The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1916 Page: 2 of 9
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THE CALUMET CHIEFTAIN
FALKENHAYN WINS A REAL
BATTLE AGAINST THE
RUMANIANS.
ALLIES DRIVE STEADILY ON
British Now Within Four Miles of
Baupaume—Another Zeppelin Is
BL'.-r.et! In Attack on
London.
London.—Troops of the central
powers under the command of Gen-
eral von Falkenliayn, former chief of
the German general staff, have gained
a decisive victory over the Rumanian
invaders of central Transylvania. The
Rumanians were cru.shed between two
forces in a battle which raged for
three days. After suffering heavy
losses the invaders were reported llee-
ing in disorder into the mountains.
The defeat of the Rumanians was
brought about by a strategic move vir-
tually impossible on the western battle
front. General von Falkenhayn di-
vided Ills force of Germans and Aus-
tro-Hungarians. While one body en-
gaged the invaders around Hermann-
etadt the other encircled the Human-
fifty miles southwest of Lemberg, and
along the right bank of thr- Zlo a Li pa,
Augtro-German positions are reported
to have been taken and 122 officers
and 2.2K8 men made prisoners.
Slavs Near Brody Halted.
Herlin asserts that the Russian
forces along the Hrody-Lemberg rail-
way were stopped by the artillery of
the Teutons. But on the southern
wing Herlin admits the Russians
gained a foothold and also advanced
in the angle between the Taeniuvka
and Zlota Lipa river.
In Macedonia the Serbians, after
days of bitter fighting, have at last
captured the Kaimakcaln height on
the Greek-Serbian border from the
Bulgarians. The British on the
Struma have taken a portion of the
Bulgarian line near the Orljak bridge.
Another Zeppelin Down.
In another Zeppelin raid against
London and the east coast of Eng-
land an airship was brought down in
flames north of London.
Great crowds cheered the spectacle
of the burning Zeppelin as it fell in
the London district. The great flare
from the burning aircraft wus visible
for a long distance.
Four Zeppelin raids on London and
the east coast have been carried out
in the last month, the more recent
attacks being made by airships of the
new and bigger types. On September
2 one Zeppelin was struck while fly-
ing over the London district and fell
in flames. Two Zeppelins were de-
stroyed in the raid of September 23.
On that occasion the raiders killed
thirty-eight persons and wounded 125.
The following night another raid in
which the airships escaped entirely
without damage, they killed thirty-six
persons and wounded twenty-seven.
In the raid of September 2 only two
persons suffered death and thirteen
were injured.
General von Falkenhayn.
fans and seized Rothenburg pass in
the mountains fifteen miles southeast
of Hermannstadt, and one of the first
points gained by the Rumanians in
their advance.
Both forces then pressed in upon the
Rumanians, composed of sections of
the first Rumanian army. Bavarian
troops holding Rothenburg checked an
advance by the second Rumanian
army which attempted to come to the
aid of itB surrounded compatriots.
Berlin reports that a large amount of
booty was taken, as well as prisoners.
in eastern Transylvania the Ruman-
ians also suffered a repulse. Their
attack in the region of Szekely Udvar-
hilv was checked and a German at-
tack in the same section resulted in
the capture of 600 prisoners.
Progress of Allied Drive.
The left wing of the British army
between the Ancre and Somme rivers
in France has advanced on nearly a
two-mile front from east of Eaucort
L'Abbaye to the Albert-Baupaume
road, capturing in the operation the
town of Eaucort L'Abbaye and throw-
ing their line to within about four
miles of Baupaume itself.
In addition the British line to the
east has been sent forward for good
gains into the German front, accord
ing to London. Valuable work was
done by the new armored tractors in
the fighting.
The Germans have been cleared out
of positions near the Stuff redoubt
which they had held since the heavy
lighting of last week.and also have
been forced to give up all except a
very small portion of the Schwaben
redoubt in this region. In addition to
the east between LeSars and Flers,
the troops of General Sir Douglas
llaig have pushed forward their posi-
tions. German trenches near Morval
and Clery fell into the hands of the
French in grenade fighting.
Drive Toward Peronne.
Berlin reports, however, that at-
(acks by the British east of Thiepval
and by the French in the vicinity of
Rnncourt, Courcelette, Morval and
Halle were repulsed. The activity
around Halle may indicate the com-
mencement of an entente drive with
Peronne as its objective.
In Galicia the Russians have started
another big offensive with the pur-
pose of driving on to Lemberg. Petro-
grad reports that thirty miles north-
east of Lemberg, along the Brody-
Krasne railway, the Russians are
forcing their way forward despite the
stubborn resistance of the Teutonic
allies and have captured 1,987 officers
jind men. Also south of Br7.n7.anv
SENATOR CLARKE DIES SUODENLY
President Pro Tem of the Senate Vic-
tim of Apoplexy.
Little Rock.-—United States Senator
James P. Clarke, president pro tem of
the United States senate died at his
home here. He suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and never regained con-
sciousness.
Senator Clarke was born at Vazoo
City, Miss., August 18, 1854. He was
elected attorney general of the state
in 1892 and in 1894 was elected gov-
ernor and was inaugurated in January,
1895. He served only one term a* he
declined the democratic nomination
and resumed the practice of law in
Little Rock. In 1903 he was elected
United States senator and re-elected
in 1909 and for his third term in 1915.
He was elected president pro tem of
the senate in 1913 and re-elected in
1915.
Floor Drops As Church Is Dedicated.
Binghampton, N. Y.—Fifty-three per-
sons were injured when the floor of
the First Presbyterian church of John-
son City collapsed durin gthe services
being held in connection with the lay-
ing of the cornerstone. Seven of this
number are seriously hurt, but it is
believed all will recover. Two hun-
dred and fifty persons were hurled In-
to the basement 18 feet below when
the floor gave way and it was nearly
a half hour before all had been re-
moved. The floor that collapsed was
a temporary one constructed to care
for the dedication crowd.
Sheriff's Slayer Killed By Posse.
Cuthbert, Ga.—Peter Hudson, a
negro, accused of killing Sheriff W.
S. Taylor of Randolph county, jvas
killed in an exchange of shots with
possemen who had tracked him to a
swamp near here. Elijah Sturgis, a
negro residing on a plantation through
which the chase led, was also found
dead. It is not known who shot him.
Sheriff Taylor was shot to (loatli when
he attempted to arrest Hudson for a
minor offense. Feeling ran so high
that citizens had urged sending the
militia here.
American Reaches Border.
Del Rio, Texas.—Joseph W'ilmeth,
of Chicago, a representative of the Chi
cago Cattle Loan Company, who was
arrested at Sabinas, Mexico, where he
went on a business trip with George
Meyers of Del Rio, reached Eagle Pass,
Texas, according to word here. Wll-
meth was charged with violating the
customs laws in shipping cattle from
Mexico. No mention was made of
Meyers in the advices received here.
Both were held pending payment of a
$10,000 fine. Whether the fine was
paid could not be ascertained.
14 Killed in Street Car Accident.
Detroit.—Fourteen persons were
juured, several probably fatally, when
a switch engine pushing two freight
cars crashed into a crowded street car
at Forest avenue and Dequinder streets
on the east side. Thero were more
than ninety persons in the street car,
many of them returning from the thea-
ters. The street car was struck al-
most in the center, the Impact pushing
it from the track- and M'Imir it a'^nj;
the side of the frelpht ea s
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Current
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The World's History
! the past Week Told
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European War
Two giant super-2eppelins were
ihot down over England in the c«ir8e
of the greatest air raid of the war.
Thirty Londoners were killed.
* • «
The Associated Press is in a posi-
tion to state positively that King Cao-
stantine has decided in favor of an
immediate declaration of war on Bul-
garia.
♦ r
British and French forces on the
Somnse front are continuing their
drive, which since July 1 has netted
them 60,000 prisoners, 190 square
miles of territory and forty-four vil-
lages.
•
Press dispatches from Maastrisht,
Holland, says that seventeen per-
son have already been executed
as a result of recent trials at Hasselt,
Belgium, on the charge of espionage.
In all twenty-two persons were con-
demned to death among them four
priests, three women and two young
girls.
♦ ♦
Field Marshal von Mackensen's ad-
vances through the Roumanian prov-
ince of Dobrudja, where his combined
German, Bulgarian and Turkish forces
have been striking for the railroad
from Constanza to interior Roumania
has been checked for the time at least,
according to accounts from both sides
of the struggle.
♦ * *
The British capture of the long re-
sisting Thiepval stronghold following
closely and unexpectedly upon the cap-
ture of Combles by the combined al-
lied forces, was itself followed up last
week by a new stroke on the part of
the French south of the Somme, where
they drove out the Germans from
Vermandovillers and captured a
strongly fortified wood east of the
town.
9*9
Reports regarding the fighting in
the Fiorina district in northwestern
Mecedonia are conflicting. Accounts
fron^ entente sources have asserted
the "ulgariansj "^re falling back on
Serbian territory and preparing for
the the defense of Monastir. Sofia,
however, announces a turn in the
fighting favorable to the Bulgarian
forces, declaring that counter attacks
resulted in the repulse of the Serbian
and allied troops with heavy losses.
Domestic
The private banK of Campbell, Du-
bio Company, the tenth to fail in Chi-
cago within the last month, closed its
doors last week.
* * *
The Standard Oil Company has an-
nounced an increase of 5 cents a bar-
rel in the price of crude oil at the
wells in California.
♦ * *
Henry White, a negro, accused of
having attacked a young white woman
it Durham, N. C„ was hanged by a
mob. The negro confessed.
* * *
Paul Verhoiye, a 19-year-old hoy,
pleaded builty at Geneva, 111., to the
murder of his child sweetheart, Gwyn-
dolen Holden, who was slain May 24
last. Verhoiye strangled the girl, who
was but 15 years old.
* ♦ *
E. P. Ripley, president of the At-
chison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Company, issued a formal statement
explaining that the road did not in-
land to comply with the Adamson
?ight-hour law "except when ordered
to do so by the court of last re
sort."
. •
The small arms plant of the Rock
Island arsenal is to be reopened anil
he government is anxious to get work-
ers. Congress at its recent' session
passed an appropriation measure
tvhich will enable the plant, which
has been discontinued since 1912, to
resume operations. Rifles are to be
manufactured.
• • •
Car shortage in Pittsburgh and ad-
jacent territory is reported by ship-
pers and railroad men to be the worst
ever known and the situation has be-
come so serious that the railroads, as-
sociations of shippers and the inter
*tate commerce commission have sent
Dut many circulars to all the con-
lignees urging haste in unloading cars.
• « •
Since remount depots were estab-
lished at Fort Sam Houston and El
Paso a total of 43,950 animals have
been issued, most of them being re-
quired to outfit state troops. At the
present time there are 8,200 animals
in the remount depot at the post and
5 600 in the establishment at El Paso,
il'-.c to Captain Frank L Case,
' 'irge of remount depots
Edward E. Martini, Chicago's big-
gest policeman, is dead. He weighed
431 pounds and was six feet two inches
tall.
♦ * V
The $5,000,000 needed for the Epis-
copal church pension fund will be in
hand by March 1, 191". according to
assurances given by Bishop Lawrence.
♦ * *
Trustees of the Mississippi state
prison sold 400 bales of cotton at ar
average of 21.40 cents a pound and
four carloads of cotton seed at $16.20
a ton.
* * *
Philadelj^Hr was definitely chosen
as the site Tor the 1919 triennial con
clave of the KnightB Templar &t a
meeting of the conclave committee
there.
* * ♦
Deputy sheriffs rushed Arthur Car
ter, negro chauffeur, out of Little
Rock alter an automobile he was driv
ing had run down four little girls in
Argenta and killed one of them.
♦ * «
Two Wyoming National guard in-
fantry battalions, A troop «f the Kan-
sas cavalry and B troop of the Wis-
consin cavalry were ordered to the
Mexican border by the war depart-
ment.
« *
Robert L. Rutherford, 48 years old,
wealthy lumberman, planter and pro-
moter, was shot and killed on his plan-
tation near Pine Bluff, Ark. Posses
are searching for Aaron Johnson, a
negro tenant.
* * *
Warren K. Billings tried at San
Francisco for the murder of Mrs.
Myrtle Van Loo, one of the ten per-
sons killed by the explosion of a bomb
during the San Francisco preparedness
parade, July 22, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree. The jury
recommended life imprisonment.
♦ * *
Several bets were made in the New
York financial district on the presi-
dential election last week. About
$15,000 was offered at 2 to 1 that
Hughes will win. A bet of $5,000 to
$2,500 was made on Hughes in the
cotton exchange and a firm of brokers
bet $2,500 against $5,000 on Wilson.
• 9 *
General Funston was directed by
the war department to return one
national guard regiment to its home
station for each new regiment of the
guard sent to the border. The Sec-
ond New York infantry will be one oi
the first to return.
* * *
Auditor Odin Halden of St. Louis
County (Duluth) Minn., has com-
Ipieted certification of wolf bounties.
J About one thousand wolves were
j killed in St. Louis county during the
last fifteen months, and approximately
$15,000 was paid out for bounties.
* * *
Frank C. Coudy of Denver was elect-
ed grand sire of the Odd Fellows.
Other elections are: Henry C. Borst
of Amsterdam, N. Y„ deputy grand
sire; J. B. Goodwin of Atlanta, Ga„
grand secretary, and William H. Cox
of Louisville, Ky., grand treasurer.
The convention was held in Chat<
tanooga, Tenn.
Washington
Twenty-seven caterpillar tractors,
similar to those converted into
"land dreadnaught tanks' by the
British in northern France, will soon
be a part of the United States army's
j war parphernalia. The same Peoria,
111., firm which supplied the British
with the engines for the armored
fighting monsters has contracted to
build the huge tractors for this gov>
ernment.
Foreign
The waters of the Nile are at the
highest stage reached in twenty-two
years. Thero is danger that the river
may burst its banks.
• * *
The French chamber of deputies
unanimously voted war credits for the
remainder of the year amounting to
8,838,000,000 francs.
* * *
Murder of six persons and the de-
vouring of a child by cannibals is re-
ported by a steamer that has returned
from the New Herbrides gfoup.
* * *
The department of commerce cabled
the American consul general at Ha-
vana to investigate a published re-
port that millions of tons of potash
have been discovered near Hotembo,
on the Matanzas and Santa Clara bor-
der, with deposits averaging 25 per
cent.
* * *
The killing of two British subjects
and thirty-six of a party of thirty-
eight Carranza soldiers at an oil camp
of the Aquila Company near Tuxpan,
by bandits, is the news brought on the
steamship Topila, just in from Tarn-
pica. The bandits, the report says,
called themselves Villistas.
• • •
Expectations into Mexico through
Texas ports broke the monthly record
during the month of August, accord-
ing to the officials of the United States
customs The aggregate exports for
the month are $1,118,650, all of which,
except about $14,750 from foreign
countries, represented domestic ex-
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Underwood, P. E. D. The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1916, newspaper, October 6, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc168040/m1/2/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.