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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
THE BURDEN BEARER.

Oh my shoulders grow sweary OF the bur
dens I am bearin',
An / grumble when I'm footsore at the
rough road l am farm
But | strap my knapssck tighter VII ieei
the leather bind me,
An, I'm glad 10 bear the burdens for the
ones who come behind me.
IT'S for them that l am ploddin' for the
children comm after
| would btTew their path win roses ana
would fill their days with laughter.
Oh. there's sefishness within me, there
are times il gets 10 talkin,
Times ] hear it whisper TO me- ITS a
dusty road you're walkin
Why not rest your feet a L'tle
Why not pause an take your leisure
Don you hunger in your striVin Tor the
merry whrI OF pleasure
Then / turn an see them smiliu' an
grip my burdens tighter.
For The Joy that am seeSin' is 10 see
their eyes grow brighter
Oh, I've slipped the cup Of sorrow an
I've felt the CAD OF trouble,
Anil know the hurt OF trudgin' through
a field o'errun with siubble,
But a rousher road TO travel had my faith
er good before me,
An m OWN all my gladness TO the task
he shouldered for me.
Oh, ] didn't understand it, when lad
played about him.
But he lAbored for my safety in the day.
Id be without him
Oh, my kindly father never gave himself 1
year of leisure
Never lived one selfish moment. never
turned aside for pleasure
Though he must have grown aweary OF th'
burdens he was besrin',
He was tryin' hard 10 better every roat
I'd soon be farin'.
Now | turned an see them smilin' an
hear their merry laughter.
An I'm glad to bear the burdens for tn,
ones that follow after.
copyrighted 1913 bygEdward A. Guest.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
AMERICANS MORE
FIRMLY ENIRENCHED

Ey inc Associsted Pieas.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, May IA big enemy
ammunition dump at Cantigny was
fired by the American artillery this
morning. At the same time two
fires were started in Montdidler, fol-
lowed by numerous explosions, The
weather continues misty anc rainy.
Tnr Americans take nothing for
granted but return the enemy fire
two to one. which is believed to set
pears to trouble the Gerfnans most
10 that the Americans never turn
back when the enemy uses gas. They
give him double dose of the same
with everything else the enemy tries.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Small Boys Confess
They Started Fires
to LET School OUT



NORMAN. May rl3,--Rlchard
stokes and Akyin Thocs, two
Junior high school boys, were to-
dav sentenced TO seven years In
the state reform school for boys
at Fauls valley for STARTING the
fire which last Thursday night
destroyed two frame buildings on
the university campus with n loss
Of $4,000. Tho boys pleaded
guilty 10 a charge Of second de-
gree arson when arraIgnod before
Juvenile Judge George Burke.
The boys are ~ years old and
must stay in the reform school un-
I'll they become of age, They ad-
nhtted firing the junior high
school building because they re-
scntcd going To school after tho
Norman city schools had closed
for the year. The junior high
school Includes u pupils picked
from the seventh, eighth and the
ninth grades of the Norman city
schools.
The building occupied by the
university print shop and school
Of Journalism was also destroyed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
CENSUS OF MALE IDLERS
IS STARTED IN NEW YORK
Men Not Engaged in Work TO
Be Taken In Court.

NEW YORK. May ia census
Of male idlcrs was begun by the
police today with viqw to prose-
cutions under the anu-loafing bill
signed by Governor Whitman.
Tango and lounge lizards pool
room loafers, traDlps and other idl-
ers between the ages OF rs and SO
will be- hailed to court and fined or
Imprisoned unless they can show
that they ara engaged in a useful
ployment
Included in New York's idlers. II
is said by the police, are thousands
who fled across the Hudson wher
New Jerseys anti-loafing law went
into effect The roundup OF idler.
will also be a hunt for slackers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
To Investigate Prices
of Farming Machinery

WASHINGTON. May 13,-1nvestl-
cation by the federal trade commits
sion OF the production and cupply
Of agricultural implements and the
prices farmers are compelled to pay
for machinery, is authorized in n
resolution introduced today by Sem
ator Thompson OF Kansas and adept
ed by the senate.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Months Cotton Supply
AILoped to Go TO Spain

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE war
trade board today licensed for ship
ment to Spain one months supply
of cotton. Eight thousand barrels
of oil for which the board issued
n license some time ago has not
been shipped because Spain wanted
it in tin containers instead OF bar
rels. The board would not consent
to this because Of tin shortage and
a compromise was reached whereby
II was to be sent across in bulk
Spain Is now trying to charter a
tank steamer to transport IL.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Dependency OUer I'LL
Health Causes Suicide

MACON. Ga. May 13-Miss Helen
Walton, 20 years old, daughter of
Mai. A. Y. Walton. who is with the
lO6th engineers at Camp Wheeler,
killed herself early today with a re-
volver. Dependence over ill-hcalth
is given as the cause. The family
came here from San Antonio, Texas
Miss Walton had suffered with la
grippe for over a month.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Spiss Troops Suffer
From Hun Poison Gas

GENEVA. May 13.--Swiss troops
on the Alsatian frontier have begun
TO suffer from German poison gas
floating back from the western front
toward the Rhine. Swiss newspapers
say. The civilian population along
the Rhine has been warned to pro-
vide itself with gas masks. The
school children in Mulheim and Frei-
berg wear their gas masks daily.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Hindenburg Said to
Be Dead by Germans
Captured in France

LONDON. May 13.--All Ger
man prisoners captured in France
say that Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg is dead, letters from
British officers on the western
front report, according TO the
Daily Express. At the same time
the name Of General Won Mac
kenzen is brought into prominence
as that OF a great man who IS TO
bring the Germans to victory.
The Express assumes that the
Hindsnburg story Is circulated to
explain the failure Of the great Of
fensive.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Resolution of OUen o
Adopted in Senate

WASHINGTON. May IA res
olutlon by Senator owen OF Oklaho-
ma, chairman of the senate bank
ing committee asking the secretary
of the treasury to advise the senate
what steps have baen made to pro-
tect parity Of the American dollar
in neutral Countries was adopted
today by the senate,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Socialists Barred From,
Use of Chicago Mails

CHICAGO. May I3.-Socialists and
all organizations OF antl-govern-
mental complexion are barred from
the use of public school buildings
for meeting places by action Of the
city council of Chicago today. The
two Socialist aldermen voted against
tho resolution.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Ncw OffIccrs Grndnntcd.

WASHINGTON May 13.-In-
cluded in the list OF graduates from
the third officers training camp at
Camp Dix. n. j.. are the following
Infantry: Harry NJ. Circle, Alva
Okla, Dillon r Horton, ColleGe
Court, Austin, Texas; .H!bblrd 3
Moore, Proctor, Texas.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
To Urrc Speeding In.

WASHINGTON, May 13-2Gen.
Julian S. Carr and DR. Clarence j.
owens, representing the Southern
Commercial congress, will begin a
campaign for speeding up ship build
ins in the south at Wilmington. y.
C.. next Monday They will 60
from there to Charleston, Savannah
Jacksonville and then to Mobile
June 3, thence into Louisiana and
Texas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
AUsTRIANs REPULsED
AT MONTE, CoRoNO.

|, ROME, MAY .1a.--Austro- II Hsngar-
ian troops Yesterday made an attack
on Monte Corona, which recently
was captured by the Italians. The
war office announces that the enemy
was repulsed with heavy losses.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Housing Bill NO,c Goes
to Wilson for Approval

WASHINGTON, May 13.-The
conference report on the 100000 900
housing bill adopted last week by
the house. was approved. today by
the senate and the bill now goes
to the president. II authorizes the
president to acquire housing for
government war workers, with sfO,-
100000 to be spent in the District of
Colum bia.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Sergeant Gets Thirty
Years for DiSLoyalty

Aver Mass, May 13.-Ernest
Flenue Of Cambridge "a sergeant in
the 301st infantry at Camp Devens.
today was sentenced by court martial
TO thirty years imprisonment at
Fort Jay, N. Y, for unpatriotic ut
terances
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Scmcnoff Alliances.

Dy The Associated Press.
PEKING. Thursday. May 9.--Ot-
ficial announcement has been made
at Hardin that General Semenofr.
leader OF the movement in Siberia
against the bolsheviki has advanced
along the Traps-Sfberian railway az
far IS AdTlanoYsk.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Count Minotto Ordered Interned
Gains Release on $4,000 Bond

CHICAGO. May 13.-Count James
Minotto, son-in-law OF Louis f. swift.
the packer, was taken into custody
here late this afternoon by Deputy
United states marshals on a pres
idental warrant ordering his Intern
ment.
A habeas corups was Immediately
instituted in behalf of the count
and he was taken before Federal
Judge Carpenter and released on
$4,000 bond. Hearing of arguments
on the habeas corpus proceedings
was set for May 90.
WASHINGTON. May 13.-~Attor-
ney- General Gregory has authorized
the issuance OF a presidential war
rant for the internment OF Count
James Minotto under the presidents
proclamation relating to German
alien enemies.
Action was taken by the attorney
general after long consideration of
the case. which was referred to him
after the department OF labor had
refused to order the deportation Of
the count. In the meantime the
count has been at liberty on bail
Count Minotto, a son-in-law OF
Louis f. Swift, the Chicago packer.
is a man of such tangled nationaIt-
ties that he comes near to being
man without a country His father
was an Italian of avowed pro-Ger-
man sympathies and his mother was
a noted German actress he was
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Austrians Are to Haze
Breadtess Day Weekly

LONDON, May 13,--The Austrian
food CONTROLLER Is considering the
introduction Of one breadless day a
week. according TO a dispatch from
Geneva to the Daily News.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
scrrice F1ng with 30 stnrs.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, May "a.
A service flag containing $40 stars
was unfurlcd at the University OF
arkansas here today with appro'
rriate ceremonies, Governor CROUCH,
Was the principal speaker.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Star BaUdridn Airn,an
Killed on West Front

AMSTERDAM. May 17.-Lieut.
Giegel, star BaVarian airman, has
been killed on the western front. ac-
cording to the Cologne Gazette. He
was credited with 10 aerial victories
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
The Weather.

TULSA, May H.
Maximum ~, mini
mum SO; southeast
winds: clear skies.
OKLAHOMA: For
Tuesday fair. warm p
er; Wednesday fair
LOUISIANA, ARK
K A " s A s o AND
WEST TEXAS: For
Tuesday far wArme er'
Wednesday fair.
EAST TEXAS
Tuesday fair, warm
er in interior. Wed
nesday fair.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-14
Lord Reading and Baker Declare
They Do Not know OF Purpose
Not to Use Snmmics Now.
TROOPS ARE NOW IN FIGHT
War Head Declares Americans Are
at Disposal Of Foch md Arc in
Battle Ranks.
BELIEVED MAURICE ECHO
Washington Officers Ascribc Ottawa
Dispatches as Part of Political
Controversy.

I'INUJN, Nay I6,--TNC ASSOC
ciatcd Press was officially In
formed tonight that the statement
sent out from Ottawa last night
Rttributlng 20 the war committee
of the British cabinet the an
monument that II had been de-
cIdcd not TO usc the American
army on the western front until it
bccnmo complete and powerful
force was iuo 10 an error which
has now been corrected.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
GRAVITY OF SITUATION
DEPENDS ON GERMANY
Unless Tcutons Send Men to Help Aus
trims, Military Experts Believe
Itnlians Will Hold.

WASHINGTON. June l6.-The i'm
portance of the events on the Italian
front will he Judged in Washington
by whether or not German forces are
sent there. Allied and American Of
ficcrs all declare that the Italians can
hold their own and moro against the
Austriars alone. But IL large German
units are sent to the Austrian front
fear Is felt. even in Italian quarters,
that another retirement may be nee
essary.
1t is generally predicted that the
Germans Will not be able TO divert
forces to Austria. The frlGhtful toll
they have paid on the west front. while
not exhausting their reserves In France.
is known TO have pulled them down to
the point where few men can be spared
# Germany Is to persist In her effort
10 win decision on the west before
the Americans develop in full force.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
SUSPEND NEGOTIATIONS
FOR HUN |ATERNED SHIPS
Owners to Increase the
Prices.
PERU SEXES TEUToN VESSELS
This Action Also Had It's Effect in
United States Abandoning Plans
to Get Possession Of Sixty-Four
Craft In South American Ports,

WASHINGTON. June 16.-Negotia-
tons by the War Trade Board for the
acquisition OF the sixty-four German
and Austrian ships interned in Chile
and Argentina have been discontinued
1t is understood that the owners
evidenced a desire to sell the vessels
at a reasonable figure. until about four
weeks ago. when German successes In
France led to sudden increase in
price and the United States officials
broke off the negotiations.
Many OF the vessels are in Chilean
ports. and great difficulty has been
found in counteracting efforts OF Ger
man residents and bankers who have
persistcntly sought to discourage their
employers III Europe from considering
sale.
The action OF Peru In taking over the
German ships interned in her waters
also has had its effect upon the plans
OF the United States. The presence OF
U-boats in the Atlantic waters had no
bearing upon the decision to forego
further exchanges OF possible terms. 1t
is said.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
THREE SOLDIERS KILLED
AS BRIDGE IS WRECKED
Thirteen Others From Camp Gordon
Are Severely Injured in Fright
full Accident.
HAD STARTED AFTER sLACKERs
Truck Crashes Through Floor OF
Wooden Structure Built Over
Etowah River, Falling Into the
Stream Forty Feet Below.
fBy Associated Press. !

MARIETTA. GA. June le-Three
soldior" were killed outright. four
probably fatally injured and thirteen
others badly hurt when an army truck.
in which The soldiers were riding. fell
through a bridge into the Etowah
River. in Cherokee County. eighteen
miles northeast of here. late this af-
ternoon. The dead. all OF whom were
attached at Camp Gordon, -Atlanta, are:
Ernest Rheinsmith. Sam F.. Smith and
A. L. Masguise
The soldiers. accompanied by Fed
cral agents, were on their way to a
point in the northern part OF the coun-
~ to roundup draft evaders They
had conducted n raid this morning in
which several alleged siackers were
captured.
When the truck got squarely on the
bridge, which was OF wooden construc-
tion, the supports gave way. the truck
falling about forty feet. pinning i:s
victims beneath 1t. The river was not
moro than four feet deep at the bridge
1t was stated.
Federal authorities and several civil
fans who were riding in automobiles
the accident occurred. rescued injured
men from the river and recovered the
three bodies. The seriously injured
were placed in automobiles and brought
to a hospital here.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
BUSCH PROPERTY SEIZED
By GERMANY AND U. S.
Widow Declares She Was Held Ia
Prussin Because of Passport
Trouble.

HAVANA. June 16.-AIrs. Adolphus
Busch. who arrived here from Berlin,
by way of Spain. yesterday. issued n
statement through her attorney. Harry
d. Hawai-. to-day, saying her sym
pathies were wholly on the side OF
he United States. that she was an
american born. loyal citizen and had
'"anted to return to the United States
yer since Americas entry into the
war. She was unable to secure pass
ports. however, Mrs. Busch says, until
secretary of State Lansing finally sue
r"edcd in arranging her return.
Mrs Busch said Germany had seized
AoT small estate on the Rhine as alien
property. She was unaware, she added
that there was any danger OF the United
G.a.es seizinC the properties which her
late husband owned IN this country.
Mrs Eusch said she was glad to get
b-ci, "a the United States. and would
-7il for Key West soon. Her party
cl.acs maids and attendants.
She refused to talk OF conditions in
;ermany until she had seen Secretary
Lansing.
~ Cuban reporter was arrested when
hs tried TO interview Mrs. Busch aboard
'a steamer on which she arrived here.
- was later released.
Mrs. Busch may first proceed to her
ummer homo at Pasadena and then
20 20 Washington and ST. Louis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
BELIEVE U-BOAT
BASE DISCOVERED
Venezuela Editor Arrives in
America With Important
Documents.
FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS
Proally Editorials Brought Wrath
of Teutons Down Upon
Him.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. June ls.-Doc-
uments that may lead to the discovery
OF Uboat bases on the Venezuelan
coast were brought here to-day for
presentation at Washington by Dr.
Carlos Lopez Buslamanti. editor of
two pro-ally newspapers in Venezuela,
when he arrived upon a steamer from
Central American ports.
II cannot say that there are German
submarine bases on tho Venezuelan
coast" said DR.. Buslamanti. neither
will deny II. l have documents with
me. which l will present TO the United
States government at Washington. that
show many German intrigucs aEains,
this country"
DR.. Buslamanti told remarkable
story of indignities. suffering and per
secution he had endured because he
insisted upon writing pro-aliy edi-
torials after being warned by German
propagandists TO quit
Two German propagandists visited
him one day. he declared, and offered
to buy his principal paper. printed at
Caracas and valued at 100000. He
refused. Several days later he was
again visited and told he would "ge,
his II he wrote more pro-ally edi-
tor!als. lie continued his writings.
ARRESTED AND THROWN
INTO JAIL WITHOUT TRIAL
Apparently the Germans were able
to make good their boast, for Busla-
manti was arrested ard thrown into
prison without trial. he declared. Az
ter eight months he escaped and was
snuEglcd aboard the ship which
brought him here to-day. He believed
himself safe on the vessel but said he
discovered among the passengers man
whom he recognized as government
agent. He indicated the man to United
states oficials. who boarded the ship
when she landed. and they questioned
him. He gave his name as DR.. Esquilla
Vivas. and admitted he had been sent
TO this country to keep watch upon
DR.. Buslamant With Vivas were his
wife, Adalia: his daughter. Dolores, and
three men OF distinct military bearing
but %hor7 Hivas DECLARED were GER
wants. Federal agents said the Vivas
party will be watched closely while in
the United States.
The Venezuelan government. led By
President Gomez, DR.. Buslamanti de-
clared to be pro-German, while the
people were pro-ally
Others OF the 100 passengers said the
sinking Of the steamship Carolina had
so aroused the ire and patriotism Of
Porto Rieans that draft boards have
had practically nothing to do since it
was learned that the vessel had been
sunk with Porto Ricans aboard. Every
man OF draft age who had not hereto
fore enlisted or been drafted inlm edi-
ately joined the army. it was said.
In Ponce. attempts were made to burn
the homes of Germans. and in San Juan
and Ponce the Mayors personally be-
gan recruiting upon receipt of the
Carolina's news.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
MEET RESISTANCE
Two Enemy Divisions Attack British
Front in Most Doubtful Offensive

hilly ground In our rear. This d.
vision wus to be relieved. when II
hnd reached its obJectives, by an
other division.
According to prfsoRcrs' stories,
thls second division found, Instead
Of hole In our lines. the bulk Of
the hrst division retiring In disord-
er, tho british artillery making the
most of the confusion.
a vigorous attack by this division
resulted In the formation OF a small
sniient along the AsiaEO-Schio Rnil-
why. Here the enemy, tempted by
The possibility of creeping down the
rn,ines, walked into n bnrbed-,vire
cage specially prepared.
II II doubtful whether he will be
able to remain there, but, II 80. he
will only find his Casualties increas-
ing.
Violent thunder.houers made, tho
nerinl work dimcult In the British
sector. British niFmen, however,
rendered a great service to the Itui-
ians In other parts where the wealth
cr WINS favorable.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMER
CHASED BY SUBMARINE

AN ATLANTIC PORT. June ia
German submarine off the Virginia
coast chased for three hours steam
ship from South American ports. which
arrived here to-day. finally abandoning
the pursuit after the vessel had altered
her course and put far to sea. None
of the 115 passengers. 1t was declared.
had dared to take to their beds during
most of the trip, but were in constant
fear of U-boat attack.
Fourteen Germans. who were cele-
brating In a restaurant at San Juan.
Porto Rico, the day after news OF the
Cardinals sinking reached that place.
were arrested. passengers said, and
military and police authorities had
ficulty In restraining crowds from
lynching them. One OF the Germans
was badly injured. Won Tirpitz. the
German admiral. was burned in effigy
the same night. while the crowd carried
signs reading: The Kaiser next"
Feeling is 80 intense in Porto Rico
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