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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
WHEAT CROP 92
PER CENT TODAY
State Board Of Agriculture PrOmul-
gates Report on Prospective Yield
Under Date Of April 3O 1915.

A recOrd-breaking wheat crop for
oklahoma is predicted In the monthly
report Of the state board II agEleul-
ture In the crop bulletin issued today.
The growing condition OF wheat Is 2
per cent above the last government
report, which placed II at ~ per cent.
The growing condition Of oats In plac-
I'd nt ~ per cent by the board, with
the promise Of full crop Corn is
placed at 10 per cent, spring pasture
at BS per cent and the condition Of
soil as regards moisture is 9S per
cent.
Prospects are for full crop OF
fruit, the present conditions being
given by the board as follows Apples
20 per cent; pears, 81 plums, 8S
peaches, ~ cherries, No and small
fruits, 92 As TO the condition Of
farm stock, the bulletin gives cattle at
IS per cent hogs SO; poultry. o.
An excellent stand Of alfalfa is re-
ported and the growing condition Of
that crop has increased per cent over
last months report, which brings II
up to approximately ~ per cent. Very
little feterita milo maize or kafircorn
was planted during April The re-
port states that an increase In the
acreage Of Irish potatoes of per cent
Is noted, az compared with the acre
age Of 1914.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
TO STUDY OKLAHOMA A
Commission From CarrAnIA Sails TO
Investigate Oil Laws In This State,
Texas and California

WASHINGTON, May Prospects
Of an impending battle near Augas
Calientes between VILLA troops aud the
forces OF General Obregon, the Car
rama commander, attracted consldera
ble attention IN official circles today,
for upon its outcome may depend the
virtual end, one way or another, Of
the contest between the two rival lend
ers,
official advices to the state depart
ment said General Obregon was ad.
yancing rapidly from Celaya toward
Aguas Callentes with a strong force,
while General villa has brought the
rear force Of about $4,000 men to.
gether villa agents claim he ls near.
ly ready 10 engage 0breson's forces.
A dispatch from Vera Cruz to the
CarranEa agency here said special
commission sailed yesterday from that
port for the United States TO study
American laws regulating oil develop
ment and business In Oklahoma. Texas
and California. Sub. Secretary Pastor
ROuiN. Senator Salvador Conner and
Engineer Modesto Roldan are member.
VI the commission.
Duval West. President Wilson,
personal representative IN Mexico. wa,
reported to have sailed from svtr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
SAMUELS IN OFFICE
Ninita Man Assumes Duties Of secre-
tary Of New Insurance Board Created
by Recent Act.

Organization Of the new insurance
board, ordered by the last legislature,
was made today, and W II Ssmuels OF
Vinita, appointed by Governor WI
liams assumed his duties The provis-
ions Of the bill make the insurance
commissioner, A. L. Welch one mem
Der of the board who Is president, and
the stat fire marshal, 9. G. HammOnds,
another member Samuels IL the third
member and secretary OF the board,
who is paid salary of $3.50 year.
Two rooms across the hall from the
Insurance commissioners office In the
Mercantile building viii be arranged
for Secretary Samuels, and he will at.
tend to all matters coming before the
board The latter has jurisdiction over
insurance companies doing business In
the state.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
CHICAGO LABOR
SITUATION BAD
One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand
Men Idle On Account Of Strikes and
LOCkOuts.

CHICAGO May !. May first was
ushcred into Chicago today with the
most serious labor situation In years.
The addition Yesterday n 1900 bridge
and structural iron workers. the list
" union workiugmcn ON sUikc or
locked out was ~wcllcl 90 1900 us
follows;
Carpenters. construction. 1900; car
pentcrs, mill men, 5000. sheet metal
workers 1900; fathers 500, painters
l04OO; structural iron workers / 200
The strike Of the iron workers fore
ed idlenesS on several thousand others
In allied trades, bringing the number
Of idle because ~ strikes and lock.
outs up to l25.OOO The stTlke of the
carpenters Is said to bc the keystone
VI the situation II peace negotiations
now on with them are successful II Il
generally believed that others win fnl
| In line
Outside the hrildlng trades the pros
pect Is said To be for industrial peace
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
RAINFALL 1873 INCHES
Total Amount In State For 1915 EX-
Cceds BY Inch and q Half That Of
Flood Year 1908

April WAS damp damp month, ac-
curdlng 10 the record VI j. r. Slnugh-
ter. director Of the United states
weather bureau. In fact, 1t was the
Wettrst April ON record since the cs.
tuuliShmcut " the bureau In 1891 The
precipitation for the month In Okla
homa city was 100 inches. which Is
the exact normal amount for the year
mp to Mny /. This Is 40 inches
above uormaL the figures In Oklahoma
city being practically the same as the
state averages.
The total amount of rainfall 50 fnr
In 1913 Is 1916 inches The flood
year NJ 1905 registered only ll94
Inches up 10 this time In that year
most NJ the rain fell NJ one time. caus-
ing greater damage than the heavier
hut more scattered precipitation this
season The April record for 1908 IL
B73 Inches The heaviest monthly
rainfall on record fell I'm June 1904.
when 1913 inches NJ water flooded
Oklahoma city The greatest annual
precipitation was I'm 1908, with 5203
inches. 1901 WIS the dryest year, only
1874 Inches of rain falling during the
entire year.
The temperature during April was
three degrees above normal, and for
Mnrch II was ten degrees below the
average Owing to the extreme cold
weather 'h"u the crops have been some
what retarded.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
PRESIDENT is JOLTED
Alrbrakes or President Wilson's Train
Set Stopping the Train Suddenly, to
WIlliamstown.

NEW YORK, May President
Wilson spent nearly three hours here
this morning on his way to Williams.
town, Mass, to attend the christening
Of his grandson, Francis Sayre. He
was Joined here by Miss Margaret
Wilson, his daughter, who has been
spending several days In New York.
Others In the party were DR. Cary
T. Grayson, the presidents naval aide
and physician and Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, his cousin.
While the presidents train was
passing through West Philadelphia
the airbrske on the engine jammed
and the train came 10 sudden stop.
Several psDes Of glass were broken
Everyone on the train was shaken but
no serious damage was done. The
president will arrive In williamstown
at o'clock this afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
GARROS LAST FLIGHT
Bullet In Motor Causes Capture Of
Daring French Aviator; Burns Ma
chine Before Capture

MILAN. May IA motor which
stalled suddenly while he wns 1000
feet IN the air, probably after being
struck 10y bullet was csIonsible
for the capture by the Germans of Ro-
land Gurros, the famous French ayln-
ton, according to an account VI the in
cident given the Kriegs Zeiung " the
Fourth German army aud Reproduced
lcre In the COrriere Della Sierra
Garrus was flying over the mglc-
munster Courtrai railroad when a
train passed He made wonderful
sweep from Il height Of 5000 feet un.
III he was i2O feet from the ground.
described series NJ daring circles
over the train and then dropped a
homh which blew up Il section " the
track when sentries opened fire up
on him nt close range he dropped an
other lomh and rose To height uf
600 feet
Suddenly the aviator stopped and
the aeroplane swayed dangerously, but
Garros volplaned safely and made a
successful landing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
OooooooOoOo ooooooooOoooooo

crops was El2.2l. In 1913. $lUO6, IN
1872, SlI34; In 1911, SlO3 IN 1910,
Sl4O2, and In 1909, $llsu The Ia
rrrusr In titled area Is believed 10
amount to five per cent per uunum. OF
about twenty-five per cent since the
crop census Of 1909, taken iu 1910
Since the 1909 crop census, taken u
1910, the kHffir acTeugr has increased
from 532,jl5 acres 10 3UOOOOO acres.
aud corn has decreased from $4,000
10 i,OOU,OOO acres oats has Increased
from 1913 TO L342, 900 acres wheat
from ,l6g 900 acres 10 BOP 900. Cot.
ton Increased from lHGOOO ucres 10
2SJO,OOO acres In 1911, uul TO an anti
ipnted planting Of 2,2sOOOO acres In
1913.
The enormous incrensc lu crop acre
age serves 10 explain the state 4
ability 10 give the metropolis an I'm
creasing commerce Throughout an acute
national depression.
Moisture conditions are perfect
throughout the state The rainfall
AZ Oklahoma City since January !
has been l348 inches, which is 5Oe
inches more than the average. The
subsoil Is well filled with moisture
even along the western border insur
Ing splendid wheat crop ana givlup
cotton, corn, oats and kufhr d good
start
The prospects for an all around good
crop year we're never better
The big crops OF 1914 and the big
prices obtained for all but cotton hay,
put the farmers In comfortable cir
cumstances Another good crop yea
win put the whole State in condition t,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
War at a Glance

The GSllipOA -peDfAsala. which forms
the European side Of the DardAnelles,
Is described In unofficial dispatches
as being gradually cut OFF from the
mainland by the British and French
forces. II Is said to be no longer
possible for the Turks 10 pass back
and forth between the European and
Asiatic sides Of the strait Their
main forces are reported to be be.
tween the town of Gallipoli at the
further end VI the strait and MaidOs,
which lies on the strait about two
thirds OF the way down the peninsula
Official advlces have not made clear
the extent Of the operations " the
French aud British forces. A British
statement Of last night gave the i'm
preston that the fighting had been
restricted to the end Of the peninsula
across which II is said an entrenched
line has been established. From sew
eral sources It has been reported that
the British also have crossed the upper
end OF the peninsula reaching CALI.
poll. There is no confirmation Of this.
however. excepting an official German
statement yesterday which said there
had been severe fighting for two days
at GallipOli
The Constantinople official reports
state that the Turks are making con.
slstent headway In their attacks
against the land and sea force allies.
The situation In Flanders shows lit
tie change. although the French claim
a farther advance for the allies. The
1b-inch shells with which the Germans
yesterday bomharded Dunkirk hurling
them perhaps 20 miles from one Of
their hugs guns, are said to have
blasted In the ground craters I'm some
instances 4b feet in diameter Ten
more shells fell IN Dunkirk last night
killing or injurlng several persons.
Fighting continues all along the eI.
tended Russian front Chief interest
now attached to the new German
movement In the north. aimed appar.
emily at the Baltic provinces Of Rus
sis.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
HIS STORY GOOD ONE
hut Instead Of Being English Noble
He Is Deserter From the Army; Ar
rested In New York.

NEW YORK. May An English
man, who, posing as Sir Henry l..
stirling, Bart X. G. NJ g., arrived
nt Boston from England In February
telling romantic story Of travelling
1000 miles to marry the original Of
Il picture he had fallen In love with
and who subsequently came here and
said he was commissioned 10 purchase
submarine detector for Great Brit
ain has admitted, according to the
federal authorities. today that he il
Henry Carlton Carlyle deserter
and absconder with funds of the Brit
ish army.
Carlyle was taken into custody for
defrauding through the mail, and au.
thorties say he was blgamlst and
that when this government WAS
truogh with him he expected to be
surrendered TO England aud shot by
that government FOR deserving in time
OF war
Carlyle is charged with taking mo
ney from young women on pretense
OF engaging them as travelling sec,
retsry and companion to titled lady
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
BRITISH AIRMEN
FIND BIG GUNS
Drop Bombs On German HOwit-
zers That Throw Shells
Twenty Eight Miles.
FLANDERS CRITICAL POINT
Thought That lSutOnS Will Con-
tinue Attack On POrlS Near
English Shores.


L'Np'N, MAY I.--I hr develop
lu'i'l7 oh 'h' Two rAlrrwII'rs 4" ihe
ta', ana west me shelililE oil pu'N TX
'u i'"N'r ana ihr new German n'''i'-
'''' movement N'lnru NJ lhr "aiilc
provinces '"h' p''''H'N'' ID loloJ
"'l news.
h'!'''h n''a'"I7 nave discovered ana
I''"'A'' lll' 'rIul"Il batteries NAl'h
l'"I, "'''"l''' Norl"U"iy '''.Ilhleu
10y I'f'''h observers "' from J." 10
eve" ~ iulI''. HuIIrl kI''I ~h'iI7 ~
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
of Com
merCe Goes Out
With Compre-
henSiVe Bull
letin.
Compiled and written by Elmer T.
Brown, Sec'yr Oklahoma City Cham
beT OF Commerce

The purpose OF this bulletin Is to
furnish evidence Of oklahoma Ciy's
prosperity and Of It's probable con.
tinuHnce.
In 1913 Oklahoma had l,75OOOO
acres Of wheat IN 1914 It had 25i7 900
acres this year 1t has 1902 900 acres.
In 1913 the yield was l75OO,OOO bush
els IN 1914 It was lsOOOOOO bushels
aud this year ON May / conditions In
dicate yield " GO,UOOOOO bushels
The average price FOR the 1913 crop
was eighty two cents, the 1914 price
was about Il dollar The indications
now point 10 Il dollar for the 1913 crop.
also.
lu 1913 the cotton yield u the west
hulf NJ the State (Oklahomu City's best
trade territory was 2ss 1870 bules,
worth $2O747 $40 In 1914 the yield
was 6OO6Gi bales, worth S2T ,924 800.
The States cotton crop was 232 OOO
bales for 1914 aud $4,000 bales for
1918 The acreage for 1918 will be di
minlshed, but much higher price Is
assured
In 1913 Oklahoma city BUYERS pur
chased 1924 horses IN 1914 they pur
chased l4.Il2, and during the first -four
months Of 1915, l04O0, against 1850
for the same months " 1914.
In 1913 the average price received
for horses and mules was $sj In 1914
II was S95, and now the average 1.
$3.50.
In 1919 the State raised 10000 ton,
~ broom corn aud In 1914 10000 tons
The 1915 acreage il not yet known
In 1914 the average acre value ir
Oklahoma for the twelve principal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
WAS SOFT FOR FATHER But
POLICE MAR HIS SYSTEM

John Hopkins truancy officer saw
what appeared to be little boy sell.
INK The Times on the streets yester.
day lie started 10 pat the little fel
low ON the hend aud knocked Off n
felt hat he was wearing. He"
proved To be- she" a five-year.old
girl She was wearing oyerals, aud
was working with her seyenyear old
brother Bob Morgan The father Of
thc children was supervising the work
and taking things ensy according to
Hopkins Upon the Officers demand
that the little girl be taken off the
streets. the brother took her papers
and went on with his sale while the
fother took the girl home The faith
er buys the papers aud let's his two
children sell them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
NEW VDEVILLE
HOUSE ASSURED
ZiegIar Building Tenants Asked
To Move To Make Way For
0rpheum Or Keith CirCurt.
READY TO OPEN THIS FALL
Agents ReliCent About Details
But State Positively Big
Time Fellows Are Coming.

Through the Kaufman Investment
COMPANY the Zcigler buildlng 23 t.
Or v..n. p.,t,.., ,,. ,.o.od ,o.,,,r
u"S To "H ouV"i'to"u concern Which
VIII begin remodclihg the building
within thirty days Tor the establish
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,.- ,..,. ,,
'''' ''''"'''. ne '"''''N VI '"' '''
sees are withheld by the Investment
company heads. The contract pro
yldr- for % year lease ou the
building which i, now occupied hy
the Howard Drug company. the Nc
Eldowncy Carson Electrical shop and
private offices including that of the
yv.unr ~ tbn huIIIiuv D. Il Ii.pIur
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
DIR. MKANNA is INVITED
TO DIVULGE HIS CURES

DR. J. j MCKnnna, the oklahoma
CITY specialist who asserts that he hhs
the only real cure for drug aud liquor
habits. has received an invitation To
present his system before the special
lists In one Of the largest institutions
IN the world where drug habits are
said 20 be cured The saultarlum
which Is located In Chicago has con
Quoted nm investigation Of the results
OF McRannas work and the special
ists ask that he accept their invitation
to place his cure in the hands Of T'hy
slcians IN their sanltarlums over the
world McKanna has not decided
upon his plans as yet, hut stated to.
day that he would decide upon the
future Of his cure within the next
week.
DIR McKanna has thrown his sani
tarium open TO destitute drug users,
and has cured q number free Of
charge this year since the application
Of the federal anti.drug Law went into
effect In March.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
HOWARD WILL NOT ACT
ON CLAIMS OF PROFESSORS

Relative TO the opinion from the at.
torney generals office concerning the
sabbatical lenves of absence for mem.
bers Of the faculty of the state uni.
verslty y, Il, Howard, state auditor
said today that he would not take any
action on claims involving this question
which had been refused by ]. G. Me
Clcllnnd, former state auditor. unless
directed to do 40 by the courts. In
future however, the auditor would he
guided by the action Of the board OF
education According to the opinion
from the attorney generals office the
board has extensive privileges In al
lowing members OF the faculty to 20 "a
other institutions In the hause OF
higher education.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
TWELVE DAYS OUTING IN.
CLUDING FARE TO COST SO

According to Scoutmaster J. h Per.
shing 150 BOY Scouts will attend the
annual encampment at Medicine Park
this summer II was originally plan
ned to take only hundred, but 80
many more applications have been re-
ceived that the number viii be almost
doubled.
The total outing will take twelve
days, ten Of which viii be spent In
the mountain near Lawton The camp
win be under the personal supervision
Of Mr. Pershing, who is very familiar
with that section Of the country. The
camp fee Of each Scout will he $40,
which includes railroad fare both
ways and all expenses. Special cars
win be furnished, and lodging while
H. Lawton viii be given by the Law
ton Commercial club.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
CHI RCHNIEN GET FACTS
FROM MAYOR FIRSTHAND

The annual fellowship supper ~ the
Harrison Avenue CONGREGATIONAL
church was held I'm the church par.ors
Friday evening, pIntes being laid for
100 guests Tonsts were given hy
many men Of prominence I'm church
and Sunday school affairs Mayor
Oyorholser made a hrirf talk I'm
which be dcclurcd that the question
~ law enforcement ln oklahoma city
was almost mnttcr N history. sIucr
the hand NJ the law had nIrculy clos
%" Nh" plnrcs where Law has been dr.
fled qud that they will continue to be-
CLOSED as long ns be was mayor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
AUTO NOISES
IMPEDE STUDY
Principal Masters Makes Personal Ap-
peal that Muffling BE Compulsory
In High School Zone"

Automobiles passing the high school
make 80 much noise that the students
have TO stop work until they have
passed, according 10 letter written
by Principal j. G. Masters 10 Mayor
Oyerholser today Some time ago the
city commissioners considered the es.
tubllshmcnt Of quiet zone AT the
high school and other school buildings,
but II II has ever been established, "
Principal Masters writes, 1t has van.
lshed into thin air
Al future meeting Of the commits.
sioners the subject Of reducing speed
near school houses will be considered.
There Is now no ordinance IN the city
providing for reducing speed at OF
near school houses
The general welfare" ordinances
have many provisions that have NOT
been rigidly enforced, however, but
which will be enforced by the police
from this time on That section pro
yiding for the stopping Of automobiles
When approaching street cars taking
ON or unloading passengers will be
most rigldly enforced The ordinance
uIso provides for the dimming OF lights
on the downtown streets, making the
commissioner OF public works. the
chief " police and the city electrician
II hourd " headlight inspection.
The muZzllng of horses hltched
close to the sidewalk In the danger
zone is also provided for I'm the gen
ernl welfare ordinance, but has never
been given as much attention az II
will be In the future The ordinance
defines the zone In which horses must
not I've hltched unless they are muz.
zled the downtown section where
traffic Is heavy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
BEER CONsIGNEES CALL FOR
SHIPMENTS AT POLICE STATION

Thirteen barrels OF beer were seized
In raid by city police officers in
the Santa Fe freight house yester.
day afternoon. Only eight Of tina,
number were left this morning. The
owners who are not afraid to appear
at the pollce station after their beer
have taken away the legal barrels
Others who have two barrel consign
ments and cannot explain the extra
and unlawful second barrel have moi
called for their beer. ....
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
HAD A FIT COMING
Old Gentleman Performs AlArmisgly nj
Hotel COunter-Put Wrong End OF
Cigar In His Mouth.

After peacefully registering At the
Skiryln hotel this morning an old gen
tleman with dun colored whiskers gave
u low, harsh growl and began to claw
at his beard at the same time splitting
aud snarliug like hostile cat lie
blew the cigar he was smoking into the
letter box back Of the clerk, and to
all intents and purposes was OF the
point Of having conyulsion. The
alarmed clerk was withdrawing III Hf-
fright when the elderly gentleman be
came rational again after final gasp,
ana explained that hc had inadyertent
Is placed the wrong end " the cigar In
hs mouth.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
TURKISH TROOPS SPLIT
BY ALLIED INVADERS

PARIS, May THE Galllpoli pen
lnsula gradually IL being cut off from
the rest Of Turkish Tharce, says the
Athens correspondent Of the Havas
agency IN a dispatch dated Friday. II
ls SAID TO be impossible now for the
Turks TO pass from one shore 10 the
other Their main forces ure between
Galllpoll and Maidos.
French Scnegalese troops are report
ed to be conducting themselves with,
the utmost yalor on the Asiatic coas.
They have occupied Yeni Shehr. while
Nechori and Niagara are being BON.
barded violently.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-01
PREPARING EVIDENCE
Counsel for Both Barnes and Roosevelt
Are Busy To-day; Trial to End Week
After Next

SYRACUSE, n. y, May Counsel
for william Barnes aud Theodore
Roosevelt We're engaged today In pre-
pairing evidence for presentation In the
supreme court here Monday when the
trial of Mr. Barnes 100000 suit for
libel Is resumed Attorneys connected
with both sides of the case today seem
cd to think It would he impossible to
complete the testimony before some
time the week after next Counsel
for Colonel Roosevelt said they would
not be able to rest the defense before
Thursday.