Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-05

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IAN OF that kind should be weeded
out without discrimination OF any
sort"
Landed our Fighters.
| MIR. Rogers landed the American
/ fighting men, stating that this
country has never been whipped and
| never Will Ty has, according TO
/ him, been amply proven that Amer
| ican men know how to fight and
are anything else one might want
! to call them than towards.
All day yesterday there we're
crowds at owen park, Although
| the farmers were conspicuous by
| their absence on account of getting
I In their harvests, there were in-
Vulnerable picnic parties and the
children took fun advantage Of the
Fairgrounds afforded by the park.
At o'clock in the afternoon. Pro-
thero's band rendered a short pro-
gram of old-timc melodies inter
spersed with patriotic pieces. About
5 o'clock Charles Il. Rogers. as
chairman Of the occasion introduced
the speaker OF the day, Rev. o. v.
King.
Represented the President.
Explaining that he was before the
assembled crowd as a special rep
rcsentative of the president, Rev
orend King made 1T clear that
President Wilson occupies n posi-
ton OF greater Importance to the
country than any other president
we have ever had has occupied.
Other presidents, he said. have
taken, the country through critical
periods of its existence, but It, has
remained for President Wilson to
tackle the biggest job of them all.
on account of the fact that the
United States is many times more
populous than at any other critical
time In its existence. the position OF
president is more trying in the same
degree. 70
This thing, conceived in 'iniquity
and born in he'll, has come to us now,
taking away the happiness Of our
country and making 1t necessary for
us to fight for those principles so
dear to the Anglo-Saxon race" he
said. 1.-THE spirit of freedom from
tyranny was first shown by the An
glO- -Saxons when thousands OF them
refused to Join the army of the Ger
man king OF England. George III
and fight against America in the
Revolutionary war, The Anglo
Saxons are always right and they
will not stand to see people trampled
under the feet OF the power of greed
and lust as epitomized by the Ger
mans"
Read Wilson's Message.
Here Reverend Killing read the
snecial Minute message from
President Wilson, in which all are
exhorted to make this Fourth OF
July the celebration. not only OF the
nations birthday OF freedom. but the
birthday of the freedom of the world
from the bonds of tyrapny
Tracing the descent OF the spirit
Of American freedom down from
the settlement OF jamestown in 1907
through the time the Pilgrim Faith
ers landed in Massachusetts, bays on
down through tho revolutionary
perIod, Reverend King gave an In
terestIng account OF the indomit-
able will Of Americanism and free-
dom combined and synonymous.
Are we doing our fun duty as
American citizens" he asked. ARE
we doing what we should TO succor
our bows and allies? Are we watch
ing that we do not have to pay what
we save for the government TO the
fc cd nrofiteer? We have soldiers ut
bome-ths old fathers and mothers
and sisters and brothers and sweet
are all doing their
mart because the war has hit close
TO their hearts We do not realize
that the war has been brought to
America except in cases where a
loved one is absent. But we must
all do our duty and. though we,
Individually, may not have a loved
ona AT the front, we must remem-
her that someone else has, and do
all IN our power, as loyal. red
Hooded patriotic American citizens
for the good OF the whole army
Tho American Flag has never been
trampIed in the dust Of defeat, and
with Gods help, It never will"
Flag In Berlin Sure.
'The day Is coming when our
Flag will float in Berlin over Potts
dam palace our boys are going to
take II there: but We cannot expect
n undo in a few months what Ger
many has been preparing for forty
years 10 do, We must work and
work hard. for our boys are going
Z, win this war--there Is nothirG
on fop OF Gods earth that will stop
them. The American people are be-
hind them. and there they are going
TO stay"
"Rpmembor the rock from which
Won are hewn," said Reverend
King In concluding.
At the conclusion Of the speech
bv Reverend King. MFR. Rogers
again took the stand and sounded
n warning to all not 10 believe re-
ports OF supposed rioting in the in
terior Of Austria, charactorfzing
them az being OF German manufac
ture. and for the pGrpose OF divert
ing popular interest from the war.
"Such statements" said he "are
lies and the best definition can
think Of for a lie is to call It . Hun
truth
on account Of the impossibillty OF
securing musicians enough for all