The Cushing Independent (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CUSHING INDEPENDENT
' 1
STATE-WIDE
NEWi EVENTS
FOOD ADMINISTRATION TO
MAKE EFFORT TO STOP
EXPORT OF FLOUR
OTHER HEWS OF THE STATE
Little Incident* and Accident# That
Go To Make Up A Week's History
Of A Great Common-
. wealth.
Oklahoma City.—To avert a flour
famine, which may become morp
acute than the present sugar situa-
tion, G. G. Sohlberg, manager of the
milling division ot the. food adminis-
tration for Oklahoma says that it is
necessary to practice the utmost econ-
omy. There is now almost no flour
on hand at the mills here, and only a
small amount in the hands of retailers,
he said. The bakers probably have
enough to last fifteen days, and groc
eries have much less than that.
An effort is being made by the food
administration to get the government
to stop the shipping of wheat from the
atate, Mr. Sohlberg said.
"According to figures we have, there
was about thirty million bushels of
wheat' raised in Oklahoma the past
year," he said. "Of this, 12,000,000
bushel3 have been exported, and from
at least twelve million to fifteen mil-
lion bushels are consumed in the
state. At the present rate of expor-
tation there will be a shortage before
the new crop comes in, and the gov-
ernment is not likely to cause wheat
to be shipped here, as it will all be
needed by states that do not grow
enough for their own use.
"There is a shortage everywhere
and economy is absolutely essential,"
ANOTHER I. W. W. PLOT
Organizer Held At Henryetta For Fo-
menting Labor Trouble*.
Henryetta.—A plot to force the 3,500
•coal miners in this district out on
.strike, directed from I. W. W. head-
quarters in Minneapolis, was bared
here, the police allege, by arrest of
Earl Ebert, 26-years old, I. W. W. or-
ganizer and alleged draft dodger.
A letter carried by Ebert from W.
P. Neff, national secretary of the I.
W. W. ordered Ebert to make every
effort to keep the miners from their
work. Some of them were out on
strike last week for a day, before
John P. White and Fu«l Dictator H
A. Garfield ordered the western strike
postponed until mediation had been
tried again.
Ebert also carried an incriminating
letter from Mrs. William Borken-
hagen of Minneapolis, director of the
field corps of I. W. W. organizers, ac-
cording to the police. He was caught
after he left a train from Kansas City,
while wandering mbout a big ice plant.
In his pockets were found scores of
pictures Of prominent citizens of the
country, and also pictures of W. D
Little, the I. W. W. organizer lynched
recently at Butte. "The martyr" was
Inscribed on the backs of the pictures.
Other photographs of railroad wrecks
wero labelled "our revenge."
U. S. BUYS FROM FARMERS
■Eighty-three Head of Horses and
Mules Purchased for Army.
Watonga—The United States gov-
ernment is trying the feasibility of
buying horses and mules for army
service direct from the farmeru, in
■stea 1 of obtaining the animals through
dealers. Eighty-three head of horses
and mules have just been purchased
here by Captain Swift from the re-
mount station at El Reno. The av
erage price was $140 a head.
Bad Record For Cupid.
Enid.—Court Clerk Joe Porter has
compiled an alphabetical list of all
the divorces granted In Garfield coun
ty since the opening of the Btrip. Tee
number total* 1.594. Sixty-two di-
vorce cases hnve been filed since the
opening of the new civil appearanoe
docket last April, many of which are
yet untried. The divorce cases com-
prise 40 per cent of the court busi-
ness docketed this year. Over seven
thousand five hundred marriage li-
censes have been issued In Garfield
county since the strip opening.
COTTON MONEY BUYS LAND
. i
Mo*t° of Indian Property Goe* T(
Tenant*.
McAlester.-—Cotton money bought
nearly the whole of approximately
$64,000 worth of farming land that wai
■old here last week at the govern-
ment sale. Tenants who had been
farming the land purchased it in more
than half the case*. "They could have
gotten the land twice as cheap last
year," Harry Bryne, government auc-
tioneer, said, "but most of them prob-
ably didn't have any money last year.
War prices on cotton did it."
There were 1,222 tracts sold, one ot
them in Hughes county. The average
price was $10 an acre. Eight of these
were appraised at $2 an acre as timber
land. They brought $7.75 an acre.
Government demand for timber i* re-
sponsible.
The government party declared that
the sale so far in southern Oklahoma
to have been the greatest ever held.
worApproximately $3,000,000 worth of
land has been sold. The success of
the sale marks it as probably the last
one, for nearly every tract offered is
being gold. The only one* which fail-
ed to find buyers here at auction were
tracts where improvements were ap>
praised at prohibitive rates.
LODGE CONGRESS MEETS
e
Fraternal Men Advocate Law Creating
New Holiday.
Oklahoma City.—Members of the
Oklahoma Fraternal Congress, which
held its second annual convention
here last week, instructed their legis-
lative committee to endeavor to have
introduced at the next legislature a
bill making October 27 a state holiday
in celebration of the anniversary of
;he founding of the first fraternal so-
ciety in the United Slates.
Resolutions of confidence In the
course of President Wilson and the
cabinet were passed, and will be tele,
graphed to the president with the of-
fer of the fraternal congress to co-op-
erate In every way possible.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, W. F,
Hearne, Mangum, president and dl«
rector of the Fraternal Aid Union;
vice president, George L. Bowman,
KJngfisher, supreme director of the
Modern Woodmen of America; secre-
ary-treasurer, J. Glenn Pearson, sttae
manager Praetorians, Oklahoma City;
chaplain, Mrs. Louise J. Rittenhouse,
Chandler, district deputy Ben Hur.
110 MORS
PLEAD GUILTY
AT OPENING OF ANTI-DRAFT
W. C. U. TRIALS AT
ARDMORE
LIBERTY. LOAN IS SUCCESSFUL
NEARLY TEN MILLION PEO-
PLE ARE SUBSCRIBERS
Official Fipure* Lacking But Flvs Bil-
lion Maximum Is Safely
Passed.
TWO FIREMEN ARE KILLED
Disastrous Blaze In the Business Di*
trict of Tulsa.
Tulsa, Okla.—Ross Shepherd, 29
years old, and Ben Hanes, 27 years
old members of the Tulsa fire de-
partment, were killed when a portion
of the concrete stairway on the Mayo
building, weakened by seeping water,
fell, burying the men beneath ten feet
of debris. Hanes is survived by a
widow and two infant children. Shep-
herd was not married. Three other
firemen were Injured.
The loss probably will not exceed
the first estimate of $500,000, although
it la apparent it will not drop below
that figure.
Cotton Oil Mill Burned.
Hobart.—Loss estimated at nearly
$100,000 was caused when the seed
nouse and hull house of the Hobart
Cotton Oil mill burfied. The origin of
the fire I* not known. High winds
saved the main mill building from des-
truction and also kept the blaze from
spreading to other parts of the town,
l'he fire department was helpless be-
cause dry weather has exhausted the
town's supply of water. The seed
house contained nearly 400,000 pounds
of seed, worth $70 a ton. Insurance
covers the entire loss.
"Pro-German" Divorce Plea.
Muskogee.—Edward Griesel, a Mus-
«ogeo attorney, has such strong sym-
pathies for Germany that he becomes
angry whenever he reads of German
revei Fes in the war, according to a
hill for divorce filed by his wife in
-district court. Outside of his inclina-
tion to love the Kaiser, Griesel's al-
leged failure to provide for his wife
and stepchild and cruelty are set out
as the main grounds for divorce.
Ear of Corn Starts A Cattle Business
Stillwater.—A few years ago Cecil
Holt, a corn club boy of Hinton, won
$25 as a prize for exhibiting the best
ear of corn in a corn club contest
Cecil spent $5 of the money for a suit
of clothes and $20 for a heifer calf.
Cecil now owns a cow and two heifer
calves, the oldest of which will soon
bilng a calf. The ear of corn Is
growing into a herd of cattle. Inci-
dentally, Cecil hasn't forgotten how
to grow corn, for he took first prize at
the Caddo county fair this fall, accord-
ing to County Agent B. B. Mosteller.
Working Class Union At "Work".
Ada.—That the W. C. U. is becom-
ing active again In Pontotoc county is
the belief of county officials, a a a re-
sult of the burning, one night .last
week, of a barn belonging to Deputy
Sheriff Barland Babb of Stonewall.
The barn was well filled with feed,
and the Iosb is between $3,000 and
$4,000 with no insurance. Mr. Babb
was active in the suppression of the
W. C. U. In August when it was giving
so much trouble in connection with
the draft law.
37 OTHERS ARE DISMISSED
Federal Court Making Quick Work of
Agitator*—Sentence* Will Not
Be Pas*ed Till All
Are Tried.
Ardmore.—When William L. Bene-
field, military captain of the Working
Class Union In Seminole county, en-
tered a plea of guilty on a cnarge of
conspiracy against the United States
In an effort to defeat the enforcement
of the selective draft act, his exam-
ple was followed by 109 other local
leaders of the various locals in the
riot district where trouble occu%ad
•arly In August.
In all, 147 cases were disposed of in
the United States district court, 110
defendant* pleading guilty and thirty'
seven cases being dismissed.
All of those who have entered pleas
of guilty have been released under
their original bonds until Friday, No-
vember 30, when they are to appear
at Muskogee for sentence.
May Draw Twenty Years.
The sentences. In all probability,
will range from the maximum to a
few months in jail, according to the
degree of crimes committed. The
maximum under the espionage act,
which became effective June 15 lust,
is twenty years in prison, a fine of
$10,000 or both fine and imprisonment,
refused to reopen his case. He was
Here Are The Guilty One3.
Those who pleaded guilty are: Wil-
liam L. Benefield, Henry Taylor, Ce
phus Dover, Charles Waters, Albert
Eberly, Spurgeon Estes, A. J. Polk, C.
Clydo Potter, Earl Potter, John Dag-
ley, Arthur Maxwell, Alton Menely,
Jack Carolina, Caesar Dendee, Dal-
ton Pompey, John Barkus, Luther
Grandall, W. G. Gordon, Henry Clutla,
James Neal, T. L. Pender jr., C. A.
Gooden, J. A. Venus, James Pidcock,
Alex Davis, Harry Thomas, Josie Mar-
piyecher, Spoiling ODavis, C. W.
Banta, John P. Baker, R. L. Boles,
Brents, Le, J. B. Majors, J. I. Padegtt,
H. F. Robertson, Henry Thomlinson,
Claude West, T. J. Skaggs, L. A.
Smith, J. N. Blake, Rant B. Lindley,
Charles Johnson, W. H. Innis, J. H.
Brooks, T. H. Hardwick, Albert Aus-
tin, C. C. Brewer, Dave Brewer. M.
L. Brixle, W. E. Crowder, J. D. Doug-
las, W. H. F. Casper, Anthony Eberly,
George Franklin, J. M. Howell, H. H.
Loard, Claude Watson, Alex Zachery,
Anson Tilton, G. W. Elliott, J. R. Wil-
liams, J. D. Updegraff,' P. Updegraff,
John M. Spears, T. SRears, A. L.
Spears, R. C. Boggs, J. M. Haynes,
Sam Spray, Jack Walters, Walter
Spears, A. Wilson, W. H. Lee, Henry
Lee, Wilse Lee, Luther Black, C. L.
Sullivan, S. T. Philot, Ross Sullivan,
Jesse Hulsey, Sr., B. F. Milam, Y/m.
Milam, A. J. Stice, M. D. Eurle, W. h..
CcCalip, D. E. McCalip, Coffey Harjo,
T. B. Loard, II. A. Roper, J. B. Gray,
Curtis Edge, W. H. Maxwell, A. U
Hamilton, Lewis R Ralls, J R. Trout,
J. T. Ice, W. D. Brown, Mark Dover,
Noah Dover, W. L. Sweatman, Jim
Hammett jr., Sam Hardesty, Dee Har-
desty, H. W. Boland, H. M. Harris, S.
P. Montgomery, H. S. Roberts, Colum-
bus Scroggins and Ira Hardy.
Those whose cases were dismissed
upon motion of the district attorney
are: Ed Baxley, H. W. Tally, F. O.
Byerly, J. M. Hollingshead, Waddie
Gibba. Charles March, J. M. Mensley,
W. P Scott, J. B. Potter, M. M. West,
L. Henrick, John Clark, J, J. Benefield,
J. D. Menely, Roy Doolin, W. D Gtw-
er, T. L. Ponder, Sr., L. S. Bowles, O
M. Roberts, Joe Tom Roberts, F. C.
Cloyd Blake, J. W. Hollingshead, W.
E. Reynolds, Jim Hammett, Sr., John
T. Ralls, A. L. Thompson, David Har-
jo, Alex Harjo, Henry Stice, Virgil
May, Tom Milam, N. S. Moore, John
Marsh, Roy Pogue, Tom G. Welch,
Tom Morrison and H. A. Updegraff.
Washington.—Germany's plans to
celebrate the failure of the second Lib-
erty loan have been Indefinitely post-
poned. The million dollars provided
by the Teutonic government to adver-
tise in South American countries the
refusal of the people of the United
States to support the war will be di-
verted to other purposes.
The" huge maximum of Ive billion
dollars, set by the treasury depart-
ment as thehighest amount that pos-
sibly could be attained In a four
weeks' campaign, not only has been
reached, but exceeded, probably by
several hundred million.
The number of subscribers, officials
estimated, will be at least eight mil-
lion, and may go as high as ten mil-
lion.
Each of the twelve district appear-
ed to have passed its minimum ana
indications were that most of them
had exceeded the maximum, as well.
The treasury's compilation by dis-
tricts follows: .
Boston $ 500,000,000
New York 1,500,000,000
Philadelphia 425,000,000
Cleveland 450,000,000
Richmond 180,000,000
Atlanta 100,000.0(10
Chicago 550,000,000
St. Louis 200,000,000
Minneapolis __ 130,000,000
Kansas City 160,000.00
Dallas 85,000,000
San Francisco 275,000.000
NEAR COLLAPSE
ALLIES RECEIVE SERIOUS
SET BACK IN TERRIBLE
DRIVE BY GERMANS
Don't put on the roof ui
100,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Gorizia Again Pa**e* To the Control
of the'Hun and Italian* are
Driven from Austrian
Soil.
German-Amerloan M'ust Serve.
Muskogee.—Clarence Diets, local
musician of German extraction, who
has been fighting for exemption from
the national army, has lost his fight,
the district exemption board having
refuset to reopen his case. He was
represented at the hearing by Dr. J.
H. Stopler, who was at one time prom-
inent as "state defender" for Kate
Barnard, and Dr. O. C. Klass, a local
physician who admitted on question-
ing by members of the board, that he
is of German descent.
Ardmore Crowd Also Plead Guilty.
Ardmore.—In a brief session here
of the federal court, the following
antl-drafters withdrew their former
pleas of not guilty and entered pleas
of guilty: Price Street, Sam Scrog-
gins, H. D. Edwards, Neely Adams, J.
D. Allen, Jesse Mathls, Price R.
Thompson and Ben Offutt.
Indictments against the following
were dismissed: Webb Brooking,
Barney Ross, Homer Long, Alex. Har-
jo, F. Cloyd Blake, H. A. Updegraff
and J. J. Benefield. indictments in
two cases against Ross and Long
were dismissed.
The additional pleas of guilty raise
the total number to be sentenced now
to 118.
HERE IS ANOTHER ENEMY
Brazil Finally Wearies of the Atro-
cities of the Hun.
Rio Janeiro.—Germany's eighteenth
enemy has entered the field against
her.
The chamher of deputies and the
senate passed a bill declaring a state
of war exists against Germany. Des-
troyers already have proceeded to Ba-
hia and taken possession of the Ger-
man gunboat Eber, which have been
lying there for some time.
The vote in the chamber was 149 to
1 and in the senate it was unanimous.
The tribunes of the chamber were
filled to capacity. After a debate on
the opportuneness of proclaiming mar-
tial law, the president of the diplo-
matic commission spoke in favor of a
law worded as follows:
"A state of war between Brazil and
Germany is hereby acknowledged and
proclaimed. The president of the re-
public is authorized to adopt tlie i/.ens-
ure enunciated In his message of Oc-
tober 25 and to take all steps tending
to endure national defense and public
security."
The virtually unanimous vote <5f the
deputies was roceived with general
acclaim.
Berlin.—Capture of 100,000 Italians
and more than 700 guns is reported in
the official communication from gen-
eral headquarter* which declares that
the Italian second and third armies
are in retreat.
The Austrlans and Germans have
forced their way through the moun-
tains to the plains of northern Italy,
capturing the town of Civldale. The
city of Gorizia, on the Isonzo, also
has been captured.
Retreat Without Fighting.
Rome.—Units of the Italian army
surrendered or retreated without re-
sistance, permitting the Austro-Ger-
man forces to break the Italian left
wing on the Julian front and Invade
Italy, says the official report. The
Italians now are retreating in accord'
ance with the plan prepared.
It is poor economy to
6ave money by substitut-
ing something inferior,
but wouldn't you like to
6ave on cost if you could
?et something better ?
ou can get a better roof
for less money if you put
on
Certain-teed
Roofing
Same Fate As Roumanla.
Amsterdam.—The battle on the
Isonzo evokes shouts of triumph In
the German and Austrian press, par-
ticularly the latter. According to a
dispatch from Vienna, the Fruemden-
blatt goes so far as to declare that
Italy will go the same way as Rou-
mania, Serbia and Russia, paying "a
terrible price "for the guilt of her un-
scrupulous, treacherous and rapacious
atatesmen."
The Neuswiener Tagblatt talks of
>;he "sudden destruction of the en-
tente's last hope on European battle*
•lelds."
Four Time* a* Large.
London.—It Is estimated in an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Rome
that the Italians are opposed on the j
front of the Austro-German attack by
forces four times their number.
THE SUBS
London.—An increase in the loss ot
British merchantmen through mints
or submarines is noted in the admi-
ralty report for last week. Seventeen
vessels of more than 1,600 tons and
eight of less than 1,600 tons were
sunk.
Over
Under
1,500
1,600 Smaller
Week-
T on*
Tons
Craft
First
.. 14
9
9
13
4
3
8
21
1.9
7
10
Fifth
.. 18
13
6
2
6
9
12
Eighth
.. 40
15
9
Ninth
..38
13
8
Tenth
. 24
22
16
Eleevnth
.18
5
3
. 18
.5
3
1
2
15
3
5
Fifteenth
,. . 15
3
5
Sixteenth
...37
r.
0
Seventeenth ...
,. . 21
7
0
Eighteenth ....
... 15
5
• 11
Nineteenth
..14
3
7
4
8
Twenty-first ...
..21
3
1
Twenty-second
. . 18
3
0
Twenty-third
.. 21
2
0
Twenty-fourth
.. 14
2
3
3
2
Twenty-sixth
. .. 18
5
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Twenty-6eventh
.. 20
3
0
Twenty-eighth
..12
6
4
1 Tvlfcnty-ninth
. . 8
20
1
1 Thirtieth
, . 11
2
2
Thirty-first
. . 11
2
2
Thirtv-second ..
. . 14
2
3
12
6
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Thirty-fourth
. 17
8
614
217
156
Deputy Sheriff Murdered.
Miami.—W. H. Corder, a deputy
sheriff of Ottawa county, Is dead and
Douglas Jones, a merchant of Picher,
Is held in the county jail on a charge
of murder as result of a shooting
which occurred In Jones' store at Pi-
cher Deputy Corder had Just entered
Jones' store when the latter opened
fire on him. Corder fell back mortal-
ly wounded and did not live long
enough to make a statement. The
shoot'ng was the result of a long
standing personal quarrel. Jones, It
1* understood, will plead self-defense-
One More Out of Danger,
Mankato, Minn.—A. L. Sugarman, a
prominent St. Paul socialist, was
found guilty of an Indictment charg-
ing "seditious remarks tending to
cause treason." The remarks were
made in regard to the draft. He was
sentenced to serve three years in Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary.
No Sedalla Drouth.
Sedalla, Mo.—Prohibition was de-
feated in a local option election here,
the w-ts having a majority of 743 out
of * total vote of over 4,000.
American Troop* In the Trenches.
Washington.—The nation was thrill-
ed by word that American troops at
last are face to face with the Ger-
mans across No Man's Land. An-
nouncement by General Pershing that
several battalions of his Infantry were
In the front line trenches, supported
by American batteries which already
had gone into action against tlje en-
emy, fanned a new flame of patriotism
throughout the country.
The absolute silence with which
Secretary Baker and war department
officials greeted the news, however,
showed, that, although the movement
into the trenches had been expected
at any time, it was regarded only as
the final phase of the men's training
—a military finishing school conduct-
ed under fire—a school of blood and
iron. German shells are breaking
about the Americans and, although
they have not taken over the trench
sector, rifles and machine guns, bombs
and bayonetB in Amerian hands will
greet any enemy attack.
French Only Eight Miles From Laon
The French forces in the Aisne re
gion continue to develop their success
where they made a rapid advance ovei
a front of about six miles, capturing
Important German positions and thou
sands of prisoners.
Folowlng up minor successes, the
French again attacked along the en-
tire line forcing the Germans to
abandon Monkey mountain east of
Vauxaillon, the village and forest of
Plnon, the village of Pargny-Filain, on
the extreme east of the line, and nu-
merous fortified farms and other
points of vantage.
The latest drive of the French
brings General Petaln's army within
sigh! of the Important railway junc-
tion of Laon, the objective sought for,
which now is a scant eight miles dis-
tant Larpe quantities of war stores
w*-re abandoned by the enemy In their
retreat nnd additional guns and pris-
oner- taken since the drive began now
exceeds 12,000. more than 200 of
whom are officers.
German* Prepare New Line.
The Hermans, under pressure of the
French victory on the Alsne, may en-
deavor to effect a general retirement
to a new Hindenburg line within the
rear of their present positions. Va-
rious hints from German sources ol
late have indicated that the German
i xperts, recognizing the menace, par*
ticularly to the exposed salient south*
wept of Laon, were preparing a new
fortified line somewhere between
Laor and their former front, to which
they expected to effect an orderly re-
tirement akin to their spring with,
drawal, as soon as the menace became
pressing.
Before its merits were recog-
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as a more or less temporary roof
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I has demonstrated that it is not I
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It is economical t% buy, inex-
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retardent and weath .'Might.
It is now used as the preferable
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factories, hotels, stores, ware-
houses, garages, farm buildings,
etc., where durability ia de-
manded. CERTAIN-TEED
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years, according to thickness (1,
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Certain-teed
Paints and Varnishes
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colors. With paint,
as with roofing
the name CER-
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satisfaction.
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HOW HE SAW THE BALL GAME
Man Carted Dry Good* Box and Brasa
Kettle to Ground* to Prevent
Repetition of Injuries.
"I nm n cautious man," said Mr.
Slowboy, "nnd rarely place myself In
danger without taking great precau-
tions," and he lifted oat of his wagon
n dry goods box and a brass kettle.
"I came out here to see a match three
weeks ago," the old man explained,
"nrid during the game a red-hot ball,
right from the but, struck me like a
cannon shot between the eyes, bent
my spectacles down, broke both glass,
es, disarranged my ideas, obstructed
my view of the game and knocked me
down. Then the catcher nnd short-
stop ran together and stood on me.
nnd jumped to catch the boll, and
when they came down they both
kicked me for getting In the way and
innking them miss the bail. And now
I have brought along this dry goods
box to sit in and this brass kettle to
wear on my head."
And, placidly, safely, but a little
warm withal, he saw the game clear
through. — Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
Doctor* Ralae Fees.
Doctors' fc-es are to be raised la
London. Medical men In various dis-
tricts have come to a common agree-
ment, and the result that patlenta are
being asked to pay more. Twenty-five
per cent Increase U the average.
U-Boata Got Only Four Italian Ships.
Rome—Italian shipping losses at
the hands of submarines during the
week ending October 20, on all seas
were three steamers of more than
1,600 tons and one steamer under
1,600 tons. One steamer was attacked
but escaped.
One French Ship 8unk.
Paris.—Only one French vessel
was sunk by a submarine or mine dur-
ing the week ending October 21. The
vessel lost measured under 1,600 tons.
Four vessels were attacked unsuccess-
fully by submarines.
Serious Lor* To German Navy.
Petrograd.—Two German dread-
naughts, one .cruiser, twelve torpedo
boats and one transport were put oul
of action by the Russians In the fight'
ing around the Islands In the Gulf o(
Iliga last week, but their ultimate fat«
is unknown, says an official state-
ment issued tonight by the Russian
admiralty. It has been established
that at least six German torpedo boati
were sunk In the fighting. The Rus
sians lost the battleship Slava and s
large torpedo boat.
There's
Superior
Flavor
To
POSTUM
as a table beverage.
A package from
the grocer is well
worth a trial, in place
of coffee—especially
When Coffee Disagrees11
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