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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
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VOL XXIII.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1917
"V
NUMBER 122.
uncle sam wants reduction of
cooks and former bread prices is
soldiers first | anticipated
Exemption Board Instructed j $2.20 Wheat Will Allow 14
LATEST PHOTO OF SOME BATTLESHIPS OF T HE AMERICAN FLEET READY FOR ACTION
To Forward Such to
Camp Travis
Oz. Loaf for 5c, the
Committee Thinks.
ONLY FOURTEEN TO WOULD LEAVE PROFIT
GO THE FIRST WEEK j FOR MILLER AND BAKER
Ford Survey of the Country
Started Today By the
Government.
Two on the Fifth, Three Each
Day Thereafter Until
All Are Drawn.
Uncle Sam wailts first of all good
cooks anil men o[ military experience.
The local exemption hoard lias been
Instructed to call first of all such as
these for transportation to Camp
Travis, San Antonio, Tex.
The men will not he taken in such
numbers as to interfere for the pres-
ent with the industries of the city.
In fact, the orders received call for
the forwarding of only 14 the fir3t
•week. The order in which they are
id go is as follows: Sept. 5, two men;
Sept. G. three men; Sept. 7. three
men; Sept. 8, three men; Sept. i ,
three men.
Orders covering the forwarding of
men after the first week have not
yet been received.
The exemption board is still con-
ducting examinations for laggards,
lew of them local, most of them be-
ing formen whose papers have been
sent here from other counties or oth-
er states.
seeks exemption
of married men
Judge Abernathy Appears Be-
fore the District Ex-
Board.
Judge (J. Abernuthy. after secur-
ing permission from the district ex-
emption board in a long distance con-
versation, went today before the
board with the names of such drafted
men whose claims for exemption
wore disallowed under the regulation
that where the Income the wife might
. ni added to the soldier's pay would
Klve reasonably adequate support, the
husband should not be exempted.
This action was taken by Judge Aber
B} Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 81. A reduction
in the price of bread Is in sight today
the result of the fixing of $2.20 at
Chicago as the price per bushel of
the 1! 17 wheat crop. The licensing
system for flour and bread dealers
soon will be put into effect and al-
though not extending to the small
dealer, the food administration is ex-
pected to find a way to hold down
bread prices.
Members of the price fixing com-
mittee are agreed that the price of
$2.20 for wheat will allow a 14 ounce
loaf at 5c, allowing a fair profit both
to the flolir manufacturer and the
baker.
During the last ten years the high-
er-1 average price paid to producers
tor wheat was the June 1 price, 1917,
practically $2.49 a bushel. Cp to the
present the price has ranged from
70c paid in December. 1912, to th-.*
a bo v ti maximum. The average for No.
1 northern spring wheat in the ten
years 1908-1917 was $1.26 per bushel,
ranging between 91c in 1913 and $2.37
•in 1917. During the same period the
average price paid producers was
$1.07.
Food Survey Starts.
By Associated Press.
Washington. D. C., Aug. 31.- A vol-
unteer army made up of Id,000 house-
wives, 300,000 merchants and 3u,oo0
tarmers today is engaged in taking
'an inventory of the nation s food sup-
ply.
On the quantities reported by these
the bureau of markets will estimate
the total food stock of the nation.
In addition the housewives are go-
ing to give a record of their foou
needs ui the subsequent week and an-
other inventory will be made after
the crops are all in. These figures
will form the basis of subsequent
food regulation and distribution.
Wheat *2.2(1.
This is the latest photograph of a line of battleships of the American ileet—the Atlantic fleet—which is somewhere on
the Atlantic ready to be called to cation in Europe should the Germans, who have been bottled up in the Kiel Canal, show
fight.
nalliy when lie learned through the Associated I'ress
press ot the ruling that whatever the
wife might earn be not taken into
consideration. He will ask that al.
of those whoso exemption claims
were denied, who come under this
class, be exempted, if they are be-
ing exempted elsewhere, in order
that such men in this county should
not be discriminated against In this
particular.
natural gas
failing, city
faces shortage:::?
Failure to Secure Pipe For
New Lines Held
Responsible.
WELLS SLOW DOWN,
DEMAND IS GREAT
Pressure- Here Is Sufficient As
Yet For All Pur-
poses.
lit Associated I'rcss.
Oklahoma City. Aug. ill- i'atluro
or pressure In the Shamrock, field,
coupled with the war's demands on
the iron mid steel industry, has
brought Oklahoma City, Shawnee, LI
Hcuo, .Norman, Chandler and smaller
towns supplied by the pipe line of
.the Oklahoma Natural lias to. tad
to face with the greatest gas shortage
lit their history. Big manufacturing
plants nt Oklahoma City. Including
the pocking houses, have been cut ott
to conserve tile -upply for the do-
mestic consumers.
The shortage of gas will not lie re-
lieved. according to the company
Program Will Be Meld
• Benson Part Next •
Monday.
cents more; Buffalo five cents more.
The basic grades are No. 1 hard
winter, red winter and northern
spring.
\pplies lo (cnsunicr, Too.
Although the prices are fixed on
government prices, the food adminis-
tration. through its wheat corpora-
tion recently organized, expects to
control the market without difficulty.
The corporation will make all gov-
ernment and allied purchases and has
under coiifud<*ration plans to buy for
millers. If it serves as broker be-
tween the terminal and the flour
mills. the corporation will become
purchaser of virtmilly -all of the
country's wheat (Top.
Members "Of the committee salu they
expccted criticism from the farming
( lasses but felt every farmer should
(onsider himself part of the war ma-
chinery of the government and will
ingly relinquish part of his prona-
tor the common good.
I.king Cost Considered.
In its statment to the president the
committee recites the factors consid-
ered in its decisions. Chief am >ng
them whs the mount of the cost of
living. The condition of the world
markets also was given careful
thought, as was the problem of an
early termination of the war. which j ticn in War Time
would loose great stocks of wheat in ' ^ c;uthr
other countries now tied up becaus
of lack of shipping.
Speakers for
labor day are
announced
peace council
fails to find a
meeting place
kerensky firm
for continuing
war to the end
at Decidcd to Try Washington, Believes Moscow Conference
But Police Say
Not So.
Will Have a Lasting
Effect on Russia.
BIG PARADE OF MAIN CITE FATE OF COXEY'S 1 STRUGGLE AGAINST
STREETS OF THE CITY, SINCE FAMOUS ARMY
ENEMY WILL GAIN
Queen Contest Closes
Trades Assembly Hall
Tonight.
at Special Enroute to Meeting Damns the Pacifists In Clos-
"Somewhere In the West"
at Cleveland.
ing Address to the
Conference.
The l.abor Day committee tills .I-,"',1"1'1,'' Vn*«-
I Minneapolis, .vtiuii..
moon announced the following or thc people'.
Aug. 31;
Council
11 \ An mm* In led
London. Aug.
Tens.
31. The
MogC(
speakers for' ihe Rltfbor Day celebra-
tion at Benson Mark, coramemsinx next
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock:
C. 10. IMerker, "Effective Co-Opera-,
ea announced here today they lorence have a lasting
would start to Washington, D ('., t<
put the question the ngnt to hold
a national peace convention up to the
leueral aumorities. In case a hall
con-
effect on
conduct
Washington. Aug. 31.- A price of
$2.20 a bushel was fixed for thc 1917
crop of wheat by President Wilson on
the recommendation of the wheat
price committee, headed by Dr. H. A.
Garfield. Thc basis will be No. 1
northern spring wheat delivered at
Chicago.
The committee finally agreed late
Thursday afternoon, after several
days of voting. At one time it looked
as if it would be unable to come to
a conclusion, but just before ti o'clock
a compromise was reached. The last
vote was unanimous.
Farmers Wanted #2.50.
Representatives of the producers
gan by voting for a price of $2.50,
labor's representatives for $1.84.
The two extremes eventually nar-
rowed down until the votes were only
a few cents apart, and most of yes-
terday's voting showed only a slight
difference. Both factions appeared
uncompromising at the start.
On thc basis of $2.20 at Chicago
the food administration worked out
last night differentials for the various
grades and classes for the several
terminals.
The price fixed last night is 20c
higher than that arbitrarily named
for the 1918 crops by congress in the
tood control bill.
Hope to Stabilize Market.
In a statement accompanying the
announcement of the price. President
Wilson declares It is thc hope of Hie
food administration, and hi* own as
well, that the fixing of a price will
stabilize the market aii^keep prices
within moderate bounds Tor all trans-
actions during the current year.
The price of flour and bread, too.
the president declares, will be kept
down.
The Committee's View.
The committee in its report to the
president gave as its three chief con-
siderations that entered Into its de-
bakers doubt
ability to bake "
nickel loaves
The Dignity
| ltabor."
I Representative Tom Waldrcp. "
| bor and the War."
c.iniiot be obtaini^l ti,
gested that a ineciiiij
on me piuza in ..on
en made to secure
it of town but mi
has been uiihic-
Might
Produce 16 07.
for 10c on $ I 0
T lour.
THIS IS PRICE THE
MILLERS FIGURE ON
Cost of All Bakery Materials
Arc Higher Than
I' ormerly.
Shawnee liakei'R doubt their ability
to make 5c loaves of bread of any
weight on a price of 12.20 for wheat
because of the high cost of other j
materials at this time. This was
learned when they were informed of
the food control's statement that with
$2.20 wheat a 14 oz. loaf for 5c would
be possible.
The millers estimate th^t *2.20
wheat will mean about $10.00 a bar-
rel for flour.—about $2 a barrel less
than at present.
In Shawnee 10 oz. loaves are now
t'fort has b
I a speaker from <
lar the committc
cessful.
I The parade will be hold in th
I morning, starting at 10 o'clock from
Ihe Carnegie Library, thence west of
Market, south to Main, east to PibPi-
jdclphia. north to Ninth, west to Con-
' vention Mall.
Miic of Hut'eli.
The following is the line of march:
Marshal or Day and ICscorts.
Shawnee City Union Hand.
Queen's Float.
Street Carmen.
Painters.
Printers.
Harbors.
Boilermaker!".
Switchmen.
Clerks.
R. 1. Carmen.
R. I. Laborers.
Stage Employes.
Garment Worker*.
American Federation of Laborers.
Teamsters.
Machinists.
Sheet Metal Workers
Bricklayers and Plasterers.
Musicians.
Blacksmiths.
Carpenters.
All other organizations affiliated
with the American Federation of
La bor.
Following the parade, a basket din-
ner will be enjoyed at Benson Park.
i holding thc m<
t was sug-
ut be he id
.oil. ot tne capitol.
to pui i..o mutter up
ml >vus upnounccd by
..iio. a conference
roancil leaders ov.r
hai. ur in me u«.y
liao neon made for
cling in Milwaukee.
To Forbid >lc<;1ing.
II) Vssoriiitcd Press.
Washington, 1). ('., Aug. 31. No
street meetings under the auspices of
the People's t ouncil of America will
be permitted in thc national capital.
I he. police made this announcement
today. Officials tpday wnen assed
their opinion, referred to the dispcr-
al of Coxey's army when It attempt-
ed to enter the eaoitol a few years
a go, as a sufficient precedent.
Russian nationalism and th<
of the war, which will be
up. according to Premier Kerensky in
an interview at Mo-cow Thursday
I am sure," the premier sald.l
"that the truth learned by the whole
nation at tin; conference will have of- |
lcct for a long time and will burn
in an ever-Increasing flame. The
conduct or tho war and our strung'y
against, the enemy will gain greatly."
The • orrespondent reports Keren-
sky as using thc rollowing expression 1
•i his closing speech: 'May those
be damned who talk of a cessation of |
hostilities at tho present moment."
slacker arrested
for not reporting
men are
calm under the
murder charge
Yates and O'Neil Are BcitiR
I If Id In the City
Here.
YATES IS NERVOUS,
O'NEIL INDIFFERENT
County Attorney Nichols Dc-
clarcs Himself Satisfied
With Evidence.
. H. Yates and Krcil O'Neil ol
Konawa, charged with responsibility
lor the death of Miss Hisle Stone,
pretty eighteen years old school
sr, were brought to Shaw-
Thursday afternoon. after
their arraignment at 3emlnole, and
now housed In the city Jail. It
is believed that they will be kept here
until the date of the preliminary next
Tuoiday, though Sheriff Frank Grail
last night was not prepared to say.
Civder the terrible charge that ha*
been lodged against them, the men
are maintaining their composure
well. Dr. Yates, the older of the two,
last night showed signs of nervous-
ness, his face showing alternately
very evidently forced pleasantness,
mid then the deepest gloom, while n
furtive air was at times very notice-
able Thursday evening In* went with
a deputy sheriff to the Katy train to
meet a brother who was enroute to
see him.
In contrast to Dr. Yates, youne
O'Neil still maintains au indifferent
and debonaire attitude. His pleasant
face appears free from worry, though
he smokes cigarettes Incessantly
Thursday evening he handed Sheriff
Grail a bundle of letters addressed to
different friends and relatives, lie
spends much time lying flat of his
back on the cot in his cell reading
the late magazines.
County Attorney Al Nichols. wh<
was here also Thursday, expressed
"atlsfaction at his success thus far
In securing evidence. "Tho case Is
just as strong as it could be," ho
said, "and I am satlfled. We could
go lo trial tomorrow on the evidence
the Htale possesses."
If Is understood that Mr. Nichols
has secured possession of some cor
respondence that has an important
bearing on the case, and has more of
such evidence located.
chinese fought a
bloodless fight
Only Fifty Casualties In Sei^e
of Peking, Though Million
Shots Were Fired.
>ii t'crman Gold.
II) Associated Press.
Cleveland, Aug. 31. The special
train carrying about 100 eastern dele-
gates to the convention of thc Peo-
ple's Council of America for Democ-
racy and Peace, "somewhere in the
west," reached here early this morn
William Anderson F*ailed
Appear fro I lis Ex-
amination.
William Anderson, alleged slacker,
was arrested by Deputy Shorifr John
Dutton at the home of his father-in-
law. W. II Franklin, on tin? Cope-
land farm near Tecumseh and landed
... -11(1 left at 8:30 a. m. "Reports in 'lie eounly i ll. from where he «
that this organization is financed by brought to the city Jail here to await
German gold is absolutely false," Les-
Pcklug, China, Aug. 31.- (Cor re-
pondence of the Associated Press )
Although fully 10,000 republican
boldiers participated in the bombard-
'uent of the headcuartors of Chang
I llsun, the monarchical leader In Po-
| 'ting, and 3.000 of Gen. Chang's troop-;
to | resisted them stubbornly in the fight
which resulted iu the overthrow of
the monarchists, less than 50 person*
were killed and injured in the fight
ing. It is estimated that not lens
than 1,000.000 shots were tired.
Many foreigners who suw the vir
tually bloodless buttle that resulted
iu the overthrow of Chang Hsuti say
that both the republican and mon-
archal troops held their rifles at
their hips and fired into thc air.
selling at 10c retail or 8c wholcile I after which the speaking will tak<
With $10.00 flour, the bakers believe
they could bake a 16 oz. loaf for l(o
retail or 8c wholesale*. Thc price of
bread varies over the state consider-
ably. dependent upon labor condi-
tions, rents, etc.
• One item in the production
wrapped bread that keeps the prici
up is wrapping paper. This is said
to cost almost three tines its former
place. There will be band mush
afternoon.
The contest for ijueen of Labor Day
Is waxing warm today. It will close
this evtning at 8:30 o'clock, when the
boxes will be opened and the ballots
of j counted at Trades Assembly Hall.
T liberations the following:
The fact that the United Slates Is
„lv at war; the need of encourusiW5 the Jp "
r,KfJ,or%,n^-n~,Si.wr ^r^eos^f'uvi.^1 r,£ i records IN THE
Mauacer (' S Thompson of the .it a fourteeu-ounce loaf of bread for
Ktiawnee Oa* * Blectrle Co., slated five cent*, allowing a fair prof, bo j
thl" afternoon that while he ha,I no II,e flour manufacturer aud the
,|,lv^^l0rTt^°preC.eurCer,'i,egre 'u ! The price differentials worked out!
growing lower, but is still consider- by the rood, administration last night •
?hW ebove 40 pounds, at which no ore No. 1 Hark hard winter IXM.
trouble Is experienced in supplying hard winter l «le *S-0: rea winter | Bj-
all customers here. | ' , y . ,
lie stated that, however, he had , $-.16. toft rul wlnte
beard that the supply whs falling1 northern spring l-.-t.
last and nol alone the cities on the l;u.npha,k K.l«: a
same nine line with Shawnee. Jrol *2.24. durum dark 1—0
cotton yield ti)
be 12,499,000
lie II. Gordon, southern organizer,
said. "Kvery dollar raised lor 111
support of this movement has
laised by popular subscription,
our hope to have a body advocating
peace sit in continuous session i <
Washington until the end of the war.
roy hoffman
will command
okla. brigade
arrival of a deputy U. H. marshal
It Is charged that be was drawn in
the first call and failed to appear be-
beeu forf' lhe exemption board for examin-
lt j# ation.
Anderson explained to the News-
Herald that he registered at Tecum-
seh and soon afterward went to Cush-
ing. He left word with h,u 'ather-ln-
liw. he says to forward his mail to
Cushing He did not receive the no-
tices. he declares, and when he re-
turned to Tecumseh a week ago was
told by his father-in-law that no no-
tice had come. He asserts that he
thought he was iu the second call,
and consequently gave the matter no
further thought.
whites1des case
to washington
\*Krolatcd Press.
hard winter, Oklahoma City. Aug.' 31. Photo*
$2.18; dark graphic copies of all the records in
red spring the case of James E. Whiteside,
mber durum drafted millionaire oil producer.
$2.20: red $2.13: were forwarded today to Provost
red walla $2.13; hard white basic Marshal General Crowder today to
$2.20; sort white $2.18; white club Gov. Williams. The information was
$2.16 No. 2 of each grade is three | fent on request of Gen. Crowder,
cents less" No. 3. six cents less; No Whiteside's affidavit stated that he
\ I cents less was engaged in an occupation of pro-
'Relative market basis: Chicago, ducing crude petroleum His exemp-
Galveston New Orleans basic; Kan- tion caused a storm of protest in
Some sas City 'and Omaha five cents less Muskogee county.
than basic; Duluth and Minneapolis
St. i/ou's two
be secured soon they would be up
against It."
same pipe lino
Tulsa and other cities are facing a
Shortage. This in ilargdly due, lie
,aid. to inability to get pipe to eon-
struct lines into new fields. The <>k
lahoma Natural Gas Co. expected
their new production to be coupled
on the main line before now,
could not secure the pipe
weeks ago an engineer for the com- ui« w0 1(mU, less; Probably every time any one a.l-
paiiv stated that unlets pipe could teI] rclUs mor(. than basic; .lres.es Viscount Ishii by name
Baltimore and Pennsylvania nine "
feels like he has the hay fever.
Estimate of Denarfment of
Agriculture Is
Made Today.
II) \sNoriated Press.
Washington. D. ('., Aug. 31. Cotton
production prospects Improved to thr
extent of 550.000 bales during Aug-
ust and brought the estimate to 12.-
499.000 equivalent to 500 pound bales
That quantity was forecast today by
the department of agriculture consid-
ering the condition of the crop Aug
25. which showed a decline of 2.«"> per-
cent compared with a ten vears aver-
age of fi.fj points declined .
The acre yield was forecast "*
174.6 pounds compared with 166.9
torecast from July 25 condition.
Conditions reported as as follows:
Texas. 5o
Arkansas. 79.
Oklahoma, 84.
H) \ssoclated Press.
Oklahoma City. Aug 31. Brig. Geu
Hoy Hoffman, former colonel of tho |
First Oklahoma Infantry, has been
placed in command of the brigade to'
I which all units of the former Okla-1
J lioma guard have been assigned. He
is now at Camp Uo\*le where the'
first reglmnt has arrived.
( HH P I.AIMH LAM
I M ONSTITI TIOVU-r
By \gN<M'laU'd Press.
Greensboro. N. C„ Aug 31. Judge
Jas E. Boyd iu United States circuit
court here today declared the Keat-
ing-Owen child labor law unconstitu-
tional .
BRITISH I.ONShS.
It) \ssodated Press.
London. Aug. 31. British casual-
tls on all fronts for August were
59.811. divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers
1.278: men. 10,942.
Wounded or missing, officers 4.122;
men, 43.469.
The Impression produced in some
quarters by the Pope's peace proposal
is that the? German subs are operating , 0
even in the Holy Hec.
owner of auto
gets property
Hidden Ruick Belongs to an
Oklahoma City
Man.
The owner of the Buick car found
Thursday by H. Kibus on his farm
south of the city was discovered to
be Ote Colbert, of Oklahoma City,
who came and took the car home
with him this morning. The car was
stolen from iu front of the Baptist
church at Oklahoma City Sunday,
night, st 8:30 o'clock. It was undam-
aged except for an abrasion to thej
top.
lumber mills
ask through rate
Arkansas and Louisiana Pro-
ducers Appeal to Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Washington. I). ('., Aug. 31. Lum-
ber producers In Louisiana aud Ar-
kansas today petitioned the Inter
ftate commerce commission to estab-
lish through rates from their mill.,
at Wesson. Fordyce. Millville. Thorn
ton and Cloquet, Ark . and Hodge and
Bienville, La . to destinations iu Col-
orado. K insas. Missouri. New Mexico
and Oklahoma, alleging that becaur-'-
of the non-existence of such rates
they were unable to sell lumber In
the states named.
twelve vessels
are overdue
B) txNiiflated Press.
A Pacific Port. Aug 31. Twelve
mailing vessels and steumships are
' ousidered overdue at this port by
shipping men. according to an an
nouncenient today by the Chamber of
Commerce.
orr.
I'KACK HKKTI3U
II) UkoclaN Press.
(lary. Ind.. Aug 31 A peace meet
oling advertised to be held under tho
(i j auspices of the Peoples Council did
0 "ot take place last night because .la«
ojDolsen, chief promoter, was taken
II j into custody by agents of the depart-
lo OOOOOOOOOOOOO O nicut ot justice.
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O ol
() WK.ITHKK t'OKKCAHT.
o New Orleans. Aug. 31 For
O Oklahoma: Fair and warmer
O tonight; Saturday fair, cooler.
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