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IX
SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-17
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA, FKIDAY I'.VKNIXO, JUXE 8, 1!)17
NUMBER 55.
F. S. ROODHOUSE
NAMED CHAIRMAN
. LOCAL RED CROSS
City Clerk Selected by the
Committee Named
S t Meeting.
MRS. TAYLOR GIVEN
HIGHEST PRAISE
Excellent Work with Others
of Organizers Given
Recognition.
Chairman, K. 'M. Roodliouse, City
Clerk.
lHt Vlc« Chairman, Mth. II. <J. New-
combe.
2nd Vice Chairman, C. M. Cade,
hanker.
«rd Vice Chairman, Miss AIojhIus
Larch-Miller.
Secretary, F. K. Sage, Conservutlve
Loan Co.
Treasurer, A. J. Fluke, hanker.
it has proven to mankind. The of-
ficers of an army can not alone win
a battle, neither can the officers of
this Hed Cross Society make it a
success, without the volunteers. With
the officers who have been elected,
and the committees appointed and
with the thousands of volunteers of
this city and county, there is no rea-
son why when this war is over, that
the president of United States shall
not say to the people of this coun-
ty, "you have done your bit."
"Everybody who has joined the
Red Cross Society and those wno
will join the society, will receive
a Red Cross button, and I will
be pleased to issue these but-
tons to those that have Joined and
will call at my office. It is an em-
blem that you should be proud of and
wear it every day. I thank you."
The meeting adjourned until such
a date as the rules and by-laws of
the American National Red Cross
are received, at which time the nec-
essary committees will be appointed.
TWO HELD FOR THE
GOVT. RELEASED
The organization ot the Shawnee
lied Cross Chapter, under the Amer-
ican National lied Cross, was com-
pleted Thursday evening by the se-
lection for chairman ot Frank S.
Roodliouse, city clerk, whom the
committee ot five named Wednesday
evening recommended. In the after-
noon the committee had secured the
acceptance of Mr. lloodhouse, after
tending him the office.
Mr. lloodhouse has had sufficient
experience in work of a public char-
acter and in organization work to
• excellently fit him for the big task
that has been put upon him, and
should give excellent .'seTViVe. He
was formerly engaged in the fuel
business here, was later first sec-
retary ot the Retail Merchants Assn.
and acting secretary ot the Chamber
of Commerce, and lias since been city
clerk. He is a substantial citizen of
Shawnee, widely known, and practic-
ally an idoal man tor the new posi-
tion which he will fill with efficiency
and credit
Those who have been active in the
organization of the Hed Cross de-
sired very much to give the excel
lent work of Mrs. C. M. Taylor recog-
nition by naming her chairman and
were loth to give up this purpose, but
yielded upon the insistence of Mrs.
Taylor that she considered it for the
best interests of the organization
that a man be put at the head, in ac
cordance to what appears an estab-
lished cutsom in the Red Cross. Mrs.
Taylor's tireless engery, together
with her fine character and womanly
qualities, have won her loyal friends
among those with whom she has been
working, this loyalty being given ex-
pression In the energy with which
they insisted upon her heading the
Hed Cross in Shawnee.
The other members of the organ
liation committee,—Mesdames W. T.
Williams, Geo. E. MciKnnis, Jack
Olills. H. 0. N'ewcombe and E. 0.
Smiley all deserve great credit for
giving their time to the preliminary
work and furnishing the enthusiasm
that made the organization a sue
cess.
Miss Aloysius Larch-Miller Is en-
titled to much credit, for having or-
ganized and conducted a Hed Cross
training class successfully through
the entire course.
The report of the committee, com-
posed of Mrs. McKlnnls, Mrs. Dea-
son, Miss Larch-Miller and Messrs.
H. II. Smith and C. M. Cade, was
inade by the ladles and was concur
red In by those present.
Mr. Koodhouse, fin accepting tho
honor, said in Dart:
" Members of the Red Cross So
ciety, I feel It an honor to be selected
as your chairman for such an honor-
able and noble society as you are
organizing in tho city of Shawnee.
"You have chosen an appropriate
time to form this organization, Just
after the young men of this county
and city have so patriotically re-
sponded to the call to protect the
honor and the Integrity of our coun
try and to say to Germany that the
United States has ten million men
beween the ages of twenty and thlr
ty, who are ready when called ti
show the world that when it becomes
necessary to enter war that the Unit-
ed States will do her part.
"I realize the great work that we
aTe undertaking and the many bene-
fits to be derived from such an or-
ganization.
"By beginning this work now we
will show tho young men who may
soon be called from our midst that
the people back home are doing their
part |towa/-il Vnaklng their sthy in
the army as comfortable as possi-
ble. It will also show the mothers,
fathers and other relatives ot the
enlisted men, that the Hed Cross
Society will be on the battle front,
to furnish the aid that the Hed Cross
Society has a national reputation of
furnishing.
"I am glad to sco the spirit thai
has already been shown by the do-
nations that have been made to the
Red Cross, but 1 am confident that
after this organization has been per-
fected, that tho peoplo of Shawnee
who will stay at home will be more
than glad to aid and do their part to
carry on the great work at the front,
and care for the families whose fath-
ers, hmbands or brothers are at the
front.
"In accepting the chairmanship of
this organization, I do It not for the
honor, but as a duty. The only
honors will be Tor those at the front.
This Is an organization where all
share equally. No one religion, no
one creed, no one political faith, but
all working as a unit, is what makes
this gigantic cause the benefit that
Stephens and Barto Given
Freedom When Charges
Are Withdrawn.
Cash Stephens and J. A. Bartos,
held for the government on charges
of interfering with registration un-
der the selective draft law, were re-
leased from the city Jail, Bartos be-
ing given his freedom last night and
Stephens this morning when Deputy
U. S. Marshal Brown came over from
Oklahoma City to withdraw the
charges against him.
Both upon their release pledged
their loyally to the United States and
thnaked the officers for the treat-
ment accorded them. Each also ex-
pressed their willingness to aid the
officers in any way in prosecuting
crimes and plots against the gov-
ernment.
SERIOUS CHARGE
AGAINST HANCOCK
Taken to Kansas on Warrant
Issued by Iola
Officers.
H. F. Hancock was arrested on a
warrant from Iola, Kan., charging
'oncubinage, and was taken on the
U o'clock Rock Island train this
morning up to Kansas to answer that
charge. He was In custody of Dcp
uty Sheriff Wm Gentry.
Hancock was at the home of T. J.
Archer, his father-in-law, at the time
of his arrest.
SAN SALVADOR IS
DESTROYED BY
VOLCANIC SHOCK
Capital of Central American
Republic Reported to be
in Ruins.
H MJ7 A DOZEN MORE
TOWNS DEVASTATED
But Meager Reports are Re-
ceived from the Stricken
Areas,
San Juan del Sur. Nle„ June N._
Sail Salvador, the capital ot' the re-
public 01 Salvador, with a population
of more than CO,l>00, |,as been totally
destroyed according to a dispatch
t'rom San Miguel, Salvador. No de-
tails as to the manner in which the
city was destroyed have been re-
ceived, but it undoubtedly was the
result ot' an earthquake or a vol-
canic eruption.
A dispatch from Tegucigalpa says
that in addition to the wiping out of
Sail Salvador the towns of (luezalpi-
petiue, Xejapa, Nuchlchoto, 1'ainsnal,
Armenios and .Mejlcanos also were
destroyed.
Mejlcanos was a suburb of ISan
Salvador.
At 9:50 o'clock this morning there
was still no communication between
San Salvador mid Tegucigalpa.
An operator who reached the edge
of the destroyed zone reported at
9:30 o'clock this morning that Sun
Salvador Is In ruins and everything
ill 80 miles has been destroyed.
Hesidents of San Salvador are
camping in the streets nnd parks. At
the time the report was sent it had
Immmi raining steadily for five hours.
The devastation is supnosed to
have followed mi eruption of the San
Salvador volcano.
TY
MINE EXPLOSION
IS LIKENED TO
AN EARTHQUAKE
"Earlh Opened Up and the
German Lines all Disap-
peared."
VIOLENT COUNTER
ATTACK EXPECTED
Germans Said to Have Massed
Great Forces Behind
Their Trenches.
TULSA AWARDED
NEXT REUNION
Confederate Veterans Come
to Oklahoma for 1918
Convention.
BUY A BOND!
Sail Salvador Is about Jl miles
southeast of the valcano of that
name. It is the sent of government
of the smnllcst but most populous of
the Central American republics. The
last census gives the capital 04,000.
WASHINGTON REPORT.
By Associated Press.
Washington. I>. (June 8.—Dis-
patches from Minister Long at San
Salvador at 10 o'clock last night
while the volcano at San Salvador
was erupting said that part of San
Salvador was on fire, but the fire
was under control.
THE 100 ISSUES OFFER
By Associated Press.
Wellington, D. C., June 8. Con-
federate veterans went to Gettysburg
today to unveil a statue of Robert E.
Lee and visit the great battlefield
where they were turned back by union
arms half a century ago. This was
the last feature of the reunion and
many visitors left for their homes to-
day.
General Geo. Harrison of Alabama
was re-elected commander in chief
and Tulsa was selected for the next
reunion.
CONVICTS ASKED
TO BE DRAFTED
599 Registered at McAlester
Pen, 250 More in Road
Camps.
Special to Mews-Herald.
McAlestar, Okla., June 8.—Five
hundred ninety-nine convicts in the
state penitentiary here registered
under the selective draft law. and
250 others in the state road camps
are eligible.
Warden Sam Morley states that the
convicts have requested that they be
drafted on the first call, practically
all exhibiting great eagerness for
service.
The response to the News-
Herald's "100 issues for $1"
offer were so general that we
feel prompted to renew the of-
fer for another week begin-
ning tomorrow. For one wfl
you may secure the daily
News-Herald for 100 issues
for $1.00, paid in advance,
either as a new subscription or
upon payment of arrearages
by present subscribers.
We desire in this connection
to thank those who have so
promptly responded to our re-
quests that they pay up all ar-
rearages, in order to get a new
start. We appreciate the at-
tention you have given the
matter.
Respectfully,
THE NEWS-HERALD,
By F. C. Armstrong,
Circulation Mgr.
AMERICAN VESSEL
SUNK, SMALL BOATS
TOO, BY SUBMARINE
Sailors Shell as they Attempt-
ed to Escape from Tor-
pedoed Ship.
SCENE WITNESSED BY
FRENCH SAILORS
Crew of Jean Cordonier
Brought Report of Outrage
by German Diver.
My Associated Press,
Paris, June 8.—The torpedoing ot
a big American steamer anil the
shelling and sinking by the subma
■rlne of the small boats in which the
crew was escaping, is reported by
the survivors of the French three
masted sailing ship Jean Cordonier
The French ship ffus torpedoed In
Ihe English channel May 31 and the
crew reached Havre in open boats
They declare they witnessed the de
struction of the American ship after
theirs had been sunk.
ARGENTINE SHIP
WAS TORPEDOED
By Associated Press.
London, June 8. All the corrc-
l spondents at the front in their de-
scription of the battle at Messines
feature the explosion of the British
Iniltae. "The Jearth (opened up and
the Germans disappeared," is the
terse statement of one writer. All
tlie writers liken the effect to that
of an earthquake. One says the hill
on which he stood shook like jelly.
Another who says the explosive used
was aminol, writes: "We saw what
might have been the doors thrown
open in front of a number of collos-
eal blast furnaces. They appeared
in pairs, in threes and successive
singles and with each blast the earth
shook and shivered beneath our feet.
was worse than an earthquake,
said one who had experienced an
earthquake. Columns of smoke rose
from hill 60 from Wyschaete wood
and other places and while our eyes
were full of the spectacle, a thou-
sand guns opened fire.
"We saw familiar landscapes, al-
ready plowed and harrowed by the
war. vanish or assume grotesque
shapes. Hill 60 went up in fine
dirt."
The correspondents agree in an-
ticipating desperate counter attacks.
They say the Germans are massing
vast forces and intimate the battle
has only begun.
were escorted through danger
zone by our own destroys. Speak-
ing for myself and my staff, we are
glad to be the standard bearers of
America in this great war for civil-
ization. The opportunity for landing
at a British port and our welcome
are very significant and are appre-
ciated. We expect in the course of
a very short time to b«> palying our
part and what we hope to be a big
part, on the western front."
Arrive at London.
By Associated Press.
London, June 8. General Pershing
arrived in London this afternoon. He
was welcomed by Walter Mines Page,
Lord Derby, secretary of state for
war, Viscount French, commanding
the home forces, and other officers,
including Lord Brooke, who will be
attached to General Pershing's staff
during his stay in England.
OKLAHOMANS ARE
SHORT 44,000 IN
REGISTRATION?
Figures Indicate 1 otal Will be
that Far Below the
Estimate.
61 COUNTIES REPORT
111,986 ENROLLED
About 72 Per Cent Claim Ex-
emptions—No Figures
on Nation.
11) Associated Press.
Washington. P. C., June 8.—Most
states had their registration figures
practically complete today, but Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder in-
structed governors who offered par-
tial reports to wait until they were
completed.
ITALIANS FACING
BIG AUSTRIAN ARMY
Heavy Withdrawals From the
Russian Front are Re-
ported.
By Associated Press.
Udine, Italy, June 8.—A semi-of-
ficial announcement says that Aus-
tria has made a formidable concen-
tration of troops 011 the Italian front
by heavy withdrawal from the Rus-
sian front.
The report says that the Italians
are now threatened by about two-
thirds of the entente Austrian army.
♦ W A It SUMMARY.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦++
lly Associated Press.
So far tho Germans have reacted
hesitatingly to the thrusts the llrit-
ish have given into the long-held po-
sitions of the Germans.
The force of the British strike Is
only partially indicated by the re-
port of more than 6,000 prisoners
taken.
The rush of the Germans Into Ihe
fray cannot be longer delayed and
furious fighting Is expected bofore
the British advance further Into the
territory held by tho Germans.
While Ihe nrltlsh are giving their
concentrated attack in Belgium their
air forces aro aUo active.
Great Excitement Caused by
Fresh Instance of Ger-
man Aggression.
lly Associated Press.
Buenos Aires, June 8.—The coun-
cil of ministers yesterday was dis-
cussing international affairs when
news was received of the torpedoing
of the Argentine ship Oriana. Con-
sideration of the affair was immedi-
ately taken up and the fore^n min-
ister telegraphed the minister at
Paris for full details.
The news caused great excitement
and all protested against this fresh
instance of German aggression.
NO I'ASSIMUMS GIVE*
ITALIAN SOCIALISTS
By Associated Press,
Rome, June 8. -Minister of the In-
terior Orlando has confirmed the re-
port that no passports will be given
to Italian socialists who wish to par-
ticipate in the conference at Stock-
holm.
MORE DESTROYERS
TO FRENCH WATERS
Son of Richest Banker at His Gun
tpsmmmu
Junius
Junius S. Morgan, son of the
head of J. 1*. Morgan & t om-
pany, Ihe richest bankers of Ihe
world, l here shown at his gun
on Lynx No. 2, one of the fast
submarine chasers at the Charles-
town, .Mass., navy yard. He Is chief
gunner.
Early Arrival of Second U. S.
Flotilla Announced by
Paris Paper
My Associated I'ress.
l'aris, June 8—An additional
American flotilla of destroyers and
patrol boats to co-operate with the
French forces in the English chan-
nel and the Atlantic is expected
shortly, according to the Matin. The
paper says that naval bases have
been prepared to accommodate the
American ships.
MANY PRISONERS
AND GUNS TAKEN
Terrible Losses Were Inflicted
Upon Germans—Advance
Was 5,000 Yards.
(From a Staff Correspondent of the
Associated Press).
British Headquarters in France,
June 8.—The number of prisoners
reaching the collecting station since
the new drive has now reached 6,000.
More are constantly coming in. Ger-
mon losses were terrible. The full
depth of the British attack was 5,000
yards. Three counter attacks of the
Germans were broken up last night.
No estimate of the guns taken can
be made, though it is known that
whole batteries were taken. The
night passed quietly, all the conquer-
ed territory being held. Prisoners
say that scores of guns were de-
stroyed by the British artillery fire.
PERSHING PARTY
SAFE IN ENGLAND
Landed at British Port this a
m., and at London this
Afternoon.
lly Associated Press.
London, June 8. General Pershing
and his party arrived early this
morning at a port in Great Britain.
General Pershing said to the Asso-
ciated Press: "The trip was delight-
lul especially the last part when wo
Oklahoma City, Julie 8—With
sixty-one counties of the state hav-
ing reported to Adjutant General
Harp the total registration for war
service thus far Is 111,986, of which
a total of 80,139 claim exemption
from service. The ratio is almost 7
per cent.
The total, compiled up to 10 o clock
last iiitghb when storms prevented
further communication with out-
standing counties, is less by hair
than the estimated quota for the state
of Oklahoma—215 212. Offtclals of
the adjutant general's office believe
that the total can not be increased by
more than 50,000 when all retruns
are in. meaning that Oklahoma has
supplied about 44,000 less young men
than was expected of it.
The remaining sixteen counties to
be heard from include one or two
of the largest in the state, as well
as a number of smaller counties,
which will not increase the total by
any great extent. Returns from Tul-
sa city have not been reported on ac-
count of interrupted telegraphic com-
munication due to last night's storm.
No returns have been received from
Carter county, of which Ardmore is
the county seat.
The registration by counties is:
Keg. Claims
Exemp.
Adair
Alfalfa \'iVn
Atoka
Beaver --
Beckham
Hhuiir
Bryan
Caddo
Cherokee
Cimarron
Coal
Comanche
Cotton
Craig
Custer --
Kills
1,567
__ 1,068
. 1,478
__ 1,291
. 3,181
2,701
.... 1,574
299
1.5811
.... 1,751
i ,096
1,195
1,604
899
581
806
1,172
736
1,097
839
2,251
1,794
1,128
153
858
1,164
756
840
1,015
TORNADOES IN
SEVERAL PLACES
KILL AND DAMAGE
Three Deaths Reported and
Many Injured in Storms
Thursday. \
ELAM, OKMULGEE
CO., DESTROYED
Property and Crop Loss is
Heavy, Can't be Estimat-
ed Yet.
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, June 8.—Two men
ere dead, another is reported to have
been killed, scores were injured and
incalculable crop and property dam-
age done by tornadoes and wind
storms that swept over Oklahoma
last night.
Two are dead in Muskogee county
where a violent wind and electrical
storm raged for two hours. At Ft.
Gibson, John Carp and a seventeen
years old boy were killed when
lightning struck a building where
eleven had taken refuge. A baby
held by the boy killed was unin-
jured.
In Okmulgee county one man la
reported dead and several were in-
jured when a tornado struck Eram,
demolishing every building save one,
a school house. Pumpkin Center, an
inland town in the northeast part of
the county, is reported wiped out
and several injured. Definite reports
from Custin are lacking. Morris re-
ports that all physicians of that
town have gone to the stlcken area.
A rainfall of 2^4 inches was received.
At Perry a violent windstorm
caused an estimated damage of $50,-
000. Reports that a tornado struck
that town were denied today.
Three miles from Chickasha sev-
eral farm houses were demolished by
a tornado the path of which extended
for four miles. Farmers were
warned of the approach of the storm
and found places of safety. In
Chickasha several houses were un-
roofed In the negro section.
0. B. U. FACULTY
MEMBERS TO STUDY
Dean Smith to Chicago Uni.,
Miss Harris Studies Under
Saenger.
F. Er din an 11 Smith, dean of Okla-
homa Haptist University, left this af-
ternoon tor Chicago where he will
sludy In the I'nlversity of Chicago
throughout the summer. He will
study advancod psychology under
Angell; school administration under
Judd; financial organizations, prin-
ciples, and institutions. Mr. Smith
will return Sept. 2 or 4 for the work
of the session 1917-1918. Mrs. Smith
will remain 111 Shawnee a few weeks
and later visit her mother In the
northern part of this state and her
grandparents and relatives In Spring-
field and St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Inez Mazy Harris, instructor
In voice in 0. B. U„ is now at her
home and will leave the latter part
of this month for Chicago where she
will study voice under Oscar Saen-
ger, the great New York teacher.
ELECTION LAW
CASE TO BE TRIED
Garvin 2,651
(Irady
Grant l,2Z2
Greer
Harmon
Haskell
Hughes
Jackson -
Jefferson
Johnston
htfr v
Kiowa . -
Latimer
Le Flore
Lincoln --
Logan --
McClain
McIntosh
Marshall
Mayes
Muskogee
Muskogee City
Murray -
Noble -
Nowata
Okfuskee
Oklahoma City -
Oklahoma county
Ottawa --
Pawnee
Payne
Pittsburgh
Pontotoc
Pottawatomie
I'ushmutaha
1,348
947
l
2,233
2,057
1,575
1,652
... 1,424
2,0(16
1,036
3,255
2,925
1,889
1,483
2,448
1,351
1,178
2,326
. 2,475
954
999
1,486
i ,980
_ 7,343
1,752
. 3,537
. 1,525
- 2,765
. 3,746
. 2,640
. 3,221
1,307
Roger Mills 842
Rogers
Seminole — -- -
Stephens
Texas .... ---
Tillmart
Tulsa county (exclu-
sive of city)
Wagner
Washington - -- -
Washita
Woods
Woodward
2,010
2,018
2.042
1,076
1,664
3,316
1,496
2,620
2,033
1,277
1,167
1,961
2,155
723
898
679
1,184
1,665
1,535
1,083
1,170
957
1,236
702
2,261
1,561
l 199
1.062
1,062
994
817
1,584
1,384
684
425
1,000
1,285
4,278
969
2,500
985
1,937
2.670
1,766
2.383
828
388
1.384
1,579
1,434
701
1.098
2,441
831
1,945
1,439
812
Attorney General Agrees to
Accept Service for Elec-
tion Board.
Oklahoma City, June 8.—Attorney
General Creeling yesterday agreed to
accept service 011 members of the
state election board in bringing the
socialist "fair election law" case to
trial, if it is still impossible to se-
cure service on the members.
The absence of Harry Beeler, re-
publican member of the board from
Tulsa, has made It impossible to
serve the summons on him.
Freeilng and Judge J. J. Carney,
attorney for tho socialist party,
agreed yesterday 011 waiving failure
to secure service. Freellng is desir-
ous of bringing the case to trial, and
it is possible that the case will be
beard before Judge Oldfield within n
The socialists bring the action to
seal H. M. Sinclair, socialist, and R.
I,. Robertson, republican, as members
of the board on the grounds that Ihe
"fair election law," voted on at tho
1916 primaries, was carried, llallot
shortage and the counting out of sev-
eral precincts are charged to ham
caused tile law to fail of passage
The law provided that the stale,
county and precinct election boards
should consist of one member of each
of tho three parties.
♦ ♦♦♦ 4-Tf ♦♦♦♦♦"*****
111,980 80,139
WEATHER FORECAST,
Rjr Associated I'resi.
New OrleanB. Juno 8.—For
Oklahoma: Tonight fair, cool-
er. Saturday fair.
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