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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
PUT T$225,000,000
IN WOODEN SHIPS
Plans for Monster Build
ing Campaign Outlined
by President.
USE GERMAN VESSELS
Boats Seized in Philippine
j. Ports Probably First
to Be Ready.
USE GERMAN VESSELS

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Means
of quickly putting additiona! vessels
into the transatlantic trade and thus
fulfilling the prophesy of Premier
Da lid Lloyd George of Great Britain
yesterday that more shisp meant vic
tory for the entente allies, was the
principal subject before today's meet
ing of President Wilson's cabinet.
As Il result, bill will be intro
duced in both houses of congress
early next week, probably Monday,
substantially increasing the $5O,OOO,-
600 appropriation new available for
the shipping board and giving the
board additional authority so that the
building of wooden ships and the ac-
QUESTION of other vessels may be ex-
pcdited.
Supply More Money.
Legislation also probably will be
proposed by the administration Civ
ing the shipping board power to for
mally take over the German mer-
chantmen in American ports. which
are now in the custody of the treas
ury department While it is conceded
that the president would have the
right to take this step, ii is understood
that a specific act of congress Will be
preferred.
At the request of Secretary McAdoo
the shipping board has detailed eN-
pertS to thoroly examine all OF the
German merchant ships with the view
to thsir immediate repair. This eX-
animation will be completed within
two weeks,
Repair German Boats.
First among the German ships to
be put into active service will be two
of the fleet of 23 lying in Philippine
harbors The insular bureau of the
war department has secured permis-
sion from the treasury department to
hasten repairs on the machinery OF
the two vessels least damaged by the
crews and it is expected that within
two or three weeks the ships will be
loading manila hemp to be rushed to
the United States to prevent failure
of the supply of binding twine for
the farmers for the crop of this sea-
son.
While the exact sum to be requested
of congress for the uses of the ship
ping board in building up the Amerl-
can merchant marine has not been
disclosed, it has been estimated that
before the campaign of wooden ship
building has been completed 1t will
have cost approximately S220,OOO,VVV
To Beat Submarines.
After the cabinet meeting it was
said that every possible means of put
ting additional vessels in the trans
Atlantic trade to convey supplies to
the entente allies and thus render the
German submarine campaign inef-
fec;ive will be sought out and
utilized.
If any vessels can he spared from
the Pacific they will be brought thru
the Panama canal and set 10 work
between eastern ports and Europe.
Every shipyard in the United States
not actually building war vessels will
be given contracts for merchantmen
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
VIMY RIDGE BATTERED
Terrific Fire of Artillery
Tears Top Off Great
German Barrier.
FALL OF MINES EXPECTED
Allies Hope to Recapture Great
Industrial Section Held
So Long by Foe.

IONRON. April t@.--Thc far.
rcaciDng, important. sweeping success
of the battle of Arras is Icing revealed
In successive chapters to the British
public. which hardly realizes vet that
IL Is the most cffcctral and decisive
event to the credit of the British army
during the war. II may we'll ranl,
win tho battle of tie Marine. whic'.
turned back ,hc German invasion di-
rcctcd against Paris and may prove
the turning point of the whole war In
the west and change tic balance OF
the word war.
HIr ON i:-MILE FRONT
On I2-milc front, from north OF
trnops today pressed back the Ger
mans all along the line and captured
siN Villages. Field Marshal Haig',
men. the Officia, communication from
British headquarters In France tonight
adds. also have gained Il fOoting in
German trenches northeast al Lens.
irisonci-. ami '.uhs also were taken
in the advance.
Southeast of Arras the statement
ndds, the British also made prOgress
and now are astridc til. Hindcnburg
line as lar nS u point seven miles
soutlIca., of Arras.
SIN VILLAGES FALL.
The villages seized by the British
arc all east and noi1h IT tho Nimy
ridge. They are EGill'ul Willcyai.
\!my i'ctit Nimy. Giycnchy -cn-GO-
Il, lie and An.rcs.
n.,s tus "A. Al,
issued this evening announces that tho
total prisoners taken in the offensive
begun carly last Monday morning now
aggregates more than thirteen thou
sand. Guns To the number OF 166 also
have been taken.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
2 SHOT OVER ENLISTMENTS
Brock. Okla. Men Quarrel over Mill
tary Outlook: Bullets Fly.

ARDMORE, okla. April 13.-Dr
w. A. Merritt and w. " Parker, both
residents of Brock, Okla, nine miles
southwest of here, were shot in an
alteration over military enlistments.
Parker was shot in the left hand and
amputation followed. Merritt sus-
tanned wounds in the abdomen and
the left leg.
Merritt 1t is claimed. declared in
formation had been given to recruit
ing officers relative to possible army
and navy recruits. Parker took the
statements as intended for himself
and branded them as false A relative
of Parker was arrested.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14

The women OF Tulsa and the rest o.,
Oklahoma will be called upon TO dc
their share in shouldering the ma
tons war burdens
Society women in fashionable at.
tire and working girls in palmer
dress, all met on the same plane yes
terday and organized the Oklahoma
branch of the National League for
WOmans Service. State headquarters
Will be in Tulsa and permanent oftices,
opened as soon as quarters can be
procured. An effort will be made t.
get rooms in the courthouse.
Conservation of the food supply will
be one of the problems that the leagGC
is to face. Women will hc enlisted
FOR all sorts of Iuties with view to
filling the places of men called to the
front. Fifty women signed enlistment
blanks at yesterdays meeting, which
WAS held in the Carnegie library. Many
OF them enumerated he class of WORK
for which they are especially fitted,
What They Can DO.
Miss Ruth Rooser daughter Of one
of the city's most prominent families,
signed up as an ambulance driver
Mrs Ida NJ. Eldridge, Marquette hotel.
enlisted as an expert in surgical cor.
setting and bandages. Mrs. G. +. Hen
thorne was enrolled rs a specialist IL
medical drawings. Mrs. i. j. Ed
wards, 1910 South Baltimore, Is down
on the list as trained domestic
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
By \ STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
pI thc Associated Press

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE--(Nia London, April 49,
From the Vimy ridge late today fires
could be seen byrnng il the German
lines and Canadian patrols had ad-
vanccd beyond the outskirts of Civ
enchy.
An exploration Of Timy ridge shows
that the British artillery virtually
blew Off the top OF it and the GER
man stronghold. which had resisted
all efforts of the French and British
during more than two years of war,
was finally forced in.o Such a position
by high explosives that IL could not
resist Infantry charges. These charges,
CT course, were backed up by contin-
uOus gun fire and accom- panied by all
the terrible machines ard devices OF
modern war.
Great Craters In Earth.
Walking on the top of the ridge
was virtually impossible and IL is Just
one continuous climb from one she'll
crater to another Two surmounting
knobs, known only on military maps
as numbered hills, had attracted the
fire of the heaviest British guns and
had been shattered into unrecogniza-
Bile buttes on the landscape.
1t is little wonder that the Ger
mans made such desperate efforts TO
hold the Nimy ridge and to retake
certain portion OF it by counter
attacks which failed miscrably. The
ridge stood as a natural barrier be-
tween the Germans and their oppo-
nents and vas a great protective chain
of hills shielding invaluable coal iron
and other mineral lands that Ger
many had wrested from France in the
first rush of the war in 1914. The
city of Lens, now within sight of the
British lines, is a great mining GEN.
ter.
To Destroy Mines.
It is generally believed that In
yielding the mines, which have been
OF such help to the invaders, the Ger
mans will undoubtedly try TO wreck
them by every means. But even IL
France does not regain immediate use
of the mines. the shutting off of Ger
many from their precious products
will mean an important step toward
the ultimate allied victory.
From the top of Vimy ridge the
British now look down on the plain
of Douai and toward the great indus
trial sections of France which SO
long have been in enemy hands"
"Top Dogs at LAST"
we uit lHc ltH upSS 1T ldSls a
Canadian officer said to the Associ-
ated Press correspondent today. we
have the Germans on the downhill.
and once they are started you may
be sure they will go back fast
In the continuous hail of shells that
is going over and upon the Germans
many are thrown from their own
abandoned fieldpieces. They are
tasting what British Tommy calls
'the Joys of some OF their own devil
ish explosives. The Germans also are
getting a bitter pelting from hundreds
of their own machine guns
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
EXECUTE 3 AT M'ALESTER
Negroes Convicted of Murder Die Pro-
testing Their Innocence.

M'ALESTER, April 13. Three
negroes, Chester Taylor from Creek
county, Charles Young from Tillman
county and Willie Williams from
Muskogee county, were electrocuted
at the state penitentiary here between
8 and $3.50 o'clock this morning. All
had been convicted on charges of first
degree murder.
The three doomed men were stolid
last night in the face OF death and
accepted the ministration of Prison
Chaplain A. b. Johnson. This Is the
first instance in which more than a
single electrocution has taken place
during one day at McAlester prison.
All protested innocence.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
INDIAN AGENTS IN SESSION
Torty-Fivc Meet at MuskOgcc and Dis
cuss Food Crisis Plans.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. April 13.-For-
ty-five field agents of the United
States Indian service in Oklahoma
met here today in response to the call
Of Superintendent Gabe Parker, of
the five civilized tribes, for considera-
ton Of the food crisis Practical and
inspirational addresses were made by
u. Hayden Linebaugh, special assist
ant 10 the attorneygeneral in this dis
trict and Farm Agent i. l.. Rounsvell,
and plans were made for enlising the
cooperation of all the Indians in ag-
ricultural work.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
TUG SUNK; CAPTAIN DROWNED
TowbOat Rams Tu2boat Ellis: $4,000
Loss; Crew Is Saved

PORT ARTHUR, Texas, April 10
The tug Ellis, OF the ID. w. Ryan
Towboat company. was sunk and
Captain William Wiener drowned at
Sabine Pass today. when towboat
rammed the tug, which was I'm trou-
BILE in crosscurrents. All others Of the
crew escaped. The tug was valued at
100000
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
JOHN DIS BROTHER DYING
Frank Rockefeller Unconscious ~
Hours Afcr Operation.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. April 10
Frank Rockefeller. youngest brother
of John ID. Rockefeller. has been un-
conscious for 2 hours in his apart,
ments in a local hotel and his physi-
clans say there is little hope Of his
recovery. Mr.. Rockefeller is ~ years
OF age and was recently operated on
for internal trouble.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
State Branch of National
League Organized Here;
Many Enrollments.
WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS
Would Enlist All Women and
Girls of City to Take Places
of Men at Front.
POINTS FOR TULSA WOMEN

Bread and bullets are equally
essential.
A nation fights on its stomach.
Victory depends on the food
, supply.
Every woman can serve he
I country effectively by helping to
I solve the food supply problem,
I which is already becoming acute.
Plant "A kitchen garden; en-
I courage your ncighbors to do
likewise.
Avoid waste in buying. pre-
I pairing. cooking and serving.
DO without GOOD that you don't
\ need.
Observance of these simple
rules on the part OF American
\ housewives will obviate the ne
! cessity of government issued
tickets.
Can at the local branch of the
National League for Woman's
Service, as soon as IL is opened,
' for directions as to how you can
cooperate.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
MEXICANS TEAR OLD GLORY
Flag Ripped From 4. 5. Mail Wagon
Which Crosses the Line.

LAREDO. Texas, April 13.-The
American flag was torn from
United States mail wagon when 1t
today.
Carranza soldiers who are said to
have removed the flag. said the
driver of the mail wagon had no right
to carry the flag on his wagon after
crossing the boundary line.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
LAUNCH NEW MEXICO SOON
Work Immediately Will BE Started
Then on the Tennessee.

WASHINGTON, April 13. - The
dreadnaught New Mexico. being con
structed in the New York navyyards.
will be launched April 23, the navy
department announced today. Con-
struction will then Immediately be-
gin on the Tennessee.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14

Attempt to Wreck
NeU York Globe Is
FOiled by Employe

NEW YORK. April IA
loaded three-inch shell weighing
Is pounds. made in the United
States was found tonight in the
press room of the New York
Globe after the last edition had
gone to press. According TO the
police the shell was leaning
against one of the presses in such
position that it would have
been exploded had the machinery
been started. The discovery was
made by an employe of the news
paper. An investigation is being
made.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
BAN ANARCHISTIC LETTERS
Senate in Approving Espionage Bill
Makes II Even More Drastic.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-In ap-
proving the administration espionage
bill today the senate judiciary COM
mittee attached an amendment giving
the postmaster general authority to
refuse the mails TO publications con-
tanning matter OF a seditious, anar
Chistic or reasonable nature
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
HO0DOO PLEA IN A COURT
Defendant Gets Case Continued Be-
cause It's Friday, Thirteenth.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 13. -
Earl Richards is superstitious regard
ing Friday the thirteenth and gave
that as a reason today in asking a
weeks postponement of his prelim
mary hearing in justice court on a
charge of having run over and killed
Carson ID. Rawyer, an oklahoma City
boy, while speeding in his automobile
Richards request was granted
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
PLAN TO JOLT RUM AGAIN
Prohibition Leaders say Saloons and
Training Won't Mix.

CHICAGO, April ia call to Inn
prove the present situation by re-
newed attacks on the liquor industry
was issued at the headquarters OF the
National Womons Christian Tenn
perance union here today. The partic-
tilar undesira bil;ty of saloons near
training camps and mobilization dis
tricts Is pointed out.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
HUNGARIAN CONGRESS
SUSPENDED BY KING
Bill for Direct Suffrage Causes
Sharp Debate; DissOlu-
ton Follows.

LONDON. April 13.-According to
a telegram from Budapest the sittings
of the Hungarian parliament was sus-
pended by imperial order following
stormy demands of the opposition
deputies for the instant Introduction
of a bill for direct suffrage, the Ex-
change telegraph correspondent at
wires
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
GREECE STARVING, REPORT
Relief ship NcstOs Sunk and No Sup
plies i'm Sight, Statement.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-An in
creasingly serious food situation in
Greece was reflected in dispatch to-
day from American Minister Drop
pers at Athens. reporting the destruc-
ton of the Greek relief ship Nestos by
a German submarine.
''Very serious for Greece, as no
supplies in sight" said the message,
"lcgaticn is supplied by French ves-
sels.'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
TO ARMS;
ARGENTINA READY
Rio Decides to Defend Mer-
chantment; Vessel of South
ern Power Sunk.

RIO JANEIRO, April i3.-lt is Of
ficialIy announced that the govern
mcnt decided To arm Brazilian mcr-
Chantmcn which purpose to make
voyages into the German submarine
zone. The ships, however. will be
provided with instructions of II purely
defensive character. IL has been de-
cidcd To seize for their own protection
from damage German ships intcrncd
In Brazilian ports.
BUENOS AIRES. April 13.-Thc
Argentine sailing ship Monte Prote-
gido has been sunk off the European
coast, according to an official an.
nouncement made here today.
The announcement was made by
the minister of foreign affairs who
said he had received official informa-
ton to this effect. The government
has ordered a complete inquiry into
the sinking of the ship. The news
created "A great sensation in Buenos
Aires. According to the newspapers
the ship was sunk by a German sub
marine.
Two German newspapers published
in Buenos Aires in view of threats by
the crowds closed their offices.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
NICHOLAS COUSIN
ARRESTED; TO PEN
Boris Alleged To Have Had Hand In
Plot To Put Duke Nicholas
ON Throne.

PETROGRAD. April 13. - (Via
London) Grand Duke Boris, a
cousin of former emperor Nicholas.
has been arrestcl at army hcarquar
ters and sent TO Tsarskoe Selo. where
he is interned.
A Petrograd dispatch on April / an
nounccd that the recent arrest OF
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna. n
counsin of former emperor Nicholas,
together with "a group of pcrsonages
in the encourage OF Grand Duke Borts,
were said by the police to have led TO
the discovery of plot in which the
grand duchess and two unnamed
grand dukes were involved for the
proclaiming of Grand Duke Nicholas
as emperor Of Russia.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
PROSPERITY TALK

Considering that 1t was Friday tine
thirteenth. II was only appropriate
that the 'skidoo' number OF %
stories should constitute the aggregate
size Of the two new skyscrapers begun
yesterday
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
Mass Meeting Soon.

Plans were discussed for opening
state and local headquarters and for
holding a big mass meeting at Con-
'ention hall in the near future, to
which all patriotic women and girls
II the city will be invited. AS soon as
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-14
THE WEATHER

TULSA, April l3.-MaNimum 67,
minimum 40.
OKLAHOMA FORECAST - Satur-
day increasing cloudiness Sunday
unsettled.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
BY J. w. J%arnigan.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, October
II, 1917.-Twenty thousand
men make a great showing
when they are all on a "hike."
The whole bunch was lined. up
in due formation the other day
and marched to the rifle range
a couple of miles away. It was
a cold, chilly day and the trip
warmed the boys up in good
shape. Not all of them wore full
uniforms because all have not
yet been provided but each fel-
low has been under training and
he got the military punch even
though under adverse condi-
lions. A good natured Swede
from Minnesota, who has found
it difficult to mark time just
right, declared that he was the
only man in his company who
was keeping the STEP. The
men of the first and second in
crement nave all KINDS OF aQVlce
for those who are soon to come
as the third increment. One
thing that they urge is to bring
plenty Of clothing. The first
two installments brought only
one suit and it was for summer
use. Commander Plummer
wishes every man in his divis-
ion of the national army to
make a neat appearance upon
the street. The fact that army
clothing is slow of issue, that
much of it is lacking as yet, pre-
vents them from going to the
city in uniforms. They are not
allowed to wear army shirts,
hats and overcoats with civilian
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
SPECIAL C0URANT LETT
TER FROM CAMP DODGE

trousers. Hence a man getting
to town must wear his civilian
clothes. If these are not neat,
clean and of good appearance
the man usually is not allowed
out of camp. So the advice the
boys here are sending home now
is to bring in a suitcase, an old
suit for drills and on fatigue
duty until full uniforms are is
sued, and to wear a good suit
which can be used in going to
the city. General Plummer also
urges men to bring in their suit
cases plenty of face towels,
handkerchiefs, socks and one
or two changes of undercloth-
ing.
Practice Digging Trenches.
How would you like to dig a
trench while lying fiat on the
ground deep enough to hide in ?
That is. one of the stunts the
men will pull off when the first
sham battle is fought. Digging
equipment is furnished each
soldier for this purpose and he
proceeds to scoop the dirt out
from under him but must main
tain his PROSTATE position while
in the act. For this purpose a
small, sharp scoop is provided
and after some practice the task
is not so great as it would seem.
The dirt taken from trench is
piled up in front that the view
of the men may be obscured.
Men Off For France.
The selection of 1875 men for
immediate duty in France with.
out any previous warning shows
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

other day a politician
ducers and consumers havi
- went on to say that the int
and salaried people of the cities
got good prices for his products,
high prices for what they purcha
This doctrine is false and n
for many years of preventing ia
pie in the cities from joining eat
that is grating off both classes.
1t takes a cartoon to bring
cartoonist has done it in the aboy
ing system, is held by the mi.
the producer and consumer are
great middleman's MACHINES
smiles complacently, but it ism t
lows who are getting splashed w
efficient umbrella, and they are
It is figured that, on the tot
States, the farmer gets 30 per ce
other 70 per cent goes to the mi,
Anybody who says that prices to
the farmers at the same time ge'
of these figures, hasn't progress,
The politicians and the nel
are industriously peddling nrs
ducers and consumers fpacooks.
exploiting both classerees rec,
favor the Nonpartt 1 r,eht pi n h,a
among working a!hen | took him
where the LeagEed him the In
groups Of the tied it.
is a losing gaince tnterfered with
The Is to my natural unit
measures servants.
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