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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24

uAe s.oga misssshly. Willing snothss
IN ala. 9TH, store wss closed
when the negro soldiers passsd nd ne
Wsts frightened when the shootins p
sAn. Alma Nd run In iron the sede..
VEN. She W. shef1n III stomach and
the bullet came through . double wall"
Brutal Iacidsnt at Home.
Al the home Of Mrs. Mary Winklef,
<DlO Lillian street. was enacted one Of
The most brutal incidents Of the night.
WkeN the muhnel, pstdisrs passed her
two sons, Fred Winkisr aged 70 years
old, md William }. Druehs, stepped 70
Inc frcnl pQtth 70 Zee Whist provoked
Inc loud tSJktNg. Fred Wlgkler
flashed on IN SAilery light and>Wll-
liam Drucks< got as far as the steps,
With that Z bullet penetrated 70 the
heart Of the younger boy, while the right
arm Of Drucks was shattered At The
wrist and shove the elbow,
For what seemed an eternity, the
Winklsr family remained In . house
OF darkness, where Druch lay upon
the bed bleeding. Not until . reporter
had entered the house and stumbled In
the dark over the body Of the younger
lad, prone on the porch, as u executed
by q squad. would the family flash on
electric li6NAs,
Lifhs Ia Msssss Shot Out.
Whe ttr0uble is said to have been be-
run late yesterday after some Of the
negro soldiers had complained Of treat
msnt accorded them by members on tho
| Houston police force. About 9 o'clock
last night some eighty negroes formed
u their camp and began . march to.
ward downtown Houston, Lights in
residences along the way were shot
out and . number Of persons wounded
o. they sat inside their houses, The
first shooting, however, Is said TO
have been done within the camp.
Crowds Of Houston men, with un.
armed Texas s~uardsmsn here started
for the camp but stopped when On army
officer mounted an automobile and
addressed them Captain l., ). Snow
Of the negro troops guarding Camp
Logan last night, declared that he At
tempted 10 control the men when he
saw what IVES about 10 happen. but
they were beyond control and some $50
OF them started 10 shoot profniscuous-
ly In the camp and soon scattered In
every direction"
Attempt to Kin Captain.
An attempt was made to kill Captain
Snow, he declared and he had 4 mar
row escape. Early today soldiers pa
troilsd the streets Of Houston and per-
sons abroad before daylight were
stopped and questioned.
ConGressnan Eagle At midnight sent
this telegram to Secretary OF War
Baker;
l. Biunlsr 10 Charge.
As congressman from this district,
report death and woundang OF sew
erAI persons, result Of sending negro
soldiers here. Without stating who Ia
to blame, il 10 clearly . race riot and
10 tragedy sufficient 10 compel the
statement that Il 10 . tragic blunder to
send negro troops to southern camps
protest vigorously against the lllinoi'
aegyo soldiers ordered to Houston be-
Ing sent. By oil means order them e
northern training camps and prompt,
order the negro troops who are altead.
here sent elsewhere. @
(Slsned) JOE H, EAGLE"
A., Captain l., S. Snow, commanding III
battalion OF neSfoss, made THIS state
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
Vital Statistics

Marriage L,esNsse
q. r, Halss, 70 yearr old, and Anna
McReynolds, 20 years old, both OF ON
lahoms CITY,
BIrths.
Mr.. and Mrs. c, H. Phelps, $50 West
Mr. and Mrs.. l. A. sharp. 1905 West
Tw enty. second street, rtL .
Mr. and Mrs. e, NJ. Hutchinson. 81
West Thirteenth street. GIRL
Mr.. and Mrs Jo> Leonard. u" West
Mr. and Mr.. e, p Miller, SOC wee,
Eighthtecnth street. boy.
Fir and Mr.. II j Fowler. sM Fast
Nj and Mr.. 4, Ia Funk. ITO North
Mf, and Gi.. J j. Eddy. osiahom.
NJ and Nj. e u Peck. III Ea',
Mr. and &r. L W olsson. q, North
Broadway, slrl
John II, Fairchild, q yeArs old, local
Floyd B,sb.e, II years old. son OF Mr..
and Mrs A A Bisbse,. local hospital,
Ida Gaze. ~ Year, old. 'oca! hospital
} J ccnnors, o. yssp old Reno and
euld,uo psrw,N.
J. A. knight. 500 wat. Twenty. fourth
street. sl.ePls porch, 100
ward. one story frsm. dwelling, $1,000.
a. G. Fowler. iol FNs, Reno avenue.
one. story brick addition. llO0..
Nichols and Chandler, l1s West Mine
tsenth street, ns.story frame dwelling,
''k,~-.. .ua vvns.~nu s,,s uy.., ~.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24

Nsmsa Of cigars can be printed de
rect a. the to~bacco-leaf wrapper BY
,neans Of = machine Of late invention,
not yet placed on the market The
freshly rolled cigars are fed into the
msehine u one end and conveyed side
BY side on a belt to the printing stamp.
at the end Of n afm that IS operated
by q hand crank OF may be run by 4
motor. The name is printed lengthwise
on the cigsr in Ink, without injuring the
wrapper. The machine, which 10 de-
,cribed and illustrated in the August
Popular Mechanics Magazine, is de-
signsd TO replace the pe~rforating de-
vices now in use for the same purpose.
II will brand $4,000 cigars a day, it is
said, at a considerable saving in cost
oyer that Of cigar bands, put on in the
usual manner by girls.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
y. 5. W1DEn1
avttuTo STlok

WASHINGTON, Aug. A--Complets
confidence in the new Russian govern.
ment was expressed today BY the state
department.. II regard the government
Of Russia a. stronger today than II has
been for , MONTH" Secretary Lasing
said. II mean h general" he added,
both from political and military points
Of view. This opinion Is based upon
reports more o. less confidential than
W have been Jsttins."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24

IAx-HoS-As improved csssars.
A digestive liquid laxative, cathartic
and liver tonic. Combines strength
with palatable Ffomstie tssts. Does
not grippe or disturb stomach, Nc.--
Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
Governor Issues
Martial Law 0rder

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. A--Govs'nor
James z. Ferguson issued . proclama.
ton At II 4. m, today, declaring mar-
tial law in Houston and Hsrri, coun-
~. He announced that in . telephone
conversation with General Parker AZ
San Antonio, the generalSsaid that .
battalion Of infantry was being sent
from Fort Sam Houston to Houston.
The governor, closeted with his at
torneys in the impeachment proceed.
ines again,t him. denied sdrnittance to
al callers Until II O'Clock. "a
Although. the city Of Hon p Wa
placed under partial law last night by
an order Of Gen. John A. Hullenr Il
was explained here that ofNcill action
on the part Of the governor was need
ed to technically make the order legal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24

- n jsrs,nsA to
= bsslassA whsss sssns
mNektpa Ae sold, ktpt or
Nultl sunsin slossd..
HULEN.
IN spoa every citizen Of
D1n1sn, white and coIorsl. 70
1onevp he psace. 70. 20 quietly
Mt eusihees ard to rest -.
Mt there 10 CetAt 70 b full
M Dgooef p~vhishment Tor
4 I'd h time isr eoolness and for
neslw avoidance Of further trou-
f N h no time for further eseitr-
,e,ty 10 under martial law,
IVA vkch 10 most reSrstta.
~ ~ Il 10 necessary.
xJspt hest will be no further trouble
ovtsy citizen will carefully sec,
Of no avail.
The situation Is we'll in hams
here. b studied effort 10
cSSse more trouble.
tsisssdl Dan uHo0DY,
crsslty II Kii1sS.
ne tilnue of Cspt. Jpseph W. Aattei
= he illinois Second heid artillery va,
,eoeunesalsd BY extreme cruelty on IN,
&c Ms slsysrs, according TO early
uet1.
HSQoymdsd BY . rife tsllst. Captain
va surrounded b. ths mut(nous
-. riddled with buckskot and his
hacked and stabbed In msuy place,
Nbsyooets.
Fl fired evidently At eloee range
sseel sections Of his kvi to btu
~ 6ody. when discoveed, was ii.
Sf rnreecrmisabIe.
IsssrSr ~ yosr rtnss.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-24
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
The oystaD.

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking a. the formula -
printed on every label, showing it is
0uinine and Iron in > rasteless form.
@--Adv. t
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
SUBMARINES? POUF!
SURE, She Will SAIL
Mrs. Flagler to Accompany Husband.
Military Attache at Rome.
Pouf! Submarines. I'm going"

Pouf! Submarines. I'm going"
The wife OF Lieut.. Col. c. A. F.
Flagler, who is in charge OF the engi-
neering work in the District, Just
flashed her eyes and said this very
thing last night when she heard that
her husband had been assigned to the
post of military attache at the Amer
iCan Embassy in Rome. and that he
would have to pass through the sub
marine zones in the Mediterranean to
reach his post.
You can just bet that I'm going
wherever that officer man of mine is
going" added Mrs. Flagler. and she
chuckled over the phone.
The War Department announced the
appointment of Lieut.. Col. Flagler yes
terday. but it was no great surprise.
for it was known that his name was
being strongly considered because of
his success in his wolk in the District.
He will succeed Maj. David Heiberg.
who was killed on the Italian front
by falling from his horse.
Lieut.. Col. Flagler is a native of
Georgia. but entered West Point from
Iowa in 1885. He came to Washington
four years ago from Mobile where he
was in charge OF harbor improve
ments.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
SENATE ENDS SESSION:
COLOMBIAN PACT FAILS
Upper Chamber Adjourns After Acting
on Nominations.

The+special session Of the Senate which
assembled at the call Of the President
March came to an end yesterday fol-
lowing the failure OF the Colombian
treaty and the completion of executive
work confirming an important grist Of
nominations to various public offices.
The adjournment was marked by no
significant nor spectacular ceremonies =.
Senator Martir the Majority leader. and
Senator Warren, of Wyoming. acting for
Minority Leader Gallinger, who is III
waited upon the President earlier in the
day and were informed by the President
that he had nothing further to lay be-
fore the Senate at TIE present time.
Thereupon. on his return to the floor.
Senator Martin moved that the Senate
adjourn sine die. The motion was agreed
to without comment.
Among the important combinations to
office at yesterdays session were for
mer Representative Thomas G. Patten,
to be postmaster OF New York: former
Representative Robert II. Gittins. to be
postmas ster of Niagara Falls. n. Y; D.
Hastings McAdam. of Washington, to
be postmaster OF Honolulu. II. l.; William
B. Carlile to be postmaster Of Chicago:
George F. Snyder. to be postmaster Of
Schoharie. n. Y: John B. Mattice, to be
postmaster Of Wayland, N. Y; Joseph
A. Frost, to be postmaster Of Williams
town, n. Y; and Allen B. Barthold.
to be postmaster of Bethlehem, Pa.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
WILSON MEDIATORS
MEET RAIL WORKERS

New York. March l6-Secretary OF the
Interior Lane went into confsrenc with
the four brotherhood chiefs at the Balti-
more Hotel here. at $50 o'clock tonight.
Mr. Lane was the only mem ,~r OF the
committee appointed by Pre- ent VIII
son and the cabinet 70 tre6 with the
brotherhoods and railroads in the strike
crisis. who was present at the time set
for the start of the conference. The
other members OF the administra ton
committee are Secretary Of Labor Will
son, Daniel Willard. president OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway. and Samuel
Gompers. president OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Just before the meeting opened Mr..
Lane intimated that no definite plans OF
action had been formulated. 1t is known.
however. that the Presidents committee
comes to New York with the full moral
support Of the government in any move
they may decide on, and that President
Wilson is determined that there shall be
no strike II It can be prevented by any
legal means within the power OF the gov
ernment
1t is expected that the conference will
be on for several hours.
Specific plans for the conduct OF the
strike in the different districts were
formed at a number OF meetings today.
More than 100 shop and general chair
men for the eastern district gathered
here tonight Strike instructions for the
New England states were issued. George
H. Sines. vice president of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen, presided.
Under the general plan completed to-
day. the four vice presidents Of the rail-
road brotherhoods will direct the zen
eral strike from the headquarters es-
CONTINUED on FACE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
GUARD INCREASED
Rush Additional Force to Pro-
tect Panama Canal.

Hurried steps to greatly reinforce the
American forces on guard at the Panama
Canal were under way at the War De-
rartment last night. along with other
momentous preparedness plans.
The United States troops now protect
ing the great waterway first will be aug
mented by q battalion OF United States
Infantry now stationed in Porto Rico.
This additional force will be rushed to
the Canal zone without delay and may
soon be followed by other detachments.
At the War Department no explanation
was Forthcoming as to the urgency Of
this latest move, but It is known to be
the Governments purpose to add to the
safeguards about the Canal and give it
wartime protection.
At the State Department last night t
was declared that the United States will
insist upon the right of its armed mer-
chantmen to enter neutral ports. The
Governments policy on this point was
made clear when the attention OF officials
was directed to cabled reports from Co.
penhagen stating that Holland might not
permit American armed ships to enter
Dutch harbors.
Emphatic denial was made that nego-
tiations on the subject were in prgress
between this Government and other neu-
trails.
The governments position is that, not
being a belligerent, even its warshps
have a clear right to entry anywhere
and cannot legally be barred.
Another American citizens life was i'm
periled when the Steamer Lucy Ander-
sor was sunk by two submarines, neither
OF which warned the vessel, the State
Department was advised in a cablegram
from Consul Hathaway, at Hull, Eng
land. The American was Placido Dearce
Of Porto Rico
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
.BERNSTORFF DEFENDS
ACTION in war PLOT
Couldn't Have Sent Zimmerman Note
After War Outbreak. He Saws.
CBy the international New. servic

(By the international News service.)
Berlin (via SayviIle wireless, March
1s-Count Won Bernstorf, former Ger
man Ambassador to the United States,
issued a public statement today, defend
ing his action in transmitting the Zim-
mermann note to Won Eckhardt, the Ger
man minister in Mexico. urging Car
rama to declare war on the United
States.
Count Won Bernstorff declared that the
note was transmitted to Mexico because
in the event of war between the United
States and Germany. It would have been
impossible to transmit 1t.
If there was no German-American war,
he asserted, Mexico would never havc
known of the German proposition
Germany, the former Ambassador said,
made every effort to prevent a break
with America.
Even at the moment when the Cierman n
government decided on unrestricted sub
marine war and saw the effect it woui,
have on the United States, the German
government did not forget that the main
tenance Of good relations with America
was its most important political aim, :
said the count.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
BOMBS KILL TWO
Double Explosion in Supreme
Court Building In Boston.

Boston. March 1.-two bombs were ex-
ploded at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon in the
mems washroom Just outside the door Of
the Supreme Court room in the Suffolk
County courthouse in Pemberton Square
Two men were killed outright. The mas
sive three-story building was rocked by
the force OF the explosion. There was q
one ordered all exits OF the courthouse
locked
The double explosion. blew out a cor
ridor wall on the second floor and the
door OF the washroom
When the clouds OF dust settled a little
and the panic-stricken throng that
streamed through the corridors could
make out something Of what had hap
pened, the forms Of at least two victims
were discovered
Body UnrecoEnizabIe
The body OF one man was seen on the
noor OF the wash room, Just outside the
door of one OF the closets His face
was disfgured beyond recognition. The
body of the second man was on the corri-
dor floor. right at the shattered doorway
of the wash room
Glass WAS shattered all over the court
house building. The two reports were
heard across Pemberton Square along
Somerset street and the courthouse gem
eral neighborhood
Immediate calls for police and am
balances were sounded and a number of
physicians hurried TO the building.
. Many WOMEN Faint.
The widest sort of a panic followed the
explosions. Blinded by the dust from
the plaster where the wall was blown
out, scores OF occupants OF the building
rushed for the exits. Clouds of dirt
from the ventilators added to the gen.
eral terror of the scene. A number of
women on the upper floor tainted and
had TO be carried to safety by the police
and court officers.
The Suffolk county court house is To-
Gated In the heart OF the business dis
trict o: Boston and in the same block
as the State House
Judge Loring. o. the Supreme Court,
had been sitting all the afternoon on a
Will case in the room outside Of which
the explosions occurred.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
Costs SIS a Day to Keep
Eour-Year-Old Astor Baby

New York, March 16.-Cornelius j.
Sullivan, as special guardian Of John
Jacob Astor, four years of age, today
filed a report approving the accounts Of
the boys mother. Mrs. Madeline Force
Astor Dick. She reported that she had
expended about SIS a day for the main
tenance of the infant from the income
he is entitled TO, as an heir to $1,000
coo.
Mr.. Sullivan lauds Mrs. Dick for her
self-sacriice in behalf of her son, whose
father died in the wreck Of the Titanic.
He calls attention to the fact that Mrs.
Dick has not found the allowance of the
surrogate sufficient to maintain her
young son and has had to draw on her
own resources.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
ENDS PEACE FEAR. "

Boulder, Col, March 16.-Count Ilya
Tolstoi. son of the noted Russian novelist.
who is here today on a tour of the
United States. said he believed the re-
suit of the overthrow of the Russian
government and the abdication Of EN-
peror Nicholas would be a more vigorous
prosecution of the war. more liberal
government for the people and an end to
fears England once had that Russia
might conclude q separate psa1A
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
WILL USE ANY MEANS
TO HALT RAIL STRIKE

The full power of the United States
government will be exerted to prevent
a nationwide strike of railroad employees
that would cripple the nation in the
grave international crisis which il now
confronts. Following a Cabinet mexing
Yesterday. at which President Wilson.
leaving his sick-room, reviewed the rail-
road situation with his advisers, the
following steps were taken:
The Council of National Defense. with
the approval OF the President, sent Sec
retary Of the Interior Lane. Secretary
CT Labor Wilson. Chairman Daniel Will
lard, Of the Advisory Commission OF the
Council, and Samuel Gompers, president
OF the American Federation OF Labor.
and a member of the advisory commits
zion. to New York. with instructions
and the railroad heads the grave peril
in the situation
Settlement Urged.
In a personal telegram to the four
brotherhood chiefs and the chairman of
the railroad managers. President Wilson
urged the reopening Of negotiations to
settle the controversy. He declared that
the safety OF the country against mani
fest perils affecting its own peace and the
peace of the whole world. makes accom-
OF InlS QueSllOn dDSOlulelN lnl-
perative.'
At the direction of the President. At
torney General Gregory and his assistants
undertook an exhaustive review of the
legal phases Of the situation, with par
ticular attention to the legal steps that
were taken by President Cleveland in 1894
to combat the strike OF railroad employees.
Administration officials last night made
no effort to disguise the apprehension
with which they viewed the situation.
There was apparent a grim determination
to go to almost any lengths to prevent
haltIng. even for a short time. OF the
transportation facilities Of the nation. The
War Department. the Navy Department
and the Council OF National Defense.
which have been hard at work on plans
for the mobilization of the commercial
and industrial resources OF the nation.
saw in the threatened strike the doom of
their comprehensive defense proposals.
To Stretch Law.
1t was to avert the disastrous effect OF
a nationwide Strike that the defense
council selected its mediation commits
sion. l. was stated that President Will
scn Is prepared to stretch every Federal
authority to the breaking point to halt
strike.
Secretary OF the Interior Lane. head
ing the commission, left Washington late
yesterday afternoon, and arranged tC
meet the four brotherhood chiefs i'm.
mediately upon his arrival in New York
Secretary Of Labor Wilson left several
hours later and planned to Join the con.
ference on his arrival. Daniel willard
and Samuel Gompers were not in Wash
ington when the commission was named
but they were notified to meet the Cab
net members at once. Secretary Lane
was determined to make an effort Il
find a compromise ground OF agreement
by the railroads and their employees
sometime last night. but when he lef
Washington he had not yet framed any
suggestion of basis OF agreement. The
move of the defense council was mad
without any intimation as to how th'
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
VIRGINIA PROFESSOR
CONFESSES SHOOTING
States Attorney Announces Vawter's
Admission of Tragedy.

Roanoke. Va, March 16.-Common-
wealth Attorney Roop this afternoon an
nounced that Prof. Charles Z. Nawter.
Of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, has con-
fessed he shot Stockton Heth, jr.. guest
in his home at Blacksburg, who died
from his wounds yesterday. The profess
sor refused, said Roop. to tell any Of
ing.
Heth was found shot three times. clad
only in his pajamas. Both Prof. Nawter
and Mrs. Vawter steadily refused to dis
cuss the case until Vawter was re-arrest-
ed upon the death of Heth. who was
of a prominent family and widely known
in Virginia and Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
FLOOD MAY RISE

Cincinnati Ohio. March 16.-With the
announcement by Weather Forecaster
Deyereaux that rain will probably set in
over the entire Ohio Valley today. there
was uncertainty as to the Ohio River
food situation. Devereaux in his flood
bulletin said that unless the rain Is
heavy a crest stage of between 81 and 5s
feet would be reached at Cincinnati by
tonight.
Easements Of buildings along Front
street are now flooded.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17
WILSON READY TO BLOCK STRIKE:
i. S. MAY SEIZE RAIL SYSTEMS
FACTS IN RAIL STRIKE
CONTROVERSY AT GLANCE

Engineers, conductors, hremen
and trainmen involved I'm present
railroad crisis, 100000.
Number of men who may be in
volved, 2,0Ooy0OO.
Membership in four big brother
hoods represents approximately 10
Der cent Of total number OF rail-
road employees.
Average yearly earnings OF en-
pIoyes, according to latest figures
of Bureau Of Railway Economics,
Trainmen, Western district, S1,45o,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17

trainmen. Eastern district, S1,350.
trainmen. Southern district, s1,245I
engineers, S1,S65.
Firemen. s1.13ei conductors, ST.
GIG.
Other trainmen, s1,0se.
Number OF railroads involved,
1,2s5.
Mileage Of trackaEe, 951, ,sSk
Increase of wages asked by en-
ployes would cost railways annu-
ally, by their estimate, 500, ,o0o,-
900.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-17

Quickest Service to Baltimore,
Every Hour on the Hour Baltimore
and Ohio. s1.75 round trip. Saturdays
an4 Sundays. S1So,- -