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THE LOGAN COUNTY NEWS
EUROPE CELEBRATES IN SUB-
DUED MANNER WHILE ARIMES
CONTINUE THE CONFLICT.
ALLIES SEEK WEAK SPOTIN WEST
Russians After Retreating to Naturally
Fortified Strongholds Again Re*
sume the Offensive In East-
ern Field of Operations.
London.—Instead of the Christmas
truce which Pope Benedict endeav-
ored to arrange for the Yuletide sea-
son the armies of the belligerent pow-1
«>rs were engaged in fierce battles on
both the eastern and western fronts
and all Europe celebrated the auni-*
\ersary in a subdued manner.
In the west the allies' hammer
tapped away at the German in trench-
men ts trying to find a weak point,
while in the east the Russians who
have been driven back from the Aus-
trian and German frontiers seemingly
have been brought to bay behind riv-
ers which offer them natural lines of
defense and turning, have counter at-
tacked tho Austro-tierman forces
which aimed at their undoing.
The Germans in their great rush to-
ward Warsaw under direction of Field
Marshal Van Ilindenburg, drove the
Russians over the Bzura and Rawka
rivers and they themselves succeeded
in crossing these rivers but, accord-
ing to the Russian official report the
Germans reached the main Russian
line and were routed.
From this report it is gathered that
the Germans have directed their main
attacks against the Russian front
which lies along the banks of the
Bzura river and thence southward to
the Pilloa river, but without success.
Along the remainder of the front
south to the Carpathian mountains
the Rusians claim victories; but on
the east Russian frontier the Germans
apparently have turned the scales on
their adversaries and, after having
retreated into their own territory, re
sumed the offensive and again are
back in Mlawa whence they originally
tried to outflank the Russian forces
north of Tula and work their way to
Warsaw from the north.
The German tactics in the march
toward Warsaw, military observers in
London point out, are beginning to
have some of the characteristics of
the rush toward Calais and Dunkirk,
which the allies stemmed, thousands
being sacrificed and others being
hurled forward to fill the gaps with
the same prodigality that was shown
hy the Germans in Flanders.
Military experts here are unable to
agree on the number of the Austro-
German troops in the east, estimates
varying from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000, but
it is pointed out that Russia, unless
exaggerating her resources, should be
easily able to top this figure, now that
her concentration of forces is nearing
completion.
Petrograd never has conceded that
the occupation of Lodz by the Ger-
mans had any strategic importance,
but the German view has now found
expression from Field Marshal von
Ilindenburg, who remarked to the rej
Huq« Road Fund In View,
More than <1.000,000 an a Now
the federal govern-
HEWS NOTES
SIR HENRY HOWARD
Sir Henry Howard was recently ap-
pointed envoy from England to the
Holy See at Rome. He was formerly
minister to The Hague and is well
known in the United States. While
he was an attache of the British lega-
tion in Washington nearly fifty years
ago he married Miss Cecilia Riggs.
daughter of the late George W. Riggs
of that city. She died in 1907.
■M>< S"
NAVAL RESERVES CLASS PROPOSED
Daniels Would Keep Discharged Men
Organized foi* Service.
Washington.—Creation of a naval
reserve from among honorably dis-
charged enlisted men of the navy is
proposed in a draft of an amendment
to the forthcoming naval appropria-
tion bill which Secretary Daniels has
sent to the senate and house naval
committees with a strong recommen-
dation that it be adopted
"If this amendment be enacted into
law," said Mr. Daniels in his state-
ment, "two most important and neces-
sary means for promoting the effi-
ciency of the navy will be provided.
First it will make available a reserve
organization of trained men to supple-
ment the regular establishment in
time of war. Second, it will increase
the efficiency of the regular navy by
offering a substantial inducement to
men to continue in the service for pe-
riods of twelve, sixteen and twenty
years.
"The principal features of the bill
are as follows:
"Men'who have had twenty years
of honorable service may upon their
own application be transferred to the
reserve on half pay; those of sixteen
years' service with one-third pay;
those of twelve years' service with
one-fourth pay; those of eight years'
service with $60 per annum; those of
four years' service with $30 per an-
num, and those now in civil life who
have beepi honorably discharged with-
in eight years may enlist in the naval
reserve and receive pay at the rate
•of $12 per annum ami be furnished
STATE MILITARY BOARD WILL
MAKE PROPOSAL TO LEGIS-
LATURE FOR A REGIMENT.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What the State Officials and Depart
ments are Doing—Items of In-
terest About the State
Government
Oklahoma City. A material in
crease of the Oklahoma national guard
by the addition of another fully equip-
ped regiment of infantry to he made
up of twelve companies of sixty five
men each will be recommended to the
forthcoming legislature, according to
an agreement reached by the military
board, which has charge of all matters
of legislation pertaining to the guard
At the present there is only one
regiment of infantry in the Oklahoma
guard. The request for an additional
regiment it is understood will be based
on President Wilson's recent message
to congress in which he favored an
increase in the citizen soldiery, rather
than an increase in the regular stand
ing army.
\ bill that will meet federal re-
puirements and provide for the addi-
tional regiment will be prepared right
away, it is announced, and introduced
early in the session.
Adjutant-General Frank M. Canton,
who is president of the military board
by virtue of his position as adjutant-
general, stated that the additional ex-
pense put upon the state by the addi-
tion of another regiment of infantry
will be comparatively small. After
the state, through its legislature, has
met the federal requirements govern-
ing the organization of the national
guard, federal financial aid is then
available. Under present regulations
the federal government pays approxi-
mately two-thirds of the maintenance
cost of the national guard.
Other legislative matters relating to
the guard also were considered by
the board. These included a proposed
revision of a few minor amendments
to the general military code passed
by the last legislature, which the
board will request of the next legis-
lature.
The budget for the next biennium
also was considered and practically
agreed upon. A slight increase in ap
propriations will be necessary, accord-
ing to General Canton, to take care of
the increase in the membership of the
guard since the last session of the
legislature.
The military board is composed of
General Canton. Lieutenant Colonel
Jayne of Edmond, and Major Winfield
Scott of Enid.
with uniform clothing outfit. Provis-
resentative of Hie Associated I'ress on j ion is made for periodical assembling
the eastern front that he considered it
•"the turning point of the campaign."
Every means of warfare is being
employed in Belgium and France by
the allies to force the Germans to give
up their present lines or defense.
Some advance has been made but only
against stubborn opposition and coun-
ter attacks w hich succeed occasionally
in recovering the ground that the al-
lies have taken at great cost.
for muster, inspection and drill."
40.000 Gifts Distributed.
San Francisco—Forty thousand bags
of nuts, raisins, candies and fruit were
distributed to the children of this city
Year's gift
ment to Oklahoma for the construc-
I tion of good roads, is the predicted
I good fortune for this state, brought
back from Washington by Colonel
Sidney Suggs, state highway commis-
sioner. Colonel Suggs attended the
recent national convention at the cap-
ital of state highway commissioners.
While there, he, together, with other
commissioners from the various states,
was shown marked consideration at
the hands of President Wood row Wil-
son and Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston.
"There is general agreement by tho
administration and leaders in con-
gress that good roads legislation will
come with this session." said Colonel
Suggs. "It is likely that the roads
measure will be tacked on to the post-
office appropriation bill, and will
carry the authorization for the issu
ance of government bonds in the sum
of $500,000,000 to be available from
now until 1924. Under this plan Ok- I
lahoma should receive something |
more than $10,000,000, giving us more I
than $1,000,000 annually."
Colonel Suggs saw many notable
personages while in Washington, in-
cluding the house leader, Oscar Under-
wood of Alabama, whom he greatly
admires. Returning by way of Kan-
sas City, he was entertained for a day
by officials of the automobile club
there. Discussing tho good roads leg-
islation and questions important to it,
he said:
"President Wilson indicated to us
his enthusiastic concern in good roads
legislation, and referred us for the
discussion of details of legislation to
Mr. Houston. We found the secretary
of agriculture to be a man of strong
qualities, and his familiarity with the
matter was certainly intimate and
broad.
"It appears likely that whatever en-
actments this congress may make will
include features of the report made
by the commission headed by former
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon
and administration ideas.
"The federal government will vir-
ually demand that each state have
;i highway department so that It may
deal directly with one institution rep-
resenting each state.
'It is proposed that the moneys
shall be apportioned to the various
states in this manner: One-third in
the ratio which the population of each
state bears to the total population of I Jefferson
k mm
OVER THE STATE 1=
JACKSON COUNTY LEADS IN PRO-
DUCTION OF COTTON, AC-
CORDING TO REPORT.
OTHER NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
Lfttle Incidents and Accidents That
Go To Make Up the Life His-
tory of One Week, In Our
Commonwealth
Jackson county has passed the
i 40,oo0 mark and maintains its lead in
' cotton ginnings up to December 8, ac-
! cording to the report of William J.
| Harris, director of the census, United
States department of agriculture, just
I issued. The Jackson couuty mark is
41.176 bales.
| Lincoln county now ranks second
! with 3N.438, and Pottawatomie, the
I leader In the earliest part of the ea
I son, is third with 37,960. Kiowa coun-
with 37,571 is fourth. All others
are below 32.000.
The total for the state, according
to the report, is 1,108,696, as compared
with 764,295 for the same period last
year. The report with quantities in
running bales and counting rouud as
half bales is as follows:
PUBLIC
4,
Will Approve Oil Conservation Bill.
Governor-elect R. L. Williams has
given his assurance to legislative rep-
resentatives of the various oil produc
ers' associations of the state, that ho
would approve any reasonable legis
lation enacted by the next legislature
for the conservation of the supply of
oil in Oklahoma. Representatives of
the oil producers met in conference
with the governor-elect and members
of the corporation commission, rela
tive to the legislation that is to be
asked.
The producers favor a law that wil
prevent one producer from takin
more oil from the same common source
of supply than another producer and
to prevent production in excess oi
carrying facilities and market de
Christmas day at the foot of a tower- man(js
ing Christmas tree in the grounds of
the Panama-Pacific International ex-
I osition.
County.
1914 1913
Crop
Adair 1,065
Atoka 9,263
neck ham 25,892
Bryan 20.791
Caddo 26,142
Canadian 1.210
Carter 20,651
Cherokee 6,339
Choctaw 15,042
Cleveland 17,911
Coal 6,419
Comanche 21,065
Cotton 19,653
Creek 21,f>16
Custer 2,656
Garvin 33,842
Grady 18,834
Clreer 29,056
Harmon 20,556
Haskell 15,476
Hughes 31,464
Jackson 41,176
24,645
EMPEROR DISSOLVES DIET CAPTURE LODZ TUMFD CAMPAIGN
Army Measure Rejected By House and
Session Is Closed at Once.
Tokio.—Owing to the rejection of
the measure for an increase in the
army and emperor has dissolved the
Imperial diet, thus upholding the pro-
gram of the ministry for military de-
velopment. When the decision was
announced there was a great commo-
tion in the house and cheers from the
government side.
The army measure was rejected by
a majority of (15, but the house ap-
proved the naval increase by a ma-
jority of seven.
The rescript suspends the house of
peers pending the election which prob-
ably will be held in March.
The closing session of the house
was dramatic. The debate extended
all through the day and into the night.
The house was unable to compose its
differences and shortly before 10
o'clock, it was announced that Emper-
or Yoshihito had exercised his royal
prerogative, dissolving the diet.
Germans Take Prisoners.
Berlin.—The Germans have taken
310,000 Russians prisoners since No-
vember 13. The Russian losses in
killed and wounded have been corres-
pondingly enormous.
The Germans have resumed the of-
fensive from Neldenburg to Soldau,
repulsing the Russians and taking
1000 prisoners.
The war office officially admitted
the Germans had evacuated their posi-
tion in the region of Chalons, France,
where their trenches were levelled by
the allis' bombardment.
German General Declares Loss of City
Caused General Retreat.
Lodz.—The capture of Lodz, accord-
ing to declaration, made by General
von Ilindenburg, the German com-
mander to a correspondent of the As-
sociated Press, was the turning paint
of the campaign in Poland.
The Russian linos in northern Po-
land rested on this city, for the pos-
session of which there occurred the
biterest struggle of the entire war on
this front. After the Russians were
forced to evacuate the town, a gen-
eral Russian retirement toward War-
saw became necessary. Under the
guidance of Major von Holleben, a
cousin of the late Baron von Holleben,
who was at one time German ambas-
sador to the United States, the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent visited
some of the battlefields near Lodz
The Austro-German attack was
made largely from the north and
northwest. They drove their columns
Into the Russians in the form of a
three-tined pitchfork.
Belgian Consuls Lose All Right#.
Washington.—Germany has notified
some of the neutral countries having
consuls in Belgian territory now un-
der German military authority that
the exequaturs crediting the consuls
to Belgium will not be recognized fur-
ther, though provisional recognition
will be granted
Representatives of South American
republics have informed Secretary
Bryan of the receipt of such notice
from Germany. It is believed here
in diplomatic circles, however, that
the notice is on its way tu all powers
The bill will contain a proviso, gtv
ing the corporation commission au-
thority to grant exemptions from the
operation of the law in cases where
it is shown that the law will work
unreasonable disadvantage of any pro
ducer.
A tentative bill prepared by the oil
men was submitted at the conference
and was practically agreed upon, ex-
cept as to phraseology in some places
Needs No Greater
It was stated by one member of the
state board of education, which has
been in session, that there would be
very little difference in the amount to
be asked for the schools from the next
legislature, as compared with the
amount appropriated two years ago.
It was stated that no action was
taken by the board relative to the so-
called "sabbatic" salary claims for
professors and teachers of the state
university, which were turned down
some time ago by State Auditor Joe
McClelland. The claims represent
halt salaries of seven teachers and
professors, who are now abroad on a
year's leave of absence, granted by
the board of education. Nothing but
appropriation matters, it was stated,
were considered.
which mileage of rural post roads in
each state bears to the total mileage
of post roads in all the states, and
one-third in the ratio of area which
each state bears to the total area of
the states. It is possible the appor-
tionment may also include consider-
ation of the total wealth of each state
in its relation to the total wealth of
all the states."
Colonel Suggs says his plan for
building pieces of educational roads,
using student labor in various locali-
ties, met with favor among commis-
sioners of other states, and he was
promised the assistance of the depart-
ment at Washington.
"I am convinced," he added, "that
here, in Oklahoma, the best general
plan of road building is to divide the
counties into three road districts, us-
ing the boundaries of the county com
missioners' districts, and make each
commissioner the general road over
seer in his district."
War Tax Revenue Large
Nearly $125,000 worth of war tax
stamps already have been sold in Ok-
lahoma, according to approximate fig-
ures compiled by Hubert L. Bolen
collector of internal revenues for this
state. Of this sum, $50,000 was re-
ceived for documentary stamps.
"Employes at the revenue office
have been working all day and part
of the night since about November 25
and now we have almost caught uj
with correspondence," said the col
lector "At one time there were more
than 20,000 unopened applications .for
stamps piled up in our vault.
"On orders from the commissioner's
office at Washington we are not im-
posing a penalty on November taxes
that were not paid until after Decern
ber 1. All applications coming in
after the time when the penalty
should have been imposed, however,
are kept on a separate list. The rev-
enue department is attempting to have
congress amend the law, taking the
penalty off. Unless this is accom
plished we will be forced to assess
the extra charge."
789
9,636
II,539
35,396
21,036
1.224
20,024
6,063
III,221
11,361
6,685
13,804
9,923
16.15.1
1.41.'
26,058
13,4
10,1
7,171
14,036
29,720
8,830
13,154
20,488
4,034
2 95 2
Kiowa
... 37,571
15,751
Latimer
:,76l
2,065
Le Flore
22.269
20,554
Lincoln
... 38,438
30,328
Logan
... 16,057
13,154
Ixjve
... 16,701
13,364
McClain
... 17,569
11,706
McCurtain
... 11,342
11,433
McIntosh
... 30,352
19,962
Marshall
... 13,952
14,176
Mayes
8,469
2,006
M urray
8,574
7,454
Muskogee
... 27,515
23,694
Okfuskee
... 27,773
21,592
13,614
9,220
Okmulgee .....
... 10,857
8,228
Osage
4,030
2,974
6,099
4,760
Payne
... 13,056
11,826
Pittsburg
... 21,994
23,162
Pontotoc
... 21,838
22,465
Pottawatomie ..
37,960
27,588
Pushmataha ...
5,274
5,956
Seminole
... 21,857
17,671
Sequoyah
25,038
23,944
Stephens
26,671
fc0,203
Tillman
31,250
14,207
| Tulsa
7,172
5,030
Wagoner
13,192
11,804
Washita
26,881
16,550
All others
6,963
3,962
Total
1,018,696
764,295
Prof. W. L. Carlyle, the new director
of the Oklahoma Experiment Station
at Stillwater, halls from Moscow,
Idaho, where he had similar work
with the University of Idaho.
STUDENTS TO GET VINES GROWN
Students Will Be Allowed To Trans-
plant From Vineyard.
Broken Arrow.—I. C. llenfro of Sul-
phur. Okla., a member of the stato
board of agriculture, recently spent a
days with President 1C. 11 llin-
haw at Haskell Stale School of Agri
culture, located at Broken Arrow.
The object of Renfro's visit was
wofold. First, to check up all mat-
ers pertaining to the school farm and
ho equipment of the various depart-
ments; the second purpose of His
islt was to give instruction and direc-
tions to the pruning, training and care
jf the large vineyard and orchard
which were planted one year ago un-
ier liis direction.
The department of horticulture in
the school under his direction is tak-
ing up the matter of propagating the
various kinds of grapes by means of
uttings from the vines.
The students take the cuttings, root
them and tend them until the vines
ire sufficiently strong to be trans-
anted, when the students will be per-
mitted to take the vines to their vari-
ous homes, a sufficient number of
ines free of cost, to plant a good vine-
yard.
A large quantity of peach seeds are
being planted to produce stock, which
will be budded by the students. When
these trees are large enough to be
transplanted, the students will be per-
mitted to take a sufficient number to
plant home peach orchards.
The same plan is being adopted
with reference to apples. Within a
few years every student who attends
the Haskell state school of agriculture
may have a large vineyard, peach and
apple orchard without any cost what-
ever.
To Return to Ardmore
Four days after inauguration, Gov
ernor Cruce will shake the dust of
Oklahoma City from his feet and re-
turn to Ardmore which has become
an oil metropolis since he left it Jan
uary 9, 1911. What the present gov-
ernor will do after he is a plain citizen
once more, he does not know, r.or will
he determine until he has leisure to
make up his mind.
"I think it will take me about four
days to collect my belongings," said
the governor.
Will Investigate Fire
State Fire Marshal C. C. Hammonds
left for Lawton to investigate a fire
of unknown origin, that occurred
there, causing death of Josie Tucker,
11, and perhaps fatally burning a small
baby. Three fires of incendiary or
igin have been reported from Lawton.
Work of systematic firebugs is the
theory advanced by Lawton people,
who asked an investigation by the
marshal.
New Secretary Appointed
Mrs Fred Sutton has assumed the
duties of secretary of the Panama-
Pacific commission. Mrs. Sutton suc-
ceeds C. H. Russell who resigned
Russell said more time was needed
for his business.
He is the second secretary to re-
sign. Clark Hudson quit the job last
spring. Russell declares that success
in getting funds for the Oklahome
building is assured.
FREEDOM OF SHORT DURATION
Baber Again In Toils of Law Afte
Twenty Minutes of Liberty.
Muskogee.—Twenty minutes afte
he was freed in a Tulsa state court
on $30,000 bail for the killing of tw
United States marshals, after a jury
had disagreed in his case, William J
Haber was arrested again by two fed
eral officers, whisked into an automo
bile, carried to a train, leaving imme-
diately and is in the federal jail here
Baber was arrested on a bench war
rant issued by order of Federal Judge
Ralph E. Campbell. The warrant was
served on Baber by Deputies W.
Jones and J. J. Moran. The warrant
simply charges "introducttion of li-
quor." Officials of the United States
marshal's office here said that Baber
had been arrested for a crime in which
he had been convicted last June and
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary. A government statute gives a
federal judge power to order to rear-
rest 01' a prisoner out of bond at any
time showing is made that the bond is
Insufficient.
Stabs Stepfather To Heart.
Tulsa.—S. C. Osborn, a cab driver,
by a single thrust of a butcher knife,
pierced the heart of his stepfather,
W. fi. uihiu, aged SO killing hnri in-
stantly. Osborne made no reoistanci
to tho arresting officer who managed
the affair alone. He told the officers
that he and his stepfather had never
gotten along in peace, and that mat-
ters had been much worse recently as
the old man had bees on a protracted
drunk for more than a month.
CONVICTS' FAMILIES DESTITUTE
Suffer From Cold and Hunger During
Detention of Bread Winners.
McAlester.—Nearly one hundred
families in McAlester—the bread win-
ners of which are serving time in the
state penitentiary are in destitute
condition, some facing starvation,
others with scarcely enough fuel and
clothing to keep them from freezing,
according to the report to city officials
made by Miss Augusta Vallient, visit-
ing nurse for the municipal charity
association.
Most of these families have come to
McAlester to be near relatives in
prison. Some of them have been reg-
ularly supported by united charities.
Others have in part supported them
selves but have been rendered desti-
tute by lack of work or Illness. Not
one of those reported has grown men
in the household. There is no munic-
ipal charity fund in the city treasury
but the city commissioners have ap-
propriated $100 to relieve immediate
needs
State Profits By Insurance.
That the state of Oklahoma has
been paid $113,656.29 by insurance
companies in payment for destruction
of state buildings by fire and tornado
as compared with premium payments
to the insurance companies of $39,000,
Is shown by figures compiled by Up-
gher & Upsher, agents employed by (he
state board of affairs to look after the
state's insurance. These figures rep-
resent merely since August, 1, 1913,
and Mr. Upsher said there was so lit-
tle of record available preceding that
time that no effort was made to in
quire further back.
Indian Children Made Happy.
Lawton.—Two hundred children of
the Comanche Indian nation attend-
ing a government school near hero
were made happy by a unique Christ-
mas present from the government.
Pupils were lined up in the lobby of a
bank and. as each passed the paying
teller's window, a new shiny five-dollar
gold piece was slipped Into the child's
hand. But the new gold did not spar-
kle long in the hands of the Indian
children. Within a few hours after
the last of the $1,000 was passed over
the counter the most of it was spent
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