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VOL. XIII NO. 60
MINNESOTA HUNTS
FOR AX WIELDER
Skulls of Three Crushed in;
Note Threatens Same
Fate for Others.
PRO-GERMAN IS SUSPECTED
Crime Believed in Retaliation
for Buying Liberty
Bonds.
VIRGINIA.. Minn. Nov. 16. While
the north country stood aghast tonight
at tho liorrlil details of the tiiplu at
murders here early today county offi-
cials were hurry Inn from luluth to
take charge of the investigation.
The murder took place in a small
two-story frame house and the vlc-
tlniH all killed while In bod were:
PAUL A LA It a miner.
MRS. PAIL ALAR. ZH. hi wife.
PETER TRKPICH. 0 employed
at tho Alpena mine.
Alt were Austrian and have lived
here several yearn. Treplch boarded
With tho Alars.
The police think the three prob-
ably were murdered tecause they had
subscribed to Liberty bondH and aided
the Red Cross by fellow countrymen
friendly to the central power. The
robbery theory advanced becauKe of
a report that Mm. Alar bad drawn
11.500 from a batik yesterday was
'disproved in a measure when 160 was
tonne In the Alar bed. The police
wy If there had been more money
it likely would have been placed there
also and all taken.
A neighborhood row growing out
of the war Is the theory of Doctor
Crowe deputy coroner.
On the kitchen table was found a
note which freely translated says:
"Tills Is what you trot fur being
against the kaiser. You have do-
nated to lied Cross and you have
Hit Id the kaiser could go to licIL
Don't look f'T us for anyone who
does will get the nnic doso."
lied C'roHs and Liberty bund pur-
chase signs have disappeared from
Austrian home windows slp.ee the
murders.
A double-bitted ax with which tho
killings were committed was found In
the room where Alar and his wife
lny. The heads of all three were
crushed. The crime Is believed to
have been committed about midnight.
Several arrests of suspects have
been made. An Inquest will be held
tomorrow. . . ... - -'-'
Shay's Woman Companion
Defense' 8 Star Witness
INDIANAPOLIS Nov. 16 The
state had practically completed Its
case when court adjourned this even-
ing In the trial of Dan Shay former
American association baseball man-
ager charged with murder for the
death of Clarence Ku'ell negro waiter
In a local hotel cafe.
The defense which probably will
Introduce Its first witness tomorrow
morning. Is expected to put Mrs. Ger-
trude Anderson Shay's companion In
the cafe on the night of the killing on
the stand tomorrow afternoon. She
is regarded as the defense s star wit
ness.
Police officers who arrested Shay
after the shooting testified today that
Shnv told them he shot the nuu-io be
cause he called him an unprintable
epithet. The officers said they be-
lieve Shay was under the influence
of liquor.
Gus Willie Dismissed.
The case of Gus White charged
with burglary was dismissed in the
du-trtct court yesterday upon appli-
cation of the county attorney for lack
of (sufficient evidence to warrant a
trial of the case.
WAR DECLARATION ON
ALL TEUTONS URGED
Roosevelt Says United States
Should Include Austria
and Turkey.
PRINCKTON. N. J.. Nov. 16. The-
odore Roosevelt In an address here
tonight declared that to "make the
world safe for democracy" demands
en immediate declaration of war by
this country against Austria and Tur-
key. He urged that the United States
take some action toward establishing
a permanent policy of preparedness
and compared pacifists and pro-Hermans
to disintegrating forces In Rus-
sia. . "We announced that our purpose
was to make the world safe for dem-
ocracy" said Colonel Roosevelt. "Tills
pledged us to Immense sacrifices In
a hard and dangerous crusade Im-
mensely righteous but for an object
In which our own concern was slight.
Our grievance was against (leriiiany
and we could with honor have Joined
with our allies to war against her un-
til she was overthrown and then mako
peace In such a fashion as to guar-
antee Justice to them and to us and
to make the world a little safer for
all of us In consequence. . Rut a
pledge to make the world xiifu for
democracy Is a solemn enaanenieiit
to smash the two nations which most
conspicuously make democracy unsafe
within their own borders Austria
and Turkey.
"This war ha shown that Austria
has become a subject ally of Ger-
many and an enemy of freedom and
civilisation. Unless we resolutely In-
tend to break up both Austria and
Turkey and insist "on liberty for the
subject races In the two countries our
talk about 'making the world safe
for democracy Is a sham' "
. Colonel Roosevelt compared the
agitators of tho Industrial Workers
of the World and Oermanlxed Ameri-
can HoclalUns to the forces of nnur
chy and despotism In Russia who
he said under the leadership of dem-
agogues and sinister or Impractical
doctrines become the Worst foes of
liberty and democracy
MEXICAN SOLDIERS '
FIRE ON AMERICANS
Captain of Kl Paso Klre Depart incut
Shot Thru Rolli I.es:s; I'eu
in Hunting Party.
KL PAHO Txas Nov. 16. A- party
of Americans including a number of
Kl Paso illy firemen was fired upon
today by- armed Mexicans while hunt-
ing on in Island In the Rto Uraiule
river near Fabens Texas thirty-tlve
miles southwest of here.
Jeff (Raws captain of fire station
No. 5 In Kl I'aso was fchol thru both
leg..
There were ten Americans In the
party according to the story they told
afterward. They were hunting on the
Island when tho Mexicans appeared
about 10 o'cloc this morning. Their
first intimation ot trouble they said
chiiio when the Mexicans opened fire.
J. M. Harris an Kl Paso lawyer said
he Judged forty shots were fired at
him. lie was not wounded. He said
the Mexicans appeared to be soldiers.
VILLISTA CAVALRY ON
WAY UP RIO GRANDE
Pursuing Flores in Retreat
Toward Juarez; American
Patrol on Guard.
PRKSIDIO Texas Nov. 16. A col-
umn of Villa cavalry was seen moving
tin the Rio Grande river to a point
about twenty miles above OJinaga to-
day. It was followed on the Amer-
ican side by American cavalry patrols
watching the movements. The column
was believed to be pursuing the fed-
eral column under Colonel Flores
which Is understood to be retreating
toward Jaurez.
Salazar Not Dead.
Colonel Trlllo Villa's secretary de-
nied today that Jose Ynez Salazar
well known as a leader of forces op-
posing tho present Mexican govertV
ment. was killed at Nopal ranch. Chi-
huahua as reported several months
aso. Colonel Trlllo asserted rialazur
was in the Casas Grandes district a
month ago.
Denies German Influence.
Colonel Trillo also denied that Ger-
man money or Influence was behind
Villa's movement against the exist-
ing government.
Villa troops now have burros to
carry their camp followers and the
loot they gained at OJInnaga having
seized a number of these which had
been used as saddle animals by fed-
eral forces when they came to OJN
nags--' -"
Villa forces occupied Mulato forty
miles down the river with a small
force. They met no opposition.
The main Villa camp has been es-
tablished at San Juan nine miles up
the Cochos river from OJinaga.
Francisco Villa was wounded In the
right leg at the battle of Kscalon
October 23 last when the federal
troops were defeated In that town ac-
cording to Colonel Trillo but he has
recovered completely.
MEASLES AND PNEUMONIA
COMMON ILLS OF SOLDIERS
National Guard Camps Show 33 9 Per
Thousand Sick; National
Army 25.S.
WASHINGTON Nov. IS. Detail
reports of health conditions in na-
tional Kuard and national army camps
for the week ending November
made public today show measles and
pneumonia predominating among the
ailments which have laid men in the
hospitals.
The sick and Injured rati In tho
national guard camps was 33.9 per
thousand and in the national army
camps 25.2.
In national guard camps northern
troops showed much less sickness
from diseases of communicable na-
ture. In the- national army camps thy
sanio comparison prevailed except at
Camp Fi'nston Fort Riley Kan.
which hns 24 new cases of pneu-
mr.nia and nine new cases of menin-
gitis during tho week.
There is a considerable lnnrer.se In
measles ut Camps Beauregard and
Doniphan. Thirty-four new cases of
pneumonia were reported nt Camp
Wheeler and 39 at Camp Bowie.
Camp Pike had CS3 cases of meas-
les and 76 pneumonia. Camp Jack-
pon 37 cases of measles. The intasles
rases are reported mild and the mor-
tality rate from pneumonln l'w.
Sickness among troops at Camp
Doniphan Oklahoma exists to the
extent of 24.9 cases per thousand. In
nil there are 084 cases of sickness In
the Oklahoma camp. Pneumonia
i -fines number 16; venereal disease
17; measles. 73; malaria'. 7; menin-
gitis. 2; other Illness. 474. Of tho
three deaths which have occurred
two were caused by pneumonia and
one by meningitis. These figures are
taken from the report of the surgeon
general for the week ending Novem-
ber 9.
A mericans Commissioned
in French Air Service
AMIORICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
KKANCK Nov. 18. Two Americans
ariiiliiMtliiir hI tlin FnntAinchlcau
artillery school have received com
missions In rrencn artillery regi-
ments. They are Alden Brooks a
writer and John Monroe son of
Henry Monroo a New York banker.
German Raider Struck
By Bombs From Planes
LONDON Nov. 1. During a re-
pent ulr raid over the (lalllpoll penin-
sula and Constantinople by llrltlsh
naval aviators the former flerman
cruiser (loeben the Turkish warship
Hultan Hellm ws hit and a largo ex-
plosion caused It was officially an-
nounced today
Trcenv Charge. Against Hone.
Itecnuse he Is aliened to nave sold
a Chevrolet automobile belonging to
j y'. Ilowe to J. W. Carter William
Hones was yesterday charged with the
dim of grand larceny In a warrant
Issued in Justice DnnM's court Tho
vslua of lbs enr ncenruing- 10 wiw w-
foirniHIon was 11(0.
TULSA OKLAHOMA SATURDAYNOVEMHER 17 1911
ORGANIZER OF
INVESTIGATE
CAUSE OF NORFOLK
BLOWUP UNKNOWN
Officers Doubt Theory That
I. VV. W.'s Destroyed
Gasoline Plant. '
TWO WORKMEN KNOWN DEAD
Heavy Guard Maintained Over
Plant; Believed Impen-
etrable by Anarchists.
Whether the explosion at the Stand
ard oil Company's gariollne refinery
and loading rack at Norfolk Thursday
night which cost tho lives of two
men and property loss of half a mil-
lion dollars was caused by members of
the 1. V. W. who had threatened
destruction of the plant or whether
the explosion was caused from another
ocnurcc is a mooted question In the
minds of officials of the company and
officers who have been conducting an
investigation. The majority hold the
belief that It was not the work of
I. W. W. members.
One of the reasons why those who
uphold the anarchistic theory Is that
ij. Krtgar Pew whose home here was
i dynamited several weeks ago. Is the
"dahoma head of the company which
ir.-ns the Norfolk plant.
While even the officials of tho com-
pany admit that they have been un-
able to secure authentic information
from the scene of the explosion par-
tially due to the destruction of the
telephone and telegraph linos radiat-
ing from Norfolk a special to The
World from Yale only five miles dis-
tant last night brought the Informa-
tion that even the workmen of the
plant as well as the officials scouted
the Idea that the destruction was the
fulfillment of a threat said to have
been received some five hours before.
In which the declaration was mudo
that the I. W. W. members would blow
the plant "to pieces."
Property Loa Heavy.
Until officials of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana return 4Mb
wmrning ii.iw'th -aodne nt tht"x
plosion no definite details as to the
exact amount of destruction wrought
can be secured but from reports which
came in last night It appears that five
stills in the refinery and at least 12
tank cars of the Union Tank Line 8.
O. were destroyed with more than
260000 gallons of gasoline and naph-
tha. In seeking a solution to the ex-
plosion officials of the company and
those acquainted with tho construc-
tion of the plant believe that the life
and property loss was the result of a
gas explosion not unlike that which
occurred at Ardmore some two years
ago when a large part of the business
section of that city was destroyed by
the explosion of a carload of gasoline.
The cars which were being loaded at
the refinery at Norfolk Thursday night
were being filled with a very high
grade of gasoline. In cases of this
kind according to experts the gas
which escapes Is very dense and on
a Mill night such as that of Thursday
has a tendency to settle In a blanket
over the premises. The striking of a
match by one of the men near the
loading rack would have Ignited the
gas causing the rapid explosion of
the cars being filled and the stills
which were but slightly removed from
the loading station.
Two Men Killed.
The two men killed In the eTploslon
William Campbell and Dan J. Ryan
tank car loaders were found some dis-
tance from their usual positions on the
loading rack and the rescue party. In
an effort to learn if others had been
killed failed to find indications of
others having lost their lives. The re-
port that nine others were missing was
declared unfounded by an official of
the company last night and also was
refuted by the Chief of Police of Yale
who had made an Investigation of the
scene of the explosion during the af-
ternoon. Sir George Reid Says
War Will End Soon
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 16 Opinion
that the war will end In 12 months as
a result o( a radical and social up-
heaval in A ustro-Hungary w-aa ex-
pressed in an address here tody by
Sir Oeorge H. Reid.
"I think the drive on Italy Is one
of the worst disasters of the war" said
8ir Oeorge "and but for It there would
have been a quick end to all the
trouble. Austria was crumbling. Ger-
many had to summon all her power
to hold her alley on her feet. Rut I
call on you to notice that when the al-
lies advance on the west front they
hold what they gain."
lUthert Found Guilty.
Bam Roberts charged with mur-
dering Ijouis Potce at a roadhouse
tieur this city last summer and who
was tried before Judge Conn Linn
I was found guilty by a ;ury yesterday
; morning the verdict being that of
guilty of first degree manslaughter
nd a sentence of four years at hard
libor In the state penitentiary was
jiecommended.
Impersonated Officer.
KAN8AH CITif Mo. Nov. 19.
Adrian M. Mayer of Chicago who
claims his father Is a millionaire man-
ufacturer of that city was found
guilty in the federal court here of
Impersonating an army officer and
was sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary.
Illinois Official Invcstltated.
EAST BT. LOUIS Nov. 1. An In-
vestigation of the conduct of Lloyd V.
Walcott assistant state's attorney of
Ht. Clair county III. and of C. P.
Coultaa United States commissioner
was ordered this afternoon by Chair-
man Johnson of tho congressional riot
Investigating committee.
Oklahoma's Greatest ewfpa per
. W W. GOMES TO
"TAR PARTY;" JAILED
Police Grab Wencil Fran-
cik Five Hours After
He Lands in Tulsa.
NINE YEARS ANARCHIST
Steps Traced Thru Arizona
Kansas City North
Dakota Troubles.
Wencil Krancik for nine years a
mrmler of the I. W. W. and recently
named a member of that organisa-
tion's committee on membership came
to Tulsa yesterday to organ s: a cam-
paign of retaliation for the treatment
accorded 17 members of the 1. W. W.
one week ago last night when they
were taken from tho police and tarred
and feathercd.Twithln five hours after
he had nrri-.ed m the city ho had been
placed under arrest by Detective Car-
mlcheal had bon "mugged'' con-
fessed to helm? a prime mover In I.
W. W. activities In this state and ha. I
refused point blank to make any
statements until the I. W. W. attorney
Johnson had been appealed toj
"All I want to say" he deiWed
after he had been arretted and taken
to the police station "Is that we want
to know what you Americans of Tulsa
are going to do about tho treatment
Riven the membera-of the I. W. W. In
this city last Friday."
After' being taken to the police Na-
tion whero a llcrtlllon description of
the prisoner was completed an In-
vestigation of his pa-rt record was de-
veloped from reports at police head-
quarters. I. W. W. For Nine Years.
For more than nine years Franclk
has been a member of the I. VV. W
having Joined that organization In
Portland Ore. in the early part of
1908. Since that time he has been
many times In police records and he
was among the 169 I. W. W. members
arrested in Kansas City during a raid
on their headquarters there many of
whom were whipped and run out of
the (dty. During the Bisbce Ariz
miners trouble Franclk was a well
known agitator 4n "that section hut
when confronted with this statement
declared that he had left Illsbee be-
fore the clash which resulted in sev-
eral deaths. Ho also admitted to the
police that he was in North Dakota
during the harvest season one year
ago when fires destroyed tho grain
crops there but he was emphatic In
his declaration that he left lefore the
I. W. W. members begun their reign
of terror thruout the wheat section.
Admits Affiliation.
VYancik who Is a Rohcmlnn de-
clares he was born in Cedar Rapids
3 j yours ago. He was elected a mem-
ber of the committee on organization
for the Oil Workers Union affiliated
with tho I. W. W. at a recent conven-
tion held in Omaha and that on Octo-
ber 18 he was ordered to come "south"
and organize in this section. He was
busily engaged it organization work
in ponca City and Osage Junction ac
cording to the record in the hands of j
the police and he was in Augusta last
Krlday on the day 17 of his fellow
members w-re taken from the jollce
i
and after being tarred and featlure
were driven from Tulsa with the lash
Came to Investigate.
He declared that he came to Tulsa
to "investigate" the treatment accord-
ed the I. W. W. members because it
"happened in my territory." Under
arrangements Krancik receives a sal-
ary of $3. CO a day and traveling ex-
penses and during the past three
weeks has made good ur of the latter
item as he has made several visits be.
tv. een Augusta Kan. and Tulsa. When
arrested Krancik bon a receipt re-
ceived from one of the I. W. W. mem-
bers recently mobbed and p.Iso a note
showing that he had disposed of all
furnishings which had been used In
the I. W. W. headquarters In the New
l'ox hotel building but of which he
had dispose! since arriving In Tulsa.
This organizer Is being held by the
police and both city county and fed-
eral officials will mako a thoro
investigation of his activities in the
past several months as no doubt Is ex-
pressed that he is one of the prime
movers In recent activities of the I.
W. W. members which has resulted In
property damage In this state.
DRAFT AGE LIMIT REMAINS
War Department DeHares 21 to 31
Ajres Will Supply Needed Men.
WASHINGTON Nov. 1 Propa-
ganda in favor of changing tho army
Ciaft age limits has not changed the
opinion of the war department that
t're ages 21 to SI years should stand
for the present at least.
Secretary Raker has made It clear
that the department has no Intention
of asking congress to make a change
this winter. It was Mid today that
ell the men needed now could be ob-
tained under existing legislation.
Liberty Motor on Auto
Sets New World Record
NEW YORK Nor. 1. Driving an
automobile wHh a Llbey motrr.
Ralph De Palma established a world's
record for six hours at the Hheeps-
reaa Hay speedway today when he
covered SgJ.12 miles. The best pre-
vious mark was 5(4 miles in ad a at
'Rroklands England. October 1 1)11
liy Darlo Rests. Jem Chassagne and
jl.ee Qulrnea driving alternately. De
1 almas eirort was sanctioned by the
A- A. A.
Rumlcr Case. Iost ixmed.
The grand larceny case in which
K. C. Butler is charged with stealing the district court yesterday but ws
an automobile from W. N. Rumley continued In that section until this
was continued In Justice of the peace morning after three witnesses laid
Daniel's court yesterday until Tuesday been examined with the alleged at-
morning. The car Is valued at J50 ! tempt made by Blum to escape dur-
according to the Information Issued .lag a recant J-ill delivery at the county
In the caa. . Icourthouse.
i AUy .pjtj . u..o'iii
' POLICE SWEEP
Si'oi ch of .Mi ll Taken I lout Rooming
Houses for luxoti'atloii In
Hunt f"r I. . W.'s.
Scores of men were ciiiiKht In th"
police draicnct last night which swept
thru many a cheap rooming house In
search o members of the I. W. VV. as
well as others who could not (;lve a
gi cil account of thrmselevs.
tif the first forty put thru the ques-
tioning process el veil were "In-
terned' In the city Jail for further In-
cxligutlon. It Is said that several
red cards were discovered.
It Is tho belief of the pollen that
thiTO are now In Tulsa between L'.'iO
ii nd ;ii)0 members of the I.
VV. VV. Kcllcvltig that an ounco of
prevention In worth a pound of crue
they propose to round them up at
rapidly a. possible and put them
where they can do no damage before
they attempt reprisals for the punish-
ment meted out to their lellovt-
members Just one week ago.
SUBMARINE ATTACK ON
U. S. COAST PREDICTED
Naval Architects Say U-Boat
Menace Far From Beinx;
Eliminated.
MOW YORK. Nov. Id. Predictions
that enemy submarines will soon ap-
pear off American ports thtt the
Kubmarine will be found to be the
brst antidote for tho submarine anil
that tho great world powers shortly
will have flotillas of "contra -submarines"
were made here today by
speakers who addressed the annual
convention of the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Ktiglueera.
Million Ijike the Inventor pointed
to the fact that hut one llrltlsh vessel
of more than 1600 tons was reported
sunk by (lerman submarines Inst
week as an Indication of possible
dnnger to American shores from the
submarine menace. He cl'ed tho
trans-Atlantic trips of the merchant
mbmarine I 'eiitscblanil and the. activ-
ities of the U-r3 off the north Atlan-
tic seaboard as examples of whnt is
possible with the submarine. Com-
mander 8. Ijind of the United
Slates navy took Issue with Mr. I-ake
when the latter said he did nut be-
lieve the submarine could be effect-
ively used aKalnst the submarine.
"A submarine can fight a subma-
rine as well as a battleship can fight
a battleship" raid the commander.
Tho he said foreign tendencies in
submarine construction were taward
displacements of from two thousand
to five thonetnd tons. Commander
Ijind declared his belief that the
rraft of the eight hundred -tort type
are now being most generally built
because ot their adaptability for nil-
year use.
BRITISH CAVALRY CUTS UP
STRONG TURKISH COMMAND
Moaetcil Troops Make Itrllllant Charge
.Against Withering I Ire
from Trendies.
LONDON Nov. 16. Reuter's cor-
respondent with tho Rritish headquar-
ters in Palestine telegraphing last
Wednesday nays:
"W:thin a fortnight of the inception
of the Pritlrh offensive tho Turkish
army occupying apparently an im-
pregnable line strongly fortified and
provided with guns ammunition and
supplies has been driven headlong
from Its defenses nnd clvised across
ccuntry. Its losses ha-vo been enor-
mous "The feature of yesterday's fight
was a brilliant charge by tho Midland
counties yeomanry. Tho enemy has
been dinning tenaciously to a position
above Mughalr beyond Wad l Rubin
where he had hastily ei trenched him-
self. Supported by field and machine
guns the mounted troops charged
across the swelling upland straight
upon the enemy. They were received
with heavy fire but nothing could
step them. They cut rlht thru the
Turks sabering right and left
"When the enemy found themselves
surrounded 1000 of them laid down
their arms. The Turk Is flxhtlng
bravely but he Is hoptlcssiy out-
clussod." FISHING STEAMER WRECKED
Dory Willi Kit Members of Manhattan
Crew Still Missing.
SEATTLK Wash. Nov. The
fishing steamer Manhattan of Van-
couver R. .'. has been wrecked off
the north Pacific coast according to
wireless messages received here today
from the steamer Mariposa which
said a bout from the wrecked vessel
containing six memfers of the crew
had been picked up. Heveral boats
containing 28 other members of the
crew are missing according to inter-
pretations placed here on the mes-
sage. Late messages from the steamsntn
Mariposa said 21 more survivors
the wrecked steamer Manhattan were
picked up today making a total of 2H
rescued. One dory with six men was
still missing. The fate of the captain
was not known.
I'xiir's Id-fund Begins.
World Opital H'imu
S12 ( aniihll Huil'Jinr
OKLAHOMA CITY Nov. 1. Tho
corporation commission began today
sending out the first of the expreai
refund of hlch there was t-250OO
collected by the commission from the
express companies doing business In
the state. About f 25.000 was sent out
In the first distribution the biggest
amount being 11060.64 to the W. D
M right Produce company of Okla-
homa City. The commission urges
that all claimants under the express
refund submit claims so they can be
Included in the refund. All of the
refund remaining in the state treas-
ury at the end of two years reverts to
the state.
Blum Hearing Continued.
The trial of Orover Blum charged
with co-Joint robbery was transferred
from the superior court to that of
14 PACKS
BOLSHEVIKI STILL
HOLD PETROGRAD
Street Fighting for PoHHession
of Russian Capital
Continues.
KIEV IN KERENSKY CONTROL
Cossacks and Military Cadeta
Subdue Revolt; Moscow
Casualties Heavy.
LONDON Nov. 18. The situation
in Russia still Is clouded by uncer-
tainty owing to Interrupted communi-
cation with 1'clroKiHil where at last
reports the llolshevlkl faction was in
control and fighting was lit progress
In the streets.
A belated dispatch to the Associated
Press sent from 1'etruK.rail last
Wednesday morning reiterates that
tho Keiensky forces met wltn defeat
at the hands of the llnlshuvlki south
of Pelrograd while endeavoring to
march upon Tsarskoe-Helo and were
compelled to retreat back to Oatchtna
whence they started.
A more belated communication dis-
patched from Pelrograd last Tuesday
contained more hopeful newts con-
cerning Kiev where It was said the
Cossacks and military cadets had
gained control of the city after con-
siderable fighting during which the
leaders of ths recalcitrants were ar-
rested. Moscow however was partly
In the hands of the government troops
and partly under the control of the
Rolshevlkl the government conting-
ents holding the central portion of
the city and ths llolshevlkl Its en-
virons. The casualties In Moscow as
the result of street fighting were esti-
mated at from seven hundred to two
thousand.
Loyalists Besieged in
Fortress at Moscow.
PL'TROORAD Nov. 18. Heven
thousand military cadets and three
thousand troops are besieged In the
Kremlin at Moscow by 18000 Rol-
shevlkl who are battering the an-
cient walls and buildings with heavy
artillery according to a well authen-
ticated report received this afternoon.
The government troops are said to
have a fairly plentiful supply of food
and ammunition and to be capable of
holding out for some days.
According to the Informant of the
Associated Press a semiofficial Amer-
ican returning from Moscow the
stories of wholesale looting and burn-
ing there have been exafferated.
There has been Indiscriminate filing
thruout the city but aside from the
havoc at the Kremlin there has been
little damage done to property.
The loss of life since tho beginning
of the insurrection is estimated at
from two thousand to five thousand.
Oeneral Kaledines uiion whose
help the defenders of the Kremlin are
counting is reported to have cut the
railway southward to prevent pro-
visions arriving while bo Is moving
towards Moscow.
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS
GUESTS OF KING AND QUEEN
Hosts Show Lively Interest In Visit-
ors; lloiifte Talks Willi Lloyd
(eorge and NortlHilffe.
LONDON Nov. Id. The king and
queen this afternoon entertained the
members of the American mission to
tho Intcr-allled conference at lunch-
eon in liiaklrmham palace. Walter
Hlnes Page the American ambassa-
dor introduced tho commissioners to
their royil hosts. Tho king chatted
with each of the members concerning
the United .States and displayed deep
Interest In their work In Kngland.
Colonel House later had a two
hours' conference with lord North-
elifte who yesterday doclined an ap-
pointment as chairman of the British
air board. This evening Colonel
House dined with Premier Lloyd
George.
Other members of the American
mission continued their conferences
with British officials on phases of the
war situation.
Artillery Is Active in
Passchendaele Sector
LONDON. Nov. 1. The war office
announcement tonight follows:
"There has been Intense artillery
activity during today on both sides
of the battle front particularly in
the neighborhood of Pusschendaele.
Our patrols brought In a few pris-
oner. On the remainder ot tiie front
there is nothing of special Interest to
report."
President Braz Signs
German Reprisal Bill
IllO JANEIRO. Nov. H President
Wenceslao Braz has signed the bill
providing for reprisals against Ger-
many The reprisals bill authorize the gov-
ernment to proclaim a state of siege
wherever necessary to prohibit Inter-
national commerce with Germany and
to Intern enemy subjects.
Ms) field Waives Preliminary.
L. Mayfield who was shot recently
In a fight and later arrested for steal-
ing an automobile yesterday waived
piellmlnary hearing before Justice of
the Peace Ie Daniel and was bound
ever to the district court. He was
released pending trial on a bond of
$590. Uwen Fmlth who was arrested
in the same charge will be given a
preliminary hearing Thursday morn-
ing. The Weather
TULSA Not 1 Msilmam TS: mhiiamn
29: Mutb ind id rlr lim
OKLAHOMA FOKKCAMT: HstuMiy gn-
rlljr fur vutbtt coidsr is wrl por-
tion ; Hundir fur.
PRICK 5 CKNTS
ITALIAN INVASION
STOPPED AT LAST
Austro-Cerman Attacks Break
Down Before Fierce
Resistance.
FLOOD GATES THROWN OPEN
Inundation of Rich "Holland
of Italy" Prevents Advance
of Heavy Artillery.
By Associated Press
Ho sturdily have the Italian llnei
held during the last 24 hours of fight-
ing in the only theater of the world
war where Intensive operations are
under wuy that the watching world
has been led to believe the Austro-
(lerman Invasion has about reached
Its maximum depth.
The Italians dally continue to stif-
fen their front from the region of
latke (tarda to the Adrlatlu sea. No-
where have tho Teutonic allies been
able to penetrate their front for new
gains of ureal Importance. On the
other hand their attacks have met
with fierce resistance and ultimate re-
pulse except In ths north where the
town of Clsinon on the east bank of
the Ilrenta river ami upvanii liin nn.
anions have been taken by the In-
vaoers.
All along the Plave a furious ar-
tillery action (s In progress and Italian
airplanes again have come Into the
fray and are doing notable work In
dropping bombs on the enemy lines.
To the south near the mouth of the
Plave In the rclon known as the
"Holland of Italy" Italian engineers
have opened tho dykes against the
enemy forces. The Inundation will
make hunlm Hiu limb ..r iiu .......
in nringing up guns with which
shell Venice from the northeast.
to
Alllfd Reinforcements
Reaching Italian Front.
LONDON Nov. Id. The British
correspondent accredited to Italian
headquarters In a dispatch dated
Thursday says:
"Allied reinforcements are reaching
Italy dally In increasing numbers. To
save waiting for trains on the con-
gested railway some Krench troops
have been brought over the Alps thru
the uiow-cnverad paaaes. The al-
lied troops are msrrhlng steadily for-
ward to their appointed places in the
Italian scheme of defense.
"Both the British and French
troops are In high spirits. Thoy are
delighted at the change in scene and
over tho prospect of a new adventure."
The Dully Mall correspondent at
Italian headquarters under date of
Friday tells of the grave difficulties
of the Italian defenders on the Tren-
tino mountain frontier where the
same troops day after day resisting
the enemy without opportunity to
ist while the Austro-German having
greater reserve assault incessantly
with fresh and vigorous troops. Never-
theless the correspondent adds the
main bulwarks of thu defense remain
firm and presumably It will not be
long before tho allied help makes
Itself apparent.
Strike on Government
War Plants Called Off
BOM'ON Nov. !. Ktrlkes which
have impelled construction oil Im-
portant government war plants in this
vicinity for the past few weens were
called off by the building trade
council tonight. The men wl!! return
to work tomorrow on all plants af-
fected except the $9 000 000 ship-
building plant at Kquariturn.
Wash Hudson Judge.
Wash K. Hudson was yesterday
elected county Judge pro tern taking
the bench left vacant by Judge Htitn-
ideven who is taking a vacation. Judge
(Hudson has announced that tie will
be in his offlii at the courthouse
slally between the hours of 9 and 10
o'clock a. m. to hear attorneys.
BOMB CREATES PANIC
IN CHICAGO THEATER
Threatened Stampede Prevent-
ed by Singinjf of the Star
Spangled Banner.
CHICAGO Nov. 1. A bomb made
of gas pipe and powder was picked
up tonight on the main floor of the
Aud'torlum theater where tho opera
Dinorah was being sung after an in-
cipient panic which followed an un-
explained burst of flames had been
stilled by Director Carnpanlril swing-
ing the orchestra Into the "Ktar
Hpangled Banner." The bomb was
found by firemen seeking the cause
of the first flame it consisted of a
foot of gas pipe filled with powder
and Willi a fuse attached.
The firemen finally concluded that
the flumes which caused the first
fright had been connected in some
way with the bomb which also emitted
noxious odors. It was found near the
close of the first act while Galll-Curcl
was hinging. Nearly one-third of the
patrons left their seats.
Galli-Curci led In the singing of
the national anthem the patrons Join-
ing until repose was restored.
Most of the uneasiness was felt on
the first floor. The patrons of the
boxes were too far away to be In-
cluded In the rush to ths doors but
the exictement spread to the tys
and it was some time before order wts
established.
A woman who was sitting near
where the bomb was found said she
remembered stumbling against some
object as she passed to her chair. It
Is believed that the bomb contained
some mechanism 4hat caused It to
burst Into fiames when moved slightly.
Williams & Harvey Nursery Fifth
and Main. Adv.
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