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REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOM , VTY.
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VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE, OKLA liOMA,
ITRSDA'Y E\ KN1XG. Al'lUL 5, 1917.
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"STATE OF WAR" RESOLUTION
DEBATED IN HOUSE MULE
SENATE. IDLE, WAITS ACTION
Itj Associated l'ress.
Washington, I). C„ April 5.—Debate |
on the war resolution dragged along |
in the house today in such
JUlctory manner that scarcely at anyj
tune were the galleries rilled.
Tlie passag -a foregone -conclusion, j
debate was prolonged only because j
of the plans of the floor leaders ! 1
hive everybody a chance to speak, lhe
resolution will be passed before ad-
journment tonight and when signed
by the president will make a state ot I
Six of the Great 14-Inch Rifles of the Pennsylvania.
war an actual fact.
J5v Stall' ( orrespondeiit of tin* Asso-
ciated l'ress*
-Debate) British Front in Northern France,
GERMANY PROPOSED M BASE
S-
Iiy Associated l'ress.
Washington, 1>. t'., April 3.
on the war resolution Uegan In the A[)r)| g—There is much speculaiiun
house at 10 o'clock this morning v. it i j ^ ^ Br)tigh army as to what as.
committee ^opening. " j stance in a military sense America
The senate was not in session, hav-jnilght render the allies. Regardless
ing adjourned over until tomorrow to j o£ whaL theorists say, practical fight- j
it wait action in the house. iI)g men here believe that the United
The pacifists today concentrated e:- ytiites would want a representation!
forts on members of the house to de- uitll tlie anied armies here and would
leat the resolution. ! send over a considerable fighting
Passage of the resolution by the j force within six months, providing
. house which will complete the decla- j the vvar iasts that long.
ration of a state of war with tier-! q|1C reason for this belief is that
many is expected to bo comparable | lu)th the British and the Germans
with that which attended its passage. vre fighting with new armies, the
last night in the senate. j British because she had 110 trained
Far in tlie rear sat Representative I yrmjeg> amj the Germans because |
Cooper of Wisconsin, member of the1 their armies are made up for new
foreign affairs committee, expected i t.iasses< it is generally figured now
to lead the opposition. Less than a tjiat a good soldier can be made in
dozen members, it was predicted, j yix months. The organization be-
woukf vote againts the resolution. hind the fighting forces must be
Under the unanimous consent rules : [,utit up by genius, but it is believed
Chairman Flood could move the pre-, here that Amtrica can meet that de-
vious question after one hour and maud.
bring the question to a vote. He was : jt jS aiso believed the Americans
oisposed, however, to give members are better qualified to specialize in
every opportunity to speak through-1 ajr service and in machine gun corps,
cut the day. The debate began with-1
out any limitation being established., nnrn,„rfl
jKt.'s.ss-s s fRANftE PHEPAHEb
in his opening. -We are forced by ■ * Elljl
the acts of Germany to take part in :
this gigantic war. |
"We should take our place with ,
the allies who have been fighting a
miraculous battle, to the end that I
the allies shall be victorious and the
world delivered from the Holienzol-;
lern dynasty."
Representative Seigel of Illinois, de-
fending the resolution, said: "Intinia- j
lions have come to me that political >
expediency required me to cast my j
\ote against this resolution and con-
TIu-." 1; I;.} Il-lifli r . . f lie Kittle*!-;-. i'- 1 i, • Cau-'ii
of which will not now he revealed liy the secretary « t 1! inny, ;:rc the
navy. She could stand off some miles <mi( of renrli of th<* wlnlc (ieruian
in danger.
IVf m en
j
of the Atlantic fleet, lhe whereabouts
superior of anything in the German
navy and ••Ink vessels without being
liy \ssoeialed Pre*
• Rome, April 5.
world's food
crop is deficient and the situation l-;! landed 011 the west coast of Mexiec
It.onii i,; alarming, according to Jin(j villa was surrounded by German
David 1.ubin. American representa- ,,|fic*o,s who had taken charge of
tive to the International Institute of drilling. Reliable information, he
Agriculture. He is h« i«• to report the ajso gailjt wa8 that the Carranza army
facts to President Wilson through | v as ..,l()t mllc|| better."
Ambassador Page, and is urging the 1 ' _
imperative necessity of a moblliza-j
tion of American agricultural
sources.
liy Associated Press.
Washington, D. April 5.—Repre-
sentative Miller of Minnesota republi-
can member of the foreign affairs
committee sprang a sensation during
discussion of the war resolution by
declaring that an unpublished para-
graph of the Zimmermann note of-
fered to establish a submarine base in
a Me vie in port, supply Mexico with
an unlimited Quantity of arms and
j ammunition, and send German re-
hervists from the I'nited States to
! Mexico, lie further said he under-
stood three German schooners had
' I UK KM TODAY K.MtOITi: TO F'
' SILL CAMP.
Ilj C«. and Co. C. ti. V Have
Iteen Unlit up to Full War
Strcngt li.
The
iration
upply company, a new organ-
Shawnee
Make P: epara •ions
for War Service
Plan3 are under way for a mass-
meeting of the women of Shawnee at
the High School Saturday night to
discuss what preparations should be
made for women to fit themselves to
aid the country in case of war. The
meeting will be rnder tho direction
and inspiration 01 Miss Larch-Miller,
particulars to be published in tomor-
row's paper.
Messrs. Porter. Lydick. Waldrep,
IVI Hih
I'.lll l /HS M V Dr.
Vi.|{\ DIFFHILT.
The Movement iu Dixie*
Ilj Associated Press.
Atlanta, Cla., April 6.—Plans for a
campaign to increase the food crops
of the south as a war measure were
being laid here today in conference
by the Atlanta end Georgia chambers
oi commerce, the Southern Cotton
Growers Assn. and other organiza-
tions.
PENFIELD BACH,
NO EXPLANATION
KKTt'KN OF A >1 It A SNA DDK IS OF-
I H I VI.I. 1 < 0\l IIOIFD BY
I.ANSINU*
mder Capt. Key and Co. G. Jent and other prominent Shawnee
men will talk and it is hoped to have
Hon. Prince Freeling over from Ok-
lahoma City.
TO WELCOME LIS.!:
MKVSI KF TO TFXDFK POST OF
MUST TO \ A V A I. FOlM'KS
OF AMERICA.
Iiy Associated Press.
Paris, April
O. N. 0., Capt. Whitney, both of We- 1
woka, passed through Shawnee this j
morning enroute to Ft. Sill. They j
were accompanied by a considerable |
! number of Wewoka people, including
Senator R. H. (.'base. Representative ,
iUther Harrison. Fred Davis and Mr. 1
I and Mrs. M. L. Rascoe. There were
110 men aboard the train, the others,
having either reported r.t Ft. Sill, or j
being expected to join the company j
at Oklahoma City and other points. >
The two companies were examined 1
by a U. S. army medical examiner j
j eEterday and all were passed. Con- j
sequently they expect to escape any |
a weeding out
i By Associated l'ress.
j Washington, I). C., April ;>. Of-
tlogs 1 Now. 1 ilcial confirmation of Ambassador
(>ood Progress, However, Is Being \ssoc laled Press. , rcnfield's return to this country from
Made Now, Considering: the C.iicago Vpril Hogs. ca:t!e and | Vienna was given by Secretary Lan-
Conditlons. 1 s'l<M 1' ari now selling at unpreced* :il-j aing today for the first time since tho
j ed pric 1 ihe ;ock yards and the 1 umor started about a week ago that
a 111 e is trie of grains and provisions j he was coming back. The reason for
AGAIN ©IVJ23 HONOR IT HANDS
01 HIS I I I,LOW (01 NCII.-
.11 EN.
BELGIAN RELIEF
At the adjourned
council Tuesday ev
J. Cammack of tli
cently re-elected,
business 1 president of the
standstill during 1 nominated b;
the time they were being held in J ♦ •
readiness to proceed to the mobiliza-1
tion camp. A number of men from |
Shawnee, Ardmore and elsewhere arc j
members of the companies.
The baseball season will open with-
in a few days. Pick your winner be-1
fore the schedule is played out.
ONE TORPEDOED AND VNOTIIEK
STHl'CK MINE IN NORTH
SEA.
measure to be taken 111 connection 1 shortages from a weeding out pro-
with the expected entrance of the j cess. Both companies are up to full
trary action 011 my part would mean [ Cnited States in the war was intro-! war strength.
an effort to end my congressional ca-: duced in the chamber today. It pro-j Wewoka is exceedingly proud of tlie
reer. I would be unworthy of Arner-j yides for the use by the United two organizations, and all
lean citizenship were 1 to heed these j states if necessary of the port of j was practically at
warnings. I Brest for American naval forces.
"Let us give evidence to the world ; ^
that we are united."
Representative Harrison, democrat,
of Mississippi,, assailed pro-German
sympathizers and pacifists. "1 would j
suggest to them," said he, "that they i
now employ their talents and elo- ;
quence not in attempting to arouse .
dissension among Americans but in
convincing Emperor William, the j
Reichstag. Count von Bethman-Holl-
weg and the author of that most sur-
prising document, the Mexican note,—
Count Zimmerman." 1
First expression of the opposition By Associated Press.
to the resolution came from Represen-1 London, April 5.—The Belgian ves-
tatives Cooper and Stafford of Wis- sel Trevier, from New York with
cousin and Representative Britten of' Belgian relief supplies, was torpedoed
Illinois. While Mr. Flood was re- 1 without warning Wednesday.
counting the violations of American j ^
rights by Germany, Mr. Cooper asked : 1 I- lenstcin Sunk.
'Wouldn't English mines in the North My Vssociated Press.
Sea destroy American lives?" "Bp | New York. April 5.—The Belgian
to this day England has never sunk relief vessel Fienstein has been sunk
nny American ship nor destroyed 1 in the North Sea while approaching J
American lines," replied Mr, Flood, Rotterdam, according to a cablegram j
amid cheers. 1 here today from the Belgian relief
Representative Flood said that 161 commission.
members had asked for time in which j
to speak against the resolution.
Representative Cooper launched
into a defense of the so-called pneif- I
ists and also defended his vote for the
McLemore resolution. Mr. Cooper
broke his eyeglasses and had trouble
reading from documents and a dozen I
members rushed to him and offered!
the use of theirs.
"Mr. Chairman, I cannot surrender
all of my time in trying on spec-
tacles," he said, amid laughter.
Mr. Cooper said that the Germany
government had never promised un-
qualifiedly to abandon its submarine
warfare. Representative Flood de-
manded loudly to be heard, but Mr.
Cooper would not yield.
ssion of the city
ing Alderman A.
sixth ward, re-
is again named
the council. He was
Alderman Carey. A.
is nominated by Alder-
The vote stood: for Rich-
ards,—Cobb, Adams. Cammack: 'for
C ammack. Carey, Richards and Ta-
tom. Mayor Stearns voted for Cam-
mack, breaking the tie.
Miss Mable Ryan, who has
ijuite ill, is improving rapidly.
be(
The progress of the work of clean-
ing the alleys of the city has been
hampered this week by the high
winds, which have scattered trash
almost as rapidly as it was gathered
up. The stiff breezes were very dis-
couraging to the workers, who, how-
ever, have persevered, and expected
to start work on the fourth ward this
afternoon, being but half a day be-
hind the schedule.
The new plan this year,—cleaning
up before the grass starts to grow,
appears to have been very favorably
received, the work being much easier
now than it would be later. The citi-
zens generally have co-operated with
the municipal employes, and the cam-
pa igu has been a very efficient one.
BUSINESS MlSN DRILL.
liy Associated l'ress*
Oklahoma City, April o.—A drill
1.vaster arrived here today to conduct
noonday drill of Oklahoma City busi-
ness men. City authorities have been
asked to close ccrtain streets down
town to allow their use 011 drill
1 grounds.
11 the board of trade.
The price of hogs was elevated
gain when choice heavies sold at
I NtiEAND 11 \S \ DIRECTOR (.EN-
ERA 1. 01 FOOD PRODI ( TION
NOW.
•
By Associated Press.
London, April 5. in an e foi t t<
stir the English farmers and workert
011 the land to a realization of th«
danger of starvation that, he says
threatens the country, sir Arthur Lee
director general of food production
a new department created as a re
suit of the intensified submarine cam
paign, has issued this appeal:
"To all ploughmen and workers 01
the land. In tho trenche
shells come over 011 Sundays as well
ekda
German submarines
Two Views of Uncle Yarn's New Mighty Submarine
GIRLS BiE FROM
llffrrrwtl "Tf
inlflllWIii
his return, however, was not given.
worm K SUNK*
P.y Associated Press.
Washington, L). C., ^pril o. -Sink-
ing without warning of the unarmed
American vessel Misbourian which
left (ienoa April 4 with 32 Americans
among her crew of 5J1, was reported
' to the state department today.
are Just as active on Sundays as on
■any other day. The enemy takes no
holidays, lie uses every hour to de-
stroy your country and kill your
! brothers.
j Will you not work every hour—
' from daybreak to dark—weekday and
i Sunday for the next few weeks?
1 Your work now may make just the
difference between winning the war
, and losing it."
I Sir Arthur's appeal speaks volumes
for the seriousness of the food siuat-
tion in England. "We have got to do
our maximum amount of planting by
the end of April," he said. "We have.
' got to work Sundays and holidays or
our crop will not be a success. It.
(" nnil,'[: is ,,ar host answer to the submarine
menace and the sooner the people
realize it the sooner will they con-
quer the danger of starvation."
Sir Arthur is making stupendous
efforts to carry out his program of
tilling the soil and planting all the
seed possible by the end of April.
asffipft: .4)
ILARK.l'I' IT .IKltSEY CITY
si l.'l'S IN DEATH OP TWO
■ill IVII If KII.
! Uncle Sam has Just launched In an connection with this vessel anil tl'.c
... .. others of the \ ciies <>1 submarine:;
eastern port several submarinei tne 'lu . , , . , .
, , . , , which the navy department does no'
I equal of unvthlnK Germany has yet ^ (() havR publt|h(ll, I!ut lt
RK-1 produced. These two views show N-r> ij(. stated lliat these vessels are the
at her pier before she had taken her superior of anything the Germans
trial trip. There are some things In have yet shown.
ALIEN PROPERTY
m LIBERTY SAFE
German Press Make
Bitter Personal
Attacks on Wilson
wil l; NOT III: disti RHKI> III li-
INC GOOD 11KIIA\ 1011, IT IS
ANNOUNCED.
By Associated 1'resN.
Jersey City. N. J.. April 5—Two
girls of the twenty injured when a
tlare-up of smokeless powder oc-
curred in the munitions plant of De-
twiler and Street here last night, die!
in a loeal hospital today The condi-
tion of six of the others is serious.
| RAILROADS IIKADY
FOR ARMY SERYId . „ . . . . ~—
I Rj AsMicialeii l'ress. i ♦
I It; Associated Press. | A!"'U / 1V'U,"" r
' New York April J.—In the event attacks 011 President Wilson and the ♦
oi the war the railroads of the distinction he drew between tlie Ger- ♦
country will be operated as one sys I man people and their government ♦
ten., according 10 plans being laid feature the comment , ♦
here. Ii is believed that this can ho ™ '"c president a message to con- ♦
j done without materially interfering j gress. j ^
1 with the ordinary traffic of tho •
LA 110K IM'POSKS \\\ II.
Seattle, Wash.. April o.- The c
tral labor council of Seattle ec
posed of 250 delegates representing j
25 trade unions, today# unanimously
protested against the entrance of the
I'nited States In war.
Iiy AhhocInted Press.
Washington, D. C.. April 6.—Official, roads.
announcement was made today that. (
foreigners in the United States who I The Qelwein, Iowa. Dally Register
conduct themselves properly will chronicles the fact of the organization
suffer no loss of property or libert y ; there of an independent company of
as a result of a declaration of a state militia with J. K. Misted, formerly of
of war. I Shawnee, as first lieutenant.
TO \ll DKl'i: \ IU! NTS.
By Associated Pn ss.
Chattanooga. April 5. A central
commission of 100 has been organ-
ized here to administer aid to de-
pendents of men of this city who en-
list in the army and navy.
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(.HAM MOTIII H OK
III SSI V N HI vol,T
FKKK AT LAST.
Ilv \sHoclaled l'ress.
Moscow, April 5.—Madam
Catherine Hreshkovlskya.
grandmother of the Russian
revolution, has arrived here
from Siberia after spending
44 of her 12 years as a con-
vict, prisoner and exile in the
wastes of north Asia.
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S
|1E ASHED FOB
ARMY I NAVY
| Iiy Associated Hess.
Washington, I). C.f April 5.—Re-
quests for immediate appropriation of
| . 100.000,000 for the army and navy
during the next two years are made
in plans submitted by the army and
navy departments today.
Provision would be made for in-
creasing the enlisted strength of the
navy to 150,000 men and to increase
the marines to ItO.OOO Of the great
sum little more than $l\930,000,000 is
asked for the army.
President Studies Measure.
Iiy Associated l'ress.
Washington, D. C . April 5.—Pres-
ident Wilson gave final study to the
bill und< which the war department
plain to give compulsory military
t-.lining to probably 2,000,000 men
within two years and the measuro
may go to tlie house and senate mil-
itary committees today if the war res-
olution is disposed of in the house.
The government had demonstrated
today that it will deal sharply with
manufacturers who would try to make
exorbitant profits from manufactur-
es for the government.
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♦ THE WKATHKIt. ♦
♦ New Orleans, April 5.—Fair ♦
♦ and warmer except in south- ♦
( ♦ eastern portion tonight. Frl- ♦
♦ day, fair and warmer. ♦
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