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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS - KV,RALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA TUESDAY KYEXINfl, MAKCI
'O
NUMBER 19.
PRESIDENTS MIND IS OPEN
FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Los Angeles Men Invent Trench Rifle for American Soldiers.
g|M
CLARK SURE EVERYBODY IS
|0F SELECTION! BEIi TAGGED
AS SPEAKER FOR ROAD DAY
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 27.—President
Wilson was Reported today as still
having an open mind on exactly what
he will recommend to congress when
it meets in special session April 2.
although there exists preponderous
opinion that he should ask for decla-
ration that a state %of war exists be-
tween United States and Germany.
Prior to a cabinet meeting at which
details of preparedness measures
were discussed, Senator Hitchcock,
member of the foreign relations com-
mittee, discussed the situation with
AWAY; NINE
ARE KILLED
:fiSf irf' *.
*
A
By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., March 27.—A
.. , * , * * . .. , , specal dispatch from Lapine, Ala.,
the president. He declined to give :says that five white people and nin(s
out information except that lie negroes were killed in a storm which
thought the following three courses practically swept the little town of
would be recommended: Petrey from the map shortly after 12
„ ... , o clock last night.
The passing of a resolution endors-; Near, « bu
ing steps already taken by the pres.- ( |m|i tUre/churchesB aml 8c'h00l
dent to place the rued States m a ,uli]llil were carried , th
state of armed neutrality and author- . g{orni
izing further preparedness moves; i
Adoption of a resolutiqn declaring
that a state of war exists bet ween the
United States and Germany;
An adoption of a declaration of war
against Germany.
Senator Hitchcock said the senti-
ment in the west was for taking the
first of the three instead of declaring
war or that a state of war exist.
LINKS OF SOUTH 1ND SOUTH-
Need 14.000 For Marine Corps. WEST PETITION INTERSTATE
By Associated Press. COMMERCE COMM.
Washington, March 27—The U. S. |
jnarine corps needs more than roui-Jlty Associated Press.
teen thousand to fill up its ranks to j Washington, March 27.—Railroads
a war strength of 17,400 and the need!of the south and southwest today
is urgqjjt. I joined eastern and wester nlines in
OTHER RAILROADS
ASK RAISE IN RATES
S. A. Ouiherson ant! I.. L. Kichnr <Is of I.os Ancelcs have Invented and sent to tlic uar department in Wash-
ington a new trench rifle by which tile soldier can shoot over the trench without being seen. Thin ! dene liy
means of reflecting lenses, and by raising the barrel.
MET HEROIC DEATH
SUB WARFARE CAN'T
An appeal to the press of the coun-
try to awaken interest in recruiting
additional men was issued late yes-
terday by Secretary Daniels, follow-
ing an executive order by President
Wilson authorizing the increase. The
secretary today expressed confidence
that there would be immediate re-
sponse.
SM00 Officers for Hod* Roafre>
By Associated Press.
New York, March 27. Twenty-five
thousand medical reserve officers, is
the goal of a recruiting campaign be-
gun today by the medical committee
for national defense. This estimate
is based on ten surgeons for every
ten thousand men. The medical re-
serve corps now is'3,000, of whom 2.-
000 have come in during the past 18
months.
AWAIT AUSTRIA'S
GREAT OFFENSIVE
ITALY CONFIDENT THAT SIIE
is PREPARED FOR
ATTACK. *
By Associated Press.
Home, via Paris, March 27.—The
great Austrian offensive on the Ital-
ian front is being prepared for
throughout Italy, which indicates that
a great campaign has been planned
by the central powers for this terri-
tory. There is no uneasiness appar-
ent, but a general confdence that
Italy is fully prepared.
WHY ARID SHIPS
BARRED BV DUTCH
DEM ED HOLLAND POUTS HE-
CAUSE OK THE 1IHI
* DECREE.
By Associated Press.
Hague, via London, March 27.—Ac-
cording to Nieuwe Courant, Holland's
failure to admit armed merchantmen
to Dutch ports is based on the de-
cree of 1914 that any warship or oth-
er armed vessel belonglngvto a bel-
ligerent nation entering a Dutch port
shall be immediately ordered to de-
part.
The British armed merchantman
Melita. which was held up outside of
Rotterdam early in March, was •al-
lowed to enter the port only after
she had thrown her gun overboard.
The German newspapers insist the
ship should have been interned as
were two German steamers which
were stranded on the Dutch ports at
the same time.
Denmark to Follow Suit?
By Associated Press.
Washington, D ('., March 27.—The
Danish* government has not replied to
the inquiries from Washington re-
garding the admission of armed mer
chantmen to Danish ports, but Indica-
tions are it will follow the exainp'
of Holland in barring them.
Judge E. D. Heasor was called to
Denlson, Tex., on account of illness
of his mother.
requetsing the interestate commerce
eoinmission to amend its rules so as
to permit a general advance in
freight rates.
DYNAMITE HIDDEN
ON SANTA EE TRAIN
I N KNOWN FOREIGN ER SUSPECT-
ED OF PLACING EXPLOSIVE
THERE —SEARCH IN VAIN.
By Associated Press.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. March
27.—Workmen found seven sticks of
dynamite on a Santa Fe passenger
train yesterday. The explosive had
been kept behind a steel frame on
the front of the baggage car. The
workmen said they had seen a man
who appeared to be a foreigner enter
the baggage car shortly before the
dynamite was found. A search was
made without result.
LAND IN MEXICO
I WO \\ 110 ES( APED FROM PHILA-
DELPHIA SWIM THE RIO
GRANDE.
'— 1
By Associated Press.
Brownsville, Tex., March 27—Two
escaped members of the interned
crews of two German auxiliary cruis-
ers at the Philadelphia navy yard,
crossed the Rio Grande two miles be-
low Brownsville Sunday and are now
in Matamoros, Mex., opposite here*
according to information received at
military headquarters at Fort Brown
last nigfyt. American military au-
thorities have taken the matter up
with Mexican officials in Matamoros.
* The two men, according to military
information, were members of the
crews of the German ships Kron
Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Fried-
rich and escaped at Philadelphia last
week. They swam the river Sunday
evening, it is stated. What action
Mexican authorities would take was
unknown last night.
Other members of the crews at-
tempting to escape were captured by
Philadelphia navy yard and police of-
ficers.
ROMANCE COMES TO
MOST TRAGIC END
Atchison. Kan., March 27— While
bearing the news of their secret
marriage to the father o fthe bride,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blankinship met
a tragic end of their romance on the
road near here today, when their au-
tomobile was overturned and Mr.
Blankinship was killed, ami Mrs.
Blankinship seriously injured.
The two were married last Septem-
ber and only a few hours before de-
termined to drive to th ehome of Mrs.
Hlankinship's father, a prominent
farmer, and make known the fact.
POST ill MO I S \ i< I OKI A ( UUSb IS
AWARDED Win, JONLS.
Thrilling' Story oi Heroism in Battle
of Jutland Last Made
Public.
By Associated Tress.
London, March 27.-For "most con-
spicuous bravery and devotion to
duty" in the battle of Jutland a pos-
thumous Victoria cross has just now
been awarded Commander Loftus Wil-
.liam Jones.
The London Gazette, in making an-
nouncement that the full facts have
I only been ascertained recently, which
accounts for the long delay in bestow-
I ing distinction.
j The official report states that on
) the afternoon of May 31, 1916, Com-
i mander Jones, in torpedo boat de-
| stroyer Sharp le,d a division of de-
stroyers to take the enemy'* bat tie
cruiser squadron. In this attack shells
put the steering gear out of order
I and disabled the engine, leaving the
j crew helpless. Although wounded.
! Jones went aft to help.
j All this time they were subjected
to heavy fire at short ranpo. A few
! minutes later Commander Jones wa3
hit by a shell which took off his leg
above the knee, but ho continued to
i give orders while his wound was be-
ing bound. Noticing that the ensign
was not properly hoisted he gave or-
ders that another be raised.
Soon afterward, seeing that the
ship could not last much longer and
I that a German destroyer was closing
in on them he gave orders to the sur-
viving members of the crew to put on
[their life belts. Almost immediately
the Sharp was struck by a torpedo
j and sunk and Captain Jones went
down with it.
Kill ¥
' u CTApvr en
jum ''l u
it#!orUK( soo,,^
POTTa FliJ ^ iwnvmv.
B} Associated Tress.
j Washington, March 27. The dem-
i ocrats' claim that they would re-elect
Speaker <'lark and organize the
House when congress meets in spec-
! ial session next Monday were cor-
| roborated today by Representative
i Randell of California, prohibitionist,
and one of the five so-called inde-
! pendents whose support may decide
j the numerical tie between republicans
I and democrats. He said he was in a
position to know enough independents
' to aid the democrats to assure that
, party's control in the House.
Republican leader, Mann, said ho
j v\ould withdraw his name as candi-
date for speaker on condition that
both parties organize the house on
non-pnrtisan or bi-partisan lines.
(LOSING ARM MI NTS
* IN COUCH CASE.
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, March 27.—It is be-
> lieved by those connected witli the
j'rase that the fate of John M. Couch,
j accused ftf the murder of Nellie M.
i Dunn, jvill be in the hands of the
I jury before night. This morning
j Judge Je n Day. assistant prosecu-
umed his argument for tho
What is your favorite color—red.
or white? And do you want to work
on the Ozark Trail Thursday your-
self, or do you prefer to pay $2 for
pre
Rumors of new locations to be made
in the Pott county oil field are per-
i sistent. It is reliably stated that if
the desired acreage can be secured,
there will he assured for this vicinity
l in the very near future one or more
important tests—tests backed by
I strong, experienced people.
I Meanwhile it seems. to be some-
thing of#a race between the drillers
at Maud and tii«**e of the Prairie
southwest of Shawnee as to which
locality will bring in its well first.
Oil Notes.
The status of the tests in Pott
county is reported as follows:
Prairie Oil & Gas teat southwest of
Shawnee now down 2350 feet, drill-
ing.
Prairie Oil & Gas test at Maud,
drilling at 2^00 ft.
Prairie Oil & Gas Co. test at .Sacred
Heart 900 ft., drilling.
Oklahoma Star at Earlsboro drill-
ing at 2700 ft.
Nine Oil '& Gas in 24-8-4, shut
down.
Vindicator Oil Co. at Maud down
1500 ft., with change from a rotary
to standard rig and continue drill-
ing.
* Wilson well southeast of Shawnee
down 900 ft., with showing of gas.
Chamber Oil & Gas Co.. northwest
of Shawnee on Mattocks farm, drill-
ing down to Son ft.
j Geo Lounsberry and G. A. Long of
McAlester are business visitors in
Shawnee'today.
ED/'A i STOCKHOnt.
Charges Amcritu has lie: u Virtual!)
in War Since the Be-
ginning.
II) \ssociated Press.
Stockholm, March 27. -Albert Sue-
decum, one of tl*e best known leaders
of the majority in the Reichstag, in
an interview here said that whoever
thought the submarine warfare was
going to drive England to starvation
in .six month.- \r\: :e;vlng Innr- ii,
for such was not true H« lud.
3 nu rm
tot
the
I
BANK PRESIDENT
HARVEY DOW GIBSON
j Harvey Dow Gibson has become
president of one of tho great New
York banks at thirty-four years o'
age. He has just been chosen to head
the Liberty National Bank, one
the great commercial institutions <•
New York City.
Mr. Gibson is a native of North
Conway, N. H. and a graduate of
Bowdoln College in the class of 1902
'He was first employed by the Amer-
ican Express Company in Boston and
then in Now York. Later with sev
oral business associations he obtained
control of Raymond A Whitcomb
Company, of wihch organization he
became viee-preRident. When Seward
I I'rosser, now president of the Bant
| ers Trust Company, was made presi-
dent of the Liberty National Ban
some four years ago he Invited Mf
Gibson to accompany him as assistan
' to the president.
NOW LEAVE liERMANV
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT I'ER-
MITS THEM TO t.O TO
TCRKISII POSTS.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 27.—Germany
lias agreed to permit the four Amer-
ican consuls held at Munich to p:o-
(ced to their new posts in Turkey as
soon as the Constantinople govern-
ment formally agrees to receive thorn
I virtually assuring, officials here be-
lieve, that the difficulties placed in
the way of the American transfer out
of Germany soon will be cleared
away. Turkey already has indicated
formally that she will interpose no
j further obstacle.
Officials here were relieved at
learning that the men wero safe ut
j Munich as no word had been re-
ceived from them in two weeks, de-
1 spite two urgent inquiries.
! Departure of the four consuls will
leave virtually no native Americans
j in Germany except the American
I sailors believed to have been taken
1 into port on the raider Moewe.
I TRENCH CAPTURE
\NOTHER VFLEAM
peril.
NEW SWISS PRESIDENT.
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\sMie| fe<l Press.
The village of
was captured by
rht the v.r office
.er prog re ft b
section of Coney,
which is held bv
' Paris March
; ronev-T e-Chatemi
F"nnch !a«<" ti
■ nnoufices Fur*
i' een made tn th<
I the northern part
; the French.
♦♦♦♦♦
♦ Till W1 STIVER. ♦
♦ \- w itrie ' Mareh "7 For ♦
^klahonv '•*•! • tonight r v ♦
♦ so co'd. Wednesday (air with ♦
♦ rising temperature ♦
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I
| Edmund Schulthess is the
I president of Swltserland, who -
serve during I'M7. Ii«> tflll be c
fronted with the big problems
. peace growing out of the war. an
peace should come in 1917 he
have much to do with the nego
I tions.
no >>
As the day approaches for ti e open
ing of the Fashion Show an atmo
the interior preparing lightfu! Mir
prises foi the public when the time
arrives for tho general unveiling—
This has been tag day In Shawnee
for Ozark Trail construction In Pott
county. Most everybody now sports
ia the lapel of his coat either a red
i-i a white tag, signifying that he will
, help work the Brown road on Shaw-
]> e's good roads day, Thursday, eith-
er in person or by proxy.
; Members of the Ozark Trails com-
miteo, joint'tl by tho captains named
. for the seven divisions for Thursday's
load work, made a big drive in the
, 1 usiness section of the city this a.
i : noon . armed * wit h subscription
! list/. Each business house was asked
to cither permit all its employees to
spend Thursday on the Brown road
i or else to donate to the cause for
• ach employee the surti of $2.00, the
price of a day's work, to be properly
expended by the committee. Those
agreeing to work themselves wero
d« > : ited v.lth a red tag; those pay-
e,- $2.00 for a proxy, with a white
I tag.
Tho committee was met everywhere.
, with generous responses. This can-
; v;,sb of tho busness section followed
I a routing meeting held nf Conveu-
• .i Ha l a' 10 o'clock. Not only
' wore members of the committee an t
::l.e various captains and their lieu-
tenants present, but there were a lot
1 ii'hu: i t < high privates at tho
meeting also. Some of Tecums«h's
^.ood i'f id boo rers were present, and
•I'.-ey a" .> iruj'ii impressed with the
enthusiastic way Shawnee citizens
■ vo t.ikcn hold of the Brown road,
which runs westward from Tecum-
seh.
It being suggested that the high
ehool hoy would make a valuable
!<: 1 t,\ Sbf■wnee's road building
• • i.y* : atendent Faust, who wes
i* ?• "etinc. declared that he
wouid favor permitting all hoys who
r,c d sired to cut. themselves from
>, ... ! del that he
niuiM-.t wanted to work on the road
nftv€
•.ror<d to close
en virtually in i
ivo been ended in 1915.'
*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ + + 4
♦ ♦
♦ WAR SIM MARY. ♦
♦ ♦
♦ * + i f -f ♦♦♦ ♦ + + + + + + + +
By Associated Press.
With LaFall inundated bj
treating Germans and tn o o' the
forts in the hinds of the French t i
chief interest in £he tremehdout bat
tie which has been raging for a week
on an 80 mile front shifts to the his-
toric St. Quentin. •
i he Germans are making attempts
to wrest Benay plateau from tho
, ' - • '*outhern approaches to
the city render its position, in th.'
unusua
lis timr
unveiling Thursday evening, the
•hion Show will last three days.
■ ing Saturday night
VI ile naturally the event is of os-
'ial importance to dry goods, cloth-
tner
[ing
Censorship Most
Rigid Will Exist
in 1 his Countrv
0 likewise.
Revsionu .were made today in tho
1 t of road captains and lieutenants,
nd some of the occupations omitted
rom tho classifications for servico
ere added. Able bodied men cf
whatever calling are urged not to
alt to bo canvassed, but to phone to
ho Secretary of tho Chamber ot
hursday or offering any sultabJo
juipinent they may have on hand
There will be an abundance of au-
lanv store;-, tomobiles at Convention Hall at 6:00
tidying up |o'clock Thursday morning to trans-
ept ring to P°rt all volunteers to the field of
work, the committee announces.
At Ii:o0 o'clock Wednesday after
noon there will be held a final mass-
meeting of all Interested in the
Ozark Trails. There it is hoped to
(! . ;• r. ine v ith certainty just how
many " "rk r can be depended upon,
i; >1 y of every age, who can get
away from their business is urged to
attend the o:00 o'clock meeting.
wearing appprei
■i handlse which
id is attractive.
i ; \ssociated Tress,
j Washington, March 27
• o•> e i j rhe state uepartuient Prior
' the comereuce press associations
urged that the gove.nment forbid
i ;iuii ■ iion of anything but official
i .alter, and that such official matter
rn.y be 'umished to the press asso-
i.; a tions.
Did Not Consult Tapers.
There was no consultation with
while the
vhlch
ricau
jopli
j tlii .sire o.ss, and under the voluntary :
j mobilization of the means of wir
i o'uniunjcjition soon will supervise |
• iii ' a,"''-- It ; - po'nted on- th,'t
• ■ omniunlcatlons ordinarily departing
from the American coast of value to
n enemy can well he stopped, but
leaking" over th« Mexican border is
< problem, owing to tho vast extent
of border territory and the almo.-t
impossibility to make It, as one of-
ficlal suggested, "air-tight " Thl r
i overnmeftt has discovered tho pres-
! en.-e In southern Mexico of h power-'
fill wireleiR outfit, with which com-'
munication has been maintained with
t: Tin any. and belief cxistR that much!
. I ti formation has been going from the
uiay be said that the newspapers
«'a iy iia\ been co-operating \*ith
i' . r eminent in supprc^ing in 'or-
«i'on ■ -idered as valuable to an
In the
ieo pend
Umilar a<
here.
H.N S HILL \ IM ED
AT CHIROPItACTOI .
It- Usoclntcd Preaa.
Oklahoma City. March 27.—Gover-
nor Williams today signed Seinte Bill:
111 requiring chiropractors to t«V:e
an examination prescribed by the
state's Board of Medial Examiners
I before they can practice in the statu
oi Oklahoma.
a draft
r activ-
i« v 1 th government In f n interna-
tlnal :* aatlon. not nuthorbed bv the
p o«ldon' or members of his cabinet,
wntll tho same has first beon ap-
ar purpose, par-
has been all the
re, and the aid
ng extended by some of the states
•\11 .i 11 Seabord proposes to
• duee high standard of efficiency
a rainimum of time. Massachusetts
i-opr •< .I *1 000.000 and will call
Neional Guard to the state's ser-
act:on in Washington,
s b ng taken by oth-
confining utilities tho de-
n *•'■ i *h would seriously
nper the people.
W IHKI SISTABI.E BCNTII.
hat an irresistable bunch of
I road bee ters that, canvassod the
biisin; -eefinn th's afternoon tn
i e volunteers nd funds for
• • ^ da\ n the O/ary T-iil worV
fo 'm l.ihle ' . * hey hi number"
fer tVa* • 'urge number
'•itizens who wre called upon very
f'l<ly ' "nd ' I the!i ouot i In the
dcys' labor in the future.
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