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Eacli and Every Home Should Have at Least One Flag Raised Betore the An al ol the Editors
THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. ^
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VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY EYEXIXC. MAY '.I, 15)17.
XUMl'.KK iS.
WHEAT IS UP
Uncle vSam Is Trying Out His Big Guns
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By Associated Press.
Chicago, May !t. - Kxcii- ,1 advances
in wheat at the opening, today reflect-
ed the bullish government crop re-
port which was issued just after the
(lose yesterday. May sold from $3.07
to $3.11 which was from 10 to 14
cents higher than yesterday's close.
KA'KEItS FLO t'It I.V>0.
I5y VsNocIuted Press.
Chicago. May 9.—Bakers flour ad-
vanced 50 cents a barrel yesterday
and to.i.iy is quoted at $15.50 a barrel
for spring patent flour. Other brands
remained unchanged at $10.50. f
GOVERNMENT IS
AFTER BAD EfiliS
Washington, 1). ('.. May 9.—Egg
dealers in Kan is. \'« braska, - Okla-
homa and Texas were ordered today
to appear before the department of
agriculture to answer to charges of
shipping impure eggs in interstate
commerce. The order was prompt-
ed by investigations made by depart-
ment experts lust winter. The food
and drug act class bad eggs as adu-
terated food.
BREAD MATERIALS
II) Associated Press.
Paris. May 9.—A decree is- promul-
gated In the official Journal prohib-
iting the use of maige, rye. barley or
buckwheat flours for any other pur-
pose than bread making.
(From a Staff Correspondent of the
Associated Press.)
British Headquarters in France,
May 9. Most of the gfound lost by
the British in the vicinity of Fresnoy
has been regained. The Germans are
barely holding Fresnoy village itself.
After five days of extraordinary
hard fighting between the Canadians
and the Germans, the little village of
Fresnoy. lying southeast of Lens, airl
the adjacent wood were again in Ger-
man hands Tuesday night.
In the retaking of these positions,
where the Canadians had stood for
days holding the most advanced sail-
ent in the British lines projecting to-
ward Douai, the Germans evidently I
paid a terrible price. Preceded fcy a
heavy artillery fire, in which asphy-
xiating gas shells also were used in |
large numbers the counter-attack
was launched in the early naming.
The machine gun and rifle fire of
the defenders met the Germans as
they threw themselves forward, but
they would not be denied and finally
penetrated the trenches northeast of
the village and even entered the out-
skirts of the > viallage itself. Their
enture of the' position, however, was
short lived, for the Canadians soon
afterward returned to the fray, drove
out the Germans and again held full
sway.
Reforming later and reinforccd by
two fresh divisions, the Germans
again made a bid for victory along
the entire front before the village and
wood. The right wing of the defend-
5 crs held steadfastly and inflicted
I heavy losses on the Germans. The
left wing, however, notwithstanding
its stubborn resistance, wus compell-
| ed to give ground and to evacuate j
the village and wood, leaving them in i
the hands of the Germans. Berlin re-j
ports.that 200 prisoners and six ma-
chine guns fell into the hands of the
Germans.
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MELOY TELLS iir
STRIKE PLOTTING
DECORATE EARLY
The decoration committee for the
State Press Assn. requests the News-
Herald to urge that all business
houses be decorated Thursday morn-
ing, ready for the visitors.
It is suggested that cards bearing
the word's "Welcome. Editors" bo
displayed in all show windows, in
addition to the customary decora-
tions.
The committee is especially anx-
ious that the decorations be in place
Thursday, so that the business sec-
tion will especially be ready to greet
the visitors upon their arrival.
The committee has received assur-
ance that practically every business
house in the city will/ be decorated.
AS HOUSE CHESTS
FRENCH GAINED,
REPULSE ATTACKS
TESTIFIES l\ (API
CASKS ON Till A1
YOHK.
kinti:li;n
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Members of the School of Journal-
ism of the Oklahoma State Univer-
sity, woh are coming to the Press
Association in a body, will be enter-
tained in the homes of Shawnee as =
house gmvsts during the convention. !
These splendid young women and j
men, and the homes in which they
will be entertained, are as follows:
Misses Fanny Inez Bell and Kuth-
j ryn Haley, with Mrs. Geo. H. Ker-
|ty Associated Press. \ ioot.
Paris, May 9.—The French last j Miss Elizabeth V. Boyd, with Miss
night captured first line German Lillian Cross.
trenches over a front of 3-4 of a mile | Miss Myrtle Wilkinson, with Mrs.
northeast of Chevreux near Craonne j |j h. Smith.
the war office announces. The French j Misses Opal Craine and Hazel C.
took 160 prisoners. During the night J Davidson, with Mrs. A. J. Cammack.
the Germans made repeated counter j Misses Mary Lee Galamith and
attacks in force against the impor- | Claudia Fay White, with Mrs. A. G.
! \"i"i i' "int'iT iI tilnt positions taken from them on Eakins.
told htm in July, 191B, that Davis La-| the p|a(eau jn chemin-dea-Damcs. | Mirses Marie Mankind Elsio Van
and on the Californie plateau. Al- | siyke. with Mrs. C. S. Thompson,
though the Germans were stopped by Messrs. Sidney Hobo and Homer B.
the French artillery and machine gun Davis, with Fr. W. Christner.
fire, they resumed the effort several j Messrs. John P. Kennedy and H.
times until the ground w
with German dead.
](j Associated Press.
New York. May 9.—Andrew I)
Meloy, testified today that Capt
'ran/, llintelen of the German navy
mar, former representative, and
Frank Buchanan and H. .Robert
Fowler had entered into a plan, fi- j
naneed1 by Rintelen, to "compel or i
procure strikes" in munitions plants, |
and that it was represented to him >
that "within 30 <lays there would be
hardly a ton of munitions made in
the I'nitod States."
Meloy, who is a financial expert,
testified in the trial of the persons |
charged with conspiring to wreck
the munitions trade in this country.
Itintelen. he said, had organized j
peace societies to carry out his plan, i
Continuing Meloy said that lie was j
told Samuel (iompers was receiving •
$12,000 or $12,500 from the other side. I
meaning the munitions makers.
evn ,
Merle Woods, with A. j. Fluke.
Messrs. Chas C. Taliaferro and L
A. White, with J. D. Lydick.
SHRINE OF LIBERTY
ENGLAND SPENDS
CHINESE CABINET
ASKING fOll WAR
AIHlKKSMh A SECRET UIFTINO
OF P Villi A >1 KM' LAST
nioht.
liy Associated Press.
Pekin. China, May !*. -Premier
Tuan Chi Jul and the entire cabinet
addressed a secret session of parlia-
ment today and urged the adoption
of a resolution declaring war against
Germany. The resolution was referr-
ed to the standing committee for con-
sideration on Thursday. Much oppo-
sition to the resolution was discuss-
ed. In the senate the.resolution came
up informally and caused, u stormy
session. The opposition lakes the
ground that it does not want war un-
m ,the oiMuft If reorganised..
MKJIIiiSKS Ol' .MISSION VliK K>-
T11MAIM1) AT I'llll.AHKL.
Pill A TOK AY.
I>3 Associated Press.
'Philadelphia. May !>. Viviani. Jof-
fre ami the members of the French
mission arrived here at 9 o clock
this morning and under escort at
once began a whirlwind tour to view
the points of historic interest in the
city, beginning at Independence
Hall, the shrine of Liberty. r —
Cheering crowds were everywhere j jj0 stated that the casualties in the
and the face of Joffre beamed with ( i-ecent fighting in France was 47
joy as bareheaded he bowed acknowl- j percent fewer than those of the bat-
edgement of the homage paid to him. [ie of the Somme.
TOTAL FOR Till: W A It \LHKADV
iA.MOOTS TO #1
000,000.
luy n li s or i:noi:>ioi s cost
OF MAIHTAININU THE
\\ A It.
It) Vssociated Press.
London, May ! . In asking a vote
of credit of $500,000,000 pounds in
commons today A. Bonar Law, chan-
cellor of the exchequer, ssdd that tb
Manning feature of the figures w;:.
that they represented a daily expen
diture of more than 4.600,0Q0 pounds
BRIT1NH SHIPS
TO BE RELEASED
it) \ssorlatrd Press.
Copenhagen. May ! . The Berlin
Tageblatt says that a bill will be in-
troduced in tho Reichstag within a j
fesv weeks for a new war loan. I ~
j SWEDEN \ N > OKh AT BRITAIN
According to statistics compiled by I TO MAKE AN EX-
the United States federal reserve! ('HANOI..
rose
board Germany's six previous war
loans aggregated $11,226,000,000.
ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT.
To every ono who pays for 1 • > weeks' subscription
of the News Herald,- in advance—we are Komjr to Rive
;! combination useful household articles: 1 corer and
purer, 1 improved can opener, I cake turner and erown
lifter or
1 ENAMELED METAL MAIL BOX
Kets the News Herald delivered to your door
for 13 weeks, and either household articles or mail box.
II) Associated Press.
I Stockholm. May i . Approximately j
I 90,000 tons of allied shipping tied up ,
in the gulf of Bosnia since the be- |
ginning of the war will be released,
as the result or an agreement be-
' tween Great Britain and Sweden. |
j reached today. Sweden secures as a
' part of its bargain the release of \
I .-hips laden with foodstuffs which j
l have been held up in British har- i
Lore. The official statement regard-J
I ing this says that the wheat supply I
is thus insured until the next liar- j
vest. Further It is said that it will
| be possible to increase rations.
Mrs. C. B. Boylan Is visiting rela-
tives in Kansas.
Music
lnvocn
Program.
TIIIKSOAV EVKMX;, MAY 1(1.
!, I II
Crldiron Banquet at Clirl-ne) llail.
Friday MOKMM., MAY II.
< oiiveiillon llail.
Dr. F. M. Masters,
Pres. Oklahoma Baptist University
come Addresses. Mayor Frank Stearns
Col. A. G. Eakins, Pres. Chamber of Commerce
lion. Edward Howell, President Rotary Club
Sen. Walter Ferguson. Cherokee Republican
Byron Norrcll. Ada Dailv News
K. S. Bronson, El Reno American
John X. Shepler, Lawton Constitution
Response
President's Annual Address
Secy.-Treas.' Annual Report
Editors' Club House
School of Journalism.
Irvin Nunn, Norman
AI Ti: It NOON.
Convention Hall.
Music
O. l\ A. Advertising Bureau
Music.
Song '
Reminiscences
Govt. Printed Envelopes
Women in Newspaper Work
Mrs. Geo. H.
uteknoon.
Music.
Legislature and
the Press.
(Associated Press War Snmiliary.)
With massed reserves and every
available gun at his command,
Crown Prince Huppreeht ot Bavaria
is striving to halt the, ceaseless Brit-
ish assault on the Drocourt-Oueant
line,"the las bulwark protecting the
richest prize of the Germans in
nortl^ern France, the coal fields of
Lens.
The German war office tells of
heavy fighting between Reiiieourt
and Fontain, tho former village be-
ing a* bare milo and a half from
Tagnicourt, the next German strong-
hold north Queant.
Everything indicates that the pres-
ent struggle on the British front is I
regarded on both sides as one of the |
most important actions of the war.
From two other theaters news
comes that opens up many possibil-
ities.
The battle on the \Macedonian
front, constantly developing in sever-
ity and extent, gives renewed color
to the belief that Gen. Sarrail is in-
itiating operations of major impor-
tance and possibly a general offen-
sive. The development on this front
appears to have given fresh impetus
to the revolutionary movement in
Greece, reinforced by the news that
Venezeulist troops are 011 the firing
line and have been victors in the first
(lash with their hereditary foes, the
Bulgart*. King Constantino has been
declared deposed in a massmeeting
in Saloniki and an Athens dispatch
says that the king's followers are
deserting to the provisional govern-
ment in increasing numbers.
Mesopotamia offers tho second
point of interest with an announce-
ment from Petrograd that/ Russian
troops are again 011 the move on the
Persian border.
Itl'SSlAN SI4I KSS.
By Associated Press.
Petrograd, May Russian troops
on the Rumanian front northwest of
Senne yesterday broke through the
Teuton positions and advanced
toward Getiaeer, says an official
statement of tin- Russian war depart-
ment.
TO CHOKE IF
y. J. Sccly, Sayre Standard
M. L. Croavther, Oklahoma Farmer
Addre-s Pres. Stratum Brooks. Oklahoma University .
< ountry Correspondents. F. S. 10. Amos. Vinita Leader
J. L. Newland, Frederick Enterprise
1to 2:110, Reception for Visiting Ladies at Elks Club.
11:30 to 4:00, Line Party for Visiting Ladle* at Odeon Theater.
-4:0') p. 111.. Automobile Ride to Universities, Country Club, Parks and
Other Places of Interest.
G p. m., Barbccue at Benson Park.
* FRIDAY I VI N INC.
Sj80 O'clock.
high School Auditorium,
Otis B. Weaver, Presiding. •
"A Message From tho Club Women of Oklahoma to Our Edi'.ors".
Mrs. Tom Hope. Pres. State Federation of Women' Clubs
Songs:
1.1 1 Dawn in the Desert ..... . Ross
(b> Come to the Garden, Love Salter
(c) What the Chimney Sang % Griswold
Inez Mazy Harris, Director of Voice, Oklahoma Baptist University
Address. Hon. Roy hi Stafford. Editor Daily Oklahoinan
Selected Poems. Hon. P. P. Duffy, Editor and Mayor of El Reno
Address John Shepler, Editor Lawton Constitution
Vocal Solo Mrs. Fred W. Bott, New Orleans, La.
"A Message From the State W. C. T. U."
Abble HI Herman, State President W. C. T. U.
Address * Hon. Byron 8. NorrelL
Editor Ada Daily News and Pres. Oklahoma Press Assn.
A&dfeei .Hon. Geo. B. QeKlnnis, Shawnee
Piano Solos:
(a) Hope Kulie
1 h) Hovcri.it: Butterflies ' Gaynor
(o) Polonaise Mae Powell
Ola B. (lulledge. Director of Piano, Oklahoma Baptist University
Address _ Hon. J. Roy Williams, Editor McAlester News-Capital
NATI'KDAY >10HMNO, MAY 12.
Hon. Edgar S. Bronson, secretary
of the Oklahoma Press Association,
arrived in Shawnee this morning and
has officially established convention
headquarters at the Walcott Hotel
where since h4s arrival he has been
employed in arranging the details es-
sential to an auspicious opening of
the twenty-sixth annual meeting of
tiie Oklahoma Press Assn. Mr. Bron-
son expresses satisfaction that the
Shawnee organization for the enter-
tainment of the convention appears
to have been so perfected that noth-
ing will Iiik lacking toward making
the Shawnee meeting very success-
ful, indeed. While admitting that the
attendance *\*.tl, to an extent be re-
duced on account of some of the Ok-
lahoma newspaper staffs being de-
pleted 011 account of army and of-
ficers training camp enlistments, he
asserts that the attendance will be
quite as large as ever before in the
his ory of the state. He also sug-
gested that on account of about fif-
teen percent of the editors being
presidential postmasters and the
postmaster's annual convention to be
held at Clinton next week, would
further decrease the attendance but
even with that, declared Mr. Bron-
son. there will he a larger attend-
ance than ever before.
'"Having been in active correspond-
ence with editors of the state in re-
cent weeks. I have come to know
that there is a very high regard left
for both Shawnee's disposition and
ability to entertain its invited guests
to a high degree of acceptability.
"I would estimate." continual Mr.
Bronson, "that there will be in at-
tcndance of newspaper men alone
over four hundred and /that there
will be more than a hundred prom-
inent visitors allied to the news-
paper men in one Important way and
another also in attendance. I base
ray conclusion relative to the at-
tendance of newspaper men by the
official information that the several
railroads running into Shawnee have
already .contracted with newspaper
men for about four hundred tickets
to Shawnee. It is expected that at
least one hundred of the editors will
arrive Thursday afternoon In order
to be in attendance at the gridiron
banquet. Dr. Stratton D. Brooks will
I honor the press meeting with his at-
j tendance as will Prof. H. H. Herbert
and Prof. Chester West fall of the
School of Journalism." The Norman
program will be carried out accord-
ing to advertisement slates Mr. Bron-
I son. A special train leaves Shaw-
nee for Norman at 8:.10 o'clock Sun-
day morning. There will be elabor-
ate entertainment for the editors at
Norman Sunday, among other things
the editors will be served a dinner
at the insane asylum.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. May ! . An ef-
fort to invoke the new senate
cloture rule to force through the ad-
ministration espionage bill with its
drastic newspaper censorship and
embargo sections was under way to-
day with Williams of Mississippi
leading the attempt.
PRESIDENT TALKS
TO CONGRESSMEN
Mrs. Fred Bott, New Orleans
. Clyde Mus .Trove, El Reno
And other pioneer editors
Lee Woods. Duncan Eagle
L. M. Nichols. Bristow Recqrd
Edvth C Johnson. Daily Oklahoinan
Evans. Chickasha Express
Senator E. M. Kerr,
Muskogee Times-Bernocrat
Representative Glenn Condon, Tulsa World
The Itinerant and His Advertising S lv 11n s W. C. (leers.
Tishomingo. Capjtal-Democrat
^ • .Earl Croxton, Medford Patriot
Election of Officers.
HATUthAY EVENING,
Elks Club Rooms.
Pi lew <'ii Dance and Reception.
SUNDAY. MIY l«.
Special train leaves for State University at Norman at 7 a. m., re-
turning to Shawnee in the evening.
Music during the conventl 011 by the Shawnee and Oklahoma
City brass bands.
15) \ssoclated Press.
Ws hington. D. C., May Presi-
dent Wilson today btfgsn taking con-
gress into Ills confidence.011 the ad-
ministration plans today, by summon-
ing 30 leaders to the White House.
At the capltol it is said that the
president had recognized the criti-
cism that congress was not being
taken Into full confidence of the
president on the subject of legisla-:
tion he wanted passed for the war.
Among the questions discussed was
the blllioi dollar appropriation for
building wooden vessels for the anti-
submarine campaign, and the house
and senate deadlock 011 the army
bill, principally over the senate
amendment to allow Roosevelt to
take a division to France.
GRADUATION RECITAL.
The graduation recital of the pub-
lic speaking department of Oklaho-
ma Baptist University will be held
at the university this evening, and
the public is invited.
More rooms are needed for the ac-
commodation or the visiting editors,
and tho-e who can accommodate one
or more are requested to communi-
cate with Carlisle Nuckolls at the
Garment Factory, phone No. 510.
This is the last time that Shawnee
or any other city in the state will
have the opportunity of entertaining
the editors. Hereafter they will meet
at the splendid clu'o house at Medi-
cine Park. They come to Shawnee
as a special demonstration of their
high regard for this city and for the
splendid hospitality that Shawnee
has always extended since the days
before statehood.
It is up to Shawnee to rise to the
occasion and extend a genuine Shaw-
nee welcome. List your rooms and
price thereof with the committee to-
day. Phone Mr. Nuckolls.
WONT EXTRADITE THAW.
By Associated Press.
Harrisburg. Pa . May 9.— Governor
Brumbaugh today refused to extra-
dite Harry K. Thaw to New York
where he is wanted for assaulting a
Kansas City school boy. Thaw Is
still in a hospital where he was taken
after an attempt at suicide.
♦ \\FATHER FORECAST. ♦
♦ Now Orleans. May 9.—For ♦
♦ Oklahoma: Tonight and to- ♦
♦ morrow generally cloudy. ♦
♦ probably local showers In ♦
west; warmer tontgbt warm- ♦
▼ er Thursday in east portion. ♦
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