The Hitchcock Clarion. (Hitchcock, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1917 Page: 6 of 8
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THI HITCHCOCK CLARION
IN ALL LANDS
C0NCI8E REVIEW
OF WEEK'S NEW8
War Newf.
Throe hoi*tile raid* attempted by
l he Gentum* on Ilia Somme front were
beaten off. The local operation* car-
ried out by u* northeiiHt' of (Suede-
court were auecexaful. We occupied
Home five hundred yard* of u hostile
trench and captured a machine gun
and seventy prisoners, including two
officers, a Urltlsh report says.
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The British, on a front of (S!jO yards,
have captured Turkish positions to a
depth of four hundred yards at the
Junction of the ilai and Tigris rivers,
near Kut el-Amara, and inflicted
heavy disunities on the Ottomans.
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At midnight recently the Urltlsh at-
tacked tho Gorman positions north of
the Ancrp on tho French front. Tho
official report says they succeeded in
entering advanced trenches near tjie
bank of the river. Attacks north of
lleaucourt failed.
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Determined efforts wore made by
the Gentians to storm Russian de-
fenses in the north, near the Rign're-
gion. The official report says that,
notwithstanding repeated attacks,
these efforts failed.
4* 4* 4*
The semi-official Cologne Gnzotte
declares that an adverse American re-
ply to Germany’s submarine notifica-
tion will not change Germany's inten-
tion. "We cannot for a second time,’’
says the newspaper, "have any consid-
eration for alien interests. Our honor
and existence are too greatly threat-
ened by the new war declared by the
Entente.”
+ + +
M. Geurnier, president of the mer-
chant marine committee of the French
chamber, has advanced the proposal
that the anniversary of the torpedoing
of the Cunard line steamer Lusitania
be declared a legal commemoration
day and observed annually by vessels
throughout the world hulf-mnstiug
their flags for victims of German sub-
marines.
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Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg
and other ministers attended an im-
portant meeting of the ways and
means committee of the Reichstag, at
which the entire war situation was
gone over and new steps planned by
the Central Powers were considered.
The chancellor optfied the sitting with
a speech of which the keynote words
were: “We have been challenged to
fight to the end. We accept the chal
lenge; we stake everything and we
shall be victorious."
4* 4* +
The eyes of Great Britain and all
Europe are focused on Washington.
It is recognized that the situation
whether the United States finally will
be drawn into the European war is be-
ing decided there. Not only the policy
of the United States, but of the neu-
tral European nations also is being
largely determined in Washington.
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Washington.
Congress has overridden a veto by
President Wilson for the first time
and enacted into law the immigration
bill with its long-fought literacy test
provision. The senate voted, 62 to 19,
to pass the measure notwithstanding
the veto and in spite of eleventh hour
information that Japan again had pro-
tested against tho language of the
Asiatic exclusion section.
4* 4* 4*
President Wilson has signed a com-
mission appointing Theodore Roose-
velt, Jr., a major of infantry in the
officers’ reserve corps. Mr. Roosevelt
was a member of the Plattsburg
training camp.
• 4* 4* 4*
The submarine menace sweeps on
and every hour draws the United
States hearer a break with Germany.
A long session of the Cabinet and a
dramatic night meeting of the Presi-
dent and senators at the capitol de-
veloped a unanimity of opinion that a
challenge to the honor of the United
States must be met. The means of
doing so appears to be the only ques-
tion undetermined.
4- 4- 4*
i Order* have been received «t Phlln
delphla hy telephone from Washington
instructing member* of the naval mi-
litia to "prepare for action,” with the
expectation of going into service. Two
ill vision* already are organized and
the officers were instructed to form
a* many divisions of "full strength
a* possible.
4* 4- 4*
Henry Masatara Noinura, Japanese
consul at St. Loui*. wa* married at
Springfield, III., recently to Mia* Lo-
vondu I,. Flcldinger, also of St. Louis,
by Rev. Father Timothy Hickey.
♦ ♦ ♦
A cal) hus been Issued to 300,000
high school boya In the country by ilia
American Defense Society urging
them to enroll ut once for military
training, it wa* announced at New
York, Enrollment will be in nn or-
ganization to be known as training de-
tachment* of tIn- Junior American I>e-
fon.sfc Society.
4* 4* 4*
Warrants charging a conspiracy to
destroy a vessel in American waters
an£» violation of immigration law*
were sworn out at Pensacola, Fla.,
against Captain Jvanclch and nine
members of ttie crew of the Austrian
steamer. Lucia, which lias been tied
up there since the war began.
4t 4* 4*
Visitors have been barred from the
(’apltol building and for the present
everybody, except members of Con-
gress or others with business there,
will be excluded. •
4- 4* 4*
Mrs. Ethel Byrne is in a hospital
at New York recovering fron^the ef-
fects of the hunger strike she under-
took as a protest against a sentence
of thirty days in prison for dissemi-
nating information about birth control.
41 4- +
Ships of the Atlantic reserve fleet
at the navy yard at Philadelphia are
being loaded with supplies and over-
hauled by mechanics in anticipation
of orders to put lo sea. Jackies and
laborers were loading supplies on the
swift scout cruiser Prairie, while
stevedores carted stores into the bat-
tleships.
4* 4* 4*
Two 3-story cement buildings col-
lapsed at Chicago when a gas explo-
sion occurred in them, and it is be-
lieved more than a score of persons
are buried in the ruins. Windows in
houses for several squares were shat-
tered.
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The treasury Department announced
shortly before noon that all ships will
be permitted to clear in the regular
order of procedure to and from the
port of New York.
Southwest.
Heavy fighting is (going on be
tween the forces of Carranza and Villa
thirty miles west of Chihuahua City,
according to passengers from Chihua-
hua who arrived recently at Juarez.
-f 4* 4-
J. A. Russell of Lampasas, Tex., be-
lieves every young woman should com-
mit matrimony. He set an example
by marrying Mrs. Mary Bowers, 50
years old. He doesn’t believe dispar-
ity in ages will affect their happiness,
however. He will be 104 next April.
*§•*§• •§*
The punitive expedition has entered
on the last lqp of its withdrawal from
Mexico. When the main column re-
crosses the border on February 5,
there will have passed 327 days since
the first troops left the United States
in pursuit of Francisco Villa.
+ 4- 4*
Foreign.
It is generally assumed by German
newspapers that the United States
will make an early declaration of war
against Germany, for they say the sub-
marine campaign can hardly be prose-
cuted without the loss of some Amer-
ican lives.
4* 41 4*
The Belgian relief steamer Lars
Kruse was sunk by a torpedo or a
PRESIDENT AWAITS THE OVERT ACT
THAT WILL PLUNGE US INTO WAR
WILSON DETERMINED NOT
TO STAMPEDE COUNTRY
ON TECHNICALITY.
DETAIN AMBASSADOR GERARD
A* a Hostage For 8afe Departure
Von Bernstorff—Neutral* Pro-
testing But Awaiting De-
velopment*.
mine near the Belgian coast the other
day. The vessel carried a cargo of
wheat from Buenos Aires.
4. 4. 4.
The severance of relations between
the I nited St&tOs and Germany has
caused a profound impression in
Japan. The foreign office ha* ex-
pressed satisfaction at the action of
President Wilson, declaring that it
was tho only logical step.
4- 4- 4
The members of the Lotion office
of the American Commission for Re-
lief in Belgium *>4 working day and
night in an effort to arrive at some
• • • “*0**>- *** V IV HIIMC U L OU1UC
Persistent reports of impending seiz- plan whereby the relief work in Eel-
ure of German freight and passenger gium and Northern France may not
ships warbound in American ports, has
led to an authorized statement by the
government that such a step was not
e\en under consideration.
4- 4- 4-
Senator Poindexter, Washington,
has presented a bill asking for 100 ;
submarines in addition to the IS new
ones provided for in the Naval Bill.
4-4-4-
Domestic.
Five persons are known to have
been killed and a number were injured
when Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
train No. 12 was wrecked near Crom-
well Station, fa., recently.
suffer from the breach between___
United States and Germany.
X J*
War between the United States and
Germany would quickly lead to con-
flict between this country and Mexico,
is the belief of American army men
upon the border.
4- 4- 4-
No information or intimation re-
garding the attitude that Sweden will
assume toward the submarine block-
ade is vouchsafed by the government,
further than the statement that the of-
ficials are considering the matter with
the attention which the gravity of the
situation demands.
Washington.—The American govern-
ment is still without the olilclul evi-
dence of an overt act by Germany
considered necessary to justify Presi-
dent Wilson in going before congroHH
for authority to use necessary means
to protocl American seamen and peo-
ple.
There no longer is any doubt that
the ruthless submarine cainpnlgn is
In full swing in detlinnce of the warn-
ing of the United States. Everywhere
it is believed that if no American ship
lias been destroyed, it is because
American ships are lying idle in their
harbors instead of plying their usual
trade; if no American life has been
lost it Is due entirely to chance.
Case of Technical Violation.
It is also generally conceded that
on the basis of preliminary reports
the torpedo!ng-without warning of the
passenger liner California with an
American on board makes out a clear
cut case of technical violation of the
rights of the United States.
President Wilson, however, is rep-
resented as determined not to plunge
the country into war on a technical-
ity. When he moves it will be on com-
plete evidence of an outrage about
which there can be no question. Then
he expects to have the American peo-
ple and congress behind him.
Unofficial dispatches told of the
killing of au American negro sailor
named ueorge Washington in the sink-
ing of the British steamer Turino.
Few details were given and the state
department has heard nothing official-
ly. The incident will be considered as
soon as reports are received.
Detention of Ambassador Gerard.
Additional cause of uneasiness was
given the government in the receipt
of information as confirming reports
that Ambassador Gerard and Ameri
can consuls in Germany virtually are
being detained in Germany because
of uncertainty in Berlin over the
plans of Ambassador von Bernstorff,
and as a result of reports that Ger-
man ships in American harbors had
been seized. It is not understood that
there has been formal action in this
connection, the German government
merely delaying arrangements for the
departure of the Americans.
Word was received from Great Brit-
ain and France that safe conduct for
German diplomats in this country
would be arranged. This as well as,
the fact that German ships have not
been seized was communicated to the
Berlin government and no further dif-
ficulty is anticipated.
In taking stock of a whole new
world situation, precipitated by the
German pronouncement of February
1, official Washington looks upon the
German action as having forced the
severance of relations and brought
♦his country to the verge of war, as
having loft 1.000,000 prisoners for
whom this country was caring in a
serious situation and as having
brought down on Germany the moral
indignation of practically all the
of the world.
From several neutral Nations, came
information that wht.'e they would not
sever diplomat*^ relations with Ger-
many, they uad or would send protests
Which would align them against the
campaign of ruthlessness. Again
there were some suggestions of a
combination of neutral nations either
to prevent trouble between the United
States and Germany or to make clear
neutral rights, but no definite plans
were made public.
Some officials also think that the
last three days have shown the possi-
bility that the German threat to iso-
late England may be made good. With
an average of 20,000 tons a day, the
undersea boats are reaping at the
rate which both German naval critics
and the British Manchester Guardian
say would render England helpless.
TRIED TO SHOOT U-BOAT.
Gun
Being Pointed When Torpedo
Struck California.
London.—The British steamer Cali-
fornia, of the Anchor Line, bound
from New York for Glasgow, was tor-
pedoed off tho Irish coast and sank
in nine minutes, with tho loss of forty-
one lives. The stricken »hlp wa* aldo
to send out "S. O. S.” calls and help
arrived promptly. Neverthtle**, five
persons were killed by the explosion
aad thirty-six were drowned in tho
launching 0f the life boats.
The California was an armed liner,
carryinfl a Hingie 4.7 gun mounted or
the stern. The gunner was Just train-
ing tho weapon on tho Hpot where
oil bubbles had revealed the presence
of the underwater enemy when a tor-
pedo struck the port side, witli an ex-
plosion so violent that most ot the per
sons aboard were thrown off their
feet, five being killed and a score In-
jured.
The submarine fired a second tor-
pedo in an apparent effort to acceler-
ate the sinking, but the second shot
missed, although both torpedoes were*
fired from a distance of loss than 300
yards.
There was only one American
aboard the California and he is
among the survivors.
Captain Henderson, commander of
the California, declares that the con-
duct of the passengers and crew was
exemplary. There had been careful
drills on the ship on the way across
and every person aboard bad been
assigned a place in a lifeboat and pro-
vided with a lifebelt but despite, the
coolness of the passengers and the
seamenship of the crew, the success-
ful launching of the boats was made
impossible by the shortness of the time
between the torpedoing of the vessel
and her disappearance beneath the
waves which did not permit waiting
until the ship had lost headway.
Ryndam Turned Back.
New York.—The Holland-Americaa
line steamship Ryndam, which sailed
from New York for Rotterdam, Jan-
uary 29, with the American consular
agent at Iuxemburg and nearly a hun-
dred other cabin passengers, and
which was reported to be returning to
this port, was warned by a German
submarine to turn back when about
to enter the "war zone,” according to
unofficial advices received here. The
liner was within fourteen rours of
Falmouth when she swung around for
the return trip to American waters.
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the "doae” mother insisted
on—castor oil, calomel, cathartic*.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With- our children it’s different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children’s revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides'’ are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli-
cious "California Syrup of Figs.” Ita
action is positive, but gentle. Million*
of mothers keep this harmless ’’fruit
laxative” handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never falls to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet-
en the stomach, and that a tcaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor^
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of “California Syrup of Figs," which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Educator's Opinion.
I believe that organized emotion can
never take the place of brains; that
Yale’s first duty in preparing American
citizens, whether for peace or war, is
to adhere to rigid standards of disci-
pline and scholarship and well-devel-
oped sense of proportionate values.
If our students have-these tilings as
a basis, the more they prepare, them-
selves for the possible requirement of
military service the better. Without
them the spirit of preparedness may
become a danger; with them It is a
safeguard and a blessing.—President
Hadley of Yale University.
CUTICURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does It Quickly—Trial Free.
Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
Irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shumpoo with
Cuticura Soap, if a man. and next
morning If a woman. When Dandruff
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
THE NEUTRALS.
Washington.—Spain’s note, which
it is understood, formally declines to
support President Wilson’s suggestion
that she break off diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany was received at
the state department.
The Netherlands government, also,
through the American legation at The
Hague, has formally declined to ac-
cept President Wilson’s suggestion.
It also was said in the dispatch that
the Neilierlands government had made
a protest against unrestricted sub-
marine warfare and that at the same
time negotiations had been opened
with Great Britain for the reduction
5? its inino field. The Dutch govern-
ment plans to have the British field
aiid the German danger zone which
overlap there, so contracted as to al-
low ships to pass.
Spain, it is understood protests vig-
orously against the new submarine or-
der as a violation of international law
and invasion of neutral interests.
Having taken over American interests
in Germany and being the best equip-
ped diplomatically of the remaining
neutrals, Spain is anxious to keep open
communication with Berlin as the best
channel for negotiations between the
central empires and the entente.
Was for the Winner.
W. L. Morgan (Sherwiu-William*
company) tells this: ,
"Last election the leading bonvl-
vant of a certain town proceeded joy-
ously and faithfully to go in for strong
drink on a larger scale than was for
ids own best interests. His-travels
then took him to the headquarters of
the county committee, where he sat
ami listened to the election returns.
All night long he heard the precinct
figures counted off—so many for Bill
Jones for this or that office.
“Then lie started homeward, steer-
ing l»is course along a strpet that was
rough, ns it seemed to him, like a sen.
As one great billow pushed him
against the plate glass front of a res-
taurant, he glanced in at the signs that
gave the prices of various food dishes
offered in the caravansary. He read:
"‘Pork ami apple sauce. 25. Ham
and eggs, 35.’
" ’Hurrah for ham and eggs!’ he
shouted, ns lie continued on his way.”
•—Detroit Journal,
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed hy few—a benutifui
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or Is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store It to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress*
lng. Price $1.00.—Adv.
_ Chile To Join General Protest.
Santiago.—The Havas agency learns
from a good source that the response
of the Chilean government to Ger-
many is ready and that it will not dif-
] fer in any great degree from the re-
i plies of the majority of the neutral
Immediate changes are looked for,?0^61^ wbich have protested against
h England, first as to methods Qf i in-:actions of the rules of the inter-
fighting the undersea boats and, sec-j na*'onal low with respect to freedom
end. as to safeguarding the country ‘^e seas-
•'gainst starvation. Whether better1
"•ofection would be had by heavier
’rniament of merchant vessels, con-
■°v provision of sea lanes, or a su-
-e*r.e attempt to root out the German-
are subjects of interested specu-
’'inn.
Loftier Objects.
A passing neighbor stopped at the
door of a great alchemist who was
toiling amid tlame and vapor.
"Still looking for tlie philosopher’s
stone and the elixir of life?” asked
tlie neighbor.
“No. I have temporarily suspended
that quest to look for tilings of more
immediate Importance. I am seeking
the unbreakable promise and the un-
burnable scrap of paper.”
Bolivia Stand* With U. S.
London.—The Bolivian minister of
foreign affairs has announced that
Bolivia has decided completely to sup
port the attitude of the United Status
la the crisis with Germany.
Probably Not.
"Tlie clock is striking twelve.” said
the impassioned suitor. “Oh. that I
•night turn back the hands of time for
one hour!”
"You might bfi able to do that, Al-
gernon,” said tlie beauteous maid, “but
father will be coming downstairs soon
and I’m afraid you couldn’t turn him
back.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Finding Fault.
Caller—How pleased you must be to
find that your new cook Is a stayer.
Hostess—My dear, don’t mention It I
Bhe’s a stayer all right, but unfortu-
nately, she's not a cook.—Boston Tran-
script.
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