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VOL. XI, NO. 137

NEW CRISIS

WITH KAISER

Otl HORIZON

Controversy Over

Unarmed Ships

Is Grave

CONGRESS STIRRED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.

Agitation in congress for

action warning Ameri

cans off armed Bhips of the Eu

ropean belligerents, suddenly

grew to such proportions today

that Democrats of the foreign

affairs voted to canvass the sen

timent of the house on several

pending resolutions of that na

' ture.

Sentiment in the senate in favor

of some such action also was

openly expressed, but at the end

of a day of surprises tension and

agitation such as has not been

seen in congress in some time,

the word came that President

Wilson still was unalterably op

posed to any such, action by con

gress and believed that he would

only be embarrassed thereby in

the negotiations with Germany.

To widely circulated sugges

tions that the situation had

reached a point where the pres

ident soon would lay it, before

congress, that Secretary Lansin

might in some way define the at

titude of the government in

communication to Senator Stone,

and that a time had been fixed

within which the United States

would expect Germany to signify

her intention to abandon the an

nounced intention to sink armed

merchant ships without warning,

the uniform statement was mada

officially that nothing had been

determined upon, that the situa

tion, though grave, still was

awaiting one and that no final

position would be announced un

til Berlin was heard from.

The sudden developments at

the capital brought surprise and

apprehension to the administra

tion leaders. While confronted

with the possibility of congres

sional interference with all its

grave aspects ranging from a de

fection from the administration

policy to downright embarrass

ment of the president and the

. secretary of state, the leaders

were confident they would con

trol the situation and leave the

executive branch of the govern

ment free to carry on diplomatic

negotiations with Germany.

At no time today did the question

come out openly on the floor, either

of the house of the senate, hut about

a score of congressmen who an

nounced they were it) favor of warn

ing Americans, even if it involved a

repudiation of the administration

policy, if thereby they thought tho

war would lie averted, kept hoth

houses In a state of tension that prac

tically Mocked htisinesa.

All the demonstration was in the

Pomocrutie ranks and there was no

open show of sentiment anions; the

Republicans. It was Indicated, how

ever that Republican Leuder Mann

sympathized with l'resident Wilson's

policy and that any outbreak would

have to reckon with his forces.

From apparently authentic sources

came statements tonight that the

president was determined that the dis

pute pending with Germany be Bet

tied without prolonged negotiations.

He is known to believe, however,

that the breaking off of diplomatic

relations with Germany Means war and

there will be no undue haste In han

dling: the situation Involving such a

possibility.

The administration view is that a

broad and important principle is In.

voved In the right of American's to

travel on nelHjrerent merchantmen

and that thin right must not he aban

doned. Developments f.re expected momen

tarily. Tomorrow tnuy bring Ger

many's reply to the request of the

United States made last week through

Anibassiri-jr von Iiernstorff for as

surances th.it the notices to sink

armed Merchantmen after February

29 dot not nullify previous pledges

Klven in the Arabic and I.usilania

negotiations. Official advices from

Herlln have Indicated that Germany

will reply that previous nssurunces

will not be af'ected, but that they up

plied only to unarmed ships and

probably will ask tho American gov

ernment for its definition of defen

sive armaiiunt which may be car

ried by a inercl.il ntman without sua

liflcln its peaceful character.

Fake Telephone Message Tracked

Straight to Harris1 Headquarters

Used Name of Eugene Lorton in an Offer to

Uribe Beckham County Delegation.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 2:1. The fake tcle-ilion.' cull

alleged to have been put in at Oklahoma City from Eugene

Lorton to Fred Livingston at Sayrc between 8 and !)

o'clock Monday night, in which the offer was made to

bribe the Beckham county delegation to vote for Jim

McGraw. was 1 raced straight into the headquarters of Jini

Harris tonight, when Mr. Livingston arrived here and the

telephone records were turned over to him. The call was

placed in the name of Jim Harris himself and was charged

to Walnut 1077, the phone number at Harris' headquarters

at the Skirvin hotel in Oklahoma City.

It is one of the clumsiest as well as one of the most des

picable pieces of political trickery ever uncovered in tlt.

state and exposes the tlirty methods being resorted to by

the Harris forces in order to defeat McUraw. Mr. Living

ston was in McGraw headquarters tonight and now that, he

understands the scurrilous job that was attempted to be

put up on him will stand by McGraw to the last ditch in

the district congressional convention to meet' at Unhurt

Saturday.

When the trick was exposed today Harris supporter

endeavored to make it .appear that no such conversation

took place, but when the telephone records exposed that

the call for Mr. Livingston was made from Harris' head

quarters, they did not attempt to refute his charges. The

question being asked now is were they Irying to buy the

Beckham county delegation and were merely using tho

name of Lorton and McGraw to ascertain if a deal was

possible. The incident lias left an ugly taste in the mouths

of decent Republicans throughout the state who now

realize that there are no ends to which the Harris sup

porters will not go in order to win.

$1,000,000 POLICY

ON COSDEN'S LIFE

Biggest Insurance Deal

Ever Known in South

west Is Closed.

SEVERAL COMPANIES

New York Life Took $150,

000; Fanner Duran

Engineered It.

THE largest life Insurance deal

ever inadq. In tho southwest and

one of the fifty largest ever made In

the entire I'nlted Slates has just

been concluded in Tulsa, 13 of tho

biggest life Insurance companies In

this country Issuing policies on thetifo

of J. 8. Cosdcn totalling $1,000,000.

The Insurance is taken out by J. 8.

Cosden & Co. on the life of its able

president, J. 8. Cosden, and payable

ut his death to the company. Tho

premiums will aggregate about $25,

000 a year.

This deal was made through A. I

Farmer and A. K. Uuran, tho New

York Life Insurance agency In this

section. Insurance men were yes

terday congratulating these two men

on putting through thiH, the largest

Insurance deal ever made In tho state

or southwest. They have been work

ing on the deal for the past two

months, the transaction necessitating

several trips to New York' and other

eastern points. The New York Life

Insurance company took $150,000 of

tho reund million, five other com

panies wrote $100,000 each and the

policies ranged down to $50,000.

A Marvelous Career.

,T. S. Cosden, the head of Cosden

& Co., the leading Independent re

finers of oil In the southwest, head

of the newly organized Cosden Oil &

Gas Co. and the Cosden I'ipe Line

(Continued on Tngo Seven.)

Dul'ont Declares Dividends.

WILMINGTON, Del.. Feb. 23. At

the quarterly meeting of 13. I. DuPnnt

I)e Nemours & Co. directors today a

regular dividend of 14 per cent was

declared aloni; with special dividends

of 22 4 per cent on the company's

common sto-k. Nineteen per crnt of

these dividends are payable in Anglo

French bondi with coupons attached

at 5.

A regular rMvidend of 1 M per cent

on debentures aht was declared.

Time' and trouble saved In trading;

or soiling The World Want Ad way.

EVIDENCE!

OF TIIK PrM.INO 1-OHF.Il

OK WOULD WANT ADS

FOU RKNT Two iinfurninliKl roomi,

tHht tide. Pope phone 6453.

If this party had had 50 more

rooms they could not have sup

plied the demand of persons

answering the above small

Want Ad.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TJ

REPUBLICAN RALLY

WILL BE TONIGHT

Every Local Member of

the (J rand Old Party

Should Be There.

IMPORTANT TOPICS

Matters" of Country, City

and the State Will Be

Discussed.

REMEMrtEH, all members of the

Itepubllcan party in Tulsu, there

will be a. lii-puhlican rally In the dis

trict courtroom. Tulsa county court

louse, tonight, beginning at 7:.10

o'clock sharp, and your presence is

desired and expected. There will be

many mat'ers of importance before

the assemblage, principal among

which prob.ibly will bo tho formation

of a Republican club which is ex

pected to accomplish much for the

party during the coming campaign.

The call for this all-important

meeting was issued last Suturday by

the party loaders of Tulsa and its

vicinity, and that it will be liberally

responded to Is a certainty. How

ever, tho district courtroom Is amply

spacious to accommodate all and fear

of crowding will be no excuse for re

maining away.

Whether or not the Itepubllcan

party will launch a ticket In tho

municipal campaign, which now is

Imminent, will lie determined during

(Continued on l'age Ten.)

BRITISH BLOCKADE

TOO LONG DELAYED

Sh'ciIIkIi I "res ami UiinIiicss Men Say

(ierman.v Hum I'lcnty of Sup

plies to Last Two Years

STOCKHOLM, Bwed"n, Feb. 23.

The British blockade of Germany has

failed because It came too lute, ac

cording to the Swedish press und

Swedish business men.

As far as Sweden and the other

Scandinavian countries are concerned

the blockade only became really ef

fective lust April. For eight months

prior to thut time, or since the very

Mart of the war the Germans, antici

pating England's tactics, were pur

chasing enormous quantities of mili

tary supplies, especially copper, anti

mony and tin, through Sweden, Den

murk and Norway, Importers hero are

convinced thut by the time the block

ade was perfected Germany had

stored up such quantities of these and

other war materials us to meet all her

needs for possibly two years. The

claims made by the Kritish govern

ment that great quantities of war iva

terial have been smuggled into Ger

many through Sweden are bitterly re

sented by Swedish merchants.

An opinion frequently expressed

here Is that as far us the Scandinav

ian countries are concerned, Eng

land has only succeeded In creating

ill feeling among; the neutral by her

blockade without seriously injuring

Germany.

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CROWN PRINCE

LEADS TROOPS

m TO VERDUN

1 fein forced Strength of (Jer

man Offensive csiilts

in (lains.

FRENCH FORCED TO

YIELD TO ADVANCE

However, Kaiser's Men Al;

Met With Heaw Fire;

Losses Are Big.

TliOOPS belonging to seven Ger

man army rorps under Crown

I'riuce Frederick William are en

gaged along a 25-mile front north

of Verdun In a desperate effort to

drive back the French 'defending

forces, probably witji the capture of

the great fortress of Verdun in lew.

There hud been vry heavy fight

ing for u considerable period 111 this

district of ihc French war zone, but

within the last few days the attacks

of the Germans have taken on added

strength. The battle line has ex

tended and now reaches from Malun

court on the west to F.taln on the

east, with Verdun In the center only

a f'v miles southward.

Tho Germans claim to have made

Important advances, anil to some ex

tent these are admitted by the French

war office, which describes the but

tle ns one of Increasing Intensity.

The German preparations were ex

tensive and the bombardment of tho

French positions with thousands of

shells was uninterrupted. As the

French had foreseen this buttle all

their available guns were called Into

action and responded in kind to the

heavy shelling of the Germans.

Gcrmuiis Lose llcuilv

While at some Points the French

were unable to resist the onslaught

of the attacking forces, along much

of the front, according to the I'tirls

communication, the attacks were well

sustained und very heavy losses were

Inflicted on the Germans.

Another llritish steamer, the West

burn, has put into port flying the

German flag and with a prize crew

aboard. This vessel has reached

Santa Cruz. Teneril'fe. She has on

board 20H prisoners taken from var

ious ltrltlsh vessels which have been

sunk by German raiders.

In the liritlsh parliament. Premier

Asquith In reply to question concern

ing the possibility of peace, reiterated

his former pronouncement that there

would be no peace until conditions

previously set down were met. These

included the restoration of I'.elgltim

and Serbia and the overthrow of

"Prussian militarism."

While President Wilson is declared

to be unalterably oposed to any ac

tion by congress with respect to warn

ing Americans off armed merchant

men of the belligerent nations of

Europe, agitation in congress in this

direction has grown to marked pro

portions and Washington advices say

that the Democrats of the foreign af

fairs committee have voted to canvass

the sentiment of the house on several

pending resolutions bearing on that

question.

I net rate Italian Lines

The administration lenders i(t

Washington, It Is further declared,

are confident thut they will be utile

to control the situation so that the

executive branch of the government

mav be free to carry on diplomatic

negotiations with Germany.

On the liussiun and Austrian fronts

there has been considerable fighting

und the Italians admit that at one

point tho Austriuns succeeded In pen

etrating their lines. No lute advices

have been received from the Caucasus

where the Itusslans are continuing

their pursuit of the retreating Turkn.

FAVORABLE REPORT

ON HENRY FLETCHER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1. Presi

dent Wilson's nomination of Henry

I'rather Fletcher us ambassador to

Mexico opposed by some liepuhllcuu

senators, who insist that the time Is

not rlpo for assignment of a diplo

matic representative to the Curranza

government, was favorably reported to

the senate today by the foreign rela

tions committee, it will come up at

an executive session tomorrow with

administration leaders urging con

firmation us soon as possible.

The committee vote was 12 to 2,

Senators Horoh nnd Smith of Michi

gan, Republicans, being the only ones

voting negatively and Senator Lodge,

ranking Republican member, joining

with those favoring continuation. Ad

ministration senators believe favor

able action by the senate itself Is as

sured. I 10,000 KTIHKN'TS TX I

Ok LA. HIGH SCHOOLS

Specitl to Tie World. $

NORMAN. Okla., Feb. 23. t

I Forty thousand boys und girls I

I are now enrolled in high schools

I of Oklahoma, according to an

I estimate Jiist made by A. C. Par- I

I sons, stale high bcIiooI Inspector j

I for the University of Oklahomu.

t Professor Parsons estimates thut (

I five thousand of this number

are seniors, many of whom will I

I attend 'nntltutlons of . higher t

I learning next year, I

F K H IM'A II Y 24, 1 I G

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Jusi a Common Porker Is the Pet of a

Society Girl in Freakish New Orleans

if 'tffisil5M d

tel!t. trf-mrir-r-rr FVYS slHD ftr.AUTE.'t.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21. Miss Antoinette Evans, a society girl of

this eltv. does not care for dogs or eats as pets. Instead she has obtained

a pig which has been trained to follow her as she walks about the city.

The llttln porker responds to the name of ltcautee ami has become very

much uttached to Its mistress.

FIELDS MAKES HOT

REPLY TO T. LATTA

Says Mis Art-user Ban Dem

ocratic Daily in Cam

paign of 19 U.

M'DONALD'S SCHEME

Leaves It to licpuhlirans as

to Who Is Square

With the Party. -

Seeiial tu The World. '

OKLllo.MA CITY, Feb. 23. John

Fields cume back In an open let

ter Issued today at T. A. Ijittu, wlci

accused him of ' bumptious presump

tion" for having endorsed J. I. Mc

Graw lor Republican national com

mitteeman against James A. Harris.

I',e.!n points out that while he vus

making the race for governor on tho

Republican ticket Lalta was the editor

of u "very efficient Hemocratic morn

ing daily, the Rut lesville Examiner,"

and leaves Republicans to draw their

own conclusions us to whether thut

qualifies him to speak with inoro

Icrco ami effect on Republican mat

ters of vital Importance to the party

than the man who was doing bis best

to curry the party to success, while

Luttu und other Harris supporters

were using their activities to detent

the party.

Loyal to Parly?

Uitta is now lined up with Alva Me.

Iionuld. who is charged with having

kept Progressive Headquarters open

in Oklahoma City during On. cam

paign with Democratic assistance for

(Continued on Page Ten.)

ititi.ni H .-.i:t -mrr itv to .nil..

Kuilcd lo Produce Record

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pis unci by Court.

PITTSIil'RGII. Pa., Feb. 21. Hugh

F. Fox of N w York, secreturv of tho

I'nlted States lirewers association,

was committed to jail here late today

by Judge W. H. Thompson in the

(Hilled States district court for fall

ing to produce HUhpoenued records of

the association before the court,

which Is inws'.iguting alleged politi

cal contributions of brewery Inter

ests. Shortly after this action the grand

Jury returned n presentment asking

that three other officials of brewers

associations now under investigation

iie ordered to produce certain sub

poenaed records or be held In con

tempt. Th- presentment was pro

pared ufter the men had been called

before the grand jury, but had re

fused to reply to certain questions.

Must Keep Money at Honied

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1. liritish

supervision of investments In foreign

concerns which has tightened witn

I he ar. Increasing demands on lirit

ish industries, now Is being extended

to the colonies. Advices reaching the

American government say Australia

iius served notice tu investors thut

money must ho kept ut home und that

liritish concerns ulone should receive

financial support from Australians.

Efforts to obtain money In Australia

for South American enterprises are

I suit! tu have caused the action,

T K X T A G VI H

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SOCIALISTS MAKE

APPEAL FOR PEACE

Two Speak in House of

Commons Advocating

Peace Overtures.

ASQUITH DENOUNCES

Those Who Would Seek

Peace, Kven With Honor,

at This Time.

LoNImiN, Feb. 23 C:ll p. in.)

Philip Siiovsden, Socialist mem

ber for 111. o k bin n. took udvunlage of

tile discussion ol I he government's

consolidated fund bill in the house of

commons today to raise the question

of conditions under which it would be

possible to bring tlie war to an end

with the object for which the allies

were lighting realized.

He contended that prolongation of

the war could only lie justified by tie;

reasonable expectations that throuuh

Its continuance the allies should be

In a position to dictate such terms as

to secure future European peace. He

agreed that the present military situa

tion was not necessarily evidence that

a decisive military victory might not

yet come to the allies, though lew men

who took an intelligent and dispas

sionate view of the situation und the

lessons it bail taught would s..y that

there was any reasonable Kiouml lor

hope of it decisive and crushing mili

tary victory for either contending

I ii i t y.

Tlie speaker declared that nil the

tuitions, especially Germany, w-re

being driven to accept tho evidence i f

(Continued on Pago Seven.)

JAPS ARE LOYAL AM lilt I CANS.

Tight ror I oiled Stale- liven if Fath

ers Opposed Them,

HONOLULU, Feb. 23. Much dis

cussion has been aroused throughout

tlie Islands by the declaration of

Amcricunism made yesterday at the

Washington birthday celebration at

lhlo by President Arawaku of the

J a liniiese-American society.

"American born Japanese are striv

ing to get away from Japan," Ara

waka suid. "They have found they

cannot servo two masters und they

ure loyal Americans.

"Tlie mikado misunderstands us by

thinking we are Japanese subjects.

We must stick to American ideals,

even if we should have to fight our

parents, in case of war.

M ICS.

lt IIIIOl.O IS

iirrriiN s ki:

THO.MA8VILLH. Ga Feb. 23.

Mrs. John F. Anhbold, daugh-ter-tn-luw

of John V. Archbold,

president of the Standard Oil

I company or New Jersey, was

i bitten by a rattlesnake while

t hunting on tho Archbold estates

I near hero today. Physicians

I suid that u heavy leather boot

I worn by Mrs. Archbold pre-

i vented complete poisoning und

I that her wound would not prove I

fatal.

i Mrs. Archbold shot the snake t

I ufter she hud been bitten. m

V III C K FIVE CENTS

NAVY SECRETS

TO 8E AIRED AT

HEARING TODAY

International Considera

tions Which licsulted iu

Change to lie Told.

ADMIRAL REFUSED

TO TALK IN PUBLIC

Improved Defense of Pa

cific Coast One of Most

Urgent Demands.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Inter

noilioiiul considerations which

moved the -lavy general board tu

change its time-honored policy last

year and declare that the United

States navy should equal tile strong

est afloat by lo t later than 1!2 will

be disclosed to tho house military

committee t imoirow In executive ses

sion by Rear Admiral Charles J.

Hudger. a member of the board.

Examination of Admiral lladger in

open session was concluded today, the

admiral consistently refusing to dis

cuss except beh. ml closed doors the

hoard's views ol dangers thut may

confront tlie nation.

The subject came up when Repre

senatlve Stephens of California,

seeking to show that the Pacific

const wus Inadequately defended,

asked If tho houid iu altering Its pol

icy did not have is mind the possibil

ity that the country might have to

face simultaneously enemies In the

Pacific nnd Atlantic oceans. Admiral

lladger said he could answer thut

only In executive session. He ex

plained, however, that a fleet cupuhln

of dominating the Pacific ocean was

the only sure pn tectlon for the Pa

cific coast and said that the eurth

slides In the Piirama canal had made

impossible for the present, and pos

sibly for unotber year, the use of the

fleet in either ocean. Further dis

cussion of the canal closure also was

deferred to the closed session.

About (,rcat llritaln.

Admiral Padger expressed the

opinion tiiat should the United

States adopt a two-power standard

navy such as recommended by the

general board. Great lirltuin would

not ultcr her rate of construction ut

least until the gap between the two

fleets had been materially reduced.

Earlier in 'us teitlmony he had suid

he did not consider war with Great

lirltuin even u ninote possibility.

Replying to a question by Repre

sentative Calloway, the admiral said

that in framing the IliSu.UOO.uuO

building program It first proposed un

der its new policy, the board hud been

going on the theory thut It wus neces

sary to get as many big ships us pos

sible added to the fleet in the shortest

time the country's building facilities

would permit.

"Do you tblnl! we have Ihe name

reason tor desiring supremacy of tho

sea that England hus?" Representa

tive Calloway usked.

"Not at present, perhaps," the wit

ness replied, "but eventually wo would

have to reach out for our share of

world trade and anybody who stood

in the way of our getting a fair deul

would have to be deall with."

Admiral Haducr repudiated a sug

gestion that military men viewed ull

international problems from tho

standpoint of force, while statesmen

looked upon force and diplomacy as

equal arms of government.

"Ultimately, however," he added,

"diplomacy depends on force. When

diplomacy fails it must cither aband

on its object, or call .on the force."

liaoii Is Didn't Object

Representative Hrltten asked if the

geneial board had not made a rec

ommendation in 1 ! 1 4 which Secretary

Daniels hud refused to make public

unless its remarks as to personnel In

the navy were stricken out. Pre

facing bis reply with the statement

thut Secretary Daniels was the first

secretary to make public th board's

recommendali. ns in full ami that they

were regarded es for the confidential

use of the srcielury only. In navy reg

ulations. Admiral H.olqvr said:

"I think much more had been

made of that Incident than Is justi

fied.' He explained that the board

(Continued on Page Two.)

MWY MWOHS TO ATTIiNO.

I loin I'ortv-one ( illcs Delegates Will

Go lo Meeting.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Mayors of

41 cities t li'oiighout the country

have signlta '. their intention of at

tending or tending representatives to

the mayor's conference on ni.tional

prepared!!. :s at St Louis. March 3

nnd 4, it was announced tonight.

.Major Mitchel will Mead the New

York delegation, which is expected to

number svca' hundred.

The conference was called by

Mayor Mil . lud nnd Mayor Kiel of St.

Louis whin the national security

congress mo at Washington last

month. Aoioni; the cities winch will

be represented are Nashville, Ttnn. ;

Dallas, 'IVaus: liirmlnghaiii und

Athens, La.

Dycstuffs Are Nisih-d.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Consular

dispatches received here today told

how Gruit I'.rilain us well as thu

I lilted States Is looting tho pinch of a

dxostuflM shortage. Prices are souring;

and vast quantities of goods are ac

cumulating to be dyed, th reports

said. Scarcity of colors produced only

id Germany has forced Hrltlsh manu

facturers of clothing; to turn to elo

luuntury colors.