Fort Towson Enterprise. (Fort Towson, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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FT TOWSON OKL A ENTERPRISE
As Told in a
Few Words
Good and Newsy Items
of General Interest Con-
denied to Smell Space
ITALY’S WAR STRENGTH
i Army
I Infantry — Two regiments of grena-
adiers ninety-four of fhfantry of the
Hne twelve of beraagtierl or light in
Tajtry and eight of Alpine chasseurs
sixty-one regiments or menile militia
and abput 400000 infantry of the ter-
line has its reserve unit Total in
fantry about 1320000 men all mob-
ilized Cavalry — Twenty-nine regiments
' squadrons' of militia 30000 territor-
ials total about 150000 men
Artillery — Twenty-four regiments of
field artillery one of horse artillery
two regiments of mountain guns three
regiments of coast artillery three of
garrison artillery srventy-eight bat-
teries of militia and 100 batteries of
territorials total about 450000 men
Signal corps engineers medical
corps commissary etc about 145000
men
Total forces which may be put in
the field 2065000 men
Navy
I First Squadron — Six dreadnoughts
five mounting thirteen twelve-inch
guns apiece and fcne mounting twelve
- twelve-inch guns squadron speed
225 knots
i Ten first-class battleships (pre-
dreadnought) four mounting four 10-
Inch and eight 75toch guns speed 225
knots four mounting two 12-lnch and
Itwelve 8-inch guns speed 20 knots
two mounting four 12-inch foun 8
jlnch and twelve 8-inch guns speed 20
jknota two mounting four 12-inch
four 8-inch and twelve 6-inch guns
!speed 20 kpots
’ Five old battleships of small fight-
ing value three light scout cruisers
About fifty efficient torpedo-boat de-
stroyers i For Joint service with both army
and pavy — Fourteen Bquadrons of
seven aeroplanes each and ten dirigi-
bles DOMESTIC
Plans have been drawn for a 500-
000 mausoleum for the late Adolphus
Busch at St Louis
1 The New York Evening Mail in a
few days will be sold to the S S Mc-
Ctlure Newspaper Corporation
The fifty-fifth annual session of the
Presbyterian general assembly of the
south is on at Newport News Va
Rev J Ross Stevenson of the Prince-
'n Theological seminary was elected
moderator of the general assembly cf
the Presbyterian church of the United
States at Rochester N Y
The torpedo boat destroyer Erlcson
which made a trial trip off the Dela
ware capes made an official standard
record of 301 knots an hour Her con-
tract calls for a speed of 29 knots
A Wichita Falls (Texas) motor truck
manufacturing company recently re-
ceived an order from the British Gov-
ernment for 300 motor trucks A large
portion of the shipment now is on the
docks at Galveston
Thousands of acres of fine wheat in
' North Texas have been ruined by re-
cent heavy rains according to reports
from farmers The lowlands were
overflowed while rust is said to be at-
tacking the upland wheat
Orders for 14043 steel freight can
for replacments were placed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
Its lines east and west of Pittsburgh
This will represent an expenditure of
approximately 116000000
Mrs Ida Sniflen Walters who pois-
oned her two babies and has been in
Jail at New York on the charge of
jnurder was released under bail of
17500 granted on the plea that she
was again to become a mother
Funds totalling 1777000 have been
distributed to Jews in Europe and Pal-
estine by the American Jewish relief
committee for war sufferer The
Statement said that foodstuffs valued
at $85000 were sent aboard tbe United
States ship Vulcan to Palestine
J H Brown of Harrison Ark for
fourteen years guager and storekeeper
of tbe United States internal revenue
department was arrested at Little
Rock Tuesday charged with aiding to
dafraud tbd government of $10000
through the Illicit operation of the
Russ distillery at Fort Smith
Thousands of men responded to tbe
proclamation of Governor Hatfield of
West Virginia setting aside May 20
and 21 as Good Roads days and aided
In the Improvement of the highways
In West Virginia Many women's or-
ganisations ssrvsd meals to tbe work-
ers The number of ms who worked
the roads the first day wss 27600
Minneapolis was selected by the
Northern BapttatS’ convention at Los
Angelea for its meeting In 1916 Dr
Shailer Matthews Chicago was elect-
ed president
Ten of the 26 deputy sheriffs of Mid-
dlesex county New Jersey are on
trial in connection with the shooting
at Roosevelt N J last January in
which Jwo strikers were killed and 19
others wounded All were charged
with murder of one man Alesandro J
Tessltore
WAR AT A GLANCE
The Germans have captured Riga
on tbe Gulf of Riga in northwest Rus-
sia Russian soldiers have occupied Van
Aaiatic Turkey The Turks retreated
toward Bittlis
The Russian armored man of war
Panteleimon has been sunk with 1400
men in the Black sea
The Cologne Gazette says It learns
from Berne that the Austrian and
German consul generals have lefl
Rome with their staffs
The Teutonic allies already have
gained several strong footholds on
the Russian side of the river San
and the ring around Przemysl stead-
ily is growing smaller
A coroner's jury at Ramsgate Eng
returned a verdict of "wilful murder'
against Emperor William in the case
of John Smith who died as the result
of shock following injuries sustained
in a Zeppelin raid
The Amsterdam correspondent of
the Post says the Dutch war -minister
announced in parliament that a bill is
being framed for unirersat compulsory
military training This measure
would increase the army to approxi-
mately one million men
The number of British and French
troops landed along the Dardanelles
has been increased to 90000 by addi-
tional debarkations Of the troops on
shore about 5000 men are said to be
incapaciated by illness Tbe original
landing force estimated at 60000
A London Evening News dispatch
from its Copenhagen correspondent
says the report is current in German
naval circles that seventeen German
submarines have been lost since Feb-
ruary 18 the date of the commence-
ment of tbe submarine blockade of
England
The Russians continue to hold both
banks of tbe river San south of Jaro-
alau The bombardment at Prsemysl
still continues and in the section be-
tween Przemysl and the great mesh of
the Kniester tbe Russians claim to
have repulsed desperate attacks of the
Austro-Germgns It is admitted that
tbe Teutonic allies have consolidated
their positions on the right bank of
the San in Hie section between Jaro-
slau and Lezaysko
Unverified reports rrom Vienna In
the American press to tbe effect that
Austria-Hungary was in dire need of
physicians for the army at a pay of six
or seven dollars a day have brought
a flood of applications to the AuBtro-
Hungarian embassy at Washington
from doctors ail over America Most
of the letters contain a careful inquiry
as to the honorarium but others mere-
ly Indicate a willingness to depart at
once if the offer of transportation and
expenses is included
Russian military observer ‘hlnk the
German offensive haa been tfiecked on
the upper Ban Tbe Russian move up-
on Nlsko and the occupation of towns
west of tbe upper San seriously
threatens the German position east of
the river and the communications to
tbe rear Co-operating with this army
another strong Russian force east of
Przemsyl is pressing against the right
wing of this German advanced posi-
tion South of Przemsyl the Germans
are bettering the Russian front A
hotly contested action Is being fought
along a line of twenty miles between
the Tiamenitza and the Etyr rivers
Continuous fighting haa been in prog-
ress for the last four daya but without
marked advantage to either aide
FOREIGN
Tbe new Portuguese ministry hav-
ing definitely eatabtlsher itself tbe rev-
oietlooary committee wae dissolved
Tbe city of Lisbon la oalm '
WASHINGTON
A baby girl tbe second grandchild
of President Wilson wae born to Sec-
retary and Mrs Wiliam O McAdoo
She will be christened Ellen Wilson
for the laie Mrs Woodrow Wilton
Lines of warships under the 3tsrs
and 8tripesa sailing regularly - be-
tween the United 8tates and Cetnral
America ara suggested as result
of tbe paa-American financial confer-
ence here this week
A report that President WUson will
send a note to Oreat Britain protesUng
against interference with Amertoan
oomtneroe waa met by a statement
fvRn Secretary Tenuity that no such
tap waa In coatamplaUon Beyond
Uil Secretary Tunulty refused to
commenL
OKLAHOMA RAINFALL FON APRIL 1915
Scale 2to4Kiiz E3XtJincfto5t4inchE3tt7riiaflr7ea
PRECIPITATION CHART APRIL 1916
The average rainfall for the State of Oklahoma for the month of April 1916
Computed from the records of 84 stations was 628 Inches The average departure
from the normal waa plus 206 inches it was by far the wettest April in the 24-year
period 1892-1915
The rainfall waa well distributed over the State practically the whole area hav-
ing more than the April normal -
The soli was too wet during the latter half of the month and planting and cul-
tivation waa delayed in most flections The abundant rainfall was beneficial to
wheat oats alfalfa and pastures The exceptionally heavy rains filled the streams
and considerable bottom land overflowed necessitating the replanting of some corn
and cotton The crop outlook was exceptionally good at the close of the month
throughout the entire State
OKLAHOMA
CAPITAL NEWS
GOVERNOR WILLIAMS ISSUES
SEVERAL PARDONS AND
COMMUTATIONS
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What th State Officials and Depart-
ment Are Doing— Items of In
terest About the 8tat
GovernmosL
Oklahoma City—
Gov Williams recognized tbe so-
called "unwritten law” when he com-
muted to twenty years In prison the
life sentence of Jim Leusby white
convicted of murder by a Jury In the
district court of Canadian county in
1909 for killing his wife and her para-
mour when he found them together in
compromising position in his home
Arraigned and tried a short time
after the tragedy while public feeling
still waa high Leusby was found guil-
ty of a double murder after a brief
hearing and the Jury affixed his pun-
ishment at life at hard labor in the
penitentiary Since then hundreds of
citizens of El Reno have signed peti-
tions asking that he be pardoned or
paroled The action of Governor Wil-
liams in commuting his sentence to
twenty years la the first recognition
the petitioners have received
As Leusby has been a model prison-
er during the six years he has served
in the prison already according to
statements from the penitentiary of-
ficials he la being given credit for al-
most two years for every one In con-
finement By working regularly and
keeping up his good behavior he will
be eligible for an expiration pardon
bow in leas than five years or after
remaining In the penitentiary for a
little more than ten years
Because she la old and a burden on
tbe county Rhoda Blilingaly an aged
white woman recently convicted of
manslaughter and ordered to serve a
year in tbe county Jail by a jury in the
district court of Carter couqty waa
paroled by Governor R L Williams
County officials had Joined in tbe peti-
tion asking that she be liberated
The governor also Issued a parole to
Ray Goodliall convicted of a minor
offense by a Grady county jury and
given a short Jail sentence
A pardon waa Issued to Ernest Keys
a young man convicted in Carter coun-
ty in 1911 or an assault Keys was
paroled In 1913 by Governor Lee Cruc
and since then according to the sign-
ers of his application for a pardon
has been a good citizen The pardon
granted Keye was unconditional and
bis citizenship rights were restored
ehelarshlp At University of Virginia
The Oklahoma Association of the
Alumni of the Unlveraty of Vrgtnla
announces that It la In a position to
appoint nn Incumbent of an ‘Alumni
Scholarship at tbe University of Vir-
ginia for tbe session of 191&-16 Tbe
scholarship le available only In tbe
Academia Department and will entitle
tbe holder to the remission of fee in
th amount of approslmately $11500
per year The appointment will be
made during tbe Utter part of July or
the first part of AugusL 1915 Those
Interested are requested to address
tbelr Inquiries to tbe Registrar Uni-
versity Virginia and their applications
and letters of recommenfiaton to M
8 Gleason Secretary of tbe Oklahoma
Association $14 Coleord Bldg Okla-
homa City on or before July 16th
New Association of Breeders
Growing out of the Oklahoma Breed-
ers’ Sale and Show which has con-
ducted two successful programs at the
National stockyards since its organisa-
tion the Southwest American Live-
stock Show association waa formed
last week at a meeting of the directors
and others of the old organisation An
election was held in which Sidney L
Brock of Oklahoma City was elected
president W A Williams of Marlow
vice president J JV S Hutchings of
Oklahoma City treasurer W L Car-
lyle of Stillwater general manager
W R Martineau of Oklahoma City
secretary and F M Uault of Oklahoma
homa City A B Campbell' of Geary
and H C Lookabaugh of Watonga
three members of the ezecutlve com-
mittee The president and general
manager compose the rest of this com-
mittee The board of directors consists of
T E Smltir of Norman W L Carlyle
of Stillwater W A Williams of Mar-
low H C Lookabaugh of Watouga L
R Kershaw of Muskogee A B Camp-
bell of Geary N D Pike of Weather-
ford L R Patterson of El Reno Frank
M Gault E K Gaylord Sidney L
Brock Anton H Classen I 8 Mahan
T P Martin Jr and J W S Hutch-
ings of Oklahoma City
School Heads To Standardise Work
Presidents of denominational schools
of the state conferred with officiate
Of the state board of education and
Dr Stratton D Brooks president of
the state university for the purpose
of learning what alterations were neo
esaary to make their courses of study
conform with college requirements
This waa done in order that graduates
of tbe schools and colleges may upon
completion of their work be eligible te
receive like state teachers’ certificates
Dr Edward Hyslop of the Oklahoma-
Methodist University Guthrie Dis
Frederick W Hawley president o2
Henry Kendall college Tulsa O N-
Roth of Phillips university Enid and
Dr W W Phelan of the state univer-
sity were among those at the confer
ence The board of education was
represented by E A Duke assistant
state superintendent and Leslie T
Huffman secretary
Cennell Waa A Spender
Between $5000 and $6000 was paid
out of the Incidental fund of the A and
M college at Stillwater without au-
thority of law during tbe administra-
tion of J H Connell as president of
that institution according to a report
of the financial affairs of the school
which has been complied by Statd Ex-
aminer and Inspector Fred Parkinson
and turned over to President Frank
M Gnult of the board of agriculture
President Gault has taken the mat-
ter up with Gov Williams and Attor-
ney General Freellng with the view of
bringing suit against the persons who
received the money in nil cases e
cept where the statute of limitation
bas ran
Included in the Items enumerated ta
the report wrongfully paid la $$159
paid to J K Calllcotte for rent en a
room for one month in the Lee-Hucb-Ins
hotel Tbe largest Item te $198677
"mileage and per diem’’ of n member
of the board of agricaUnrn for one
year
It la quite probable that suit will bn
Instituted to recover the money
Grain Pan levs Elect Officers
Tho following men were elected at
tha convention hern to the Oklahoma
Grain Dealers Association durlag the
next 12 month: I) J Donahoe presi-
dent Ponca City J D Chaufant view
president Clinton C F Prouty secretary-treasurer
Oklahoma City Tke
following were elected directors: J
B McCrtety Enid O A Harbaugh
Alva D C Kolp Oklahoma City 1
Badger Pawnee J D Bander
Mlaco
pencil
IN LATEST 1R
GERMANS- FOLLOW OLD TACTIC
IN ATTEMPTING RUSH
VICTORY ’
TWO MORE WAR VESSELS SUNK
Russians Lose Largest Vessel With
1400 Men On Board and Turk-
ish Destroyer Is 8unk In
Dardanelles
London — Little or no time ba
been allowed to elapse between the
declaration of war and actual fighting
between Italy and Austria Austrian
aeroplanes destroyers and torpedo
boats descended on the Italian coaBt
of the Adrlatio and bombarded sev-
eral towns Including Venice while
in the Tyrol and on tbe eastern Fron-
tier Italian and Austrian advance
guards are already in touch and have
fired the first shots
The plan of campaign has not yet
been disclosed but it is generally be-
lieved that attempts to inflict a quick
and decisive defeat or at leaat one
that will discourage the Italians will
be undertaken largely by tbe Ger-
mans under Field Marshal Von Hind-
eaburg German troops with heavy guns
aeroplanes and Zeppelins are hlready
passing through the valley of the rivet
Adige in the direction of Verona and
rapid and fierce blows will be deliver-
ed almost Immediately at the Italian
center This the Germans doubtless
believe would serve to hold off an
Italian advance from the province of
Venice where the flat nature of the
country would give the Italians a -great
chance of success
Throughout Austria and Germany
there Is bitter denunciation of Italy
which for the moment haa replaced
England a the most bated enemy In
the allied countries on the othet
hand Italian Intervention 1 hailed
with delight and In the Italian quai
tera of London and Parte there have
been enthusiastic demonstrations and
cheering farewells to the Italian
leaving for home to join the oolors
Italy haa given her adhesion to the
agreement already signed by the al-
lied powers not te conclude a separ-
ate peace
Slava And Turks Each Lose Vessel
Berlin— The Overseas News Agency
gave out the folio v'pg:
’According to a Bucharest dispatch
the Russian armored man-of-war Win-
telelmon has been sunk with 1400
men in the Black sea”
The foregoing evidently refer to
the Russian battleship Panteleimon
which is listed in naval reference
books as having a peace complement
of about 740 men The Panteleimon
was built in 1897 She waa 378 feet
long Her displacement was 12582
tons She carried four twelve-inch
guns 16 six-inch 4 three-inch 6 three-
pounders and 3 torpedo tubs
Constantinople— An official state-
ment says: -
‘The gunboat Pelenk-I-Deria was
sunk Monday by a submarine Two of
the crew were killed”
The Pelcnk-1-Derla was built at
Kehl In 1890 Her displacement waa
886 tons - Bile waa used at a torpedo
boat depot ship
WANT MEAT SHIPMENTS RELEASED
American Packer Object Te Action
of England
Washington — Representatives of the
big American meat packers who have
been protesting for months against
Great Britain's holding up of their
products shipped to neutral European
nations conferred here with their
counsel Alfred Urlon who haa been in
England since January attempting to
secure release of shipments valued at
millions of dollars Mr Urlon met with
Arthur Meeker vice-president of Ar-
mour and Company Ousts vus F Swift
of Swift and Company Thomas E
WUson president of Morris and Com-
pany A R Brown of Bchwarzchlld ft
Sulzberger and other representatives
of those big packing concerns who
cam from Chicago fop tbe consulta-
tion with atat4 department officials
Mr Urlon has been In constant
touch with tho British authorities en-
deavoring to bring about an under-
standing whereby neutral beef cargoes
would escape detention Oreat Britain
has frankly stated that many ship-
ments were bald up because of tho ap-
parent escezstv quantities going to
neutral countries giving rise to tho
suspicion that much of the meat waa
destined to Germany Although Mr
Urlon would not dlsouss tho subject It
waa understood that ho bad returned
from Europe with a proposal for his
client from th British government
which would necessitate consultation
With nut department officials
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