J
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, WKDXKSIUY KVKXIXC. MAII. >. I!'i;
TWELVE PAGES-TWO SECTIONS.
M MBER J(i
iktn asks war sentiment:
shawnee men wire reply
TH AT UOOD ROAOS UOIY.
A loyal army of Shawnee
citizens will descend upon the
Brown road tomorrow to con-
vert it into a modern highway
acceptable as a link in the
Ozark Trail.
A number 6t our best men
are bending every energy to
'make the road working day a
tremendous success.
It will be a noble army of
community builders, with a
most effective army-like or-
ganization.
Whip the baffle sounds at
Convention Hall in the morn-
ing at 6 o'clock, see that you
are in those loyal ranks, either
in person or by proxy, ready
to do yeoman service for your
county.
In this Good Roads Army
let there be no slackers
whatever!
Guarding Naval Guns al Washington I'actory
all set now
This afternoon there came from
Senator Kobt. L. Owen at Washing-
ton, the following telegram:
"Chamber of Commerce,
"Shawnee. Okla.
"Please wire me at Washington the
state of public opinion in Oklahoma
as to congress declaring war on Ger-
many or that a state of war exists.
Will'Oklahoma approve president it he
advises a declaration of war? Pro-
German papers declare that western
opinion opposed a declaration of war
or state of war. Is very important
I he president should know the tru;h Sergeant Carl Mohrbacher was or- ♦
as his action will be greatly infill-1 dered today by Captain H. B. (lilstrap |ttrTTTttT ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ |
enced by the opinion of the western j of company B. Oklahoma National j |
people. "robert L OWEN." i Guard, to report at Chandler at once
On the receipt of the'above tele-! for recruiting service.
gram Secretary Geo. McDonald got It is understood that Adjutant Gen-
together a representative meet in gof «ral Earp and officers of the National
r., „„ hour's Guard, are making prodigious efforts
Shawnee citizens. After _ an hours ^ ^ t(>e Une ^ Oklahoma's
earnest discussion the rc;' first regiment recruited speedily up
(.lutions suggested as answeis t° to war strength. While this state's
Senator Owen s telegram were pre- j t were recently mustered out of
sented; the first one by the Rev. Cha. i servjce upon their return from
L. Brooks, and the second one by, j10r(jerj tj)ey arc 3Ubject to be
Col. H. T. Douglas: 1 called back into the service at any
The Re?, Brook* Resolution. moment president. Troops
1. If the facts in possession , fr0m the "• ouuding states have been
the government show that Germany j cajjecj 0ut this week for important ser-
has been engaged in a state of war j viCe guarding property m be interior,
with the United States, an immediate J an(j jg supposed Oklahoma*^ militia
declaration of war should be made. | wju -all out likewise just as so^n
1. We will support the president' as it ;s p^t in conditio !.
to a man, if war i sdeclared. A recruiting station -or the United
r: o-Germpn papers wo wrong. States army was established in Sliaw-
We don't want war if it can be hon-jnee Feb. 15. It is located in room 7,
orably avoided. If it can not, nothing, over the City Cafe and is in tharge of
would please us better. j Corporal H. C. Loveland, U. S. A.
The Col. Douglas Resolution. j Though recruiting has so l'ar not been
If in the opinion of the president up to expectations so Uir by any
and congress under international law j means, Corporal Loveland is hopeful
an enemy has committed acts of war j that in the great national cris the
aga-inst the government then public number of recruits will rapidly in-
opinion would favor a declaration oi' crease. As it is, the number of men
war. We believe the president and offering for service at Shawnee e ni-
congrcss are much more able to de-1 Pare? vei'y favorably with that ap-
clde this question since they are in pearing at other stations in Unlu-
! homa. At present tnere are nine such
HOPES DWINDLE
F!!!( NON-PARTISAN
speaker of house
—osven life
for ozark
trail day
| As a result of the systematic ef-
! lorts of those in charge of the move-
j ment, probably tomorrow Ozark
( Trail Day Shawnee will set a sliin-
I ing example of community road con-
Fly Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, March 28.—John M.
Couch, on trial in district court here
for the murder January 18 last of his
sister-in-law, Miss Nellie M. Dunn, an
Oklahoma City school teacher, this
morning was found guilty of first de-
gree murder, and sentenced to life im-j struction. So thorough is the or-
Prispnment by a jury which had deli- Ionization that no detail has been
berated on his case since 5:30 yester ; overlooked to make the undertaking
day afternoon. ,, u success. They will likely start on
Nellie M. Iluivi, a sister ol Couch s ] (lu> ,asks tomorrow the besi
divoive dw'lc, was lot and killed equlppe(j ulld best organized amateur
shortly liefore noon in hallway which | ^ „ver turned dirt.
„<l to hei ( lass loom 111 Wlieelei j Somc wm (ljg llirt somc blasl rock.
Couch is'also under indictment for | "then, tell trees and dig stumps,
the murder of Rowland Williams, who
killed later in the day.
gun* factory in the
yard ' is being t!a
e days while the
re turning opt w
li'gton na
guarded it
men there
hef re 1 ;ar A lmirai H. Glounon,
the superintendent.' has , uluced men
'ill the front gates t(j (."heck every
person who tries to enter, you have
got to show a very good reason now
' before the gentry ;-i t\\o. |*atQ will led
full possession of facts and informa-
tion of which we know very little or
nothing.
If this condition, however, is not
plain, unquestionably a state of war
exists and public opinion would favor
such a declaration.
recruiting stations in Oklahoma, lo-
i cated in nine leading cities, and during
the past six weks, the number en-
listing at Shawnee was 23, exceeded
only by the Oklahoma City an 1 Ard-
more stations. This, notwithstanding
rr,, , . ,. . .. , , I Oklahoma's proximity to Shawnee, by
The people in this section are loyal of whu.h lit(.t N
and will strongly support the presl- fmm thjs gecti<)n th ,e insU,ad of
dent and congress in whatever action | eniistjn</ here.
thev take. Those in this stat? desiring service
O. B. Weaver moved that the reso- in the navy w|U fin,i ., recv.iitinK sta-
lution by" the Rev. Brooks be adopted tion ,.e.„|y to receive them at Okla
as advisorv of the public opinion.
G. M. Christner moved to substi-
tute the resolution written bv Col.
Douglas as the one to send to Wash-
PARTY LEADKHS CAN'T RI
VNV \ R K I! )l K N T.
Republican Leader Maim May
He a Candidate For the
Honor,
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 27.—Hopes for
a non-partisan organization of the
house of representatives at the special
session next week were abandoned to-
day by Representative Mann, republi-
can leader in the last house and pro-
ponent of the plan.
After a conference with Speaker
Clark, Democratic Leader Kitchin, and
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro-
priations committee, Mr. Mann said
he saw little hope for coalition.
worked you in.
energy than th
NORTH, SAYS TAFT
NT \Ti:Mi NT <•
>11'NIMH
Mill
API
II WITH TRF-
'LAI SF.
Former President Speaks of I'ium-I
Itiifiy of Nation in Present
Crisis.
others move fences- and so on ad
infinitum. Each man will know his
squad, his equipment and just what
ib expected of him.
Why. to illustrate how well the
project is equipped, there will even
be an ambulance on the ground ready
tor eiiy casualty. It is*not likely that
there will be more serious casualties
than blistered hands or heat prostra-
tions suffered by some of the tenderer
office or counter men; but there will
be first aid ready for anything that
may happen -in so large a crowd.
(if the high schoolboys 150 have
availed themselves of the privilege
to play hooky and spend the day
working with their ciders on the
road.
Another drive was made by the
Washington, March 28.—Four addi- j Uy A>
... i tional regiments of the National | Kam,..
1 still stand where I stood origin- ; Guard were called into the federal ser- ,-or tjie mivv
ally," he said, "but I think two tickets | vice today, being the First W. Va.;!nav.,j on|, {j,
4th New York, and 2nd Conn., }
will be put into the field. I am will-
| N. J. infantry regiments
ing to be the republican candidate for
speaker if the republicans want me j
to run, and I think 1 shall be the can- ORDER j or MISSOURI (J
befo
d Press.
City, March 28.—Recruits
are being received at the
ng otfn
here in number-
exce
didate if any one is."
AUDS.
TOO SHORT FOR
i homa City.
FLAG RAISING IN BOSTON.
By Associated Press.
Kar.sas City, March 28.—Orders
were received today by commanding j tr
officers of the Third Missouri Infan-
try mobilized at the armory here upon aj
the president's call Monday, placing |
| troops under service and assigned to
duty.
Lieutenant McCabe, in charge of. the
office, said touay, "A larger per ccnt
are being accepted than formerly."
The explanation given was that the
all for possible active duty was at-
ig "high type of men."
women have volunteered to
Lieut. McCabe said.
EXCIJSH DFBATINC
WOMAN
SUFFRAGE. I
committee and captain sthis morning
to secure additional recruits; calls
1 being made upon upstairs offices and
By Associated Press. i the business concerns remoter from
Dallas, March -8. Abraham Lin j the center of town. As a resuit quite
coin is held in no more affection in a number of other volunteers were,
the north than in the south, and if tagged.
1:1 wer alive tod: y be would be sui All day leaders have been busy as-
p. • d at the honor and esteem at sembling equipment and enlisting
corded him by southerntrs," declared workers. They feel now that there
A m Hm\a-d 'ial! here lodav-lwill be possibly HOO men at Conven-
when he was speaking at a breakfastI tlon Hal lat •' in the morning to
given in bis honor, and the outburst j make the start.
pplau that greeted ins assertion Seldom, if ever, has the citizenship
w.'s gi ai'-i- th:.-! In- had received j 0f Shawnee had its enthusiasm so
aftej anj statement he hae maoeI aroused ai It has been over this road-
sin.e arriving in Dalles. building project.
Mr. Taft was discuaelng the unan-|
lmity of the nation in the present in-
ternational situation.
A 'I < • r ;i iniii ninv, her«- .Mr Taft went | I
j to Ft. Worth and from there will j ■
ington as the choice of the meeting
end the estimate of the public opin-1
ion.
By Associated Press.
Boston, March 28.—Flag raisings
which have become numerous during
COMPANIONS MASSA(.l II
( RUT INTO iiKQI IRI Il
STAT I RE.
liy
Mr. Christner's motion prevailel the present crisis will be brought to
and Secretary McDonald was direct- a climax with the raising of a large
ed to send by wire to Senator Owen j flag on Boston Common at noon
the favored resolution. ! day.
(Editorial)
WHY NOT TAKK AN IN VKNTOR V OF POTT CO.'S PATRIOTISM?
If an enemy were to invade American soil tomorrow or shell
one of our ports instantly our people would rise up as one man
in righteous wrath to oppose the invading foe. Men by the mil-
lions—men both young and old—would hasten to offer their ser-
vices in the national defense.
Yet this very contingency may become a tragic fact any hour.
It is overripe time for those with patriotism to show it.
So long have we been enduring affronts and outrages, mindful
that in a world war neutrals must of necessity suffer violations of
some of their rights without regarding them as an adequate casus
belli and the while fervently hoping to keep our nation out of the
awful conflict—so long have we endured these conditions that it
seems hard for the people to realize that we are now virtually at
war with a mighty enemy and that every consideration of national
pride and national defense—national preservation, perhaps—de-
mands the utmost military preparation with the utmost Bpeed.
Our government is rushing the manufacture and assembling of
material equipment. Hut there is no corresponding rush of the much
needed recruits to man our vessels and to enlarge our army
That we are a patriotic people will not be questioned. Merely our
patriotism seems not to have been aroused; we have not yet real-
ized that a great national crisis is upon us.
Shall we wait for some great unspeakable catastrophe to arouse
us to the consciousness of our insecurity, of our peril?
In many cities the patriotism o( the people is being aroused by
means of great patriotic demonstrations. Is it not time for the
great community" of Shawnee, of PCttawstomle fcounty, to give 'evl-i
dence of its fealty to the flag? Why not at an early day assemble
in a mammoth massfneetlng at Convention Hall, take counsel of
ourselves, listen to some patriotic addresses, sing our national
airs, wave our national colors, and take inventory of our national
loyalty?
This suggestion was put to one of Shawnee's leading citisen yes-
terday. He expressed full sympathy with the proposal for a big
local demonstration, but he advanced this personal objection:
"Here is the difficulty. As for myself — middleaged, incumbered
with a family, keeping me busy to properly support them I would
feel a delicacy In taking an active part, in helping whooping up
for national preparedness, unless I wished to join the army myself.
And the way I'm situated. 1 don't want to go to war unless I felt
my services were absolutely nece sary."
This sentiment may account for the lack of demonstrated patriot-
ism on the part of a host of our citizens the country over.
Such embarrassment should not be. It is natural and proper
that the younger men and the u"incumbered men of the nation
should first respond to the country's call. The government recog-
nizes this, enforces it. Recruiting officers have instructions to
choose the younger men and those without dependents. Others
can do their present duty by showing enthusiasm, by giving pro-
found encouragement to unincumbered young men disposed to
• answer their country's call.
Let's have that big patriotic massmeeting early next week.
► There are available men trained or Informed in military affairs who
► would gladly aeccpt an invitation to attend and enlighten us and
► enthuse us such men as Col. Roy Hoffman of the First Oklahoma
► Regiment. Adjutant General Ancol Earn. Captain Murchison ^f the
► United States Army, assigned to the Oklahoma National Guard;
► Malor C'has F. Barrett, nnd Capt. E. U. Walte.
► What do you think of it, people of Shawnee -people of Pott
► county?
I PREPARE FOR
TROOP MAINTENANCE.
By Associated Pres.
| Chicago, March 28 Preparation for
i the maintenance of the National
(Guard in which twelve western and
By Associated Press. | m|<]j]e western states were ordered
i-ir«re Kansas City, March 28. -- Carl I into tiie federal service early in the
-J. ^ j Wheeler, who applied for enlistment week, was >eing rapidly made here
* on" j with the Third Missouri Infantry, was j today'. Assignment of the troops was
today found to be one inch short of lontjnuei|, although nothing public re-
——s the required five feet fou«- inch regula- I yarding the dispo it ion of the guards-
j tion. In order to remedy the difficulty ( M1(Mi % , \ .;ir'ii#U
a half dozen guardsmen volunteered !
to remodel Wheeler's physique and '|'wcnfy Thousands (ailed Out Farlier
| after an hours massaging and rolling, ,{v \N80(.|ated Prei
the applicant was again brought he- Washington. March 28. .Nearly 2d \
j fore the examining physiemn. He was 000 wer„ the national guard
accepted. I force available for federal police dut> j jjy \
1 by a war department order suspend-
3d to Oklahoma City.
, nrs nil al work ers
t\. had AT K. C.
FERRIS WILL MAKE
STATEMENT LATER
\ssociated Presi
London, March 2
amnions in refe
he parliamentar
A
-An impc
•sided ovr
) '-ommended a program i
certain measure of woma
I the only qualification for
I that they be a resident
' prior to election.
he house of i
rence to a reform of
y franchise.
held recently, which
speaker, re-
mbracing a
i's suffrage,
voting to be '
six months i
Kan.
•i pal
| N VTION Ali CRISIS KEEPS IIIM
FROM AVNOI \<l><; AMBITIONS
FOR COVI K>0HS1IIP.
(GERMAN SUSPECT
HELD AT
i By
fo
ROCHESTER.
Wheeler's statue was said to have
been decreased as a result of carry-
ing sacks of cement.
WANTS HIM ALSO
ing the muster out of all guard or-i
ganizations still in the federal serv
With the men called out during
Roch
Vatts,
Geneva
charge
j ing the arrival of federal officers from
JOHN BISWFM, NOFACTS TWO |
CHARGES OF HORSE THEFT
TRIAL IIKItK FIRST.

John Bis well, the man who was ,
arrested at Calvin Sunday night and i
brought back here charged with j
stealing a horse and buggy on the
streets of Shawnee, is also wanted by I
the officers of Custer county on a j
I similar charge it turns out.
Sheriff B. H. Monroe of Arapahoe j
' nnd City Marshall C. A. Leach of j
Geary were here Tuesday night con }
ferring with local officers, as was a
Mr. Davis of Chickasha. Among |
I them they identified Biswell as the
man who recently sold a stolen deary
horse to Mr. Davis at Chickasha.
Biswell will first have to stand
trial in Pott county
past few days this gives the govern-
ment upwards of 50,000 guardsmeni guffaj0>
for employment in their home states rj^e discovery of a letter be had
to protect industries and other prop- written telling of visits to plants at
erty. Springfield, Mass., and other cities
Most of the men affected by the.where he found conditions all right, ported h<
order are at their home mobilization i an(j |UMj flashed notice to the German (fiseated by
camps, preparing to return to civilian. agent a
life after .ong stays on the Mexican Later h
Custer to answer the
Later he may
dome count:
charge ther
• - i rivalr
| be taken back In his home county of | ,vhlch pul, 0I1 U1L, ue8^8
There are rumors of charming liv
border. They now will be held
their camps or armories for assign-
ment as condition requires.
In all ^^.000 men are retained by
the order but several of the unit, al-
ready had been designated for fed
eral service.
INTEREST GROWS.
i ■
| Pernor* of Delightful Surprll- - it
Store.
j Window cleaning iias been the oi - j
der of the day among Shawnee mer-
chants today making the fronts oL j
I the stores immaculate against the}
j opening of the Fashion Show Thurs-
day evening at 7:110.
I Naturally there is considerable
among the merchants, as to
A'hich puts on the best/show.
iated Press.
City, March 28.—Seventeen j
lleged members of the Industrial
Vorker of America were fined $ 100 |
nd $200 each in the North ide muni-j Oklahoma City, March 28.—Break-
ourt hen* today, but stays of I ing his silence on the question of
on provided they would leave, whether he will be a candidate for
il c governorship at the next biennial
I • lection, Scott Ferris, representative
I.I V AG AIN DEFEATED. | j,, the national congress from the
sixth district, yesterday issued the
following statement just before he
left for Washington:
"The conditions in the nation are
so critical that I would not feel jus-
tified in making any definite state-
ment regarding the governorship. To
my mind, every member of congress,
as well as every citizen, should stand
! at attention and be ready to do his
| !ull duty the day that duty calls,
until the situation is cleared up. I
i feel that my first duty, my highest
duty, is not of self-promotion, but
one of service at my post of duty in
the congress of the United States.
"If our foreign complication should
^ ^ earnestly hope it
Mexica, led to his arrest. | The information reached here from j within the next two or three
Ucmptcd 10 kill Inm ..!•• a .t; in whi-h sold the Dutch '<""hs. I will then make known ful-
ated Pi
, March 28.—Adelph
is under arrest in
New York, on the technical
attempting suicide, pend
N. Y.
rman,
\ssociated Press.
Faures, Mex., March 28.—Villa
ce5 were defeated at Mapula,
enty miles j-outh of Chihuahua City,!
sterday afternoon by Caranza |
)ops in command of Gen. Merguia, |
wording to unofficial but reliable re- j
eived today from Chihuahua
City
DUTCH SHIPS
SEIZED
BV BRITISH?
ly Associated Press.
Washington, March 28. — Dutch
teaniships in British ports were
today to have been con-
the British government.
rr
STON LEFT LITTLE
111 T 1 IFF INSl RANCF.
government the grain aboard many
of the vessels. It could not be con-
firmed at the Netherlands legation.
my intentions in the matter of the
governorship."
GERMANS IRE NO!
CROSSING INTO MEXICO.
Preaching Mission at
Episcopal Church
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, March 28.—The late
Major General Fred Funston left no
wi'i and hi- --u.te, consoling of a By Associated I rcns.
li, . insurance r^li'-y for $20,000.00, j Washington, March 28. official re-
.„„! al pffrru valued at "not pon-from Southern War Department
o , ■ , . ,1 .sir.ooo.oo," will IC" 10 his * y 'l«!t reports that many Germans
w'' ' 1 ; iliddi'cn Ilii' Vi sV'i" 1 w08t' Episcopal Church or the United
when M •. Funston I " leiations oet.veen United States, v.. ; in
Rev. Henry Eckel, provincial sec-
, rotary of the province of the south-
revealed
filed petitic
I RUSSIAN SOLDIERY FOR
WAR CONTINUANCE.
ing models and other delightful sur-
prises for the people of Shawnee
when the windows arc unveiled. The
,, . . „ j ~n i sidewalks and -ton are cxp« 'ed to
| March6*?!—Several of the J-™ .W".h 1
Duma deputies who have been to the ° ,ow 0 ng.
! front have returned to Petr grad, aid 4
' a Reuter dispatch, convinced from ^
j several conversations with officers and .
j soldiers that all were fully aware of ^
I the absolute necessity of continuing
the war. |
MM' \ M GOES TO
BRITISH 0\\ N ERS. *
i
B) \ odaM Press. ?
Norfolk, Va., March 28.—United , ^
State district court hire*today* on i ^
order of supreme court, turned over 4
the prize ship, Appam. to the British \ 4
African Steamship Navigation Co., ' i
owners of tb > ve.-.>el prior to her cap- <
ture by the Germans. • i
♦ ♦ ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
NOTKl VOFNG >11 V
There will be a recruiting
station for the Shawnee Ma-
chine Gun Company located on
the third mile of the Ozark
Trail Une on the Brown road
mi charge of Sergeant ('has.
Sullins and Sergeant CorletR
Howell. Eight more young
men are needed to bring com-
p;;rv Una' ly to full war
strength. Respectfully.
0. B. WEAVER.
for administration.
am wr
(General Prum
ill shorth
iav«5 well
and Germany were broken orr arc, S!a,es °< Amerlc ' arr've ~
'VI hm I foundation Shawnee tomorrow afternoon to con-
The y-nmk. W the men of authority',,ttH m preaching mission to Be
on th.' > ,rder show that only three "eld "l ,h« '•'■">maiiucl Episcopal
I Gerint i.s hav >«>d into Mexico church during the next four days,
since Feb. 3, in the Brownsville dis-1 Concerning Mr. Eckel'® coming, a
tr:ct, and 7H in Laredo region, 114 of 'oading Episcopalian of Shawnee said
he latter having
United States.
DEMOXSTR \ I IONS
returned to the'l°day:
"The people Of "Shawnee are for-
tunate in having the opportunity to
hear a speaker of the power of Mr.
Eckel. He is a man of vitality, force
and unusually gifted as a word-paint-
-!. His lectures and sermons are en-
ergizing to the minds of his hearers,
end by their graphlcness he makes
Ins 'Kubjivt c.< arly understood and
felt.
lit. Rev. F. K Brooke, bishop of
this diocese, when announcing the
members of j engagement of .Mr. Eckel, stated that
the subjects of lectures and sermons
AT CHICAGO.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 28.—Several hun-
l)i- | boys. (ji fnrcm'ii born Chii-
ijgans. will sw#ar allegiance to the
American fla^ tonight at a patriotic
demonstration in the Salvation Army
citadel. The boys, whose ages range
from to IS year
t he life aving sco
Organ i' ion of a ?>rofe> ■•. al mill would be interesting and helpful to
' ' !' ; the i Fnl the (<neral public and that he is a
Iversity 1 vlth thirty-1 word-painter of unusual power. On
in* ers (it the faculty o;: the J his tongue words indeed are symbol*.
and their imagery is as powerful in
CITY vi w w in i \u t pui i it i:illst,'Htiou ,s il is beautiful in form.
. ' . ' ' ' AU t . Ill I.I). \|r Kckel has a rich flexible voice.
By \ssociated I rens. fine presence, vitality, and energy
" ' ' V '1 i ,V , 0 su "is aro fuly moving sermons, atlni-
preme court today upheld the "city u|,tlnf and •nrlehlni the atadi of
manaK.-i- law parsed l.y recent state ,h,.„,.rs. s,.rrln(c thelr 10ul, an,,
framed to the understanding."
I legislation.