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U, WAR'SCOST
IN YEAR TO BE
.$1S,000,000,000
Fitzgerald Says Our EX-
pense Is Nearly Fourth
of Total Abroad.
HE GIVES A WARNING
Representative Argues for as
Much Taxation as We
Can Stand.
HE GIVES A WARNING
Special Despufoh TO TIE ScS.

Specid DeSpd1ch 70 THE oCS'
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE stagger-
ing bill which Uncle Sam has contracted
in order to meet the necessities OF our
first years participation in the world
tail to-day by Representative John J.
Fitzgerald of New York. chairman Of
the Appropriations Committee.
The announcement that the nation has
contracted to spend $1s.2ss.22S.oS5 be-
fore July next. which represents 20
per cent. Of the total expenditures OF all
other countries In the war for the three
years up to August 1 last, gave the
House the true measure Of what unpre-
paredness for war 10 to cost the United
States.
With all the financial legislation, reve-
nue. bills and bond issues, the Govern
ment cannot expect to raise within
$500. 900 900 of the amount 1t has CON-
tracted to spend. Further legislation
will have to be initiated at the Decem-
ber session to obtain this money.
Mr.. Fitzgerald pointed out that while
tIsedt Britain mas Tdlscu more IMAM OIL
per cent. of her war money through tax
alton. only 26 per cent. of the sl5,605,-
945,460 already provided for in leeisla-
tion by this Government is to be OBJ
tained by taxation.
Mr.. FitxEernld'S Outline.
Opening debate on the second bis
| deficiency bill. Mr.. Fitzserald announced
that in addition to the appropriations OF
s3.775.97a.370 and contract authorize
| tions of $l.S39.475 900. recommended ir
the bill recently reported by the Appro
| prations Committee. amendments woult
be offered by the committee which woult
! bring the total up to s7.775, $4,000 ap
propriations and contract authorizations
These new appropriations include 1908.
| 100000 appropriations and authorize
tions for the shipping board. $350,00o.
900 for torpedo boat destroyers, 5000.
b, 100000 for machine guns and s9s.S00.oo
| for field artillery.
Mr.. FftD,erald offered the following
detailed accounting OF moneys appropri
a,ed and expended in connection witt
the war:
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Table of Companions.

Mr. Fitzgerald offered the following
figures comparing the contemplated ex-
penditures of the United states for the
first year Of the war, with the ex-
penditurcs OF all principal belligerents
so far
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viii Not Give Tn Riga.

"Only fools believe we shall ever give
I'D Riga" explained DR.. Gustav Strese-
mann. NationalLiberal member Of the
Reichstag. in addressing the crowd at
"A NationalLiberal meeting in Berlin
yesterday.
Dr. Stresemann made further at
tack upon President Wilson's reply to
Pope Benedict's peace note. He took
up the different points successfully and
defended German militarism as ne
cessity on the ground Of the empire q
geographical position.
Peace, said Or. Stresemann. had not
been brought nearer by the decision Of
the Reichstag majority recorded In the
adoption Of its resolution. The sword
alone could bring peace. he asserted
The Juror Teutonicus" should not be
wasted on internal matters. but should
be directed at the foe outside. he argued.
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The Orssnbrier-Whits sulphur Springs.
WSst Va. Ideal time for the cure. Only
one night from New York.-\tu.
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Total expenditures all bcllgercnts
Except United Statesl since com
mencement of the war............ 81, 047, 400
Relation Of contemplated United
States expenditure for one year
to expenditures all other bel
Iigerents three years. .23ee
Relation Of same to total expendi'
lures Of Germany and Austria
Hungary for three ycars........ $3.50
(Our loans to Allies do not figure In
compilation because little II any Of the mo
had been expended up to August ID
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English Peace OHer Rumored.

The interviews that DR. Michaelis. the
Imperial German Chancellor. and other
leaders have had with the German En-
peror, the Dentsches Toges Zetun0 OF
Berlin believes, are connected with an
English peace offer. ''rumors OF which
assume from hour to hour more def
mite FORM"
The newspaper is consoled by the pres
ence in Berlin OF the German Crown
Prince adding that. as on the occasion
Of the last visit of the Crown Prince,
Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg retired as
Chancellor, so to-day Germany can be
pr. served from disaster"
Count Tisza has informed the Hun
garian House that the Opposition would
support Premier Wekerle in all policies
necessary for the continuance of the
war. according to dispatches received
here The bringing about OF peace, or
course. he trusted would be promoted
by all means in the Governments power.
but he considered II served no useful
purpose to assert this again and again.
That was a sign of weakness. he added.
while the Central Powers in fact were
in a position to win.
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Total for Entente Allies (ef
ccpt United States). .&51, ,947. .t0e, 90
kew and Bulgaria. ................ q, 800 oeo. 90
Austria Hungary .................. IL. 500 600 90
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GERMAN REPLY
YIELDS TO POPE
Central Powers Say His Appeal
Forms Basis for Peace
Negotiations.

AMSTERDAM, Sept 1.-THE reply OF
the Central Powers to the peace note OF
Pope Benedict. says a Vienna despatch
to the Tijd, begins by declaring that
they regard the papal proposals as
suitable basis for peace negotiations.
Rega riding the exchange OF occupied
territories, arbitration. disarmament and
similar proposals declarations are made,
the despatch adds which testify to the
idealism of the Central Powers and their
sincere desire for a peace which Will In
sure happiness to all nationals.
Conciliatory declarations also are
made respecting the settlement OF the
Balkan question. Poland and the res
toration OF Belgium. but emphasis ID
laid on the condition that the allied
Powers must also give serious evidence
OF desire for peace by joint and
benevolent discussion of the questions
which now separate the nations. The
reply. 1t is said. will be published as soon
as the consent OF the Papal Nuncio at
Vienna is obtained.
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More ResixnatiOns.

Early this morning the Constitutional
Democratic Ministers, Prof. Kokoshkine.
state Controller: NJ. Youreneff Minister
Of Public Works, and NJ. Oldenburg.
Minister of Public Instruction, resigned,
leaving OF this party's Ministers only NJ.
Kartasheff, the Procurator of the Holy
Synod.
Foreign Minister Terestchenko. ac-
cording to an announcement made by tho
Russian official news agency. will re-
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The fund has now reached
$72,561.58.
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WARNING! THE SUN To-
bacco Fund has no connection
with any other fund, orgsniza-
ton or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
AMERICAN AID NEEDED IN
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS
Disease Causes Discharge Of 100000
soldiers From French
ARMY

BOULDER. Col. June l5.-Need OF
assistance from America In the fight
against tuberculosis in the French
army was set forth by Or. Livingstone
Farrand. president OF the University
Of Colorado and director OF the mis-
sion To be sent to France by the
Rockefeller foundation. in state
ment he made here before leaving
for Parts Doctor Farrand was for
ten years executive secretary OF the
National Association for the study and
Prevention OF tuberculosis.
The French death rate from tuber-
culosis Is, roughly, twice that OF
America and three times that of Eng
land" said Doctor Farrand 1T Is
estimated In reports to the Rockefel-
Ter foundation that one hundred and
fifty thousand soldiers have been dis
charged from the French army be-
cause Of activity OF tuberculosis. Nor
is this condition confined to the army.
Refugees from the northern France
districts are breaking down In large
numbers and the French prisoners re-
turned from Germany show high
percentage.
conservative estimates indicate
that there are fivo hundred thousand
cases In the country"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
INLAND WATER TRAFFIC
RECEIVING ATTENTION
Council OF National Defense Creates
Committee TO Handle Water
WuyS

WASHINGTON. June Is. - The
council OF national defense today an
nounced creation OF an inland water
transportation committee with ten
w. NJ. Black. chief OF army engineers.
L. s A. as chairman. Daniel Willard,
president OF the Baltimore Ohio.
as chairman of advisory commission
OF the council. who has special charge
of matters relating to transportation,
is member eNofficio.
other members OF the committee
include Walter 5. Dickeys. Kansas
City, president OF the Kansas city
Missouri River Transportation com
pany: James +. Smith. St Louis, pres
ident Mississippi Valley Waterways
association and NJ. J. Saunders. presi-
dent OF the New Orleans board oI
trade.
1t will be the function Of the new
committee TO bring together the com
panies engaged In inland water trtf-
flc in better order to meet the war
situation and make more efficient the
freight carrying facilities Of the coun-
try's waterways.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
JAPAN CLOSES GERMAN CLUB
Newspapers Urge Expulsion of For
cigncrs who Brag of Tcuton Success.

YOKOHOMA, Japan, June 1.-THE
famous German club. the gathering
place of the Germans OF this city, was
closed yesterday by the government
This is one result OF the newly promul-
gated ordinance preventing communi-
cations with enemy subjects.
The semiofficial Japan Times com
mends the step and says 1t should
have been taken long ago. II declares
that the club was veritable enemy
rendezvous in an important trade
center.
The Times urges the government to
expel from Japan all individual Ger
mans who go about Dragging of the
final victory of their country, tho 1t
will never come The journal con-
cludes with the words: There are
not a few Germans in Tokid itself who
make no secret of saying that after
the war Japan will suffer for daring
to oppose Germany in upholding its
civilization"
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tensive urban areas. and redistribution
OF seats on basis OF population.
one member OF parliament for every
10000 OF the population. No member
Tor town under $4,000.
The provisions or the woman's suf-
frage and proportional representation
clauses are left for final decision by
the house OF commons. they may be
modified as suits the judgment OF the
majority OF the members.
The proportional representation fea-
ture of the bill has attracted most at
tention here. Ii provides for many
changes In the system of representa-
tion. chief of which perhaps is that it
gives the constituents of defeated can
didates for member of parliament in 4
ree-cornercd fight actual representa-
ton In the government. The system
had been In force In Belgium for
twenty years before the war and has
Just been adopted In Holland.
How System Works.
Here is an example OF the system
which the reform remedies: In a dis
trict having five thousand registered
voters there are three candidates for
one vacant seat. Suppose that candi-
date A polls two thousand votes. cam
didate b polls l,s00 votes and candi-
date e polls 1900 votes. The result is
that candidate A is returned at the
head of the poll with two thousand
votes. while three thousand voters
have signified their unwillingness to
have him as their representative.
To prevent this return of plurality
candidates 1t is proposed to introduce
the alternative vote into the nations
electoral system. Instead of putting
I "a l.nl tnt tna N
name of the candidate he prefers, the
voter, under the system OF the alterna-
tive vote, would place the numeral l
against the candidates name and the
/ numeral against the name Of the
candidate who came next in his choice.
! When the votes were counted those
marked | would be added for each
candidate in the first place. and II the
addition showed an absolute majority
OF the votes polled for any candidate.
that candidate would be declared to
| be duly elected.
But If the addition OF the first choice
votes did not give an absolute majority
for any candidate, then the following
procedure would be adopted: The
candidate at the bottom of the poll
would be declared defeated. and his
name eliminated. but his ballot papers
would be re-examined, and the votes
transferred to the second choices as
marked on those papers. If after the
transfer Of such votes some candidate
had an absolute majority. he would
be declared elected. If not. the can
didate left at the bottom Of the poll
by the first elimination would be de-
clared defeated and his votec trans
clared defeated and his votes trans
process would continue until one OF
the candidates had an absolute ma
jority. In this way the alternative
vote would secure the advantage not
only of a second ballot, but of sue
cessive ballots, should they be re-
quired.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
TAN BARK WILL BE CUT
Woodsmen To Make as Much as SO n
Day This Year.

WARREN, Pa, June 15.-Within
two weeks hundreds OF men will be at
work in the forests of Warren, Nc
l>ean Forest and Elk counties, where
Thousands OF cords of chemical wood
and bark will be cut this summer.
The bark peeling season has arrived
This summer the men are offered
50 a cord. which will enable many OF
item to make as high as 81 day.
This Is moro than double the amount
they could make five years ago.
Leather manufacturers. who use
the bark for tanning. are also paying
the highest price in history only Il
few years ago they could buy hem
lock bark for from s. 10 Sc a cord,
but today they are compelled to pay
from s1O50 TO Sl2. The price of
chemical wood also has advanced. The
value of the hcmlock bark and cheni-
cal wood which will be cut in the
surrounding forests this summer will
be in excess Of s1.Q00,000.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
MOUNT M'K|NLEY
IS NATIONAL PARK
Native Caribou and Mountain
Sheep to Be Found in
Great Numbers.

The national park In Alaska which
congress created last spring is one OF
the monster spectacles of the world.
To say that Il rises twenty thousand
and three hundred feet above sea
level and that II IL the loftiest peak
In America is TO convey no idea
whatever OF It's grandeur. There arc
several mountains in the Himalyas
which materially exceed its height.
one which rises more than twenty-five
thousand feet above sea level. and
yet Mount Mckinley. to the observer,
is loftier than any OF these.
Titanic Alpine scenery.
The reservation contains 2200
square miles. Its northern slopes.
which overlook the Tanana water
shed with its gold mining Industry.
are broad valleys inhabited ny enor-
nous herds OF caribou. Its southern
plateau is perpetual winter wilder
ness thru which glaciers Of great
length and enormous bulk flow into
the valleys OF the south. In this ma
tional park. which the railroad now
building by government into the
Alaskan interior will open presently
10 the public. America possesses AL
pine scenery upon a titanic scale.
From the stormy south Mount Nc
Kinley is wholly inaccessible. But
from the plains OF the north valleys
Of easy grade lead one from another
to its foot.
Enormous Herds OF Caribou.
North Of the vast mountain Is
rolling country dotted with beautiful
lakes and forests inhabited by enor-
nous herds OF caribou. In fact, the
special reason why congress set apart
the region at this time was to con-
serve the wild animal life In advance
Of the invasion of hunters which the
new government railroad VIII brlnf
into Alaska. the road as projected
running within twenty miles or TINS
greatest of natures spectacles
Charles sheldon of the Boone anc
Crockett club, told the senate com
mitteo that several times he has
counted as many ms five hundred
mountain sheep in single day Of or
dinary travel, and that herds OF carl
bnu numbering from twelve to fifteer
hundred ara frequently seen.
As game refuge anj brecdlni
ground. the new national park con
serves Alaskan game which elsewhere
is rapidly disappearing. As III th'
case OF the Yellowstone national park
the reservation serves IS pcrpetua
center of game supply for larg'
neighhoring areas.
These animals do not greatly fea
nLn. because they have never beei
/ hunted. One can approach the grea
herds of caribou. There are ais
many Alaskan bear of great size.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
HOMER DIED TOO SOON
He Could Have Written a Splcndu
Epic on Corn.

NO nation can starve." writes Sec
retary OF Agriculture Houston. (which
raises In a year three billion bushels
of corn"
Not only not starve. but 1t can live
without wheat, live well and grow lat.
Who says eating corn Is hardship?
Corn comes to your table in twenty
different uniforms and every one of
them perfect fit.
American corn is the biggest ana
best crop of any kind grown in any
country OF the world.
Search the earth around and You
will find no other product of the field
so beautiful as corn in midsummer,
standing I'm long, straight rows like
soldiers, with green banners stream
ing. In autumn these rows turn TO
myriads of tents, which fill with their
yellow ears ten thousand Gibbs with
food too good for any king.
Corn alone saved John Smiths col
ony at jamestown, and so gave our
continent its first English settlement.
Corn kept from starvation the Pill
srims in Massachusetts and led very
properly to the first Thanksgiving
day.
The American Indian placed the
white races under an unpayable debt
when he introduced our ancestors to
corn.
Whether you eat roasting ears" or
hot corn muffins, golden cakes just
off the grlddle or a warm, thick bread
you cannot 20 wrong.
{ And our farmers this year will raise
! about thirty bushels OF the heas en-
born food for every mothers son
of us.
/ ! tell you, II Homer had not died a
couple Of thousand years ago he
would write us a nner epic on corn
than he did about the seige OF Troy,
Public Ledger.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
GUADALUPE HISTORIC TOWN
Streets of Mexican city Are Laid Out
i'm Form of Cross

GUADALUPE Mexico. June -
Laid out In the form OF cross with
TWO main streets forming tho cross
arm and upright this old town has
been the scene OF many historic meet
ings during the past six years.
In the presidentcs' house. Fran
cisco /. Madero csta blished his first
provisional government In 1911 and
held his first cabinet conferences
there. Later Jose Ynez A Salazar
made Guadalupe his headquarters FOR
his revolutionary attacks upon the
Madero forces In 1912. Many other
military movements have had their
bases here, and now villa has an
nounced his intention OF establishing
his provisional revolutionary capital
here
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
Balloon Explodc.: Man Burns.

LINCOLN. Neb. June l5.--Lieut
+. A. Post of the United army was
slightly burned when large army
balloon exploded and burned near Ne
braska City. Neb.. about $50 o'clock
tonight Lieutenant Post. who Is
from the government aviation school
at omaha, had alighted near Nebras-
ka cay and Just when ready to as
cend again the monster gasbag ex-
ploded In some unknown manner.
Lieutenant Post after medical treat
ment, returned TO Omhaa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
WOMEN MAY GET
VOTE IN ENGAND
Those Over 80 Years Of Age
Given Ballot in Proposed
New Election Law.
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM COMING
Success of Scheme in Belgium
and Holland Encouraging
to Britishers.

LONDON, June is. - Sweeping
changes in the election system In this
country are provided for in bill now
before parliament. Proportional rep
resentation which aims TO give all ele-
ments n larger voice in the govern
ment, the granting of the vote to
women moro than 80 years old and
giving the franchise to all soldiers and
sailors are the outstanding features of
the measure.
This new franchise reform bill. Off
cially known as the representation OF
the peoples bill, is to a large extent
the result of Investigations conducted
over Il period of nearly ten years by a
royal commission appointed TO ex-
anime the various schemes which have
been adopted or proposed In order to
secure fully representative character
for popularity elected legislative bod
les" Here are some of the provisions
Of the bill now before parliament:
May Vote Twice.
Men of 81 years and over to have q
vote on the basis OF six months resi-
dence or occupation of business prem
ises An elector may have two votes
and no more-one for residence In
one constituency and one for business
premises, of the value OF 10 pounds a
year. in another.
Any woman of 30 years old who is
entitled to vote at the municipal cleo
tions, or who is the wife of any man
who is entitled to vote at such cleo
ton. is to be entitled to vote in the
national elections for members of par
lament.
Soldiers and sailors of legal age tC
be qualified to vote in the area in
which they ordinarily reside.
Half-yearly revision of the national
voting list and all elections for parlia'
ment to be held on the one day.
Proportional representation In ex-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
INVALID PKANS As HE
Is BURNED TO DEATH

! OKMULGEE, Okla, June Is.
\ When his pipe set fire to his bed
\ this afternoon, Matthew Cook,
\ rs years old. an invalid, knelt
! In prayer beside the bed ana was
burned TO death
\ Neighbors rushed to the house
\ when the fire was discovered.
\ and eXtinguishcd the flames,
! which did insignificant damage.
! Cook had been helpless for many
\ months and was taken to hts
! home from a hospital last Tues
! day after being pronounced in
\ durable.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
WOMEN HELP DIG TRENCHES
Italian Government Employs 1924
I'm All Kinds Of Labor.

ROME. June 16.-Seyeral thousand
women are digging trenches for the
Italian soldiers along the Austrian
front. according to the Giornale
DItalia. which adds that, altogether,
the Italian war department employs
72.32A women. many OF whom are in
munition factories.
In the government department or
railroads and transportation there are
five hundred women clerks, while
9 800 women are distributed along the
railroad lines as cleaners or gate
keepers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
An Interesting Place

One OF the most interesting placos
in the city one that is well worm w,
time m Visit ia the store Mt l05 East
First street. Traders No. T. They DO
an enormous business. their stock ~
resplendent with good things to eat.
They delight in making prices tna' a
will enable all to maintain a fuil am
ner pail. realizing that every soodd
citizen deserves Square Meal anu
a Square Deal. A., oo,s
They sell for less and the gooas
must be good goods or the saio ~ nv
good.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
Mother Catches On,

Melvin had just returned from col
lege. His education was evident In
his every remark, and his mother ap-
preciated II.
Mother, shall extlnguish the
light?" he asked his mother the frs.
night
why. now, what do you meanY'
sll. asked.
THAT means, shall I put the ligh;
cut?" ne said.
"Dh, surely, ny SON."
The next morning he asked,
Mother, may l read you a narra-
tive?"
"Why. what does that meanT'
asked the mother.
simply that | would like 10 read
you a short tale" answered Melvin.
That night at reception a dog ran
into the room and the good mother
said melvin. please catch the dog
by the narrative and extinguish him.