The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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THE STROUD PFMOfRAT
STATE-WIDE
NEWS EVENTS
mental requirements indi-
cated by governor for
benefit of aspirants.
2.5 Cents Rate Proposed.
Oklahoma City.—Final < onferenccs
between representatives of railroads
and state officers looking toward a
compromise of pending freight and
passenger rata litigation have bten
lielu. In reply to overtures made by
tho railroads the state has submitted
a proposition on which it would bo
willing to compromise. Although no
statement as to the nature of the pro- FOLLOW FRENth ran-nmr-
posed compromise agreement would TURE
3erman counter attacks
I be made by Btate officers, it is under-
fluff irii t. .r .... maue uy stale oil]
I ll.fF h[W$ OF THE NEW STATE 8,00(1 11 provides for the Inauguration
of fort douaumont.
Little Incidents and Accidents hat Go
To Make Up a Week's History
of t Great Common.
wealth.
Oklahoma C'lty.—Aspirants for ap-
pointment to the military training
academy at West Point under the pro-
visions of a recent act of congress
Bust have a liberal education to stand
the examination prescribed by the
government. Examinations for appli-
cants from among the members of
< f a passenger rate of 2'/, cents a
mile and dismissal of the case attack-
ing freight rates as promulgated by
the corporation commission. Those
who have kept close watch ou the
pi ogress of the rate case expresseu
belief that the compromise would bo
effected at the conference. The recent
postponement of the rate trial In fed-
eral court. It Is understood, was grant-
ed to allow time in which to work ont
BULGARIANS ADVANCE FAST
INVADING FORCE UNOPPOSED BY
HELLENIC TROOPS.
Reorganized Serbian Army of 80,000
to 100,000 Men at
Saloniki.
j London.—The Bulgarian invasion of
I Greek Macedonia has reached Demir-i
mi
II EAST IF USE
JAMES J. HILL
crown prince's troops ad.
vance; french fail TO
regain cumieres.
FRENCH I IMMFNCP ^ , m that town forces of
nt nun LUidtb IMMtNSE. Bulgarians are said to be making their WFfifiF
way nonthM«i«.ni ,. .. . LUUL
Teutons—Despite Rain of Flri
cupy Trenches Near Le
Mort Homme.—Other
News.
way southeastward toward the Aeg
-Oc- 8an s^Port of Kavalla, northeast of
! Saloniki.
Unofficial estimates place the p\,m-
ber of the invaders at 25,000. Along
the Struma river the Greeks have
| evacuated the forts of Rupel, Drago-
tin, Spatovo and Kanevo to the Liul-
INTO THE ITALIANS
Region Southwest of Trent—Between
Arsa and Astico Valleys—Pene-
trated Deeply by the
Austrians.
London —The Germans have replied
to the terrible French offensive in the Kar' w"hout offering resistance
Few Miles From "T
The Greek forts Rupel and Dragotin
London.—The tide is again with the
Germans in the fighting about Ver-
dun. Official statement from Berlin
a compromise agreement. If the com- douaumont region with assault after
proio.se is brought about it Is likely assault and the deadly combat north- „„„ L,
that the case In federal court will be "lsl and northwest of Verdun is still arp respectively six"*"an(i"'nine "miles announ,ees a closing in by the crown
... 'sm',,ed. and the corporation com- progress. Heavy masses of Ger- n"rth Of the town of Dsmlr-Rtanr prince's troops east of the Meuse and
ine Oklahoma National Guard will be "" "" n requested to i ue an order troops have been thrown against "hlle Spatovo fort lies four mile* ! fallure the French to regain
conducted at Fori Sill on June G. Can- Putting whatever passenger rate is 'he Picked French troops, whose sue- "f that town. Kavalla is i non ™ . de*,lera'p counter attacks the vil-
flldates must be unmarried and must "Kreed upon In effect. The case In "p,,«f l attacks won for them the the Aegean Sea, fifty-live miles in an °f Cumleres-
greater portions of Fort Douaumont alr line southeast of Demir-Hissar The sltuation around Fort Doua-
and considerable ground adlacent to c mont where fighting of unprecedented
| the fort of high stragetlc value. „. Un°PPOsed, violence has been in progress is in
These newly captured positions the ., Bulgarians entered Greek ter-. dispute. Paris concedes the recapture
i French have tenaciously held. Par-1 rltory unopposed and this has caused of the fort hy the Germans
■ 'Icular mention Is made by the French I vi°Ient comment in the press and con- in the Caillett
have
in effect. The case In
served as enlisted men not less court Is an application by the
than one year on July 10. Candidates railroad companies for an '..junction
must be between 19 and 22 years of restraining the commission from en-
"8e- forcing the constitutional rate
List of Subjects. cents a mile.
Mathematics, English, history 7>/.
iltn -
of
units. Remaining 6'^ units may be Normal Will Have 1,000
:;E. fT *m°n.? the followlnK Weatherford.—Southwestern Stats
fin Greek Fr 'T*£!"' ,0h00' «rst Week
nhUi« \ .' l,erman' Spanish, of its summer term with the largest
Phys olo,v ^ Ty; 1,0,any' enroll™«" ' ">« history of the
Physiology, physical geography, draw- school. More than 700 students have
wl" be required to pass enrollment' of 'sou" Is' exp."eted ' "n!',"
rtlons of0algeebraam'naUOn CCrt'"n ln th"'r
Candidates will be required to give hi" sem from ^ e"Ch COU'">
war office of the maintenance of the
position in Fort Douaumont conquered
by the French. The fighting at this
point Is characterized by Paris as a
"murderous struggle." Each attack
was preceded by powerful artillery
preparations.
wood, southeast of
lace Th. n- . .v. p0p" Fort Douamont, French forces have
•ce. The Greek authorities claim been attacking cea
they were unable to
siderable agitation among the
'aselessly, but accord-
with t\ eir 'ron* in „ . co""nu"ica,e ' S to the German account thev have
wiui t.eir trops in eastern Macedonia, gained
I he belief is general that it is the ily.
intention of the Greek government to ...
confine its action to a protest. — !est reports from the fighting on
no ground and have lost heav-
Trenches Gained Despite Losses.
| Although (hey were hard held to the
! northwest the Germans would not be
accurate definitions of the terms u"sed instructors':To Zt TheTummer'Z' ^ mowed^d^n^by ""hi
proposltl.TTrpiai0nd0m°nH,^,e tt"y U"ty '" 1,,rger by fift""n '"an Hie reg £«nC" ar,."ler-v , nd maclllnp *«
given In the L i geometry as ular raculty. A number of prominent h 8anKUl"ary ,0SHe'1 in «pv"r«l
given Jn ,he ordinary text-books and lecturers who will appear before the
Coincidental with the Bulgarian in-
[ the Austro-Itallan front indicate that
vasion comes a report that "the reju- ^t'>h^l'-!,rianS have driven a wed«e
venated Serbian
nrmv t ♦ deeply into Italian territory be-
army—the .ancient tween the Arsa and
enemy of the Bulgars—has landed at southeast of
Saloniki to reinforce the British and
French troops already there.
Mr. Hill, the veteran railway builder
and financier, is dead at St. Paul,
Minn. He was one of the most widely
known men of America and left a for
tune of over $250,000,000.
AUSTRIAN TROOPS CHECKED
ITALIANS HOLD BACK TEUTON
FORCES AND INFLICT LOSSES.
Trenches Near Cumieres Captured By
Germans After Battle of Great
Intensity.
London.—The Verden region and
southern Tyrol continue the theaters
where the most sanguinary battles are
taking place. While the Italians are
Astico valleys, holding back the Austrians from fur-
The sinking of a submarine of the
must have
... * j iwbooo in several ai- , ' an- pel
tarks finally gained a footing in- .nnnn e8t,mate*l to number between don
llsh gramma?0011 know,ed«e Bag- teach™ during'uie™ have "been j ,hl much fought for h'°w°°s Organised onT ?? Rome rep<,rts ,he d^«rnction of an
_ • secured. Dr. H. Curtis, recreation and ; ^hp,r'en"re of the trenches rorfu ' th.e 'Hlfnd of Austrian gunboat and an' Austrian
R Playground expert, will be here two P, short-lived however, for the miIes'dlst , hv wat ? a y 700 aeroP,anp in an engagement with an
Registration Act Invalid. : days and give a number of talks and F'°"ch ln a counter-attack immediate- les dis,ant "y water from Saloniki '
Oklahoma City.—District Judge Old two demonstrations on tlie ' play t yi rOTe ""'m oul- 300,000 at Outbreak.
, d h5'd that the new registration ground. He Is to be followed by Dr , l"!'V S "rst 'Anniversary of her en- Tile army totaled about 300 000 men SANTA F[ R R Tfl HAIII Mil ITIA
law, which was passed by the extra- Da ld Starr Jordan, who will visit the ! ,ry 'nto the war found her troops on at the outbreak of the war ' ' MILITIA
ordinary session of the Fifth legisla- RC,1°o1 for the first time. On June 11 - 0nP sector in southern Tyrol
ther advances and inflicting heavy
losses on them in counter attacks in
Serbia's new army" has been vari- sTof"6 080"tons .ra^'nT"; Tyro1' ,hpir German allies have been
tsly estimatprl to ««'of 5.080 tons, Is announced In Lon- able to make another gain in the cap-
ture of about 300 meters of French
trenches northwest of the village of
Cumieres on the left bank of the Meuse
near Verdun.
Violent Artillery Attacks.
The sectors east and west of Fort
Douaumont, northeast of Verdun, have
witnessed still another violent artil-
Italian gunboat In the upper Adriatic.
ture, was unconstitutional on the 11 seven-day Chautauqua is to begin i
ground that it was in conflict with the Moro th«n eighty peopo will furnish ' nHlve "pon a «n soil and in
ni ifHSl one sector in BOUthnrn Tvrnl «ru0_ . cm auuiuci v luifUl anil-
forced back by the great Austrian of- completed ^eth.r Feder,. Order Issued to doel but no Infantry attacks were
the
connection with the lioding, Judge 1,10 most notable attraction?
Oldfleld issued an injunction against "
Okahoma county officers, restraining
them from paying out any money on
printing bills incurred In the enforce-
ment of the registration law in this I
county. He aso enjoined them from
creating any bills against the county
s will be
the performance of Israel Zangwilfs
drama, "The Melting Pot," by a New
York company.
transport the soldiers from Corfu
haul the
defense from the region south of Uo- to the"^'.."^ rivf™ Corfu Topeka.-Preparations to
vereto to the Val Sugana southeast of country by rail TmI ^-ouhT )°klahVl°mf National (1,'ard (° ">e
Trent. , ^u y. T,lib ^oul(J have cut Mexican border have been made by
p. . , .. . 11 lo,l«th ^ the journey by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe raii-
Rome Admits Retirement. some 500 miles, besides lessening the road, it was learned from an author'-
Home admits that between the As- of attack on the transports by tative source here
''CO and Brenta r.lvers and in the Tentonie submarines. cial who made the statement declined ioBses- On the Aslago plateau the men
sugana valley the Italians have fallen Greece, however, steadfasty refused to state whether or not the railroad nf twn batteries which were surround-
back on their main line of defense. to allow the troops to cross her terri- had been ordered bv the war depart- od on Mnnte Mosciag by the Austrians
While Rome asserts that the opera- _tory. taking the stand that it would ment to prepare for hauling the wefe relieved by an Italian regiment
launched. The artillery of both sides
has been busy along the remainder of
the front in France and Belgium.
In Tyrol the Austrians in the Lagar-
Ina valley and south of the Posina tor-
rent threw heavy assaults against the
Italian positions but the Italians re-
The railroad offi- Pulsed the attackers with considerable
Ringling Road to Carry Mail.
j Ringling.—Improvement of hlgh-
— ^ ; ways In progress and contemplated
Judge Oldfleld did not enjoin County thn region about Ringling has led , - „^.a. M a„„u lual „ would
Jtegistrar h. n. Oliver, nor any of fh« llie P°st office department to consider ""n!! wclc carried out In perfect or- 1)0 «• violation of her neutrality and troops.
precinct registrars from enforcing the 1,18 establishment of rural routes out d,'r after Italians had repulsed Au- she is reported to have persisted in The Santa Fe preparations are con-
aw, u. they cannot crente any ei- "t Ringling and the abolishment of s,r'a" attacks against the advanced her refusal in the face of threats bv s'<lered especially significant in view
several rural post offlcies. It is ex- i Vienna says that in the retreat the entente allies to employ force. * nf ,he fa(,t that General Funston at
pected that the post office at Atlee | fronl Hor(l° the Italians were forced Only artillery bombardments have San Antonio a few days ago request- bombarded tfle railway line east of
Win soon be abolished. Probably four [ l*;ro.as.,,he. ',or('pr by the Austrians. been in progress on the French front pd ,hat more militia be called for bor- ni^a. no operation of moment has
pense to the county in so doing.
Ardmore Convocation Ended.
Ardmore.—The convocation of the
and their guns brought safely away.
Quiet on Russian Front,
Except for a report from Petrograd
that the Germans have repeatedly
or five rural routes wall be established. | That ,hp Austrians have advanced as around Verdun. No infantry attacks der du,y- Th<> request was made after
taken place on the Russian front.
Minor successes have been obtained
by the Russians over the Turks in the
Rivandouza region of the Caucasu
front.
Episcopal church for the diocese of Meantln,e there is a probability that as tl|p head nf Lake Garda and the have been made. Around le Mort- ,hp Rpneral had asked for and been
western Oklahoma has adjourned "le 01''a"oma, New Mexico and Paci- S:iri il region Is Indicated by the Rome Homme, northwest of Verdun, and in den'ed more coast artillery.
Bishops Francis K. Brooke of Okla- "C Ral,way Company and the post of. oniola' communication which says that the sector west of the Thiaumont
homa City and Theodore Payne Thui- 'lc° dePar'ment will come to an un- Auatr,an 'roop assemblages have been farm, northeast of the fortress the Would Apply Knife to Bill
eton of the eastern Oklahoma diocese" ders,am"ng. to result ln the passenger "h*6™0'1 111 the Itlva zone. bombardments have been violent In Washington —Senator Hustings, of
were In attendance. The convocation ,ralna carrying mall from Anlfnore to German Trenches Destroyed. the Argonne the French have can- Wisconsin, democrat, moved that the ca,('s iniPnrtant developments in the
Changed the time for future meetings Iiln8"nB- ! "lie along the Russian front the tured craters caused by the explosion J,,3.0()0.0<)0 rivers and harbors appro- near uturR- Athens advices report
to September Instead of May the next usual bombardments have continued of German mines and Alsace have put Prin,,ons bill be recommitted to the thp break,nS out of serious trouble in
meeting to be in 1917 in Okahoma I Pittsburg County For Cotton. ' almo'st exclusively, in the Prlpet river down an attempt of the Germans to commerce committee with instruc- 'hp Grepk capitol after it becam*
City. Rev. J. M. Pettit of El Reno McAlester.—Profiting by (lie lesson reglon the Itussians in an infantry advance. In the fighting the Germans "°na ,0 reP°rt a bill carrying not known here that Bulgarian forces had
was elected secretary of C J Shen hlgh "rlcea which was taught last at,ack drovp the Germans across the in the Champagne region at several m°rH ,han onp half the amount In the lnvail"<! Macedonia. The Bulgarians
jo1„ senson'the farmers of Pittsburg coun- 1 lhu river and tIestroyed their points penetrated the French line -in,! Present measure. The motion may be now on r'ri'ok soil are estimated to
trenches. took one hundred prisoners voted on. number 25,000. It Is feared Greece is
Petrograd reports an a'tempt of the A" e3£cept one of various amend- on the verSe of a revolution.
j ments were defeated. After deciding 1
to start an offensive. The movement by a maJority of one ¥ote to withhold SENATE PASSES WATERWAY BILL
The situations In the Balkans indl-
— -VW.V.WJ ut j anen.
hard of Pawnee treasured. The dele-! season' "le farmers of Pittsburg coun-
gates to the genernl convention of tho 'Y h<lVe K°ne back ,0 cotton, at least
church were Rev. John Caughey ana they lmV° K"ne bnck to "1(> extent of
C. O. Bunn. The women's auxiliary '"^easing the acreage approximately
was in session In conjunction with Per Cent ovpr last season; but they
the convocation. Mrs. T. H. Dwyer of a'e holding fn to the theory of
Chickasha presiding. The auxiliary di*ersiflcatlon, which was Instilled
elected Mrs. T. H. Dwyer and Mrs.
H ^re 'lelegates to the general
convention in St. Louis.
NEW SHIPPING MEASURE PASSED Germans In the Lake Drisviaty" re'gion msm? wprp ''afeated. After decidine
' to start an offensive. The movement by a rnaJ°rity of one vote to withhold
«/u, Democra,s Oppose Bill was stopped by the concentrated -,,-til $200-000 provided for improvements of
Which Now Goes to the Senate - «-"«v.eui.iaiea artll- „ ^ ...
15,000 Cattle Shortage.
Okahoma City.—A shortage of cattle
into them thoroughly for the first
time, late in the season of 1914.
lery and rifle fire of the Russia
Washington.—The
mlmtni , „ The Austrians are still on the often- ^ h^/he board of army officers had
administration Sive against the Italians In the region wn *he improvement necessary, the
the Brazos river in Texas until a sur- Substitute Reducing Appropriation De
feated by Single Vote.
shipping bill appropriating $50,000,000 southeast of Trent but" Romo'rln^1^11 spna,e. by substantial majorities, re-I Washington.—The senate passed the
Shaking Dice For Cigars Must StoJ 1°'! pu!"chase of merchant ships by the that wherever infantry attacks 1™ fllsed to rpduce the appropriations for rivera and baj^iors appropriation bill
Bartlesville.—Hereafter when Ban f^''ral K-'vernment with a view to pro- etar|ed the Auatrian8 met w th r„ °,her "rnJpc,?' '"eluding the Trinity trying approximately $43,000,000, by
lesvllle smokers want a cigar Zy 1 ^ ? " a,deqUaVe m6rChant marin9 P"'a«- On the n Tont of San HVPr Pr°JeCt in TexaB' flnd the °ua" * h °f 35 t0 ^ af*er addins niany
to the extent of ^ ^ * "4 ^ ^ ^ ^
t - IU Pfico ancl move on. Ther* will KiT,Qf« # , . .. ations destrove
rokrlhH°?R„C',y m rket" h-"be;; 7l\ more "hakZ'Vce JuFl ^ n° blnation of d«moc7ats ani"rVp'ubllcans andTook'trenC';eS Senator Shaforth, of Colorado, of- «"t against it, begun by Senator Ken-
i ■ e( 10 PRSt ^Ve mont^8 'n com- or , , - . 1 1>r< J cigar defeated a similar measure a year ago. . f, ' ' . iem un^er fered an amendment providing that *on Iowa an^ Senator Sherman of
r'Vr ,the "ame "e,k,d of Ia9t board Judge Henrv Hn l"" " TT V* ^ the 211 X ^ >«a tT to be benefited by any ap r"lnois' «a'ned strength until a final
wo shortage is causing much district court la ? , 16 on,y two tlemocrats voting against «. propriation must contribute 20 per p"orf to displace it with a substitute
rry to the two packing plantsj boards and ,n™ mS or f'red punch Nine republicans, three progressives SUE ON $23,000,000 M0RTGA6E cent of the entire amount. It did not aPPr°Prlating a lump sum of $30,000,-
whose buyers face the prospect of ml , , , out of Bartles- and one Independent voted favorably — reach a vote 000 was defeated by only one vote
Rftpkintr nlhur _ . ' 1"P linrioi-lnir ' .... — -
Ixiuislana.
amendments.
s conference of the two houses.
The
• flUOpeCl C I ..Ml- ,1 ^ 1 I .y miru IttHIIUUIV
seeking other markets for their sun <lec,arin8 they are a form of and eleven members voted "present " Texas
Plies of killing stuff. There Is a gen- K g' " ...
eral shortage all over the country, and
the demand Is very great. But it Is
claimed that the Oklahoma City
ket is paying prices as high a
other, and that It would be far more
profitable for Oklahoma live stock lul
men to ship their stock here than else- tb7m
many instances' 83 btt " proven nd the men were captured later.
Pacific Defendant
Receivership Suit.
In New
! Vessels purchased under the bill and
Robber, t.i,— a« = ... j not resold, leased or chartered to pri- — "",u ULU""1- nttmi BILL rene, Taggart. Thomas and Thompson,
Wvnoin Two 'iT , vate interests would be operated by a Shreveport.—Suit was instituted in NrlA, . . . a" democrats, voted with the republi-
mar- tered the First St. n v . Z™ "lippinB board untiI flve ye«rs after the United States district court for Servi" A" Ma,es pans t0 the bill bark to the com-
, ,...a .1- . .. .^ynonai lhe close of the European war. At the the western district here by the St. Between 18 and 41 Years. mittee. Nine democratic senators
illiams, I end of that time the board would have Louis & Iron Mountain railway and voted against the bill. They were-
to dispose of whatever ships it might B- F. Bush, receiver for that road to L^don— King Oeorge signed the ' Ashurst. Core, Hollis, Hustings. New",
ere shot from under have on hand. The board itself would force the collection of $23,700 000 sec- service bill. In giving the lands, Pomerene, Shaforth Taggart
as they were leaving the town, continue in existence and discharge ond mortgage income bonds issued bv r°. sanctton t0 the bill the king is- j and Thompson Senators Tillman and
• - .i .. rr. o « . .. * Rllfn fi maccaca fn iVtn ui .t. ti.-. .
ket is paying prices as .Ug^as nn, and held up ^he^
profitable for Oklahoma 'live stock 2'^ W"h 'eSS 1100 ln cash' to dlsP°6e of whatever ships it might B. F. Bush, receiver for that road to
_ e. j . 1 oeir norses wptb snnt fmm <mii. kv,««.i mu. i < ■. .. u . ..
County Treasurer Quits.
Pawhuska.—E. H. Zachariae has
Salaries Raised Ten Per Cent.
T ulsa. The board of directors of lions
: Hons against shippers, maintaining and which are held by Bush "as*"re- ln ' ifatIv<' votes but C0"1<1 not transfer
1 rair rates and preventing combina-' ceiver. 'o enable our country to organize their jtairs. Seven republicans voted
iny, Okla., was aBppmor„rtedant0,HOm- ~"
... ,„,u„rlae nag re. ... - Application Is also made for the ap. pfreotlvp,y lts military resources ^or th> bill
•lgned as treasurer of Osage countr Pralrfe Oil and Gas Company, in Provisions also are made ln the bill POlntment of a receiver for the Texts Present great struggle for the
and R. G. Walker, a merchant of n,„„! ,at Independence, Kansas, an- for use of all vessels in the merchant & Pacific and for an injunc tion re- CaUS6 <,|v"llat'on I. having acted
.. treasurer h° f ln"ease of 10 P'-r cent ln marine as auxiliaries to the navy in straining the application of the Texas „
Nine informations, charging ernbe-- sa'arlps of aU 011 field employes «ar time regardless of whether the & Pacific's net income to any purpose ! h k ,
•lement, falsification of records an l thro,18hout Ka,lsas al"' Oklahoma. -government has sold them outright, other than the payment of Interest t ^w"ea thp a^ nf is and 41.
—I... — . l"lus ttu'' i..m,<„i « . " luieresi The military service bill, or, as It Is
on the advice of my ministers, deemed
necessary to enroll every sble-bod-
speculation in county warrants were
filed against Zachariae. A deputy
Btate examiner Is auditing the books
leased or chartered them. mm principal on the bonds Suh y, n i ...v
D t - Secretary McAdoo of the treasury is- poenas were served upon represent" m T'"' compulsion hill
Pawhuska.—K. H. Zachary, county *«ed a statement characterizing the fives of the Texas & Pacific Provides for general and Immediate
bill ~~ " At-- - - •
Embezzlement Is Charged.
and principal on the bonds
ep
In Shreve- compulsion and calls to the colors all
of the treasurer's office, and the board trpas"rpr of 0saKO county, was ar- hill as "one of the most Important port and Its dulv authorized agents m.i.c , ; T,"'
of countv Fomminii . f rested here on two charges o' ember.- pieces of constructive legislation for in New Orleans, the proper officials - married or single, between the
iw. m UIIOHUB. I lie nroner onli inl<5 nr ~ rr^c- .J to J .< , wur- [Iiujrn ni^fiiPCj in
zlement, made by John Tillman, coun- 'he commerce and prosperity of this the Bankers' Trust Company the Met „ , , ? , army r^eTVH "" ',y ,hp BPna,p Tt *as "rged bv the
tv "forney. Zachary is charged witb country that possibly could be en- ropolltan Trust Company and Walker tZ . P^V,*,e<, pres"ipn' «nd seeretarv of u,. nw
ty having embezzled about $300. *cted." Hi), of N>w yQ ,P j d VaJkor f°r- Ireland Is excluded from the op to provide a channel for battleships
cf county commissioners ordered that
an audit be made of the books of ai
Other county officers ln Osage county!
Church Sold To Another.
Oklahoma City.—The First United
Presbyterian church edifice at Broad-
i0y000nto WaS 80ld for Miami. The O. K. & M. Interurban
;" , ®„°.^.e.U?lUrlan congregation, line has been completed from Miami
the present great struggle for the The bill as It passed the house car-
ried approximately $40,000,000. Chief
among the senate additions were ap-
propriations for the harbors of Log
Angeles. Long Besoh nnd Snn Diego,
al.. and Duluth and Superior on Lake
Superior.
An appropriation for $200,000 for
deepening East river. New York, was
the onlv one project Inserted in the
Miami Interurban Open.
Mexican Troops Rearranged. Heavy Fi0ht!nB At Verdun
General Trevlno announces his plan London —Verdun and southern Tv-
of campaign against the Villlstas. Tho rol remain the centers of current mil-
bulk of General Ramos brigade has itarv activity. Before
eration of the law.
Orpets and Lamberts Called.
XVaukegan.—Mr. and Mrs. E.
the French Orpet, parents of Will H. Orpet, Unl-
to the navy yard at Brooklyn.
New Gold Strike Reported.
Cordova, Alaska.—A new placer gold
'trike, a tributary of Notch creek.
the transaction being ha'ndWd bv"w ! Tn.T CompIP,ed from M'aml j been moved to Jimlnez from which fortress the tide of battle Is flowing Z'Z,
A. Knott The proceeds win ^ ) PIrber. Twelve trains a day will P°'nt they will co-operate with Uio now with one combatant , i vcrslty of Wisconsin student on trial twentv miI.„ frnm
ward construction of a new bulldiLg h® rUD Present, but more will bo ad- £,rces of General Herrea and General with the other. On the' \ustro-Italian W,,hf ",e murder of Marlon _ ^ t r U8hanna Cl,y
.'or the Second United Presbyter an ''ed " ,he ,ralflp lus,lflp* 'he Increase. Fernandez east and west, in forming front the advantage seemst " If'" ^ TBWeetllBar'' an(1 " P °SPPr,S' f°Ur fppt of
Cbur^h near Twenly.fifth and Shane," °' ™ '-merly w„h the M. O. 1 ta^H^l^p^.ta.T0P^7I,t —v„h the Au/trians. who clntW o" the dead glr^ave^
the First church was organized March & « superintendent of the the Mate of i^ranf<f The n^thwMt 'h^i,h<"r ."Ta" Tl«orous1^ al ^ witnesses respectlv
Chihuahua Cltv «.* ■!, sectors the Ital- and the defense The state In its sub-
for the Second
church near Twenty
Tne First church was
li and its first pastor was the
Rev. Griffith. Pastors who succeeded
IS uZx!Uttn- °- '•Gord011'nue
new road. w.i. De or great benefit I Prn railroad Chihuahua Cltv west to luo BPC,or8 loe ,tttJ-
to the entire Miami mining district, I Mlnaca will be occupied also as soon in. ^ apparently increas- poena ordered the Orpets to bring into
- - g 1 effectiveness. In the Thlau- court all correspondence received bv
mont wood sector the crown prinoe's tbem from their son which had been
troops scored a gain. j mailed at Madison. Wl.
It will be of great benefit
■e Miami mining district,
tending to cut freight rates on ore I as the American troops evacuate the
and mill machinery.
I neighborhood of San Antonio.
Lambert, parents | gravel and better pans each foot down,
been subpoenaed i Coarse gold Is found in the old chan-
■ely by the state nei from the pre.g,at.la, wagh gn(1
traces of gold along the rim for from
three to four miles. There, is a short,
sge of supplies and horses In the dl*>
j "let around the new flnd.
Senators Ashurst, Gore. Hollis, Hu«t- i
KING GEORGE SIGNS MM BILL X t'I".."7^-- f
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Ragland, J. H. The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916, newspaper, June 2, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121217/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.