chamberlain
said.
Strikes Spreading
Over All Germany
lion of “Walking the Dog.
•■lollV wobble." while testifying
- - He said he had
A referendum petition to sub-
mit the Muskogee fair bill to a
vote of the j>eople has been
- j NATIONAL LEAGUE,
KesW^’ate’^lUs^irs^smoke^nd 'S’Atpeve",h b^Ungf’ batteries! | filed with Secretary of State | London, April 21. ---- — . , . .......
er Is 1 t lD'"- winifo- Pfeffer andiLyon, it developed Saturday aft- 'man destroyers were sunk and ! ; ,J^,R FconomDt 8:D’8. stories l>y state witnesses. More-
the ladies
By United Prcst.
Amsterdam, April 2.1—Twenty
thousand munitions workers in
iiorlln and Spc.ndau are out on
a general strike today in pro-
test against reduction of the
*ue ..........- , ,, ...pin bread ration, according to latest
V,*" ^w.i5r®«*beUD0R." alias Information from Germany.
Scores of conflicting rumors—-
including a number of reports
of great violence) in various
cities reached here today.
A groat force of strikers is
said to linvo revolted at Magde-
burg and tried to burn public
buildings.
According to this report,
troops were called to restore
order and in clashes with the
i sold Witnesses, generally for ,.;0t,.r8 kikl several, the city
™°an the defense Saturday, decried the
MRS. WILSON’S ECONOMY! for Vie deferso.
---- 1 soon the dance staged only once
Dreamland, and that tuna
be interrupted by the
By I hi it'd Press. .
Washington, April 21r— The ! at
economy move started by Mrs. j RnIy ”
Woodrow Wilson and the wives r °,(T V. pnT tho dance looked
of President Wilson’s cabinet 1he hooohe-koochc."
members, is a good example of ' ,,
Uho "hysteria" now sweeping the ; 110 88 ' f;rom 1h,8 OI1o instance.
! country, according to the current, “ ‘ had „0Pn nothing out
(issue of the “Drygoods Econo-j • 1 Rt Dreamland, he
1 m*st.‘ ! _.,.i wit„«>ases. generally for
1 “Doubtless
By United Pr^t,.
-Two Ger
I., ,“““|Rixey and Killifer, Pfeffer andiLvon, it developed Saturday aft-■ man destroyers were ------ ----- . , ... . . ,, ______. . ..........
“ la(lder ,n f°Ur Meyers. lernoon. ' 1 one other was possibly destroyed, what their ‘good intention’ really; - — Attorney Selby
.? . m Kr„oUf.at I At New York 1, Boston 0,! ~ . 1 when the enemy vessels attempt- ‘ amounts to is a plan for throw-j • nRarjy PVery one to ad-
, th , oaliori *ha de 'sixth inning; batteries, Anderson ... ,‘s °/ 2,?’ signatuies 1 P(j to ai(j Dover, the admiralty , ,n£ thousands out of work. Were : that out-of-the-way things
l « 7 to the Iand Rariden. Tyler and Gowdy. a"‘°.mf. susl>end <he! announced today. “ receive general adoption.! ^ °h (1 vlthout cV
FcmUone Co laboratory aboro i At Pittsburg 1, Chicago 8RheJ, led to become efrec-j The raid on Dover was at-] manufacturers and merchants,
the Model Drug & Jewelry Co I sixth inning; batteries. Millerj1 ® J 1 1 ‘___• tempted last night, five German | factory hands and store employ e,
... 1*29 1-2 West Onnd-av 'and Wagner, Vaughn and Wil- ** 1 vessels participating. ----, ...... . ,
“ The former fire chief couldn’t 18on- , n _ , , K. C. SPY SUSPECT ; attacked by two Brit^h patro1 j 88
resist tie temptation and was At St. Louis n, Cincinnati 1, INTERNED AT FT RILEY!shlps T1,e f!Fht laste<1 only, nnitesmal in comparison.
-----j —-- _ flye minutes.
serving It.
They were I would suffer, while such benefit I Women Condemn
accrue would bo In-1
now being in a state of siege.
Reports from Dusseldorf de-
clare a meeting of strike dele-
gates in Merlin has rejected a
proposition by some of their
leaders demanding that the Ger-
man government immediately re-
nounce intention of annexation
jin
on the job shortly after the fire
department had its streams
playing.
“The boy* made a good stop
and deserve lots of credit for
keeping the fire from spread-
ing." said the safer.
The fire is belfevod to "have
second inning; batteries, Mead-
ows and Snyder, Mitchell and
Wlngo.
BALFOUR IN U. S.
By l niteil Prest.
Washington, April 21. — Ar-
thur J. Balfour, the British for-
started from a small explosion ofjeign minister, has landed safely,
chemicals. the state department announced
Union ’headquarters on the this afternoon,
same floor were saved. Water! Balfour and other members of
did considerable damage to the; the British war commission are
Model Drug Co. on the first'on American territory, it was
floor. stated.
By United Peru.
Kansas City. Mo., April 21.—
5i&,V„er!taT’,1JrreSt0^ ‘“I Constable Thos. L. Cox, whose
Kansas dty April 11 as a Ger-j name ha3 bpen U8ed
i Drunk at Dreamland;
! Arrested and Fined
... —. | the war, abolish compulsory
........ ............ The s"eo‘nd DUt?U-t Federation j ^!ra°1’ ““uai''Vnl'i"h!se.' U""' Hollweg Refuses
The Economist urges keeping of Women's Clubs in their cos-. Demands t'>r I'ooil. Strikers Audience
production and distribution nor- joe session Saturday morning! *.(l^ r,v,1M promises of an tty United Pirns.
mat. fla’ly condemned the public. jn..re;!8,, -n the allowance of Copenhagen, April 2t -Sixty
“Let’s have economy by all dance. _ meat and p >■ itoes hui been suf- j thousand workmen at Berlin are
means,” the Economist says. By motion of Mrs C. " f■ <• 1 c»nt to offset the curtailment | still t. slating all efforts of the
“Let’s not waste products that Goodwin. Clinton. Countv Attor- ,(|f t,,,,«<! ?-.1;.r 1:• Workers a■>- gov rnnu nt to end the general
may be more grave than reportg
here have indicated, was exl*
denced today in an appeal whidli
Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg
is said to have dispatched to
General Greener, chief of the
munitions branch, urging that
“every strike, however small,
may be the means of an un-
justifiable weakening of our de-
fensive forces and is an Inex-
cusable crimo against the fight-
ing forces, especially the men
in the trenches who bleed in
consequence."
Extraordinary efforts aro ap-
parontly being made by ..the Ger-
man government to restore order
and suppress news of the inter-
nal situation. Two days ago the
government let it be known thrtt
official news channels that the
strike “was settled.”
Tho' German government it
conducting most searching in<
vostigation to unearth hidden
stores of food. Berlin advice!
today related a house to hous!
canvass ordered by tho food dic-
tator. which, it is said, had
already revealed “an amazlo|
quantity” of food hidden away(
li ve seized upon thls'strikn, according to word re-
oniy a logical time injeeivnd here
, i-vp • s th dr d* maud i Three thousand workmen a*|
• food and mo.-*- cquit-! Nurenibnrg have Joined. Tho
u;; .11 t> • govern- in u;- i.e Tag - Zeitung declared
______ _____ ______ _____________rr^ ........... .............. .... t to press* demands for (today that Imperial
inland waterways, reports of At- f'ox arrested Howarth at Dream-i There Is indeed no reason why Accordingly, a cornu; >'• was 1 more 1* > and > :u ' n n liours.
lantic coast pilots, maps of cities land Friday night. Howarth! the well to do should change named to p’.an a - d> 'ia i Tiiai
and clockworks such as are used : pleaded guilty and took a 26 . their standard.*; of living, except ' course r f cntcrtiiium* r • 1 at the t: .... u
in bombs. .fine. ; in the matter of food-.” i local Community Hou-e. al si
_______ _________ ____by several |are scarce. But. the hoarding ot nev Selby’s action nui; t d nee j,!(r**ntl
man spy, was interned today as ; witnesses In the Dreamland in-! money w ill help no ore. Going halls was endors*- !. and a* ' „ n.,t
a prisoner of war. Havcrkamp junction hearing, appeared in shabby by those who can afford s: me. time tho fc 'era• l ui •• <’<•? • p 1,
Cn sent Fort Riley. police court Saturday as proses | to dress well, 'just to >0 au ex- nized tho ne"d •>' 1 suo-Mtu’e -, . nu
when Havcrkamp was arrest- outor of a charge of drunkenness ample,’ will not increase the for dai’.ees as amu 1 nunt for 1 !i• ■
ed he, had maps of the roast, of against one James Howarth. supply of war requirements, young
no
Chancellor
illv • g r. f -ed an audience
dors recog■ jwiti: deputation of strikers
of the veil- from Sp.i!i;p; ’I. who luereupott
ir.t that it ' ■ ot■ 1 to reunin eel Indefinitely.
SEND FORCE ABROAD AT ONCE. BUT PASS CONSCRIPTIO
By United Preti. ! unteers front Canada and Australia—on the plea that sh*:
New York, April 21.—Colonel Roosevelt struck hack to-, then intended to do nothing except in accordance v. ith the
day at those who have been using his plan for raising a divi-| theory of obligatory service,
sion of troops as an argument against conscrpMon. Our Course Clear.
In the first interview he has granted on his army plan,
accorded the United Press, he reiterated strongly his de-
-M —* M .1 4 m. - A ^ 1 1 I I___A. — __ . ___ _ _ _____1 1 ■ . 1 f
He Declares
‘What she ought to have done, was to -end her expedi-
mand for universal obligatory service, coupled with a plea 1 tionary army exactly as she did; to use the volunteers exact- '
that while this compulsory system was being made operative,! ly as she did—and instantly to introduce the system of oblig- !
a volunteer lorce be sent abroad. ; atorv service also. This i« precisely what wc should do.
“I do not want to be -put in the position of saying to' “With all my heart I approve the president's plan for
my fellow countrymen—‘Go to the war,’” he declared. “J 1 universal service—both for the present war and as our per- (
want to be in the position of saying ‘Come to the war; I am manent policy. This plan will give us the armv we must have j
going with you.” 18 months hence. P.ut we ought to treat as a necessary
"I wish we already had universal military training in | supplement to this plan, the utilization of volunteers who
this country. But we are as Great Britain was when war, would not be reached under the obligatory plan—who v. ii!
broke out. She had disregarded Lord Roberts advice to not and ought not to bjr asked to volunteer in the regular
have universal military service She was very wrong in ; army or the national guard; but who have special fitness
doing that. (for the war and who will come forward eagerly to serve*
“But it would have been a capital mistake it* when the if they are to be sent abroad at the earliest possible minute
war broke out she had declined to send a small military ex-| "The obligator}- service idea’ is capital to make those:
sedition at on-e *0 Belgium, -ml had refused to accept vol-J serve who •light to do something and we ought not to let!
it be twisted into preventing those who ardently desire
to serve fnm serving- even altho they would I *-
from serving under the obligatory law ”
The Colonel was asked how lie felt toward Cem
Regarding Germany
and Our Attitude
"T am utterly against any ‘Hymn of II
as against any nationality,’’ lie exclaimed
th
j
phasizin
Ig his
stareato u
exempt
< .prize 1
d shot
ti-anship a
Liltler u> si
any.
to ordin
‘ ’ 1 . 1 '
•rii'a'i con
1
gar.l^ t >
our c
lit ferenccs
-nuntrv |
us alike
i r*f man
' to
kiM'1 ”
nr tor the
isfl
h<>ulder v ith* * 1
rations—w
internal s
n*'r of the
SAYS ROOSEVELT
1 clenched fists, "I rec*
i el of part ""o I.et ux
u the ^1'gatest regard
: 1; ait t' ■ "-lightest re -
object—pledged all of
flag and tlm interest*
,et us have our Winston Churchill Urges
‘Hymn of Hate’ against that system of organized tyranny Americans to Front
which has made Germany a menace to the world. V»e arc p.y hut Pr
fighting in the spirit of Andreas Ilofer and of those Gormans I prd 2t. At
who led the fight against the tryanny of Napoleonic I-rance, (of th"* nrr ty. :: w 1. •'
when we now rallv the free peoples of the v, r ' again-t j exp lu > : roe in hr
tvranous militarism wlii. h would destroy all free ; t: j u •: ' < • pro-.
“Once we have destroyed that tyranny we -i.-di 1. . thejA-.i.-d 1 :
Germans as our brother* and wc shall eagerly h< « • to admit] ' *' • • * tan expr
them to the felhov-hip of free peoples.” j t: '1 t* d y to the Ignited 1
Roosevelt v.a- here reminded ot the fact th.it in thejib.u t',.«* • re- • t even
past he had differed sharply in matters politic al with tho'b.i' -e r
president, whom he now sought to serve. jintIu«n e and ait..r>l er.o 11
“Once this country is at war." he an*v er. ; qti • r ■ *-m-j ’ •
-ton Cl’iirolnll. * rmer hirst Lord
t;i kh.ik;, wants an American
• - . .. n . - possible—simply
• i ,\nt v . lid have on thj
-s 11 .. per .al .pinion,- h«
i» seems !■> tne certain
sit \>vit;0 •• !ivi«- n on th*
r- • v< r w 111,1 exercise
. , n; ,dl nr n. rtion t®
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