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Oldest Paper Published
Continuously in Okla-
homa.
Oklahoma State Register
TWUXTY-FIFTH TEAR.
N«. 19
GUTtlll, OKLA, TIUB8DAY, AUG 27,
19 14
Places Scrvice Above
Party Politics. Friendof
School I f cxsccs
• l.M PK« YF. II
Russians
Before
To
Sweeping Everything Claims Red River Bed
Them On Their Way
City of Berlin
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ADOPTS
PLAN.
.Harlows W ekly.
Belongs to Oklahoma j The erpublican state committee met
° I In Oklahoma City Monday and a p.
proved plans for conducting the cam- . .....
paign. Practically ail of the membens i /'"''V 1
j o( Che committee and all but thr e I *" "P61"" tares.
I nominees of the state ticket Were pres- '
|«nt. The coinmitte adopted a pol-' " °U'a y' Aug- "4.—Tie I
l- + + + + ♦ + + + + + + + + lcv w(([] ,eferen(e eo contributions'
Oklahoma City, okla., Aug.23.—After I"11" is a" innovation, in republican!
Attorney for School Land Office
licache* Decision.
expects special Germans Have Won the First
GRAND JURY! r . n i t. , " , !
— I Great Battle Through Belgium
On the Way to Paris
I petition for a Grand Jury to inves-
tigate am paign expenditures Is ex- i
St. Petersburg, Aug. 26.—(Via treated by forced marches after their study of the situation and ref-1policies, at least. The campaign fund, jcr^tomorrow^tornTna^l.dro!^ Giat of The Week's War News wards IV,sen with the Germans in r .
- >7
■sirs SJST™.'jr—
ward before ttie Russian advance. i fortified position on the River Ang-
Copenhagen, Aug. 26 (via Lion-|erab was abandoned without fighting. |
don)—Advices from Herlin by [ "The roads beyond the Angerapp
way ofthe frontier say that a pan- are strewn with cartridges, knapsacks doubv proceed upon this theory and tions will be sought in Hums of from i
ic is imminent there. , and equipment cast aside in the hasty the question as to whether its title is $1 to $100. Chairman Geissler an-i
The fears of a Russian invasion flight of the German troops," says the in th«. State or the Choctaw and Chick- \ nounced that liberal contributions 1
that will only end at the capital Times orrespondent. asaw Indians, either in common or in . have already 'been promls d,
has greatly aroused the populace, j "\'orth of Neidenburg Sunday and 3everalty, will probably igo to the J The committee met in open ses-'
Many wealthy Germans are al- Monday there was stubborn fighting 1011 r,K in case oil or gass shall be|Sion and It will be the policy of the
ready tleeing to Scandinavia. _ jn which the Russians were again vie- dtveloped there as in the Arkansas | republicans this y ar to avoid all ex- t
ocratlc nomination for Governor, but perately trying to head off the Tllcre ia "o Indication that the Ger-
the investigations will probably be German ad vane toward France— man attack was in any great force,
general, if a Grand Jury should he but failing. Paris officials admit- "ul " 11 waa the French success show«
assembled It Is probable that both At- 'ate 'Hst "'K'1' that the allied thpy ur<' now in " strong posltiou
torney Pope and Attorney General forces ,IKl1 moved back. "long this frontier, from which they
West will participate in its investiga- The czar's army had penetrated w'" bp ,,rlven onl>' l)v great sacrifice!
Hons. The Attorney General was in *",r> miles into Germany after a ser-
on the part or the Germans.
Structed by the Governor some t.me 'es °' battles with the garrison
A more hopeful feeling prevails iu
London, Aug. 26. llie rush o tor|ou8 |arKHiy through their superb and Cimarron rivers. The opinion by jecutive nieetiiiga and to d.scuas their aK0 to invH«tiir itp '!i^^i' olo 'ti ^ VI" that, judging from the meagre ac- |,;n«lan<1 as to the strength of the
the mam Russian army towaid le uap of (he bayonet. The enemy here ll,l|Ke Chambers has not been form- jaffairs with the public. One of the I regularities counts reaching the outside world 1',rench defensive position. The re-
lortress ot 1 osen, in t le Uerman; had a8gem|j|ed ,j,e ent|re Twentieth a"5, submitted as yet. He bases it up- |principal topics of discussion was the | must have been costly to both sicl- ',u,8e the French suffered at Charler-
'es. Russians have crossed into 1,1 hl,R been Part|y <'<>* to the desire of
p . | ou asaruiuicu I lie culiic l ncu uciu * ■ I 'P«' ui umvusoiuu v> UH III t! I
province Ot rosen it true, IS re-i Army (,0ppg ju a fortifled po8ltion. The on the treaty with Spain by which the placing of a check on the election ma- <<
garden here as the sensational (Ru88iang had t0 negotiate Pil8 and foundry of Texas was established., chin of the state. While it was ex-I
news of the day. Tt might account
for the Germans falling back in
Eastern Prussia.
In connection with the activity
of the Russians, General Suokom-
linoff, the Russian minister of war,
is quoted in official dispatches as
saying that within the next fort-!
night Russia will have 44upwards |
of 3 million men in Germany and
1 1-2 million in Austria."
This giant force the British mili-
tary experts believe, will turn the
tide of battle in favor of the allies
as Germany must withdraw much
of its force from the west to copo
with it.
Call Out Hoys ot 16.
The fact that it is announced from
Berlin that all German boys between
the ages of 16 and 20 are to be called
to the colors for active military ser-
vice is regarded here as very signi-
ficant.
Following the mobilization of the
landstrum, * the home defense force,
which includes all miles up to 45 years
of age. this simply means that Ger-
many has called to arms every male
capable of bearing arms within the
empire.
Must Whip France Quickly.
There is no question here that the
kaiser realizes the peril of the Russian
invasion and that he has staked every- ["
thing on overwhelming the French and j
Englsh beifore the Slav hosts can get
beyond his great chain of defenses \
along the Vistula River. But so rapid'
has been the Russian advance that the
Vannest For State Superlnteiid-
barbed wires. Han grenades were This treaty seeuia to indicate that the plained that the committee did not j r h wils °
used, the Russians finally carry the south bank of the river was to be the assume that the election oltkials in ,tP f,,r ^ (m<)(l,1,l< candid-
positions at the point of the bayonet, foundry line. Oklahoma were inclined to dishon- fnr «h . i • U|)er nten at«l'His
The Germans retreated toward Os- Question of islands in the stream 'esty as a general proposition, it
terode. leaving behind many guns, ma- not involved in the question and agr ed that the law which provides hp r stat< 8( ,H)()l8' ,,iH record for
chine guns caissons and prisoners. 'seems to be more easily disposed of that a watcher can be placed in each u, r ' 'T V ,MON,s this.
Pushing on to Danzig. |The Government at Washington has voting precinct for the purpose of ''i"! G aa removed sev"
"MeanWhile the Vilna army is driv- ^ UP claim to a11 i8la,,ds iD the bed verifying the county should be taken for u re ° e 8tate teachers
ing the German army corps toward of navital)le streams and Che construc- advantage of and it was decided that
Danzig. The question now is whether tlve ^ability of Red River will prob-
the German forces can escape and how ably established
long the Russians will take in oc-1
ctipving the territory east of the River
Vistula (the Weichsel). There they
will find strong German forts. It is
reported that the Russians Monday
reached Marienburg only twenty-five
miles from Donzig.
"The Germans at Gumbinnfcn had
all the advantages of numbers and
position. It was a clear case of the
best man winning. Russia was thq
best.
Rate Refund Cases
Set for September 22
Aiuomit liiulved Is About #4 ,noo,*MH>,
From Kail road > and StfOO.tHH*
From Expre« tom panics.
no ot-her reason than they had
courage enough (to vote and work
th republicans will provide one for a„li8t h|m (n the |ma
each voting precinct -in the entire pla,c8 he
state. Theee watchers are to be fully j oritee C
instructed «. to the new lection law,; candldat/ tor 8late miperioten(leIlt
particularly that they have a rigfht
to "watch the collecting and record-
ing of all votes.' They are to lu.l.t1 consideration will Mr. Vannest vote
Austria, reports say, though the "lr |,,r*'ncl1 army to achieve a brilliant
Austrian# deny this, claiming to l,,cur lon into Alsace and Lorraine,
have advanced 011 the Russian 1 w,1'*'h led them to weaken their forces
frontier. "" th<' Bel8ian rrontier. Having rec-
German aeroplanes hover over °*,lll,ed ,he du"ger of thl ('our8e ^
Tsing-Tau, the city that is the cen-1 °ow "ttVe reV('r"'d 1(1 spears
ter of Kiao-Chow, the flcrman 10 be a more leK"ima"' "rategy, ab-
colony on the Chinese coast, hut "ndoninK thelr inv:l 'on th« lost
have sighted no evidence of a .lap- "rov'n°«« concentrating their
ancse attack. Strength In the defense of the north-
War between Austria and Japan 'r" lro"Ut!r-
*1 with hi. 1 , virtually has been declared be-j vu,ile lt cannot Le said that the
■■ 1 <a av" cause of Austria's action in send 1 r"i8h Pe°Plu regard the absence of
. Vannest, Republican hi(f g c.r,lispr to ai(, Kiao^Chow. !npWB and the withholding of the list
The French cabinet has resigned!"' with complacence
lhl>v Hluilloir a Immvi, I.f
stands for the merit system for the 1
I teachers of our schools. Under no
at the most perilous moment for
they display a large store of patience
the nation in recent years, and a "nd """""ence "> Kitchener and the
that the inspector file a c rtiflcate of for the removal of a'nv tJuh n''w 0UP w'" formed at once. *"r off,^e and lht* feelin* of depreo-
the rptiirnK with th„ 1 u a 1 removal of any teacher with-i . . . . ision evident on the first news of the
' ; ; , ? h , ? , °Ul glVlDK the teacll<ir a" °PPOrt«n"y U,:>' A averse suffered by the allies to «im.
mediately a ur the count has been lo ^ h(Jard And under no volantoer corps at London to fight,. pn[ dlSal,pelirtU B0W ^ ,t „
isr. •«' ' — ™' • -issut""""" lWh I"— ....
The Russian losses include repre- „ ' ^'a'i(>!na ^ 'tvV' Aug. 25. The J jB 8aj- that this provision was
........ .f .K M.n. ....Corporation Commission has set Sept.' ... ... , . , ,
this a felony; however, owing to the ele«ion of any teacher on the owe 'mendous orifices Much is also hop-
Ifact that it: 1. a new law and election , grounds ttat the te cl,er voted or; T'lrkey is expected to take Hide* M from [he unexpecled progre8, of the
jwoiked for him, T4i€ merit system ■ ^ " 1 ,na,*y i Russian * armlet In Prussia and
otticialg were not familiar with it.it ,
sentatives of all the nobiest families
in the empire.
I must find Will control. A vote fori So fur a* be gleaned from of- ^se; that the Austrians have been con-
122nd a« the date lor hearing argu-' by/.^r®_e Van,lest for 8tate superintendent la .ficial announcement^ the great battle pe|led to abandon their campaign
The Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitchl
and the IM'inces John and Oleg Con-
uient by She
stantinovitch, who are subalterns in i r*,,md ®uits filed bj Attorney
the horse guards, rode in the terrible!!™1 W,th the *om™*«ion as « court.lthe ,ba]lot
charges which will forever be a glory • V statUB of theee cases is as H was '
totheir regiment and
army."
railroads and express'"' ,. ^ f the , ° " VOt" rem°Ve °"r 8"*te 80110018 I "r"nch ifron'ier a"d ln against Servia. The belief is held here
Thcse watch«" wl" aUo euS 1 ffftfB the Clutches of the designating ! Bei*lu,u continues to be the scene of tha, even Bt,„uJd th(. (i<!rmall8 iuocee(t
jengagements between the opposing,ln reachiug Parill the „us„aI1, wi|,
|mo8t certainly reach Herlin.
companies on their demurrers in the ,Ko. tu „ , . .1 — — —
.that th returns are properly posted land scheming yollticlan.
at the precinct voting places and that | ...
armies.
The nature of these engagement*' frederick Killed,
and their result have not been made'
Berlin, Aug. 26.—According to offi-
are securely locked , (JOVER>'OB OK A LI THI' FOLKS
the Russian i U"°n th* «" « <" opinion A^ril .! .".J? "l1 Colegate(Coal County) Carter: J. | . „ UUI.
Russian |1as( „y Commteaioner ,HeI1,haw over--;*^,^ f eommltt* th" ."f ''M- • Anglln. the watermelon kil.K of i«,BbBc beyond ad'ul88i0« "y the French clftl announcement made he%™
St. Petersburg via london, Aug. 26.1 rul'"« "leas t0 tlle Jurisdiction that''' , i°" T ' * I r°al ^ 8°". Bi". to town I War °'fl« 'l,a^n nortt; ,ht' Lieutenant General Prince Frederick
—The Novoe V'remya publiahes an ac- illad be€n interposed by the defendant tQ th(> holding" ofThVelectidn l^Iuse ' 1'e*terd*y W,th a flne load of melou'' i hLk J".Lw Iof Saxe M«'nin«en was killed by a
of what it terms the memor- • cornPan'e8' The suit as filed by the
able charge of the Russian horse attorney General was for an account-
guards at Gumbinnen during the rec
they would have a member or the op-
! Ing. The amount of 'r"afnn"ds"'due"Is T'"/ t0 thWr "°ne8,v
in the evert! that it was que tioiie i
and remembered The Courier with
back a short distance as has the
one Of the big ones. Mr. Anglin, who 'D, the r*«lon of Saint
is a Democrat, said he considered 1 ^ The Prench troop" on the 0,ten-
British military experts say the Vist-
lent fighting, in which the Russians a'^out $6,000,000 from the railroad ... .
were victorious. It says: .companies and about $600,000 from the j™' C°T a,8° adop,ed & resohi"
U furt8 wl be lnvpste<1 t «l The Germans hefd a position in a exprese companies as alleged by the'"0" to 'nSiRt the r"Publ"'a"8 «
next few i! vr
Cove \VId F |small village from which they were State. Suits for injunction in these
over M <e ron. (pouring a murderous fire on the Rus- cases are pending in the Federal
A dispatch to the Kxchange Tele- 3jan troop8
graph Company rroni St. Petersburg silence the
says that the Russian chief of stall P.miii a Squall run. ioraccounting however, is for the pur-
announces that since Sunday the Rus- Tht, flr8t S(luadroll rode 8traight ,)08l, of keel,jng aHve the Qf
John Fields >.he best man in the race)
sive between Nancy and Vosges are
said to be making headway.
Cavalry was ordered to Court here and they involve the same
guns. , issues that are involved in this suit
shell before Namur, August 23.
No new« of the situation on the eas-
tern and W6ftUf1T fronts of Germany
ha* been given out today. $
for governor rh4 that he hoped Fields' ~ , Rome< 26,—A dispatch from
.would be elected. John Fields real- ' roro Ant^erP comes the ahnounc*-1 Vienna announces that Austria has de-
given two counter j in each votin,L tha( h(, (.an nof ^ e|w.ted , ment that the Belgian troops have clared war Ja
niwinri in.inuH ... .. ... -— ernor wl he , compel ed the Fourth German division, | TsbJlW Falls r
—■ w? -r.
precinct instead of one as was done
in many precincts to the "primary,
county the last twoetections The
aw provides that the dWe-em polit. J° t?°," Mr" A"g,i" IM*reMted ! ment'thai tire fonrfh Belgian division'attack ou T8inK-Tao. the fortifled port
Jin Fields' success. Mr. Fields & <*er-
Slan invasion of Galicia and l'russia at the batterv whlch flring |lolnt blaIlk lhe 8tat<i and clUleng to the ,.efund Qf I represents.I. n on the cov
continued uninterruptedly along a moWed down the Russian ranks over charges that is alleged is dueiand ,hey ln8,8t th,t °'t of tre
wide front While the Russians right frigh,fu„y. annihilating the squadron them. The suit in Federal Court has "ve would mean bie "
wing was invading Prussia and the (The second squadron followed fast and been set for October 21. before Judge An executive carrjaign commit
left wing entering Galicia, the Ru - wollld have 8hared the 8ame fate ex. | Vouman8 of (he Weite,-ln I)l8trl,.t Df
iian center, composed of the great Cept that at the critical moment a Arkansas. Bitting 1« the place of the
dis-
bulk of the Russian army, is believed third souiidrnn rushfd on in thp i ■ _ , . , . .
' mira squaaron rusnea on to tne | regular Federal Judge for this
to be marching silently with terrible enemy from the flank, sabred the gun- j trict
force on i'osen. the correspondent ners and routed the whole German If tll^ demurrer that is to be 1
. . A , . | force. I September 22 shall be overruled the * la'"k, Colgate; R. H. Matthews, Mc-
Large 'err'ter, Occupied. | The Germans ran like rabbits, dis- refu„d (.a8p wU, ,)e ge, for trfa, on Aleater; J. W. Brady, Muskogee; Wll-.
lie Russian embassy is ,n receipt carding swords, helmet and clothing (t8 ,ner|tB „ ,g [hought ,ln|ik<.ly n Han, n.8giu8. Bartlesville. Chairman
which a T , r T <he"' ",ade h"te t0 the,win go to trial however, pending de- Oel-ler who will have charge of thej
wnicii announce fresh Russian vie- avensinK Russian horseineu • ........ ■. , . ... (
inri.-u u... u. • ,u f \ , . . ,, i cision in Che action in the Federal campaign, and Secretary Charles Ol-
tories against both Germany and Aus- "One s<tuadron of Nizhni Hussars.
tria. These messages say that Rus- who are all famous swordsmen, mow-
sian troops now occupy a large part of ed clown seventy Germans without re-
Eastern Prussia. Iceiving a scratch in return."
The Times's St. Petersburg corres- The Gerniaus left one hundred guns . . . . ^ ...
& Santa Fe Railway Company: St ' ^ committe has dcierl tliat it will
! IX)Uis & San Francisco Railroad Com-] not seek any outside aid either in
them to vote only for a good man for l any Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail- ' way of finances from the national
vernor in the November election, way Company; Chicago. Roofa Island committee or through national speak-
He said that a new petition JHill be and Pacific Railway Company; Atch-| ers and that the campaign .will be
leal parties shall aave an ^qnltsble" '" \ "• " «""at Numnr has fulfilled its task or ar-i°' tbe turr'lory ot Kiao Chow, has rail-
unfllig board , ain,y ,M"'re8,ed ln the ucce.s oi the re8ll„K th)1 (!prrnan co,omn an(j a| ed and the Japanese are preparing tor
fanners of Oklahoma—In Mr. Anglin'* |owlnK the Belgiuns to retire on the " accordin8 to a cable message
suc cess. He wants to see Oklahoma j French ||ne received here Wednesday by Count
and Oklahomans happy and prosp r- | The m(ni8ter8 undpr Pr{,mler! Vun Bernrtorff, German ambassador to
ous^ Melds is a big man; he is the'Viv|ani prp8ented thelr reBignationi ""- United States, from the German
Hght man tor the place, and Dover- , co„ectlvely to pre8|dent Polncare be.. emt,a',8y " Fel"
was selected as fd.owf. Charter
^windall, Woodward; !l. C McKeev«sr.
Enid; J H Anderson, Weatherford;
fTiggins, R. T>. Robertson, Lawton;'
Dr. C. Er Sexton, Stillwater; J. E. T.
nor Fields will be governor of all the
cause they believed that in the pres-
Count Berustorff said that the cable
folks, and Mr. Anglin and all the rest ent clrcumstancee the ministry should ",e88age covins '• ''stalls but merely
of us will be proud of him as Okla- haVe a wider scope and compriae the uuno£lu:u^ tbe failure of the Japanese
hom« a governor. | best of all the republican groups.
Court.
I son, who will, asstai him, are ex-oftl-
The suits in the Corporation Com- \ u«mhers oi Idle state executive
mission for accounting are against the committee and Geoi ge H. Dodson will
following companies: Gulf Colorado ,l v« charge of the speekers* bureau.
pondent says that Germans who re- behind.
JKWIXiS Sl'KAkS AT GAl'ITAL.
Defeated t andidate for hemncratic
-Vomination for Governor
Party.
Scores
Oklahoma City, Ok., Aug. 2f>. A. L
Jennings, recent candidate for the
new petition
filed in his contest for tM^nomina- ison. Topeka & iSanta Fe Railway ■ waged on state issues
tion within the next two days and he i Company; American Expresa Com- |
asserted that if the coming Democrat- pany; United States Express Company- j
ic State convention will place some Wells-Fargo & Company Express.
other good man on the ticket tor Gov- This is the most important case on i
Democratic nomination for Governor, |ernor he will support It. He declared the docket of the Corporation sitting j
tonight declared .he will never write J his Democratic principles, but said as a court. I will be the occasion j
a letter ot congratulation to the nom- (that the people of Oklahoma will have for careful argument by flfie attorney ,
to have a housecleaning, regardless for the defendant companies.
of party. I —~~
It is assumed that Jennings will. RfSSP.I.fj PILES ELECTION Sl'IT.
lend his support to the opposition Oklahoma City. Ok., Aug 24 -Suit
POPE'S SISTER DIED OF GIIIKF.
Stricken at III* Itedside,
Died Early Yenterdky.
Premier Vivian!, at the request of
President Poincare, immediately for-
I med a new cabinet in which Alex-
andre Millerand took the place of
| Adolphe Messlml as minister of war
(and Theophile Delcasse assumed the
Aug. 24.—The annual • portfolio of foreign affairs, which pre-
STITE FARMERS' ITXIO!*' MEETS.|
S|H>clal tCtentlon In Oklahoma Is
Given to Marketing of Cotton.
Allen, Ok.,
State meeting of the Oklahoma Farm- I vioU8lv wa« held by M. Vivlanl him-
ers' Union lias juet closed at Ada. The i8e'f ' new cabinet includes for-
meeting was attended by farmer#'mer Freinlers Briand, Dcjumergue and
from various sections of the State and
particular attention was given to the | tendon reports that Fort Togoland,
ouutry relative to 1
attack and the preparation for a siege.
The information is undoubtedly cor-
rect, he said.
Tsing-Tao. China, Aug. 26.—A Ger-
man aeroplane went up from Tsing-
Tao today to reconnoiter. The pilot
failed to discover any evidence of
Japanese warships at sea or of Jap-
anese troops on land.
The Austrian cruiser Kaiserine El-
izabeth has been dismantled and her
crew has left by rail for Tien-Sing.
mee. He scored the court for throw-
ing out his petition for a contest. He
announced his determination to fore-
go profits of promising lecture en-
gagements and staying in Oklahoma
until the November election to do
what he may toward seeing that a
good man shall be elected Goeruor.
Jennings had an audience of a'bout
two thousand persona. He made an
appeal to them to assist In the con-
test that he has under way. He urged
ticket in the present campaign, and was filed in the District Court here to-
he Is expected to stump the fltate day by Campbell 'Russell contesting
against the Democratic ticket. the Democratic nomination in the Sec-
A petition for a Grand Jury will ond Congressional district. Mr. Rus-
probably be filed in the Superior sell was a candidate. The certificate r00m and collapsed soon afterward. \ Freeman, Atoka; W. Robbins, Cole.
Court tomorrow, the announcement Qf nomination on the face of the re- Dr. Ainici attended her but alarinipg Inan. and J- C. Kemp, Tlshmitigo; Na-
having be^n made that sufficient sign- turns was Issued to W. W. Hastings symptoms developed from which she ttonal delegate*, George J. Ohristlsen,
era have^een secured. of Tahlequah. did not rally. Davte, and Dave Fulsom, Tishmingo.
situation in this
the inarketinK of otton and other )
crops. The stamp of approval was I
placed on both the State and Federal)
Governments in their efforts to enact j
Sister Anna legislation that will meet the stlpula- '
| ^ion and afford relief to the otton !
farmers of the South.
Rome. Aug. 20.—The body of Pope' Officers were elected as follows: '
Pius X„ who died this morning has President, O. W. Taylor, Roff; vice-1
been lai dout in state for thousands to . president, C. H. Holland, Atoka; Sec-I
view. The pathos of his passing has retary-treasurer. Al. T. Norton, Mans-
been accentuated b ythe death of his|V|lle; organizer, D. J. Bell, Allen;
sister Anna. Always she was at his chaplain. Rev. J. W. Bell, Stonewall;
bedaide in times of sickness and she' conduc tor, H. C Cain. Mansville;
was kneeling near him when he | doorkeeper. C. H. Scisson, Tushka;
breathed his last. executive committee, A. C. Martin,
The sister was assisted from the Ma-nsville; O. C. Ron-ham. Bruno; J.
„ , BRITAIN TO SEND TWO MILLION.
the German possession on the African
west coast, has surrendered uncon- Kitchener Plans for .Moieiiient of half
4itionally. , Million JMen Every Three Mouths.
A Bucharest report says that Tt*rno-
pel, an important town In Galicia, has Washington. Aug. 25.—That Great
been occupied by the Russians, while Britain realizes the magnitude of the
the Russians themselves claim they struggle ln which it is engaged is
have driven the Austrians back to the shown by information brought here
river Zlota LI pa, thirty miles west of ( hy a prominent personage.
Tarnopol and about fifty miles east of : According to this man, who had ac-
Lemburg, the Galician capital. cess in London to secrets of the
I Direct dispatches from Tsing Tau, | British government and war offices,
(capital of the German protectorate ofl'^ord Kitchener, the actual minister
| Ktao Chow, say there is no evidence of war, is preparing to place two mil-
I yet of Japanese warships or field lion British soldiers in the fled.
I troops iu that neighborhood. I This enormous number of men will
| London, Aug. 27.—A closer veil than ' be obtained largely in England. Scot-
;«*ver seems to have been drawn over land and Ireland, but the overseas col-
the progress of the war. Little news
has come to hand concerning the op-
erations on either front The Rus-
sians. however, appear to be continu-
ing their advance in east Prussia to-
onies will be expected to contribute
their quota. Canada recently began
negotiations for the transportation of
twenty-five thousand men to England
and thence to the continent.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1914, newspaper, August 27, 1914; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc169452/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.