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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
DETROIT MAY
BUY CAR LINE
Contract for Purchase Of Tram
way System VIII Be Sub
mitted 10 Vote

DErRolT July 2S-A contract for
- the purchase Of the linc, Of the
Detroit United RAILWAY within the so
cellcd one.fure street car zone, where
hy the city may obtain control NJ the
system at II price to be- fixed by the
circuit judges Of Wayne county has
been approved by the board NJ street
car railway commissioners The con
trHct for the purchase ~ the lines
which must be- submitted 10 II vote "
the people was mndc public todoy II
VIII be submitted Ia the directors NJ
the street ear company August %
The plan ~ purchase. however *
that the city pay for the property
from the earning, u the street car
system. The city. according to the
contract shall assume the mortgage
liabilities " the Detroit UuItcd Rail.
way. up 10 the amount Of the purchase
price
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
THINK GOVERNOR
IS 10Y RIDING
Men Who We're on the Firing Line
in Campaign Want VIC
tOry'S Fruits
DEMoCRATIC politicians In okla

.DEMOCRATIC politicians In okla.
bhoma are not IN the beat Ot fettle.
The clouds they look upon have no sll.
yer lining
Newspapers over the state, regard
less NJ political affiliation, are scoring
the dominant party because OF the nm.
friendly attitude manifested by the
last legislature toward the press II
the state r. Bec Guthrie of the Sal.
llsuW Star is a notable example aud,
having spent much time nt the capital
when legislatures have been Ia session,
he speaks "as one having authority. %
lie says;
During the campaign that Is up
preaching lt would not be at all sur.
prlsiug tu MS to find many able writ
ers NJ the state sitting rather quietly
by and watching the band wagon roll
along ON its pathway We do not
mean hy this that they will offer any
fight against the ticket. hut ii IN at
least among the probabilities that
many NJ them will find less cause Tor
tearing up their shirts and making
long night rides 10 country school
houses for the sole purpose " rally
Ing the faithful The boys of the
country press In particular owe but
little 10 the powers that be, aud the
Indications are that as time rolls on
they will be still less Indebted"
A state official who always keen,
his ears 10 the ground, 10 discover
any new and peculiar political rumh
llngs, cited this situation today. with
the comment: ut IN profound truth
And II all goes 10 show that the hoys
have n rocky road ahead There ar,
lCoutlnued on Last pagel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
GENERAL MOBILIZATION DUE
IN RUSSIA; BOYS CALLED OUT

PETROGRAD, Judy *. via
LOndOn.-An imperial ukase issued
today calls To the cOlors men born
In 1896. II is reported that a
governmental order Is about 10 be
issued for general mobilization
throughout Russia.
Russia, according 10 q dispatch
from Petrograd, Is preparing 10
strengthen her armies. She Is
about to order a general mObilIza-
ton throughout Siberia. She has,
furthermore, called 10 ythe eOlors
the men born in 1895 IN other
words, the youths Of ls years Of
age.
German submarine activity In
the North sea has not diminished.
Reports 20 far today mention the
destruction Of two British trawI.
ers, one Swedish steamer and
three Danish schOOners. All the
crews were saved.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
sec. LANE HEARS
OSAGE OIL MEN
New Regulations Governing Re-
Leasing Of Indian Lands
Cause Alarm

WASHINGTON July 2s-O Usage
w sublesees arr confident that us
result OF thrcc.hour hearing before
Secretary Lane Tuesday afternoon
there will be- important notifications
IN regulations TO govern releasing OF
Usage oil lands. Former Congress
man A. Mitchell Palmer OF Peuusyl
vania, representing sublessees, urged
that they be- served with notice VI the
terms Of the new regulations before
being required 10 file acceptance VI
same aud that the lands be- leased only
nfter another hearing; that the 4,SOO
acre rule, II applied, he applied only
10 future development and that each
present sublessee be allowed 4,SOO
acres, whether they be individuals.
corporations or partnerships. unless II
were shown they had a practical
Identity Of interests.
lie urged that the 2b.bnrrel plan
be- settled 10y payment NJ bonus hy prps
ent sub lessee n agreement could be
reached between lessee aud secretary or
by arbitration, failing IN which. land
should be- sold 10 the highest bidder.
giving the present sub lessee prefer
cnce right 10 purchase NJ the highest
responsible hid submitted.
Mr. Palmer said III regulations
We're agreed To IN the present form
that II meant practically ruinatou "
oil Industry In the Usage nation and n
play into the hands NJ the Standard
on company and that the i,s0O acres
Limitation, Instead NJ being cOnstruc
tive was destructive 10 industry.
About forty ull men attended 10.
days hearing Secretary Lane made
numerous notes during the hearing
and II is expected he win announce his
decision within the next week or ten
unXg
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
MEXICO CITY IS
STILL CUT OFF
Lansing Mute as TO Probable
Course Of U. S, With Regard
10 Torn Republic

W ASllNGrON, July 2S. Mexico
w city was still cut off from the
outside world toluy and Sec. Lansing
said efforts To get flrst hand luforma.
tion. there had failed The forthcom.
ing step TO hc uhuu boy the United
states with respect 10 Mexico. ne
would not discuss.
Reports that General Felipe An
geles, Villas military advisor was
again ON the border We're denied to
day by Nnms Washington agent. I'm.
rlque e. Ilurrnte.
The Villa agency received tele
gram denying TINT Oarranza truop-
had captured Corml sonora ana wer,
marching 10 attack Guaymaa
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

/ ONnuN, July d. a. .27 D. On.
- Though the Germans now hold q
great line from the Gulf of RItn
sweeping southwest around Warsaw
thence cucircIiug the city aud stretch
Ing away TO the Gall.m frontier near
Sokal, II is cstimu'cl they have lost
a1OoO men. perhaps more than this.
the most ambitious movement ~ the
war, aud the Russian front Is not vet
broken
ON the Ngrrw river north of the
Polish capital th. Russians have
made u stubborn show " resistance
holding Field Marshal Won Hndcu.
burg for the time being I'm cheek while
to the south the combined Austro
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

oil Lines Favored During COnStruc-
ton Period Still Maintain High
Passenger Fare

GUTHRIE, July 2S In face of the
trial, now In progress In the federal
court at Oklahoma CITY wherein the
railroad companies are striving for u
return 10 the 3-ceut passenger fare,
the fact Is interesting that ON the OIL
field railroads the passenger fare b.
3 cents Il mile These roHds were fOr
merry the on Belt terminal aud the
Gushing Traction company but both
were sold 10 the so.rnllcd on Fields
n Santa Fr railroad child uf the
Snntn Fee system james r. Cuttiug
ham NJ oklahoma city. general uttor
ney I'm Oklahoma for the Santa Fc, is
president " the oil field lines The
5.ccnt "A mile fare is charged and per
mitted because NJ the claim that the
roads are suII under construction. The
on Belt was completed into OIltou,
however on March %. aud two pas
seugrr trains each wuy daily have
been operated nj the Scent fare
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
ANNUAL FEAR OF CUNl
STRIKE SOMEWHAT ALIAYED

NuHESuNRRE ra July ~
The mino worker, uf the anthracite
field have unr fri hrguu preparations
fur strike Ht tbr termination ~ the
present agreement next spring accord
Ing tu q statement issued yesterday
hy John y White president ~ the
United Mine Workers NJ America Ne
also stated that hr dops not believe
the operators urp making huy prepar.
ntluns fur strike
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
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FAVORABLE TO CROPS
Federal Department Of Agriculture Re
ports Conditions Good In State Up
10 July 81.

Some sections NJ the state would
not be- hurt BY light showers which
have already fallen In the southern
counties. according to the report N the
local weather bureau as a part " the
department n agriculture Moderate
day temperatures and cool nights pre-
vailed during the past week.
Threshlng wheat aud oats Il prog
ressing rapidly under favorable con.
dltlons Early corn is In excellent
condition and late corn f. promising.
Conditions have been ideal FOR alfalfa
and large quantities have been cured,
stacked or halrd, according tn the re-
mort
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
TULSA is COMING In


Up to the noon hour today 0,7OO au.
tomoblle license tags have been sent
ont from the state highways depart.
ment numbering from 1000 10 i0.TOO.
To date III Reno and Enid rank next
10 Oklahoma city in the number ~
tags applied for, hut applications are
now coming In rapidly from Tulsa
and Muskogee II IN believed that. In
the final reckoning FOR the year Tul.
M Will stand second and Muskogee
third, with oklahoma City In flrt 20.
sltlon. In the number above given
neither auto trucks nor motorcycles
are included
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
AWAIT THE CHRIST
800 Advntists Assemble In Pious BE
lief that the Lord VIII Appear After
Fail Of COnstantinople

FORT WORTH, Texas. July 2s
Eight hundred Seventh Day Adyen.
fists campcd M Daworth between
here aud Dallas, expect the second
coming u Christ aud the marshalling
of the heavenly army In the skies rs
soon hs the allies capture CONSTANT.
uople II Is announced
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

showers and thuudrrsiOruH have u.
urrrl sine" Tuesday morning 10 ArguuH
Nrw McNiuo rolorudu Nebraska Kan
Hns. luwu Illinois md the upper lake
region Omaha aud Dr4 Moluca report
heavy precipitation, NG and @ rs inches
respectively Light scnitN Nrd ruA,' ore o.
ported also ln oregon. Washington aud
Montana Fair weather has continued iu
the lower Mississippi basin. Guu and east
eru districts n was hot Tuesday 100 The
lower Mississippi wiley and gulf states
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

German forces struggling to seize the
lub.urhrm railway have been for
days uu the thrrshhold uf suoor--
without being able actually to achieve
their goal
Fighting ou this latter front has
hccu renewed with great Intensity and
the Teutons claim ~ have improved
their position on the extreme right
which is resting on the Rug river.
In addition 10 the capture of War.
saw. the direct objective ~ the Ger.
nap Polish campaign Of the past two
INeks the troops of the German pm-
Ipife evidently are making a special
sendeayor Just now 10 cut communica-
ton between Warsaw and Petrograd
with the purpose Of preventing the
successful reinforcement NJ the force
defending that city
with this m view they have di.
rrntrl force north of Warsaw to
wJ communication with Warsaw as
we'll 20. the advance on Brrst litovsk
hy w0y ~ Chclm aud the right bank
of the River Bug The ISSUES suu
are undecided with the Russians
claiming temporary advantage
observers iu prtrogrud are watch
iug today with particular Interest
three points around Warsaw, where
ihr Gcrmm muucuyres are regarded
us uf especial Importance These urc
Nurrv tp the north NJ the Polish cap
lml against the town ~ Chrlm, 10 the
southeast where possession NJ the
railroad le the point at issue, and
along the Rug
The Germans according 10 Russian
official reports have brought mp euor-
WUus reserves.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
REV. y, }. HANNA HEADS
ARCH EPISCOPAL PROVINCE

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2s-Th,
Most Rev Edward j., Hanna was IN
stalled as archbishop " san Francisco
here today with impressive ceremon
les. The Arch Episcopal province in
cludes the dloceses " Sacramento
Monterey. Los Angeles aud Salt LAX,
City Archbishop Hanno was horn IN
Rochester. N T.. In 1900.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
STATE NOTABLEs GUESTS
At AUDITORIUM HERE

Rob Dick " the state penltentiary
at McAlester "Bil" Durnnt promi
nent legislator r. r Powell, " the
Empress John Slnopoulo N the Iy
rlc and Morris Towensteln NJ the Ma
iestlc were guests n the management
nj the Auditorium dance aud picture
show last night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
GOT JACOBS QUICKLY
Offered Stolen Horse for Sale and
Jumped When Suspicion Was shown
as 10 Animals Ownership

Henry Jacobs. negro, Is In the cOun
" jail charged with having made a
fiat failure NJ his first deal In horse
flesh Jacobs is identified as the man
who offered stolen horse for sale at
Newalla Tuesday. When the owner
ship was questioned. the man offer
ing to sell him jumped out of the
buggy and ran.
Several mon from Ncwalla came 10
the city and picked Jacobs ont after
which they took him tu the county jail
and placed charge against him
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
JOBS FOR 500 MEN
Announced That Smellcr at kusa VIII
Give Employment to Small Army
Of WOrkmen

HENRIETTA, July 2S-The Geo
h. Nicholson Construction Cumpuny
at present erecting % uye-bluci suel
ter at husu, new town four mile,
northeast VI here 900 the NJ. .. 4 a.
rnllruad, has sent uUl uu y. u. y. anlI
for help. They Hrn tn furnish employ
ment To 500 men during the next few
months, and each fumily win require
house. Another large smelter viii
be- built when the flrst one is com
plctcd and within SIS or eight month,
n thousand men vIil he employed
smelling zine ore ut kusA.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

II HCAGO. July * with thirty
- persons either under arrest or
detained as witnesses official inquiry
into the EustIand dlsnstcr proceeded
today In an effort to tiN responsibility
X for the disaster which cost the lives
Of more than 900 persons.
indictments charging muus,aughlrr
. crmlnnI cnrrrs-ucss or conspiracy
. will be- returned 10y the state grand
Jury tonight II the evidence present
! ed 10 that body warrants such action
4 according tu states Attorney Mnclhy
4 Hoyup II X expected That the roro.
ners inquest, which may be- con'Iud
. ed tonight, will result In the holding
4 Of several persons to the grand jury.
william G. llcdneld secretary ot
commerce was busy directing the
I federal investigation He examined
4 records ~ the local steamboat lnsI"c'
( tIon service and conferred with off
clnls preparatory to beginning the eA
t animation " witnesses tomorrow
Mayor william II Thompson re
\ turned from San Francisco on a sle
clal train aud held conferences with
the city councils committee which Is
y conducting nu Investigation.
While the various Investigations
n were IA progress six hundred victims
Of the tragedy were buried. Auto
4 trucks vans aud other vehicles were
& pressed into service to carry the dead.
: The funerals were held In drlzzling
\ rain
II was Hack Wednesday In Cic-
cru whore the plant N the Western
Electric company IS situated aud
where majority Of the victims re-
/ sided
CHICAGO. July ~ The Eastland
4 was taken charge of by federal Off
I Cials today replacing city policemen.
4 The wrecklng boat FHyuritr, said tn
b be one of the largest aud hest equipped
/ Ot its kind, began the task Of raising
4 the half submerged craft II Will
I take ten days tu raise the boat, nc.
! curdlng tu those iu charge
While this is going ON forty divers
1 will srnrch the river bottom for ru.
/ dIus NJ two blocks NJ the point where
the hont cnpsizcd One more body was
recovered curly today
CHICAGO. July 2S-du a drlzzllng
/ rain Chicago today paid tribute to N,
\ Eastland dead
In Cicero whore the plant NJ the
4 Western Electric company Is located
4 community services were held. and
here 1t was that the sorrow was more
L GcTly fclt
Mayor William H. Thompson who
Ictumcu today from the San Francis.
CO fair, issued II proclamation max
inp IN. day one of public mourning
\ the hulri " trade held short ses
sion and adjourned; hall games were
postponed and many Inrge and smal
business houses closed Flags were
Rnhnlf mast while city and county N
flceS were CLOSED
Auto truck donated by business
houses were used ~ carry bodies a.
there were not enough hcnrses. ON
25th street a huge truck passed ON
the drivers seat was man In silk hat
white gloves and frock coat Inside
were three bodics-a family ON For.
tyl.iphth avenue hnyrack, drnped
kwlth crepe and driven by silk hat
ted man passed II contained two
bodies.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
THE WEATHER


uhIuhYmu Probably fair Wednesday, aud
thursday not much change u trmprru
iuTr
Kansas Partly cloudy tonight and
Ihursdoy probably showers u north. not
much ,luugr iu temperature
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
SHOW US IS
BOARDS STAND
State Auditor and County Asses
SOr Talk Turkey" Relative
TO Lot Assessments

I CAME from Tulsa and my home is
4 m oklahoma city, and / would not
willingly do am injustice TO either city.
and as member Of the state board
Of equalization It Is my purpose 10
deal fairly with both cities In the
matter Of rqunllzlug assessments
Such WIS the declaration Of State
Auditor o. U Howard this morning
when i. S. Morrow assessor for Ok
mhumu county protested the recent
action uf the gtotr huurd In raising the
valuation of town lots In Oklahoma
county per cent
"Whpu I mudr the motion 20 So
raise the valuation / believed WIS
doing right and suI think so. W
though proof 90 thr contrary will Dee
entertained hy mr I tmuk you and
" n luhustoU urn ugItutmg this mnt
ter too much and m Inclined to
believe that politics is being injected
into the situation
lhinl, Raise Too Much
I'VE feel that the increase NJ IS per
cent FOR Oklahoma city Is entirely
too high" replied Morrow we ARE
willing to make amy necessary addl
lions hcrt IN the heart uf the city
hnt the assessment win prove burden
some ln the outlying districts We
nrp carrying 100000 lots that do NOT
romr mp to the rumIIzed valuation
we have the same report from
every other city and town u the
state " returned Howard "Thrro years
ago the real estate agents were busy
wherever the trains stopped lMIu
Inns lts full uuoto OF these OUTLYING
Continued ON Lust rugcl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28
LATEST FIGU RES ON
DEAD AND MISSING

identified dead S26
Unidentified dead, D.
Western Electric company re-
yIsrd list " missing n3l
Total 1862
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

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"'..''.''' '''''.'"- "'''
JHI" /N..h BOO thr county court sus
urI Oh. demurrer 10 the states
..Ir.... I'D. r... ..,.. ,.,,b.st p.t.r n
.. 49,,
~ ''. ''' ''"'''''' '''''7'
charged with living together uoIhw
fun. uturuDut IYf.r G..t..r had
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

Probably fair weather toni Eht and
lhursdHN not much change In temprrn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-28

Western Electric Company Con-
tinueS TO Raise It's Estimate
OF the Loss
300 VICTIMS BURIED WEDNESDAY
Thirty Persons Under Arrest or
Detained Pending Jury'S
Findings

+ " y " u y * 4 y = . y
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-26
Denies Charges Made
By u. s. Com
missioner
DID NOT DIRECT
COLORADO WAR
Question of Opponents
Good Faith Is
Created

NEW YORK, April 26.-John ID.
Rockefeller. jr.. in statement to the
press Sunday. vigorously denied the
charges of Chairman Walsh, OF the
United States commission on indus
trial relations, chief among which
was the assertion that he had per.
sonally directed the operations OF
the mining companies during the la.
Dor war in Colorado.
Rockefeller. testifying before the
commission, said he had no personal
knowledge OF conditions In the strike
district. relying solely upon the
statements Of his superintendents.
Walsh recently produced letters
which he said tended to show that
the young oil king had personally
ordered the fight on the miners.
Part of Mr.. Rockefellers state
ment follows:
'ln the newspapers Saturday
morning there appeared a statement
from Frank p. Walsh, chairman OF
the United States commission on in
dustrial relations. purporting to be
tContinued on Pnge TwoD
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-26
No Doubt Vote Was
Tempered With, Says
''Dry" Attorney
WORK CLEVERLY
DONE, HE ASSERTS
Vets May Yet Attempt
to Keep Saloons
in County

PONTIAC. Mich, April 26.-(Spe-
ciaL)-That fraud was perpetrated
In connection with the local option
election In Oakland county beyond
any doubt, and that the person or
persons who committed the fraud by
changing ballots in the boxes of the
city OF Pontiac were possessed Of
more than ordinary knowledge of
election procedure is the opinion Of
Attorney A. l.. Moore, counsel for
the local option forces. The drys
Won In the recent election after a
recount. asked by both sides jointly.
had upset an official canvass major
ity OF 33 dry. making II % wet
lead. The final dry victory came on
a ruling from the attorney-general
which threw out OF the recount II
precincts in which the ballot boxes
were brought In unsealed.
mo average man would know how
to so ahead on that sort Of Job
unless he had been coached" said
Mr. Moore. 'In the Fourth ward OF
the city there was a change of 16
votes in favor Of the vets on the re-
count. The noticeable feature at
FIRST was that tie local option bal
lots, when taken out OF the box.
we're all jumbled up together. vets
and drys mingled. However. there
vas nothing found wrong. no initial.
ed ballots ana none incorrectly mark
ed. The total count was right. But
there were eight less dry votes and
eight more wet than the tally show
ed. Then II was discovered wher
the Investigation began. that there
were eight blank initiated local op
ton ballots left over in that ward
and that they were missing wher
the box was opened. The election In
spectors declared that the blanks
were put In the box when Il wal
locked up and that the yes and n,
tConfinuea on Page Twe.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-26
MERCURY IS
DUE FOR DIP

The man who habitually wears
his winter underwear until the first
of June on the theory that II Is not
safe to change before. was q lone
some and peevish individual. Sum
day, and he's due for another In
teresting session today. for no ma
terial change In temperature Is pre-
dicted by the weatherman. Relief
is in sight for Tuesday, but there
Is still no promise OF rain. II v
badly needed too. In the country.
Sunday broke all records for April
In the local weather once, the mer-
curry reaching a maximum OF s7-1 st
o'clock In the afternoon. No day
in the heart OF the summer ever
seemed warmer, and all Detroit, ex-
cept the aforesaid individual who
clings to his winter underwear from
force OF habit, operated on . hot
weather basis. The Belle Isle ferry
boats were the only missing feature.
However the popuiace found
Belle Isle without the aid of the
ferry company. The river was fAirs
ly alive with small craft. while the
motor and pedestrian traf,c over
the bridge was the heaviest Of the
year to date. Thousands motored
into the country. and there were
heavy demands on the ice cream
factories, A remarkable fact was
that there were no accidents Of
consequence.
The steamer Prank =. Kirby. %
the Ashley a Dustin line. made her
initial excursion trip to Toledo. &c.
rying n big crowd. The wauketa.
Of the White Star line. carried ~
most capacit ycrowd 10 Port H
ron and the Flats.