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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
TO GET MORE RACERS
Canhsrt viii go to California TO I'm.
list the Interest Of Automobile Men
Now Racing in That State.

T.. H. Carhart president NJ the
Southwest Auto Racing association.
the hackers " the two day uutomo.
bile speed races to be- held here April
~ and - will leave for Venice. Cal
Saturday. where he will make an pf
fort 10 sign mp the leading auto racer,
of the world TO appear at the free rur
all race here on April % Curhart
VIII attend the races 10 be- held nj
Venice, March 49, at which the racers
entered at the Panama Pacific fair
viii be pltted against each other.
II Is believed by association men
that personal interview with the
racers will prove material help In
getting them TO Sign for the race here.
aud II II believed that the work cut
ont for Carhart while on his trip 10
venice win mean good gain Ia the
Hist VI nOtables who have already no
uupsied place In the open meet
An announcement NJ the association
Is that In addition to the Oklahoma
only race, 10 be held the first day OF
the meet, 100 mile motorcycle race
which VIII he open tO all The purse
IN this contest will he $500. This win
hr am addition To the nine nine auto
mDhilr race open to oklahoma mn
chucs only, and will be side issue
from the 200 mile race on the last
day This feature was added upon
the request NJ the oklahoma Motorcy
Gle club. which guaranteed to secure
ut least twenty entries for the event
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
BULLET PIERCED FLAG FLIES
OVER TRAINING STATION

CHICAGO, March IA bullet
pierced the flag flown by the United
States ship Chester at the occupation
Of Vera Cruz waved today from the
top Of q 400 foot steel tower, the third
highest IN the world, at the Great
Lakes naval training station at Lake
BluH, Illinois
The tower completed yesterday is
one " two for the high powered fed
eral radio station which soon will es.
tablish wireless communication he.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
Alaska and the Panama canal zone.
Work Of erecting the second tower
will be- rushed TO completion.
Commander william A. Moffet was
In command Of the Chester at the
time II covered the landing of marines
at Vera Cruz He now IL In com
mRnd Of the training station.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
READY NOW FOR
WATSON'S TRIAL
Senate Will Argue In Secret
and Vote On Sections IH
Upen Sessions.
COTTON BILL Is DISCUSSED
Coed Roads Bill is Under Con-
sideratiOn and is a Most In
pOrtant One.

Final action was taken today by
the house ou the Impeachment court
bin The measure wu- adopted with
ont dissenting vote The bill hnF
passed the senate.
A. passed finally by the house. the
bill provides that vote must be tu
ken ou each article of Impeachment IN
Open session hut that the court may
20 into executive session for the pur
pose ~ discussing the evidence after
argument has been made Although
the seuure at one time by q close vote
declared Tor the secret ballot plan
In final conference that body receded
from it, position in that regard and
agreed Ia the open vote
In the final conference Of the bin
section - was redrnfted This con
tanned all the provisions that have
been objected to. The formula VI
voting Hs prepared previous 10 the
last report, was considered obsolete
and meant the consuming of more
time than thought necessary In taking
Il vote Of the court ON a verdict. This
is now eliminated and the members
may answer simply yea" and nay
The section simply explains that such
vote must be- taken ON each article
Of Impeachment
This is Intended 10 clarity the mat
ter Of defining what are the articles
Of impeachment, as sought in motion
by Senator Thomas when the bill was
referred Wednesday evening to the
conference committee.
Passes Deficiency Bill.
Speaker McCrory Of the house today
signed the general appropriations bill
and that measure was Immediately
sent TO the senate. II has not been
considered In that house but II II pos
slble that II will he promptly consid-
eredy e. aha sAisnEUment Of the leg.
CONTINUED on Last Page)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
STATE SCORES
IN THAW CASE
All Testimony Regarding Sanity Of
Defendant Il Ruled Out b, Judge
Page.

NEW YORK. March H. Harry Il.
Thaw's attempt to get evidence con.
cerning his sanity into the record Of
hir trial for conspiracy 10 escape from
Matteawnn failed today
Justice Page ruled our all testimony
" this character, except Just enough
tu show that Thaw had the mental ca.
pucity 10 enter into q conspiracy with
his five co-defendants ~ escape. He
held that injection of testimony de.
signed to prove Thaw'S sanity was i'm.
proper In this case. which was purely
to try an indictment charging the e1-
istcnCr of an Illegal conspiracy 10 cf
iect the escape
The stntc brought IT. case to close
and the defense Immediately mnde the
usunl motions 10 dismiss the indlct
ment on the ground that the state
had failed 10 prove It's contentious.
The motions were all denied except
one la behalf NJ Michael O'Kecfr
made on the ground that there was no
evidence adduced 10 connect him with
the alleged crime. Justice Page dis.
charged O'Kecfc
The sanity question came mp during
the testimony Uf Bernard Kelsey, the
New Hampshire deputy who brought
about Thaws arrest In Cnnadu. lie
was asked II he thought Thaw was
rational, hut the prosecutions objec
tiOn WIS sustained
In arguing for the admission. John
u Stanchfield said II was Thaw's
idea that II he should not get away
from the asylum he might by associa
tion, become Insane.
As an act Of selfpreseryatlOn. II
was necessary for him to escape. as
he had exhausted all legal means to
effect his release said Mr. Stanch
field There was no criminal intent
for NJ said the escape Is no crime" "
Justice Page asserted that the re.
lease should have been effected ac.
cOrding tO law.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
FRENCH PLAN FAILURE
Campaign In Champagne Closes with
Victory for Germans, Says Major
MOraht, Military Expert.

BERLIN. via London March IL
Major Moruht military expert ~ the
Iugcblutt referring 10 the French
campaign I'm champagne which hr
says closed with "a complete French
defeat, declares Nouzlcrs was unQucs
tlonubly the point which the French
sought To take
This city" he suld. commands to
great degree the northern entrance
to the Argonne aud this district
would have been evacuated by the
Germans II the French had taken IT,.
or else the German front there would
have been forced into an angle toward
the west where It would have been
exposed to attack, both from the west
and south
Another result would have been
the weakening OF pressure on Yer
Gun which the Germans then would
hive been able 10 menace only from
the east and southeast To the materi-
al aspects ~ the victory must be- add.
N the physical and moral effects on
the enemy and their heavy LOSSES
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
GERMAN FINANCES BETTER
THAN ENGLISH AND FRENCH

BERLIN, via London, March IL
The Berlin papers today give consid.
cradle space to the speech with which
the secretary OF the imperial treasury,
DR. Karl Helfferich, yesterday sub.
mItted the budget In the relchstag. II
is evident his presentation Of the fin
anclal situation Is attracting fayora.
bic attention.
"Germanys credit has stood the
test Of war better than has that Of
Great Britain or France" Dr. Helf
ferich declared. Germany alone has
avoided a general moratorium. French
rents have fallen - to 10 and Eng
lish consols about I points, while Ger
man three per cents have fallen only
5h points"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
CAR EPAIRERS GET MORE
MONEY But LESS TIME

WASHINGTON March inquiry
by the department " labor into the
wage, and hours Of labor of cmployes
engaged lu the building and repairing
Of steam railroad cars In the United
Sutc- shows that while their fun time
weekly earning, were 90 per cent
higher I'm 1913 than in 1872 full time
weekly working hours were O.I pen
cent lower
The departments figures are based
on data obtained from 73 representa-
tive establishments and cover more
than 2OOO employees Fifty six hour
per week was the average time put ln
by those engaged In the industry
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
EITEL'S CAPTAIN
is INSTRUCTED
Collector Of Customs Gives German
Conditions Regarding Cruisers Stay
in American Waters.

NEWPORT NEWS. March 1.-THE
letter setting forth the conditions re-
garding the stay of the German cruls-
er in this port WIS presented to the
commander Of the prlnz Eitel Fried
rich today by Collector " Customs
Hamilton II read
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, March II,
The commander,
The German cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
sir
Il have the honor to advise that
under instructions received from the
secretary Of the treasury formulated
with the advice Of the state depart
ment your stay in United States wat
ers will be governed as follows
You win be- expected to leave
| United States jurisdiction within
twenty four hours. In accordance with
article -, convention IL, The Hague
1907, unless a further period Of time
Is proved to be- necessary tO take on
board fuel or stores, or 10 make re
pairs
Article r. ~ convention 49, reads
In the absence of special provision to
the contrary I'm the legislation Of a
neutral power hcIIigcrent warships
are not permitted 10 remain In the
ports or roadsteads. or territorial wa
ters " the said powrr for more than
- hours except In the cases covered
10y the present convention This is In
accordance with the proclamation VI
neutrality issued upon the outbreak
Ol war
/ IN ynu so desire. yuu may have
fuel aud mhr.auts sufficient with
those already ON board to take your
ship to the nearest German port
/ You may have provisions in the
. tCWiluunl nu Last Pare
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
REPRESENTATIVE TO CONDUCT
BOXING TO WIN SUPPORT

CHICAGO. March 11.-Professlona
boxing matches win be staged In
Springfield, II was announced today
In an attempt to win support Of state
senators and representatives IN sup
port Of boxing bill.
The contests will he conducted un
der the direction Of Representative
Edward NJ. santry, who, years ago,
was leading featherwelght boxer
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
REGISTRATIONS
DECLARED VOID
Former Terre Hame Chief Of Police
IeStifies Mayor Instructed Him to
Make Out 800 Illegal Slips.

lNDlANArOLIS, Ind. March II.
Mayor Roberts told me to make
.out about 800 registration applica.
ton for the last election" lesti.
fieu Edward Holler, former chief of
police NJ Terre Ilaute, at the trial to.
day " Mayor Roberts and ~ others
charged with election fraud conspir
acN. lloller who has pleaded guilty
tu the charge, has been named by a
number W witnesses as the leader Ia
the city hall registration scheme
Iloller snid all these applications
for registration were Illegal and made
out for fictitious persons
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
RED CROSS TO ESTABLISH
BUREAU At ZURICH

GENEVA, March 1.-THE Interna.
tionul Red Cross committee will open
a spccinl intelligence bureau at Zurich
for the exchange NJ correspondence
between French and Germnn eccles.
ihsticp,, provided the project is ap-
proved by the Red -Cross- nrGaniEation
IN the countries concerned
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
RATE INCREASES ON PACKING
HOUSE PRODUCTS SUSPENDED

WASHINGTON, u. G., March IL
Proposed increased rates on livestock
dressed beef and packing house pro
ducts In carloads from Chicago 10
the Mississippi river crossings aud
other points In the middle west 10
eastern sc0board aud interior points
including Buffalo, Erie and Pittsburgh
were suspended today by the inter
state commerce commission pending
investigation Of their reasonRhleness
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
A MINlSl ER RESIGNS
Portuguese Representative nj Paris
Refuses TO Serve Under Dictator
ship; Trouble II Explained

PARIS, March ll-Jaou Chagas,
Portuguese minister To France, has re
signed
The present cabinet is an eX.par.
liamcntary one aud | will not serve
under dlcmtorshlp" said Senator
Chagas is reply TO inquiries as to the
reason for his retirement Il cannot
forget was the first constitutional
premier Portugal had The present
regime may not last long, hut |
Thought II my duty To resign my dip
lomatic post
Nothing eau explain the creation
Of the present dictatorship Portugal
has been quiet aud life there normal
OF course there are party struggles,
but material order was not threatened
when the executive power was placed
In the hands Of Piments Castro.
THE abandonment Of constitutional
rule can benefit only the adversarles
of the republic. They are eIaggerat
ing daily incidents and even inventing
sensational stories such as the one
sent out from Badajose about the
Democrats Of the north eectlng a
second president lp opposition to
President Arriga who IL universally
respected"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
GERMAN AMBASSADOR TALKS
WITH ITALIAN PREMIER

ROME, via Paris, March 1l.-prince
Won Buelow, the German ambassador,
called at the home office yesterday
and conferred for an hour with Pre-.
mier Salandra No announcement was
made regarding the subject Of the
conference.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
BELGIAN CHILDREN MUST
ATTEND SCHOOL IN FUTURE

AMSTERDAM, via London, March
u,--Compulsory school attendance by
all Belgian children win be- enforced
from today by order of the governor.
general Of Belgium, according 10 a
telegram received here from Brussels
by way Of Berlin.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
WOLK On STREET NOW
Carpenter Tells Police Ne was Held
Up ON Street Last Night and Re
hrNpd of His Cash.

A 0ppurr going home from o
Meeting OF u- union last night, was
hrd up ml robbed " s.. IN the 200
block uu East Ffth street at about
IuI, uUvyh. Immediately after The
uuhur todd him 10 "glL" hc went to Il
I.,nr aud sent call tu the police
-DUIou The police ear arrived ONE
auu uuc half minutes Inter.
According 10 the carpcutrr.- state
mD.t-. the man had stepped out b"
tore he saw him, aud demanded his
money. lie alleged that no AN al
tempt to get the gun from thr rohbrl
hr had been bc-trd and his pockets
rlflcd 4 careful search mdc Tor tmu
man by the police proved fruitirss.
The robbery Is said % have occurred
nt about the time meeting uf rlu
zrns held nt the court house last might
adjourned This meeting was held 10
discuss plans for the prevention Of
crime. The police do mot know the
carpenter name
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK
PORT BREAK RECORDS

NEW YORK, March 1l,-Exports
from this port yesterday exceeded In
value $10,00OOOO, the largest amount
ever recorded In single day In the
history OF the custom house.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
KILL AND LOOT
IN MEXICO CITY
Spanish Ambassador Reports
Assassination of Four of
His COunlrymen.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE BURNED
State Department Is Told Of
Conditions Lut Is Not Re
queStedtS Act.

WASHINGTON, March II. - Seuor
Rluno, the Spanish ambassador IN
formed the state department today
that four Spauiards had been assHs
sinatcd In Mexico city aud presented
reports Of IoOting and burning Of
private residences IN the outskirts.
lie made no specific request for uD.
tiou.
WASHINGTON. March H. -Geucr
al CaruuM's reply 10 the United
States was mld before President WI
SON before 10 WIS Indicated In pd.
miui,trllou circles that the situation
looked encouraging An attempt Will
be- made by the United States to .ls-
sure AN mbrukru line ~ railroad It-
tween NrrU cruz and Mexico city ia
order to TRANSPORT the destitute.
Secretary Bryan snid he was work
ing at Mexico city aud Vera Cruz FOR
speedy admission uf supplies TO iue
Mexican capital Assurances wcrH
received from General CarrauLu that
foreigners would be- allowed to use the
railroad as soon as the evacuation was
completed II is understood hr wa,
encouraging them 10 withdraw and 20
tu a place of safety
Up 10 Tuesday night II did not np
pear that the capital had been cyacu.
ated aud Secretary Bryan had no fur.
ther knowledge uu that point.
The Carrnnzn agency here issued a
statement giving the substance Of 4
dispatch from General Carranzn say.
Ing he had placed 3OO railroad cars at
the disposal ~ the chamber Of com
mcrcc and the municipal council fo.
use In transporting supplies and that
General ObregUn also had given 800.
LaLL r.....uu. u III. ..rInr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
War at a Glance

An important battle " which only
the hure,t details are given In the Of
fetal communication Of today, wa
fought In Flanders yesterday an re-
suit of the British attack On the Ger
man positions along an extended
front The French war office an.
LOUNGES that about one and One.half
miles Of German trenches were cap.
turcd by the British The German
statement says merely that the British
made advances at some points.
A report from the official observer
ut British headquarters In the field
Characterizcs the German army az
"htcnsply brave. determined and well
organized" and says there IL no rea.
sou NJ present why the German troops
should be- discouraged II win be i'm
pussible for the allIes TO defeat the
Germans deciHvely. the observer he
licycs, except by ever increasing pres.
sure NJ vast numbers Of men and guns
throughout the coming months
no extended reference is made In
the official report from Berlin to the
new German advance toward
PrtasnySz IN Northern Poland which
TCtrograd says has led 10 u great bat.
tie that still is Ia b. decided. The
report SAYS, however, that the German
forces made progress north and north.
west Of PrZAsnyS
The British plan for attempting, In
cooperation with France, 20 stop
trade TO aud from Germany, has been
decided upon and embodied In an or
der IN council. King George signed
the order which viii b. gRzetted goon
Field Marshal You HlDdenburg mas
made another " the swift and un
expected strokes which have marked
his campaign against the Russians.
Gathering large force along the
Prusslan border In northern Poland he
has begun new movement southward
apparently intending 10 strike again AZ
Przasnysz, where the Germans recent.
~ met the defeat which preceded
their general retirement In the north.
An important battle has developed a.
Il result Of this movement the result
NJ which II is said In Pctrogrsd, has
not yet been indicated.
With the diminutlop " activity in
Champagne, the western hattie front
has grown quieter The German mil
itary authorities assert that the allies
have suffered complete defeat in
Champagne after undertaking an ~
fcnsive movement believed In Berlin
to have been designed. 10 relieve pres.
sure on the Russians
Desultory fighting continues In
Belgium, but along the eastern end oi
the line where there have been active
nnd almost continuous battles weather
conditions have forced a temporary
mll.
Paris reports tell of the resumption
Of the Dardanelcs bomba ardment yes
terday It. II said that the fire of
some of the Turkish batteries under
attack slackened perceptibly during
the engagement
Dispatches from both Newport News
and Washington Indicate that the
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich which took refuge Yesterday
In Hampton Roads will he mterned.
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o 100 90 o 90 o o
MILK WAGON DRIVER
SUED FOR DAMAGING
ENGINE THAT HIT HIM.

ID NEWARK, n. j., March II
y A railroads counter claim fur
- damages 10 It's locomotive fig
ID ured In the trial " II S25,OOO
y accident suit IN the supreme
ID court here today Instituted boy
- Frank w Wilkinson, who was
struck and severely Injured by
ID an Erie railroad train in
- Bloomfield, last year u- he WAS
- driving milk Tngou across
. the tracks Wilklu-uu.s hips
. and several ribs were broken
. aud he was injured internally
o His wagon was smashed aud
- the mules which drew were
- wrecked He claimed the train
- approached without warning
. The company In lts counter
- claim alleged that by careless
. driving, he struck the Iocomo-
. tive and bent. broke and de
. stroyed divers slats Or frames
. Uf the pilot or COW catcher and
o bruised, abraised, mutllated
. and destroyed paint and polish
- on the locomotive The road
. asked 500 damage,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-11
CRUISERS CHASE
EITEL TO PORT
British WArships Standing Near Wait
ing FOR German Raider TO appear
Out Of Neutral Waters.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. March H..
The story Of the sinking VI the
American sailing ship william p.
Frye, by the German commerce
destroyer PrinE Eltel Friedrich
undoubtedly the most serious In
cident Of the war In it, concern 10 the
United STATES, was being slowly mrav
eled here today.
Chased to the haven Of an American
port by British cruisers, the Prinz
Eite anchored and her commander re
celycd from tn port authorities the
usual notice 10 leave within "A hours.
That, however was mere fOrmallty
required by law FOR after seven
months NJ sea rowing during which
she has sent eleven prizes 10 the bot.
tom, the German auxiliary needs re-
pairs which will take weeks to com.
plete
The neutrality board at Washington,
Il was understood here, had recon
mended that the repairs be- allowed
under the supervision of an American
naval officer Whether the comman.
der Of the Prinz Eltel will choose to
make them and then risk dash
through the British cruisers gathering
off the Virginia capes is a develop
ment for the future.
Officials Busy
The prinI Eltel's band PLAYED Ger
man national airs today In celebration
Of Commander Thierichsens birthday,
her 800 prisoners Of several national
lties were gathered at the rails and
her German crew was cleaning ship
while the American port officials made
hurried visits from the customs house
to the liner FOR conferences with Com
mander Thierlchsen and his officer,
and held telephone communication
with Washington about the neutrality
questions involved, the diplomatic as
poets " the sinking Of the Frye aud
the disposition II the prisoners on the
Eitel
The captains Of eight Of the vessel ,
prizes were permitted to 40 ashore
and they complained that they were
not permitted to take their crews with
them. Commander Thlerlchsen would
not consent 10 thelr departure and
would not give up the ships papers
of the prizes he had taken. He con
tended that they should go To the prize
courts In Germany. Officials pointed
out however, that II the Eitel decided
to inferno the problem Of the releas,
Of her prisoners would solve itself and
only the German crew " the Eltel
would be interned by the United
' States
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Jaoa Chagas was premier and min.
lister Of the interier In the cabinet
formed In September 1911, aud which
resigned In November Of that scar.
General Pimenta Castro was ap-
pointed premier January 20 Of this
year and assumed the task Of forming
cabinet
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LONDON, March 1.-THE official
military observer ut the British head
quarters In the field says Ia a report
given out here today that there Is no
truth In statement, that the German
ranks In the west have been depleted
generally aud 10 Il marked extent aud
that their morale has weakened.