The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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Oriental
Progress.
SUCCESSOR TO THE BLAIR PROGRESS
VOL. 11
BLAIR. JACKSON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. WEDNKSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915.
HIT (I. S. POLICY
NO. 81
WASHINGTON President W l»<m
today narived from Gvnuritl lLi|<h Scull
chief of »talf now in cheitjo Ml Nnco,
Arizona, n report which is uiMltrslood
to recommend strongly that immediate
and grnvi stepii be tuh<*n by the U. S.
to pul Mill end to tiring aeross the bot-
tler by Mexicans.
It is believed the report informs the
i’resident that all peaceful efforts to
relieve the situation have failed anti
that the only thing left to do is to uac
force.
TITT* receipt of the dispatch from
General Scott startled the war and
stale departments into action and oc-
cupied tho attention of both to the ex-
clusion of everything else.
Tha dispatch came to tho war de-
partment and was put it the hands of
Acting .Secretary lirockeuridge. He
sent one copy to the state department
and forwarded another note to Secre-
tary of War Garrison, who is at Atlan-
tic City.
Acting Secretary of State Lansing
took the dispatch to the White House
and discussed it with President Wil-
son. On his return to the department
he held conferences with Acting Sec-
retary of War Breckenridge, Major P.
D. Lochridge and other officers.
The President also held a series of
conferences and instead of going to
play golf, as is his Saturday custom, he
sent for Senathrs Smith of Arizona and
Stone of Missouri, chairman of the
senate foreign relation committee.Both
senator afterwards denied that they
had been summoned to discuss the Na-
co situation.
Acting secretary of war Rrecken-
cp'idge conferred with Enrique Llorente
the V'lla representative in Washing-
ton.
On receipt of his copy of General
Scott’s dispatch, secretary Garrison
telegraphed that he would return to
Washihgton today if the Presi ent
wished to confer with him on the situ-
ation, but otherwise he would not come
btek until tomorrow. ' #
There are two propositions before
the President for the stoppage of the
firing across the border and both are
the recomendation of the war depart-
ment. One is to call a halt on the ship-
ment of food supplies j cross the border
from American territory and the other
is to return the fire of the Mexicans
and diive them away from the line.
In choosing between the two the
President is really confronted with the
problem of deciding whether he will
give aid to the Villa forces or to the
Carranza forces.
The town of Naco, Mexico, is occu-
pied by the forces of General Hill, the-
Carranza leader. Outside the town and
facing the American border are the
Villa forces under the command of
General Maytorena.
For the past two weeks General
Scott has been trying to induce Gener-
al Maytorena to sign an agreement to
establish a neutral zone about Naco
but his efforts have been without avail.
If the President should decide to
adopt the plan of stopping shipments
of food across the border, the only side
to suffer would be General Hill’s forces
which are cooped up in the town. The
Maytorena troops can draw on the
country for supplies. An order of this
kind would have the effect of either
driving the Hill forces out into battle
in the open against superior forces or
of starving them into subjection. This
would be an aid to the Villa side.
If, however, the President should de
cide to return the fire of the troops
which are sending bullet across the
border the Maytorena forces would
suffer and the Carranzistas would be
correspondingly benefited.
General Scott has been trying to ac-
complish more than merely the pro-
tection of Naco. He has been working
on the establishment of a three-mile
neutral zone along the full extent of
the American border, which would
mean that the combatants would agree
to come no closer than that to Ameri-
can territory. In some quarter it is be-
lieved today’s dispatch is an insistence
that some aggresive steps be taken
A u»'jcc£:»sig!i ot TisriJls. Mystery and Hair^Breadth Escopss
llie Adventures of KafMyn
Macprath, one of the most wonderful stories ever written. Follow the
ne.oine tnrough her remarkable adventures — from her beautiful home in California
V3, dense jungles of Allaha and among the savage tribes of Hindustan.
Hindu bri" We
l£*s a Treat That Your Don’t Want to Miss!
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Baltimore among them representative*
of tho Gcrrnan-Anipricnn Aliianro and
the Ancient Order of Hibernian*, ap-
peaacd Monday before tho houue foroi-
gn a (fairs committee to favor pending
ngresHiotml resolutions tostop expor-
tation of war arnunitionto belligerents.
C. i. Hexarner of Pennsylvania of tho
Gcrinan-Amcrican Alliance presented
memorials adopted by that organizat-
ion in many states, urging the adoption
of one of the resolutions,
“The principal evil growing out of
the situation is the damage being done
to our commerce, “ said he. “We should
have an immediate inquiry by a spe-
cial commerce commission. We should
demand tfint our neutral trade be al-
lowed to go on without interference
and that England not be allowed to pre-
vent U3 from sending articles that are
of nodirect use in wartoltaln, Holland
Denmark, Norway and Sweden, or any
other country that desires to buy our
goods. Some way should be found to
raise the embargo imposed by England
on the re-exportations our goods from
these countries to the civil population
of Germany and Austria.”
‘Rut the first thing to done is to
prohibit the exportation of arms and
ammunition. Only England and her
friends can benefit by our unholy com-
merce in war materials. Every dollar
made by a few manufacturers of war
supplies is tainted wish blood from the
field of battle. ” ■
Hoi ace L. Brand of Chicago, chair-
man of the central legislative commit-
tee of the alliance, told the committee
today only by prohibiting the war ex-
ports could the United States live up
to real neutrality.
“Forbid the exportation of all arms
and munitions of war that are contra-
band, ’ said Theodofe Sutro of New
York, “and you will remove the excuse
for the British conduct which called
forth the note of protest recently sent
to London. ”
Resolutions presented by the German
American Alliance delegation included
a letter written by Mr. Hexarner to
President Wilson.
that will bring both sides to terms
the subject of a neutral zone.
At 10 o’clock tonight, after a long
conference with Preident Wilson, sec-
retary Tumulty gave out the following
announcement:
“There is a hitch in the signing of
the agreement between Hill and May-
torena to withdraw from the neighbor-
hood of Naco and our government is
trying to adjust the matter, but we do
not yet know what the diffieulty is.”
In the absence of positive knowledge
of the contents of the dispatch receiv-
ed from General Scot^, this announce-
ment is interpreted in Washington to
mean that the chief of staff insists that
pressure be brought to bear on the
Mexican commanders.
ion for the same time last year was 83
per cent.
“MY SOUTHERN ROSE”
On account of enlargirg the Progress
to an eight page paper this week our op-
erator has had so much type to set that
by the time he got to “My Southern
Rose’’ our space was filled and we will
have to leave it out this week. It will
appear next week, so watch foj it.
VINTER WHEAT IN OKLA-
HOMA IS DOING WELL
SCHOOL SATURDAY
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We are requested to say that
beginning with Saturday and
each Saturday thereafter until
the twenty days that was lost
this fall for the pupils to pick
cotton is made up. We have one
of the best schools in the state.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
OKLAHOMA CITY-The growing
condition of winter wheat on Dee. 25.
was81 percent, according to the re-
port on crop conditions issued by the
state board of agriculture. The condit-
Mattie Cal Gibson was absent
last Thursday and Friday.
Pauline and Kathleen Moore
were absent Monday.
Betty McCutcheon entered
school Moiiday.
Edwin Thorne was absent
Monday.
The Basket Ball games between
Martha’s first and second team
and Blair’s first and second team
played at Blair Saturday after-
noon the scores were, the fi rst
teams, 7 and 8 in favor of Blair;
the second teams 6 and 25 in fav
or of Blair. The first team had
a close game but the second won
easy.
Another good Literary pro-
gram was rendered last Friday
Friday afternoon. The visitors
present were: Mesdms Reid,Mar-
lin, Jennings and Loeknane, and
Misses Clifford Harris, Mabel
Black and Sue Kinkle.
The tenth and twelfth grade
girls honored the boys of the
same grades and Mrs. Rollins,
Mr. Whortan and Mr. Early with
a banquet which consisted of di-
vinity fudge and apples. The
table was beautifully decorated
with the class colors, which were
arranged so as to forma “15” on
two sides of the table and a “17”
on the other two sides. On the
center of the table was placed a
large dish of apples which was
surrounded by cedar. Then on
THE MISSIONARY MEETING
The business meeting of the
W. M. S. was in session Tuesday
Dec. 29th., at 3:C0 p. m. with a
small attendance. The program
rendered helped to make it very
interesting. Devotionals conduct-
ed by Bro. Crumpton. A very
impressive talk by Mrs. Minnie
Hawkins. Papers by other mem-
bers of the society. The election
is over and most of the officers
most of the officers hold the
same place they had last year.
We are now entering upon the
work of a new year. Yesterday
is gone; today is passing and to-
morrow is only a few hours ahead
while we con not recall the past,"
but look to the future with hope
and faith that we might accomp-
lish a greater work for the mas-
ter. If we could only catch a
deeper vision of what we could
do and look with consecrated eye
upon what is being done in the
Master’s Vineyard at home and
across the sea, we would feel
more like laying aside something
for the Lords Treasury. We are
each corner of the table was a going to take up the Mission
plate of candy. A few words of Study Course right away and
appreciation were given by Mr.
Whortan.
Nell Powell visited school Mon
day.
we need the co-operation
every member. Lets come
and do our best
Publicity Agent.
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Beaver, Dennis. The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 6, 1915, newspaper, January 6, 1915; Blair, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956874/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.