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AND 1 Trs 4 V k.i f rl ' H m li ft ' A U 1 1 tv A i W 1:4 lit litra ml 1 1 J olftiU .MUM I.J 'SI M li UiL'JS J! xx tTr"Tr"iT PROSPERITY TALK Thi prri-tion of mnrtirn 10-itory hotel ami ihi-ntiT hrrtj will mean tlil Tuba will (iiriiana nr city in tu aUte In hoalHry accommodation. "EiE IT JSOJRsTsriIS'C3 VOL. XI, NO. 205 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SAT IT Ii DAY, MAY V., 191G 10 PAGES PKICE FIVE CENTS U ft Ifl i; i $ y ii - ts li v W n xx n us: 5Fv ! 'HE WEATHER. j "1111 ulr; Friday cenenllr I I t l It Vmimum 84. I I WILL ORDER OUT MORE GUARDS IF RAIDS CONTINUE Senate Will Not Yotc for Troops Withdrawal Until Bandits Arc Punished. ORDERS TO GENERALS REMAIN UNCHANGED Fear "No Serious Conse quences From Failure of Border Protocol. WASHINGTON. May 12. Failure of the military conference at Kl Paso lo reach a liefinlte agreement has brought no change In the policy towards Mexico of the Washington administration. President Wilson and his cabinet to- day discussed General Scott's report nnnmincins that the cuestions at is sue had been referred back by the conferees to their respective govern tncnts for diplomatic discussion. Lat er It was officially stated that the situation was unchanged. There was no evidence smons ad ministration officials of Kreatly In rronanil concern ovr the events at the border and In Mexico. President Wilson left this afternoon for a week end trip down Chesapeake bay on the naval vncht. Mayflower. Secretary U.I..F not- n Atlantic t'ltv and New ark. N. J., and wll fot return until Unnrfnv The text of General Scott's report of his final discussion) lias not neen made nubile. Then.- are indications. however, that ho arrived at some thing in the nature of a gentleman's understanding with tho Mexican war minister, though it possibly had no more definite form than a statement by each side of what steps It purposed taking toward checking raiding along tho Texas border, tenewed with tho attack on Olenn Sprirgs. Will Hemaln In Mexico. Pending new orders from tho presi dent. It was made plain at the w.r de partment that General Pershing's expedition would remain in Mexico watching developments beyond the border. Meanwhile, mobilization con tinues of national guardsmen from the border plates and additional reg ulars to otrensthen the border patrol at points along the eighteen hundred mile stretch not protected by the con stitutionalists. , . ' Should raiding be renewed addi tional state troops will be called out for border duty am! wherever the bandits leave a hot trail the army will not hesitate to pursue them Into Mexico. , , , An Indication of the attitude of some members of congress toward the suggestion of General Carranza that the American ' expedition be re called cume in the senate today when Senator Lewis declared he believed the majority of the senate never would vote for withdrawal until the murderers of Americans had been punished. The Illinois sneator spoke In replv to a suggestion by Senator CONTINf KU -)S l'Atih Hl VhN BOOSTERS MAY GO TO WICHITA SOON Trade Extensionists Plan ning Two Days Excur sion Into Kansas. If enough Interest Is displayed in the efforts of the trade extension committee of the local Chamber of Commerce, a two-day excursion from Tulsa to Wichita and return, with tops at all of the larger cities be tween tho two points, may follow cloBCly on the heels of the last ono day trade trip scheduled for May 23. This was the announcement made at yesterday's meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce, Several years ago such a trip was rjiade by the organi sation and all who went at that time were unanimous In saying it was one of tho most successful and fruitful ever made by a bunch of boosters from this city. Just when the proposed trip will be made haa not definitely been de cided upon, but It was suggested that June 6 and 7 might be the days on which the local trade talkers would make the big trip. The trip as ten tatively arranged would include stops at Arkansas city, wjnriem. coney vlllc. Newklrk and Ponca City, It Is estimated that the cost of this trip will bo about 110 for each fare. including transportation and accom modations for the entire trip. Many reservations are expected If the trip Is made. ' Out for Senate. Special to The World. PKHUV. Okla.. May 12 Hon. Tom Testertnan, a member of the lower house of the state legislature for the paat three terms from isooie county ttmtA mi hMB.Ht Inlnnpltli flfWlP IllUil OP has announced his candidacy for the ItAtiiihllfMfi flfimlfiAtlnn flip thai atatu enatorshlp from the Noble-pawnee uniiniu jitaflrmr ha win nnnniiMa niwi o oppoaltOB tor the party nomlna- LACK OF FUNDS CLOGS WHEELS OF JUSTICE Fat Criminal anil Civil Docket Awaits the Continuation of iinding. Special to The World. CUHKMHUK, Okla.. May 12. With but a few cas.s completed on a large criminal and civil docket for the regular May term of the Kogvrs county district court, the "wheels of Justice" werj forced to stop grinding owing to the fact that the funds for this purpose in the county's treasury were running low, and ail cases for hearing on the criminal docket have been continued to a date In Septem ber or later. Two murder cases were continued that ol John Davis, facing trial for the third time in this court, charged with the killing of Marshal U C. Wolfir.bergcr in Collinsville In May last, and that of Andrew Jones, charged with complicity In the mur der of Harney Guilliams at Chelsea In January last. John Davis, who was charged Joint ly with his brother. Joe, with the killing of Wolflnberiier. has faced trial on two former occasions for the the offense, but each has resulted In a mistrial, while the brother waa found guiltv of manslaughter and Is now serving a twenty-five-year sen tence in the state penitentiary at Me Alester. Davis' third trial will prob ably occur In September. CLEAN SLATE GIVEN BRANDEIS III PROBE Senate Committee Finds No Blemish in This Con nection With Merger. THE HEARING CLOSES Will Draft Supplementary Report but No Indication When Vote Might Come. WASHINGTON, May 12. Re opened hearings before tho senate Judiciary subcommittee In vestigating the fitness of Iannis T). Iirandels for tho supreme bench be gan ami ended today with the intro duction of testimony regarding Mr. 1'iandels' connection as counsel witn jthe merger last January of the United Druse company and tho K ker-Hece- innn Drug Stores company and a statement by Commissioner Harlan that Mr. Brundeis' services to the in terstate commerce commission in the 5 per cent advance rate case were eminently satisfactory. Still I'nccltnin. The subcommittee, which already has recommended by u voto of threo to two confirmation of the Brandels nomination, wlil draft supplementary report wnen today n evidence has been printed. There was no evidence to night aa to when a vote in the full committee might be expected.' Commissioner liarlun stated that Mr. Jlrandcis was employed by thu commission not to represent the ship pers but the public in seeing that all the facts in the rate case were pre sented. He said he would have re garded him as failing in tiifi duty if he had withheld any Important ivm elusions he reached in regard to the case. .Both statements were drawn out In answer lo criticisms of Mr, Brandeis because in his closing argu ment of the case ho said tho net op- erating revenues of the carriers were too small. 'It never occurred to me and I have never heard any of my colleagues criticise his action, Mr. Harlan said. WALLACE IS FREE OF THEFT CHARGE Circumstantial Evidence Fails to Convict Man of Stealing Grain. Circumstantial evidence failed to convict Earl Wallace of a charge of burglary when his trial was held yes terday In the district court. The Jury returned a verdict or not guilty with in a short time and Wallace waa ac quitted. Wallace was accused tho theft of two hundred bushels of oats and quantity of corn from D. M. Trees last January. J. 8. Adams was charred with complicity in the stealing, but became Involved In a Job of cattle stealing and forfeited his bond in the sum of $1,000 when he left the city. County Attorney J. P. Kvers fought the case stubbornly, but had no real facts to submit. Following the completion of the case. Judge George Crump ordered a recess of court until further call. It Is probable no other cases will be heard before Monday, when the trial of William Baber, chanced with the murder of two federal officers, will be called. Twice before Juries failed to agree on a verdict in this case. It Is ex pected tho trial will continue the bet ter part of the week. 180 Killed. CAPE TO "AN. Bouth America, May 12 (Via London, 4 Jt p. m.) Floods In the Midland district have claimed an estimated nuuber of 160 lives, made hundreds homeless and caused J, ftnnrmr, li 4 pro nt y jV. ri..aMi More Than 500 Live Wire Journalists Are Now Making Lasting History in Annals of EXPERT TELLS OF POSSIBILITIES OF NEXT NEWSPAPER (BY THE MAN AildfT TOWN) THK evening session at Conven tion hall was larvelv attended bv the members of the association. The first speaker was M rle Thorpe, Dean of the school of Journalism in the University of Kansas, his address Mr. Thorpe covered a great deal of territory, giving a blrdseye view of the immense possibilities of the coun try newspaper. He handled the sub ject without gloves, declaring that It stands at the bottom of credit rating, and that banks regard such publica tions as their pooreht risks. This has been because of the ease with which such ventures have been launched. and the inefficient manner In which the business end has been carried on. At the present time scientific meth ods are being employed more than ever before, and In the Imsinem readjust ment leaks are being stopped, and ad vertising secured upon the busts of service actually rendered. The need of co-operalion with ad vertisers so that the advertisement will actually sell thj goods whs par- tiularly emphasized. Mr. Thorpe showed that the sums spent In adver tising in this country would every year build three Panamu canals or pay the national debt. He also showed that the correspondents of country papers may be utilized in soliciting both subscriptions and educating their own communities as to the advant ages of newspaper publicity. The ad dress gave new vision to many, who spoke approvingly of the methods urged, at the close of the address. , Newspaper liurcuii. 1'he matter of most vital Interest discussed by the speuker was the work of the Central Newspaper Bureau of Kansas. The object of this burenu Is to secure national advertising- which heretofore has gone largely to the magazines. Contracts for advertising are made directly by the bureau, and distributed among the papers of the Etato, according to rigid tests. They must prove that they can sell the foods they advertise before they can Miare in the contract already made. Mr. Thorpo would liko to extend thin bonanza so as to include the country papers of Oklahoma. Mnni.son Sicak. J. C. Morrison, editor of the Mortis Tribune, at Morris, Minn., was the second speaker. His address was too technical to be of interest to any ex cept those directly interested In tho cost problems connected with the rnwspaper business, nut nuu aaver tisers been present, to see exactly the expense encountered In putting forth their own material, there would be a belter understanding all around. It was a strong address tnrouhout and illustrated with statlhtlcs tuai were unanswerable. TOLSA HAS LARGEST TELEPHONE NUMBER Incidentally This Is Also Number of Dollars Soon to Be liaised. It may be surprising to many peo ple of Tulsa to learn that our city bus the largest telcphono number in the United States. The telephone number of the campaign headquar ters of the Holy Family Catholic church is 100,000. This is also the amount the parish seeks to raise for the liquidation of the church debt in I h iix-day whirlwind campaign which will start next week. The headquarters, which are lo cated In the basement of the church are open every day from :30 In tlv morning until 6 o'clock in the even ing. From May Id to 2:1, during which time the actual solicitation will take place, the headquarters will r muln open until 11 o'clock each night. The work of listing and classifying the names of the prospective suu scrllters Is well under way and will be completed by the end of tho week. A keen but friendly rivalry has al ready arisen among the team leaders. leach captain is resoivea to surpass xne other In bringing in the biggest collection. Mrs. Harry V. Sinclair has been se lected chairman ot the women's di vision. John H. Msrkham, Jr., is tht general chairman of the cainpuign oi ranlxalion, 1 nonius cnestnut, vice chairman, Key. John u. Helrlug treas urer and Paul Held secretary. WORMrFdIDN'T GET ENOUGH OF PURE AIR LAlTtKL, Miss.. May 12. About 25') weavers and spinners in tho laurel cotton mills went on strike to day for more fresh air. - The strikers alleged that the windows In tho mill were nailed down, leaving only an eight-inch opening. The management closed 'the plant, leaving ahoit five hundred employes idle, but it was thought the differonces would be ad touted, tomorrow. Oklahoma Newspapers Croat est Convention in His tory of Association teaches Height. TALKS INTERESTING Election of Officers and Elaborate Banquet Will Feature Todav. i TODAY'S PKOtiltA.M 8 a. m. Conference of Demo- t rrntic editors In parlors of ltrady I I hotel, to reorganize Democratic I press association. I I 9 a. m. Convention called to I t order at Convention hall. I I 12 noon. Luncheon for visit- I ing women at Hold Tulsa; Indies I I to assemble on mezzanine floor I I promptly at noon. 1 p. m. Closing business ses- I i sion, election of officers, etc., at I Convention h all. J I (p. in. sharp. Banquet. I I speeches and music at Ccnvcn- I t tion hall, complin cntary to tho I I visitors. I 9:30 p. in. Annual bull at I I Convention hall, --preceded by I pipe orgar. concert and scenic I demonstration. 1.. ...... .......... 4 AN aulo ride over the city, a splendid entertainment at Hand Springs, action Indicating that reso lutions will bo adopted todav fuvor ing the repeal of the federal anti pass l.iw. and speeches by two dia I Infill .bed newspaper, experts,, fea tured the opening day of the twenty- fifth annual convention of the Okla- E. II. Ebslf. nlltor Enid Morning Newt, ni am f tk apeakpra heiure thu u. r. A. yaalvraav. noma Press association In Tulaa yes terday. During the business session some argument arose over tho conditions that brought about the present high cost of print paper and other news paper supplies, but President George Foster put a stop tc the discussion by declaring that the existing prices MM .,r.r...n ... ii.,r,vn. e-lllor flulliri Lxdr, who arllonil an al'ln adilnaa kefort th O. I'. A. vratrrdny 1 vol ir n ituf ahp an tli t""t,nnt aubject, 'MuirtaiDing the .v.uitnra tjiuDiwue. could not be lowered by theoretical talks. The attendance at the convention passed tho five hundred mark laxt night, and thereby exceeded any previous record in the history of the association. The weather was ideal, save for a high wind tn the afternoon, and the visitors enjoyed themselves immensely. Break Record. A' bright feature of the first day was the attendance at the business sessions. Fully four hundred ' were present at the afternoon meeting. CONTINUED ON PAUK TLN VJsr 1 EMBRYONIC EDITORS WANT JOURNALISTS ONE DAY IN 1917 SIXTEEN students from the school of Journalism at Norman are hero attending the press convention, and yesterday they started a boom to bring the association to Norman for one day at next year's convention. A communication from E. E. Brown, secretary of tho Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, asking that tho 1917 convention be held in Oklahoma City, Is scheduled to be presented to the association this aft ernoon, but there were rumors lust night that Oklahoma City's represen tatives here would not push their city forward on account of the hundreds of editors of the state who go to Ok lahoma City each fall on "press day" at the state fair. Khnwnee Will light. Shawnee Is the only avowed can didate for the 11M7 meeting and Otis Weaver, editor und postmaster of that city, will present Shawnee's claims at the session this afternoon, Mr. Weaver staled last night that ho was satisfied Shawnee would be willing to have the editors spend one day as guests of the school of Jour nalism at Norman if thev should vole to meet In that city next year. If this Is true the Norman boosters tiroh- ably will be willing to have Sbuwnec named. Badges bearing the words, "One Day With the School of Journalism at 1917 Press Convention" were liher aly distributed yesterday by the en ergetic students. Sentiment seems to favor the lihin of spending one of the threo conven tion days in tho university city. MAY FESTIVAL WAS COMPLETE SUCCESS flroat Crowd Thronged the Fairgrounds to Witness Annual Event. DANCES A FEATURE Thousands of Children Par ticipating Were Dressed in White. EIGHT thousand people, two-thirds of whom were children, flocked to the fairgrounds yesterday to stage and to witness the unnual May festival of the Tulsa public school system. A fair, although windy, day helped make the occasion the most successful one ever held. The grandstand was packed with spectators, police being necessary to prevent overcrowding the stadium. Children and grown-ups flooded the track, the arena and every spot In sight of the sport. At first sight It seemed that every thing was white, white dresses, white tents, white trousers, white lines and white caps. As the program prog ressed, however, tho effect was en hanced when every event brought some new color scheme. Green, red, yellow, lavender, bl'ie and what not occupied the immense field at differ ent times. Mayday Drills. The Mavday drills and exercises were perfectly executed by a fair ma jority of the school children of the city. The calisthcntlcs were given In splendid unison and the Maypolo dance proved a fitting climax of the program and close of the day. In the track and field meet, held first, beginning at 2 o'clock, Horace Mann and Kendall were tho success ful schools. Every s hool In the city was entered, being divided Into two divisions. Girls and hoys had an equal number of events and were di vided according to weight. Horace Mann WIiim. By totaling 7J points Horace Mann finished far ahead of Its competitors In the first division. Itlvervlew was second with 63 and the other scores were Irving 30, Sequoyah 27, Wash ington 26. Kendall and Osae ran a neck and COSTINL tl) ON PAUK HKVK.V r'lrv Swept Town, SAND! 'SKY. Ohio. May 12. Sub siding of a high wind probably wua ml fhitl mivml the litmiiinM. HiMtriot Ito'uv from destriKt'on bv fire which swept IS large stores and a number t smaller esliibllhhii.euts. iiss wis estimated at InOO.OOO. Get More llorwe. FoftT WOlfTH, Texas, May li. The I'nlled States Government let tho contract hero this sflernoon for one thousand C'Milry ht riv-a Captain Monroe of Fort Bill remount station will Inspect tho animals before send ing them to the border. HOW WAS CAPTAIN OF SUB PUNISHED? AMERICA DEMANDS WASHINGTON. May 12. Secre tary Ionising announced today he had asked Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to ascertain the mil lire of the punish ment Imposed by the government on the commander of the submarine which sank tho steamer Sussex. Mr. lousing said the request was not In the natiirn of a formal Inquiry' to the German government. LOST BROTHER IS SOUGHT IN TULSA If. W. i'ucbellor, your brother wants you. The World received the following letter yesterday: I 'lease help me find my brother, II. W. Ilacbellor. Ho Is 22 years old an I five leet and six inches tall. Last beard from in September, 1915. Ho was staying In West Tulsa, where ha worked for a tank company. Any in formation regiinllng him will be highly appreciated. OKA E. BACHF.Lt.OH. CCl' Cambridge Ave., Kansas City, Mo. ARMY BILL FINALLY READY FOR PASSAGE With Few Minor Points in Dispute Tentative Print of Report Ordered. CALM SETTLES NOW Believe Army. Will Aggre gate 175,000 With 218, 000 as War Strength. 7AHHINGTON, May 12. Agree ft merit of the senuto and house conferees on the army reorganization bill Is expected to be reached tomor row and tho committee tonight or dered a tentative print of its report with a few sections still left In dis pute. A deadlock was In prospect after a stormy morning session, but this afternoon the conference was calm and results camo quickly. So far as could be learned tonight the regular army to be provided by the conference oiil would agregute 175.000 fighting men in time of peace organized in accordance with tho elustlo system provided In the senate bill so that It might be expanded to 21)1,000 men in an emergency. The national guard would aggregate four hundred thousand men required to take an oulli of ullegiunce to tho na tional government und to be given representation on the general staff of tho army. Tho house amendment to the government nitrate plant section of the senate bill has hern accepted. Tho senate federal volunteer army plan bus been abandoned, but there is a tentative agreement to amend the section authorizing military Instruc tion camps for volunteer citizens so us to provldo that citizens shall be paid at the rate of pay for enlisted men while actually In training. "I think that it safely can he said that we will ag' a on a report and that the agreeim nt will come tomor row," said Senutor Chumbcrlulu to night. BRITISH TRENCHES TAKEN BT GERMANS However, On Counter Attack Engll.-Ji Itctakc a Portion of Lines. LONDON, May 1J (11:30 p. m.) About five hundred yards of British trenches near Vermellea wero captured by the Germans Thursday night, but later the British in a ruunter-attack took back a portion of their lost ground, acording to the British of ficial communication this evening. The communication says: "Yesterday evening nfter a heavy preliminary bombardment the enemy succeeded in cupturing about five hundred yards of our front trenches northeast of Vermclles. We regained a portion of the ground lost by a counter-attack during tho night. "Today there has been no further infantry action, but considerable artil lery activity has been shown In this neighborhood. "Farther north opposite Cuinchy we bombed the enemy's position. Otherwise thero has been nothing but minor artillery duols." OKLAHOMA CITY HAS 81,432 PEOPLE NOW (.Most Census Shows that Capital City Is Making Steady Numerical Gam. Special to Tht) World. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 12. Ite lease today of tho latest business and residential directory shows that Okla homa City has a population of (1.43J. The federal census of 1JI0, the last taken, gave the city then a population or 60,087. A general depression struck the city since that time, but (or the past two years conditions show a return of prosperity and a consequent Increase in population. The directory Issued today shows the number ot bona fide residents of the city. SOLDIERS DASH ACROSS BORDER AFTER BANDITS Major Langhorne Attempts to Surprise Mexicans Holding Jesse Doemer. PRISONER PARLEY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL Two Motor Truck Bases Have Peon Established; Artillery Coining. nitOWNSVlLLE, Texas. Mar 12. United States soldiers will not cross Into Mexico from this section of the border, It was said at Fort Brown tonight, as the re sult of the killing of Curtis Bay les, American farmer, by three supposed Mexican bundl' near Mercedes lust night, f llowlng which the bandits escaped across the Hlo Grande. The matter was referred to Gen. Alfredo Itlcaul, Carranza commandant at Matamoros, op posite here, and upon his pro ml so to apprehend the Mexicans, no further action will probubly be taken at this time. MARATHON. Texas. May 12. He ports reaching here tonight Indi cate that Major Ucorgo Langhorne and troops A and B, Eighth cavulry, have again dashed across the Uli) Grande from Bouqtilllaa in an effort to surprise the bandits holding Jessa Ueeiner a prisoner. It. K. llasbrouck, an asser em ployed with a Bouqulllus mining con cern and now a government scout, ar rived here today with messages for Captain John 8. Chambers at Mara thon. He Is said to have told per sonal friends that Colonel Frederick W. Sibley, In command of the Big Bend expeditionary force, would order Maor langhorne to le-invade Mexico as it was believed that negotiations for an exchange of prisoners between Langhorne and the bandits hud fallen through. Motor Truck SlalktiM. Captain John S. Chambers, base commander. Is planning to establish two motoi truck reluy stations on the Marathon-Bouiiulllua road. No news of the reported long-ranga parley between Major Iinghomo and the Mexican bundits for tho release of Decmcr in exchange for the three Mexican bandits captured recently was avalluble tonight. Army men here are of the opinion that if tho stories of the so-called conference between Langhorne and the bandits arc true. It must result In failure. Ueemer, if alive, must bo rescued by force, which must call for a sudden dash toward the place where the bandits are said to huve their rendezvous. Artillery Coming. The 127th company of coust artil lery, numbering 150 men, will arrive early tomorrow. Part of the company will reinforce the local garrison, while the remainder will be used as guards along the Muruthon-Bouquillus road, leading to Colonel Sibley's expedition ary column It wus originally Intend ed to camp tho entire company at .Marathon, but in view of the sniping of yesterday and the present length of the communicating lines. Captain Chambers decided to chunge the dis position of the troops. ACTION OELAYED ON NEW ELECTRIC LINE Studying Underwriting Features; Will Decide Definitely Tuesday. For the purpose of giving a com- -mittce longer time to investigate the underwriting features obthe new pro posal for the construction of an in terurbun line from this city to Co lumbus, Kan., the committee us a whole in churge of this matter de ferred action of the final solution of the proposal at yesterday's meeting until next Tuesday, at which time some definite settlement will be made. It was announced that during the in terval. President Hose of the inter urban company will furnish mora definite information us to the finan cial resources and standing of the company in which he is Interested and which is seeking a franchise und sup port to bring into this city an Inter urban line of more than one hundred and twenty miles, tapping one of the greatest mining sections In this part of the country, besides opening up a trade territory much in need of such facilities for transportation. OFFER TO PARLEY FOR PRISONERS MARATHON, Texas, May 12. Major George T. Langhorne of the Big Bend expeditionary force Is par leylng for an exchange of prisoners which will release Jose Deemerr the storekeeper captured by the Villa raiders, according to arrivals from tht border today.