The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
Regular Associated Press aod special lull Saturday night reports, direct by leased wlr<.
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wednb8day evening, novembkr 18, 1914.
NUttBBR 57.
WILL VISIT
LINE UF BAlTLt
RELATIVELY QUIET
SOME A HI iLLERY EXCHANGES
AND ISOLATED INFANTRY
ATTACKS.
of-
The Ofctahoma Baptist Contention
this afternoon elected the following
officers >
President, Dr. C. Stnbblefield ot
Ada, (third term).
Vice Presidents, J. W. Hall of
Ardmore) Holmes Nichols of Man
cam.
Recording Secretaries, W. P. Blake
at Shawnee, and E. P. Hamilton of
Marietta.
Treasnrer, J. H. Stewart of Okla-
lomn City.
Corresponding Secretary and Su-
perintendent of Missions, J. C. Stall-
rup of Oklahoma City, unanimously
en-elected by standing vote.
Eev. W. P. Blake has been a re-
recording secretary of the Contention
rter since It has been in existence.
By Associated Press.
Paris. Nov. 18.—The French
flctal communication says:
"The day of yesterday, Nov. 17th,
TENNESSEE
SAYS CAPTAIN S
HEATHElt FORECAST. ♦
By Associated Press. *
New Orleans. Nov. 18.—For ♦
Oklahoma: Tonight and ♦
Thursday, fair. *
♦
By Associated fress.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Captain
passed much as did the day before Decker, of the cruiser Tennessee,
There were numerous artillery ex- reported to Secretary Daniels that
changes and some Isolated attacked while proceeding from Vourlah to
of the enemy's infantry, all of which Smyrna to make an official call,
were repulsed."
MR MAPS OF
EUROPE VERY
COMPLETE
the vessel was fired upon.
Mr. Daniels has issued a state-
ment saying the American consul at
8myrna has been anxiouB for the
safety of the consulate. "The Ten-
nessee," added Daniels, "proceeded
to and left Vourlah at the request
of Ambassador Morganthau, and is
now anchored in the harbor of
Chios, from which Captain Decker's
OF BAPTIST
MINISTERS
REPUDIATES
STATEMENT
1# l)M UIIIIK
IIM SUM
ordinance restricting the
blacks will be drawn i'p
by the city attorney.
A discussion at the council meet-
ing Tuesday evenlrg, of the race
u. t......fn, u question, was followed by a motion
Washington, Nov. 18-Oeneral ^ Rlchards that the city attorney
Carranza has repudiated a telegram ° Instructed to draw an ordinance
UNDEFEATED
TEAMS MEET
\\
Saturday the only undefeated
teams in the state will meet at
idio uon- Prohibiting negroes from occupying <!len fle'd when Oklahoma Citj and
in which property except In the limits south the Shawnee teams meet. an a
of Main street between the Santa word of explanation
the mer-
The Oklahoma Baptist Contention
this morning toted to accept the in-
flation of Mayor Stearns to bs
guests of the city on a visit to the
Baptist Lniterslty building Thurs-
day afternoon at 1 o'clock. The tis- American army
itors will be conteyed to the uniier
Devotional, by ilev. Dan Curb of cr intended to resign in favor of a n6gr0 hosPltal or
Woodward, read the 37th Fsiam Oulterrez. and will not deliver the|Fc,lows orphans home
with comments. 'presidency to any other than a man.
10:20 a. m., Conference was called he can trust to carry out the condl-
to order by Rev. F. M. Masters, and tions ho iraposeB.
telegram was sent." 8ec. Daniels "as organized by electing Rev. f. It is reported a big troop move-
has called upon Decker for a full M Masters, moderator, and Kev. E. ment is under way, and a battle Is
report of the incident.0 G Butler- 8etrcUry' | imminent north of Mexico City.
In ttie absence of official reports, Song, "What a Friend We Have where Villa is advancing.
authorities have two theories in Jesus," after which Kov. L. &. J - — |
that the cruiser may have Floyd of Tulsa, discussed an inter-1 Motion carried to amend by using
guard ashore to esting paper on "The Doctrine of the term ministers Instead of pas-
and Amer- r«pentence: The jlecemlty of
sent for him by General Pablo Gon-
tales, to General Guiterrer
the first chief was represented as say- . „ . . ^ „
This announce- Fe and Bel1 Btreet The <lueit,on chanl8' the management of the
came up over an argument concern- Shawnee team wish to state that
ing the Farrall brlok, which it has their efforts to have the game playod
been reported in the past the on Friday were of no avail, as the
were trying to secure for management of the Oklahoma City
negro Odd schools will not allow the team to
be absent from High School on Fri-
day. All merchants who can spare
I one man from the store, should do
| so if possible. The Oklahoma team
I expects a "walh-a-way,m but they
will havo the hardest game that they
will play this year. Coach Tompson
ing he would retire.
ment is made in an official dis-
patch from American Consul Silll-
man.
General Carranza declares he nev- negroes
the
One is
been sending a
ORIS NEED OF
poan
its tors In the name of this Conference.
| Collection was taken Jo defray
the expense of the Conference
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 18—To the won- protect the consulate
derfully complete maps of the Euro- |cans; the other Is that Decker had Emphasis."
war zones, prepared by the called on Consulate Genera'. Horton, Motion prevailed that Dr. Floyd
offices of the belligerents, who, after returning the call, was be requested to publish this paper ^btlng t° "evcn dollar' ttn '
ffifdra nwo the being taken back to shore by the ta pamphlet form. i cents
oiucers owe cn]lrer,g ,atlneh whlch may have 11 :U5 a. m., song, "i Love to Tell1 8:00 p. m„ Woman's Work was
detailed study they are able to ma e returning after the hours of the Story," after which Kev. Ed l. taken up and discussed as follows:
sit,, the. back to the church. The of the troop movement, in Belgium ^ ^ ^
report of the educational committee. "d ranee a*d to some extent ^ ^
it is understood, will be made to the upon e us r an ubs a , t officials are Inclined to await discussion being consumed,
contention Thursday afternoon. I German-Hus.lan frontiers W ® ^ f
___ dispatches give the names of. villages
, ,, . , ' around which fighting is in progress,
The convention was called to or- •
„ ... r. it la possible to turn to these maps
ier this morning by President C. ,
nn/j ooa at a Klunce the character
dtubblefield of Ada, after devotion- , . hvwava
, , . . D a ... . vlr%ita Of the country, its roads and byways
ala led by Rev. Smith of Vinita. I q{ ^ conslructl0B
Jtesara. Edwards, Gore and C. H. and eyen [Q note tbe nalure ot the
Carleton were appointed the com-., Qn s]opeg where ^ meB win
mtttee on credentials. j ha¥fl tQ ..dig to to withstand the
A provisional order of business Btorm 0[ rifle, machine-gun and
read by Dr. Chancellor was adopted, field-piece fire.
subject to necessary changes. | There are yet no such maps of
The address of welcome in behalf this country. The European maps
ot Shawnee Baptists was delivered are the product of years of toil in
t>y Hon. Geo. E. McKinnis, who ex- preparation for war and those used
pressed the warm feeling of the by General Joffre, the French com- Panama, Nov. 18. A hurry-up or-
city as a whole toward the Baptist mander-in-chief, General French, der l as been issued ty Governor
people of the state, and mentioued the English leader, and the German Goethals for the completion of the
ihe magnificent un.>«rsiky building chieftains undoubtedly are far more canal. The time limit set ty con-
that the city has constructed for complete than any other foreign gress Is July, 1916, and Col. (.oeth- m
their use. j governments have been able to ob- als „ determined that the last of pleased /nX nf Ardmore Dev^
Tub response to the address ot tain showing the regions now torn the finishing touches in every de-
was'delivered by Rev. T by war. partment from dredging to land-
With such maps at his disposal a gcape gardening shall be completed
be far in the rear ahead rather than behind time. Col.
Goethals himself is setting a pace,
and mav be seen often at worlt in
Shawnee, and inviied the convention ,,,,,,,
to be the guests of the city on a
visit to the university building
Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
CANAL MOST
BE FINISHED
BY JULY. 1516
Before re- Watson of Enid, discussed "Our| 1. Woman's Work in the Light
a hostile Lord's Return, the time for this of the New Testament. Rev. it d.
it was Licklider of Oklahoma City.
moved and carried that Bro. Watson | 2. Woman's Organization For
be given more time and the discus'
sion continued. This address was J. Conkrlght of Sapulpa.
based on the teachings of the crlp-| 3 the Organization of Our
tures and was very instructive. | women For Work in the Denomina-
Moilon that Dr. b. w. Spillman uon> rev Holmes Nichols of Man-
of Kingston, n. c., be given the
time remaining and he gave a brief
historical sketch of our Sunday
School lessons, to the edification of
all present.
Motion carried that Bro. Jeff D.
Ray be given the time assigned to
Dr. Hulton, Dr. Hulton being un-
able to be present, to represent the |
Seminary at Fort Worth, Tex.
Moved adjournment.
Conference opened at 2:00 o'clock
p. m., with singing, "Come Thou
Front of Every Blessing" and
r.
By A*Horiate<I Frem*.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Declaring
It would be impossible to defend the ^Bath r o.!! McOlothln
reports that they will use subs In
the last half. We think that if they
do It will be because they are
"knockod" out. Capt. Higgins' men
are In fine trim, and expect to win
the championship from Oklahoma
City next Saturday. The ltna-op
will no doubt bo as follows:
Oklahoma City Hhawnee
Higgins r. t Faucett
Tyler r t Shorney
Wallace
Barker .
Oodson
Moore
.. ,C Wilson
,L O E. Hicks
..l t Higgins
.l e Johnson
Panama Canal and American terri-
torial possessions against attack with
tho present or proposed garrisons,
unless they could be rapidly rein-
Work In the Local Church, Rev. P.! forced, Major General Wotherspoon, ^ M«eks
retiring chief of staff, in his report
recommended an increase of the reg-
ular army to the strength of two
hundred five thousand enlisted men.
He proposed that the force be augu-
mented through a system of reserves,
until there was created a mobll*
strength of five hundred thousand
first line troops, equipped for six
months' campaign.
Wotherspoon said there was need
for more forces to protect the rear
approaches to the American coast
; defenses, and those points points not
1 covered by fortrefEes, and urged the
organized militia be developed to a
I strength of three hundred thousand
men.
gum.
Moved to adjourn.
F. M. MASTERS,
ED G. BUTLER,
Moderator.
Secretary.
Detar H Page
Karbusklay R H Campbell
McKorkle FMH Earl Hicks
nw..i.i„; fWtreV referee;
Cloudman, (Bowdoln), nmp4m.
Game will be called at 4 o'clock
at Glen Field.
WOULD MM ALL
PEDDLEKS M UP
weicome
F. Coe.
ON INCREASE,
WAR RESOIJ
commander can
Mayor Stearns then welcomed the , ,
,,,,,, . ,• of his long battle line and yet k
convention in behalf of the city ot . ,, .
vention from moment ,0 moment tht eXl,;t anl1 ma5'
' nature of obstacles \if any portion the AdmlnlFtration Building at Bal-
of the front he is facing. lie could boa late at night.
direct the places of intrenchment to Men and machines now on the
wlthln a few yards of any small de- isthmus are said to be working by Rev. A. W. Howard of Hobart
Ihe invitation was unanimously ac- ^ ^ ^ ^ anJ ^ harder than &t any ttme Elnce the Short talkj
cepte ' ' (]Pr forward his heavy artillery great work was started ten
Dr. J. ,F. Love addressed the r cer(aln ^ wlth entlrB ago
confidence that the road would car- Every morning Col. Goethals ap- ols
addressed the
convention on the subject, "Have
We a Christianity Worth Propogat-
ing?", and Rev. E. G. Butler preached
from the text Matt. XXVIII: 18-20.
The morning session closed with
prater by Dr. Love.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session convened
tional service, conducted by Rev.
of Texas, who rt
Eph. 4:1-12, with some sound d
trinal comments.
Prayer, by kev. C. P. Shilling.
Song, "Jesus, Saves."
2:30 p. m.,
I Conduct
of the reserve and landwehr decid-
weer made by Rev. ed to marry on the eve of their de-
years Scott of Stigler, Rev. M. A. Sum- parture for the front, with the re-
nters of Nowata, Rev. Holmes Nlch-' ult that August, 1914, shows a total
of Mangum, and Rev. Howard of marriages for Berlin of 5793 as
work Clouse of Mountain View
Berlin, Nov. 18.—"War marriages"
will materially increase the number j
of marriages for Berlin this year,
i., A Symposium: How When the war broke out many of-
My Prayermeeting," led fleers and in some cases privates |
[BARGES FOR
SPECIAL TAX
AI.DERMAN RICHARDS OBJECT Ed
TO ANY CUTTING OK LICKNSB
FEES OF PEODLERS.
At the council meeting Tuesday
evening Alderman Richards brought
up the matter of license fees for
pettier!, and moved that the chief
of police be Instructed not to con-
sider valid any license Issued for
less than the amount provided by
the ordinance.
The following schedule of articles
against 1309 for the same month of and occupations are subject to an
ry the huge weisbt. There Is no pears at some part of the ----- H to'last year. In the mobilization week, Internal Revenue Tax under the Act
trail or bypath, ditch or stone fence where he has not been for several Au,u'.t 2-8, 3941 marriage contracts of October 22, 1914.
the of the Church in the Sunday School, {were made, of which the largest! I -e part of the law applying to
School in the number was due to the outbreak of special tax becomes effective i\ov-
led by Rev,
ditch or stone fence where he has not been for several 3:00 p. m., A Symposium
that is not shown. days previously, to hurry
For nearly fifteen years Ihe Unit- along. There Is the case of
H. i the war. The first seven months of ember 1st, 1914, and the following
11914 showed 11,620 marriages as schedule of taxes Is based on the
Rev. against 11.620 In 1913. I eight months period ending June 30,
ed States army haB been struggling steam shovels delving Into the side and the Sunday
In a modest way to supplement Its of Sosa Hill for the rock that goes Preaching Service,
maps of this country so they would to form the east breakwater in front H. Barton of Altus.
which shows the
late. The most Important business ofter t0 a very modest degree at of Colon
was the annual election of officers. ]eaBt, the aid to military operations a huge placard
which European commanders have numbers of cars loaded as the work Shawnee,
at hand. The work is known as the progresses. For every job
progressive military map of the has been set to be surpassed if pos- Tex., addressed
United Stales and officers are as- slble. On Sosa Hill the man who the interest of
It forward in varl- has charge of loading the cars that Baptist Seminary
the rock 50 miles across the the question of training our preach
dual purpose Is served by the as- Isthmus to the new breakwater Is ers.
OBJtC'l 111 KLMflVAL
Of tUUNlY 5CALIS
BUT COUNCIL REFUSES TO re-
SCIND PERMISSION ALREADY
UIVEN.
RUM .N VALUH
wmm in
tlLKCE HU ILt
.66
signed to carry
ous parts of the country each year, take
A petition was presented the coun-
cil protecting against the proposed
removal of the county scales from
Broadway to Bell street, and asking
I that the council rescind Its former
20.00 action. Those who voted for tho
33.34 change being unwilling to reopen
13.34 the question, no action was taken.
13.34 C. P. Jackson has been appoint-
j ed deputy county weigher, and se-
16.67 cured permission from the council
| to establish the official scales on
33.34 Bell "street.
Harbor. On each one Is" Short talks were made by
Oklahoma City. Mr. Skelton of It Is believed here that the num- 191J.
and others. j ber of marriages in Berlin due to Bankers, for each $1000.00
mark 3 40 P m , Dr. Ray of Fort Worth, the war Is not far below 4,500. Some| of capital employed
the conference In of them had been planned for the Brokers, who have not paid
the Southwestern autumn and winter seasons, and it | as bankers
his theme being Is expected that for this reason the Pawnbrokers,
average for these months will fall Commercial Brokers
.below normal. This has already, Commission Merchants
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r: = .. j~-- r z-stxfxzji :r= r
Ij~.^ rr, r,r;: r^r rr= ™ s -"rsrss :r.,z;rr r
officers as "Insignificant," outside of lie ahead of the other two. At Announcements and adjourned.
idejrr;:«::::z °; br -
- "-A r--r = sr j=r s'-r isr-sr 1= «...
large with helrfnl •commenU. |child marrying Its mother. Whlle| Blllard Table
Song, "How Firm a Foundation." In August, 1913, only 168 children (Dealers In Cigars and Tobacco
Prnver, by Rev. t. b. Holcomb of were legitimised, their number in,
August, 1914, was 1,048, of — —
given a -vr a fifty per cent penalty will Franklin are members of the Mu -
TERUIFIC FlUUli.Mi IS REPORT
L > BY l'r.l'itut.::AD DIS-
PATCHES.
from Petrograd says: "a terrilio tre of war in this country
battle of unexampled violence has the exnendlttire of enormous for a few days and
been proceeding for four days df money and no provision for came to a standstill with
around Soldau. The cannonading Is el,etl an achlevement ever has been number of shins seeking passage
maintained night and day. The Rus- ma(je The work is being carried through, dredging ceases only dur-
elans are advancing at any cost to toward, however, as ful'y as Is pos- Ing the eight daylight hours when Purcell.
50.00
14,761 for the same period of 1913.
The outbreak of the war has also
Proprietors of Theaters, seat-
ing capacity over 800
on the job again.
Alderman A. J. Cammack took ht
.67 seat at the council meeting Tuesday
6.67 evening for the first time In several
| months. He spent the summer ani
6.67 early fill in Colorado, having but
recently returned.
3.34'
3.20
D. H. Linebaugh, W. S. Wlley^,
The above taxes are now due and J. B. Oldham, T. T. Gaddy. E. N.
which If not paid within the month of Nov- Collette, Frank Lee and
w. c.
avenge the check at Soldau. They under the clrcumstmees. and the canal Is used for navigation pur- 7:40 p m., the Moderator called (number all but five " attach 0 I kogee delegation to the Baptist con-
have carried position after Position w„ ^ poses. The oth^ hours are de- JJ- ^1^^ ^ fl„t seven months The la, provides th.t every per ventlon registered at the Norwood
, ,1 U Is ivw- canal has ever ,een. The men commute, be annolnted to nrenare of 1914 only 1.409 children were son liable to this tax. who does not
s"hlIamore' attenfon will be given work In two sh-fls and a, they «l a p^ram f.r ^ext ye.r Commit- " ^t^n'r. a.d^on put In by the Ro.k Island
later date and the snd sleep on t -e dredges no time >ee. R V. Met-* of M"skogee. H. neriod In 1913. I
Weir work In handling H. Burton of Altus, and R. D. Lick- v 1
■ - — - - 1 t more than 1500.00, or be lm-i
by assault, against the desperate,
infernal fire of the Germaa."
by
KANSAS OFFICIAL COUNT.
< «.,.r|nted Pre««.
to the work at a
data thus far assembled will be In
Topeka, Has., Nov. 18.—The of- valuable as Indicating where to con- the
eo"nt elves the election of eentr'te efforts and what changes ^ canal to traffic within fl"'e days won
senator to Curtis by 31,894, while are to be exne-ted in any section, for then high commendation
Capper Is elected by 47,847.
j from year to year.
p/o-ram
M"skogee. H. same period In 1913,
Is wasted Their work In handling H. Burton or Aims, and R. D. Llck-| conviction thereof shall pay
recent slide and reonening the lid- of Oklahoma City. | F W. Chrlstner went to Oklaho-
Motion met with second that this ma Cily this morning to attend a prisoned
' - — from corf«reT,ee be known hereafter as meeting of farm loan men of Okla- or both
Pastors' ana Worker*' Conference., homa and adjacent territory. ^eoort.
New board cross Inge are being
fine tho tracks at the passenger station.
ICol. Goethals.
not more than six months| John Burnett. Rock Island special
at the discretion of the agent at Little Roek. Ark., Is
1 Shawnee visitor.
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