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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY
ANNUAL OUTING At
CAMP bEECHWOOD

In proportion to the number attending,
the Birmingham Boy Scout camp, which
ended Thursday, was probably one of the
most successful held In the country this
summer.
l he excellent conditions for camping
furnished by "Beechwood," the country
estate Of j. A. vanHoose, near Bangor,
coupled with perfect camping weather.
had much to do with the success of the
trip, but the general spirit of the camp
would have made it well worth attending
most anywhere. 1t was essentially a
Scout camp In every sense of the word.
The only rules were the Scout laws, and
these We're so closely followed by the
boys that there was no occasion for the
enforcement Of any discipline or penalty
Of any character.
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL
For the first two or three. days the
boys spent the time as any group OF
boys would have spent it, without much
thought for the other fellows with him.
put on the fourth night they conducted
very impressive funeral when they
buried long coffin-shape box in which
was supposed to rest the spirit Of sell
ful OF dirt and after heaping all of the
indignities they could think of on the
grave, they marched back to camp sing
Ing, The old camp spirit lies a-moulder-
ing In the ground" and from that time
on there was a camp which would have
been lesson to old as well as young
From an educational standpoint, it was
all that could have been asked. with
less than so boys in camp, there were 40
scout examinations passed in the second
and first class work. which included
swimming, first aid cooking, map max
ins from field notes, bridge building
woodcraft, including tracking, knowl-
edge OF the stars, and how to tell time
ana direction by them. finding the di-
rections without the use of a compass
and on a cloudy day. In fact, there
We're so many boys desiring to take the
tests that there were a number who
had to go unattended on account of TACK
OF time on the part of the examiners
CHAPLAIN VANHOOSE
Too much cannot be said about the
hospitality of Mr. VanHoose, who gave
MS entire time to helping make the camp
success On Sunday morning all went
20 his house when the bugle blew the
church" call and listened to such fine
talk that they voted to hike back there
at Intervals to spend Sundays at Beech
wood" as Mr.. VahHoose has been APP
pointed chaplain of the Birmingham
Scouts. The day before leaving camp all
or the boys were entertained by Mrs
NanHoose, who proved herself a mother
to them all. and every boy came away
singing the praises Of this most delight
fui couple of the old school of hospi-
tally.
The success of the camp was due very
largely to the untiring efforts of c. F..
Illlery OF the Boys club, who was the
comedian as well as the instructor In the
first class Scout work. He was ably as
sisted by Scoutmasters Srs4>esr. Williams,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

During the last fiscal year there were
constructed in the national forests 227
miles of new road, 1875 miles Of trails.
2l24 miles of telephone line SO miles
of fire lines, 81 miles lookout structures
40 bridges. 222 miles of fence. 545
dwellings, barns and other structures,
II corrals and 202 water improvements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16
Pratt City Aggregation Swamps
NorlUoods; Victory Is Protested
McWhorter Holds Cincinnati Champs to Two Hts While Lo
Gals Pound Ball to All Corners of Lot and Win Easily
Seven Runs Scored in Eighth Sesson-Locals
Play Consistent Ball-Double Bill Today q
nr nv. d. GRrsuAM

Cincinnati September (spa)Pratt city wrecking threw
this
pitched
of little bnge and if
hnch balls Dell would have to his
creditor Sabbat nohit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16
Painters Go on Strike

New Orleans, September 15.-Approxi-
mately 1900 union and nonunion painters,
about 900 of whom are members of the
local union of Painters. Decorators and
Paperhangers of America, went on strike
here today. The painters demanded an
increase in wages, 44-hour week, time
and half for overtime, and double pay
for Saturday afternoon and Sunday work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

Summary: TWo-base hits r. Welsh
Three-bas hits. Watson, Santmyer 2.
Boho, Dell Home run, Christenberry.
Stolen bases, Watson. Bradley, Scott.
Double play. Munson to Scott. Bases
on balls. McWhorter 8. Alberts l. Left
on BASES. Pratt City s. fNorwoods 4.
Hit by pitched ball, Yingling (Bobo);
Alberts (Swacina). Hits, off Yingling
16 hits. IL runs in Z innings Struck
out, McWhorter IL. Yingling 2, Alberts
/. Time of game, 213. Umpires, Hand
ley and Feston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

Fellows and Bason and by James Chill
ders, who had charge of the ghosts, and
Lionel Levy, who looked after all of the
acquatic features.
The end of the camp came all too soon
for the boys who came back all well and
happy, the finishing touch having been
added by the drum corps meeting, the
returning campers at the station with a
rousing reception.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16
Negroes and Whites Riot
Again in Chester When
Patrolman Is Wounded

Chester Pa, September 15.-Race
rioting broke out again here tonight.
when Joseph TIardman. 40 years old. a
white patrol. was shot and probably
fatally wounded by George Ford, a
negro. The news quickly spread and
crowd OF men and boys searched the
colored section and threatened to
lynch the policemans assailant. Hard
man was sent with warrant to ar
rest Ford on a minor charge. Ford, &C .
cording to the police. drew a re
yolver and shot Hartman in the chest
and stomach. Hartman was taken to
a hospital in dying condition.
The shooting occurred in the district
where race rioting took a toll of six
lives several weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

giants and pigmies, the fairies and other
wonderful marvels of the make beIeve
world.
The young and the old who fail to
see Jack and the Beanstalk' will miss
the very best picture for children that
has as yet been filmed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-09-16

right handler. White, whom the Troll
ley Dodgers hammered. may work in
the second game The champions felt
the sting of the unmerciful beating
pretty hard and are determined on
deucing matters.
Henry Urban. chairman of the T. O.
1. league. and Secretary c. w Denman
were spectators at the massacre of
the Norwoods, which will go down as
another upset for the Corsairs In
knocking Old Man Dope around
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
BRITISH DESTROYER
STRIKES MINE; SINKS
All of the Officers and All of
Crew Except Five Lost,
Says Official Report.

LONDON, Feb. "a British tor
pedo boat destroyer OF an older type,
the British admiralty announced to-
night. struck "A mine In the English
channel Thursday night and sank. An
the officers and all of The crew except
five were lost.
The official statement follows:
"a torpedo boat destroyer of an older
type. employed In patrol duty in the
English channel. struck mine last
night and sank. All the officers were
lost There were five survivors among
the crew"
the oldest type Of destroyer In tho
British navy is known as class a.
built between 1898 and 1895 There
are l2 vessels In this type. The
average displacement ~ $40 tons.
length two hundred feet and beam
10 feet. Two OF the vessels have "A
complement of 40 men each while the
other ten carry fifty men each
The next oldest type, class B. num-
bers twenty vessels. built between
1895 and 1905. Their average dis
placement is about four hundred tons
and complement sixty men each.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
ARMY TRUCK HIT BY
TRAIN; TWO KILLED
Golden State Limited Crashes
Into Soldier-Laden Auto
Near Camp Pershing.

Ell PASO. Feb. 1.-Two guardsmen
Of the Fifth Ohio infantry were killed.
three were injured seriously and nire
others were bruised late today when
an army motor truck collided with
the westbound Golden State limited
OF the Chicago. Rock Island x Paci
iic railway at a crossing near Camp
Iershing
Sergt. Karl H. Eisenhart, Cleveland.
Ohio. and Private Charles Eaton
Conncaut. ohio. were the men killed.
Private Rudolph j. Smith of com
pany X. Fifth ohio infantry, and
rivate Dan r. Toomey of company
l., Fifth Ohio infantry, We're so badly
injured they were reported to be in a
dying condition following the accident.
Ten other members of the Fifth Ohio
infantry were also seriously injured In
the accident
other soldiers OF the Fifth ohio in
fantry who we're injured were Private
\ j. Bochl OF company *. Cleveland,
shoulder crushed and ear torn off;
Private II. ] Clark. of company Is,
Cleveland. head laccrated and teeth
Knocked ont. Private Daniel Dingwell,
of company *. Cleveland, foot brok-
On; Private Dan Ray, company l.,
Conneaut. bruised On head and body,
Private Grant Rood. company L. Con-
neaut bruised on body and head.
Four others wero reported TO have
been injured.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
MOONEY CONVICTED
OF BOMB THROWING
Man Charged Killing 10 in
Frisco Preparedness Parade
Guilt of Murder.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9.-Thomas
j. Mooney was convicted of murder
In the first degree by u Jury In the
superior court here tonight In con-
ncction with u bomb explosion costing
ten lives during II preparedness pa
radc July -. 1916.
When the jury announced thcir
verdict Moneys mother began 10
scream and became so violent that the
judge ordered her removed Scream
from the courtroom. Miss Anna
Mooney, sister Of the prisoner. col
lapsed i'm "A faint
Mooney received the verdict M
moved. His wife. Mrs. Rena Mooney,
was not in the courtroom.
Mooney. his wife. Israel Weinberg.
Warren * Billings ard Edward NO
Ian were arrested within week after
the explosion and indicted for murder
Billings. the first To be brought TO
trial, was found guilty and sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
Moneys trial began January 3
one of the sensational charges sprung
in court was the prosecutions declar-
alton that Mooney and Alexander
Ierkman. editor of the san Francisco
Anarchistic publication. THE Blast.
were leaders in conspiracy 20 over
throw the government and assassinate
executive heads i'm California and 9th
or states 1t was alleged that the
COnspirntors had Indirectly threatened 4
the life of President Wilson
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
QUICK JUSTICE IN THIS CASE
Nan Sentenced to Pcnitcntiary Twen-
" Hours After Arrest.

quick justice scored one when f.. c.
Nickels stole quantity Of merchan-
disc, was arrested and sentenced to
the penitcntiary-all in less than
twenty hours.
About o'clock Thursday night
Nickels broke into q freight car on
the NJ. X. & r. tracks and stole part
of the contents. Early Yesterday morn
ing he was arrested by Special NJ, k.
& T. officer Sleeper and taken to the
court of Justice Daniel, where he
pleaded guilty to the charge %
burglary. At o'clock yesterday aft
crnocn Nickels was taken before
Judge Brcckirridge of the superior
court and sentenced to two years IN
the penitentiary.
A deputy sheriff wilt leave with
Nickels for McAlester this morning.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10

LONDON. Feb e.-The Weekly
Nation deyotes two leaders TO Ameri-
can affairs and nays the action Of tho
United States Is one OF the two great
events Of the war the other being
tngland's full entry into continental
affairs.
with the entrance OF America" 1t
SAYS, "the balance sets definitely to-
ward democracy. licnccfOrNard west
crn democracy IS safe and Its IDEAS
must permeate central and eastern
Europe. While the entente may COM
hine their resources and In time Sc
cure popular victory, vet they all
must come from warfare crippled ano
impoverished. In this moral encDuu-
ter America comes I'm with the nee
ossary equipment for success.
Unless Germany's assumption ia
that by June She will cut off the marA
time commerce of the world from
these islands and thus sever the main
arteries OF the entente. then she must
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
Americas Stand by Allies Will Be
Wars Deciding Point, Says Weekly
Nation; President Wilson Praised

realize that she cannot win. She can
not tlght Americas brains and money
aud numbers and Americas organ
i2ed industry, which stands out as the
chief rival OF the German cartel
Americas action also offers a great
reinforcement to the morale OF the al
LESS. II also involves n tremendous
Transformation as no longer viii there
be lett IN the world single neutral
great power Not one of the remain
Ing neutrals is powerful or secure
enough TO play an appreciable part.
The Nation considers II unlikely
that the United states, should tho
country declare war on Germany,
would adhere TO the London pact by
which the entente countries agreed
not to make a separate peace. and II
Is also unlikely that she would adopt
the Paris economic agreement among
the allies.
The Nation pays tribute to Presi-
dent Wilson as the most far-sightei
aud strCnrest man who today leads
u civilized people"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
Red Cross Ready to Care for Army
of Million Men in Few Days After
Hostilities Opened, Say Officials

one hundred and fifteen local
emergency detachments and corps
of expert instructors in surgical dress
ings, totaling about 1870.
Mr., Wadsworth said that all told.
the organization could put into the
field 2.290 trained Red Cross nurses
and estimated that If 80 per cent of
those to whom the Red Cross had
given elementary training responded
to the call as nurses aids. the total
nursing personnel would be about five
thousand.
with the customary assignment
of ten patients to each nurse he
added. 1--WE could thus take care of
fifty thousand sick and wounded at
once In the earlier stages of war
the proportion of sick and wounded
is about per cent. In other words.
we are prepared today to give expert
nursing service to an army OF one mil
hon men.
mo national emergency has ever
found the Red Cross better prepared
than II is today"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
PURE" MILK RIFE
WITH ORGANISMS
SO Many Bacteria in PAS
teurized" Product That
Count Was Impossible.
WHITE POWDER ALSO USED
Three Hundred Pounds of
Chalky Substance Found by
City Health Officials.

When DR. G. T.. Hammer. chemist
for the city health department, threw
up his hands yesterday and declared
that he was unable to tell the exact
millions of bacteria SAMPLES of milk
contained which had been brought
tlon, the city superintendent of health
decided that some sort Of an inv"si-
cation should be made OF the plant.
Germs ir Millions
1t is not difficult matter, under
ordinary conditions, for an expert
chemist to tell the number of count
of bacteria in sample Of milk. but
modern science failed TO place in his
hand equipment which would aid him
in tracing the millions that sWarmed
i'm the samples before him and &
Doctor Hawlev, superintendent. he an
bounced that thcy were "uncOunt-
able"
a hurried trip to the plant, sup
posed TO be one of the most modern
in the city, placed the health depart
ment inspectors in an establishment
where things were not according to
the pure milk ordinance.
when Inspector Burr left the plant
he not only had several samples of
the bacteria filled milk but he had "a
small quantity of a powder which he
suspects of being responsible for the
"doctored" condition of the milk be-
ing sold by the dairy establishment
800 Pounds of white Powder.
The samples OF the white powder
were also turned over to the chemist,
and while they are not suspected Of
being more bacteria producers, they
may be found to be useful in making
milk look like what it is now The
health officers claim they found at
least three hundred pounds of this
challty powder in the plant.
And pasteurization plant Is
where they are supposed to kill the
germs I'm milk" Doctor llawley said
as he deposited the last sample of
milk on the test table of the city
chemist for analysis
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
NEED NINE MORE C0NvICTS
But No Prospect OF Tulsa County OBJ
tanning Them soon.

Application for nine more couNicts
to work on Tulsa county roads has
been made to the officials of the state
penitentiary. Al present . prisoners
are being used on the roads I'm this
county and the commissioners say
they have work for thirty OF more.
County Clerk Cline. who returned
from oklahoma city yesterday, hiter
a conference with a. y. Leecraft OF
the state board of affairs. brought
word that there is no prospect of OBJ
tanning moro convicts at present.
other counties are taking advantage
of the convict labor plan for build
ing roads and the peniientiary nov
has "A greater demand than IT is able
to supply. only TRUSTEES are sent out
on road work.
The conlicts in Tulsa county are
working on the new keystone road
when this is completed they Will be
transferred TO other highway con
struCtiOn.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-An expert
hospital force sufficient to care for
an army of n million men, could be
mobilized by the Red Cross within a
few days after an outbreak of hostili-
ties, officials at headquarters of the
society here believe.
Since the call was issued Saturday
instructing Red Cross chapters thru
out the country to place themselves
on footing for field work, many
encouraging reports have been re-
ceived headquarters together with n
great flood of personal offers of serv-
ice Eliot Wadsworth, acting chair
man. estimated tonight that the force
which could he mobilized Immediately
in case of war would include;
Twenty-six completely equipped
army and navy base hospital units
with n total personnel of 1850 nurses
and 500 muses. aids.
A base hospital reserve of 4l5
nurses and 525 nurses aids.
Thirty-one partially complete navy
detachment OF twenty nurses each.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
10000 NAVAJOS TO
PROTECT u. S. BORDER
Interpreter For Forty Years Declares
That Many VIII Enlist II
lhcN re Needed

SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. &C. l..
Christensen OF Monticello, Utah. who
says that he has been Interpreter
among the Indians for forty years,
wrote to Governor Simon Bamberger
today that he could enlist ten thou
sand NavajOs to protect the Mexican
border In case of war. Christensen s
letter follows.
'lf Uncle sam gets hard pressed for
men and the government authorizes
me, | can recruit ten thousand NaNa-
jos In one month. They will be invinci-
bic IN defense Of our country and they
arc eager for the opportunity They
are ready il the United states will
arm ana feed them right, and they
would be especially adapted for pa
troll duty on the Mexican border.
They already have good horses. Their
food would consist of flour, yeast
powder. coffee, sugar and plenty of
meat of any kind"
A similar offer came recently from
band Of Utos.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
THE MERITS or
THE CASE

We learn with regret that Gov
ernor Williams is still opposing the
reduction of the tax on oil to 2 per
cent. The oil men are convinced
that the great majority of the mem
bers of the present legislature are
fair-minded and will consider this
measure strictly on its merits. and If
the bill is so considered there is no
question about its passage. II Is
singular fact. however. that the chief
executive of the state is manifestinE
a disposition not to consider this
important measure on its merits, but
is inclined to lend the weight Of his
high office against the passage of i
measure which is founded in justice
not only to the oil men of the state
but to every other citizen of the
state as well.
The average rate of taxation thru
out lIt SldNts 'N'tpAAllh ~ NAAl'o tAA'h
towns, is less than per cent. In
many counties 1t is not more than /
per cent 1t is notorious fact that
ordinary property is not assessed for
taxation at it's actual value, and in
this respect conditions are not os5cr-
TALLY different from the assessment
OF the property In other states. The
oil man, however, pays taxes on his
production upon the basis Of the full
market value of his property, that Is,
his production is valued for taxation
purposes at the price for Which ho
actually sells his oil. In his case
the rate however, is fixed at 3 per
cent. Taking into consideration the
undervaluation of ordinary property
and the full valuation OF oil pro-
duction. and at rate less than .
per cent in the case of ordinary
property and a rate of 3 per cent in
the case of oil production, it is at
once manifest that the oil men are
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
DEPUTY MARSHALS READY


Special 10 The World
CLAEEMORE. Okla, Feb. 3
John NJ. Taylor, president Of the or
gani2ation of eN-deputy United states
marshals in the Indian Territory and
Fort Smith, Ark, has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to President Wilson
at Washington: "Claremore, Okla,
Feb. 6. 1917. President Wilson,
Washington, u. C.-The Ex-Deputy
United states Marshals' association OF
the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
will tender our services. If needed to
defend the honor of the American
flag. John NJ. Taylor, president. ."
Three members OF the organization
are residents of Claremore. namely:
A, j. Trail Hez Bussey and John NJ.
Taylor.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-10
JURY HOLDS FATE OF JONES
Man Charged With Niccc's Murder
Calm as Trial Ends.
Special to Tho World

special 10 no NcrlG.
ADA, Okla. Feb 9-The jury in
the trial of Gus Jones, charged with
the murder Of his niece Sadie Jones,
was given the case at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, but had not reported at a
late hour tonight.
Scores OF citizens OF Seminole cOun-
" are waiting anNiously about the
courthouse for the verdict The ac-
Cused man showed unusual calmness
as the IL men filed out with his fate
in their hands. lie was sitting against
table with his wife by him and
watched every move made. The
children were being cared for by rela-
tlVes.
Thru most of the trial the defend
ant has been nervous. On reaching
the sail each night he has almost col
lapsed. Today, however. he held up
under tho strain and listened at
teutively and carefully to the argu-
ment to both his own attorneys and
those for the state.