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OICLAH OMA'S
R EAT EST
NEWS PAPER
- FINAL
EDITION
5fJ
i
VOL. XIII, NO. 237.
TULSA DOCTORS
. TAKEN IN
PLOT
W. E. Nichols and C. E. Mar
shall Incapacitated Men,
Charge Declares.
THEY ADMINISTERED DRUG
Treatment Weakened Eyes
and gave Tubercular
Symptoms.
MARSHALL A PRO-GERMAN
Letters from Bernsdorff Dis
covered in His Office by
Federal Operatives.
A plot to systematically treat
drafted men bo they fail to pass the
physical examinations has 'been un
covered in Tulea by ' operatives of
the department of Justice. I'r. C.
A. Marshall, a dentist and Dr. W. E.
Nichols, a physician, who have offi
ces over the Majestic theater, are
held In the federal Jail here under
110,000 bonds on a charge of violat
ing the third section of the espion
age act which prohibits "Incapaci
tating registered men."
' There Is conclusive evidence, It 1
mated, that Marshall and Nichols
administered a drug to willing draft
ed men, producing temporary blind
ness and symptoms of tuberculosis
That caused rejection by examining
boards. For this service they
charged from 176 to $100 and in a
few cases a higher sum. Many men
"Vara known to have received this
Vlreatment' 'and are being watched
y operatives of the department
H'hey will also be prosecuted by the
government under the espionage act
Some of the "patients" of the two
doctors are declared by the officers
to. have been In the national army
amps. Just bow extensive was the
trade among the soldiers was not
ejtated, nor was the num,ber of vic
tims of the firm given, but accord
ing. to' Mr. Whalen, the web cast by
Jioctors Marshall and Nichols Is far
reaching a. id has caught many per
sons, some of them agents of Jir-
hall and others young men who
iave taken bis treatment, both ol
diers and dratted men.
liauk Clerk. Took Treatment.
The arrest ef Marshall and Nichols
trus brougbt about through the co
operation r-f Whalen and his as
tustants with Lambert Kuntx, a clerk
at the Exchange National bank. He
was a cljio friend of Doctor Mar
shall, and when the physician sug
gested to liim that he could "fix him
so he would not be accepted for the
draft," he reported the matter to the
uncii of aerenae
KiMits a-ranged with the officers
to gothrough with the matter and
tret tHa specific evidence necessary
lor tr ariesu tie took the treat
ment, paid tor It. waa examined by
the tnedlca. advisory board and
granted exemption on physical
grounds.
Although loath to enter Into a
com-pirecy to bring to Justice men
with whom he was personally ac
quaint vl, Mr. Kuntx put aside per
onnl feelings. One remark Kunta
made showed the strain under which
ho was labordlng during the weeks
Ju which) I'nltcd States marshals
were collecting evidence which cul
minated yesterday In the arrest of
two of Tulsa's well-known physi
cians. Doctors Were His Friends.
Our country is In war and this
Is war time, and we cannot let our
personal feelings, rior- personal
friends sway us from our duty."
Mr. Kunu Ik of draft age and in
talking over his prospects with Doc
tor Marshall, about having to go to
war, doctor Marshall said:
"You don't have to go unless you
want to."
Mr. K,intz thought this reply over
rnd on day told Captain Koo'nev of
the home guard of the Incident
"plain Rooney and Kuntx then
-viii io me oirice of Special investi
gator Whalen und jaij t the matter be
fore him without mentioning the
doctors name. Whalen said, "You
re talking of Doctor Marshall, are
you not?'
-tfn1? '"m', ""rsatlon Kuntx de
Tor VS, rarry ,hr""Kh what the doc
- "VcKtert lo him and re-
Ck treatment of the
fit for ,u" '""" nim un
Jiinne- hi. h,i.u vc' nout in-
,ft ,tlnrerniten?:,
Only Two .Wsied.
unt!! was the "third mm
rested" the-eaae. u, T.
mediately released, and vi,,i! mt
hi. an...antR expressed aia?l ude a
Jh-a.uablc distance
Other citizen, o-.i-.-j .
rnd-up of evidence against Z
plutters, assistlno- iZ li-u ,
'very WBV" is''"T "f- halen in
u'iv.1 . c 1,1 uncoverlnir
'-.ween the h"V" ?"r,?P"?ln!
"w held 1 evidence . a"a "
"UshMo'ju'au1 ' plollc"
Helpcl Men Evade.
Ih.,;"' a,pn, followed by
t k u ,U,i not want to go
or,M,",h, '10t xPlnd In de-
munles, L " ,U,nK ln '"J'rect
"i wKS ncalleTreI0PP,,ei ,0
"i-v wouM i . " varlS' ways
linwllHn. - d f.1" formation to the
need tu mVhfZR ,hat "he dld
fl"n Th?n ?h. . a"P-Mntment with
"i-ide that if h-'"cftion wouW'b.
th. phvSr. w.ouM 'fal1 t0 Pa9
' reVr,'fal "mlnaUnn he would
draft iTr.iT .and WOUId 'vade the
" commu! nw",hHnr-, Thu" vlth!
thing dX "'"1"' to any-
inst them ,r..tet, C.Uld bo held
"mheV of m.n 'n11 Wl,h a lar"
country. lTtrin "-n ot the
CONTiNt-PnTlv. '""''iranis. and
luM"vl" ON PAflB TWO .ii
The Weather.
r
TULSA, May IS-
Maximum 72. "salnl
mum 50; eootheaat
winda; eleer ekiea.
OKLAHOMA: Tor
Tuesday fair, warm
,r: Wednearlay f,ir-
LOUISIANA. ARK
KANSAS ,.ASb
WEST TEXAS : For
Tueaday fair warmer,
Wedaeeday fair.
EAST TEXAS
Tneidar fair, warm-
fttAt PMWKrt.aet
CAM AvwrYO
PtNETftMl e
POCKCtfJOOA
, er in interior, Wed
neaday fair.
THB BUEDEK BEAREB.
Oh. my ahouldere row aweary of the bar
deaa 1 m bearin'.
An1 I snimbla when I ra footeore st tne
rough road 1 am farm1
But I elrep ray knepeaclt tlrhter mill I feel
the leather bind me, ....
An' I'm flail lo bear the bo'oene for tat
onea who come behind roe.
It's for them thai I am ploddin , for the
children eomin' after,
I would Jtrew their path with roiea nd
. would till their days with laughter.
Oh, therea aeifi.hnees within ma, there
re limea it fete lo telkin ,
Timea I hear it whiaper to nk It
dnaty road you re waiam .
Whr not real your feet a little?
u-hv ni name an' lake yonr lelaurel
Don't you hunter In your elrmn' for the
merry whirl of pleasure!
Then T turn an' aet them stadia' an I
grip my burdens liffhter,
For the joy that I am aeekln' la to tea
their eyea rrow brighter.
Oh, I've aipped the enp of aorrow an'
l-v fi.lt ihe rad of trouble.
An'-1 know the hurt of tnidirin' throofh
s field o errun Wlin aiuooie.
But a roujher rnad to travel had my fath
p mod before ma.
An' I'm owin' all my gladneaa lo the tasks
he shouldered for me.
Oh, I 'didn't understand il, when a lad I
played about him,
Bat he labored for me safety la the daye
' I d be without him.
Ob, my kindly father sever gave himaelf a
year of leiaure
Never lived one aelfiah moment, never
turned aaide for pleasure
Though he must have grown aweary of the
burdens he was beahn' ;
He was tryin' hard to better every road
I'd soon be farln',
Now I turned an' aee them tmilin' an' I
hear their merry lauchter,
An' I'm glad to bear tho burdens for the
onea that follow after.
(Copyrighted 1918 by Edward A. Oueat )
INCREASE IN RAIL
RATES NECESSARY
McAdoo'a Advisers Declare Added
Costs IlcwpoiMliile; Pasnengcr .
Faro Included.
WASHINGTON, May IS Esti
mates made today by railroad ad
ministration officials indicate that an
increase of at least 25 per cent ln
freight and passenger rates will be
necessary tnis year to meet the
Higher costs of fuel, wages, anuln
ment and othen. operating expenses
novr ant at between $600,000,000
" lov.uuu.uun more than laat
vii r.
. Recommendation that rates be
..-u uy approximately this per
centage has been made to Director
General McAdoo by his advisers. He
.ieo 10 act within the next
six weeks and to put increases Into
effect Immediauiv cu i ...
1 . . . ""tvi'rn will
be permitted to appeal to the Inter
state commerce commission under
. .niiroaa s act and rinal decision
wiU be with President Wilson.
ra.enger rares would be raised
under the plan suggested to about
a cents a mil fi-nm h. -t. i
ra0f a "ttle n 24 cents.
ine proposed - increases. It Is es
timated. Would vlftM .hmi. luAn Ann
0001700.000.000- In freight' and
1200,000.000 In passenger revenues
This would leave a margin above
the estimated Increase In operating
expenses eventually, but since the
new rates would tiot go Into effect
until the v.nr t. hair .u-i.
yield would fall several hundred mil
lion aoiiars short of meeting; the
anticipated deficit this year.
Housing Bill Now Goes
to Wilson for Approval
WASHINGTON, May 1 S The
conference report oh the (60.000.000
housing; bill adopted last week by
the house, was approved, today by
the senate and the bill now goes
to the president. It authorizes the
president to acquire housing (or
arnvernmen. wair mrrttr wl.h tin
000.000 to be spent in the District of
Columbia,
1 "Zimmie"
Count Minotto Ordered Interned
Gains Release on $50,000 Bond
CHICAGO. May 13. Count James
Minotto. son-in-law of Louis F. Swift,
the packer, was taken Into custody
here late tins afternoon oy uepuiy
United States marshals on a prea
idental warrant ordering his intern
ment. A habeas corups was Immediately
Instituted in behalf of the count
and he was taken Uefore Federal
Judge Carpenter and released on
$50,000 bond. Hearing of arguments
on the habeas corpus proceedings
was Bet for May 20.
WASHINGTON. May 13. Attorney-General
Gregory has authorized
the Issuance1 of a presidential war
rant for the internment of Count
James Minotto under the president's
proclamation relating to German
alien enemies.
Action was taken by the attorney
general after long consideration of
the case, which was referred to him
after tfie department of labor had
refused to order the deportation of
the count. In the meantime the
count has been at liberty on ball
Count Minotto, a son-in-law of
Louis F. Swift, the Chicago packer,
Is a man of such tangled nationali
ties that he comes near to being a
man without a country. His father
was an Italian of avowed 'pro-German
sympathies and his mother was
a noted German actress. He was
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GUNS FOR GERMANS
HELD IN NEW YORK
Investigation of t luirco to IV- M.icle
at Once by Attonic) -l.oti-cm
I ln-wi.
MILLION RIFLES FOR HUNS
Holdings m Sj.i.l i include Ma.
chine (Jcih.-, mid llllll,,,, H.hiii.h
"I Ammunition,
CAPTAIN TAUSCHER AGENT
Husband or Mm-, findskl (ilv.-n Safe
( ondtii-t , (,, nnuny Hi-,,rted
ns Making I'lii-rluiM.
NKW y ; i u K . May H - An !nes
tigation ir.io al.K... hnldings for
German n'Lt unt hi t ho fniiej Ktntcs
of one miliion .Mauwr rifles, ma-hinc
gung and aiiimui.i'.inn will be begun
here tomoituw by Menon K. l.'-wis,
attorney-tteneral f tin: -atc of New
York, It w.ih anniitini.-cl today. About
sixty witni-ssn y,hn arc supposed to
have kno-Al-dn- nf Hie existence of
the munition, l- i-xanini'-d.
The investigation is being uiulcr
taken at tie re'Ue.it of the army in
telligenee oiitean.
lleports current for two years that
Germans have stured larg.. tnllitury
supplies In Ihe t riite.l states will be
run to earlii, aerordlng to liepuiy
Attorney-rKrur.'il lieeker. The in
quiry, hc ihjh, will suck to establish
whether they hac any foundation In
fact or arc mem ill-o'- the-wisp
rumors.' Alt persons that the attorney-general
s, offii-e or nrniy Intel
llgence offne ktmw or believe to
have a8Hi.Cll In mirfadlng the re
ports will be aslie.l for the source
of their infoi mation.
Ililllon Hounds Stored.
Mr. B'vkcr hald s'Unc reports
credited t;ennanv with having a bil
lion rounds of aiiiinunitiiin stored for
a million Mausers, others were that
rifles omi! the property of the
United States had been obtained by
German interests.
Before the 1'nitr-d states entered
the war, ("apt. ans Tauseher, who
is the husband of Mine, (iadskl. the
opera slngci, and who was acquitted
of conspiracy to hlow up the Weifcuid
canal and later received a safe con-
duct to (jet many, was reported to he
actively cnKaRcd in purchasing and
storing munitions.
Inquired of Broker.
In February, 1916, he appeared at
the New York district attorney's of
fice and asked that search be made
tor a broker whom he said had dis
appeared fter receiving money on a
contract for cartridges. He claimed
that the broker agreed to deliver one
million cartridges In Kobruarv 1916
and was paid J10.375. one-nuarter
of the price, but vanished without
delivering the cartridges. In the ab
sence of corroborating evidence
warrant was refused by Chief Magis
trate MCAOOO.
In November, 1915. there were
published reports that more than
1500,000 worth of munitions had
been stored in a New York loft and
were being watched by federal de
tectives; who had been instructed to
prevent their removal. Captain
Tauseher " credited with having
purchased them in Bridgeport, t'hila
delphfU and elsewhere.
Socialists Barred From
Use of Chicago Mails
CHICAGO. May 13. Socialists and
all organizations of antl-govern-mer.tal
complexion are barred from
the use of public school buildings
for meeting place, by action of the
city council of Chicago today. The
two Socialist aldermen voted against
uia resolution.
Sergeant Gets Thirty
lcars for Disloyalty
Ayer, Mass., May I J. Ernest
FlentJe of Cambridge ,a sergeant In
the 301st Infantry at Camp Devens,
today was sentenced by court martial
to thirty years Imprisonment at
Fort Jay, N. Y., for unpatriotic ut
terances. Star Bavarian Airman
Killed on West Front
AMSTERDAM, May is I.leut.
Giegel, a star Havanan airman, has
been killed on the western front, ac
cording to the Cologne Gazette. Ho
was credited with 1j aerial vbiirks.
born in Kerlin and educated In the
banking btisiness In Germany.
When the Kuroprfcn war broke
out he was employed ln a German
bank ln London. Ho camo to the
United States and look out first
naturalization papers here, but never
complc-fvd the naturalization process.
At first he was openly pro-German
but when Italy emercd the v.r he
offered to return to his father's
land aji a Italian reservist and was
refused for physical reasons. Later
he offered an ambulance service to
the Italian government, but this gift
,alfcn wa-4 refused.
Then he sought a commission In
the I'nited States urmy, hut Ins (ipr,
man citizenship prcventr-d. He of
fered his services to the bureau of
naval Intelligence to become a
I'nited States sr-cret agent, but offi
cials suspected him of bad faith and
did not accept.
He has associated with society
people in Kngland. the United Stabs
and Argentina. He was a visitor
at the German embassies In Ijn
don and Washington, was a friend
of Count Luxburg, the now notor
ious German charge of flueaps Aires
and also of M. Cnlllaux. former
French premier, recently arrested on
a charge of treason and with Mme
Caillaux when they were in South
America, ,
TULSA DAILY WORLD,
! Military Writer's
Review Widely Head
4 iM. j
Ident. Col. Cliarleu Keplngton.
I-leut. Col. Ueplngton Is the Hrlt
Ish military crltl whose reviews and
criticisms are read the world over,
and especially In America and Great
itritaln. He has wide experience as
a soldier which has been his life
business. He has won many deco
rations. WERE PROMISED AID
IN RESISTING DRAFT
Soldier Testifies That I. W. W.'s
Told Him Tliey Would Give)
II Im Protection.
CHICAGO. May li. An American
soliHer, John Ilyra, of FranWln,
N J., testified at Wis trial of 112
Industrial Workers of the World to
day that a representative of the or
ganization promised him and his
followmen protection from the au
thorlties if they evajed the selec
tive service act.
Byra's testimony formed a link
in the chain of evidence by which
the government seaka te prove that
a nation-wide conspiracy to dis
rupt America's war plans was en
tered Into by leaders or the organi
zation. Private Prya testified that John
Avllla, a defendant and organizer
of numerous strikes In New Jersey,
Massachusetts and New York, while
In Franklin furnished him a Iloston,
Mass., address.
"He said to report to the address
and have no fear of military serv
ice," said Hyra. He could not re
call the address.
Defense counsel sought to show
that the testimony was part of s
conspiracy against Avllla .which It
was declared resulted in him being
hanged by a mob In Franklin last
summer until he was near!y dead.
Parts of correspondence from
Avllla to William D. Haywood and
other officers relative to progress
In strikes was read Into the records
over objections or mo aeiense.
George H. Vsnderveer. rhlef counsel
for the defense, asserted that some
of the letters were not accompanied
by proper evidence of their origin
"where copies coma nor. oo ob
tained, photographs were taken by
government 'stool pigeons' and are
now offered as proper evidence," he
said.
'I resent the freouent Insinuation
by defense counsel that the govern
ment has forged part or tne noou
mentary evidence offced," protested
Frank K. Nebeker, special prosecu
tor. "Vanderveer. himself, offered
the photograph of a letter ln ques.
tion after the prosecution had de
cided it was not to be submitted."
Month's Cotton Supply
Allowed to Go lo Spain
WASHINGTON, May 13. The war
trade board today licensed for ship
ment to Spain one month's supply
of cotton. Eight thousand barrels
of oil for which the board Issued
a licence some time ago has not
been shipped because Spain wanted
It In tin containers instead of bar
rels. The board would not consent
to this because of tin shortage and
a compromise was reached whereby
It was to be sent across in bulk.
Spain Is now trying to charter a
tank steamer to transport It.
Hindenburg Said to
Be Dead by Germans
Captured in France
IiNDON. May 13 All Ger
man prisoners captured In France
say that Field Marshal Von Hin
denburg Is dead. letters from
llrltlsh officers on tho western
front report, according to the
Daily Express. At the same time
the name of General Von Mac
kenzen Is brought Into prominence
as that of a great man who Is to
bring the Germans to victory.
The Express assumes that the
Hindenburg story Is circulated ti
explain the failure of the great of-fensivo.
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TUESDAY, MAY 14, WIS
REPORTED WAR PLAN
NOT CREDITED
HERE
Uirrt Reading end linker Declare
Tliry T)o .t It now of PnriMi.-tc
yl to se Saninilrs Now.
TROOPS ARE NOW IN FIGHT
War Head Declares Aiiii-rlrnni Arc
at 1HshiI of 1 im h and Are In
llatlle Hanks.
BELIEVED MAURICE ECHO
Wnslilnirinn Officers AmtIIk- Ottawa
' Dispatcher ns I'nii of I'olitii al
l-'i;nlrirrNj.
LONDON. May 111. Ilic Awi
Tinted Press was ofl! tally In
formed tonight l lint the Mnlrniciil
sent nut from Ottaua last night
nltrllMitlng to I be war nuiimltlco
nf tile lliltisli cabinet (lie an
Monument ilutt It had Ix-en de
cided not In um the American
nrmy on the; western front until It
hcc'iuilo a complete and powerful
force .was Juo to an error wlil.ii
lius now been cewrrxicil.
WASIIINGTON. May IS. Anierl
can officers were inclined tonight to
characterize teports from London
via Ottawa that American troops
would not be ued until a conipli ti'
and powerful American army had
been developed In France as an echo
of the political controversy pre
t.ited In England by the incident of
General Maurice.
They could see no other explana
tion since the statement nitribun
to the "war committee" of the ltiit
ish war cabinet was promptly re
piidlntrd by I-ord Heading, llritlsh
iinihiissndnr here, and later declared
by Bccretary Haker ln a formal stati
ment to ne at absolute variance with
the facts as known here. Lord Head
ing's statement sUld he was confi
dent no such announcement had
been Issued with the knowledge of
Premier Lloyd George, adding that
the views of the llrltlsh government
which ha wius .ransmitting were ex
actly opposite. Secretary Haker said
American troops were now being
used in battle and would continue
to be used as. the supreme com
mander, General Foch deemed best.
Molng as Planned.
Inoulrv at the various bureaus of
the war department showed that ths
movement of men to France Is pro
ceeding as planned after the an
nouncement that American units
would be brigaded with French and
ltrltlsh divisions for Immediate op
erations as well as training;.
In view of these developments It
was felt that an explanation must
come from the llrltlsh capital. It is
known thst some question as to the
way ln which American aid tn be
employed has been raised In Lon
don, some officials there foellng that
the use of American troops should
be restricted at this time ln favor of
American supplies, while others
dwelt upon the urgent need of man
power as the first consideration.
Since the decision to scatter Amer
ican battalions or regiments ln allied
forces was made only because of the
cry for man power from the British
and French governments when the
German onslaught waa battering; the
lines In Flanders and Plcardy, of
ficials here were Inclined to find the
tone of the announcement now at
tributed to the war cabinet distaste
ful. Program RctIhmI.
The whole American program in
Franco has been subject to revision
by reason of that decision, the ef
fect of which was UijA aside na
tional pride and the ambitions of
American officers of high rank In
order to furnish immediate aid.
Such sacrifices are not to be viewed
lightly. It Is held, or to be accepted
or rejected at the whim of the
moment ln London or elsewhere.
Just how this report may relate
to tho recent political crisis In Eng
land. American officers do not
undertake to say. They have aJ
strong feeling that English politics
are 'behind the mystery, however,
and look to the British government
to correct promptly any misappre
hension there may be about the
need for American altl.
There are some other questions
agitating officials here which, the
Ottawa report served to bring to
light. For one thing American army
officers for the most part are con
vinced thnt the American army will
never reach its highest efficiency
under either the French or British
army systoms. The relations be
tween the officers and men In each
army are things peculiar to each
army. They cannot be transposed
from one to the other.
Despondency Over III
Health Causes Suicide
MACOX. Oa.. May 13.
Walton, 20 years old. daughter of
MaJ. A. Y. Walton, who Is with the
lOGth enulneers at ("amp Wheeler,
killed herself early toduy with a re
volver. Iiespondence over Ill-health
Is given as the cause. The family
came here from' Kan Antonio, Texas
Miss Walton hod suffered with la
grippe for over a month.
Resolution of Owen",
Adopted in Senate
WASHINGTON. Miiv 13. A res
olution by Senator Owen of Oklaho
ma, chairman -of the senate bunk
ing cum in tt t fo asklne; the secretary
of the treasury to advise the senate j
what steps have boen made to pro-1
tect parity of the American dollar
In neutral ennntries was adopted
today by the senate.
To I'rze SiMfdlnK I'p.
WASHINGTON, May JS-flen.
Julian H. Cnrr and Dr. Clarence J.
Owens, represent ing the Southern
Commercial congress, will begin a
campaign for speeding up ship build
In,' In the smith nt Wilmington, N
('.. next Monday. They will go
from there to Charleston, Savanrah,
Jacksonville and then to Mobile;
.Tune 3. thence Into JjuiMan.i and
Texas.
Germans Plan New U-Boat
to Offset Increasing Loss
Strp Taken to Overcome De
struction Now Greater
Than Uuildinp;.
ALLIES CLEANING UP SEA
Sinkings Steadily Decline
New Ships Rapidly
Go Afloat.
WASHINGTON, May ti ... .Realiz
ing lliat A Hit t lea aiid the ullb's have
rained the mastery over the on sent
liw of submarine, Germany now
Is said to be planning a new series
f big I'-jo.it cruisers, with which
nlie hopes to again assunin the ad-
Mintage n .r um rstru tcd under,
wat. r writ f ire.
AlinilUlll anient of lb neu.
scheme Is m ole i.v ilnin,.. t .-n-.n.s
Ihe Fiendi minister of marine, In an
Interview reielved hern Unlay in an
official dispatch from France. N
details reiuidlm; the new I '.boats
weie given i,y m. Levgues, but from
Information from other sources II
appears that the cruiser submarines
will be hi-.iMly armed and will be
designed lap.fiallv lo meet tho men
ace of the torpedo boat destroyers,
which have 'proved so effuctlve In
hunting down tho smaller subma
rines now in (ipeialion.
M. lygios declares that the allies
are ready lo meet Germany's new
efforts am', that the:-- will not rest
upon Ihe -fine results obtained' In
mo past.
"To ( lean I'p Sen."
vie an. i not stun' he said "until
we have cleaned up Ihe sea as one
cleans un a trench.'
Just h-jw effective has been tho
war ngali.it thu I'-lmiits Is shown
by figures ,n destruction of allied
snipping sien to the naval commit
tee of the Kitnch chamber of depu
ties Haturaay bv Minister I-eviAini
They reveal that sinkings of mer
chantmen .lave fallen off to the point
where new construction is exceed
ing the destruction, even now before
American sids are In full swing on
the building program mapped out by
the shipping board.
The monthly average of destruc
tions this years as given by M. Ley
guos Is 3 H.OOfl compared with mure
than 600.000 tons monthly In 1917.
In April of last year, the first month
of Germany's unrestricted subma
rine warfare the tonnage sunk was
s"M.000. In April of this year it
had dwindled to about 26(1,000 tons.
On the other hand, the destruc
tion of submarines is exceeding their
counstructlon by the enemy and the
margin expectod to Increase as ad.
dltlonal American destroyers which
now are being turned out rapidly
take their places with the war craft
operating In the war tone.
Construction K.xcecds Itms.
The total of allied shipping de
stroyed ln the first four months of
1918 waa placed by Mlnlsfer I-ey-gues
at l.tltLSiS tons and even If
the submarines are ile to -maintain
this rate, which officials doubt, the
year's total would bo something; like
1,700,000, tons or less than the esti
mated amount of tonnage which the
ehlppln board believes America will
produce during tne year.
Adding to American production
the output In Greet lliltnln. France,
and Japan, the allies would gain for
the nir something like two million
tons, not counting the one million
or more tons of chartered Japanese
and Norwegian ships and requisi
tioned Dutch vessels.
To Investigate Prices
of Farming Machinery
WASHINGTON. May 1 3 Investi
gation by the federal trade commis
sion of the production and cupply
of agrlcaltural Implements and the
prices farmers are compelled to pay
fo machinery, la authorized in a
resolution Introduced today by Sen
ator Thompson of Kansas and adv.pl
ed by the senate.
Swiss Troops Suffer
From Hun Poison Gas
GENEVA. May 1.1. -Swiss troops
on tho Alsatian frontier have begun
to suffer from German poison gas
f loo tinr hack trnm the wr-itnrn front
toward tho llhlne, Bwlss newspapers
say. The civilian population along
the lihine has been warned to pro
vide ltelf with gas masks. The
schocl children In Mulheiin and Frei
berg wear their gai masks dally.
Scrvlco Mug with .170 Stnrs.
VAYKTTKVIIJ.K. Aik , May J 3
A service flng containing 670 lar!(,0
una imfiir leii nt t ne i niversiiy ei
.,'kansus here today with appro
Miss Helen t rl.ite e.remrinlr. (ioverimr .l.-onh
Wl,s tho principal speuser.
Small Boys Confess
They Started Fires
to "Let School Out'
S,e-ial to The Wur'-I
Nf lt MAN. Muv , 13. -Menard
Stukes and A k v in Thot-s, two
junior high school hos, were to
day snnteined to seven years In
the state rcfurin mhnol fur boys
nt lauis Vallry f"r girling the
fi-c which lust Thursday night
destroyed two frame buildings on
the unl'cnilty campus with a loss
of $18,000. The boys pleaded
guilty ti a charge ot se'-,,nr de-
pree iirwoii when arraigned before'
Juvenile Judge lli-vrgi- lliirke.
The iioys lire M years ild and
must stay In the reform school un
tll'they become of uge. They ad
mitted firing the Junior high
school building because they re-M-nte.1
going to school after tho
Norman city scl nol had closed
for the year. Tho Junior high
.'h"Ol Includes 75 pupils picked
fi-irn Ihe s-'vintli, eighth ami tho
ninth grades of thu Norman city
H' hools.
Thu building occupied hy the
university print shop and school
of Journalism wuu also destroyed.
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Sammies Keep Fritz
Guessing by Clever
'Use of Alarm Clock
v .'! lie A.eoi-ietrii I'teii.
WITH Till-; . M Kit IC AN All. MY
IV l- UANCE. May 13 - How an
American alarm cbu k kept the
German lliiii Knowing and ciufci
"Kills" uselets expenditure of n
lan e oiinntlly of machine run and
' in-- ammunition nil one night was
iiiali-i today.
The Americans had beer trying
for some tlmo to draw thu fire of
ii-italii enemy units.
"Lenve Frit to me." said a
hu ppv-fneed young American who,
pnitliiK an hlarm clock under his
arm, disappeared Into No Man's
land under cover of darkness and
fiiMtcned the clock lo a wlie. tioun
(be alarm rang, whereupon the
Germans opened fire. The alarm
had been ho urrariKed that tho
clock would ring Intermittently
and each time drew a violent fire
from the enemy. Meanwhile the
Americana reMed In their trenches
and cnlosed a hearty laugh.
NOMINATION SURE
TO GO TO ROGERS
Scnllmrnt Overwhelmingly for Ttil-
san it ItcpiibUcan ITeferrn
eaail Convention.
DELEGATES ARE ARRIVING
Full Ticket Will Ik) Named From
All Prcsrnt Indications; Mc.
Graw lo Go to France.
Rperlal to The World.
OKLAHOMA CITT. May II Del
eiratea are already arriving from all
parts of tht state to attend the Re
publican slate convention Wednes
day. Interest centers around the
nomination lor governor, with senti
ment overwhelmingly in favor of
Harry Rogers of Tulsa.
While Hints Chairman Gelasler Is
using , the tact that ths attack on
his patrlj:i:.m was made by Jake
llamnn, and arousing much support
'from the opposition to Hamon, he Is
also accused of secretly trying to
prevent the nomination of a state
ticket aftor having called the pref
erentlnl couventjejn himself; The
sentiment u strohiflv tor nominating
full ticket with Harry Rogers at
its head.
National Committeeman 3. I. Mc
draw and the former national com
mltteemnn are both here, besides
many other prominent leaders, and
the convention promises -to bs ons
of the liveliest ln the history of the
party.
Mr. MoCJraw announced tonight
that he had made all. arrangements
and would leave early next week for
a trip to France In the Interest uf
the Knight of Columbus and Red
Cross work for the government. He
will be absent about two and a half
months. ,
COMMANDEERING SECTION
vTO GO OUT OF OIL BILL
Congressman Ferris Holds Confer
eq Willi President; Hearing
Is Assured. .
World's Waahlnston Bureau,
802 Rim' nidi.
WASHINGTON, May From
a result of a conference -this eve
ning between President Wilson and
Chairman Ferris of the house publlo
lands committee the so-called com
mandeering aeotlon giving the gov
ernment the right to seise and oper
ate oil wells and leases on naval re
serves and public lands In Wyoming
and California will be eliminated
'rom the general oil lease bill.
The president is understood to
have Informed Mr. Ferris that In his
opinion legislation upon the subject
Is not necessary at this time, He
Is also understood to be of the
opinion that before legislation Is en
acted affecting property to the value
of the oil wells involved there should
be a-full and complete hearing upon
the subject. The oil properties
which under the terms of this pro
vision tho government could com
mandeer, Is vulued at between
)5, 00O, nor aml t. 000,000. This
proposition was written Into the bill
at the request of the Hequa oil ad
ministration. Coming from thnt
smircn Ihe members of the commit
i lee assumed It had the approval of
president. Chairman l-'errls
plans to call a meeting of his com
mittee within the next few days to
lay the matter before it.
CENSUS OF' MALE IDLERS
IS STARTED IN NEW YORK
"Tango and Iomigo Llanls" and
Men Noi l-.iigagcd In Work to
lie Taken In Court.
NKW YOKK, May 13. A census
of main Idlers waa begun by the
police today ftlth a vli.w to prose
cutions under the antl-loafing bill
signed bv tloveinor Whitman.
TatiR'i and lounge lizards, pool
room loafers, tramps and other Idl
ers between the ages of 1 N and 50
will r". haled to rvtirt and lined or
imprisoned unle they can show
tpat they a'-i ergiiged In a useful
upatiori or intend to seek em
ployment.
Included in New ork s Idlers. It
is said by tho police, lire thuusamta
who fled 'ucrcrt-s tho Hudnon when
New Jersey's antl-loaflng law went
into effect. The roundup of Idlers
will alu-i be a hunt for slackers
New Offlcrrs Graduated.
WASHINGTON , May 13. In
cluded ln the list of graduates from
the third officers' training camp at
Camp Dlx, N. J., are the following:
Infantry: Hurry M. Circle, Alva.
Okla.; Dillon V. Horton. College
Court, Austin, Texas; . Hlbb'.rd 11.
Moore, I'ructor, Texas.
PRICE R.CENTS
KIRKUT NOW IN
BRITISH, HANDS
Turks Are Pursued For
Twenty Miles In"
Mesopotamia.
AUSTRIAN DRIVE FAILS
Italians Hold Monte Co-
rono and Deal Heavy
Casualties. - .
HUNS STILL DELAY' DRIVE
. '- VT'.
Resumption of Western ;
Offensive Waits; Heavy,
, Firing Continues. -
LONDON, lUy 13 Brit
ish mounted troops after cap
turing Kirkut in Mesopotamia
pursued the Turks foa dis
tance of twenty miIes,to the '
northward, Bays an official
statement issued today by the
war office. On May 11 the;
Turks were driven across the
Lesser Zab river at Altyn .
Kupri, sixty miles southeast (
of Mohul,
AITBTIUANS nEPCI.fiED
AT MOJ.TK COROXO. '
, ItOMK, Mav ,13. Austro-Hngar.
lan troops yesterday made an attack
on Monte Corono, c which recently
was oaptuied by the Italians. The
war office announces that ths enemy
was repulsed with heavy losses.
ENEMY ARTILLERY
ACTIVE AT SKRRE
LONDON. May II. Field Marshal
Halg's report from headquarters In
France tonlfcht says; ,
"The hostile artillery developed
considerable activity early this mom- ;
ing north of Serre and has been ac
tive during the day on tha southern
portion ot the British front and in
the aeelor north of Eimmil, " Thera
Is nothing further, of special Inter
est" - ,.' i - '.-
AMERICAN MORE : :
FIRMLY INTRENCHED , f
By Tka AaaooialaJ Pieaa.
WITH THB AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE. May 11. A big enemy
ammunition' dump at Cantlcny was
flrtd by the American artillery this
morning. At the same time two
fires were started In Montdldler, fol
lowed by numerous explosions. The
weather oontlituee misty ant rainy. -
Tne Americans take nothing for '
granted but return the enemy fire
two to one, which Is believed to set
a new pace In this sector. What ap- '
pear to trouble the Germans most
Is that the Americans never turn
bark when the enemy uses gas. They
give him a double dose of the same ;
with ever) thing else the enemy triea.
fJKRMAN ATTACK STILL "
MOMENTARILY EXPECTED.
LONDON. May J $. German's re
sumption ot the glgantio offensive
against tne allies on the west front .
has not yet materialised. In various
sectors there have been local opera
tions wmcn nave no bearing on the
situation as a whole. But along the
entire front there la a quiet that
might be encouraging were it not
for the fact that the Germans arc '
known to be moving up men and
material for a new move In the
molghtylrlve Inuuched March 21.
For severnl weeks military ex
perts have been watching develop
merits in tha Kerre region because
It Is the logical point from which .
the (iermuns may be expected to
launch a great turning movement
against the Arras sector. During the
cnrlv dnvs of April when the allies
mule a finjl stand on the line which
they at scnt hold, the Germans
centered their 'ircet drives on
Hehutcrnp-snd the wooded hills to
the atouih nn1 west. They failed -to
advance further and later lost
ground to tho nllles at this point
Government Obtains
Lower Rale for Loan
WASHINGTON. May 13. The
Central Trunt company of New York
has agreed with Director-General
McAdoo to loan the New York Cen
tral railroad $6,000,000 for six
months at 6 per cent per year inter
est, or V per cent lower than terms
which thu railroad company had
been able to ebtain, the railroad ad
ministration announced today. The
proceeds will be used to pay off ob
ligations maturing this week.
Austrians Are to Have
Breadless Day Weekly
LONDON, May 13. The Austrian
food controller is considering the
introduction of ono breadless day a
week, according to a dispatch from
Geneva to the Dally News.
Scmciioff Achanocs.
Dy Ihe Anoffiat-'il 1'leaa.
I'KKING. Thursday. May . -DO
ficial announcement has been mude
ai liarc'lu that General Semcnofr,
leuder of the movement in Siberia,
oe iinsi. b-e bolshevik! has advanced
alufi ,Jhe Triiis-Sfbcriun railway as
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