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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Policemen Rejoice,
Mike Green Again
Is in County Jail

Michael Gustavus Green, otherwise
and more famillarly known TO the police
and Shcrffs office as Mike Green,
caused a general feeling OF JOY TO pre-
vail in copdom today when he unob-
trusiyely dropped into the county jail
and asked to be assigned to a room
Unfortunately for Mike he was IN
charge of a United States deputy mar.
shal, who was bringing him up from
lawton to answer 10 a charge IN the
federal court today of dispo,lng OF
liquor to soldiers. Green who has
been in lall So many times that he has
a special register took French leave OF
his guard ON the county road gang sew
eral week, ago, and until nahbed by
the federal officers, has been living a
gay and lawle' existence, whereabouts
unknown Seven other men were also
brought from lawton tO answer to
charges Of illegal liquor traffic Their
names are Charley Andrews Gus
Simpson, George iWr'ield, Lee Hardin,
Harry Day Fred Hardy and Clarence
Hobbs,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Watson!
Pants System
Solues Thefts
Burglar With Corduroy Ones
Sits on Window SILL Detect
i've Does Rest

The Bertllon finger print system OF
identification hasn't got anything at al
on the Connors pants print system OF
Identification, for the impression left OF
window sill was directly responsible
for the arrest OF negro this morning,
in less than three hours after he is al
legged TO have broken into and robbed
two homes,
The home OF II. C. Atkins, 1907
West Twenty ninth street, was first en-
tered, and a knife and several dollars
in cash stolen. The burglar next paid
visit at the home Of Lee VanWinkle,
5l2l North Mckinley avenue. The rob
berry here occurred after Mr.. VanWin-
kle had gotten up at s o'clock to light
his furnace. The thief took Mr. Van
Wrinkles clothes into the back yard,
ranSacked the pockets, and left the
clothing on the ground He obtained
several dollars in money, and valuable
gold watch which Mr.. VanWinkles
father had given him as graduation
present many years ago.
On the window ledge OF the Atkins
home, the police found the imprint Of a
pair OF corduroy trousers Shortly after
8 o'clock Detective Mike Connors,
Strollng down North Broadway, no.
ticed a negro wearing pair Of cor
duroy trousers, and after questioning
him, took him to the police station,
where the watch, knife and money were
found in his pockets Two iniormatons
against the negro were filed in the JUS
tice court OF Robert w. Maupin
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
WASHINGTON IS
SKEPT|CAL OVER
FOES SINCERITY
Negotiations Are Only for tho
Purpose Of "StaIIing,

WASHINGTON, Dec II The con.
dtlonS surrounding Count Clernin'S
proposals for basis Of peace cause
official, here TO feel some apprehcn-
sion for their sincerity There is a
great disposition to feel that the object
OF the German plenipotentiarics is sim.
pity to prottaCt the negotiations as long
AZ possible without any expectation oi
an immediate peace agreement with
the double purpose OF leading the Ger
man people to believe that their govern
men, really is desirous Of making peaes
and OF gaining time for the further
strengthening OF the German lines in
the west
One condition regarded as i'm
possible, for the present, al least,
is that the adherence OF all bellig-
eten,s must be secured TO the peace
the Germans are trying to make
with Russia before II can become
effective. This Is accompanied by
q demand for the return OF the Ger
man colonies now In the possession
Of RuSsiAs allies.
at can be stated aulhorilatiyeH that
the position oi the American govern.
ment has not changed in any respect
with regard TO is determination to en-
ter into no agreement with a govern
mcnt which does not represent the will
ol the governed people
u S Won't Join In.
This would dispose OF any hope the
Germans might have that the Russians
could induce America ~ subscribe to
the peace treaty which they are now
trying 10 arrange As for the German
colonies, the American government has
never recorded itself ON the subject and
LLOYD George recently declared that
was a subject for the peace conference.
No provision is made In Count
CIetnlns terms for the return to
France OF Alssee- Lorraine, which
Ia regarded here as condition that
must be met as preliminary TO
any agreement, an understanding
declared BY President Wilson in
his message to congress
In the light oi the extraordinary cf'
forts Germany has been making IN nd
those province, Of French inhabitants,
it is believed here tha, Germany may
propose a pleb;scite OF inhabitants re.
|, ING upon HE vote of German soldiers
and the imported German population,
hut such proposal probably would ne
rejected by the United States and her
GO hellgtrents
Freedom for Belgium
Apparently Belgium is promised free.
dom by Count Cteruin Il all the oths
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Government Operation Of Rail-
roads Means First ReduC-
ton Of Salaries Of Numer-
Gus Executives,
Elimination Of Competition and
Efficiency Methods Will Put
u, S, Ahead in Operation
Deal,
WHAT U. S. CONTROL
OF RAILWAYS MEANS

IN RlEFLY, government operation
Im Of the railroads beginning Fri
~ day noon provides for
A Co-ordinatcd system OF trans
portation, under one director general,
who is to be Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo.
The government will maintain the
roads at a high standard OF eff
crency and will guarantee the own
crs annual profits equal to the aver
age annual profits OF the three
years before the war
q Express companies can be in
Cmdcd in the seizure order, but this
action is left to McAdooS discre-
tion.
Interurban lines are not at pres
ent affected
Reduction OF salaries OF high rail-
road officials will be one OF the first
acts, and the saving will be diverted
to increased pay for railroad men.
The resources OF the United States
treasury are always available in
helping the railroads over financial
ly tight places. n
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Hoodoo Handouts
Give Pence Liberty

Sheriff G. + Johnson owns, or did
own, pair of "hoodoo" handouts.
They have changed hands" several
times. generally resulting in the es.
cape of the person wearing them The
cuffs were said to have been stolen
once by Larry Reedy and were later
found in his possession Now It IS
learned that Frank Pence, who eS-
cared from the sheriff few days ago
while being brought back from Cali.
iornla, was wearing the same hoodooed
wrlSllel, Pence Jumped from win
dow Of the lavatory while the train
was moving He escaped from the
county road gang several months ago
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
BILLION DOLLAR SAVING STATE STATUS UNCERTAIN


The state corporation commission
practically ha, been put out OF busi-
ness so lar as the regulation OF rail
roads are concerned, through the gov
ernment taking over control OF the
roads This is the opinion voiced by
Governor Williams and by Campbell
Russell and w D Humphrey, corpora
ton commissioners
The corporation commissioners are
more or less at a loss to know Just
what place in the sun they will hold in
the light OF government control but
powers Of the commission, which have
been broad in the regulation OF rail.
roads, are certain TO be abrogated under
federal direction
Adyiccs from Washington are to the
effect that the interstate commerce
commission and other government
agencies which have to do with the
railroads will continue to perform their
orders OF the director Of the railroads
Whether this program applies to state
commissions as we'll as the question
that interests state officials
In the opinion OF Mr. Humphrey state
regulation could not progress very TAI
in any channel without running ut
against governmental control,
Humphrey Pleased.
"On the whole, believe the unitica
tiC1 of the railroads a good thing dur.
ing the war" said Mr. Humphrey
Government direction If done prop
erly, no doubt will work out to a good
end. do not believe, however, that
railroad officers should be Supplanted
Every man to his trade IS a good max
i'm and | believe the railroad men know
more about operating the railroads than
men who have been trained in some
other line OF work
Mr.. Humphrey is OF the opinion that
government control will operate at first
to a disadvantage in Oklahoma as ei-
forts OF the commission to clear up the
local situation through embargoeS and
rerouting Of freight probably. will be in
teriered with in the rehabilitation of
equipment
Profit Too Great"
The railroads are being guaranteed
too great a profit by government as
Suring them net operating income
equal to the average net operating in
come of the three years preceding
June 70, 1917 in the opinion of Com
missioner Russell !
"ln the three years selected as a
basis for figuring the railroads in
come, their earnings were the greatest
in history Mr.. Russell said. The
years Of 1915, 1910 and 1917 are the
fattest the railroads have even seen
They came Just at the time that the
railroads were swamped with business
which followed the declaration OF war
in Europe It doesn't seem to me that
the government should guarantee a con.
tinuation OF these huge profits which
have been on the decline in the last
six months because OF increased
operating expenses
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27

WASHINGTON. Dec 27.-One OF
the first acts OF the government in
defining operation of railroads will be
to reduce large salaries now paid to
the railway executives and increase in
some measure the wages of tls railway
workers
Securities to be issued while the gov
ernment is in control will be at interest
rates not less than percent and the
issues vii be made under Joint ad-
thority OF the director general and the
interstate commerce commission
Will Buy Material.
President Wilson, when he outlines
the governments plans, in his forth
coming address to congress will ask
that the government be empowered to
buy any quantity OF new railway Sc
curlllcS. All earnings over and above
an amount to be agreed upon, will
90 to the government
Congress will be asked also to ap-
propriatc a large iund-probably two
hundred million dollars-ior the i'm
mediate supply OF rolling stock to
handle the flood OF traffic which has
Swamped the railroads
Express May be Controlled.
The director general will have au-
thority to decide whether the govern
mcnt shall also assume operation and
control OF the express companies,
President Wilson will recommend to
congress that the railroads be guaran-
leed the average net income of the three
years ending June 30 1917 hut any
railroad may abide by its constitutional
right and refuse to accept this system.
In that case the question will pass 10
an arbitrating body. the precise nature
Of which is to be determined by con.
gtcSS
To Pay Obligations
The equipment fund will also he used
to pay any other definite obligations
lhi, year under the pre- war average or
the amount agreed upon. but officials
who have given the situation close
study believe it may he unnecessary to
cNpcnd any great sum IN this way
They believe that the government by
eliminating wasteiul competition and
unnecessary expense, under a common
Continued on Psoe 2. Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Basis for All Peace

Count CIernin declared that the cen.
trail powers believed that the basic prln-
cipleS uttered by the Russian delegates
could be the basis OF such a peace. He
said they shared Russian condemnation
OF continuation OF the war for the
sake OF conquest
II Is necessary TO indicate most
clearly, however, the connt added,
that the Russian proposals could be
/, realised only In the event that all
belligersnts obligated themselves to
adhere 10 terms OF such q peace.
The Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister declared that the central
powers did not intend forcibly TO
annex territory seized during the
war, nor 10 deprive nations Of po-
liticsl independence lost In the war
The question of the subjection OF ma
tionalities who have not political in
dependence to another country, cannot
be solved internationally and must he
met by each government and Us people
in the manner established by the CON
stltu,ion Of that government The pro.
lection OF the right Of minorlteS is an
essential part OF the right oi peoples
10 self definition
On War Expenses
In the event of a mutual refusal Ia
meet war expenditures and pay dam.
ages caused by the war, Count CJcrnln
continued, each belllgerenl shall bear
only the expense Of its subjects made
prisoner and damages caused to prop.
erty OF civilian subjects 10 deliberate
violations oi international law on the
part Of the adversary The creation OF
special fund for the purpose as Sug.
gestcd by Russia, could be discussed
only in the event that the other belli.
gcrentS Join in the peace negotiations
within a certain time
Insist on Nations Rights
The chairman of the Russian dele
CATION expressed qualification at Ger
man willingness, to make peacc with
out annexatonS and ndcmniIies and
with the Seli.delnltlou as being in
complete IIe said the war could not
end without the establishment OF the
violated right, oi little and oppressed
uatlonalltieS and Russia would insist on
guarantees that their lawful rights
would he protected in a general peace
treaty
Count C1ernln explained the position
Of the central powers IN a statement
which he read at IN, Second session Of
the peace conference His statement
follows
Russian Terms As Basis.
THE delegations Of the allied CTeu-
tonc) powers acting upon the clearly
expressed will Of their governments and
peoples, will conclude as soon as pos
,lble a general peace The delegations
in complete accord with the expressed
viewpoint Of their governments, think
Continued on Pss, 2, Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
DEM ANDS HER COLONIES
Smaller Nations Can Regain
Political Independence Lost
in War With Right Of Self
Definition, They Say
THIS IS kAISER'S
PEACE CONCEPTION

Clause NO annexallonS OF occu.
pied territory
Clause l-ReHoralion OF political
independence to those smaller ma
tons which lost it during the war
Clause J-Treatmcnt OF nations
without political independence to be
left to each government and not the
pcace table,
Clause 4 Small nations to have
the righ, to define themselves and
their subjects
Clause S-Each bclllgercnt to pay
its own war expenses and war dam
ages
Clause 6-Germany demands I'M
conditional return OF all her colonies,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Oklahoma Electric
Railways Not Under
Government Control

The interurhan electric railway Sys-
tenn centetng in Oklahoma City IS not
affected BY the proclamation of the
president IN which the government takes
control OF all general railroad trans
portation systems on Friday
In the presidents proclamation i1.
teturban and other electric street rail.
way systems are specifically exempted
from government control but 1t IS
stated that these systems will be taken
under government control should such
action become necessary
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
STOCKS SOAR AS
WALL ST. 0. KS
WILSON'S ACTION
Railroad Issues Jump From z
to 8 Points at Opening,

NEW YORK, Dee H-Stock,
scared at the opening Of the stock mar
ket today. denotlng the satisfaction OF
the financial community with the preSi-
dents decision to take over the rail
roads
The advances ranged from 2 TO 3
points IN the railroad list all the stand
ard shares being bid up iurously New
York Central advanced IN points 10
u, New Haven 2Is to 2o, Erie 2lS
to 10; $500" 4 points to 81; Reading
21t to 70H Southern Pacific 6A TO ~ (;
Union Pacific 80 10 ~ Southern
railway 2b to ~.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
CROWN PRINCE IS
ANXIOUS TO GET
INTO vERDUN LINES

PARIS, Dec H-Three attacks were
made by the Germans last night on the
Ncrdun front east Of the MeuSe, II is
annouuced officially At their third at
tempt the Germans succeeded IN reach.
ing the French lines but were driven
out Immediately with heavy losses, leay-
ing prisoners,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
BULLETIN

ROME, Dec. 77.--Elsven Austro-
German sirplanes have been brought
down by the British and Italian
forces In q big aerial battle which
developed when the Teutons made
an unsuccessful attempt TO bonn
bard Ereviso, sixteen miles north
or Venice. Announcement to this
effect was made officially today BY
the Italian war office.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27

PETROGRAD, Dec. ~ (Wednes.
ay)-The central powers, Count Ger
min, the Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister, told the peace conference at
Brest-Litovsk yesterday, Solemnly de.
clare their resolve Immediately TO sign
terms which will terminate the war on
conditions equally Just TO all belliger.
entS. The central powers also favor a
general peace without iorcible annexa-
tions and indemnitie, They could not
bind themselves to such terms without
a guarantee that Russias allies would
recognize them and carry them out
honestly toward the central powers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
BIG BRITISH SHIP
FOUNDERS IN BAY
ON AFRICAN SHORE

LONDON, Dec. y. The British
steamer City OF Nagpur, 1881 tons, has
been wrecked in Delagoa Bay, Portu.
guese East Africa, according TO a dis.
patch to the Times from Lisbon The
passengers, numbering $50, were saycI
as was the cargo
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
One French Ship sunk

PARIS. Dec. y The week ending
December -. aone French steamer ol
more than luOO tons and one " les,
than that tonnage were sunk by ,ubma
rines aud mines,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Cloudy and Colder
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREcAsT-CIoudy srd colder
tonight and Friday
STATE oRECAsT-T Tonight, cloudy
and colder In west portion. Friday
cloudy and colder.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
Melton Sees Governor.

81 take i that the men who arc dis.
cussing the preferential idea are
prompted by a desire to eliminate per
sonslties from the coming campaign
This would be a good thing were il
possible for primary fights in which
there are four or five candidates are
conducive to personalities and result in
conflicts that tend to disrupt party or
ganilation"
Mr. Melton was in conference with
Governor Williams today and he, too
heard from the governor his opposition
to calling the legislature into session
81 have always said tina, | would not
call the legislature into session again
during me term OF office unless thore
was great necessity for il" the COVER.
nor said IL can see no neSesi'ty now
for a special session"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-27
SESSION
NOT TO Be HELD,
GOVERNOR SAYS
End Put to Speculation on Pd-
mary Plan
DOES NOT SEE NECESSITY
Scheme May Be Discussed at
Meeting January 8,

Governor Williams today put at rest
speculation to the effect that the sato
legislature would be called INTO special
session to enact, among other things,
an election law which would provide for
preferential primary or convention.
The governor said that he sees no nccc'-
sity for special session OF the leglsla
ture.
The call OF Alger Melton, chairman
Of the state Democratic committee, for
meeting Of the committee in okla
homa City January h. has given rise to
talk that movement was on loot for a
preferential primary or convention be
fore the primaries next fall That this
could be done best by legislative act
providing for preferential selection was
the opinion voiced by some politicians
Governor Williams opposition to call
ing the legislature into session at this
time will blsst the hopes Of these poll
ticianI, however
Nevertheless Mr.. Melton who was in
Oklahoma City today, says It Is prob
able that there will be some discussion
OF a preferential convention when the
Democratic committee meets here
Personally am in favor Of prefer
ential convention or rather a scheme Ia
incorporate the good features OF both
the convention and primsrN" said Mr.
Melton. THE committee meeting was
not called for the purpose Of going into
such plans, however, and deem II in.
advisable at this time for the committe,
to consider working out preferential
plan.