Cimarron Valley Clipper (Coyle, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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ITALY READY TO
ENTER CONFLICT
WITH THE ALLIES
*
- 9
Parliament's Special Meeting
and Premier's Speech
Show Government's
* Attitude.
SERVIA'S END SEEN
Austria Takes Capital and Destroys
One-third of Serb Forces in Four
Months—Big Battles Occur
In Western Poland. *
(Summary o/ Events.)
Since the extraordinary lneet-
|
last week, followed by a Kpecial
conference of the ministry, in
which Italy was shown to be over-
whelmingly favorable to th . Al-
lies, it is announced that the
Southern Kurope kingdom may go
to war within two weeks.
"Italy's sympathies and her sense
of obligation draw her to the side of
tho members of the Triple Entente."
says a semi-official dispatch from
Home. “The nation has been unable
to enter the war heretofore because
of lack of military equipment and
naval readiness During the last four
^months these deficient es have been
remedied, however, and the country
will be well able to Hook after her
beat interests from this time forward."
in a notable speech to the Italian
parliament Prime Minister Salandra
declared there is no clause in the
treaty with Germany and Austria
which in any way binds Italy to aid
those nations. If these countries,
which have failed in their coercive
measures to draw Italy into the con-
flict, persist in accusing Italy of dis-
loyalty," Salandra said, “Italy will
puhljsh tho full text of this confiden-
tial treaty and show the world that
her present position 1h woll justified."
Servia’s Finish Seen.
The end of Servla in night. Re-
ports from war headquarters in south-
eastern Europe Indicate that the lit-
tle mountain kingdom which started
the present conflict is about to be
wiped out. Servla has fought Austria,
her big northern neighbor for cen-
turies, trying to preserve her racial
and national independence hut the
end is in sight.
Despatches from I^ondon, Petrograd
and Vienna say that 100,000 of* the
Servian army—one-third of her male
population—have been killed or
wounded since the war began, lie-
cause of the greater conflict else
where In Europe the campaign in the
southeast has gone along with r' >nt
notice, but it has been a war of exter-
mination. In the operations of Aus-
tria against the Serbs in the last
three weeks, 20.000 Serbs have been
taken prisoner.
Austrians Take Belgrade.
Belgrade, capital of Servia until the
beginning of the war, the city where
the first heavy fighting of the war
occurred, has been occupied by the
Austrians. The Serbs held out four
months, then evacuated the place.
Belgrade was frequently under bom-
bardment early in the war and but for
tho general European conflict which
compelled Austria to send her troops
against Russia must have fallen an
easy prey to Servia's big neighbor. Ap-
parently Austria miscalculated the na-
ture of the Servian opposition an I only
after Bosnia was invaded did she send
a sufficient force against the Servian
to drive them back.
Now they are being forced backward
and are eagerly looking for the ad-
COLONEL BRIDGES
I. - ^
phiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!' !i*ii'ini> "v.. ' t«a
Colonel Bridges of the British
army has been highly^, praised
for his bravery In action, has
been decorated by the French
> government \^ith the ribbon of
the Legion of Honor, and Is
slated to receive the Victoria
Cross and the Distinguished
Service order.
liililiilii!
lllillllllliHHiEt
vance of the Rus*;n< ini-.- »
afford thenf relief. Russia lias been
sending Cossack raiding panic,
through the Carpathians with the ob-
j ject of diverting Austria s attention
but the dual monarchy seemingly Is
determined to finish with Servla first.
Warsaw Safe flgain.
IT* ssian P< in.I .» till tin* < cut' *
of interest in the war situation so far
as military operations are concerned.
Reports from the rival headquarters
indicate that any decisive result on
j either side, is still in the balance, al-
though on the face of the known facts
the conviction is growing that the
German general, Mackensen, has done
at Lodz what Bazalne in the Franco-
Prussian was failed to do at Metz^he
has saved his army after it was en-
circled by the enemy.
Both Claim Success.
Official news from Poland continues
to b •scanty. iuid, with Ij
j quarters claiming success, it is im-
| possible to say how’ tlie battle is go*
j ing. Of its intensity, however, there
i can be no doubt.
The Germans, when they started
j for Wan* w, «
! mass of Russian troops and forced
j their way so far in that the Russians
| closed on them. This was taken in
' Petrograd to mean that some of the
German divisions had been cut off
and that their surrender or annihila-
' tion was inevitable.
The losses, with the desperate
fighting that has been going on for a
fortnight, must necessarily be #very
i heavy on both sides.
• Germans Escape Trap.
A Berlin dispatch says that a great
story of success for the German troo;*
has come to light in the fighting near
i Ixidz. The German forces were oper-
! ating against the right flank and in
j the rear of the Russians when they,
in their ■ * atta ed bj Ru
sians who pressed them hard, coming
from the east and south.
The German troops turned from the
Russians with whom they were en-
gaged and fought a very bitter three-
day fight and broke through the Rus-
sian ring. In doing so they brought
with them twelve thousand prisoners
as well as twenty-five g ins and lost
only one German gun.
Russians Capture Passes.
The Russian troops aftrs a fl-’ht
lasting ten days, captured, November
28, the Austrian positions which pro-
tected tho passes in the Carpathians,
I extending fifty versts (about thirty-
three miles) from Koneczna, which is
situated north of Bartfeld as far as
Schuzko, situated south of Mezo La-
hore/. The Russians in tills district,
captured cannons, machine guns and
many prisoners.
In the first l\pll o Xoveml
claim, they captured fifty thousand
hundred officers. At Plock the Rus-
•sian forces seized four ships ladt n
with machine guns and munitions.
Germans Renew the Attack.
The German artillery is still ham-
mering at the allied lines between
f
Paris say re-enforcements continued
to come up for the Germans In this sec-
tion and the full quota of 100,000 ad-
ditional men is expected to he on the
firing line within the next few days.
More Activity in West.
While there is every indication that
another big battle is imminent in the
West, there is no evidence that it ac-
tually hits begun. There has been
fighting in Flanders, but this doubtless
is the result of an attempt by the Al-
lies to take some advanced positions.
There also are reports that the Ger-
mans have evacuated several villages
on thq Yser canal an 1 are concentrat
ing on new’ positions. The British
have taken over command of the Yser
region, and, like the French, have been
strongly reinforced. It is believed that
on the first sign of a German move-
ment to the East in any considerable
force, the Allies will take the offen-
sive.
Germans Gathering Near Ostend.
The Germans have evacuated sev-
I eral villages north of the Yser. They
are believed to be concentrating large
forces south of Ostend for a decisive
battle. Reinforcements of one hun-
dred and sixty thousand men are said
to haev arrived during the last few
days.
The harbor works at Zeebrugge have
been put out of commission as a re-
sult of a renewed bombardment by the
British fleet. The docks and various
other works cannot be used now’, it is
stated, and the harbor has been closed
completely. The submarines there are
unable to leave.
Germans Destroy Ypres.
The Germans have destroyed the
old and magnificent city of Ypres, in
southwestern Belgium. Failing to
capture the place and hold it as a
startegic position against the Allies,
the kaiser's army drew up to the
northward an armored train of heavy
artillery and systematically battered
the ctiy to pieces in two days. This
Is the gist of n report given In the
latest French official bulletin.
Capital Back to Paris.
The French parliament has been
called to meet in extraordinary ses- I
sion at Paris December 22. The mem-
bers of the French cabinet are to
leave Bordeaux next week for that |
city, where they will put themselves
.t' the i iposit on of the finance com
mlttoe of the chamber of deputies.
Lose Feet From Cold.
Officers invalided from the Allies’
front say there are at present about
1 500 officers and men suffering from
frozen feet In the base hospitals in
and about Boulogne-Sur Mer, France.
Fully 1,000 of that number must have
one or both fect^amputated, owing to
the deadening of tho nerves, which
makes futli* all attempts at treatment.
KINGFERDLNANO JOINS THE WAP,
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Plan Big Refund On Express Rates Seventy-One Take Bar Exams.
Plans for settlement of express rate Seventy-one applications were on I
in federal court 014 with the cferk
at Guthrie?’ and the immediate re- court to take the bar examination.
. 1700.000 to which began Tuesday o-
the people of Oklahoma by express the state bar com:.a. ion. Those who
companies wdle discussed at a con- tiled applications to take .the exam
tween the corporation com- motion are:
mission and representatives of the A A Avery Muskogee. B. C. Axley.
express companies. * Miami; K A. Berciell, Laveme; It- F.
re»8 companies, which hate &„Vc w'h ‘ifa
been directed by the corporation com- j Beacom, El Reno; Thos. L. Biakemore,
mission and the state supreme court Harold's, imrk«. XewkSV’oatebChSiw:
*
based on a combination of si
interstate express rates, as a basis J H. Kskew. Collinsville; James A. Em-
stated by the express companies, ha's City. Gias«-o, Purcell; N. *
1 ... 1 .1 .Li . Gordon. Shawnee; Jackman A. Gill, Me*
been adopted in more than thirty Alester; George C. Gibson, Okmulgee;
states, which have recently been sue- ** A. Heathcock, Krebs; rharles \\.
cessful in securing refunds on exces- & P'w.
give express charges. Holtzendorff, Collinsville: It. W. Har-
rp, . . . vflte, Tyrone; M. F. Hudson, Idabel; <
The express companies were origin- John T. Hamill. Norman; A. B. Jones,
ally ordered to refund the difference Oklahoma city; H. A. Kenner, Cordell;
. j R. R Kessler, Tulsa: If. A. Kolb, Tulsa; i
between the express rates promulgat-; Edmund Lash ley, Tulsa; J. N. Leerskov,
ed by the commission and the rates 'Vauhillau: H M. Ledbetter. Codins-
■ ] Ia till companies during the V-c shattu
period of litigation involving the ques- (Charles H. Mills, Dewdy; J. n. McKen-
, , .. ..non. MoAlester. William MarRae, <>kla-
tinn of whether the rates prescribed hums City; A. g. Nichols. Wewoka; C.
by the commission were $i;st and i J ■ Pinkston, Morris; H. E G. Putman,
should be sustained. Redgrave, Lilian ;* W ^li KkdmYds, Okla- I
Tota I Amount $700,000 dvait^^: Skin*1 &Z* '
\\ hen figured on that basis, the J coalto’n; ColHnsvm?;lCUQ!
P McGhee, Afton; H. C. Searcy, Tuttle;
total refund, according to the records
in the office of the commission, would i
amount to approximately $700,000. If f&rdv j
-• ....----... ,Searcy, . ..v..^
A. K. Swan, Chickasha; G. R. Stirman
Alfred Stevenson. Strat-
.
Valley:
r. S. St
amount iu a i > i u a 1111 d 11* i v 4i</u,u<fu. n j «• u. oiowers, Oklahoma City, u.
the plan of the express compa.
accepted by the commission it prob- M. Woody, Chickasha; J. W. Wilcox,
ably will reduce the total refund to;
a little more thin $500,000. saw.
Suits on behalf of the express com- j
panics to enjoin the collection of the Plan of Mortgage Tax Law Attacked,
refund, and to suspend the express ! Constitutionality of the mortgage
rates promulgated by the commission tax law passed by the last legislature
are now’ pending before# Judge John is attacked in an appeal filed w ith tiie
H. Cotteral in federal court at Guth-: supreme court by the Trustees, Ext>
He. J cutors and Sureties’ Corporation anl
The cases w*ere instituted soon after I the Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust
the state supreme court affirmed the j Company, both of New York. The
state-made rates and upheld the au- companies underwrote a $.11,000,000
thority of the commission to require bond issue for the Orient railroad
the express companies to pay the total i company, taking a mortgage on the
refund into the hands of the commis-•Iine- When the mortgage was pre-
sion, by it to be distributed to the seated for record in the office of the
beneficiaries. i register of deeds of Dewey county the
No matter r* what basis the re- fee of 50. cents per $10U for recording
fund h^ settled the state will receive was demanded.
approximately $100,000. according to Payment of the was refused by
estimates of the corporation commis- j companies, and they sought to
sion. All refund mfiney collected by forre the register of
rat -
WITH MUIB
ENTIRE POPULATION OF SMALL
BALKAN STATE FAVORS
ENTERING CONFLICT.
LODZ SURRENDERS TO GERMANS
Warsaw !o Next—Countless Thou-
S4nds Slain In Battle For
Second City of
Poland.
• Geneva.—The Journal de Geneve
publishes dispatch from Bucharest
saying Roumania has definitely decid-
ed to enter the war on the side ol
the allies. This decision, according to
the dispatch, is in accordance with
the wishes of the entire country, in-
cluding King Ferdinand and all the
Roumanian statesmen, except the
minister of finance, M. Marsh Reman.
The question of when Roumania
will make* her entry into the conflict
is still being discussed, however, one
side desiring to avoid a winter cam-
paign; blit the military authorities ex-
press t \k fear that Servia may be
defeated before the spring.
Germans Occupy Lodz.
London.—Lodz, the second city of
Poland and lying seventy-five miles
to the west southwest of Warsaw’, has
fellen to the German arms. Around
this important town a desperate battle
has raged for days. Here countless
thousands have fallen in desperate
hand-to-hand conflicts and from the
shells of hundreds of guns.
It was evident from the occupation
of Lodz by the Germans that the
heaviest kind of fighting lias been go-
ing on for late advices told of a vicious
attack and bombardment of Lodz and
fighting on the outskirts of the city,
and previous to that, of operation:
twenty miles west of Piotrkow. which
lies considerably south of Lodz, and
along a line from Glowno, sixteen
miles northwest of Lodz, to the Vis-
tula river.
Lodz has long been an objective
point of the German army. It has
grown in recent years from an in-
significant place to be one of the
most populous cities in the Russian
empire. In 1910 its population num-
bered 415.604 and with this important
place as a base it is expected that the
Germans w ill fl ake a strong effort to
reach the Polish capital of Warsaw. I
Russian Success Denied.
The capture of one of the advance j
positions at Przemys! is regarded as
conferring a valuable advantage to
the Russians in their attack on the
fortress. Leaving this city to the at-
tentions of the besieging armies, the
Russians are pushing in small bodies,
steadily across the plains of Hun-
gary. and fugitives are said to be j
pouring toward Budapest.
The allies continue to push forward t
in Flanders and in northern France,
u
giving ground for tactical and strat- j
egleal reasons. The advance, as far
as Flanders Is concerned, seems to
have been checked on the outskirts of i
Langemarck *
There has been a recrudescence of
hard fighting in the Argonne district,
where th«* French 141111 th \ ire mak-
ing progress. On the whole, however,
in these siege operations, these sue- j
cesses nnd reverses only mean a gain
or loss of a few hundred yards and a |
slight readjustment of positions.
BLOODY BATTLE IN OLD MEXICO
Twelve Hundred Reported Killed it
San Martin.
T.aredo, TexnH.—Advtcog received
here said General Cegarlo Cnalro de-
feated a band of Zapallalaa nt San
M art In. with fa ..ill. it b- ' ■ >
captured nine Ratline puna, 1,200 rifles
nnd 47.000 rounds of ammunition.
•
•ailed San Martin, and the dispatch
lailcd U' indie,: \u !i v r. mi.
Rheumatism
Just put a fc-w drops of Sloan's
on the painful spot and the pain
stops. It is really wonderful
how quickly Sloan’s acts. No
need to rub it in—laid on light ly
it penetrates to the bone and
brings relief at once. Kills
rheumatic pain instantly.
Mr. Jam?* F. Alrxarvler, of North
[larrawrll, Mr., vntta: “Many Strains
in my buck and hips brought on rheu-
matism in the sriatio nerve. # I had it so
bad one nivht when sitting in my chair,
til
rr-ii'-f. I at once applied your Liniment
ea
min Ups it was perfectly easy. I think
it is the best of all Liniments I have
ever used.”
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Kills Pain
At all dealers, 25c.
Send four cent* in stamps for a
TRIAL BOTTLE
D'r. ETarl S. Sloan, Inc.
Dept. B. Philadelphia, Pa.
IF YOU HAVE
no appetite. Indigestion, Flatulence, Sick
Headache, “ull run down" or losing flesh, you
w HI find
tuffs Pis
fust what you need. They tone up the weak
stomach and build up th- flagging energies.
Defends American Boys.
Mrs. Joseph (lazzam of Philadelphia
the commission, which ha, not bedt the instrument at the old recording that ''hen she was in Berlin and
paid out at the end nf two vaars re-^ee ‘"r»»ugh mandamus proceeding. Dresden she heard much criticism of
verts to the credit of the general rev- Mandamus was denied by District I " Americans coddle
cue fund of the state treasury. At «• A. Brown, of Mangum, be- | «he.r boys, and the Germans declared
least $100 000 of the refund will never ■ fore "horn the case was tried and the j that if ever the Americans expected to
he claimed, according to the commis- aPPpal t0 »'p court is taken do any fighting they must change their
sion from his ruling. j methods of training boys. Mrs. Gaz-
Companies I'nvotvea U is contended by the companies i zam replied that much as American
, that the mortgage tax law was passed j b°ys are “coddled," no one ever heard
The express companies involved In during the last five days of the session ot an American girl cleaning her
the appeal are the 1’nited States Ex- of the legislature. They assert that ! brother's hoots. Our men may be
press Company, which is now in it is a revenue measure anil that the spoiled, she said, but not at the ex-
course ot»liquidation; Pacific Express constitution prohibits the passage of I pense of the girls.—Woman's National
Company, American Express Com- revenue measures within the last five Weekly.
pany, and the Wells Fargo Express days of a session. -
Company. The Adams Express Com-, - Getting Rough With Juanita.
pany was operating in the state at the | Board Receives Harper Returns Small Mary, who had been taught to
time the proposed order Axing the : Tho long delayed offlcIal Piectlon re- ; rp:l(i b-v ,he mode™ "sounding-out"
new rates was Issued, but if withdrew turns from Harper county were finally system, was amusing herself by sing-
before the order was made final and recelved bv the state election board I lnS the scbo°l songster from cover to
Is not involved In the refund. but they will not be, officially can- cover. Presently, as she reached
Supersedeas bonds were required of vassed by tbat bo(1y when the re- i "Juanita." one heard coming in her
the express companies by the com- turll8 wpre op(.nPd it was sh0wn that ! blrdlike !iule voicc from the depths
mission during the period of litiga- a contest would develop ln the race | of the big armchair:
tion, thus insuring the payment of
for representative from that county
the refund. The total bonds held by | between the democratic and repub-
the commission aggregate a little
more than 7? "i.nuu
Would Investigate School Land Dept.
Mean candidate, and it was decided by
Secretary Joe Morris to refer all mat-
ters relating to Harper county re-
turns to the legislature Pnder con-
Submltting a final report covering I stitutional provisions the house is the
every phase of investigation that has judge of its own membership,
been conducted during its long session , Delay in receiving returns from
and returning ten additional indict- Harper county was occasioned through
menti, the special Oklahoma Oounty errors in the handling of returns
grand jury that was convened Octo-: from two precincts. In these pre-
her 5 on petition of taxpayers ad- ctnets the returns were sealed ln an
journed. | envelope and placed In the ballot box.
The nature of the ten indictments : in order to open the envelope an or-
was not made known, as. according der from a court was necessary, and
to the county attorney's office none this caused the delay,
of the defendants are under arrest, j Returns in the gubernatorial con-
Recommendaticn that the state | test about which there is no question
school land department bo rigidly in- show the following:
vestigated by the legislature was the' Williams. 443; Fields, 612; Holt,
outstanding feature of the report. 501; Htckum, 39.
“We find a condition of afTairs in this --
department that demands Immediate j Secretary-Elect Names Assistant
attention and-action on the part of Secretary of State-elect J. L. I-yon
the legislature" the report said in part I announced the appointment of Charles
in regard to the school land probe. I McCafterty of Oklahoma City as as-
. sistant secretary of stale during the
Hammonds Probes Fire At Clinton j next administration.
State Fire Marshal C. C. Hammonds C. W. B. Hinds of Hugo, editor of
has returned from Clinton where he the Hugo Husonian, and who was ono
was called several days ago to inves- j of the attaches of the publicity bit-
tigale the circumstances surrounding reau of the last democratic state
a tire, which destroyed three dwell-j campaign, and Carl Rogers, at present
< nnected w 1th the county attoAey's
mond says. Indicate that It was of In- office at Kingfisher, will be given po-
cendiary origin. | sltions ln the clerical stafT of the of-
The fire originated In a house owned | flee it also was announced by Mr. ■
hv Fred Owens. The house had been Lyon.
eek. It Some of the employes now in the ,
ime chickens office under Secretary of State R. t:«(
and a stove, which had 1 I P. Han n will be permitted to re-
in an outbuilding, had been stolen It | main after the first of the year 11
also is believed that some of the they desire, it was stated by Mr. Dyon.
"In the dark 1 slammed her.”
A startled parent found that the
'ine really read:
"In thy dark eyes' splendor."
, Logical.
Nurse—Goodness me, what 'uve you
been doing to your dolls?
Joan--Charley’s killed them. He said
they were made in Germany, and how
were we to know they weren't spies?
—Punch.
Many a candidate who Imagines the
eyes of the whole world are upon him
Isn't even known outsidfs of his own
precinct.
He did not intimate who they are.
George Noble, ex-sheriff of Noble
County, was appointed state game and
fish warden to succeed John B. Doolin.
household effects were taken, and that
burglars set fir1 to the house In
an effort to hide their crime. No ar-
rests were made.
Report On November Fires
A decrease of $206,304.18 in the fire
loss of Oklahoma for the month of
November, as compared with the loss
for November of last year, is shown
in the monthly state fire loss report I',,‘n Cruce. The proceeding attorney
The loss in November, 1913 was an<1 ™""'b',rs »£ J"r.v which eon- I
• 97 |1 I for ylctedi !'.................
,, . ... , 'ey. A parole also was issued by the
":r' th!s V'*1' ""'"aV "f «"ver...... Friday to Ernest pfterson
$10,913.87 in tho loss during November, ronvicted in the district court of J
as compared with the preceding Muskogee county In October, 1913, 1
' • ■ Ti. .11>11 s< nt< need to the pi ni. ith
1 Jie, 1< ii 9.7$. | seven yt
Two Paroles Are Issued By Cruce
Ike Rhone, convicted of manslaugh-
ter in the district court of Choctaw
county last March, and sentenced to
four years, was paroled by Governor
To Build
Strong
Children
' Supply their growing bodies
with right food, so that Brain,
and Muscle, and Bone devel-
opment may evenly balance.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
was originated to supply, in
proper proportion, the very
elements required by the
human body (or growth and
repair.
To supply children a dish
of Grape-Nuts and cream
for breakfast regularly, is to
start them on the road to
sturdy health.
“There’s a Reason”
. for •
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Grape-Nuts
• t
Sold by grocers. •
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