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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
ABAND0AS Oil hUNCH
MRrland Leases Will Be Put On the
Market After School Land Commits.
siOner Smith Nerifles Report

Secretary George A Smith Of the
school lnnd commission went To Lin
coin county today where he will spend
several days examining several tracts
of land which had formerly been seg
rOgated by the commission aud upon
wtfrfi" ~ .tesses hha -bJeff vS~rse~A'
These trncts have been tested aud no
indications II oil found and II In the
purpose uf the commission to with
draw these lands from segregation
and put them on the market ~ ngrl
cultural lands other trHcts under
similar conditions In Kay and Noble
counties will be done likewise Most
NJ these tracts were originally under
what is known ~ the Mafland lease,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17

HIS PARDON STOOD UP
One Of McAlester's Recipients Wins
His Point In the Criminal Court Of
Appeals.

The appeal " Joe Proctor Of Okla
homa city convicted In the district
court Of OkMhOma county " vic.
lating the pruhibltory law, was dis.
missed by the criminal court Of ap.
-Gleal@ atedaya forttbe reAs@g ihst he had
been given an unconditional pardon
10y J, J McAlester, while acting gOv
ernor. The pardon Of Proctor was
one " the number granted by Meal.
ester during the absence Of Governor
Crucr
In another opinion by Presiding
Justice Doyle the sentence Of Calvin
Jefferson, convicted " munslaughter
IN the first degree for the killing Of
Forrest Williams IN Iaumcr county
was affirmed jefferson had been
given sentence " four years IN the
penltentiHry. The appeal was made
on the ground that the evidence was
not sufficient to sustain the verdict.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
RECOMMEND. EXTRA CAUTION
At A DANGEROUS CROSSING

Recommending that the oil shed
which obstructs the view Of the pub
llc from approaching trains he re
moved and that the railroad compa
nies observe more closely the law with
reference to whistllng al other and this
dangerous crossing, coroners jury
composed Of 6. NJ Thompson, +. +.
Cecil, Claude Miller A NJ Goats, 4.
NJ Anderson, and J H. rlppert this
morning returned their verdict, touch.
ing on the death Of W. A. Deuney lie
was killed Thursday night In an &c.
cident near the oklahoma Refining
company plant by n switch engine re.
ferred to In the curoners verdict as
NJ. X, 4 r. engine number III Re.
sponsihllity was not placed by the
Jury In their verdict
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
TO INVESTIGATE JAPS
Cruiser New Orleans Ordered 10 Tur.
tie BAY TO Secure Information Re
garding Naval Forces There.

WASHINGTON. April IL Admiral
Howard, commanding the Pacific fleet
or the west coast " Mexico reported
tu the navy department today that he
had urdercr Commander Noble T.. lr
win. ON the cruiser New Orleans, 10
proceed at once to the Turtle Bay,
Lower California, and report ON uc.
tiyitles " japanese nnyal forces there
The New Orleans was due to reach
Turtle Bay today aud the commander
is requested 10 report by wireless
Secretary Daniels had telegraphed
to Admiral Howard summary ~ re-
ports alleging that while the ostcusihlc
purpose " japanese activities IN Tur
tie Ray Is 10 salvage the grounded
cruiser Asama. the real object NJ the
operations IL 10 occupy the bay and
adjoining shores as base Of opera
tluns.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17

MARKET COMMISSION
Federal Board as Proposed Would
Solve Problems Of supply and DE
mand; Considered BY Wilson.
WASHINGTON. Aprll 17.-Adm

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Admin.
l'tration officials wore soing ahead to
day with plans to determine II It
.wuuId NE .fer-liia. 10. EEaate. isslAAtIanal
marketing commission to work out a
better system for the distribution of
the nations agricultural products The
commission would also inquire into
warehouSing conditions and seek to
solve problems ~ food supply and tie
mand
The plan which contempla'es the ap.
rointment " an advisory board Ia
study conditions and make recOmmen-
dations Tor legislation has been
brought 10 President Wilson's atten-
tion. He ls said to be- giving II seri
Gus consideration
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
OBJECTIONS ARE DUE
1. 5. Will Protest II japanese and
English Are Using Mexican PORT as
Naval Base.

WASHINGTON. April II. - The
United States government today
awaited official adyices as to whether
japan had established naval base at
futile BAY, Lower california, "a has
been reported Officials are not In
clined to place credence In the reports.
Unofficial adylces said that the
presence of Jaanese warshlps In Tut
tie Ray was due 10 the fact that they
were engaged In attempts 70 float the
cruiser AsHma which Recently grond-
ed there An explanation TO the same
effect In said Ia have been made by
an officer ot the Japanese embassy
here to the navy department
II II develops that British and
japanese vessels actually are using
the Mexican port ~ q temporary base
Of supplies, Il Is suggested that the
matter may be called 10 the attention
of the Mexican authorities sud alse 70
Grpnt l,rlrhn ard jnnah
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
MINNESOTA BONING BILL
SPECIAL BUSINESS FOR SENATE

ST. PAUL April 1.-THE Mlnueso.
IA senate today had before II as spec
hal order the hill passed by the house
Inst Wednesday legaliZlng ten round
me- o.decislou boxing contests In the
three first class cities N the state
MINNEAPOLIS. 81 Paul mud Duluth.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
FAST WILHELM
TO MAKE DASH
Captain Says German Raider viii Not
Intern A. Eitel Did; In Dry Dock
soon.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. April H.
The German auxiliary cruiser krou.
prinz Wilhelm now occupies the same
berth at the plant NJ the Newport
News Shiphulldlug and ury Dock com
paut hrld 10y the prlnz Eltel Fried
rich during the thirty days stay here
~ that vessel The hig lead toIurcd
sea raider hrayed anchor early Iodny
and with the aid " tugs was warped
into her berth She will not be placed
In dry dock before Monday. II Is said
Captain Thicrfeldcr, it was learned
has asked for an armed guard and
the stay NJ the Wilhelm here will see
repeated tactics employed hy the L. $.
naval and army authorities IN the
case Of the Eltel
Commander Thlerfelder insists that
he will not intern aud has been more
emphatic in his declarations to this
effect since his first meeting with
Commander Thierichens II is be.
lieved here that the two commanders
have concluded because Of the great
speed Of the Wilhelm she has a good
I,tlAance VI Guiding hostile warships, pfi
: The capes shorM srr tfttrnff,t y ssst
IN sea 10 resume her commerce de
stroyIng cruise
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
SAFEGUARDING ADMINISTRATION
OF THE COTTON FUTURES" ACT

All members of the United States
department Of agriculture who are In
any way concerned with the admins
tration Of the cotton futures act have
been forbidden, by al order Of the
secretary Of agriculture to deal In any
way In cotton futures. without the
written permission " the secretary,
they are also forbidden to take nnrt
IN any spot transactions, or to use for
any hut official purposes any infonnn
tion which they may receive In the
course Of their work.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
OURS Is A GREAT
SATURDAY TOWN
Loaded Trains Evince City's Trade
Eminence In Eyes Of Towns With.
in Radius Of Over 100 Miles.

oklahoma city Is the Saturday
trade center In II circle which extends
from Ardmore OH the south to Enid
on the north aud from Chandler and
Holdenyllr ON the east and Geury
aud AnndHrku on the west
Thousands Of people from the larger
and smaller towns In the western part
Of the state viNt oklahoma city every
saturday spending thousands Of dol.
lars, swelling the host of oklahoma
boosters over the state and taking
hnck to their homes many articles In
oklahoma CITY wrnppngs
What ". u. Scott Thinks or H.
You do not appreciate the amount
Of business thnl comes info the okla.
hnmn city stores ou Saturday from
adjacent towns" mid NJ. u. Scott NJ
the Scott Halliburton store, mot two
days ago n travelling man said 10 me
That he could hardly purchase u ticket
from one ut the smaller tuwus for
this city ON account uf the crowd
which had gathered about the window
at train time oklahoma city tickets
are In great demand on Friday even
Ing and saturday morning In hun
dreds ~ towns In this section " the
state
My attention was called to this
matter not long since by the statement
OF another travelling man who said
thNt hp always tried tn come into ok
nhoma city FOR the week end ON Fri
day afternoon tie said he was unable
half the time To secure n seat or room
~ place his sample case II he waited
until the evening train or Saturday
morning"
j. II. Hsrbour's Busy Day
j. y, Harbour of the llarbour-long
mlre furniture company also appre-
CIntes the grent amount Of out town
trade which the merchants Of okla
huma city receives on Saturday. Go
to the local depots or terminal station
any Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing" he said and you win find hun.
drrds Of men and women, outof.tOwn
shoppers, with bundles Of merchan.
disc purchased from the local mcr
chants. We merchants realize that the
greatest amount Of our sales on Sat
urday are to people from outside Of
the city and We make every effort Ia
increase II Aud ! am Of the opinion
that the sales Of each Saturday this
wear especially during the past months
have been showing substantial In,
crease. Even this morning have had
shoppers In my store from Wynne
wood Chlckasha McCloud and Ed
mOnd
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
WILSON TO BE A GUEST
or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON, April l7-presldent
Wilson will go to New York Tuesday
10 attend -theannunl luncheon of The
Associated Press. II was announced
today NJ the white House. The presi
dent IL expected to return "a Washing.
ten ou rur,,luy night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
ZEPPELIN SINKS
BIG TRANSPORT
Germans Make Claim But Eng
liSh Assert Only Loss Was
Sustained By Civilians.
SLAyS FEARFULLY DEFEATED
supreme Effort To Enter Hun
gary Ends In Death of Thou
sands Including High Officers.


H''NI"'N April H. The allies uu
"ur side aud Germany uu the other
today urr taking lu,rurorIr, of rbs ia,
JWIr- Inflicted by tlr recent aerial
operations uut.Nlth the u,nnI contra
di"i"y rrsults The nturhrr. claim
'hat their assaults from the air nav.
resulted Iu the destruction of II milf
'uN Transport and equipment while the
defenders report that the only tangible
effects N these operutiou, have been
casualty t0 civilians and sIIghr dam
ngr lo property
The people of England under the In.
fu"nr" of their recent experience, are
today looking for % repetition NJ an
aerial attack from German Irpprllns
on lnnbe machines
Offensive Broken.
Up to noon uo fresh occurrence had
been reported Weather conditions
seem to Dee the cause NJ the present
halt In the operations In the Carpn.
thians A correspondent of The A4sO
cated Press with Austrian forces. ~.
viewing the situation declare that the
Russian offensive wns checked after
debouchIng on the plains ON the Hun
garian side of Iupkow pass and
Strengthening ont the Austrian wedge
which had been driven into the Rus
sian line near Ussok pass
The claim is made that the Rus
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
JUDGE MATTHEWS OF
NTUS SUCCEEDS CLARR

Governor Williams to-day appointed
aud the supreme court has confirmed
the appointment of Judge Frank
Matthews of Altus M the third mem.
her of the supreme court commission.
vice Judge CLARK resigned.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
THE WEATHER


Oklahoma TINS. lied with showers la the
west tonight ur sunday, no change u
Temperature.
Louisiana Tonight aud SUNDAY ur
Arkansas Tonight aud SUNDAY nm
settled showers loo west portion tonight
ur SUNDAY
West Texas Tonight aud SUNDAY unset
tied showers tonight or SUNDAY except IN
southwest portion
Unsettled nnd generally cloudy weather
tanluht and suuds, with prebabi, show rts
or thundrrsturms Not much chaHar in
, te0nsratuVe
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17
GERMAN SHELLS AGAIN FALL
NEAR SWITZERLAND TOWN

DELEMONT, Swltz, April IT.
German shells fell ON Swiss territory
Tuesday for the third time since the
outbreak ~ the war SAYS the Numer
Gus Democratic The Germans were
trying to destroy French observation
post ut pfettcrhauseu, hut the gun
ners' aim was bad and the prOjectlles
uyershOt their target, dropping
around the town Of Beurneyesain An
investigation was made the following
day by Swiss authorities who took
fragments " shells to rorrentruy for
examination to an expert
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17

q MuNICLAIR y. j. Aprl
q H. What Is said TO be the
. first class Of housemaid- ever
q offered In the United State, re-.
. criyrd their diplomas from the
. board N education today and
- returned 10 their duties 70
q dcmWstratr their fitness. the
. twenty girls composing the clu--
q gave n luncheon yesterday ~
. which each girl invited her
q mistress They had completed
- twelve lessons In the domestic
- science branch NJ the public
q schools So successful has the
- venture been that graduate
- course Tor advanced students
- newt full wn- promised
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-17

Beurnevessin IS on the border ot
Swiss Canton of Porrentruy aud lie,
about six miles southwest Of PtelteT
hausen
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15

Denver, Colo. May 10, 1915.
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin.
am not a single taNer for the fol-
lowing reasons:
l. / believe that society has no right
to dispossess the owners of land OF the
values he now has in the lot, be 1t great
or small.
.. | believe that the cost of govern.
ment should be paid by all in proportion
to their means or ability.
S. | think the man that owns a ten
story building having an income of $780,
10000 year should pay more taxes
than the man across the street from him
who owns a two-story building with an
income of but Slo,ooo.oo per year.
4. The bankers, the merchants, the
bondholders. the speculator, the idle rich
should pay their share of governmental
expenses. Under single tax this class
of wealth would pay no taxes but con-
tinue to speculate and profit from the
products of labor. The workingman can
profit nothing from single tax.
JESSE YATES.
Bus. Agt. Cooks No. Is
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15

claimed for it and in the final analysis
the workingman will be the loser.
The paid agitators for the single tax
proposition paint a very fine picture of
the henefits to be derived from this doc
trine. but practice and theory are two
different things
II not the tax law that is wrong;
il is ne administration of it-or in other
worl, the non-enforcement of the law
that the cause OF the unjust distribu-
tiou Of the tax.
want to ask the workingmen and
won of this city ii they are not tired
of new ideas and schemes being tried out
on ncnvers Is ii not time that we de-
manj ID that something substantial be
done to relieve this depression that is
upon Us instead of wasting time on theo-
ries
! helieve that each and every citizen
of the city, state and nation should bear
their just proportion of the expense of
govcrnment.
nave been a resident of Denver for
the rlst seventeen years and can truth
fully say that not one single reform ini-
tiatct in that time has benefited the
organized worl>ingman or unorganized.
The only benefits we have derived have
come through our organizations and it is
only by our united efforts that we can
accomplish anything of real benefit.
l an opposed to the single tax in
every sense of the word, and hope TO see
il doieated Mt the coming election.
! quote the following paragraph taken
from a paper entitled Experiments
With the Single Tax in Western Can
ada by F. C. Wade. kings counsel
tread by Prof. John +. Brindle before the
National Tax association in Denver,
l9lSl:
DO not imagine that the actual facts
have entirely escaped the attention of
the workingman. In June of this year a
delegation of the Trades and labor
Council OF Vancouver, consisting of the
president, vice president and chairman of
the parliamentary committee. gave evil
dcnce before the high cost of living com
missioners sent out by the federal gov
crnment to conduct inquiries. The vice
president, Mr.. McVety, was asked If the
Vancouver system of single tax had been
of benefit to the laboring classes. His
reply was that the single tax system did
the working class no good, for it fell
relatively harder on the poor man, whose
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
Initiating the Rubber Skeleton
SOME VIEWS OF PROMINENT LABORING MEN

impracticable, theoretical ideas ever per-
petrated upon civilized community,
Single Tax has proven paramount to
them all.
1t has been tried in Pueblo and put
that city up against financial crisis
that never was heard of before, and had
it not been for the good people of Pueblo
waking up and deciding TO repeal the
Single Tax law Pueblo would, beyond
the remotest shadow of doubt look
like Niekerson, Kansas, did in 1857, three
months after the Santa Fe railroad
moved its shops away from that thriv-
ing little berg. Signs all over town:
THIS HOUSE FOR RENT FOR THE
CARE OF SANE"
The people of Colorado have decided in
their wisdom to take away from the
city OF Denver something over 5000. 10000
of revenue by the dry law, now give us
Single Tax and take away approximate
~ a million and half more, and give
the contractors an excuse to have their
Infamous occupation tax ordinance, now
before the city council passed. After
that let us tax the old maids. and the
old bachelors for if we remove the prop
crty tax what have we left to tax ex.
cept what was known in ye oldcn times
as the head tax
For my part l shall certainly work
and vote AGAINST SINGLE TAN.
IL. NJ. MUM,
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
Labor Opposes Single Tax
Effort to Force Through
Trades Assembly ReSo-
lutiOnS in Favor of This
Ridiculous Taxation Ex-
pertinent Proves Futile

Fortunately for the Cause Of
Organized Labor in Denver,
the Meeting at Which II Was
Attempted to Secure an In
dorsement for Single Tax
Was Attended By a Repre-
sentative Body of Sensible
Men and Women Who Refuse
TO Be Made the Catspaw of
Henry George DeCipleS From
Chicago, Cincinnati and Kan-
SaS Ci.y.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15

property is not improved. or if improved,
is but slightly so. Wages here had re-
manned the same. he said, and from the
laboring mans standpoint single tax had
not been OF benefit
And the single taNer points to Canada
as the place where single tax has cured
all the ills that afflict humanity.
believe that the Denver Trades and La
Dor Assembly did the right thing when it
refused TO indorse single tax
All union men and women should vote
NO" on Amendment No. 4.
EDWARD J. HINES,
Delegate to the Trades and Labor As
sembly from typographical Union No
10.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
Denver, Colo. May IL, 1915.
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin,
Denver Colo

Denver, Colo. May IL, 1915.
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin,
Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir;-As tax payer OF the city
and county of Denver, l have given some
study to the single tax question that is
being presented to the voters at the
coming election, May Is. 1915.
Looking at the question from the view
point OF small tax payer, l can see
nothing other than il would be dctu-
mental to their interest. In my opinion
it seems that ultimately the burden of
taxes would fall on the small property
owners.
The taxes of those who have large per.
sonal holdings being eliminated az sim
gle tax is adoptedl, the taxes they pay
under the present system of taxation
must, of necessity. be placed on land,
and that in my opinion will cause the
land TO deterioriatc in value.
II seems unjust TO me that ! should be
compelled to assume my proportion OF
the taxes that the utility corporations
pay on personal holdings at the present
time. knowing that the greater proper
tion of the taxes they pay is paid on
personal and improved property. If sim
gle tax We're the proper remedy, the
charter amendment that is being fos-
tered by the single takers is not gen
uine single tax amendment but only a
malSeshift, being introduced by few
interested individuals, and is not having
the hearty support of a large number OF
real single takers.
]. ID. SALMOND,
Former president of United Laborers'
Union of city and county of Denver
i565 Navier street.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
Business Agent Painter
Denver. Colo. MAY 10, 1915.


Editor Denver Labor Bulletin.
On the 18th day of May there will be
submitted to the voters of Denver an
amendment TO the charter which will
appear ON the ballot as Amendment No.
4, better known as the Single Tax"
This is not single tax in its full mean
ing, but is n step in that direction. Mr.,
Joseph Fels, wealthy soap manufac-
turer of Cincinnati, and convert, to
the Henry George idea of single tax, be-
fore his death, made provisions for car
rying on a campaign to have established
somewhere in the United States single
tax. and Denver is one of the places the
advocates of single tax have picked to
try this experiment ON.
After giving the subject much thought
and study have come to the conclusion
that the doctrine of single tax will not
accomplish any of the things that are
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
Denver, Colo. May le. 1915.

Editor Denver Labor Bulletin.
l am not for the single tax. 1t
will in no way create greater demand
for labor. but on the contrary will re-
duce the demand. The building industry
will be injured by single tax. For this
reason single tax proposes to make land
cheaper. and ii l understand it, land va
lues will get lower all the time.
What security will land offer for in
vestments and for loansf But little if
Continued on Page Two.)
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
]. ID. SALMOND,
Denver, Colo, May lS, 1918.

HfsTINVT, NVIUs. NFNN T's TWE''
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin.
Dear Sir:-Once more good old Denver,
the recognized garden spot and county
seat of the civilized world, is to be
used rs an experimental station for an
other senilc, impracticable, theoretical
reform measure. 10 you poor old word
REFORM, how many incompetents have
received the benefit of your good name
in Denver in the past few ycars.l But
for all of that she must prepare herself
to pass through the throes OF another
far-fctchcd fanatical idea on the 18th
of May.
On this particular occasion they call
II the Single Tax, and of all the crazy,
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-15
50 ,695,o00 $3.50 poo

s2,695,000 Sa56,oOo
These are representative instances, and
they clearly prove the reverse of the
contention. The improvements" in these
six instances are nsscsscd Mt, not less
thnn. hut ut nearly three times as much
as the land.-Adv.