The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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NUMBER 50
AUSTRIAN KRONTIKR SCENI.
OF RLOODV CONTSIS; AUS-
TRIANS LOSE HEAVILY
"SAFETY FIRST" IS
\ membeits ai stkian cabi-
net resign; dissatisfied
with balkan situation
(By Associated Tress.)
(BULLETIN.)
Berlin, Dec. 1.—Army headquarters
announced that with the capture of
Priarend, fifteen thousand Serbians
were made prisoners.
FIRST INDOOR CONCERT 13
SUCCESS FROM ALL ANGLES;
CONCERTO WILL CONTINUE
An enthusiast!.- and ap;>r lathe
audience greeted the Booster Band in
their first indoor concert and cnt< -
talnment at the Guthrie opera hot
last nipht. From the t!nie the cer-
tain went up for the opening rum1 * r
until the final selection, wl" 1 i •
large crowd stood up and listened to
the strains of "Star Span-• lei I'-n
ner," the various selections were an-
| plauded in a manner fiat spoke pra' <>
for the bard boys and their effo ts
towards giving Guthrie ono of tho
best and most popular musical orgu •
Izations In the state.
I Among the feature numbers of ti e
' program rendered by the band were
the "Grand Medley, Superba" and t«.o
Tioneer March," the latter being a
very popular march con; posed
Prof. Ryan, director of the band.
I An addvd feature to the hand >re-
i gram was the assistance of the Mi-
1 parshomor Male Quartet, which pleas-
ed the audieneo with some of tiuv.r
, best selections, among which were
"When the Twilight Shadows FiU"
and "The Sweetest Flower that
Blows." The boys were compelled to
respond to several enthusiastic en-
cores from the delighted audience.
(BULLETIN.)
London, Dec. 1.—The Austro-Italian
front is the scene now of the bloodies '
fighting of the war. The Italians do
feated the Austrians in four successive
battles yesterday and today and !
captured 20,000 prisoners and man;.
guus; 40,000 are reported dead. i Tulsa okla Nov 30._aovernor
j Capper of Kansas, Governor Major
Artillery Fire Fiercest In West. | missouri, rfml Goveornr Williams ot
Paris, Dec. l.—French artillery arc j oklahoma, wilPbe among a large num-
energetically engaged along the river I her ot- g00(j roads enthusiasts who
Somme, it is officially announced. ; v-in attend the convention of the Okla-
—- : homa state federation of good roads
"Safety First"' Says Rumani?.. (here Dec. i' ai ' 11. 1rf ruontv trr
London, Dec. 1.—Rumania will d< j Oklahoma will have i delegation and
liver an ultimatum to Austria as soon I delegations are coming from southern
as the Entente Allies concentrate u . Missouri and northeastern Arkansas,
half million men in the Balkans, it is W. II. Harvey of Monte No, Ark., pro-
reported at Bucharest, says a Balkan moter of the Ozark Trails association,
news dispatch from that city. i will head the Arkansas delegation. A
I banquet will be tendered the delegates
Austrian Cabinet Members Resign. at Hotel Tulsa on the night of Dec. 10.
Amsterdam, Dee. 1.—Reports that,An interesting feature of the conven-
several members of the Austrian cab:- tion will be the demonstration of road
net had resigned, were confirmed to
day by an autograph letter from Em
peror Francis Joseph, published in
the Wiener-Zeitung of Vienna.
The emperor accepted the resigna-
tions of Dr. Karl Heinold Diudynski,
minister of the interior; Dr. Rudolf
Schuster von Bonnott, minister of
commerce, and Baron Ang elvon Main-
feldon, minister of finance. The ac-
ceptance was qualified with the pro
viso that the services of the retiring
ministers are to be available if re-
quired at any time.
Asquith Urges Laborers
to Loan Money.
London,* Dec. 1.—Premier Asquith,
speaking at a representative labor
conference .assembled to consider the
ibest means of husbanding national re-
sources, said the English wage earn-
ers are now better off than when the
war began. He urged thrift and an in-
vestment and savings, in a loan to the
government.
Dissatisfied With Balkan Situation.
London, Dec. 1.—German military
eritics, according to dispatches reach-
ing London, express considerable dis-
satisfaction with conditions in the
Balkans, predicting, both military and ship of the county, was one of the
diplomatic difficulties ahead, despite result of the joint session and con-
BIG STUNT TO BE STAGED IN
WEST TEXAS DURING
HOLIDAYS
•"gate
John ADertiathy, former Gu:hrian
ho of the "catch 'em alive" lame, and
Hill, noted Texas plainsman,
planning a holiday event for the
us of west Texas. Hill has
running a cotton gin near Frodericl
and having sold his interest! in that
will, with Abcrnathy go to Texas and
the former United States mar-
shal in the holiday events. A! rnathj
jumped in prominence several yoars
:o when President Roosevelt a. 'point
d him 1 Tilted States marshal of ti
rn distri-t of Oklahoma. When
President Roosevelt vh'ted
f Oklahoma
□1905 he was entert. '.n I A'ber
nathy in the latter unique v ay ot
atchlng wolves. Some time lator
the president entertained Abemathy
at the white house. Two sons, of
Vbernathy I^ouis and Temple, a few
years ago also shared with their fath
ers fame when they went overland
across the country from New York
to California
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mvki: niMiivc; appeal
I Olt I'RKI'AUKIINESS
Ollphar:
Miles, Navy captain anu
quarter back.
Pan Crounds,
36,000
hi:h hold
rdmore. Dec. 1. Hal M
Sol Lewirt stale agents of
xecuo tiioops <;atheii lp
slain 4\ftek battle and
COOK TM
Irow and
the -Min-1
Mutual Life Insurance tom-
any, were here today from their
headquarters at Norman to deliv'er a
chq k for ten thousand (I pilars to |
Mrs. Framie Seivaily, whose (husband j
died in this eity recently. Five dyas'
after the proof of death was sulbmit-|
ted, the check for the above amount i
was on its way to the widow
building machinery
!
^ New ^ York, Deo. l.^-Dr. L,,
Fiament, until recently a surgeon with
the Belgian forces in the Congo and
now surgeon of the Cunard line steam-
ship Orduna, says cannibalism is prac-
ticed by the negro troops of the Bel-
gian Congo and German West Africa.
"In spite of all denials," said Doctor
Fiament, "I have seen the native sol-
diers cooking and eating their enemies.
The Belgian troops arc all natives, but
are officered by white men. After a
battle they gather up their slain ene-
mies and devour them. It would be
almost hopele ,s to attempt to stop the
practice for the natives are losing their j
spect for the whites. They see us
killing each other, a thing we try to
top them from doing, and they say we j
arc not different from them. So when >
they want to eat their enemies we can
not argue with them.
"The Germans also are using native
troops and these, when victorious,
practice cannibalism. After a battle
the savages gather up the dead, daub
them with mud and roast them."
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San Francisco, Doc. L—"What's
your name?" demanded Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney Bacsey of a 'Mexican
charged with vagrancy at San Fran-
cisco.
The defendant brushed back hlh
hair, but did not speak, fieesey re
peated his question. Same response
Then the Spanish Interpreter tried.
The man pointed to a spot on his
forehead. Beesoy looked closely and
tattooed on the man's brow was,
I "Fred Harris. Sonora, Mexico."
tional association, has figured out that j «.What B the idea?" asked Beesoy.
I have heart disease. I may drop
dead. I don't want my grave to he
unmarked," the prisoner explained.
He was dismissed.
SIPEIUXTENDENT WILSON
SAYS CONVICTS COST MOHE
THAN SCHOOL STI DENIS
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 1.—Presi-
i<ant Wilson of the Oklahoma Educa-
i. II. CIIA1V\!AN ELECTED
M RESIDENT; ANM'AL MEET
TO lit: HELD IIEKE
TI. organization «f apepmancnt
county and township officers good
roads association with G. H. Chap-
man of Mulhall, president; Chas. 8.
Morris, of 'Lawrie township, vice pres-
ident; J. E. Gaffney, of Guthrie town-
ship. secretary and treasurer and an
advisory and executive committee
compo. e 1 of the trustee of each town-
the brilliant Serbian campaig of von
Mackensen.
Moreover it is reported that Austria
is opposed to the idea of a possibility
fcrence of the township officers ol
iLogr.n county at the district court
room yesterday.
It was the best and most profitable
EXPLOSIONS AT Dl PONV
INDICATE SOMETIIIMi UN-
I'Sl'AL HAPPENING
BULLETIN
(By Associated Press.)
I SIP FEET SAFELY
of Bulgarian domination of the Bal-' good roads meeting ever held in Lo-
kans and it is suggested that a desire gan county and will mark the begin-
to forestall friction in this connection, j ning of a new era in road building in
was responsible for the German em- j t ;e u<untv. Every man present was
peror's recent visit to Vienna. an enthusiastic good roads man and
The Allies also are having Balkan | was there to get information and
troubles. Greece steadfastly refuses light on the new law and the new
to concede to the cnteutc demands for -systems of road work provided for
unrestricted iia* oi the Greek port of . uiider it and the questions were put
Saloniki as a base, and furthermore tj > ;>ief Engineer Danford and Coun-
declines to remove her army from t \ttcney Swank thick and fast from
Macedonia. j < very quarter for an hour or more dur-
ing the afternoon.
OKLAMOMANS ARRIVE. Ti ' leaii." point.-'- brought out
Washington, Dec. ' -Congressm .n were that the new law made prov:v
Ferrls and Murray have joined the ions r.s follows:
ether members cf the. Oklahoma con- The state rogds to be constructed
gressional delegation here and wit'.i and maintained ihy state and county
tbc exception of Congressman Dave:i- funds under t'.ie supervision of the
port. Carter and Thompson, the entire county commissioners and county en-
Oklahoma delegation has arrived for gineer and township roads to be con-
reopening of congress next 'Mondav.l ^
i (Continued on Pa*e Five.)
London, Dec. 1.—Colonel Maitlani
of the royal naval air service jumped
with a parachute today from an aero-
plane which was 10,003 feet in tn«.
air. He landed safely. Colonel 'Malt-
land has been experimenting with pre
jetced developments of the aero ser-
vice and arrived at the point where
it was necessary to determine wheth-
er an airman could land safely by
parachute from such a height.
"Someone has to do it," he said.
"There is onl yone person I care lo
ask. I will make the attempt my-
self."
It took the colonel fifteen minutes
to make the descent, but he solved nis
problem satisfactorily.
; it costs less to educatc a person in the
university or normal schools of the
i state than it does to keep a prisoner
i at either state prison or the reforma-
tory. He says that it. is an annual
I expense of $163.83 to keep a man at
I the state prison and $171.39 for one
; man at the reformatory, while it costs
; only $55.71 to keep one person at any
of the state normal schools. President
Wilson, speaking before the teachers,
i said it was extremely bad policy to
hold a boy back in all grades because
he was making a bad showing in some
of them. This is an age of specialism,
he argued, and if a boy showed an un-
usual ability in some certain line, he
should receive all advantages possible
Boomer, Dec. 1.—.Bodies of fourteen in that particular line.
miners, who lost their lives in yes- There are over twelve hundred con-
terday's explosion, were recovers i vlcts in the state penitentiary at Mc-
this morning. Five others were Alester. The percentage of illiteracy
brought out of the mine in a danger- in the penitentiary i3 many times
ous condition, it is thought that tlio larger than among the rural districts
dead will reach at least :>s. of the state. President Wilson said
— | that not enough money was being |
Another DuPont Explosion. 'spent on educating the young people j
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 1.—Follow- of the state; that If more attention!
TELLS OF HIGH JINKS.
Oklahoma City, Nov. 30, 11:55 p.
m.—'II. F. Ardrcy, Manager Guthrie
Theatre:—High Jinks made splendil
impression here. It is a tinkling
musical, with a catchy swing, pretty
and graceful chorus, clever principals,
nlee scene*. It's a grand show.—U.
W. Ferguson, Dramatic Critic Okln-
homan.
ing close upon the terrific explosion
at the DuPont powder plant, which
cost the lives of thirty-one persons,
a small explosion of smokeless powd-
er at the DuPont plant at Carneys
Point, New Jersey, is the cause of
some anxiety. No one was hurt and
the property damage is light
INo statement as to where the ex-
plosion occurred, but it is said, how-
ever, that notices have recently bec-n
nailed to trees near the plant, warn-
ing men of Teutonic origin that they
were working in the peril of their
lives.
Workmen in powder plants are be-
coming freightened and a panic in
that industry is feared.
LONE ROBBER.
(By Associated Press)
were given the less number would
have to be cared for in the peniten-
tiary.
Tin struct
III HIS II
Episcopal Church Meeting
The clergy of the missionary di
trict of Oklahoma viz:- the wester
half of our state, were gathered at! the wagon, was no match for the m\
Bishop Brook's residence in O tola ho- model. Defendant contended the cov
ma 'City. There were present Rev.
Messrs. Kinsalving, Fay, Keiebe.*,
Chicago, Dec. 1.—Two passengers Eaton, Coughey, Freece, Brown, Nich-
o.i Milwaukee train No. 4, known as, 0las. Much work was planned for
the "Pioneer Limited" lost valuables1 the coming year. The Bishop Ids-
and money when a man who boarded j pitably entertained all at dinner,
the train at St. Paul last night, rifl- j
ed their berths while they were sleep-1
ing.
should have been "lighted.'
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Chas. It Foster, 38 and Blanche P.
Harmon, 3) both of Maple City, Kan-
sas, were married by Justice Horria-
day at 10 o'clock last night in the
office of the county judge.
MAKE YOUR.
L\M UP
KOW!
! inary.
i Homer is wanted for
' crimes in Kansas.
HISINESS MIA AND HOAD
OFFICIALS HOLD MEETING
AT CIIA.MHEK COMMENCE
Beginning next Monday, Guthrie will
have a passenger train service on the
Fort Smith & Western and El Reno
and Western railways superior to any
service ever given Guthrie by these
roads .
This was officially announced by
General Passenger and Freight Agent
Gibson, of Fort Smith, to the business
men and citizens present at the Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting last night.
Under the new schedule a passenger
train will leave El Reno for Guthrie at
f> a. m. arriving here at 8 and con-
necting with both the north and south-
bound Santa Fe trains. At 8:10 this
train will leave for Fallis connecting
there with the train from Oklahoma
City east to Fort Smith. Connecting
with the train in from Weleetka,
Prague, Paden, Sparks, Warwick and
held without bail. Wellston this train will then return to
J'ortland, Ore, Dec 1.—Cows don t
need lights when tied to a farm wag-
on.
This was the conclusion reachel
by the jury in 'Circuit Judge Gaten's
court, which awarded Emil Alt judg-
ment of $100 against August Semper
for damages to Alt's cow.
iSempers automobile tried to pas-s
Alt's wagon and cow on the Hav-
thorne bridge last January. The
cow faced the intruder, but, tied to
HOUSER PLEADS INNOCENCE.
Omaha, Dee. 1.—Arthur Housor,
charged with the murder of W. H.
Smith, plead not guilty at his prelim-
He
llOillt AND AHSON PLOTS
CONDEMNED VXD LUGES
STATES TO ACT
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.—A ring-
ing patriotic appeal to the country for
the fullest measure of national pre-
paredness, not only against an attack-
ing foreign foe, but from Its enemies
here at home, will bo made by Presl-
lent Wilson in his annual address to
congress.
The President completed the prepa-
ration of his address late this after-
noon, and a White House messenger
hurried with it to the public printer.
The message is about 4,000 words in
length, and is confined entirely to the
various aspects of the subject of pre-
paredness.
Persons familiar with the plan fol-
lowed by the President in the prepara-
tion of this message are of the opinion
that it will arouse a feeling of patriot-
ism such as the country has not ex-
perienced since the thrilling crisis
which followed the sinking of the
Lusitanla. The feature of the appeal
which probably will attract the largest
measure of attention, it was believed
last night, is that part of the address
in which the President deals with the
nation's foes within its own domain.
The President will speak frankly
and bluntly of the activities of those
citizens of foreign birth who have en-
gaged in alleged plots to further the
interests of a foreign power in disre-
gard of the interests of the United
States.
Reference will be made without
mini ing words to the arson plots in
the munition districts of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, and bomb plots
whereby It was hoped to prevent the
exportation of munitions.
The President is expected to go back
to liis address delivered before the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, in September, for phrases in
whefh to characterize that element of
our citizenship which does not place
the interest of the American govern-
ment above that of all others.
Will Uurge More Drastic Laws.
A call for a line-up even more em-
phatic and frank than he uttered in
that speech is looked for by persons
who have watched developments here
in the past few weeks.
Passing from this discussion of the
disorders which have been fostered by
the hyphenated sentiment in this
country, the President, It is expected,
will point out measures which the
congress shall take to protect not only
the government but the country's
lawful industries from outrages, which
the department of justice has been un-
able to punish under the existing
statutes.
With respect to the national defense
program, the President will urge upon
congress his view that lessons of the
war are so pointed and so clear as to
make it a pressing duty of congress to
provide stronger instrumentalities for
tlni maintenance of this country's
THE AW WILL HELP YOU!
19 MORE BAYS!!
Guthrie at 10:40 and at 2:40 will again
leave for Fallis connecting with a
| train for eastern points and returning
Diphtheria Closes Schools. to Guthrie at 5 p. m. leaving for El
i All schools at Woodward and tlie^teno at 5:30 and arriving there at
picture shows are closed temporarily j "^30 p. in. This will give people along
I on account of an epidemic of dph ' 4U~ T7"'
tiieria.
Tit willed on Page Five.)
the Fort Smith road east an oppor-
(Contlnued on Pag© Five.)
KISSED PET DOG,
LOSES PART OF NOSE
Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. U.—Fond-
ness for blue ribbons and other
awards for merit doesn t necessarily
include fondness for 'kisses. Major
! II., prize Newfoundland dog at the
! dog show, has convinced Mrs. A. <M.
Ester this is true. (Mrs. Eater is to-
day wearing bandages on her nose as
a result of an effort to demonstrate
' her affection for the animal.
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