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DAILY CALENDAR
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OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA., THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1917.
ONE CENT.
GERMANY BACKING BANDIT VILLA
Teuton Agents Pit Him Against U. S. and Carranza; Huge Sums Paid
QUICK DEATH
EXPECTED FOR
REBEL GOMEZ
When the Burglar Arrived
IJV KURD S. FEHGl'SOV.
I nitcd Press Stuff Correspondent
Havana, March S.—-The revo-
lution in Cuba apparently is
endt-tf. Capture L'x-I’resident
J030 Miguel Gomez and his en-
tire staff, leaders of the insur-
lectOH, is expected to be followed
by immediate sentence of death
on thesa conspirators.
Havana gaw; itself over lot
jubilation today at the coup. All
last nielli the city rang with
guyety, celebrating the govern-
ment's battle by which Gomez
was captured- officially stated 1
to have been om of the biggest j
in the history of Cuba.
More than UOi'O participated in
the combat. Hull details are
lacking but it is known that
besides prisoners, the rebels lost
100 killed and many wounded.
Gontez and most of the other
important prisoners are expected
to arrive at Havana tonight. |
Their arrival will be made tire
occasion for another celebration, j
Havana lias had an air of I
tension unmistakable, recently. I
The revolt at first thundered
very c.ose to the capitol doors
and its widespread character and,
repeated rumors of German aid!
cause the deepest apprehension
among the general pub.ie. , r
The revolt had its inception j f
In a bitter political quarrel be- F
tween President Menoeal and the
liberal leader and former presi-
dent, Gomez. i’ostprned elec-
tions in Santa (.Tara provinco
fanned the Game of the bit-
terness between the two parties
that, election being the one on
which hinged resit.1 of the No-
vember presidential elections.
Voting resulted in a comfort-
able majority for President Mcn-
ocal. Then the flames of insur-
rection broke out in full power, i
by Webb miller.
United Preii Staff Correspondent.
l.aredo, I exas, March 8.—Germany is playing Villa
j against Carranza. Great sums of German money nre pouring
j into the handid leader’s hands, inciting him to activity against
I the U. S. and against Carranza, while at the same time, Ger-
i tnan agents work thru officials of tlie Carranza government
| seeking to align that side against the U. F.
Just hack from a trip into the interior of Mexico, I can
| state tlicxe tacts on the highest authority :
Agents of tho German government in Mexico approached
Francisco Villa at his headquarters at Bustillo's ranch, about
February 12, with a proposition to renew his raids on the bor-
der in case of a declaration of .war between the U. S. and
Germany. Two German agents reached the bandit leader. The
conferences extended over two days.
At first Villa demurred. At length an agreement was ■
reached that in ease of war Villa would send small bands, as !
‘FOR SAFETY
OF AMERICA
BUST STONE!'
—RUSSELL’S PLEA
BV CIHAS. EDWARD fUSSFXJi.
, Washington. I). C.. March 8.—
Everything now for tho national
defense—we must havo it.
No man can say what may eotne
of the situation that has been
forced upon this country.
Get ready for events that may
test, all the nation's nervo and j harass American troops.
pL!!MereS°U1'Ce3~lhey ^ eaSily First Payment. $250,000 In
This is but the plainest 0f Go!d* Ib Handed Over,
common sense, it self-evident! I mlcr the agreement the German agents promised to pay
duty. It need* no argument. j Villa five hundred thousand pesos ($250,000) in pold at once
! And the fi.*t tiling necessary | tG S(.a| tin* compact., lie refused to enter into the plot until
to put us into reasonable state*., ■ . * . , « _ 1
i Of defense and security Is t„ get the Itr-l payment was handed over.
j. ANOTHER chairman for the i hey agreed t<> pav a large amount each month there-
seuate committee o»i foreign re- j after iu case of war. to enable Villa to pay his men, secure
tatlons. i ammunition and build up his shattered forces tor a campaign.
1 ibis is imperative. i After orders from Foreign Secretary Zimmerman reached
» to ft \viin »mUi " stone’'of 1 Mexico C'itv for an attempt to arrange an alliance with Mcx-
ico and Japan, the Villa scheme was one of the first moves.
One secret agent was sent north front the capital to San
Lni 1‘otosi, when' he met another. From Parral, both trav-
eling 1.v horschack to Bustillo's ranch, about 40 miles west
of Chilmahtiit City. At this point Villa was making his head-
FEDERAL AGENTS
CLOSING IN ON
CHIEF PLOTTER
TO CHARGE FIELDS
WITH MANSLAUGHTER
WILSON IS AT
CLOTURE
ACKE
I Uu I mini l’n*1.
Charles! Washington,
Information charging Charles; nasair.gton, March v i-.gilt
Fields, 1G, with manslaughter, ; '0I 11 cloture ani"..dmeiit to c.e
was prepared by the county at- senate rules was begun today
torney’s office Thursday.
in-
when Sen. Martin. Viig.nia,
trod need and a k ,1 unanimous submarine warfar. and t
consent for itnm 'deuce eon-id, ra
mi
Fields, driving a taxi, ran into
J. B. ltogers. 35, Wednesday
night at the inters.ctityi of South 1 tion of a measure providing
Ivoblson-av and the Frisco tracks, tation of debate.
Rogers was a Frisco yard cm- 1 Support fur consideration of
ploye. He was rushed to St. An [ Martin's amendment came from
thony's hospital, and died there Republicans as well as Demo-
an hour later. , crais. Senators Lodge and Cur-
Witnesses of the accident said ' tls were' among the
Fields was driving bis taxi at | Republicans who asked unani
full spei <i non h on Robinsou-av, nious consent lor action
and carried Rogers' about 50 Senator Hollis. « lump-1
toe*;. ®*ter. strLki"S him. . i shire, Democrat, offered an
H ,h<'d , ", ct;r ja! amendment to the cloture amend-
awaiting action by the county m,nt making it possible tor a
attorney. Information was to be ,,, ,,, . , .
filed with Peace Justice Robt. 1 'r‘ ^ *l\‘?' •°L iV„
Maupln. Fields is an employe of * ’ 5 ,lhout a 01 d
C. C. Wittemore who has a taxi
btand on West California-av. The
boy's father is his oulv relative
here.
Rogers' body is held at
Marshall & Harper's awaiting y*_
word from relatives. His wife is
In Tennessee.
bate.
Senator la»wis. Democratic
whip, tried to inject a resolution
" I e d ready fn declare war."
Sherman, however, n iterate, 1
h- a. pioval of armed neutrality,
declaring it justified by t.c> Ger-
man mandate of unrestricted
” Rai-
se r-Mi kart o-Carranza plot " This
bitter, lie slid, was suffi lent evi-
dence of "hostile intent, whether
It would have come to any prac-
tical end or not."
Stands ||y •Dozen'
He also took a fling at Re-
. publicans, "who are now heaping
intiuentia! ai,ufie upon the heads of 'the
wilful' after they themselves had
today, connived in the filibuster."
Since a filibuster could not in
an extra session prevent passage
of the armed neutrality bill.
Sherman held the president to be
"merely taking advantage of the
present crisis permanently to al-
ter the senate ml s.”
"ile is seeking o absolve him-
self from his long delay In pro-
MAYCR WOULD OUST
FRIEND DOG FROM CITY
MIRSOfTlI.
Ther** are gravest reasons of
j why ritone should not continue.
Some of them need not, be dwelt
! upon here. In the present cr'sls
it is enough to know that tho
following things are Due of him:
Out of Kynipur.hy.
He has no sympathy with the
policy, course or faith of the a-1-
I mini dratlon;
At a time of great perplexity
.and danger he P-d on ihe floor
of the senate a fight ngn1n«t the
| only po Ible plan to uphold the
; national honor In foreign affairs;
He attempted to add to Ihe
T.odge resolution ot Inquiry con-
cerning the Zimmerman note a
question tha; under the conditions
was insulting and hostile to the
nation:
He has not fa'led at any iv-IM-
j <•;> 1 time ■-■in"e our present oom-
nl'eatjons began to take an at-
titude that run nn'y be c"n-"rn>d
is sympathetic with Germany: he
has never said anything to show
, Hist lie n- ready *0 c 1st h s lot
with Mi- country of hi. birth.
IVnirirv 1 Incident.
He v m involve'! in tho no-
!r'p<d \er iun of the celebrated
of flay. !•'• ’Ui'’:.’ 1.
:h<* day after von ib rn • ir.fs
j dismissa!; according to that
version he was in consultation
(Continued on Pare 4 1
BlHiETW.
flu 1 mint JVcss.
Near York, March 8.—Foreign
Minister Zlimnrnnnnn of the Opr
man government had complete
knowledge uf the India revolt
, —. 1 P*”*’ thru which Hr. Oiandra
unattached bandits, to operate at widely separated points . (’hnklnl*>rty and l»r. Krnat Srknn-
along the international line and to make sporadic forays to i amho^tl"-«<*^J^ ^toda**
1 It nan said Zimmermans directed
i tl»at tlie money given the plotters
he supplied from funds sent here
for purposes of Intrlpte, r mi „
Up Unit fit T'rfitt.
New York, March 8.—As s
federal grand Jury began today
to probe the actlvlttea here eC
Hr. Chandra Chaklahcrty and Dr.
Brnst Sohunner, federal secret
service agents thruout the coun-
try were bedleved to hs rapidly
closing In on the "master mind”
who carried out German plot
order* from 76 Wllhelmstrasse,
Berlin seoret service headquar-
ters.
Revelations to neenat wervlcs
agents here and In Washington
Indicate that there Is fast
coming to light a plot which
stretched Its mysterious tentacles
Into Mexico, Cuba, the Phllllplne#
and wrapped themselves around
the Panama Canal.
.Sensational disclosure* are as-
pect ed soon when a new arrest
j Is made. Identity of the mea
now under surveillance has not
! been disclosed hut his arrest ts
quarters tit that tune.
Plan I Mai as ( tub.
The Villa plan was to bo used
chiefly In the event of failure to |
induce Car.anz i to cut r an in-j
Hague against the H. S. and as 1
a pussih.e im-aiis of hringiug !
pro- -ure to In r on Carrnnri. It!
was hoped to involve the de facto
p.ovi unuctit and ttic I . b. in
new , kciio'is • * midic.itions, 11111k-
ing ni.ntion of a largo part of
ill.* army along the border nev-
er .vary.
That friction, between Car-
ranza ami 'n' I . H. would l lid
to weaken tic- do facto pow 1
Villa by tho* n
START WORK ON
MILLION DOLLAR
REFINERY HERE
•1 A ]) t »u
•'i:vo:' I j 1 Ou
'• a> H" proci
■1 oliihiting ih •
i-; in for it if
Tliol-er has 111.
■ .; an ordinani c
hoc I llg of do. ,
n id' t! . city limn-." 1. tl.ui
" nu't “-. and up another ordinance j
ill nnik,. all owners ib* up 11, ir |
dogs until Oct I to proto.-t c.,,r-|
I-nr. Violation w ill be a $10’> J
fine. 1
"'Vhv not chare the dog.-;?” I
-kc,i Mayor I'd. "ID don’t al-
low hogs insid* the limits.” ... ,
"Poodle nii.-ci.' i, what the j *v, „
mayor t-rm I t women wh
.'•link they must have dogs.
PLACE SLAME OF
DARDANELLES ON
BEAD KITCHENER
vac pointed 1,.it to Villa by
do. 111.iu .14 ms.
Ai . .1 y the German cabal In
11 ,. Mix.call capital lad *< t ac-
t■ ve limit 1 g-1 .ml intlueu cs to
work upon 1.11 - • fiist chief and
his ;. ■ I v i - * ■ 1. to iinluco them to
eon nt to dn alilanco. Th
famoi.a pi, .eig by Cirranza to
the neutral pow ; 1, asking Hum
. 111111 • . ;; 1 j 1111 ui 1
- lujilii .. 10 ,0, cut run til 1. .
was in,: reeii-d by the German
pro: • .imi.-t .
1 111 S>! Ill 111!) Givll I’p.
It was the original 1111• ntion
to order
ico to ho
w a . later
111 w hnh
St Of 111
Kligli.,.,
, amount
e oil i 11 .--I d h the K11 glis.'i
and siicii act.on th lefiire,
1 1 avo brought comoilea.
between tin a lam! an-.
to h ;u
1 tlie til :-t
chief
l:. *' ui:
1 Held, (i
Tan,,
ciu. j
to (.xiiori.
This
11101: A
•q to tin-
fO! Ill
it \va ;
cut hi c nl
111'
fields
‘.r * ov, n»*d Uy
- - 1* nti it
iii.y;
I expected to be a profoundly •ur-
j prising dlsclosu'rc.
Paper* taken from antony th*
---- j effects of Ihe Hindu and Ger-
Gonstruction work lias begun rna!1 now held fn New York rw-
Oklahoma (Mty's newest oil v*a1#,l ,0 s«:ret service offleMa
project, a million dollar plant <'°d" messages from 76 Wllhalm-
for the Home Refinery com-, H*,Ta^s<' nn<l mentioned addreesM
pany, located on an 85-acre tract . Petrograd end Paris, In (Heat-
cam of tho fall grounds. | big. It Is believed, that these ad-
Tank »ars, boilers, tanks and dresses, presumably of agent*
construction steel ba.ve begun ar- *'nr Hindu’s “nerve pills"
riving and Ihe company expects' rPn'!y notations of German
to begin refining In August. Ala-! nop,lt9' headquarters.
1'-rials costing $400,000 havo! A communication slrned by
b<- 11 i.nleretl and w ill be ready! r'hi"* ,I"' mysterious Ohlnaman
fur 11 " by that time. (who w is to have d'.rected a plot
Refinery capacity will be 2500 |in rlllnil !o snr#-cle arms and
barrels da.ly. The plant will , mini. I ions to lnma, was found,
one of six out or 50 refineries i '’uples of speeches by William
In the state that will make u, Jennings Bryan, delivered more
by -product, wax, besides gaso- tllar> tw” ><*nrs ago and extracts
l,ne. 1 from utterances by Senator
The company owns
IWor!
I i
III ;
/hr
lung or,:
, s arc i t
lent ofii
1 a1S
Me
'Xiro (’ft
two f* o v
Hh» Iiy-.*
RECOUNT BALLOTS IN
HUBATKA-JOHNSON CASE
Ballot counting In John Hu
batka’s content against Sheriff 'ho morning fireworks with a
Johnson was to start Thursday ] hitter denunciation of President
afternoon. bison's statement that Jt would
District Judge Clark overruled he useless to summon an extra
Johnson's motion to prevent session until the senate rubs
opening of the boxes on the w''Im revised.
claim that they have not been "The president did no*, state
properly guarded. I the entire truth." Sherman de-
Attorneys will count the Hal-1 dared. • He deliberately omitted
lota without tha presence of a portion of ’he truth to convey
Judge Clark, who’s In the Porgu-jf" 'he public a fal^- Impression,
eon murder trial. All ballots The president knows, and the
whdeh cannot be agreed upon 1 sena’e knows, that no filibuster
will be referred to him. j could avail ;n event of
1 session.
aslolng tho senate's support of tecting American lives bv dls-
any step tho president might crediting the few men who ob-
. Martin, rebuking Lew is,. jpc,e 1 t0 a hasty decision in 'he
demanded withdrawal of the 'losing hours of roiieraFs after
resolution for the present Rcwis his procrastination had prevented ;
consented, - sufficient time for consideration.’
Sherman Scores M'Pson Sh' man sai(!-
Senator Sherman -one of the s;i"™r' defended the "1'tHe
two Republicans who opposed pmu,p of men" as doing
the propped gag rule—opened
Three or
Hondoi’. March ?. t'pon ihe
; Into lord Kitchener, Knrh.n.t'i'
! Idol, and the cully war unn;.
was pla> ed t he tdamc t«►< 1 n\ for
. In gland - I • 1 (lam 1 • s exp'.i i
tion. \ spoc.ii aiiiig
commission, appoint' .1 in r>
spons" to pnr’iaiucntar.. Inquinb-s
and complaints, us to the ct -iiv
experiment ag unst Turkey ir..< 1.•
this report:
"A'tbo the main object of the
exp dition was not attained." the
four possible mean* repo:- concluded, "certain in
SEEKING WAY TO
■b" i s imniei!
i.i’p (:i (
\f» of ini! i-
Of’icc-i
■ utiul men v.
• rn co-o
era til tl!
J. K. J
...... t
. rni’ui
aunts, (ui’
Joiner, v
of th»* in*m ■ 11 **; in
the capital
second v
\< si*Id to Ir
under
so S-idy to
of State
?! - (Jprniuns
to print
T)( \» h from
J. (' W
tho lie rman
In oti ;
l>. Hloy!
ways iJermtm
moil vr
Jf n»1 1 ! i i In-
f. Kell"
Sh"imar> doCondcd the
wilful men" as
what they did beacuse
thought thpy would snve
unnniriheresi souls arising from
*t.e battlefield of a possible fu-
ture: for th» widows In black
and for the men behind the plow
whose American blood might be
spilled on a foreign strand."
KERN IS SLATED FOR
HIGH COMMISSION
they tp„
"the
Up rmit-d t‘m>.
Washington, y.a-c.h 8-
ST. LOUIS OPPOSITION
TO STONE CONTINUES
“Only in the closing hnt.ru of
a congress, where time is limited
85)-met
an extra Senator John W. Kern. Indian^,
; Democratic floor leader in th(
filth congress, ig slated to be
nominated member of the
Bp V* if erf Hreu.
St. Louts, Mo., March 8.—
Opposition to Sen. Stone was
still evident today. The Globe-
Democrat, which heretofore has
not commented on tho Missouri ’ at* for condition-,
senator's stand, today asked man. "I wish to
Stone t0 resign.
"There is only one explanation
of tbo intolerable situation Ii
the U. S. of having a; a time
of gravest international crisis, a
chairman of tho senate commit-
tee on foreign relations who i
ro* in accord with tho presi-
dent."«aid the editorial, "it «
the evil of seniority. He ha
b«-en repeatedly c :’lty <•' gr.v »-
led:*, tetion* "
Th" dr r'irc i’r -e - , - «
Caitod Goofede-at* \'et*rans -en-
can a filibuster succeed. It can International commlss.on to fill
only last from two to four w-e^-ks. a vacancy expectod soon. The
at the utmost, before physical commission handies Canadian af-
exbaustlon."
Twite President.
"The president blame- the -en-
eabl Sner-
remind the
P'vsldent that when h" re»ks to
blarr," the sera:-, l.e has re-
P'elcdly r! li'-uied the cou-s© c*
p-epaepdre. f0- 0 :r army and !
navy."
Sherman disgressed from'
"rnles" to armed neaitrality, de-.
nourclng tl-e rl,rif th"
pre -idejit w th power which
wiiii'i perm • Mm • arm muni-
Von« -hir* This, h-- contended.'
of securing cheap pow-or and
light for Oklar.oma City a:a Pe-
ng invest.!,a: a by tlie eouimit-
Of five, head ed by S. M.
Giuyd.
To determine cheapest possible
method of pr<*ticing current t o
eommitteo w„s Instructed to
probe pix«*iMlltiea of a high
power j.ant In the coal «• ,d-
at the base of fuel supply, u
plant .n 'bo city, and a hydro-
electric plant, either on' the
V\ iisbita or Canadian rivers.
The committee was unanimous
In agreeing 1'ba.t electric cuiT*-nt
iu Oklahoma City now is too
high. Its Investigation will v
independent of present rates and
costs no.c in force, on the b lie;
joint ,Jla- a modern plant can prodire
current much more cheaply than
the one now operated oy tlie
private company.
■ . were
Whcth-
: . f
J 111 ll<-t
:>f opln-
1. 'e are at work to s
Iona of the de facto
neiit. Such efforts f
-, ,| coroparath Iv e. sy
■ : --tirrents of .onion
:.billon of the (lift : -i
1 ty leaders
Stringent military
t all the Cable and
1* »•* in Mo.ico !•. ■
'•nd.-ng of any ,1
rove-1 by t! «■ c , r-
n o pro-
duct Ion in its own anme,” raid
James A. Jones, pres;di ttj, Thurs-
d: V, "but Its fio, kholders and !>oi,r!t'. 1
offi era have a t«lg production1 ur ,e
and wo will be able to run at
fill rapacity continuously. Our
problem will be tank cars and
t rn n .-pnrtailon. \V‘* have ordered
loo tank cars and the fact that
' rep rail roads cross our prop-
erty shot,1,1 solve the transporta-
tion problem."
of the company are
ne«, president; <? M.
president; G. W. Dll:.
'■e president; Secretary
J 1,. l.yon, treasurer;
ilingham, secretary; A,
1. H It. Kerby ana A.
•ctors.
Robert M. I.iiFollette, bearing
on Brit'-h rule In India, :ure be-
to be harmlesa, but they
Is said, to the almost
■•able lengths to which
native Indians are wiling to go
to "r up revolt against Great
Britain.
and
F.scrtped P!oMer
Nov/ In Mexico
' fnvo fr'’t
; k
h
fairs.
WILSON HELD ABED
BY SEVERE COLD
tip I nilnt Prrtt.
5' aahingtou, March 4 - -Presl-
cent Wilson Is ronf!n»d to h:s
bed today with an aggravating
cold.
I pon orders of hi* physician.
Dr. < ary T, Grayson. t,» made
no engagement* for the dav end
planned to remain ‘n bed.
A - -urance 1* given tha' the
1-f-'dentV cold ha« develoyed no
m i a- r> and nc s
Investigating ooramlt- expeditionary *orre*
On the
tee with Glc.yd are Dan
ii'gall. 1-* ; ;c J. VVlkoff. II
Fre-jey ar.d I^ro» iJ Gib*>s
portent poMtbal advnt.f.i
secur< 1 by til* expel ii.,11
er tli'-s-* were \onh
life and tr«n- ir- level-,
always rsma.n a matt' :
Ion."
D'scu'slng ti e resp-'T'.-lb II';
for the “tep. th" r, por ti II . . ">d
T.orrl Kltehener respor.-1! b- f.,r
three w-^eks delay In d.sp ’ •ir-
troops to th" Dardanelbs, there-
by "gravely compnimlslng the
probsiii’ity of * cec * "
Tlie eomrjii‘'s:, n held nln that
Ktfehlner d'd not "suffi e;e-f!y
utilize the serrlres of the gen-
era! stacf, rwsrultlng In conf ion
and la'k of eff .'iency,” Gensure
was expressed a the war co n-
'il'e failure t,» ho! 1 a me-' ng
between Marc It Mav 14.
1915, and discussed V Ittyton
ChuroMlI'a adwooscy, as first lord cording to anuoar
of the admiralty, of purely naval The I nlted !’r-*g
FERGUSON CASE GOES
TO JURY TONIGHT
Fis^u-on, with his wif«*
• * daughter*
r;d At itant
* Marn Thtir«*lav pi* ad
<! t t rourf iur\ fo con
J
u nd
; .1
rvr.u
l*ro8Pi
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i *r«
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)b«*i
1 oy
-h
('hi:
Thu i
in te
tfl' fl
t
lan ta
accord
C< ; Vf(]
J. E. MARR3 FILES FOR
CITY SCHOOL BOARD
J
*!:r
nonne^d
' - th«
#(f?4 —. -
Marr*
!lV"S S-
F .V-
V.CC p-e? pep’ of
Lom’/er Co.. «r.
y »» a candidate
boar.'. fr»m t! s
\V "land K cben
contlnied, "favored a
naval aita"k The ct,ir n
era think the first -v»
alm'ralty (then Ph i-'« 1. the
premier, (Hen Aa.71.itr, and
■ It,.-- > III ndlli rs shoif •; /.ire
qutred :!,• nual advise -s ♦« *u».
nr.it clearly rxr>ree«*vi tlew« re-
garding the prao'leahi’'*r p* *8«
plan."
OEIHItP S 1*4P, rv OT’K IT
Fay. who i
muniilon s
and escaped
m son, :h now in xj*
ng to information
by the district ;,!!(>:
Office here
Agents o' th" deun-M,! p
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found jew. * Ullage 1 in
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the Farranza governm uf,
eta'nt
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'patch bears out federal r"
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Ind'a Plot DirectX
At Panama Canal
! Itt/ I it it* if I’rtfi*.
W'ashir.eion. March 9.—#J*r-
; many's I ml is plot proposes to
stretch the fingers of Intrigue
Into the Panama canal.
Information in dlnlomatin
quarters h"re shows that the
Teutons bip-d to us« thnir
11 ri'lu 1 laborer* In destructive
w >rk at tin- canal. Germany
hoped that th-j tho Panama
, canal wo-. be could strike a
rrifi al M„w at th ■ V. S. IS
cas< of wr'. Tlie Hindus were
to K <-d ip pine* of Germans
Gcri.cn iciit I ties In South
America have been so far reach-
ing ar •> involve officers Rnd
ran o' the I 1 Tiivfaa navy In
P 1' ■ to 'd allied com mere*
’n the Pacifl •.
EGGS AND POTATOES
TAKE DROP IN PRICE
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Parker, G. B. The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 138, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1917, newspaper, March 8, 1917; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc859808/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.