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THE COPAN LEADER
Vi
AT OPENING OF ANTI-DRAFT
W. C. U. TRIALS AT
ARDMORE
31 OTHERS ARE DISMISSED
Federal Court Making Quick Work of
Agitator*—Sentence* Will Not
Be Passed Till All
l Are Tried.
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Ardmore.—When William L. Bene-
field, military captain ot the Working
Class Union in Seminole county, en-
tered a plea of guilty on a cnarge of
conspiracy against the United States
In an effort to defeat the enforcement
of the selective draft act, his exam-
ple was followed by 109 other local
leaders of the various locals in the
riot district where trouble occurred
•arly in August.
In all, 147 cases were disposed of in
the United States district court, 110
defendants pleading guilty and thirty-
seven cases being dismissed.
All of those who have entered pleas
of guilty have been released under
their original bonds until Friday, No-
vember 30, when they are to appear
at Muskogee for sentence.
May Draw Twenty Years.
The sentences, in all probability,
will range from the maximum to a
few months in jail, according to the
degree of crimes committed. The
maximum under the espionage act,
which became effective June 15 last,
is twenty years In prison, a fine of
310,000 or both fine and imprisonment,
refused to reopen his case. He was
Here Are The Guilty Ones.
Those who pleaded guilty are: Wil-
liam L. Benefield, Henry Taylor, Ce-
phus Dover, Charles Waters, Albert
Eberly, Spurgeon Estes, A. J. Polk, C.
Clyde Potter, Earl Potter, John Dag-
ley, Arthur Maxwell, Alton Menely.
Jack Carolina, Caesar Dendee, Dal-
ton Pompey, John Barkus, Luther
Crandall, W. G. Gordon, Henry Clutta,
James Neal, T. L Pender jr„ C. A.
Gooden, J. A. Venus, James Pidcock,
Alex Davis, Harry Thomas, Josie Mar-
piyecher, Spelling ODavis, C. W.
Banta, John P. Baker, R. L. Boles,
Brents, Le, J. B. Majors, J. I. Padegtt,
H. F. Robertson, Henry Thomlinson,
Claude West, T. J. Skaggs, L A.
Smith, J. N. Blake, Rant B. Lindley,
Charles Johnson, W. H. Innis, J. H.
Brooks, T. H. Hardwick, Albert Aus-
tin, C. C. Brewer, Dave Brewer. M.
L. Brixie, W. E. Crowder, J. D. Doug-
las, W. H. F. Casper, Anthony Eberly,
George Franklin, J. M. Howell, H. H.
Hoard, Claude Watson, Alex Zachery,
Anson Tilton, G. W. Elliott, J. R. Wil-
liams, J. D. Updegraff, P. Updegraff,
John M. Spears, T. Spears, A. L.
Spears, R, C. Boggs, J. M. Haynes,
Sam Spray, Jack Walters, Walter
Spears, A. Wilson, W. H. Lee, Henry
Lee, Wilse Lee, Luther Black, C. L.
Sullivan, S. T. Philot, Ross Sullivan,
Jesse Hulsey, Sr., B. F. Milam, Wm.
Milam, A. J. Stice, M. D. Eurie, W. E.
CcCalip, D. E. McCalip, Coffey Harjo,
T. B. Loard, R. A. Roper, J. B. Gray,
Curtis Edge, W. H. Maxwell, A. L.
Hamilton, Lewis R Ralls, J R. Trout,
J. T. Ice, W. D. Brown, Mark Dover,
Noah Dover, W. L. Sweatman, Jim
Hammett jr., Sam Hardesty, Dee Har-
desty, H. W. Boland, H. M. Harris, S.
P. Montgomery, H. S. Roberts, Colum-
bus Scroggins and Ira Hardy.
Those whose cases were dismissed
upon motion of the district attorney
are: Ed Baxley, H. W. Tally, F. O.
Byerly, J. M. Hollingshead, Waddle
Gibbs. Charles March, J. M. Mensley,
W. P Scott, J. B. Potter, M. M. West,
L. Henrick, John Clark, J. J. Benefield,
J. D. Menely, Roy Doolin, W. D Gow-
er, T. L. Ponder, Sr., L. S. Bowles, O.
M. Roberts, Joe Tom Roberts, F. C.
Cloyd Blake, J. W. Hollingshead. W.
E. Reynolds. Jim Hammett, Sr., John
T. Ralls, A. L. Thompson, David Har-
jo, Alex Harjo, Henry Stice, Virgil
May, Tom Milam, N. S. Moore, John
Marsh, Roy Pogue, Tom G. Welch,
"Tom Morrisofi and H. A. Updegraff.
Ardmore Crowd Also Plead Guilty.
Ardmore,—In a brief session here
Uf the federal court, the following
anti-drafters withdrew their former
pleas of not guilty and entered pleas
of guilty: Price Street, Sam Scrog-
gins, H. D. Edwards, Neely Adams, J.
D. Allen, Jesse Mathis, Price R.
Thompson and Ben Offutt.
Indictments against the following
were dismissed: Webb Brooking,
Barney Ross, Homer I.<ong, Alex Har-
jo, F. Cloyd Blake, H. A. Updegraff
and J. J. Benefield. Indictments in
two eases against Ross and Long
were dismissed.
The additional pleas of guilty raise
the total number to be sentenced now
to 118.
One More Out of Danger.
Mankato, Minn.—A. L. Sugarman, a
prominent St. Paul socialist, was
found guilty of an indictment charg-
ing "seditious remarks tending to
cause treason." The remarks were
made in regard to the draft. He was
sentenced to serve three years in Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary.
No Sedalia Drouth.
Sedalia,,Mo.—Prohibition was de-
feated in a local option election here,
the wets having a majority of 743 out
of » total vote of over 4,000.
LIBERTY LOAN IS SUCCESSFUL
NEARLY TEN MILLION PEO-
PLE ARE SUBSCRIBERS
Official Figures Lacking But Five Bil-
lion Maximum Is Safely
Passed.
Washington.—Germany’s plans to
celebrate the failure of the second Lib-
erty loan have been indefinitely post-
poned. The million dollars provided
by the Teutonic government to adver-
tise in South American countries the
refusal of the people of the United
States to support the war will be di-
verted to other purposes.
The huge maximum of five billion
dollars, set by the treasury depart-
ment as thehighest amount that pos-
sibly could be attained in a four
weeks’ campaign, not only has been
reached, but exceeded, probably by
several hundred million.
The number of subscribers, officials
estimated, will be at least eight mil-
lion, and may go as high as ten mil-
lion.
Each of the twelve district appear-
ed to have passed its minimum ana
indications were that most of them
had exceeded the maximum, as well.
The treasury's compilation by dis-
tricts follows:
Boston .................$ 500,000,000
New York ............. 1,500,000,000
Philadelphia ........... 425,000,000
Cleveland ............. 450,000,000
Richmond .............. 180,000,000
Atlanta ................ 100,000,000
Chicago ................ 550,000,000
St. Louis .............. 200,000,000
Minneapolis __......... 130,000,000
Kansas City ............ 160,000.00
Dallas ................. 85,000,000
San Francisco ......... 275,000.000
HERE IS ANOTHER ENEMY
Brazil Finally Wearies of the Atro-
cities of the Hun.
Rio Janeiro.—Germany’s eighteenth
enemy has entered the field against
her.
The chamber of deputies and the
senate passed a bill declaring a state
of war exists against Germany. Des-
troyers already have proceeded to Ba-
hia and taken possession of the Ger-
man gunboat Eber, which have been
lying there for some time.
The vote in the chamber was 149 to
1 and in the senate it was unanimous.
The tribunes of the chamber were
filled to capacity. After a debate on
the opportuneness of proclaiming mar-
tial law, the president of the diplo-
matic commission spoke in favor of a
law worded as follows:
"A state of war between Brazil and
Germany is hereby acknowledged and
proclaimed. The president of the re-
public is authorized to adopt the meas-
ure enunciated in his message of Oc-
tober 25 and to take all steps tending
to endure national defense and public
security.”
The virtually unanimous vote of the
deputies was received with general
acclaim.
THE SUBS
London.—An increase in the loss of
British merchantmen through mines
or submarines is noted in the admi-
ralty report for last week. Seventeen
vessels of more than 1,600 tons and
eight of less than 1,600 tons were
sunk.
Over
Under
1,600
1,600 Smaller
Week—
Tons
Tons
Craft
Firs: ..........
. . 14
9
9
Second ........
. 13
4
3
Third .........
8
21
Fourth .........
.. 19
7
10
Fifth ..........
.. 18
13
6
Sixth ..........
2
6
Seventh .......
. . 19
9
12
Eighth ........
. . 40
15
9
Ninth .........
. . 38
13
8
Tenth .........
. . 24
22
16
Eleevnth ......
.. 18
5
3
Twelfth .......
. . 18
5
3
Thirteenth ....
. . 18
1
2
Fourteenth .....
..15
3
5
Fifteenth ......
.. 15
3
5
Sixteenth ......
.. 27
5
0
Seventeenth ...
.. 21
7
0
Eighteenth .....
... 15
5
11
Nineteenth .....
. . 14
3
7
Twentieth .....
4
8
Twenty-first . . .
.. 21
3
1
Twenty-second
, . 18
3
0
Twenty-third ..
.. 21
2
0
Twenty-fourth .
.. 14
2
3
Twenty f fth , . .
. . 15
3
2
Twenty-sixth . .
.. 18
5
0
T wenty-seventh
.. 20
3
0
Twenty-eighth
.. 12
6
4
Twenty-ninth . .
.. 8
20
1
Thirtieth ......
.. 11
2
2
Thirty-first . . . .
.. 11
2
2
Thirty-second . .
.. 14
2
3
Thirty-third . . ..
. . 12
6
1
Thirty-fourth ...
. 17
8
Totals ......
.614
217
156
Grand total ...
...987
U-Boats Got Only Four Italian
Ships.
Rome.—Italian
shipping losses at
the hands of submarines during the
week ending October
20. on al
1 seas
were three steamers
of more
than
1,600 tons and
one
steamer
under
1,600 tons. One steamer was attacked
but escaped.
One French Ship Sunk.
Paris.—Only one French vessel
was sunk by a submarine or mine dur-
ing the week ending October 21. The
vessel lost measured under 1,600 tons.
Four vessels were attacked unsuccess-
fully by submarines.
ALLIES RECEIVE SERIOUS
SET BACK IN TERRIBLE
DRIVE BY GERMANS
100,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Gorizia Again Pane* To the Control
of the Hun and Italian* are
Driven from Austrian
Soil.
Berlin.—Capture of 100,000 Italians
and more than 700 guns is reported in
the official communication from gen-
eral headquarters which declares that
the Italian second and third armic*
are in retreat.
The Austrians and Germans have
forced their way through the moun-
tains to the plains of northern Italy,
capturing the town of Cividale. The
city of Gorizia, on the Isonzo, also
has been captured.
Retreat Without Fighting.
Rome.—Units of the Italian army
surrendered or retreated without re-
sistance, permitting the Austro-Ger-
man forces to break the Italian left
wing on the Julian front and invade
Italy, says the official report. The ;
Italians now are retreating in accord-
ance with the plan prepared.
Same Fate As Roumania.
Amsterdam.—The battle on the
Isonzo evokes shouts of triumph in
the German and Austrian press, par-
ticularly the latter. According to a
dispatch from Vienna, the Fruemden-
blatt goes so far as to declare that
Italy will go the same way as Rou-
mania, Serbia and Russia, paying “a
terrible price for the guilt of her un-
scrupulous, treacherous and rapacious
statesmen.”
The Neuswiener Tagblatt talks of
the "sudden destruction of the en- j
tente's last hope on European battle-
fields.”
Four Times as Large.
London.—It is estimated in an Ex- :
change Telegraph dispatch from Rome
that the Italians are opposed on the j
front of the Austro-German attack by
forces four times their number.
American Troops In the Trenches.
Washington.—The nation was thrill-
ed by word that American troops at ,
last are face to face with the Ger-
mans across No Man’s Land. An-
nouncement by General Pershing that ;
several battalions of his infantry were
in the front line trenches, supported
by American batteries which already
had gone into action against the en-
emy, fanned a new flame of patriotism
throughout the country.
The absolute silence with which I
Secretary Baker and war department
officials greeted the news, however,
showed that, although the movement
into the trenches had been expected
at any time, it was regarded only as
the final phase of the men's training
—a military finishing school conduct-
ed under fire—a school of blood and
iron. German shells are breaking
about the Americans and, although
they have not taken over the trench
sector, rifles and machine guns, bombs
j and bayonets in Amerian hands will
j greet any enemy attack.
French Only Eight Miles From Laon.
The French forces in the Aisne re-
gion continue to develop their success
where they made a rapid advance over
a front of about six miles, capturing
important German positions and thou-
sands of prisoners.
Folowing up minor successes, the
French again attacked along the en-
tire line forcing the Germans to ;
abandon Monkey mountain east of
Vauxaillon, the village and forest of
Plnon, the village of Pargny-FUain, on
the extreme east of the line, and nu-
merous fortified farms and other
points of vantage.
The latest drive of the French
brings General Petain's army within
sight of the important railway junc-
tion of Laon, the objective sought for,
which now is a scant eight miles dls-
{ tant. Large quantities of war stores
were abandoned by the enemy in their
retreat and additional guns and pris-
oner* taken since the drive began now
exceeds 12,000, more than 200 of
whom are officers.
Germans Prepare New Line.
The Germans, under pressure of the
French victory on the Aisne, may en-
I deavor to effect a general retirement
| to a new Hindenburg line within the
! rear of their present positions. Va-
i rious hints from German sources of
j late Jiave indicated that the German
I experts, recognizing the menace, par-
■ ticularly to the exposed salient south-
west of Laon. were preparing a new
fortified line somewhere between
I.aor and their former front, to which
j they expected to effect an orderly re-
tirement akin to their spring with-
I drawal. as soon as the menace became
pressing.
Seriou* Loss To German Navy.
Petrograd.—Two German dread-
naughts, one cruiser, twelve torpedo
j boats and one transport were put out
of action by the Russians in the fight-
ing around the islands in the Gulf of
Riga last week, but their ultimate fate
is unknown, says an official state-
- ment issued tonight, by the Russian
i admiralty. It has been established
1 that at least six German torpedo boats
I were sunk in the fighting The Rtis-
1 sians lost the battleship Slava and a
large torpedo boat.
Ascending Airplane Kills One at Sill. ,
Camp Doniphan, Okla—Private
Joseph Hayes, 26 years old, of New
York, Third aero squadron, was killed
instantly when he was knocked from
his motorcycle by the running gear ol
an ascending airplane on th
Tom Longboat Still Fights In France
oh Indian marathon ruuaer, w io had
U. S. May Deport Swift’s Son in-Law.
Chicago—Dr. Percy L. Prentis, com-
missioner in charge of the local immi-
gration office, says that a hearing will
be held at once in government pro-
ceedings brought against Cdunt James
Minotto with a view to his possible de-
portation. The count is a son-in-law
| of Louis L. Swift of Swift and Com-
i pany and is said to be a German sub
•ing b
More Luxburg Crookednes*.
Buenos Aires.—A sensation has been
occasioned here by the publication of
i a dispatch from Rio Janerio asserting
j that the Brazilian foreign minister
! has made known that translation of
! dispatches sent by Count von Iaixburg,
I through the medium of the Swedish
legation, while the count was German
! minister io Argentina, has revealed a
project for a German invasion of
i Southern Brazil. The newspapers
j here demand that the government pub
tish the Luxburg dispatches.
DRAFTED MEN EAGER TO FIGHT
AND MOST OF THEM WANT
ACTIVE SERVICE.
Inquiry In Training Camps Develop*
Few That Want Non-Combat-
ant Work.
Washington.—Most of the young
men called for service in the national
army want to go to France as fight-
ing men and they want to get there j
quickly.
Reports from five or six of the big
training camps. Secretary Baker an-
nounced show that when asked what
they want to do, the great majority ;
of the selected men say they don't
care what their Job is to be Just so
they get to France among the first
and then when given a choice be-
tween the combatants and non-coin-j
batants branches most of them elect
to be fighters.
“These sons and brothers drawn out
of life by selection—more than one-
third have asked to go into the infan-
try service.” said Secretary Baker.
"The noxt choice is the light artillery;
the next is the heavy artillery serv-
ice; the next is the aviation service.
"So that what they asked for in a
tremendously predominating majority
of instances is not the non-combatant
service for which their previous ex-
perience might well qualify them, but
the fighting branch so that they can
take the risk of fighting for their
country with the real weapons of war.
“One day’s examination at Gamp Up-
ton, N. Y., for preference as to branch
of service showed: Infantry 722; cav-
alry 6; field and heavy artillery 427;
coast artillery 52; engineers 183; sig-
nal corps and aviation 123; medical
corps 53; quartermaster corps 561;
ordnance 17; machine guns 7; tarins
4; veterinary service, 1.”
The gathering of information as to
the men’s preference for service is but
a small part of the work of classifying
the national army men that is being
carried on under the direction of the
committee on classification of person-
nel in the amry. Virtually the life
history of every man is set down by
means of an elaborate card aystem. the
original being sent to the divisional
headquarters where a division per-
sonnel officer studies the answers giv-
en and classifies the selected man ac- \
cording to his capabilities. The other
copy is kept in the company records.
PROFITEERING IS STOPPED
Government Will Suppress Retailer*
Who Want Too Much Profit
Washington.—Profiteering by retail
dealers in foodstuffs will be made im-
possible after November 1, the food
administration announceed under a
plan to cut off supplies to those not
satisfied with reasonable margins.
Manufacturers, wholesalers and other
handlers of foods whose businesses
will go under license will not be per-
mitted to sell to distrtbutods who seek
undue profits.
“This is one of the most sweeping
safeguards,” the announcement said,
“against high prices which will be in-
corporated in the licensing system for
which complete rules and regulations
will be made known within a few
days.”
This plan, food administration offi
cials believe, will give the government
entire control ot retail prices.
Supervision over jobbing depart-
ments of flour mills and other wheat
flour jobbers, wholesalers, retailers,
brokers, agents, blenders, and ^con-
ditioners where such businesses are
operated as an auxiliary to a flour mill-
ing business, is to be exercised by the
milling division of the federal food
administration.
COLONEL HOUSE, WILSON’S
FRIEND NOT A MYSTERY
*--
Unofficial Counsellor of the Pres-
ident Is a Modest But Well
Posted Man.
STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS
Now Gathering Data on Economic and
Other Problem* Which Must Be
Solved at the Peace Table—Ha*
Qualifications That Go to Make
a Sound Diplomat.
AUTHOR'S NOTE-Men have made a
mystery of the life and the doings of Col.
Edward M. House, the friend and adviser
of Woodrow Wilson. If there has been
mystery, it Is none of the Colonel's mak-
ing. I venture the hope that whatever
may have seemed to be hidden Is dis-
closed In tills article, the material for
which was obtained In the only way In
which such material can be obtained, by
direct personal contact, inquiry and
study.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
Washington.—Who is Col. Edward
Mmidell House who is to gather war
data for the United States government
for service on a future day of pence?
This is a question that is being asked
by a very large proportion of the peo-
ple of the United States and In fact
of all the allied nations..
Colonel House dors not wear the
record of his deeds on his sleeve. It
is probable that if this unofficial coun-
sellor to the president of the United
States were to be elected to congress
tlie autobiography which lie would pre-
pare for the congressional directory
would road like this:
Edward Mandell House, Democrnt of
Austin, Texas; horn 1S58; elected to
the----congress, November.-
In this brief, ultra-modest, if you will,
way would this Texan be prompted to
write an autobiography, justified
doubtless from the viewpoint of other
men in being extended into many
chapters.
Who is Col. Edward Mandell House,
who, until the day when the final order
“Cease Elring” comes, Is to study in
behalf of the government of the United
States the econoinie, the geographic,
the democratic and the humanitarian
problems which the American counsel-
lors at the peace table must seek to
solve after a ninnner which the people
of a great democracy can approve?
Consulted by President.
In the Washington dispatches some-
thing like this is rend several times a
year: “Colonel House has been in the
city for twenty-four hours as the guest
of the president. He will leave for
New York tomorrow morning.”
Beyond tills the reader gets nothing
from the dispatches except the word
that the president and his visitor dis-
missed Mexican mntters. or European
matters, or It may be, lint In tills lat-
ter case rarely, political mntters.
The public has known little more
about Colonel House than that he Is
a man frequently consulted by Wood-
row Wilson and a man In whose judg-
ment on political, economic and legis-
lative matters the president puts con-
fidence. There is a sort of a glamour
about men and things which are. mys-
terious. It would seem that because
of the attraction which mystery has
for the people, ns shown if you will ,
In (heir gluttonous reading of detec-
tive stories and the like, that writers
of the news of the day In part have
chosen to treat the goings and com-
ings of the colonel nnd his conferences
with men of affairs ns If they were
n deliberate attempt to hedge them
In and hide them from public knowl-
hlra daily into the places where men
throng. If one wants to know about
him through motives other than those
of tlie idleness of curiosity ho can see
him and talk with him, and the
chances are that lie will be told every-
thing concerning the subject of his in-
quiring curiosity that tiny man of
modest mien nnd inclination naturally
would be willing to tell. Colonel House
is u genial man who seemingly never
has sought to define for personal use
the meaning of either of the words,
coldness or uusterity. He has a sense
of humor well developed, and a tem-
peramental warmth.
Secret of His Power.
In Houston, Texas, In the year 1858,
Edward M. House was bom. He was
educated at the Hopkins grammar
school, New Haven, Conn., and at
Cornell university. He has been active
all his adult life in Democratic politics,
but never has been a candidate for of-
fice.
Add to these admittedly meager de-
tails one fact and unquestionably you
will have the secret of this man’s pow-
er to attract other men to him for the
purpose of consultation on really high
public mutters. From the day that he
was old enough to undertake serious
study, Edward M. House has been deep
In the books of politics, economics and
legislation. He has marshaled In his
inlnd all the greater events which have
happened In these three words. More-
over, he has the men, the things and
the motives connected with each case
constantly In procession before hlin.
He Is quick to trace a cause to an ef-
fect, or to go the reverse route. He
has been a student of human nature
as it has shown Itself In many of the
great problems of human life. This
means that he has In him, or at any
rate men believe that lie has in him,
the qualifications which go to make
up a sound diplomat.
Through successive administrations
In Texas the governors of the state,
one after another, consulted Colonel
' ingly time enough has gone by and
i tilings enough have been proved or
i disproved to give certainty to the
word Unit Woodrow Wilson has found
Edward M. House an advisory asset.
There hardly can he much of real
mystery about a man who twice since
this great war began has been sent
abroad as a special commissioner for
the president of the United States. Col-
onel House lias been twice in Berlin,
live times 111 Paris, and frequently In
other of tlie great European capital--
Some day it may be that Woodrow
Wilson will write what may he called
an autobiographical review of his ad-
ministration. If lie does It is entirely
likely that the part taken by Colonel
House in the shaping of some of tho
policies of tlie president may be given
the page place which many men be-
lieve that it deserves.
No Mystery There.
While living in New York Colonel
House resides ill an apartment not
very far uptown. It Is a homelike#
place where good books are found and
where good friends may come. It is a
genial place and no curtain of mystery
hangs over the door of uny one of its
rooms. Men go there and are wel-
come. They go and they talk. Mun
learns as much from man as he learns
from books and more perhaps if we
believe the ancient saying about the
proper study of mankind.
I asked Colonel House what Ids rec-
reations are. He said, “Friends, read-
ing and walking." His library shelves
show the kind of books that he has
read, still is reading and will continue
to reud, for those in the book cases
are made the companions day by day
of the others ns they come from the
hands of writers worth while.
No man probably enn read polities,
legislation, economics and history con-
stantly without getting some of Dr.
Dry-as-Dust’s characteristics. So It Is
that Colonel House does not reud the
four formidables constantly. He turns
to fiction and here one finds something
’ of possibly more than passing human
jinterest.
| George Frlsbie Hoar of Massachus-
| cits was one of the scholars In politics.
It was said of him that he had read
• everything from Aristophanes’ "Progs”
Col. Edward M. House.
5.571,624 BALES GINNED
Of Which Oklahoma Has Furnished
341,000.
Washington.—Cotton ginned prior
to October 18 amounted to 5,571,624
bales, counting round as half bales,
the census bureau announced. Round
baler included numbered 110.632 and
sea 'sland was 43.691 bale-
Last year to October 18 ginnings
amounted to 7,303.183 bales, including
136.880 round bales and 65,040 bales
of sea island.
Ginnings by states this year follow:
Alabama. 224,196.
Arizona. 1,291.
Arkansas. 346,406.
California, 6,119.
Florida. 27,502.
Georgia, 1,043,996.
Louisiana, 346,349.
Mississippi, 275,078.
Missouri, 10,408.
North Carolina, 151,858.
Oklahoma, 341,776.
South Carolina, 580,381.
Tenne--<‘P, 41.072.
Texas. 2,072.467.
Virginia, 1,268.
All other states, 1,157.
Ginnings of sea Island by state-.
Florida. 20.231; Georgia. 22.364; South
Carolina. 976.
RAIDER’S SKIPPER CAUGHT
Von Luckner, Captain of See Adler, a
Prisoner In Pacific.
A Pacific Port.—Count von Luckner,
commander of the German raider See
Adler, was captured Sept. 21 off tlie
Fiji Islands by Fljan constabulary, ac-
cording to word brought by ,t steamer
arriving from a trans-I’acific port.
Five of the See Adler’s crew were
taken with their commander, officers
of the arriving vess-el said.
is were In an armed
laut
whe
Thii
; DP H
tral
were
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the captur
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iat became
’s crew Is
s that they
jnstables
liner A:..ra.
confirms a
1 from Aus-
of others of
not known,
were at sea
:c.
in
the
J to
edge.
It is just as possible to get at the
truth In the case of Colonel House ns
It is In thp case of any other man
whose doings are of public Interest. It
Is modesty not mystery whteh has been
the basic difficulty.
Colonel House will not tell you that
he is a modest man. ns I know from
personal contact with him. To claim
modesty for one’s self is to be immod-
est. He does go from his present abode
In New Y'nrk city to Washington occa-
sionally or frequently ns the requests
may come, to give what he can of “the
counsel of his views" to tlie president
of the United States. Why should he
any more than any other man send a
trumpeting lieruld ahead or a band of
cymbal clnshers?
He goes to the White House, stays
his while nnd leaves, and because no
great noises fill the streets at ap-
proach or departure, exclusiveness, se-
cluslveness and secrecy have been the
order of tlie day’s words Concerning
each visit.
Gives No Word ’ of Work.
It perhaps is not too much to say
that if the full record of tlie results
of the conferences which House of
Texas lias had with Wilson of the
United States is to be read it must be
sought ill some of the accomplished
deeds of the present administration.
That Woodrow Wilson has been moved
to certain courses or strengthened In
his purpose to pursue them, by the
counsel of Edward M. House Is not to
he doubted. The Impossible task would
be to get from the latter a definite
word concerning the public work In
which his counsel has played a part.
Those who have built up a wall of
mystery about the man who is study-
ing matters against tlie day of peace
apparently have not wished to pull
down their handiwork. The wall can
lie demolished by anyone who tries to
the foundation of the fiction.
Edward M. House lives as open a
life as that of any American whose
profession or business does not call
FLIES JOHN PAUL JONES FLAG
Ancient Banner of Sea Hero Carried
on Frigate Ranger, Raised at
Centerville, Md.
tyidorvllb-, Md. The flog carried
by the frigate ranger of tlie continent-
sl navy, under command of John Paul
Jones, recently was hoisted on the
tidied banner is owned by William An-
Jinny of Queenstown.
Tattered and tom at its end from
House on public matters. How deep
an impression he has made on Texas
legislative history never may be known
definitely, but there is enough salient
to make Texans know that they are
right In attributing to him many of
their public welfare acts.
Though not accounted wealthy In
these days of huge fortunes, Colonel
House Is quite well fixed financially
and Is not engaged in business of any
kind.
Ha* Studied Hard.
I have talked to Colonel House and
have learned things which make me
feel that I shall not go wrong when I
try to put an interpretation upon some
of his methods of doing things. He is
free enough to say that he has studied
hard nt economic, political and
lative subjects. He probably even
would be willing to admit that he
thinks the results of these studies con-
tinued and their results retained, have
enabled bim to be of some service
when men were seeking information
concerning events In the past which
have relation to events In the present
or events expected In the future.
Therefore, there is here a man who
has held what he has studied, who
lias collated nnd correlated tlie hap-
penings of history, who has drawn
lessons from them, who takes nil in-
terest as deep in the living present us
he does in the dead past, nnd who inen
believe is aide to make his knowledge
serviceable, for old ns It Is let us say
it, history repeats Itself.
Woodrow Wilson did not meet his
friend C ’ >nel House until the days
when he was holding office ns gover-
nor of New Jersey. It is said by
friends of Mr. Wilson thnt almost In-
stantly be came to understand why
the Texan had been of service along
j constructive lines to some of the gov-
I < rnors of tlie state In which he lias
j lived most of his life. For six or seven
j veurs Mr. House has been (lie cnnfl-
I dant nnd thp counsellor of the prest-
i dent of tlie United States, and seem-
to I,ockes “Human Understanding”
and from this latter book of “dismals
ties” to the lighter minded reader,
down to everything heavy and semi-
heavy which was published to the
week of his death. Senator Honr kept
his mental condition balanced by lam
ing not merely from the heavy to tlie
light on occasion, but to the actual
featherweights of fiction. He read
"Nick Carter."
Woodrow Wilson, it is said, turns
i away from the studies of states, past
and present and in prospective to the
reading of what the English call penny
dreadfuls, and what the Americans in
the old days called yellow backs. It
Is said that the speaker of the house
I of representatives, Champ Clark, stops
i frequently his mental digging Into all
; kinds of history to take up for relief
purposes hooks of the kind which
make a hoy happy.
Reads Good Fiction.
In the library of Colonel House
; there Is plenty of good fiction. He
! lines not turn to Nick Carter, nor to
j "The Hidden Hand" of Mrs. L. D. E
.V. Sonthworth. nor yet to "Owl Face,
The Pawnee" of Beadle dime novel
fame, but he manages to keep the men-
tal balance even by an evening lamp
hour or two with the writers of fle-
i tion who can lay claim to what the
book reviewers call literary merit.
Today Colonel House Is entering up-
on the work of preparing material
which one day, perhaps far in the fu-
ture, \*ill he serviceable to the Ameri-
can commissioners ut the great pence
conference. Another has written this
concerning the choice by the president
of Colonel House for this work: "He
Is peculiarly qualified for it by Ills dip-
lomatic experience of recent years, by
I his study of political problems which
: the war lias raised and by his integrity
' of mind nnd character.”
“Sherlock, will you tnke on the
House Mystery Case?”
"Mystery? my dear Watson, there
■ Isn’t any.”
whipping in the ocean gates, the flag
is still in a good state of preservation.
Its bine field has faded Into drab, Its
white stripes and stars are tinged with
cream of age nnd its red is dingy with
years.
Mr. A
inthnny
received 0
ie flag
from
his gra
ndfathe
r, who *c*
rvod l
inder
John Pi
nil Join
[*s on tlie It:
anger.
To
Sett Gr
eek King's
Stable
8.
Alliet
On<
) of tho
signs
that
democracy lias taken the place of roj -
ulty Is the public notice that the king
stables will be sold at auction. Tho
stables are In the very heart of Athens,
occupying a whole block on the two
main streets. Now that Premier Venl-
zelos has restored a democratic ad-
ministration one of the first moves lius
been to dlsjsise of this royal evesore
In the center of the city.
Bible study Is tlie most popular of
the many activities of the Missionary
dub for Boys at Sfux, Tunis, com-
posed of street waifs among the Mo-
hammedan population.
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