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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28

entered the ward this morning. Haw-
kins greeted him with:
Hello there. Charlie" and was In
clined to be afiable.
/, Hawkins appears 10 be 40 or IS years
old He is dark. with straight black
hair, rather thin in front and has dark
brown eyes.
Seeks Release.
Habeas corpus proceedings were
brought by Williams attorney against
Chief Of Police Nichols today. The
chief was notified to appear with his
prisoner in district court Al ] 20 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. Chief Nichols
answered the summons with q state
ment that he had turned the prisoner
over 10 the county and that he was now
in the county jail. -
When leaving the city jail William,
assured q Times reporter Of his limo.
cence. aft
Il, will be Sunday. BY and BY" HI
said, "and am not worrying ove'
this. worked Saturday on my reg
ular Lawton run ~ brakeman and sr'
rived IN Oklahoma City At 2 o'clock
reaching my home a. 9:S o'clock.
did not leave home from that time unit
| was arrested.
Williams appear, about y years old
Il slightly less than medium height aut
rather heavily built His complexion
10 swarthy, his hair black and his eye'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28

Self defense and instantly will be the
plea Of Sam ST. Mary who was placed
on trial in the district court before
Judxe Clark this morning on 4 charge
Of killing w. F. Henry, a baggageman,
last February. In questioning jurors
Momsn Pruiett. chief counsel TOR the
defendant. informed the court that this
would be his clients defense.
DssN psssity Sought
County Attorney Selby will endeav-
or to secSse . death sentence in The
case. a number Of jurors we're excused
bekause they were opposed to capita
punishment. and others were excused
because they said they would not en-
teftain insanity as a justifiable de-
tcsWSlnvsd on paSs q. Column T.,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
Kentucky, Arkansas, TenneS-
see and Alabama in Path
Of Sunday Tornadoesi Many
Towns Partly Wrecked
DAMAGE TOTALS MILLIONS
Thousands Of Acres Of Grow
Ing Crops Laid Waste and
Hundreds Of Head Of Live
stock Dead,

Reports received TO noon today from
the devastated territory in the four
states swept by tornadoes late yester-
day and last night, place the number
OF dead at l03 and the injured at more
than 800. Telegraph and telephone
communication to scores OF points had
not been restored but news triekilng
Into the larger towns indicated that
property damage was heavy, though no
ss(lmates aWere available.
No Large Cities In Path.
Noas Of the larger cities in the ter
ritory was seriously affected by the
- 1osuadoes took their heaviest vi
asSGDedlly IN the country around Hick.
aSGa, ~. where forty persons were re-
poets1 Hlled and more than fifty in
jufsd. baedwell, BQndurant. Clinton
and Ledford were among the towns
sspotiag losses.
fsa n Afkansas County.
IN Mississippi county, northeast
Asksnsas, ten dead apd twenty ty-nine in.
iured were reported. Six were killed
q Manila, while Burdeue and Clear
lale reported two each.
Heavy losses also were suffered in
Jefferson and Blount counties, Ala
boma, where thirN-one killed and more
than 100 injured were reported A,
Sayre eight were killed and forty in
jured. Village Springs and Bradford
twenty miles north OF Birmingham. re-
ported seventeen dead and forty in
jsred; Carbon Hill had four dead and
twenty -one injured, while Sylacauga
and Blbbville each reported one dead
Three Tennessee Counties.
In Tennessee the storms struck il
Upton, Dyer and Carroll counties, tax
ing more than q score Of liyes. Al
Dysrsburg eight dead and forty injuret
were reported; at Gates lake, six deat
aad twenty eight injured; Treievant
tour dead and ten injured; Antioch, twt
dead and twenty injured, and at Sharon
two dead and thirty-,wo injured.
h tfe last three days total Of 26
killed and more than 200 injured hav,
been the toll Of the tornadoes Hun
dreds Of head of livestock have becl
killed and thousands Of acre Of growing
crops devastated. according to sum
maries today. The damage will tota
millions OF dollars.
Begins Friday In Kansas.
The destruction began last Friday |,
Andale, Kan, where twenty-six peopl
were killed and SIXTY injured Lat
Saturday a twister, probably the mos
severe Of the series, atvuck the ric
corn belt OF central Illinois, killin
iifty.four and injured perhaps 500 I
Mattoon. At CharIestou, Ten miles eas
Of Mattoon, thirty-seven were kilie
cad more than $50 injured. The prop
esty damage In the two cities Is esti
mated at QW0.OWr Another destructiv
storm late Saturday crossed 4 terri,or
approximately 100 miles north Of II
center Of Illinois, reached into northes
indiana and caused the loss Of . dose
iives, the injury Of more than 200 an
heavy property damage.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
SELF-DEFENSE
and INSANITY
SI.NlRI PEI
Alleged Murderer Of Baggage
man Placed on Trial.
History of Case

in front Of the Skirvin hotel on Feb.
IS, 1917. He was carried TO a hos
pital where he died.
Ii an ante -mortcm statement made
shortly before his death Henry ac-
cused Sam ST. Mary Of being the
man who shot him.
Information was filed against st.
Mary charging him with murder in
the first degree and he was held
without bail TO await trial.
Case se< for trial on April IA but
was continued until May % by agree
ment of both sides.
Moman Pfuiett. Victor A. Snigss
and Jean p. Day represent St. Mary,
and County Attorney Selby. assisted
by Ed S. Vaught, represent the state.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
TNEATER 0WuEl Z
SLAIN Dv looDeoo

RINGLING. Okla. May A-<SSs.
eial. when Jack Forresiss. owner q
the Cory sseatsr st Hcaldton. aad -
wife entered their home q, II ocleo4
last night bearing the show reee5oon
Of the day. Forester wAs atoor6o4
by two men who had entered thr6qt !
a window IN advance OF him. & M
Forester interfered with their 01o
ios robbery. Forester sought 10 f1nGD
the attack and wss shes and
Two balls rasssd though bic bod L.
men escaped Il.
Forrsstsr formerly wss . Wlpeoi
league ba!abali oeySs - hsa M
jG S.s...,. team . go .Iss!9'ss. s 9: =
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
N,0oA,e0O OIL
, 0Ell COMPLETED

ARKANSAS CITY. Kan. May a.
The closing OF an oil deal involving
QMOO00 In cash and the transfer Of
certain stock rights was completed
here today. according to announcement
BY officials IN the purchase by the
Miliiken company Of 81 percent OF the
production acreage OF the Duluth
OklahomA Oil company. The produc-
,ion field was described as 1000 acres
In the Kay county oil section.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
Thousand Wooden
Ships Are Needed

WASHINGTON. May 2s.--Replyins
today y Major General Cocktails dec.
issstion that the shipping board's
wooden ship program entrusted 70 the
general u hopeless. Chairman Den
man Of the board issued . statement
declaring that with the sAost successiul
steel budding campaign possible thess
s.ilI will bs nsed iof q thoussnd woodsa
shlps.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
oElllAn DllTI lAIE
OecEInES RAPIDLY

COPENHAGEN, May % - The
great decline in the German birth rate.
due to the war, continues to produce
disquietude among German sociolosists.
Official statistics Of tlk imperial health
bureau for cities with populations OF
5000 and over, and 10000 and over
show further heavy decline in the
birth rate Of 1910 % compared with
that in 1915. which itself was some q
percent below that Of 1914.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
New Premier Wins
Approval of China

PBKING. May B---By a vote Of J8s
to Is, the house OF Representatives has
approved the numinstion OF Ii Ching
HsI. mlnlsesr ci finance. ~ premier In
auceessloa 70 Tuan Chi Jui, who vas
tae1laed n Prssident Ii Yuan Hung.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
Air Attack Made
on German Forts

LONDON. May 1.--A dispatch 10
In Exehsnse Telegraph company from
Amsterdam reports tha, allied air
sQuadrons. including BritiSh, French
and Belgian machines, bombed German
dseeuses q HVpl, nlaaeksWbusshs aad
zesbruegs. ell y Belgium, last night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
FIGURES INCLUDE
. j. S. CITIZENS IN
entente ARMIES
5000 AviatorS to Be Trained
in America.
$500 PLANES TO BE BUILT
London Issues Announcement
on American Activity,

LONDON, May 28-An official
sta,emen. issued here today says that
counting the Americans with the British
and French armies and the additional
units ordered to France. there will
shortly be 100000 Americans in France.
The statement says $500 war air
planes will be constructed and oWC
aviators trained in the United State,
this year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
one DEAD. !rHI NJ
hurt At Dil

ENID, Okla, May a
Brown Of Enid. was killed G.
other persons seriously injurs9v ~
natural gas explosion in rooo)n0'
house at Dilworth, an oil town ~
here, At J o'clock this morning.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
ITALIANS OCCUPY
|TOvW NEAR dunno
ALMOST ON GULF
Vienna Claims Capture of IS,
600 Men In 10 Days,

ROME, May @.-The Italians have
crossed the Aimsvo river and occupied
the village Of San Giovanni. northwest
OF Duino. near the Gulf Of Trieste, the
war office announces. They have cap
,ured nine six.inch guns.
LONDON, May 8,-The ccmplet.
repulse Of all Italian attacks after most
furious fighting, Is claimed in an Of
ficial statement issued by the Austrian
war office on Sunday. The statement
also asserts that more than 1900 un-
wounded Italians have been captured
in the last sixteen days.
Associated Press War Summary.
The Italians have fought their wa,
forward to within two miles Of Duino
the most formidable natural barrier be.
tween them and Trieste. The great bat
tie now enters its eighteenth day with
out any sign Of IN abatement In tn
fury Of the struggle. Vienna stubborn
" refuses to concede the Italian vic
tories, bu, the may tells the story o
General Cadorna's steady advance.
Defended BY Mountain and Sea.
Duino, At the gates Of which the ltal
ian guns are now hammerine marks |
point u which the Carso plateau almos
touches he sea. Protected by the oeea,
on the one side, Il Is powerfully defend
ed to the north BY Mount Querceto,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
DlAzll EXPECTING
War DEclA lAnA1l0N

RIO lANEIRo. May IA Notieis
says that In German circles i Is as.
serted that Germany will declare war
on Brazil within two or three days.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
Aviation ST Aw
Barred Is

SAN DsEGQ ichks I1ln3
women are 10 u 49,
iesn military ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28
Fair Tonight and
Tuesday, Forecast

q: I. IS; ;::::::'!;:; I;
sSrs ss"'sSs an rssstsy.
ARxANuAs AND WEST ruxAs-vsis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
NEWSPAPERS ARE ASKED
TOBE ON THEIR GUARD
One Per Cent Not Regarding Volun-
teer Censorship as to Movement
of Troops, It Is Found.

Military information of value to enc
mics is being divulged by 1 per cent OF
the American newspapers, which are
not regarding the volunteer censorship
being respected by the offer 80 per
cent, the committee on public informa-
ton has announced in new appeal
TO all to suppress publication of matter
OF that nature.
The committee issued this statement:
While 90 per cent OF the newspapers
OF the country are scrupulously OBJ
serving the rules Of voluntary censor
ship. certain few are printing daily
Sniormation that may expose American
soldiers and sailors TO deadly peril
Not only is announcement made of
the passage of troops through the COM
munlties In which these papers A.e
published. but the names and equip
Snent are given in detail also exact In :.
formation as to the destination and
date OF arrival. together with specula-
ton az to probable sailing
II does not matter that the govern
ments plans for concealment Of troops
movements across the water have
Tailed in many particulars. Absolute
secrecy still remains the object of
strenuous efforts. The press OF the
country, realizing the necessity, has
pledged its aid and cooperation The
one newspaper that breaks this faith
the falth- Attention Is again called 10
these specific and repeated requests OF
the government for suppression OF me- s
with respect to:
Il. Information in regard to train or
boat movements of troops.
Information regarding the as
Fem bling OF military forces at seaports
from which inference might be made
of any intention to embark them -or
service abroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
LANGLEY FIELD" TO BE
NAME OF THIS CAMP
Aviation Grounds at Hampton, Va,
to Be So Called in Honor of
Father of Science,

An experimental aviation camp al
ready under construction, at HAMPTON
Va. on an estuary of Hampton roads.
is 10 bear the name of Langley Field.
IN honor OF Prof Langley. father OF
aviation. The field covers 1888 acrss
and when at maximum capacity will
provide facilities for eighty seaplanes
and thtrty-six land machines
TWO hundred civilian fiers, with a
complement of commissioned army
nlers. and two full companies Of en-
listed men of the Signal Corps will
eventually be stationed here, Resides
the necessary hangers, docking facili-
Ties TOT seaplanes, etc, there win be a
number of laboratory buildings for the
pursuit OF experiments
The ffiers will study radio work ar
photography. air navigation and the
various other problems of aviation that
are necessary to work out The ma
ttonal advisory committee for aeronau-
tics Will also have a building on the
field for the pursuit OF It's most sciene
tifc Investigations.
In the meantime. a number OF butId-
fngs have been erected and fytpg T.
going on. A bridge has been hull,
across the estuary. to connect with the
trolley line and providing access to
transportation facilities. There are
now in camp fifteen commissioned Of
ficers, twenty n-commissioned Of
fcers and fifty civilians. who are hard
at work on the duties assigned TO
them.
As fast as buildings are constructed
the personnel of the camp will be In
creased. until at full capacity. year.
IT is anticipated. will be required be-
fore the full equipment is installed and
the entire personnel at work.
This camp is the result of the activi-
ties OF the airplane construction board
of tho council OF national defense, in
conjunction and cooperating with the
national advisory committee for nero
nautics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
JAPANESE MISSION NAMED.
H==ez=-le=a=
Viscount Ishii Heads Party to Come
to United states.

TOXIC. Wednesday. Juns ts~~vis-
count Kikujiro lshii. formerly foreign
minister has been apnointad chief en-
Voy of the Japanese comm salon which
Is 10 visit the tinitsd states for tho
purpose of arranging y, operation he
tween the two nations IL the war.
1t is understand the commission will
discuss all quertiona relating 10 prose
cutfon Of tho war. including defense Of
the Pacific. and at III. same Tim, en-
deavor to enhance tho friendly rela-
tions between Japan and the United
States.
The other members Of the commi seion
are Admiral Isam Taksshtta. formerly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
LuMBERJAcKs GOING ABROAD.
Forest Workers as Saw Mill Units to
Sneed French Building.

BOSTON. Tune 15.-Mors than 800
burly lumberJacks. tho pick Of New
EngIand's forest workers. we're guests
la ST night at dinner at the Boston
City club, given by the Masssch.setrs
committee on public safety They go
abroad as members OF ten ss~ mill
units recruited in this section 10
speed up the supply OF lumber far Use
in the trenches. The wondmen, many
Of them in their shirt sleeves 6iasd
with the governors or other repre-
sentatives OF the several s,stss tL.i
contributed the units 90. Eoc.JI IN
an address formally Dgee.sa.S ths
units to the British soy.EgDspt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
seek to apply the fund to the purchase

seek to apply the fund to the purchase
of liberty bonds.
'Ripon's $500 people and their rural
neighbors," Mayor Thayer telegraphed
to the Treasury Department, answered
Uncle Sans liberty loan cali by sub
scribing s260.700 in $50 subscriptions.
Our COMPANY u. I'd Wisconsin Infantry.
III strong, await their call. and we
again ask that our federal building
appropriation OF $4,000 be used for our
Assistant Secretary Newton has con-
graduated Mayor Thayer upon the
patriotism of Ripon. but notified him
that the money cannot be used as de-
sired without the authorization OF Con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
MINER NORMAL SCHOOL
C0NFERS DIPLOMAS
Supt. Thurston Describes RESPONSE
bilities Resting Upon Teachers.
Other Addresses.

Responsibilities resting upon the
teachers of the nation were deseribed
by Ernest l.. Thurston, superintendent
of public schools, in an address to the
graduating class of the Miner Normal
School at exercises. held today. Supt.
Thurston urged his auditors to remem- :
her how teachers from whom they had
received instruction had Influenced
their lives Mr.. Thurston presented
diplomas to the graduates.
Rev. Z. B. Smith. pastor OF Lincoln
Temple Congregational Church, de-
livered the principal address to the
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15

worst hit. At the Sparrows point plant
OF the Bethlehem Steel Company four
Attention cranes were dtsplacad BIZ
the wind and caused considerable dam
age when they fsll. The new oil tanker
Teacle. recently launched at the pian,,
was torn from her moorings and IL
aground in the Patapaco river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Aviator Dies Of Fractured Skull.

SASDUSKY. Ohio. June i5-rom
Benoist. 81. Louis aviator. sustained a
fracture OF the skull. which proved
fatal yesterday here. when riding IN q
street car. He stuck his head out Of
tho car window and his head came in
contact with a telephone pole near me
track while tho car WAS running At 4
high rate of speed He was taken to q
hospital. where he died last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Explains Brazirs Attitude in War.

RIO JANEIRO. Juno l5.-Dr. Wen
ccslau Bras. president OF Brazil. has
sent a cablegram to President Wilson.
again giving the American executive
the assurance that Rraxils attitude in
the war between the United States and
Germany is inspired solely by the die
tates of international Law and tho
high value which Brazil lays on the
friendship Of the United States. Tho
Brazilian minister at Petrograd has in
formed the government that Russia's
reply to tho recent Brazilian note is
couched in friendly terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
ASKS AGAIN TO HAVE CASH
APPLIED FOR U. S. DEFENSE
Ripon, Wis, Valves Federal Build
ing to Have Appropriation Used
to Meet Wars Demands.

The town of Ripon, Wis. with an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for a post office.
again has asked the government to use
the money for the nations defense in
stead of a federal building. A year
ago the citizens of Ripon asked that
the money be used to strengthen the
Aviation Corps; they now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15

naval attachs to the Japanese embassy
at Washington: Maj. Gen. Shoichi SUI
Eano. Matsuzo Nagai. secretary to the
foreign department; Capt Shokyo Ando,
Maj. Seiji Tamakawa and Tadanao
lmai, the secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
TO Provide Recreation for Army.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, June 1.-THE
supreme board Of directors OF the
knights ~ Columbus has announced
the appropriation Of fi.oe0.o 900 by the
order far The establishment and main
tsrsrcs 81 recreation centers AT all the
pflH.3psl army concentration camps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Storm Damages Maryland Crops.

BALTIMORE. Nd. June ia severe
Hssi sac rain storm has done heavy
tsnsks &c me crops. principally po-
isto IN Tie southern and western
- spttsS Of Maryland Prince Georges
sd GonEsoDi counties we've rbe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15

Counselor Hohier accepting them rs
the representative OF Sir Cecil Spring
Rice. the British ambassador
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15

Mrs. James Rode, ninety-nine, OF
Melrose, Mass, says eating candy has
prolonged her life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15

The United States yearly produces
Szo0, oo0, zoe worth Of buttons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Others Give Brief Talks.

Brief talks were made by William T.
Galliher. member of the board of edu-
cation, who represented the board In
the absence of Rev. DIR. John Van
Schaick, jr., president. who has gone to
France: Miss Julia c. Lathrop, CHIEF OF
children's bureau, bureau of labor. and
r. C. Bruce, assistant superintendent
IN charge of colored schools.
Fountain Peyton, member of the
board of education. presided. and DR..
]. Hayden Johnson. another member.
presented the scholarship to Howard
University awarded to Miss Eleanor
Rivers. The class sang the class song.
words of which were written by Miss
Della Bennett and music by Miss Elsie
Brown. A chorus of juniors also sang.
and Miss Eleanor Rivers played piano
solo. Rev. d. F. Rivers led devotional
exercises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Members of Graduating Glass.

Members of the graduating class ere:
Primary grade course, Lillian NJ Arm
wood. Antoinette Georgtana Bacon
Mary Eliza Bacon. Della Meredith Ben
nett. Lucille Gilmore Brown, Lydia
katherine Browne. Surelia Elsie
Margaret Burke. Helena Celeste Clark,
Irene Veronica Colbert. Naomi Coleman,
Rachael Elizabeth Coleman, Sarah Jane
Coleman, Lillian Mckinley Contee.
Anna Louise Corsish, Beatrice Garee
Curry. Rachel Hannah Custis, Dorothy
Elizabeth Freeman, Nellie Louise Free
man. 0arlotts George, Isabel Virginia
tine Cecilia Irving, Emily Mae
kenney. Beulah Catherise Lee.
Lucille Isabel Lee. Frances Burnhardt
Lomax. Grace C1ementine Matthews,
Muriel Arvaita Milton, Lydia Atwood
Montgomery. Elsie Louise Newman,
Helen RAYMOND. Sadie Alexander Rice,
Eleanor Rivers. Valina Efie Sewall.
Emma Ruth Sewan. wilhelmina LII
liam Sydnor. Helen Alberta Talbert,
Mary Louise Terrell. Hortense Ophelia
Thomas. Mary Estelle Thomas, Marion
Beatrice Thompson. Eleanor Mitchell
Thornton. Irene Kathryn Trigg, Yer
mile Helena Turner. VALERIE Hortensio
Turner, Alma Lucille Wesley, Paris
Henderson, Leonard Grimke Hyman,
James Henry Lark and Lloyd Brooke
Muse.
Domestic science course-Helen vir-
ginia Baylor. Florence Mae Harper,
Eleanor Belle Newman and Caroline
Belle Powell.
Domestic art course-Bertha Louisa
Brane and Mamie Catherine Mehlinger.
Kindergarten department course
Eunice Bates. Elsie Brown. Emma Ora
ham. Louise Sewall and Olive Thomp-
son.