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NEWS - HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PR ESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY KVKXINli, MAIiCl
Nl'.MBKR l(i.
Leader in Russian Revolt and Ministers He Imprisoned.
WOULD I REJECTED UNTIL
RUSSIAN MINISTER AVERS
THAT HARMONY EXISTS AMONG
ALL REVOLUTIONARY FORCES
Jly Associated Press. . ficers to investigate whether or not i
Washington, March 22.—Offers of there has been anything sinister in J
mediation to prevent actual war be- ! the movement of several German J
tween the United States and Ger- j hikers walking over the United j
many are cxpccted among the next \ States in the past two years and a
developments. Administration offic- half. The police say they told them
ials heard today that a European neu- they were walking around the world
tral was contemplating such a plan, i on a bet. Newspaper clippings with
nd they frnkly regarded it as anoth; j photographs show that they have been
er move of Germany to divide senti- j supposed to be doing the same thing
ment in congress and embarrass the j with several other companions, one
president. i of whom is a woman.
It was stated today that no pro-1 The police say that papers taken
posal of a mediation or discussion from Pieczynski's knapsack show-
would be entertained so long as Ger-1 that he has been a sailor in at least
many persisted in her submarine war- : three American coastwise vessels in
fare. I the past two years and a half, and
Germany, it will be recalled, would J that t'outandin acted as an assistant
never accept former Secretary Ury- chef in an Illinois club, the name of
an's move to sign a "peace investiga- j which they did not make public.
tion" agreement that would bind the j Other papers the officers say show
United States to inaction for a year i that Pieczynski took out first natur-
while a commission conducted an in- I allzatlon papers July 8, 1916, alia w®
vestigation. 1 same year €o\jtandin applied for cit-
Meanwhile every step to provide I izenship in Chicago.
for eventualities is being taken by ,
the army and navy departments.
Associated Press.
New York, March 22. The Hail-
road Investors League lias started a
move to advance freight rates. The
statement says the railroads are con-
fronted with higher costs of mater-
ials and higher wages, and which
have a tendency to absorb gross earn-
ings. A call has been sent out for a
meeting of railroad presidents for to-
morrow to eonsidere laying the mat-
omnierce
NAVY if! STILL
Fifty as fine youug men as the
Kaiser would fear to see met at the
By Associated Press.
Washington, 1). ('.. March 22.—The
navy is short 13,154 men of its pres-
ent authorized enlisted strength ofi . . w,wi.,oca.,v nvnn
. W1,. , . . , superior court room WeuiM'Mi.u even
74,5000, ami effort. to speed up re, ' lho par„os,. „r l.inr u)
criming arc Mns redoubled. progMM In the orgini tion ot
lho present month has seen th- Ma.-l.ine linn
larKest recruiting on record (;„pt Kdeon K. Waite made the boys
Since congress authorize,! Its 74.- j >n ^Btructiv0 talk al)d applaud-
BOO total in September. j,u44 men that h0 would
have been added to the navy s per- tcach all of then, In a
sonnel. It was stated at the navy *
department today that the authorized
strength is sufficien to put all the
interstate
before
ommission
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Itj Associated Press.
Petrograd, via London, March 22.—
In an interview with the Associated
Press correspondent A. F. Kerensky,
the new minister of justice, decried
ill rumors of friction or discord be-
tween the workingmen, soldiers and
new government and denied em-
phatically that there was any latent
dissatisfaction in his party, (the
radical workmen's party), or any
other party, which might burst forth
into a fresh revolt.
' in' my appointment to this post
you have the best pledge that radical
elements of the nation arc in har-
mony with the government," said M.
Kerensky.
"If any serious disagreement ex-
isted at the beginning between the
workingmen and the dual committee.
i was only a passing symptom of
fever attending the birth of a new
nation."
TREASON BRED IN
THE ROYAl PALACE
By \nsocltttcd Press.
Petrograd, via London, March 22.—
The ltusskia Volia in a long unsigned
article exposes what it terms the
The editor of the News-Herald treason "f the court clique and al-
has received the foil,.willis , oiumunl-1 legeB that Tsarpo Collo was "a nest
trom senator Thom*« P. of German spies. The first etrim
(•on. Who has l m been ill In WaslH of treason and espionage had its ne«t
11 wb,.T« has the palace." the articlejays "The
casloneil ,■oiiiiik lit in the press of Ok-, court was partly and chiefly German
lahoma:
My dear Sir and Friend:
i...— nordnn linn uiu i hiniu iiuuto wan nuwnu «""< ""wl
dis-
available vessels in service. To .in
duce recruiting congress provided
that 100 enlisted men a year should
be elected by examination for ap-
pointment to„ tlui naynl /ica'I. -iy.
REGULARS FOR
IIAssociated Press.
San Antonio, Tex., March
formation lias readied the southern
department that several regiments on
the border are to be ordered to other
stations for service in civilian train-
ing camps.
NEW OFFICERS ARE
series of lessons the duties of non-
commissioned officers.
Several of the memoers, being
called out, made short talks.
The completed enrollment of nearly _ . . .. . ... , ,
. ' ,i v ...Ki ci., i ; f.,11 Prove to be the initial stage of the
sixty men will be published in full i
j.'ri^y ^ +Vt - j greatest haitlo of history has opened
. Otis beaver, nominated by therefore the gates of La* Fere.
company for captain, in talking of. por (jie fjrst time since the great
the new company expressed deep GBrraan r0,reat h,
satisfaction with the personnel of the i
company, making the observation "ij guard figh.ing h
don't believe any recruiting officer | roar of artillery
| could have made a better selection of j major forces.
; (he same number of men now enlist- j The Germans arc making a stand
i ed, if he had been given the whole j ,m a ijne Gf La Fere from St. Simon
'state from which to pick. They ccr- u0 the fore. I of Lacouchy. for a dis-
tainly show to be a fine bunch of fcl-1 tance estimated at -4 miles.
(By Associated Press War Summary.) man heart and simultaneously give
French troops are in contact with riso to a feeling of satisfaction when j
the main German wmy and what may *«r alfl?8 ™uslderc,l. for now
there can bo more damage inflicted
upon the enemy than could be for-
merly."
an, patrol and rear
given way to the
and the clash of
In- 1 lows and high-minded, tor
Vssociated
The situation of the British front] London, March 21'. Following is a!
is more obscure, owing to the vague | portion of the vice chancellor's I
haraeter of the official report. | speech before the Reichstag as trans-
Latest reports from London say mitted via Amsterdam by Reuters:
'GFLNfTRAL SCHOUVAIE.FF
ADMIRAL OR4C-OaOV TCH
COUNT IGNATIEFF
COUNCIL ORDERS
IDDfl
ondltion has
otntncul in the press of I -
| and the pitiful role of Sturmer ill his
efforts to drag Russia toward a sep-
•i must bee your pardon, and thelarato peace was known everywhere.
IlBr,on o y.mr reader,, in case you "Alexi Khvosjoff who
shm l, imbl'.sh tills, tor inakini! such , missed as minister of the Interior be-
,, reference t niv condition, i cause lie alined to divorce .Nicholas
', e l i;- ::,, so mW conflict- -...I Alexandra and kill Rasputin de-
mil erroneous reports that 1 dared to friends that he had deal-
ing
' feel justified in speaking
U'"MyW"ll|ness lias boon both long and niitin was surrounded _
secrets
drunken
order that attendants at St.
diet's Catholic church may be
to get to the church in wet
By Associated Press.
Leavenworth, Kan.. March 22.-
The army's ncAost group of second
lieutenants. 346 in number, after hav-
ing received confirmation of their
commissions and having taken their
oaths of allegiance at the training
station here, were today preparing
to take their posts.
The officers have been assigned to
duty in New Mexico, Arizona and
California.
GERMAN VIEW OF
ARMINIi VESSELS
By Associated Press.
Amsterdam, via London, March 22.
The Berlin Tageblatt, referring t
the arming of American merchantmen
says:
"A very extraordinary situation
may result if American armed mei
chantmen in their deportment lire on
submarines. They might bo French or
English. The Gorman submarine
would not come to the surface in the
danger zone as long as a steamer was
in sight. America must not think
she can convoy merchantmen by war-
ships with Impunity. The declara-
tion of London foresees possibility of
such action, but this antiquated leg
islation which does not recognize
submarines nor danger zones is val
ueless to us."
K0< K ISLAM) l> tihTTIMi ItEAIH
TO KI N I AST TRAINS
THKOn.ll III 1th,
Roadmaster Jas Bolton's gangs are
working on the ballasting of the |
Rock Island track between Seminole
and Shawnee, and Section Foreman
Dement has his men at work be-
tween the river and Shawnee getting
ready for the ballasting gangs. When
the work is completed the Rock
Island line through here will be as
that Gen. Haigh has pushed 10 miles |
east of the Somme at some points.
Measured from Peronne, this would 1
place the British within four or five ,
miles of the vital point of St. Quen-;
tin, and this i3 supported by unofficial
dispatches from the front.
JuLutf
*11
By Associated Press.
Berlin, by Wireless to Sayvilli
j "German success" is the characteriza-
woll ballasted as any road in th^jtion the German retreat on the west-
state.
"When we get through
\fit'll Uie
ern front in the headline on an edi-
torial today on this subject by Maj.
roadbed," said Mr. Bolton this morn- j Moraht, military writer for the Lokal
ing, "the Rock Island can run trains | Antzciger. "A great resolution was
through Shawnee at 100 miles an taken," writes Maj. Morht, "the bold-
hour if it wants to, for we are male- liess 0f the general who carried it out
ing a hundred-miles-an-hour track «s overwhelming and only the power
them."
The ballasting gangs will not
reach Shawnee for some weeks yet.
PRISONERS TAKEN
"Araptation of our economic life to
war was accelerated and strength-
ened by the civilian civil service law.
Every man and woman lias had to
fulfill to the utmost the duty do ]
maiuled of us in the fateful hour,
without consideration for our enemy
or for ourselves.
"Fortunately the fears of the re-
sults of restrictions of food supply
and the severe burden placed on
labor were unfounded. Moreover, re-
ports from the imperial health board
shows that the general state of
health has been surprisingly good
The adult death rate has decreased,
while infant mortality has decrease 11
remarkably since the war. The main|
thing now is to produce as much food
as possible from the soil. The state-
ment of Premier Lloycl-George that
the plow is the main hope of Eng-
land and that the fight must be
fought out in the grain fields shows j
the fears of the result of the subma-
rine campaign felt in England.
"The bad1 international harvest :.-i
fur- nients showing the connection be-
1 tween the coutr and Berlin, and Ras-
Oe^man
somewhat serious 1 may say that I spin, sending out military
laid aside my wearing apparel oil easily learned from the
! .Ian. 2 and have not put It on again monk.
! as yet. I will be able to do so. how-
,0 next week or ton ... niOTIblP III
' uavs During the first few days ot III lllll I ltyl| Ity
January my condition was extremely I11U3I11U 111
serious and I might powslhiy have!
I lieen out on the border. Hut I became
much improved after that and con tin- j
! lied so until the latter part of the,
I month when I took double phlebitis.
Tills continued from the latter part of
j January until the latter part of Keb-
' ruary, and during Ibis time for some
three weeks I was delirious. This
PETROORAD ENDS
weather without wading through mud
and water, uie city council last night p'agse(j away about the 27th of Fobru
voted on motion of Alderman Cam
mack, that sidewalks be ordered con
structed where there are none 011 the
east side of Kickapoo between Dewey
and Rldgewood. There has long been
a demand that these walks bo built.
The matter of walks in the first
and fourth wards was also brought
up by Carey and Adams.
On motion of Alderman Cobb the
council instructed the street depart-
ment. to reduce the grade of the
crossing at Highland and Kickapc
ary and since that date I have been
rapidly recovering. 1 am now sitting
up several hours each day. In fact,
I am almost as good as new now and
will be as good as new by the open-
ing of the extra session of congress.
"I intend to come down to Oklaim-
ma before a great, while with walking
canes enough to swat every man who
is not unreservedly committed to the
destiny of our splendid young state.
But I am praying for peace.
"With hearty good wishes to my
By Associated Press.
London, March 22.—Robberies, in-
cendiarism and some murders have
occurred in Petrograd according to a
dispatch to Reuters. According to
the dispatch the riots were started by
rowdies but were quickly suppressed.
ARREST (IE FORMER
RULERS ORDERED
my By Associated Press.
p.nd instructed the "Traction Company j friends. I remain | Petrograd vitl,ondnn March 22.-
|„„r its track at t!,:.i point. The "Hi-ir ' An order lor the arrest ot Nicholas
,..()SSjni, ,.V(M. . }„((. Highland waa vant. as well as the public generally, Romanoff and Aloxandra Feodorovna
paved has been very difficult to lie-! "T- W KK" i former emperor and empress of Rus-
gotiatc, especially with baby cabs —~ , j sia has been issued by the provisional
on,I like vehicles while it is also ,111-' Senator Gore's many friends here government. (,en. Alexis has been
lightly Tin- improvement is to bi as w,':i 88 *'vory where over the state | charged with the duty guarding the
completed within 30 days.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
will be much gratified to learn that
the distinguished Oklahoimui will
soon be able to take his seat in the
senate again.
the u i:\tiii:it.
of von Hindcnburg's originality could r,°* accidental. It is due to thej ]Jy Vssociated l*rcs«.
New Orleans, March 22.—For
Oklahoma: Tonight, unsettled
weather. Friday, unsettled,
colder in western and ccntral
Oklahoma.
cause such a grand style of initintiv
to be accepted with perfect calm and
security.
"That a plan of a strategical short-
ening of the front was conceived at
great headquarters and that it suc-
ceeded must give joy to every Ger-
arcity of saltpepor, and the world's
next harvest will bo had for thej-f
same reason. | ♦
"Germany now has the low- t ♦
grain prices and it is due to the fixed: *
purpose of the German government. ♦
Fince the war began." [ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
: THEATRE MANAGER
WEDS MUSICIAN
prisoners until members of the Duma
arrive with an escort to take them to
Tarsko Sello.
MURDER MYSTERY
AT TEMPLE, TEX,
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
Looking at Iriaugural Stand from Capitol Steps.
HIKERS" MAY DE
OERMAN SPIES
II)' ABMK'lulcd Press.
Atlanta, (la . March ' ' Valerian
Johannes Picezynski and Hugo Cou-
tandln, German youths arrested here
last night, today led government of-
( lilt KI N TIIIKF, IU IM'I'Alt AM)
SNEAK Til IKK TO SI If VI
SENTENCES.
Sheriff Darden Wednesday took
three prisoners to the state peniten-
tiary at McAlester to serve sen-
tences imposed by the court, all on
pleas of guilty.
J. .!. Owens pleaded guilty of steal-
ing chickens and was sentenced tft
serve eighteen months.
W. S. Johnson pleaded guilty of
robbing the Macomb depot twice, and
was sentenced for three years in
each case, the sentences, however,
to run concurrently.
William Taylor, colored, was sen-
tenced to pervo a year for stealing a
I purse containing $:14.
SI' \ MSII ftW \ I i i !( \NS.
The Spanish-American War Veter-
ans held an interesting meeting Wed-
nesday evening, the proceedings of
which will bo published in Friday's
issue.
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STIK'KTO> MAKKIEO WI O-
NESDA1 iFTERNOON.
A. H. Momand, manager of the
Savoy Theater and well known in
theatrical circles of the state, was
married Wednesday afternoon by
Rev. J. Her ron Miller ut the First
I Presbyterian church, to Miss Dorothy
! Stockton, a well known and accom-
plished musician. Following the wed-
! ding they went to Kansas City on
their honeymoon.
Mr. Momand has been a resident of
Special to News-Herald.
Temple. Tex., March 22.—The body
of Emma Staley, 20, a popular young
girl of a farming community near
Temple, was found in a badly decom-
posed condition in the Leon river
near Helton yesterday morning. The
body was not identified until this
morning and an hour later officers
arrested Will Porter. 26, who liver
near the Staley home.
Indications were that the body of
Miss Staley had been in the water
four or five days. The girl's feet
were bound tightly together with bal
ing wire and a veil wound tlghtl)
Shawnee, engaged with his father in j about her face, and her head was al?t
the moti'in picture and theatrical j bound by wiro. Although letters will"
business for a number of years, lb the remains gave the first clow to tin
Is also at present president of the1 identification, it is said statements ir
( klahoa-.ii orgnnizi.t: in of th • .Motion the letters also gave the first clu«
Picture Exhibitors League. ( that led to the arrest. Though she
Mrs. Mftmand holds a secure posi had been absent about a week, hei
tion in musical circles or the city, family were under the impression sh
having been a pianist of unusual | was visiting with relatives in ;•
ability, and more recently having j neighboring city and were not alarm
mastered the pipe organ in a phe-: od at her continued absence.
immenally short time. She has been
musician :• t the 8avo> Theater. R0TAH1 HEAD COXIHO*
The only witnesses" of the cere- Rotary governor Stone of Kansa
inony yesterday were Miss Mildred , will be the guest of the local Kotar
Moniand and Mesdames O. H. Weddlo ians at a luncheon at the Norwoot
and T. P. Dringhurst. Hotel Friday evening.
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