davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
BUILDING TRADES
STRIKE IN CITY
IS CALLED OFF
ArblterS Named 10 Prevent
WaIkouts in Future,

The strike OF the local building
.rades unions, which since an early
date In May has tied up work on all
The big construction jobs of the city,
was settled today in a manner which
assures the future harmony between
the contractors and their employees
Jobs In the city on which work will
be resumed are the Y. NJ. {. A., State
hospital, Sifers Candy company, Old
Soldiers home, Kingkade hotel. Nc
Clelland- Gentry Motor company, Swift
storage, Caldwell residence, Russell
mills and many other smaller ones
Work on Jobs IN various parts OF the
state, which local contractors arc
building, will also be resumed
The agreement made by the contrac-
tors and the employees provides for the
closed shop--oyer which the strike
started-and also provides for employ
6s' surety against future strikes by es
tablishing Joint arbitration board be
fore which difficulties between the two
parties will be settled This insures
employers against the stopping OF work
on any job due to disagreement with
any one trade council, or between two
different branches OF the building
trades union Both the workers and
the contractors are recognized as or.
Eanired bodies, the contractors as the
Builders Exchange and the employees as
the Building Trades.
The plan OF negotiation provides for
the selecting OF five contractors and
five employees TO act together ~ board
OF arbitration for all troubles between
contractors and their employees. In cass
these ten cannot agree, an eleventh mar
Is selected, and his judgment is bind.
ing
The contractors who signed III,
agreement are Campbell and Price, ]
A. Holmboe, J. w. Lucas, Reinhart and
} IDonavan, J. W, Van Meter. Gross Con
struction company. Lisle Dunning com.
,pany. Stewart and Wilderson anC
thaG,txo amaller eoppanisa
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
SIPERIANS SEEK
TO D|SOWN PACT {
MADE At BRES7
New Government viii Assume
Share of Nations Debts,
BY The Associated Press.

VOLOGDA, Russia, Sunday, July l.
White guards have occupied Ysroslav.
town l73 miles northeast OF Moscow
and have cut communications between
Moscow and Vologda. Russian boil
Shevik forces have been sent in the
direction Of Yaroslav.
LONDON. July 1.-THE objects of
the new Siberian government includ
ed reputation Of the Brest-Litovsk
treaty and the establishment OF a Rus
sian republic with an autonomous ST.
IBERIA, according to a declaration made
by member OF the government to the
Vladivostok correspondent of the
Nichi Nichi Shimbun, says a Toxic
dispatch to the Daily Express. II is
also proposed to rehsbilitate the army
and send troops against Germany.
Russia's national debt would be
acknowledged. Siberia assuming re-
sponsibility for her share.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
KUEHLMANN FALL
MEANS OPEN RULE
OF PAN-CERMANS
Won Hintze, His Successor, Is
Called Tool of KruppS,

LONDON, July 1.-THE fall oi
Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann wa,
arranged by German army headquar
ters and is regarded in Germany as the
introduction of an open San German
regime under the control OF the mill
tary leaders, special dispatches from
Holland say. 1t is described as the
biggest of series of pan-G German vic
tories and the pan-German newspapers
do not disguise their delight over it.
Reports OF the appointment Of Ad-
miral Won HintIe as foreign secretary
are accepted as final by the pan German
papers, which conted that this involves
no change Of policy Won Hintre is
described as swashbuckler and an
intimate OF Admiral Won Tirpitr, the
pant German leader.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
GOOD nun SWORD
TO BRING PEACE,
BOAST Of B0CME

tn ARIS, July lin a recent
~ speech in the Prussian house
q OF lords, Count Behrendorff
said, according to advices from
Basel:
I'VE cannot have a peace worthy
OF our sacrifices without the aid of
the good German sword We cannot
make progress by such shameful
speeches as have been delivered late
ly in the reichstag by responsible
personalities.
The vice president, responding.
said
Confidence in government cir
cles is unshaken. The majority OF
the people OF the nation are also
convinced that victory cannot be
dragged away from US. We have
vanquished in the east and we shall
conquer in the west. Victory is not
far distant"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
'STICK-UP' MEN
GET LITTLE LOOT
IN RIFL|NC CARS
Safes Blown Open, But Jewell
ry Is Only Haul,

PAOLA. Kan, July ll-Staged with
the gunplay and thrills OF a robbery
OF forty years ago, except that they
were reported to have obtained little for
their pains, a dozen bandits held up q
Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger
train near here late last night, shot four
persons. disconnected the mail and
baggage cars which they afterwards
looted and then escaped into the tim
bered region near Osawatomie.
No Trace OF Gang Found.
The home guards Of Paola and Osa-
watomie, after searching several hours
in the timber bordering the river, found
no trace Of the bandits Capt Steve
Quimby, in command of the Paola
guard. was inclined TO doubt the report
that the fugitives were hiding in this
vicinity. He suggested that the men had
meteor cars and could have reached
Kansas City in little more than an hour
after the holdup, as the scene Of the
robbery was on the Jefferson highway.
SheriffS posses, home guards and
members Of the county Anti-Hor Thief
association today had surrounded the
wooded area with the intention of clos
ing in on the robbers
Oklahoma Woman Wounded.
The four persons wounded are in a
hospital at Parsons, Kan. Mrs l.. D.
Williams OF Achiiie. Okla is the most
seriously injured A bullet entered her
left shoulder and i, is feared has lodged
in her left lung.
{. I. Wucher. train auditor wal
standing near window when the hold
up started and was shot in the thigh.
The bullet was DETECTED BY coins in his
pocket.
Fireman Shot In Foot.
When the robbers entered the smok-
ing car they ordered all the occupants
to lie on the floor Because there was
not room enough. r F Carter, rail-
way fireman lay in his seat with ond
foot in the aisle. When he did not
move as quickly as one OF the robbers
though he should, the robber fired,
woundlng Carter in the ankle. J. z.
Williams, a negro from Oklahoma, was
wounded by bullet in the hip.
The railroad company gave out
statement at Parsons today that four
packages, two of which were known to
have been postoffce supplies, were
taken by the robbers.
Reports from Kansas City indicate
that jewelry worth about $50 was prae.
tically all that was obtained from the
express car.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
HUSBAND is ACCUSED
OF DESERVING SICK WIFE

That her husband abandoned her
while she was III and refused TO pro
vide for her is the claim Mrs. Geneva
T. Perry makes for divorce aaainst
Clarence r Perry in a petition filed il
the district court this morning Sh,
alleges that he treated her cruelty be-
fore leaving her and tha, he has beaten
her severely many times Thev were
married in II Reno. March 10. I2lS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
AuStrianS Retire
To New DefenSeS

VIENNA, July ll-(Via London )-
Austrian forces in Albania are occu.
pying a new. defensive line which ha'
been organized, according to today
war office report, The statement an
nounces the repulse Of French detach
ment which was advancing IN the De
yoli valley
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Only Small Sum
From Mail Car

MUSKOGEE,l Okla, July il.-Ac-
cording to w. P Cotton, Kansas City,
one of the mail clerks on the Katy pas
senger train looted by bandits near
Paola, Kan, late last night, the robber,
secured only an insignificant amount of
money from the rifled mail and express
cars.
-Four registered packages, none OF
which is believed to have been valu-
able, were taken from the mail coach.
None of them contained currency. ac-
cording TO Cotton.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
French Capture
Town OF Corey

PARIS, July ll.-Frenoh troops last
night captured the town OF Corey on
the front southwest OF scissors, the war
office announced today.
In addition TO gaining complete pos
session OF Corey. including the Corey
railway station, the French took the
Chateau and the farm OF St Paul TO the
outh OF Corey
The capture was effected in an opera
ZION for the enlareing OF the French
positions to the cast OF the Retz forest
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Wisconsin Man
Kills His Sister,
Friend, Then Self

WAUKESHA, Wis. July IA
triple tragedy, resulting in the deaths
OF William Hille, his sister, Hulda, and
Ernest Fenze, was revealed at the Hille
stock farm, several miles southwest OF
here, today upon the arrival of the
coroner summoned by farm hand on
the Hlle farm.
Hille, who was believed to have been
mentally unbalanced, is thought to have
shot and killed his sister and FenIe
and then committed suicide.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
British Improve
Fronts BY Raids

LONDON, July lin a local oper
alton carried out last night south OF
the Somme, east OF VillerS- Breton
neux. the British positions were i'm
proved, says today's war office an
nouncement
The Germans again last might BON
barded somewhat heavily the British
positions east OF Amens, on both
sides OF the Solame river.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
$50 in Jewelry
Is Express Booty

KANSAS CITY. July ll-Officiai.
OF the American Express company here
said today that robbers at Paola. Kan.
last night obtained very little booty
from the express car. They declared
that about $50 worth OF jewelry was
probably the most valuable shipment,
the car contained. Cancelled check,
consigned to a southern bank and rep
resenfng about 5000 also were in the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
COTTON FACTORY
PLAN is TAKEN
UP BY CHAMBER
COttinghan'S Idea Finds Fa-
vor of Business Men,

Leroy Gibbs, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce held a conference
today with J. r. Cottingham, former
president Of the Chamber of Commerce
in regard to the cotton duck mill that
Co,tingham proposes for Oklahoma City
to take Care of Oklahoma's raw cotton
and help in the war by making tent ma
terial.
Lower Subscription.
Mr.. Gibbs idea is TO enlarge the
corporation as proposed by Cottingham
and lower the amount to be subscribed
by each member
Mr.. Cottingham in his original plan
proposed to be one OF twenty men to
subscribe $4,000 each as a capital 10
start the cotton weaving mill,
Mr. Gibbs thinks that it will be nearly
impossible to get twenty men TO sub
scribe $2S0O0 each while it might be
comparatively easy to get forty men to
invest half that much
Johnston FavoIs Idea.
J. n. Johnson, president of the Okla
homa Cotton Seed CruShers' association
when asked this morning what he
thought of the plan for starting this
new industry in Oklahoma City said
81 think its an excellent project We
have the cotton. We are far from fac
tories, we have market for the product
at home.
Wen save freight rates by this
proposition and give employment to
home labor and induce increased raising
Of cotton, one OF Oklahoma's surest
crops, and the plan will help to keep
Oklahoma's money in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
TWO ARE KILLED
IN ARSENAL BLAST

PHILADELPHIA, July H.
Two workmen are known TO be
dead and four others injured in
an explosion today at the govern
ment arsenal at Frankford, q
suburb
The explosios Is said TO have
been caused BY workman drop
ping q loaded shell.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Alexis Reported
Killed Again

LONDON, July ll,--Swedsh news
papers publish q statement by Swede
Just returned from Moscow that Alexis
Romanofi, son OF Nicholas Romanoff,
the former Russian emperor, has been
killed by a bolshevik soldier by means
Of bomb, says an Exchange Teie-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen to-
day,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
RINGLINe MARINE
REPORTED WOUNDED Z
FOR THIRD TINE

RlNGLlNG, July ll.-(SpeciaD-
Odon p Martin mentioned in today's
dispatches as among the seriously
wounded of marines has twice before
been wounded in fighting in France
In a letter recently to his father he
told Of being second time in the hos
pital His father, John Martin, is local
manager for the Magnolia Petroleum
company. Martin enlisted in Dallas a
year ago last March
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
PROHIBITION BILL
IS SIDETRAekE

WASHINGTON, July Ii
When the prohibition bill came up
automatically at q o'clock, the sen
ate agreed to lay II aside tenn
porsrily and proceed with the wire
control measure. No objection TO
the procedure came from the pro-
hibition sdvocstes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
American Consul
To Pillaged Town,
Is Safe in Teheran

WASHINGTON, July li.-Safe ar.
rival at Teheran Of Gordon Paddock
United States consul at Tabri,. was an.
nounced today by the state department
Paddock left Tsbrir more than month
ago with a party Of Americans and
Europeans. when Tabriz was threatened
by Turks. who afierward seised the
american consulate there, and sacked
AZ American hospital
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Partly Cloudy Is
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREchsT-partIy cloudy 70
cloudy weather tonight and Friday
warmer Friday.
STATE TonIoht and rrl.
day partly cloudy, TO cloudy weather
warmer Friday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Naval Filler Killed.

WASHINGTON, July il.-Louis T.
Mutty, a naval volunteer chief quarter
master, was killed by falling from a
seablane at Miami, Fla. July 9. the
navy department announced today His
address WAS Townsend. Wash.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Hes Tool OF Krupps.

GENEVA, July lO.-Admiral Won
Hintfe, the successor of Dr. Won Kuehl-
mann is the krupp candidate, according
90 the Gazette OF Lausanne
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
EXPECT
BLOW WILL FALL
IN Marine WEDGE
Topography Aids Hindenburg
There to Prepare Surprise,
ENEMY HAS SUPERIORITY
"ThiS Fact Remains Whether
Acknowledged or Not
By walter DurAnty.

Copyright. 1918 by the New York Times
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklhhoma
City Times)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
luly 1.-THE idea that the German at
tack may come in the Marne wedge
seems to be gaining ground A French
officer with whom | talked today al
yanced II spontaneously as an explain
alton OF the delay-otherwise inexpll-
cable in view of the fact that time is
so precious for Germany-in recon-
menclng the offensive lie said
Il thought II possible the Spanish
grippe had affected the troops holding
the firing line under difficult condi-
ton cannot believe II has caused
such serious rayageS among well fed,
healthy men OF the storm divisions as
definitely to interfere with Won Hin
denburg's plans. Surely it is more
reasonable to suppose the enemy is still
busy preparing the ground gained in
the recent ADVANCE BY working at
night the enemy might hope to avoid
the allied air observations and launch
a surprise blow in a sector apparently
calm
Map Justifies Prediction.
A study OF the map justified the Of
iicer's words and helps to strengthen
the theory The country north OF the
Marine is particularly we'll screened
from observation so that transportation
thither OF allied reserves would be less
easy than 10 such fronts as Arras
Amiens, Compiegne or Chateau Thierry,
Despite all talk about grippe and the
Germans having to wait for the return
o! the March wounded TO refill the
ranks. the fact still remains that the
enemy possesses the strategic superior
ity OF offensives
Hun Has Sufficient Troops.
Unpleasant facts don't cease to exist
because one refuses TO face them. Hin
denburg still has enough divisions
CONTINUED on Page 2. col. ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
,7ee. 900 Bales Of Cotton In stAts.

The states cotton yield pfomises 70
be greater than ever. l,dt0W to>eo
being predicted in report iDse1 by u
z. Woedworth. cotton expest ulso 4 q
Guthrie. Because Of ne botf ~ se1n5
mers in western Okhhcma, expeSss ~
advocating the supplsntiAG q go
acreage by more depeplstlo
crops. sush ~ hhs ~ - ulr b
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
Mines BOTTLE UP
U-BOATS At HOME,
SEA CHIEF SAYS
Submarines Have Less Free
dom; They Become Fewer

LONDON, July l1.--Spesking in
London today, Sir Eric Geddes, first
lord OF the British Admiralty, said
that mines gradually were hemming
in the submarines, which now had
less freedom and he was glad TO
say there were fewer Of them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11

LONDON. July ll.-ltalian troops on
their offensive in Albania. continue 70
advance, says a dispatch from Rome TO
the Central News agency The Austro-
Hungarian are falling back on the
Smubi river, twenty-five mile, north ~
Rcrat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
AUSTR|ANS DROP
BACK IN ALBANIA
BEFORE 0NRUSHES
Positions Prepared by Foe
Along Smubi River
FRENCHMEN STORM corey
Vantage Points About Village
Taken in jolt.

WASHINGTON. July II An
Official dispatch from Rome today
report, unchecked advance of Ilal-
ian troops in Albania. From the
Noyusa the Italians have carried
all positions to the Semcni in an
advance of Approximately IS miles
over fifty mile front
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
GETS MEN FOR WAR JOB

a munitions plant at Nashville. Tenn.
will 'ge. almost $50 Oklahoma men,
seventy-three Of them being secured
from the federal state employment bss
reau here end Us from the Tulsa bu.
reau. Forty men FOR construction wors
at the government nitrate plant Al Mus-
sci Shoal, Ala. were also sent from the
Tulsa station and the local employment
bureau expects TO send number of
moulders TO San francisco for govern
ment work within a few DAYS.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-11

Copyright. 1918 by the New York Timss
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklhhoma
CITY Times)
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-06-28

OF the tines IL unbroken national
unity. and President Wilson has be-
come the rallying point for all Amer
leans irrespective Of party utilization
II the times should come when II
would DO deemed necessary TO keep
President Wilson at the head OF the
nation after the expiration Of hlf
second term. because Of the eontln-
uance OF the world war or negotia-
lions for peace. II will not be as a
Democrat that he will DO kept there.
lie will be kept there ~ an Ameri-
can. as our greatest American. and
II will DO at the demand OF the
American people and for the safety
OF the American nation. In such a
party lines would be wiped
out. II Is unfortunate. therefore. and
for that he should be talk
Cd ABOUT in party gatherings as the
next Democratic" nominee for the
presidency.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-06-28
Baptists, Attentloni

Next Wednesday night At the pas.
tors home there will be a get-,o.
gether meeting and general social
hour. We are anxious for all our
people to be present and shall look
for them all. II will be a gloriously
good hour for all who come. Bring
your husbands and all the babies
and let them enjoy II. Our friends
and nelghbors are also invited and
we hope that many Of them will come
Blu, this Is a special effort to ge, an
the members Of our church to be
present for better acquaintance and
a general good time. The lawn will
be lighted. the home thrown open
and plenty Of good water to drink
We shall look for you. and you must
not fool US. All the Formally md
Pharrisaieal pidy win DO thrown
aside, the Birdie pulled off. and
everybody turned loose for a good
time.
W. II. SIMS. Pastor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-06-28
HOBBY ENDORSED by
HOME COUNTY

The Jefferson County Democratic
Executive Committee. In session at
Beaumont on June l7th, unanimous
ly adopted the following resolution.
twenty sir out OF Twenty-Five pre-
cincts being represented.
The Executive Committee OF the
Democratic party OF jefferson Coun-
ty, Texas, recognizing the splendid
worth OF her distinguished son. the
Honorable william p. Hobby. govern
or OF the State Of Texas. apprecIat-
Ing the distinguished service he has
rendered in behalf Of the citizenship
during his tenure in office. realizing
his honest conduct OF the office Of
governor. and believing him In every
respect worthy OF election 10 this
high and most exalted position. here.
by pledge our allegiance to his can
dldaey. and assure the PATRIOTS And
hberty-loVing citizens OF Tens that
We. the representatives OF the dem
oeratic party Of Jefferson County. be-
lleying IN the majesty Of the law
and in the upright conduct OF the
representatives Of the people,. having
serupulous regard for the honest
handling Of the money OF the tax
payers, and knowing WIN Hobby to
be a faithful and law abiding Off
Ger. hereby commend HIS candidacy
and urge the honest electorate to
support this loyal and faithful ser
want for whose fidelity. integrity and
patriotism 10 our country We cheer
fully attest"
T. n HILL, Chairman,
Attest; Mark Majors. Secretary.
Jefferson County Democratic
Executive Committee
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-06-28

The girl Stacker" IS to be the
target Of eoaeerted attack BY the
spcakers' Bureau In the Wisconsin
Disision Of the womsn's Committee.
Council Of Natlobd Defensa Tho
IDLE girl. the Girl with no definite
plan for the future. the Girl who Is
moi nov preparing for useful work"
IL 70. be made to feel that an obli-
cation 10 do her part in the war
rests on her no less than upon her
brother. Girls are to be urged to
III themselves for nurses, teachers
or RECOMMENDATION Advance.
The war is changing thing about
II used to be that the only prepara-
tion girls had TO look 20, was TO be.
come wives and some OF them made
very limited preparation for that
Job.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-06-28
UNFORTUNATE PARTY THUNDER
Fort Worth slar.TeIssram.

Fort Worth Star-Telegrams
II Is unfortunate that /. should be
necessary 10 spokeIsg' Z ms
aiminlsif'i'ua to mae a public
statement that President Wilson sud
Mr.. McAdoo do not conference.-the
use Of their names in connection
with 1890 presidential booms
In tho case Of President Wilson
It Is especially unfortunate. and m
Mr.. McAdoo's case the Improperly
Of these booms is heightened BY the
fact that he is the Presidents SON
ln-law.
II Is conceivable that a situation
might arise which would make II I'M
wise to change presidents in the midst
OF war. But II such a situation did
arise Il would be apparent to the
bulk OF the American people and
would not stand In need OF boom
70 make itself felt. In any event no
such situation has arisen as Jet, and
the motive Of the booms for a third
term for President Wilson Is not 10
cali attention 10 such a situation. II
Is 10 bolster up a political party And
in such a tine as this an such pure
" political activities are TO be frown
ed upon. In Texas mos, OF US adhere
20 the Democratic party and In norm
al times would desire to have 4 D@m-
ocratIe president instead Of a Re
publican. But in such times as these
va should forget all par,isanship
espeeiaily parisAnship Of 4 character
mat would appropriate TO one par
tieular political party things tina, arr
heritage Of al America Nobody
thinks OF Abraham Lincoln today as
a Republican merely and fa'ur'
generations will care very little what
poll,ical party Woodrow Wilson be-
Ionred 20.
woodrow wilson stands forth to-
day as ths creates, living American
LET'S no, In our party councils tall
about him As n his greatness cor
,,,,s IN the fact that ne Is a member
a. ne Democratic party. The need