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RAILROAD STRIKE POSTPONED
V
HOURS
>1 *
DAILY CALENDAR
£»■ 8>*n Hours of Light Phssaot
Rlsoo 8ots Dijlliht Autos thoMoos
6:38 6:39 12:01 7:09 (f
.f>lr ‘nd oontlnued cold
tonight, fair and riling temperatura t~"
morrow.
S5.1«.Usf. 7 t0
Moon rloes. 3:27 *. m.
The Oklahoma News
HOME
VOL. II, No. 146.
FULL LEASED WIRE 8ERVICE OF
THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS.
GERMAN PEOPLE AROUSED
REVOLT: IMPERIAL RULE
ONE CENT.
V
PRESIDENT IS
HOPEFUL BUT
READY TO ACT
RUSSIAN
DENOUNCED
BULLETIN:
liy Untied I'nxx.
New York, March 17__Sec-
retary of the Interior Lane at
3:46 this afternoon announced
that the railroad Ktilke has
been postponed forty-eight
hours.
put the roads under full martial
law was uncertain, tho preced-i
ents shewed he has power to-
do that in event of violence on I
the lines.
In any event, his friends said,
the president does not propose to
let any railroad strike drag along
into a bitter warfare with at-
tendant high food prices, sbort-
. ago of supplies and general crip-
pling of business.
Aside from the probability that I
the president's mediators may
draw a satisfactory settlement in
New York there is the possibil-t
BY ROBERT BEN DEB.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington. March 17.—Presi-
dent Wilson believed today there
U» ,h. he- “■
lf .JT 1 n^raur0ad trouble, to comply with the S-nour tut-
to adjust their differences peace-jute.
ab!rui„ . ... . , Tha navy department, with
ibis confidence did net lull; keels about to be laid for si\
him into inaction. He is study-j new scout and four battle cruis-
ing means to prevent railroad; ers, as tho first step in the
and business \ paralysis with its
consequent sufferings for thous-
ands and thousands of citizens.
I.egal precedents, presented by
his advisers: have been carefully
execution of its great speed-up
naval building program, today
faced complete suspensioi of
work.
Should this situation deve'ipe
studied, and it was the white! into w hat would be considered
house impression that the presi-ja national emergency, the presi-
dent would be enabled to take! dent would have power it is
r r,H'\hn„n l; "Ck tUC bvMeved. to t^p the whole sit,.a
if it should start. tlon into his own '
" nether he would he able to) run the re Broads.
MANAGERS HOPEFUL;
. Why Boyd Should Be Chosen
(EDITORIAL)
The nanie of one man appears in the commissioners, at a time when great civic
list ot candidates for city commissioner- building is in prospect.
A city does, not always have such an
opportunity, from its list ot candidates.
Boyd is not a politician.
His selection as democratic nominee
for commissioner of public safety would
not represent keen political ability on the
part of Box’d or his supporters.
He has not personally made an active
campaign, in the costumary political sense.
As the politician views him, he is an
enigma.
But Boyd represents efficiency and ex-
pert knowledge—two chief requisites, so
far as city needs arc concerned—requisites
ships which The News believes every voter
should consider when he goes to the polls
next Tuesday.
The man is E. P. Boyd.
Boyd is superintendent of construction
on the capitol building now nearing com-
pletion. j
He is a government man, loaned to
the state as a result of direct request
to President Wilson thru'Senator Robert
L- Owen, and secured to guard the state’s
interest in the great -building job.
The capitol is but one of a long list of
public enterprises superintended by Boyd.
He is a federal man. His record,'extend-
ing over many years of government work
and in many parts ~of the globe, is dear
proof of Boyd’s ability.
Being a federal record, based on the
merit system, it carries its own recom-
mendation—the highest possible.
1 lie point to which The News desires
to call attention is simply this:
That the city now has an opportunity
to employ such an expert as one of it's
too often lacking among all candidates in
a political race.
The News believes voters use intelli-
gence in the selection of public servants ;
that they are eager for good service; that
they regret the fact that there are too
few chances to choose men clearly quali-
fied: and that, therefore, since in this in-
stance they do have a dear case, they will
not hesitate in nominating and Inter elect-
ing K. P. Boyd.
Hy United Piety.. --
! . Amsterdam, March i“.—Inrest in Germany against mili-' they are convinced Rus-
tarist repression has been violently accelerated bv success of fiu 9 , war effectiveness will
the Russian people in casting off the yoke of centuries. j 'ei“*1
Ivven those elements of the German people who favor; The best proof of confidence
autocratic control of the fatherland have been affected bv the!,n tlie order is the fact that
news from Petrograd, seeing therein failure of German plans j even tho most reactionary el*.
and certainty that instead of Russia growing weaker as the' °r lh« British press joined
■** « likely to orow stronger with a newi£J%vi" S°nCra‘ chorus oC
But it will take several dtya
for the sisniflcai.ee of the up-
heaval in Russia to penetrate to
the rank and file.
In fact, one of the most cur-
ious features of the effect of
tho Russian news here has been
in the attitude of the average
Englishman who has never aer-
j wax urnorett*^ the hi likelv tn araiv strcuurer with a new
i government animated by united determination against Ger-
many
German newspapers indicate that the German govern-
ment itself is apprehensive of this unrest among Teutonic
people.
Austrian Capital
Profoundly impressed _________
Dispatches from Vienna today declare the Russian rev,. ’ ',vho hus n#ver •*r-
Union has created a profound impression there. ! non " ”“eJ thC KusBl“
Additional details printed in German articles indicate a! Thls sort of an Englishman
| dramatic scene m the Prussian Diet. Socialist speakers bit- i tead of rpj°i<ing at the over-
jtcrly denounced the government and the “sins of those in ,throw of autocracy and the vlc-
1 power.” “Absolutism” was one of the targets of their at- ° y--° 6 p^°plc is worried
tack. Several speakers declared the time was comin°' when
; the nation would arise and sweep “junkcrism” away **
! No Longer Serfs, ' 1
Declares Socialist |
"W e are no longer serfs whom the king can huv or sell j
declared Socialist Deputy Leinert “or order us to'bleed to;
death at his command. We have reached political manhood.”!
It was in reply to this outburst, and fierv speeches bv i
other delegates, that the Chancellor made his announcement j
jol increasing powers to be granted the people after the war.
W\V V.lilli »f»r« ri»:»udimrr horn 4 .1. r
to the possible disaster to the
1 cause due to stoppage—
; even temporarily-_0f Russian
1 governmental activities.
Aftermath Of
Revolution
ment are prepared to swear in
1200 extra men in case of serious
trouble.
Federal authorities were lay-
ing plans for prosecution of food
speculators.
Health officials say there will
be at least 50 per cent of the
normal milk supply brought into
the city, by electric iiues and
motor trucks.
Oklahoma City Views
hands. u.id'Thia Strike Differently
SCHOOL MONEY ISSUE
IS PUT TO THE PEOPLE
x. ^ * . . _ ^.......*• i,v,Tlv iuc war. j —
: . -V wspapers reaching here today point to the conference Say C*ar Is Held
;of officials in Vienna as ol extreme importance in view of Prisoner In Palace
i Russian developments. 1
; In this conference will be the Emperor Carl of Austria
German Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg, Prince Conrad
1 Von Hohcnlohe. formerly minister of finance’; Count Czernin
'Premier Clam-Martinitz, and Count Tisza.
Governor Williams, in an open
statement Saturday, asked the
taxpayers aim citizens to advise
him whether he should approve j
__ appropriation _ bills "for such [
The general tone of Oklahoma | schools as the university prep.t- '
City feeling has been radically j ratovy school at Tonkawa.-prcp\
different on the eve of the Sat- | ~
urdav a+riko nrrlur frnm ih» r.-.i. ; * rat0r> school at Claremore, By I'nitrd Pres*
WHOLE CITY SEES ™FSiir
ZEP SHOT DOWN' N0W N Tt1E MAKING
Hy United 1‘rtit.
Stockholm, March IT. — Cast
Nicholas is a prisoner of tho
revolutionists lu the Taurlde Pal-
ace, and the Czarina baa bees
sent to Kliieff, according to dla-
patches received here today. An-
other report 1: that former pre-
mier Prince Golitzin committed
suicide in prison.
liy I nitrd /’> rj*.
against Germany.
juuiereni on me tve 01 the sat-|
I urday strike order, from the fel-1 - -------- — —.........
■ It ll/\a 1 _ f ling of dread that existed last I Kcho°l of mines at Wilburlon and
UNION MEN SILENT2?*555~b , tm
■While! ton which d,cl.,e/|„r JJSSl »"•" “in'cn.ion.l 'ZAZ lnZ .’&;*?} 1 Unite i W.^e.ntS. over ,1, um,
training and tbe most loval eo- Bast September, there wa.n that it will be too much or a on Kngiand. | Michael, to whom the czar turn-1 peeled of selling vodka,
operation with tho government feverish excitement, while friends j |,urUen ,hn H fell in one of tlv- main!P'1 ov"r ,h'' . «»d who; Thru prompt co-operation *
Czarevitch Dead, Is
Unconfirmed Report
j Hu 1 nitrd Pren.
I J-ondon, March 17.—An un-
verified report was circulates
l!y United Preit.
New York, Mrch i t.—wnne; con wmcd declared for universal 1 are-
the federal 8-hour strike mediat-J training and tbe most loval co- Bast September, there
or. et/h.4.^1 «-i»h f«.., !««»»«•«Mon with the government feverish excitement.
St At
* ' ' j eznrovitch was suffering from
ors were closeted with the fom | ®peara''on. w',h the government feverish excitement, while friends burden upon the taxpayers to- «< fell in one of tlv- main! Vhe mo’1 railwav enu'invL ZT
.. : this week. Is said to have em- were rushing hogie Irotn hastily niaintain Hie state onive tv streets of the citv a charred mi ss ,as ham .1 reg. n hj, tho pio- , railshj employes the 1
trainmens brotherhood chiefs to, phaslzed thp patrioMc anJe9e“f ended vacations.' , and he A. A M college , n ac- 1 ot its crew who remained ,v slo!!al f ««} £f,»Tp!? ,an,in“ 9,r
more than three hours today, every question before him re-—.... ~7~T~ v co. dance with'the growth of the 'afroard ^"S burned into ua. l'« Brand Duke himself refused triets is heinf, relieved,
lailroad managers gave out - am eently. There were rumors ap- E'ght Lines Into K. C. I ..,alr and Ihplr nfcesal “e, a„d recognizable masses. i ,h* crow"’ ! Hundreds * ■
their four arguments which they, parently well grounded today Have Placed Embargoes also maintain so many sub- "
, schools.
1 d”"“ - otherwise than
Rcarlet fever.
-------- -------- —J ■ :......... uuiiui'a loaav
proves there will hi no! that he may find himself at issue
Moscow Democratized
Without a Shot
Hy I nitrd Prim.
London, March 17.—Moscow
accomplished the change from
autocracy to democracy with-
out a single shot being fired.
| the crown. i Hundreds of carloads of pro- , . , , -----
Two or three of thB m,, i1 a formal organization as a re- visions wore rushed to these see- 011 f h,,tng fired,
with pain lmn,0|hle Van,*; Ind !— —cted today. This Hons. Gmcery stores "e^-he" ^ ^ .° ‘"ir’lV"" 0hta,nM
---- • - may be delayed, however, pend I have been requisitioned, the gov- . r? * . ln was or"
ing Information from the people eminent paying fair 'prices to
a themselves as to the foriu of I the owners. Food distribution
thru a carefully organized sys-|
claim . _ _____ _________ j>i laouK
strike. j with the brotherhood^'chiefs'ln ["''“T'desire to take taxpayers' certai“ of death, preferred to
Tho reaeon i are: [pressing their demands at this „ Kansas City. March 17.—Eight! lKt0 consultation an.l wiThh^.h, me*'t 11 otherwise than in a ................... '
rPL zzzin. ’ ^d3Sr 3 .hirffi E^3r SeiT 1 “i/vH 80iiHvi;yd>He,dny
iMS lip m
to this aftei-- _ Friends Of Owen Plan his advice or his own mo- ."j**, astlr- Thousands
■ rnenns ur uwen Ulan lion -or whether it comes from ?al.il.ered 0:6 8;rc«'s >o listen
del ly thruout tho time that Pet-
rograd was In the throes of street
fighting.
no statement up
___ J Chicago Trainmen
Brotherhood chiefs left the, Ready to Strike
Biltmore at 1:30 after a three- j/,y LniM p
hour conference with the federal;
t<m is being arranged. !U S Still Awaits
A. n-liM. Word Frin, Fr^iu
lift f ••itnl l*i ftm.
\Ya hington, March IT.—The
department
n°°n’ ‘reinmen ’™ **" lioa "or whether it comes from i falaered in t-he streets to Union “™‘“
j Have Their Word New ; an organized effort tn behalf Of to th® rwttle of anti-aircraft guns |
tSYm’a^2S!JVhC./v>Lcb iT.-withisen^rVow^n. SS 2^HflPF OF VirTFIDV
■ j blanket embargoes from nine j day. with this as ' their arzu-' ,or the fear ot Punish-! ^yP^[|jy|^ I N NEW DEMOCRACY
mediators.
,..... ............ „„„„„„„^ «tate department confessed to
Thro is n7 On every side in Petrograd is today that local committees are that It W naturally concerned
I to 1 boon hPard r(“''w«d avowals of vig- taking over all estates of more1 with developments of the Russian
. , .. -- ------ ------ to tlie raittls ami .I...,*. en i orous prosecution of the warltlan rj:> acres .revolution. It has had no word
an organ,zed effort Jn behalf Of . ^dch^rthe ZrV^men tvu 1 -! officially from Ambassador Pran-
“ny of these institutions to bring r. marksmen. When, ! els at Petrograd since Thursday
afternoon.
their argil-1 of rewari1 or ,hft f®ar of punish-
ment. it is up to the taxpayers.
TO MODIFY TREATY
TO INSURE PASSAGE
later by the mediators.
AcU^n^'%tXkp7eveBt.on|road8' Motherhood trainmen here I ment: “™ ""l to th® taxpayers, j nflIjrAIJIlfIt lARtW 1 ^ II L TT - LfLIVIV/Ln^L ¥ ,v'
campaign were Secretary of La-'ar* ready to obey strike orders. I Had the Owen proposal been Le£.,me h'ar fronl tllerl'- ilUl lIUITIL IfillLIl ■ Washington. March 17.—Fol-
bor Wilson, Secretary of Interior j Simultaneous with announce-1in Ht® present crisis would I , .“as . ApI!!I ■ u» L nafe-f Pren,. Hy United, Prem u , lowing fallur- of the Colombian
Lane and Daniel Willard, presi-'ment of brotherhood officials 1 rot , **• for the Adamson law; ,h‘° a^°,veai1 bill* left him by. London, Mcrch 17—Hanaime I nn<l„» r-h ,7 < ,« u cohered up the mistake- tr-u-y in tic - of united senats
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio i came the s»atemenr mHsv . would be operating. ; flle legislature. Without ap- ' ,p, 'm ' London, M irch 17. Russia Is (,f the P-trograd officials, ii Republican opposition, the ad-
the Baltimore and Ohio. came the statement today of; y £ « Louis p:ovRl ‘“ey die automatically in, whth oV Z rPa',J' for rfia! d-noca, v. in the provided food and re! ef „,r the n.inistm: ,on has under considera-
13 days. , against who h the new Haig of- opinion today „f Ilriil-d, offk- soldiers; It aided the war-stricken Bon mod. Goat ion of the pact
railroad, all members of the-Daniel C. Smith, chairman of the ! . ,'*'deral Judge Hook. St. I
council of national defense, thru ! switchmen, that his organization declared tho Adamson law uu-
whicb President Wilson is act-, will ignore walkout orders and , i^£5titutiona! ,ast fal1-
ing. ; remain at their jobs. i-
Samuel Gompers, president of About half the switchmen in
the American Federation of I.a- Chicago belong to the unattached |
bor had not joined the mediation switchmen's organization. Should i
conference today, altho he left they remain at work, handling I
Washington two days ago and of whatever freight that enters
attempts have been made to lo- Chicago, would be greatly expe-
cate him. ditated.
Gompers. who directed the * Heads of the police depart-1
Complete review of the
legislation passed and
not passed in closing sec.
sion is given on Page 4
today.
j 1ST STRIKE INJUNCTION
j SUIT IS BROUGHT
- Hy l nited Preen.
Philadelphia March 17. —i
, Twenty-eight members and of- i
1 fleers of the Grand International ,
r^srhtodav°ff1leHOCO!n,<>tl,e ;hat :U;; victory' by the British
f,‘.R her«1oyt- o a“ ‘"J^ctlon will force an early retirement of
heir firs,
of popu-
> n a vast
suit, hero in U. S. district eour* , Germans from
.0 prevent brotherhood chiefs1 Arras line.
fenslve on the western f.-ont has lals most -\ in touch with p..,.ple
-nt hammering. ua« been cap- recent, dew lopm-n-. iti Muscovy. it KavA th« people
•ck. 0 re ’ or the past two years there opportunity to. ex, .
was PuhhDJT'taer.fa,| *trongho!d has been steady growth of the |,.r ,.xeCnti've dlre.-tlon
was dubbed b.. Hindenburg not /eixuiiov.s movf-m*-nr j \a»- vol- >. a o.
“e°, lhe Gi- intary war organlzat.on. British officialdom as a uh-,1,-
A western front." It was an orvanizatin., that expresses undl«guteS hiuMj, to n
Mlltary ezper.s have predict sprang directly from the people over the turn or ercnti in Ru -
Hut now if has interwoven If- s.a. T.i»*v are p’oa.^d not. so
\nto i \ f>v\ phrat?*1 of Kuasiun iuu* b beraupe a popular Koverr
• jew
t*-lining
se-sion.
Bapaume-: rural life,
: department
ef wa
Ii as in-o evety np-nt tias apparently supplan*.**!
, I he reian of the Romanoffs but
WII SON WEARS BRANCH
OF REAL SHAMROCKS
liy I titled Pun.
Wi shir.gtnn. Mar it 17.—Pres
ul.nt Wilson Is "wearing the
green” along with everybody els-
: ti Washington today. He is
sport ng a bunch of real sham-
i"o>-»is on ::,e ,-oat lain
Bedlam Reigns and Booze Flows Freely as Statesmen of the Sixth End
1 heir Law-Making; Even Police Reporter Is Impressed by The Orgi
BY THE NEWS POLICE 1 Police station, in its wildest
REPORTER. moments, is a pink tea exbtbl-
Bedlam reigned at the state tlon in contrast with the closiug
capitol Friday night. 1 orgie of the Sixth.
Booze flowed freely. Efforts of sober members to
“Blue Ribbon” was the most retain the august composure of
popular brand among the beers, each bouse vc:e vain.
“Hzyner,” “Old Nelson” and! Barleycorn Aids,
"Jackson Club” bad tho call With the aid of John Barley-
nmonc *ke whiskies. I corn measures that had been
Ante rooms and committee j hard fought all thru th» session
rooms, abandoned *5 the last j «rr« passed almost unanimously
session of the Sixth drew toward j n the closing r . -h.
a close aDer midnight, became t he !<-riMa,ut-e w Met; rna-i-
bar rooms and aepositori-u lor,-he s e e • voce ur?" d:d not rA-
’’•■pLles " I fleet this sentiment in its clos-
!t waa no place for a police-j ing moments.
Bit. Ho wrnnta hiyn '*rr r!-c-« w ■. 1 -.e* 'n ' ■'* ,«
geasiaatnd. a .* ,j, . • ,r.
wire to deeds rivalling those of; cause he was ohstructlnr the
the most colorful jubilees pic- rush of law-makln" ■? ,bl
tured by the writer of fiction. 'house by too many objection
Galleryltes. lobbyists. l»gisla-: others killed time bv intro-
tor->, all tnduig»i In the riot of! during resolutions a-alng s-.r-
relaxation from the strain of 7 4 Port of the Boston R»d cox 'or
days of time wasting. . tk« American league pennant
1 National and sacred hymns ®ulogized the Russian people
.were sung between fitful mo-. or ,ha,r rise against tyranny,
raenti of artificially stimulated-1"1'* "an sons by member*
' riot in the house. "ho f.-tt the session • i,ap-
1 On« man wen:, to seep n the c'r’1’ o' ^tr -Ives"
1 Po.i'-e rei-orter. accustomed
5€n*tP chamber v. i*h hi* Q*iarf
uf «ai*ky antics on
beaide him.
Till! Tavi!
Ov be »• 1
* 2
floor a • ’ ,r °r '“•uiutioii hi th*
o* or4»tt:rfc vnh la.iu
deg-e* investigations and end-
Ing with the abolishing of police
rushed - oii-t i t-,.,,, 2**..: -a . ..
idea that policeman perhaps) taut leg. iat.on
should liave been delegated to was pas-erj
t rescribe for the conduct of leg- it was f •
•‘,;Vors’. -dry- advo. ate*
1 ■” 3"' howev*-. tr.gt wa# consld*- r j
egisiatore hat“ f.:s pr.v'legc sion U':;e; ■ I
oter police, and the law must ; ing on that
be obeyed. ; question of r-
If (opg Had Don*' If. ’ 6t*a j w<i Id
A po!!c€tn^n> contention con-1 j »*}» ,
ducted him iar to t »® rIo«^ o# J Tho * bl* ** ;
o Sixth tou «i hate b«**n run I put to *hani» ”
out of t0»n. jr,„/t .
IaCgiilato*?, vr#.. • iclnyr nier‘1* rn.
privileges of t ‘ c:: j uft> was f to*
, w«re unmolested in th*jr riosln* j chamber ia:."
|©rl5i<*. [crude jok » an
* *-. * •* t> : *ro > 0 fr. c*' •or.*; * •
* -leu mu.: i*f ’h<h b *■* c*’^“ «* j >• sr s •>
t h<
session iceaied its relaxation utth
; dignity, bit r»nt**rcd Into
!,onr spirit T.,r* L.biF.n" riot n
m^asur^ a!! half hr a. »«ytl..
*ii® "Ikin’I iiirr 1 f».*’
moro • H
th*' lx
t depend-' ?
- ion, t;:e bora h » i
ibnmslon in-
ot»ai ’y
f h Tho hOU«C
w:th cat ca !*,| calls vi
ir.ine'io* | naming
• • r t *1 K
thr
• had i»at*ed a:
"I>on*t ri\e up
* as v.'.f Sixth
[sin«*‘s * ha * ^
A1 •
Rsn’t finished
in deadlocked
tees or struck
4*f ctlmulan*.
-ar.*•> o: a had
::.o \»r Okla-
and he m:i?t
coiiriusion of
eaplfol.
.t
rhout even demand
firle #>f the b!JD
.al‘* into
Six*
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