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OICLAHOMAJS
R EAT EST
NEWSPAPER.
FINAL
EDITION
dii dh
I V V7
VOL. XIII, NO. 238.
SENTIMENT FOR
ROGERS GROWS
Tulsan Will Be Nominated
for Governor by Repub
licans Today.
GIVEN BIG DEMONSTRATION
Delegates at Capital City
United in Cal lfor Lead
United in Call of Lead-
MAY' LIMIT GEISSLER TERM
Battle Over State Chairman
ship Likely to Go to
Convention Floor.
Fp"tl tn Th' World
'KLAH-iMA. CITY, May 14. n
the eve of the Republican stale con
vention, nlm.h meets here tomorrow
1o nominate a full state ticket, tho
tentiment continues overwhelmingly
in favor of Harry Rogers. At 9
P'clock tomsht a college yell started
demonstration in behalf of the
Tulsan and utmost stopped business.
r'o one se med to know where I'
uprung from, hut with the rry of
"Rogers foi governor, " and their
hands noun each others' shoulders
Jiundreds marched through the lobby
of the Ski'vin hotel anil out on the
street yell'iiS ''Rogers, Rogers for
governor."
Indications are that there will he a
large attendance at the convention
and with '.he exception of the pos
sibility of home discussion over the
question 'of Stale Chairman Gcis
slors' tenure of office no dissensions
re in niptil.
The sentiment Is very Mrongiy
against GcUsler, but he has used
the attack made on his loyally and
patriotism by .Jake Ilamon to
strengthen himself and it is a ques
tion whether he will he permitted t
hold the chairmanship or not with
the probability that the question will
come up on t lie floor of the conven
tion on a motion to amend the com
mitter rules, limiting his term to
two instead !cf four years..
nevilIeIslXndTs
CHOSEN PLANT SITE
World's Itlggesl Munition Fwlnrj to
bo Built Near Pltlsliurgli by
IT. S. Stool.
WASHINGTON. May 14. Neville
Island in the Ohio river near l'itls
hurgh, was selected today by the
war Cepartmont as the site for the
sTeat government ordnance plant to
be built and operated in the inter
ior. Work will be pushed as rap.
Idly rs possible
The Neville Island plant will be
the largest in the unrld surpassing
even thet of the Krup'ps in Ger
many. It will be built and operated
by the United States Steel corpora
tion at the solicitation of the gov
ernment. Uei-y artillery and pro
jectiles In great quantities will be
Triude ondcr 'he supervision of the
Mtcl corporation which will detail
'Xpert troni its organization to build
the riant. ,.,
A committee of ten experts of the
fcteel corporation will have Immedl-
. na.Ko or tne work. The cost
of buii.iing the plant will be in the
--iKimuriionu or J,,o. 1100 000
kibly more. (iflicers of Mie
pos
dteel . ' HJii worn in conjunc-
n with the war department and
wi receive i-o compensation for
their services
The ordnnn, e ,lnnQ,t
lias . xamlned plans submitted by "the
corporation for the h il
.ntruet,on is expected to begin al
mon Immediately. The steel eor
r?hi0n Wl" h rtv'n " hann
the pla,rtn,C"nn an"
PLATINUM SUPPLY TAKEN
OVER FORJVAR PURPOSES
.ipnlations ,'ixe,, f.7c,pensaIlon
o Manufacturine .lowelers
f"r All on Hand.
fact:;,.'nn;reV,.i;,.r: :,,YrcrM-,m,nu-
frnnifni ri.u v e
Ti, ' I"r trov ounce
The price fIXP, ffir ,
an ounce and f,,r palladium
waive Z i "ur.,Hso,, 'y U-ni,,K
ii, tlon the a"t,s f"r e"n,pen-
I'eliverv io a,. ' .
""nnfactiirrrt i .7 ""r"m'" of
"""re erl hl t,Pwe "Um "W n,'
I'iaims sim I ., i , u walv"' 't
iivrr. v Ulc 'nniifucturers'
JURY SELECTION NEARS
END IN LUSK HEARING
B-'-'i JKnd Kxaralnatlon of Tanol
"' Twenty Men Jn Trlul Ht
Yniikeshn
May 14 -The
of Mi , r. In'," ur' r'"- 'ho trial
'vi M ".'"T- C,,ar" "I""
of r n":.i..",w.nan Roberts.
"Kite vr.i.:: ' u", rormnr
1,,'r, Ci nar.1",''' """d comple-
Khfntlin H.i ,nlH "fternoon,
frm wh', f,nnp , 'we.nty men.
Mv wit i UL flnul uror Proh
"f the lis rv10''n' Seventy-eight
been exeusert "w"'n called had
rirehidif-e r e hecause of admitted
prejudice before the defeme nstcd
"Before God I'm Innocent"
t-w i . -rvj... ivi i. . ii
Declares
Accused Physicians Deny
Guilt of Charges Made"
Against Them.
EXPECT T0BE VINDICATED
Confidence in Outcome of
Trial Expressed in State
ment to The World.
"An there is a Cod In heaven, I
im Innocent of this dastardly ac
cusation. .
Ills lips quivering nn
Dr ('. W. Marshall, when inter
viewed in his cell at the city jail
last eveninf. made the above dec
laration. In th name cell was Dr..
W K Nichols. Jointly charged with
Marshall of the crime of administer
ini; drugs to darftees to render them
temporarily unfit so a to be ex
empt from the draft. Mrs. Marshall
waii with her husband during the
supper hour, and stoutly maintains
her husband's Innocence.
"I just know he Is innocent. Mrs
Marshall said, "and we are going
to put up a fight to prove his inno
cence to the world."
Doctor Marshall and Poctnr Nich
ols both gave a frank statement of
their side of the story.
Dr. Miir-linH's Ktnlomont.
"I came to Tulsa 16 years ago and
have been practicing dentistry here
during niost of that time. This Is
the first time my reputation has
ever been questioned. My father is
a physician In Perry. I received a
message this aftrnoon stating that
he is at the point of death.
"About eight or' nine months ago
I went to the Kxchitnge National
bank to straighten up my account
with them and met tAtnbert Kuntz.
He knew me, his father living In
I'erry. Ills father' in also a physi
cian. Lambert Is a fine, strapping
boy. and 1 was certainly glad to see
dim and find him doing so well
here. Jie mentioned something
about having some denta work done
and said he would be around to see
me. I told him to come to the of-
flee some time. Several days after
that 1 met the boy and he again
mentioned having his teeth fixed.
Kunu Comes to Office.
"I.ater he earn to my office. He
told mo he was In the draft and was
anxous to get his teeth fixed, and
also have his eyes treated, so there
would be no question about his pass
ing. He said he wanted to go. You
know it certainly made me feel good
to har the boy talk that way. Jn
the first place, I knew his father so
Weil, and he AnnettreH m nntxlotln
although he .s a full-blood German'
mimi i ten nroun mm on m-
blood hmiM
- ...... v iiiriuiw anu
went to serve his country so badly.
. i.. naii io my oince he asked
me ir I knew of a pood-physician
who could treat his eyes. I told
him of Coctor Nichols, who has his
office with mine. The doctor was
not In at the time, however, and
Kuntz left. He rams up to the of
rito again one day when Doctor
t'O.NTlNTsn os PAOHItiHT
COUNTY IS SEAIRCHED FOR
JURYMEN IN PRAEGER CASE
Kilty-Klght TalTOinon KxnmlitPd In
Jxl wards vlllo Trial "Without
One Aiwinnnoo.
K D V A R rS Y I I.I.K , III., May 14.
Owing to difficulty in selecting a
Jury to try the 11 men on trial here
charged with murder following the
lynching last month of Kobert Paul
tager. deputy sheriffs were sent
throughout the county today pick
ing up eligible talesmen and bring
ing them to the county court. Tho
sheriff has discarded the card ys-,
tern of drawins! veniremen nml men !
jre being taken from the fields and
factories throughout the county.
Ho far 6 8 veniremen have been
examined and not one has been
agreed upon by the state and de
fense. The men have been tenta
tively accepted by the state and they
are locked up.
It was believed tonight that more
man one thousand men will be ex
amined before -a. Jury is, finally
agreed upon.
Coffey Is Assistant
in Air Investigation
WASHINGTON. May H C. 8.
Coffey of Chattanooga was nmcd
a special Investigator today to as
sist Assistant Attorney-General W.
I'. Krlerson In conducting the de
partment of justice's aircraft inves
tigation. FORMAL REPUDIATION OF
OTTAWA TELEGRAM GIVEN
Roadlng Issues Stali-niont That War
Cabinet Did Not Atllliorto
Slory on Anierloans.
WASMI.ViiTtiN, May 14 Formal
repudlatl'Mi of the message cent
Uirough nttjiwa from London an
nouncing that the American army
was not to be used at the battle
front until it became a complete arid
self-supporting force was received
today at the Hritlsh embassy. I.orii
Heading, inc ambassador, authorize.;
the following statement:
' Lord Keadina; has received offi
cial Information that the telegram
sent through tUtawa did not emanate
Troni th" liriiisti war eaoinei ami mi
totally at xarlanre with thelr views. i
Ixird Heading is officially Informal!
that the statement contained In it
waa made without any knowledge of
the prime minister or of the llrilish
cabinet.'
Taft and Walsh to Try
to Bring Settlement
WASHINGTON, May 14 Former
President Taft and Frank P. WUr'h.
Iwlnt chairman of the war rsr.or
board, were authorized by the boar
I today t
undertake settlement of ;
street railway
in Clr.,..lun,l
labor controversies
Ohio, and Iietroit.
Mich. They will visit both cities the
latter part of this month.
Doctor Marshall
Huns Make Strict
Demand on Russia
For Concessions
WASIIt.MiTi IN
tails of the luti'M i i
on Itusia, r-'cen -d .,t II
jiartment lodav ticn
sources, show th.u Kuss
asked to inaUe fin
slons, to give up Mm
largo cities t" the
cease uriniiig im
solve all lecentlv
units.
COUNTY BOARD REBELS!
AGAINST DRAFT CALL
I-cwIs Cllw. Soerorirt , ii
Men Will Not ii,.
rum I iirni-
II- Adjutant
I akni
UNFAIRNESS IS CHARGED
1 Illstm ills of iiiiii Ki glHirani.s
Not JH'illo liil I xuii tuota, It
Is ( lalmi'd.
Lewis ( line, n-rretaiy .t. the
countv exemption ,ii:ird." jiid ii j
informer! Adjutant Cn.r.il tiipsori'
that the cJiinty board would refut-e
to respect, his crd'-r in il.e board t"
call ltj.I tin'., for enirainmeiit Mnv
It will be luipnssible for the beam in
get more tiiaii ion nun fnuu Its
class 1 rciristi arils without t.iinK
men from the farms. Mr. Cline ex
plained to uie ad intant. The board
does tlOt ll.ti-llit to lake men ffiim
the farms of Tulsa county at this
limo whei, ,hej are niosi iiee,ie, to
oare for the growing crops and look
after the hat vsts.
h Hoard Objoots,
The oppofition of the board grows
ont of an apparent distj'iria'iH.in
the apportionment of the quoiTm
the last call issue,! ,- the adju'Snt
general In Tulsa county. While the
,clty board, with nmrn than tl.O'iO
registrautd has bnui asked to fur
nish only i'j men. the county with
3..ri00 registrants has been asked to
furnish H;i men. The city board
has a reserve of claKS 1 men, while
the county's supply of class 1 is prac
tically rxhauMcd. cline declared.
In view of this situation the
county hoard members believe thai
It is a discrimination to ask the
countv board to take men from the
farms to fni its unusually large
auotft w,lilc ulhfr mpn lcM ncp1od
.-" -
.(!"
Mr. Clint told the adjutant that
nis hoard would send as many men
as It could et without taking men
who are -ihsolutely necessary on the
farms. M iny men will he called who
are in farms, but who are considered
not t" be essential, but among the
class 1 registrants of the hoard there
are nianv men who have many acres
of crops planted and Mr. Cline Mates
that the board will absolutely refuse
to call one of these men to fill the
quota of lfij men.
Hoard Moinhpr Threatens!.
That the board will be reprimand
ed bv I'lovost Marshal Crowder and
possibly Involve itself In consider
able difficulty over its open mutiny
against the draft machine was the
word passed to Mr cline by'lhe nd-
liitant gen-Tal. The regulations gov
erntng the apportionment of quotas
are not ilfvisvd hy himself, but by
the office at Washington, and there
is no choi.'e in the matter of appor
tionments as far as his office is con
cerned, fiipson declared.
The county hoard, members are of
the opinion that many volunteers
from the county are not loiiir credit
ed to the hoard and taken from the
culls under a provision of the draft
law which deducts volunteers from
the quota -f each board.
County In Had ShaH'.
There a, e some 7f registrants in
okiha., 1 who are essential on farms
of the county, Mr. Cline declared.
The board has about 200 class 1 reg
istrants from which to supply the
next call of K,1 men. Many of these
(OMIM Kl I IN 1'AliK rf'illT
LITHUANIA WILL ASSUME
WAR BURDEN OF GERMANY
"IndepondciK Is Uooognltoil
by
William In Proclamation
for ( (immon I nlt v.
AMSTKItliA.M. May 14 Kmpernr
William has issued a proclamation
concerning IJthuanla. in wich he
says it is assumed Lithuania will
participate m Hie war burdens of
Germany. .
In the tn'ot lam.'ition the "indepen
dence" of Lithuania, allied with tlK
German empire. Is recognized
"We assume that the conventions
to be concluded." the proclamation
savs further, "will take the interests
of the German empire into account
equally wih those of Lithuania and
that Lithuania will participate in the
war burdens of Cermany. which sc.
cured her liberation."
Lithuania l one of the former
Russian border states wbi' h Ihe Gcr- j
mans have attempted to set up as
; nominallv indop'endeni countries, un-
dor (!e nn : n influence. Germany Is
'making exiy effort to exploit I n.o
' titatts economically. l,ut except i:i
the ca" of Poland, has not attempt
. ,,. , ,i, r. i.ll,,.;, ,,i,
,,., , .,, .,, ,h r.erman army
as t he emperor's ahnonncernenr in
dicates iciy now he done in Lith
uania. The attempt to enroll a Po
lish iirinv on tne sime Plea that i
i - ,
now ma le u the r ase of Lithuania
wi. a iitiiure ann tne
gum" b'ij oish.mded:
"Polish le-
Loans to Allies Are
J J I II... !- A I
nlUllUriZra UU M JIUOOi
WASHINGTuN, May 1 4 Srefo-
tary McAdco lodav autbori.ed loans
if 1 liful.nou.O'tn to ureat Hrltam.
1 00.nlifl.OiM, to France and $lu.-
0(ii). no ti to Iia. i.iaking the tt,il
loans to a i. -he alio s i.T 63.8a0.000
riil.il r..if,s. 1 """"" I
ii iii hi i h ' r
1 ni,tii, ti
'P ill)- In
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TULSA DAILY WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAY lT, 11)18.
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floudy. h irun on ;
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dy iMMiltT in north !
went portion
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burmln)' pa't 'Ion I
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Thrniy lfl 1
d . arinpr in "t
nortion N i ilnf my
"Torr tkxah-.
V i' n r d t y prt
rloiMy,
warmer In
interior
'I'tiuritlA)'
jxrt r!nn,ljr
W hST TKXAS W,.dnddr flr. nl'mir
ir, r.rih ''! ml Itonii :' ll'h ursday P rl
'Uiii'lj, ruultr in tiia J'ftniiAnditf.
The Lilac Hush
b
morr tt. 1
a lilac buih than I
elfttitn.
I j in ii of nirnlc
Afcl Moili.-r .N(ori' kindly jrr and dnl
It Mf JH Tl'lllll',
I h.-f s no tbsn Kprmf limc'i tovrlinoa
'r t.ii v fj i h to .
1 think tie itliir kfrps alive the joy thai
ll.M'lJ fu t.f
!iln. hvi'il whrn I wm vounf and
I liMimnl l i(ft the ilunr.
Ami ii I m tri.tMir,.,! ll the iinilci tiiftt
I iliM f. im nmrf
it hnl,l5 11,,- ki-ii ilf inoilicr't eliaruil, Kht
lllllc potlt r n tMi.
Ami l!l tin. trti'lrrut.ks and tola whirb
lu a l-iy J knew '
It
keep: th iituili. of lotrrl onn fine and
W Ii- ii the lrefir tilow
I art in in hffir the oirs lost Unit ljokt
bo litrg C"
And m ii rhmtrrrr IdoRftoma laughing
C.ltiy liferk i trie
Arc thf woi.drom happy faca that I'm
hurijtrun to
! II
of thf famil- nrrV, it 'a a friend
t know and Ux-tj
It is memory, ihm. r fadmir, of the nnca
ttlni'nn tfonc above
And rafh MniiiiiDe am livin with lot
joj s Ittat und to hf,
In Hit- fracranct- and K hrauty of th
MliipiV I its - trrr.
(Copnitht 111H by Kduar A. (ineit )
OVERMAN MEASURE
THROUGH CONGRESS
House l'nssos It Willi Only Two
UIssoiiiIiik oil's In llallot
Ing After Short Drbalo.
WILSON GIVEN AUTHORITY
Illankel Provision Contained In
Power for IlonrganUing Depart
ments of GoTommoiil.
WASHINGTON, May 14 The
long fight In congress over the Over
man bill, empowering the president
to renrganlie government depart
ments and agencies, ended late to
day with passage of the measure
unamended by the home. It now
goes to President Wilson for his sig
nature. The vote was 295 to I. Repre
sentatives sterling, of Illinois and
Gillette of Massachusetts, both Re
publicans, casting the only negative
votes.
An amendment tn exempt the in
terstate commerce commission from
the operations of the measure was
defeated, 1 1 3 to Hi.
What opposition there was In the
house when the bill came Into tho
senate began to crumble and today
It hardly was In evidence. Several
amendments to limit the powers
proposed for the president were
voted down with little debate.
Just what changes under the law
are contemplated never have been
Indicated. When the president
asked Senator Overman to introduce
the bill he merely said ho needed
authority to co-ordinate the activi
ties of various branches of the gov
ernment In the prosecution of the
war. And during all the long de
bate that preceded action In the
senate virtually no further informa
tion developed
There has been a general under
standing, however, that among other
things various functions now per
formed by the departments will he
transferred to the war trade board,
the war industries board and other
war agencies. Kenrganizaiinn or
the quartermaster department and
of the signal rorps of Ihe army are
steps which are said to have been
contemplated! under the law, but
which were taken without waiting
for cmKrnss to act.
When the bill was Introduced soon
after tiie president had signified his
opposition to the war cabinet and
munitions director measures of the
senate unitary committee, cham
pions of the committee bills declared
it would give the president power to
do iut what these measures pro.
posed.
Sergeant Bailes Gets
Eighth German Plane
I'MUS, May It- Sergt. Frank L.
Rallies of tho Stork escadrlllo has
brourrht down another German ma
chine, the eighth to his credit Since
February 19. The sergeant's home
is In .Sew Hedford. Mass., and he
formerlv served In tho American
field ambulance.
Chief Grass of Sioux
Tribes Taken by Death
"
YATKS. N. i, May 14. - -
chief of all the Hlonx
John tli
Imlm nt,
ihui here today. Cnief I
tjrafis was
't'J vear old.
i German Stricken From
PhUadclvhia Schools
PHILADKLPIHA, May 14. Klltn
inatlon of the study of German from
Il,e tnihllc hush Bt-honlu of thiu .,fv
' , , V. , , . . ' '
wus v""''J "y enucation.
No Advanie In Price.
CHK'Ai.O. May I - Substantial
supp'lcs of cured pork products hav.
ii:f f rcurrulaied tho food ndmlnis
trstion informed thn packers today
that Mo-re should i,e no advance
over prices current on May 1.
r
j I OiMnT TO DO lb
I CurtrVttrt Tup 1
"KS1"6,,,,!
h Nn now nn RTFn
HUNS NOW DOUBTED
Itrol.cis (.no TvMiiin.in hi York
llli"ll' Tlllll ilioy rloi to
Hin Alleged .sUid.
i
TELL OF BIG GERMAN PLOT'
riim Wiif ;rriuuiii,"" Viiiirtli
Mans ! ImiHirtlnu (.uiis I mm
Krupp UoiU. 1
GERMAN NAMFn A9L AT.FNT
"w
(.ustav l.ossing. Niiturnli.oil I itlon,
'I'rleil in ,s ll Milpiiionls Saiil
tu 1- Stored.
NKW Y t ) 1 1 K May II. Itiuuuy
by the slate attorney Mi neral's office
today into repot ta in hoarding of
,
ammunition in uie i niti .i states by
tiermaii agents developed testimony
oy ixew j tji K nrilHiniH unl ntliers
that they doubted the cxiMcme of
one million Mauser rifles an, I one j Shipments ha
billion cartridges which they had:'" Creat l.iit.i
tried to buy or sell. 1 1 Imai Ions that ileneral IVi-shln up
tine of tho witnesses. l-;dgar .-V 'proves diverting additional motors
Holmes of New York, testified that!1" '"eel I'tench and llriliali requlre-
be had been Informed by James II.
Crossley that the rifles had been
smuggled from Kiupp winks at
Kssvnat would be used In an effort
to "tieinianize" Ihe I'nited Stales If
the Germuns should capture the
channel ports.
.Gustav Lusslng, who was born in
the German privinee of Sohleswig
llolsteln arid was naturalized thirty
years ago, was mentioned most often
in the testimony. Moat of tho wit
nesses testified 'Jjhat he tried to sell
the rifles, but one claimed that he
had tried to buy 250.000. Lusslng
was described by his lawyer, William
H. Kurd of New York, an a "New
Jersey farmer and promoter Inter
ested In coke oven ami monorail
prujecta,"
ijUMHlng lVceont.
Lusslng was. at the bearing under
subpoena but was not asked to tes
tify. Keputy Attorney-General Heck-
i in aojou-ninu the heuring until
tomorrow said:
"I want ir. Lusslng; to hear
everything that Is said V " It Is
understood that Lusslng will testify
later.
The nearest Identification of the
owners of tho rifles whs Jn testi
mony by Jiurford T. Marshall, a
New York lawyer, that they were
German-Americans who feared to
endanger their reputations by dis
closing themselves. A Mr. Richards
of Philadelphia was named by Mar
shall as one of the possible princi
pals. Reference was made In Ford's
testimony to the Itrldgoport Projec.
tile company, a German-owned mu.
nitlona cotiLcrn, and to Joseph H.
Hoadley, but they were not named as
; possible owners of the rifle.
After testllying that a statement
attributed to hint that ha could sea
the storage place, of the rifles from
his office window was a "lie." Ford
recanted ami admitted ho might
nave made Mien a statement In re
lation to a small quantity of rifles.
Had Hoard IloportH. I
Various witnesses testified to hav
ing heard reports that the rifles were
stored in forty different parts of the
t tilted fritatcs, on a farm that was
only an hour and a half from Broad
way by automobile, and In ware
houses on the east side of Manhat
tan and Brooklyn. One'-toport was
related of a dinner of German of.
fleers including Captain Hans
Tausrher, former agent of the
Krupps hre, at the German club In
New Vork followed by an automobile
trip to the hiding place of the rifles.
The most definite testimony as to
the location of the rifles was given
by Francis u Judd, a New York
mining engineer, who had sought to
buy them for the Russian govern
ment. A man whose name he laid
he did not recall took him to a store
house on Liberty street, east side
Manhattan, he said, and showed him
an old gitllng gun, a couple of old
Colts, a oi.e-pound field piece and
cases said to contain rifles and cartridges.-
Tht ee oases wore open.
Five rifles were In each. One was
unwrapped. It apparently was a
Mauser, the witness said. Judd left
the hearing with a secret service
ngont to try to identify the build
ing. The testimony revealed that all
efforts to buy or sell the rifles had
ceased two months ago when the
I'nited States, through MaJ Nicho
las Riddle of the army intelllirence
bureau, tried to buy them. Major
iiiaain attended tne investigation.
SCHOOL LAND LEASE MONEY
TO COME TO TULSA COUNTY
Ilonil ItiMids May Be J'uroliiiHod by
I'mcfvilN of Hulos of Ioasos on
IjiiiiIh In WcMtcrn Count lo.
V,v Tri AuMiriattd I'i,-..
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 14
From $1 to 2fl an acre was ul on
school land acreage In the :iti4 tracts
offered by the school land com
mission, and or which bids were
opened this evening. The land is In
Pawnee, Comanche. Payne. Klnwi,
Lincoln, Grariv and Kav counties
and practically nil wildcat. The bct )
bids were on Comanche county J
tracts. Awards of leases will be I
made at a meeting of the board nrju I
Tuesday. i
1 he board a u t llonzi-d inves-tmrnt
?' 'r',0 """ "f J'"" '",' ,'ry
In lulsa county road bonds. Ibis
(was done on motion of I. It.
I Howard.
I
T.nhnr I nnimmiiinii tn
Make Trip lo Mexico
VASHIN'ri'"N. May 14--Samuel
'lonipers. picHidcnt of the American
Federation of Ijibor, today appoint
ed a cnint. ossion to go to Mexico to
cstdblii-ri friendly relations between
organised labor in Mexico and the
United Malt s
April Cotton oiiMiiiiption.
WASHINGTON, M.'iv 14 I'otlou
consuuif'd uurirjf. pril amounted to
f44.r,r,i ruiiiiiiia bales, exclusive of
liniei.s ani for the nine months end
Ing April HO, -1 . ft 4 4 . 7 !t J hales the
census burr iu to'iav annouii, cd.
Liberty Motor
J
First by Allies on Air Front
i
BiMtish and French Demands i
for Machines Now
I.eing Met. ";
DELAY OVER, OFFICIALS SAY i
Output to He Doubled Over
Last Month Which
Set Kecord. '
W A.-fHINGTON. May I I Amer
ican tui 1 1 1 I ,i 1 ki i y motors may first
reach the fichluu; lines in Kranee
dm i n b I'li-ro li ami Hi ltlsli scouts
II ns Ii. lined tonight that urgent
requests foi early delivery of the
mericaii nine have been received
from tho allies and are being met.
already been made
and theie am ill-
j ments. even if further delay to pro
duction of Ainericuu scouts results.
The Rritlsh government, it Is said,
after a careful Investigation of the
engine by a special expert, sent over
for that purpose, has been pressing
Ml r ml 1 1 y for some thousands of the
motors Tlie I'renili experts, at first
somewhat doubtful of the motor, are
Hons asking for atid will receive en
gines by July I Difficulties with
overheating alleged In a letter from
Louis Canimau read In the senate
yesterday to make the Liberty mo
tor useless, are declared authorlta..
tively lo have been overcome.
No Mori llclny In Output.
To support their view that tho
dayof delays In aircraft production
are over, officials point to the fact
that last month saw "Liberties" de
livered In hundreds, and to present
Indications that the output will be
doubled this month ami steadly in
creased thereafter. The output last
month, so far as known here, was
greater than that of any foreign mo
tor, wtth the possible exception of
one 130-horsepower type used In
France. No high-power motor ap
proaching the Liberty do figure
waa within sight of the American
output. It was lo reach that end
In quantity production, It was de
clared, that the Liberty was de
signed. The difficulties facing designers
In building Liberty fighters Is to
get them back to the ground safely,
It la explained. There Is no question
as to tho efficincy of the motor in
volved. Jjandnn Production Head.
There were several developments'
today In the aircraft situation. John
D. Ryan, director-general of pro
duction for the army and chairman
of the aircraft board, made his first
directing move by announcing the
appointment of Archer A. Landon,
vice-president of the American Rad
iator company of Huffalo, N. Y., to
have charge of the production divi
sion. Preparations were made for
launching the senate military com
mittee's new Investigation. Senator
Thomas and Senator Thompson
called on President Wilson to dis
cuss the plans and Senator Hitchoclt
also talked over the aviation altua-.
tion with the president.
RUSSIANS TAKEN IN NEW
YORK PLOTTED ANARCHY
Three jVrrcwtrd on Charge of Nation
wide) Conspiracy to Overthrow
Amor left n Government.
NEWVORK, Mny 14 The ar
rest 'IcAlThree alleged Russian nn
archjku charged with being in
volved In a natlon-wldo conspiracy
to "overthrow" the American gov
ernment by the distribution of an
archistic propaganda, was the an
nouncement made tonight by the
police. The prisoners'are Alexander
Derkach. Leon Kobkm and Ivan
Novlkoff. Their arrest followed an
attempt to ship by express several
soap and orange boxes containing
the alleged propaganda lo anarchist
ic societies.
According to Lieutenant Husby of
the police depart inenl. both I et -
kaoh and Novlkoff have been affili
ated with Lenlne and Trotzky. 11 i
is aiso uneven inui .mere was rouuil
in Novikoff's possession a llsl of
persons who had contributed to lh?
defense of the 1, '. W
now on trial In ChJcairo.
members i
BRITISH FLANDERS LOSS
HEAVIEST OF ANY WEEK
Casualties There and In J'liardy 1
Total .More Than 1'orly'
Thousand!
Lo.VlioN, Mny !- The toial or,
ilrliish casualties reported lu the
week ending lodav is (l.tilJ. j
They are divided as follows: i
Killoii or died of wounds; ' r i - .
errs 51; men. f,.0l. j
deports of Prliish casTillics m,l-
ally aie not .Mailable f u- s ime tiruei
after tiie ai lions in v holt thr-y are'
sustained The large total in thn
last week evidently- reinwnta lo'eH '
suffered when the figh'.in in t I-c.-irfly
and l-'lanrlers was at ii. height, .
Complete records have not I; -on riv-
en out, but il is piolithle rill be
casualties reporlcl mi ibe lust v ek ;
are the heaviest l'.cit,-.h loi-ies of nnv :
week of the a. ii. The l.ital last
week was 3N.C91.
Caproni Machine to lie
U-.-'U L . tr -i l n. .
liUlll Oy Llllliea OiaieS
;
WASHINGTON. M .v 14 The ( a-
pronl airplane, designed in Italy
will .be built bv the United jSt.'ite, i'is
one type ot bombing machine. The
Caproni ha.- been demonstrated here
bv rtallan flyerfi and officials are
well pleas d with tests thut havo
been made
16 PACES
to Be Used
- -
BolsheVlki Fight
With Anarchists .
. ...
in Moscow Riots
Moscow (Sunday), May II.
l'lKbling Install last night In tho
center of ilie city between llol
sbeiki troops and anarchists.
The snvlst troops surrounded the
anarchist headquarters over which
a black flag was flying, and fired
in the flag. .
Tho anarchists replied with gre
nades and machine guns. Hlmllar
t is; Ii I si occurred on other streets,
i 'nn of the groups, known as the
"anarchist federalists" who were
using bombs, showed the white
flag after u brief hour of fight
ing At noon today fighting was
fill! lu progress.
STATE TO FURNISH
- 2,800 MEN IN CALL
Crowilor Asks for l'lfty-iim Thou
sand From - Twenty-four States
In May ami Juno.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May H.
Oklahoma's quota In tho latest draft
Is '.'.SOD. Adjutant General K. If.
Glpson announced tonight. The men
will be. sent to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, and Jackson barracks, lu.
They will be the firm Oklahoma men
to go to these points. ..
ihe men will start for camn Mon
day,.
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WASHINGTON, May 1 1. Twen
ty-four slatos and the Olstrict of
Columbia were called upon tonight
ny rrovust Marshal General Crow
der lo furnish for the national army
ai.iiuu more men qualified for len-
eral military service, Movement of
drafted men to the army camps un-
ler mis call Is to extend over two
periods, from May 20 to 24 and from
May za to June 2, These dates were
fixed because during the five days
beginning May 26 approximately
233,000 called for recently will be
moving to camps.
Jonlghts call marks further rin
velopment of the government's plans
ior nasrcning men to France and
replacing them as rapidly as they
vacate me training centers. In all,
284,900 draftees will be journeying
from their homes to military camps
between May 20 and June 2. In
cluding numerous calls for technical
n specially quallflud men, the
total number summoned during
ijr sumetning use iss.Roo, near
If half of the 800,000 expected to
be called this year.
The states drawn upon and camps
ddikiiru mom include:
For the movement from May j!0
to 24 Oklahoma, 1,000 to Jack-
son barracks, la.; 1,300 to Fort
Ham , Houston, Texas. Tennessee,
15,600 to Fort Thomas. Ky.
For the movement from Mav 20
to June 2: New Mexico, 600 to Fort
.Sam Houston, Texas. Oklahoma.
1.000 to Jackson .".barracks. Im.
Texas, 800 to Fort Kam Houston,
Texas.
Food Administration to
Control Rice October 1
HOUSTON. Texas, May 14. Gov
ernmcntal control of the rice mar
ket beginning Oct. 1, 1018, will be
established under an agreement
drawn by Food Administrator
Hoover for the rice millers of the
I'nited Stales to enter Into a resold
tlon to sign, which was unanimously
aunpieo oy uie nice aimers' asso
ciation during its annual meeting In
Houston Tuesday afternoon.
WHITE RIVER GOES FIVE
FEET OVER FLOOD STAGE
Jin ksonport I.rvi Tlroaks Near
Newport Hut I low Is Klopiiod
and HoK' Is It Will ollld.
LITTLK HOCK. Ark., .May ii.
With till White river live feet abovo
flood stage at Newport, every avail
able man in the city Is working des
perately on Ihe levee at .Jackson
port, four miles above the city lo-
ni;lit
Hreaklng of the levee hero
would flood Newport. All women
and children ahve been sent from
the city. The Jaeksonport levee
broke this afternoon birr--the.. work-
eis by a dcspernle effort stopped tho
break !ind tonight they are hopeful
that it wii: li4u. The water Is tail
ing In the upper reaches of the
While river, but is rising in the
Link river, which empties into the
White just above Newport nml the
eiiualloo will rrmaln precarious for
several days.'
NEAR BEER GOES UNDER
FOOD LICENSING SYSTEM
President Issues Now J'roi lnmulloll
,A,.rtlnK Authority of Hoover
Administration.
WASHINGTON, May 14 Pres
ident Wilson today Issued a proclam
ation extending the licensing author
ity of the food administration so as
to give it wider latitude In tho con
trol of fooil distribution..
Under the proclamation effective
June 1 all munufc .uts of ne.er
beer or other fermented beverages
containing less than one-half of 1
per cent of ulcnhol are brought un
der license, others affected include
"I'i"" "i poultry alio epi; paca-
Ing plants not alreudy under license;
jgiriners. buyers, agents, dealers or
",,l"'r """"era of cotton seed not
"lr""',y licniwil vvh. handle sjore
,1,il" ,wr"' to,,H ''"Hon seed a
t year ; Importers, ininnufaoturers or
: disiriliUtnj-s of cotton seed hulls and
owners of elevators, warehouses or
! other places in which ihey are
'mured.
PRICE 5 CENTS
ENEMY FAILS IN
WEST: WINS BIG
GAIN IN RUSSIA
British Take Back All
Ground Lost at
Mori an court.
HUNS TAKE CAUCASUS
Acquire Grain and Fields
and Threaten Attack
on Moscow.
AUSTRIANS ARE REPULSED
Italians Hold Off Enemyjjl
in x- jcint; iiaiiu-wj-
Hand Fighting.
LONDON, May 14. In an'
attack -along a mile front
near Morlancourt the . Ger
mans penetrated the ' British ,
lines at . one place. Field
Marshal Haig reports that afl
all other points on this line
the Germans were repulsed ;
with heavy losses, and that
the Australians later recap-,
tui'cd the lost position. v
MOHCOW. Friday, May JO.--Through
the capture of Jtoatov-On-IJon
the Germans have sained con
trol of the Caucasus, th grain dts-
iricis in ma uone.ta Dnsil) and ins
coal. Iron and oil fields. n Northern
llussla now Is put off from the Cau-'
casus railroad running through
Ttarttsln, In Uie southern part of :
the government of Haratov which tha
Germans now are threatening.
, Coupled with tha fall of Kebaa :
Ukraine rada and tha establishment 1
In the Ukraine of a bourgeois gov-i. ja
emment wholly unriei Herman ititm. ; 'i U
nation, the cloture of Hotov-On-
Hort has created guest uneasiness, In
Moscow and F'etrograd. A German
.advance In central Itussla la gen-
rally feared and th removal of the
capttol to Yekaterinburg In. th
Ural mountains- ts-toeing discussed.
Germany's overthrow of th I'kraln
government wun wntcn ii nso maaf i
peace Is regarded by north Kusela I v
as a step toward. It occupation,
Within a few weeks thefutur of
ePtrogrsd. and Moscow probably will '
ba. determined as It : la considered
that ths soviet government either
must submit to German domination
or retreat eastward and prepar for
a defense against the Invader.
F.ffectlve resistance will He diffi
cult without outside assistance be
cause of the lack of .technical ex-;
perts and supplies. Tha bitter feel
ing against Germany Is Intensified,,
by th ruthless seliures In' Ukraine :
and a growing disposition to accept
ailed aid, If th entente allies will
recognlxe the Bolahejlki government
la evident, .
FltKNCll FIGI1T HARD
TO ItrXiAIN HILL 44
WITH THE BRITISH A It .MY" IV
FRANCE, May 14. HIU 44. a small"
but Important elevation near the "
Wyverbek river, north of Xemmel,
about which such sanguinary con..
filets have been waged- sine May 8,
appeared today to be In the handa
of the German again. Th enemy
began an aasault yesterday morn
ing and gained a hold, and at latest
report were still clinging tenaciously
to tho rugged slopes, although th
hard-hitting French had been press
ing tne mvaucrs vigorously,
Hill 44 ha" been one of the most
hotly contested points oh the north- ivM
ern. battle fiold. . - ','! .;
KTATM OF MI't'F. IS
l)J( LAKIO AT SMICHOM.
LONDON, May. 14. A state of
siege has been declared at Smlchom.
a suburb of Prague, Bohemia, and
the troops there have been sent
away, nn Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Amsterdam reports. On
hundred and fifty women are said
to have been arrested on account of
demonstrations. The burgomaster )'
has resigned. Tho ferment is ex- "T
tending through Bohemia, accord- ;
ing to thn dispatch. ';'
ITALIANS B FAT OFF
DltlVI': OP AI STKIAXK.
ITALIAN ARMY HKADQUAR-
TKHS IN NOHTHKttN H'Lt. Mo'i: ;
day. May 13. Italian troops re
pulsed with heavy Joss a dosperat'
enemy attempt last night to redeem
thn loss of Monte Corno. It la be
lieved that this was only the first
of a series of effort to regain the
lost ground owing to the value of
the height which vommands the ap
proaches to the valley leading from
Trent to Roverto.
The fight last night was in the
darkness and ' h'ioody hand-to-
hand struggle, over the rocky slopes
of the mountain. The Italian posi
tions, however, were retained Intact.
Thus, far the fighting around
Monte Corno has been of local char
acter and not a part of any general,
offensive, although the outpost
soow increasing activity all along
the mountain front.
Sperirl. Heists Arrest,
n. L. George te3tsted Motorcycle
Officer Delu when h" attempted to
arrest him for speeding on Kast
First yesterday morning. In police
court yc.stero.ny afternoon George ac
cused lelo of threatening to shoot
htm and otherwise u busing him.
(ieorco vvs. fined Ir, on the em.
I ing thMri?o.
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