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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HER ALD
REGULAE AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE OOITNTT.
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FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1916.
NUMBER 117.
GEN. VILLA
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 29.—An uncon-
firmed report in Mexico City that
General Villa has been seriously
injured has been received from Con-
Bui Silliman. Silliman# also sent
■word that General Obregon, Car-
ranza's leader, entered Mexico City
unresisted yesterday afternoon. Or-
■der and quiet prevailed.
Carranzistas in Capital.
JBy Associated Tress.
Mexico City, Jan. 29.—The capital
is again in the hands of the forces
of General Carranza. The new au-
thorities have re-established order
an<J confidence prevails. It has been
established that the shooting which
occurred in the main plaza when
Obregon, at the head of the Car-
ranza forces, reached that place
yesterday, was done by snipers who
were hidden on the Cathedral roof.
Obregon said the shots were un-
doubtedly directed toward him, and
It was an ^ttempt to assassinate
him. The perpetrators of the attack
are not yet captured. Three soldiers
were killed and a number wounded
during the firing.
Twenty thousand additional Car-
Tanza troops arrived today.
TELL ABOUT
SUCCESSES
By Associated Press.
'Petrograd, Jan. 29.—'Russian sue
cesses in Galicia, southwest of
Dukla Pass, are described in the
official communication as "particu-
larly important."
"Our troops," said the statement,
"advancing with great energy, com-
pelled the enemy Jan. 26th, to re-
treat in great haste, leaving behind
ammunition and other war mate-
rials.
"There is no change in Bukowina.
Artillery duels and outpost skir-
mishes continue."
"In east Prussia, the statement
declares, Russian detachments took
the offensive north of Tilsit, and
drove back the Germans, destroying
the railroad station at Pogegen.
ACCIDENTS ON THE
' RAIL ARE MANY
TIMS DESTROY
GREEK TOWNS AND
Germans Resting Rifles in Snow to Aim at Russians
3® S5B13S —* 3
■
TURK ATTACK UNIVERSITY
IS TIMED TO MAN AGAINST
BAI.H RUSSIA UNIFORMITY
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 29.—With the re-
By Associated Press.
'New York, Jan. 29.—The Rocke-
newal of offensive operations by, 'e^®r donations to educational in-
the Turks in the Caucasus, appar- j Btltutions have influenced the pot-
ently timed so as to force the Rus- J 'c'ea the presidents of univer-
sians to send more troops into this | s^ies and colleges In many in-
field, the Austro-German activities , stances, but the influence has al-
in Galacia and the Carpathians con-J been good, said Charles W.
tinue to dominate the military Bltua-,®^'0^ president emeritus of Har-
tion. The Teuton Allies are being vard at the federal industrial com-
pushed further south and strung j mission investigation.
out nearer the Roumanian border, Against Minimum Wage,
in order to meet any sudden move- j President Elliott said he believed
ment over the passes from that legislation providing for unform
country.
"Winter in east Prussia is cold
enough, even for those who have
coal and comfortable homes, but
this is a picture of the German
troops fighting the Russians from
their (trenches. The photograph
was taken near Darkehmen on the
Angerapp River in east Prussia.
The bottom of the trenches is filled
with snow and the^ soldiers must
rest their rifles on snow to fire at
the Russians some distance off. The
thermometer is a'bout twenty-five
degrees below zero and the fingers
of the men are so near frozen that
they can hardly pull their trig-
gers. ♦
KILL RESIDENES SHAWNEE WINS
FIRST GAME FOR
MORE THAN TEN' THOUSAND
PERSONS KILLED DIKING
LAST YEAR.
Washington, Jan. 29.—®uring the
year ending June 30, last, a total
of 10,302 persons, Including 265
passengers, lost their lives in accl
dents on railroads and in railroad
shops reporting to the interstate I
commerce commission.
In addition, 192,662 persons were|
Injured, of whom 15,12 were pas-
sengers.
In the preceding year 10,964 per-
sons, including 403 passtngSrs, were
kill,>d and* 20H.308 persons, Includ-
ing 16,539 passengers, were Injured.
STORY OF OUTRAGES COMES
FROM RUSSIAN ARMY HEAD-
QUARTERS.
By Associated Press.
London, Jan. 29.—A Reuter's dis-
patch from Tiflid, the Russian army
headquarters in Trans-Caucasia,
says that fifty Greek villages around
Kars, southern Trans-Caucasia, have
been laid in ruins by the Turks.
The flight of the Greek Inhabitants
was precipitate, and women and
children are said to have suffered
intensely from cold. It is reported
many men among the Greeks were
made prisoners, and others killed.
NEW PROJECTILE
FOR J
METUKAS CASE
IS REVERSED BY
SUPREME COURT
FAMOUS PAMAGE SUIT FINALLY
COMES BACK TO THIS COUN-
TY FOR RETRIAL.
DEFE \ l \ \) OKLAiHOM \ ( I I V
THIS AFTERNOON IN CLOSE
CONTEST.
RUSSIAN PREMIER DENIES
REPORTS OF POGROMS.
TEST SHOWS THAT THEY
SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE AT
GREAT DISTANCE.
The supreme court has reversed
and remanded the Peter Metukas
case, and as a result it will be re-
tried In this county. This is the
CAN, case in which Peter Metukas, a
' boy injured while "hopping cars"
on the Rock Island, was given a
judgment for $8,000 against the rail-
road. The judgment was affirmed
the supreme court, but
Shawnee defeated Oklahoma City
this afternoon in the first game for
the state scholastic basket ball
championship, by a score of 23 to
22. The Shawnee boys are confi-
dent of winning the championship
from the capital boys.
"CLASS OF PEACE"
CONSISTORY NAME.
McAlester, Jan. 29.—The fact that
America is at peace while all the
rest of the world almost is at war
is commemorated in the name of
the consistory class which finished
the degrees of Scottish Right Ma-
sonry, with the close of the mid-
winter reunion here last night. The
name of the class is "Class ol'B,orles that there have been Pogroms
Peace." The officers are: Presi- among the Jews in Russia. Mr.
dent, George H. Walker,'Muskogee; I n°rnBtein cabled hlm 011 allegations
vice president, Harry H. Diamond,
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OWNERSHIP BILL
FINALLY PASSED
iBY THE SENATE
OKLAHOM A LEADS U N I T E 1>
STATES IN BILL TO AID
THE FARMERS.
Premier Goremykine of Russia
has sent to Herman Bernstein, a
Jewish editor, a positive denial of
Washington, Jan. 29.—Tests of
"submarine projectile which, fired at bN
a" at U, six to ten thousand, tlon for a "hearing was allowed.
vards, will explode under <the bot- and upon the rehearing the judg-
;f>m of a battleship, were conducted, ment was reversed and the cas,
late today at a secluded bight in*, remanded.
. , i n„A The case of Pottawatomie count)
the Potomac river below here, and
members of a congressional and against the s a e >
ZZ party, which returned today, culture, in which the county «
were preparing to press for an ap- successful in securing a court or
propria IonTor further experiments, der for a share of the state dip
P the three shells fired at 10, ping fund, has also been reversed
successfully,1 and remanded
One of
000 yards exploded
while two others at that distance court,
failed. Fifteen shots "were fired in
all.
by the supreme
INFANT DEATH
RATE DECLINE
Holdenville; secretary, Albert R.
Reeves, McAlester; treasurer, Har-
old Lee, Oklahoma City; orator,
John W. Porter, Eufaula; historian,
Scot Glen, Shawnee. There were 55
in the class. The reunion closed
with a banquet at the Temple.
PAID FOR JOKE WITH HIS LIFE
Portland, Ore., Jan. 29.—Police
Sergeant R. H. Stahl died here from
revolver wounds received while
testing the wakefulness of a patrol-
man.
fitahl found an automobile which
had been stolen. He drove the ma-
chine slowly past Patrolman C. E
Klingensmith to see whether the
latter would recognize it. Klingen
smith called to him to stop, and not
receiving an Immediate response,
opened fire. The first bullet pierced
the sergeant's brain.
KILLED DETECTIVE.
East St. Louis, 111., Jan. 29.—Otto
Schaumberg w#s convicted In the
circuit court at Belleville on a
charge of killing James J. Arnold,1
Bertllllon export of the Bast St It}' Associated I res*.
Louis police department, and was London
sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, past year with that of fourteen
The sentence was the mlnlranm the years ago. the infant death rate in
Taw allows for murder, H don ha. declined 29 per cent;
FORT TO 00 TO HAITI.
Jan. 29.—Comparing the
f!4,!t'2Q IN SALARY REDUCTION
that had been made by German
Ambassador von Bernstorff and,
other reports. He wired back as
follows:
"Reports Jewish pogroms in Po-
lish towns nonesense."
"President Council of Ministers,
"Goremykine."
The Synthetic Club will give
their concert Tuesday at the High
School Auditorium at 8 p. m. Saint
Cecilia Mass, which is under the
direction of Miss Boylan, promises
to be a very beautiful number. All
active, student and associate mem-
bers of the club and those on the
program will be admitted without
charge. Adults 25 cents, public
school students 15 cents.
Carl Ogee, who recently left the
Salt Lake City hospital, where he
had been a patient for 11 weeks, fol-
lowing an operation, arrived today
to visit his mother, Mrs. Mary
Ogee, west of the city.
Oklahoma City, Ok.. Jan. 29,-Cov- SENATE WOULD TUT INTO TEXAS
ernor Williams- in analyzing the
deaths from measles 32 er oent,
scarlet fever 64 per cent, whooping
Washington, Jan. 29.-J. Franklin' cough 62 per cent, diptherla 55 per
Fort former 'governor of New Jcr- cent, tuberoulosis 28, penumonia 17
s.y, has accepted the chairmanship and bronchitis 61 per cent. 1-rom
of' a commission which i. to be all causes, the percentage of deaths
sent by the administration to Haiti counting adults, children snd I
to Attempt to settle factional dif- fants has declined 26 per cent dur-
ferences which have oaused almost ing this period.
continuous fighting for several To increased facilities for he
Mr Fort headed a similar diagnosis of disease by l.iboratoi les,
„ion which went to the Do- the destruction of rodents and care
gainst infection Is the low
months
mlnican republic, watched elections taken
and restored harmony.
death rate mainly attributable.
measures of economy that have
marked the progress of the school
Land Commission notes that out of
a total annual salary roll of $74,920
the new commission has saved $14,-
320 by elimination of employes and
$10,820 annual salary list of men
laid off temporarily or permanently
as the situation may develop need
in the future.
The commission has now proceed-
ed to the point where it Is believed
by them there will be no further
reduction in salaries, all the $1.50(1
men having been reduced to $1,200
and all the $1,800 men having been
reduced to $1.5M and higher
= il*r<ed places having been reduced
In proportion.
Western Half of State Should lie
Called Jefferson.
A'l.tlo, Tex,. Jan. 29—A resolu-
tion to divide Texas Into two states
was Introduced In the senate today.
The wester, half of Texas would
be cut off and called Jefferson
The dividing line would run from
a point east of Wichita Falls south
to a point east of Eagle Pa*s on
the Rio Grande, leaving San An
tonlo and all the present large cit-
ies of the state, except El Paso
In Texas.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 29.—The Ok-
lahoma home ownership bill was
passed finally by the senate, but
not until it had been amended bo
as to apply to nontaxable Indian
lands'
The bill Is the first rural credit
measure to be passed by the legis-
lative body of any state in th
union. It provides for the loaning
of state school land funds to farm-
ers at long time and a low rate
of Interest.
Nu ndividual or family can bur-
row more than* $2,000 under the
terms of the bill and #the money
must bo used to pay off an existing
mortgage on the home, to build a
home or to make permanent im-
provements upon the home farm.
The loans will be secured by first
mortgages upon Improved farm land
and the notes will run for twenty
years. The money will be loaned
at 4Vfe per cent annual Interest.
In Us original form and as passed
by the committee *of the whole
Wednesday night, the bill provided
for loans on taxah'e lands only, but
Senators McIntosh", O'Neill, Chase of
Nowata and other senators from In-
dian sections of the state, made a.
valiant fight to have the word "tax-
able" stricken from the bill, and
won.
"If this bill Is passed with the
word 'taxable' Included," declared
Senator Chase of Nowata, It will
be class legislation. 1 speak
behalf of the 35,000 Indians In t...
district and tho 125,000 Indians of
the state, whose land Is nontaxable
as a result of treaty agreements,
but who are as much entitled to
this money a. their white brethren."
Effective a Year Hence.
Senator Campbell Russell and
Representative Luther Harrison are
the plrncipal authors of the bill
The measure probably will be passed
by the house and be signed by the
l governor within the next week. It
will become effective January 1
1916. It provides that when the
available school land money for
loans Is exhausted the school land
commissioners may issue "Oklaho*
ma Home Ownership Bonds," se
cured by mortgages taken on the
land on which money is loaned
These bonds will bear 5 up' cent
Interest.
AMERICANS IN
GERMANY WRITE
FOR LONDON PRESS?
By Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Jan. 29.—The Ham-
burger Nachrlchten complains that
Americans in Germany are acting as
the representatives of l^ondon news-
papers, this being viewed by the
Nachrlchten as hardly In accord
with strict ideas of neutrality. The
Nachrlchten says:
"Every war between civilized na-
tions is intimated by the rupture
of diplomatic relations. Newspaper
representatives in many respocts re-
semble diplomatists, for their task
is to obtain information, and to
give their own country a true in-
sight Into the existing state of af
fairs.
"Can we take it as in the slight-
est di'grco possible that those Lon-
don journals which are showing thf
greatest hatred toward Germany car
still bo maintaining their <#>rres
pondents lying low in Berlin?
"Of course not. They are Ameri-
cans! Thus they enjoy the protec-
tiini of their embassy; and «ven il
they place their telegraphic reports
before the German censor, naturally
whatever they send their editor?
through the Ataerlgan poit-foag goet
through unexamined."
minimum wage schedules and work-
ing hours was a bad thing. "Con-
ditions are different In all industr
las," he said. "What would be good
for one body of workers would be
bad for another."
Fat Too Much Meat.
One reason why workers found
it so hard to make their wages go
as far as they should, Elliott de-
clared, was because they bought
and ate too much meat.
COMPLAIN OF CLASS
ON CITY STREETS
NOTICE SYNTHETIC MEMBERS.
LARGE AUDIENCE
HEARD COLLINS AT
CONVENTION HALL
ANTI-SOCIAI/IST LECTURER WAS
GIVEN A GOOD HEARING—
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
A large audience heard Peter W.
Oolllne, an anti-socialist lecturer
of national repute, at Convention
Hall Thursday evening. He spoke
under the auspices of the Knights
of Columbus.
Mr. Collins Is a rapid-fire orator
and well versed in his subject. He
is the chief lecturer of the nation-
wide antl-ioclallst campaign, and
has met many of the leading social-
ists of the country on the platform
In debate. In the lecture last night
he quoIi 'i extensively from soci&lift•
literature in support of his state-
ments as to what socialism is and
what it stands for. and denounced
the entire propoganda.
One of the statements that the
speaker made was that a socialist
could not be a Christian and vice
versa. Thfs was a statement most
questioned by his socialist hearers,
especially a number of the ladies
prest nt. who, when he announced
himself ready for questions, wanted
to know where he got his authority
for such a statement. He quoted
Kir! Marx in support of his posi-
tion, stating at the same time that
the place to find out what socialism
i really is, one must go to socialist
I sources. He insisted that 90 per
I cent of the people who thought they
were socialists were not socialists,
and did not really know what so-
cialism is.
In reply to a challenge to a joint
debate, Mr. Collins stated that his
dates were full up to June, but
after that time he would meet any
socialist debater suggested by the
socialist national committee or the
state committee, at any place agreed
upon. It would be impossible, he
Much complaint Is made of tho
throwing of broken glass upon the)
streets, especially by drivers of
milk wagons. The glass is dan-j
rous not alone to automobile tires,
but also to horses' feet. City of-
ficials have been instructed to
watch for such violations of the
city ordinances, and adopt stern
measures to prevent the same.
By Associated Press. | Bal(j aB wen ^ unfair to the so-
Washington, Jan. 29.—The house cia|j8t party for him to meet a
immigration committee voted today I debater who had no authority from
to report the immigration bill, with
the recommendation that it be re-
passed over the president's veto.
INDICTED FOR
CHILD
the national or state committees,
to represent the party. (
The audience was a very atten-
tive one and perfect order prevailed
all during the meeting. There were
many socialists in the crowd, all
of whom gate the speaker respect-
ful attention.
Chas. E. Dierker Introduced the
speaker of the evening.
-The
indiotments j —
Bj A ssoclnted l'ress.
New York, Jan. 2!
jury returned two
charging murder against Mrs. Wal-,+
ters, known us the wlfo of boo* ♦
Hogers, alleging she poisoned her.*
two babies.
And now we hav< the Silence of
grand "Vice President Marshall. Hush—sbl
A Boston woman declare
that
All members of the chorus are
requested to attend rehearsal to-
The chief product of Mexico isj night afCarnoglc Libra:ry, and Men- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
revolutions: provisional president,, day night at High School Aud . ,1 - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ♦♦ ♦
1s a by-produot. I "urn.
WKVTHEK FORECAST.. ♦
lty Wsiiclutod l'ress. *
New Orleans, Jan. 21' -for ♦
Oklahoma Tonight ind Sat- ♦
urday. unsettled, warmer to- ♦
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