The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CALUMET CHIEF TAIN
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News
Notwithstanding the activity of Ger-
man spies, who are trying to create
disaffection in the Rumanian army,
the Rumanians and Russians fighting
near the northwestern border of Ru-
mania continue to press forward in
the Casin and Putna valleys, having
captured six additional villages and
added materially to the number of
men made prisoner and guns captured.
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Apparently the turn in tho tide of re-
treat by the Russians in East Calida
is beginning. On several sectors the
loyal troops have halted and now ate
facig the Austro-Germans and offer-
ing resistance as best they can with
their badly depleted forces.
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Having retreated a distance of ap-
proximately 1 tiO miles from whete
Keransky, the iron man of Russia, car-
ried them in his personally conducted
drive early In the present month, the
Russian army on the center of the line
in Bast C.alicia is again on Russian
soil on both sides of Husiatyn and is
still being followed by the forces of
the Teutonic allies.
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One German aviator, despite its dis-
tinguishing marks, dropped four bombs
on a Red Cross hospital near the
fighting front, in France, killing two
doctors, a chemist and a male nurse
and injuring a few other persons, in-
cluding patients.
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The Russian retirement in eastern
Galicia continues. There has been a
noticeable slackening tn the Austro-
German advance north of the Dnelster,
where the Russians now are offering
more spirited resistance, but south of
the river to the Carpathians the Teu-
tonic forces are moving forward al-
most unimpeded.
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Details of the attack on the Califor-
nie and Casemates plateaux, which
the Germans suffered the most com-
plete defeat recently, sliow that some
of the l'russian regiments lost 50 pet-
cent of their effectives.
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A dispatch to the London Post from
Petrograd says that under General
Kornlloff's drastic measures to restore
order in tho eleventh army one whole
division thereof was blown to pieces
by their own artillery to avenge the
insults which all loyal troops, and es
pecially the artillery, have endured
for the last four months.
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lardments and heavy
fighting at various points on the
Fronch front are reported in an offi-
cial communication issued bv the war
office. The French succeeded in re-
gaining some of the ground lost to the
Germans.
Tho American transport Saratoga
at anchor waiting s
rammed by the
steamship Panama at
recently. Those on board the Sara-
toga were safely taken off in lite boats
or by tugs and other craft in the har-
bor, which responded to distress sig
nals.
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Prompt apprehension of "thousands
of draftable men who have escaped
detection and prosecution for failure
to register" has been ordered b> the
ran port Mirnioca. I f. j
TSZZtZZ i STATEHOUSE BREVITIES ;
at an Atlantic port |
Farmers Are In Need of Money.
Whether a normal wheal crop -
4-1,750 acres will bo planted this tall
in seven counties in western and
northwestern Oklahoma is a problem
which, despite the many solutions ad-
vanced, remains as much an anoinali
as it did three months ago. in a letter
to President J. \\ Cantwoll of the A.
and M. college, Col. C. 11- Hyde of tho
Department of JuBtice. Formal notices state council of defense, w rites that
were sent to all United States attor- the situation la serious and demands
] quick action.
. . in these counties -lleaver, lieck-
D G Scofield. president and dlretv I ham, Cimarron, Kills, "arper Rogei
tor of the California Standard Oil ! Mills and Texas one-sixth of Okla
i ,.t Oakland I homa's wheat crop normally is raised.
Company, was found d~'f t 0«land. I lasl w,nter and
i al, tecen > wi 1 ! this spring prevented the production
his head and a revolver b> his *| in scattered local
He had been ill some time
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Five persons were killed and two
others were injured severely when the
motor car in which they were riding
was struck by a train near Seymour,
Ind.' The dead are: Lon Pruftt, aS
years old; William Speinker, 24;
Clara Weinhorst, 23;
of any grain, except in scattered local
itles. The farmers in these counties,
having had no revenue tfc: ; year, are
iu sore straits for money with which
to purchase seed.
A proposal to place funds of the
state school land department on de-
. posit in banks in these counties, at one
spunktr. -i. seemed to have solved the prob-
Edna Ztmmer-I ruv aii>d
Corporation Assessments Raised.
A hike of $10,000,000 in the as-
sessed valuation of pipe line com-
panies over last year has been made
by the state board of equalization,
according to an announcement of i
compilation of public service corp«£
ution assessments. The increase is
more than 20 per cent.
Public service corporations lasl
year were assessed at $265,615,43b
This year the assessment is $282,297,'
7:;? an Increase of $16, 282,301
737, an increase of $16,28 ',..ul
Every group of utilities will pay
taxes on a greater valuation this yeal
except Pullman companies.
A comparative statement or the as
sessment made by the board of equal
ization for 1917 and 1916 follows:
Railroads. $202,995,472; pipe lines
$50,746,397; public utilities, $11,740,-
460; street railways, $5,720,726; toll
bridge companies, $62,500; telephone
companies, $!i,S42,242; I*Ul)'iian _c"™'
panv, $1,047,000. Tatal $282,297,7a <.
Railroads, $200,702,098; pipe lines,
$39,975,579; public utilities, $10,089,
J79' street railways, $4,867,350; toll
bridge companies, $37,500; telephone
companies, $8,841,550; Pullman com-
pany, $1,052,080. Total $265,615,436.
SENATE FAVORS FhOI;IB!il3ii
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITU-
TION IS PASSED
man, 21, and Julius Orstadt, -1.
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I,abor leaders at a conference in
New York, presided over by Samuel
Gompers, adopted plans for a public-
ity campaign to combat the pro-Ger-
man element seeking a foothold in or-
ganized labor.
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A mob of several thousand men and
hundred
leui. Investigation, however, revealed
that these deposits legally could not
exceed the capital stocK of $10,000 and
the limit of $10,000 already is on de-
posit with most of these institutions.
Banks are not permitted to make
loans for more than six months and
consequently are not in a position
to render assistance.
Mr. Hyde proposes that, inasmuch
as the war is to be won by the last
loaf of bread, the war department can
boys, defying nearly two luo, „.v—, ....
armed guards, police and volunteers, j handle the situation.
renewed race rioting at Chester, Pa. i A conference of members of tne
Shortly after dark the rioters got be- council of defense will be held
yond control and beat a negro insen early next week to determine whether
... l_..— u- —.,u rescued \ a meeting of farmers, bankers and
state officials shall be held to provide
a solution for' the situation.
sible before he could
Scores were arrested.
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Southwest.
Fred H. Moore, a Los Angeles attor-
ney, who admitted he was counsel for
the 1. W. W. was deported from the
Warren district at Bisbee, Ariz., by
deputy sheriffs and is now on his way
to Columbus, N. M.
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Will Jones, negro soldier of the
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry,
which arrived at Waco, Texas, for
Gasoline Tickets Are Possiblity.
Gasoline tickets to curtail unneces-
sary use may be in use in Oklahoma
within a month unless there is a great
voluntary decrease in the use of gaso-
line for driving pleasure cars, accord-
ing to J. M- Aydolette, chairman of
the state council of defense.
"The conservation of gasoline is one
of the most important questions with
, eu at ..~ - - — - - ii.i
temporary guard duty over govern- ! which the state council has to dea .
ment property at Camp MacArthur, said Mr. Aydolotte. Gasoline is to be
was shot in the head and several white an important factor in the war. It is
persons were injured as the result of j needed to drive vehicles of wai on
clashes between members of the ne- ; land, sea and An the air.
gro troops and citizens of that city, j "Extravagance in tne use of gasoline
.j. + -t- may mean a prolongation of the war.
Three persons are dead and two Each gallon of 'gas' that is burned in
more are expected to die as the re- joy-riding
suit of an accident at a grade cross- mean jus
ing at Parkdale, Ark., when a passen- war sacrifice.
ger train hit an automobile in which !
the five were riding.
Federal Agents To Check Incomes.
Special iield agents will be in tha
iield after August 1 to check up the
citizens of this state liable to payment
of federal income tax, Hubert L. Bo-
len, collector of internal revenue, said.
Those who are delinquent receive
incomes of $3,000 to $4,000, it is
thought, and failure to pay has chiefly
been because the trouble has not been
taken to figure up what the incomes
are.
Mr. Bolen said that such delinquents
are liable to payment of a penalty of
$1,000 for their failure, but that in all
cases where settlement is made
promptly and good cause is shown for
the negligence, he will recommend to
the commissioner of internal revenue
that the penalty be not assessed.
Payment of the federal tax on the-
aters, pool halls, and the tax which
doctors and dentists must pay is due
this week, after which a penalty of 50
per cent is attached. Pool halls are
taxed $5 for each table; doctors are
taxed $1 each, and theaters are taxed
on a graduated scale, according to
seating capacity and population of the
town.
When House and Three-Fourths of.tha
States Concur, Will Make the
Action Will Be Effective.
Washington. — Senator Sheppard's
resolution for submission to the stales
of a prohibition amendment to the fed-
eral constitution, was adopted by the
senate. The vote was 65 to 20. eight
more than the necessary twotuirds.
As adopted, the resolution contains a
provision that the states must be asked
to ratify the amendment within six
years. The house still must act on
the resolution.
The proposed constitutional amend-
ment is the first initiated by congress
since that providing for popular elec-
tion of United States senators, ap-
proved in 1911. It is the first time
that either branch of congress has ap-
proved a constitutional amendment
for prohibition. A few years ago a
similar resolution in the house re-
ceived a majority, but failed of the
two thirds.
The resolution was put out of the
house program for the present session
and will not come up in the house un-
til the regular session in December.
Plans to reconvene the democratic
caucus and decision to consider only
war legislation were abandoned be-
cause it was believed delayed action
till next session will help the prohibi-
tion cause.
and pleasure trips may
mean just so many more lives as
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Washington.
So numerous have reports of Ger- ;
man spy activities and propaganda in j
Mexico become that Ambassador
Fletcher is prepared on arrival in the |
City of Mexico to call attention of the |
Mexican government to the links in
that country between Berlin and Ger-
man agents in the United States
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The German chancellor peace inter-
view is regarded at the State Depart- j
ment as another German attempt to j
bolster up public opinion at home, ap-
peal to the peace sentiment in enemy
and neutral countries, and create dis-
sension between the Allies.
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Fully 24,000 physicians, or two out
of every nine of military age in the
country, will be needed by the new
American armies, the war department
announced recently, in addition to
120.000 enlisted men who must be so-
cured for the medical corps.
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Led by Mayor Vandersluis and the
chief of police, one hundred and fifty
citizens rounded up forty members of
the 1. W. W. at Beniidji, Minn., and
shipped them out of town. The men
were given tickets to Ebro, a small
town thirty miles west, and told not
to come back.
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The movement of American troops
to France will be carried on absolute-
ly without publicity if the present pol-
icy of the War Department remains
unaltered. Secretary Baker and some
of his military advisers believe no
word should be published of the ar-
rival of troops abroad and it is prob-
able that this will be made clear to
all newspapers and press associations
in forthcoming regulations.
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Domestic.
Estimating the cost of the war for
the coming year at $10,735,807,000, ex-
clusive of loans to the Allies, the ad-
ministration has informed Congress
that new revenues totaling 7 billion
dollars must be raised from taxation
nr issuance of securities.
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James K. Ferguson, go\ernor of
Texas, has been indicted on nine
charges of felony by the grand jury of
Thavis County. Seven of the indict-
ments charge misapplication of pub-
lic funds, one diversion of public funds
and one embezzlement.
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Dr. J. W. Duke, state health com-
The state council of defense is mak-
ing every effort possible to obtain vol-
untary economy in gasoline. The
members believe it will be necessary
to issue gasoline cards, and allow a
man to purchase so much gasoline
a week, a check being kept on the
amount used.
Roads Called nO To Pay State Tax.
Six railroad companies were noti-
fied that they should qualify to do
at the request of the Enid j business under a law passed by the
Appellate Board Perfects Organization
Dr. John W. Duke, Guthrie, was |
elected chairman of the appellate ex- j
emption board for the western district j
of Oklahoma at its first meeting. R. j
E. Stafford was chosen secretary.
Immediately after the organization i
of the board was perfected, the board J
adjourned to meet again on, receipt of
instructions from Washington. Be-1
sides Doctor Duke and Mr. Stafford,
the members of the appellate exemp-
tion board for the western district of
Oklahoma are C. H. Parker of Enid,
J. H. Whitehourst of Sayre and Ollie
S. Wilson of Oklahoma City. All mem-
bers of the board were present.
All three appellate exemption boards
of the state held their meetings Tues-
day. oard No. 1 of the eastern dis-
trict met at McAlester and Board No.
2 at Holdenville.
missioner — - .
Chamber of Commerce, left Oklahoma
City, for that city to investigate four
cases of infantile paralysis reported
there.
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Oklahoma motorists may be forced
to buy their gasoline on the ticket
system—as food is sold in Europe—
within a month unless the consump-
tion in that state is reduced propor-
tionately with the demands of the gov
sixth legislature. The law authorizes
foreign corporations to do business in
the state on the payment of a fee ot
one-tenth of 1 per cent of the amount
of the capital invested within the
state.
A law replaced by the new measure
required foreign corporations to pay
a tax of one-tenth ot 1 per cent of
their entire capital stock in order to
do business in the state. This tax the
tionatelv wnn um utumuus ....v.
eminent and the present supply, ac- , corporations refused to pay, and thei
Hird ing to a statement issued by J. M.
Aydelotte, chairman of the state coun-
cil of defense.
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The new war budget to carry the
government through to next July and
to cover additional credits to the Al-
lies promises to far exreed 8 billion,
possibly reaching 10 billion dollars.
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Foreign.
A French military court has con-
demned to death for espionage a dan-
cer known as Matl Hari, who before
her marriage was Marguerite Zell.
She was born in the Dutch Indies and
claims Dutch nationality.
Vice-Admiral* Njegovan, commander ,
of the Austrian fleet, in an interview |
given to the Neue Freie Presse, de-
clared he did not believe that subrna- I
rines would bring about a decision in
the war.
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A flurry of mumps and measles
among General Pershing's "Sammies
has been announced under control by
the medical corps in a report showing
the general health of the American
fighters excellent.
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Eight men are known to have per-
ished and a number are missing in a
fire that swept the Spruce River Val-
i ley, fifteen miles northeast of Fernie,
B. C. Sixty-odd men and about twen-
ty teams were trapped in a camp of
I the Elk Lumber Company, situated in
a blind valley, and their flight over
, ho mountain was most difficult.
action was upheld by the supreme
court.
The roads notified wer the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, the I'ort
Smith & Western, tho Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas. Notice was also
sent to the American Express Com-
pany. The Frisco has paid its fee.
The Ray Shortage.
The school land commission, which
has come to be a clearing house for
capitol quarrels, had an airing of the
Claude Ray shortage case when Gov-
ernor Williams demanded a nitemized
list of the claims against Rfty's bonds-
men.
It was stated that a list of claims
against the surety companies would
have to be filed by August 19, the ex-
piration of the 90 day time limit The
governor said the state examiner and
inspector's force had been working on
Ray's books for months and that there
was no prospect of a report in time to
file it. He called Colin Valentine, dep-
uty examiner and inspector in charge
of the Ray investigation, into the
meeting.
As adopted, the amendment, which
was submitted by Senator Sheppard,
of Texas, democrat, would add the fol-
lowing to the federal constitution:
"The manufacture, sale or trans-
portation of intoxicating liquors
witnin, the importation thereof
into, or the exportation thereof
from the United States and all
teritory subject to the Jurisdic-
tion thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited.
"This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the constitu-
tion by the leislatures of the sev-
eral states as provided in the con-
stitution, within six years from
the date of the submission hereof
to the states by the congress.
"The congress shal have power
to enforce this article by appro-
priate legislation."
Senators opposing the resolution
were:
Democrats: Broussard, Culbertson,
Gerry, Hardwick, Hitchcock. Husting,
James, Lewis, Phelan Pomerene Reed
and Underwood. Total 12.
Republicans: Brandegee. Calder,
France, Lodge. Penrose, Wadsworth,
Warren and Weeks. Total, 8. Total
against 20.
'Senators voting for the resolution
were:
Democrats: Ashurst, Bankhead,
Chamberlain, Fletcher, Gore, Hollis,
Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick. King,
Kirby, McKellar, Martin, Myers, New-
lands, Overman, Owen, Pittman, Rans-
dell, Robinson. Saulsburv, Shafroth,
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith of
Arizona, Smith of ( eorgia. Smith of
South Carolina, Stone, Swanson,
Thompson, Trammell. Vardeman,
Walsh, Williams and Wolcott—36.
Republicans: Borah, Brady, ( olt,
Cummins, Curtis, Fernald, Freeling-
huysen, Gronna. Hale, Harding, John-
son of California, Jones of Washing-
ton, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, LaFol-
lette, McCumber. McNarry, Nelson,
New, Norris. Page, Poindexter. Sher-
man, Smith of Michigan, Smoot. Ster-
ling. Southerland and Watson—29.
Total for, 65.
Earp's Salary Held Up.
General Earp draws $1,800 a year as
! adjutant general. The last legislature
! appropriated $700 a year to pay tho
j salary of custodian for the capitol and
i stipulated that the place should oe
j filled by the adjutant general.
Howard contends that it is unlawful
for Earp to draw pay as custodian of
the capitol because it is unconstitu-
' tlonal for tho salary of an officer to
be increased during his tenure and
also maintains that it is unlawful for
a man to draw salaries from holding
two state offices.
A similar situation caused the turn-
ing down of the salary of Doctor Long,
who as dean of the school of medicine
of the University of Oklahoma re-
ceives $250 a month from the state.
The sikth legislature provided that the
university hospital director should
serve as medical advisor to the indus
trial commission and that he shou.il
receive $100 for this service.
The bill making this provision spe
cifically provided that the act should
not be unconstitutional, but Mr. How-
ard says 'his makes it none the less
so. The bills making the appropria
tlons went into effect July 1
Charters Issued Keep increasing.
An increase of 268 per cent in tho
amount of revenue turned into the
state from his office is shown by the
annual report ot Secretary of State
Lyon. In the fiscal year, which ended
Juue 30, revenue totalling $289,360.68
was collected by Lyon. The greater
part of this was from charters, the
amount from this source being $272,-
736.37. There were 985 more instru-
ments of record filed than the year
1916, and 1,827 more than in 1915.
The report shows the total expenses
of the department last year to be $14,-
430.01.
48 Million Barrels Oil First 6 Months.
During the first six months of 1917
Oklahoma oil wells produced 48,750,-
000 barrels of oil. In the same period
of time Kansas oil wells produced only
13,525,000 barrels, or just slightly
more than a quarter as much as was
produced in this state.
The g;is output in Oklahoma for that
length of time was 1,207,000,000 cubic
feet. Approximately 95,600,000 cubic
feet of gas was produced in Kansas
from January 1. 1917, to June 30, 1917,
and for the same time Arkansas' gas
production was 32,000,000 cubic feet.
More Germ Plasters Found.
Freeport, lil.—Tetanus germs have
been revealed in court plaster sold
here about ten days ago by a crippled
itinerant peddler.
Manage Brokers Thriving.
New Pork.—Agents of tho depart-
ment of justice are conducting an in.
vestigation here to learn if marriage
brokers have been supplying women
as wives for men seeking to avoid
being drafted into the national army.
The investigation is said to be the
result of two days' work by members
of the department after they discov-
ered that many of the men applying
for marriage licenses knew little ox
nothing about the women they were
seeking to marry, beyond the neces-
sary facts to obtain a license.
Norway Is Hungry.
Washington.—Norway, lacing star
vation if tho United States cuts off
exports of fopd, is ready to release a
million tons of her shipping in return
for the privilege, ot importing food—
principally from the l nited States.
Norway, before the war, had three
million tons of shipping; the German*
have destroyed one million; Norway
now needs one million for her own
wants and is willing to devote the re-
mainder to the carrying needs of other
countries, if she is supplied with
food
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