The Davis News (Davis, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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DAVIS 0 K L A NEWS
POLAND IS SCENE
OF TWO BATTLES
NOW IN PROGRESS
Separate Austro-German
Armies Attack Russian Wings
and Center and Halt the
Advance of the Slavs
INVASION FAILING
Czar't Legions Temporarily Abandon
March Into Eaat Pruiaia Because
of Fierce Attacks Along the
Western Border
' ( Summary of Events )
Two big battles either or
both of which may have decisive
results are being fought in Po-
land and a third conflict of al-
most equal importance is progress-
ing in East Prussia
Hard Fighting in Poland
The great battle in West Poland is
In full progress Official reports
state that no decision has let been
reached but otherwise no definite de-
tails are known of the battle which
far over-shadows the conflict on the
west front
The engagements presumably re-
ported eastward of the Mazurian lakes
at Soldau Lipno Kloclawek and Cra-
cow seem to have been merely pre-
liminaries to a general engagement
along the whole line The German
bulletin mentions fighting northward
Of Lodz while the Austrians report
the advance of their army northward
from Cracow and it is evident that
the allies and the Russians are en-
gaged in the center along a north and
south line Hence it seems that the
Teutonic allies are leveling a concen-
tric attack from three directions
against the Russian force
German Believe They Are Winning
How the struggle Is progressing Is
imknown The newspaper critics in-
terpret conditions as generally favor-
able to the Austro-Germans and as-
sert that the German advance beyond
Mlawa and the vicinity of Plock has
eliminated danger of an Invasion of
East and West Prussia except by such
cavalry forces as are operating north-
ward of Edytkuhnen In East Prussia
on the Russian border These how-
ever are only raiders
Przemytl About to Fall
A dispatch from Petrograd says
that It is announced there that the
eiege of Przemysl appears to be rapid-
ly approaching Its end The trenches
surrounding the fortifications are in
the possession of the Russian troops
Many of the trenches are filled with
lime confirming statements of pris-
oners that cholera is raging In the gar-
rison of Przemysl
Auatriani Tell of Success
Reports from Vienna tell of success-
es in Galicia Including the occupation
by the Teutonic allies of Tarnow and
Wleliczka According to these reports
seven thousand prisoners were taken
Kieliczka is the most westerly point
reached by the Russians on their ad-
vance on Cracow
Russian In Galicia
In Galicia before Cracow and
In East Prussia the Russians are
pushing their advantage apparently
disregarding the fact that their cen-
ter has been compelled to fall back
They also are showing much activity
In the Carpathians their object being
to prevent the Austrians from retiring
Into Hungary— In fact it Is stated that
they already have cut oil eight hun-
dred thousand Austrians who will
now be compelled If defeated to re-
treat westward
Russian and Turkish squadrons have
met In a long distance battle off Se-
bastopol and each claims to have had
the better of the encounter Accord-
ing to the Russian report the former
German cruiser Goeben now attached
to the Turkish navy was damaged
while the Turks assert that the Rus-
sian flagship suffered severely and
thn ntber Persian warships were
compelled to retire
SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON
6ir William Robertson who began
Ms military career as an anlistad man
has bean made a lieutenant general of
the British army on the continent
i "
Big German Army in Poland
The advance of the Germans from
Thorn into Poland is being made In
great force The greatest German
strength is to be concentrated on this
line Fighting of the most desperate
character has been in progress and
heavy losses have been suffered by
both sides
It Is now a race between tbeRus-
sian army Invading East Prussia and
the German force Btrlktng at Poland
It is believed generally the kaiser ex-
pects to relieve the pressure upon
East Prussia by striking a crushing
blow with his forces advancing along
the Vistula and from Kallsz A vic-
tory for the Russians about Boldau
would be followed by a quick rush
into East Prussia which would force
an abandonment of the determined of-
fensive in Poland for the defense of
the northern province
German Shell Llbau
“German cruisers and torpedo boat
destroyers bombarded the naval har-
bor here for more than four hours”
says a Llbau Russia corespondent
“Several factories were damaged and
a petroleum reservoir was shelled and
destroyed by fire The railway sta-
tion and some houses in the poorer
parts of the town also suffered The
Germans sank several small cargo
steamers at the entrance to the har-
bor Five persons were killed by the
shells including a woman and over
thirty persons were wounded"
Losing Guns in Mud
Many heavy guns have been lost by
the Germans in the floods in Flan-
ders The official French com-
munique in stating this declares that
the artillery fire from the coast to
the Lyg has slackened somewhat
Snow Is again falling In Flanders and
the bad weather prevented any In-
fantry attacks being made by the
Germane The Germane followed up
their advantage at Chauvancourt In
the region of St Mlhiel and hare re-
occupied the village
Repulse French at Verdun
The German troops have repulsed
a French attack In the neighborhood
of Verdun France according to an
official communication issued by the
German general army headquarters
Fight On In Belgium
Undeterred by winter weather and
floods the Germans still are making
an effort to break down the Allies’ de-
fense along the Franco-Belgian fron-
tier There have been almost con-
tinuous artillery fights with occa-
sional infantry attacks but apparent-
ly without either aide making any
progress
The line from the coast to Nleuport
which has been receiving lees atten-
tion since the Germans began their at-
tempt to get thje British out of Yprea
again has been subjected to a bom-
bardment which is described sb a very
violent one while to the south of Dix-
mude the Germans have been trying
under fire from the Allies’ cannon to
build works to check the flood which
compelled them to evacuate part of
their trenches
At other points the big guns again
have been busy and Reims has been
subjected to another rain of shells
German Attack All Repulsed
For the most part the opposing ar-
mies have been content to shell each
other at long range but the Germans
have made several attacks around
Ypres which according to the French
general staff have been repulsed with
heavy losses Despite these losses it
it not believed that the Germans have
any intention of giving up their at-
tempt to reach the French coast and
the Allies are making elaborate prep-
arations to block any further advance
in force
Extensive defense works have been
erected along the Yser Canal and the
French armies are holding that line
from the Belgian border south to the
River Oise and pushing forward ap-
proach works which place them in a
better position for either defense or
offense
German Regiment Destroyed
An entire German regiment was de-
stroyed north of Hixschoote when the
allied troops again flooded the dis-
trict in which the bitter fighting for
the line to the coast has been In prog-
ress for the last month That was
declared in the latest official state-
ment issued by the French war office
Turks Far Into Egypt
Turkish troops have occupied Kala-
tulnahl seventy-five miles beyond the
Egyptian frontier an official Turkish
statement declares
Turks Push Slavs Back
The general staff of the Russian
Caucasian army has issued a com-
munication confirming the report from
Turkish sources that the Russians bad
received a check near Erzerum
Bombardment Kills 250
A dispatch from AthenB says the
Turks lost 250 men and two guns de-
stroyed in the bombardment of the
forts of the Dardanelles The former
German crulserB Goeben and Breslau
which now fly the Turkish flag have
re-entered the Bosphorus
Allies Take Turkish Fort
The British admiralty announces
the successes of operations against
the Turkish garrison at Sheikh-
Said on the Strait of Dab-El-Mandeb
at the entrance of the Gull
of Aden and of the occupation of the
Turkish forts at Turba by Indian
troops assisted by the British cruiser
Duke of Edinburgh
German Cruiser Interned
The German cruiser Berlin has been
Interned at Trondhjem Norway The
Berlin with a crew of 450 men ar-
rived at Trondhjem and her command-
er was given the choice of putting to
aea within twenty-four hours or of
submitting to disarmament He choee
disarmament
YANKEE inilS
LEAYEJPA GRUZ
UNITED 8TATE8 OCCUPATION OF
MEXICAN CITY LASTS
SEVEN MONTHS
SHIPS STAY FOR EMERGENCIES
Early Peace in Southern Republic
Hope of Washington Officials—
Villa Not Yet in Mex-
ico City
Washington — Brigadier General Fun-
ton’s Infantry and marines number-
ing about six thousand men hauled
down the stars and stripes which have
been flying over Vera Cruz since last
April and evacuated the Mexican port
in accordance with instructions from
President Wilson
The five battleships at Vera Cruz
and Tampico and the string of vessels
on the west coast will remain indefi-
nitely They will continue to afford
by their presence protection to Amer-
icans and be in readiness to meet
emergencies
It was just seven months ago that
the bluejackets and marines under
Rear Admiral Fletcher seized Vera
Cruz by orders of the Washington
government as an act of reprisal in
retaliation for affronts to the Amer-
ican flag at Tampico where a boat load
of American bluejackets were arrest-
ed General Huerta who controlled
the forces at Tampico had refused to
comply with the demands of Admiral
Mayo for a salute of twenty-one guns
Latest advices from Mexico are as
confusing as they have been for sev-
eral days but tbe determination of the
United States government is to with-
draw the small army which replaced
the naval forces at Vera Cruz and
thereby remove from Mexican terri-
tory a possible cause of International
friction as a potential factor that
might become a domestic Issue as be
tween the factions in Mexico
President Wilson is hopeful that the
evacuation of Vera Cruz will be an
enduring demonstration to Central
and South- American countries of the
policy of the United States enunciated
In his Mobile speech a year ago to
seek no territorial aggrandizement
south of the Rio Grande
No Faction Recognized
In withdrawing from Mexican soil
the United States government has
taken pains that no faction shall be
recognized All elements united in
requesting the American forces to
evacuate pledging the guarantees re-
quested by the Washington govern-
ment General Funston has no specific
orders to give the possession of Vera
Cruz to General Aguilar or any other
chief He has no instructions what-
soever from the state department be-
ing given blanket authority by the war
department simply to pack his pos-
sessions and withdraw his men bring-
ing away any Mexicans who fear to
remain as well as all the customs
money collec’ed during the American
occupation and the coplea of the port
and municipal records
Administration officials do not re-
gard the tangled state of affaire in
the southern republic as altogether
hopeless
Carranza Still Hopeful
A view that many of the officials
take and which is shared to some ex-
tent by Carranza adherents is that
Carranza ordered the evacuation of
Mexico City in order that he might
concentrate his forces at Orizaba and
continue the parleys for a compromise
provisional president He Is under-
stood to be hopeful that when the con-
vention reassembles in Mexico City
some one other than General Guiterrer
may be chosen provisional president
General Lucio Blanco it is believed
will remain in Mexico City as a medi-
ator between the various factions and
through him there is still some hope
of effecting a peaceful agreement
The marines will be taken from
Vera Cruz to League Island navy yard
Philadelphia and the troops will go
hack to their camp at Texas City neat
Galveston Texas
The army transports Kilpatrick
Sumner Cristobal and Kansan will
carry all but a few of the Boldlers
who will be taken aboard the refriger-
ator ship McClellen
The marines 2400 in number will
he transported northward on the
chartered transports City of Denver
City of Memphis and San Marcos
After General Funston has safely
landed his command at Texas City It
is probable that he will be assigned
to the command of the central depart-
ment with headquarters a Chicago a
post which has been vacant since the
transfer of Major General William H
Carter to Honolulu
Villa’s Occupation Delayed
El Paso— The occupation by Villa
troops of Mexico City has been de-
layed It probably will not occur un-
til after the evacuation of Vera Cruz
by the American forces
Carranza and Villa agents here are
are puzzled over the attitude of Gen-
eral Lucio Blanco The Villa faction-
lsts asserted that he would join the
convention forces with his immediate
command Carranza men indicated
that Blanco was remaining at the na-
tional capital by mutual agreement
WEST CONFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS
ANNUAL 8ESSI0N HELD THIS
YEAR IN CHICKASHAt
Meeting Closes With Selection of
Altue For Next Year’s Confer-
ence— List of Appointments
Chickasha— After selecting Altus
for next year’s conference tbe West
Oklahoma conference M E Church
South made the following appoint-
ments: Oklahoma City district— W M Wilson
presiding ©Idir Arcadia F C Harrell
supply: Blanchard and Washington C
L Cole El Reno R O Callahan
Franklin R E Regan Guthrie C K
Proctor Islington J D Massey Mlnco
and Geary R p Witt Noble T N
Ward Norman R L Ownby Okla-
homa City C Ave C F Sheppard
Bpworth C C Bamhardt St James
Cleveland Reagan St John’s H E
Snodgrass: St Luke’s R E Goodrich
Paoll E B Bowen Paula Valley R 8
Satterfield Perry 8 Y Allgood Pied-
mont T C Depew supply Purcell T
G Edgar Neal Stillwater A N Goforth
Weatherford W J Moore Wheatland
W D Parrish supply professor In
thelogir&l department Atlanta univer-
sity W A Shelton Kpworth Q C
chaplain Masonic home W W Robinson
El Reno Q C commissioner of charity
and corrections W D Matthews
Ardmore district— J D Balter presid-
ing elder Ardmore: Broadway M L
Butler Carter Avenue W T Freeman
Ardmore mission J W Williams
supply Berwyn circuit J B Williams
supply Cornish circuit J M Kemp
supply ravls and Oakrldge J O Black-
wood Elmore circuit B C Perry
Hickory circuit E X Farrish supply
Leon circuit F L Giles Loco circuit
H F Robertson supply Lone Grove
and Wilson J C Fessums: Marietta R
A Crosby Overbrook circuit T J Dur
ham supply Stratford and Byars R H
Horton Sulphur First church W A
Uovett Sulphur Vlnita Avenue T 8
Johnson Tbackervllte T M Tate
supply Woodard Chas Mann Wynne-
wood E R Welch
Chickasha district— Moss Weaver pre-
siding elder Anadarko I W Armstrong
Bailey E E Henderson Binger A N
Doak supply Carnegie A N Miller
Chickasha J A Old Chickasha mission
J E Martin Cement B M Nelson
Comanche E T Ailor Duncan J 8
Lamar Ft Cobb J N Tinkle Lindsay
J T McBride Marlow J L Henson
Maysvllle E E Grimes: Mountain View
R H Denny Hush Springs T- J Tay-
lor Ryan M T Allen: Terrall C C
Williamson Tuttle F M Miller Wau-
rika J C Peterson: Woodlawn H L
Shelton Erin Springs W E French:
Corum H K Monroe suppty: Boise and
Colony A B Carson president state
school for blind O W Stewart Epworth
Q C student Tale university C S
Walker Epworth Q C
Clinton district— W J 8tewart presid-
ing elder: Arnett J W Bruce supply
Berlin W B Gilliam: Bethel W C
Brisked: Boise T C Steele: Butler J
H Brldgres: Clinton B T Lannom
Cheyenne C C Wilson Custer City E
C Webb Bik City W T Stewart
Erick J J Beardon supply Foss F
K Humphries Guymon and Texhoma
N A PbHllpn Hammond T T Hearne
supply Hooker H S Wilson Lakemp
and New Hope E W Sherley Leedv
M M Monk Mutual and Taloga G W
Craig: Orand Valley J D Z Munsey
supply Rice W J Hale supply Sayre
W ii Anderson: Tyrone and Goodwill
M F Sullivan : Woodward and Tangier
B A McKnlght student Atlanta uni-
versity Keener L Rudolph Clinton Q C
Lawton district— W H Roper 'resid-
ing elder Cloud Chief J J Valley
supplv Cordell C T Davis: Davidson
C H Armstrong Frederick W B
Douglas Gotebo J D Kidd: Grand-
field W J Richards Hastings G V
Hooper: Hobart H B Ellis Indian
Work R F Garanway supplv I awton
J W Sims Loveland J W French
supply: Mnnltou circuit F M weet
Mountain Park P L Gassaway Rand-
lett J T Armstrong supplv Roci'v
L P Hewklna Pnvner r M BiittrlV:
Temple W 3 Burns: Tioton and A1-
nblan J V Trevette: Walter Station
W C Fleetwood’ Chattanooga J A
Johnson supply: district evangelist J G
McKnight aimplv: student Yale univer-
sity A L Seale lAwton Q C : stu-
dent Birmingham college R E Meigs
Walter Q C
Marmim district— C F Mitchell
presiding elder: Altus W U Witt Blair
Jesse Crumpton: B’nkmsn end Der
rmfiV E H Drlakett Carta J R
McCombs: Pryden and Red Hill T F
Harmon Di’"e station J- C
FHvitv Delhi W M Hurp sunplv
Fldnrdo -T T Oaee Elmer J R
Proofs ejrite end WMtaw J F
Henv Headrick G R Wright Hollis
O w T pvvls’: Ton® Wota T B Vc-
Canee "MPngitm TV E L Mores n: Man-
yum circ”it J C Morris Marth H A
F-oud C L Center Pleasant
H!l nn Vthel R Ty1 e-ipnlv
Prarle Hll and VlrVorv T W Martin
enniv: nd Pod C A German:
Vtasnn circuit N TT ftou: conference
trifdionnry evangelist E V York El-
dorado O 0
Transfer— C R Orav to the Ln
Angplen rnnfvcnce O 8 Harley to the
Tpyss co"ferenee G H Corbin to the
North Ar'nns"' ror'ference J L Gil-
bert to tli ovifeiee conference and
ptnt'onod nt McK®ndre mission C T
Montgomery to 'orth Tevss onn-
fww j' R bernatv te Est
Oklbor”'1 rooferenne w F McMicklp
to the Tennessee conference
EIGHT KILLED IN N Y TENEMENT
Blackhand Outrage Follow Demand
For Money
New York — Eight persons are dead
two others were so badly burned that
they may die and seven more includ-
ing two fire captains were Injured as
the result of a fixe of auspicious origin
which virtually destroyed a llve-Btory
brick tenement house on East Twenty-
ninth street Black band letters pre-
ceded the attack
Panic which telzed the tenants when
they were aroused by rescuers caused
the lose of life the police tay as the
building was amply equipped with fire
escapee
Seven bodies were found in the hall-
way on the top floor near a stairway
leading to the roof when the flames
had been subdued after an hour’s fight
by several fire companies and two fire
boats Sunday afternoon Mrs Annie
Cataldo a tenant who bad been res-
cued died from heart failure Induced
by shock and exposure
Beating Given to Non-Union Miners
Fort Smith Ark— Four non-union
miners who arrived at Prairie Creek
were beaten Sunday In the vicinity
of Frogtown according to news re-
ceived here from Camp Garrison The
men on reaching Prairie Creek said
they were from Pennsylvania and
Ohio and one of them inquired for a
brother living In the neighborhood
It developed later this brother was
employed at the non-union camp of
the Eache Company
BISHOP MURRAH GIVES OUT LIST
OF M E CHURCH SOUTH
APPOINTMENTS
MANY PREACHESS LEAYE STATE
Rev Knickerbocker Goea to North
Texas Conference Other
Changes In the
Roster
Ada — At The final session of tb
East Oklahoma conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
St Paul’s church Muskogee was nom-
inated by its pastor Sr J M Peter-
son for the seat of oe 1915 conven-
tion and It was unanimously cboaen
Bishop Murrah announced the min-
isterial appointments for the ensuing
conference year which are aa fol-
lows: '
Choctaw district Presiding Elder J A
Kenny Antlers circuit C B Wade sup-
ply Bruuo circuit Jas G Frazier Bok-
tuklo circuit Li N Ishcomer Chickasaw
circuit R C Xmotlchey supply
Hugo and Bennington L W Cobb sup-
ply Idabel circuit Eastman Jacob Jesse
oircuit Alexander Peter supply LeFlore
circuit J J McElroy supply McCurtaln
circuit Greggs Durant Rufe circuit A
0 Williams Agent American Bible so-
ciety Z&doc Anderson District Interpre-
ter J J Baker supply District BUUa-
tical Secretary A S Williams
Creek District
Creek District presiding elder T 7
Roberts Broken Arrow lsaao Johnson
supply Euchee mission Sam Cooper
supply Honey Creek Harry Beaver sup-
Ely Okmulgee William Hill Sapulpa
am J Checote M L Checote supply
Junior preacher Wewoka Connugie Lowe
supply district Interpreter J E Tiger
district statistical secretary J E Tiger
Holdenvllla District
Holdenvllle district presiding elder N
L Llnebaugh Ada first church L B
Ellis Ada Asbury B F Stegall Asher
circuit R M C Hill Dustin station M
L Sims Holdenvllle station Luther Rob-
erts Konawa etation W L Broom Mc-
Loud Earlaboro J M Ball Maud sta-
tion J C Crowion Sasakwa circuit A
T Winn Seminole station T F Rob-
erts Shawnee first church 8 H Bab-
cock: Shawnee Trinity C P Broome
supply Shawnee circuit C W Gross
supply
Tecumseh station A C Pickens Union
chapel W L French: Wanette and Mt
Zion D A Greer weleetka station G
L Crow Wetumka station B L Wil-
liams Wewoka station and mission A
P Johnson A T Meek supply Junior
preacher district statistical secretary B
Le Williams conference missionary evan-
gelist M A Cassidy students in Massey
college M W Dunaway president Okla-
homa Wesleyan college N L Llnebaugh
conference secretary of education Luth-
er Roberta
Hugo District
Hugo district presiding elder R T
Blackburn: Antlers station Harvey B
Darrow Antlers circuit w 1 Stevens
supply Bennington and Bokchlto W 8
Lee Boswell and Soper T 8 Stratton
Broken Bow station A N Avery t Sr
Blsm&rk and Valliant T J Gross Fort
Towson A A Puckett Garvin circuit W
R Rosser supply Grant circuit J M
Hively Hugo station W W Armstrong
Hugo circuit W D Phllpott supply Ida-
bel station E A Townsend Ida mission
E R Large supply Kemp circuit W L
Gibbons supply Tallhina and LeFlore 8
K Swim me Tuskahoma circuit W P
Pipkin Cloudy' mission A F May sup-
ply Valliant circuit J F Russell dis-
trict evangelist F T Shanks district
statistical secretary A A Puckett stu-
dent in Southwestern university A N
Averyt Jr
Madlll District
MadtU district presiding elder T P
Turner Ayls worth circuit E M Myers
supply Caddo A C Miller Colbert and
Calero W W Williams Durant First
church E T Campbell Durant Grace
and Achilla Jam- Lembert Durant cir-
cuit J S Moore supply Kingston and
Lebanon W A Frazier Madlll station W
C House: MannsvlUe and Oakland A G
White Mltburn circuit M B McKinney
Pontotoc circuit T R Houghton Rofif
and Mill Creek J H Rogers Stonewall
and Tupelo circuit J D Rogers Steed-
man circuit H P Hughbanks Tishomin-
go station J C Fowler Vanoss circuit
j L Robertson supply Wapanucka
Keneflck and Coleman W A Lewis
Woodville and Ravi C M Keith: district
statistical secretary W A Frasier con-
ference missionary evangelist O C Fon-
taine McAlester District
McAlester district presiding elder J
M Peterson Arch circuit W H Aston
supply Atoka J C Curry Atoka cir-
cuit R P Hardcastle supply Braden
and Bokoshe I H Miller supply Bar-
nett Memorial and Crowder J J Shaw
Colvin and Lamar J W Cunningham
Cameron and Wlster J A Grimes Can-
adian and FVatherstone W C Wyatt
Caney and Tuska J H Ritchie Coal-
gate J E Vick Eufaula W V Teer
Hartshorne Wilmore Kendall Halley-
vllle J Y Bryce Heavener T G Peter-
son Howe and Hodgens J W White
I na circuit Y W Reed supply Kiowa
L M Dailey McAlester Phillips Memor-
ial J A Parks McCurtaln and Quinton
J R Haun Mowdy circuit Joe H Miller
supply Pittsburg circuit B F Parsons
supply Poteau w L Blackburn Spiro
L C ‘Craig Stuart circuit H C Mor-
ris Wilburton and Red Oak R E Stev-
enson district statistical secretary T
G Peterson
Muskogee District
Muskogee district: Presiding slder C
L Brooks Akins circuit W M Trent
supply Boynton and Morris J C Coop-
er Checotah D M Geddle Oktaha cir-
cuit T L Smith Ft Gibson E S Har-
ris Hulbert circuit R C Greer Kanlma
circuit T F Richardson supply Keota
circuit Orlando Shay Muldrow G W
Martin Muskogee First church Corne-
lius Pugsley Muskogee Bt Paul’s J E
Carpenter Muskogee circuit W H Cart-
wright supply Park Hill circuit H T
Breece 8allisaw T C Wallace Rtlgler
H P Clarke 8t!lwe!1 circuit A W Cul-
ver supply Tahlequah R C Alexander
Tamaha circuit T J Harris supply
Vlan and Braggs T O Bhanks Waln-
wright circuit W M Grose: Warner and
Porum E H Winlnger Wauhillan cir-
cuit Chas F Lasley supply Webbers'
Falls and Gore R E Hickman: Westville
circuit H B Chancellor Westville and
Rtillwell A B L Hunkaplller Whitefleld
circuit L R Jones district statistical
secretary R C Greer conference mis-
sionary evangelist J C Jeter
Tulsa District
Tulsa District: Presiding elder J H
Ball Bald Hill circuit A E Lounsberry
supply Bearden circuit W A Lowry
Reggs E A Townsend Bristow E H
Creasy Broken Avow U G Reynolds
Coweta R O Stewart Dewar Mission
Officer Chosen By Blacksmiths
W S Bradshaw of Mangum was
elected president of the Blacksmiths
Horeeshoers and Wagonmakers’ As
flotation of Oklahoma at the closing)
session of the organization annual
convention W R Lanti of Musko
gee was chosen vice-president and T
E Pomeroy of Bartlesville was named
secretary-treasurer Oklahoma City
was selected as the 1915 convention
city over Shawnee and Clinton the
ether candidates
r t"
J J Davidson supply Dopew and Dtv
enport R C fw HaakoU and Bixby O
M Byers: Henrystta A M Belobsri
Oksmah D A Dawson Okfuskee circuit
J H Henson supply Okmulgee J R
Abernathy Porter P C Atkins Prague
and Paden J A Trlckey supply Sapulpa
J M Cantrell: Tulsa Boston avenue L
8 Barton Tuisa Tlgert Memorial J E
McConnell Red Fork and Mounds T M
Moore Stroud A M Dupre Pasco Mis-
sion T Weestham supply District sta-
tistical secretary O A Dawson con-
ference missionary evangelist A M
Brannon conference missionary secre-
tary J M Cantrell
Vlnita District
Vlnita District: Presiding slder J W
Rogers Adair oircuit M M Duper Af-
ton station G E Holley Bernice and
Pensacola O 8 Snell Bluo Jacket cir-
cuit John Haggard Centralis circuit K
K Anderson Chapel circuit J W An-
derson supply Chelsea circuit W T
Ready Cherokee circuit A H Butler
supply Choteau and Big Cabin S C
Nunley Claremore G w Grlner Fair-
land -circuit Wiley Smith Grove J C
Hooks Jey circuit James P Butler
Kansas circuit J W Rinkle supply:
Locust Grove circuit J T Turner Miami
circuit T A Hawkins Pryor etation C
H Buchanan: Spavlnaw circuit John
Hatfield supply Vlnita station R C
Taylor Wagoner station T F Brewer
Wagoner circuit W M Leatherwood
supply Welch station W E Garrison
district missionary evangelist J D Ed-
wards district statistical secretary 8 C
Runley
Transfers
Transfers: P R Knickerbocker to
North Texes conference W M Wilson
to West Oklahoma conference It L
Butler tb West Oklahoma conference W
T Stewart to West Oklahoma confer-
ence W H Strong to Northwest Texas
conference W D Sauls to North Texas
conference Frank Burrusa to Virginia
conference C B Galbreath to North
Carolina conference T E Graham to
New Mexico conference M Columbus
Hamilton to Montana conference Roy
S Early to Montana conference J
age to West Oklahoma conference G
B Wlnton to Tennessee conference
FREEDMEN'S LAND IS TAXABLE
— ' II S
Important Decision Handed Down- by
8uprem Court
Oklahoma City — Several thousand
acres of valuable land alloted by the
government to former negro slaves in
the Chickasaw nation were declared
to be subject to taxation the same
as other land by tbe state supreme
court In an opinion announced by
Justice Willard R Bleakmore This
ruling reverses a former opinion of
tbe court written by Justice John B
Turner which held the land of former '
Chickasaw slaves was exempt
The land in question la owned by
negroes who were former slave of
the Chickasaw and was alloted un-
der an act of congress in 1902 Th
land was purchased from the Indian
nation by the government expressly
for the purpose of allotment to the
former alavea Immediately after
statehood those who still held their
allotments resisted the payment of
taxes claiming the land was exempt
from taxation under the Atolca agree-
ment The Atoka agreement held that land
alloted to freedmen should be exempt
from taxation but tbe court holds that
under tbe agreement no land was al-
loted to the Chickasaw freedmen and
therefore the terms of that agreement
do not apply Under an act of con-
gress In 1902 forty acres or land were
alloted to each freedman In the Chick-
asaw nation but the court holds that
congress never intended to give the
freedman equal rights with tbe In-
dians The opinion Is given in tbe case o
approximately 300 negroes who sought
to enjoin the collection of taxes on
their land by an order from tbe dis-
trict court of Garvlu county Judge
R McMillan sustained a demurrer to
the plea of the petitioners and his
ruling la sustained by the higher
court
Another importan decision dealing
with the subject of taxation also was
given by the court It was by Jus-
tice F E Riddle holding that county
commissioners have (he authority to
appoint competent persons to assist in
placing omitted taxable property on
the tax rolls of their counties
The opinion is given on the appli-
cation of the Osage and Oklahoma
company which supplies gas to the
city of Tulsa and other places In that
part of the state That concern asked
for a writ of prohibition vo prevent
C H Pittman employed by Osage
county as a tax ferret and the county
treasurer of Osage county from
spreading on the tax rolls certain
property alleged to be owned by the
company and which baa been omitted
from taxation
The amount of property involved
including gas leases Is estimated at
more than $5000000
The gas company contended there
was no authority of law by which a
tax ferret could be employed The
court holds that the county authorities
are charged with the responsibility of
seeing that all taxable property la as-
sessed and taxed and that the em-
ployment of persona to assist in plac-
ing omitted property on the tax rolls
can he done without conflicting with
tbe constitution
40000 Austrian In 8lngle Grave
Amsterdam— The Nieuwe Hotter-
damsche Courant quotes a letter from
a Galacian priest stating that 40000
Austrians were burled in one day In
a grave six and one-half feet wide and
a little more than four miles long The
kodiea the letter says were laid In
three layers These men were killed
it Is stated during a battle lasting
only a few hours
Gets Ten Years On Robbery Charge
Guthrie— On a charge of having
held up and robbed a gambling gam4
in a local hotel Charles Makey wai
found guilty in district court his sen
tence being fixed at ten years’ 1m
prisonment in the state penitentiary
Last August two men entered a local
gambling room and at the point of
pistol secured about $100 Makay was
arrested in -Oklahoma City Jamei
Starling who la charged with havlni
participated In the robbery la no
awaiting trial
LEGISLATURE TO
HASS VOTES
NO ELECTION CERTIFICATES EX
CEPT TO LAWMAKERS
UNTIL THAT TIME
TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LAW
Will B First Tim In History of Stata
That This Has Ben Don—
Fair Association Elects
Officers
Oklahoma City — For the first tlm
In the history of Oklahoma that por-
tion cf the constitution which pro-
vides that the legislature shall can-
vass election returns and declare the
result la to be carried out according
to a statement by Secretary Joe Mor-
ris of the state election board
The state board will not Issue certi-
ficates of election to any candidates
in the recent election except to mem-
bers of the state and national house
and' senate until after the legislature
has' canvassed the returns and de-
dared the result as provided by the
constitution
It ia considered necessary by the
board to Issue certificates to the mem-
bers of the legislature inasmuch as
they are required by the constitution
to act in an official way Id canvassing
the vote on other state officers
This provision of the constitution
has never been followed to the letter
Heretofore It has been the custom of
a joint meeting of both branches on
the day of first day of the session to
accept returns certified by the state
board and declare the result accord-
ingly 1915 FAIR OFFICIALS SELECTED
Preparations Already Begun For Big
8how Next Year
The eighth annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Oklahoma State
Fair and Exposition was held at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms In Okla-
homa City Tuesday Nov 10 1914 A
greater number of shares were repre-
sented than at any previous meeting
The stockholders elected the old board
of directors to serve for the ensuing
year: H Overholser J L Wilkin J
F Warren J M Owen C F Colcord
J M Noble S L Brock Jos Hucklnt
Jr G B Stone Orin Ashton I 8
Mahan
A resolution increasing the capital
stock from $10000000 to $25000000
was passed at the meeting The report
of the auditing committee appointed
by the board of directors was unani-
mously adopted The report showed
In detail the receipts and disburse-
ments of the association and while the
1914 state fair was not a financial suc-
cess tbe stockholders and directors
were unanimous in the opinion that It
was the best fair held In the history
of the organization and that every ef-
fort would be made to keep the fair up
to its present excellent standard
The annual meeting of the board of
directors was held Thursday Nov 12
and the following officers were -elected':
President J F Warren
Vice-President G B Stone Treas-
urer J M Owen Secretary I S Ma-
han The executive committee for
1915 will be J L Wilkin J M Owen
John M Noble Orin Ashton I S Ma-
han The dates of the 1915 state fair
will be Sept 21 to Oct 2 1916 The
board appointed W H Birdseye cash-
ier and superintendent of privileges
and Mies Vera McQulikln assistant
secretary The offices of the state fair
are located at 130 West Grand Ave-
nue It has been announced by the
secretary that the work of compiling
the premium list for the next fair is
now in progress and will be issued
May 1 1915
Oklahoma Banker Subscribing Fund
A meeting of the Oklahoma com-
mittee of the national cotton loan fund
was held in the offices of W B Har-
rison Becretary of thw Oklahoma State I
Bankers’ Association and a report on
the progress of the fund In the state
was heard Of the $135000000 which
is to be included In the loan fund
about $35000000 Is yet to be nub-
scribed This latter sum la to be
raised among tbe bankera of the cot-
ton states
Oklahoma hankers can subscribe up
to $3000000 which will entitle them
to borrow from the fund the sum of
$12000000
The state committee Is composed
of the following bank presidents: Wil-
liam Mee Security National bank B
H Cooke State National bank Frank v
P Johnson American National bank
Frank J Wikoff Tradesman State
bank and Dan W Hogan Farmers
National bank all of this city '
The bankers over the state have
subscribed $300000 up to date
Indian Land Sella For $11 An Acrs
Poteau — To hundred and twenty
five tracts of Indian land were sold
here last week at an average price
of $11 an acre George Foster a
pitcher in the Boston American league
naseball team purchased two farms
Fire Broadside At Alleged Raider
Ardmore— A number of men are re-
ported to have been wounded when
John Kelerton a small cotton grower
In Stephens oounty and his four ions
fired upon a band of masked men
j “night riders ’ at the Kelerton farm
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