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Oklahoma State Register.
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
No. 30
GUTHRIR, O K L A_ THURSDAY. NOV. 12,
19 14
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piNWOOjffE
ENGINES WRECKED IN
Q1*14 P> A^rptCNi PRESS AS^CtfrnOHi
1<W BY AMERICAN
• 
fjh- I&EI&IAN RErUGEE3l
. elect mmm
lar Republican party has undergone ■
no change. Senator Penrose and ex-
Speaker Cannon will represent that i
1 party in the Senate and House and the |
{returning Progressives must be pre-
1 pared to accept all that they protested i
I against and more for the standpatters,
.after having overcome the defection,
MenTh atjWill Make the Next Laws
and Appropriations of Oklahoma
'iitftpfvon nOellEML,
iENVES BEY
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
of
1 he European war continued with the most desperate fighting In Belgium and northern France. Hundreds of thousand
forced to flee after their homes were destroyed. Roads were crowded everywhere with refugees, and
Belgians blocked .raffle to German, by sending unmanned^omoU^^t ■' ,,arm demonstration
Agent Farquharson received from
residents of Belgium were
mnny homeless families took refuge In the woods.
are even further from reform than
hey were two years ago.
• The democratic party deserves the
support of all real progressives and
in the next two years it will draw to
itself those progressives who under-
stand the radical nature of the issue
which separates the democrat from
the aristocrat and the plutocrat.
HOI
HUSKS 1(1(1; IN SWAMPY
LA Ml THIS < 01 M Y.
Amos Paynes, of Goodnight, a fifteen
year old member of one of the govern-
ment boys clubs in this county has
started something which may result in
a new crop being added to the many
which can be successfully grown in
full speed toward the enemy to be wrecked. The German cruiser Emden, uuder command of Captain von
to destioy commerce In the Indian ocean. Turkey became involved In the war, with Euver Bey directing the military operations One of the surprises ot
Lbe elections was the lilg plurality by which Charles 8. Whitman. Republican, wns elected governur of New York. Congress remains Democratic
Germans^Vinning Again in France
and Losing in Russia
bondon . Nov.10.—The Go: mans
ba.v« resumed their attack on the al-
lies' line 'between the coast and the
Lye river and while the French claim
generally to have held their positions
which stretch through northern
France and along the Franco-German
border.
On the other hand, the French,
whose army is growing daily, might
her deck and a Japanese tlag run up
thus disguised she steamed boldly in-
to the "harbor unchallenged under the
British guns of the fort, and fired
torpedoes which sank the Russian
cruiser Jemtchug and the French de-
stroyer. Then she escaped. The ves-
I sel the Emden destroyed had the val-
ue of several million dollars.
I The admiralty statement says:
THK NATION WITH WILSON
Hryaii Says the Recent Klections in-
dorsed the President.
Washington. Nov. 9.—Secretary Bry-
an, back at the State Department after
his campaign trip West, issued a for-
mal statement summarizing the re- I
suits of the elections and declaring | spo*
tliat they could not be considered oth-
erwise than an indorsement of Presi-
the Germans have succeeded in capt- attempt an offensive against Lorraine
uring the tow n of Dixmude which has
been the center of some of the fiercest
and most sanguinary fighting of the
>ar.
Ttae country between Dixmude and
Ypres, where the belligerents have
engaged in violent attacks and count-
er At tai ks for weeks past and where
the los3<m nave been heavier even
than those in the battle of the Vser,
is again the scene of a battle, which
for fury has seldom if ever been •equ-
aled.
Behind Dixmude is the direct road
Dunkirk, one of the French ports on
which the Germans have set
hearts, and if they can break through
heretihe allies will be compelled to
tall back to new, positions. The In-
vaders have therefore been concen-
trating their forces at this point and
their success in taking Dixavude,
where they claim to have captured
or Alsace as a diversion, which would
relieve the pressure in the west,
(•errnuns Suffer Heavily,
The Germans, according to Petro-
grad dispatahes, have suffered a more
serious defeat on the East Prussian
in the recent fighting there the Rus-
sians have captured more than 20,000
prisoners, together with quantities of
guns and munitions.
The Russian advance in Poland,
which has been at the rate of forteen
miles daily has astonished the milit-
ary experts, and it is not surprising
their to hear they are "Picking up many
footsore and weary German straggl-
ers. This advance of horse, foot and
artillery has contnued for eighteen
days.
In Galicia the Russians continue to
push the Austrians back, but the Aus-
tria ns are having their revenge along
him a bunch of ver yline heads of rice
which he had raised on creek bottom
land on the eastern edge of I/Ogan
County and accompanying it was his
story of how he raised the crop, which
will be a general surprise to every-
body including the federal experts. We
give below his own story of the crop:
"How }\y It ice Was Made.
"I selected one-quarter acre on a
bottom land where the soil
.ouId easily be overflowed and be
damp most of the time. I planted my
rice in rows in hills about 12 Inches
apart putting from six to eight grains
in a hill. After the rice was up 1
kept out all foreign weeds and grass
and well cultivated.
My mother was on a visit to Mis-
nd brought these rice seeds
r.OO prisoners, and positions to the Servian border, which they threat-
en to cross in an endeavor to cru^h
Scrvia before Russia can come to her
west of Langemarok where, accord-
ing to the Berlin report, 2,000 prison-
ers fell into their hands, shows that
statements «o freely made, that they
have been sending troops from the
west to Poland, are without founda-
tion.
As a matter of fact, military men border than the official
here believe the Germans as soon as j ave disclosed. Advices
"Yesterday morning news was
ceinved that the Emden, wlhich was (ient wilson and his policies.
completely lost to sight after the ac- I pointing to the slump of the l'ro-
tion with Russian cruiser Jemtchug,! grcssivc voe as the outstanding feature
had arrived at Keeling, or Cocos I si- I 0j- the election returns, Mr. Bryan said
ands, and landed an ainmed party to j this had resulted in no change In the
destroy the w ireless station. Here: leadership of the regular republican
she was caught and forced to fight by ranks; that Senator Penrose and for- sissil)l)i ,m(l bl°
the Australian cruaier Sydeny. Cap- mer Speaker Cannon would represent ,0 imr t0 tr> ' ca!c o
tain John Glossop. their party in Congress and the Pro-
"A sharp action took place, in gressives returning to that party
which the Sidney lost three men kil- j would have to accept all they had pro-
led and fifteen wounded. The Emden ' tested against, and more
was driven ashore and burned. Her J \11 Indorsed W ilson.
losses in personnel are reported to I "The election of 15)14 cannot be con-
be "heavy. All possible assistance is 1 sidered otherwise than as an indorse-
being given to the survivors by the ' ment of the President and his policies.
various ships which have been dis-11 am so convinced of the merits of
patched to the scene. jremedial measures enacted under
'•With the exception of the German the President s leadership and of the
spuadron now off the coast of Chile,' righteousness of his foreign policy
Oklahoma City, Ok., Nov. 10.—Six
Socialists in the legislature, wiaere
heretofore there has ibeeu none, is one
of the new features of the Oklahoma
lawmaking body that will assemble
the fifth day of next January. But it
will be a Democrat is legislature, for
all of that. In the Senate there will
he six Republicans, three of them new
Senators and three holdover Senat-
ors. One of the Socialists will be in
the Senate. In the House, the Repub-
licans will have seventeen members.
The Socialists will have five.
Following is a list of the 19K  leg-
islature of Oklahoma:
New Senators are as follows, James
li. Austin, New Cordell (D); Frank
Beauman, Waurika (D); A. C. Bee-
man, Cherokee, (I)); W. M. Bi'kel,
Alva, (D); W. V. Buckner, McAlester.
11)); William S CUne, Newkirk, (D;;
| Harry B. Cordell, Manitou, (D); Clar-
, ence Davis, Sapulpa, (D); R. U Dav-
I iiteon, Tulsa (I)); T. H. Davidson.
Muskogee, (D); Joe \. Edwards,
Stratford (D); C. L. Edmondson,
Chandler (D); John R. Hickman,
Coalgate (D); W. Hogan, Cashion,
(R); O. VY. KIlium, lx>cust Grove (D);
R. A. Kellar, Marietta, (D); O. J.
Logan, Hobart (D); Tom McMedham,
Oklahoma City,'(D); Thomas J. O'
Neill, Chickasha, (D); M. M. Ryan,
Poteau. (D); W J. Risen, Hooker,
(D); J. II. Shufeldt, Nowata, (R);
George E. Wilson, Cestos, (S); R. 11.
Chase, Wewoka, (D).
Holdover Senators aire as follows:
John H. Burford, Guthrie, (R); Carles
F. Barrett, Shawnee, (D); C. W.
them soon after the cotton was plant-
ed and I made one barrel."
F. F. FurguBon, field agent of the
">U. S. Department of Agriculture
who judged the 'boy club exhibits,
the cotton, corn and Katir corn and
part of the live stock at the Cimarron
Valley Fair in September has tihe fol-
lowing to say in 'his official report to
i the department:
I Mr. Farquharson of Guthrie, has
entries to his cluto work many times
is now clear of the enemy's warships."
The German cruiser Koenigsberg,
which disabled the British cruiser I
hte candidate who represented
' views."
"There were a number of causes
I more than is necessary to fill all club j Fred E. Tucker, Ardmore, til); Eu-
his teams. His corn and cotton, too, are Bene Watrous, Enid <R); Geolrge A.
Milburn (D); C. C. Childres, Enid,
_1D); Johnson Crawford, Chouteau,
(D); Bryant Cash, Vinita <D(; J. D.
Cox, Talequah, (L>); ti. U Council,
Panama, (I)); J. T. Dickerson, Ed-
mond (R); J. N. Davis Gans ID);
Howard M. Drake, Motnbey IB); VV.
M. Duffy, Checotah (D); W. K. Dunn,
Shawnee |Dj; H. 1,. Disney,'Muskogee
ID); W. A. Durant, Durant, (D);
Amos A. Ewng, Guthirie (R); Waiter
Eaton, Muskogee (D); L. A. Evenhart,
Blckford IR); G. W. Goodwin, Cleve-
land ID); W. I,. Garner, Hostvell (D);
E. E. Glasco, Purcell ID); l,uther
Harrison, Wewka (D); Ben F. Har-
rison Calvin (D); C. H. Holmes, Gage
(R); S. VV. Hill, Roll (S); Wash Hud-
sou, Tulsa ID); Lewis Hunter, law-
ton ID); Tom C. Halle, Kiowa (D);
II. VV. Headley. Pouca City IR); T. F.
llensley. El iteno (D); Lee Howe,
Glove (IJ); T. W. Hunter (D); R. R.
Hendon, Earlenboro ID); SaanH. llar-
gis, Ada (D); ('. c. Hill, Hockey (D);
A. II. Hugglns, Hoyt ID); Bert .tack-
sou, Ninnekah (D); S. L. Johnson,
Ok,mi, lige;' «U); D. C. Kirk Patrick,
Selling (S); Etl G. Keegan, Chandler
IR); tR); Wlliam .1. Liuhl, Bristow
(R); William E. Long, Wagoner (D);
J. E. Lemau. Nash ID); N. B. iMaxey,
Muskogee ID); T. G. McMahon. Mil-
ton ID); J. A Marsh, Kingfisher IR);
Thomas H. McLemore, Elk City (S);
Cicero I. Murray, Pauls Valley (D);
Marvin M. McCord. Enid |RI; R. J.
Morgan, Blair CD); James K. Moore,
Miami (D);E. O. CcOance, Mutual
I'D); J. L. McKeown, Stillwater, (D);
A. McCrary, Cornish ID); J. O. Me
Board. Okemah,(I)); M. S. Blassin-1 Collister, Mangum (D); H. O. Mil-
game, Sallisaw, (D); J. L. Carpenter,
Mangum. ID); J. E. Curran, Black-
well, (R); Ben Franklin, Purcell,
(D); George W. Fields Jr., Grove,
LDll E. L. Mitchell, Cheyenne, (I));
.1. T McIntosh. Durant, ID); VV. C.
McAlester. Hugo, ID); John I). Pugh,
Anadarko, (D); Campbell Russell,
Warner, (D); C. C. Shaw, Mill Creek,
(D); James H. Sutherlin, Wagoner,
(D); .1. Elmer Thomas, Lawton, (D);
Pegasus some weeks ago, has been
which operated against our party,
bottled up in Mafia Island on the coast namely, the efforts of the beneficiaries
of German East Africa by the block- of Protection who. out of resentment,
ing of the channel to the harbor. I ,0 m,,kr thp tarlff law obnox-!
(ious; the disturbed condition caused
j the best by great odd6, of any judged' Waters, Pawnee (D); Ben F. Wilson, Sitton, Duncan (D); J. P. s
by me at other places this season. ^ ukon, (D). inanche ID); John A.
I Hte k.nfir whows nil ooor. Mis.s1 The Houst of Representatives of the Weatherford (D): Eldon E.
statements
from the
Russian capital Wednesday state that
t! em. Turkey reports victories
againts Russia and Groat Britain
which those two countries deny.
After predictions that the war
could not be ended within three years
At other points along the battle- the Britsh prime minister, Mr. As-
t'ront in France the French official quith, in a statement in the house of
communication claims some successes commons today, that he did not be-
for the Allies, but the German head- lieve it would be so long as it was
quarters staff declares that all attacks expected, struck rather a cheerful
have been repulsed. note. There Is an increasing number
It is considered quite certain that who think that the great offensive
assistance. HUM O HUT PISMISSKI1. ithe paased by Con-.eacb. Some may argue
. gress had not had time to prove their ( able conditions made it possible tor
InrKe* h lit ng ne< la. ( | worth. Then, too, more Progressives Miss Smth, as well as Mr. Farquhar-
Of the lighting between Turkey and Pari ol' I Ian of Itecehers In Disclaim returned to the republican party than son, to collect this grand exhibit, but
the Allies the reports are so contra- j Bond Issue. , vve expeced—tills alone accounted for let me suggest that I know that the
dictory that there is no 'reconciling St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 10.—Suit to re- most of the republican gains in the weather conditions were equally bad
His kafir team shows up poor, aniss ,
Smith, as usual, beats all others com- next legislature will be made up as
bined in canning club work, in both j lollow8. 0 Acton_ |jOVell_ (R). L
quantity and quality, at the several .
Fairs Judged. She could easily All ' 'Vbn" StrJ,ford ^
, , , Baker, Gracemount, (D): Kellev
by the European war and the fact that two club teams of ten, with 24 cans
that favor-1 own' Ardlnor© M. W. Iiovee,
j Bartlesville, (D); A. E. Ball, Clare-
1 more, (D); l-oris E. Bryant, Bigheart,
I (D); W. N. Barry, Okemah (I>); L. N.
Baribee, Rush Springs (D); Frank
Carpenter, Bridge-port, (D); Wilburn
Cartwright, Clarita (D); J. J. Clark,
they saw it was imjx>ssible to carry
out their design of capturing Warsaw
dispatched troops from that region to
the West, not imagining that the Rus-
sian pursuit could be carried out with
the rapidity with wheh Lt has been.
cover $14,000,000 from directors and House of Representatives. The \ic- here as at other places, and know
former directors of the St. lx>uis and ! '°ry' however was sufficiently com- personally that this did not "Just hap- Umtt.hedi abla2c Th„ Konl),RbcrB w<u,"
San Francisco Railroad was dismissed plote ,0 9 1 '^C pc0|)lc ar® with so," but is the result of properly ( up ln 8Uch a ponition she must
the President, and he is now able to directed efforts to meet a condition. elther ,bc taptur„d or iurrender
continue the splendid program which Tnle, thc co-operation of the people [hough eMler cage 3,hc propa1)ly'
ier, Norman ID); ,1. B. Norton, Okla-
homa Ctty (R); A. North, Davidson
(D); Paul Nesbitt, McAlester ID);
VV. 11. Ol instead, Waynoka IR); It. 1^
1'ee.blty, Oklaiionia Ctty (I)); W. T.
Powell, Temple ID); N. D. PrUchett,
Snyder (S); C. L. iPinkhaimi, Newkirk
(D); George W. Pullen, Davis (D);
Cliff V. Perry. Wilburton (D); J. H.
Reinger, Antlers (D); G. A. Raansey;
Colbert (D); O. G. Rollins, Madill
(D); Jamts 11. Sykes, Tulsa (D); C.
Ingham, Ringold (S); Henry W.
Speer, Co-
Sim son,
Weatherford CD); Eldon E. Sams, No-
wata (R); J. C. Smith, Cherokee (R);
H. Threadway, Hollis (D); Tom Trst-
erman, Morrison (R>; James A. Thur-
mond, Tushka (D); Tom G. Taylor,
Idabel (D); Char Its Williams, Hooker
(D); J. H. Wright, Oklahoma City
(D); T. G. Wilkes, Anderson (D);
Thomas J. Welch, Ballard (D); Asa
E. Walden, Thackerville, (D); Tom C.
Waldrop, Shawnee (D); James A.
Young, Oklahoma City, (I)); Jake
Zabloudll, Prague (R);
in the federal court here this after-
noon.
The dismissal of tht suit, which was
filed by thc receivers, is part of thc
plan of the receivers to disclaim a lia-
bility of the Frisco Railroad on a
$26,000,000 bond issue of the New Or-
leans, Texas and Mexico Railroad.
That it was the intention of the re-
ceivers to disclaim authority for that
jbond issue was published several
he has entered.
Big GuinM in Senate.
i of Guthrie and Logan County are un- , would be nol>hing but a u8e,eSs hulk
1 suriKissed in any section, but this is Thp crttlMr Chatham, which ran down
The gains in the Senate are espe-j entjre,y lracablo t0 1>ast results ac- (the Konigsberg in the river opposite
ally gratifying- not a single demo- t,ompi#hea by these two. The county the lBland of v)afta Eattt Af.
ciallv
crat defeated for re-election and three
with the enormous forces required campaign by the Allies in the spring,
for the effort to get through to the when England's new army of a mil-
coast and ito protect their own lion men can take the field and Russia
• ountry from Russian invasion the and France will be stronger than dant8 jn thp gultg
Germans will not be able to throw ever, will bring the conflict to an end, j ' Thfi situation wag outllned in tho
any additional troops into the lines exhaustion also playing its part. Federal Court today by Ixramis John-
months ago and plans for the dismis-
sal of the suit then were under way.
These plans were halted by the death
of James Campbell, one of the defen-
Fair.
(.'ER >1 \ N SHIP KM I>K > BI'H\ED
0\ THE H1IORE.
1 Emden was beached and took Are son a«oniey for thc receivers. He an-
nouneed that the dismissal of the suit
would not preclude the filing of a siml-
from the shells of the Sydney. It was
I one 0f the most spectacular sea fights
\em<'sls of the British. Fleet Was. that has taken place in the present
l>rhen Ashore In Bay of Bengal by, war.
an AustriiIIfan Cruiser After a Run-, The Emden has contributed to the
nlng Fight •Audacious Vessel Caught, history of the war one of its most re-
Fire from Shells of the Sydney and markable chaipttrs. For sheer audae-
Wus (turned on the Island Beach, ity and success it has few parallels,
certainly none since t'he Alabama, the
lx>ndon, Nov. 10 The German famous old confederate warship,
cruiser Emden, the most audacious of roamed tihe seas. Twenty-two ships,
all warships, ls no more. 'It is offic- mostlv British, have been sunk and
tally announced here that the Emden one has been captured by the German
was today driven ashore on one of the eru!aer.
Cocos Islands in the Bay of Bengal Since early in August the Emden
with the Austrailian cruiser Sydney has been at work. Most of the time
in close pursuit. The loshes among time she was preying on British ship-
the officers and crew of the Emden ping in the Indian ocean, but late last
are reported to be heavy month she suddenly appeared at Pen- i)on(j j8Sue.
T!ie Sydney sighted the Emden yes- ang, on tihe Malacia Straits. It was
terduy and at once gave battle. The here tbpt th<  Emden performed her
Sydney is of superior si>eed and the most daring feats.
German -boat could not escape The i A fourth smokestack whs rigged on ,ors
lar suit and that such a suit might be
refiled after the liability of the Frisco
on the $L'6,000,000 bond issue had been
determined.
The receivers desire to contest the
liability of the $26,000,000 bond issue
and felt that to do this effectively they
should dismiss the $14,000,000 resti-
tution suit against the directors and
former directors. It was felt that the
receivers could not consistently claim
that the road was not liable for the
bonds, if they claimed that the officers
of the road had exceeded their author-
ity in making the purchase of the St.
Ixmis, Brownville and Mexico Road,
which included a guarantee of the
If the bond issue was il-
legal. there was
the Frisco on the part of the dlrec
cans.
"There is every reason to believe
that the administration will grow iu
p0pularlt> as the laws go into effect
and as democratic policies bear fruit.
The new currency law is just begin
ning to operate. Before the next elec-
tion it will have vindicated its claim
to public confidence.
"The new tariff law cannot be re-
pealed _until after the people have
had a chance to try it out and now
that thc election is over the protected
manufacturers already are resuming
work. Some of them suspended op-
erations or cut down their force be-
fore the election; and they did it un-
der conditions which left little doubt
that they hoped to arouse opposition ^aiuous Emden Is Destroyed and k«ni-
to the new tariff law. Seeing that the Igsherg Is Bottled I p.
law is here to stay, they now will pro-1  
ceed to demonstrate he fallacy of the Ixmdon, Nov. 10. The British navy
VICTOR Ml It DOCK.
From the New York Times.
Regret that Mr. Victor Murdock of
Kansas will be forced to retire to pri-
vate life for two years after March 4,
1916, will not be confined to the com-
paratively few still faithful members
of the Progressive party to the general
collapse of which alone his defeat is
attributable. For ten years Mr. Mur-
dock has represented the Eighth Kan-
too, outside of the Club work, is the ja a 8^er 8^p Qf gydney,
senatorshlps taken from the republi- lK,9t yet visited this season and both whlch c|08ed ,he car(w of the Emden
Farquharson and Miss Smith have j Except for Admiral von Speo's
been a factor in collecting together, squadron in the Paci Cf the
along with Fred L. Wenner, the Soc- ,ire now b^ijeved to be free of German ss District in the House of Represen
in TC'^ar^ l^a^r Association cruisers. The British Admiralty al- | tatives and so strong has been his hold
in- an<* C°merce at Guth- i^dy ]lft}. informed the country that on the voters of that part of his state
j rie. In tact, these three have been a adequate measures have been taken
walking advertisement from one end (o dea, wjth the victors of the reoent
, of the county to the other, for this off the chJJfian eoagt
that no opponent has dared to appear
of late to contest his biennial re-
election. He has been free in the po-
litical campaigns to lend his oratory to
other districts and other states. But
atlon of all the good people ot Guth- which, during her career as a com- j^lr. Murdock chose this year to carry
the past eieht months. ^ immediate effect of the destruc-
Through this and the hearty co-oper- tjon German cruiser Emden,
rte, tihis grand exhibit of agricul-
tural products was made possible.
TWO UEItMA\ CRriSERS KETIKE1)
FROM ACTION.
merce destroyer, has destroyed Brit-
ish shipping estimated here to be
worth $10,000,000, was a drop of 50
per cent in the Insurance premiums
on vessels bound to points east of
Suez.
TO INVESTIGATE WHITE SLAVE
CASES.
John Fain, newly appointed United
arguments which they used in oppos- KOt into the war picture today with states District Attorney, arrived this
two successes—the destruction of the week and was sworn In by Judge Cot-
the Progressive instead of the Repub-
lican banner in his contest for the
senatorship. and he has found that
party fidelity is still stronger in the
John Brown state than persona) pop-
ularity.
He will be missed In the next ses-
sion of Congress, especially by Uncle
Joe Cannon, who must have looked
forward eagerly to renewing his re-
lations with the Kansas young man.
But while Mr. Murdock's enforced rest
ing reduction. , -          — .f . ,
The president's foreign policies are German cruiser Emden in the eastern trell and immediately took charge of j om ( poi clai loutine win gne
indorsed and his hands strengthened, waters of the Indian Ocean, and the the special grand jury called to inves-,,lim tirae to ,,ul neu fire and eneigy
Standpatters even Worse. bottling up of the Konigsberg in the tlgate white slave cases and many oth- |11 is newspaper, the Wichita Eagle
"The outstanding fact ln the late western extremity of the same sea. er matters on the docket of the court "1(> PU,8U'1 of journalism so rer
election returns is the Bluinp in the The skill of these two cruisers in here. Over 200 witnesses arc here from the national capital will scare.
Progressive vote. A large percentage evading the net thrown out for them from all parts of the Btate called to l > c i s ta en
of the progressive republicans have has been a matter of chagrin to Brit- testify at the request of the govern-
returned to the Republican party and Ish navy men. t ment special agents who have been
nothing to restore to t|)a( t0o, without any surrender on the After a sharp action off Cocos Isl- Investigating charges of traffic in wo-
part of the 'standpaters' and reac- and with the Austrian cruiser Sydney, men between this and adjoining
tlonarles. The leadership of the regu- the Emden with heavy casualties was states.
Thai he
will return to put spice, vigor and
personal humor in the proceedings of
the Sixty-fifth Congress goes without
saying. The oriflainme has been fur-
but it will wave again.