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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
BRITISH PREMIER
FINDS NO PEACE
IN GERMAN TALK
"HertIing Is Still Far Away
From Desirable Basis, "
COUNCIL PLANS SECRET
Versailles Negotiations Too
MOmentOuS for Disclosure,

LONDON, Tuesday, Feb. l2-Par
Lament reasSembed today on tip,o,
with curiosity as TO how Premier Lloy,
George would meet President wilson
latest declaration and the dissatsiac
ton manifested by section Of tn,
press and public over the Versatile
council and also as TO how far II. II
Asquith, the former premier, would re-
spond to the demand OF the extrem,
wing OF his followers for the abandon
ment of policy Of benevolence towarC
the government in favor Of active op
position based on disapproyal Of III,
general war policy and especially IN,
enlargement Of the function of the su
preme war council
The house OF commons was not dis
appointed fer the setting proved un
usually exciting II could hardly b,
said that Mr.. Asquith rose to the exc
cution of the most eager OF his party
but the temper Of large section oI
the members seemed TO show that suct
tactics. would meet with considerable
support.
Asquith and Premier Disagree.
Perhaps the most notable thing wa,
the contrast III the speeches of the pre-.
mier and the former premier with refer.
ence to President Wilson's speech.
While Mr.. AsQuith endorsed fully
the presidents view, Premier Lloyd
George did not even mention Mr.. Will
sons last speech and declined to see
in Count C1ernin's statement any nearer
approach to reasonable terms than ii
Count Won Hertling's. Moreover, the
premier regarded the German chaneel-
lor's demand that Great Britain give
up her coaling stations as proving
fully that the controllers OF German
policy were in no mood 10 discuss
reasonable terms of peace.
Declaring absolutely that he
would not yield on the matter of
revealing more about the Versailles
conference, Premier Lloyd George
challenged the house, il dissatisfied
with the governments conduct Of
the war TO put another govern.
mcnt in its place.
Lloyd George Heckled.
The question Of enlarglng on the
status of the Versailles council led to
a little scene between the premier and
Mr. Asquith and throughout his re-
marks about the council the premier
was subjected to a running fire Of
heckling, punctuated with loud cheers
from extreme liberals, many of whom
in subsequent speeches, made strong
attacks on the premier regarding his
alleged connection with the press.
Lord Hugh Cecil, member for Ok
ford University, admitted the premer's
speech was reassuring but said that the
weakness of the government lay in the
existence of condolences between ut
Continued on Page II, Column y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
FRANCE WILL INCREASE
MARRIAGE LICENSE TAX

PARIS, Tuesday Feb l2--Faced
with a probable deficit Of 2j9OOO0O0
francs for the first three months Of
1918 including interest on the public
debt. Finance Minister Klotz has ad-
dressed a proposal to the budget com
mission urging the tax increases on in
comes, marriage contracts, wines, su-
gar and vinegar.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Gen. March's Son
Will Not Survive
Fall From Plane

FORT WORTH,sTsxas, Feb. 49,.
Second Lieut.. Peyton c. March, son OF
the chief Of staff Of the American army
and now on his way to the UniteA
States, is not EXPECTED to live throu0Al Y
the day following A 1000 lost ].
Yesterday afternoon In his sispl,na =
was pst jn edIAmand only ssipu ~
havs RrSdS iSr sassice 1kecnE -
= only % ysafs On. 4
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Our Dead

Go bury them slowly.
BY the beat Of the drums
Go bury them softly
They were our sons,
Your sons and my sons
They were your own.
First to be sacrificed,
They died alone.
Place on them flowers,
Those heroes 80 true.
They died for their country
For me and for you.
In honor we'll rest them,
So beat softly the drums;
They that were sacrificed
They were our Sons.
More still shall follow
They are not all;
Only the first ones
Fated to fall.
So beat the drums slowly,
And soft be their bed;
Your sons and my sons,
Our honored dead.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
1000 ENGINEERS
ASKED TO serve
U. 5. IN FRANCE
Union Head, Before Commits
sion, Praises Mems Loyalty

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-the war
department has asked the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers to furnish
fifty men for tank service and 1000
engineers for transportation service in
France. Warren S. Stone, grand chief
Of the brotherhood today told the
railroad wage commission he would
furnish the department the names of
men available.
During the Mexican trouble, Mr..
Stone said, the war department also
asked the brotherhood for men who
spoke Spanish a%d were competent to
move troop trains. He said he fur
nished them names of more than 800.
These facts we're given the commission
10 show the patriotism Of the engineers
and the part they played in a national
emergency
Roads In Bad Condition.
Never before this winter in the
opinion OF Mr. Stone, have the roads
approached the bad weather season
with so little preparation and with mo.
tive power in such rotten" condition
at looked as il the railroads
were trying to run down the CON
dltion Of the roads, so as to run
mp overtime and discredit the g.
hour law" said Mr.. Stone.
Working 20 2S and even 30 hours at
a stretch, men were physically
exhausted and not responsible for any
wreck that might happen, Mr.. Stone
declared
The Ambitious Official
"Do you think passengers on these
luxurious trains would sleep so sound |
y II they knew the real conditions1"
he asked. Back of it all is some am
bilious official who wants to make a
record by hauling few more tons. The
only remedy is penalty time and half
for overtime work"
Mr. Stone reported that there was a
of engineers which would ne
cosSitate working the men excessive
hours.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
bulletin

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Fuei
Administrator Garfield today sus-
pended the Monday closing order,
but left the way open TO put II again
into operation II 1t appears that it
would be necessary.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
HERTLING ANSWERS
WILSON ON TUESDAY

LONDON, Feb. l3-Count Won Hert-
ling, the imperial German chancellor
an Exchange Telegraph telegram from
Amsterdam said, intends to answer
President Wilson's message in the
reiehstag next Tuesday
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Hays Accepts
ChairmanShIp

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. lj-In a tele-
gram to national committeeman at ST
Louis, Chairman Will Hays accepted
the chairmanship OF the republican
national committee Mr.. Hays did not
expect TO go to St. Louis and has made
no plans
At present he is chairman Of the
republican state central committee and
chairman of the Indiana state council
of defense, the regular meeting Of which
he attended this morning.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
HAYS OF INDIANA
NAMED CHAIRMAN
OF C. 0. P. BOARD
Adams Of Iowa WithdrawSi
All Members Resign,
PRO- GERMAN LETTER READ
0ffice-Seeker Charged With
Defending Kaiser in 1914,

ST LOUIS, Feb. l3.-The republi.
can national committee this Afternoon
elected Will II. Hays Of Indiana chair.
man. lie was placed in nomination b,
John 7 Adams Of Iowa, and the nom.
ination was seconded by Committee.
man King Of Connecticut.
Fred W. Upham Of Chicago va,
elected treasurer Of the national com.
mittee.
The resignation OF all members OF
the executive commmittee was accept
ed. The committee adopted a resolu-
ton that national committeeman should
be regarded as heads Of the party in
their respective states and decided tina,
the national committee should meet
once year.
Previous TO Hays election. John 7.
Adams Of Dubuque, Iowa, who was a
candidate Tor the chairmanship, with
drew from the race.
Charges Of disloyalty against Ad-
ans were based largely on a letter
winch Senator w. M. Calder Of New
York produced before the executive
committee yesterday.
written In 1914.
Inc letter was dated IN Berlin, Au.
sus' ~ Dl4, adafessed TO the editor OF
the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. II
said that as America has been flooded
WIN yinR ano misleading reports from
Iondon, TITS and 81. petersburg, the
w'e1 would iike 70 sec published IN
Ins eleuapn.hefaid some articles
wneh ne was lorwarding. Ihese ar,
s,rles sT Weie inc Sermah Wiilte Dook ana
i'u'n ABOUT Germany
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Fair and Warmer
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREoAsT-Falr and some.
what warmer tonight, with minimum
temperature Of "a to so degrees. Thurs.
day, cloudy weather.
STATE oRECAsT-Tonlaht, partly
cloudy and warmer. Thursday, cloudy
and colder In northwest portion.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
AMERICAN VESSEL
DESTROYS U.B0AT

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. lj.-
An American steamship arriving here
today reported having sunk a German
submarine in the Mediterranean on
January l8 last, after a running fight
Fhe steamer was not hit.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13

We must conserve and upbuild our
resources and protect and strengthen
our credit system. War Savings
Stamps will help more than any other
one thing to do this.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
French Pierce
Foes Fourth Line

wy 49, AsSSSAtSN EEce8J
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Tuesday, Feb. i2-.-In tho
course OF three sucesssfut trench rsids
early this morning, the Frenclt6 sd>
yanced - far % the fourth CsrmAa
line between Ia Pretre and Mont.
fnsrtre wood and took prisoners be.
longing to the Ninth Bavarisn and
the Ninety-fourth landwehr divisions,
The German entanglements had been
destroyed by the French artillery last
night and the progress Of the assaults
ing column was favored by q heavy
mist. As soon as the French reached
the first positions the Germans began
q sweeping gunfire As we'll ss an ars
tillery bsrrase. but the French pence
trated the she'll curtain almost withouS
casualties. demolished all the enemy
shelters and emplacements and re.
turned TO their own lines with most
valuable information.
While the French attack was In prog
ren the Germans attempted a raid
at Regneville, in the same district, but
were repulsed with heavy losses.
ASSOCIATED Press War Rsvisw.) I
There Is yet no indication that mill.
tary operations on the western front
are about to be resumed on q large
scale, attempts by raiding parties are
growing stronger, and especially on the
French front near Verdun and in the
Woevre, but there have been no att
tacks in force.
Facts are known in London. the
Daily News says, which brings closer
the possibility Of a separate peace be.
tween Austria Hungary and the en-,
tente.
Austria Is said to look with disfavof
on sending her soldiers against tho
troops Of the United States and Great
Britain.
Challenged to move want OF confi4
dence in his government by Premier
Lloyd George, the British house OF
commons yesterday failed to take such
action
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13

Uncle Sam is not too busy to forget
his coming manhood, He wants a
more prosperous and independent peo-
ple-hsnce War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps Buy them to show your
appreciation
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13

T Bennett father Of William Bennett Roger, Ark one Of the
Tu'cania victims is living at Drumrgh, Okla
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-02-05


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Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
A COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF
DEMONSTRATED ABILITY

As county commissioner, w. H
Whalen has made the peoples buli-
ness his own, and has brought Q keen.
well trained mind to bear upon an fk6
intricate problems which come up ~
solution. In the difficult matter e
refunding the county bonds which -
now been satisfactorily settled: r.
spite of the financial troubles induco1
by the war, and in the handling .of fke
vexati0us Marble tax cases, the r..
vantage Of an A business man 6
work with Commissioners Miller ana
Mcdonald has been abunjantly d.
onstrated.
But Commissioner Whalen has -
his greatest triumph in the buiIdie
of roads which are recognized = r.
equal Of any IN Colorado. Tia Icne
hoped Tor thoroughfare thru IT.
Crested Butte to Somerset md Dfa1A7S
!: not yet complets, but with IL 49,
tton cf tie project this summer s.
both stnte and governmeut oGlcfS
Il = ncw certain We ihall within 4 ~
years hgye = great highway v13rk
VII Hnk the northern eH1 noxe2
etn parts of IL euunty IS OI1niS1n
~ brig nill5ons e 49, = = l1S-
pe9sF - enE 1ox xU1lo. -
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Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01

LAND IN JAIL
NSOLENTLY BREAK QUARAN.
TINE AND ARE CAPTGRED.
0eoGe1e pun1Ghm0t AVo11. Ante1Gfe
Who HEoak BarrSeads - CoeAetops
Aishway. Sympathy Wasted on
u II II

The quarantine barricsdes on the
Cochetopa Pass were broken last night
BY two men who intended to 70 thru
from Nebraska to Delta. These men
stopped Ut Pariin yesterday, and were
heard to express their opinions very
forcibly while there. They said they
would lay over on the road below Par
lin then cut thru Gunnison after dark,
This was Immediately phcned 70 DR..
Hanson, who got into communication
with Sheriff Hanlon. Mr.. Hanlon
started out with viii Keelor t. hnd
the offenders whO were reported to
have gone 70 far as to even tear down
the quarantine signs put mp By the
county physician.
They met the men ON the road. The
men scenting danger, stepped their
car and began tinkering With It ON
the pretence Of having &ruuble. with
+. But you can always hust PAt %
"go them one better.n With fhe help
Of the able Mr.. Keelor ho proceeded to
give them . taste Of car trouble. Thy
were 20 successful IN their ATTEMPT
that they fixed the car IN good styfe.
1hey crippled the engine % complete
u that tie tourists would have been
obliged 70 walk Il thsy a1in vnnted 81
seut thru Cunnispns a1tG 66E3es ~.
Mnnlon told them fhsJE e0a6 cSmr
shsse ell ni9Ae e tAsy s ls1fz1a IL
- - 19x. Ise)ef eame 80 . t6Wn.
1he gent5euea - ~ = H. 60
n III, 81 rAt 3 Wa11o66 IN erIaornl
r - N1ne = - SVll -
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
DEATH ROLL
IS LONG ONE
MANY SUMMONED BY REAPER
IN PAST WEEK.
James Dilly Reported Gone; Lloyd
Berry Suceumbs to Influenza; Two
Jamee E Dilley

Mrs. James E. Dilley. wife Of Priv
ate J. Z. Dilley. received q telegram
Monday from Hoboken, N. j., signed
Judson, Brigadier General" reading
as follows:
Regret to advise the death of
Private James Dilley at sea, August
5th, from Influenza Owing to exist
ing conditions, it was impossible to
bring remains back to United States,
and at sunrise Private Dilley was
buried at sea with full military
honors."
James E. Dilley was in Gunnison on
the 9th of August. He left Gunnison
on the 9Th of August. He was en-
trained and arrived at Fort Logan,
August 7th, 1918. So it is evident
that. there is q mistake somewhere.
At the time mentioned in the above
message, it is known to be q fact
that the Flu had not broken out ;again,
if this young man had died on that
date, it is hardly possible that the
authorities would have waited SO long
to notify his wife of his death.
OF course, there is another side to
the argument. 1t is possible. that
the sender Of the message made q
mistake in the date, and meant to say
October rather Than August. 1t could
not have been September either, for
Dilley wrote to his mother, Mrs. Dill
ley, of our city, from Louisville, KY,
on September 10th. At the time he
wrote this letter, he was expecting to
be sent across shortly. This was the
last letter his mother received, and
neither his wife nor his mother have
known anything Of his whereabouts
since that time.
We hope that the officer who sent
the message told Of some other man
who bore the same name rs our Gum
nison boy, rather than that he made
. mistake in tie date.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
NEXT DRAFT CALL
IS FOa q s0LDlERs

The following paragraphs are quot
ed from . Denver paper Of recent
date:
Responding to Provost Marshal
General Crowder's call for 6,067 men
to entrsin during November and De
eember, Governor Gunter, this morn
ing announced that 2,732 men from
Colorado would be sent to Camp Pike,
Little Rock, Ark, during the dve-day
period commencing November IL.
These men will be selected from the
1000 already available out Of the Sep
tember registration.
At the same time q call has been
issued for 1893 men of Glass from
the 2l-S1 registrations to .entrain for
Camp Pike, and during the three-day
period beginning November 10 the
state will send ten colored men to
Camp Funston.
AZ applied to Gunnison county this
requires ten to fifteen men to All its
share Of the state quota, altho the
Local Board has rs yet received no
line to call. In fact, If the influenza
keeps up it is quite likely the call
may be again postponed.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
10 ALL ELECTION JUDGES

Reaee! Pieasei Before you lock mp
tie ballot boxes, make two complete
eoptes ef the vote IN your precinct ON
sample ballotg Send one n With the
teturns to Codnty Clerk McWilliams,
- fhat be can complete IN unofficial
record ct the votes, before the Official
ecunt, which il sometimes delayed =
yeek Send or phone the other Inn
tEe4lately to the News Champion Of
- q tie county chairman q soon q
- eolnt b completed. We shall IS
open N night TO receive tAem.
Recollect that the ballot box cnn-
MT b opened until the olIeial count,
and that the election, nj oaly -e{
eoonty olIiciAls, but Il tAe state anl
eeagreaaionnl tie3pst may aspead .
fo1f precinct. You want = Mow t.
N!e6 md huw the o1aer proeincHs
- just . wsll - ~ RI G =
= 4ssss e saess ~ - hapg p 81 -
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Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
ROCKEFELLER
IN CHARGE
TAKES OVER CITY AND COUNTY
QUARANTINE AGAINST FLU.
Doctors Disagree, Thea Unite on 4
Measure Which May Save Us In
vas.on BY Epidemic. Situation Was
Bad.

At noon today, Dr.. Rockefeller Of
Crested Butte was by mutual agree
ment Of the doctors, given entire
charge Of both towns and county to
enforce . quarantine against all the
world, in the hope il possible to stop
the epidemic from spreading here.
This is wise decision, for conditions
were rapidly arousing the public.
Here we have, Gunnis0n, the only
county in the state that has escaped.
In nearby communities they are dying
by the dozens. Four died in Montrose
last night, 10 reported dead in Lead
vile, Wednesday. The same awful
tale from Salida, Silverton, and thru
out Colorado.
This morning we learn that there
Is one case in Gunnison, that Of Miss
Dora Gabler, while her sister, Mrs.
H. u. Gavette who met her at the
train Saturday when she arrived sick,
came down 48 hours later and just 4S
hours after that Mr.. Gavette was at
tackled. Both the latter lie sick at
their ranch home above Parlin.
But we still have time to check this
epidemic. Wednesday morning when
the county slapped a quarantine over
all districts, there was an agreement
made to use Chipeta Hall as q deten-
tion camp in this city for the 48 hours
confinement necessary. That morning
Senator Sapp, Fred Mckee, w. l..
Curtis and the Kunze family from
Baldwin were interned, having gotten
of the westbound train. The county
was to pay half the expense and the
city half. Within three hours the
agreement wna diaanlvod hv thn S,ik~,
and the persons in quarantine releas-
ed, because the authority Of the coun-
~ health officer does not extend into
Incorporated towns like Gunnison,
Crested Butte and Pitlin.
Very fortunately the men released
were Of no mind to endanger their
families or the citizens 1t large and
went into voluntary confinement IN
their own hsnse, .thine for which
they shoald >reeetvs the gratitnds of
everyone. Others who have arrived
since are going into voluntary quar-
O--~-s'~s
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-11-01
FLU TOLL
IS TERRIFIC
CUNNISON COUNTY ESCAPES DY.
RECT ATTACK OF INFLUENZA.
Only Seetisa Of State Believed Free
from Dread Disease Which Battles
Dectesu EveSywhere.

The Flu" situation in Colorado u
getting TO be something terrific. Hero
In Gunnison, where e II doubtful
whether a actual eaee hAD rally -.
eurred yet + u impessible for us 10
visualize the terror and desolation that
II affecting our sister towns.
At Salida 500 cases arc reported
The big Hotel Denton ct the station
has been converted into . hospital and
both the Rio Grande and Red Cross
hospitals are crowded to the limit,
DR.. Curfman, Of Salida declares that
only one out Of four cases Of pneu-
monia is recovering. At Silverton,
1852 cases were reported Monday, with
70 deaths from pneumonia. Every
city and valley east and west IL get
ting into the thick Of it except Gunni-
son county, where the first Of the week
not 2 case was reported. Ruens Wis
t. and Ouray were the only other COM
munities in Colorado 20 fortunate, ard
both Of these had quarantined. Ouray
has since reported several cases.
Acting Wednesday on the advice Of
County Physician I. P. Hanson, who
had just returned from . meeting Of
the State Board Of Health, strict
quarantine has been put upon the en-
tire county, east, west, north and
south, in the hope that by drastic &c
ton the disease can be kept, not only
from Gunnison, but out Of the great
producing coal camps and ranch vVl-
leys.
This means eternal vigilance on tbe
part Of the officials and loyal support
by everyone else. Even automc611e
touring parties are banned. II It -
within the bounds Of human possibi-
lities to make this aflliction pass b.
and save the lives Of our people, W,
should do II.
In the nation at large, the epi lemie
Il taking dreadful toll eve.y,,here
from coast to coast. There are WA
tales ahoat Of catching pro- Germans
in the act Of spreading It, but thess
lack confirmation.