davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
BS THREATEN EXISTENCE Of ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND MENACE AMERICA WARNS LANE
MAY DAY QUIET IN
BERLIN; MILITARY
CHECKS UPRISINGS

COPENHAGEN, May 2.-(Via Lon
don, AIS p. m.)-All accounts of May
day in Berlin which have reached here
say that altho the day was marked by
demonstrative strike of certain em-
ployes it passed in an orderly man
ner. Radical Socialists organized May
day excursions TO suburban meeting
places, which censored accounts de-
scribe as sparsely attended. Accord
ing to these accounts, work was
stopped in only one factory. but In
view of the character of previous
censored reports on the labor situa-
ton it is impossible to tell how near
this is to the truth.
Military authorities in Berlin. In
order to stamp the movement as un-
patriotic, posted offers of rewards for
the capture of agents in the service of
the enemy who were seeking to
awaken dissension among the people.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
British Statement
Shows Losses Heavy

LONDON. May 2.-The British Off
cial announcements OF the number OF
vessels sunk in the week ending Sum
day last shows that 3S British mer-
chant vessels Of over 1900 tons each
were sunk Those of less than / 500
tons numbered 13 and eight fishing
vessels were sent to the bottom by
submarines or mines
The announcement says:
Arrival of All nationalities over one
hundred tons, 2,716; sailings $3.50.
british merchantmen sunk by sub
marines or mines over 500 tons in
cluding three not previously recorded,
3S, under 1900 tons including one not
preViollly recorded, 13.
British vessels unsuccessfully at
tackled including two not previosuly
recorded "a.
British fishing vessels sunk. in
cluding two not previously record
cd g."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
TEXANS FLOCK TO C0L0RS
Plenty in Lone Star State Alone for
Leon Springs Officer Camp.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. May 2.-It
was indicated at headquarters that
applicants accepted in Texas tounY
would be sufficient to complete tho
authorized enrolment of $500 men
for the Leon Springs camp for the
training of reserve officers. To date
a total OF 2.3l0 men have been accept
ed, leaving only 1870 vacancies yet to
be filed The second training camp
TO be conducted in the southern de-
partment, that IT Fort Logan II. Roots
Is little more than half filled Ar
kansas, oklahoma and Mississippi are
feeding into this camp, while Texas Is
furnishing men for the course of
Training at Icon Springs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
GERMANY HURLS
Def At WILSON
Reichstag President Says
Nation Solid Behind
and for Kaiser.
SEES WARS END SOON
Says U-Boats Are Crush
ing Life Out of Foe;
Much Applause.
SEES WARS END SOON

AMSTERDAM, May 2.--(yia Lon
don)-The German reichstag resumed
it's session today. The president of the
chamber, DR.. Johannes Kaempf, in
his opening address. speaking of the
entry of the United States into the
war, said new and mighty opponent
had joined the ranks of Germanys
enemies.
President Wilson in a message to
congress on April 2, he declared. said
he was waging war against the Ger
mans in the interests OF mankind and
on the ground of justice. President
Wilson, Doctor kaempf continued
had lost his sight in making this as
sertion since he had not stirred fin
ger to hinder England when England
announced her war of starvation
against Germany, a war in violation of
all human and international rights;
President Wilson had lost his sight
when he rejected the German proposal
to secure the lives of Americans and
of American vessels in certain routes
which carried no contraband, and by
this rejection exposed his own COM
patriots to danger and death.
German People Have VIII.
president Wilson," said Doctor
Kaempf, represents the German peo-
as having been driven into the war by
a group of ambitious people, but he
tells nothing of the long years of en-
circlement and Vaccinations against
them; nothing of the enemy's recently
strongly expressed will to destroy Ger
many.
THE German people rose in August.
1914, and still fight today to defend
their freedom, independence and life.
President Wilson says he has no quar-
rel with the German people for whom
he only entertains sympathy and
friendship.
No Discord Yet.
president Wilson desired in his
message to SOW discord in Germany.
As president of the German rechstag
which is elected on the freest fran
chisc in the world, l declare that this
effort will come to naught; that it
will have no influence on the common
sense of our people and that President
Wilson will bite granite"
This remark evoked thunderous ap-
plause.
with our truest hearts blood we
esta blished the German kaiserdom
and with our truest hearts blood we
shall fight for the kaiser and the
empire" (Renewed applauseD What
our forefsthers fought for and longed
for, what we have achieved on the
battlefield will not perish even at
President Wilson's word of command.
No Intrudcrs Wanted.
I'VE decline all interference by a
foreign government in our internal af-
fairs. If all signs are not misleading
the decisive point of the world war is
approaching. We see our defy
ing troops withstanding the enemy's
assaults. Our U-boats will show Eng
land how Germany can avenge the ne
farious starvation war. We proved
recently our financial strength by a
sixth war loan. We adhere to our firm
belief in Germany's star and in a
peace which will secure for all time
tho fatherland's happy DEVELOPMENT" "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
ALLEGED H0LD-UP
LEADERS GRABBED
Men Suspected of Stansbury
and ROadhouse RObberies
Held, Default Bail.

In the arrest of Van Yargee and
Todd Rose yesterday the police say
they have two professional holdup
men. They are suspected OF having
held up Lon Stansberry and family
last Friday night as they were alight-
ing from motor car at their resi-
dence, Nineteenth and Madison. But
the particular game of largee and
Rose, according to the police, was
holding up roadhouses in the vicinity
of Tulsa.
VIII Bower, who died last Saturday
night as the result of wounds received
in a knife fight at the Cowboy" Long
place near Taneha, was an accomplicc
of Yargee and Rose and assisted IN
all of their deals, according to the of
ficers.
The Police Theory.
According to information gathered
by Police Sergeant Mccall, Yargee
went to Roses home about O'Clock
last Friday night in an automobile
and picked up Rose and Bower. They
are suspected of driving to the STAINS
berry residence, staging that robbery
and then going to the roadhouse OF
snake" Morris on the Peoria road,
where it is said another holdup was
accomplished. Several gold watches
and $50 was obtained here. 1, is
claimed.
a Bloody Battle.
The officers assert that Yargee
Rose and Bower then drove to the
Cowboy Long roadhouse. near
Taneha but in the meantime the
managers OF this resort had been no.
titled from the Morris place that
high jackies" Were operating. When
the bandits reached Longs place the
owners were prepared and a wild bat.
tie followed. The lights We're turned
out and the holdups attacked with
knives.
Clothing worn by all three of the
men was cut to ribbons and the
wounds inflicted on Bower later
caused his death. When Iargee and
Rose We're arrested they We're badly
curt about the head and body.
Bond Fixed at $4,000.
They were arrested by Sergeant Nc
Call and Officers Parks and Cleaver.
Later the men were taken to the
county Jail, where they were held in
default of $4,000 bond each.
Indirect reports received by officers
are to the effect that holdups of road
houses have been numerous during
the last few months.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
STRING Up" FOOD
GAMBLERS, URGED
Lamp Post Sure Cure for
Evil" Declares Irate
Senator Borah.
WORLD FAMINE FEARED
If War Lasts Two Years
Longer Supplies Will
Be Exhausted.

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The rising
sentiment in congress for legislation
to meet the nations food problems
broke out in the senate today in a de-
bate that started over the high price
of seeds, but developed into denuncia-
tions of food spectators with predic-
tions that the best way to deal with
them was to string them to lamp posts
or put them behind prison bars.
Senators from farming states de-
MED that there is any real shortage
of staple foods in the United States.
senator John Sharp Williams declared
there had been a hysteria thruout the
country and that the cause of high
prices was largely psychological. He
said he believed the German corrup-
ton fund recently unearthed in fed
eral court in New York may have
been responsible for the hysteria.
No shortage. Declared.
Word should go straight out from
the senate Mr. Williams said, that
there is no shortage of food.
Senators Nelson and McCumber
ssreed that there is no reason to fear
y shortage.
The attack on spectators was led
by Senator's Thomas and Borah. The
Colorado senator declared they were
the real enemies of the nation, eX-
pressed the hope that congress would
not adjourn without legislation that
would remedy the evil and said the
lamp post is the thing to cure such
speculation.
Rap Boards OF Trade.
Before the debate turned to other
things Senator Thomas introduced an
amendment to the espionage bill en-
powering the president by proclama-
ton to suspend during the war the
operation of boards of trade and
chambers of commerce which deal in
futures. He had it sent to the table
for later consideration
Senator Borah predicted a world
famine if the war lasts two years and
if extraordinary and sustained efforts
are not made here to meet the food
problem.
Packers Flaycd.
Re attacked the packers, declaring
they made enormous profits, and said
speculation in foodstuffs made mil
lions for those who We're responsible
and made poems of the people" He
favored conscription of food and gov
crnment possession of the packing
companies. Food speculation, he
said would not be ended until the
spectators ARE put in stripes behind
the bars
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
u. S. Already Plans
to Seize Supplies

CHICAGO, May 2.-PIIns to seize
at least a part of the nations food
supply are already being seriously
considered by the United States gov
ernment This was admitted today by
District Attorney C. F. Clyne. who
said that within the last few days dis
trict attorneys from the Mississippi
valley conferred in Chicago on the
subject of taking over the food supply.
What was accomplished at the con-
ference Mr.. Clyne would not say. He
declared that any further information
with regard to the governments plans
in that direction must come from
Washington.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
CO-EDS NOW BECOME NURSES
Twenty-Five Kendall Girls Enter Hos
pitaI for Training.

Not to be outdone by 35 marching
male members of their college who
have joined the colors and are now
preparing to fight in France, % Ken
dali college girls have entered the
Oklahoma hospital for nurses train
ing, and when their boys need a
nurses attention these young ladies'
propose to be on the spot to give it
to them.
Fifty of the college girls had al
ready Joined first aid" classes and
are sewing diligently during recess
and noon hours, making comfort bags
for the Kendall boys. The example Of
the 35, however, was too much for
the 22 and first aid" classes could no
longer satisfy their countryS call.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
Register Z Million
Men in Is Days, Is
Plan of War Board

WASHINGTON, May 2.-Reg-
istration OF approximately seven
million men for military service
will be completed within 10
days after the war department
has been set in motion. State
election systems will do the
work under supervision of the
federal government, the voting
precincts being the units for
actual recording Of the men.
Registration cards have been
distributed by the census bureau
to mayors of many cities and
towns and the most remote sec
tions will be supplied before the
registration day to be set by
presidential proclamation after
the army bill has been signed
a period of Is days Will inter
Vene probably between the issue
of the call and the opening of the
registration. Five days will be
allowed to complete registra-
ton and within thirty days the
completed roll will be in Wash
ington.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
GERMAN DEATH LOSS GREAT
One Million Three Hundred Thousand
Killed i'm War, shown

AMSTERDAM, (via London. May
2).-One million three hundred thou
sand Germans have perished in the
war according to statement made by
JOSEPH Frederick Naunann. formerly
a conservative member Of the reich
stag.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03

WASHINGTON, May 2-The enormous inroads on the
worlds shipping made by German within the last
few weeks has brought to American officials full
realization of the disaster that the States and
the allies if the undersea warfare is not checked
Message to State Executives
Governors and states representatives here today ma
tional defense conference will home to their people
message from the emphasizing menace to
America and urging that there be the fullest coordna-
ton by the states in preparation if Germany is to be
defeated.
Lanes VieW of Great Menace
Secretary Lane told the that the great destrc
ton OF ships was threatening the existence Britain
and France and menacng the United one said
knew the exact number of ships lost recently but estimates
put last weeks submarine toll at 100000 tons Later he
explained that this estimate might be too high
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
BUILD "SUBS" ON LAKES
Many Undcrsea Craft for Uncle sam
TO BE Constructed Off Coast.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May "A
number OF submarine chasers are to
be built at Milwaukee and other lake
ports where are located plants Of the
Great Lakes Boat Building corpora
tion, II was made known today fol
Loving a conference OF government
officials with officers Of the boat
building concern. Tho craft are to be
10 feet long, or thirty feet longer
than those built in England for the
same purpose, 1t was said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
X. C. SENDS MOST TO NAVY
Total of 1,O62 Best for Month of
April: Dallas Ranks Third.

CHICAGO, May 2.-Dallas stood
third in naval recruiting for the
month OF April with 93S men, accord
ing TO figures made public here today.
The four leading cities were:
Kansas City 1.062, Minneapolis
1,O01, Dallas 93S and Chicago S6S.
April naval recruiting among other
cities follow:
oklahoma City, 6SS; Houston, $40;
New Orleans, 479; Little Rock, 269;
Nashville, IA; Cincinnati. I.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
SMASH GATHERINGS STATUE
Rcyolutionists Rccast Metal Into
Shells to Shoot Germans.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The famous
monument which was erected in Pet
rograd in honor OF Catherine III of
Russia has been demolished and re-
cast into shells at the request of the
committee OF soldiers, according to a
dispatch received here today from
Petrograd by the Jewish Daily Fro
ward.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03

In breaking the German submarine
blockade. To permit builders to make
tentative plans, it was announced that
tho standard dimensions would be
about as follows:"
Length between perpendiculars 260
feet; over all 2S0 feet. Extreme beam
As feet; moulded depth 26 feet: depth
of hold p feet Two full decks, fore
castle. midship bridgehouse and poop
and house on bridge for officers.
Power steam 1900 horsepower. Single
OF twin screws.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
SUBMARINES WILL SWEEP SEAS OF
TRAFFIC IF NOT CHECKED QUICKLY
Cabinet Official Tells Governors Loss
Appalling; Estimates 100000
Tons Sunk Last Week.
MMAIl0M CuQIu y AALANCMN IAMClMN
"NATI0N SHOULD AWAKEN -LANSIN(
Impossible to EXaggerate Undersea Peril He Asserts;
Weapon to Combat Germany Sought at Once;
. More Ships Badly Needed Now.
Submarine Facts

British official 3s British
sunkn the
by submarines
Secretaries Lane tell
that 100000 II that Britt
official o LOSSES
Secretary Lane will Of mere
unless appalling U-boat arc
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
"Sub" Ravagc Hits Norway.

CHRISTIANA, Norway, May 2.
via London, 1872 a. m.-Seventy-five
Norwegian vessels were sunk by Ger
man submarines in April and more
than one hundred sailors lost their
lives.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
PEKlNG ENVOY QUITS BERLIN

PEKING, May 2.-The foreign Of
flee has received information that the
Chinese minister to Germany has left
Berlin for Denmark.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
ANOTHER ARMED u. S.
SHIP is T0RPED0ED
Rockingham, 4,408 Tons, the
Latest Victim; 13 Men
Reported Missing.

LONDON, May ., 6:14 p. m.-The
armed American steamer Rockingham
has been sunk by a German subma-
rine. Thirteen men are missing.
Two boats containing 33 men were
picked up yesterday, one by patrol
vessel. one boat containing 13 men
is still missing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03

NEW YORK, May 1.-The Rock
ingham, formerly the Nebraskan. was
of 4,4OS tons gross. She was built at
Camden, ~ j., in 1902 and was owned
bv the Garland Steamship corpora
ton.
1t was announced by officers of the
corporation here that the Rocking
ham left Baltimore April 10 for Liver
pool under command of Captain
Charles Edwards of Brooklyn.
The Rockingham carried 40 men,
including many Americans. The crew
numbered SO and the naval contin-
egnt consisted of a liIitenant and IL
men. The value of the ship and her
general cargo was s3,250.000. The
vessel was due in Liverpool today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03

secretary Lansing In a statement
during the day declared the serious
ness of the submarine situation could
not be exaggerated and that IL was
time the country awoke to the true
facts. Reports to the state depart
ment give total of eighty vessels lost
In one week, figures much higher
than any contained In recent British
announcements.
Increase Not Alarming.
The British mission announced that
the rate of destruction In recent weeks
had continued unchanged and that it
showed no alarming increases. All its
members agree the situation is Criti-
cal, however, and that an increased
output Is necessary.
Announcing the governments pro-
gram for exercising more direct
control over the country's shipping
and shipbuilding facilities, Chairman
Denman OF the shipping board said
estimates had reached tho board Of
three hundred thousand tons of ship.
ping sunk in one week
Tho Weekly Toll.
The present worlds ship tonnage is
estimated at less than fifty million
tons. In 1916 the entire loss in tom
mage due to war causes was put at
little more than two million tons or
some 1872. 600 tons month. At pres
cnt the Germans are sinking consider
ably more than that each week
bureau Of navigation report pre-
pared recently estimated that the
worlds ship construction in 1916 at
slightly less than two million tons.
If the Germans keep up their present
rate of destruction officials admit
without hesitation that their cam
paign threatens TO sweep clean the
seas.
Seriousness Apparent.
The seriousness Of the situation is
apparent" said Chairman Denman
today. when we consider the pres
ent productivity of world ship yards
and their highest output likely within
the next four months the entire pro-
duction will not exceed one fifth of
the monthly loss at the rate given by
Secretary Lane. The shipping board :
figures do not reach that high a total,
but they are sufficiently large TO make
the situation extremely grave"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
THE WEATHER

TULSA May maximum H.
South winds.
OKLAHOMA FORECAST-Thurs.
day, unsettled, probably local showers;
cooler In west and central portion;
Friday, generally fair.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-03
PROSPERITY TALK

Tulsa demonstrated her real class
last night when she contributed nearly
SO. 600 for ambulance work In France.
Kansas City gave $500, Denver $500.
The Tulsa donation will be raised to
$4,000 today.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

doorway near where his wife. Mary
Hart. was employed as maid. Tho woman
was returning from store. She
passed near the doorway. Hart leaped
upon her. knocked her down and sh OF
her four times.
The streets were thronsed with peo-
pie, who were out to witness Brook
lyn's big military parade. Many at
tackled the. negro. Trafic Policemen
Frcid and LEM went to his rescue.
They were roughly handled. Hart was
knocked down, beaten and kicked and
his revolver was taken away. The
crowd increased. and cries of lynch
him" became insistent. Just then the
naval battalion came marching along.
Captain Mclean. learning what the
trouble was. ordered his men to fix
bayonets and charge. AS the battalion
advanced, the crowd gave way. The
militiamen surrounded the policem en-
and Hart. They kept the crowd back
until the prisoner was taken away
in a patrol wagon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
such news as in their opinion demands

such news as in their opinion demands
credence.
Standing out in strong relief is the
statement that Germany lacks no less
than 100000 tons OF wheat to carry the
population through the middle of Au-
gust. when the now harvest can be
gathered. The harvest also is very
poor in Eastern Prussia. owing to adj
verse weather conditions, and even 20
tatoes promise only a minimum pro-
duction. Many people are starving in
Poland.
An American citizen coming from
Berlin declares that the food situation
is appreciably worse during the past
three months. and the German people
themselves cherish no optimism as to
the next harvest, which Is known to
DO failure in Eastern and Northern
Germany.
Tension between Austria and Ger
many is declared to have grown so
that suspected Austrians are now
being informed in Germany.
The Centrist leader. Erzberger. is
reported to have charged the govern
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
Food Conditions
in Germany Poor
People Themselves Cherish No
Optimism as 10 Next
Harvest.
tby Associated press.l.

WASHINGTON. July 21.-Quite Diff
fcrent in tone. from the optimistic
view expressed by the new German
Chancellor in his speech to the Reich
stag are the reports reaching the State
Department from persons coming out
OF Germany regarding the food con-
d'tions and outlcrk in the central en-
pires.
While this information necessarily
Is. second hand. State Department
agents are careful to forward only
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
MILITIAMEN RESCUE NEGRO
Charging With Fixed Bnyoncts, They
Drive Back Crowd Bent on
Lynchburg Murderer.

NEW YORK. July 21.-chargins
with fixed bayonets. a crowd of moro
than 1000 men and women. bent on
lynching Conrad Hart, q West Indian
negro. this afternoon In Brooklyn, a
battalion OF naval militia under Cap
tain Mclean rescued the man. who had
just shot and killed his wife in the
street, Two policemen. who were try
ing to fight back the Infatuated crowd.
also were rescued.
Hart. thirty years old. waited in a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22

number sos was drawn AZ Is Ysist
capsule. In the fourth Riehmoa di,.
trict under this number the nsas Of
James W. MoTyre. 2lo7 East Grace
Street was given. Mr.. McTyEe's mum.
Der Is 307. which was not dfa., UNI
til the 3062nd capsule. The crrect
name for 800 in the fourth Riououd
district lis Joe Lee. 221s Shot.