The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 2 of 6
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the clipper, hennessey, oklahoma.
TIDE OF BATTLE UNCHANGED
Allies aiul tiermaiiN Stnurirlc Without IN'st Along
French and Belgian Channel Coast—(ierinans
ltcnew Vigor of Attack on Line From
Ostein! to Itclfort.
SLAVIC VICTORY
Austro-German Army Forced to
Retreat From Warsaw. Po-
land. Reports Say. but
Fight is Stubborn.
FOOD FOR BELGIANS
American Relief Committee
Materials to Feed Starving Mil
lions In Little Kingdom—
Other Countries Help.
0
According to trustworthy accounts
fresh troops brought up by the Ger-
mans have enabled them to deliver
attacks willi Increased vigor on the
1 French right wing in Eastern Franco,
i where the battle has been of a ding-
dong character, with alternate gains
and losses.
Russians Victorious.
In the present battle on the River
Vistula, from Warsaw south to the
River I'ilica, the Russians have scored
an important victory in driving the
Germans back and have captured
many prisoners, besides guns and am-
! munition. llut the defeated army,
| when it gets back to its selected posl-
Gets tion, can entrench and start another
i siege battle such as that which oc-
; curred on the River Aisne, in France.
Southward of the I'ilica the Germans
still hold the River Vistula except in
■ front of the fortress at Ivangorod,
i where they were driven back by at-
I tacks from that stronghold.
Austrians Active.
Tlie Austrian army, which was so
I often described as routed and de
(,Summary of Events.')
The Germans have undertaken
n general offensive movement
0 ,. , • f .1 I Cinfll Ut'OCIIUCU un (ill«■
along the line extending from the j H(royp(1 in ,he imtties of Galicia, has
mouth of the River i ner on the Hprung jnto life again and is attacking
North Sea, to the River Metise, tjlp |{llsH|un left wing. The Austrians,
and while they have compelled | however, apparently have found an
the Allies to give ground in twine
places, they themselves have lost
positions in others.
Generally, however, there is little or
no change In the situation, the line?
swinging and swaying as they have
done for weeks. Although it is now
Just two months since the Allies con-
centrated on the Franco-Belgian fron-
tier to oppose the German advance,
and the invaders have been almost to
I'aris and back In the interval, no tie-1, ,ir(, fiir )(,sa ti,an half the strength
l and the feeding of the millions a* pe.
sons remaining in Belgium, whose in
I dustries are paralyzed.
London's streets and parks are full
of Belgian oflleers and soldier*, soirn
of whom have been wounded. Others
among them became separated from
their commands and joined the exodus
of refugees. The lleiglan legation has
issued instructions to all the able
bodied tuen to rejoin the army.
The principal Hrussels newspaper,
the Independence Beige, has begun
publication in London- itv editor says
that the Belgians fleeing from their
country will never return If it remains
under German rule, and that a large
proportion of the exiles are looking
forward to making their homes in the
United States when they can obtain
funds to go there.
Women and Babies Starve.
The food situation in llelgium is be-
coming absolutely critical. Already
more than half a million persons are
being assisted by means of bread lines,
according to the American commit-
tee's report, there being more than
three hundred thousand of these per-
sons in Brussels alone. The supply of
ood for these bread stations, it is es-
timated. will not last more than a
week longer. It is expected that the
.number of persons requiring relief
will increase to a million within a
month.
The committee has been advised by
Brand Wliitlock, American minister to
llelgium, that there are seven million
people facing starvation in llelgium,
and the country imports 60 per cent
of its food. Imports have ceased en
tirely, and the country has been de-
nuded of its accumulated crops.
Food for Belgians.
The American commission for Bel-
gian relief lias received from the Bel
gian minister in Ixindon one-half mil-
lion dollars taken from the Belgian re
Impenetrable barrier at the lilver San,
north of Paroslau.
German Losses Heavy.
The defeat of the Germans in \\'<-st [ u,.f funds entrusted to the minister,
ern Poland attains the dimensions "f | The commission is now purchasing
a rout, official reports from petrograil | fll(><| (in,j duplies with this money,
say The German losses have been Seyen tll0U3and rr„Ken sheep c...
so gigantic that now two great armies trllnited ]>y Australian colonies,
that have been operating as the P' > „ow on llie way to |.<m,ion. will bo
oipal attacking force against Warsaw ,rnn8ferred to the American commis
are merged in disorder and numerical s.on nmi WaU(,r n,ne8 ha„
clsive battle has been fought. Neither
side has destroyed or even partly de-
stroyed an army. Even the Belgian
army escaped almost intact after that
country was overrun by the Germans.
With Fury and Tenacity.
The battles on land are being con
tested with a fury and tenacity which
would Indicate that strategic import
ance is being attached to the posi
tions held by the opposing armies
When a town Is reached, street light
1ng generally develops. One side ] pioded. nearly every one falling and
to lose it ;
! turned over to it $30,000 received from
The coup which brought about the | i{0|,ert He Forest. The Belgian min-
disaster was accomplished by Russian ist(,r hus m)tii|pd the commission that
cavalry, which, more than one hun shipment of suplies from the
dred thousand strong, by forced |ti-ooKlyu women's war relief commit-
marches through the barren wastes : t(jp an(i .,|so )Il() funds raised in the
toward Thorn, managed to get past j i nited States will be entrusted to the
the German line, which was composed : c,)mmission when it arrives
or Saxon and Hanovarian troops. For
three days the Germans tried to'steni
the move, but were unable to do of- ,
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
- Oct. 25— Tonkawa ve. A. & M., Still-
Oct. 26—Baylor U. vs. A. & M . Still-
water. .. _
Oct. 30—Ark U. vs. A. & M.. t Nor-
man.
Nov. 3—Indian land «ale. McAlester.
Nov, 4—-Indian lam! sale. Wilburton.
Nov. 6—Indian land hal^. Poteau.
Nov. 6—U. V. vs. A. & M.. Norman.
Nov. 9—Indian land sale, Hugo
Nov. 26—Colorado Aggie vs. A. & M
Oklahoma Citj ,, .
Nov. 30-Dec. 5—Oklahoma State l oui-
tr.v Federation, Muskogee.
Dec. 10-1"—Poultry Show, Sulphur.
Dec. 14-19— North Central Oklahoma
Poultry Association. Perry.
Dec. 14-20—Ti'iman County Poultry As-
sociation. Frederick.
Dec. 15-20— Soutnwestern Oklahoma
Poultry Association. Hobart.
Dec. 16-19—Mountain View Poultry As-
sociation. Mountain View.
.Ian. 4-9—Big Center Poultry Associa-
tion. Enid.
Jan 5-8—Elk Cltv rnultrv Association,
Elk City.
Feb. 2-6— Dogan County Poultry Asso-
ciation, Guthrie.
April, 1915—Southern Commercial Con-
gress. Muskogee.
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS NOTES
Ellis County Officials Scored.
Officials of Ellis county are severely
criticised for "their utter disregard
lor official duties" in a report of an in-
vestigation of the administration of
county government in that county,
which was filed with Governor Lee
Cruce by State Examiner and Inspec-
tor Fred Parkinson.
Alleged practice of some of the coun-
ty officials in absenting themselves
from their offices, and permitting their
official work to be carried in a
"careless" manner by assistants, or
deputies is given as the ground for
the criticism.
While the investigation was in prog-
ress, the examiners say, "day after
day passed with superior officers ab-
sent. leaving their work to be done by
others." Ouster proceedings against
the officials is recommended by the re-
port unless the alleged practice be dis-
continued.
The action of the officials in staying
away from their office, the report says,
demonstrates that by giving personal
attention to their public duties they
could dismiss their deputies, or assist-
ants which would result in a substan-
tial saving to the county."
An abundance of clerical errors due
to "carelessness," and which have re-
Milted in financial loss to the taxpay-
ers, it is said, were found in official
records of several officials.
To Compile Report on State Schools.
Information blanks are now being
mailed out from the office of State
Superintendent R. II. Wilson to all
parochial and private school:* 'n the
state asking for certain facts concern
Ing the schools. The information col- j the city, an attempt will be made to
lected will be incorporated jln the i oust the company
Yale challenges all other Oklahoma
towns to a "cleanest city" contest.
W. H. Ballard has resigned as dis
trict clerk of Delaware county to ac
cept the position of deputy state in
spector.
Three thousand five hundred and
eighty bales of cotton had been gin
ned this season in Harmon county
prior to October 16
Pending the removal of the Dela
ware county jail from drove to Jay,
the four prisoners who were being
held in the jail were quartered at
Vinita.
Notice has been given by the local
city council to the Wilburton Water
and Power company, that unless a
better grade of water can be furnished
Male Children a Poor Second With
Those Who Would Become
Foster Parents.
"The French are receiving in their
homes refugees from Relgluin and
northern France. The Germans are
doing the same as regards the refu-
gees from oriental Prussia."
The speaker was a returned tourist.
He went on:
"Many French and German house-
holds have neither room enough nor
means enough to take in a whole fam-
ily They must confine themselves to
one child. Well, they invariably bid
then for a little girl. They never want
a boy.
"I have seen in my travels several
hundred of these offers to take in
children—and every blessed offer was
for girls. What is the cause of this*
The cause must evidently be that
girls are better behaved, more amiable
and nicer all around than boys.
"The war, besides teaching me ge-
ography, has taught me that female
children stand miles higher in popular
esteem than male children. What's
the trouble with us males? We'd bet-
ter look to ourselves."
No Excuse.
Representative Bacon of Georgia
was condemning in a Maeon club the
German general staff for Its anti-
quated close formation in attack, a
formation which costs the German
army thousands of lives.
"Close formation." he said, "was
excellent in Napoleon's day, but with
our modern machine guns, shooting
myriads of bullets a minute, it is a
useless, it is a cruel waste of life."
"But," said a German-American,
"we've got so many men. you know,
congressman—we've got so many, we
can afford to—er—er—to lose—"
"My friend," Mr. Bacon interrupted,
"would you excuse your cook for serv
ing you watery soup because ther
had been a rainy season?"
Hardly any of their great shells ex
pioded. nearly every one falling and j
imbedding itself deeply in the soft.!1
gains an advantage only
when the other side brings up re-
enforcements.
Heavy Rains Along Coa6t.
Torrential rains have been falling
recently near the scene of the coast
fightiug, making the flat country a
sea of mud, and this, with the net-
work of canals, makes the movement
of German guns extremely difficult.
The Germans, however, are still
bringing up re-enforcements, a men-
Bage from Amsterdam Baying that fortificatlonp
troops are steadily moving westward ,
between Weterend and Tt rmonde to-1
It was
biennial report of the department of
education for the past two fiscal years.
The questions asked are:
Name of school, location, number of
pupils enrolled, niimber of graduates,
number of teachers employed, num-
ber of years of common school work,
and of high school work; number of
buildings owned by the school: num-
ber of acres in the campus; value of
buildings, land and equipment and
the name and address of the presi-
dent or superintendent.
McC'ellsnd Standing Pat.
"So long as 1 am state auditor the
claims will never be approved," said
State Auditor Joe McClelland in re-
ply to the statement made several
days ago by State Superintendent K.
Italy and Greece Near War.
Anarchy exists at Avlona. Albania.
Italians Land in Albania.
A company of Italian marines have
, I, ...id, hi* runs I landed at Avlona, Albania. The Ital-
fective work with their nig guus. , • .
• •• lan Forty-seventh infantry, stationed
at Lacoa, is said to be ready to em-
bark for Avlona. it is stated that
. ,. telephonic communication with otlier
marshy soil without firing £ (jf ^ ^ Bevered |n
Wrecking Cattaro Fort, (mler (() prevent lhe s,,rea(1 of the
A dispatch from Cetinje says that I H of thp landlnK.
the nine forts about the Hay of Cat
taro, in l>alniatia, are being hit con-
stantly by shells from the new French
guns which have been placed on Mount according to the newspaper Olornale
U.veen, and are gradually being do d ltalia. owing to the struggle between
stroyed. Only one fort attempted to l the Christians and the Mussulmans. A
replv The Anglo-French fleet con [ famine also adds to the difficulties of
tlnues a successful bombardment of I the situation. The Ciornale d'ltalia
I says that so-called "Kpirote battal-
. j ians," which it says are Creek troops
Belgians a Home e.. People , fts irreRuIar8i ar, gradually
-ward the French frontier. It was J lhe population of llelgium ste t . > nit)blinK at the territory a ron fid Av
added that the men were of all ages Is becoming w hat u I-rench wnter|iona totally ignoring the decisions of
and were accompanied by heavy guns, terms a nation of exile. ^ conference of London concerning
supposedly for Ostend. I The burden of this tragedy is tailing ()ie Albanian frontier.
German Attack Severe. lupon Great Britain. Holland and Heavy Guns at Tsing-Tau.
The German attack lias been par i>ranee. Between three hundred xhe Japanese naval general staff an-
tlcularly severe in the West, where sand and four hundred thousand Mel- |h.u U)e marjne hpayy art„.
their right wing, strongly re-enforced | gians u,y corps is engaged in the .mack ] pleaded guilty to horse stealing In the
War Snatches.
Simeon Ford, the humorist of New
York, said the other day:
"We are a nation of humorists
We extract humor even out ot war
As I walked down Broadway the other
morning I overheard scraps of tall;
like these:
" "The missionaries have been look-
ing for heathens in the wrong coun-
tries.'
' 'What's the matter with the lato
Rudyard Kipling resurrecting himself
and giving us a new war songT
" 'Carnegie's peace palace? The
Preparations are being made by the ^a|ser has turned it IntD a fort.'"
Owing to a drop In the price of
zinc, occasioned by the Kuropean war,
officials of the I.anvon-Starr Smelting
Company, located at Bartlesville, an-
nounce that the mill will be operated
at only cne-half capacity,
S. B. Sykes. who while assistant
postmaster at Oglesby. Dewey county,
was arrested by government officers
and charged with making fraudulent
entries in his books, is being held for
trial in the federal court at Chickasha.
Bartlesville lodge of Knights of Py-
thias to entertain the erand lodge i Particular.
which convenes there November !>, a prisoner in one of the Irish police
for a two days' session. Classes from j courts the other day was asked his ce-
ll. Wilson to the effect that the state I Copan and Pawhuska, Dewey and | cupation. He mentioned several call
board of education, at Its November Hartlesville will be initiated during] 'n*s that he followed from time to
meeting would make an effort to se- (jie evening of the second day.
cure Auditor McClelland's approval to
Instead of prescribing death by elec-
trocution as provided by law, Judge
Summers Hardy in the district court
the salary claims of six teachers and
professors of the state unlversltv at
Norman, who are now on leave of ab-
sence. The claims have been turned < Hugo sentenced John Beckston to
down by the auditor.
Superintendent Wilson and the
hoard of education contend that inas.
much as the state pays only half sal-
ary to those who take tlie places of
the teachers and professors who are
granted a leave of absence, the state
| loses nothing In the operation.
I Gets Five Years For Horse Theft.
| George Davis, a Wichita tough.
by fresh troops, is attempting an ad
vance against the
holding the Allies' extreme
Belgians who are ; into France, while more than one
hun l'on Tsing-Tau, and that a part of the j district court here and was sentenced
hang in the sourthouse yard there No
vember 22. for the murder of Sloan
Pool in 1913. The supreme court re-
cently affirmed the conviction.
Six cotton pickers planned a joke
on two of their mates at Haworth. As
the result Kieharil Hose. 22 years old.
was killed. The six men were hiding
in an attic preparatory to j laying the
joke. One of them moved and Shel
don White, who was b'low, fired fivr-
shots above his head, believing he had
"And among other things," inquired
the prosecuting lawyer, "do you pick
pockets?"
"No," he retorted: "I don't pick
them; I just take them as they come
A Short Run.
Blibson—I understand the manage-
ment only had a short run with their
new play
Gibson—Yes, the audience only fol-
lowed them to the city limits.
M This 1 dred thousand have arrived on Knglish ; Japanese Meet is keeping watch on ,0 five years in the state penitentiary (,ieard „ rat Hose was killed.
ien. I ins | warships hovering about cvnnir Mnthpws Hp was
noiuniK int. /\itit-B *.aii«iih < .« u" tiii (>np!uv s wars
left rests on the coast and is support shores and thousands are coiitinui gj
ed by English and French warships | to pour across the Knglish hanne
The Boer Revolt Broken.
In South Africa, the rebellion of
Colonel Maritz against the British, has
been virtually broken up. Another lot
of officers and men have been cap-
they have I modern Kuropean history, the ques- ; tured, w hile others have surrendered
tion of today Is the rare of the exiles voluntarily to the African authorities.
and by Anglo-French troops, which I daily.
form a front extending from a point | While their eventual reparation or
somewhere In the vicinity of Dlxmude, i absorption into the populations of
southward to I.a Basse Canal. Both j other countries looms on the horizon
sides claim successes, but the FYencli | as one of the greatest problems in
alone admit that in places
been compelled to fall hack
by Judge Frank Mathews. He was
the first man sentenced for fist of-
fense in Oklahoma county since the
1912 state legislature « nacted a meas-
ure raisins the minimum penalty for
theft of domestic animals from one
year to five years in prison. Davis
stole a horse and rig belonging to
a farmer at Edmond. September 1,
while fleeiim from officers.
MOST IMPORTANT OF THE TSING TAU FORTS
Situated on the high hill at the right of the photograph Is the most Important of the German forts at
Tsing Tau. China It Is also a signal station Tho entire hill is covered with Intricate entrenchment* and the
emplacements for bin guns are clev erly concealed.
70 WARSHIPS OF ALLIES
SEARCH SEAS F0H ENEMY
I>ondon.—More than seventy war-
ships are hunting the eight or nine
German cruisers at largo in tho At-
lantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, seek
Ins to destroy tlieni, according to a
statement Issued by the admiralty,
outlining tho steps that arn being
taken to protect commerce The hunt-
ed cruise! s Include the Kmden, which,
so far, has sunk or captured twenty
British vessels in the Indian ocean,
and the Karlsruhe, which lias taken
thirteen British ships in the Atlantic.
The statement says:
"Searching for these vessels and
working In concert under various
commanders-in-chief aro approximate-
ly seventy British, Australian, .tapan
ese, French and liussiun cruisers, not
including auxiliary cruisers. Among
these nro a number of the fastest Brit-
ish cruisers.
"The vast expanses of seas and
oceans and the many thousands of Is-
lands offer alimisi indniie choice of
movement to the enemy's ships. In
spite of every effort to cut off their
i coal supply, it has hitherto been main-
| tained by one means or another. In
(the face of increasing difficulty the
' discovery and destruction of these few
I enemy cruisers therefore is largely a
matter of time, patience and good
i luck. Tho public should have confi-
tence that the commanders In chief
' and the experienced captains serving
I under them are doing all that is pos
! sible and taking the best steps to
bring the enemy to action."
Judgment Against Railroad Reversed.
A judgment for $14,500 damage-,
against the Frisco which was awarded
to Mrs. Harriet Alma Bell for the I
death of her husband, who was killed
on the right-of-way of the road near
Oklahoma Cltv in 1010, is reversed iu :
an opinion given by Judge .1 ■ ohn B. i
Harrisn in supr(v.ne court oomm s :
sion .division Mo. 2. Bell was killed j
in Oklahoma County when an automo- j
bile in which he was ridina: toppled
over an embankment and fell into a
hole washed out by water flowing
through a culvert under tlie roadbed.
No Laws Against Roping Contests.
There is no law on the statute boo!:s
of Oklahoma which prohibits the
holding of roping contests. This be-
came known following an investiga-
tion which resulted from the receipt of
a letter at the govoernor' otllce, call
inn attention to a roping contest which
hr.s been advertised to be held at Choi
sea. The only way that a roptm; con
test can legally be stopped, it is said,
Is when all effort Is made to hold them
on Sundays.
Progress On New Capitol.
Excavating for the funda; oil for the
state c a pi to I building, except what can
be dene by hand with pick and shovel
was completed last week. The big ma-
chine, draw n by seventeen hors.-s and
operated by half n dozen men, which
has been used on the work since the
digging Orst began, was removed from
the grounds to a blacksmith shop to
undergo repairs Tlie digging that now
remains to bo done will be confined
almost entirely to bringing the ground
' Into shape to receive the nine loot c
I nient foundation.
At a meeting of the Board of Direct
ors of the Uncle Sa mOil Company
it was decided to move the paratline
wax plant from its present location at
Atchison, Kan . and while no point
was fully decided upon, Tulsa was
favored. The plant is said to be ont
of the largest in th<- southwest and
to have cost originally $150,000.
Two wealthy Indians, Tom Godfrey
and Monroe Murray, wore married at
Bartlesville by J. A Griffiths a reg-
ister of deeds and retired minister to
two young Indian brides, Miss Anna
Strikeaxe and Miss Arkie Delonas.
Both the young men and young women
are owners of large oil interests.
A warehouse for the storing of cot-
ton will be erected in Anadarko as
the result of the organization of the
Caddo County Warehouse Association.
Within a few hours a sntiieient num-
ber of subscribers for stock In the as-
sociation was obtained to enable the
association to plan for the immediate
erection of a * arehot'so which will
have a capacity of i.OOO bales.
The laying of the corner store of the
tirsl V M i A building ever erected
in the state of Oklahoma w ill occur in
Tulsa, Sunday. October 25. The au-
thorities of the association of Tulsa
have arranged to have the ceremonies
conducted by the Masonic order. Wil-
liam I'. Freeman, grand master and
William M Anderson, grand secretary
of the Masonic order of Oklahoma have
already e< risen ted to he present on the
occasion.
And one good action is worth mora
than a hundred good intentions.
Cold may be the key to society but
poverty is the strongest bar.
Many a harmless looking bottle con-
tains a lot of fish stories.
Pools who keep their mouths shut
may pass for wise men.
Many a woman's imagination makes
her an invalid.
Federal lodi:, .Iomii II t otternl Is
led -'ii ord.-r d rietiin that general
f'ltors of the Times Publishing
Oklahoma City he no:i
a ble in Oklahoma City
rtijng, November 3, at
a linn! N- iiing of claim.
'I inn s t ompan> will ht
Coe.ipHnj o
fie,] to lis*
Vonduy ni
which ti ie
acttlnst the
held.
Contest proceedings by 11. II Rniilh
of Shawnee Involving the democrat
io nomination for congressman from
the fourth district, which has been
awarded to William II Murray. wor
dismissed b\ the supreme court.
Tone Up!
Not Drugs—
Food Does It
—wholesome, appetizing
food that puts life and
vigor into one, but doesn't
clog the system.
Such a food is
Grape Nuts
The entire nutrition of
wheat and barley, in-
cluding the vital mineral
salts—phosphate of pot-
ash, etc.—
Long baked, easily
digested, ready to eat; an
ideal food with cream or
milk, and fine in many
combinations.
"There's a Reason"
for
Grape-Nuts
— sold by Grocers.
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