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WAR IS A BUSINESS. INSTEAD OF HOWLING, WHY NOT SHOOT SPIES AND PRO-GERMAN PROPAGANDISTS? ' The Guthrie Daily EADER. VOLUME XLX. HOME. (U'TlMilK, OKLAHOM A, WKDXKSDA V, JANTAUT ), l'HS. PRICE 2c. NUMBER 144 TRAITOROUS F RIOTS FOR COAL WHILE CAR LOADS STAND UNTOUCHED ' HUN LINES SMASHEDBffRENGHlN" BOLD ATTACK ON ST 1CIL FIELD EOERAL OFFICIALS F?Vi;r f :cti fh 1k; had maim heal TO SKI J. AiniS. AMMl ANION WO MII.H AKY S I 0 I! I S nirrn sx.vhio to meucvn iieyo i i tiomst s REOUIREO TO BEGISTER AYEEK OF EEI5IU AltY , is DESIGNATED 1 OH IU.WS TIIATION OF I W A IT H ALIZEO (ii:iUIAS; TO mm ( i: spy han ged hehe ! BULLETIN. Los Angeles, Cal, Jan 9 Arms, I ammunition and military stores val- ued at $285,000, stored in the federal building here, were offered for sale by federal officials for the purpose of starting a revolution in Mexico, it was announced here today by army intelli gence officers. Intelligence officers, answering an advertisement for "ten husky men," unearthed the plot. One man, posing ae a buyer, was led to the basement of the federal building, according to army officials, and shown all the out. fit, including ten machine guns. Two j nen are now under arrest. Nicholas Senn Zogg and N All Alien Enemies Must Register Next Month. They are ' A Myles. Washington, Jan '.' Tha week of! Feb 4 was set aside, by the depart- incut, of justice today for registration ' Hi' the half liiillion uimai in iii.cd tier Miiis in the continnlal United States by iolice and postmasters in ptirsu ai.ee of President WP ctiv. alien ene my proclamation. !ie;i- tntt:on w '.'A iinolve the gather ing of detailed information concern ing th business, relatives and habits of every German, together with his Photograph and finger prints. After riigistoring he must carry a certificate :ird and may not. change his place, of reddence without approval of the po lico or ipofrtntastor. Violation of tho n gulutions will he puniirible by in tfirnmen for the war. The, orders do not apply to German women, nor to any petrous unlr 1 1 j years of age. Subiects of Austria- i Hungary are not required to register. All Asked to Co-operate. In announcing the regulations today the department of justice took care t avoid creating the impresHion that the government looks on each German with suspicioiT. "Itegistrants are not to be treated r.s ersons of evil dispodtion," in Btruclions l.o r,"fiist.rars said, "and tho registration officers ate urged to deal with them in a courteous and friendly manner." Police,, federal marshals and agents, and postal authorities are expected to co-operate and to investigate and cheek up each faot reported by the registrants. Certificate cards will be issued only after a complete verifica tion is made. The information ob tained will be of distinct value to officials in running down enemy Jots nnd cropaganda and in discovering ! will be the greatest of all years that what Germans bear close watching. have passed. Ti e work will begin on Newspaper's- and citizens will bo as- the 14th and will continue for five ed to assist. days. During the past month Sccre- Officials Who Will Aid. tttry Dorr ha9 bcon ,,u.icj in a verlt. in cities of 3.0-00 or more popula- ,nbIe avalanche 0f petitions and his as lion recorded by the li'Jli) census, a list jslstants and himself have been work er which is Issued by the department of justice, fa pi ch,icf of police and his assistants will administer tho rcgistra- tion. In smaller communities the ru- jbership continues to grow in tho ru ral 1 bidets registration will be con- jture as it now is and ha:, in the past Otieted by the postmaster In most lt win j)e ln line to conWo favorably cities tho work will be done by pre cinets. Every German is required to go to b lOuitiniuMi on Puse Riciit.! . The soldier boy would like to hear from home. Send him The Leader. By the month by mail forty (40) cents. Address changed as often as desired. A Few War Stamp Slogan For Our People "Loiin I'mle ,S;i'!i a ipiarler ly )iiy iiif a thrift stamp " "Voiii- ipiartors will help win i ho war." "Do .Vina' tipping with Uirii't stamps." "Encourage your children to save-buy them the first thrift stamp." "Huy a thrift stamp every day soon you'll have a $! bond." "Swat, the kaiser; every thrift stamp purchased is a blow." M AY HOLESAI.E (iUOCEIlY 1101 si: i on (.n iimi. Guthrie will soon havo another large wholesale grocery concern. Out side capital has been interested in the Guthrie location" for some time and closed a deal this week for tho old liricknor building on West Oklahoma avenue. YVOMEN EETTEIt CAUIUEDS AltK A SKCFSS St Louis, Jan 9 -Women letier curriera are not. a success, according o Postmaster Colin M Pelph, wh ) a'- ter giving them a 15-day trial on sov- eral city routes, iinnouneed toiwy their services would he reipiired no longer. Work was too heavy for them ,fi declared, I - S. THOOPS LOCYIFI) m:ai city of pakis Paris, Jan 9 The first detachments of the American staffs located in Paris probably ill begin moving- to their new quarters tomorrow end all will be established some distance, from Ptuis by January 15 at the latest. (; i;r.o oil roup ys PLANT Mollis COUPITTION The C'arbo Oil company's plant ui rih of the city is rapidly Hearing completions. Five pressed brick itnietures tiro almost complete. The Carbo Oil (innpany is incor ('rated for $2rti.!)i(!i and its ytotk is at iiremium. as it already had another ri finery at. N'ewkork that is jiaying dividend Mid-Winter Convocation Will Be Largest In History Of Con sistory; Temple Officials Preparing For Crowd That Guthrie will see the largest crowd of visiting Masons here next week there is no doubt. All indica tions point, to a record-breaking Scot tish Kite mid-winter reunion. The midwinter convocation is always the greatest of the year. This year it ing'day and night to keep up. This Consistory is the largest in the Southern Jurisdiction and if its moni with tho greatest Tho mnirnlfieienf tnmnlo nrltli Ha ' .,, , , ..P , , . , - rich and beautiful appointments of I course, is ono of the drawing cards j ut niuch ere(ii(; )3 m jjr rjerr, sec retary for his untiring efforts and his bility as an executive. The right man in the right place usually makes a success of his undertakings and Scot tish Rite Masonary feel it has such a man. BUY "WAR STAMPS" AND SAVE. L FOR OFFI Sessions Will Be Held Here Jan uary 16; Non-Coms Also To Be Included In the In slructions The arrangements are now com pleted for the school for officers at the Home Guard of Logan county. The first session wil he held in Guth rie, Wednesday, Jan ill! at 11 a in, and will continue till three ip m. It is im ;..rtant that all officers of the various tnits be on baud promptly, as they should not miss the first part of the Instructions. Kach, company will also send its fip.it sergeant and also the i'rospoctive drill norgeant, as they will receive valuavle instruction with their officers. This first meeting will b.j very Important, and it will deter mine just when these officers' drills will bo held and how frequently. Col Mornnday hits some very important instruction which' he has received from wtate military headquarter.;, which will be issued at this first, meeting. The local officers and the county council of defense will arrange for a luncheon for Hie officers from Hie outside cities, at .the noon hour, at which itnrortant business will be transacted, under direction of the chairman of the county council of de fensu It. is the plan that every offi cer of the local units, Companies A t ) K, '.hull attend this drill meet and assist in the entertainment of the of ficers from the outside cities. Now that the holiday season is oul of the way all (he companies, in and out of the city are g'Mling down to hnrd drilling. Reports reaching Col Hornnday indicate that the outside units are doing better drill work than the city units. Hut all are doing good work and will from this time on attend (Continued on Pace l'lclit.) Clothless Days Might Be Added To Less-Less Days Quite Profitably; Watchless, Workless, Laughless, Also Mr Hoover and Mr Garfield have a tough job everybody will admit that. This attempt to convince the great American people that they can get along, for a time, without wheat and coal and meat and lights, isn't what it's cracked up to be; both of these esteemed gentlemen after witnessing Investigations of their department to find out how much they have been tcking down from profiteers will ad mit it. Cut there is one other dictator that ought by all means be ap, olntcd li the government. A clothes adminis- lrator-ls needed just as much as aj coal distributor or a food admin s trator. His services at a dollar a year or even less would produce a great saving to that pail vl the race which Uvea within the confines of the United Strtes. Th,e idea of any man wearing a hat nr cap seven days out of the week is ridiculous. Hatless days should be come a national institution What was that hair put on the top of man's head for, anyway? Adam went bare headed eevea days out ol the week, While tho car loads of coal shown the Iowt photograph --and hun (! tils move thi' photographer could not gel within his sight remained u l, touched in New Jersey railroad yards, just across the North River from New York Ciiy, housewives, htisb. mils and children of the "Kitst S il;" in zero weal her rioted and ! struggled for the recious fuel. The New J'Tsev cars, l'ill.'d with thousands of to.,:, were not. three miles from the scene of the riots. SI QUESTIONNAIRES. Classifying Registrants Will Take Several Weeks Longer; Phys ical Examinations To Be gin January 21 Th's in thi! last, day in which ques t'onnaires may be mailed out to regis trants under the selective draft law. The exi'ini lion boards will continue for two or three weeks th"1 work of classifying registrants'. A great many i'"gi ! rants to whom questionnaires have been mailed will he considered as delinquent;; because they have not fiilfiil out the questionnaires and re t'irned them to the boards. See I'JIi or the selective service regulations says: "Any registrant, except an alien en emy, who fails to return the question- i Pit ire on the date required shall he deemed to have waived all right, for j fling claims and ; roof form deferred I Classification, shall stand classified in j Class 1, and he so recorded by the 'local board, subject, however, to the ! rights ami privileges of other persons i to apply tu the leeal 1; ril for de ! I'crred classifi. ,n ion of !he registrant, ji tid to the r:-1.: ;" the reg:trant or oilier person to , jiy for an extension i.t linn1 iis p: , :,'..-. d i.i jet : L'esi lining Men lay, ,I.,n ::, jj-,-, (K K'oiiMnueil on Puno Klitlit.) By DUSTY RHODES Women Should Share. Men should not be made to hear all the less-less-less-lesis orders. Women! uhfiuld come in for their share. The and he survived. And Adam was sock lr.is a5 days out of each year, ycl Eve admired him just as much as though he had worn silk ones. Then why can't men forego the pleasure of Phatically no! Th,o fair sex liai; a wearing socks at least, ono day out.'Kt'cat advantage over tho men In that of tho week? Such a thing might be I they are not bothered with bald heads, an incentive for some men to changnjat least not quite, and should any of their foeks oi'ti'mv !l::in o:i e a p'onth, ' thm suffer with this nlaguo they can ,( '" s "nd ii few minutes at any depart- I' th'.- id -i. vYi h u : e,;rei fully ' ment store or drug store and secure .ubm: led to ih f ovornmem', is prac-! a remedy for $2.98 or thereabouts. tied, why not extend it to shoej (it will save leather) and coats and shirts and trousers ; well, of course, t)vrp Associated Preii. New Orleans, La, Jan 9 Tonight, generally fair, colder. Thursday prob ably fair; coatinued cold. T Mass Meeting Voles To Take Action At Once; Mayor and I Safety Commissioner j "Differ" On Roods j Marked difference of opinion ex ists between the mayor and tho com missioner of pub'ie safety its to the condition of tho road leading to Sum mit View cemetery. The mayor contends that tho road is "unfit," and called a muss meeting to devise plans for its betterment. Chief Mitchell, in an open letter, avers that "he lias money to fix the road," and that "the city with tho the township arc putting it in shape." According to the mayor tho "city begun work for the first, timo Tuesday I morning." Heated words, it Is said, passed be tween tho mayor and police comniis- ' sinner, over the hitter's letter relative Utoho roads. j The mass meeting for good roads, called by Mayor Ilarlman, in The Leader, Monday,' was held at tho 'City I Hall, last night and proved euthusi ! astie. j In regard lo the 'cemetery road il , was brought, out that the county I board has agreed to widen the con crete arch bridgo to not less than thirty feet and tho township trustees I agreeing, willi the aid of tho city and 'citizens to make all "fills" and widen tho grade, also cutting down the hill south of this bridge, grubbing out th trees and brush now obstructing thn road opposite the Scrutchfield farm. The meeting unanimously voted to annolnt u commit ten tn rircuPitn n j petition for funds to thoroughly maki over tnc cemetery road. The com- (ContlniiPil nn I'flffn Klcrlit.) , nmst be a limit, soiha ii1.ip only objection is that with tho present i .....i. r .i .... ai.vn.a oi. nuuit'ii s uresscs mo less-icss idea can't, be carried too far. But there aro those beautifully, trimmed, gaudily bedecked pieces of headgear -are they necessary ,seven days out j of each week? Mere man replies em Surely women aro ready to bear their mart of the burdens of war, as long as they pro T0f a-fcej lu Kl tow far. Shoeless days would be a great blesuing when footwear costs $15 a prir. Stockiugless days also are out of reason, and on windy days at the corner of First and Oklahoma there are plenty cxam,i!lej of "nearly" 'jlock'inglebs damsels you know these cobwebby efects, or don't you? Going a stetp farther but why dis- Subjects Of Allies Eligible For Positions Cnited Stales civil service ap pointment lists are t( be opened to subjects of our allies as a re sult of (he crush of war work and shortage of help. The civil service commission announced today that because of the urgent, needs of the service, subjects or our allis who are otherwise qualified will be admit ted to the open competitive exam ination for index niul catalogue clerks. The, examination is open lo both men and women. Tho only qualification as to the appoint ment, of ally aliens Is that citi zens of the United States get first, choice, and tho aliens can not bo appointed until tho list of natives is exhausted. Ol TKIUvMv IN POHIl CiAL; MSItON r.OUKAKIM l Mnrtated I'cvra. Madrid, Jan 9 Another outbreak has occurred in Portugal, according to ntws reaching here from beyond the frontier. Crews of Portuguese war ship's mutinied and began bombarding the Lisbon forts, it is stated. The army, it appears, remained faithful to the government of Dr Sidonio Paezj and tranquility has been restored. IIEAIUNC ON CONTKOL w roads iu:siiMi: Washington, Jan 8 Testimony re garding the probable effect of govern ment control on tho financing of rail roads was continued today before tho sonato and house interstate commerce committee considering the adminis tration's railroad bill. ANOTHER WOUNOEH Washington, Jan il General Persu ing today reported that Private Ar ihur J Snedeker, engineers, was seri ously wounded in action on December 31. No details of any engagement were given. K O Snedeker, his father Columbia, Mo. BAN ON CAKE Home, Jan 9 The Italian govern ment has promulgated a decree pro hibiting the making and sale of cake, pastry and confectionery under what ever shape or form. Fourth Unheralded Cold Snap In Ten Days; Another Cold One "Breezed" In From tho North Today Hoy, page Mr Open Winter, crog nosticator. Hring him in and let the Indignant citizens give him the seesaw-once over. For the fourth time within ten days this section is in the grip of a cold wave. The present one promises to be more severe than the one last week. The mercury is 'i romised by the weatherman to dn.p ten degrees before Thursday lnorninfj. Of course the weal hernia n Hvm been giving ui many 'hum steers" of 'late, but he if the fellow we must depend upon. And the gas pressure is not what it was promised by a helluvalot. UK All I'M HOME (UJAIt!) TO lHOIU: NON-;iYEHS The complete list of all those per sons who were ablo, but flatly re TuouJ lu contribute to the Ked Cross Christmas drivo has been compiled, and turned over to tho "Company of Home Guard of Drafted Men." , The members of thi3 company will begin investigations nt once, and as quickly as confirmations are obtained the names and comments will be sent to Washington and printed in The Leader. The state council of defense I'Oll.l! I AKK 1 150 IMtlSOXEItS, M NY M AUIINF. GUNS AM) imivi: u:mis hack iiii, .tun: on vi :i i nuAtiu n ritONT FRENCH VII K A1SI.U IS M ASSINCi V CHEAT AHMY ON WEST 1 1U)T I'HKl'AHATOHY TO A MAMMOTH OIIT.N SIYK; NOTES FHOM ALL ITIONTS BULLETIN. Paris, Jan 9 In a surprise attack cast of St Mihlcl today, Frsnch troops penetrated German defonses on a front r nearly a mile. After demolishing the positions and destroying shelters they returned to their own lines with 1150 prisoners and a number of ma chine guns, the official statement Is sued by the war office says. HOSPITAL SHIP TORPEDOED London. Jan 9 Notwithstanding the pledge given lu Sopiemoer, uct Ornians have sunk another hospital ship, the Dally Mail says. All the wounded ainl'others on lu.-ii -.1 ( re saved. t he torpedoed vessel was lui. i'.r ,!-h ship Hewa, 3,078 tout., cud i feet long. The Bristol cluuiuel h ,.n aim of the Atlantic extending !u;o tne soulhwestern part of Great t:i trin between Wales and tho uouth westem countl"s of Knglaud. PEACE PARLEYS. Amsterdam, Jan !) Tho leaders t( thn delegations representing Russia rnil the central (powers, held a pre liminary discussion yesterday, dlspo leg of questions of procedure, a dis viteli from Hrc.it-Lllovsk report. The meeting was attended by Leon Tiotzky, Holshovikl foreign minister, Dr Von Kuehilmann, Herman foreign minister; Count Czernin, Austro-IIuu-gariuti foreign minister, and Talaat lUy, Turkish grand vizier. A pleti ii vy session of the delegates was ar ranged for this morning. Later representatives of tho coutnil powers held a conference with tha l'l; rain la int. FRENCH HOLD FIRM. Paris, Jan 9 The French ropulaed an enemy attempt in Champagne. In tho Verdun sector and in upper AN Hdee the artillery battle continues. HUNS WIN, THEN LOSE. London, Jan 9-"At dusk yesterday evening tho enemy succeeded ln en tering two of our advanced positions i, ear tho Ypres-Htaeden railway but was Immediately ejected by a. local cr.unler-attack," tho war office re ports. "Early this morning Canadian t'oops carried out a successful raid south of Lens, capturing two machine gun'!." Germany Is Massing Great jArmy On West Front. Washington, Jan 9 Germany's strength on tho Franco-British front is placed in official dispatches re ceived here today at 154 divisions, or within one division of the great force amassed there last July when the German military effort ajalnst France was at its maximum. From Slav Front. Withdrawals from Russia and drafts upon the younger classes of re servists have enabled the kaiser not only to make up the enormous loysea suffered in bloody battles with the allies, hut ty rnphec tha sica bcui. to aid tho Austrians in their invasion (Continued on Pnero Right ) Those who scan the Want Columns of The Leader very often Profit By Pointers Gleanod. -There are Tips and" Pointers Which Bring Profit. (Continued on Figs Seven.) has decided on this course.