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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
100 men NEEDED
FOR RED CROSS
COUNTY Drive
Only Ten Drafted Workers
Respond to Call,
CAMPAIGN RESULTS POOR
1--WE Must Work Fast" Says
County Secretary

One hundred more men workers arc
needed by the Oklahoma county Red
Cross to make the Christmas member
ship drive in Oklahoma county sur-
cess. Only ten men who had been called
up last night by draft board COM
posed of r. L. Branii, county chap
ter secretary; T. II Bolend, mems di-
vision chairman, and Shelley L. Tracy,
state campaign publicity director, had
reported for duty at 10 o'clock,
Heads of families in Oklahoma City
are buying memberships for themselves
hut in many cases are not buying ior
their wives and children,
Veteran Workers Called,
These we're the main features OF the
Red Cross campaign in Oklahoma
county this morning. The shortage oi
workers, even following frantic ap'
peals in newspapers for volunteers tC
nut over" the campaign for the re-
mainder of the week, continued to-day
and Mr. Branff and his advisers were
engaged at the telephone all morning
| They were calling men who have serve'
through the two Liberty loan and othe'
campaigns here to ask them to serve
These men. most of whom arc retailers
have so far been exempted from III
Red Cross draft" because OF the fac
that this is the businest time OF IN
year in their businesses
On the other hand, the Red Cro'
county organization is seeking toda.
real estate dealers, wholesalers, travel
| ing statesmen. life insurance and stoc
statesmen and others whose business =
this time is at a 10 webb, and askn'
them TO cooperate in the work. Q
Committees Shifted.
In the business district this mcrnInl
Red Cross membership committee
were shifted. Captains and worker
Continued on PAGE 2, Column 81
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
WEAVER REPLIES
TO DRAFT BOARD
DELAY CHARGES
QueStionnaireS Were All Ex-
pedited, He Declares,

Postmaster Claude Weaver pleaded
guilty this morning to one count OF
the indictment brought against him
yesterday by L. ]. Sartin, clerk OF the
first city district exemption board,
Mr.. Sartin charged the local post
office in a letter to Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson with inefficiency lie
also declared that Postmaster Weaver
hung up the receiver" in his (Sartin'sl
ear. when he was skiing the postal
official the reason for delays in mailing
of draft qucStionnaires
Too Busy to Quarrel
Mr., Weayers guilty plea was in con.
necti6n with the latter charge He said
that he had hung up the telephone
receiver-but that il was because he
was too busy to quarrel over the tele-
phone.
Two specific instances OF delay IN
transmitting draft questionnalres were
mentioned by Mr. Sartin in his letter
to the postmaster general
One was that questlonnalte ad
dressed to Homer William killough
Sl9 West Fourteenth street was re-
turned undeivered when Mr. killougl
in fact was living in the city at jl'
West Fourth street
To this Mr.. Weaver replied tha
there is no such address as SIG Yves
Fourteenth street. Also the name o
Homer William Killough has nevc
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column az
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
ARMOR GETS BIG
RAKE-oFFS FROM
CHICAGO YARDS
Federal Investigation Show S
Much PIunder

WASHINGTON, Dee. N--At the
federal trade commissions investiga-
tion Of the Chicago stock yeards here
today i. K. Hart, one Of the principal
figures in the stock yards company,
testified that It had been agreed to
pay J. Ogden Armour all tfs'companys
earnings over 9 percent, TO keep Armour
from moving the yards away from Chi
cago and further west
With other sensational testimony ia
show that the company was organized
to keep the plants from being moved
away a letter from S II, Fcssendrn, a
Boston broker, who assisted in the or
ganilation, was read, saying the pro-
ceeding was merely to legalIle rebates
10 packers, so they might have "A por'
tion Of the plunder" and might have
their "pickipgs"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Starved Children
Show Plight of
Kaiser's People

GENEVA, Switzerland Tuesday,
Dec. l8.--Living proofs Of the ter
rible economic conditions in Austria
were furnished yesterday by the ar
rival at Buchs, on the frontier, of
SO pale and suffering children be
tween the ages Of 7 and .. They
arc from Vienna and other Austrian
towns. The children had not tasted
milk for months
They had received bad bread i'll
insufficient amounts, stomach dis
eases resulting. Their clothing
was most scanty and there was no
fuel in their homes They will be
distributed in various places IN
Switzerland until their health IS
restored.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
ELECTRIC LIGHT
SIGNS OF CITY
co out TONIGHT
Fuel Administrator Orders
New Ruling 0beyed
STREET LIGHTING IS CUT
White Way to Be Dark on
Two Nights

Oklahoma City will have its first
lightless night tonight J H. Johnson,
county fuel administrator received
word this morning from II A Garfield
United States fuel administrator At
Washington, saying that Oklahoma
City should not be exempted on the
plea that gas is used to generate the
electricity instead OF coal,
1t had been thought possible OKLA
homa City would be exempted from
the two lightles nights each week,
Thursday and Saturday on account OF
gas being used to generate electricity
here. The order received today by
Administrator Johnston, is that light
less nights will be observed all oveI
the country with no exceptions,
White Way TO Be Dark.
"The white way lights on Crane
avenue and Main street will not b,
lighted tonight or Sunday in com
plianoe with the request OF the Tue
administrator" said Mayor Ovcrbolsc
today, but he added we are not golnl
TO be satisfied with that for we vii
take up the matter Of further curtail
ment at a special meeting OF the com
mission this afternoon,
1T probably will be decided to hav
the white way lights burn from
o'clock to 10 O'Clock only each nigh
of the week except Thursdays AM
Sundays, on which days they will no
be lighted at all,
There will be no need Of detailin
a policeman TO see that the orders c
the fuel administrator are put int
| fnan,Irvsa an psas N. Cojuun ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Kaiser Wants No
SIav Territory

.PETROGRAD, Wednesday, Dec. ~.
According to press reports, Russia
has been informed by the central powers
that they intend to make peace propo.
sails to the allies
The Evening Post says the Ger
mans have officially informed the
Bolshsviki headquarters that tho
central powers are ready to con-
sider the arrangement Of peace on
the basis Of no annsxations and no
indsmnitiss, but pointed out that
ssif-dsfinition Of nations was i'm
practicable. !
This report Is published in the Eves
ming Post, which says the represents.
tives OF the central powers, at the first
preliminary peace conference with the
Russians held yesterday, announced that
their governments intended, on principle,
to put the question OF peace before all
the powers, and that they had asked
their allies TO do likewise. Russia was
requested TO take similar steps. II IL
stated the Russians are endeavoring by
all means to sound the allies.
The representatives OF the central
powers informed the Russians they
were ready to discuss peace prelimin.
aries but desired to know the result OF
Russias efforts to induce the allies Ia
Join in the negotiations before pro-
ceeding with them. They said this
point OF view might be changed, how
ever and that they might be willing TO
discuss peace with Russia alone, The
Germans were Of the opinion that the
Russian armistiee might influence the
other fronts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
LANSING TO SHOW
MORE PERFIDY OF
KAISER'S AGENTS
More Of "SpurIOS VerSenkt'
kilograms to Be Published,

WASHINGTON, Dec 0-Some two
score more of kilograms which passed
between Count Won Luxburg, German
minister to Argentina and the German
foreign office, will be made public to-
day by the state department by agree
ment with the Argentine government
which also will publish them simul-
taneously at Buenos Aires Exposure
Of Count Won Luxburg's sink without
trace" kilograms by Secretary Lansing
was what caused a rupture OF dlplo,,
matte relations between Argentina and
Germany
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Mate Lost on
FL a Native
of Oklahoma
Brother and Nephew o
Victim Live in Okla
hOma City,

Guy X. Stewart, one Of the men who
lost their lives when submarine FL
was rammed in fog Monday afternoon
by submarine F5, has step-brother
living in Oklahoma City--L, P Byerley,
at go West Eleventh street
Mr.. Byerley said that his brother
lived in Shawnee, Okla until he was
10 years old, and then went to Los
Angeles, Cal. He was a machinist by
trade, and when he signed up with the
navy he was made chief machinisf'
mate on submariie. 81 n ewas q
years old and leaves a wife, who Is iiv-
ing at Los Angeles. Mr. Byetley has
not seen his brother since 1905, when he
visited California.
]. H. Stewart, proprietor of the Stew
art hotel, M North Broadway is a
nephew of Maze Stewart.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Hero of Liege May
Be Given Liberty
in Switzerland

. GENEVA. Switzerland, Tuesday Dec,
l8.-General Leman, known as the hero
of Liege, for his defense OF that city
al the time the Germans were going
through Belgium in the first month OF
the war, was expected to arrive in
Switzerland yesterday, the German
government finally having agreed to
his internment in this country
New difficulties arose, however, and
the general was arrested yesterday on
the frontier at Constance.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Emmons Placed
Under Peace Bond

John Emmous, who lives north OF
the rity was placed under peace bond
of $1,000 on application OF Roxie Wit
ten. Y year-oid girl whom it is alleged
Fmmons had threatened to assault lie
was arraigncd before Judge Maupin
Yesterday afternoon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Rock Island Depot
to Have Large Sign

A large steel electric sign will DO
erected within the next few days OH the
top Of the Rock Island passenger depot
ON North Broadway. The sign will con.
tain lust two words, Rock Island and
will not be lighted on Thursdays and
SUNDAYS,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Bankers Pass the Hat to Swell
Santa Claus Fund and Lions
Club Contributes $72 to the
Fund; Caddy Earns a Dollar
to Help Children,

1N TELEPHONE messages have
reached The Times to the ef-
a. feet that a girl about 70 years
old is soliciting funds in various
parts of the city, pretending to be
working for The Times Santa Claus
fund.
The Times has authorized no one
to collect for this fund. Any money
intended for II should be brought di-
rect or mailed to the Santa Claus
Editor of The Times or to Rev.
W. H. b. Urch. Mr Urch has con
sented to administer the fund for the
poor Of the city on Christmas Eve.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
eleven KILLED
IN MINE BLAST

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec 20
Eleven men were killed in an explosion
in the Oar Dour Coal companys mine
near Memo, Tenn, late yesterday, &C
eording to advices received here today.
The explosion is believed to have re
suited either from a gas pocket beoom-
ng ignited or the premature discharge
of powder. Seventy men were In
the mine at the time of the explosion.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Italians Forced
To Give Slightly
Associated Press War Review.

Associated Press war ReVleW,
Between Monte Grappa and the
Brshta on the Italian northern trout
thP Italian, are resisting desperately
renewed Austro-G German efforts to
break through the hills to the plains
The Italians after withstandng strong
attacks and inilicting heavy losses ON
the enemy. were forced to retire to new
positions when the invaders brought up
reserves On the southern end OF the
piave line the Austro-GcrmanS have
been checked in several attempts to
cross the river
On the western front the Germans
have not yet given strong indication ol
where their advertised drive is to be-
Gin,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
$4,000 Is Haul in
Latest Robbery of
Banks in Chicago

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.--Robbcrs last
night stole approximately $4,000 from
the safety deposit vaults Of the State
bank Of Summit, a suburb, The money
was in bills Of small denomination and
belonged to the Arso plant OF the Corn
Products company, il was reported.
None of the banks money was touched.
The robbery was discovered this norn-
inn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
ONE FIFTH OF SHIPPING SUNK
A Christmas Message---

3 WRITE as your brother
II We are a large family.
This worldwar, made in Germany, against
which we are fighting has sent our income down and
our expenses up.
The pinch hurts, but it is not going to kill u.s.
We still have enough and something to spare.
Though we feel poor, don't let us be impoverished
by selfish fear!
Let us save in food in service, in clothes, in lux
uries and joy-rides--but not in money!
Let us use that by giving it to save the wounded,
the suffering our friends our country
Let us keep Christmas this year by keeping up
the Red Cross.
Then it will not be a poor Christmas, but rich
Christmas to our hearts.
Henry van Dyke.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Diamond Jim" Left
Wealth Smaller
Than Was Expected

NEW YORK. Dec. 20.--A net estate
of only $l,2loN9, several millions
short of the estimate OF his wealth
made by friends when he died, was
left by James Buchanan Brady CDia-
mond JIM, it was disclosed yester-
day by the filing of an appraisal BY
the state comptroller The appraisal
valued Brady's famed collection OF
Jewels at SSO7 A4S
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
British Casualties
Total 1876 for
Week Ending Today

LONDON. Tuesday, Dec. lS-British
casualties reported in the week ending
today totaled 1910 officers and men,
as follows
Officers killed or died Of wounds,
jjl Mei j,lSl ,o,o
Officers wounded or missing 10y;
mon. llA2S.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20

CHICAGO, Dee. 20.-Four stoekhold.
crs of the Tampico OIL company OF
Tampico, Mexico, filed bill in circuit
court yesterday asking a receiver Tor
the incorporation ON the ground that
the company has failed to fulfil its obs
legations,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
KAISER CAP PTURES
5000 ITALIANS,
BERLIN DECLARES
Heavy Fighting Around Monte
Grappa Nets FOothOId,

BERLIN, Dec Repeated Italian
counter attacks against the positions
recently captured by the Austro-Ger.
mans on Monte Perlica, were repulsed
Yesterday the German general stalt
announced today Since December II,
the Teutons have taken nearly 1000
prisoners in the fighting between the
Brenta and piayc rivers,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Norwegian Ship Sunk.

COPENHAGEN, tuesday, Dec To
The Norwegian foreign office re.
ports the Maidag, 1850 tons, was tor
pcdoed with the loss Of three men ant
the steamer Maroon struck a mine
five members Of her crew being killed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Cossacks Capture
Railroad Town in
Russian Civil War

PETROGRAD, Wednesday, Dec. l9
Orenburg Cossacks, opposing the Boil
sheyiki have occupied Tcheliabinsk, a
junction on the trans Siberian railroad,
according to a report received by the
Den
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Commerce and Yale
Elections Called

Proclamations calling for two spe-
cial elections have been issued by Gov
ernor Wilhsms providing for votes IN
Commerce and Yale to determine
whether those towns shall become cities.
The election at Commerce, which -
!. Ottawa county, has been set tor
January Is The citizens OF fale, III
PAYNE county will vote JanuaryrS'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
OKLAHOMA CITY OPENS ITS HEART
TO PLEA FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING
FOR POOR ON EVE OF CHRISTMAS

even the least Of these" will have cloth
ing and food and warmth on Christmas
Eve,
Contributions received Yesterday
ranged from $50, donated by Sloan
Continued on Page ~, Column s)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
WHEATLESS And
MEATLESS DAYS
TO Be ENFORCED
DonneIIy viii Introduce New
City Ordinance,
HE FAVORS 81 TO $19 FINE
Measure Aimed at Both Buy
erS and Sellers,

Ai,,uo.s aud ,,ho,,lcss davs are oo-
=, - =, OL,aLo,, C;,,
inS 10 nc observer i. N"'a''o''' -"
in the future, even though they nave
not been in the past or persons who eat
meat on meatleSs DAYS or wheat on
.L..no.. d,,. u.u no ,aler before
"'N""'' ...-.--,
w. y. MilChcl'' JuuEe VI INV ''u'''O'''",
court and fined from 81 to Sl9 and
oc,ts
,G,., D,,oot, commissioner nj
WIN. '','>"''
financing ana a''ou'''''s' announcer
today that he would introduce an or
dinauce AT the next regular meeting of
i, -. ...,,.,;.,;.,, ,,,L;ro i , mis-
'n' wy N0'''''''',,0' 'e ,..
demeanor to SELL give away o' ouy
meat on Tuesdays or wheat bread on
Wednesdays
Uo., oh.o,vsrce
yr., A. l.a..,, L;oh co,, of rcats
and wbeat bread il is not thought that
there vii, he MANY violations of the
lap for few bakers will risk having to
nav SEQ 10 sell l0-cent loaf of bread
and at the same time there are not
manv nersons in Oklahoma City who
would NOT strenuously object to paying
10 for a loaf of bread, even in these
war times
81 have M sympathy for anyone who
refuses TO abide by the request of The
Government to eat meat on Tuesday'
or wheat bread on Wednesdays" sale
Mike Donnelly today, and at the mex
meeting of the city commission | vii
have an ordinance making it a inside
meanor 10 sell buy or give away mea
on Tuesdays or wheat bread Of
Wednesdays.
"I propose to make the person VIII,
buys meat on Tuesdays or wheat brea'
on Wednesdays guilty OF violation o
the ordinance Just the same as tn
butcher who sells meat or the bake
who sells the wheat bread
Wants sedition Law.
q. ..I,o oorsidcr;ro having sec
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
MALT Of SOLDIERS
At BOWIE CAN BE
nome CHRISTI MAS

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec 20
The war department granted permls-
sion this morning to General Greble to
give half Of his men at Camp Bowie
Christmas furloughs. Originally the
department restricted the iurloughs to S
percent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20

pEKIN. Dec. M,---Tuan Chi Jul, ior-
mer premier, IS appointed chief ot ne
Chinese European war burcau BY the
presidential mandate issued today Gen
ruan Chi Jul has been appointed mime
ter Of war in place Of Wang Shi- Chen.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20

Oklahoma City is opening up IT'S
heart as never before, and the great
response to The Times Santa Claus fund
from rich man, poor man and begaar
nan brings with it the assurance that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
LnFollette Probe Halted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Inability
to obtain quorum compelled the sen
ate committee investigating Senator
LaFollettes recent st. Paul speech to
postpone action again today for the
fourth time
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-20
Partly Cloudy
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoRecAsT-Partly cloudy 10
cloudy tonight and Friday; not much
change In temperature
STATE FoREcAsT-Tonlpht and FRI
day parity cloudy
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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-20
PRESIDENT CONFIDENT.
Chief Executive Confident He Can Put
Labor Measure Through.


Evidence is rapidly accommodating
that the presidents plan for compul-
sorry investigation of railroad labor
troubles is to have hard shedding In
congress- Nevertheless the president
Is determined to put the proposition
through His mind is made up about
this just as firmly as 1t was in the case
of the Adamson law.
According to his friends, the presi-
dent is prepared to exercise all the
power he can command over congress
1t has been intimated strongly that It
would take more than the opposition Of
the labor combination to cause him to-
recede from bis position or even TO
consent to any compromise plan which
would not obtain for the country Sc
curity from the conditions which men
aced it last summer.
Opponents of the presidents plan are
making a point of the Clayton act,
which was passed by the Democrats.
Senator Hughes of New Jersey, who
ordinarily sides with the president,
said the other day that in his opinion
any plan such as the president appar-
emily has In mind would be taking
away from labor the right to'concerted
action, which was expressly given to it
by that act.
Section 20 of the Clayton law forbids
injunctions being issued to prohibit any
person or persons, whether acting singly
or in concert, from ceasing to perform
any work Of labor. Senator Hughes
declared he had personally fought hard
to get this exemption for labor, and he
was not In favor of now taking 1t
away.
"My attitude" said Senator Hughes,
will of course depend upon the plan
that is offered, but so far no plan seems
to have been proposed that would not
be in direct conflict with the right CIV
en- to labor under this act"
Senator Hughes statement reflects
the opinion of many not only In the
house, but in the senate. While Re-
| publicans In the main appear to be
Hoic 1dfoIdpic W piaCiuS ILLS Cuiu oh
the railroad brotherhoods than do the
| Democrats, some are opposed to the
compulsory plan.
Senator Sherman, Illinois, said: I'm
order to enforce such law there must
be penalties attached for its violation.
The law must provide for contempt OF
court or whatever tribunal makes the
investigation If a strike is undertaken
before the investigation is completed.
and Jail and fine penalties must be at
tached. Would not such a law compel
an employee to render service involun-
tarily? wonder IL the president thinks
he can get any such measure through
congress-"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-20
Must Show lahaIs.

After Feb. 1 delegates to the Phila-
delphia Central Labor union will not
be allowed to enter meeting hall I'M
less they can show union labels on five
separate articles of clothing. AT a re-
cent session motion of Arthur Nc
Donnell of the Textile union that the
delegates be searched in the future
was passed. At first the women dele
gates were greatly opposed, but after it
was explained that women would be
exempt the resolution went through
with a rush. Several hundred dele
gates attend every meeting, and the
details of the examination have not
been settled. 1t Is charged that many
of the members are buying nonunion
clothing.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-20
LABOR APHoRlsMs.

y Gradually the labor movement \
Y is learning that nothing is done \
Y for it that 1t does not do for itself. y
y Labor Is necessity to human Y
y existepce. Being such, it is obvi- Y
y GUS that under natural condi- Y
y lions it should be pleasure, not y
Y penance. y
y Many man Is set down as be- Y
Y ing a liberal giver who, on the Y
y other hand, has no conjunction \
y in paying starvation wages. Y
+ A call for the union label is one \
y way of helping yourself as well \
Y as the other fellow. \
y
\ \ y y y y y y y y Y y y y y y y
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-20
Send Us Your Job Printing.
We do Job Printing at Fair P1iess

Call for Union Label Shoes