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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
TAKE FOOD OF HUNGRY
Brazilian Minister Alleges that Car
rama Commander Has Taken Com
Shipped 20 Relieve Starving

WASHINGTON, May - The
Brazilian minister IN Mexico city for
warded to the state department today
complaint from the International
committee that CarranLa command
er had seized 600 tons OF corn brought
for the destitute civil population ot
the capital. The state department at
once instructed Consul Sllllman at
Vera Cruz 10 make representation to
General CarranEa. The food situation
In Mexico City Ia desperate and the
international committee has been
making great efforts to relieve H.
Officials assume that the seizure
was ut Puebla. although the dispatch
did not say 40 aud that comedies with
dispatch to the Carranza agency
here today, saying Genernl Gonzales
had established headquarters at Pu.
ebla FOR the campaign to reoccupy
Mexico City II added that large
quantities of food we're being gathered
for relief ~ the city when the Cur.
ranzn forces enter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
COUNSEL PLAN
PLEA FOR FRANK
VIII he BASED pom Doubt Az EX.
pressed By Trial Judge, Georgia
justices and Supreme Court Jurists

ATLANTA, May - Counsel for
Leo NJ Frank to-day were engaged In
putting the finishing touches to the
brief which they VIII present to the
Georgia prison commission when the
hearing ON Franks petition fur com.
mutation ~ his sentence to lie i'm
prlsonmcnt Is opened before that body
here Monday. According to Franks
attorneys the brief which will en-.
body II minute chronology NJ the case
from the discovery ~ the murder NJ
Mary Phagan April y, 1913, up 10 the
date Of the application for clemcnry,
will assign three basic reasons for
Franks appeal These are:
First Doubt NJ Judge t. :. Roam.
trial judge. us 10 Frhnks guilt as cx
pressed when hp denied the first mo.
tion FOR a new trial several months
after the original verdict
Second The dissenting opinion by
chief Justice Fish nnd Justice Beck
NJ the Georgia supreme court when
Franks motion for II new trial was
denied
Third The dissenting opinion of
Justices Hughes aud Holmes of the
United States supreme court with ref
ercnce N Franks haheas corpus pro.
ceeding before that body.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
PHONE LONG "HAULS''
II Appears That Pioneer Company, As
With Railroads, Makes Difference OF
Rates Per Length Of Travel

When the Pioneer Telephone com.
pany revised Its contracts with the in
dependent telephone companies " the
state, eighty per cent Of them signed
and everything went ON well, hut six
companies have made complaint Ia the
corporation commission and are being
heard today. There are three hundred
and sixty telephone companies In the
state, all NJ them connected In one
way or another by long distance with
the Pioneer company.
Under the new contracts the indie
pendent companies are paid 3is cents
for every long distance call sent Ia
their exchanges. For calls sent out
from the independent companies they
receive IN cents. The Pioneer then
allows the companies ten per cent for
collecting y "Ns ~
Some of the companies claim this IL
not advantageous TO them, as they re.
celvcd more under the old contracts
They are the companies handling the
long "hauls." Those handling the
'short' hauls are satisfied with the
new contracts
A company from Alton was the first
heard today by the corporation com.
mission. The Pioneer company is rep
resented by Judge Sam II. Harris, gen.
eral counsel for the company, nnw Of
~. Louis, and Claude Nowlin of this
city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27

DR. Carl H. Foss Of Harlem, Mont,
one Of the survivors Of the Lusitanla
who was on his way to enlist with
the British Red Cross, aud returned
TO the United States on the liner New
York. condemned the officers and
crew of the tOrpedoed vessel He said
he saw submarine about 80 on
May I, an hour before the ship Was
struck. II was on the port side. and
was not the submarine which struck
the vessel.
The Lusitania was going slowly
not more than seventeen or eighteen
knots an hours he said
Speaking Of the action " the crew
after the explosion of the torpedo, hi
said
'On deck found a number Of mem
bers Of the crew taking life preseryeri
ont of box and putting them IN
They paid uo attention TO the passen
gers and seemed tO w lOuklng out en-
tirely for themselves. I managed 4
get "A lifebelt uut II ~ box and pu
II on Then waited TO see wha
would happen.
The stewards ON the IMsltAnli
seemed new They didn't seem 10 know
how to handle n boat and all the.
thought ~ was saving themselves
was very much disappointed Ia them
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
RUSTY NAIL LIABILITY
utigant Believes Company Is Respon.
sible for Injury Sustained on lis
Premises-SuinE for $4,000

Edward ODonnell barely escaped te.
tanus ufter stepping on rusty nnil
hut he contracted blood poisoning and
will he cripple the remainder ~ his
life according To the allegations he
made In damage suit against the
Ritter Conley Manufacturing company
for $4,000, on trial In Judge Old
fields court today.
ODennell alleges that he received
the injury on November II, 1914, and
that he was laid up for n long time
as result. lie charges that the In.
jury was due to the Carelessness Of
the company In permitting boards with
nails In them 10 he placed where he
aud others were at work In Payne
county building oil tanks. He says he
was able TO earn t4.6O u day before
he received the injury, hut since then
has been unable to work great part
0f the time.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
MIXING CROPS PAID
Murray County, After Fair Trial, Is
Able to Step 10 Rostrum and Define
"Diverified Farming"

Decreasing amount Of money sent
out 10 pay for feed shipped in; an
eighteen per cent reduction In the cot
ton acreage normal number of cat
tie being fed cottunscpd cake on grass ;
increasing numbers ~ swine 6eing
raised 10y farmers, more people buying
land and establishing permanent homes
on them these are siguS Of greater
stability ~ farming and business In
Murray county and at Davis, Ok. as
dctnilcd hy II. y iIorner " the First
National bank there. who was In Oh
mhoma city ON business today
Customs NJ lifetime cannot be
changed In n day" said Mr. IIoruer
but we are gradually working to
ward a safer degree uf diversified
farming. For the first time, We have
Il respectable acreage " wheat II II
brings above dollar bushel. more
win be- planted aud that will help hal.
ance NJ our cotton crop. Aud In spite
Of the fact that cotton prices were
low last fall, the crUp was so large
that the returns cleaned MP farmers
debts fully as well M h other years.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
NO VERDICT AGAIN
For Second Time Jury In Federal
Court Fall to Agree In Trial Of Ne.
gro Under Mann Act

For the second time today II jury
in the federal court failed to convict
j. " Snow, negro charged with
violation u the Mann net, and was
discharged, SHOWS case has attract
ed much attention since his first trial
In Guthrie. The first tount today
stood s to 4 for conviction, remal lining
after that at I to .. Shows bond was
reduced frcm $500 to $500. lie Is
still In jnil
Arguments IN the case OF II. NJ. Iiar.
rlson, also charged With violation ~
the Mann act, were finished this az.
ternoon and the jury retired 10 con,
slider the evidence.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
TONIGHT THE
SWEET GRADS
Meaning the Girls. Of Course, Who
Receive High School DipIomss-The
BOysS Yes, They'll BE on View, Too

Commencement exercises Of the grad.
uatlng class " the oklahoma city high
school will bc held In the high school
auditorium at o'clock tonight. one
hundred and ninety-two members OF
the 1918 class will receive diplomas.
This week has been busy one for
the seniors OF the high school The
final class ceremonies were celebrated
Wednesday night with the class day
exercises In the auditorium. The class
poem and prophecy were read, and a
program summarizing the years work
and social life given
The graduation exercises ~ the
grade schools were held Wednesday
afternoon In the high school 30+ eighth
grade pupils receiving diplomas. With
the final commencement program this
evening, the most successful year In
the history u the oklahoma City
schools will be completed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
CAMERA UNDENIAbLE
City Health Inspector Exhibits Back
Yard Scenes ~ Evidence In Police
Court Hearing

An innovation In police court testi
mony was produced Ia the municipal
court this morning when H. s. Stone,
a city health Inspector, exhibited five
photographs tu convince the Judge that
Mrs. NJ. Manskcr. formerly NJ 22U East
Third street, was guilty NJ maintain.
Ing unsanitHry premises. The Views
showed different parts " the house
and yard which the Mauskcr~ have re.
Gently vacated, and which tended to
show that n large amount of garbage,
rubbish and filth had been left hy the
departing family. Finding the defend
ant guilty, Municipal Judge oils l..
Price, demanded that the premises he
thoroughly cleaned by . II. m. tomor
row.
According to the testimony of stone
he gave the MHnskers three days In
which To clean up the place. When
the notice was given he alleges that
II was thrown out the door In him with
the dpmnud to clear out
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
STUDY As
SCHOOL COURSE
State Board OF Education Gives
Serious Consideration To Scrip
tual Text Book
ARE BELIEVED TO FAVOR IT
Matter Is Injected Into Present
Session OF Educators By
Ministers

The use Of the Bible IN the state
schools und IN the high schools ~ II
textbook, upon the study NJ which
credits will be- given, IL now fairly
before the state board " education II
was presented today by Dr W S. WI
ley. pastor " one " the Baptist
churches ut Muskogrp
II Is likely that there viii be a great
deal ~ discussion before any action
* taken 10y the state board. II IL not
requested that the Bible be- adopted
as II textbook but that It's use be per
mltlcd In the state schools and that
Textbooks on Billie subjects be used
The plan met with considerable favor
In the board today, although there
was some opposition Judge Bryan
raised the main objection.
Want 10 Hear From People
Other members Of the board, while
fuyorlng the plan, wanted an eXpres
sion from the people before any action
II taken They believe there will be-
objections " course from some relig
ious sects, but when II is understood
that there II 10 be no sectarlanism
there may be less objection
Textbooks on Bible subjects have al
ready been written and are now IN
use In some schools One ~ them is
called W Heroes OF the Old Testa
ment,' and Is said 20 be unobjectiUn
able In any school Others are ON sub
iects hearing on the New Testament
The members Of the board understand
that objections are made to the
teaching Of the Bible In the school,
but some Of them believe that when
II is placed on the basis Of history
mud IL without scctarianlsm, there will
be less objection from those who now
oppose Il
Dr Wiley stated 10 the board mem
bers that the Bible IL now regular
study IN the Muskogee high school
and that credits are given to those
who pass the examinations These
'Continncd on Last PageD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
MANY COMPLAIN
OF BARNACLO
Eleven InformerS Tell Embry Their
Troubles but County Attorney says
Information Isn't Sufficient

\ number uf complaints against Fred
W. BurnaclO the lawyer preacher who
disappeared several days ago were
lodged with County Attorney Emhry
today, hut they were not considered suf
ficicnt ~ base u warrant upon. Some
Of those making the complaints said
they would get more defmtc lnforma-
ton aud return
Some ~ the complaints made today
charged the patent attorney with fail.
Ing ~ account for money paid tu him
fur filing patent claims There we're
eleven cnses brought tu the attention
of the county attorney. In which II is
alleged that Sli was paid by each I,er-
son MS filling fre. In other instances
the sums said Ia have been paid Ia
Barnncln amounted to as much ~ tlOO.
part being his Zee.
None " those making the complaint
could state definitely TINT BarnacIn
had not sent the descriptions. blue
prints aud filling Zee In the patent ~
flee al Washington one Young man
stated that hr had found In Rarnacln's
office the typcwrltten description NJ
the article he desired tn patent, which
he said should have been sent tn Wash
lngton several weeks ago lie snid
Barnaclo told him and other rlleut-
that the patcni offlcr wnrtw 'wo
mouths behind with its work and that
they need not expect any returns short
NJ that time
Several ~ these who want 10 find
the patent attorney expressed the be
lief that he ls now at Akron. Ohio, tn
which place he Is said to have bought
n ticket when hc LETT oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
BLAME THIRD YOUTH
Young Men Charged With Stealing G.
NJ Fiors's Auto Are Being Tried
In Judge Hsyson's Court

Fred Sims aud H. Heritage. the
two youths arrested IN Colorado aud
brought back on the charge Of steal.
Ing u Bulck autompbile from G. NJ.
4 .Jra II A.e Lehrf lora Shirt com.
pany, are ON trial today before Jury
In Judge Hayson's division Of the dis.
trict court
II was charged that another youth
assisted IN the theft OF the automo.
bile, hut he escaped, Sims and Herit.
agile rode Into lAJunta, Col, In the
stolen automobile and went to q gar.
age for tire repairs. They were ar.
rested by the sheriff and In few
hours were In charge OF Deputy Sher.
M johnson, wtho brought them back
10 Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
RECORD RAIN
NEAR PURCELL
Eye Witness Says Strip Fifteen Miles
Wide South Of Noble Was Denuded
b., BeaCng Downpour

According To the reports received
to-day the effects Of the storm Wednes-
day afternoon were worse than have
been experienced In such general
storm for years
W. {. Burke, Of the Municipal En-
gineering aud Construction company.
returned from the southern part
Texas last night and reports that
the heaviest rain IN the history " Pur-
cell fell Mt that place.
Il never saw such violent storm.
over such a large area" he said dis
cusslng the extent Of the damage IAN
the crops around Noble for q swath ex-
tending fifteen miles along the Santh
Re track were wiped out apparently
being beaten clear into the ground
saw no EVIDENCE Of serious crop dam.
age from the Canadian river to Nor.
man, though the wind damaged trees
and buildings n good deal through that
country never saw n rain like the
one that fell round Purcell. The coun.
T.. .age over the creek there was
washed out The train was also held
up nearly an hour on account Of a
washout, but owing TO the heavy hal
last that was the only place where
the track was damaged badly The
country around Noble and Purcell ha,
never had heavier storm
The local weather bureau reports
that the North Canadian river will rls,
about two feet ot Oklahoma city and
Shawnee during the next thlrty-slS
hours, and viii he nearly stationary
west Of n Reno, The South Canadian
will rise IN central aud eastern Okla
henn as the result Of local rains bui
will not reach food stagp.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
FLAG DOWN WIEN
TORPEDO STRUCK
Ambassador Page Reports Nebraskan's
Colors Were Not Flying When Ship
Was Hit; Await Complete Report

WASHINGTON May - Messages
received by the state department today
from Ambassador Page aud Consul
General skinner III London aud Consul
Frost at Queenstown, failed 10 say
definitely whether the steamer Ne
blnskan had been torpedoed ol had
struck mine
One Of the dispatches said the Ne
brnsEan's American flag had been
hauled down five minutes before she
was struck, although her name was
painted on her sides In letters six feet
high.
The American naval nttachc at Lon
don has been sent 10 Liverpool to eX.
anime the Nebrasknn's hull
A. soon As the dispatches were re.
ceived at the state department they
were forwarded to the White House
aud Immediately placed before Presl.
dent Wilson.
NEW YORK, May - The Ameri.
can Hawaiian steamship company,
owners of the Nebrnskah damaged by
n torpedo or mine yesterday, II In re
celpt Of cablegrams todny saying she
had passed Queenstown and was due
nt Liverpool tonight,
4 British admiralty boat was GOV
pring the Nehraskan according TO ca
Diagrams which were received through
British connections,
WASHINGTON, May 27-The re
port OF Ambassador Page on the Amer.
lean steamer Nebuskan, damaged Off
the coast of ireland. was laid before
President Wilson today II came IL
thr state department by cable last
night and work Of decipherlng 1t was
begun Immediately No intlmation a'
to the csntents II the report was given
pending Its review by the president
Administration officials still await
cl with unusual interest today authen'
tie adyices M 10 how the Nebraskan
was damaged The British admiralty
reported that the ship had been tor
pedoed but the captains report 10 his
owners Indicated DOUBT az 10 WheIhef
she had been struck by n torpedo or
mine.
/ II Is not expected here that defln
| ite information regarding the matter
will he disclosed until an investigation
Is made pending which the course OF
the American government will not b'
determined upon. An inquiry will b'
made M soon as the steamer reaches
Liverpool. where she IL expected 10 ar
| rive tomorrow night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
WANT STRONG TRIMS
Texas Legislature AdOpts Resolution
TO Call WashingtOn's Attention to
Need for Border Guard

AUSTIN, Tex, May 21.-The lower
house Of the Texas legislature today
adopted II concurrent resolution pro,
viding that the legislature urge upon
the federal government ''in the strong
est terms the imperative necessity of
Immediately extending. and regularly
maintaining It's Rio tirande border pa
troll service for the protection of lives
Of American citizens
II was pointed out In the resolution
that Notwithstanding the fact that
Texas has increased It's state ranger
forces, the losses NJ lives Of our citi
ZeEs continue" the resolution partly
was Inspired 10y the recent killing by
the Mexican bandits of two Texas
rangers on the hurdcr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
HEAVY wINDSTORM BLOCKS
STREETS At SPRINGFIELD ID

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, May ~
Many Springfield streets We're blocked
today with fallen trees aud other de.
brs resulting from heavy wind
storm which struck here last night
Although the storm swept the city
from north To south there was no
heavy damage aud no persons were
seriously Injured.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
FIFTY GERMANS KILLED
AS BOMB HITS STREET CAR

AMSTERDAM via London, May %.
Fifty German soldiers who were pas.
sengers In street ear at ostend. were
killed by bomb dropped from an al
lied aeroplnne, according to dispatch
from that city 10 the Telegram descrIb.
Ing a series of air raids made by the
allies avlators The railroad station
shipping and numerous houses have
been damaged
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
NEGRO Is SHOT DEAD
Sheriff Knows Nothing More Than
Mere Fact as Investigators Have
Not Reported. Killing Near Arcadia

Homer IHughlln, negro, was shot
and killed by Jesse Stinson, another
negro, on u furm between Arcadia aud
Jones city curly this morning. The
two negroes are residents 81 the same
neirhbOrhOOd, but no cause for the
shooting was known 10 the officers
today,
A telephone message from Arcadia
this morning Informed Sheriff BiniOn
Of the killing, but no particulars we're
given. The sheriff trlephoned him to
arrest Stinson Deputy Burke left at
once for the scene ~ the shooting, hut
up to O'Clock this afternoon no word
had been received from him.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
KANSAS TOWN NEARLY
RROJNDED BN FLOOD

ATCHISON Kan, May - The
town ~ Muskotaha, Atchisnn county,
- nearly surrounded tolay by flood
waters ~ the Delaware and Little
Grasshopper rivers, small streams At
normal stage, hut nearly mlle wide
nov M II result ~ recent heavy rains
The Missouri II rising
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
Oenerally fair weather without decided
Temperature chanar tonight and Friday

The low pressure area II stlll central
over Oklahoma aud overNpreads the mid
~ ana low'. Mlssi-sippl valley and
southwest this morning II has given
general rains In the plains states aud
middle Mississippi haslh The rainfall
has hem heavy IN cNceaslve IN pnrts N
Nebraska Kansas oklahoma, Arkansas
Missouri unl llllnoi4 Scattered showers
cotton belt The weather has been vener
ally fair IN the north Atlantic states The
lake region, upper MssisSippl Wiley and
over the western slope " the Rocky noun
thins, u II decidedly cold for this date in
the lake region. uppet Ohio valley and
north Atlantic dlstriola Light 20 knllna
frost, y reported this morning In the
lake region
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-27
KANSAS CITY FLOOD
DANGERS ARE PASSED

KANSAS CITY May u. Local
streams were reccdlng today aud 1t
was believed danger ~ floods In the
low sections Of the city had uaEsed
Reports from n number Of polnts In
Kansas aud Missouri continue to tell
Of high water aud unprecedented rainN