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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
Hideous Sights Found in Wake of
German Retreat in North France;
All Young Women Carried Away

CHICAGO terrible tale of the suffering Of French
nd
Fund French Wounded shop
a letter from celebrated
the Rockefeller foundation Nine Carre took the first am
follows:
the
"Noyon of eight thousand inhabitants
ncghborinE
crowded They the cellars in the ouhouses
they could then tale
unoded such had never heard before
of IA and 80 been
carried off nine days before the retreat began The young women
In the orphan asylum the beds close together that they
children
pillows December, in their clothes
of their
were filthy The people had
moth o ea
being slowly hospital
had reduced the last They
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terrible
then the crawled
my work unbearable.
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he population as
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
i s. AGENTS WATCH
5000 TEUT0NS NOW
In Addition to Regular Secret
Service 100000 Civilians
Are at Work.

WASHINGTON, April 20.-ApproXi-
matoly three thousand German resi-
dents of the United States are under
close surveillance, department of
Justice officials announced today be-
cause of their activities in behalf of
the German government before Amer
ica's entry into the war or because OF
their pro-German sympathies.
The departments field force of in
vestigators, now grown to formidable
proportions, is keeping so close a
watch upon the small army of sus-
poets that it would be possible, it is
stated, to arrest virtu-
ally every man under suspicion within
"a hours. The suspects are located in
every state of the union.
To met the demands of the un-
ceasing watch upon these individuals
the departments bureau of investiga-
ton has been greatly enlarged. Most
of the suspects had been under surveil-
lance prior to the entrance of this
country into the war, but hundreds
of names have since been added to
the list.
In addition to the five hundred
thousand civilian employees on the
governments pay roll in all depart
ments actively engaged in reporting
information to the bureau, all Sherifis
and their deputies thruout the coun-
try, Attorney General Gregory said to-
night, are cooperating with the de-
Dartment
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
CATHOLIC DIGNITARY
DIES AT NEW ORLEANS
Archbishop Blenk Succumbs
After Illness of Years;
Heart Trouble Cause.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2O.-Thc
Most Rev. James Blenk, since 1906
Catholic archbishop of the ecclesias-
tical province of New Orleans, died
here tonight. aged 62 years Physi-
clans announced death was due to a
complication of ailments superin-
duced by heart trouble. He had been
in poor health about two years.
Ten bishoprics, including the do
ceses of Little Rock, Galveston, San
Antonio. Dallas, Alexandria, La, Cor
pus Christi and oklahoma were under
the jurisdiction of Archbishop Blenk
Archbishop Blenk was born in
Neustadt. Bavaria, July 2S, 1856. of
Protestant parents and came to New
ing from jefferson college under the
Marist fathers he went to Belloy,
France and studied. In 1885 he entered
the priesthood at Belloy. He became
an instructor in jefferson college and
later was its president.
In 1897 he was appointed rector of
a New Orleans church. Later he was
appointed bishop of the Porto Rican
diocese, the first under American oc-
cupation. Bishop Blenk on July l,
1916, became archbishop OF New
Orleans.
During his administration he was
credited with adding materially to the
church and educational building in the
various dioceseS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
CITY BEAUTIFUL
PRIZES MADE UP
Vegetable Gardens Will Be En-
couraged More Than Ever
By Rotary Club.
VACANT LOT IMPROVEMENT
Three Classifications Open;
Entries Will Close May 81;
$500 in Premiums.

Rules governing the second annual
city beautiful contest under uuspiceS :
of the Tulsa Rotary club were adopt
ed last night at d meeting of the COM
mittcc i'm charge of the contest. con
sisting Of f. f.. Oberhnltzcr. chair
man, DR.. j. NJ. Temple, John ". Robb
and Glenn Condon
Cash prizes this year will total
500. There will be three divs ons
One will be Cor entries in beautiful!
Yards and flower gardens. another for
vacant lot improvements ard tn"
th.rd for vegetable gGrdcns. ON ac-
codnt of the necessity for increased l
food production the major portion Of
the money will be tffcred for winners
in this thi:d division. The vacant To-.
classification : a new one and is cal
tulatei to result IL. the heautificltion
Of scores of unsiGhtly lots about the
c!iy Contestants will have to submit
"hefore ana after" photographs of the
Plots they improve.
Judge, Appointed
Tho judges of the contest VIII be
Dolarue Baker ligh schoo' agricul-
turist; John Meiscnbachor, park
superintendent; y. Il. Graham, presi-
dent park board: Johr w. Robb rep
resentinE Rotary committee, and Mrs
& T.. Iahman, representing women's
clubs.
The city will be divided into dis
tricts and there will he a secret COM
mittee of supervisors in each district
who will make periodical inspections
and work out process OF elimination
so as to reduce the final work of the
judges to a minimum.
Each contestant must make de-
tailed report of his expenditures,
work, progress. etc. each week and
keep il recorded in a book that will
be furnished by the committee.
Entries will open next week
Blanks will be printed in the news
papers and otherwise distributed. En-
tries will close May 81 The contest
will close October 81. Superintendent
Oberholtzer anticipates that more
than five hundred school children
alone will enter the contest. Both
children and adults are eligible. There
will he honorary prizes for persons
employing people To make their gar
dens or beautifying their yards Only
those who do their own work will
be eligible for cash prizes.
Total of iO7 Prizes.
There will be lO7 cash prizes all
told For vegetable gardens the first
prize will be s25, second SIS and
third so. There will be l ) So prizes,
16 of $3.50 and 20 of 81 For yards
the first and second prizes arc SIS
and $40, three $5. 16 $3.50 and 20 81.
For vacant lot Improvements the
capital prize is $35 and the second
prize SIS, with five $40 prizes
Details of the contest and entry
blanks with full instructions will be
published within few days.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
HAIL or STEEL rs
POURED on RHEIMS
BY GERMANS AGAIN

PARIS. April 2o.-"Sincc April /.
$4,000 shells have fallen into
Rheims said Camille Lanolse, dep
uty for Rheims. who has just returned
To Paris from visit to his constiu-
cncy "Thc number of houses de
moliShed or set on fire" the deputy
continued, exceeds anything cXpe-
ricnced in preceding bombardments
Germany, with ahomiuable vandalism.
again has begun to shell the cathc-
dral
Nothing from military point of
view justlfles our enemies In saying
that they have reasons to fire ON our
admirable basilica Saturday and sun
day nights several thousand shells.
including inccndiary aud asphyNat
varieties, were thrown into the city.
"FiNc persons were killed 10y shell
spltnters Nineteen others died of AS
phyNiating gases and it is said a num-
bcr of others will be found dead i'm
the cellars"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21

that our civil war volunteers were
fighting against volunteers. Had one
side or the other been all trained SOL
diers, there might be different story
told in the present-day school history.
He's just Unit.
In fact, volunteers did not win any
battle in the true sense of>ehe mean
ing of that word The volunteer is
lost when he puts his name to the
roll and is sworn in-after that he is
unit i'm the army. and after a year
he is a trained soldier, and after be-
ing trained is in the class of the reg
ular.
Against American Spirit.
The greatest objection to conscrip-
ton is the fact that it is against the
spirit of the free American to be
forced to do anything. lie wants to
voluntecr-it gives him more pep"
and independence; but often this same
pep" and independence augurs bad
for discipline. And without discipline
no army could win a battle. no mat
ter how strong it was, or how weak
the enemy.
The really true volunteer, when he
volunteers, he volunteers with the
same spirit that priest takes on the
cloth. The latter consecratcs his every
worldly Possession to the Lord. The
former should consccratc his every
thing. if needs bc, to his cOuntry-in-
Guiding his life.
The volunteer feature should be
absolute.
1t should have no strings to It.
In giving 81 life to the country (all
any man can give) that life does not
count for any more with epaulets on
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
Mc{FLER PUT ON
MOUTH OF PRESS
Drastic Military Censor
ship Amendment Passed
by Senate.
POWER TO PRESIDENT
Provision Authorizes Will
son to Lay Down Law
to Newspapers.

WASHINGTON. April 20.-The SEN
ate recorded itself today in favor of a
press censorship during the war.
A censorship clause Of the admin
istration's espionage bill after decided
modification was retained in the bill
by vote of 43 to 33, in which parti-
san division was disregarded. The
vote came after three days of sharp
debate and was regarded as definitely
forecasting final retention of the cen
sorship provisions.
War Army Bills Up Today.
Later the bill, still far from COM
pleted was laid aside Indefinitely to
permit consideration, beginning to.
morrow, of the war army measure.
The house judiciary committee has
completed its draft of the espionage
bill. also with "A censorship clause.
and will report Monday. The provi-
sion as finally accepted by the senate
follows:
Whoever In time of war in viola.
tion of reasonable regulations to he
prescribed by the president, which he
Is hereby authorized TO make and
promuIgatc. shall publish any infor-
nation with respect to the movement.
numbers. description. condition or
disposition of any of the armed forces,
ships, aircraft or war materials of
the United States or with respect TO
the plans or conduct of any naval or
military operations or with respect to
any works or measures undertaken
for or connected with or intended for
the fOrtificatiOn or defense of any
place or any other information rclat-
ing 10 the public defense calculated
to bc useful 10 the enemy. shall be
punished by II fine of not more than
$4,000 or by imprisonment for not
more than ten years or both such
fine and Imprisonment; provided that
nothing i'm this section shall be con-
strued To limit or restrict nor shall
any regulation herein provided for
limit or restrict any discussion, COM
mcnt or criticism of the acts or poll
Cics of the government or its repre-
scntativcs or the publication of the
same"
Advocates of the porvision admit
ted that il would confer wide powers
upon the president to restrict publica-
ton of military matters, both in the
press or by individuals in speeches
or otherwise. Its foes declared that
IL was unconstitutional and the most
drastic curb upon freedom of speech
and the press ever proposed.
Original Draft Modified.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
Terrific Counter Moves
Repulsed With Heavy
Losses, Report.
BRITISH TROOPS HELD BACK
General Haig Unable to Force
Enemy'S Lines Further in
Northern France.
By associated Press

steady progress is being made by
the troops of General Niyclle in tho
rcgions Of Soissons ana Rheims II
q rev offensive the French also kav,
entered the GcriGan second line in
the Argonnc forest. German counter
euncks on the Nluclerc plateau south
Of Laon. have been rerGlsed
since tn" beginning of the French
offensive last Monday more than nine
teen thousand Germans have beer
taken prisoners Guns CAPTURED IN
he past tive days exceed one hun
Grcd, not including machine guns.
Severe RcpuIsc for Tcutons.
Northeast of scissors the French
on Friday occupied the village o
S"ncy, mile cast e Nahtevl-Ia-
F"ssc and continued theh advance to
ward the Nhcmin tcs Danes, n ROAD
parallclpg the Aisnc. four miles t.
the north If the river ON the Van
clorc plateau in thc region of ALLIES
and llurtcbise. he Germans are re
ported ly Paris to ha 20 launched an
attack with large elfectiv,s" The
effort was frustrated by artillery and
machine gun fire The artillery fight.
irc in this 'egipn is reported to he
continuing very actively
Fast of Rheims in the region or
Nororvilliers the French have taken
several importan- points OF support
The German rcsii ancc here is report
Cd to have been stubborn In the
Ar%onnc forest 9'iench detachment
penetrated the German positions as
far as the second trenches. A srea'
number OF German deaC were found
by the French.
Aisnc Line Abandoned.
The abandonment of the bank OF
the river Aisne between Condc and
Soupir is admitted by Berlin, which
declares that the action completed
the occupa tion Of the Siegfried posi-
tions. Berlin says that the French
"follow hesitatingly."
Berlin says that second French
attempt To break thru i'm the Cham
pagne was frustrated and adds that
new engagements have developed be.
tween Prosnes and the Suippes val
ley.
British Forces Inactive.
There has been little activity on
the northern front in France ahd
London reports no further progress
for the British forces anywhee.
From the eastern front there are
no reports of fighting.
Both in Palestine and in Mesopo-
tamia. north of Bagdad. British forces
have added to their successes. North
of Wadi Ghuz2e (GaZa) in Palestine
the British have occupied Turkish po
sitions along a front of six and "A half
miles.
General Maude continues success
full his advance on Samara, forty
miles north OF Bagdad on the Tigris
and his troops have forced a passage
of the river Shatt-cl-Adhem. twelve
miles southeast Of Samara. More than
1900 prisoners We're taken IN this
operation by the British
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21

noses: and in this democratic c)un-
try, viewing the SITUATION from these
augles c0nscriptioE viii prove more
democratic than thc volunteer system
Conscrir;ion is the only far method
that can he applied 70 strike just
average in the personnel of the rank
and file.
Conscription will not take ;hc
lad who Is supporting his aged
mother and leave ut home the
young fellow who Is shaking dice
over The cigar counter.
ConscTiption will leave the boy
on the farm TO aid his father in
agricultural pursuits. ond search
out the boy chllking n cue IN the
pool hall.
Conscription will leave an ample
number of employees In the factory
aud decrease the number Of players
at the card table.
Not Let >Slrclcr Loaf.
Conscripton will enable the banks
to ret1in suff;cien. tlerica. help and
end the idleness Of the flirt on Petit
coat Lane"
Conscription will not put the burden
Of defending the country wholly ON
the patriotic element and leave the
Stacker to loaf.
Conscription will require every man
to share his just duties to his coun-
try.
Conscriptlon will not take all the
patriots out of one state or one com
and leave all the unpatrlotic
and money-lovers in another state or
community.
Conscription will leave a sufficient
of skilled labor and craftsmen
in the industries of the country and
reduce the attendance at the motion
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
BY OMER X. BENEDICT

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-When
Kirby Fitzpatrick, representing a
league of defense of oklahoma, ar
rived in Washington the other day
he announced most emphatically that
80 per cent Of the people of Okla
homa were opposed to conscription.
I cannot believe this
1t seems that the general public has
an erroneous idea of selective con-
scription; and | honestly believe that
when it is more fully understood, and
when all things are considered, more
particularly the lessons we should
learn from the blunders of the
British. il will not meet with such op-
position.
The Odium Removed.
The volunteers are entitled to and
receive the greatest consideration, and
they have won honor, battles and lau-
rels for our country. The only odium
attached to conscription is when one
is drafted only after having refused
repeatedly to volunteer. as was the
case in the civil war. With universal
conscription there would be lacking
the odium of the civil war period.
We point with pride to the service
of our civil war volunteers, and well
may we but while we point with
pride to the volunteer of the civil war.
we fail to view with alarm the fact
that we could have won the war in
half the time and with half the loss
of l!fe with trained soldiers. And we
seem, also, to lose sight Of the fact
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
"CURTAIN" FOR MONTGOMERY
Noted Comedian, Who Starred in "1hc
Wizard of OZ," j. Dead.

CHICAGO. April 20.-David Mont
gomery, the comedian who had been
i'll in a Chicago hospital more than a
month. died this afternoon after an
extended illness.
Montgomery was of Scotch descent
and was about 45 years old. He
began his career as an entertainer
with a circus. From clown and side
show dancer he became a minstrel
He was with the IIaVerly troupe of
Mastodon minstrels for some time. In
1895 he formed the partnership with
Fred Stone and the team of Mont
gomery Il stone soon became famous
among theatorgoers The two made
a great hit in the wizard of on"
Montgomery as the Tin Woodman and
Stone as the Straw Man.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21

picture shows and the gayety thcater
matinees.
Conscrlption will put into useful
service in the country large cotcric
no use to industry or society.
ConsCription will leave n sufficient
number of better class of citizens at
home 20 propagate the race instead of
leaving that grave duty to the moral
Stacker. \ Stacker In morals and in
dustry will LIKEWISE he Stacker in
patriotism.
Conscription will give the army Of
ficer confidence in his men, and his
men added faith in their own Sc
curi,y.
Conscription will insure the highest
degree of efficiency and solidify the
individual unit of the rank into a
stable composite force, eliminate
politics and favoritism. and impress
the soldier that he Is first of all
soldier.
Broaden Americans.
Conscription will obviate the Amer
ican spirit that we shall not be dis
ciplined, and show us the broader
way to patriotism, which is not meas
ured by shoulder straps and stripes.
Conscription will render the merit
system effective, whore the volunteer
system Is managed by spoils.
Conscription will prove to any man
conscripted in less than two months
training that it is far preferable to
the volunteer system.
Cuts Jealousy Out.
Conscr!ption will eliminate jealousy
between volunteer and regular. some
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21
FEDERAL CONTROL
0F E00n DEMAND
' Apv t,oloos luonolsli' w
Houston Asks Congress to
Establish Virtual War Die
tatorship at Once.
SOME PRICES MAY BE FIXED
First Step to Be Complete
Survey of Resources, Sec
retary's Plan Says.

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Thc gov
ernments program FOR food control
during the war was put before con
greSs today 10y Secretary Houston I'm
"A communication to the senate ask
ing power for the department of az
riculturc 10 take direct supervision of
food production and distribution I'm
the United States and requesting "A
S25, 900, 600 appropriation for putting
the plan into operation.
Authority was as6cd for the coun-
ell OF national defense, In an cmer-
gency. to buy and sell foodstuff and
to fix maximum and minimIs prices.
May Control Factories.
The governments plan is first to
make complete survey Of the Coun-
try's food supply to determine its
ownership and distribution, then II
necessary to license and control the
operations of all concerns engaged in
the manufacture of food or feeds ag-
ricultural implements and all mate
riais required for agricultural pur-
poses. Authority is sought for the
agricultural department To take over
and operate the concerns If at any
time it appears that course is de
manded by the public interest
Giving the government power to
deal directly i'm foodstuffs probably
would make its application uuncces-
sary, Secretary Houston declared, as
its very existence would tend :u keep
conditions normal. lie proposed that
the government should have full dis
cretion 81 wing it might he wise II an
emergency arose To- fix prices ON a
single commodity
Market Grades and classes for farm
nroducts Secretary uoustor said Is
ono ~ tho cbicf moods of tho rnuntr,
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Authoritv also was asked for the
department TO require of transporta-
tion comnanies preference for the
movement of form mnchinorv seeds.
fertilizers and materials thai enter
into the process OF food production.
In lis plan for an Investigation of
,he present loou SupPN' me utp"r'
lneht mas arranged Tor the heip r,,. on
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21

thing that has cost our past armies
thousands Of lives.
Conscription will disabusc the idea
that war is a frolic and impress the
soldier that it is a business Of human
ity- life, faithful service and limitless
sacrifice
Conscription will not take all the
loyal and leave all the laggard
Conscription Will not eliminate pa
triotic volunteering: it combines pa
triOtism with the needs of the nation.
Conscription will not brand one
branch of the army all heroes and
another branch all enforced service
it will AmericaniZe us all
What is patriotism? Love of coun-
try and respect for flag, and a willing
ness to die for either or both.
Where do we get it? Principally
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-21

from education and reading history
and receiving inspiration from he
roes who have gone before us.
Who are the most patriotic? The
cducated-th better class of citizen
ship and the most useful to industry
and society.
And the patriotic. consequently, are
the first to volunteer the educated
The volunteer system takes the flower
Of the land and leaves the weed be
hind.
Conscripton is the balance wheel,
the equilibrator. takes class least
need at home, and spares those who
are most useful. while making useful
those now unuseful.