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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
WILSON REPEATS
OPPOSITION TO
WAR BOARD BILL
President Tells Senators He
Must Not Be Hampered,

WASHINGTON, Feb l.--At a con
ference with a dozen republican and
democratic senators who were sum
moned to the White House today, Pres
ident Wilson reiterated his opposition
10 the pending bills 10 create a super
war cabinet and a director of munl-
tions. contcnding that they would ham.
per him in the con4uct OF the war and
that they were unnecessary
1t was said also that the president
asked the senators TO cooperate IN
avoiding agitation and discussion OF
the measures. The president took the
position that the legislation should not
be forced upon him because he IS d..
rcctly responsible in the prosecution OF
the war
He was told that Senator, Hitchcock
Of Nebraska and Wadsworlh OF New
York. republican, were planning speech
es Monday and Tuesday in support OF
the legislation and # they insisted upon
spcaking there was no way by which
debate could be prevented
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01

II zero weather lasts for a week or
ten DAYS longer the schools OF Okla
homa City may be forced to close, J.
II Johnston, county fuel administrator
said today.
1T seems impossible to get enough
coal to meet the needs OF the city, Mr.
Johnston stated I'VE need ten cars a
day for domestic use, and the most We
have received on any ono day has been
seven cars. So, unless VIC have warm
er weather. the supply the schools have
on hand will be exhausted and closing
Of the buildings would follow"
Coal Commandeered.
With the temperature near the zero
mark. Oklahoma City peo1lc today
were sh'verii '. Little relief came dur
ing the night, and prospects OF warmer
weather were not bright with the eN-
ception that the weather bureaus fore
cast called for Slightly warmer wealth
er tonight and Saturday
Mr.. Johnston stated that he had COM
mandeered two cars OF coal which he
longed to the Frisco railroad and that
five cars were delivered to NJ. b. Scho-
field company today, and one car to a
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
French Raid
In BeIqium Successful

PARIS. Feb L. French troop, last
night made raid, ON the German lines
in the vicinity Of Nrcuporl, Belgium,
and in the Rheims sector A number Of
prisoner, and ono machine gun were
captured the war office announced to-
dlN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
Trenches on East
Front Crumble as
War Is Forgotten

AMSTERDAM. Feb. IA war
correspondent OF the Dusseldorf
Nachrichtcn reports that the por-
tions OF the Russian front which
have been entirely evacuated are
growing in extent, The trenches
are falling to pieces The posts
which were used for wire cntangle-
ments arc being burned as fire
wood. The disbanding Of some
military units is in progress south
of the Pripet region
Artillerymen are selling their
horses, the correspondent says Sol
diers guarding the road 10 Lutsk
no longer demand passports but
require the payment Of toll OF
twenty ruhles for every vehicle
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
COAL SHORTAGE
MAY CLOSE ALL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Fuel Administrator Sounds
Warning on Fuel Scarcity
HOSPITALS GET RELIEF
Coal Also Communicated to
. Keep WaterwOrkS Running,
BRE'ER GROUNDING
WILL SEE SHADOW

wOR those who follow the weather
70 forecasts oi gooscbonc prophets,
u medical almanacS, groundhog'
etc. there is nothing but gloom
ahead Tomorrow IS grounding day
According 10 ancient superstition the
grounding viii leave his winter re-
treat and from the corner Of his eve
will observe II he casts a shadow.
II he does pot he will calmly go on
about his business for it mean, win
ter is over. II there is a shadow he
will retire 10 his hole prepared to
weather six weeks more winter
The United States weather fore
cast bureau forecasts sunshine to-
morrow.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
Year Ago TODAY
RELENTLESS WAR
OF U.S0ATS BEGAN
ONE YEAR AGO

One year ago today newspaper
of the United States published Prc,r-
dent Wilson's note ON the sinking oI
the American ship Sussex, which
preceded but a few days the break
ing off Of diplomatic relations with
Germany,
At the same time Ambassador Won
Bernnorii was preparing to pack
his trunk
The German chancellor Dr.. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg, announced in A
reichSlag speech that Germany
would fight 10 the bitter end.
The German admiralty then an
nounccd that Rri'' sh hospital ships
would not be immune from Subma-
rlnc attack.
The iamou, German order oi nm
restricted submarine warfare had
iuH been declared
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
BOARDS over STATE
EXAMINING MEN FOR
CALL, SAYS alRS0M

Every local exemption board IN the
state now is proceeding with physical
examinations, according to reports to
Adj Gen +, II GipSon
Preparations for the second draft
arc progressing satisfactorily and when
the call is issued fixing our quota We
will be ready to furnish it," General
Gibson said today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
TOIJAY

Today the success ol that policy
which was to bring England to It's
knees in three weeks. is well know.
Most Of the things which were
forcca I at that time however hav'
tran,plrcd BcmIorli packed hi,
trunk. and hicd his way 10 Copcn
hagen. Ilr Is now German ambl..
sador to Turkey
Germany Is fighting to the bitter
end. The end /, somewhat nearer
and probably more biucL than the
Germans anticipated
And Germany continues 90 slnI
British hospital ships,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
COUNTER ATTACK
FAILS TO SHAKE
ITALIANS LINE
AuStrianS Una bic to Reach
LatInS DefenSeS,

ROME, Feb. 1.-The Austrians yes
terday attacked on the Asiago plateau
in an attempt to drive the Italians from
their newly-won position on Monte di
val Bella, the war office announced to-
day The enemy, however, was un-
able to reach the Italian line
The Italians by sudden attack AT
dawn yesterday advanced their lines
as far as the head OF the Iclago valley
m this sector
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
Thirteen Ships Clear.
Alfred RolhschIId Dead

LONDON Feb Alfred Charles |
DE Rolh,chiId. ~ years old 81 the ,
banking family Of that name died to-
night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
VIRGINIA Governor Takes Office.
Warmer
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FORECAST - Generally fair
md slightly warmer tonight and satur-
day. Minimum temperature tonight TO
n degrees
STATE FoREcAsT-Tonlght and Sat.
urday fair and not 90 cold.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
Situation Unchanged,
Reports in London

LONDON. Feb 1.-The latest tclc
gram, received in Copenhagen from
Berlin report the situation as IN
changed. says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from the Danish capital Tho
strike has not been extended.
The Berliner Tageblatt reports that
the police seized the trades union build
ing in Berlin and arrested Deputy
kocrslcn and other leaders.
All dispatches received IN London
show that the strike menace in Ger
many increased Yesterday even a semi
Official telegram from Berlin saying
"onIy an uncomfortable extension" took
place
Martial Law Extended
Martial law has extended to Bremen
and Hemeingen, a nearby town, ae-
cordng to reports received here
The Vorwaerts Of Berlin, in an
nouncing IT'S suppression Of the news
paper for three days says the step was
taken because it melted mass to
strike Strikes have broken out in two
more Dortmund mines, The strikers AZ
Nuremburg Bavaria, have resumed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-01
GENERAL ORDERED
TO TURN Guns ON
.R|0T|NC W0RKMEM
Three Day Halt in Industry
Called in Munich,
STRIKE MOVE is WANING
Socialists Deny They Directed
WaIkOutS in Germany,

AMSTERDAM. Feb, THE
mander-in-ehief Of Bfandsn.
burg province, which includes Bsf.
lin, has issued q warning TO the
population against disturbances
which he announces will bs sup
pressed, according TO a semi official
statement from Berlin today.
LONDON, Feb IA three days
strike has been declared In Munich,
according 10 a Central New, dis-
patch from Amsterdam today.
In Berlin the dispatch adds, the
orenstsin and Koppel Locomotive
works employees have Joined the
strike movement.
AMSTERDAM, Feb There was
a clash between striker, and the pohoe
in the northwestern part OF Befllu
Thursday One policeman was killed
and dozen strikers injured There
were minor disturbances In other Sec
lion' and in the suburbs Of Berlin
The German press generally agree,
that the outbreak has reached its
climax in. Berlin and is now receding.
The demonstrations are said TO have
shown lack Of centralized control.
Reports from the chief industrial
sections Of Germany indicate that the
strike movement nowhere Is finding the
support necessary to carry II along.
Sooinlists ADOPT Platform.
The socialist party committee met IL
Berlin on Wednesday evening TO decide
upon the attitude OF the party In view
Of the extension of the strike The
committee considered a program which.
the VosSische IetunR says, was re-
garded as offering suitable basis for
negotiations with the government
The fighting yesterday In Berlin,
In which a policeman was killed,
was brought about by an attempt
on the part OF q crowd OF men and
women to interfere with the street
car traffic. Another policeman
was injured seriously.
Minor disturbances are reported In
other sections OF Berlin and in the out.
skirts OF the city The afternoon news
papers have been compelled 10 reduce
the number OF their page, Public
utilities are being operated without in
terrupton, so far as the latest advices
show.
Disintergration in Progress.
German newspapers generally esti-
mate the number of strikers at 10000
They all say that the diSintegration OF
the movement is proceeding rapidly.
The riots OF yesterday are said to have
been due to anger OF the strikers on
realizing that the movement was
doomed to early failure.
The trades unions are declining to
pay out strike benefits As an indica-
ton OF the lack OF centralized dircc-
tion, it is said that only few Of the
big plants Of Berlin were forced to
suspend operations completely
The governing board Of the Social.
Democratic party announced yesterday
that it had not taken over the manage
ment Of the strike. The part played by
Philip Schcidmann, Frederick Ebert
and Herr Braun, socialist leaders, is
explained on the ground that they are
anxious to prevent the strike from re-
sulting in disotganlation and rioIing.
The official bulletin OF the National
Liberty party declares that the Berlin
strike leaders are playing into Trotl-
kys hands Most bi the newspapers
OF the rcich'tag majority parties con-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
So Monthly Up Rents Beautiful UPRIGHT Piano
War Heroes Kin Prey
Of Insurance Ghouls

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Decep.
tion and fraud have been practised on
the beneficaries of American soldiers
killed in the war with Germany, Rep
resentative Fields, of Kentucky, a
member of the House Military Com
mittee, said to-day after he had intro
duced bill designed to put an end to
the alleged practices. The measure
limits the fee of agents or attorneys to
s25, and imposes heavy penalties on
persons collecting more.
"Claim agencies already are organ
zing throughout the country" said
Representative Fields, "and as fast as
casualty lists are published these agen-
cies or their representatives hurry to
benefciaries with the statement that
it is extremely difficult to collect the
soldiers insurance without aid of
special counsel.
"By such methods they frighten the
beneficiary into employing them at an
extortionate figure. Some claims are
being purchased at mere pittance
through the same methods.
Service OF a special agent or attor-
ney is not necessary in collecting war
risk insurance, except in some unusual
case, where the claimant may encounter
difficulty in establishing his identity.
A law should be enacted to inflict upon
deceivers the punishment they de-
servo
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Will Train $4,000 Men
For American Ships
Bureau to Turn Out Fifty Stu
dents Daily After
April l

On April 1 the Sea Training Bureau
of the United States Shipping Board
will begin turning out fifty young men
day equipped for service aboard the
ships of the new American mercantile
marine. They will be oilers. water ten
ders, cooks and stewards. and by the
time the programme is completed there
viii be $4,000 native Americans avail
able for manning the ships that will
fly the American flag in all parts or the
world during the war and after.
The boys are being recruited in all
parts of the country. The recruiting
agents are just now particularly busy
in Kansas and other states of the Mid
die West. The recruits are exempt
from the draft the moment they sign
articles for the duration of the war
aboard ships of the United States mer-
chant marine, and after two years they
are to be eligible to enter the Shipping
Board schools Of navigation, in thirty
of which men are now qualifying as
officers.
By the time that the new American
mercantile fleet is fully developed it is
predicted that the crews will be wholly
American.
There are two training ships now in
service, the Calvin Austin and the Gov
ernor Dingley. Soon two more ships,
the former transport Meade and the
United States gunboat Princeton, will
be turned over to the board as school
ShipS
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Capital Hears That
Profteers Controlled
u. S. Air Programme

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Sugges-
tions were heard here tonight that q
report to President Wilson on airplane
production by Gutzon Borglum, the
sculptor, may contain some intimations
that a profiteering ring controlled the
air programme to its own advantage
The report is said to refer also to al
legged serious blunders and delays.
This report deals with the progress
of the programme up to about the first
of the year, and promises to play an
important part in the special inquiry
already begun by the board, headed by
Snowden Marshall of New York. 1t
has been matter of remark for many
months among officials here that
Borglum was said to carry letters from
President Wilson.
Officials involved said tonight they
would welcome publication of the
Borglum report, and were certain 1t
would disclose no abuses.
1t was again asserted to-day by
those closely connected with the air
lane problem that the schedule laid
before the Inter-Allied Council last
December. and described as the only
thing in the nature of a promise ever
made on the subject officially, would be
substantially lived up to. General
Pershing will not lack for adequate air
fleets for his troops by July, officials
reiterated tonight, and up to that time
protection of his air zones rests by
agreement, it is understood, with the
Allies.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Arrest German as
A Mail Smu,ggler

Agents of the Federal government at
tach much Importance to the arrest OF
a man giving the name of Ludwig Hott-
man, who was taken into custody on
Friday night, in his room at the Cen
tral Y. NJ. C. A., in Brooklyn. He is
charged with violation OF the Presl-
dents proclamation and, according to
Federal agents, he was the leading
spirit in a nationwide plot to smugglc
mail to Germany through neutral coun~
tries At the time of his arrest he
carried a loaded revolver.
Yesterday he was subjected to an
exhaustive interrogation by William
Wallace, director of the New York
Bureau of Enemy Aliens, and his as
sistant, Captain Roger B. Hull, and
later turned over to the Department of
Justice agents. The government Off
cials are anxiously waiting for the
translation of number of papers
found on the man, which they believe
contain detailed information as to the
mail smuggling plot Pending the
translation Of the papers, Federal Off
cials refused to enter into any discus
sion Of the case, except to say that a
thorough investigation was being made
However, it was learned that the plan
called for the dispatching of mail to
central clearing house in Holland
from which it was to be forwarded to
Germany.
Max Kahlhoff, an enemy alien, was
arrested by guards of the New York
Central yesterday on Pier 35, North
River, where he was acting in sus-
pcious manner, and brought to the
Enemy Alien Bureau for examination.
He did not have zone pass to enter
the waterfront area, and spoke in a
broken dialect, which the interpreter at
the bureau did not understand. After
failing to get any statement from him,
Captain Hull turned him over to the
Department of Justice for examination
and in We G ii ratin
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
17-Year-Old Boy a Suicide
He Kills Self After Arranging
for Payment of Debts

Edward P. O'Connell, seventeen
wears Old, a page at the New York
Stock Exchange, whose home was at
Evergreen, J.. l., committed suicide
some time Friday night or early ycster-
day morning by inhaling illuminating
gas in room at the Morris and Essex
Hotel, 108 Barclay Street He left a
will. III the form of letter to his
father. which he had evidently written
as the tunes from the gas were slowly
overcoming him.
The letter directed the payment Of
some small bills and particularly urged
that $16 be paid to Miss Mabel De
Nike, of 529 Gates Avenue, girl
friend of his own age Miss De Nike
said that the boy had been one of a
party of her friends to 20 to the
theatre on Thursday night. Afterward
they all returned to her home.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Daniels Makes
Voyage on Good
Ship Recruit
Secretary Tells Crowd
Navy Has Just Begun
to Do Things

AS Josephus Daniels. Secretary OF
the Navy, climbed aboard the good shr
Recruit, anchored in the sea Of peo
pie that filled Union Square yesterday
afternoon, the Secretarys flag. furlet
for breaking, was loosened to the
breeze and the naval band struck uI
Hail to the Chief"
Advancing bravely toward a battery
Of motion picture cameras. Mr.. Daniels
shook hands with Commander Charles
A. Adams, in charge Of the sturdy yes
sci. Then followed an informal in
spection of the ship no submarine will
ever sink.
"Why, this is real ship" remarked
the Secretary to her commander. 81
can almost hear the waves beating out
side"
While officers and enlisted men stood
at attention, he examined the quarters
below, including the aft cabin, re-
splendent in the gay red furnishings
taken from the Vaterland, erstwhile
pride of the Kaiscr's fleet.
Then, followed by his aid, Lieutenant
Frost and Henry Mcdonnell. director
general of the Mayors committe on
National Defence, he climbed to the
deck and made brief address to the
crowd.
CAS- this ship stands in the heart of
the metropolis" he said. $50 our navy
is safely anchored in the hearts of the
American people. Our boys in blue
over there have already captured Ger
man submarines, and they have sunk
more of them than | can tell"
After the cheers which interrupted
this comment. he added:
"But what they have done is only an
inkling of what they will do to bring
this war to successful conclusion"
Escorted to the motor car which
awaited him near by, the Secretary
stood at attention while the band on
board played "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner."
Before the crowd could surge awav
another speaker was leaning over the
rail. and the GOOD ship Recruit was
hitting the stride for which it has be-
come famous. After w. T. Within ore
had finished brief appeal for volun-
teers; eleven young men stepped out
of the crowd to 90 to work for
Josephus Daniels and Uncle Sans
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Four New York Men
Get Army Commissions
[Staf Correspondence1

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Reservc
Corps commissions were issued to-day
by the War Department to the follow
ing New Workers:
Walter j. Duncan. AZ Fifth Avenue, CAP
tain, Engineer Corps.
Harold w. Chaplin. 41O Clinton Avenue.
i,rookiyn, first lieutenant, Quartermaster
Corps, National Army.
William A. Bradley. 2S0 Madison Avenue.
and Lawrence A. Meekcr. jackson and Sec
ond avenues. Long Island City, first lieuten-
ants Sanitary Corps. National Army.
Promotions in the New York National
Guard Division at Camp Wadsworth an
nounced to-day by the department in
cluded the following:
Franchot, Buffalo
TO be first lcutenants. Second Leutenants
Rlchard +; Cloak. Buffalo; Ezra A. Barnes,
Oswego: Edward +. Winnek, Geneva. and
Durant Rice, New York CITY.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Shot Kills Soldier
Mystery in Spartanburg Pri-
Yates Death

sPARTANBURG, S. c., March 16.-
Private Frank Z. Farrell, of Company
G, 105th Infantry, was found in his
tent at the CLASSY Rock rifle range with
bullet through his body near the
heart yesterday afternoon and died two
hours later according to word received
here to-day. A board of officers is in
vestigating the death. The supposition
is that his gun may have been acci-
dentally discharged in some way. He
was alone in his tent at the time, SO
far as officers could learn.
Farrell's home is at Irvington-on-the-
Hudson, and the body will be shipped
there for interment. The regiment has
been at CLASSY Rock, thirty miles dis
tant from here, for rifle practice for
about a week. A soldier heard the re-
port of gun and went into the tent.
finding Farrell mortally wounded.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Restoration I Hospital for Disabled
10 Be Opened T Here Next Month
War Department Base Being Rushed at sam N. j., for
Reclamation of Men for Civilian Pursuits-Nlaor Fred
A. Albee, M. D.. Noted Specialist, to Have Charge

many clerical assistants, orderlies and
non-technical workers, making a staff
of men in khaki Of some $50, besides
the nurses.
The hospital buildings, which will
cluster around splendidly equipped
operating room 1S0 feet in length, will!
bc on property the government has ac
eepted from Mr.: and Mrs. Charles d.
Freeman, head of the Mercy Committee,
Tor five years. Originally the property
was offered to the government fully
equipped as hospital. with an oper-
atng room and 100 beds. Deciding to
erect a hospital on larger scale, the
War Department arranged to put up
seven buildings and 1,500 beds, with
the Mercy Committee of New Jersey
furnishing much of the bedding ma
tcrials and fully equipping at least 100
beds.
The Mercy Committee will also man
age the recreational side of the hos
pital york and will provide entertain
ment for the convelcscent' patients. The
site is admirably suited for out-of-
door entertainments, being q combina-
tion of eight adjoining fertile farms.
A large house which now stands on the
property will be used as the headquar-
tcrs of the Mercy Committee, whose
emblem is violet star.
An especially interesting part of the
institution will be shops, where the
men will be taught trades, enabling
them to earn their living without
physical strain in cases where the frail-
ty persists.
Working in harmony with the Red
Cross, the Mercy Committee will act
as the interested friend. 1t will take
n personal interest in the patients, and
will provide funds for things which
the government overlooks The women
of the organization, which has branches
throughout the State of New Jersey
will endeavor to add the human touch
to the scientific excellence which the
nurses and surgeons will provide for
Americas wounded.
Originally, the War Department ex-
pected to have the hospital ready by
June 1, but later decided to have at
least part of it completed by April 1.
The contractors are now rushing the
work to meet the governments eXpec-
tation.
The Mercy Committee is a voluntary
relief organization, formed three years
ago. 1t was started to lend succor in
all emergencies, such as railroad acci-
dents, confagrations, earthquakes and
the ike. Fate decreed that its first big
opportunity for service was the war
Through the American Clearing House
in New York. it has shipped countless
units of supplies for civilians in the
countries of Americas allies.