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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Ziegfeld Seeks
To Keep Actors
From Picketing

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE aid
of the law was invoked last nigh,
in the war between the actors and
managers when Florenz Ziegfell
ob,aired an Injunction 20 restrain
members OF the Actors Equity
associa.ion from interfering with
members Of the Actors Equity
and the patrons OF the New Am
aerdam ,heater. A copy Of the
Injunction was served on Secre-
tary Gilmore OF the Equity asso-
citation.
Ziegfeid said he had not been 4
member OF the Producing Mana
GERS association until yesterday.
lie was moved 10 take legal ac-
tion. he said, because OF the ae-
tivity OF the striking sectors.
Picken marched up and down
the sidewalks yesterday In front
Of theaters carrying banners and
placards such as:
I'VE are members of the Actors
Equity association. We are not
after more pay. but fair play"
Watch your step II you buy
theater ticke. tonight"
The actors have sold millions
OF dollars ~ Liberty bonds. viii
you hello them'"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Permanent Army
Stations Chosen

WASHINGTON, Aug l2-Perma-
nent home stations for the regular
army divisions returning from over
seas were announced today as follows
First, Camp Taylor, Kentucky; sec
ond, Camp Travis, Texas; third, Camp
Pike, Ark; fourth, Camp Dodge
Iowa; fifth, Camp Gordon, Ga ; sixth
Camp Grant, Ill, and seventh, Camp
Funston, Kan.
Each division is being returned 10
its homo station for discharge OF
emergency enlisted men who desire
to be released and for recruitment
and reorganization on a peace basis
In announcing the divisional
camps, Secretary Baker said each
would he branch OF the university
IN khaki"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Britain to Punish
Food Profiteers
Ry The Associated Press ,

LONDON. Monday Aug 1.-THE
house Of commons, after hearing Sir
Auckland GcddcS. minister for ma.
tlonal service and rccon,,ruction de-
clare that proii,eering IN ioodstuiiS
was responsible for social unrest and
discomfort passed tonight on second
reading the government bill providing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Al $1.5O Yard

New georgette printed cotton
voile, patterns OF autumn and col
otangs, too. They are lovely
fabrics.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
MARINE RECRUITING
RECORD MADE HERE

Oklahoma City is leading the cen
trail recruiting division OF the marine
corp. in the number Of enls,men'S
since August !, according to reports
received at the local marine recruit
ing office. d
The central division comprises nine
Of the middle western states, and a
number of cities much larger than
Oklahoma City. Reports of enlist
mcn,s since August show Oklahoma
City with six enlistment,, Chicago and
Detroit with four, St. louis with
three. and Indianapolis with one.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
LABOR CONFERENCE
IS CALLED BY WILSON

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-THE in
terna,ional labor conference planned
for in the peace treaty, has been called
by President Wilson TO NEE, in Wash
ing,on October %, All nations mem
bers Of the international labor organ
iHa,ion, a, defined in article D7 o!
the peace treaty and those which
probably will become member, prior
10 the conference, have been invited
10 send delegates.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Hun Land Purchase Bill Passes.

WFTMAR Aug IZ-Tht natlonaT
assembly today passed the second
reading Of the land purchase tax bill
after Matthias Erzbcrger, vice chan
ccllor and minister OF finance, had
spoken on the necessity for rejecting
amendments proposed by members OF
the night in view Of the country's
inacial distress
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
Just Here by Express

Many of Auumns Bouses sponsor crepe Georgette and
very cevery this fmy material takes cooru Grecan and
Roman embroidery its ally. One of the adorable of all
the enchanting modes featured the Ovebouse type roundy
youthful of nckine and grded with contrasting satin 1t mat
ters not whether is enhanced by nse floss, ouache
wooen embroidery for in each the result equally bewc
ing and desirable These exquisite affairs range cooring
from the most delicate pastel tones to vivid amboyant shades
and the dark subdued suit coors Fashion is unusually nd
gent as to sleeves allowing mady choice of varying lengths
Several newcomers to the Autumn Blouse display declare
uncertain terms for buttons and bad and certainly may
dispute the distinctive beauty of the models which developed
of this highly popular material Basque Bouses of chiffon
troduce note into Bousedom and most infinite the
re achieved by coorngs and trimming details $2 $780, $5
to &5. sAc. .feYs1-.S.. -4la. i ~ -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12
$1.7S Yard

Satin stripe shirtinss N . woe
range OF patterns and ecIcrs. ~.
propriate for mems shirts sqc
women's blouses.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12

the bill for the government, said the
measure would have a bad effect upon
proflteerlng
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
GRLZZLED OLD SKIPPER
TAKES WI7HESS STAND
IN TRIAL For HIS LIFE
CapfuinPcdersen Tells o )Chasf-
" Voyage on Which Sea-
men Ne! Death.
inv Assoc,atch rra.e !

NEW YORK. June 6. - Captain
.,dolph :. redersen. skipper OF the
barkentine Puaha, who is charged
wi,h the murder OF one of his crew on
= voyage from Victoria. &. G.. TO Cape
Town. took the stand in his own be-
half in Federal cour, late today. He
ollowed his eighteen year-old son.
who was second mate on the ghastly
voyage on which TWO seamcn ended
their lives by lcaping into the sea
Young Pedersen was indicted Jointly
with his father.
The skipper who belongs to the old
school, and who has followed the sea
for thirty eight years. told in detail of
statements signed my members of
the crew that they intended TO
mutiny kill the officers and take
over the ship lie said they swore
10 the statement by kissing the Bible.
The sailors. who preferred the charge
of murder. asser; the statements were
obtained ri the point of revolver.
and that one man was dubbed into
submission before he would >ttach his
signature.
Captain pedersen declared weather
conditions made il impossible 10 rescue
Alex Hansen. the sailo. with whose
murder he and his son are charged
after he leaped overheard. He as
serted that after. his son had ordered
the bark turned about so Hansen could
be picked up. a squali came up sud-
denly. and that the masts would have
been snapped off If he had not ordered
the ship put back OF its course.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
FRIDAY, JUNE IS, DATE
PRESIDENT EXPECTED
TO SAIL FROM BREST
VIII Be Si.r Months From Time
Etecutire First Landed
in France.

WASHINGTON. June 6.-In the keep
ing with personal tradition Pres;den,
Wilson is expected 20 choose Friday.
June IL. as the date for his departure
from Europe 10 America. according to
reports received here today. |, is like
ly that he will take the steamship
George Washington ~ Antwerp at the
close of his long contemplated visit
TO Belgium. which is the only ives,
European allied nation that he has not
visited.
Ii viii! be six months to the day thai
the President first set foot on Europ-
can soil in his official capacity. II he
leaves on June iS. as he arrived at
Brest. France, for the peace conference
on December I3. 1915.
From ten TO twelve days will be
consumed in the voyage back to the
United States. and the President Will
reach Washington just in time to affix
his signature TO emergency legisla-
tion before the end of the fiscal year
June 80.
The George Washington now has
steam up" on the receipt Of Pres:-
Dental orders. and may proceed within
few days TO Antwerp
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
GOLDEN GHOST SCATTERS
NlHILIST PROPAGANDA
Trial or Anarchists mt Zurich Reveal.
woman DfspcnSes Gold With
Free Hand.

GENEVA, June 6-The Golden
Ihost. superagent of anarchists, who
Is spreading Nihilist propaganda and
tunds. not only throughout Europe.
but in America. is Nine. Balabova. so
nick knamed because she is always pien-
TRULY supplied with gold. and al
ways disappears when affairs become
too hot
This is one OF the revelations at the
trial of anarchists at Zurich. showing
Ella borate plans for simultaneous up
states wh,b IN bmroPG ,n,rh, hn% and the United
for The quick action of the Swiss
authorities, who nipped them in the
bud by arresting twenty-eigh, arch
conspirators.
Restelli. an Italian. boasted at the
trial that his American conrad es'
nave been more successful than he
and his crew in Europe. because those
in America were already "at work {"
Another prisoner said
The Russian revolution was our
greatesI hope, but when the German
Socialists refused to join their Rus
sian comrades. preferring loyalty to
the German empire then we decreed
tria."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
OFFICERS FOLLOW NEW CLUE
IN BOMB THROWING CASE
Consider Arrest of johnson In Pitts
burEh as Apprehension of
Vital Importance.

WASHINGTON. June 6. = Detective
Sergeant Burlingame OF the District of
Columbia police. who was sent TO New
York and Philadelphia immediat teiy fol-
lowing the bombing of Attorney-Gen-
eral Palmer's residence here. is going
on to Pittsburgh 10 follow up his in
veStigationS.
Officials who are working on the
anarchist plot said today that they
regard the arrest in Pittsburgh Of
John Johnson. president of the |. w.
w. in that city, and capture of papers
and literature as the most important
accomplishment so far of the hunt for
the perpetrators OF the bomb out
RACES. They said that the Pittsburgh
arrest may be expected TO lead to i'm
portant developments within few
days.
After receiving a report from Detec-
tive Frederick Cornwell. who was In
Pittsburgh at the time of the explo-
sions Monday night, Major l'ulimau
superintendent OF the Washington no
lice, said it was significant that chi
caso had been omitted in the list Of
cities selected by the anarchists for
setting off bombs. Major Pullman said
II would be a fair Inference TO assume
that Chicago anarchists had played an
important part in the conspiracy, and
that the plot had been camouhaged
by carrying bombs into other cities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
CLAIM DRY LAW BRINGS
DISCONTENT AND FAMINE
House Committee Receives Protest
Against Enforcement of War
Time Prohibition.

wAsHINGToN, June 6.-Members OF
Congress and the House Committee on
Judiciary today received protest
from the Association Opposed 10 Ma
tional Prohibition. which says there is
absolutely no reason for the United
States TO go bone dry" before January
/.
1T would seem TO us. and we think
il must seem TO You to be the worst
possible scheme Of national economics
to thus unnecessarily add hundreds of
thousands OF men to The hundreds of
the protest which points, out that II
the liquor interests will be deprived
of disposing Of their stocks and many
men Will be thrown out OF employment.
Grave dangers threaten our national
life. II is not too much. even to say
that the very foundations of this re-
public. the land of our home and our
loved, are threatened"
The communication adds that il
Congress refuses to repe Al the nresent
Legislation, then Congress is bidding
to write all over this land the black
wraiths OF famine, the red wraiths Of
discomfort and the pale wraiths d:
dea tn"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
DEAD MANS PARDON
MIGHT GIVE MOTHER
VAR RISK INSURANCE
Soldier Killed in France Was
Conrict, But Governor VIII
.4bs0ire the Crime.
LRv Associated Press. l

RALEIGH. n c.. June 6-Governor
Beckett is today considering whether
he can pardon a dead man, Forney Will
liams twenty-five. al escaped convict.
who was killed in France as a mem
Der Of the American expcditionary
force in 1915 in order that Williams
mother may collect $4,000 insurance
from the government.
Williams was serving a ffteen-year
sentence in the State penitentiary for
burglary when he escaped and joined
the army at st. Louis. He was fight
ing under an alias when killed in ac-
ton.
AS a fugitive from justice, Williams
was not eligible to serve in the United
States Army, it is said. and there is
some question as to whether the gov
ernment will pay the insurance money
I" his relatives. Governor Beckett
stated today he would have pardoned
Williams prior to his death had he
known he was serving with the Ameri-
can forces.
"Tf pardoning Will get that boys
mother the money. am going 10 do
it, the Governor stated
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
APRIL Rail- WAY DEFICIT
REACHES S58,000,000
Grand Total for First Four Months
of Year Has Now Reached
S25O,OOO,OOO,
MONTHS INCOME WAS $50, ZOO, 900
Director-GencraI Hines Declares This
Unfavorablc Showing Was Duo in
Large Part to the Falling OF Of
Business.
IBy Associated Fress !


WASHINGTON. June 6--Diroctor-
General Hines estimated today that the
railroad administration incurred j
deficit Of approximately s5s,Oo0.00O in
April. making q total deficit Of $3.50
100000 for The first four months OF
the year.
The director general reiterated, how
ever his previously expressed judg
ment that present economic condi-
tions were tno unsettled TO afford d
safe basis for decision as - the neces-
si,y for increased rates 20 offset the
difference betwecn income and opcrat-
ing cost For tho present there Will
he no raise he added. the adminstra
tiou continlng itself 10 practicinG every
possible economy
The net operating income for ApriI
Was about S26,GoG.c0o as compared
with S7l,000r00 for April last year and
an average OF s6T.iO2.6si for April
during the three years test period, on
which the compensation Of the roads
IS based
In April" Mr.. Hines said. AS in
January. February and March. This
unfavorable showing was due in large
part TO the falling off of business.
1t was also due in part to the heavy
increases in wages and cost OF ma
tcrials. The railroad administration is
not unlike other industrial undertake
costs of materials. but is unlike these
other enterprises in that IN. latter
have made high responding Increases in
the prices OF what they sell while the
railroad administration has made al
increase IN TRANSPORTATION rates oI
percentage than the Increase IN wages
and cost OF materials"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
NOW PLANNING MEETING
WITH PHONE OPERATORS
Reported That They Have Ex-
pressed Desire to Affiliate With
Commercial Union.
NIGHT SHIFT MEN LOYAL,
president of Western Union Sends
Message Commenting Those Who
Remained at Posts of Duty.

In an effort to enlarge the scope Of
the strike in Richmond against the
Western U'ion Telegraph Company.
which met with little success in It's
initial stages. Local no 80. Commercial
Tcleeraphers' Union Of America. will
invite telephone operators to attend
a mass s-ineetnE on Sunday afternoon
in the Labor Temple, 200 North Fou-
shee Street. for the purpose Of taking
them into the union and out on strike.
The meeting. called by g. w Gravelv.
head OF the local organization, will
begin at J o'clock. Several men and
women prominent in Richmond abor
circles will be asked to sneak II ia
said that the telephone operators have
expressed a desire TO affiliate with the
teleEraphers' union.
Commcnds Faithful F;mplovcc.
Western Union officials said last
night that the walkout. which was an
ticipated on the night shift. failed TO
materiaizc. Not a single operator left
the keys. II was stated No incon.
nehlehce or intcrference with the busi-
ness ne was as felt yesterday on account
10 reports from the office.
=, communication was received at
the Richmond office, as in ali Southern
offices last night, from the president
men who had remained at their hosts
Tor loyalty 10 the company.
Tw" Quit kcys Here.
;. When the whistle blew al II o'clock
Friday morning IN the traffic depart
ment OF the Western Union Offices for
the strike of operators called by the
America only. one man followed the
leader from the keys
Ii was said three others might fail
to show up with tho late shift, bur
t.I4
men had not given an expression of
their attitude toward the strike. ami
company officials could not forecas:
definitely their action.
The organization which called ;he
,nanI ma,H01t at has, has memhsrship in Rich
Western Union Telegraph Company
Union Men Disappointed.
The business of the company went
forward on Friday with scarcely a ,ip-
rie. declared Chief operator J. W. Me
in the trafic department. o: the Of
tices every key was working. \ fun
force Was on hani. and III. operators
were doing no over time work There
were no additions TO the IL. .re iiir-
irs tho day.
Many OF the company's employees
ton. Mr.. McLain said. and this or
ganization has no connection with or
no sympathy with the attitude of the
body oall:ng the strike
It is said that the turn OF affairs
with regard to the strike was t:s-
-pnontment to the Comme ,~tal Tclc-
craphers Union. Not only ia opera
tors not affiliated with the union, Dat
who promised to walk out with the
others. fail 20 strike. hut some of
the unions own members failed at
the last moment. according TO mem
bers of the Richmond local
1t was said at the Western Union
Offices Friday that many Of me furce
can,2 to work earlier than usual ani
sked il they were needed IL Ill in
vacancies
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
GIANT PLANES ARE READY
FOR SINFUL TANEOUS FLIGHT
COnteht Between Handiey-PaEe and
NickerS Machines Promises to
lie Interesting Event.

ST. JOHNS, n. F.. June 6.-The
Handlcy- Page and V!ckers aeroplanes
are being groomed for simultaneous
getaway in the latter part OF this
week The work of assembling the
two planes has now been completed
but neither Is likely to mako a trial
trip before Monday.
Both camps are trying hard for the
first getaway, but indications now are
that the contest will be as close as
that OF Hawker and Raynham. rro.-
poets of success are better for these
air monsters Than In the case OF the
smaller planes which depended on only
one engine and lacked the strength
to endure the buffeting OF adverse
winds
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
DANIELS PREDICTS MILE
PER MINUTE NAVY SHIPS
Says This VIII Be Next Forward Step
i'll Development of Ocean
Travel.
ADDRESSES 4o2 GRADUATES
Urges Ensigns to Suggest Improve
ADDRESSES 4o2 GRADUATES
Urges Ensigns to Suggest Improve
ments for Departments and Asserts
There Will BE no Marking Of Time
as In Past.

ANNAPOLIS, MD. June 6.-Nile a
minute ships as the next forward step
in naval development were predicted
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels in
his address before the 452 members
OF the graduating class and great
throng of visitors at the commence
ment exercises OF the Naval Academy
today.
The achievement of the navy aviators
IN IN m;akins the TRANSATLANTIC tiight was
announted ihat This T nrojeet Iec[esa VAS @eo
program Of the Navy pepsrtmeat. paeat's"'
~ your force and energies are
needed. Mr. Daniels told the grad
yates. for we are determined that the
navy shall not. as it did after the
h,Amer.can war. mark time for
Asks for suggcxtions.
All naval officers. he added. have
been asked for suggestions for the
done at the beginning OF the war.
This" he said. was perhaps the
first time thai. ensigns and admirals
Of any, character. The same invita-
tion still stands
Speaking of the speed of navy yes
sells, Mr.. Daniels said the highest speed
Some. day. he continued. some
man VIII design mile a minute ship
and it Will he naval constructor who
Will do it,"
Tells of Recent Flight.
Discussing the trans-ocean flight Mr.
tions made to insure the success of
the project. even to the designing OF
special instruments.
I'VE did not undertake this flight
as a mere stunt" he said ut was a
serious attempt IN the navigation of
the air, which would blaze the way
so that others might follow and take
advantage of the knowledge our avia-
had GAINED"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
CURB MARKET is WARNED
New York Authorities Say "RnscaIs
SwindlinF Public" Must he
Cleared Out at Once.

NEW YORK, June 6-The New York
Curb Market Association mus, cast
out the rascals who are swindling the
investing public" and purge the curb
administration will end trading on the
curb. according to an ultimatum de-
ltvered today by District Attorney
swami. who has been investigating
sale OF "oilless" oilstocks in this city.
Mr.. Swami said that, at a conference
with Mayor Hylan, he had received as
surances that he would be given full
any action he might make II, "after a
reasonable time" the curb had not
cleared the atmosphere"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
HUNS TO GET REPLY
DURING NEXT WEEK
Report Allies Have Adopted
Middle Course on Sum to
Be Exacted.
FRENCH FEAR UPHEAVAL
Present Plan Believed Unpopular
With Public, Which May
Make Dangerous Protest.
FRENCH FEAR UPHEAvAL
[Rv Associatnd Prn.s I

Germany will know the decision OF
the peace conference on her counter
proposals TO the treaty by Thursday or
Friday OF next week. according to the
latest dispatches from Paris.
1t is understood the allied an as
sociated governments have decided to
adopt a middle course as between the
fixing OF definite sum 20 be exac,ed
from Germany, proceeding strenuous
ly objected 10 by the French as likley
TO lead 10 political upheaval., due 10
the disappointment Of the French pub
lie and the provisions of tho drat, OF
the treaty handed the Germans. which
the latter have declared mean econo-
mic slavery The reparations to be
dema nded for certain forms Of allied
claims will be made known TO the Ger
mans. but not all of them, as tho only
sum for the total losses which the
French have declared themselves will
ing 10 agres TO amounts to a figure
the experts declare Germany will be
unable to pay.
Allowed Working Capital.
II is probable the Germans will be
allowed soma working capital and
tonnage for overseas trade with
which 10 earn the sums required Of
chem.
The clauses of the treaty concern
ing responsibilities, punishment of the
former Kaiser and the disposition of
Germany's overseas colonies likely
will stand set forth in the original
draft of the treaty, while plebisci:e
in Upper Silesia. with regard TO the
future sovereignty Of the district is
believed 10 have been definitely dc :
c!ded upon.
President Wilson. interviewed by a
Paris newspaper Friday. declared his
conviction that the peace treaty
handed tho Germans violates none OF
his principles. and conforms in it's en-
tire;y with his fourteen points.
Report War Brewing.
The statemen; again is made. this
time in Copenhagen dispatches, that
part of the Bulgarian army has been
mobiized and is advancing on the Ser
bian frontier. No confirmation of this
from other sources has been received.
Apparently the government of Ad-
miral kolchak at Omsk will be rec
oSnized as the government OF Russia
by the allied and associated govern
ments. Kolchak's reply to the condi-
tions imposed upon such recognition
has been received in Paris, and is un-
derstood to be, or the whole, salts
factory.
The Portuguese Cabinet has re
signed. but its members have agreed
10 retain Office until after the visit of
IRE Siuent- leCt PSSSos. of Brazil.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-07
MA TON WIDE STRIKE CALL
FOR UNION 7ELEGRAPHERS
WILL BE ISSUED BY CHIEF
Room in United States
Only For Stars and Stripes

NEWARK, \. j., June 8.-"Thcre
can he no red fng, there cnn be no
black fnE, there can be no intcrnn-
tionnI ling In America today. There
cnn he only one fag-thc star
SDanRled Hammer"
This was the vigorous declaration
of United Stutcs Senator FreIinx-
hnysen today Mt n Jubilee ceIebra-
tion of the Newark Normal school.
"There In menace In this cuun-
try he added. "Somc people nrc
not satisfied with our form OF gov
crnmcnt md would try TO change IL,
After l4O years OF prosperity un-
der our form of government, we
have the best government on earth,
I'm my opinion,