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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

This Is one OF the most remarkable
photographs ever taken IN New York
City 1t was more than twenty years
ago that an event, which might have
made II possible for similar photo
graph, happened II is the picture Of
Tammany boss being sent 10 Sing
slug More than twenty years ago
John Y. Mckane, then boss Of whut
has since become COney Island when
II WIS municipality separate from
New York City. was sent to prison
largely through the efforts Of the
late Mayor Gaynor, then fighting
lawyer aud reformer.
Joe" Cassidy, was one time boss
In the Borough of Queens an i'm.
portant section Of New York City. on
Long Island He was not member
Of Tammany Hall because that organ
iration strictly II confined 10 New
York County. which is made up Of
Manhattan island, but he has worked
heartily with the Tammany Organlza.
tion In the control Of city and state
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

Rome, Jan l6-Rescue and relief
work Is being pushed with feverlsh
haste In the earthquake stricken dis.
tricts In Italy Thousands Of sul.
hlerS are on the ground and at work
digging ont and hurying the victims
snd caring for the survivors The
needs Of the latter Of which there
are thousands upon thousands, home.
less aud generally pennlless. Is ur
gent, md people, from the king down
are doing sll possible 10 alleviate tie
condition.
Cold weather, which continues. adds
to the terrible suffering and tempo
rary buildings Of wood are being
erected as fast a. possible to house
the homeless.
The list Of dead can still only be-
estimated, but from what Is known
II IL believed that at least 10000 prr
SONS perished aud that twice that
number were injured AvpzZano. with
probably 10000 aud Sora with 4OOO
dead, were the heaviest sufferers
The other victim. are credited To
three score ur more towns and vii.
lagos that felt the effects Of the
shocks.
Just how severely the Aarsica dis.
trict In which Ayezzano is located,
suffered Is best told In terse tcle
gram which Mon,lmor Ragnoli. bish
,p " the Marsica region, sent to
Pope Benedict
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
Oil Will. 90 DOWN?
Predicted That When Corporation
Commission Issues Cancellation Of
Orders; Price VIII Decrease.
VIII Decrease,

The corporation commission proha
bly, win Issue H. order Mondny can.
ceiling sll previous orders concerning
the crude oil indugtry In the stnte.
and the order viii take effect OH
that day The commission takes the
view that the matter " handling the
oil situation IN the state Is now m
the hands Of the legislature and II ~
supposed that immediate action will
he taken. The commission feels that
II did all II could to relieve the oil
situation and at the same time con.
serve the states resources
Progress In the oil fields win he
interesting TO watch during the next
few weeks otter the colrulsslon re.
lenses It's orders that have hesn In
effect IN the field II IN predicted
that production Nlll bc Increased and
the price 20 low.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
TAX EXTENT|ON
BILL IS PASSED
Abuey Measure Through House;
Levy Is Due First Day
Of April 1915,

The house this afternoon PASSED in
committee NJ the whole hill by Alb
ney which extends the time for pay
int the 1914 taxes.
The measure provides that the time
Of payment Of all taxes due on No
vember /, 1914, he extended until the
first day Of April, 1918, and shall be-
come due and payable in that date and
become delinquent in May !, 1913 The
bill carries the emergency
II complies with recommendations
made In the message Of Governor VII.
liams. Representative Harrison Of
Hughest protested that the extension
would cause cities, towns and school
districts to default On their interest
payment.
concurrent resolution which would
shut off the flood Of bills which usu.
ally pOurs Into the house almost up
to the last day Or the session WAS In
trbduced by Representative McCance Of
Woodward.
To Limit Bills.
II provides that no bill he intro.
duced In either the house or the senate
after February 1, 1915. with the ex-
ceptiUn NJ measures introduced by va.
rious standing committees OF those spe.
ciflrally recommended by the governor.
The legislature has been IN session
less thuu two weeks and more than
Two hundred hills have been intro
duceA iu the house.
The house shortly after convenlng
this afternoon took up consideration
o. the bill extending the time " pay
Ing UXcs, following out In general tin,
recommendation " the governor n
his message
A house Joint resolution Introduce
by Representative McCance ~ Wood
ward county proposes a constitutions
al amendment to he voted on at the
next general election rut,ElJ tbs
membership of the legislature from
la3 lU approximately lm.
TIE measure creates twenty one
senatorial districts and provides for a
house Of representatives " not more
than II members, each county to have
one representative
Four Year Terms.
The terms Of members ~ the sen.
ate aud house shall I've four wears The
measure would give cities " 10000
or over a representative which would
give Oklahoma county two reprcSen.
tatiNes.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

The larger cities of oklahoma are
going 10 have a hard time tu get by II
some legislative change Is not made
giving these cities the option VI In
cressing their levy to eight mills In
the future" said Mayor Frank NJ
Wooden Of Tulsa. who is heading u
strong delegation from the oil town
attending the oklahoma Municipal
League meeting
The limit was formerly eight mills
but was cut to seven and later 10 six
mills Cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma
City and Muskogee cannot operate on
the funds that This levy will give
them There are but two other ways
To secure money for current city eN.
penses one is hy refunding bonds
which are bad thing under any con.
dltion, and the other is through po-
lice court revenue.
The refundlng bond Is n hardship
ON posterlty as II tnkes care Of run.
ming expenses aud not permanent mu.
nicipal improvements, and must he
paid In future years This win bank
mpt any city eventually"
rhc Tulsa officials are here In the
mter,At NJ several legislative changes
that win make II easier for city OF
nriuls To operate the government Of
municipalities
The Increased levy for city pur
poses is the principal thing they are
after l'nder the present law the city
officials, who really know the wants
" the cities NJ the first class, have
very little to say on the subject Of
budget The excise board, often com.
posed " men from the rural districts,
ia the city budget and the city too
often does not get enough money TO
carry on the most necessary branches
" city government looking toward
the health protection and convent.
ence " the people
The Tulsa officials, like those of
several other towns want the legal
right 10 tax the cost of cutting weeds
ON property owned by nOn-residcnts 10
the abutting property, and TO remove
garbage by taxation instead ~ by
the present unsatisfactory plan u
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

conventions, aud was accepted by
TummHuy men uutil he fell out with
them year ago, rs II good friend.
Cassidy ns other bosses IN New
York have done, sold nomination
for Justice Of the supreme court. Con.
trolling the judiciary convention OF
nh district he picked William VII.
lett, Il lawyer " an Old and respected
Long Island family, whom i've had
been chiefly Instrumental In sending
e. the House of Representative at
Washington for several terms But
he did not decide on .WDlett until the
lUtter had agreed tn pay several thou.
sand dollars for the nomination. Cas-.
sidy and Wlllett were convicted two
years ago, but they have fought theft
cases to the highest conrts and final.
ly when they were ordered TO prison
were anxious 10 get there In Il hurry.
Just outside the jail Cassidy was
asked what he was going to do,
II am going to see this thing
through said he Il don't see any
alrships around"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
VICTORY CLAIMS
ARE NOT DENIED
French Official Statement Re-
fuses to Comment on SOiS-
sons Fighting.
QUIET ALONG ENTIRE FRONT
Germans Declare No Marked Ac.
tlyily Is Taking Place
in West.

Paris Jan l8 The French official
Abatement issued today makes no spe-
cific reference tO the recent heavy
lighting north NJ SoiHsons II says:
In the sections VI SolssOns aud ~
lIhcims our artillery obtained notice
able advantage at several different
points, such ns the scattering of reg
iment that was about 10 re.assemble,
causing All explosion In German bat
terry aud destruction Of field works
The most activity yesterday seem
I'd OH the part " the artillery and IN
this the French claim success. There
were infantry engagements near No
tire Dame de Loretta. near Flirey aud
At point In the Nosges.
Berliu, Jan. lG After several days
Of violent encounters, fighting near
SoissOns has virtually ceased. ac-
cording to IA German statement No
where along the western battle line
Is there marked activity
Small Successes have been won by
the Germans In the ArgOnnc and to
the north Of Nerdun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
RAZOR SLASHES
CAUSE A DEATH
G. L. Wallace, Used Psnknile
on Wrist and Throat Then
Took sharper Blade.

e. l.. Wallace. "a. a railroad pro
moter killed himself by slashing his
throat with a razor In room at Inc
Denver hotel, FOG South Robinson
street at about o'clock this morn.
IN, The man lived nearly twenty
minutes after cutting his throat, ac.
cording to & X. Rogers. motor officer,
who answered the call received .at
the police station. No reason n
known for the act according 10 Cor.
Oncr w. =. Hawkins, who viewed the
body a few minutes after the police
lad taken possession. No uote ur LEI
ter was left BY the dead man. and
hut little clew as 10 surviving relG
tives was found Every effort TO dis.
cover relatives proved fruitless up
TO late hour this afternoon
Bunslesome Attempt
The suicide was one OF the most
hunglesome In some time according
TO the coroner The man first attempt
I'd Ia end his life by slashins the ar
teries In his left wrist, then hy rlt.
ting his throat with a snnl Zen
knife and evidently aftor he found
this method too slew, he went to Il
bureau drawer, took a razor from ils
case and then slashed great gash
In his throat. When llogers RrrlN ed
he found the man still twltchlng
though unconscious The man WI,
rushed to NJ. Anthony's hospital
where he died before medical atlen
tlon could be given him.
Not Well Known.
The dead man had been In thi,
city u little over year and hnlf
according TO friends here. lie wa;
connected In business way with
Hans Studt, patrol driver at IN,
city police station, according TO Othel
police officers. Studt positively iden
titled the body, but cOnld give no def
Unite statement az 10 the mans rela
tlves On where he was from. II,
dead man had been drinking eXten
siyely In the last few days, accord
ing to persons at the south Robinson
hotel Wallace was despondent ovsl
business troubles, II 10 believed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

more are joining every day No ono
goes to war unless they want to, there
Is no COnscripliOn, and no fUrceful
joining at ALL No young men under
nineteen or twenty years of age have
Joined yet. The day Of reckoning for
the allies aud their friends viii come,
and the time Is not far off
The letter speaks shortly Of the
death Of immediate friends OF his
brother and how quickly they passed
out Of the lives of their comrades
when others stepped up TO take their
places. Sending love to other rela-
tl,es aud friends the soldier closed his
letter with prayer for the success Of
the Fatherland aud wishes of bad luck
for the allies 1T won't be- long that
we win have TO fight next summer
win he long enough FOR them were
his parting words.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

The Marcus Aurelius column. one
Of the famous points of interest IN
Rome, was among the landmarks
damaged hy the earthquake of Jan.
II. The column is one ~ the great
attractions " Rome ANA is well
known to Americans who visit Italy.
Tile statue Is situated lu the Piazza
Colonna. II II dorlr column, eI
tremely imposing, aud Was erected by
Marcus Aurelius in lGl $50, A. ID. The
statue is composed " twenty eight
blocks Of marble, f., bas relief de.
pictng the victory the emperor won
In Germany The top OF the mOnu.
ment IN reached by climbing 100
steps. On the summit is me,liaeyal
statue " st. Paul. placed there by
Pope SlXtus V. The total height. of
the monument Is 1871 feet
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

have been so active In this state re
Gently
Her office ~ IN the Callahan
Bank building" said Pete Biewer.
city detective chief. "and | presume
through her surroundings she has e1.
icnsiye knowledge Of the ways Of a
bank robber However, believe wa
eau do without the assistance OF ths
Peidicord detective agency"
Enclosed In the latter Mrs. prdd,.
cord sent several Of her business
cards, The agency Ia quite a concern
according TO the cards. Among 9th.
or things Mrs. peddicord asaerts ahe
can shadow night and day for wecks
and never lose trace Of the one she a
ahsdowing"
Some womanw was the unanimous
expression Of detectives who read the
letter, Doesn't have to sleep at ali"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
DooooooOO OOOOOoooOo oOooooooooooot

Avezzano, Jan 6The catastrophe Pescna southeast OF
Avezzano, growing gravity
victims according TO reports received from there number 800
lhe whole village of Giola de Ma reported destroyed
number OF victims there known At Coeosso there are
twenty four d"d and at Antapcdo forty persons killed
Ihe Duke OF Abuzn arrived last night aud inspected work
OF rescue He visited every spot gave such aid and advice az
ne could lie expressed his intention of visiting all villages that had
suffered Of which are still cut off from communication
AS an instance that officially reached here says that
III the town OF Pcasseo persons buried wrecks of
houses and that the present time fifteen bodies have been
taken out and-eighy injured persons rescued
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
MATERIAL BIDS
TEN IN NUMBER
Offers to Furnish Building Ma.
terial For Capitol Are
opened.

Ten different bidders offered prices
on the furnishing u building mats.
rial for the construction Of the state
capitol, the bids being received by
the capitol commission and opened to
day In the presence of the rpb-oom.
mittee from tho senate aud holuse.
The material to be furnished Is sand,
crushed stone. lumber and steel for
the reinforced work. On oil nut the
steel, tile bidders offer material TO be
secured within the state, rs tho law
specifies that this class OF material
must be furnished from the states
own resources.
The capitol commission will have
the bids tabulated In order that the
lowest and best figures nny be shown
aud this will be submitted TO the
sub-c0mmittees OF the senate and
house Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
Bids or the construction part Of
the work. received several days ago,
Will be returned, With the certified
NhN~hnt w hiAbuul lh-lNlhlNN
and they will have the opportunity
10 bid again.
Short Delay.
Since the announced policy of Gov.
ernor Williams IL 10 abolish the Chpi.
tOl commission and have the board uf
affairs attend to the work after the
capitol contract has been let, the
matter Of advertising for new bids
may be delayed temporarily. II IL
the purpose, however, not to lose any
unnecessary time In the beginning IT
construction work un the capitol.
Conferences viii lie held with the
governor and every effort made to
proceed with the matter witholt mis-.
understanding white II IL the upn.
ION of some that considerable opmd.
tlOn win attend the attempt to abol.
ish the capitol commissions, still 9th.
tT nre Of the opinion that there IL
little argument agninN the governCts
plan.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
THE WEATHER

.i,,, ne s"u,hwss'ern low pressure area 10
creased In intensity aud overspreadNo the
Mississippi valley and southern Plains
States, with center over southwestern
Missouri this morning. The movement of
this disturbance has given general pre-.
cipitation, snow In the north and rain IN
the south, over the western portion Of the
Mississippi valley, tho Plains states a fsr
Toast and on the eastern slope Of the
Rocky Mountains. Fair weather, with
moderate temperature, has prevailed east
NJ the Mississippi but the rain area Il
drifting eastward this morning A large
high pressure nroa, attended ny fair and
much colder weather, covers the north
western districts and IL spreading east.
ward over the Plains states and uppsr
Mississippi WALLER.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16

The telegram reads:
The Marsica diocese has been
transformed into great cemetery.
Nvezzano' Cappello and Petern0 aro
rnzed and almost all the inhabitants
are dead The villages In the dlo.
cese are Immune bur general desola-
tions reigns. II IL an immense and
distressing catastrophe"
The pope wired the following
Being father Of all the faithful.
but first of the unfortunate, am
ldcrced with grief by this immense
misfortune.
Il extend my arm TO my unhappy
children and am praying for pea,s
for the dead aud comfort for the sur.
vivOrs"
More wounded having been brought
to the Cauta Marta hospital which
is close 10 the vatican, the pope again
visited the patients there.
Rome, Jan. l6-Though II seenss
definitely established that the present
disaster Will not rival the Messina In
number Of dead, the percentage ~
casualties In proportion TO the popula
tion affected appears TO be much high
er.
Messina had 1900 dead and g5,4OO
injured. Present reports indicate 10
900 deaths and twice rs many injuries
In this one. The only buildings not
levelled by this earthquake were
few made with reinforced concrete.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
GREAT CORPORATION WILL
TRANSPORT OIL FOR PRAIRIE

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 1o.--rhs Prai'
rle Pipe Line company, a corporation
With capital Of $4,000, 900 organised
TO take over the transportation prop
srty Of the Prairie on and Gas com.
pany has been granted a charter by
ne Kansas charter board. The Prsi.
10 on q Gas company viii remain
ne prcducine company. The incorpo.
rstcp q the new company are;
W. u 0ates, Q. II Kouns, u, n
Wilhelm and R. q. Hare of Independ.
shce. Kan, and George coyh Of Tul.
- Okla.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
WILLIAMS NOT
TO ABIDE BY
BANKING ACT

II hu- been stated from u reliable
source that Governor Williams ha-
declined to follow tie itFias Of the
uct ot 1919 which requires the cLl,t
executive 10 select the state bank com
missioner and member N the state
banking bunrd from q LIST ~ nomi.
nees submitted by the Oknhoma State
Bankers association.
1t ls understood that when the
executive COMMITTEES Ol the state
Bankerp' association met here recently
some Of ~ members called on Gov
ernOr Williams and asked him n he
intended to name the bank commits.
sioner and banking board from the
list Of three names submitted for the
first named position and the nine
bankers submitted for the banking
board places.
Law Unconstitutional.
The governor, II " said plainly
stated that be considered the law IN.
constitutional, that the chief executive
possessed the appOintive power under
the constitution and that no reltIIc.
lions not provided for Ia the conatitu
tipn eau be placed upon him In the
exercise Of lhese functions II " IN.
derstood that the governor told the
bankers that he would not follow their
recommendations but would appoint
men FOR the places WHOM hr rOn-id.
ers hest fitted regardless ~ any -.
soclHtiOn endorsements.
The complaint was raised at the
time that the state bankers executive
committee mnde the Nominations that
most 0f the men suggested We're Re.
pubicaus aud that few II any " them
supported Governor Williams IN tha
campaign.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
ILLINOIS sPEAKERsRIP
DEADLOCK NOT ENDED

Sprlngfield, H., Jan, l6.-The sec.
ond week Of the Illinois legislature
ended with no apparent change In the
house deadlock over the speakership
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
German Soldier Denies Stories
of Cruelty 10 Brother in City

Jecob kischner proprietor Of meat
market on Harrison avenue and Fifth
street, has received communication
from brother fighting In the German
army that, IN case the soldier Is In
u position To speak correctly, would
tend TO dispel all recent attacks by
anti German factions ~ tn the treat
ment received by the Belglans at the
hands OF the German soldiers Peter
Kirschner, the writer Of the letter Is
IN q German volunteer regiment from
the province Of Mulheim, and has
been In actual service four months,
much Of that time being spent IN the
trenches. His letter was In answer to
one from the brother here, In which
the American. German told of the
statements In anti.German papers
here that related the alleged great
cruelty Of the German troops In han
ding the destitute women and chill
dren OF devastated Belgium.
Vicious Untruths.
Il cannot understand how the peO.
pie IN that country could do and say
such things" Klrschner wrote, 1T Is
evidently a plan Of these favoring
the allies to do US harm have been
IN the rank aud file Of the glorious
army " the Kaiser for four months
now have seen death In many forms,
cruelty on both sides II is true, but
as far ~ cruel treatment Of the wOm-
en- and children Is told, all such sto.
ries are vicious untruths." The sol
dier tells OF one occurrence where he
and several other privates under n
corporal went under risk Of their lives
t0 rescue few women. The order
came from superior officer 10 spare
no efforts to protect the helpless.
Klrschner expressed himself ms be.
Ing very sorry for the attitude that
IN many cases Ia apparent In this
country, hut passes that over with the
statement that soon the day will come
when all peoples viii see the true sidc
Of the war, and will forget the mklnd
things said against his nation AMI
know what is true about The allies
French Refuse Help.
II am writing You this letter 40 that
you can help the Fatherland little
at least by telling your Immediate
friends the truth" said Kirschner.
"rhe French government has done
nothing at all Tor the sufferers, but
the destitute have learned to look for
a Oerman flag, aud grey uniform
when they want help Of any sort. They
now know TINT the good fellows ~ our
army are always ready To do their
hest for Them
Cannot he Beaten.
Thu lattar ~ Tho gnruau qnluIar
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
ooooooooo ooooooooooooo 5000,
TERRE NOTING, BORN IN RUINS AND LIVES

AVezzano Jan ia thrilling episode of the earthquake
happened Friday at Capeo north of Avezzano which vii
age IN ruins While the work of proceeding
soldiers heard strange cries and led by the reached
spot where they found buried under the debris
with a new born child
Both were extrcated alive and unnjursd and doing
well The captain of abneer who was among the rescuers
asked 70 be godfather Of the child and suggested the boy be
called Terre Motno meaning small earthquake
0oooooOOOOoo ooo0OoOooooooo
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-16
BLIZZARD Is COMING.

BLIZZARD IL COMING.
Kansas City, Jan. l6.--A se-
we're snow and sleet storm, &C.
cOmpanled by o high northwest
wind, has grlpped Kansas. In
many places the storm ap-
preached a blizzard. Already
three 10 eight inches Of snow
covers all except the southeast
ern section Of the state and the
wind Il drifting II badly. The
snow ls heavier over the wheat
belt and west Into Colorado.
The area OF the storm extends
west Into Colorado. south into
Texas panhandle and Oklahoma,
where the temperature Il falling
rapidly.