The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-16
MINIATURE WAR TAKES PLACE WHEN RAGING IS ATTEMPTED
 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA.
TROOPS FIRE ON THE RACERS
And Announce That They Will Shoot to Kill" if Another Race Is At empted-lncident Has Effect of Stopping Races for the Day.

Tulsa, Okla, April 15.-After state militiamen had fired upon horses and jockeys in the first race of today's program at the fair grounds. track officials decided to abandon any fur ther attempts at racing today and await action from the criminal court of appeals at Oklahoma City on the application for a writ of habeas cor pus for three men arrested by the militia and placed in the military prison.
 Just before the post time for the first race, Adjutant General Canton, addressing the crowd, told them of his orders and asked them to leave the grounds This request was en- forced by miitiamen with fixed bayonets All spectators were forced outside, and only officials and news paper men were allowed inside.
 The climax to the afternoon came when Manager Bob Allison of the jockey club forced his way through the gates to the accompaniment of cheers from the crowd and ordered the first race started.
 Ten horses went to the post but there was no evidence of betting The starter lost no time in droppina the barrier, and amid wild shouts of the crowd, the horses raced around the track
 Just as the ten horses. well punched, pulled into the stretch, Major Scott, accompanied by two en- listed men, stepped in front of the grand stand and opened fire, appar- ently directly at the approaching horses. The horses came laundering down the stretch, apparently not af- fected in the least by the shooting. and the soldiers jumped aside as the racers swept under the wire. Major Scott fired a revolver while the eh listed men used regulation guns. They said afterwards that they only fired in the air
 Then General Canton gave orders that if another attempt to race was made, to shoot to kill.' Jockey club officials determined it would be useless to make another effort, and decided to await court action.
 General Canton stated that he would not obey orders from any court as he regarded the militia supreme when martial law was proclaimed.
 Three arrests were made during the afternoon. Harry B. Wells, clerk in Tulsa hotel, was first arrested for attempting to force his way through the lines. J. c. Elis. a stable boy. was taken to the guardhouse from the track after the first race. J. M. Stewart, a private detective of Oklahoma City, was placed in cus' tody when he refused to leave the grounds on the order of the soldiers
 Late this afternoon General Can ton released the three prisoners he had arrested, and this, it is under stood will prevent any further ac- tion looking towards a habeas cor pus. Track officials had intended to take this action in order to test the legality of the order of martial law.
 In an interview with newspaper men tonight General Canton said that any court order served on him would be disregarded, as no court had any jurisdiction when martial law was proclaimed.
 He said he would allow trainers to exercise their horses in the morning but would close the gates of the track in the afternoon and allow no one to enter.
 Jockey club officials and their at