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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
Americans, Dashing Behind
Own Barrage, Score Again in
Trench Raid, Surprising Foe

the Germans who had been withdrawn
hurlcdly from the front line, al
though they searched for them
Barrsge Hard to Halt Counter
In the hand-to-hand fighting the
American machine guns placed a bar
rage in the enemy back areas in order
to prevent counter attack
The Americans fought so fast and
did their work so quickly that the med
zeal men who accompanied them had
little to do Every American who left
the front line returned
On their way back the Americans
encountered German listening
post which fired at them In less
time than II takes to tell It, the
German posts were silenced
The Americans reached their own
lines without one German she'll having
fallen anywhere near them. for it was
all over so quickly the German batter
les did not have good chance TO get
into action. The Americans were inside
the enemy lines for fifteen minutes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
Japan Undecided
On East Action

LONDON, March l2 Japan has not
yet come to a decision regarding the
dispatch Of troops to Siberia, Premier
Tcrauch declared in replying to a
question in the house of representatives,
according to a Reuter- dispatch from
Shanghai carrying Toxic advices under
date of March g
Another dispatch received from Toxic
through the same channels says that
Foreign Minister Motono, replying to a
question in the diet declared that no
request that troops he sent to Siberia
had been received from Japan's allies.
An e5thangc Of views, he said, was
proceeding
The opposition leader favored the
sending Of troops but expressed the fear
that the presence Of japanese in Siberia
might drive Russia toward Germany
unless the greatest precautions were
taken
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
U.B0AT DAMAGES
AMERICAN VESSEL

A FRENCH PORT, Sunday, March
l0.-An American steamship, formerly
a German vessel, arrived here today
with its bridge smashed and a shell hole
through a Smokcstack, as a result OF an
encounter with a submarine.
The steamship defended itself with
its guns on being attacked by the sub
marine.
A storm was encountered. during
which the cargo shifted The vessel
made port with the greatest difficulty.
Two women have announced their in
tenton to enter the race for election to
city offices in Lookout Mountain City,
Tenn, where a charter amendment has
been adopted giving women the right
Of suffrage in municipal elections
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
598 0KLAH0MANS TO ARMS MARCH %
Crowder Calls $4,000 Men to Arms;
Some of Second Draft Go March 29;
100000 to Be Selected After April

WASHINGTON to oegnon March2O
OF andM
Oklahoma will o men the March29 9movemen
of by the
the
by atcs lows
Alabama 263 Arizona @ Arkansas 5i1 California l7 Colorado 32
1929 Idaho PAP Illinois 1861 Indiana 2977 Kansas 5S7 Kentucky 1851 lO
1920 Missouri Montana
Dakota 26i7 Oklahoma
2l7 Vermont 1856, Virginia 2178 Washington
a,
uponI o andM Minnesota
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
FARE
IN STATE HELD
TO Be ILLEGAL
State E0joi0od From Enforc-
ing Constitution,
OFFICIALS IN 0UANDARY
Attorney General Undecided
Upon Course 10 Pursue,
RATE CASE IN BRIEF

FUDGE YOuMANS declare, 2.
= cent lafr provision oi Oklahoma
constitution conli'ralufy and
grants permanent Injunction against
ils enforcement
The state corporation commission
Is 'horn Of it' power to ilx pa,sen.
gef and freight rates.
Decision means that higher fare
probably will hc put in effect soon
possibly BY decree Of the court and
possibly upon order oi the director.
general Of thc railroad,
Higher freight rate, On mira state
business also may be put in effect
as y result oi the decision
he rate case was first flied Sep.
iembcr y. 1909 IN United state,
district court Taking Of testimony
began March IS. 1915 and in atl
sStS printed pages of x ,timony and
between 400 and 500 RhIbi. were
offered.
ATTORNEY General Freezing unabl,
TO state II appeal will he taken and
doubtful u superScdcaS bond could
ne made TO prevent rate from going
into effect II an appeal were taken
TO the United States supreme court
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
Second Draft Awaits Only Action of Congress;
500, 900 Will Be Called Farmers Get FurIough

WASHINGTON, March l2-Provod Marshal Gen.
cral Crowdcr today made the first Official announce
mcnt OF the time Of the second draft II will be of
dcred as as congress amends tho law 10 compute
the basis OF apporonncnt among states on the number
OF regstrantS in Class !, instead OF population For
purposes Of computation 10000 men will be couSdcrS
as composing the second draft although such mum
ber will be called TO the colorS at any one time
Men in deferred clasSicatons the provost marshal
general announced, would he called iu small numbers as
well as men in Class ! for the purpose Of utilizing
special technical qualifications or sending them 10
schools, which require such qualifications
No Sudden Withdrawal
The provost marshal general makes the definite
statement however that there will be no sudden with
drawal of great numbers OF men from industry and
agriculture during the coming summer but that they
will he drawn in relatively small groups spread through
out the year. To give exact numbers he saws, would
he to give the enemy military information
While General Crowdcr sets time in his state
mcnt it has been stated previously that supplies and
equipment for the second draft would become available
in April and action on the desired legislation is cN-
pected before that time the first calls expected soon
aiterward
Await Legislation
The next national quota will be announced and ap-
portioned among the several states as soon pending
legislation authorizing change in the basis OF compu
taton IS enacted by congress- the provost marshal gen
erals statement says
The number that will he assumed as a basis for
computation will be 10000 which is well within the
authorization of clause Of section | OF the
leCtye service act of second increment of OOOO men,
increased by the recruit training units authorized by
clause 5 of said section !, and by the special and
technical troops authorized by section of said act
1t cannot now be announced what the total number be
called to the coors each month will he, but may he
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
By the Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March l2-An American
raidmg party entered the German
trenches along the Ioul sector at b
o'clock this morning after an artillery
bombardmcnt Of fory-fve minutes and
brought back much material and in
formation but captured no prisoners.
II was the first raid undertaken by the
Americans without the aid Of the
French
Gunfire Is Damaging.
The raid was highly successful as the
enemy Withdrew many men from the
front line when the bombardmcnt IN
dlcatcd that a raid might follow The
raiders reported that American gunilre
had created destruction in the German
positions and had torn gaps IN the
enemy barhcd wire cnianglcmcnls The
German batteries came into action but
accomplished nothing toward disturb
mg the progress Of the raid.
The Americans entered the enemy
trenches behind one side OF box
barragc which moved forward in
front OF them. They found numer-
Gus Germans hiding in the dugouts.
In the hand-to-hand fighting which
followed a number Of the enemy
were killed and wounded and left
in the trenches.
Going far beyond their objective, the
raider, penetrated the German line 800
Yards A few figh's developed on the
#py ln the Gcrmau, were driven off,
line Americans failed to find most Of
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
German War Debt
20 Billions Now;
Goes Up Steadily

LONDON. March PA new Ger
man war loan Of &}5o0OO0O00 will be
issued soon, an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen says. The
Gcrman war debt now amounts to $2o,-
UOOOO000. y
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
ENEMY PRISONERS
HELP B0LSHEv|KI.
FIGHT IN SIBERIA
Anti-Rod Guard Leader Beat
en- and Forced to Retreat
JAPAN IS STILL UNDECIDED


UARUlN N,p.hp,, March +,
....-.t r......u a,
'"' '",'''''' VI" ''" ''''"'''N
lcaucr ~ siberia, has trlfeaicd INTO
ManChurl before the advance Of a
,upc,,or b,l,bcy,L ,,r. ,,,,,J,r, g.,
,I..... i...'n.l -, .~, '''N ~
""''''' 'I''' ''' p''u'I. inc accuracy
Of the bol'hevlk tire during the fighting
Is taken TO indicate the cooperation OF
former German prl,uprrs
,.,s,,t s.,,,.f L,...t., a.. J.,I
,,J uonnd,J .,,b h, Wv .'t"' S. ,,,,,,,,n, w., ~,
V,,,s, ,nd ,n,a,, @ w. "'I J.,, 49,, l,,.,,, ,,,','
wv ~ ,. am. ,Irp', ',''s '''"''' ''''''''''
''5 ,.i y" ''1te e..',,',.' ,'a,I,' Wv, ,.u,k,' -
-, ",u''''u''' "''
J,sno.,I
climatic. c,,,,w wo,
o,. 'o" =" ''' W. WV"
pIi''lAN ol 'Ne a''ie' a. haib'n
agree 'na' 'h' N'lu"U'n 10 Nloet'a 'i
Rf""lnR worse l''y plan proposed
I"I 'nc 'ne''"'aa''"h "I '"nu''loh'
'u'''N WI" ,mmPp"''''n "i ap''hy h'y
NaS "Ulc !" pef,'h' ol INC iAlIWay
W"'Nneh III M"u'huIla are now h'i-
NheNls, VI animation whereas noh'h
ago inc percentage was lh'lRhli ii'ant
fe'iotday inc W"fkn'n REUSED TO
move guns ana tialhN 10 inc ald oi
Henetal Sem'noli ana were planning
,ne 9'SUu'Unh ,' INC supply ou'iiI
Loyal 'o''aek; however forced the
movement OF the ieIiel pfalhN
Reliable observers according TO re-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
Partly Cloudy Is
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FORECAST -- Partly cloudy
weather tonight and Wednesday; not
much change In temperature
STATE FORECAST - Tonight and
Wednesday, partly cloudy; not much
chance In temperature
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
WAR CONFERENCE
MESSAGES TO co
TO TWO MILLION
Leaders viii Coordinate
Workers Throughout State,
COUNCIL TO END TODAY
Public Meeting on Food Con-
SeryatiOn Tonight

oNl 'blIyIl lOllSlIb
-
More Than 2IOOOpp citizens OF Okla,
homa will have a larger idea OF m,
,.ryir. that w,ll bc ysoptr.d of then
..I a., ,,.,;,.,, t,.., ,.,,., ,,,l. &,
"''N '
winning ',' wal ""'' ''p'''e"''''''
here attending the lif't great war coun
al return TO their homes tonight and
tomorrow The council will adjourn
,L;, ,r,,,o,, ,rc, ..-,,,, me,,,oo,
''' "''' g
have been h''u hy pId'u'a'Iy All OF.
ganllltlon, during the morning hours.
The county council Of defense in a
r,.,,, r., ,b. Ch,mhcr %, Comm.,c,
"'''''e ' 40,
rooms win more u'"h 1'o representa-
tiyes present discussed bringing Okla.
homas resources into full coordination
with the goFcinm'hl war program ana
stamping al'lol"i'y out "i Inc s'd'e.
women DISCUSS "otk'
The Womens committee of the state
council ot defense meeting in ST. Luke S
church this morning discussed food con
seryaiIon. relief work and the ettectlng
OF wumen's organizations into more
service for the government Com
munity problems the Red Cross and
Liberty loan campaign were also dis
cusScd.
The food administration official, met
AZ fine lee -rIuckin, hotel and heard
Roscoe Mitchell member OF the
limited States food commission to
France tell OF food distribution and
conservation there Elizabeth Kelly OF
The national food administration also
spoke on "WUmcn'S Food Work
War garden directors, connty farm
agents and county directors OF boys
working reserves met this afternoon in
the First Methodist church and an
executive session Of Liberty loan work
ers was held in the Chamber OF Com
merce
Public Meeting Tonight
Every woman in Oklahoma City who
Is interested in hearing a discussion OF
| the household problems Of nation at
war. as well as discussion Of various
community problems which peculiarly
affect all women in war time have
been extended an invitation by the
womcn's department Of the state coun-
Gil Of defense, Mrs Roberta + lawson,
chairman to attend the public meeting
10 be held tonight at the auditorium OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12
Italians Fell Five Planes.

ROME, March l2-Five enemy air
planes were brought down yesterday, it
is announced officially.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-12

a higher passenger rate probably will
he put into effect in Oklahoma at once
and higher freight rate, may be ex.
pected, as a result of decision in the
l-cent fare case announced TODAY by
Judge Frank A. Youmans on the western
Arkansas United States district court
Judge Youman' granted a permanent
injunction against the enforcement.
The 2-cent rate provision Of the Okla
homa state constitution, holding this
rate TO be coniiScatory, and 10 dscrim.
lha'e against interstate railroad busi-
ness a permanent injunction against
Inc Oklahoma state corporation COM
MISSION 10 prevent 1t from fixing
freight and passenger rates and grant
lng relief from orders already made,
also was granted by Judge Youmans.
hcAdoo May Fix Rate.
While IT was held by the court that
The 2-ccnt rate is unjust new rate
was not fixed and state officials and
railroad attorneys spcculscd TODAY "a,
to how rate may be determined and
as to what will be the next move in
The case, which is without doubt the
most notable legal battle in the states
history Some were of the opinion
that w & hrAdoo. director general
OF the railroads, might be requested
to fix rates, since the government now
is assuring the railroads a return on
their investment and has the power to
insure such a return.
The decision of Judge Youmans was
made on number of cases which had
been consolidated at different time,
INTO one cause The state corporation
commission and other state officials
we're defendants in all of them. Plaint-
Ills were the Missouri Kansas Il
Texas railroad, the Atchison, Topeka
4 Santa Fc the Gulf. Colorado Il San.
"a Fe, the Rock Island and the Frisco.
The Kansas City Southern had a sep
arate case but agreed by stipulation
TO abide by the decision IN the consol.
idlted case. ,
Case Begins In 1909.
Original bills in the case were filed
sept ~ wv In I9lO a temporary
i, junction against the enforcement Of
ne ''l' f''r provision was obtained
,l 'nr i'lloaa' ana a scent rate was
'u, .,,o | tl'',. avg ,,, i'"aine' IN c.leCt
m ,,..,,, uII Z, '','. ~ J. ~ ~ ana IYI'.
,',l r,' ",, .,,, ,,uu L, .Iu"i, SUP, we,e @
.,',l.l ~ ,bnr ,nt,nJ w EaJ TuT'u ,h n'9
en-, ,,,, Lcs, ,,h,IJ ''I in roIa r,5| ,no Wv.
.cr, rare ,c,;n r,ir,,;nsJ ,rJ III.
abroad, beran to make nrenara,ions
% pet the case at issue
Judge Yonmang began hearing testi.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18
$500 MEN In
POLICE FORCE
Volunteers Constitute Emer-
gency Force in War
Time

Close to $500
men have been
commissioned as
mem bers of the
volunteer police
force, created by
the act of 1917,
which authorized
the governor to
m a k e appoint
ments. which have
been construed in
an opinion by the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18
PERSHING WIRES
ROOSEVELT'SSON
WAS IN BATTLE
Expresses Regrets at Report
of Missing Airman; Hopes
He Landed Safely
BY Astncintc1 Press


New York, July 1S.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt just before leaving
the city for Saratoga, n. Y. to attend
the Republican state convention to-
day. received a cablegram from Cen
eral Pershing in which the American
commander expressed the hope that
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt. the
coloners son, reported killed in an
aerial battle in France, may have
landed safely.
Text of Cablegram
The cablegram read:
Regret very much that your son,
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, re-
ported as missing. On July IA, with
a patrol of twelve planes, he left
on a mission of protecting photo
graphic section. Seven enemy
planes were sighted and attacked
after which enemy planes returned
and our planes broke off combat re-
turning to their base. Lieutenant
Roosevelt did not return. A mem ber
of the squadron reports seeing one
of our planes fall out of the combat
and into the clouds and the French
report an American plane was seen
descending.
Will Advise Immediately
'I hope he may have landed safe
| ly. Will advise you .imm ediately on
receipt of further information"
Colonel Roosevelt, in reply, cabled:
I'VE are deeply grateful for your
thoughtful kindness and we never
will forget it,
Colonel Roosevelt's attitude SEEM
ed more hopeful than upon receipt
last night of word sent from Paris
| by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr..
stating reports of Quentin's death
were absolutely unconfirmed" there.
Dispatches from Oyster Bay state
that Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt had
been prepared to some extent for the
news of the death of their youngest
son because of a press cable mes
sage, which was received Tuesday
night, as follows:
Watch Sycamore Hill in event
of -- [deleted by censor1."
This was referred to Colonel
Roosevelt, to learn if he had any
message which would give a meaning
to the dispatch. The colonel studied
il at his home after II o'clock on
Tuesday night and came to the con-
| clusion that il meant that something
had happened to either Major Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., or Lieutenant
! Quentin Roosevelt, probably the lat
ter.
The message seemed most prob
because they were the only sons of
the eN-President engaged in the
fighting at present.
: Aside from the hint in. the dis
patch. both Colonel and sMrs. Roose-
welt were prepared for tragic news
and steeled to bear it, With four OF
their sons in the battle and two
wounded. they realized fully that the
chances were very strongly against
all four surviving. They felt that any
day might bring them such news.
Colonel Roosevelt learned of his
sons death yesterday morning at IL
o'clock when a correspondent called
at his home at Oyster Bay with dis
patches. He was outwardly calm
when he heard the news, and he
read the dispatches carefully. Then
he left the room to break the news
to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Proud of Sacrifice
Colonel Roosevelt and Mrs Roose-
welt motored to New York in the aft
ernoon and went to the Hotel Lang
don, where friends called on them
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18

TALON all through its advance in
spite of his condition.
Kermit Roosevelt was attending
the Officers Training Camp at
Plattsburg in July, 1917, when he
accepted commission in the Brit
ish army and went to Mesopotamla.
| Last month he was decorated with
the British Military Cross for gal
lantry in two engagements, in
which he was captain of sappers.
Several weeks ago he left the British
army to take his place with the
Americans in France.
His Boyhood in Washington
When Quentin Roosevelt left for
service as an aviator with the
American overseas forces his friends
in Washington and those who had
known him at Oyster Bay said
Goodbye" with the conviction that
he would never return.
1t was not that they thought the
Youngest son of the ex-president
would be foolhardy; it was their
conviction that he would get to the
forefront of the fighting just as
quickly as his father had tried to
go there and that he would give
everything that there was in him to
accomplish something that would be
/ WOAl WLllC III uSledllI6 llS ENdloSi
When word was received here a
few days ago that young Roosevelt
had down his first German plane
and was already in the thick of the
| fight, every one who has known
him said, Il told you so. He could
not do otherwise"
He showed a great love for ami
NAL life. and there were many
stories told about him.
A pony had been given by Cor
nelius n. Bliss, then Secretary of
the Interior, to Quentin's older
brother, Archibald B. Roosevelt,
now a captain in the American
overseas forces. At one time, when
Archie was ill with diphtheria,
| Quentin became obsessed by the be-
lief that his brothers recovery de-
pended upon his seeing the pony.
He managed to get the animal into
the private elevator of the White
House and took him in the elevator
to the bedroom on the upper floor.
| There has always been a suspicion
that Colonel Roosevelt was a party
to the prank.
That was but one incident. Birds
and beasts and even reptiles were
| included in the small menagerie
which he collected, and to which
many friends, who learned that
Colonel Roosevelt encouraged the
boys study of nature at first hand
contributed.
A story was told today by friend
of the family about an occasion
when Quentin was found on his way
TO the White House on a street car
with hive of bees, an event which
caused every one on the car but the
boy no end of worry.
On another occasion, dressed in
Indian garb, with turkey feathers
trailing down his back, Quentin or.
Ganized band of Indians among the
youngsters of the neighborhood, and
directed desperate tribal battles un-
der the ancient elms of the White
House grounds.
Colonel Roosevelt has always
been "chum" TO his boys. He
brought them up in a modest way
on diet of play and work, shared
with them their joys and sorrows
and was never so proud as when
they achieved success.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18

were moving around a curve in the
trolley at Main and Catherine
streets, the rails, extending eight or
nine feet over the rear of the truck,
swung beyond the tracks and struck
the National Biscuit Company wag-
on before either the motorman or
the wagon driver could stop or
prevent it.
Striking the wagon, one of the
front wheels was crushed and the
Jolt threw Fry from it to the ground.
The collision caused one of the rails
tc fall from the truck on Fry's head.
Both of the horses were slightly in
iured.
Fry is survived by his wife and
five children. The oldest child is
ten years old and the youngest only
four months,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18
Heavy Rail Crushes
Drivers Head in Fall;
Victim, Edwin w. Fry

When. rails on two trucks of the
Harrisburg Railways. extending over
the rear of the last truck. struck n
wagon of the National Biscuit Com
pany, of Harrisburg, at Main and
Catherine streets, Middletown, this
morning, Edwin w. Fry, 81 years
old, OF 1906 Regina street, this city,
was instantly killed. He was thrown
tiom the wagon. One of the rails
fell on his head. badly crushing it.
The traction company is making
big repairs at Middletown. At 1880
O'clock this forenoon as the trucks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-18
WELFARE COMMITTEE
DEMANDS ACTION

CONTINUED from First Page.J
healthful dwellings. This was decid-
ed upon at a meeting of the COM
mittee at the home of the Harris
burg Civic Club yesterday We be-
lieve the Telegraph is doing a good
work along this line and we feel
that in the period between the work.
ing out of an ambitious program and
the present, we must make such tenn
porary improvements as are possible.
We shall ask the telegraph from
time to time to cooperate"
Nurses Report
Visiting nurses reported that the
most important thing in Harrisburg
at this time with relation to the inn
provement of child-life is the better
ment of home conditions. The inves-
tigators found the same state of af-
fairs as are related in another
column of the Telegraph to-day, and
the report was to the effect that this
is widespread and general.
City Solicitor Fox has agreed to
the recommendation of the commit
tee made yesterday and warnings
VIII go out as soon as a list of own
ers has been formulated. DIR. Rau-
nick, who has been doing a good
work. within the limits of his legal
authority, will also be asked to REM
edy some conditions the nurses
found.
Those who attended yesterdays
meeting were Mrs. William Hender-
son, of the Civic Club; Mrs. John w.
Reilly, chairman of the Women's Di-
vision of National Defense for Dau-
phin county; Mrs. NJ. Z. Olmsted,
head of the Division of Public
Safety; Mrs. Downes, chairman of
the Child Welfare COMMITTEES; Mrs.
Harry Keffer, Miss Mary Miller, DR..
Louise Taylor, Mrs. James B. Mer-
serau and Miss Winship, head of the
Visiting Nurses Association in Steel
ton