El Reno The Daily Democrat Oklahoma (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 8, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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The Democrat is a
home paper for
home people. F.l
Reno Society news
is a feature. Local
news covers every
happening o) im-
portance. Complete
Telegraphic news.
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Building a pape'
depends on t h >
building of a city
One is depended
on the other. The'j
must pull togethei
or both will fall.
We are pulling-
are you?
ViOLUME 25
NUMBER 52
PRICE TWO CENTS
United 1'rosw Awwori/il ion IVIi'ijrmiliif Service
SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1915 _
1,346 LIVES LOST; 703 SAVED
WHEN GIANT STEAMER SINKS
BERLIN CELEBRATES BISMARCK'S BIRTHDAY
Mayor of El Reno Delivers
Address—Contract to be
Let to Build $12,000
Club House
Special to Democrat:
Guthrie, Okla., May 8.—The State
Press Association is now in lull
swing with about three hundred vis-
itors from nearly every city and itown
in the state in attendance. At an in-
formal reception at the Elks' Club
last night, the address of Mayor P.
J' Duffy, of El Reno, and his reci-
ta ion. That Little Irish Pig," were
features of the program.
This morning's program opened
Willi an annual bath of the editors iu
Guthrie's Municipal Bath House.
Many editors present U is stated
upon good authority, took advantage
of tliis excellent opportunity whether
• hey needed the bath or not.
One of the features of the pro-
ceedir.gs was the report of Jolin
Sheplar of Lawton, who stated that
a contract will be let within the next
fifteen days for the erection of a
twelve thousand dollar Press Asso-
ciation club house at Medicine Park,
near Lawton. A novel scheme will
be adopted in raising it he fuuds
wiith which to build the structure.
Editors over the state will subscribe
certain amounts in advertising, and
these advertising contracts will be
sold by a committee, who will use
the funds derived therefrom to build
the club house. The building will be
on the country club style, with the
upper floor of wood material and
the lower of red granite. ,
T. H. Beacom, general manager
of the Hock Island addressed the
association and he stated that the
railroads had decided <o take the
public into its confidence. He de-
clared this should and would be
done. George Smith, the reformed
editor of the Chandler Tribune, but
now a member of the State School
1.4ml Department, replied by saying
that the present troubles of the
railroads were due to high financing
by operators, and the public would
now appreciate frankness and would
meet ?he railroads more than half
way. Beacom was made an honor-
ary member of the Press Association.
The Iten Club will be the attrac-
tion at tK^ base ball orchard tomor-
row. El Reno has been greatly
strengthened by the acquisition of
/hat matchless exponent of the
hurler's hill, Fred Haag and by var-
ious changes in the line-up. The
locals will endeavor to avenge them-
selves 011 the biscuit makers for last
Sunday's defeat at the hands of the
PetJtee Club. Following will be the
line-up •
Woods catcher: Hang, pitcher
l>avis, short-stop; Ted Hodgkinson.
first base: Ernie Hodgkinson. second
base: Crawford, third base; Earl
Hodgkinson, left field: Gardner, cen-
terfield and K *oh. right field
The alfalfa growers will be glad to !
learn that F. E. Slocum has leased ■
his old ware house at 701 S Evans i
•Mr Slocum has been quite a factor |
in the alfalfa business
Monday is the 1(i?b Gas and El- |
ectric Diccount Day It
m
m ,
AS NEVER fiEFORI
i<
Americans Must Not Act Impul
sively" Says Chairman Stone of
Senate Foreign A flairs Com.
J
General view at the Bismarck monument in Berlin on tiie occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birtii
of the Iron Chancellor.
The Dearest One
On Eartli
|MILLER BUYS THE
M EACH AM DRUG STORE
C. R. Miller has purchased the
Meacham stock of drugs and fixtures |
and is moving them across the street. !
into his building which is now partly
I occupied by the Risse jewelry store, j
NOVEL COLLEGE
(Written for Mother's Day by
P. P. Duffy.)
Boy, did you ever put your arui3
Around your dear old mother?
I'he one who cherished you througn
life
Far more than any other.
Do you tell her tha>t you love her
And are grateful for her tears
She shed for you; and prayers she
breathed
For you through childhood years?
Tis true she knows you love her,
Buit assure her that you do:
It will cost you little effort,
Does she hide her love for you?
She has been your loving vigil
From the dawning light of birth—
Where will you find her equal
She's the dearest one on earth.
Consider, boy. he troubles
That have brought her silver hair.
Note the mother-light ash'nlng,
In the eyes now dimed by care.
Each look from your dear mother
Bears the tidings to you, boy,
Of a loving heart's pulsations,
Xow of tears, and now of joy.
She implants a kiss upon you.
And her blessings with you go
As you face the daily battle
Of your life, your row to hoe.
on may search the wide world over
And you will find a dearth
Of love such as your mother's—
She's the dearest one on earth.
RECEPTION FOR PASTOR
The Ladies of the Episcopal Guild
will hold a reception Tuesday even-
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs E
D. Humphrey, son South Macomb, on
which occasion Mr. Mervin Pettit
will be welcomed in to our midst a*
a minister of the Episcopal church
Mr. Pettit and family have recently
moved to El Reno from Camdem,
New Jersey, and a cordial invitation
is extended to ithe people of El Reno
.to call and extend greetings Tues-
day evening.
Dr. Miller is an old 'time druggist in
El Reno, having sold his former bus-
iness about five years ago.
Railroad News
Items of Interest From the Rock
Island (ienersil Offices.
Mr. P. E. White departed for Okla-
homa City this afternoon to bring
home his motorcycle, that became
.marooned iu that city during the au-
tomobile races on account of the hard
rains.
Mr Eathan Ashley leaves tomor-
row on his vacation which will be
I spent visiting relatives and friends
*n different parts of Texas
Word was received this morning
from Mr. A. B. Copley, who is so-
journing in Corpus Christi, Texas,
for 'he benefit of his health, that he
is feeling much be titer
Mr. C. F. Redans and (' S. Yeaton
returned from a trip with the Okla-
homa City Boosters special, which
moved over the Rock Island from
Enid to Kingfisher, thence o Guth-
rie. They report that there wis
about 150 enthusiastic Oklahoma
Citv boosters wiith the special and
it is evident that the trip will be
I greait benefit to the city.
Mr G. B Chastfan and wife de-
fiatfetl lust evening for FJastland,
Texas, for a short visit with rela-
I fives.
Miss Irma South, whr
visiting in Okarche for
re timed yesterday
has beer,
some tinv
Charle\ C.unn, of 41'
reported ill.
Hoff. is
VSSATLT WD BATTERY CHARGE
.1. E. Kern was arrested this
morning on a charge of assaulting
Mr. Cotty. an old gentleman The
tr-al will be held In polite court this
afternoon at .* o'clock.
Hcrkely, Cal., May 8.—-Students
, <>l :li«• I'niversiUy of California have
j hit upon a new scheme to get funds
for their Alma Mater. Every year
. :.n seniors will insure their lives for
$1000 each, payable to the Univer-
sity. the premiums to be paid by 700
members of ithe student body This
endless chain of endowment policies
will it is believed, give the univer-
sity control of the funds estimated at
$2,0^1(1,000 ; 11 the end of each suc-
ceeding 20 years. This gifit is to be
known as the "George Frederick
Reinhart Memorial." So that the
premium rate may be the same on all
policies, the ."0 seniors, who will in-
sure their lives for the benefit of ithe
school this year have an average age
of 22 years and each is required to
pass a physical examination before ap
plying for the policy.
TODAY'S ODBESI STORY
Chicago, May x. II c. Hildebrand I
president of the II C. Hildebrand j
Company, laundry supplie- and ma
chinery. has found the man with the '
hardest link in the world, he thinks
It is Sam Hiing Lung Hildebrand 1
sent the following letter to Michael j
K. Sheridan, of he hoard of assess- I
ors:
"Gentlemen- Mr Sam Sing Lung, !
02 Li Commercial avenue* requests
that I write you in his behalf regard-
ing your personal proper! \ du-dule
and about a- follows:
"Me no pot nodding
junk, motor no good, jt
♦ JO. So li-cis fricO to
pork chop velly high
workie. Our king no
Makee no business "
"He further claims
ronlzed the municip;
Moreover, wis I to business lifts
on the blink, he has gone fish
number of fifties without remitf<
dy I'nited Press.
London. May X. The admiralty
at 2:1."> this afternoon says that a he
latest reports concerning the sinking
• if the Lusitania, indicate that there
W'-re seven hundred and three saved
iid probably one thousand three
handled and forty-six lost . The
j 1 ss bureaus were told I hat no
•11 ore rescue reports would be re-
eived at that hour. These figures
ire considered approximately accu-
rate. It is officially denied ithat the
Lusitania was armed.
Hv United Press.
Xew York, May 8.—The Cunard
Sfaniship Co's. revised list shows
2 40 aboard, instead of 2,1 GO as
originally figured. The company's
ti rures show DUO lost.
! H United Prefia.
London, May S. Fifteen hundred
• id two is the total casualty list of
Iln- sunken Lusitania, says the
/idmiralty tut nine o'clock thle morn
'<iig, from the latest information re-
ceived. Captain 'Turner was the
only officer saved No word has
jieen received concerning the safety
jof Alfred Vanderbilt, Charles
Charles Frohman and many
n< aides. Only seven first
inassengerv are reported saved
far.
Klein,
other
class
thus
By United Press.
' ondon, May X ( LATER )—Five ad-
diiiona uivivo.is h;ive juni landed
■ti Queenstown.
By United Press.
London, May 8 England is re-
ported to be stirred as never before.
Recruiting of her army has been
stimulated by the sinking of the
great ship. The populace is asking:
Mow is President Wilson going to
maintain neutrality'" England is
facing a political crisis. Many
printed fjii'-stion- will be .1 sited
Parliament Monday regarding the
protection afforded the Lusitania
LIVERPOOL STAGGERS AT \EWs
By United Press.
Liverpool May X. The city stag j
ge 'd when the tn w came tha*
three fourths ot those on board the I
l.usi' ania were lost Many survi-
vors are seriously li from exposure i
Twenty-two died over night a' '
lie vi se| would noil sink Scores t
wuini'n iM'ianir hysterical and I'rai*?]
lically clung to the boat fastening
This hampered to quite an extei "
he work ot getting the boats off.
\ dastardly outrage" said Cti|n
lain Turner, who stuck to tli1"
bridge to the last moment. * '
Earnest Cooper, a newspaper maD
•>f Toronto, reports that many boat
couldn't be cmt away.
The si earner Heron and two trawl
hav e biought in a hundred dead!
More than 100 were saved by lif|
boats.
Liverpool's Cuban consul say3
that prayer sustained him. Think.,
lug about his children in /the conven"
he prayed earnestly that he might b«*
saved '
\ seventy year old woman, wttt
her gray hair streaming down hei
hack was among the rescued.
TEXAN IS SAFE
Hv United Press.
\'ew York May X It is officially
reported that R. .1 Timmls, of Gains-
ville, Texas, who was on board the
Lusitania, is safe.
By United Press.
Queenstown, May 8 First and
second officers, fifty one of the crew
and the captain of the sunken steam-
er. an reported all safe. Many wo-
men were drowned.
By United Press.
Queenstown, May H. R. J. Tim-
mis. cotton buyer of Galnsville Tex-
as, one of those rescued from the
Lusitania charges that passengers
were pursuaded to get out of life
boats and return to he steamer, by
stewards, who ran to the vessel's!
side < i\ jng out that sin was all
:ight and wouldn't sink
By United Press
W ashington I). < May 8 - -Cha|r-
m 11 Stunt oi the Senate Foreign
Affairs CommMtee issued a state-;
men at noon saying that "Ameri-
cans must not net impulsively, they
must not rock the boat or get rat-
tled." "The Lusitania," he say's
vas subject to draft by British navy
service an. moment." Officials, it is
is thought
111 be done.
public opln-
• t nothing
MORGUE;
machine old
«t fix em pay-
each much le.
Roll-mill no
building
J. M Mitchell
town last night.
TOWN HALL USEI
Hv United Press
Queenstown. May a Latest fig-
11 res received here indicate 'that only
OXfi persons have been saved * The
big own hall has been converted in-
to a morgue Bertram! Jenks, of
\ew York, says that be saw a life
boat capsize after being filled with
women and children Mrs. M M.
Papp idopoulo, an expert Greek
swimmer, buoyed by thoughts of hci
children at home, was able |fo keep
float until rescued f>. A. Thomas
Welsh colliery owner, says that the
« el shuddered after the second
explosion The passengers thought
May X —The
has wired that
iow number six
1"ur It is un-
President will
' li airman Stone
?n Affairs Com
has been taken
is being made
I ;iy x The German
hat it bad been ad-
le Lnsitanla was
disarmament, it Is
>t been heard of.
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Ryder, J. W. El Reno The Daily Democrat Oklahoma (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 8, 1915, newspaper, May 8, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc91128/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.