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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NElTo -HERALD
REGULAR AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT, EXCLUSIVE IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
VOL. XXIII.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1917.
NUMBER 169
ITALIANS OFFER
MORE RESISTANCE
TO THE TEUTONS
Gen. Cadoma's Forces Check
Onslaught While Re-
forming.
NEW LINE TO BE ON
THE TAGLIAMENTO
Austro-German Army Now
Before Udine—Allies Pro
mise Assistance.
(Associated Press Bulletin)
Berlin, Oct. 30, via London.—Udlne,
tlie former Italian fortress, lias been
occupied by Austro-German forces
army headquarters announced today
(Associated Press itiillelin)
Rome, Oct. 30.—The Italian re-
treat continued yesterday, the war
office announces. The Italian cav-
alry is in contact with the vanguard
of the advancing enemy.
The Italians destroyed bridges over
the Isonzo and fought rear guard
actions by wihch means they checked
the Austro-German advance.
(Associated l'ress Summary)
Italian resistance to the All si ro„
German onslaught along the Isonzo
apparently is stiffening as General
t'adorna prepares to reform his
forces along the strong defensive
line of the Tagliamento river. The
entire Isonzo line has been turned
and the Carso position lias been giv-
en up to the victorious Teuton sol-
diery, who are now before I'dine, the
former Italian general headquar-
ters.
Despite the crushing blow suf-
fered by the Italian forces on the
northern Isonz© and the consequent
retirement along the river. Gen. t'a-
dorna lias the Tagllamento line from
which the beat back the invaders
from the Venetian plains. Berlin
does not report any great additional
uumber of prisoners, and this cou-
pled with Cadorna's official state-
ment that his troops are checking the
Austro.Germans may mean that the
force of the first blow has been
spent.
From Swiss sources it is reported
that the Austro-Swlss frontier lias
been closed and that German rein-
forcements are being hurried to the
Italian front. This may mean either
support for the invaders west of the
Isongo or material for a new drive
from the mountains southward be-
hind the Tagliamento.
Meanwhile there are no reports of
any activity in the Trentino. and
Great Britain and France alive taken
steps to reinforce the Italians. What
lorm this help in taking has not yet
been disclosed.
The battle in Flanders was re-
sumed by the infantry when the Brit-
ish moved forward to the attack
north of Ypres-Roulers railway.
Gen. Haig announced the renewal of
the offensive in his usual laconic
style adding Chat the troops were re.
ported making good progress.
The line of attack takeB In the
Paeschendael region where the town
Itself and the ridge is the objective.
On the Aisne in northern France
where the French in their recent ad-
vance southwets of Laon have jeop-
ardized the safety on a considerable
section of the German line, the Ger-
mans delivered an attack last night
in an effort to push back the French
in the region of t'erny. The French
easily repulsed this assault.
The artillery battle is continuing
in the sector where the French made
their advance, while the opposing
forces are lined up on either side of
the Oise-Aisne canal.
Papers True Haste.
(lly the Associated Press)
London, Oct. 30.—Satisfaction with
the decision of Great Britain and
France to help the Italians Is ex-
pressed by most of the morning
newspapers which again urge that
whatever assistance is possible must
be given without delay. It seems to
he the general assumption that con-
crete reinforcements contributed by
Great Britain and France will ap-
pear on the Italian front.
The morning Post contends that
the best way of helping Italy is to
keep hammering the Germans on the
western front.
To Hasten Pence,
lly Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Oct. 30.—The Austro-
German offensive against Italy. ac_
cording to Vorwaerts of Berlin was
not undertaken In an aggressive
spirit with the object of conquest,
but solely to bring peace nearer.
Italian Veterans Held.
London, Oct. 30.—The Milan cor-
respondent of the Times in a dis-
patch refers to the breaking of the
Italian line at certain points where
the Germans carried on no heavy pre-
liminary bombardments and says
that on the Carso to the contrary npt
one of the innumerable attacks has
given an Inch of ground to the en.
•""y- v
"The troops on the C arso. lie
writes, "have already passed through
hel land beyond."
No details have yet arrived of the
results of the fighting for Monte Nero
on the northern end of the Isonoz
front. He says that the fighting
there from the first hour of attuck
has been as glorious an epic as win-
ning In 1910.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER AGAIN
STATES POLICY
No Separate Peace and De-
fense of All Russian
Territory.
INDEPENDENCE OF
STATES IMPOSSIBLE
Would Return Russia to the
Days Before Peter, He
Declared.
(By the Associated Press)
Petrograd, Oct. 29.—Foreign Min-
ister Terestelienko in addressing the
preliminary parliament today said a
separate peace was impossible and
that defense of Russian territory was
one of the fundamental needs.
The foreign minister said the ab-
solute independence of Courland and
perhaps of Poland and Lithunia was
impossible as it would mean that
Russia would return to the days be-
fore Peter. He also asserted com-
plete demobilization and disarma-
ment and neutralization of canals
and straits were impossible.
Russia's foreign policy had not
changed, the minister continued,
since the first statement enunciating
the principles of no indemnities, 110
annexations and the right of nations
to self-definition.
"There never has been more peace
talk in Germany and Austria than
now," said the minister. "I am con-
fident Germany was insincere in the
reported recent offer for the freedom
of Belgium without the freedom of
Alsace-Lorraine and the intimation
that this would be the last offer. She
will make more.
"Germany is now concentrating
her efforts to affect her enemies
economically. For instance, her at-
tack on Riga was not strategic but
in pursuance of a far-sighted policy
of striking at our weakest point hop,
ing to ruin the economic life of the
country. Too much importance must
not be given to today's Italian defeat
this is also for economic affect."
SCENE ON DESTROYER CASSIN STRUCK BY GERMAN TORPEDO,
AND TWO MEN CITED FOR BRAVERY BY ADMIRAL SIMS
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681
C0NSERAT10N
CAMPAIGN IS
{CONDITION OF
CHILDREN SAID
WELL UNDER WAY TO BE DEPLORABLE
Three Thousand Signers of Twenty Thousand of Them in
Food Pledges Already the Caucasus Face
Secured. j Starvation.
FOUR MINUTE MEN MISSIONARY RELATES
AT THE THEATERS HARROWING STORY
Able Speakers Assigned for Dependents of Refugees in a
Every Evening to Present
Cause.
Demoralized
State.
The scene aboard the Destroyer Cassin, struck by a torpedo from a German submarine
last week, shows in the center background George Hoffman of New York City, and at
the left John Gordon of Brooklyn, both cited by Admiral Sims for bravery, coo'ness and
leadership during the action. The Cassin was towed to port after being disabled by the
torpedo.
FEAR KORNILOFF
WILL BE TURNED
OVER TO PEOPLE
VENGEANCE ON PLOT-
TER FEARED BY THE
COSSACKS.
V0NHERTUNG1S
NEW CHANCELLOR
OF THE GERMANS
EXEMPTION BOARD BRITISH AGAIN
WOULD LOCATE MOVE TO ATTACK
LOCAL SLACKERS
Several Did Not Appear for
Examination or Send
Message.
TWO NEGROES MISSING
FROM THOSE ORDERED
Mrs. J. H. Wahl, county chairman of |
the Pottawatomie County Loyalty |
Food Conservation campaign, states
that the first two days of the cam-
paign has far exceeded expectations,
and that as many as 3,000 of the peo-
ple in Pottawatomie county hnve al-
ready signed food pledge cards. A11
number signing each (
erent sections of the 1
(lly the Associated Press)
New York. Oct. 30. Twenty thou-
sand fatherless children of Armenian
and Syrian refugees in the Caucasus
are in need of immediate aid to save
them from demoralization and star-
. , , . . . . vation, it was declared here today by
ready signed food pledge cards. An] Macallum. missionary
estimate of the number signing each; ,,, , . ...
day in the different sections of the ' lur,k<'f *">«"?« Board of
county, will be printed regularly as rommissloners for Foreign Missions
the campaign progresses. Twenty J,"81 returned from relief work at
thousand signers is the goal in this
county.
The following are the chairmen of
the larger towns outside of Shawnee
in Pottawatomie county: For Tecum-
seh, Mrs. V. L. Hannon; McLoud, Mrs.
J. Frank Cox; Maud, Mrs. F. L Cas-
teel; Wanette. Mrs. William Beatty;
Asher, F. B. Forston. H. M. Fowler.
Tiflis and vicinity. In the Caucasus,
which he described as mountainous
with severe winters, he said there are
300,000 Armenian and Syrian refu-
gees from Turkey, mostly women and
cAildren, as the men were massa-
cred by the Turks.
"The Turks made three drives
against Russia, which brought into
county superintendent of schools, has:the Caucasus, which is Russian,
charge of the school districts and is large numbers of refugees," he said,
carrying 0 nthe campaign in them. | "In 1914 more than 60,000 Armenians
in tomorrow's issue will be printed tied before the Turkish advance. The
the names of all the helpers who are next year 30,000 more migrated,
aiding the captains in the Shawnee j • The third drive is known as the
district. 'Alashgert campaign of July. 1916.
A food conservation rally will be;Th(l Armenians of the district of
held at the high school tomorrow j Alashgert in Turkey were by it com-
morning at 10:45. I polled to flee to tho Caucasus. It
Otis B. Weaver, chairman of the'll]S() caugcd the evacuation of the
Four Minute men, announces the fol-| u of Va!l ,)y the Russians. This
lowing strong list of speakers for the * hni1 hpM1
(Associated Press Bulletin)
Amsterdam, Oct. 30.—(British ad-
miralty via Wireless Press)—Count
(■corge von Hertllnwr, the Bavarian
prime minister, lias been appointed
imperial cahnceilor.
Former Chancellor IWiclwelis has
been mimed prime minister of Prus-
sia.
(By the Associated Press)
Petrograd, Sunday, Oct. 28.- The
defense of Petrograd against possible
attack devolves on a joint military -r 1 Fvam;nation anf1 Were
committee embracing the soldiers1 °ok fcxamtnation ana vvere
and workmen's delegates and all the
military and political elements. Such
a committee is in process of forming
according to the war office.
Cossacks army union at Novo
Cherkask calls the attention of the
government to the gradual removal
of Cossacks from the guard over Gen.
Korniloff who is being held for trial
on account of the movement to over-
throw the Kerensky government.
These Copsacks are being replaced by
infantry, the army union reports, am;
fears are expressed that the infantry
will surrender Gen. Korniloff to the
, vengeance of the populace.
LAWYER NAMED
FOR TREASURY JOB
Russell Leffingwell, Asst. Sec-
retary—Helped With the
Liberty Loan.
(lly (lie Associated l'ress)
Washington. Oct. 30.—Russell C.
Leffingwell, a New York lawyer who
has been assisting Sec. McAdoo ns
special counsel in the flotation of the
Liberty Loan today was appointed as_
sistant secretary of the treasury, as-
suming one of the two new offices
created by the last session of con-
gress.
AIRPLANES DID
LITTLE DAMAGE
No Casualties Resulted from
Latest Raid on British
Island.
(Associated l'ress Bulletin)
London. Oct. 30.—Lord French,
commander of the home forces, to-
day announced the German airplanes
which last night attempted to carry
out a raid on the southeast counties
of England did no damage and caused
no casualties. All the British ma-
chanes which went up to engage the
raiders landed safely.
FIRST AMERICAN
TO BE WOUNDED
IN THE TRENCHES
(Associated Press Bulletin)
With the American Array In France,
Monday. Oct. 28.—The first American
wounded In the trenches arrived to-
day at a base hospital. He Is a lieu,
tenant of the slitnal corps. He was
hit In.thi leu by a shell splinter,
while working In n communication
trench near the first line. The
wound Is sllirht. The weather was
clear and cold today In the American
sertor.
BRAZIL PREPARES
TO GET IN THE WAR
Inaugurates Intensified Mili-
tary Training, But Does
Not Mobilize.
(By the Associated Press)
Rio Janeiro, Oct. 30.—In view of
Brazil's entrance into the war. plans
tor intensified military training arc
being put into effect although 110
mobilization measure has been de-
creed. The garrisons in soutliei 11
Brazil where there is a large German
element have been reinforced. All
German newspapers and other pub-
lications have been seized.
CHARGE FIREMEN
AIDED YEGGMEN
'Located" Safes for Them to
Blow in Chicago, Says
Prosecution.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago. Oct. 30—Eight Chicago
firemen, alleged to be implicated in
a series of safe robberies, have been
arreeted o ncomplaint of the proser
cuting attorney.
It is claimed that the firemen got
needed information on the pretense
of getting inforiation as to violation
of getting information as to violation
safes themselves or communicated
their information to professionals.
Accepted But Failed to
Appear.
number of those called for ex- 1
amination by the local exemption
boar dot Pottawatomie county have j
fulled to appear, and have not been |
heard from, directly or indiectly 1
They are as follows:
James Hiram Walkor, Newalla. ,
Egbert J. Green. Wanette.
Sylvester S. Steugel, fill Beard.
Okabalno Rogue, Shawnee, It. I'". 0
No. 4.
T. O. Fry, Earlsboro, R. F. D. No. 'I
Harding Franklin, Shawnee, R. F.
D. 2.
George R. Cook, Maud, R. F. D. No.
It. D. Warlick. 138 South Oak.
M. L. Oliver. Dale.
Nick Eros, Shawnee.
Mike Martin, 307 1-2 East Main.
Willie Williams, McLoud.
Seaborn Smith. Meeker. Route 2.
T. J. Burrough, 219 North Union.
Emmett Woodruff, Shawnee.
Carrie Ervln. Brooksville.
J. H. Lewis, 110 North Broadway.
"GOOD PROGRESS" SAYS
THE OFFICIAL
REPORT.
(Associated Press Bulletin)
London, Oct. 30.—The British nt_
tacked on the Flanders front early
this morning. Good progress is re-
ported in the official statement. t
Charles Rots* Shawnee, Route 2.
S. W. Starks. Shawnee, Route 4
E. M. Prlngle, 41(5 West Eleventh.
Guy McCauless. Prague.
Willie Brown, Shawnee.
B. K. Sawyer. Tecumseh, Route 2.
W. T. Nunn, 217 West Forrest
Two negroes. Charlie Elzie Bryant
of Tecumseh and William Isom An-
derson of Shawnee, took the examina-
tion aii'i WW' accepted, but failed to
appear when the colored contingent
I entrained hero.
j The exemption board is anxious to
get a line on these supposed "slack-
era" and asks the News-Herald to re-
quest that any one who may have in-
formation as to their whereabouts to
communicate the same to the board
at once.
city had been defended in April and
May by the Armenian population
against a strong Turkish army. f Rus-
sian aid had arrived Just in time to
tave it and the Turks ran away, but
when the Russians heard of the
Turkish advance toward Alashgert,
fearing their line of retreat might be
cut off. they evacuated Van and re-
treated to the Caucasus, taking with
them all the Armenians and Syrians
there.
This was by far the largest influx
lof refugees. They were attacked by
i Kurds on the wav and 7,000 were
killed. About 20.000 died of cholera,
| typhoid and typhus after reaching
.he Baptist I ni^ilyT; nussia. The total number of refu-
I G Faust suDfirintend- Keea from *a" an 1 vlncin"!' w"
' p about 2011.000. hr those ways somo
ame to the Caucasus
O
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WKATHKR FORECAST.
i Tonight: Fair and warmer
i Wednesday fair, rising tem-
peratures.
Caoiain and Three Other Victims of German
Torpedo, Which Destroyed the Antilles
The average story will bear repc
tition; it has to when some men get
hold of it.
KI LL LIST SI'BSi K1BKKS
TO LIBERTY LOAN TO HI"
PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY
The banks of the city have been too
busy to compile complete lists <>f
subscribers to the Liberty Loan
Bonds, but such complete lists are
now being preoared, in alphabetical
order, and if they are furnished in
time, will be published in Friday's
issue of the News-Herald.
It must be understood that no bank
has yet published its complete list
as none have been able to get up
complete lists as yet, and none will
be left out of the final publication.
If a lazy man has no chance of
inheriting money, he Hopes to mar
ry it.
CAP i
OWEN T p ARON
Oi '
18" INFANTf^y
GCORGE. STA. JULY
CHILF ftUTCrtCR-.
These men were killed or drowned when the U. S. trans-
port Antilles waa torpedoed in the Atlantic ocean on her
way home from France. The ship had just landed troops
bygone ^^thelr' itaunch'aupportoru. in France, and some 70 men were lost when she was struck.
week at the three local theaters.
For Wednesday night, at the Savoy,
H. T. Douglas, president of the Shaw-
nee National bajik, at the Odeon, F.
P. Stearns, mayor; at the Cozy, F. W.
Christner, secretary of the Conserva-
tive Loan Company.
For Thursday at the Savoy, J.
Lloyd Ford, president of tho Shawnee
Milling Company; at the Odeon, F. B.
Reed, vice president of the State Na_
tional Bank; at the Cozy, Geo. 12.
McKinnis, secretary of the Fidelity
Building and Loan Association.
For Friday at Savoy, Mr. F. Erd-
mann Smith, dean of the Baptist Uni-
versity; at the Odeon, F. M. Masters
president of the Baptis
at the Cozy. H. G. Faust, superint
ent of the Shawnee schools.
For Saturday at Savoy, Prof. C.
W. Gethmann, principal of the Shaw-
nee High School; at the Odeon, Jno.
W. Jones, cashier of the Shawnee
Nationul Bank; at the Cozy, C. M.
Cade, (.-ashler of the State National
Bunk.
For tonight at the Savoy, E. P.
Downing, principal of Irving school;
at the Odeon, I. C. Saunders, attor-
ney; at the Cozy, T. M. Waldrep, at-
torney and manager of the Loyalty
Food Campaign.
>lr. A. ,1. Fluke at the Odeon.
A. J. Fluke, vice-president of the
I National Bank of Commerce, spoke
at the Oileon Theater last evening,
and among other tilings said: "In or-
"ider for Pottawatomie county and
° Shawnee to have a successful Food
Conservation Campaign, team work
was necessary. If only a few of the
people in Pottawatomie county sign
the Pledge Card and thereby only a
few people observe the Food Pledge,
little good will come from the
campaign. On the other hand if all
Elgn and only a few keep the Pledge
relative to wheatless and meatless
days and the elimination of waste,
little good will come from the cam-
paign.
"If. however, all sign and all de-
termine to carry out the wishes of
the government as to the elimination
of waste and food conservation, a
wonderful result will be seen and the
war will be materially shortened."
Mr. Funis ut the Cozy.
"Tho word 'quitter' has no place
In Uncle Sam's dictionary. A quit,
ter is one who deserts his pal in the
time of need. The Allies in this war
are our pals. Uncle Sam agreed to
feed the armies of France and Itaiy
and it is up to the people of tho
I nited States to make good on Uncle
Sam's promise. The French and Ital-
ians are now looking to us for the
grub stake. Unless we have wheat-
less and meatless days in this coun-
try it will mean wheatless and meat-
less? months for our pals in Europe.
We must save on wheat, meat and
ugar. The more we save, the more
iood for the Allies. Food will win
the war, and if every person in this
•ountry will stop the waste and sub-
stitute other food for the wheat, meat
and sugar diets, there will be food
for the fighting men in Europe, as
well as their families.
Mr. Wells at the Savoy.
"In the conservation of the food
supply of the United States, we were
facing one of the most important
problems in the world's conflict, and
facing it at a time when it needs tho
hearty co-operation of every single
patriot. We are asked by the Na-
tional Committee to save on threq
important articles of diet,—moat
wheat and sugar. The committee
has outlined a plan by which this
can be done without sacrificing but
very rew of our comforts of life. At
the beginning of the war, the Cen
tral Powers were three-fourths bus
taining, and as they were given to
overeating they had but to put them-
selves on the proper diet to he bus.
taining in normal times. Not bo
with our principal Allies—France is
300.000 people
in great destitution, after losing
large numbers, especially of men,
and all their possessions.
"Relief work by the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief began in January. 1916, and is
still going on and growing in ex-
tent and importance. ' The Russian
government has helped the refugees
generously, having given them up to
the present nearly $10,000,000. This
supplied them with food, Daid their
rent and made it possible to provide
for 5,000 orphans, but owing to the
financial difficulties of the govern-
ment this aid is now cut off.
"The American committee has giv-
en clothing and bedding to 50.000 of
the most needy refugees and has also
provided largo quantities of tea.
sugar kerosene and fuel where most
needed. During the summer ot 191#
the work of reoatrlatton was under-
taken and hundreds ot farmers were
returned to their homes In the prov-
ince of Van and supplied with oien.
plows, seed and so forth. Tlha moat
promising work, however, was inter,
rupted by the evacuation of that re-
gion by the Russians in August. 191b
and the committee has decided that
the time for repatriation on a largo
scale will be only after final victory
over the Turks has been won.
"Among the refugees are compara-
tively few men as more of them than
of women and children tell in the
masFacic. As a result there are In
Caucasus today 20,000 fatherless
children in need ol Immediate aid.
Of these the American committee Is
already helping 5,000 by giving them
small monthly grant for food in
their homes.
Fifteen thousand more appeal ror
similar help but no funds are avail-
able at present. The committee is
now organizing an orphanage for
300 boys in Erivan. Boys of good
Intelligence and sound physique
will be taken in with view to quick
training in trades, farming and edu-
cation. These hoys will be prepared
to act as leaders along these lines
and fitted to take the place of the ar-
tisans. industrial leaders and teach-
s who were killed."
DIED.
Clarence Gelruth. the little threo
year old son of H. W. Gelruth. of 200
McKlnley, died Monday morning
«, 8 o'clock. Funeral services were
held this afternon at 2 o'clock at tho
residence. Rev. Hewett of the First
Methodist church officiating. Inter-
ment was at Fairview cemetery.
The idea that salvation is free
probably didn't originate with an
evangelist.
sustaining in these
England only one-
only one-half
throe articles,
fifth.
"As the granary of the world, our
Allies have a right to expect that we
do not see them suffer in proper
foodB which wo can afford to sup-
ply, and we should not fail them in
this expectation."
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