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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

who was an employe Of the packing
company, has been undcr surveillance
since last Monday chief Thomas
Flcmming said after the arrest that
his men had seen MuNahil purchase
the dynamite in Kansas City, Mo-, toe
day Mulyahill declared ne did not
know what was in the package until
he was shown at police headquarters
following his arrest According to his
statement to the detectives, he had
taken IT meroly'to carry for "a friend.
whom he was TO meet at a restaurant
later
The explosion last Sunday followed
a number of mysterious fires I'm pack
ing plants and horse and mule barns
here. within the last three months. A
small fire broke out Inn the plant Of
the Armour Packing company today.
which fire department. officials said
was of inCendiary origin.
Sundays explosion caused S1IO,0O0
damage
one hundred extra watchmen were
employed 10y local packing companies
today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17
OTTO ENGLES IS
GETTING BETTER

otto Englas, couvalescng at the
Physicians & Surgeons hospital OF
Tulsa. where he was taken after he
had been severely burned in gas cX-
plosion at Sapulpa last sunday morn
ing is recovering, according TO the
statement Of the attending physician.
The most severe burns were about his
arms ana face
Mrs Engles, who also was consid-
orably burned in the explosion has
sufficiently recovered that she was al
lowed &C. return home II was in this
explosion that their 3-year-old daugh-
ter Hurdett was fatally hurt The cX-
plosion blew tho child from the bed
through the wall and she died a few
later.
The explosion was caused by Mrs.
Ingles' striking a match in the house,
after she had smelled gas and raised
the windows, hoping to clear out the
fumes before she lighted match.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

STEAMER
HELPLESS

WILMINGTON, Delao April l5,-
The Argentine battleshp Moreno,
which sailed from the Philadelphia
naval yard today for Hampton Roads,
ran aground near Rcedy island i'm the
Delaware river, and tonight was fast
on the upper end of Dan Baker shoaL
Officers of thc droadnaught do not
believe the ship was damaged
Tugs are standing by and an effort
will be made to float her on flood
tide early tomorrow About two
weeks ago the Moreno collidcd with a
barge Off New Castle, Delaware. The
barge was sunk and the battloship
went ashore and remained fast ON the
mud flats all night
The Moreno, a new vessel, carries
a crew Of 500
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
TN DYNAMITE CASE

KANSAS CITY, April IA man
who officers said was carrying four
sticks of dynamite wrapped i'm a
package, and several feet Of fuse with
a dynamite cap attached, was arrested
tonight by detectives of Kansas City,
Kansas just as he was entering the
grounds of the Cudahy Packing com.
pany. in Kansas City, Kansas, a por-
ton of whose plant was wrecked by a
mysterious explosion last Sunday
night Detectives said they had
learned an attempt to destroy the
plant tonight was to be made.
The man gave the name OF John
Mulvahill. Two companions arrested
with him gave the names Of Max Bar
rem and r. E. Conley. All deny they
had any intention of setting an eX-
plosion or know anything of the eX-
plosion last Sunday night.
According to the police, Mulvahill,
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ton attendance records. The grounds
were thronged with visitors from ev-
cry part Of the globe. and the big at
tendance still continues The opening
day crowd was remarkably peaceful,
and no arrests were made by the E1-
position guards or military during tho
day and but one child was lost and II
was returned TO It's mother within If
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

Laredo a denial of reports that he
had executed q number Of prisoners
ana women camp followers after the
recent battle at liuisachito. The only
nan executed the statement said, was
Narciso Romero, who was condemned
for having set fire TO the town Of
Candida.
General Herrera conducted a re-
view Of his troops today the state
ment said, four thousand men pass
ing before the commander and his
stan, He Is preparing to scrd 200
troops T. aid General Nafarretc AT
Matamoros, it was saio,
Hcuara's scouts reported that coo
horses, abandoned by the villa force
after tho light, had been rounded up.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

BRYAN IS INTERESTED


WASHINGTON. April 15.-All the
embassies ami legations i'm Washing
ton representing countries which have
considerable Interests in Mexico have
received from the international COM
ittee of Mexico City. it was learned
today, afiidayits testifying to the ex-
listing conditions Of anarchy in Mex
leo and reciting specific cases Of abuse
Of foreign residents
Most of the atiidaNits are directed
TO the British French and Spanish
embassies Examination at some Of
the embassies has disclosed the fact
that in many cases the allegations
have been confirmed by advices al
ready received from Mexico conse-
quently the diplomats have deemed
the atlidayts worthy Of immediate
transmttal to their home govern
ments.
In at least one case, also, copies of
the papers, whore allegations nave
been confirmed by the embassies adj
vices, have been laid before the state
department as a matter Of irforma.
tiOn.
Secretary Bryan stated some time
ago that he had been informed by
some Americans in Mexico city mat
these documents were in transit to
Washington ana that they eXasger-
ated the actual conditions in many
cases Therefore, the embassies have
been careful 20 make sure that such
of the communications as were sub
mitted to the state department were
fully corroboratad by reports from
their own diplomati. agents and con-
suls in Mexico
Assault Foreign Women.
Some Of the alfidavits relating to
the misuse If foreign women and the
robbing and beating of foreigners
generally were made public recently
at El Paso, Tex, upon the arrival at
that place IF the agent Of the inter
national committee.
The Cawanla agency here gave out
n statement tonight saying General
Herrera had telegraphed from Nuevo
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17
SCHOOL CHILDREN
KILLED BY BOMBS

AMSTERDAM, via London, April
l6.-(4:21 a. Dispatches re-
ceiNed from Freiburg i'm Breisgau,
Grand Duchy of Baden, announce that
a hostile airman dropped bombs there
at noon yesterday, killing six persons
and injuring large numbers, most Of
them school children.
Five bombs, the dispatches say,
Worc dropped i'm the Smehlingen guar
ter. Two Of them fell without doing
harm, but the other killed two men
and four children and seriously
wounded two men and eight children.
a number of other children We're
slightly hurt
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

CHICAGO, April 1.-two worlds
records were lowered in the National
Athletic union swimming champion
ships tonight. The 1O0-yard swim
was won by A. c. Raithel of the Hi
nois Athletic club, in "a % seconds,
clipping ono-ffth of a second from
the record established by Duke Kah-
anomoku in San Francisco on July
4, 1918
Raithel, W. r. Nosburgh, II. j. Heb
ner and Perry McGillivray won the
ship for the ]. A. c. in three minutes,
45 3-5 seconds, cutting two-fifths of
a second from the record held by the
club.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

in every Jewish cohrt a shorthand re-
porter or clerk sat on each side of the
Judge. Many of the Roman aristocrats
took "stenographers' with them upon
their travels.
In St. Paurs time there were
seventy labor unions I'm Rome. There
were several great monopolies i'm the
first century, the greatest Of all being
the oil business The trust" had not
cornered Kerosene which was un-
known at that period but dealt IN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17

olive oil. There also were monopolies
in eggs, perfumes and bricks.
As TO homes, the ancients made the
New York millionaires look like
"pikers" Professor Cobern says he
has read in manuscripts Of a Roman
who spent Sl2,000,0O0 upon decora-
tions for his house. Another pluto
crat spent $j0,000,000 in one year.
Nero on one occasion spent Sl75,OOO
for roses on his banquet tables The
roses were brought from Egypt Elk
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-17
WE ARE NOT SO MODERN.

The Romans Had Elevators Income
Taxes, Trusts and Unions.
The palace of Nero had three ele-
VatoTs.
In the year A. D.. an income tax
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

towns on the Erie road. tramp struck
me for a quarter and got 1t. He must
have gone of on a freight train right
away, and he got a lift of twenty odd
miles before he was bounced. Four hours
later I took a train. and while passing
from one coach to another l lost my
footing and was flung on. ! struck on
INV head and shoulders, and was rem
dered unconscious. though not very badly
hurt. When I came to there was q
quarrel over my body. Two men wanted
TO rob me. while a third was holding them
off, and when they attacked him he gave
them such a drubbing that they hauled
on. Then he ran to a farm house a
quarter Of a mile away. routed out the
people. and helped carry me there: While
/ could not speak, I heard all that was
said. I heard him say that he recogni.
zsd me- as the one who had befriended
him that evening; and before he went
away he insisted on taking an inventory
Of my personal property. had a watch,
a diamond pin. and over $1,000 In money;
and everything was kept safe for me
during the two weeks / was In the
house.
Il have never seen him since. After
seeing me safe at the house he started
of. saying he would send a doctor from
the nearest town. and I never even had
the chance to thank him."
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
TOLD IN A DEPOT.

One Christmas eve two or three wear,
ago. as We stood in a group in the depot
waiting room at Elmira, there was a
scuffle and loud words, and we turned
to see the depot policeman showing a
trampish-looking man out of the place.
IL was scene to make most Of the
crowd smile, as the officer was A bie
man and his voice a small one, but be-
fore he had out doors a well dressed.
fine looking man stepped forward and
demanded:
Officer has this man been guilty of
any offence?"
He's no business in here. SIR" was
the reply"
why hasn't he?"
Because he is a tramp. My orders
are to put 'em out
"Just wait"
He brought out his wallet, handed the
forlorn-looking stranger two crisp SO
bills. and then turned to the officer
with:
Now. let him alone. A man with
so in his pocket is no tramp"
God bless you, sir!" whispered the
recipient of his bounty as he looked at
the money In the greatest astonishment
I'm no vagabond; I'm simply down on
my luck. I was wanting to get to Buff
falo. where hoped to hit job, and I'm
willing to work at anything and for any
price"
Some one ventured to ask the gentle
man for an explanation of his liberal
ity. end he replied:
''Just year ago tonight, In one Of the
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
OLD PAP PMKHAM
He Receives and Ans.Ders Another Circular

the dignity becoming a postmaster.
i keep a grocery attached and IL
in the county. The stock is ali new
and fresh and my prices are lower
than those of any competitor. Not
AND @hst s costs h'Sa 70 Resp siGs OF ho1ss Sass
shod. my goods are delivered with
sS 6re extra sharEs AS ss3 to the drgs
of lime. copperas. hair dye. seidlitz
There can be no possible chance OF
drinks the hair dye and always give
them a solemn talking to when 1 sell
AS to economy. 1 think I can say
that l am the most economical post
master in this State. I not only save
the string and all wrapping paper but
buy those things. During the last
year, 1 have picked up on the floor
and saved more than one quart of
4 from the government. Since i became
| Postmaster, ] have bought and used
on this building. six gallons of paint
| in my reports to Washington. ] have
also bought the lum ber and plugged
up 100 knot holes and rat holes. Like
wise, / have restored a dozen broken
panes Of glass. The trouser buttons
| | have picked up at one. time and an
other: / estimate TO be worth ten cents
of the company.
Would the people of Jericho stand
raise on the price Of STAMPS? 40!
General. or there will be such a row
| here that will make the earth tremble
for fifty miles around There was one
brought on a war that lasted five or
six years. Our citizens are very quiet
{sfs 5oW w. but e.1 n tSsr os STAMP h was
other revolution in less than twenty
four hours. our MOrtgage s the White
Housensel, the roa5 ATGFiean EiG9 - nag second
hungry for the want of food. but do
, not raise the price of stamps on the
patriots IS OF Of Jericho rGsHf 70 tho ,s,,sr
ture Of humanity. l have always had
in this postoffice. conspicuously dis
played a family Bible-a family al
ture of Moses hiding in the hull
rushes. A map of Jerusalem ana a
her departing husband. who was :, re-
ligious exhorter and made as much
money out of it as sunday Jim" II
these things do not appeal to the bet
Three or four times a day. since
my term Of office BEGAN. there hav'
oee a0E f shss Is NICE tr0ns level 'e
ideal spot for scrap between two
CANNES. They know it. and some
affair there / have head then fight
ing and looked out of the window and
saw the ferocious struggle and th-re
have been shouts for old Pap to come
out into the open. but i have never
even stood in the door. l am an Of
ficial Of the government and the dig
nifty of the great United States must
be upheld at any cost l may say to
you privately. however. that / should
just like to one good. old GO-S
fight again before ! die.
Once in awhile when I hold fou-
aces to another mans full house. he
refers to me as an old sport. but he
always does il in perfectly respect
full manner and il has never yet hurt
my feelings standing.
As to the other questions. YOU will
find them answered to the best OF my
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
An Euen Thing.

had a big chunk of lead fro,,, g.
confederate cavalry carbine driven inn,
my shoulder at Brandy Station. and was
IN hospital at Washington for trca,-
ment, when an Ohio infantryman was
placed on the cot next on the ,af, ~,
had been shot in the leg about two
months before. and after every effort
had been made to save the limb he had
oeen brought here to have IL amputated
surgeon came one day to notify him
that the operation would be performed
the next day. and Bill. as We called him.
listened and then replied:
Say Doc. I'm awaiting a LETTER from
leg would probably have TO come on and
L want to hear what she has to say"
But that can't make any difference"
well, perhaps not, but l kind o want
one-lessed men, and | want to see
whether she's going back on me or not"
But she won't. of course"
You don't know about that. Woman
Is curious. When she begins to think OF
me Gathering up and down with a wood
en- pin and realizing that I've got to go
stumping around for life. she may feel
dsfpst ~ b,cb GIVE so me me, two or three days
The surgeon consented. and in two days
the letter came. Bill was very nervous
and excited. and he asked me to read the
epistle and give him the news. 1t wasn't
from his wife. but from her sister. and
she wrote:
"On the day that you wrote Mary that
your leg would have to come of We
started to drive over to Uncle Ben's The
horse ran away. smashed everything up.
and Mary's left leg was so badly broken
that 1t was amputated yesterday. She
has the best Of care and is doing we'll
She sends love and advises you 10 have
your leg of at once"
"Whoop,' yelled Bill. in a voice which
aroused the whole ward. Its her left
and my right. Two wooden pins to 90
up and down, Two legs to
hang up on the wall when we~tl'rn in at
night, One of you nurses go and tell
DID Sawbones to come in here and open
his butcher shop as soon as he plsases.
and some of you boys write to Mary that
wen be the happiest couple in the whole
Buckeye State,"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
MR.. BOWSER WINS, =
Or at Least He Thinks He Does.

Two or three weeks since, Mr. and
Mrs. Bowser had a talk on natura
history and Mr.. Bowser got the worst
of II and q bump from the family
druggist besides. He admitted tc
himself that he did. and though he Is
not revengefui man. he felt tina,
he must get even. He therefore plan
ned little plan and for a week he
/ spent an hour or SO in the library
every evening.
up and he was conceited enough to
| think. because he did not tell her that
she would not find out. She did find
out. and she was all ready for him
when he laid down his newspaper the
other evening and in a voice he tried
| to make careless. asked:
"Mrs. Bowser. what is a quid nunc?'
1t Is an animal a good deal like
an alligator" she answered promptly
IT has six legs and six claws on each
toot. Instead of having the hide of an
alligator II has soft long fur and il
Is sometimes used for muffs. Its prin-
and gullet large enough to take in
a shark five feet long. When pro-
voked, it will attack a man and un-
less he is prepared for it he may lose
Mr.. Bowser flushed up and his mouth
tWltched and he was about to slap
his leg when he stayed his hand. He
out what the word signified. and he
had led Mrs. Bowser into his trap.
He wanted to shout with laughter. but
there was more to come. Present.
ly he quietly asked:
Il should like to see a quid nunc.
but suppose l never shall. Did you ever
hear OF a simila busimilibus curmater?''
of course" she glibly answered.
TT Is an animal about as large as a
kangaroo and walks about on his
forefeet with its hind ones in the air
AT intervals II calls out in a plain
tive way like a child lost in the for
est. 1t is found mostly in the wooded
mountains of Brazil. 1t has such a
fierce temper that when the natives
hear one call out they rush into their
cabins and lock and bolt their doors.
1t will carry OF and devour men;
cats. No geological garden has ever
succeeded in tanning one. II is we'll
for us. Mr.. Bowser. that the simila
Mr.. Bowser was red clear around
his neck and his eyes twinkled. The
conceited Mrs. Bowser was preparing
something that he could throw at her
for years and years to come. With a
suppressed chuckIe he asked:
There is the E Pluribus Unum. I
don't remember to have ever seen one.
Three or four of them. Mr. Bow
ser. but not in ZOOS. They are rare
animal They are part fish. part ami
covered with spines as long as a ten
penny nail Besides this, they have
a stinger a foot long for attack.
Whatever, that stinger reaches: dies.
and their breath can be
scented half a mile away. 1t is a ma
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

Major Crofoot, grand promoter, is al
ways the first at his boarding house to
answer the call of the breakfast or din
ner bell, but on this particular morning
he was the last. He came to the table
in a quiet and humble manner and he sat
down on his chair so softly that his
weight would not have crushed bad
egg. There were at the table his land
lady, an actor. an actress. young man
who was learning the undertaking busi-
and an old maid who was stenographer
to tailor shop.
The Major sighed as he saw that his
coffee was cold, the bacon likewise, and
the mullins that once had been red hot
were now cold in death. He sighed. All
heard his sigh and the landlady tartly
replied:
Its his kind that are" added the
"It is curious to what depths of in
fanny some men can descend! said the
old maid.
Some men ought to be in State
prison. was the remark of the actress.
"Or in their coffins," gloomily added
the young undertaken.
Having uttered the above words. ac-
companied by scornful looks. and con-
temptuous tosses of the head the five
persons left the table and the Major
alone. He was In no hurry to finish his
meal. 1t was his great desire to get out
of the house that morning without again
meeting the landlady. but he realized
that she was still hanging about the
upper hall and that what she would say
to him would further hurt his feelings.
Major Crofoot had fallen upon hard
times. He. hadn't enough wealth in his
pocket to buy ffve-cent cigar to smoke
see anything but gloom and failure
ahead. He was still lingering at the
table when the sharp voice Of his land
lady called down the basement stairs:
ATaS d.
in the parlor who wishes to see YOU"
"Oh. lord, but It Is coming!" sighed
The Washington herald., 1915-12-05

ure. I am wrecked. am busted. l
cannot at this hour pay one cent on a
dollar. You all blame me and look on
me with suspicion and contempt Have
year? Haven't merchants. bankers and
brokers failed and carried grief to thou
sands that trusted them? They have.
as you must acknowledge. and you fur-
ther know and must admit that l bor-
rowed all this money and run up this
board bill that / might finish certain
invention in which there were to be mil
lions Of profit 1t was to be my Eureka
Nursing Bottle which was to have six
mouthpieces so that six babies could
nurse at once. When the invention was
almost finished was told that the six
babies. instead of nursing in joy and
bottle would have to be thrown out
doors. The invention. therefore, was
failure and because of that I am fall
ure.'
All had listened quietly without inter
ruption and all were ready to hear what
the Major had to say further The
pathos left his voice and was replaced
by enthusiasm as he continued:
But it Is not a failure, No. by the
heavens above US, 1t is only temporary
hard-upness. At II o'clock this forenoon,
I will pay you every dollar with interest.
I am a great friend Of John d. Rookie
ago IL / needed a thousand dollars any
time to telephone him do not need II
nor one half of it, but need enough to
square these accounts and they shall be
squared at the hour named You five
come to my office and you shall have
your checks"
All five had reason to know that the
Major was a magnificent liar. but on this
occasion he seemed SO earnest and sin
cere that they almost believed him. They
believed him enough 80 that they bright
ened up and half apologized for their
words and looks.
In going down to his Office. the Major
stopped at a hardware store and got
trusted for ten feet OF rope. 1t was
hangmans rope. 1t had a sinister look
but the Major smiled and carried 1t
along in his hand. saying that he would
send his office boy with the change to
pay for ii.
How the Major passed the time between
$50 and II o'clock II Ii Of no conse-
quence. Perhaps he made his will. Per-
haps he wrote his own epitaph. Perhaps
tears came to his eyes rs he reflected
that his grave would not be kept green |
and that his headstone. II he was lucky |
enough to get one. would be Of the cheap
est order. He locked the door and took |
out the key and perhaps he bade a last |
farewell to the old stove and desk which |
had 20 long suffered with him. At any
rate. the rope had been attached to Q ]
hook In the ceiling and was dangling