THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
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VOL. IX
THURSDAY BVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1914
NUMBEIt it
GOVERNMENT
That William H. Murray of Tlsho-
urngo, reprosentative-clect from this
ungresslonal district, is an earnest
Usdent of history, governmental
science and philosophy, was fully
israonstrated again at Convention
Kali Wednesday evening when ho
ielivered a two and a half hour ad-
Ireea on the cotton Industry, cur-
ency and banking, the tariff, Pan-
ana tolls, the European war and
•he Asiatic menace. He appeared
A. hia best in this address, and by
vis earnestness and absolute con-
viction that he was right, as well
is by his superb logic, held his au-
.fiance and convinced them of the
truth of his conclusions.
Wr. Murray was introduced by
Hon. Chas F. Barrett, and after re-
nting the incidents of the closing
Jays of congress, took up an ex-
haustive discussion of tho cotton
ruestkm. We have in the south, he
said, conditions that should make
his the richest country In the
world. The south has a monopoly
if abort staple cotton soil. Cotton
is the one product that will not de-
eriorate and for which there is no
■rubstitue. There is much land that
•vil] produce fruit and grain and
jther perishable products, but their
-aisers make a profit, while the cot-
oii farmer is the poorest farmer in
h« world and makes his section
joor, «nd it will remain thuB until
<he method of marketing cotton is
•hanged, in spite of the increasing
kiinand for cotton.
The demand for cotton, declared
ho speaker, Is not dependent upon
he demand for cotton goods, but
rpon the number of spindles in op-
eration. Consequently tho demand
jepends upon a healthy surplus
jacfc year. He quoted statistics on
'Cttoo production to show that dur-
ing years whea there was always
i large surplus in sight, the price
jf cotton kept up, because the num-
)er of spindles put in operation and
uew spindles added depended upon
he certainty of there being such
i Kurplus at all times. He quoted
European authorities to the effect
that 6c cotton would result in a
narked curtailment of the cotton
production in this country, which
v.onld be ruinous to the European
< pinners. It would put thousands
of workmen out of employment and
create industrial chaos. The south-
ern farmer, he said, cannot quit rais-
ing cotton, and If he could, an ab-
normal reduction in tho crop dur«
Lag the war would, when the war
is over, injure him, until tho world
is again assured there will be a
rnrphis.
Baaing his statement upon tho
:>ast history of the cotton industry,
•*r. Murray showed that there
be a constantly increasing de-
mand for cotton in the years to
f ome. Of the present situation ho
•laid that the nations now at war
had been taking 8,000,000 bales of
X)tton annually. When the war
opened the United States had no
*hips In which to carry the cotton
to Europe, and the New England
dpinners sat down on the market,
expecting later to buy the cotton for
almost nothing. President Wilson
then did the necessary thing,—'had
the law forbidding American regis-
ter to foreign built ships repealed.
The French government then de-
clared that the purchase of ships of
a belligerent power would be con-
sidered an unfriendly act, and con-
quently 100 German ships In our
ports could not be secured. English
and French vessels were, however,
transferred to American register,
hut still cotton did not move be-
cause of the great risk which the
Insurance companies would not as-
ffum The government then estab-
lished war risk Insurance, and pro-
posed to buy ships. The bill under
which the purchase of vessels would
have been made did not carry, how-
ever, and If It had. the danger of
the United States being involved In
the war would have been greatly
frnrfas pown'l «*tions would
hav* been practically inevitable.
One nation declared cotton contra-
band, but Sec. Bryan took up the
matter diplomatically, and removed
this obstacle, and cotton has begun
to move. The speaker expressed a
doubt, however, as to whether the
United States yet had sufficient
merchant marine to carry the cot-
ton 'and merchandise.
Discussing the various plans for
taking care of the cotton situation,
the congressman declared that the
banks could not carry the surplus,
and the only power in the world
that could carry the ourden was the
same power that can insure ships
against war risk,—the government,
either federal or state. The United
States government cannot bo ex-
pected to do it, he said, but it could
stand out of the way of the state
governments performing this func-
tion. Ho proposed some such plan
as that of the old state banks of
issue, unfolding a plan that ho ad-
mitted would subject him to crtl-
cism, but which ho believed to be
tho solution of thb tiuestlon. The
new regional reserve bank system,
ho said, was monarchy in banking.
It was a commercial banking sys-
tem, the same as England has.and the
states must, as have Australia, Can-
ada and Egypt, adopt a syster/
founded upon agricultural rather
than commerce. The solution of
tho currency and banking question
in this country, he believed, had
only just begun.
The plan proposed by Mr. Mur-'
ray contemplates, briefly, the issue
of circulating notes by banks of
the various states, on products of
the field, farm or mine, up to 76
per cent of tho value of the staple,
with a B per cent egold reserve.
Bonds of the various states would
be the basis instead of commercial
paper. Each state should carry its
own surplus of products, and
should co-operate with each other.
In discussing tho merchant ma-
rine and associated questions, Mr.
Murray was strictly non-partisan.
"You've either got to protect your
ships or else your manufactures,"
he said. "England protects her
merchant marine instead of her
men." He went on to explain that
England had built up her morchant
marine by paying the expenses of
her vessels in foreign ports and
through canals. The tariff bill as
originally drawn, he said, contained **aa brought In a gushing oil well
a provision giving goods carried in estimated to be producing 1,000 bar-
American bottoms an exemption of ro'9 °" a day. 25 miles northeast
15 per cent of the duty. This was ot Shawnee, juet over the Lincoln
however, stricken from the bill. An county. The well, which is in the
attempt was also mado to give southwest quarter of section 8-12-7,
coastwise vessels exemption from '8 on what is known as the Echo k.
Panama canal tolls. This was re- Marthla allotment, six miles north-
pealed upon the urgent request of 0431 °' Prague, the allotment being
President Wilson. Mr. Murray sttll owned b* A ° Rogers.
believed he was right in opposing Late Tuesday evening the well
the president on the tolls question, in a" 1 .25,000.000 fool gas
but had found out that at the time with the dri  on!)' 8ix lnch<*>
the president possessed information 11,0 san<'- Boilers were re-
regarding tho imminence of the m0Vfid from w«" T"<*day night,
great European war that the public B> Wednesday morning the gas.
did not have, and that his action Pressure had becomo so strong that
was therefore Justified as the best 11 brokf> throu*h *8 rock' Projecting
thing to do at that time to avoid 0,8 Ullrt>' f6et above «round'
foreign complications. Congressman and over th« toP of which a Blream
Murray strongly urged government of oU wa" «u8hln« ne of a
aid in building up a merchant ma- dark 8reeneth color whlch leads t0
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MACMLY
The war has moved nearer the
Orient with tho advent of Turkey,
and battles between Russia and
Turkey have been fought on the
border of Persia, which is not a
long distance from India. Tho Rus-
sians crossed the Caucasus moun-
tains shortly after the Turks began
the bombardment of Russian cities
on tho Black Sea coast, and within
a few days had invaded Armenia. A
Russian forco attacked the Turks
near Ardost and tho Turks fled,
according to the Russian foreign
office. Once in Armenia the Rus-
sians dislodged the Turks ot the
village of Id, sixty miles west of
Kars. After a hard fight they took
Khorassan and Karaderbent. ■ Later
they took Diyadln with many pris-
oners and some munitions of war.
After that they entered Bayazid, the
capital of one of the provinces.
At this time the cruisers Goeben
and Breslau, said to havo beon sold
to tho Turks by the German govern-
ment, are In the Black Sea. Already
Odessa and Theodosla have been at-
tacked. The strength of tho Rus-
sian Black Sea fleet Is not known.
Should It drive out the Turks it
will begin the bombardment of for-!
tlflcatlons at Constantinople. In
fact, so confident havo the Russians
become that they havo renamed that
great city Tsargrad.
At the Dardanelles a British-
French fleet is bombarding the for-
tifications. It Is not known how
strong they are and how long th'oy
will hold out. Tho Turks have giv-
en It out that theso forts were able
to withstand any naval attack, but
the statesment is doubted.
NEAR PRAGUE
IS A MARVEL
The Prairie Oil and Gas company
II
WAS UNABLE
TO HOLD OUT
By IsHselated Press.
London, Nov. 12.—Petrograd corre-
spondent of the Dally Mail says:
"It is now admitted semi-officially,
but not mentioned in the official
communication, that it was the fail-
ure of tho German crown prince
to hold his position in the center,
which compelled the retreat along
the whole line. While Von Hinden-
berg on the left and' tho Austrians
on the right were both maintaining
their position, the crown prince's
army was fleeing to the fatherland.
Russians poured in between the
wings and attacked each on two
sides, forcing them to scramble back
to the frontier and losing terribly."
NIGGER WAS OFFICERS OF
IMPUOENTTO EMDEN HELD
PRESIDENT BY
the belief that it will test out
high grade. As a result of the
coming in of the unexpected gusher
people here are wild with excite-
ment and are flocking to see the
first real gusher that has developed
in (his wildcat field.
VIIU LEADS THE
ATTACKING U
TOWARD CAPUA I
rlne, at the risk, he declared, of a
yell of "subsidy" being raised.
Designating the European war tho
greatest conflict of all the ages, the
speaker declared that his conclu-
sion, drawn from the philosophy of
the ages, is that there will always
be war. European nations when
they were talking universal peace,
were merely trying to fool each
other. They were all preparing for
the struggle, but they did not know
just how thoroughly Germany had
become prepared. He warned the
American people against taking
sides too soon against tho Ger-
mans. and called attention to the
Bngllsh-Japanese secret treaty, un- By Associated Press.
der which Japan had fo come to Washington, Nov. 12.—General Vil-
Bnglandfc aid, and suggested that la, at the head of a large column o
perhaps in case the United States troops, begun marching south fron
should become involved with Japan Aguas Callnetes to attack Carranza
England would havo to fulfill her forces under General Gonzales Que
end of the obligation. He expressed eretaro. Official advices say th«
confidence In President Wilson, as- Aguas Callentes convention orderei
serting that "if he errs, he will err the movement
on the side of peace."
Mr. Murray's proration was a vivid
prophecy of what might take place
in the future,—an Asiatic Invasion
of the United States, and urged the
extension of the Monroe doctrine to
prevent the colonlatlon of American' ■
soil be Asiatics. "The only way we Tokio, Nov. 12.—It Is officially an
*nn comnete w'th them Is to keep oounced that Japanese torpedo boa
them on the other side of the sea," No 33 was sunk by mine at the
he declared. mouth of Klao-Chow Br v. wM'
Mr. Murray left t*ls morning for dragging for mines. A majority of
his home In Tishomingo (the crew were rescued.
Shawnee High school football
squad will leave for tho Norman
game Friday noon In a special o%
the Rock Island. A number of stu-
dents, teachers and business men
will accompany them.
By Asnoelated Press,
Washington, Nov. 12.—President
Wilson, while receiving a delega-
tion of negroes who came to protest
against the segregating of the races
in the government departments, ob-
jected to tho tone adopted by their
spokesman, W. M Trotter of Bos-
ton, and told the committee that if
it called on him ' again It would
havo to get a now chairman. The
president added that ho hadn't
been addressed In snch a manner
since ho entered the White House.
The president told the delegation
there was no discrimination. He
said Trotter lost his temper while
arguing on what composed negroes'
"rights."
The Waukahoma Club will meet
Friday with Mrs. W. L. Ingham,
717 N. Broadway Instead of with
Mrs. C. P. Holt.
By .-Isseriated Press.
London, Nov. 12.—Captain Von
Muller, of the German cruiser Bm-
den, which burned Tuesday, and
Prince Franz Joseph of Hohonzolern,
one of his officers, are both prison-
ers of war and neither are wound-
ed, it is officially announced.
The Emden's losses were two hun-
dred killed and thirty wounded. Or-
ders have been issued that the Km-
den's officers be permitted to retain
their swords and that all honors
be accorded them.
Washington, Nov. 12.--Secretary
Bryan announced, after a conference
with Count Von Bernstorff, German
ambassador, that the plan Is un-
changed, which was originally ap-
proved by the German government,
for the transportation of relief sup-
plies to Belgium.
Turkish Troops Preparing lor War Against the Allies.
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Thhi photograph shows the Turk-1 England in Egypt. The purpose of j colonial possessions, thus compell-
Ish troops who will soon be in the Kai&er Wilhehn in getting Turkey Ing them to send some troops from
field against Russia and perhapB the into the war, according to diepatohes the European scene of war to re-
otber allies in their colonial posser from his enemies, is to cause a pulse revolutionists unoag the rising
sions, the French in Algiers, and (back fire against the allies in their Mohammedans.
BATTLE FRONT
  i ^eclated Press.
, Nov. 12.—French official
cc ^ icatlon says:
3 he left wing, the fighting
Rtil ^ Mnuos with great violence
and *>een conducted with alter
nate ig \ces and retirements with
out 1 C'. ince.
Sp< ^ broadly, the: battle front
has m varied greatly since th<*.
10th of November.
'In the evening of yesterday, it
extended along a line between
Lombaertsoydo to Nieuport; Nlou
port Canal to Ypres; approaches of
Ypres; in the region of Sonnebecks
and to the east of Armentiores.
"In tho region of Craonne and of
Heurtebise Farm, our artillery suc-
ceeded in reducing to silence th<>
car. non of the enemy. We also
made some progress near Berry-au
Bac."
BY SERVIANS
By AsHsclttted Press.
Nish, Servla, Nov. 12.—Six batal
Hone of Austrian Infantry, with
quick firing guns, which crossed the
Danube near Szderevo under cover
of artillery fire on Nov. 9th. have
been annihilated by a Servian coun
ter attack, according to bfflclal In
formation out today.
"All the men not killed, wounded
or drowned In the Danube, fell into
our hands," tho Servian announce-
ment continued. "We made two
thousand prisoners and captured
their quick firing guns."
A
BATTLESHIP
IS DAMAGED
Hj Associated Press.
Petrograd, No*. 12.—A Constant!
nople dispatch says: "The Turkish
cruiser Goeben was penetrated by a
shell at the waterllne and was seri-
ously damaged during the bombard-
ment at the Dardanelles bj the al-
lied Anglo-French fleet.
H
n
IS SAFE, SATS
TENNESSEE
By Associated Pram.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The ar-
mored cruiser Tennessee in the
Mediterranean reported today sho
had been In wireless communication
with the erulser North Carallna yes-
terday, and that the ship was safa
in Beirut. The Tennessee's report
disposes of persistent rumors of the
last three days, untraoeable to any
source, and widely circulated
through tho country, that the North
Carolina had been Bunk by a mine.
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♦ Oklahoma: UnaeitlAd tonight ♦
♦ and Friday. Probably rain ia ♦
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