Newspaper Page Text

39 rr ..t-s,

'I

: ''. r :! "4 i . ; -; V (' VM' 'i ' ' ' t' V

1 j

Li

t ; ' ; M

v.- J I. Li w

y ui u iJ Li Lf U U Cm

tt

n

tt tt tt

It

5f"u"Trj

I'KOSl'BH'TY TALK

fntupcritv, At Irmt in kcpuhlirnn

rmiku, in i ni v itii hi i- if M c irw run

tin tie to u lti .1 mi 1 1 urn k at rvery

turn "f llif rin rt I lx final rhupliT

will f vnni-Xvtl t Itii' tutu cull

Vt uliim.

WEATI1EU REPORT

OKLAHOMA Hnmbiy fair, cooler;

Muiiilay fair, liflit rlitiiKia in line

l-rr nir.

Tl'I.HA, March 18 The b mpene

tare: Maxiiiitini Sll, minimum 50;

north wiiidn and cli-nr.

33 ITLIO-N-

PRIG E F I V E CENTS

VOL. XI, NO. 158

tt tt tt

tt

FF3

II MM

w

PERSHING TO CHANGE HIS

TACTICS AS VILLA IWT

ENGAGE IN OPEN BATTLE

Bandit Chief Fleeing With a Lead ot

More Than a Hundred Miles;

Everything Is Censored

PLAYS THE ROLE OF A COMMON FUGITIVE

If Military Necessity Demands the

Invasion of Carranza Town

i Funston Will Back Him

SAX ANTONIO. Mun li 18. I allure hy FtiiihIm-o VIIIh. on wlioso trail

niiirt- tluui four lhi)iianl troops uro iniircliiiis. t tnuUc a sluml and

flKliI lirfon? Ihf! -nl of nrxt wvvk, will rniliciilly alU'r ll iiirllioils i fur

i iiiployrd by the fomiiiunilt'r of tin- iiinitivc xM-ilitloii. WIihI (.ciii iuI

lVi-sMiui's )lnn Is. Iiiiwovt-r. lias not Im-'ii rrvralil and will not he If lien

cral I llusion ran prevent it. Kvery effort will lie inaile to keep wwl tlie

ino'iiii'iils of troop if It Heeomes in--esary to alwinloii the ill reel line of

I'liisiiU with the mills of the little army priu tleally In i-onlaet.

When (ieneral I'erslilntf led tlie exiMMlltloniiry forii- over the iMiimilarv

linn into Mexico the jiiiietni-e of troop which Ihih taken place near I'nsas

(iraiulc.H was planned with little eM-ctatlon that Villa would lie slulileil

In-fore tills time. It was realized that the only chance for the American

to catch him at that tane of the operations was that he would Rather his

foni'M and resist their advance. Not only did he not do that Imt, accord

Iitjr to CJenernl Funstoir reMirts. not a Hhot was fired at the invaders.

VIM. V IS IlirrUKATIXti.

(ieneral lersliln's scouts may have hroiixlit him liiformallon as to

Villa's location, lint such Infoiniailon as has Imhmi received at the general

lieai)uarlcrs here makes an assertion on the subject little better than a

icuess. There Is reason to Ik-IIcvi- that he has retreated as the Americans

advanced and that now lie Is somewhere In the (ialeana district south of

C'lsas (irandes in the environ of which a cavalry rorce under Colonel

Iliuld rested today. Information received hy (ieneral I'unstoii from till

liiiiiliua indiciited that he was al Colonia (iracias but most of those rcHrt

ini; contented thimsclves hy placlnu him "In the niouiitiiins from fifty to

line hundred miles south of Casa tiramlcs."

To fonv Ilia to flu lit or to trap him in one of his many lildiinc places

lias now iHi'ome the object of (ieneral rcrshing's plan. Whether Villa

will risk a flulil or play out the role of a common fugitive Is a subject for

t-peculation.

wil l, hack 1 1' i'i:iisiut;.

I'nofficial reports that (icucral 1'crsliiiis did not insist upon

seiidini; into Casa l.iunili-s the advance cavalry force after (ien

eral (iavlra had intimated such entry would meet resistance low

ered the tension at (ieneral I'linston's licadiiiarters. (ieneral

l iiiiston was convinced that (ieneral IN-rsliIng would not pass

his troops through any Mexican town unless he rcitardcd it as a

military necessity, but in case of such necessity he was prepared

to endorse the action of the man on the smi(.

(ieneral I'ershlns continued his reports of routine development of the

plan, none of his rcMrts dcalini; with any unexpected or unusual Incident.

(ieneral Funston replied to thousands of petitioners from scores of

towns in Texas where the inhabitants wanted troops for protection, that It

-would Is- impossible ( grunt their wishes. In nil cases he suggested that

If they felt the need of protection it miKlit In- well if they were to organize

liM-al defense forces. ,

To Donate Automobiles.

Members of the local automobile

lull called a meeting for next week

for the purpose of ascertaining how

many members will promise to turn

over their automobiles and provide

drivers In caso desired by the war de

partment. riiu.stial activity displayed by the

do facto government of Mexico In

adding to Its stores of ammunition is

shown in reports from customs of

ficers at different border ports of

entry. According to these reports and

to Information secured by army offi

cers shipments of rifle ammunition in

carload lots by express have become

common In the past three weeks. This

apparent haste was being shown he

fore Villa raided Columbus. Much of

the new ammunition entered ut points

on the New Mexico and Arizona

border und was supposed to be in

tended for the troops In Soiiora. .Since

the Columbus raid three million

rounds passed through the customs

bouse at Laredo.

I 'Irn I y of Ammunition.

1'ar from being a shortage of am

munition in Mexico, army men esti

mate Hint there is more small arm

material thero now than there has

been to:' iimriy years.

Consul C. A. Williams, who aban

doned his post at Torreon and led a

party of 40 Americans from tin re Into

the I'nlted States, arrived here todav

where he will await Instructions from

the slalo department. So tar as .Mr.

Williams knows thore are 25 Ameri

ci.ns left In Torreon. Those who came

out wern employes ot the Tlnhualll i

plantation, tlie Continental Huhiier

company and' the Torreon smelter.

They were uc-ompaiiied by their

children.

Majority I t ft.

Mr, Williams said that when the

pews of the intention to dispatch u

punitive expedition Into Mexico

reached Torreon lie railed together

the Americans. H nppeared generally

tbut the lives of Americans would bo

rrndered unsafd and the question of

leaving was discussed. He was asked

if bo intended to leave, lie told tho

Americans he would go if a majority

of thi-m voted to leave.

Five Years For IVrJury

pil to Thi World.

KINOLINO. OXIu., March IS.

J. I Mathlsbarber of Orr. was found

guilty of perjury in aismoi court bi

Marietta today and sentenced to flvo

venrs in orison. .Mat his was prose

cuted by Dr. K. F. Oross.whom Mathls

na nn itnA etinrara of nuilrjrac-

tlee. resulting from the setting of

broken urn,

Ilooiu for ('handle -.

Special to Tlie World.

VINITA. Okla., .March IS. The

boom for Hert Chandler of lniia s a

candidate for the Republican nomina

tion for eongrcssman from the first

congressional district was launched

today when tho county convention of

Craig, itogers, Mayes, Ottawa nnJ

lu lawure counties passed a resolution

endorsing him and requesting him to

make the race. Chandler hud with

stood the pleas of his friends for sev

eral mouths to "throw his hat in the

ring' until tho last few days when lie

ameed to net in if the Republicans

showed they wanted him.

SAILOR'S FIANCEE WILL

CROSS OCEAN TO MARRY

. MISS IDA BOYD.

After waiting several years for an

opportunity to marry Lewis K. Hhuw,

V. S. A., Miss Ida Hoyd of Brooklyn,

X. Y., has decided to travel to Hon

olulu for her wedding. Mr. Shaw,

attached to the I'nlted States sub

marine K-7, has been shifted about

so much that It has been impossible

to arrange the nuptials, but recently

he cabled that his boat would be at

Honolulu for a long stay, and Miss

Boyd Immediately decided to cross

the sea. She is en route now ana

the weddlmr will take place as soon

J

.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY. MARCH 19, 19 l(i

Army Chaplain at Columbus, N. M., ReoHi".,;.

-

Bodies of American Troopers Slain in Night Raid by

IP I

,CS- "TIT i 1

FVtiEML OF SolsDiCfzs KILLED JV CoWJJQVS JZAiD.

TULSA DELEGATES

ALL FOR M'GRAW

( ounty Kepuljlican Conven

tion Jleiv Yesterday;1

One-Sided.

OPPOSITION SCARCE

Stirring lvesolutions Were

Adopted; Anti-Harris

Section Included.

THIItTY-TVO delegates to the

state Kepublicun convention to

be held at Oklahoma City next Wed

nesday and the same number to the

first congresslon.il district convention

to bo held In Tulsa early In April,

were elected and instructed to work

and vote for James .1. McOraw of

I'onca Citv us the national comniii.

toeman ut the Tulsa count v Republi

can county convention held In Con

vention hall yesterday afternoon.

A. A. Small was elected unani

mously us county chairman to suc

ceed John II. Simmons. (J. It. Mc-

Culliiiigh was selected us tho mem

ber of the stale committee from Tulsa

county und K. W. Kolloiigh will serve,

as congressional committeeman from

this county. M. (J. Shrewsbury was

selected by the county central com

mittee us the new secretary of that

body and he presided In that capac

ity at the convention yesterday.

lUnly Test Vote.

Little time was lost by the MrOruw

forces in precipitating a test vote und

shortly after county chairman Sim

mons called the meeting to order tho

test came on the selection of n tem

porary chairman and the McOraw

delegation won out by u vote of 103

to 47, -tlie bitter figure being the

(Continued on I'ngo Ten.)

J. B. RUTHERFORD

DIES AT SAPULPA

Once Leader of Liberal Faction But

Later I'roM'd u Itigid Ijiw

Kuforccr.

Special to The World

SAf'l.'LCA, Oklu.. March 18 J. B.

Rutherford, noted criminal and polit

ical attorney nnd for two years past

stute committeeman und louder of tho

Republican party In Creek county,

died at his home here early Saturday

morning, following a stroke of apo

plexy on Thursday." I'or most of his

life he was a bold advocate of a

wide-open town and championed the

cause of tho liquor interests, but a few

years ago ho experienced a change of

heurt and hud since been fighting tho

element which he so long led. Ho

had planned a big fight in the Repub

lican convention which met Saturday

and was stricken while in the act of

telephoning some Important directions

in connection therewith. He never re

covered consciousness. Funeral serv

ices will be held at the First Baptist

church Sunduy afternoon.

MISTIUXI. Tiuii:i: TIMIOK.

One Juror Holds Out ami Toledo

Mayor is Not Convicted.

TOLKllO. Ohio, March 18. F. K.

Wells, a wutchman. and the Juryman

who alone was responsible for dis

agreement in the bribery triul of

former Mayor Curl 11. Keller, was dis

missed from further duty in com

mon pleus court this afternoon. The

Keller Jury was the third disagree

ment credited to Wells at this term of

court.

The Jury disagreed after deliberat

ing 6S hours, Weils being the only

ma who favored acquittal.

Short of Votes, the Harris Faction at

Muskogee Brings Riot and Rebellion

Into the County Convention Saturday

Speeiul to The World.

MUSKOGEE, Oklu.. March 18.

liiot and rebellion broke out in

the Republican county convention this

afternoon pfter the supporters of

Jumes A. Harris, candidate for na

tional committeeman, being decisive

ly beaten by James J. McOraw udher-

ents in the county central committee

attemptcd to organize u rump con

veniion.

The net result of the whole matter

is that two contesting delegates will go

to the state convention from Musko

gee county, tho 'regulars" unin

structeil but strongly leaning toward

the lu-ininati in of J. J. McOraw, tha

'rumps-' instructed fifr Harris. The

rioting first broke out in the county

central committee meeting this morn

ing when J. A. Sponsler, a Wagoner

iill,iriuv nfifl .1 I ll.,nt,tti (i la.l2ruur

l..w.b... ,.,.,., 4.. I.l,,u ll,..,..n u,iu

knocked through a section of book

cases und from there half out of a

window. He was saved from falling

liy friends who caught him. Sponsler

was knocked to the floor and badly

injured when about twenty excited

adherents of O. o. I principles mixed

In the fight. iH-iiion was taken to

a hospltul where a cut on his face was

treated and he was then dismissed.

1 he McOraw lies poceeded to elect K.

II. Butts chairman, tho meeting be

ing held in his office. The Harris

men went over to a corner of the

room ami tried to elect otto K.

Sump their chairman but Butts ord

ered them out of bis office and they

left.

ELECTION FRAUD TO

MEAN PENITENTIARY

Election lioard Will Make

Xo Discrimination;

Treat All Alike,

"Anyone who attempts to practice

fraud of any kind In the coming city

primary und genorul election will be

prosecuted by the county election

board and sent to the stale peniten

tiary, if possible."

This declaration was made yester

day by Ray Short. Republican mem

ber of the county election board,

which board will have charge of the

election. It was made hi answer to

newspaper charges that false regis

tration certificates were out und that

other Illegal methods 'were to he

used to defeat the Will of the people.

"Von an't make it ton strong for

me." declared Short. "This will be

one election that will be run on the

square, if It Is In the power of the

election bourd to make It so. We

are of one accord in this mutter and

1 euro not whether tho culprit be nn

election official or otherwise, we In

tend to use every power possible' to

prevent frauds and punish those who

perpetrate such funds."

KILLED MAN IN K

POKER GAME; GUILTY

Special to "t he World.

ItlKOUNti. okla.. Much lt.

John Allen, accused ot murdering

l'.tor Rowland neur Oswull last No-

I veinber, was tound guilty ot mun

islugbter by u Jury in the district eou t

I at Marietta today, and sentenced to

years In prison. R-u hind and

some oi:icr tanner boys were piuyitiif

poker In the brush. Alien and u

masked man attacked them und Row.

land wps killed while trying to es

ripe. Allen's wife and seven children

sat la the courtroom during the trial.

Two Seel, ( hair.

When time for culling the conven

tion camu Sump and Butts utnmptcd

to rowd into the Judge's chair the

convention being held In the county

ronrtrooiu and before anyone knew

v.hut hud happened the Judge's chair

bod been broken ami mini tremen

dous yelling the battle royal began.

Heiilon, who had been released from

,le ',,!,,, junipe.i n the Judge s

belied and pollen a six shooter, f.. .

I'ixby jumped ii-i the press t.llle mil

the two began shouting at each otbi r.

Semecino bulled nil Inkwell lit llixby.

Another stalw;;it bit Pcnton a blow

nilli his lit 1 1 i n i behind and that in

dividual went sprawling clear to Ihu

end of the Jury box.

Denton Arrested

At this Junc ture Tarns llixby slipped

away to u Justice court and got out a

wan ant for I'ciilnn. charging him

with currying u revolver. A lieini

01 alio constable forced his way into

the crowd to arrest Ix nton ami was

licurlv mobbed I'eloro be accom

plished his pinpo.se. lie searched

lii-iiimi Ciiiiid no vcvnlvcr i j ii him.

I I. ut i, iiNtel liim 1, ii V U':i v.

This quieted proeeediims. but only

for a minute. Tin- I m laetinns at

tempted to hold their convent inns in

the same room. The Mi l ii e.wi'es ap

peared to have tin. belter hints as

i-oll as the most votis and quickly dis

posed of their busiii'ss. Tlnv then

let t the hall ami the llai'i'ls men pill

thiouuh their progrmi.

Tains liixl.y is chairman of Ihe

"rump delegation," while It. B. Bulls

leads I lie regulars.

RADICAL STEP TO

LOWER GASOLINE

(BV JOHN W. FI.F.XNKItl

WASHINGTON. March IS. A

sweeping proposal for the reduction

of prevalent gasoline pi ices Is con

tained in a resolution introduced in

tlie house by Congressman Randall

of California.

lie usked the secretary of interior

to give his opinion on the purchase

by eondi-innat ion proceedings of tin

entire oil producing area of the Cnit

ed Stales and says tbut these resnur-

ces should be protected from mon- j

opolistic control. He usked Score- i

tary l.ano to report on the ud isa Oil-

it y of having u bureau of mines es- I

tuldisli oil pumping plants and of!

making gasoline by the Kittmuu pro-!

cess. Data us to all the oil lands In

the country is desired. He claims i

that the Standad till company wasj

offered the opportunity to test out j

the Rlttmun process but dec lined lie

cuuse the government insisted on a

clause in the contract prohibiting the

monopolistic use of the proec ss.

ALLEGED ROBBERS

ARE SENT TO JAIL

Spoiiul to The World.

VI AN. Okla., March

ver. real estate dealer;

shaw, cattleman: W. S.

IK.- I'M Cul

Jarnis l'.i'ad

I'uyne, livery-

man,' F.minctt

Crittendoii, the

( ' i 1 1 tit mi ami Will

former three of Vian

and the latter from Muskogee, waived

examination before Justice Wallace

Thornton here today on a charge of

robbing the First National bank of

this city In broad daylight, on March

K and were held to the district court.

Their bonds were fixed ut 3.000

each. Hayne wus the only defendant

to give bond.

Hon Anderson of tbls'ciiy also

waived exaiulnutlon and was held to

tho district court on u charge of con

cealing funds stolen from the bank".

Anderson lias confessed be found

ll.UOO, part of which he spent. l,ess

than JOUO of his find was recovered.

Anderson's bond was fixed at I:', 000.

He was unable to muke bail und wus

remanded to jail with Culver. Brad

thaw, Compton and Crlttcndoo.

'two' sKi'n.iss

Over the Dead

the Villista Bandits

M'GRAW BIG WINNER

IN OKLAHOMA CITY

.Instruct Delegation to State

Convention to Vote for

Ponea Citv Man.

HARMONY PREVAILED

"New Deal" Candidate

Wins First ly Elect in;;

Fields as Chairman.

Spi-eiul to The World.

OKLAHOMA CITV. March IS.

James J. McOraw for Republi

can national eoinnilth cnian, ami his

supporters won a decisive victory in

the Oklahoma county convention this

evening when, by a vi le of HIS to :,

the county delegation .of (ia was In

structed to cast tlp'ir vole In the state

convention for McOraw for national

commitli eman. The resolutions euin

iniltee wrote in a paragraph declar

ing the convention for McOraw. Judge

Hainer. a Harris man, offered a sub

stitute for that portion of Hie resolu

tion, changing lb" name of Aldlraw

for Harris. The vole was taken bv

precinct delegation and McOraw won

by HI majority.

The Mc(! raw forces scored their

first victory In the selection of a

temporary chairman of the conven

tion. Judge Halncr. representing the

Harris men, offered Ihe name of Rev.

10. T. Lull:' and Kd S Vunglit placed

ill liiuiiin.'.l ion John Fields as repre

senting the McOraw side. The Vote

n this proposition showed KiS for

Fields and 1 4 for Lane.

Iii a four-sided contest for member

I f the state central committee from

Oklahoma nty. in which thnre

weie Henry Asn, Fred !!e;,rley, W. T.

Hassitt ami I'orter Morgan. Beatley

won over bis opponents. Hearley re

cell eil 1 2 1 Miles, llassell 117, Asp 57,

and Morua n 40

I ii Ids is I anliit'-cd

John Fi' lds was endorsed as one

of the delegates at lame to the na

tional convention, and he also re

ceived decidedly favorable mention

in ihe resolutions for the splendid

cumpaiun he made for governor.

An addition wi's mad- to the reso

lutions from the floor of the conven

tion. Alien Jtnlee J. T. Iiickirson of

fi red ti resolution commending tho

splendid tcrvice of Arthur II. Oeis-

slor as chairman of the state commit

tee and ii rued that the delegates and

Republicans work to continue his

hadeis), Ip.

1 1. -legates selected to the state con

vention wore Kiven the authority to

select their own alternates. Flection

of u chairman of the county commit

tee, which bad been included In tho

call, was referred to the county con

tr.il committee.

The convention was harmonious In

I'VC'I'V respect.

The M'draw and Harris furies

were early on the scene nnd the twci

divisions worked faithfully and con

scientiously for their leaders, but tho

Mcdraw men wire in the lead, and

although the division was closely

drawn there was no question as to tho

result after the first test In tho selec

tion of the temporary chairman.

Fields led for tho first half of the

list of the delegates and then Ivino

gained until the two were together.

At one time they tied tho vote, then

one would forgo ahead und then tho

other. But Fields showed strong at

the finish and passed lino.

;mhI Natural Fight.

The contest between the support,

em of the two mon, McOraw nnd

Harris, was good nntured throughout,

but there was no compromise. It whs

(Continued on Page Eleven)

RETURNS CINCH

THE ELECTION

OF JIM M'GRAW

Forty-fivo Counties Show

Delegates for l'oiica

Citv Man.

MUSKOGEE MEETING

RESULTS IN FIGHT

Districts Yet to 15e Heard

From Will Swell the

Majority.

JAM KA J. MCRAW clinched his

election as Republican national

committeeman over James A. Harris

of Wagoner In tin- Republican county

conventions held throughout tho statu

yesterday to elect delegates to the

slato convention to bo held In Okla

homa City next Wednesday.

Returns from 45 counties from all

parts of the state last night showed

lift'.! delegates instructed to veto for

I lie I'onca City man, while Harris, the

incumbent, had only 127 votes with

SI vol is unlnstriieted. McOraw, from

tho returns received last night, al

ready has more than enough votes to

control tho state convention but his

total will be well past tho six hun

dred mark when all the counties are

Inn rd from.

it was u wonderful victory for Mc

Oraw and ills associates who aro de

manding a new deul in Kepublicun

politics in order that tho O. O. 1'. may

lie made u vital und fighting organ

ization for the purpose of redeeming

Oklahoma from the misrule of tha

Democratic party.

On n I "lay at Muskogee.

Cherokee and MiiKkogee counties,

right in Jtarrls' own home country,

wero tho only two counties to report

n contest. In -Muskogee the battle for

Votes was accompanied by gun play

but from Impartial reports It Is evi

dent that Met; law hud the majority

of delegates and tho Harris crowd

boiled. Tho same thing occurred to

a lesser degree In Cberokeo county.

Oklahoma county with tin delegates

went solid for Mcdruw after u flvo

hour battle in the convention and us

each county reported yesterday the

only thing In doubt was the size" of

Mcdraw's majority.

Kvery congressional district which

has not already held its convention

Is today foiiiel in the Mcdraw camp

which will give McOraw all but four

of the deb-gales to the national con

vention In addition to control of the

stale convention.

The total vote in the state conven

tion is li.Mi of which McOraw is al

ready certain of 531! which Is 64

more than u majority. Harris head

quarters were notably silent last night

ufter having boasted all week that

(Continued on I'ugi- Seven.)

DR. CHARLES EVANS

SPOKE TO STUDENTS

lvt inordinary Inducement

Offered Students to In

crease Enrollment.

Doctor Charles Fvans. president

elect of Kendall college, was the guest

of honor at u rousing reception given

hy the students of the school in Rob

ertson ball Thursday night. During

the evening Doctor Fvans addressed

the pupils and put a world of in w

spirit into the followers of the Mack

and gold.

He Inaugurated a campaign for new

pupils at the college and promised

u banquet on next St. Patrick's day

to every one who had been instru

mental in bringing a new man or

woman to Kendall. Frizes of K'O

anil in gold will be awarded to

those who have the most conversions

their credit. He exprtssed Ins dour

ininatlon to double the enrollment In

the next year and his cheering words

brought the ininirdlnte support of the

student body.

It is Doctor Kvans" Intention to

make a xlsil to tlie college every two

weeks until the close of school.

LOCAL MARKSMEN

MAKE HIGH SCORES

I .oeul (lull Member Are Imlted to

Attend the Stute 'lour,

numciit.

Franchot, J. A Campbell and VV.

A. Rotirke lied for high honors in

the weekly shoot at the Country club

yesterday afternoon. Their score

was Si " breaks out of 100 shots.

Franchot with !l out of L'5 won tho

play-off of the tie with Campbell

training with 23 and llourke with 21.

The other scores made were: J.

On ver S7. J. Duffy Tt. II. Duffy

7. Davis W ullary 8S.

W. A. llourko of Okmulgee was

In the city yesterday and extended

nn Invitation to the local club to at

tend the state touitmment to be hold

under the auspices of tho Ok mu I gee

club. It Is probable that the Till."

marksmen will accept the Invitation

and open their season there.