The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1915 Page: 2 of 10
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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
gen. sir charles douglas
Gen. Sir Charles W. H. Douglas
Q. C. B., who succeeded Sir John
French aa chief of the Imperial B«n'
eral ataff of the Brltlah army, haa had
■ distinguished military career.
CARRANZA TAKES MEXICO CAPITAL
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN
MEXICO CITY AGAIN.
Zapatista Troops Are Pursued.—De-
tachment Sent to Cut Off
Retreat.
Washington—Dispatches to the Car-
ranza agency from Vera Cruz an-
nounced that Carranza was sending
officers of the various departments of
his government on a special train to
Mexico City to set up a civil admin-
istration there at once.
General Lopss Le Lara, newly ap-
pointed governor of the federal dis-
trict, started from Vera Cruz several
days ago and is believed to have taken
charge in the capital, when, accord-
ing to a state department report, the
Zapata forces evacuated after making
a last stand against the victorious at-
tacking army under General Gonzales.
There was severe fighting in the
outskirts of the city. The Zapatistas
lost 3,500 men, four pieces of artillery
and a great quantity of small arms
and ammunition. Immediately after
the defeat they began a hasty evacu-
ation of Mexico City, fleeing toward
the south.
The retreating Zapata forces were
pursued by a portion of the Gonzales
army, while a heavy detachment was
Bent posthaste southward parallel with
the Zapatista line of retreat to cut
across on their flank several miles
south of the city.
GERMANS DRIVE FRENCH FROM
SOUCHEZ AFTER BATTLE
IN BURIAL GROUND.
AUSTRIANS ADVANCE ON WARSAW
Italians Partially Checked In Alps;
Anglos Destroy German Cruiser
Konigsberg, in
Africa.
London.—From what appeared to be
a lull on the western front has sprung
suddenly some of the most severe
fighting in months with thi Germans
the aggressors and victors.
The Souchez cemetery, seven miles
north of Arras, and hardly half that
distance Bouthwest of Lens, has been
wrested from the French after a Ger-
man gas attack, followed by hand-to-
hand fighting with bomb and bayonet.
The French admit this loss and are
fighting to regain the ground which
they had won at such heavy cost.
Slowly the French had been tighten-
ing their grip on the village of Sou-
chez until the Germans, aware that
the capture of the entire position
would be an important step in the
French offensive toward Lens and
Lille, launched a terrific counter
stroke which left them master of the
shattered burial ground with more
than one hundred and fifty prisoners
in their hands.
Fighting among the houses which
fringe the western edge of the town
still rages. There also has been a re-
newal of activity in other areas of
France and Belgium but nothing com-
parable to the strategic importance of
the Souchez struggle. The Germans
lay claim to the destruction of the
British position on hill 60 near Ypres
but this finds no confirmation from
either French or British sources.
Strike Expected in West
The situation in Poland and Calida
has not yet reached a crisis bi t the
public Is rather weary of following the
complexities of the Russian retire-
ment and so long as Warsaw appears
to be in no immediate danger, is turn-
I ing to the west, hazarding guesses as
to whether the British and French
J or the Germans will be the first to
take the general offensive. With the
arrival of midsummer this is a big
question for it is felt thai one side or
the other must strike before long;
otherwise another winter of tedious
trench warfare is inevitable.
EDISON HEADS NEWNAVAL BOARD
daisy fly killer e- srsi a1 was "too poor to be hurt" Make the Liver
Naval officers are enthusiastic over
the announcement that Thomas A.
Edison would head the civilian ad-
visory board to the proposed new bu-
reau of invention and development
and predicted that the new bureau
would effect great improvements in
the navy's construction and organiza-
tion.
35 DEAD IN STORM'S WAKE
DISASTROUS GALE BLOWS OVER
CENTRAL STATES.
••■son.
metal, can'taplllor tip
over; will not lull of
I njura myth in*
Utiarante«d effective.
All dealer# or*md
riprcis paid tor ti.OO.
IAKOLD lOMEftl. 160 D. Kftlb At*., Brooklya, K. T
BLACK
LEG
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
by Cutter's Blaekl*« Pill*. Low-
priced, fraah, reliable; preferred by
Western etookmen, because they
. __Jertor. but Cutter*! b«at
The «uper1orlty of Cutter product* 1* due to orer IS
year* of ipeclalUlnc In vaeeiiiee and serum* snly.
Insist on Cuttsr'*. If unobtainable, order direct.
Tli* Cutter Laboratory, Berkeley. CaJ.. er Chicago. IlL
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of nierlk
llel|> to eradicate dandruff.
For Rectorial Color and
B«auty to Grey or Faded Hair.
60c. and $1.00 at brumrisU.
Street Sweepe. Fatally Hurt, |Jq lfe j)||fv
lies to Return to His Work. I : J
Injured
Struggle
but Death Claims Him.
Worst Damage at Cincinnati, Where 27
Are Dead, and the Loss Will
Reach $1,000,000.
Chicago—Thirty-nve persons were
killed and several score injured by the
violent wind and rain storm which ex-
tended from Nebraska to Ohio last
week. The property damage is esti-
mated at several millions of dollars.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
Cincinnati and vicinity, where twenty-
seven persons are known to be dead
and ten missing.
In eastern Missouri the storm as-
The Italian attacks against Austria j sumed the proportions of a tornado, de-
WESTERN OFFENSIVE ABANDONED
Germans Have More Work To Do In
the East.
London.—The check which the Rus-
sians have imposed on Archduke I success over the Austrians who are
Joseph Ferdinand's army in southern said to have lost one of the three
Poland and the additional strain i corps which began the advance against
which this has placed on the German Lublin. The entente allies are re-
General Von Mackenzen's army to the minded, however, that this is only a
right has postponed the threatened ^ local triumph on forty miles of a thou-
seem to be gaining in intensity but
the Vienna official statrtnent admits
no loss of ground.
The British admiralty announces
that the German cruiser Konigsberg,
which in the fall of last year took
refuge from the British fleet in the
Ruflji river in German East Africa
has been wrecked totally by British
monitors. The British casualties were
four men killed and six wounded.
The Konigsberg, a vessel of 3.348
tons, had a speed of twenty-three
knots. She was a protected cruiser.
Petrograd is elated at the Russian
German offensive in the west and
there now is a possibility that the |
allies will be the first to take the
offensive.
sand mile front.
Austrians' Operations Thwarted
Austrian operations against the
Warsaw railroads have been checked,
How to Stick a Stamp.
One of the young men who assist
Mr. Burleson in the conduct of the
United States postal service has ex-
plained to the Sun that the gum
on postage stamps, the apparent stlck-
lessuess of which has caused much
irritation, and, regrettably enough, no
little profanity, is in fact of excellent
quality, sufficient in quantity and of a
superior adhesiveness.
This authority declares that the diffi-
culty of which numerous complaints
are made arises from the fact that
stickers of stamps wet the gum too
much. He recommends moderation
in the use of the moistening fluid, and
assert that those who merely dampen
the glue will find it sturdy and tena-
cious in the accomplishment of its
purpose, while those who flood it will
dissolve from its reverse side the mu-
cilaginous coating wi;ich Mr. Burle-
son applies to his stamps.
In the interest of good temper and
fair language Mr. Burleson's young as-
sistant urges all patrons of the post
to correct their habits, and conform to
the enlightened suggestions thus un-
officially set forth.
Good Cause.
"Smith is a confirmed grouch. I
heard him the other day bewailing
bis sunny lot."
"That's because he hasn't Bhade
enough about to sell it."
The man who is buried in thought
has no funeral expenses.
A hit in time may save nine, and a
kick unkicked may save a fine.
Frederick Birkmer, a street sweeper
of New Hochelle, N. Y., "too poor to
be laid up by an accident," he said,
was knocked unconscious when struck
in the back in the Pelham road by a
motorcycle ridden by Frank Purdy of
Port Chester. Birkmer, still uncon-
scious, was being lifted into an ambu-
lance, when he regained his senses,
struggled to his feet and staggered
toward his broom.
"Can't afford to be hurt," he mut-
tered.
Purdy and a hospital surgeon forced
him into the ambulance. At the hos-
pital ills skull was found fractured. He
was prepared for the operating table.
A moment later he sprang from bed,
tore off the bandages, and, struggling
with an interne, strove to reach a
doorway.
"I must go back," he faltered.
Then he fell unconscious and died.
I Nine times in ten when the liver
right the stomach and bowels are right
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently but firmly cotr
pel a lazy liver tOj
do its duty.
Cures Con-
stipation, In-
digestion,
Sick
Headache,*
and Diitrei, After Eating.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
The London Tram.
The London tram was not kindly re-
ceived on its first appearance in the
city in 1861. It aroused much the
same indignation among citizens as
the advent of the first motor bus. The
form of rail first introduced was con-
sidered so dangerous that the tram-
ways soon had to be removed, after
one of them had been successfully in-
dicted as a nuisance. However, they
returned again in ten years, lines from
Brixton to Kenning^on and from
Whitechapel to Bow being opened in
1870. And as proof of the growth of
our tram system all over the country
since the '70s it may be mentioned
that whereas in 1878 146,000.000 pas-
sengers were tram travelers, by 1909
the number had risen to 2,659,891,136.
—London Chronicle.
Won't Do.
Tom—Rather pretty girl, isn't she?
Penelope—Pretty enough, yes, but
absolutely no style.—Life.
Salton sea, California, yields enorm-
ous numbers of carp.
The specific gravity of cork is 24
and that of ebony 133.
British troops serving in India are
paid by the Indian government.
After the battle comes reward.
CARTERS
ITTLE
PILLS
His Views.
Breaking away from the house, tha
man hurried to his club, dropped into
a chair and breathed a long sigh of
relief. He had at last got away
from one aunt, three cousins and two
second cousins, up-country guests of
his wife.
A member sitting near laid aside
his paper and asked: "How do you
stand on the subject of foreign re-
lations?"
"That is a fair question," returned
the other, "and deserves a fair an-
swer. In principle and practice you
can put me down as favoring their
internment In Schoharie county seven
days a week for 62 weeks each year
until 1963."
Too Tame.
"Goin' to the Sunday-school picnic.
Jimmie?"
"Naw! I went last year and they
didn't have enough ice cream and
lemonade to make a baby sick."
Wrong Attitude.
Let us forgive and forget; if we
hold a hurt feeling and adopt a martyr
pose, we show we forget that we have
forgiven.
H rd Work.
First Flea—Been on a vacation?
Second Flea—Nope, on a tramp.—
Penn Punch Bowl.
Their Effect.
"What was Elma giving her father
such warm thanks about?"
"Her new summer furs."
Cocoa was unknown until Mexico
was discovered.
In support of this it is pointed out [ if not thwarted, which means that the
that Uie attacks by the German crown ! threatened advance on Warsaw is a
prince's army in the Woevre which : little less dangerous than when the
the German press announced was the Austro-German attack began,
beginning of a general move forward, j
have ceased and what fighting is go-
ing on along the western front con-
sists of artillery engagements, a few
isolated attacks and counter-attacks
by infantry, which make little or no
difference in the positions of the op-
posing forces.
The British, according to the French
report, have repulsed a German at-
tack. The German reports, however,
lllude to this as a British attack and
Berlin says It was repulsed with con-
siderable loss. In fact the French '
ftnd German reports are generally con-
tradictory in respect to what fighting
has taken place, but from the trend of
them it is evident that neither side
has attempted anything of a decisive
nature and it is believed here that
it may be weeks yet before they do so.
There is no confirmation of the re-
ported Italian victory on the Corso
plateau but dispatches from Rome say
the Italian troops are making good
progress in their work of capturing
the mountains around Trieste, which
they hope to take before commencing
the advance on the city itself, thus
avoiding a bombardment of the town
which is largely inhabited by their
compatriots.
Blow At Texas Liquor.
San Antonio.—Declaring thai the
proposed state constitutional amend-
ment to give only to naturalized cit-
izens the right to vote in Texas will
affect 50,000 anti-prohibition votes, the
retail liquor dealers decided to launch
a campaign to defeat the measure. An
election to vote upon six proposed
constitutional amendments has been
called for July 24, and this particular
amendment makes it compulsory for
every foreign-born citizen to take out
his final naturalization papers before
voting.
mol'ishing 162 buildings in St. Charles,
a town of about eleven thousand inhab-
itants.
Four persons were killed in Missouri
two near O'Fallon, one at Wentsville
and one at Gilmore.
St. Peters, a town of 300 inhabitants
and Gilmore, a vilage of 100, were al
most wiped out by the tornado in St
Charles and St. Peters there was nc
loss of life, while in Gilmore nnlv one
person was killed.
In Lincoln and Custer counties, Ne-
braska, wind and hail caused heavy
damage to crops. There had been no
loss of life reported.
In southern Illinois the storm caused
heavy damage in many localities.
In Mound City, the business part of
the town was flooded.
In central and southern Indiana three
persons were killed and many Injured.
Wire service was demoralized, build-
ings unroofed and crops damaged.
Cincinnati, O.—With twenty-seven
known dead, ten missing and property
I loss that will exceed $1,000,000 Ciiciu-
natl Is making a valiant effort •> rt*-
1 cover from probably the worst wlni
j and rain storm of its history.
Two steamboats had gone down in
i the Ohio river; one having hit a bridge
pier while the other was overturned
by the terrific force of the gale; prob-
! ably a hundred houses were levelled to
] the ground; a half dozen lofty church
New York—Dr. Austin Flint, an j spires were toppled and when the full
alienist, testifying at the trial to test j extent of the damage was ascertained
the sanity of Harry K. Thaw gave it j it was found that few houses in the
as his opinion on direct examination i c'ty had escaped damage.
that Thaw was suffering from "para-
noia or constitutional inferiority with ] SAYVILLE WIRELESS PLANT SEIZED
a paranoiac trend."
On cross-examination he said he did
not know what "constitutional in- i
feriority" meant but that he had used
the term which he described as being •
new, because he thought it applicable.
John B. Stanchfield, chief counsel ; , , , .
. . vately operated direct means of com-
for Thaw, contended that there had1 .• u i !
, ... . _. ... . munication between the United States
been testimony to show Thaw lived a I .
,, ,. and Germany.
normal life in New Hampshire after Secretary Daniels linnmmced that
his escape from Matteawan. Doctor c taln Bullard> ln charge of the naval
Flint declared this was not Inconslst- radjo had g{me t0 ,ake ovor the 8ta.
ent with big theory that 1 haw was a (|on an(j wou|(| continue Its operation
paranoiac. Answering Judge Hen- i wlth nava| forces.
ilrick's inquiry how a layman could de
DR. FLINTTESTIFIED AGAIKSTTKAW
Expert Describes Condition but Cannot
Explain His Own Terms.
Navy Determined to Stop German Com-
munications.
Washington.—The government took
l over the Sayville, Long Island, wire-
less station, the only remaining pri-
Builders of the
"Big Ditch"
There ha® just been issued by the Historical Publishing Company
of Washington, D. C., a magnificent illustrated history of the construc-
tion and builders of the Panama Canal. The editor of this great history
is Mr. Ira E. Bennett, with associate editors, John Hays Hammond, cele-
brated mining engineer; Capt. Philip Andrews, U. S. N.; Rupert Blue,
Surg. Gen. U. S. Public Health Service; J. Hampton Moore, Pres. At-
lantic Deeper Waterways Ass'n; Patrick J. Lennox, B. A., and William
J. Showalter.
One of the most interesting portions of the book is that dealing with
the feeding of the immense army of laborers. A few paragraphs con-
cerning one of the foods chosen and supplied by the Commissary
Department, are quoted (beginning page 428) as follows:
teraiine whether Thaw was a para-
noiac the witness though the layman
would have to make his choice "be-
tween whose alienist he would be-
lieve."
Life Term for Laoor Leader
Trinidad, Col.—Denied a new trial
by Judge Granby Hillyer in the dis-
trict court in which on May 3 he was
found guilty of the murder in the first
degree of John Nimmo, a deputy
sheriff during a battle near Ludlow on
October 25, 1913, John R. Lawson,
International board member of the
United Mine Workers of America, the
most prominent of union officials in
the conduct of the Colorado coal strike,
There will be no change, so far as
the public is concerned. Messages will
be accepted as heretofore. The only
difference Will be that naval operators
instead of commercial employes will
man the keys
New Way To End a Strike.
London.—The British government
has decided to apply the munitions
war act to the South Wales coal strike
on the ground that th? strike is preju-
dicial to the transport, production and
supply of munitions of war. The coal
miners' union is first to feel the po-
tency of the government under tha
new munitions measure. The men's
leaders protested before the passaga
of the bill that the miners should not
be Included ln those subject to com-
"Visitors to the canal who -were privi-
leged to get a glimpse of the routine
inner life will recall a familiar picture of
workmen going to their places of labor
carrying round yellow tins.
"Often, as they went, they munched a
food poured from the tin into the hand.
This food, which played no inconsider-
able part in 'building' the canal, was the
well-known article of diet, 'GRAPE-
NUTS.'
If " . L.
"The mention of Grape-Nuts in this
connection is peculiarly pertinent. Not
merely because Grape-Nuts is a food—
for of course proper food was an integral
part of the big enterprise—but because
it is a cereal food which successfully
withstood the effects of a tropical climate.
This characteristic of Grape-Nuts was
pretty well known and constituted a
cogent reason for its selection for use in
the Canal Zone
"This food is so thoroughly baked
that it keeps almost indefinitely in any
dlimate, as has been demonstrated again
and again.
"One finds Grape-Nuts on transoceanic
steamships, in the islands of the seas, in
Alaska, South America, Japan, along the
China coast, in Manila, Australia, South
Africa, and on highways of travel and
the byways of the jungle—in short,
wherever minimum of bulk and maxi-
mum of nourishment are requisite in
food which has to be transported long
distances, and often under extreme diffi-
culties.
"The very enviable reputation which
Grape-Nuts has attained in these respects
caused it to be chosen as one of the
foods for the Canal Zone."
now faces a life term for the murder | pulsory arbitration. Upward of l'.G.OO'
of Nimmo. miners are involved.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
—scientifically made of prime wheat and malted barley, contains the
entire goodness of the grain, including those priceless mineral elements
so essential for active bodies and keen brains, but which are lacking in
white flour products and the usual dietary.
There's a reason why Grape-Nuts food was chosen by the Canal
Commissariat. There's a reason why Grape-Nuts is a favorite food of
hustling people everywhere!
Sold by Grocers
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