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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
WESTERN SHIP YARDS
PROMISE BIG PROGRAM
nish Five Hundred Ships n
Year, Declared.

WASHINGTON, March s--ore-
gon and Washington can furnish be-
tween four hundred and flye hun
drcd wooden ships year. witnesses
from me Pacific coast today told the
senate commerce committee. II the
emergency fleet corporation would
furnish the lumbermen with q stand
ardized program. Fears Of the ship
ping board that the lumber supply
In tho northwest In inadequate were
declared unfounded.
H. u. Vnnduser OF Oregon declared
the mills in his state had not reached
their maximum capacity and said
production OF wooden ships on the
west coast could be accelerated. He
asserted there is no necessity for the
cOmmAn deerinR of timber.
j n Bloedel OF Seattle, chairman
OF the FIR production board. said he
had just completed survey OF the
lumber supply In the state and had
submitted the information to the
shipping board. He said there must
he n standardized schedule for ship
timber, but believed one would
shortly he prepared. Sawmills In
Washington. Mr.. Bloedsl said, have
ample capacity TO produce what
timber the government needs for
ships
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Boys in Trenches Want to Know How
Folks Back Home Are Helping Them

DO you know what Il the first
question asked Of IA newcomer from
the states who has Just entered the
trenches by the side Of soldiers who
have been aW4y from their homes
for yearHH
II is not How long DO they think
this viii last. what DO they think OF
the WAY We are fighting, or are they
Wcllf These are not tho questions
the soldiers In the trenches PROFOUND
10 the recruit.
What are they doing AT home to
help2 This ls the big question In the
minds of the fighting men. and II u
q satisfactory answer 20 this ques-
tlon that has kept the soldiers of the
allied armies standing before tho
deadly gas alta rkerg the snipers and
the fearful rain 81 huge shells
w hat are they dong al home TO
help"
Are they ~ work IN the Red Cross
headquarters making bandagos 60
stop the flow of blood caused by o.
bursting shyapnel'
Are they busy In the J. A e. A.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Won MEYER, FORMER
NAVY SECRETARY, DEAD
Diplomat and Practical Statesman
Passes Away After Desperate
Illness.

BOSTON. March o-Georgc L.
Won Meyer former cabinet member
and diplomat, died NJ his home here
at 11:lj tonight after an illness OF
several weeks.
Mr.. Meyer hnd been suffering
from tVmor OF the liver for sew
cral weeks. His son. Capt. George
Won l.. Meyer. reached here from
Washington To-Day upon being nou-
flrd that his fathers death was Il
matter OF hours
In the successive positions ~ pub
lie service 70 which George Won
Lengcrkc Meyer was chosen, he nj
tained reputation as vacticaf
statesman Trained 60 business from
his youth. he was quick 10 apply
business methods 10 the departments
which came uBder his jurisdiction IN
the two years that he sCr,c1 as
postmastet general In President
Rooscyelrs cabinet and in his four
years AS secretary OF tho navy u'ldcr
President TAFT Even while IN the
diplomatic service. as ambassador 20
Italy Com s.tr IsOi and to Rus
sq s-om $50, ,, 1907, he stoE cd
himself impatient of roundabout
methods Of achieving desired re-
suits
Born In Boston on June %. 1858.
the son. Of u wealthy manufacturing
chemist. Mr. Meyer was trained in
what wps locally known ms the
school for politicians" the old Bos-
ton common council From that
Time business and politics largely
occupied his lie In the Masyachu-
seits house of representative lie
rose go tho speakership. and ln 1925
ne became a member of the Rcpub-
lean national committee.
Mr. MEYERS national prominence
hcsAn when upon Tho rcCommondn-
ton OF senator Henry cabot Eodgo
and the late senator George Frisbic
Iloar. President Mckinley named
hm us ambassador 90 Italy
As postmastrr. general Mr. Meyer
introduced morp up-to-da'e business
methods In his department ~" was
one OF the earliest advocates Of tho
postal savings st7'"n.
The navy department. gave Mr..
Never "A wide field for the use OF
| his business methods lie effected
reorran0zntiou which ala away
with much duplication % work and
devoted considerable time 10 In
/ creas.ur efficiency - tho navy yorda.
Mr. Mr.cr mayrich Alec Appleton
lnf I,auuN Mass go 1888 They had
one son and two daughters capt
IGeorac Won Meyer ir.. Mrs. Chris
tophcr q g.. Rodhcrr ~ Boston and
! Mrs. GulHepDe Brambiila Of Rome.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
NeW National Party
Plans For Campaign

CHICAGO, March g.--The execu-
tive committee Of the New National
party at it's first meeting today
mapped out plans for future cam
paigns The country Will be divided
into five divisions with a chairman
to be named by the executive oom-
mltteo IN charge of each. Tho
divisions will he the northern. south
ern, central. northwestern and
western
Col. w. G. Mcclure OF Atlanta, Ca,
national chairman, David Coates and
j A. n. Hopkins OF New Jersey
chairman of lhe executive commit
tee already have started planning for
work In the southern division. Mrs.
Howard Gould OF New York pRe-
sentcd her resignation 20 tho eN-
ecutive committee. saying that her
many other duties made II impos-
slble 10 serve. Frank a Patterson
OF New Jersey was elected in her
place.
John spRrgo OF Vermont also was
cbacted TO the executive committee.
Virgil @. Hinshaw, chairman OF the
Prohibition party's national commit T.
toe. Informed the nationals that the
prohibition committee had decided
10 do everything possible 20 bring
closer coordination and co-operb-
tion between tho two parties
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
ALL IS READY FOR
RALLY OF PATRIOTS
Loyal Tulsans Expected To MeeS
This Afternoon nj Convcn-
ton Hall.

Everything Is set for the rally OF
patriotic Tulsans at Convention hall
This afternoon. All wartime or
ganiza ions. including the council OF
defense. food administration. Red
Cross thrift campaign. Liberty bond
workers and all smb-orEanizations
working In conjunction with these
committees will be represented at
the meeting. \ large attendance IS
urged on Tulsa. as It IN the intention
to outline the needs and plans Of the
war work for ;hc year.
Everett Colby OF the national food
J s Handlcy OF Chi
caso and Miss cora z. BinZcll of
the University Of Wisconsin will de-
liver the main addresses and local
war workers will also talk on their
particular branches.
Music and other features Of en-
tertainment will be provided and the
patriotism OF the meeting is NOT ex-
pected TO be confined 10 the speak
ers, but all Tulsa Is asked 90 attend
nv this token 20 show n Is Interested
in tho war that has taken It's sons
to war.
The meeting ~ as important 10
winning the war as n gain ON the
western front J Burr Gibbons.
chairman Of the council Of defense.
declared last night
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

gym fitting men 10 take our places
when We ''gO south" or are sent TO
Blighty with n bum lamp. a twisted
l"E or n shattered arm
Are they busy hunting down the
men and women who attempted 10
keep US from enlisting, declaring that
II was no urc. tho Germans would
klll ~ alt, that germany really had
In high purpose In entering this gar
Are they busy az home seeking oul
the lylne pro-German who seeks
every opportuhtrN~to aid hla father
land. even at the Cbst Of treason and
murder In the name of tho kalserg
Are the people az home supporting
the governments thrift stamp cam.
paign which has as ~ main purpose
the financing N this war. tfLs manu-.
f1Cu1ring ~ shells which We arr
sending into the hut ~ the Hum
Are they buying Liberty loans a.
We On The trenches have done thai
the government might receive an,
support from Uthers who. uuik,
Ourselves had money 60 give, Whil,
all We had was our llvesl
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
TrdWier SdUed
From Submarine
By Coal Shovel

LONDON. Feb, when ones
vessel is "A ianEer from enemy
submarines anything Will do aa a
weapon, "a shown by tAe story Of
q captain tf British traw,or who
used "a coal shovel vita good ef-
toct against a German C-boh l.
Tho trawler, according 10 tho
story told by one OF the crew, was
In tho North sea In a Atiff hroogs
whom the Fkinger saw "A periAcope
crawl through the breaking sur.
fnce ~ the sea- and about a hun
drcd yards OF. There was no gun
aboard ana tho trawlcr'a best
speed was less than eight knots,
1T wus n altuatiun to- dismay
most men" said the sailor. "our
skipper, however, has nghting
spirit A touch OF the wheel sent
the trawler's blunt bows pointing
at the submarines whale back.
ana We whlloNod menaeingly to-
ward tho pirate
The ~ boat swung around Ia
avoid tho impact and tho sides OF
the irUwlcr rcraped along the Sides
OF the submarine. Tho perisoope
was still well out OF the water hut
Was beginning To sllp down as the
submarine dNed.
The skippor bawlod for a ham
mer. crow bar anything that
would hurt ono Of the crew
thrust a coal shovel into his hand
and he scrambled on the bulwarks
and leaned over. two OF the crew
hanging on 90 his coat 40 that no
would not fall overheard. Back
wards aud forwards he swung tho
heavy scoop at the fragile perl
scope ana the third blow reduced
II TO fragments.
The submarine commander
hearing this nolse and wondering
what new and horrible device the
enemy had invented. orept To his
periscope 60 have look but all
was black. lie was knocked blind
and the trawler got away In
safety"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
DEMONSTRATION is MADE
TO SAVE MONEYS NECK
Death Sentence Condemned Bs
Frnmcnp Against Organized Ia
bor on Pacific Coast.

NEW YORK. March The
charge that enmIty 10 organized Ia
bor In California was the motive
behind the prosecution of Thomah
Mooney, labor leader, under sentence
20 die, was appiaudcd At Inion
SQUARE mass meeting here today TO
demand MONEYS rrtriaL Mooney y
cCnyictiCn was recently upheld by
the california supreme court, his AZ
rest having been made after "a mum
Der Of persons were Killed by bomb
explosion during san Francisco. q
preparedness day parade In 1915,
"The persecution OF Tom Mooney
was deIiberlt" well planned
aOreme by the en- rmies Of organized
labor In san Francisco In particular.
and on the Pacific coast ~ general. 20
said Anton Johannsen. the first
speaker. state orFtaizor uf tho build
ing trades in California. Tom
Mooney does not isk for reprie' e
or uuy show u merry. he wants
either a new tr1l or leath
Discussing the lynawit" explosion
in the home ut Califoruia's governor
last December. Juhannsen said labor
leaders had been advised that N was
done by wntChman al the house
and ~ tho hchest NJ corporations
greatly interested in he cJnyic-
tiDn ot MDoucy
W Eourke Co'hrau. WIN was
Mooney chief counsel during the
trial told tho history ~ tho casn in
detail declaring the facts proved
that Mooney was innoceY-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Are Dying for Flag


They are dying for the Flag,
Down In ocean oayerns deep,
Under many foreign crag
Sons OF ours have gone 10 sleep.
For the right and for the truth
They are dying day by day,
Death Is claiming now our youth
silll we spend our hours IN play.
pui the selfish pleasures BY
Nothing matters now save this.
For the Flag our brayest die,
Pass without . farewell Kiss
Deaths grim list each morning grows
WITH the names oi he6es true,
And each day new line goes
To the work they died to do.
Can you longer sit AZ easel
Have not nos your hearts bsen stirred
Arc you deaf TO moaning seas
DO the cables bring no sotd
That can rouse you 10 your task
win you longer idly lag
And In Pleasures Valley bAskl
They ere dying for the Flag
Copyright 1919, by Edgar a GuesD
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
TWeIUe Children
Die as Walls of
Theater Collapse

WINCHESTER, Ky, March o.
Twelve persons were killed. ten
or whom were children and
twenty three persons we're ac-
Nerciy injured here tonight. when
tie wills of burned building
adjoining moving picture thcatcr
collapsed. crushing In Its roof,
IL was found necessary To re-
move about thirty injured To the
hospital. SlN of the twenty three
injured taken to the Clark county
hospital are thought 20 bo fa-
tally hurt. The majority OF these
as well as those so seriously hurt
are children, several hundred of
whom were crowded into the
moving picture thcatcr when the
crash came.
The wall which collapsed also
was used ns one wall OF the
thcatcr, hut projected consider
ably above the roof OF the thcatcr
building. When II collapsed
part fell on the thcntcrs roof.
The walls collapse ut the same
time removed the support from
under the roof ON thnt side aud
II crashed down into the thcnicr
The greatest force OF the roofs
fall was spent upon one section
Of seycnty-flNc seats and Il was
here TINT all Of the fatalities and
serious injuries occurred. a con-
siderable number OF persons scat
ed In other parts OF the hou-e,
however, were cut and bruised by
flying pieces OF timber and stone
from the falling wall.
The first result OF the crash was
panic, Ia which hundreds OF chill
drcn and small number Of
grown persons struggled To reach
the entrance. Apparently no one
was hurt In this rush. which
easily swept through the wide en-
trance TO the thcatcr.
within IA short time hundreds
OF persons attracted by the nol-c
Of the falling wall had been or
ganiscd into volunteer rescue
squads and soon cleared away the
wreckhRe.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

WASHINGTON. March BE
fore the war has gone very much
farther along tho nation viii know
Malor.Gen. Henry T. Mccain as
the foremost bearer 81 grief In the
country His signature win he the
sign OF woe to mother. wife, sweet
heart. All official messages which
Will go out notifying next OF kin
Of the death. wounding or capture
OF our SnmmieH In battle will ho
signed Henry T.. Mccain" adiutant
general OF the army. More than one
hundred such messages were sent
out by Adju'ant Mccain recently
when tho Tuscania was sunk They
viii be going out by the thousand
when the Germans and the Sammies
clash In tho bigger battles to come.
what sort Of man is this man
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
-FOUR ARE KILLED AT
FORT WAYNE, IND. -

FORT WAYNE. Ind, March ..
iour persons are thot to have been
Ruled and several injured In a cy-
clone which swept over Van Vert
county ohio, tonight. II is report
sd here that Continental, Ohio, has
Dten wiped out by the storm. II
SSs9 is reported that the towns OF
iloigate ana Palmer, Ohio. west OF
LeiGac. have been practically de-
Sioyed hy tornado. A plea for
immediate help has gone out 20 the
adjacent cities.
lhe Pennsylvania dispatcher here
vas lniDrmed that four persons
we're believed to have been killed
NE storm at Richey. a few miles
VA" ot Convoy. ohio, tonight.
,tnnNIv1nia trains are tied up at
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
SAMMIES SOON WILL
HOLD l00-MlLE FRONT
peRsHIae WANTS BIG UNIT
Favors largest Tactical Body Used
IN Modern Warfari Win
ftoduo specials.

WASHINGTON, March p.---wish
men, material and supplies movius
forward 10 General psfshing IN &c.
cordance with the pre-arranssd
schedule, the war department. hAl
taken up the Organization OF .tht
first field army, the largest tactical
unit used In nQdsrn warfare. uHul
General Psrshing has under hts com.
mand a complete field army. No
further organization Of fighting units
will be started.
Large Unit Favored.
II was originally the intention OF
the department 10 form the 'typi-
cal" fieid army by combining three
army corps, but II IN understood that
this plan has been abandoned for
one which calls for five or SIX.
The purpose OF this 10 TO reduce
the number Of men required for or
ganlzine the army tr6ops-s-the spe-
oiai units attached specifically 20 the
field army for use IN controlling the
lines OF communication from the
ports ~ debarkntion TO the army
corps rail- heads.
The army troops include also the
great artillery reserve OF eight. ten
and twelve-lnch guns. both OF fixed
emplacement and mobile type, the
ant aircraft guns and other units.
To Cover io0-Mile Lnc.
An army corps under ordinary con-
ditionn can be expected 20 hold a
Is-miIe front OF trenches. or about
nine miles of geographical front
The first American field army tberv-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

whose lot It is to impart grief and
sorrow Wholesale? Hy one OF the
freaks OF war he Is one OF the most
kindly-feeling. humane, tender
hearted officers In the service.
In his office the adiutant main
tains an open door" policy. No
visitor Is ever turned away, cards
are almost unknown, and there is
no outer office In which visitors cool
their heels No matter how busy he
may he the negro usher outside his
office win always take visitors Ia and
the adIutant will cit and listen. II
may bo an aged man whose son IN
France has not written to him for
months He is worried about his
boy John. He tells Mccain what n
fine boy John was, how he worked
his way through school and always
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

wanted TO he a soldier. Johns grand
father fought In the civil war. Nat
uraily this leads up to questions OF
family history, which the visitor tells
General Mccain just as he has told
others hundreds Of times,
He Is Never Bored.
The adIutant listens attentively.
lie knows all the time that he Is &C.
ing to refer the visitor TO the officer
in charge OF the mail and personnel
Of the American troops In France
and take steps 60 relieve the fathers
anxiety. But there ID not sign Of
impatienoe or boredom In ths ad-
jutanls manner. And the point OF
II Is that he has not been bored.
Major General Mccain Ia a native
Of Mississippi and Is 81 years old.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
,,utNAbO TWENTY MILES
WNG STRIKES TOWN

NAS VERT. Ohio. March "a
An5 '1o a quarter Of mile wide
~, more than twenty miles long
,r5 -, harrison, Union. Hoaglen
w., washington townships in Van
~, county at 6 o'clock tonight,
Rya yaNlns farm homes and buildings
tels,Ao Aolo"lng down telegraph and
the tUNe communications so that
l.. ,oss ~ lie and extent OF intuT-
H. ,nnot be asccrtained tonight
b. 't TWO persons are known "a
J5r.-1 ana many Injured Mrs
d.c5 Ney'r OF Harrison township
inh.'o hospital In Van Vert from
vas tI. received when her home
~ NJ. ,, away Rex Ley. aged
eraI ,r.,-''d A'll'd az Middle Point sew
brouFh, 'hts injured are being
hosplu " inc Van Vert county
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
hiCHlGhN. CITIES ARE
WITHOUT COMMUNICATION. 4.

A., DhIEOIr March 9-Many
49, hlsAn cities were practically
,n'ul wire communication to
- The worst glaze storm OF the
,.'1h aud "a high wind wrecked
u.b,aln and telephone wires
honurel8 ~ telephone poles were
T.oNn down. Detroit. Lansing and
-1'aAo" were In the path ~ the
40. 80 serious property dam
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
THOMPSON IN TOLLS AGAIN
Tulsa Whitley" Arrested IN Conncc-
tlon with SafcblowlnR.

Gcorgc b. Thompson of Tulsa Is
again In trouble He has been ar
rested In Kansas city under the
name or Frank B Palmer. known as
TULSA Whitley" charged with safe
blowing and post office robbery
He has been Identified by the de-
Bcriptions given Of him as Thompson.
who has served several terms in the
penitentiary lie was arrested in
1903 and sentenced for eight years
for "A post office job. Released from
Leavenworth In 1919. he was arrest
ed in Tulsa a few months later for
"A job In Arkansas Later he was
sentenced 10 the Colorado state
prison and he was on parole from
that Institution yhen arrested IN
Kansas city
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
The Weather

ilN \ March y
MAXIMUM 63 mini'
mum AS mort b
winds clear skies.
OKLAHOMA; Sun.
day fair. colder In
east and south por'
tions Monday fair,
warmer.
KANSAS Gener.
ally fAir Sunday and
Monday, Armer In
north portion. warm
er Sunday
LOUISIANA Sun.
day generally fair,
moderate temperA.
tufe In BouiheAht pof'
tlon. colder IN north
and west portion /.
Monday fair
ARKANSAS Sun.
day fair col der
Monday fair. warmer
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Sienmcr G.ncn Down.

FORT MADISON Iowa. March ..
The steamer Kinser owned by the
Duluth Dredging company, sank
here today during heavy gale on
the Mlsslssippi river. The crew
eAcaped by swimming Ths force OF
the waves crushed the boats huh.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
snllllcra fnr Enrms.

WASHlNGTON. Mlrch s--The
senate late today agreed 70 the
house amendment TO the bin proyid
ing for the furlough of soldiers for
farm work and the measurr Will be
sent 10 the White House Monday for
the presidents signature,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

In west portion
EAST TEXAS: Sunday fair colder Mon
day fair, rising temperature In northwest
portion
WEST TEXAS Sunday fair colder
Monday fhis, wAru,tr In north portion.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
Several Towns in Indiana
Are Reported Completely
Wiped Out by Wind.
PLEAS FOR HELP ARE MADE
Farm Houses and Telegraph
Wires Blown Down in
Wide Section.

LIMA. ohio. March s,-Flrst re-
norris trickllug In over crippled
wires late tonight indicated that at
lssl ton persons lost their lives
carly this evening In n tornado
which swept over northwestern
ohio. crntcrtug In Van Vert coun-
IL ou the Ohto-Indiana state line.
According to mcagcr reports from
Van Vert the entire wells family
of i've were wiped cut In the tor
nln which struck that city early
toniaht The death Of the Wells
family brings the known dead fr q
the tornado to six. IA baby having
be4a hlcd at Middle Roint. Fur
tNer'deaths have been reported be
tween Middle Point and Convoy, but
these reports cannot be confirmed
AS an wires are down.