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THE ORIENTAL PROGRESS
AN INDKPKNDENT NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST Of AND JACKSON COUNTY
DKNNIS JIKAYKK. KIUTOB
ItLAIK, OKLAHOMA. Till HSHAY. JINK I ft. 1UHL
VOL 1H. No. t
THE WEEK’S HEWS
IN OKLAHOMA
WHEAT IS MW SI FAIR CONMTIO*
Cull ItfimtlM M Nr C#«l
Crop *n Jun. t.
CHARLES EVANS HUSHES
Roosevelt Decline «'«« «*■«« IS DEM
Oklahoma City — fte-td-nt (laalt
of the Ruin Ho.rtf of AgtlMtl'tiro has
«t»m out ib. folio* in. report oa o*
WORTV-ONI DEMOCRAT® WILL lahoma crop pruaptcu Jun. I
ftCPRIBINT OKLAHOMA AT Orotsiag cooduiun of wheat. <1 p-r
•T. LOUIS CONVENTION. **?*
[ IVr cmi of lb. wheat irrHi* Hint
bn* b**n abandoned an arruunt of
imi USS Of THE HEW SUITE •'*«■ **»■—• - »
Growing ruioliUun of th« fallow in.
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T. M.h. Jp . Week's Mt.tcrjr
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can tw»r«y
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pru.r*»t|v. convention:
•rjr grateful fur tba booor
f tffot tot by nominating 1
*l*leat. I e.n«of accept at i
I do not know the am !
• c.ntfltf.ta of tba ropublL 1
to*.rtf tba vital quae Mon* I
YUAN SHI KAI SUCCUMBS TO
STOMACH TROUBLE.
Oaatb Catfcctatf la I ntf R.v.ii Cansstf
•/ Hi# Imep.ri.liatlc Am-
feWSSSb
Pakta.—Tuan Bbl Kal. prt-.idanl at
Thrrefnra If you tfa»ira the Chine** republic la d*
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Wa.fr I g fct.
Iifiraiif I
Otlt'etal ,
Torn. 7« per cant, oata, SI per cent;
alfalfa, 71 par cent.
Car rent of tba arreata planted to
I corn tbnt baa bean r« planted on ac-
count of poor Hand, damage*, ate. 28
par cant.
f*er cant of the acreage planted to
Forty-one delegate, from Oklahoma M|, ,htt haa b#cn #b.ndon*d „n ac.
to the democratic national convention POUn, of ^ 8,andi tfnmage*. .tc., 28
will leave Oklahoma City, Monday, pftr rpnt
Juno 12, for St. Louis. Thu lorn yield per acre of the flrat cutting of
Wade Special," named for tha naw M ton* per acre,
nattoual committeeman from Okie- (Trowing condition of the following: )
honia, will tarry other# than tho dele- Kaflr 73 per c#ot; feterlta. 7S
gatea. It ntll leave oTer the Frisco por c,.„t; ,„||0 maize, 72 per cent,
at 2; 46 p. rn., Juno 12 and arrive In Growing condition of cotton. 71 per
St. Louis at ft a. in., June 13. cent.
When the national convention la Cotton acreage that la yet to be
opened June 14, the following Okla- plumed. 19 per cent,
hotua democrats will repreaeul Okla- Orowing condition of pasture land*. 1
boiua: 85 per cent.
D«legates-at Large. Damage to oat* by tha following-
First—Dr. Howard Weber. Bartle.- Uranian Fly, 2 per cent; green bug. !
ville, Okla. 17 per cent.
Second—8. M. Kutherford. Musko- Damage to wheat by the following:
gee, Okla. Hessian fly, 3 per cent; green bug, '
Third—J. Roy Williams, McAlester, g ppr cent.
Okla. Wheat has a growing condition of ;
Fourth—Congressman William H. 64 per cent. This Is 14 per cent below
Murray. Washington, D. C. the growing condition In April, and 1
Fifth—Roy E. Stafford, Oklahoma J6 per cent below the growing condl- i
City. tton on same date in 1915. Our re-1
Sixth—Congressman Scott Ferris, ports show that wheat has been dam- J
Washington. D. C. j aged 3 per cent by Hessian fly and
Seventh—Frank Randell, Arnett. . 8 per cent by green bug. Of the
Eighth—E. J. Dick, buffalo. acreage planted to wheat this year 21
Den F. Lafayette of Cbecotah, who per cent has been abandoned on ac-
was elected My the unanimous action count of various causes. The acre-
of tho conv»mtion. age planted tills year was 2,585,000. t
Delegates By Districts. and as has been said. 21 per cent of
First—Clyde Bollman, Collinsville; this acreage will not be harvested, j
which will leave 2,042.150 acres for
harvesting. Dry weather reports
from the wheat belt are the principal
reason for this low growing condition,
W. Zevely, Muskogee; Joe Whitten- however, since our reports wore re-
den. Okmulgee; W. L. Crittenden, ccived various counties in the state
Stigler. have had good rains.
Third—A. II. Ferguson, Durant; W. Corn is in fair condition through-
A. Goforth, Garvin; T. F. Meminger, out the state, however. 26 per cent of
Atoka; S. C. Boswell, Boswell. the acreage had to be replanted on ac-
Fourth—J. Boss Bailey, Hold/n-i count of weather reverses. This will
ville; J. L. Norman, Okemah; J. J. cause Oklahoma’s corn crop to mature
Claik. Milburn; G. E. Abernathy, later than usual.
Shawnee. Oats has received the heaviest
Fifth—Dr. J. W. Duke, Guthrie; Ira damage of any of the crops. The -
Mitchell, Wynnewod; J. E. O’Neil, Ok- growing condition is 61 per cent. | Chicago.—Charles Evans Hughes,
lahoma City; Ben F. Williams, Nor- This is 20 per cent below the grow- former governor of New York and un-
man. ing condition of one month ago. til Saturday justice of the supreme
Sixth—Dr. W. R. Kelly, Watonga; Twenty-five per cent of the acreage j court of the United States, was nomin-
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aa Immediate decision 1 mot decline
(be nomination .Hut if you prefer It,
I .utir-t tbat mr conditional refusal
to run be placed la the hand* of tb#
progrr»*|ve national committee. If
Mr. Hughe*' statements when he
make* them shall Mti>fy tha commit-
tee that It Is for tbe Interest of tha
country that ha be elected, they can i
act accordingly and treat my refusal |
a* definitely accepted. If they are
not satisfied they ran so notify tho
progressive party and at the same
time they can confer with ma and i
then determine on whatever action
wa may severally deem approprlata |
to m»*et the need* of the party.
(Blend) ‘Theodore Roosevelt."
Charles T. Abbott, Tulsa; A. W. Hur-
ley, I'awhuska; C. B. Markham, Pry-
or.
Second—W. L. Curtis, Sallisaw; J.
THAT’S THE TICKET PRESIDENT
WILSON WILL FACE THIS
FALL
ROOSEVELT HEACS MOOSE
But His Statement Indicates That He
Will Refuse to Lead a Third
Ticket in the Coming
Campaign
possible exception of universal mili-
tary training.
Following Is the telegram to Chair-
man Harding:
"Mr. Chairman and delegates:
“I have not desired the nomination.
I have wished to remain cn the
bench. In this critical hour of our
national history I recognize that it
is your right to summon and that it
is my paramount duty to respond.
You speak at a time of national ex-
igency, transcending merely parti-
san considerations. You voice the
demand for dominant, thoroughgo-
ing Americanism, with firm protec-
tive upbuilding policies essential to
_ _ . our P6&C6 dud security * ftud to ^ hut
C. C. Hudson, Chickasha; J. A. Cainp- planted to oats has been abandoned, ! ated for the presidency by the repub- call ia tbjg crjsjs j cannot fail to
answer with the pledge of all that Is
T believe In making prompt pro-
vision to secure absolutely our na-
tional security. I believe In prepar-
edness not only entirely adequate for
our defense with respect to numbers
and equipment In both army and
navy, but with all thoroughness, to
the end that in each branch of the
service there may be utmost efficien-
cy under the most competent admin-
istrative heads.
No Danger of Militarism Seen.
"We are devoted to the Ideals of
honorable peace. We wish to pro-
mote all wise and practicable meas-
j ures for the just settlement of inter-
national disputes. In view of our
i abfding Ideals, there is no dinger of
militarism In this country. We have
no policy of acgre*«lon. No lust
for territory; no zeal for strife. It
i is In this spirit that we demand ade-
quate provision for national defense,
and we condemn the inexcusable neg-
lect that has been shown in this mat-
1 ter of first national Importance. We
must have the strength which self
res pc t demands, tbe strong and ef-
ficient nation ready for any emer-
gency.
Tariff Must be Adjusted.
"Our preparation must be industri-
al and economic as well as military.
Otir severest tests will come after
this war Is over. We must make a
fair and wise readjustment of the
tariff, in accordance with sound prin-
ciples. to Insure our economic Inde-
pendence and to make American
standards of living. We must con-
serve the Just Interests of labor, re-
alizing that in
far Vaaa Chi Jui immediately adrtaatf
U Tuan Hung, tha *irwpr**ident, tff
his attcraasios to tha presidency.
Tuan tfbl Kal had been ill for aow
oral days with stomach trouble which
was followed by a nervous breakdown
Quiet prevails In tha capital Thtf
death of the preeldent apparently
solve* the beatad political crule. LI
Yuan Hung's succession lo the proel*
dency meet* tha demands of thn lead-
er* In the southern provinces.
Yuan Shi Kal was reported to bovo
been taken eerlously ill on May 3B.
At that time dispatches from Chinn
said It was believed In Pekin that
the president had been poisoned but
this report was denied by tbe Chlnaao
ambassador at Washington who In-
sisted tbat tba prastdent was not avaa
111.
Tuan Shi Kal died while tha stoma
of revolution were gathering tn la*
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Yuan Shi Kai.
belj, Anadarko; W. D. Turner, Law- leaving 870,750 acres to be harvested,
ton. Cotton has a growing condition of
Seventh—J. A. Carr. Frederick; J. 74 per cent. This is 1 per cent below
C. Hendrix. Sayre; O. H. Thurmond, Browing condition on same date last
Clinton; S. B. Garrett, Altus. year. Nineteen per cent of the cotton
Eighth—C. W. Herod, Woodward; •’icreage is yet to be planted. The cot-
Cha.s. M. Delzell, Cherokee- J. M. Bar- ,on acreage for this year was previous-
ker. Newkirk; J. E. Falkenburg, Med- estimated at 7 per cent above last
ford.
BAD TORNADO NEAR TAHLEQUAH
Two Women Injured By Flying De-
bris; Buildings Wrecked.
year’s acreage, this estimate will un-
doubtedly be increased on account of
failures of other crops and their acre-
age being replanted to cotton.
All forage crops are in good condi-
tion. The first cutting of alfalfa aver-
aged 1.1 tons per acre. Pasture lands
are also in good shape.
lican national convention.
Charles Warren Fairbanks of In- in me to the service of the country,
diana, elected vice-president with Therefore I accept the nomination.
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, was again
chosen for second place on the repub-,
lican ticket.
creasing strengtn. The revolt broka
out in December, 1915, when the pres-
ident announced his intention of es-
tablishing a monarchy and ascending
the throne as the first emperor of a
new dynasty. His coronation was sal
for early in February of this year,
but was postponed indefinitely owing
to the extraordinary rapidity with
which the revolt spread througtt
southern China. Several attempts
, were made upon the president’s life
democracy, patriot- and a bomb p]ot was discovered in
OIL LEASES TO B0 AT AUCTION
Osage Sale Will Occur June 20, at
Pawhuska.
Tahlequah—Two women are known
to have been injured, farm houses
were demolished or torn from their
foundations and a great damage done
to crops and property by a tornado
that swept Gabriel and Eureka and Pawhuska—Announcement has been
the adjacent countryside. made by the interior department that
The Mount Dron schoolhouse, di- the remainder of the old Foster oil
rectly in the path of the wind, was leases, which was not sold April 20,
demolished and the furniture scat- will again be offered at public auction
tered over an area of more than a June 20.
mile. , The tracts, of which there are nine-
Mrs. Mary Bean’s home on land a teen- include the famout Boston farm
half mile northwest of Eureka was held bT the Gypsy Oil Company,
torn into kindling. Mrs. Bean was whose bid for the property in the
badly bruised and her daughter-in- APril Miction was refused by Secre-
law, Mrs. Walter Bean, seriously in-! tary Lane. Three other tracts held by
jured. Contents of the house were the Gypsy company to be sold this
picked up nearly three miles away. month, are also very valuable land.
The farm house and barn of Will v‘ew °,f the fact ^ the ne7 <n?1«s
Stevens were wrenched from their ot the sa!e Perm,t the succ«*sful hid-
foundations, but no one was injured. de* oalf pay.2a pe,r ccat ‘“/“J
_ . ana the balance from the oil produced
The barns owned by Robert Battie by ,ea8es in four yearSi ,ndioate8 somo
and C A Crawford were completely very splrlted bidding wiU occur. Ia
wrecked but their homes were prac- this manner 80me of the stnaller oper.
tica 1> untouched. ators will be given a chance to bid on
Both the house and bam owned by the leases If the ]easeg bave not
Robert Young were badly damaged. pald out in four years the successful
After the storm had passed Young bldder must pay the ba|anco in cash.
gathered up ten washtubs which the A ten days- gaug0 of the
Both nominations were made [by
overwhelming majorities and by ac-
clamation were made unanimous.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
presented by Roosevelt as a compro-
mise candidate, received seven votes.
Colonel Roosevelt, himself, received
eighteen and one-half, scattered over
ism and national strength must be
rooted In even-handed Justice. In pre-
venting, as we must, unjust discrim-
inations and monopolistic practices,
we must still be zealous to assure the
foundations of honest business.
Foreign Trade Should be Expander.
"Particularly should we seek the
expansion of foreign trade. We must
not throttle American enterprise
Hits Wilson Policy.
“I stand for the firm and unflinch-
ing maintenance of all the rights of
American citizens on land and sea.
I neither impugn motives, nor under-
estimate difficulties. But it is most
regrettably true that in our foreign here or abroad but rather promote it
relations we have suffered incalcula- and take pride in honorable achieve-
bly from the weak and vacillating ; tnPtU5- ^ e must take up the serious
course which has been taken with problems of transportation, of Inter-
regard to Mexico—a course lament- and foreign commerce, in a
twelve states. The DomiDHtin^ bul* ftbly w’ronj^ with re^urd to both our sensible nnd candid msnner, 3nd pro*
lot showed this count: Hughes 949% rights and duties. We Interfered Tide an enduring basis for prosperity
Roosevelt 18%, Lodge 7, Dupont 5, without consistency; and while seek- hy the Intelligent use of Constitution-
Weeks 3, Lafollette 3, absent 1. To- ing to distate when we were not aI Powers of congress, so as ade-
tal 987. ; concerned we utterly failed to appre- quafelv to protect the public, on the
Despite the fact that Frank Hitch-! date the discharge of our plain duty one hand- and °P.t!le other t0 ®°n*
cock, leader of the Hughes support- to our own citizens. ^rve the essential instrumentalities
I of progress.
ers, let it be known while the presi-
dential balloting was in progress that
the Hughes men wanted Burton for
second place, Ohio withdrew Burton’s
name leaving the field to Mr. Fair-
banks and former Senator Burkett of
Nebraska.
The ballot for vice president show-
ed this count: Fairbanks 863, Burkett
108, Borah 8, Johnson 1, Burton 1, ab-
sent. scattering and not voting 6. To-
tal 987.
Almost at the same moment that
Hughes was named, Theodore Roose-
velt was nominated by the progressive,
national convention and John M. Par-
ker. of Louisiana, was named as his
running mate.
Wrong Position at Start. civi| Efficiency Is Demanded.
"At the outset of the administra- "I stand for the principles of our d-
tion the high responsibilities of our vil service laws. In every depart-
diplomatic intercourse with Iforeign ment the highest efficiency must be
nations we subordinated to a concep- insisted upon. For all laws and pro-
tion of partisan requirements and grams are vain without efficient and
we presented to the world a humil- WNU.. TWO ..NAS .....t| | shr
iating spectacle of inaptitude. Belat- impartial administration,
ed efforts have not availed to recover “I cannot, within the limits of this
the Influence or prestige so unfortu- statement, speak upon all the sub-
nately sacrificed, and brave words jects that will require attention. I
have been stripped of their force by can only say that I fully indorse the
platform you have adopted.
"I deeply appreciate the responsl-
wiud had deposited in his yard.
Stinnett Back; On Way To Cell.
Muskogee—Clay Stinnett, former
city auditor, who disappeared April 12
with nearly $5,000 of the city’s funds.
Gypsy’s
company's leases will be takpn prior
to the sale and tbe bids will be made
on tbat basis.
Attorney Kill* Self
Snyder.—O. B. Rlegel, a local attor
surrendered to the authorities here. neyi committed suicide here by shoot-
He was hastily arraigned before a Jus- lng himself through the head with a
lice of the peace and taken before Dls- BInau caliber rifle. He was 42 vears i bf^n nominated for the presidency by knows no ulterior purpose, a patriot
trlct Judge R P. Degrafenreid. where oId Riegel had .been ill several itb* republican party. Charles Evans |?m that is single and complete.
Indecision.
Wants Our Diplomacy Restored.
"I desire to see our diplomacy re-[
stored to its best standards and to
have these advanced; to have no sac-
„ „ . . ..... riflees of the national interest to par-
Mr. Roosevelts provlstonal refusal- t„n expedipncies; to have the first
oaccept the progressive nomination, abuu of the count , ^ at lt9
is believed by the politically wise to COIr.mand hpre and abroad in diplo.
leave the door ajar, if not wide open.tmatlc fntercoursip; to maIntain firm-
for the eventual withdrawal of the,,y our r|rtt8 nndpr intPrnatlona!
third ticket in the e\ent Mr. Hughes ;iaw. insisting steadfastlv upon all
position on what the progressives. onr right? as mu(nal and ^ ppr.
feel to be the vital issues of the cam- formIng onr international obligations and am ready to devote myself un-
paign meets their approval. To this and hv ,hp c,par correctness and reservedly to the campaign,
extent at least the leaders In both justness of our positions and our man- (Signed) “Charles E. Hughes.
parties feel that the efforts at har ifPSt abj]jtv and disposition to su*----
mony. even if not directly fruitful of tain them to dignify our place among Hughes Hastens To Meet Leader,
results, may yet be realized. t thp nation5.
Hughes Resigns Supreme Bench Hits Hyphenated Citizenship.
Washington.—An hour after he had “T stand for an Americanism that
bllity you impose. I should have
been glad to have that responsibil-
ity placed upon another. But I shall
undertake to meet it, grateful for
the confidence you express. I sin-
cerely trust that all former differ-
ences may be forgotten and that we
may have united effort in a patriot-
ic realization of our national need
and opportunity.
"I have resigned my Judicial office
the imperial palace.
The establishing of a monarchy
was strenuously opposed by ,Japan
and the final abandonment of the plan
was largely credited to the represen-
tations made by Tokio.
The revolt progressed, however, and
in March the governors of several
Chinese provinces demanded the re*
signation of the president.
In May the provinces of Shansi and>
Shantung announced their independ-
ence and a provisional government)
was established by the generals comt
manding the revolutionary forces ia)
the south.
Pres. Yuan Shi Kal announced oat
May 26 his intentions to resign wheat
a suitable successor was chosen. Itj
was reported a little later that the!
president Intended to take refuge Ini
Japan and a dispatch from Tokio said!
that he was negotiating for a raai-8
denoe In the Japanese capital.
Yuan had been prime minister
the Dowager Empress before the
tablishment of the republic. He de*(
feated Dr. Sun Yat Sin for the preet-f
dency.
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lie entered a plea of guilty and was months and expressed the fear that
sentenced, cn the recommendation of bp W8I1 becomlng insane. He killed
the county attorney, to one year In the. himself while alone in a room at his
fate penitentiary. By noon he was honH, Th# widow and a sister sur
on bis way to McAlester.
Hughes had discarded the judicial Whether native or naturalized, or
robe* of the supreme court and is- whatever race or creed, we have but
Washington—Charles E. Hughes
will begin his active fight for the pres-
idency with a series of conferences
in New York. His action in hasten-1 and in Volhynia the
ing to New York, taken in connection
with the telegram accepting the nom-
ination. is construed as removing any
RUSSIANS BEBIN NEW OFFENSIVE}
Fierce Attacks Reported Along Entire-
Eastern Front. j
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London.—The long expected gen-}
eral offensive of the Russians against;
the Teutonic allies seemingly has be-
gun. From both Petrograd and Vien-,
na come reports that the Russians*
are actively engaged over a front)
from the Pripet river, east of Brest-;
Litovsk to the Roumanian frontier—
a distance of about 250 miles.
The Russians everywhere are using
large numbers of guns and men and,'
according to Petrograd, have achieevdi
successes on many important sectors,f
taking 13,000 prisoners and a number*
of guns and destroying or capturing!
Teuton positions.
Along the Bessarabian front, in tba*
Dniester region along the lower Stripe'
Russian attacks*
hare been particularly violent. In thsj
sued his creed of candidacy, robbing ore eoun'ry and we do not for an In-(doubts about his intention to wage a
■Theodore Roosevelt oi every vestige stant tolerate any division of alle- vigorous campaign from the very
of a third oartv platform with the giance
I first.
region of Oiyka In the one of that
Volynlan fortress triangle the Russian
guns have heavily shelled a front of
more than fifteen miles in length
by the Austrian Archduke Joseph
dinand.
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