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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS- HERALD
REGULAE AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. PR FDA Y EVENING, (MATH 19. 1916
NUMBER 1&2.
FLEETS MOVE
AGAINST THE
By Associated Press.
'Berlin, March 19.—A squadron of
six British and four French battle-
ships at half past seven this morn
ing attacked three fortresses of the
Dardanelles. At the same time an-
other squadron of the Allied fleets
commenced operations against three
fortresses in Saros Bay. After a
fierce artillery duel, the hostile
ships withdrew at two in the after-
noon.
THE ENGLISH
SEE FAILURE
Rulers of Greece and Former Premier Fighting Over War.
AVIATORS ATTACK
A BRITISH BASE
By Associated Press.
Berlin, March 19. — Overseas
Agency Issued the following: "Re-
ports have reached. Berlin that two
German aviators have bombarded
the British arsenal at Sheerness.
the British naval base."
SAFETY MEETING
THIS EVENING
Asst. State Labor Commissioner
M. J. Williams arrived tod fly for
the Safety First meeting at the city
hall this evening. Mr. Williams,
J. F. McWilliams, state factory in-
spector; W J. O'Neill, master
mechanic at the R. I. shops; Gen-
eral Foreman Sharp and others will
address the meeting, which is es-
pecially for manufacturers of the
city.
WILL ORGANIZE
FOR CAMPAIGN
This evening in the superior
court room will "be held a meet-
ing of democrats to organize for
the city campaign. A campaign
committee will be selected and
plans made for the conduct of a
spirited campaign for all of the
democratic nominees. A full at-
tendance of the democratic voters
of the city is desired.
G000 INDIAN IS
•Bill Fife of Wewoka was killed
on the Harry Brown ranch south
of Seminole Wednesday.
Bill had been in the employ of
Harry Brown, hits brother-in-law,
for th epast few months, and from
meagre reports, it seems that an
unbroken horse he was riding ran
under a linvb of a tree, seriously in
juring him. he djtaf N btinrs
later.
Bill Fife was one of the highl
respected Indian citizens of Sem-
inole county, and every one who
knew him was proud to c.UJ him
friend. He was for several yeirs
employed in the store of the We-
woka Trading Company but the
"call of the woods" caused him to
go where he could mix more with
nature, and he was never happier
than when following his dogs or
hunting wild game. Better men
than Bill Fife,—well they don't
grow.
Funeral services will 'be held at
Wewoka today He will be burled
there.
A FRIEND.
STORY HOI K.
Children's Story Hour every Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock con-
ducted by Miss 'Ma'bel Pratt This
is a labor of love for the children
by Miss Pratt and the mothers
should see that the children do
not miss It.
By Associated Press.
London, March 19.—The apparent
failure of Field Marshal Von Hln-
denburg's various attempts to
reach Warsaw, the reappearance
of the Russians over the Bast Prus-
sian frontier near Tilsit, and the
Allied offensive in the west, has,
according to Britsh observers, put
Germany in a position where she
dare not shift any substantial force
from either east or west. Al-
though there are rumors of rein-
forcements being hurried from Po-
land to France to meet the French
and British thrusts, military writ-
ers hold that Germany must main-
tain her present armies in both
areas of fighting intact. This will
necessitate the findings of new
forces for both east and west, if
she would effectually meet the in
creasing strength of her enemies.
Petrograd believes Von Hinden-
burg has decided to launch a new
attack on Warsaw from the west.
Russian military authorities declare
the Germans have abandoned their
attack in the north, and are con
centrating their forces south of the
Vistula, where heavy artillery
fighting in under way.
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST.
♦
♦ By Associated Press.
♦ New Orleans, March 19.—
♦ For Oklahoma: Tonight fair.
♦ colder, freezing with temper-
♦ ature 25 to 28 degrees. Sat-
♦ urday fair.
♦
The Greeks are now engaged in a
bitter political contect to decide if
they will enter the war against Tur-
key or remain neural, and the fight
has come down to a trial of strength
between King Constantine and the
Queen on one side and former Pre-
mier Venizelos on the other.
The king was raited in the Ger-
man rmy and he has for years been
a partisan of Germany. The queen
is a sister of Kaiser Wilhelm, and
of course, her sympathies are with
Germany. It is said that this posi-
tion has made them unpopular. Ven-
izelos, on the other hand, is the
strongest man in the country, and
is believed to be the most popular
leader thorp. H© believes, Tike most
Greeks, that when Turkey is finally
driven from Europe by the allies
Russia will fall heir to all her pos-
sessions, unless they get in on the
war before the division of spoils.
A day after Venizelos resigned as
KINO CON5TANT/NEL
GE.CECE.
QUEEN SOPHIE
♦ of GEE EC E.
premier the king prorouged the par-
liament for a month, fearing such a
feeling < would be aroused against
the nwv mmihtri that was being
formed in the interest of peace it
would not last long.
SHE SELLS BUTTERFLIES
WITH HER BOUQUETS
FUNERALS OF TWO
FORMER CHIEFS
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iMany of the present and past
city officials, old residents of
Shawnee and other friends at-
tended the funerals today of W. F.
Sims and F. A*. Hill, both former
chiefs of police of Shawnee.
Mr. Hill's funeral was held at
the residence at 2 oVjlock, Rev. E.
L. Compere of the First Baptist
church in charge. Interment was
at airview cemetery.
The funeral of Mr. Sims was
held at the residence on North
Aydelotte at 2:30 o'clock, in charge
of the A. O. U. W., of which he
was an honored member. Inter-
ment was at Fairview cemetery.
AUSTRIA WANTS
TO BE SURE 1HAT
ITALY'S NEUTRAL
TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS, IF
ANY, TO AWAIT (LOSE OF
WAR.
1
By Associated Press.
Rome, (March 19.—A Tribunal
Vienna dispatch says Austria, if she
agrees to make territorial conces-:
sionB to satisfy Italy, will not trans-j
fer the territory until after the
war. It is said Autsria wants to
be sur£ Italy will adhere to her
promise of neutrality, an attitude
descrJbed as unsatisfactory to Italy '
Burning grass in a vacant lot ad-
jacent to the fire chief's residence
on North Beard was extinguished
by the fire department at noon to-
day.
A prairie fire north of the city
was the cause of the fire depart-
ment "being called out early Thurs-
day evening.
FREE LLCTURE AT
CONVENTION HALL
Tonight at Convention Hall, Mr.
iSdwaid Eccleston, a representative
of the great plant wizard, Luther
Burbank, will give an illustrated
lecture on the cultivation of field
and garden plants.
This will no dout>t be a groat
terat to all who are interested in
the work of agriculture and gar-
dening and as many as possible
should avail themselves of the op-
portunity to hear this lecture.
The advance information re-
quests that the invitation T>e ex-
tended to all the ministers of the
city, the teachers and pupils of the
public schools as well as all who
are interested in the propagation
of plants.
The lecture will be Illustrated
and should be very instructive to
all.
Everybody invited, admission free.
Hauling Great Austrian Siege Guns to Lowicz, Poland.
WBm
*>• ft. ■ .!
Beatrice Prentice, who has an
important role in "The Clever (
Ones" at the Punch and Judy The-,
atre in New York, has developed
such an Important side line that This photograph of Austrian selge dued in the beginning of the war.
she has thought of forsaking the K<"> on 'he way to bombard Low- In fact, It Is the greatest gun used
footlights for business. She is an Icz, Poland, ws
importer of Brazilian butterflies, a
business
herself.
which she thought out
taken when they ifi the war with the exception of
were on their way over the heavy the German forty-two centimetre,
roads. It is the gun with which the The scene shows what Poland, torn
forts at Liege. Belgium, were sub-[more by the war than any other
part of Europe, is undergoing. Three
times the Russian and German and
Austrian armies have fought across
Poland, until there is little left, and
It is said 3,(K)0,000 people are on
the verge of starvation.
RUSSIANS ARE
STILL HELD BACK
By Associated Press.
Berlin, March 19.—The official
statement says: "Miner Russian de-
tachments have enteerd Mamel, a
fortified Baltic port. *
"All Russian attacks between
the Pissta and Orzyic Rivers north-
east of Przasnysz, have been re-
pulsed. The enemy last heavily."
SYNTHETIC CU B SATUR-
DAY VFTEHNOON Pit 0(3 RAM
Roll Call; Current k vents or in-
cidents in the Life of Chopin.
Second Mazurka, by Godard, Mil-
dred Cobb (student.)
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,'
Saint Saens, Mrs. Simpson with vio-
lin oblagato, by Mrs. Felton.
Etude on Black Keys. Chopin.
Miss Pace.
Vocal Duet, Misses Boylan and
Mrs. Howard.
Violin: Nocturne, Chopin, Mrs.
Felton.
'Supplication. Cam He de Creux,
Miss Cofer. •
Etude, Chopin, Mr, McNeill.
Au Preln Tenrpes, Gounod. Miss
Leelah B. Galloway.
Scherzo, Chopin, Miss McCarty.
Military Polonoise: First piano
Mrs. Fluke and 'Mrs. Howard. Sec-
ond piano, Miss Knowles and Miss
Jennings.
DRUGS AND POISONS.
Popular Delusion of the Safety of the
"Purely Vegetable."
"Of nil popular delusions ns to drugs
and chemical compounds," hiiill a prom
inent chemist, "perhaps the most harm-
ful is that concerning medicines that
are 'purely vegetable.' There seems to
he almost a universal Impression
among even the educated classes that
such medicines as are composed en-
tirely of vegetable compounds are on
that account harmless, while on the
other hand any mineral compound Is of
necessity poisonous.
"Now, as a matter of fact, not only
has the question of whether a medi-
cine is vegetable or mineral not the
slightest relation to its poisonous or
nonpolsonous qualities, but in practical
medicine It would seem that most of
the common poisons are vegetable.
Look at the poisons most commonly
known and note their composition
Take strychnine, aconite, opium, alco-
hol, digitalis, hyosclne and cocaine.
Every single one of these Is 'purely
vegetable,' yet most of the deaths by
chroulc poisoning come from one of
these. The most powerful poison
known, 'rleine Robert' one flve-thou
■andth of a grain of which will kill a
grown man, is made entirely from the
castor oil beau.
"On the other hand, many minerals,
so far from being i>olsonotiB, are not
only harmless, but soothing. Bismuth,
a pure mineral. Is given In quite large
quantities even to small babies for the
purpose of allaying Inflammation,
while Iron Is one of the moat common
tonics.
"Soda Is not only one of the most
universal and harmless of minerals,
but It Is also largely used In our foods.
Rait Is a pure mineral, yet it is not
only necessary to life, but one of the
greatest cleansers and preservatives
known. Without It bacon and ham
would lie Impossible and the luscious
dill pickle unknown.
"Of course, there are minerals that
are highly poisonous, such ns mercury,
arsenic and potassium in certain com-
binations. but they are neither more
deadly nor more numerous than the
vegetable poisons. This nlso may be
said In favor of the mineral poison. It
Is considered by many physicians that
Its action Is much more certain than
Its vegetable brother: rather, vegetable
poisoys are much more uncertain in
their action upon the human system
Hence death by overdose is more likel.v
to occur from a vegetable than a miu
era I poison when taken medicinally.
"Just Irow the public ever g« t the
delusion that the 'purely vegetable'
was a badge of harmlessness I do not
know, but the fact remains that such
is the common belief "—Washington
Star
They Used Charles Lamb.
Franking privileges in England wore
greatly abused in days gone by. The
government employee's friends shared
in his opportunities In a letter writ-
ten by Wordsworth in 1815 the poet
said: "By means of a friend In Lon
don I can have my letters free. Ills
oatne Is Lamb, and If you will add an
'e' to his name he will not open the
letters. Direct as below without any
thing further, 'Mr. Lam be. India
house, London.'" Colerklge, too. saw
that a postage saved was a postage
gained and made use of the Mr. Lamt
of the India house.—Charles Uimb.
bally Thouflht
Silence Is deep as eternity, apeeo&
a shallow aa time.—Carlyle.
BATTLESHIP,
ATTACK BASE
By Associated Press.
Constantinople, March 3 9.-—Turk-
ish officials say the rench battle-
ship Bouvet was sunk by the forts
at Dardanelles, while the Turkish
fleet attacked the Odoshia, the Rus-
sian naval base on the Crimean
coast, setting the buildings afire.
Steamer Torpedoe.
By Associated Press.
Glasco, March 19.—The British
steamer Hindford wa storpedoed In
the English Channel by a German
submarine. It is reported one sailor
was killed.
Wheat Ship Hit.
By Associated Press.
London. March 19—.British steam-
er Bluejacket, loaded with wheat
for Liverpool, was torpedoed by a
German submarine off Beachy
Head. The crew took to the boats.
The steamer was badly damaged,
but remained afloat.
SECRETARY BRYAN'S
55TH BIRTHDAY
ll\ Associated Press.
Washington, March 19.—Sec. Bry-
an celebrated his fifty-fifth birth-
day, excahnging ratifications of a
peace treaty with Italy. He later
entertained the employees of the
department of state at a birthday
party.
k ('KEEK SABBATH
SCHOOL CONVENTION
On Sunday, March 14, 1016 a
convention was called to order by
the president, V. H, Evans, at 10 a.
m. Lesson was studied by all pres-
ent after which the subject, "The
Teacher," by James Turner and N,
N. "Stone was discussed. Some very
inte retain if and helpful thoughts
were given to those present. Thes£
thoughts were very heartily re-
ceiver. Following this discussion
the tables were arranged and1 to
the good women the task of spread-
ing. The bountiful repast was giv-
en and this part of the program
was enjoyed by all present, all
feasted to their hearts content and
it any one went away hungry It
surely was their own fault as their
Was plenty left to feed a small
army* 1:30 p. m., song; then se-
lection of next meeting place, there
were two contestants, Fair Vley
school house and Rock Creek Bap-
tist church. The vote was in favor
of the church. The reports of the
different schools was next heard and
we think these reports will be the
means of new energy in all of the
schools of this township. "The
Purpose and Needs of the Sunday
School" was discussed by A. J.
Fluke and K. C. Moore. Mr.
Fluke illustrated the purpose by
asking names of Bible characters.
These questions were readily an-
swered by the scholars there. By
showii
God's
purpose
•d. TI
to teach
ere many,
s on Sal-
vation and cha
iracter building as
the purpose an
d Christian workers
as the .Needs oi
the Sunday School.
Next on prograi
in was recitations by
the children. 1
I'his was enjoyed by
all. Mrs. W
H. Curtice gave us
a very instruct!
ve talk on 'The In-
fluence of the
Home." The solo
rendered by M
. Fluke was beautl-
ful. "The Socii
il Advantages of the
Sunday "School" was very albly dis-
cussed by Judge Abernathy. The
convention was given out as being
a great success and our friends
are invited to come again.
BY O.VE THAT WAS THEMv
SUNDAY EVENING.
Rev. J. Herron Miller will go to
Stillwater Sunday and deliver an
address Sunday evening to the
County Sunday Sohool Association.
The pulpit of the First Presbyterian
church will be filled by Prof.
George Liddell of the high school
faculty.
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Weaver, Otis B. The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 162, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1915, newspaper, March 19, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc128716/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.