The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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THE TIMES, TEXHOMA, OKLAHOMA.
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SLAUGHTER AT CHARLER01
IS GREATEST IN HISTORY
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. I face of a withering Are from machine
International New, Service. guns mounted In the steeples, and
Paris—Burned villages and heapB of | driving the German defenders In con-
bodies lying on Belgian soil around i fusion across the river Sambre.
Charlerol show the ferocity with which
the allied French and British troops
opposed the wave of German troops
that rolled them over and drove them
back to France.
For ten hours the tide of battle
ebbed and flowed at Charlerol, the
town being taken and retaken five
times before the allies withdrew.
Part of the city was wrecked, ac-
cording to reports received by the war
office The villages of Marchlennes,
Monceau, Chatelet and Landelles were
burned.
Citizen, Killed.
Though the Inhabitants of the peace-
ful little villages had been warned
that the conflict was coming, scores
remained In their homes and periBhed
In the flames or were killed under tke
rain of shot and shell that swept the
itreets when they were driven from
the shattered structures.
Fierce hand to hand fighting took
place In Charlerol. The French were
the first to occupy the town, but they
were driven out by a bombardment
from the German artillery. The Ger-
mans then entered by the left bank
of the river Sambre, but within a
short time more of the allies' troops
arrived and the conflict was renewed.
The Germans sought cover In the
houses In the lower part of the town
and to dislodge them the, French
were forced to sweep that section with
their artillery.
CANADA'S HUGE GRAIN BINS
^ / Wounded Fill Town.
The lower part of the town was soon
^ In flames and the Germans «"•"
Many House, In Fl,mea.
They found many houses smoldering
or In flames. The Inhabitants, terror-
flrlcken, were In the cellars. German
officers and soldiers were found dead
In the streets, side by side with
Frenchmen who had fallen before or
afterward.
One German officer was shot while
he was washing his face, and his head
was bowed over a basin, whMe his
face was covered with soap.
Another had been lifting a cup of
coffee to his lips when a French bul-
let brought death. He was found ly-
ing face downward across a table, the
broken cup beside him on the floor.
German Losses Enormous.
An Idea of the enormous losses of
the Germans In the great battle In
southwestern Belgium and of the brav-
ery of the kaiser's soldiers Is given in
the story of a returned traveler who
witnessed part of the fighting along
the Sambre river, southwest of Charle-
rol.
"1 was near Fereux, In a region
covered with dense woods, while the
fighting was taking place," said he. "1
could hear the sound of cannon away
to the east and knew that a big battle
was raging. From my place In the
forest I suddenly saw the advance
guard of a German army approach-
ing along a roadway which skirted the
trees.
"There seemed to be an endless pro-
cession of soldiers, all dressed In a
uniform of gray. Rank after rank
passed by and I thought that the end
A
forced into the streets. Back and forth I would never come
through these surged the contesting
soldiers, fighting desperately for vic-
tory. The dead lay thick when the
French were finally forced to with-
draw.
For three days wounded soldiers
have been pouring into Maubeuge.
The monastery and nunnery there are
filled. The Inhabitants have given
up their homes to the war's victims.
On Sunday the Germans drove the
French troops through the town of
Charlerol. back to the second de-
fensive position on the line defined by
the towns of Avesnes. Rocrol and Me-
rleres.
Recaptured by French.
The French artillery from the
heights now turned a furious cannon-
adlng on Charlerol, which had been
bombarded previously by the Germans
from the other side. The German po-
sition was so weakened by the deadly
accuracy of the French gunnery that a
counter attack by the allies was or-
dered and at daylight on Monday the
entire line advanced, charged the Ger-
man position and recaptured Charlerol.
The conflict probably was unequaled
In history In severity and casualties.
The Germans must have succeeded In
bringing up reserves, for early on
Tuesday they made a successful coun-
ter attack along the whole battle line
and retook Charlerol. driving the
French back to an Intrenched position,
which they held until the morning of
the second day.
Retreat In Good Order.
The retreat was made In good or-
der, the main forces of the French re-
maining Intact.
Both armies suffered terrific losses.
The battle has not yet finished.
The German catapult is hammering
at the French and British allies again.
trying to batter Its relentless way to
Paris. There Is desperate fighting
along the Belgian frontier at several
points, and French victories are re-
ported at two places, Charlerol and
Courtral. though nothing official has
been given out
Turco, Charge Battery.
At the beginning of the combat the
French made a sortie in a medieval
manner, with the object of surprising
the enemy. The latter were found In
number far exceeding the French ex-
pectations. and the attempt to rout
them failed.
Then the Turcos, In the face of a
withering lire, charged a German bat-
tery at the point of the bayonet. Five
hundred of these brave French sol-
There was no hesitation. The men
swung forward with quick steps and
I saw officers galloping along the lines
urging them forward.
French Open Fire.
"Suddenly there was a fresh sound
of battle, this time In front of me and
I knew that the French artillery had
opened upon the advance guard of
the Germans. I moved cautiously for
ward to a point where I could get a
view of the battle scene. It was a
view which seared itself into my mem-
ory
"The French guns were hurling
hurricane of steel and flame Into the
German ranks, but the soldiers pushed
forward with their battle shouts on
their lips. Straight Into that pit of
destruction rushed the advancing
troops. Men fell, on every hand. It
seemed that whole platoons melted
away.
"Over the bodies of the dead and
wounded pushed the rear ranks of
the Invading army, rushing with fixed
bayonets upon the smoking muzzles
of the French artillery, it was a su
perb picture of gallantry.
Aeroplane I, Smashed.
"Near Erquelinnes 1 saw a German
aeroplane brought down. The mill
tary aviator was flying high In the
air, taking a reconnolssance of the al-
lies' positions. The specially construct
ed guns, designed to attack air craft,
were turned upon the aeroplane, but
the aviator continued his work. Sud
denly 1 saw the machine lurch, splln
ters flew, and then the shattered ma
chine began to drop. It had been
smashed by a projectile."
Port Arthur Paper I, Peeved at th.
Mention of Kan,a, City Elevator*.
From the Port Arthur iCuult) BrenlBg Chronicle
Kansas City gains the attention of
the New York Evening Post and Is
given five inches of space in that ad-
mirable newspaper by reason of In-
creasing the capacity of a grain ele-
vator there. The Evening Post says:
"When the additions and alterations
to its huge grain elevator at Kansas
City now under way are completed the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one of the largest
plants of Its kind In the world."
The present capacity of the Kansas
City product le one million bushels.
When it gains Its promised stature
and becomes "one of the largest in
the world" It will have a capacity of
2,133,000 bushels.
At the mention of grain elevators
the twin ports at the head of the lakes
prick up their ears and take notice.
The name of Lloyd-George at a Tory
garden party, or of President Wilson
at a bankers' convention catches at-
tention no quicker than the word "ele-
vator" in the hearing of a Port Arthur-
Fort William man. Toronto prides
Itself on Its churches; Pittsburgh
specializes on millionaires; Chicago
bas its pork and Boston its pork and
beans—as for us, we rise to fame on
the bins of our elevators, and he who
lays "one of the largest" about any
old two-mllllon-bushel. outfit In Mis-
souri must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
If the Evening Post had said "one
of the largest In Missouri," or in the
general but expressive American
phrase had said "some elevator," we
wouldn't have minded it so much, but
when it describes this etunted Mis-
souri receptacle as "one of the largest
grain elevators In the world" then it
Is time to kick. Why, two-mllllon-
bushel elevators are so common here
a bouts that the secretary of the board
of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
of two-million-bushel elevators.
When we have pointed to the 9,500,
000-bushel C. N. R. elevator and the
7.800,000-bushel C. P. R. elevator and
the 6,500,000-bushel G. T. P. elevator;
then to the 3,500,000-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which Is only
the first unit of what is to be a 30
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air is so full of millions that the
listener would be annoyed if we both-
ered him with mention of a mere two-
million-bushel affair. So we Just lump
the balance together and describe the
grand total of 45-mlllion-bushel capac
ity already standing at the head of
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches of space in the
Evening Post we claim a complimen-
tary writeup of at least three columns
and In the article we would state that
in one respect we are like Kansas
City—when it is a question of big ele-
vators we also are from Missouri.
Your Baby's Life
It is more to you than your own.
remedy than
Then why try any other
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Unless Your
Physician prescribes it?
Remember there is nothing injurious in CASTORIA if it bears
the signature of
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PAPER ITSELF WAS EVIDENCE
GERMANS DRAG GUNS
OVER THEIR OWN DEAD
London.—The correspondent of the
Daily Mall describes a visit among the
French who were wounded In the bat-
tles of the Vosges and have been
brought to Vichy, where the hotels
have been transformed into hospitals.
A wounded artilleryman contributed
the following experience:
"1 witnessed one horrible scene. The
Germans were shooting from the deep
trenches among which our artillery
was doing terrible work. But as fast
as a German dropped a fresh man
took his place until bodies of the Ger-
mans were on a level with the surface
of the earthworks.
"At this moment a German battery
Not HI, First Love.
"Ami the first girl you ever loved?"
■ighed the maid.
"You certainly are not!" proclaimed
the youth.
This was not what she had been
brought up to expect, so she became
really interested.
"1 am not?" she repeated.
"You are not You are merely the
best of the bunch. Are you satisfied
with that?"
Well, was she?—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
In Thla Case Examiner Required No
Pledge That Student Had Done
the Work Himself.
At a certain college custom ordains
that at examination time each of the
candidates shall write the following
pledge at the bottom of his papers .
I hereby declare, on my honor, that
I have neither given nor received as-
sistance during the examination."
One student, after handing in one
of the papers, suddenly remembered
that In his haste he had omitted to
write the oath. On the following day
he sought out one of the examiners
and told him that he had forgotten
to put the required pledge on his pa
per.
The examiner looked at him over
the top of his glasses and dryly re-
marked:
"Quite unnecessary. Your paper In
Itself is sufficient evidence. I've Just
been correcting it!"
WANTED TO EXCHANGE SEATS
Man Sitting In Draft Had Reason
for Inquiring a, to Presence of
Christian Scientist.
Dr. Henry Monkowitz, president of
the New York civil service commis-
sion, tells this story.
It happened at the state convention
of the Progressives at Syracuse.
"A quiet-spoken man near one of
the doors arose and inquired If there
happened to be a Christian Scientist
among the assemblage.
"In answer to his question a lady
left her seat and wended her way to
the man.
" 'I am a Christian Science teacher,'
she said. 'What can I do for you?'
" 'If you do not mind changing seats
with me, 1 would appreciate it very
much,' hesitatingly replied the man.
'This draft is not very good for my
cold.'"
Sweet Sorrow.
"Who wrote: 'Parting Is such Bweet
Borrow ?'"
"Some duck who coughed up his
last 15 cents for a Julep."
*
f
was ordered to advance. The heavy
dlerg from North Africa left on the j wheels sank in the trench, but the
charge. Only 100 returned. I drivers furiously lashed their horses
Their sortie had no effect against | and finally dragged the guns across
the steady German advance, which
continued to creep step by step
through the outskirts of Charlerol.
Before the railway station the Ger-
mans fought for two hours In an effort
to capture the bridge. Their losses
were enormous, but the bridge was
captured.
French Beaten Rapidly.
After the Teutonic advance over-
whelmed the bridge, the Germans
gained ground rapidly, taking In suc-
cession the villages of Marchlerfnes.
Landells and Montlgnles and the coun-
try ns far as Walcourt.
Later the French artillery opened
fire on Charlerol and the French in-
fantry advanced under this cover. The
tide of battle appeared to favor the
trl-color. but not for long.
French Infantrymen declared the
roofs became so Jammed with dead
that the victims of battle remained
standing where they were shot, and
were used by the living as breast-
works from behind which to fire on
the enemy
The last stand of the French was
along the line between Thuln and Met-
tet.
. At nightfall the fighting ended, both
sides tired beyond endurance. Mon-
day morning the French returned to
the attack, entering th, town In the
the human bridge."
WHAT PRISONERS
OF WAR WILL EAT
The following scale of daily rations
for prisoners of war has been ap-
proved by the military authorities:
One pound of bread, three-quarters
of a pound of biscuit, one pound of
preserved meat, three ounces of
cheese, five-eighths of an ounce of
tea, one-quarter <Sf a pound of Jam,
three ounces of sugar, one-half of an
ounce of salt, one-twentieth of an
ounce of mustard, ffne-thlrty-slxth of
an ounce of pepper, one-half of a
pound of fresh vegetables
Two ounces of tobacco will be fur-
nished each week for smokers.
Qunners Made Stone Deaf-
London.—A medical correspondent
of the Times who'has Just returned
from Belgium says it Is morally cer
tain that all the artillerymen of the
forts at Liege are now stone deaf
"The nerves of hearing must fall un
dor the strain of dwelling upwards of
a fortnight in a world of mighty ei
plosions." he says. "For these men the
guns thunder now only In a silence
which ma; never be broken"
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Feeling That I, General.
First Passenger—I understand that
your city has the rottenest political
ring in the country.
Second Pasenger—That's right.
But how did you know where I'm
from?
First Passenger—I don't.—Toledo
Blade.
Steps are sometimes taken for a di-
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To cool burns use Hanford's Balsam.
Adv.
Let money talk
laugh at silly Jokes.
and people will
Some Caus, for Fear.
The Professor's Wife—The profeS'
sor is In the laboratory conducting
some chemical experiments. The pro-
fessor expects to go down to posterity.
From the Laboratory—Br-r-r-r-r!
Bang!
The Visitor—I hope the professor
hasn't gone!
Keep Hanford s Balsam in the sta-
ble. Adv.
The world owes every man an oppor-
tunity to earn an honest living.
The Movies.
Teacher (meaning the scholars to
answer about the moon and stars)—
Now, children, what Is it we can Bee
In the darkness that we cannot see In
the daytime?
A very small voice—Please, teach-
er, the moving pictures.—St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
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"Hold on a minute," said a man to
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"I ain't, either!" exclaimed the In-
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Wo know of no Bnlment that equals
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It Is said that distance lends en-
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man's view of the almighty dollar.
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A Thing the Wealthy Mlas.
The rich and proud needn't thlnfe
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life, never experiencing, for instatto*
the delightful thrill that comea whs*
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\
Experience sells at par or hlghcft
yet rarely pays dividends.
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Many people who have weak kMnejr* M
to appreciate how much water can do *e#
them—but while It le good to detail wate,
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kidney trouble of Itself.
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An Oklahoma Cat*.
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