Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1915 Page: 2 of 10
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War'8 Toll To Date
The Rurpean war to date has a
total of 12.000,000 (.anualtlea, ac-
r.ordlnK to flmiren compiled from
Ited Cross figures and conservative
estimate* by Independent observ-
ers. They are apportioned aa fol-
lows:
Germany.
Dead 760,000
Wounded 2,000,000
Prlaonera 500,000
Total i,250,000
Auatrla.
Dead 4R0.000
Wounded 1,200.000
• Prisoners 600,000
Total 2,200,000
France.
Dead 460,000
Wounded 1,30'),000
Prisoners 600,000
Total 2,260,000
England.
Dead 100,000
Wounded sr.o.ooo
Prlaonera 60,000
Total
Ruaala.
Dead
Wounded
Prlaonera
Total :
Serbia.
Total caaualtlea
Belgium.
Total caaualtlea
Japan and Italy.
Total oaaualtlea
All Natlona.
Total dead
Total wounded
Total prlaonera
Unclaaalfled
600,000
Grand total 12,000,000
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IRON RIN6 CLOSING ON WARSAW
VON HINDENBERQ CONTINUE8
VICTORIOUS DRIVE.
German* Plan On* More Big Battl*
In the East Before Returning
Weatern Offensive.
London—The Auatro-Oerman armies
which now appear to be working In
perfect concert as the result of the
German organisation, are giving the
Russians little rest or time to reor-
ganise themselves after their retreat
from Oallcla.
Simultaneously with the German
effort to reach Warsaw or the Russian
lines sorvlng that fortress from the
north, the Austrlans have attacked
along the Dniester and have succeed-
ed in crossing that river at several
points. General Von Mackenzen's
army which doubtless had been wait-
ing for Field Marshal Von Hindenburg
to move in the north also has come
to life again and fighting has been
resumed In southern Poland. There is
fighting of more or less severity all
along the Russian front except in
oentral Poland, where the Russians
are in such strong positions that in
the opinion of military men, It would
be impossible to break through.
The Germans claim to have made
further progress with their northern
operations, but with the Russians re-
tiring It Is not likely that the main
forces have clashed as yet. The com-
bined operations are the most gigantic
undertaken, the aim Being, according
to military expertB, to squeeze the
Russians out of Warsaw and the great
slice of country which they hold to
the north, south and east of that city
So long as this effort to crush Rus-
sia or to break her power of offensive
continues there is little possibility,
military writers say, of the Germans
attempting any important movement
In the west, for It in believed that the
Austro-Germans will for a long while
require all their available troops In
the east. Four German army corps
composed of Pomeranians and men
from Schleswig are said to have left
Thorn to reinforce General Von Hin-
denburg.
"The German crown prince's offen-
sive in the Argonne in the opinion of
military experts was to weaken the
French hold on Verdun. A German
official statement claims that one re-
sult of this offensive was the capturc
of 7,000 French soldiers in three
weeks. On the other hand the French
claim to have gained the most of the
ground they had been forced to give
up and which they Btated did not ex-
ceeJ 400 yards. British reports de-
' scribed tho effort of the crown prince
as a costly and partially successful ad-
vance followed by a counter-offensive
which deftly checked his progress.
Fighting is in progress on the Lor-
raine frontier and in Artois, where
the French continue their attempt to
capture Souchez. Further progress Is
unofficially reported rrom Athens to
have been made by the allies on the
Galllpoli peninsula in the Dardanelles
campaign and as the Athens dis-
patches are generally ahead of the
official reports, this statement is cred-
ited here.
More important is that the news
that Roumania haa declined to accede
to Germany's demand that Roumania
sllow munitions to pass through that
country for Turkey.
The entente allies announce another
victory in Africa where they captured
Ngaundere, an important trading cen-
ter of Kamerun, a German colony in
western equatorial Arrlca.
Novel War Disguise.
Now York.—The Ilritish cruiser
which stands guard at sea several
miles from the New York harbor to
prevent the departure of German mer-
chant vessels, is wearing a novel war
disguise. The cruiser's starboard side
is painted in ordinary dull gray war
color, while silvery wblte paint on
her port side makes her appear to
have a clipper bow and a band of
white along the upper pnrt of her
hull and on ehr port quarters makes
her seem much smaller than she real-
Vy is. Screens hide her funnel9.
PA88ENGER VESSEL 8UCCEED8
IN RUNNING AWAY FROM
GERMAN CRAFT.
WERE ONBOARO
Vessel Was Sailing Westward, Un-
armed, and Carrlad No Munition*
of War.—Report on th*
Lusitania Case.
Washington.—The British steamer
Orduna, only recently put into com-
mission by the Cunard line, was at-
tacked July 19 by a German sub-
marine while bound from Liverpool
tp New York with 227 passengers,
including twenty-two Americans.
The captain of the Orduna In his
official report on the attack says:
"Not the least warning was given
and nearly all the pssengers were
sleep at the time."
A torpedo missed the liner by only
ten feet and seven shells were fired
at her during a half hour's chase.
The report of the Orduna's captain
Is confirmed by many of the pas-
sengers and a protest will be made to
the United States government by at
least one American citizen who was
among those whose live* were en-
dangered.
William O. Thompson of Chicago,
counsel to the federal Industrial re-
lations commission, has announced
his protest to Washington will be a
vigorous one. He too declares the
Orduna was "attacked without warn-
ing, pursued and subjected to aholl
lire."
The attack on the Orduna has
aroused Intense Interest at Wash-
ington, where the opinion Is expressed
by officials that this Incident must
receive serious consideration in con-
nection with the next step which
the American government must take
with respect to German submarines
and the rights of Amerioans on the
seas. The vessel was unarmed, and
sailing westward, hence carried no
munitions of any Bort.
The Lusitania Report.
London.—"Torpedoes fired by a sub-
marine of German nationality" caused
the Iocs of the Bteamship Lusitania
and its passengers, according to the
findings of the court of inquiry ap-
pointed to investigate the disaster.
Tho court held that no blame for
the tragedy attached either to Cap-
tain Turner, commander of the ves-
sel, or the Cunard line, the owners.
"After having Inquired carefully
Into the circumstances of the dis-
aster," says the formal report, "the
court finds the loss of said ship and
lives was due to damage caused the
ship by torpedoes fired by a submarine
of German nationality.
"In the opinion of the court, the
act was done not merely with the
Intention of sinking the ship but with
the Intention of destroying the lives
of the people on board."
Other salient features of the report
are that the lifeboat and lifebelt
facilities were adequate; that the de-
meanor of the crew was above blame;
that the conduct of the passengers,
barring a slight panic when the
steerage passengers came on deck,
was praiseworthy; that the ship was
unarmed, and that her cargo was a
general one, the ammunition on board
consisting only of 5,000 caBes of car-
tridges, from which there was no ex-
plosion.
PRISONER ATTACKS LEO FRANK
Attempt to Murder Celebrated Geor-
gia Convict.
Milledgeville, Ga—Leo M. Frank
lies In the Georgia state prison hos-
pital with what attendants said Is a
fighting chance for recovery. Physi-
cians have succeeded in stopping the
flow of blood from a Jagged wound
in his throat made with an impro-
vised knife in the hands of WUIism
Green, a fellow convict, also serving
a life term for murder. The Wow
was struck as Frank slept In his bunk.
This latest and most spectacular
phase of the two-year fight for Frank's
life will be the subject of an investi-
gation by the Georgia prison commis-
sion, the same body that refused to
recommend that Frank's death sen-
tence for the murder of Mary Phagan
be communted to life Imprisonment.
Reports from Atlanta were that
Governor Harris Intimated be would
start such an Investigation at once to
| ascertain if Creen acted entirely of
his own volition.
WINS HIS NINE YEANS' FISH'
Severe Storm* In Central West.
Kansas City.—Two hours after the
Missouri and Kansas rivers ceased
rising here with the passing of the
flood crest due to heavy rains last
week, a terrific rain and windstorm
which swept eastern Kansas, v.estcrn
Missouri and southern Nebraska re-
newed fears of a disastrous flood. Tho
local government weather bureau is-
j sued a general warning to the inhab-
! Hants and business firms in the bot-
toms of Kansas City that another se-
< slous rise might b* expected.
Harry Thaw, wno killed 8tsn<
ford Whit* nln* year* *go, who
st Isst ha* gained hi* liberty.
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THAW AT LAST IS A FREE MAN
NEW YORK JURY DECIDES THAT
HE 18 8ANE.
Stat* Tsk** Appesl But Meantime H«
Is st Liberty Under
Bond.
New York.—Harry Kendall Thaw
was declared sane by a New York
Jury which for nearly three weeks lis-
tened to testimony given In the su-
premo court here before Justice Peter
Hendrlck. Forty-eight minutes were
consumed and two ballots taken in
reaching a verdict.
Justice Hendrlck announced the
commitment upon which Thaw was
incarcerated in the state hospital for
the criminal Insane at Matteawan was
vacated, thereby giving to the slayer
of Stanford White the liberty for
which he has fought in the courts
for nine years.
When th"j verdict was aqnounced
Thaw who sat at the counsel table
with his chin resting in a handker-
chief had turned around and grasped
the hands of his counsel. Then he
went to his mother and throwing hia
arms about her neck kissed her twice.
Mrs. Thaw at the same time patted
her daughter, Mrs. Geo L. Carnegie,
Thaw.
The state at once announced an ap-
peal, pending which, Thaw was re-
leased on $40,000 bond.
PIUTE NOT CUILTY OF MIIRBER
T.e-Ne Gat Acquitted by Jury of Kill-
Ing Mexican Sheep Herder.
Denver—Tse-Ne-Gat, Piute Indian,
was found not guilty of a murder
charge by a Jury in the United States
district court. Tse-Ne-Gat had been
accused of murdering Juan Chacon, a
Mexican sheep herder in southwestern
Colorado.
The trial was the culmination of a
series of events which attracted wide
attention last February. One deputy
and several Indians were killed in at-
tempts to arrest Tse-Ne-Gat and the
word went out that Utes and Plutes
alike were preparing for an old fash-
ioned uprising. The department of
the luterior sent a special agent to
Investigate the need for troops and
Hugh L. Scott, major general and chief
of staff of the army, started from
Washington to try his powers of per-
suasion on the red men.
General Scott drove through bliz-
zards 260 miles in a suckboard, went
unarmed into the Indian camp and
persuaded them to surrender. He
said after returning to civilization that
the only promise he had given the In-
dians was that Tae-Ne-Gat would be
given a fair trial. He said, also, that
the Indians had rslssted the marshal
because they feand the youth would
be turned over to a vigilance com-
mittee.
Tse-Ne-Gat testified 1n his own be-
half. raying "I could not kill my
friend,*' and other Indians told of
OTorhearing a plot by certain Indians
and half-breeds to get Tse-N Gat
hung.
TWO-CENT FARE
E
JUDGE Y0UMAN8 OF FORT SMITH
OPEN8 CASE IN U. 8. DIS-
TRICT COURT.
FILE DETAILEO EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Exhaustive Reports To Be Offered By
8tste and Four Rallwsys^—
Msny Prominent Attor-
ney* Present.
Oklahoma City.—Exhaustive meth-
ods employed by the Chicago, Rock
Island ft Pacific to obtain statistic!
describing operating expenses on its
lines in Oklahoma, as presented by A.
Hermany, auditor of the road, witt
offices at Chcago, featured the open
lng session of the passenger rate hear
Ing which began in the United States
district court. The Missouri, Kansai
ft Texas railway, the Chicago, Rock
Island ft Pacific railway, the St. Louii
ft San Francisco railway and thi
Santa Fe railway are seeking to estab
lish a 3-cent passenger fare rate it
Oklahoma. United State* Districi
Judge Frank A. Youmans of For
Smith, Ark., occupltd the bench anc
stated at the opening of court that h«
is prepared to remain for the sum me'
if necessary.
Msny Attorney* Present.
The most imposing array of lega
talent that has graced a court roon
here in many months gathered at th.
federal building and will remain ii
attendance at the hearing until lti
conclusion. The state 1b being repre
sented by Attorney General S. P. Free
ling, Assistant Attorney General J. H
Mlley and Judge Joseph M. Hill, re
tained as special counsel. The Santi
Fe Is represented by S. T. Bledsoe
S. W. Hayes and J. R. Cottingham
Representing the Rock Island line!
are C. O. Blake and J. G. Gamble. Th«
Missouri, Kansas ft Texas is repre
sented by Clifford L. Jackson of Mus
kogee and the Frisco is represented
by R. A. Kleinschmidt. In addition
to these are many others of promi
nence who are acting in the advisorj
capacity.
In addition to Mr. Hermany, who
occupied the stand throughout the
day, it is announced that E. W. Pea-
body will take the stand for the Mis*
souri, Kansas & Texas, A. L. Conrad
will testify for the Santa Fe, T. A.
Hamilton will give statistics for the
Frisco and Frank Nay will take the
Btand In behalf of the Rock Island.
MEXICO CITY IS AGAIN BESIEGED
Capital May Fall Into Possession of
Villa Once More.
Big Strike At Remington Plant.
Bridgeport. Colin.—Negotiations to
bring about a settlement of the diffi-
culties between the machinists of
Bridgeport and the Remington Arms
and Ammunition Company engaged on
a gigantic scale in the manufacture
of war munitions for the allied armits.
have failed. The first of the inachin
ists have thrown down their tools
They claim that within a week all
work in the Remington shops and in
the shops of sub-con tractors wo ill
be at a standstill
Washington.—Mexico City is again
threatened with attack and the Car-
ranza forces under General Gonzales,
who drove the Zapata army away from
the capital ten days ago have marched
hurriedly northward to engage an ad-,
vancing Villa column believed to be
planning in junction with the Zapata
troops now menacing communicatios
with Vera Cruz.
State department dispatches an-
nounced General Gonazles with most
of his army had evacuated Mexico!
City, turning the government over to
the civil authorities.
This was preceded by a dispatch
that General Villa's flying column
which circled Obregon's forces after
the battle of Aguas Callentes and cap-
tured Queretaro had taken possession
of Pachuca, within forty miles of Mex-
ico City, and was marching toward the
capital. Simultaneously with the lat-
ter report came the news that General
Carranza had taken posstssion of the
reconstructed railroad east of Apizaco,
a junction point south of Pachuca, and
had ordered it held exclusively for
transportation of troops and ammuni-
tion, thus preventing further ship-
ments of provisions from Vera Cruz to
the needy thousands at Mexico City.
Officials here made no efforts to
conceal their belief that the situation
surrounding the Mexican capital is a
grave one. With another battle for
possession of the city imminent and
with much needed food shipments
from the east coast cut off it w^
feared further suffering among the
civil population would follow. That
the food shortage has not been ex-
aggerated was indicated in a report
to the American Red Cross describing
conditions existing shortly before Gen-
eral Gonzales took possession of the
city.
General Gonzales* sudden evacua-
tion of the city In an effort to head
off the invading forces together with
Carranza's action in closing ths rail-
road to freight and passenger traffic
it was feared here would make further
relief work at the capital practically
impossible until decisive develop-
ments In the situation have occurred.
Fire On Battleship Oklshoms.
Philadelphia—Fire of mysterious
origin was discovered on the United
States battleship Oklahoma at the
yards of the New York Ship Building
Co. Smoke was seen issuing from
the compartment under turret No. 1,
shortly after the workmen had left
the yard for the day. The compart-
ment was flooded and ft was belitved
the fire had been put out. At 9
o'clock more smoke was observed snd
the compartment was again flooded,
the fire being extinguishsd an houj
later.
•KIAIOMA tAINfALL FON JHE, 1111
Seal, of Shaiej.n2to5inclie9.&To7i«Gl «® 7fo5inch«III 9toM incksfflOvtrllincfctt
The average precipitation for the State of Oklahoma for the monthof June, MM,
was 7.12 Inches. ThU is nearly twice as much as the June normaL While tte rain-
fall was unevenly distributed geographically, the excess was *e"®ral, practically the
whole State having more than the usual amount. RalnfaU was most abundant in the
north-central and south-central counties and lightest in the extreme western coun
ties. With two exceptions it was the wettest June of which there Is "cord. For
June, 1904, the State average was 8.35 inches and for June, 1908, 8 85 Inches.. The
average number of rainy days for the State as a wholewaisLI. 'Th« l®th *nd 20th
were the only days on which rain did not fall In some part of the Mate.
HENRY STARR WILL PLEAD fiUILTY BURGLAR RILLED DEPUTY SHERIFF
Lesder of Bsnk Robber* and Louis
E*te*, Companion, Yield to Law.
Oklahoma City.—Henry Starr, the
noted bandit who was seriously wound-
ed and captured when he lead a band
in a raid on two banks at Stroud
March 27, and Louis Estes, another of
the robbers shot and taken, have
agreed to throw themselves on the
mercy of the court when arraigned
July 20, it was announced by County
Attorney Streeter Speakman of Lin-
coln county.
Estes, whose stoicism at the time of
the robbery attracted considerable at-
tention, also will turn state's evidence
and take the witness stand against
his former "pals," Claude Sawyer,
"Bud" Maxfleld and Charles Johnson,
who will be brought to trial on the
day Starr and Estes are arraigned.
Speakman said no agreement has
been made as to the length of the sen-
tences to be drawn by Starr and Estes.
It is likely, however, that Estes' pun-
ishment will be made lighter in re-
turn for the assistance he will give
in the prosecution of the three other
highwaymen charged with impli-
cation in the swoop on the Stroud
banks. The First National and the
Stroud National banks were the ones
looted, and the raid, which was staged
in broad daylight, was one of the bold-
est ever executed in Oklahoma. Starr
and Estes both were shot and severely
wounded by an 18-year-old boy.
MURDER ENDS DISPUTE OVER WILL
Fatal Ending of Quarrel Over Bequest
of $2,000.00.
Lawton.—Bat Carr, well-known cat-
tleman of this section with a large
ranch at the foot of the Wichitas,
near Cache, shot and killed Frank
Lutz, following a fight in which Carr
was badly beaten by Lutz. This trag-
edy occured at Carr's home in Cache
and has caused a big excitement. Two
years ago Lutz married a girl whom
Carr and his wife had raised. When
Carr's wife died a month ago she left
a fortune estimated at $50,000, the
major portion of which went to char-
itable institutions. About $2,000, how-
ever, was left to Lutz's wife and it
was known that Carr was intending to
bring legal action to break the will. A
controversy over the breaking of the
will caused the tragedy. There were
no witnesses to the killing, Lutz's
wife having run for help when the
men were fighting.
Free Employment Agency at Coslgate.
Coalgate.—The chamber of com-
merce of this city has organized a free
employment bureau and it will be in
charge of George E. Jahu. Co-opera-
tion between the farmers and laboring
men will be the chief purpose of the
bureau. Need of such a bureau has
been felt here for some time, and the
commercial club saw that it would be
doing a good service by providing a
means for finding employment for the
laborers and furnishing service for
the employers.
Washita County Official Meets Death
in Effort to Capture Fugitive.
Clinton—Fred Hollingsworth, dep-
uty sheriff of Washita county, was
shot and Instantly killed eleven mile* .
southwest of Clinton by an unknown
white man who burglarized the gen-
eral merchandise store of Herring A
Young of this place.
Hollingsworth, accompanied by a
small posse of local citizen*, started
on a search of the country southwest
of here for the robber. The posse
spread out in order to take in as
much of the country as possible and
met again at a point a mile or two
ahead. When Hollingsworth failed to
show up at the meeting place a search
was instituted for him. About a half
mile from where the posse started
he was found dead, hiB heart pierced
by a bullet from a .38 caliber revolver.
As the posse reached the scene of ths
dead man, Hollingsworth's assailant
was seen running away. The posse
started in pursuit, but he escaped in
the country.
The weapon the man used In his
murderous attack upon Hollingsworth
was stolen from the store of Herring
& Young, together with several other
pieces ef merchandise. He is described
by those who saw him as being about
35 years old, heavy set,, weighing about
165 pounds and wore blue overalls
over a dark blue suit of clothes. The
posse continued its search without
success. Hollingsworth's body was
brought to Clinton. He was about 40
years old and married.
MCALESTER PRISONERS LOANED
To Other Institution* To Help On Big
Contract*.
Granite—Sixty convicts from the
state penitentiary at McAlester ar>
rived here, making the trip in the cus-
tody of Warden A. V. Skelton, and
were Interned In the state reformatory
here. Twenty-six prisoners were sent
from McAlester to Muskogee, and the
state pententiary now has only 1,258
inmates. There are now 370 prisoners
in the Granite institution.
The addition to the convict force
here is due to the fact that the re-
formatory has contracted to furnish
the Rock Island railroad 3,000 car-
loads of crushed rock for bridge*
along the Canadian river, which is ad-
ditional to the work of farming 1,600
acres of growing crops.
The twenty-six convicts sent from
McAlester to Muskogee are to aid In
the construction of a new building for
the school for the blind.
Coach for Athletic* Stillwater.
Stillwater. — President Frank M.
Gault of the state board of agricul-
ture, and J. G. Griffith, to be the new
athletic coach at the state A. ft M.
college, at last have agreed on all
terms. Griffith will receive from the
state a salary of $1,800 a year, with
the provision that if the Aggie foot-
ball squad wins the state champion-
ship the sum will be boosted at $2,000.
Griffith, now with the University of
Idaho, was elected to succeed Coach
Davis of the A. ft M.
Contest For Lsnd Is Won By Dewsr.
Okmulgee.—A controversy between
Henryetta and Dewar over the pos-
session of a strip of territory, border-
ing on Dewar, was decided in favor of
Dewar by the county commiBsionors.
The piece of lsnd in question is a
half mile wide and was a part of the
Henryetta school district. Citizens of
Dewar petitioned that the strip be
added to their school district. After
the county superintendent had de-
cided in their favor, Henryetta author-
ities appealed to the commissioners
and won out.
Two Killed By Lightning.
Bartlesville.—Jess Walker, age 35,
a smelter worker, and Dan Adams, aj
16-year-old boy, were struck by light-
ning and instantly killed during a ter-l
rifle electrical storm which swept |
over Bartlesville. Walker was on his,
way to work when struck down in a
field near his home. Adams, who was,
working with a threshing crew, sought
shelter in a barn The barn was
struck twice, the first bolt killing
Adams. Four other men in the barn
at the time wers stunned.
Dr. N*well Resign* As Superintendent
Woodward.—Dr. E. G. Newell, su-
perintendent for the past two years at
the Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane
at Supply, has tendered his resigna-
tion to Governor Williams. No rea-
sons are given by the doctor for his
action, except that he is anxious to
retire to private life snd resume the
practice of medicine. He will return
to his former home at Tonkawa
There Is some talk here among th«
doctor's friends of urging the gover
nor to refuse to accept the resigna
tlon.
Okmulgee Man Is Killed In Qusrrsl
Okmulgee.—Lee Pickering, a well
known cattle man of this city, wai
shot and instantly killed by Ross
Kurtz at the home of the latter in
the south end of this county and neai
the McIntosh county line. Pickering
was shot following a quarrel with
Kurtz had stolen some of Pickering'*
over the belief of Pickering thai
Kurtz had stolen some of Pickering"*
cattle. Pickering and' a companto*
were leaving Kurti's home when
Kurtz shot twice, the shot taking el
feet in the shoulder and neck.
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