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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
SINCLAIR STOCK GOAT
FOR BIG BEAR RAID
Tulsans Rally to Rescue When
Price Drops; New Issue
Denied by Chief.
(By w. II. PECK.)

Yesterday there was pulled off on
the stock exchange in New York one
OF the cleverest bear raids in weeks
and the Sinclair stock was made the
goat.
1t seems from all accounts that the
reason assigned was that the Sinclair
corporation was about to iGsue "A lot
more bonds or another big bunch of
stock and to make 1t strong, rumor
had IL that this new issue was to
be preferred stock and to be sold
at below 40.
Like all new concerns. the Sinclair
company furnishes mark for specu-
lators, just as Midvale Steel which.
altho now earning immense profits,
has frequently been made the goat
and just because II was a new con-
Germ, but Midvale Steel is protecting
its own stock tJese days and seems
proof against the submarine.
May Drop More.
The Sinclair oil corporation is a
mighty good stock and here in Tulsa
there was "A rush to buy at low
price and at the closing hour the
bunch was wondering whether or not
they had got In at the low price, but
the chances are that they did not.
A stock market report says that
the final advance from Al Is to 43 q
was caused by the covering OF shorts.
Maybe so, but the Tulsa bunch had
a little finger in the pie. not to snow
their loyalty, but to get In on good
thing while the getting was good.
Sinclair opened at 4S and sold down
to 4l7., closing at 43%, with 4S,2OO
shares changing hands.
That the bunch In Tulsa VIII be
"Johnny on the spot with the open
ing of today's market goes without
sayIng. as no one here believes for n
minute that the stock Will stay at the
low price.
Rig Blocks Recently Retired.
Even were there to be new bond
issue of 100000 1t would mean but
little. as only recently, or on May !,
to be exact, the Sinclair people com
Melted the retirement OF $40. 900, 900
OF 6 per cent notes. They involved an
interest charge of si.2O0,000 per an
mum. IT, as the Chicago Tribune IL
nancial editor points out, the present
issue OF notes or other forms OF Sc
curities should not exceed $4,000. 600.
the increased charges would be about
one half what they were before May l..
The earnings of the Sinclair cor
poration are now reported at from
sl2 to sl4 per share on the stock.
The investment, therefore, Is a mighty
Igood one and all that Is needed to
make 1.-THE Sinclair-one Of the best
In the United States Is that supply
of pipe for the completion OF the line
now building to Chicago be had.
Mr.. Sinclair Is reported to have
asked the government to see To 1t that
the steel corporation fulfiils contracts
made with him. and will doubtless sue
ceed in getting his pipe for not only
CONTINUED on PAGE -FOUR
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Recruiting for Guards
Far BelOW Requirement

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The nat
ional guard. still far below wah
strength. is recruiting at the rare or
about one thousand men day. All
of the states are well below their
quotas and some of them are going
backward in total strength.
Figures reported to the war depart
ment complete for 36 states. the Dis
trict OF Columbia and Hawaii show Ii
net gain of 9,75a officers and enlisted
men during the period between June
10 and 90. Ohio was ahead with n
gain Of 2.733 during the ton days,
New York second with 1926 ANA
Massachusetts third with 6S4.
other gains reported were:
Tennessee 1872; Georgia 107: Texas
80: Florida 80: Oklahoma 13: Kea-
lucky 4 and South Carolina one.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
NO REGISTRATION ORDERS
Work Of County Board Completed; !;
Rest Until Further Instructions.

No further ford has been received
from the government in regard to reg
istration and the draft regulations, ac-
cording to I. l.. Wallace, registrar for
Tulsa county. All work of the local
board has been completed until fur
ther orders are Forthcoming.
Several men have been registered
since June in accordance with In
structions received from headquarters.
Only those who have had valid eN-
cuses, such as extreme sickness upon
the date of registration, were allowed
10 register.
Mr.. Wallace said yesterday that his
investigations have failed to uncover
any individuals in the county who did
not register. In case some such cases
arc brought to light, the prosecution
Will be immediate.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
France VIII Join in
July 4 Celebrations

PARIS, June 25.-The French gov
ernment plans TO take part in many
Fourth of July celebrations which
have been arranged in France. Prem
ier Ribot probably will be present at
the reception at the American en-
bassy and possibly at other celebra-
tions, altho he will not speak.
NJ. Steeg, minister of public instruc-
ton, has planned exercises In the
schools commemorative of the two re-
publics. and series of patriotic lee
lures will be given thruout France by
French and American speakers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Carranza Says Mexico
NOU Almost at Peace

SAN ANTONIO. June 25.-Gerzayn
Ugarte, President Carranzas private
secretary, is in San Antonio tonight
en- route to Washington, where il is re-
ported he will deliver a message to
President Wilson.
Senor Ugarte declared today that
with the exception of few isolated
places, Mexico is now at peace.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Greek Cabinet Quits;
VenizeLOs NeU Leader

ATHENS, June 25.-The Greek cah-
inot. beaded by Alexander Zaimis, has
resigned.
King Alexander has Informed NJ.
Jonnart, the high commissioner rep
rcsenting France, Great Britain and
Russia. that he will ask former Pre-
mier Nenlzelos to form a new cabinet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Prospective Officers
Far Exceeding Demand

WASHINGTON, June $50 many
already have applied for admission
for the second series of officers train
ing camps opening in August that war
department officials expect the total
applications to be more than sixteen
thousand. the number to be admitted.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Texas Company Boosts
Capital by $l4,OOO,OOU
HOUSTON.

HOUSTON, Texas, June 25--The
capital stock of the Texas Company
operating oil fields and refineries in
Texas. Oklahoma. and other states,
today was increased from $4,000. 900
to $69, 100000 by directors meeting
here. +. C. Lufkln. president Of the
company, presided.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Brlllsh Steamer Sunk.

MONTREAL June 25.-The British
steamer Ortolam, ship OF 2.2l5 tons
gross, was torpedoed and sunk by n
German submarine June II and three
members of her crew lost their lives
according to survivors Of the ship who
arrived here today. She was sunk
without warning.
An American vessel which was
about four miles from the scene OF the
sinking ship came TO the rescue and
several shots were fired at the sub
mersible from guns on board that
ship.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Texas Gets Three NelU
Army Agitation Camps

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June as
orders were received at the southern
department today to select additional
sites for aviation camps at Fort
Worth, Wichita Falls and Dallas.
Grounds approximately one milo
square. level and free from obstruc-
tions are wanted
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
RED CROSS GIFTS
0VERSH00T MARK
More Than $100,OOO,O0O AL
ready in With Millions More
to Be Reported.

WARRINGTON. June 26.-Tabula-
lions at Red Cross headquarters At
1880 O'Clock this morn,cg showed
NlOO,31 5000 In reported pledges, of
which s35, 900 was from New
York city. and $6i.32O,0OO from the
remainder of the country. Reports
later Tuesday are expected to swell
the total at least 5000, 600, campaign
managers said
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Galveston Negro Hanged.

GALVESTON. Texas Juno as
Chester Sawyer. a negro accused OF
criminal assault upon the wife of
dairyman, was taken from the county
Jail about 2:30 o'clock this morning
and hanged at the western boundary
OF the city. The mob was composed
OF only four men. who obtained en-
trance to the Jail by ruse and then
overpowercd the jailer
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26

BRUNSWICK. Ga. June 25 - The
plant of the Savannah River Lumber
company. near this city. was badly
damaged and seven million feet OF
pine and cypress timber was Loaf by
fire today. The timer was valued
at $250,000
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Uclp Arrives TOO late.

BASE OF THE AMERICAN FLOT-
lila IN BRITISH WATERS, June
25.-One Of the American des.royers
In the patrol flotilla reported this
morning she was unable to find amy
trace of the fifty members of the
crew OF British merchantmen
which was being attacked ty sub
marine when the American craft
snatched the BritishoS's wireless dis
tress call from the air.
Submarine shelling u.s." was the
first message the destroyer picked up.
The position showed the Britisher
was ninety miles away, which meant
run OF five hours thru high seas
for the destroyer
The American craft was Just getting
under full speed when her wireless
sounded the second ana final mes
sage. 1t read abandoning ship"
Only floating wreckage greeted The
American blueiackets when tney
reached the scene, but they patrolled
the vicinity for two days in the hope
OF finding some survivors. Owing to
the high seas II seems doubtful II any
OF the sunken vessels crow were res-
cued by passing ships
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
SOLDIERS RUSH TO
QUELL RACE RIOT
Whites and Blacks Armed for
Battle in Mississippi; Mob
Wants Prisoners.

JACKSON, Miss. June 25.--A COM
pany of the First Mississippi regiment
with two machine guns was sent In
automobiles to Canton, 35 miles north
of here, late today to prevent u threat
encd race riot.
1t was stated both whites and ne
groes were armed and clash was
feared. The trouble was started, 1t
was said, when mob threatened to
storm the Jail and secure negro
charged with assaulting a white man
at a lumber camp there.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Sunday Night Raids and Mon
day Attack Carries Britons
Into City's Outskirts.
RUSSIANS AGAIN BEING FELT
Fighting Lively in Galicia: Al
lies Victorious in Air
Engagements.
BU Associated Press

Gradually the forces OF Field Mar
shal Sir Douglas Haig are hemming In
the town OF Lens. the center OF the
great coal deposits In the department
OF Pas de Calais and from which.
prior to the war. more than five mil
lion tons OF coal annually were ex-
ported
Successful raids carried out by the
British Sunday night give them four
hundred yards of trenches In the
woods at the western outskirts of the
city. while Mondays operati ION <
brought them further progress along
both banks of the Souchcz river on a
front of about n mile and half south
west of the town.
The British troops are harassing the
Germans at various points along the
front held by them in Belgium and
France with nightly raiding parties.
which have been successful in killing
numerous Germans and taking others
prisoners.
Rival Birimcn Active.
British and German airmen con-
tinue for mastery in France and Bel
GUM. Sunday witnessed the destruc-
tion OF five German airplanes in bat
ties in the air and by British antlair-
craft guns. while five others were put
out OF control. The British lost five
machines during the operation.
Mighty artillery duels between the
French and Germans still are in prog
ress on several sectors of the front
between scissors and Rheims. APP
parently the Germans have ceased
their infantry operations as the latest
French official communication makes
no mention OF fresh thrusts by the
crown prince. The battered city of
Rheims continues to be n target for
German shells. twelve hundred of
| them having been dropped there Sun
| day.
Russians Felt Again.
The fighting activity along the Rus
sian front has extended into the Car
pathians around Kirlibaba on the Bu-
kowina frontier In Galicia, between
the Zlota Lipa and Narayuvka rivers
and along the upper Stripa, fighting
between the Austro-Germans and Rus
slams Is described by Berlin as lively
The operations in the Austro Italian
theater have again lost intensity. The
artillery duels have died down, while
the infantry encounters are merely re-
commissioners.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Americans Bout orr AssaiIant

AN ENGLISH PORT. June 25.-
American naval gunners successfully
Fought off big German submarine
which attacked an American passen-
ger liner off the coast of Ireland last
night A torpedo fired by the sub
marine missed its target by less than
twenty feet
The encounter occurred at midnight
after the liner had been In the sub
marine zone many hours. A large
number of passengers on board were
reading in the cabin or lying in chairs
on the deck ready for emergency.
A staff correspondent OF the Asso-
ciatod Press was talking with the
lieutenant in charge OF the guns crew
when the gunners crowded about tho
forward guns and also the ships Off
GERS on the bridge sighted the wake
OF n torpedo as II went spinning to-
ward the bow. The lieutenant jumped
to his station as the lookout cried:
Torpedo and submarine off starboard
bow"
The ship swung around so sharply
that the decks were tilted to an angle
OF twenty degrees. Immediately there
came the bark and flash of a gun.
Passengers binding lfebelts about
themselves swarmed to the decks. Tho
ships officers hurried among them.
counsclling calmness. Another gun,
this time pointed further astorn. was
fired. and the proiectile in It's flight
struck long boom swung over the
side to which a log line was attached.
The liner at that moment was wal
lowing between two great waves. The
coming tower OF the submarine, out
lined for a moment against the sky,
was all that was visible to the gum
ners in the darkness.
They soon lost sight of the raiders
in the darkness, however, and were
unable to tell whether any OF the
shots fired hit the mark.
Two minutes later Eunners at the
stern OF the ship saw coming tower
above the surface of the water. in the
wake of the steamer. The vessel was
rolling so heavily that the gunners
were unable to get their gun pointed
before the submarine again disap-
peared beneath the surface.
Every ounce of steam available
was fed TO the engines and the ship
was quickly out of the danger zone.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
FIorIda Negro launched.

PUETA GORDA, Fla, June 25.-
Shcp Trent, negro, was taken from
officers near Cleveland, Fla, four
miles from here last night and shot to
death. Trent was arrested Saturday
night after he had attempted an at
tack on a white woman. Officers were
taking him TO the county Jail at Ar
cadia when the lynchers took him
from them.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
PROSPERITY TALK

Statements OF tho various Tulsa
banks issued following the call by the
comptroller Of currency, show that de.
posit- are keeping pace with the times
and there Is no reason why business
rs usual should not continue.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
THE WEATHER

TULSA June 25.-Maximum 95,
minimum 65: south winds and clear.
OKLAHOMA FoRECAST-Tuesday
and "Wednesday generally fair.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
An Old .uady's PRAYER,

Illinois State Register: A German
born woman OF this city, speaking to
an American born woman, referring
t. the overthrow of the Russian auto
cratic government, said, "Oh that my
Fatherland could get rid Of the
kaiser!" That is the way many
native-born Germans, now American
citizens, feel. A Republic of Ger
many would he far more influential
in the worlds councils and OF greater
benefit to the trade and commerce Of
it's people than a government with a
Caesar at it's head. The divine right"
of kings and emperors to rule a
people by inheritance, is not recog-
nized any more by forward-looking
people anywhere.
The system is fast perishing from
the earth. Russia is the last to throw
off the yoke of bondage and China
preceded it but few months. Ger
many and Austria are the only great
European nations that are still bound
in chains to autocratic rule and it
cannot be long before the HohenzoI-
lerns and the Hapsburgs will be COM
PEELED to surrender their divine
right" to the people, who alone have
the divine right to rule themselves.
The old lady's prayer mentioned in
the. beginning of this article may be
answered and granted sooner than
she expects.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
WORK OF THE WORLD.
1t is Done by the Watermoi Never
Vet Seen.

A watermol is the smallest particle
Of water, particle that cannot be
divided and remain water. In the
Scientific Monthly Professor H. i.
Fairchild. of the university OF Roch-
ester, has been writing the autobicg-
raphy Of watermol. The following
paragraphs are extracts from the
prelude and goodby:"
Ny birth took place deep IN the hot
chimney OF an ancient volcano. / was
created by the union of three distinct
individual PARTICLES. Two atoms Of
hydrogen and one Of oxygen united to
produce me. I am a composite being,
a chemical creation--the child Of
welded matter and energy.
These three atoms or units had ex.
listed from the eternity of the past.
/ am the true symbol of life. All the
organic substance of the world, the
Giving things are composed of such
as I. Combined with some nitrogen
we form protoplasm, the basic sub
stance Of all. life. Without us water
mols there would be no plants or ami.
mails. and no food or drink. OF course
there would be no lake. no river, or
ocean; no beauty cloud Of rosy sun
rise or crimson sunset.
We do the work OF the world. On
us floats all the commerce Of the
water-world. We are the steam Of your
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28

engines, and we are the masses Of
falling water which supply the power
for your machinery or for changing
mass energy to electricity
We are also the great agent OF de.
struction All decay is by means of
water. We rend the rocks by our ex-
pansion under cold. BY wave and
stream and glacier we slowly drag
everything. even the mountains, into
the sea. Some time we may cover all
the surface of this earth.
Like all living things ], individual
IT, am not immortal. But my units,
or atoms, are. My substance is etern-
al. There are ways In which l might
be destroyed, particularly by human
devices Very intense heat would
drive apart my three atoms.
feared this when / was caught in the
Chicago fire. In some chemists lab
oratory l might be destroyed by some
chemic reaction. And lightning
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
JOSOUIRTUs ON GUARD,

Without the slightest reflection upon the an
ti-iquor law of the United States navy. and
without retreating an inch from the belief that
worldwide prohibition would be boon. we
nevertheless feel that the ordinary one hun
dred per cent. citizen will be dismayed to read
JOsephus Daniels latest ruling
The crack gunnery officer of the navy a
lieutenant with twelve years of solid and hon
orable service behind him, has been dismissed
on a charge of intoxcation. Every officer in
the court martial pleaded for leniency on
grounds that the navy needed the defendant s
services. Rear Admiral Leigh G. Palmer, chief
of the bureau of navigation made a special
plea in the mans behalf. It was shown that
no previous offenses stood against the name of
the accused, and that, moreover, he was the
best gunnery officer in the service, with a
world record to his credit in recent target
practice.
Mr. Daniels listened. and waved his hand
grandly. No other rebuke except dismissal
could be considered, he said
Again approving the navy's dry regulations
and breathing hope for the end of the rum
traffic on earth-is it for the good of the navy
that one of its most valuable officers be lost be-
cause of one breach Of the Daniels code? Dc
we or do we not need expert gunnery officers
It is well enough for Josephus Daniels to
scowl in the box of the water wagon. the while
he sprays suspicious circumstances and treats
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
Rainy day money is not, as rule, spent on
pleasure but on pills, plasters, and prescrip-
tions-E. W. Howe.
FOR SELF PRESERVATION.

While there has been promise by the
government that the railroads will be permitted
to increase freight charges, there is little doubt
that the carriers will ask this permission. They
are encouraged by the attitude of Secretary Of
the Interior Lane, who has expressed his belief
that they should have higher rates. It is clear
that investors do not regard the financial posi-
ton OF the roads as satisfactory, and it is said
the companies would have asked for a rate ad-
vance even if the brotherhood movement for
higher pay had been defeated The latest esti-
mate OF the cost of the wage increase is sixty
million dollars year. and it is believed that the
public will approve request for higher charges
for transportation in both the passenger and
freight departments Rather than see any
great railway system thrown into bankruptcy,
the public will generously come to it's aid, for
the public really owns the roads and would not
cut off its nose to spite its face.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28
RIVER TRAFFIC OR NOT.
Question is to be Decided as Result
Of Minneapolis and New Orleans
s Barge Line.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: We have
listened to several years of agitation
Of the subject OF a restored freight
traffic on the Mississippi river. On
the one side of the argument have
been repeated and persistent asser-
lions that such traffic would pay and
that it is In actual demand by the
shippers of the northwest. On the
other hand, these assertions have
been met with utter skepticism and
the projects characterized as vision
airy and insubstantial.
There is coming an end to the de-
bate. The question Is to be decided
on the rise or fall of a yet unnamed
corporation of twin cities shippers
who will try the experiment of run
ming a barge line between Minneap-
oils, St. Paul and New Orleans. The
corporation is not to be organized
for profit but 1t will be ascertained
if profit can be made. The expected
dividends to the owners will be in
the form OF reduced freight rates.
The step has been taken in this
practically cooperative form because
there was almost no prospect that a
private company with the responsible
ity Of common carrier would make
the investment necessary for an ex-
pertinent II river traffic ever was to
be developed it would have to be
started. So it was decided by men
who would benefit by cheaper trans
portation, If cheaper transportation
were to be secured in this way, that
they themselves, comparatively, must
break the ice.
The outcome promises to be ex.
tremely interesting. We shall know
that river carrying pays under mod
ern conditions or that it does not
pay. We shall learn whether the city
should invest in terminal facilities,
and to what extent, or whether 1t
should not. We shall learn whether
St. Paul is to continue under it's
present disadvantages as a freight
making point or whether 1t may Sc
cure advantages similar to those
which Duluth enjoys by virtue Of its
water communications with Buffalo
and the east. The experiment will be
of direct financial Importance to the
organizers of the barge line. 1t will
be of indirect significance to the en-
tire commercial northwest.