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THE ALTUS NEWS
SECOND TEAROF
THEWMEWED
Germany Holds More Territory In
Europe Than It DM Twelve
Months Ago.
LOSER IN OTHER RESPECTS
Entente Allies Now Hammering
Teutons Hard on
All Sides.
AUSTRIA SEEMS WEAKENING
■rltleh Naval Blockade Still effective
After Great Battle of Jutland—
Chief Developmenta of Yaar
in Terrific World Conflict
PRK8KNT MIMTARY AND NA-
VA1. KORCK8 < K TI IK WAK-
fUNU POWERS.
dreat Britain (Aequlth's
utatemcnt leu luiu>e«) 4,5<V>,IW
Frame
RuimUi (little definite known)7,«ju,0"0
Italy
Belgium
Kerbl* .100,000
Mont.m-irro Practically non#
Portugal (little detlnlte
known)
Japan (only officers at
front) tt0.000
Total, entente alllea 18,225,000
Germany 6,000,000
Austria-Hungary 2.80',000
Turkey l.&OO.OT)
Bulgaria 700.000
Total, central power*.... ,700.000
TOTAL KILLED, WOUNDED
AND PRISONERS.
(tn considering the lonaea It mult
be remembered that many listed aa
wounded are only slightly hurt and
return to the front. Some are
wounded several successive timee
and each time appear In the casu-
alties)
Russia 6,500.000
France (about #00,000 killed) .2,300.000
Great Britain HOO.OOO
Italy 400,000
Belgium 180.000
Serbia 230.000
Total, entente 9,410,000
Germany, (estimated 700,000
killed) 4.000,000
Austria-Hungary 2,750,000
Turkey 600,000
Bulgaria 60,000
Total, Teutonic allies 7,300,000
Grand total, killed, wound-
ed, prisoners 16,710,000
In the Napoleonic wars, 1793-1816,
1,900,000 men were killed; in the
American Civil war 494,400; in tlie
Russo-Japanese war 655,900.
What the War Is Costing.
The war Is now costing in direct
governmental expenditure $110,000,-
000 a day; $4,5Sfl.0on an hour; $7ii,000
a minute; and $1,270 a second.
Kith Mining *M*|N myriads of ilne
giants. untie of whmu r« Ui«d charges
with ktmr|M*ii«Ml atlrka In their handa,
ItUMla waa forced In fall hark rapidly.
Twice It Mwtiwd the flower of tha
csar's artuy would he surrounded, uwre
In the vldulty of Warsaw, aud again
In the iml haul* near Vllnn.
The tale of tha Uklug of great town*
grew almost tedious. It aeenied the
Germane would never atop. Whether
they did atop of their own accord or
were ttnally checked by tha ltuaalana
la not yet clear. They aettled down
for the winter on • long line stretch*
lug fruiu the lialtle Just went of Hlga
noutlMiut along tha Dvlna river, and
then almost due eoirth through I'olle*
ale, the Plusk ttrnreh district, to the
Roumanian frontier.
Reawakening of Ruaala.
On fteptembcr 8 C«ar Nicholas took
cominiiml of nil Ills armies In the field,
smiling hla cousin, the Grand Puke
MchoInN, to tho less Important com-
mnuil of the CiiurasuN operation.
With their "Little Father" at their
head, the Russians forgot their long.
illNcouruglng retreat. Million* of new
young soldiers Joined them, drawn
fio:n ItuHNla'a grout reaervolr of hu
man beings, which producea three and
a half million men of military age ev
ery year.
(ill September 10 the ItuHHluna won a
aucccHH near Turno|M>l aud Trembowla.
und two duya later they tlrovo the Teu
, ton* buck 14 mllea In Galliiu. In other
parts of the front the Germans were
Htlll seizing lurge slices of territory,
but their enemies were regaining their
energy. On September 20 the llus'
Minns recaptured Lutsk, but were drlV'
en out In u short time. On October 20
they recaptured Ciurtorysk, but they
were not able to prevent the Uermuus
storming Illuxt five days later. Czar-
torysk was lost and aguln taken by
the czar January 8.
Meanwhile the conquest of Serbia,
the greutest tragedy of the war, ex-
cepting only the massacre of 800,000
Armeuiuns, was being enacted.
Invasion of 8erbla.
The real Invasion of Serbia started
In the first days of October. A great
diplomatic battle had been fought In
Sofia, and the allies had lost. On Oc-
tober 7 Bulgaria In un ultimatum to
King Peter of Serbia, peremptorily de-
manded the immediate cession of the
Macedonian lunds In dispute between
the two countries aud then in the pos-
session of the Serbs.
After a general bombardment the
Teutons crossed the river boundaries
of Serbia in muny places on October 8.
Two days later they occupied Bel-
grade. On the thirteenth Bulgaria in-
vaded her neighbor at three points.
The successes of the Teutons and the
Bulgprians were almost unbroken. The
invading forces consisted of a vust
amount of heavy artillery, with small
Infantry supporting forces. They
shelled the Serbians out of position
after position in an avalanche of steel
to which the Serbians could make no
reply.
Small forces of French nnd English
landed at Saloniki, a Greek port to
which Serbia hud certain entry privi-
leges, and did something to cover the
retreat of the Serbians by engaging
the Bulgarians In the South.
At the beginning of winter, Novem-
ber 22, the Serbian soldiers crossed
their western border and struck the
trails of the dreary, snow-covered
Great num-
The end of the second year of the
great war finds the Germans in posses-
sion of more of Europe than they held
on August 1, 1915. the first anniversary
of the start of the great conflict.
This Is practically the only respect I mountains of the coast.
in which the situation is more favor-1 bers perished of cold and hunger on
able to them, Russia, her vast man the way. On November 29 Germany
power at last organized and furnished proudly announced that the Serbian
with Implements of destruction In
plenty, Is battering the Teuton lines
on the east and has already won back
4,500 square miles. Great Britain
boasts five million men In her army
and navy. France fights as strongly as
ever. Italy is increasing her formi-
dableness.
Austria appears to be losing heart
and efficiency. Bulgaria refuses to
send re-enforcements to the west or
Russian fronts. Turkey shows slight
offensive power.
The British navy, following the
much-disputed naval battle of Jutland,
still shuts off Germany from use of
the seas. One German merchant sub-
marine has reached America, but the
supplies which can be carried over
to the besieged nations in U-boats will
be of little account.
Germany and Austria both feel the
pinch of hunger. Their armies are
sufficiently fed, but their industrial
workers complain of lack of nourish-
ment. The present harvest is watched
with anxiety, and if it fails or is only
of fair size, famine will stalk into the
situation next spring, or earlier.
Germany Seeks "Reasonable Peace:"
The German chancellor three times
in the relehstag has offered peace to
the entente. On account of this, for-
midable opposition has arisen to him
at home, although he Is the kaiser's
"other self." His friends are rallying
to his defense, and On August 1 of the
present year begins the curious coun-
try-wide lecture campaign to prepare
the minds of the hitherto docile Ger-
man people for a "reasonable peace."
Meanwhile, with the sky brightening,
the entente allies reaffirm their resolu-
tion, taken In the dark hours of last
winter, never to cease their efforts till
Germany Is crushed. The Teutons not
only must be beaten in war,'according
to the allied formula, but must be re-
pressed economically for many years
after the signing of a treaty of peace.
On August 1,1915, tlie Germans aud
Austrlnns were In the midst of their
• brilliant campaign against .Russia. The
•' "pincers" were closing In Urealstlbly.-
That day Lublin, an Important city In
^southern Poland, fell.
Von Mackensen. with Calida con-,
campaign had ended, having met with
complete success.
Two Blows to the British.
The winter also saw the humilia-
tion of the British in Mesopotamia.
The Indian government recklessly
pushed a small, poorly supplied expe-
dition up the Tigris valley and actu-
ally penetrated to within seven miles
of Bagdad. Here the Turks, with Ger-
man officers directing them, adminis-
tered a defeat and the invaders fell
back with the enemy harassing them
to the town of Kut-el-Amara, where
they were besieged December 10.
Another expedition, also Insufficient,
wig sent to relieve the first. It was
behten off with large losses a few
miles below Kut, a flood of the river
and swamps assisting the Turks, and
on April 30 the 12,000 defenders of
Kut capitulated by order of the Brit-
ish higher command.
A further British humiliation was
the evacuation of Gallipoll peninsula,
where the British held on doggedly
month after month, losing perhaps
200,000 men, until they were finally
withdrawn in confession of failure the
first week of January.
These two British fiascos were what
was needed to arouse the sluggish
fighting blood of John Bull. They
finally brought England into the war
fully and uncompromisingly, to the
same extent as the other great pow-
ers.
On August 10 Great Britain started
her national register, or census of all
men of fighting age. The result showed
a vast reserve of man power. Certain
sections demanded immediate con-
scription, but they we:e not success-
ful. Instead the earl of Derby was
commissioned to start a vast recruit-
ing campaign. This produced a num-
ber of classes of "attested men." who
bound themselves to come into the
ranks with their age groups. But
there vfere still hundreds of thousands
unreached, and the public began to
see thfct it was discriminating In favor
of the "slackers" and the cowards.
On December 21 David Lloyd-
George. the minister of munitions and
greatest man the war has produced In
t dorred. was pre*** nwthward.
Von llindenbnrg bora wttb bis bast
of IWil-sray warrior*.
Without guns, withont ammunition.
7*P V! v
Britain, declared the country
■Urtfit ifoless greater efforts
ifrthe north Bide of the PotbBsaWt* Wirt made. a week later he threat-
ened to resign from the cabinet aa-
leea conscription was adopted.
Conscription was fiercely fought, bat
on January 6 ■ bill Inirodudng It
pnaaed Ha Oral reading III tha bona#
of common* by • large majority. The
hill waa ttnally signed by King George
May 2tt.
Alllea Oft Together.
Their defeats ttnally taught tbs nl-
Ilea that their efforts must be co-or-
dinated. like their enemies', If tbey
were to lie effective. A new war
council, with all the alllea represented,
met In I'aris December 7 and a hind
of International general ataff was or-
ganised. It Is known that General Jo-
seph Joffre, French commander In
chief alnce the beginning of the war.
nnd the hero of the battle of the
Marne, waa the pre*ldlng genlu*. The
effect* of the council were not to be
wen for several month*, but now they
are being realised In full meu*ure.
To check a simultaneous allied of-
fensive, which they clearly saw coin-
ing, the Teuton* decided on two at-
tacks of their own. Thl* follows the
well-known axiom of German mill
tary strategy that the best defense la
an energetic attack.
The first of these offensive defen-
sive* waa the attack on the French
fortres* of Verdun, where the work*
were subjected to a whirlwind of fire
beginning Februury 21.—The gnlus of
the first week were grent, antl German
critics foretold the collapse of tho
French. Two of the defending forts,
Vuux und Douaumont, fell, and Impor-
tant positions were taken west of the
Meusu river aa well.
But Joffre rallied hla men In splen-
did fashion und sold ouch yard of
ground nt an awful cost In German
blood. Stop by step the crown prince's
men pushed forward, but today they
ure still more than two miles from the
ruined fortress town and the resist-
ance of the French la aa atrong aa
ever.
Austrian Drive Cheeked.
The second Teutonic offensive waa
organized by the Austrlana in the
Trentlno, and they struck In the di-
rection of Vlcenza with the object
of cutting off the northern end of Itnly
from the muln portion. On Muy 26,
as the result of several days' vio-
lent artillery fire followed by Infantry
rushes, they were able to announce the
capture of 24,000 Italians.
C^heral Count Cadorna hurried
about a hundred thousund men in mo-
tor cars to the scene, while many more
arrived on foot or trains. Just when
it seemed the Austrians must reach
the lowlands the counter-attacks were
delivered.
On June 30 Rome announced a splen-
did victory. In bloody fighting the
Ayetrluns, perhaps weakened by
drafts to bolster up their Itusslan
front, were driven from peak to peak
almost to where their lines had stood
throughout the winter.
In March the Russians delivered
vast but futile attacks on the Ger-
man front at rnnny points, probably to
district attention from Verdun. Hie
Germans seemed to have been lulled
into security by these efforts, which
they probably considered the best the
ozar could do. But the tens of thou-
sands of Muscovite bodies lining the
Germans' barbed wire were but a pat-
ter of rain compared with the storm
that was brewing behind the Russian
lines.
At the beginning of June this storm
broke with full force and, following
the principle of attacking the weakest
point, the Austrians holding the line
from tho marsh district southward
were forced to bear the brunt of it.
Russia's Big Push.
Millions of shells, manufactured
largely In British, Japanese and
American factories, blasted away wire,
trenches, dugouts and observation
points. Then the hordes of Sibe-
rians, Cossacks and others swept
over the field. The Austrians could
not withstand the Impact and they
gave way steadily.
June 6, General Brusiloff announced
the capture of 13,000 Austrians; June
8, the number for the three succeed-
ing days alone was 43,000, and the
numbers kept mounting until on July
20 General Shoovaieff. Russian min-
ister of war, estimated the number of
Austro-Hungarian prisoners at 270,-
000. The killed and wounded are un-
told, but the number must be large
enough to bring the total loss well
over half a million.
German support was rushed to the
Austrians, but the foe captured Lutsk
and Dubno, and reached the Stokhod
and Li pa rivers in Volhynia; overran
all Bukowina to the Carpathians and
sent patrols of Cossacks Into Hungary
to ravage the country.
That the czar Is anticipating further
great gains of territory is seen from
Russia's action in mobilizing the
males of the island of Saghalien, Tur-
kestan, and one other district to build
roads, dig trenches and do other work
of organizing the ground won.
Allies' Drive in Somme Region.
Almost a month to a day following
the beginning of the great Russian of-
fensive French nnd British opened
their drive in the vicinity of the
Somme river. They have gained grad-
ually but steadily, and the official re-
ports assert the losses of the attack-
ers are comparatively small.
It 1? also the claim of the allies that
the Franco-British offensive can be
kept up at its present rate indefinite-
ly, and will not have to be slackened
for lack of shells, guns or men. The
rate of progress is much greater than
the Germans' at Verdun, but the coun-
try traversed is less difficult. On the
other hand, the Verdun assailants
have the advantage of attacking from
the ontside of a carve, while the
French nnd British now sttsck from
Inside tfce .sa^eat.tlKjJto(*9pd<£ln
the line. Me«o whilethe.Verdun offW-.
rive of the Germans continues.
Ontside of Europe the (tomans hsve
lost their Cameroon colony on <he west
roast of Afnea, the remaining defend
era having crossed into H|>miiI*Ii ter-
ritory slid been Interned. The ariuy of
Kant Africa slid resist* the converg-
ing column* of lielglau*, French and
British but. shut off front reinforce-
ments, lu doom would seem to be
■euled.
(in April 25 Hlr Jloger Casement,
Irish knight, tried to laud from • Oer- j
umn warship on tint coast of Ira. TWO HUNDRBO RRBCINCTt INOt
land, but was raptured. The nest day I CATI ilTIRACV t« T OB'
a revolt In Dublin and other Irish cities | pf AT TWO TO ONB.
broke out and tho center of the Irish (
cupltal wa* burned. The revolt WM j ■ "
easily quelled, the British announclug U|l|Jp||DCY IS MOMIMiTED
resistance bad ceased on Msy 1. nuwrnitfcl 10 hiimmiihi
JUL DEFEATED
More successful wa* the revolt of
the Arab*, led by the grand shereff,
ugnlnst their Turkish overlord*. Mec-
•a. Medina and other* towns have been
ruptured and are held still, probably
with British assistance.
Doings In ths Air.
Itecent month* have seen a cessa-
tion of Zeppelin ruldx on undefended
Race Still Doubtful For Long Tens
Commissioner—Congressman
All Renominated.—tome
Races Close.
RANCHING
Cattle and Horn Ranching M
Western Canada—Steers
Brought 10 Cents a Pound
on the Seattle Market
Thst big money Is made by the Urge
cattle rancher lu Western Cansds. and
also by the *msll fsruier aa well. Is
ahown by the uudlsputable facts pre-
sented from time to time. A rsucher,
nesr tilelchen, Alberts, who com-
menced In a email way nlue years
ago, recently disposed of 1,243 cnttls
at a total of fl01.SNM.30, aud tbis was
only hi* surplus stock for the present
sesson.
A December shipment of 217 hesd af
Unless Iste official figures change
„ the result Indicated In first returni rmncto steers brought the owner sn av-
British and French towns. The cau*« . the literacy test snd all other pro , «rage of over $80 per head. They were
of thl* Is somewhat of a mystery, a* posed constitutional amendment* were straight from the range wiinon
the Germans have clulmed Important defeated in Tuesda.'s primary ele«- any grain feeding and were in ezceiieni
UoD i condition to be Bold for the Christ-
Scattering Incomplete official re- «*• t"«0e. Another shipment of 100
turns from approximately 200 repre • «>« . averaging 170 each, was msde
sentative precinct. Indicate the liter- 10 The highest price paid oo
acy test lost by about 2 to 1. while « >e """*• w"i°r "
the negative vote on the other pro- <«"> weighed 1.700 Iba.
posed amendments will be even larger )rol'K,'t ,'h" ,nucJ, prlC* of l0C
At democratic stwe headquarters P*r lb- ur ',7°-
hope wss held out that the literacy "*• Jtro"
amendment would carry by a "safe « ■«* from Flncber. Ab
margin." while the defeat of the other berta, shipped to Spokane, exdtwl
proposed amendments was conceded.: competition there ou •«««!
Private advices received at republl-; ,b<>,r "* JJ" /" T t !L.i
military re*ult* from their attacks.
On September 7-8 there were two
rnlds on London, thirty persons being
killed sud a projmrtlonato number
wounded. Fifty-five were killed by
Zeppcllae In a raid on London October
13.
On January 20 the German dirigibles
bombarded Pnrls, killing 23 and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Kng-
IIhIi centers were visited and 09 slain.
On April 2 a Zeppelin killed 28 In
England and was destroyed on the
British const as It returned. On March
0 13 were killed.
On April 6 It wan announced that
the fifth Zeppelin raid In six days on
the British coast hud been mode. The
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply depots had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been Immune from the Zeppelins. This
mny be due to the large number of
dirigibles lost, or to the outcry against
the Inhumanity of the practices of the
Germans which was raised in neutral
countries.
One other Important moral defeat
was sustained by the Germans when
they hurried Edith Cavell, a British
nurse, to execution, as announced by
Brand Whltlock, American minister of
Belgium, on October 22.
The greatest naval engagement of
history In number of men engaged
and number slain was fought June 3
near the Skaggerrak, In the North sea.
The result was Inconclusive, each side
claiming a grent victory and the re-
ports varying widely In estimates of
losses on the two sides.
If the Germans, as they assert, seri-
ously crippled the British grand fleet,
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, to finish their task.
At present, however, the British block-
ade is broken only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland, which reached
Baltimore July 9.
Kaiser Yields to America.
The year has also been the culmi-
nation of the submarine dispute be-
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated in the kaiser's capit-
ulating and promising to warn mer-
chantmen before attacking.
A U-boat sank the liner Arabic Au
can Btate headquarters Indicate the o.—h. #«
defeat of the literacy test amendment, « * |ey must look to Canada for
oy a majority of 16.000, according to' bet>f 8UPP|les-
realized was $10,028. American deal-
Arthur Gelssler, chairman of the re-
publican state committee.
While the heaviest vote against the
literacy amendment was recorded In
republican and socialist stronghold!
the returns also Indicate that many
democratic votes were cast against It.
The literacy test amendment was
designed to take the place of the nulli-
fied "grandfather" clause, which waa
adopted at a special election in 1910
by a majority of 29,221 votes.
The early returns indicate that the
proposed repeal of section 12A, the
school tax distribution amendment,
was voted down by a heavy majority.
The nomination of W. D. Humphre;
of Nowata on the democratic side fo
the short term corporation commis-
sioner appears certain, while in the
contest for the long term nomination
all of the candidates appear to be run-
ning well, with Watson, Russell, Har-
rison and Willmerlng having the best
of it.
Parkinson Nominated.
Frank Parkinson of Lawton appears
to have been nominated by the repub-
licans for the long term and Judge J.
A livestock firm, which has shipped
over 2,000 head of beef cattle to the
American farmer since the middle of
November, reports a splendid recep-
tion of Alberta stock In the United
States.
A carload of choice Alberta steers
were sold early In January for ahlp-
ment to the British Columbia coast
at $6.70 per 100 lbs. and, later on, a lot
from Carstalrs brought $6.90—the
highest price paid since the spring of
1915. Shipments from Calgary live-
stock yards during 1915 were: Horses,
8,675; cattle, 30,577; hogs, 144,SIS;
sheep. 12,410. A course In ogriculture
and livestock demonstration whlcb
has been conducted by the Provincial
Dept. of Agriculture here was well at-
tended. showing the Interest taken by
city residents In agricultural progress.
John Young, of Sidney, Man., gives
his experiences In sheep-raising as fol-
lows, as quoted In a local paper:
"I bought a bunch of fifty ewes,
which cost me $262.50. With this
little flock I demonstrated Just what
can be done In the sheep business.
This fall I sold fifty fat lambs at $6.50
ins ior iue iu. B m ' J'• ^ ^ nn(j 18 of the be8t ewe
Brown of Oklahoma City for the wh,ch , kept l ya,ue ftt ^
L.
short term. „ I per head. $144. The wool sold at an av-
AH Present congressmen, including *.,a7 n<ir hpn(, una so. This
Dick T. Morgan, republican, reports
erage of $2.07 per head, $103.50. This
makes the very nice total of $572.50."
"They ran out nearly every day all
winter. The value of hay and oats
was small, aud one can make them
very comfortable through the winter
with very little expense. For shelter
I have a shed, about 125 feet long nnd
14 feet wide, which I cover with straw.
This gives them protection from the
cold winds; yet it is always cool
enough to be healthy."
"I Intend going in more for sheep
this fail, as I believe them to be the
most profitable stock on the farm."
Desire of farmers and ranchers to
indicate, have been renominated ex>
cept Congressman William H. Mur-
ray, in the Fourth district, who Is re-
ported to be leading two of his oppon-
ents by only a small margin. Con-
gressman Joe B. Thompson in the
Fifth district, Congressman Scott Fer-
mo. ^ - - ris in the Sixth distrlct and Con*
gust 20, two Americans being among gressman Jim McClintic in the Sev-
the slain. Two more of our nationals j enth district had no opposition.
died when the Hesperian was torpe- : Three-Cornered Race Close.
doed September 6. On November 10 j h. H. Smith of Shawnee and Tom
several Americans died in the torpe- I d. McKeown of Ada are both run-
dotng of the Italian liner Ancona. It njng close behind Murray. Early re-
is thought two Americans were lost in turns indicate that Murray will carry j ln^.eaiie thelr"sheep holdings Is Indl-
the sinking of the Persia in the Medi- Creek county while McKeown will; cated by the sale o( 2,500 head re-
terranean January 2. The crisis was ; cary Pontotoc, his home county, by a centjy at 5900 each. High wool
precipitated Mnrch 26, when the Brit- ! handsome majority over both Murray 1 prtces an(1 profitable demand for mut-
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex waa j and smith. In Shawnee, Smith's homo ton nre the reason given for such a
torpedoed without warning. Two hun- , town, he Is running at>out even with jjgure>
dred and thirty-five persons were Murray, both being far In the lead of j Manitoba sheep breeders arranged
killed and several Americans were In- McKeown.
jured. I in the Second district, Congressman
Tills flagrant violation of the rules | w w Hastings of Tahlequah has de-
of war caused President Wilson to , feate(i l. C. McNabb of Sallisaw by
press Germany for sweeping assur- an overwhelming majority.
ances, which were given in a note May ! The heaviest vote against the (
6 on condition that the United States . amei)dments was on those affecting per jh.—Advertisement.
forpe Great Britain to conduct her the ju(jiCiary> which were voted down j
blockade legally. Mr. Wilson an- by decisive majorities. Sensational Reporter.
swered he would accept the promise, Qn the east glde of the state where ] it occurred In one of the gambling
last year for the Provincial Depart-
ment of Agriculture to handle their
wool output on a co-operative basis
and obtained most satisfactory results.
About 75,000 lbs. of wool were han-
dled, netting the shippers over 25«
but without the proviso.
The many times heralded Turco-Ger-
man Invasion of Egypt has not yet Jha-
terialized and probably never will. On
the other hnnd, the Russian grand
duke has added to his laurels by cap-
turing the important inland city of
Erzerum February 17, Bitlls March 4
and the seaport of Trebizond April
19.
The Turks In counter-attacks
pressed back the Russians in Persia,
but recently the czar's men have ad-
vanced rapidly In the northern part of
Asia Minor and the resistance of the
Turks seeins to have been broken.
Exploits of the Moewe.
Only one German commerce raider
net n submarine distinguished Itself
in the year. The fast Moewe sank
there is the greatest volume of pro- ^ dens of the far West, such as are only
bate business on account of the vast to be found in films and fiction. As
Indian population, a particularly heavy the croup of cow punchers lost or won
vote was recorded against the pro- huge fortunes on the turn of a pack of
posed abolition of county courts, greasy cards, a newcomer burst excit-
which have exclusive jurisdiction in , edly into the place.
probate matters. "Heard about Dickson getting shotf
In some Instances retiyns so far In- he gasped to his astonished audience,
dicate there might be a slight chance j The cow punchers gathered round
for the adoption of Cie amendment ex-
tending the workmen's compensation j
law so as to Include death cases; cre-
ating a tax commission and establish-
ing limitations on municipalities in in-
curring indebtedness, but this is con-
sidered extremely doubtful.
him to hear the news.
"No I" they cried. "When?"
" 'Bout half an hour ago," came the
reply. "I was there and saw It all."
"Where did he get shot?" was the
next question flung at him, while hands
tightened ominously on revolver
butts.
•Down at the store," chuckled tha
Lansdown Kansas Nominee.
Topeka.—W. C. Lansdown received je8ter, calmly. "He bought a couple
the democratic nomrnaflon for gover- 0f pounds of 1L"
many allied ships off the coast of nor in Tuesday's primary, according —
Africa and reached a home port In to incomplete returns which gave him Pessimistic Logic for the Seaaon.
safety March 6. On February 2 a Ger- a substantial lead over Ben S. Galtls- , jn almost every fa -illy there is one
man prize crew brought the Appam, a Dr Eva Harding, well-known member who simply has to work hard
British capture, Into Hampton Roads, woman suffrage leader, apparently and save his money, in order to have
having come all the way across the At- was nominated for congress over H. it on hand to lend to the others when
lantlc with her. The ownership of this j corwine by democrats of the first they need It, and who thus gets the
vessel ii still In the American courts. digtrict Governor Arthur Capper had reputation among them of being stin-
Two nore nations have been drawn nQ opposiUon for the republican gub- gy.—Ohio State Journal.
Into the wnr. The entrance of Bui- ernatoriai nominatlon. 1
pari a haSbeen described. On March
10 Germany declared war on Portugal.
Portuguese and German troops had
clashed In Africa some time before
^ . . -Mother" of Vinegar.
Gardner Wine In Mieaourt. "Mother" of vinegar Is so Called be-
st. Louis.—-Incomplete returns trom , ^ ^ of genn, which
the Missouri primary indicate that pnduce (he fnm ^ alcobol
and Portugal had Just seized the Ger- Frederick D. Gardner of St. Louis had Uje han] cldcr xi,e "mother" can
man ahlps In ber harbors. The ao won Hie democratic gubernatorial nom- ^ dinoived in strong oxidising
tions of the republic wiere Induced by ination by a plurality of about 20,000 ^at ^ killed by Nch
a treaty according to'which she prom- votes. Senator JiteM A. Reed of Kan. 1
lees to come to Great Britain's assist* sas.City was renominated qverwhelm-
ance whenever requested to do so. | ingly over L. O. Martin tn the demo-
atohaT candidates. Tn the republican" jju ^
race for BDvenor, John E. f)eaa«er I ^ ^
had n lend over all opposition, so Bar — GIotM.
as retorna nre In. 1
treatment
Wlee "Don't-"
■ J
^.■^r>Twr?svrai'
r was drowned June 1 Tn'lhe sint
lag of the cruiser Hampshire by a
mine while on his way to Rassia.
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Orr, J. P. The Altus Weekly News. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1916, newspaper, August 3, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276602/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.