THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNIY.  
VOL. XXIII
'SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1918.
NUMBER 237.
ROOSEVELT IS FLAVtD II* SEN. STONE, WOO
FIRES TOE FIRST SOOT Of GREAT PARTISAN
FIGHT IN CAUSTIC SPEECO IN TOE SENATE
"MOST POTENT AGENT OF THE KAISER IN AMERI-
CA" HE SAYS OF THE COLONEL, AND CONDEMNS
ACTIVE POLITICAL PLOTTING OF THE REPUB-
LICAN LEADERS.
By (he Anso«la1«l l'rcus,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Charar-
terlzins former president Roosevelt as
"The most potent agent the Kaiser has
in America" and the "most seditious
man of consequence in America" Sen-
ator Stone addressing the senate to-
day charged that republican leaders
are engaged in a studied effort to
make politics out of the war. Their
object is to "take the government over
into their own hands" by partisan crit-
icism of the conduct of the war, he
declared.
Charges Political Plot*
Senator Stone's adress carefully
prepared, the first of political signifi-
cance made In congress since the Uni-
ted States entered the war and re-
garded as the forerunner of bitter
partisan strife, excoriated partisan-
ship in the war. Besides Col. Roose-
velt the Missouri Senator named
Chairman Willcox of the republican
national committee and Senator Pen-
rose among republican leaders as his
"witnesses" to the political plot he
alleged. Investigations by congress of
the war operations Senator Stone also
declared, have aimost entirely been
launched by republicans and adoritly
exploited for partisan purposes.
Citing statements of the republican
leaflers regarding the political plans
and editorials of Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt which he said, are "villainot
screens" published for money, Sena
tor Stone declared:
" A Menace and Obstruction.
"On my responsibility as a senator
I charge that since our entrance into
the war Roosevelt by his attacks on
the government has been a menace
and obstruction to the successful
prosecution of the war.
"The only possible effect of these
widely-published utterances of this
man," said Senator Stone, "has been
as they wore designed to be to dis
credit and bring the present govern
ment into public disfavor and weaken
its hold on popular confidence. That
seems to be the Roosevelt standard of
patriotism."
Similar utterances made by less
powerful citizens, Senator Stone as
serted. would subject them to prose
cutlon for disloyalty.
"Potent Agent of Kaiser."
"Of all men" the Missouri senator
continued. "Roosevelt Is most respon
sible for what he denounces, lie does
his work cunningly. In the front of
his propaganda he throws a decep
five political camouflage. I charge
that Theodore Roosevelt is the most
potent agent the Kaiser has in Amer-
ica."
"I can not escape the belief that
this exceptional colonel, who has
pjlayed so many games of question-
able politics, is now playing another
game of his particular brand for a
very great stake."
The republican plans he cited. Sen-
ator Stone said, have been "adroitly
directed."
"Many if not all republican sena-
tors," he asserted, "are acting in man-
ifest concert with dominant republi-
can leaders throughout the country to
make politics out of the war."
I'lie Republican Plans.
As proof of republican partisan
plans Senator Stone declared that
there is no need "to try to fool each
other or to fool the country" and de-
clared that 'congressional investiga-
tions of the war proposedi by republi-
cans were significant.
Calling attention to the elections
next fall of the entire house mem-
bership and many senators Mr. Stone
said two years later the presidential
election would follow.
"Here is a chance' he continued, "for
the dominating republicans of the
country—some of them, perhaps more
than one of them, seeking to promote
In his Immediate personal glorifica-
tion. and others, acting on a large
scale to promote a party advantage—
to strike hard to turn down this ad-
ministration and take the government
into their own hands. That fight is
on. it is being played before our
WAR CABINET BILL
IS INTRODUCED
IN THE SENATE
very eyes.
- "There are vartouB elements of dis
content in the country. Their poten
tiaiity as political equations is recog-
nized by all.
"The natural disposition of these
discontented elements will be to
strike blindly at the party in power.
Therefore iu a way republicans ally
themselve s with these discordant
elements of unrest.
"But I especially protest against
and denounce the effort put forward
under the guise of patrlo'isni to dis-
parage this congress and the pres-
ent administration to excite a wider
feeling of discontent and lack of
confidence, and to spread the poison
of this impression broadcast. Plainly
this sort of movement is afoot."
As proof of his charges which Sen-
ator Stone said he presented "delib-
erately and regretfullv" the repub-
licans are "harping" on alleged ad-
ministrative blunders and staking
their political fortunes upon their
criticisms.
\unies Renntor Penrose.
"First I present the Hon. Hoire
Penrose." Senator Stone continued,
"who as a great leader of the fore-
most republican state, very properly
occupies the front seat in the re-
publican national sanhedrin."
Citing alleged statements of Sen-
ator Penrose that the republican
leaders were planning to demand an
ccounting of the conduct of the war,
Senator Stone said that Senator Pen-
rose's justification for his partiasn
outburst was over appointment of
the democratic grocerymen in Penn-
sylvania and a democratic farmer in
Indiana as federal explosive inspec-
tors.
"Senator Penrose," he said
seems to have forgotten partisan
appointments by the governor of
republicans on war committees.'
the Pennsylvania committee
members Mr. Stone said, 309 were
republicans and only 14 democrats.
Turning to Chairman Willcox of
the republican national committee
the Missouri senator said, before he
introduced his "star witness" he
would cite the statement made to the
press bv Mr. Willcox regarding the
incompetence of the democratic par-
ty and its effect on coming congress-
ional elections. He said a meeting
of republican leaders had been
called at St. Loui son Feb. 12 to in-
augurate a winter campaign.
"Colonel Roosevelt has engaged a
hall in St. Louis to make a war
speech the day before the commit-
tee meeting," Senator Stope con-
tinued.
Roosevelt Convicts Himself.
'I now introduce my star witness;
Theodore Roosevelt himself—whom
I characterize as the most seditious
man of consequence men in America.
The heart of this man is aflame with
inordinate ambition and he runs
amuck. His chief thought is not to
help the government but always
Roosevelt. Almost every day this
man sneaks in bitter and contemptu-
ous disparagement of the president
and the majority members of this
congress every week for a long time
he has been and still is publishing
under contract for a money consid-
eration—think of it, for money—vil
lainous screens in the Kansas City
Star—attacking the president and
the government. These Roosevelt
contributions are reproduced in nu
merous important newspapers
Whatever mav be said of the papers
reproducing these disloyal utter
ances the Kansas City Star is chiefly
responsible."
Citing criticisms of Mr. Roosevelt
editorials, Senator Stone continued:
"For example. Roosevelt denounces
the president and the government in
terms that would subtect any other
citizens to arrest—yet his utterances
which T say would be denounced as
treasonable if made by others
widelv nublished without even offic
ial nrotest
"I have quoted these utterances of
Roosevelt, first, to show that his
vaunted claim, self advertised, of a
superior brand of patriotism is
empty pnd, secondly, to inquire why
Roosevelt may sav things with im-
punity which a citizen of lesser con-
sequence dare not even renent with-
out danger of indictment for disloy-
alty."
The Wnr investigations.
At this point the senator madp his
reference to Roosevelt as an aid to
the Kaiser and then turned to tV
congressional war inveMtientlonM He
dirt not question the right of con-
gress to make the innuirie* hut
rather their nurno«5e and publicity
givpn to national difficulties
"1 ran not believe," he said, "th^f
world-wide advertisement of alleged
deficiencies in our war activitiei
even if ultimately found true, i
"eoessa^v to bring about admini«*r*
tive reforms. T doubt the wiadom
of wiftp onpn investigations into n'-
rr<ost everything that might bp made
tho «mhtact. of criticism of the ad-
min'stration.
"I do not mean that administrative
measures should be concealed from
our people. Of course mistakes have
been made by the government,—
doubtless many and giave mistakes.
In the circumstances that was in -
evitable. but is it necessary for us
tt) stand on a house top and pro-
claim these mistakes with a loud
voice to the whole world?"
Considering everything Mr. Stone
asserted that the achievements of
this congress and the administration
"signalized a degree of marked suc-
cess without parallel in the world s
history." Undue publicity given
present mistakes, he said, had ad-
vertised the nation's weakness to the
enemy.
"The time for flaunting them i?
past," he continued. "This is th«
time for universal national svmpa-
thy and solidarity. My appeal now
is to my colleagues on this side to
stnnd firmly a?alnst influences cal-
culated to mislead us, and I appeal
Would Give Large Powers to |
'•'Three Distinguished
Citizens.
MUST BE PROVEN OF
EXECUTIVE ABILITY
President Sends Word He Vv ill ]
Fight Measure to the
Finsh.
By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, L). C\, Jan. 21
Establishment of a war cabinet of
"three distinguished citizens of dem-
onstrated executive ability" is pro-
vided in the senate military commit-
tee's bill as introduced today by Sen
ator Chamberlain. The war cabinet
the bill provides, shall be appointed
by the president with the consent of
the senate and shall have the follow-
ign jurisdiction and authority:
'To consider devise and form
plans and policies to facilitate the
conduct and vigorous prosecution ol
the war.
"To coordinate, direct and control
the functions and activities of all
executive departments, officials and
agencies of the government in so
far as in the judgment of the war
cabinet it may be necessary or ad-
visable for the successful conduct of
the war.
"To determine upon its own initia-
tive or upon them being submitted
to it, all questions as to the conduct
of the war that may arise between
the officials, departments and agen-
cies of the government."
Another 3CSt'on would give the
war cabinet power to use the ser-
vices of any or all executive de-
partments and bureaus.
Subject to review by the president
the proposed cabinet would have au-
thority to make necessary orders on
any department or bureau for the
necessary rules and regulations to
make its control effective.
An initial appropriation of $500,-
000 is proposed.
It limits the life of the war cab^
inet to six months after the terminal
tion of the war or at any earlier date
after peace which the president
would designate.
The cabinet would be given au-
thority over conservation of appro-
priation acts subject to the presi-
dent.
President Wilson has served no-
tice that he will use all his influ-
ence and power to defeat the bill to
cerate the war council. "The presi-
dent will fight to the finish," was
the word brought to the capltol.
COAL PLANS ARE
FORMULATED
Fuel Administrators of Plains
States in Con-
ference.
By the Associated Press.
'< HICAGO, Jan. 21. Plans for the
redisricting of the territory in
which they have jurisdiction were to
be taken up today by the fuel ad-
ministrators of Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska. Oklahoma. Illinois
and Arkansas. The meeting was
called at the suggestion of Dr. Gar-
field. Fuel administrators have
learned that in osme cases coal has
been hauled long distances across
several states to points which were
supplying districts back along the
line The object of the meeting to-
day is the supplying of the different
districts for themselves.
Mrs. C. E. Costello of Lindsay.
Ok l a . is the guest of her sister, Mra.
A. Flynn on North Kickapoo.
he reiterated, is to elect a congTess
out of harmony with the president.
"What would happen to the Wil-
son administration if the republican
party should have control of the next
congress." he asked "If I were to
adopt the use of Billy Sunday class-
ics the president would have a hell
of a time."
i In concluding the Missouri sena-
tor presented statistics of what he
j termed were partisan appointments
; of state war committees. In Now
York he said, a republican governor
apppinted 8ii republicans and 3 dem-
erits, while in Ohio a democratic
governor named 18 republicans and
10 democrats. In California the re
publican governor, he asserted,
namel 03 republicans and 4 demo
SHAWNEE SHOULD REORGANIZE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
(Editorial)
The News-Herald desires to submit to the entire
citizenship of Shawnee that the Shawnee Chamber of
Commerce should be reorganized and that every or-
ganized body in Shawnee, including the Shawnee Rotary
club and the Shawnee 1 rades Assembly, should in all
co-operation, with a fullness of patriotic intent, so get
behind a reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce
that it could in '/rpat representative capacity become the
central and commanding agency through which all reg-
ular war movement campaigns and other patriotic en-
deavor in which all the community must needs be called
on to participate should be launched and carried through
to a successful conclusion.
During this supremely critical year and maybe vi-
tally critical years to come, all but 100 per ce>nt of all
the campaigns will be for the purposes of this war, and
in these campaigns as regards support, management and
leadership, there should not be of possible injection any
extraneous issues or divided responsibility.
And come to think of it, since these campaigns in-
variably must be conducted as county campaigns instead
of city campaigns, why not put over a big county mass
meeting which would have for its call the organization
of the "Pottawatomie County Chamber of Commerce?"
Since this war began the Shawnee Rotary club,
there being no present Chamber of Commerce, has nobly
risen to its opportunity and with characteristic progres-
siveism and patriotic devotion has largely assumed the
work of inaugurating the various war campaigns.
And be it said to the high credit of the hundreds of
leading business and professional men and thousands of
other men of as superb a manhood and matchless patrio-
tism, but not members of the Rotary club, that they
have, with appreciation, accepted the leadership of the
Rotarians with the result that at present Shawnee and
Pottawatomie county stand at the very forefront in this
3tate in patriotic achievement.
But is it fair to thus continue to practically compel
the Rotary club to sponsor these .constantly .recurring
war movement campaigns? While as a matter of course
the Rotarions would not cease one jot their patriotic ac-
tivities, but as a matter of fact all must concede that
there should be a Chamber of Commerce or some sort
of a war club.a membership to which would not only be
open to each and every citizen within the scope of its
proposed endeavors, but moreover would be offered at
such a democratic price that the minimum of a thousand
members would be secured to begin with.
Too bad not to always have a thriving Chamber of
Commerce in times of peace, but now a war Chamber of
Commerce with a war secretary always on the job would
seem to be in order.
M'ADOOBELIEVL ; :
IT WILL BE HAK '
TO TURN BACK R.i
JENNINGS SAVED
HIMSELF BY A
LUCKY LANDING
to my colleagues on the other side of i rratu. He gave the statistics to
this chamber to thrust hack the evl show, he asserted, that democratic
dent riFlng tide of partisanship." j governors had been non-partisan In
Would Control CuiiKress. their appointments while republican
The republican leaders' purpose governors had not.
Government Must Retain Op
eration Until New Laws
Are Passed
UNFAIR TO LET GO
ALL OF A SUDDEN
Operation Under Old Condi-
tions After the War is
Impossible.
By the V ssocilltcd Press.
WASHINGTON, I). Jan. 21
Director General McAdoo told the
filiate llMnllta commerce commit-
tee today he thought the government
should retain operation of the rail-
roads some time after peace comes
and not return them to prlvute
ownership until new and compre-
hensive laws shall be passed to con-
trol them.
"It should be borne in mind," said
Mr. McAdoo. "that by the end of tin*
war the public and shippers will be
accustomed to dealing with the gov-
ernment and 1 nni convinced that af
tor a thorough trial being given, at
the end of the war there should be
comprehensive legislation before the
railroads ure turned back to their
owners."
' An ontlrely new situation," he
said, "would be faced when peace
came, that would have to be met by
new and comprehensive laws and it
would be in'urious to stockholders
to throw back the lines into private
operation without comprehensive
and rational legislation." This he
believed would take time.
"Do you personally believe in gov-
ernment ownershin and operation,"
asked Senator Watson. "No." replied
Mr. McAdoo, "but I do believe i 
Mr. McAdoo, "but I do believe 11
would be impossible to turn them
back under the same svatem under
which they were privately operated."
UH.If SCHOOL HONOR BOLL
The High School is verv desirous
of having a complete list of both the
army and navy boys who are grad-
uates of the Shawnee High School.
In the Honor Roll that appeared in
Sunday's News-Herald, forty names
appeared of former graduates who
have been represented by a star on
the service flag which was present-
ed to the High School recently by
j the Shawnee Hotary Club.
I The following eight names have
j left off the roll: Bryan Pace, Robert
Leachman, John and Murdock Wil-
liams, Burton Witherspoon, Caulde
McOlothin, Paul Jones and Lester
1^1 lis. Anyone having friends or
j relatives that are former graduates
I whose names did not appear or. this
| roll,' Dlease phone them to the
High School, phone 326, that they
may be given a star on the flag as
the school is very anxious that this
record be complete.
Murdock and John Williams, for-
mer High School graduates who are
now In Cncle Sam's service, John, a
graduate of 1907 Is located at Fort
Myel, Va., in the engineering corps
and Murdock, a graduate of 1913, is
a member of the 129th Aerio squad-
son at Waco, Tex.
I'.urton Witherspoon who was in
training at Fort Sheridan where he
was commissioned a first lieutenant,
and took further instruction in
France, has now been commissioned
as first lieutenant in the regular
army and Is In active service "Some
where in France." Paul Jones. 1917.
is with the signal corps at Fort
Leavenworth, and Bryan Pace. l!)l(>,
is in the aviation corps at Waco,
Tex.
CASUALTIES IN
THE BRITISH ARMY
1 7,043 Reported for the Last
Week, 8,000 De-
crease.
shawnee Boy Lost in Fog
Flew Far Over Line Into
Mexico.
TELEPHONED CAMP
AND WAITED HELP
Pluckily Guarded a Crippled
Aeroplane Until Relief
Party Came.
Word has been received here that.
Peyton Jennings, who recently got
lost in a fog while making his final
flights for the rank of reserve mili-
ary aviator, and flew across the bor-
ler, that he has returned safely to
amp. Concerning the mishap the
Los Angeles Examiner said:
W. P. JenuingH. a flying cadet at-
tached to the Rockwell field signal
:orps aviation school, lost his way
while flying from Oceanside to
Cowles mountain late Tuesday after-
noon and shortly before dusk made
forced landing in a small valley
fifty miles southeast of Tijuana ami
eighteen miles below the border.
The plane was slightly damaged but
Jennings escaped unhurt.
'Word of the cadet's plight reached
North Island shortly before midnight
Tuesday, when Jennings reported his
mishap by telephone. Early yester-
day morning Major Theodore Mac-
Caulay flew to the scene of the mis-
hap and will remain with Jennings
until the plane is repaired. Seven
mechanicians also were dispatched
to the scene with spare airplane and
motor pnrts. Both Major MacCau-
lay and Cadet Jennings are expected
return this morning. Trouble la
expected, however. In getting the two
airplanes safely out of the valley.
"In his report to the North Island
authorities Jennings said he was
compelled to land because of motor
trouble. He had recognized his er-
ror soon after crossing the broder
but was unable to make the return
flight.
"Jennings, after reaching a ranch-
er's house and reporting the acci-
dent, gamely returned to the air-
plane to protect it from passing Mex-
icans. He remained in the plane all
Tuesday night. The airplane which
Jennings was piloting was No. 1H38,
a CurtisH reconnaissance tractor.
"Jennings was flying alone and was
making his last tests for the rank of
reserve military aviator."
These unusual photographs show a
British r.eroplano wrecked In a 300-
foot wireless tower in England. Run-
ning at the rate of fifty miles an hour
out of a dense fog the plane squarely
struck the tower, and stuck in It.
longer whoto shows the great
height of the collision while the small-
er gives a close up view. The opera-
tor was thrown to a wing where he
lay unconscious till helpers climbed
the inside of tfio tower and rescued
By the \ssocIatc<J Press.
LONDON, Jan. 21. The British
casualty list for the nast week shows
17,04:1, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers
76; men 2,277.
Wounded or missing, officers 213;
men 14.477.
There figures represent a de
cro'ise of nearly 8,000 from last weel
when 24.1)79 casualties were report-
ed. an unusually high total for thi
time of the year. Two weeks ago th<
figures were 18,998 and three week:
ago 9,951.
LYCEUM NUMBER POSTPONED,
The next lyceum number "The
Plymouth Players. which was
booked for Wednesday night of this
week, has been indefinitely post-
poned because of the death of one
of the players.
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O 0
o Wt:AT!IKit FORECAST. O
GOOD RESULTS
ARE EVIDENCED
Manufacturing Plants in Gen-
eral Accede to Closing
Order
CONGESTION RELIEVED
May Be Necessary to Place
Embargo Against Closed
Plants.
ltj (he Associated I'ress. Ii
WASHINGTON, I). C.. Jan. 21.—
Business activity generally east of
the Mississippi was suspended today
for the first of 10 heatless Mondays
under the order ot the fuel control,
to conserve coal and supply ves-
sels.
At the same time manufacturing
plants throughout the east were idle
throughout the d y in compliance
with the closing order effective Fri-
day.
Fuel administration officials de-
clared that there had been a radical
, change of feeling in the country re-
garding the orders. Industries were
co-operating fully, they said, and vir-
tdally complete co-operation was ex-
pected by the firms affected today.
Those who have urged a general em-
bargo against shipments of freight
to plants shut down still believed
today such action will be necessary
before the plans are successful. Such
a plan was put into operation today
on the Pennsylvania and it is be-
lieved it will be necessary before the
freight blockade is fully relieved to
extend it to all roads.
TROUBLE THREAT
IN PORTO RICO
Tonight oleudv.
warmer. Tuesday
weather.
slightly
unsettled
0 O O O O O O f) O O O O O 0 O <
A Want Ad will bring the required
loaulti iu the Dally News-llerald.
Federal Buildings Are Guard-
ed to Prevent
Violence.
By the Vh hoc la led I'ress.
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO. Jan. 21.
Federal guards were today placed
at all the buildings in which are
stationed the American insular gov-
ernment, after officials had received
information considered very Impor-
tant Guards were also placed on
all bridges and at places of impor-
tance.
Court Decision.
Bv flie Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan ft.—
A Porto Rlcau decree* holding that
Island to be an organized terrltorv
of the United States with federal
laws In force there were today re-
versed by the Biipreme court.