Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 335, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 21, 1917 Page: 1 of 12
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TULSA OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AUGUST 21 11)17
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VOL. XII NO. 335
PRICE
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SECOND CALL MAY
COME THIS WEEK
All Men Whose Numbers Were
Drawn Between 558 and
1000 to Be Summoned.
CITY'S QUOTA IS NOW 307
Exemption Claims of Over a
Hundred Drafted Men
Allowed by Board.
The city exemption board has
found It necessary to call at leant 442
more men for physical examination
to secure this city's quota for the new
draft army.
Mayor John H. Simmons executive
officer of the Tulsa local exemption
board yesterday announced that the 1
second call of drafted men probably i
would He Issued within the next two'
days. Already 658 men have been i
called examined and either certified
to the district board as ready for mlll-
lirv r-orvll'O nr hllVB ('llll 1110(1 eXCIlip-
tlons and the claims have been disal- I
lowed. J
Not more than 105 men found phys- i
lcally fit have been certified to the j
district board by the Tulsa board as j
ready for service. This leaves at leiistj
110 men who muBt be secured from
the second call to 1111 the city s quota
of 276.
Lists Arc Heady.
Yesterday afternoon tbe local board
member announced the names of
those men of the first call whose pe-
titions for exemption had been grant-
eil and another list of those whose
claims for exemptions had been disal
lowed. Hoth tists will be placed In I
the hands of the district board at
once and within five days all ap-1
peal claims are to be presented.
In the cases of those who were
granted exemptions by the local i
board John It. Meserve city attorney
will take appeals before the district
board on behalf of the government. In
some Instances it is probable that the
finding of the lower board will be re-
versed and the claims disallowed by
the higher board but Mayor Sim-
mons and other local board members
do not anticipate much relief in this
quarter.
Those drafted whose claims for ap-
peal were disallowed will now have
the opportunity to make appeal to the
district board within five days and
they may support their claims for ex-
emption with additional affidavits. In
the whole however the decision of
the local board is expected to guide
the members of the district board in
deciding the appeal cases.
Announce Decisions Pally.
Chairman Robert Sclvally announc-
ed yesterday that the first open ses-
sion of the board would be held to-
day at which tlmo appealed claims
for exemption will be beard and de-
cisions rendered. In most of the cases
to be decided upon today the appeal
board are only asked to certify up
those who make claims for exemp-
tions of Industrial or agricultural
grounds. The decisions of the district
board according to one of the mem-
bers will be nnnounced daily in order
that those who have claims pending
before It may know the fate of their
nppeal.
Dr. S. DeZoll Hawley examining
physician of the local exemption
board declar.-d yesterday that there
yet remained pending before his
board at least fifty claims for ex-
emption which had not been decided.
These claims according to the board
member will be held under consid-
eration until decisions are reached
when they will be announced und
either discharged or appeals taken to
the district board.
The second call which Is to be Is-
sued by the local board In order to
fill the city's quota will Include nil
serial numbers drafted between 558
and 1000 acordlng to the local board
members it being evident that it will
take at least this number from which
to secure the quota and the ten per
cent additional which Is a margin al-
lowed for discharges granted by the
medical officers at the concentration
camps later. With this additional ten
per cent Tulsas quota as certified
thru by the district board as ready
for military service will be 307.
DISTRICT EXEMPTION BOARD
WILL PASS ON CLAIMS TODAY
from Affidavits Which ifave llccn
Presented Members Will
Tick Out Soldicrq.
Members of the district exemption
bo.-ud having Jurisdiction over 21
comities of eastern and central Okla.
homo known as District N. 2 Kast-
ern Oklahoma will convene In ex-
traordinary session for the considera-
tion of appealed exemption claims
which have been brought before that
body.
Almost one-half of the counties in
the district of the board's Jurisdic-
tion have certified in .all drafted
names. In which no claims for ex-
emption have been t ntered. and it Is
' probable thnt the majority of these
cases will be hurriedly certified thru
tc the ndiutRnt general In order that
they may be teady for the first ser-
vice call which is to come by .Sep-
tember 1 as the war department has
announced.
Already several counties have cer-
tified to the district exemption board
their entire quota of men and all ap-
peal claims from these counties are
now before tho board for their ap-
proval or disapproval. A number of
stenographers and clerks have been
(id led to the force of the exemption
beard these having been "drafted"
from the force of o'l companies. The
mass cf clerical work to be dono
necessitates st.ch a move on the part
of the board and It is probable that
additional help of this kind will be
needed before long if the volume of
work continues to iucrtase as It has
lit the past.
I. W W. STRIKE IS
COMPLETE FIZZLE
No Effort Made to Carry Out
Orders for General Walk-
out in Northwest.
SUNDAY'S ARRESTS CREDITED
Seizing of 27 Men as Military
Prisoners Believed Effi-
cient Antidote.
SAN I'lLINCLSt'O Aug. 20.
It dcvclos'd in Spokane today
that James Rowan dl'lrlct secre-
tary of the I. W. V. who signed
tin' strike order may Ik1 -ourt-inartiab'il
Instead of being tried
in court.
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 20. Peace
and quiet prevailed today thruout th
northwest states of Washington Ore-
gon Idaho and Montana whom u
strike of thousands of Industrial
Workers of the World In the construe
tlon harvesting and fruit industries
was scheduled to take place. A sm
vey of tho situation tonight showed
that every line of Industry to be af-
fected by the proposed strike pursued
Its normal orderly way and so far as
could be- ascertained no attempt was
made by any Industrial Worker of the
World leader to carry into effert the
strike order issued recently by Jame..
Rowan district secretary of the or-
ganization with headquarters at Spo-
kane whi advised farm workers to
"let fruit rot on the ground" and
called on construction workers to lay
down their tools.
The swift and unexpected action
last night of military authorities at
Spokane acting in conjunction with
Washington state officials In arrest-
ing Rowan and 25 other alleged In-
dustrial Workers of the World ts be-
lieved to have exerted a powerful in-
fluence In deterring the radical mem-
bers of the organization from pre. Milit-
ating a strike which It Is admitted
would have ad serious and far-reaching
results.
The 27 men are held as military
prisoners and will be examined within
-n few days and some of them. It w is
said probably will be released. The
examination will be conducted by
Major Wilklns and until he has com-
pleted his investigation the prisoners
will bo held Incommunicado.
From Seattle reports were received
that the I. W. W. construction work-
ers in that district would take a strike
referendum vote September 10.
Dates Set for Second
and Third Mobilizations
WASHINGTON Aug. 20. Mobllt-
atlon of the second increment of the
draft troops was todny changed from
September 15 tr. 19 and the third in-
clement from September 30 to Oc-
tober 8. Mobilization of the first in-
clement will lie as proiously an-
nounced September 5.
Incomes and War Profit
May Draw Heavier Tax
WASHINGTON. Aug. SO. Wide-
spread sentiment in the .-'tnate In
favor of adding to the total oi ;he war
tax bill by imposing higher rates on
war profits and Income surtaxes re-
ceived new Impetus today with the
opening of the third week of debate.
Speeches advocating such increases
were made by Senators Johnson of
California Hollis or New Hampshire
and Jones of New Mexico. Tomorrow
Senator Lafollette is expected to make
his address In favor of levying vir-
tually all war taxes upon incomes anil
war profits. Senator King Is prepar-
ing a substitute bill providing much
higher rates on these sources.
Shipping Board Wants
Billion Dollars More
WASHINGTON. Aug. 0. A bil-
lion dollars probably will bo asked
congress by the shipping board for
completion of its 18 months building
program.
Contracts soon li be placed for a
great fleet of fabricated steel ships
ordinary contracts to bo let and the
cost of commandeering ships under
construction will send the total far
above tho $500000000 additional es-
timated . by the old board.
Tbe board already has been given
three-quarters of a billion dollars
tt'l of which has gone Into contracts
ani the purchase of ships.
Chink General Anxious to
Tangle With German Foe
"PKK1NO Friday Aug. 17. (De-
layed.) General Chang Clin Vnam
commanding troops sent to suppress
General Chang Ilsun's forces in Anh-
Wel province telegraphed President
I-'eng Kwo Cnang urging the Imme-
diate sending of his force of thirty
thousand to Europe to fight tho Germans.
British Tanks Play "Leads"
nniTISII FRONT IN FRANCE
AND RELG1UM Aug. 20. Urltlsh
tanks scored another triumph In the
capture of important German posi-
tions yesterday morning In the neigh-
borhood of the Ypres-Foelcapelle road
north of St. Jullen. It was a tank
show almost from start to finish and
the Infantry in this case played the
part of supcrnumarlcs n support
of tho leading actors while large num-
bers of the enemy troops added a
final melodramatic touch by surren-
dering abjectly or fleeing In terror as
the heavy leads lumbered on to tho
stage and "reached for their shooting
Irons."
As recorded In tho official com-
munication the Urltlsh captured Gor-
man defenses along a front to a depth
of five hundred yards. Among tho
strongholds occupied were tho famous
Triangle Illbau and Corkoro farms
the sites ot exceedingly strong con
Supreme Court Decision Cited as Proof That
Compulsory Military Service Is Constitutional
WASHINGTON Aug. 20. Any question as to the constitutionality of the
("elective draft law officials here believe was settled in the affirmative
today by a decision of Judge Speer or Georgia in the first decision on
the draft law. This decision cited tbe case of the United States vs. Tarbel
in "which the United States supreme court ruled:
"Among the powers assigned to the national government Is the power
to raise and support armies. its control over the suhjert Is plenary and
exclusive. It can determine without question from any state authority
how the army shall be raised whether by voluntary enlistment or forced
draft; the age at which the soldiers shall lie received and the period for
which they shall be taken; the compensation he shall be allowed and
the service to which he shall bo assigned."
Judge Speer held that soldiers were riot slaves and that therefore t tie
contention that the law was in contravention of tho thirteenth con-
stitutional amendment against involuntary servitude was empty. A plea
that the act violated rights guaranteed by the common law he held worth-
less because the common law can not prevail against an act of congress.
As to a contention that In drafting state troops into the federal service
the situation limitation upon the use of the militia had been violated the
court held that enlisting of citizens in state troops could not deprive the
federal government of its right to summon every citizen to the colors.
SPENCE CHIEF INCITER
OF DRAFT REBELLION
Startling Testimony Brought
Out in Government Hear-
ing at McAlester.
McAMOTKR Aug. 20 That II. C.
Spence alleged organizer of tn
Working Class union was tho prim I-
pal Inciter of the anti-draft agnation
in Hughes county as well as In Semi-
nole county was tho burden of the
testimony offered today in the gov-
ernment's hearing In cases against
those Oklahoma farmers cbarg
with conspiring to obstruct the selec-
tive draft law. Spence advised all
local lodges one witness aid to "pre-
pare und use tactics."
After a mass meeting of four lodges
on the night of August 2 the hands
separated another witness testified lo
burn the Missouri Oklahoma & Gulf
bridge near Calvin and to dynamite
the Texas company's pipe line. Tho
detachment assiEiied to blow the
bridge It was declared made the at-
tempt but the other detail "got cold
feet" as the witness related. Five
sticks of dynamite assigned tor that
purpose were captured by government
agents and exhibited as testimony.
Thirty-two men were bound over oil
J5.000 bonds today by it. N. Mc.Millen
United Stntes commissioner. They
had waived preliminary bearings.
Judgment against three was reserved
at the government's request. This
makes a total of 145 men now held
for the grand Jury none of whom has
been able to make bond.
Pittsburg county cases which num-
ber about 4 5 were expected to open
tomorrow.
Members of Draft Board
Admit Conspiracy Charge
NKW YORK. Aug. 20. With two
former members of the draft exemp-
tion board No. 99 In this city L. I.
Cherey and Dr. A. S. Iternfeld sen-
tenced to two years each in the fed-
eral penitentiary at Atlanta after they
had pleaded guilty to charges of con-
spiracy to obstruct tbe selective draft
law federal attorneys announced late
today that speedy Justice would be
sought in the case of Kalinan Cruher
a dentist Indicted as an .alleged "go-
between." The government charged
that Gruher arranged with drafted
men for payment of money in return
for false exemption certificates.
Half of Walled City of
Salonika Razed by Fire
LONDON Aug. 20. More than
half of tho walled city of Salooikl in
Greek Macedonia which is under oc
cupition by the entente allied troops
was destroyed by fire op Saturday.
Kinhty thousand people who were
rendered homeless were being re-
moved to neighboring villages last
evening according to a disputch re.
celved in London. The fire is now
under control.
M0NASTIR SWEPT BY FIRE
IJuurtcr of Serbian City Destroyed by
Itulgarlait Poiiibai'dmcnl.
COItKU Aug. 20. One-quarter of
the Serbiun city of Monastir has been
uestroyed by fire caused by a Hul-
garlan bombardment the Serbian
press bureau announces. The number
of victims has not been ascertained.
Tho statement says th it on Saturday
Bulgarians bombarded the city more
violently than ever firing some two
thousand shells. There was no reason
for the bombardment as no fighting
was pi progress. Women and children
who fled In all directions have been
collected and taken to the rear.
Cigarette Set Fire to a Street Car.
When a lighted cigarette was
dropped In the window casing of a
street car recently an accumulation
of rubbish was Ignited causing a
near panic among the crowd of wom-
en shoppers returning to their homes.
The motormnn speeded the burning
car to a fire station and firemen ex-
tinguished the blaze with chemicals.
crete and steel machine gun redoubts
that menaced the Infantry advance.
It was dawn when the tanks lined
up and waited for tho signal to "go
over the top." The Urltlsh artillery
observing no less chivalry to the tanks
than to the Infantry In the pnst
poured a preliminary stream of shells
Into the German lines then dropped a
barrage ahead of the iron monitors.
liehlnd them came the Infantry
ready to do tho cleaning up of the id
mnlnlng enemy after the tanks had
finished their part. Hut there wao
little for tho Infantry to do except as-
semble and care for the prisoners as
tho tanks progressed. There was
hard fighting at several positions such
as the three redoubts mentioned but
It was always brief.
The tanks wheeled Into position ana
turned a heavy fire on the fortifica-
tions and the Germans were killed or
clso they surrendered. Tho ciieiu
$15000 ICE PLANT'S
LOSS FROM EXPLOSION
Several Men Slightly Overcome
When Ammonia Tank Bursts
Crippling Industry.
Seven workmen were slightly over
ne by fumes property damage was'
jsed to tho extent of $15000 and
city's ice supply was seriously
come by fumes
cause
the city's ice supply-
Jeopardized as a result of an explosion:
of an ammonia tank in the ice plant I
of the Public Service corporation I
First und Cheyenne at 12:45 o'clock
this morning. Uursting under two
hundred pounds of pressure the giant
tank located on the top of tho plant
was hurled several hundred feet in the
mi unci niiuii ii uiusneii iinu mu i
rooi narrowly missing me iumu-
stifled work mull assembled but a few
feet away.
Blowing- off of the ammonia and
the subsequent crash were heard in Pr of contracts now pending speed-
all parts of the city and firemen ;iml'pj un
police rushed to the scene of the ae-1
cldent giving temporary aid to the
dazed workmen. None of the Injured;
unstained sei l. his ..rferi ilthri n semn .
of employes were in the midst of !at l;r's't. t destroyers being far su-
tho spray. perfor even for harbor and patrol
a v.i.i. tin ruin i i .!
was caused from tho loss of ammonia I
alone. U. K. l'urdoe. chief engineer at
the plant estimated at 1 o'clock this
morning u he damage will necessi-
tate a complete shutdown of ice mak-
ing facilities at the plant for at least
a week or ten days he declared.
Stenographer Wanted
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Tulsa may soon bo thrust Into the
national limelight this time In a com?
promising position unless tho em-
ployers of clerical forces In this city
come to the aid of members of the
local exemption bourd of which John
II. Simmons Is executive head and of
which Joe Kenton and Dr. 8. DeZell
Hawley are members.
Ever since the work of raising Tul-
sa's quota for the draft army was
placed squarely upon the shoulders of
these men they have worked day and
night patriotically and without com-
pensation to do their "bit" for the
nation. They have carried on this
work in the second largest if not the
largest district In the country with the
aid of but two stenographers Una
Carr and Maude Roberts. At the same
time the mayor has attempted to carry
on the other duties of his office and
Dr. Hawley has given a small part of
his time to tlie work of tho city health
department.
The war department has announced
that it will attempt to place the men
accepted as soldiers in the first draft
in cantonments by tho latter part of
next month. There are yet more than
five hundred men to bo examined by
the local board and certified for ser-
vice. Tho amount of "paper" work In
each caso of a drafted man Is great.
Many forms must be compiled; many
records must be kept and thnro is a
great deal of stenographic and liook-
keeping work to be dono. It Is im-
possible for the board members and
the two stenographers to do tho work
of the office. Unless the Tulsa lioard
fulfills the requirements of the war
department it may tie up the entire
draft progress of the state perhaps of
the army several days.
Local oil companies and other large
employers of bookkeepers and sten
ographers can do a patriotic work by
lending a stenographer and a typo-
writer to the local board fur a couple
of Aveeks. There are no funds from
which the board members may pay
for such assistance but they need It
and unless they receive some such aid
Tulsa may get a very black eyo and
tho war department will deliver the
blow that will blacken It
in Great Comedy Drama on Flanders Stage
casualties were heavy. Great num-
bers of Germans were seen fleeing terror-stricken
as tho tanks appeared m
the distance and a considerable num-
ber threw down their arms and sur-
rendered without offering resistance.
Return Vnscathcil.
The tanks cleared the whole tern
tory desired and then trundled back
home. They suffered no damage and
the casualties for the operation
totalled 15. This has been the most
striking incident of the latest fight-
ing along this front.
There have been Intense artillery
bombardments and the air services o
both sides have been unusually active.
Last night the air was full of Rrttlsn
and German planes which bombed
their way Into each other's territory
amidst picturesque but awesome
flashes from breaking shrapnel and
long white rays from searchlights.
The French engineers havo encoun
U. S. WANTS GREAT
DESTPnvHP FLEET
Secretary Daniels Promises to
Make American Flotillas
Greatest on Sea.
MORE PLANTS ARE NEEDED
All Will Have Capacity Work;
Sea Wasps Most Feared by
German U-Boats.
WASHINGTON Aug. 20. Prelim-
inary steps toward providing the navy
with as many additional destroyers as
American plants can turn out were
taken up by Secretary Daniels today
at a conference with more than a
score of shipbuilders engine makers
and representatives of other Indus-
tries. Information was submitted by the
builders as to what they could do
in the way of expanded facilities
taxed to the limit of their present
capacity with destroyers already under
construction. Navy officials will
study the reports and suggest a def
" Vv " for 0f "''?'
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1 n"A Wales first In d
inite plan for the accomplishment of
to make the
destroyers the
arch enemy of the submarine.
Knglne Supply Hlg Problem.
The main difficulty Is to find facll
Itles for turning out the engines. There
'ore manv building yards which can
I install additional wavs and begin bull
eonstriietinii wlthnni rt..iitr t.t
Kjnes and equipment present a renter
proi lem. Today conference dealt
inree v w th th a n -i
The secretary Indicated that all the
destroyers the builders could produce
v.iiini ue iiiuereii ami ine uirge Hum-
X( nilMTS.
. ...
frojnry Daniels said no additional
suluiiurlne chasers would be ordered
worn anil having in nddit on sen it o
'lualltles which make them of far
K'eaier value in all ways.
Kvery suggest Inn that the nhin r.i-
iiKi'm ouimiTs iinu io inaue today ns
to additional motive power for the
destroyers was given close attention
I he porsibilitv of mal lnir some of
the new vessels with oil engines was
among tlie suggestions offered.
Secretary Daniels' decision shows
iluit tne crricers who have been con-
tending that the bept answer to the
I'-br.nt was to turn out an enormous
number of deitroyrrs have cntrjed
their point. The experience of all
allied navies that the destroyer Is
more deadly to submarines thnn any
other type of craft Is borne out by
reports from Vice Admiral Sims
fi i nded on tbe actual experlem-e of
American destroyers In Kuropean
waters.
Another aspect U the problem of
furnishing convoys to troops and
supply ship; which will grow as
American forces in Fiance are in-
creased. Many officers now believe
that destroyer convoys guarantee a
large degree of security from sub-
marines. No figures have ever beer made
public of the number of destroyers
now being built.
Belgian- Mission Frowns
on Pope's Peace Offer
IMIir.ADKM'MIA Aug. 20. Mem-
bers of the Kelglan war mission to the
I'nited Slates who were guests of the
city today voiced their opposition to
the pope's peace plan and Intimated
that the plea for a cessation of the
war bad its inspiration in Merlin.
"We iust fight on" said (ieneral
I.eclercii who is a veteran of Uege.
"We must not lay down our arms for
one Instant because of peace talk.
"German militarism would enslave
the world. W'e shall have Justice in-
dependence liberty and enduring
peace after a little while. Hut these
alms are not possible by arbitration.
We shall gain them only by fighting
to the end."
Kentucky Draft Board
Members Under Arrest
IOL'lSVIU.K Ky. Aug. 20 Sheriff
James N. Taylor a member of the
Ixigan county exemption hoard and
County Judge J. W Kdward were
placed under arrest here today by
Deputy United States Marshal li. M.
Richardson on the charge of conspir-
ing to violate provisions of the selec-
tive draft law.
Allies to Hold Council
Over Pope's Peace Note
LONDON Aug. 20. Lord Robert
Cecil minister of blockade and under-
secretary for foreign affairs an-
nounced In the house of commons this
afternoon that the entente allied gov-
ernments would hold a conference be-
fore a reply to the pope's peace pro-
posals would be sent to the Vatican.
tered considerable difficulties amid
the marshes Into which their troops
have advanced on their left but tho J
work is proceeding with marvelous
rapidity. I
Up to date the French have cap-'
tured about twenty-five German guns
since this offensive began on July 31'
and tne niacmne guns taken are In-
numerable. Sumo of tho captured
redoubts were found to be veritable
nests of machine guns. One field gun
which a German artilleryman was
about to blow up was taken near Lea
Lllns the gunner being shot Just as
he was placing the explosive.
Youths Kn-lly Demoralized.
Kxaminntlon of German prisoners
taken by the Rrltlsh continues and out
of 1940 questioned only 25 per cent
were found to belong to tho 1910 class.
Noncommissioned German officers re
SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED BY
-TRENCH IN FAMOUS VERDUN SECTOR
en
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writer lie-in to Mir
t htm.t'lvMt forthwith.
Th Mlrriiiff ronitini(
fr Mitt inuMt imrt of
writing fimmmfy or a
rou pin of day thn
mi if line down to tlio
poht office with poem
or tonic written on
TrbLH 5oom fiMui
HE CAl WCU.
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11 1 p-r anil dlrtMi'J to
4 & $Ctt their fuvortto newa-
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f j u' printing rvtryihitig
T4EMAmr .iilimittfil Afti.r wait.
n tc f'vtri)ily for a
iay or m and fiilliiiK to
ice tlit'ir ma Httr pi rt'tt
in tvpti thty IttH'ointt
worried mud finally do n right peevdn. Men
and women nnpii t! for fit inn un writera of
koiiI disrupting poems and nonga and the
women an Inr in the majority miring lit a
past three days nine alleged tumga designed
to dinplaep ' "1'iperrnry' ' "Anierira ' "i hr
Star Spangled Hnnner" and other patriotic
arrangement have he mi laid upon our desk
for attention. While wo lluh permit ua
to remark thut (lie attention in very ttraiit.
We are terrilily hiy Itv dny and awful liuay
by night. H'e have a lot to do and don'l
know miM'h nhout ong anyway of roiirae
if the women want to writ ftong. thut'a their
ImfiineHH hut if they'd soii. it o-.ir a tvire we'd
May fltiinething nhout t hi owing th en awi.y
and warming up the lawn .ut. ;t ir the
run ii inr outfit. liowr fir the tut her.
1 eMeroay wan anotner any not B'iiititoie 10
the display of mimiuer fur it hetug too
rool. The maximum temperature wa l2 di-
greea whito the minimum w.ia TZ drgreen.
The wind aaunterrd d row hi I y frim i.itt o'
th' no nth and the nk'ivn were partly Murred
hy rlomlv Fur today kindly permit lit to
nnnoniK'ti more cloud with the temperature
of HUh eha meter n to hring joy to the
feminine- heart whoHe owner ponneiitea aomo
Miiimner fura.
ALLIES NOW SHELLING
LENS' EASTERN GATES
German Officers Bemoan Loss
of Guns More Than Sac-
rifice of Men.
CANADIAN IIKAPQUAUTKUS IN'
('RANCH Aug. 20. Northwest of
Lens the Canadians have succeeded In
establishing strong posts in a special
trench which was the scene of des
perate but Indecisive fighting two days
ago. These new posts give command
of the last bit of ground from which
the defenders of the city could over-
look the advance from the west.
The 'astern exits from tho city now
are subjected to a constant h.irrasslng
fire of the artillery and machine guns.
This makes the bringing up of pro-
visions and supplies of ammunition
very difficult.
The Avoin front was strongly held
by the (icrmans as protection to Sal-
laumlues n large mining village south-
east of I. ens where many guns with-
drawn from the (icrman forward area
to escape capture now arc located.
German prisoners speak with bit-
terness of seeing their guns In process
of withdrawal while tlie Infantry was
sent forward with insufficient artillery
support. The loss of guns still ap-
pears to be more important in the
eyes of the German commanders than
the loss of men.
American Has Two Tills
With German U-Boals
AN ATLANTIC l'ORT Aug. 20.
a hit on a German submarine on tho
ui.'wiird voyage and the successful
thwarting of it it attack by another
German subimnino on the trip back
to this country wro reported to.
niirht. The tiist .submarine was
sighted about three hundred miles
off tiic coast of France.
Naval gunners aboard the steamer
immediately opined fire. The third
shot hit the submarine's periscope
and the underwater craft disappeared.
On the way back to the United
States tho ste:.incr encountered the
second HiibmciMlile. The gunners
again opened lire before the sub-
nariiio could begin w.th her guns
but they do not believe they hcored
a hit as the tnemy submerged too
'1'ilckly.
Airplane Students Are
Cremated in Mid-Air
liUFKALO N. Y Aug. 20. Charles
A. Wall Jr. and Richard II. Mead
were burned to death hero late today
when an airplane In which they were
experimenting with smoke bombs
caught fire In the air. Roth men were
dead when tho destroyed airplane fell
to the gTOUnd. v
Wall was a civil engineer In training
for aviation service. Mead was1 avia-
tion instructor who came to Huffalo
recently from the training camp at
Mlneola L. I.
late how they are hampered by the
demoralization of the younger recruits
with whom they arc supplied. They
say they cannot rely on these young-
sters and similar complaints are
heard about the inefficiency of tho
young German officer in tho battle
of Flanders. The demoralization of
certain German reglmunts at Iwmge-
marck and Polygon wood last Thurs-
day was complete and this was due
according to raptured noncommis-
sioned officers to the preponderance
of 18-year-old youths In the ranks.
Tho Two Hundred Sixty-first and
Two Hundred Two regiments of the
Seventy-ninth division fled to the rear
at Lengemarck and many were killed
by the Rrltlsh artillery as they ran.
Roth these regiments were ordered to
counterattack later but could not be-
cause they were o exhausted and
nerve-racked.
4
"Zimmic"
Advance Made on 11-Mile
Front Far Into Enemy
Territory; Prisoners in
Large Numbers Taken.
ITALIANS SCORE HARD
Artillery Bombardment Is
Driving Austrians Back
Yielding Captives and
Guns.
With the Rrltlsh troops busily en-
gaged In the successful parrying of
German counterattacks against the
newly won ground In Flanders tha
French and the Italians have started
monster offensives the French
against the Germans near Verdun and
tho Italians against the Austrian!
from the region of I'lava to near thf
headwaters of the Adriatic sea.
Sharp decisive blows have gained
for the French positions held by th
Germans on a front of more that
eleven miles extending from tho Avo.
court wood eastward across the river
Mouse and Into the Hois de Chaume
while the Italians after a bombard-
ment of an Intensity never before ex-
perienced In that theater hnve lev-
elled Austrian defenses crossed the-
rmits and also the Isonxo river and
now are at deadly grips with the en-
emy along a front of about thirty-
seven miles.
Hosts of Prisoners Taken.
Nearly 12000 prisoners already
have been counted by the French and
Italians and doubtless this number
will be materially augmented when
full details of the fighting are at
hand. In addition the Germans and
Austrians lost heavily in men killed
or wounded and In guns and ma-
chine guns captured.
The new territory taken by the
French embraces positions that have
literally weltered In French and Ger-
man blood In batles that have waged
to and. fro since the German crown
prince started his most costly enter-
prise tho attempt to take Verdun
which resulted In utter failure.
Important Positions Taken.
N'otnhln among the cantured positions
aro tho Avoucourt wood two sum-
mits of Le Mort Iloinine tho Corbeaux
wood and Champneiiville all of which
were held notwithstanding vicious
counterattacks by the Germans which
were broken up by the French flrei
with heavy casualties to the enemy.
French airmen materially aided the
infantry in the press forward swoop-
lug low over the German forces and
emptying their machine guns into the
ranks and In fights In tho air wtin
German protecting machines eleven
of which were sent hurtling to the
ground.
Likewise the Italian flyers are giv-
ing their Infantry valuable support
morn than two hundred of them being
engaged in attacking with bombs and
macliine gunfire Austrian troop for-
mations behind the lines. At last ac-
counts the Italian guns were ener-
getically proceeding with the work of
destruction of the new positions taken
up by the Austrians endeavoring to
blast a road thru the defenses In order
to mnke more easy the march of the
Italian troops toward Trlest. Austria's
principal seaport lying at the head of
the Adriatic sea.
Plunders Aclivhy Lessoned.
The sil nation in Flanders and In
northern France Is virluully calm us
compared with last weik tint both the
I tritlsli and French continue to make
sallies nt various points and to
strengthen the positions won in the
recent fighting. The Canadians around
lns daily are biting- further Into the
German line and now have the coal
center virtually surrounded except on
the east. F.ven on this sector the
Canadian guns havo the range and
are making almost impossible any
movements of the enemy from or into
the town. I he entente allied airmen
still are carrying out raids on German
positions in I'elglum many tons of
bombs anuin having been dropped by
them. In Rumania the Austro-Gcr-rnans
have forced back the Ruman-
ians on both sides of the (litu. and
Trot us valleys according to the Rerlin
official communication.
ITALIANS MAKING SUPREME
EFFORT AGAINST AUSTRIANS
LONDON Aug. 20. A Copenhagen
dispatch says that according to report
from Austria the battle on the Is mzo
front on tho Italian-Austrian front is
characterized as the most violent Cv'er
fought there. It Is believed by the
Austrians und the Germans that tho
Italians are making an attcmp; tu
break thru to Triest.
A colossal number of new guns have
been brought into the fight for which
the Italians had been preparing for
weeks. Yesterday Italian a.'lators
dropped proclamations over the Aus-
trian lines saying that the bombard-
ment would be continued for many
hours.
TONIGHT THOSE "AD MEN"
WILL EAT AND ORGANIZE
Tonight at the Hotel Kelchum the
Advertising flub of Tulsa will glvo Its
first dinner. It will he an Informal
affair at which permanent organlza
tlon of the club will be affected ot'
fleers elected and committees uppoinu
ed for the coming year.
Ruyers und sellers of advertising
who are Interested In better advertis-
ing will eagerly seize this opportunity
to do their bit to bring It about uA
well as to have a great time in pass-
ing and will telephone Ralph Talbot
temporary secretary of tho club at
the Pulace theater that they will be
among those present when tho gong
rings at S:3U o'clock tonight
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