Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 1

Mead Leo Declaration of Faith in His Ultimate Exoneration on Page 5 of Today's is the Declamation of a Sotil, Strained to the Breaking Pdirit, That Clings Tenaciously to Hope as Long as There is or Dead, My Innocence Will Be Established" He Declares. Weather Forecast Oklahoma: Tonight and Wednesday mt. The Beat Afternoon Newspaper in OUahoma TIMES-DEMOCRAT HOIVIE: EDITION VOLUME XXI AanomiceineBt from AOies Sonrces Deckres That British and French Troops are Sweeping Along Penbuda and Inflicting Terrible Losses on the AD Hospitak in Ginstantinopie Claim to Hare Re- vmed Allies. London, May allied troops on the Gallipoli peninsula continued their advance Friday and Saturday, according to an Athens ALREADY AT WAR? Paris Hears Rumors That Germany and Austria Have Beaten Italy to it by Declaring Hostilities Against Emmanuel's King. OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING MAY 11.

1915 NUMBER 113 Sign Petitions To Give Frank His Chance If Oklahoma has Its way, Leo Frank's nentpnce of death will bn commuted to life Imprisonment by the grovernor of Georgia. ThrouRh the Times-Democrat thousands of citizens of eastern Oklahoma have been enabled to petition the Georgia chief executive to commtiie Frank's sentence to "life" In order that even though In prison he can have a chiinco to prove his Innocence. The Times-Democrat has on three ocraslrms printed little coupons, each of which when filled out with the name nnd address of a Times-Democrat reader Is a petition to the governor of Georgia to give the man accused of the murder of Mary Phagan another chance Between two and three thousand of thoap coupotos have filled In and returned to this newspaper, and been duly forwarded to Mrs, Frank, who Is In ciiarge of the l)attle for clemency at the hands of the Georgia executive. Nearly every one of the petitions was In Individual form, although In many Instances a maji and his wife, or a family, signed on one petition. The town or Canadian, however, holds the record.

I'nable to secure enough Times-Democrats containing the coupon In the town, the citizens there pasted one coupon at Iho head of a sheet of paper three feet long. This ijaper was then filled with signatures and forwarded to the Times-Democrat by D. M. Udp. correspondent for the Times-Democrat at Canadian.

It contained nearly 300 names. Everybody wajits to seethe Atlanta factory superintendent, whose origin is declared to have been used against him at the trial, get the chance to prove himself Innocent, you want to Join In, sign the coupon printed below, clip off at the lilack line and send It to the Times- Democrat. WILSON RESERVES IN CASE OF THE HAS NOT EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS () I' ONE OF THESE MEN MUST DECIDE FRANK'S FATE. Paris, May Is being rumored persistently in Paris that Germany 1 1 1 and Austria-Hungary already have dispatch to the declared, or are about to declare war, company. They are reported to on Italy in anticipation of such action have occupied important in spite of the desperate resistance ceived no confirmation.

offered hy the Turks, whose total Another rumor current on the 1 i 1. i today was that the Italian losses are estimated at 45,000 men. I government han signed an agree.nnet The hospitals in Constantinople are with the itritain, France said to be so crowded that Russia -to tane pan the war PETITION, TO THE GOVEnN 'OR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA: The undersigned believe that there la strong doubt as to the guilt of IJCO Frank. We hereby respectfully petition you to commute his sentence to life Imprisonment to the end that Frank, if Innocent, may have a fair chance to prove his Innocence. NAME ADDRESS are being sect to Konieh in Asia- Minor.

London, May newly inaugurated offensive movement of the allies over a long section of the front in not later than May This rumor also Is unconfirmed. Miliary writers are presenting the HrKuiiieiil that wai Oerinaiiy and Austria on a third frontier ly will make resistance of the central empires on their other fronts more feeble, so much so tliat, with the ad- 000 00 Paris. May version of the territorial concessions Austria said to have proposed to Italy, as printed by the Mattino of Naples, been telegraphed from Rome. According to this report, Austria ie willing to cede (lart of the province of Trent, together with a strip of territory In region of the Isonzo river, which empties into the Gulf of Trieste. Trieste itself Is absolutely excluded as; well as Istrla and Pola.

The Italian oablnet Is said to have I considered these concessions as Insuf- Pclent and made a counter proposal. Belgium and northwestern France has developed a general engagement of of Italy, victory over Germany Is considerable Intensity. The official middle of the summer, statement from Rerlln today concedes that the allies have won ground between Carency and Neuville. but attacks elsewhere are said to have been repelled. The Germans announce the capture of French trenches over a width of nearly one-fourth of a mile In the vicinity of Berry-au-Uac.

The Paris war office states that the allies made gains yesterday in Bel- glum, near Arras, France, and also at several other points, and that German ittacVtp were beaten back. Russian claims to victories In the Carpathians are offset by the German war office report that further striking gains have been made. It Is said that attempts of the Russians to halt the pursuit of the Austro-Gerraan forces were defeated with heavy losses to the Russians. Italian officers and men in Switzerland up to the age of 34 were ordered yesterday to rejoin their regiments Immediately. Austrian and Bavarian forces are concentrating in the Tyrol.

War between Italy luid the central empires is now regarded In Rome as almost unavoidable. There is said to he only a slender rhance that an agreement will be reached. Military preparations are being pushed vigorously and political opposition to war apparently has largely died away. In Paris It is rumored that Germany and Austria have declared war on Italy, but eo far as is known there Is no basis for such reports. A Milan ONE CENT DAMAGES Wainwright Man Gets "Nominal" Sum Because From Reservoir Backed Over His But Gty of Wainwright Plans to Appeal the Case.

(1 () VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! The smallest verdict returned In the district court, was awarded George Bumpus of Wainwright Tues- I I I i 0 1 0 1 John M. Slayton, the present gov- Ojernor of Georgia, will hold office un- til June. Nate Harris Is the man who will succeed him. One of these men must send Frank to the gallows or commute his sentence. () lo Every member of the Greater Muskogee association who has signed a membership pledge card should see to It that the ballot for directors sent to him la filled out with his choice for the eleven directors and deposited In the ballot box In the offices of the association before 8:30 o'clock this evening.

The association must have the best directors possible to secure and those elected should have the majority votes of the meml The only way this can be done Is to have everyone vote. election of these dlretrt- ors Is the vitally important thing of the Greater Muskogee i 1 IgwrouH iiiai a cuium i occino uii- avoidable. Wainwright, through its attorney, Eck E. Brook, demurred to the evidence on Paris, May opinion is the ground that Bumpus had proven eral In Italian parliamentary circles, no damages. Judge deGraffenrled says Milan dispatch to the Petit itained the demurrer on all points ex-'' Journal, that the government must 'cept that ho believed the plaintiff was make known Its decision in regard to'entitled to nominal damages and in- enteriiig the war not later than the structed the Jury to return a verdict last week in May, but could eiislly as- for one cent.

sumo a decisive attitude before this The town of Wainwright announced extreme date. 'that It would appeal the case to the i supreme court rather than pay the Paris. May A Milan dispatch judgment. "Not that we care for the INSTITUTE CLOSES WEEK OF JUNE 6 drapatch gives what purports to be an i from Udlne says trains arriving fromjone cent," said Mr. Brook "but it In- oJfer of territorial concessions from Austria ore filled with Italian travelers.

solves a law that might give trou- Hundreds are waiting at the Trieste Ible in the future. If this was allowed railroad station for places on-tralns. ito stand we would other damage 'suits, and we would have to go to Rome, via Paris. May 1' The expense cuttlngr down the Agency National says Emperor Wll-j reservoir." Austria, described as unacceptable to Italy inasmuch as it excludes Trieste and lotrla. Heavy fighting has been in progress on the Gallipoli peninsula during the few days, although accounts written to Dowager Queen the reeulta are In complete contradlc- i Margherita, mother of King Victor Em- tlon.

An official statement issued at pointing out advanlagea he be- Constantinople says the l-Yench and would accrue to Italy should It British made four attacks near i remain neutral and urging her to In- Avl Burnu on Sunday but were driven I ten-ene to avoid a conHlct with Aus- back with heavy losses. It Is assert-i tria The closing exercises of Nazareth Institute will be held the week of June 6. Beginning on Sunday, June 6, and continuing through Monday and Tuesday afternoons at 4 o'clock, the primary and intermediate departments will give programs at which time recitations, songs and other exercises will be given. On Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at the same hour the high school department will hold the final exercises of the present school term. There will be no graduates of Nazareth Institute this year.

Ed three battalions, or about 3,000 men were annihilated. A press dispatch from Athens to London says that the allies made important advances on FVlday and Saturday and that the Turkish In the fighting were sstimated at 45,000 men. Victory in several engagements along the Carpathian front Is reported i demanded the integrity of Rei In an official Russian statement. Dis- 'Belgium as a condition of Its patches to Switzerland say the and that this was one The widow of King Humbert is qtiot- ed as having replied to the German ruler: "In the hovise of Savoy we reign one at a time." Emperor William Is reported to have written an almost identical letter to the Italian king. The Milan Recolo asserts that Italy of and eutrallty of the chief Bians have begun a strong offensive at causes of delay In the conversations.

Tamow. reported to have been captured last week by the Austrlana, as well as In the Baltic provinces to the north. Glerman and Austrian accounts of Important successes in these regions however, liave not been qualified. A German aeroplane flew over St. Denis, a suburb of Paris today apd dropped two boral Five persons were wounded.

Paris, May departure from Rome of the staff of the Austrian embassy to the Vatican is denied by the Oeservatore Romano according to a Rome dispatch. The newspapers say that not onlv has the member of the embassy staff left, but a new secretary is expected to arrive soon. I Move Turkieh Troopa. London, May troops are being transported from Smyrna to the Turkish seaports of Alexandretta and i Adalla. says a dispatch today from Athens, owing to the fear that a land i ir Is about to be made at those' places by the allies.

i I Three Month. Gtenevn, May engineer who arrived here today from Hamburg said the ship yards there are turning out three finished submarines a month. Two of them are of the larger class and one of the amaller tjfpe used for coast defense. TRAINMAN BURNED WHEN OIL IGNITES Bomb On Boy's Bed. Paris.

May German aeroplane passed over St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, shortly after 7 o'clock this morning and dropped five bombs. One bomb fell through the roof of un apartment occupied by Madame Rolleker from the bed where her 9-year-old son, Andre, was sleeping and then struck the floor, where It exploded. Fragments of the bomb slightly wounded the boy. Anotller missile, on exploding, wounded five men who were sleeping 'n a shed.

Two other bombs damaged 1 apartment house. Germans March On. London. May Russians con- to (all back in western Galicla iContioiiM Aa. As a result of a broken axle, a car of crude oil In a Midland Valley train went into the ditch three miles southwest of town and in attempting to uncouple the other cars from the one on fire.

Trainmaster Tyler received serious burns about the hands, arms and chest. The train had gone but a few miles from the yarUs when one of the cars of the train plungred into the ditch. A Are broke out at once and Mr. Tyler In trying to save the rest of the train, ran back to the car and at- teqipted to uncouple it, Two other cars became ignited and for a time It appeared as though the entire train might be consumed. The Injuries to Mr.

Tyler were dressed at the home of George Priodle, near the scene of the accident. NOT TO HONOR GERMANS. Washington, May 11. banquet and reception for the officers of the Interned commerce raiders Kronprlnz Wilhelm and Prim Rltel lYledrlch, which was to have been held here within the next few days has been abandond by its promoters. Word has been sent to the officers at the Nor- fojk navy yard that because of the Lusltsnia disaster It waa thptigbt ttr.aot to cany, out (be pUuk The Times-Democrat's Circulation Recently there were some remarks made relative to the circulation of Muskogee newspapers.

Here is ours: April 1915 Grcnlation Statement Office eubatribers 26 Newsboys 222 Carriers 4.017 News Stands. 200 Total City Circulatien 4,464 Country Agents 1.538 Paid mall 6,872 Single wraps, special 23 Foreign News Stands Total Paid Country Unpaid List Advertising. Local 30 Advertising, Foreign 183 Editor's Exchange IBl Correspondents. 15 Employes 115 7 Samples 221 File and orffice use 36 TOTAL aRCUUTION 13.711 The total average circulation of the TISIES-DBMOCRAT for the four monthe of tlie year 1915; January, Febrtiary. March and April, was 12,344.

H. 8. circulation manager for the Times-Democrat, Muskogee, swear tihat the Times-Democrat printed and circulated the number of papers as set forth in tbe two above statements and that It is bona Ode paid circulation, as stated. H. B.

FOSTER, Circulation Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me tills the 11th day of 1816. ROSA WOLFE, (Seal) Notary Public. My commission expires January 19, 1918. The circulation records of the Times-Democrat are open at all times to any advertiser, and any advertiser is welcomed to examine these records.

If such advertiser finds that the Times-Democrat did not have the circulation as set forth in the above statements, he will be given a receipted blU for the current year's advertising. C. A. LOONBY. General Manager.

PUBLISH THELIST Names of Those Who Signed Pledget for Y. M. C. A. Building Fund and Then Failed to Pay May Be Made Board Going Out to Get the Money.

Ten of the must business men of Muskogee, captains of as many teams of men Interested In the com- I pletlon of the Y. C. A. wore selected at a special meeting of the board lust night and next Tuesday morning will begin a three-day campaign to collect the unpaid J26.000 which has been pledged. "We need the money and must have It before we throw open the doors of the Institution," said a director this morning.

"Most of the money subscribed hy the small contributors and with one exception all large subscriptions have been collected. We will now attempt to get the money which has been pledged In the amounts ranging from (25 to and even more. Those who subscribed to this fund are those who have subscribed to popular subscriptions In the past and It was the opinion of those present last night that the present prejecl should not fall as some have done in the past. "The money Is badly needed and we will make every ffort to oolleot it. Those who sub.icrlbed thinking as they did so that they might never have to make good their promise must pay.

Wis are going oiit to get the money and we want it quick. A committee of five business men will call on every aub- will be asked to pay. If he does not the people will good opportunity to read the munes Of tboae who have been in a habit of affixing their name to a subscription which has been passed about and then when the time came for paying had some excuse to offer." The collection campaign will last for three days and during that time everyone will be given an opportunity to pay up what was subscribed. It Is the purpose of those in charge of the work to collect the money, pay for the furniture and other equipment and open the doors of the new Y. M.

C. A. building in time for use during the sununer months. MAKE NO CHANGES ON THE OIL BELT There will be no immediate, change In the operating force of the Cush', Ing Traction company and the OU 1 I Kelt Terminal railroad, recently pur- Jnan HiU WiU Be Presented to chased by the SanU Fe railroad from R. D.

Long of Muskogee, and Frank Brown of accord- ling to an announcement made Tuesday morning. C. F. W. Felt, chief engineer of the A stone memorial tablet will be pre- Santa Fe, has been Jooldng over the seated to Henry Kendall college at Tul- roads for the past two days and Is sa Thursday by Mllo E.

Hendrix camp Planning to Join the two lines Just of Spanish American war veterans of i south of Oilton. Utterances of President at Philadei phia Last Night Were Not Upon the Lnsitania Incident and Were intended as Merely Remarks Reflecting on War Sitaa- tion in General Saifing of Mauretania 19 More Bodies. (Bullstin.) London, May; of the Cunard line steamsr, Maurs- tania, sister ship of ths Luaitania, advartiasd for May 29, haa baan cancelled. 'i TO HONOR HENDRIX Tablet to Memory of Muskogee Boy Who FeO in Charge Up San KendaU CoDege by Local Camp S. A.

W. Was KendaO Boy. Muskogee, during the annual encampment which Is to be held in Tulsa on May 13 and 14. The memorial tablet will be placed in the walls of Kendall In honor of the memory of Mllo E. Hendrix, a "Kendall boy," who enlisted in Muskogee and was in Cuba In the battle of San Juan Hill.

Hendrix was a Muskogee boy, educated in old Kendall college here, and when the and it call to arms came, went to the front under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. It was while the Rough Riders made the famous charge up San Juan Hill that young Hendrix lost his life. After the war was over and the soldiers went to their homes, a camp of Spanish- American war veterans was organized In this city and they named their camp for the gallant young man who died on the firing line. The presentation speech will he made by J. J.

Qreever, commander of the Muskogee camp. Besides the regular members of the camp who will go from here, the ceremony will be attended by Hon. Gabo E. Parker, supervisor to the nve Civilized Tribes, also a Kendall man by Miss Alice RobertHon. It Is more than likely that I.

T. Wysong. a member of Hendrix camp, will be elected state commander at the Tulsa meeting. The candidate from Enid, it is understood, has withdrawn, and It looks like Wysong will have no opposition. The delegation from Muskogee will leave Wednesday.

It will be headed- by R. B. Butz. J. J.

Oreever, Earl Bohannon. I. T. Wysong, Ernest Mc- Danlel and E. L.

Head. It is expected that a large crowd will attend from Muskogee. The annual encampment of the Oklahoma G. A. R.

Wffr be held in Tulaa on Stay 13, IS and 14. and a number of old soldiers will attend from Shis city. M. C. Painter, a representative of the auditing office.

Is In Oilton -making an Inventory of the railroad property. This work has already been completed at Jennings. V. A. Sappenfield of Muskogee, is Btill In charge of the Cushlng Trac- tjhn llwo.

SanOenfteJd was In the Fe service several years ago is probable that tbe Muskogee man will be permanently retained by the railroad In some official capacity. KILLS BLUE JACKET Okmulgee, May has been received here of the death of Lynne Carter. 20 years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.

M. Carter of this city. The young man was serving in the navy and was on one of the United States ships off San Diego. The ship was coaling and a sack of coal fell on the young man. killing him almost instantly.

The body will be shipped to Okmulgee for burial. BULLETsfoRCHED BUT DIDN'T PIERCE Two negroes were fined $10 each In police court today for the part they played in a gun nght In the negro section of north Muskogee. Both were drunk at the time of the affair and in making the arrests, Ofllcer Graves was struck by one of the negroes who said that be meant the blow for his opponent. Neither negro was badly Injured although one received a bullet bum acrooB tbe face, the miaaile falUog to FINAL CONFERENCE ON CAMPING PLANS C. F.

Penstermacber and F. Garrison left this morning for Tahlequah where they will meet the members of the (Commercial club of that place this afternoon in conference with reference lo the Tahlequah camp for boya Mr. Fenstermacher states that the site for the camp has been donated by tbe city of Tahlequah and all that remalna to be done is the selections of the site for the building which will be one of the most novel in the south. The plans as outlined for the building call for one large enough to accommodate a hundred boys at one tabic. The building win be screened in and at night will he used as a bunk house.

Mr. Fenstermacher while in Tahlequah win make arrangements for receiving the Mulllns pressed steel boats due to arrive today for the camp. The first of the outings will be held beginning June 7 and will last for ten days. The site as selected comprises forty acreb on the banks of the Illinois river and in considered one of the Ideal sites for such a camp in ttie state. It is adjacent to good fishing "holes" aund affords a beach and BWimmlog places.

A large athletic Held wlU be arranged (Bulletin.) Quaanstown. May 11.r—Sixtaan bodies were brought into town thia afternoon by a tug chartered by tha Cunard Nona of tha badias haa yat baan identified. (Bulletin.) Washington, May Wil-son said today that his speech in Philadelphia last night was not a declaration of policy in reference to the Lusitania disaster; that he was not thinking of any special matter but of the newly naturalized Americans in his audience. The president used the cxprcs- sion thdt he was. thinkinigf or the "Cain" some people were trying to raise.

The president made it clear he was expressing a personal attitude and not referring to any specifie- case. That led to the many that the had not 4 Lusitania case and was feelings as to the ideal United States should have, ii) this situation, as well as other phfses the world-wide It that he was endeavoring to ea broadly that the United should seek to serve humanity by its I secure an adherence Nkp' and principles wherever they have been vened. Although the general trend comment was one of surprise at limitation which the ed today on the speech, those who foUowwI Idbr. speeches closely pointed oqt thailaf Mr. Wilson has implicitly rather than The president said ht wottl- make a decision on the to followed in the Lusitama as, soon as he had all the mind.

For the present he had nothing to add, he said, to his ment of last Saturday night, was that he was considering earnestly, but very calmly, dlflrigfat "'i- course of action to pursuej'i? that he knew the country expected him to "act with deliberation as well as with firmness." As his audleniw impressed with the belief president was the Lusitania XxwAji the pnAdMlll indicated by his renmrtcs today that meant his epeeoh to he broader thSO single incident and to cover tire subject of foreign relations as as the subject of domestic aoUdant with reference to the allena who bwrt' become naturalised In Chairman Stone of the senate tof eign relations committee. diacUflaM the Lusitania disaster with the pieaiaflllt before the cabinet meeting began, er he said he had no expectcutionk tMt an extra session of congreaa "mula if called. 4, 7f Senator Mone declared Be passage of the government ahtp chase bill which taUed in the laat cW- greaa Such a step, he said, wouiA provide American ships to carry AnMR- lean passengers and goods. He addM that he took it for granted that tfA United States would And means TIO protect its own ships. In some qtuutera the suggestion wm- made that the president forSKQ the usual means of diplomatic correspondence and address a person to ESmperor William.

Germany's disavowal of any fntentlOQ to destroy American Uvea wis lOOkM upon by many offldals as of Germany's desire to maintain (rlwtd. ly relations with the United and as showing her main purpose wag to terrortao Great Brttatai and paralyse trans-Atlantic travel. Queenstown. May a preponerance of testimony today to show that no Amertoan man amone the passengers of the Lusitania COt Into a life until he had thrown into the water. IndlcattoM were that the heavy toU of death among those in the Hrst cahlnKaa due to scarcity of liteboata many Mf4.