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NOTES AND PERSONALS OF
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Lenore Burke Phone 2fo
Phone 245
Lenore Burke

'Not in the shouts and plaudits OF
the throng,
But in ourselves, are triumph ana
| defeat" --LongfelloW.
Mrs. w. G. Ashton will be up on
Monday afternoon to spend the week
with Mrs. VIM. Sexauer.
Friday Auction Club.
Miss Ida -NibIack was hostess 10
the Friday Auction Bridge club yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Tell Walton
played a substitute hand and Mrs
Chas. Seton made top score and Mrs.
Galen Crow. low Dainty refresh
ments were served after the games.
Miss Marguerite Dolde has gone 10
saltwater to spend several days with
friends.
Mrs. w. H. Boasen and Mrs. Chas'
Olsen will entertain at bridge on
Thursday afternoon, October 22nd' al
the home of Mrs. Boasen.
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John NssIey Returns.
John Nissley arrived last night
from Galveston where he landed last
week after a trip abroad,
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The Lyric is featuring the Million
Dollar Mystery" on Sunday nights
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

J. S. Watts, who travels for the
Somner- Richardson candy company,
is spending the weed end at the I C.
tory in st: Joseph, Mo.
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w. s. Murphy of Muskogee is ;
guest of the lone for a few days.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

Miss Helen McGaha is up from
Edmond spending the week end with
her father who is attending the con-
ference.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

WANTED-Boy with horse to carry
Leader route.
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Misses Blanche and Bertha Beland
are visiting in Enid.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

H. III. Wohe is over from Okeen
visiting friends for a few days.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

in from Dallas, Texas this morning
He is attending the Annual Confer
ence now in session here.
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Mrs. L. G. Niblack and daughter,
Betty, will go to Tulsa Monday for a
few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs
C. ~ Haskell.
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guests prize. The club will meet in
two weeks with Mrs. A. T. Neal. An
ice course was served to Mr. an(
Mrs. L. W. Rejahl, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Boasen, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilgis Payne
as special guests and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom WEIGH Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ii
Boasen, Mr.. and Mrs. John Adams,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Olsen Mrs.
A. T. Neal and Mr.. Fred Soehl.
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DR.. ]. w. Duke, A. G. c. Bierer
Mr.. N. Il. Wallace, Mr.. Charles Olsen
and DR.. Petty motored to saltwater
today to meet Senator Owen who
will speak tonight at the opera
house.
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Miss Myrtle Young is up from Ed
mond visiting the family of S. p.
Smith on DreXel.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

Judge J. H. Burford, has returned
from Oklahoma City where he had
business before the supreme court.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-10-17

r. A. Becker is here today from
Wellington, Kansas, on business.
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Mrs. ]. G. Pettigrew is a Guthrie
visitor from Stafford. She is taking
the mineral water baths.
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U. S. PROTEST UNLIKELY.

WAsUINGrnN, Sept i.-Washingtor ac-
ccptel with n large grain OF salt the re-
ports cmanating from several European
sources that President Wilson had pro-
tested to Germany against the bombardins
Of Antwerp from the air and the destruc-
ton Of the city of Louvain. Protests have
been received on these subjects and on
others at the State Department but the
information In Washington is that these
have been filed away and that II Is not the
part OF this Government to make any
move at this time
President Wilson is trying to avoid
trouble and is not likely to take any steps
which will unnecessarily involve the
United States In a controversy with one
OF the belligerents.
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American Citizens Committee Takes
Action to Frame Protest Against
Dropping Bombs on Cities
and Gets War Office Aid
ALLIES RETREAT AGAIN BUT HOLD
LINE FIRM BY DESPERATE EFFORT
No Fighting in Lorraine or the Vosges---French
Claim Victory Over a German Army
in Encounter at Rethel
special Gable Despatch TO The suS


PARIS September L.
to-night
"On left the enveloping movement of the Germans
has been this not to be forced
decisive which might have to be fought
bad conditions, troops have been withdrawn partly
toward the south and partly toward the southwest.
engagement the Rethel district enabled troops
to check the enemy.
In the and the right the Wouevre, Lorraine
and the Vosges) the situation remains unchanged
THE GERMAN AEROPLANES-A squadron of armored
aeropanes armed with mraeue has been formed to give
the German aeropane which flying Paris
"The American Committee, organized by the Ambassador
of the United States in Paris including the distinguished
Americans in Paris the day of the declaration of
asked Minister of War to-day he would be kind
them that the bombs which fell in Paris
had been thrown from German aeroplane M Mierand in
this request placed before the Ambassador of the
delegates of the committee all the off,
cia documents.
1.-THE Ambassador who, well the members of the
of the documents which sub
mtted the decided send by cable his
report methods of warfare which only
against humanity also absolute violation of the
Hague convention signed by Germany herself.
"The committee, decided to ask the American
Government while remaining faithful to its declaration of
tray energetic protest to the German Govern
ment."
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-The following
report of the activities of the German
forces in Belgium and northern France
was received by wireless from Berlin
to-day and was given out by the Ger
man Embassy tonight:
"In the west Gen. Won Kluk has re-
pulsed the French thanking attempt ana
advanced on Combles. Gen. Won Buelow
completely defeated superior French
force near ST. Quentin after having
surrounded and captured an English In
fantry battalion at that point. Gen Won
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Three of Cars Army Corps Said to be
Annihilated at Allenstein--3,OOO,O
Men Engaged Along Front Ex-
tending for 400 Miles
AUSTRIAN FORCES IN GALICIA
SUFFER SWEEPING DEFEAT
Troops of Kaiser's Ally Reported to Be With.
drawing from Servia and Western
Theatre of War

Dispatches received from various
sources yesterday tell of what may
perhaps go down in history as the
worlds greatest battle. 1t was fought
By the German and Austrian troops
against the vast armies of Russia that
have been steadily pounding their way
across the Austrian and German from
tiers.
Germany claims n complete victory.
Russia admits check to Ter troops,
but says that II was not serious one
Three million men were engaged
along battle line that zigzagged
north aud south for 400 miles. Thou
sands If men were killed and thou
sands wounded. II Is impossible from
the sparse information at hand to give
anything like accurate figures. Prob
ably, however, history has never re-
corded bloodier day in any war than
yesterday. September l, the annlver-
ary Of Sedan.
Official German reports say that the
dghtng at AllenStein. East Prussia,
tegun several days ago. has resulted in
complete rout of the Russians. Three
Russian army corps. says Gcrmnny's
War Office, or approximately l2oWO
men, were killed outright. Seventy
thousand Russians were taken prison
ers, and in this number were 800
officers. two commanding Generals at
tached 10 the Russian General Stan.
and complete artillery corps of the
Russian army.
Word from Copenhagen says that the
Germans have surrounded the Russians
on three sides and have forced an army
totailng many thousands into the lakes
and swamps of the Mauer region.
On the other hand dispatches COM
ing from Rome tell of terrific disa ster
10 the Austrian forces fighting In
Galca. Colossal" is the word applied
to the defeat. which is related by cor
respondents tclegraphing from Bucha-
rest. The story Is told Of the destruc'
ton Of several regiments Of Austrian
troops,
Vienna is silent on the subject OF
he crushing defeat of her troops told
from Russian sources and sources
friendly to Russia. Official statements
however, say that "the greatest battle
~ history" Is in progress and that 80
far neither side has gained the advan
taRe. II is from Vienna in an otficin
communication that comes the state
ment that 3Oo0,OOO are engaged in thu
hght.ng on the Russian border.
The Russian War Office at st. Peters
burg admits check by stating tina
the German defence has stlffened an6
We are sustaining severe losses"
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LONDON. September !,


The allies left has again retreated
TO avoid the continued German attempt
to envelop the Anglo French line from
that quarter, according to advIces re-
ceived here from Paris. The French En-
bassy gave out this statement;
THE Anglo-FTench army corps have
had to give ground, but nowhere have
they been broken through"
II II estimated by military experts
here that almost or quite 5000, 900
men are now engaged In the lighting
on the French frontier. The Germans
are In superior force In the north and
the French In the vOsges and Lorraine
districts.
The Paris correspondent of the Eve
ming Neios quotes the driver Of one of
the automobiles OF the British General
Staff, who has returned to Paris from
the front. as saying that the German
advance has been well checked to the
north OF Compiegne and the Germans
have asked for an armistice to bury
their dead,
Compiegne Is at the junction OF the
Disc and the Aisne rivers. twenty-eight
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MORE BOMBS
DROPPEDINTO
PARISSTREETS
Despite Defences Enemy's
Airmen Continue to
Attack City.
AEROPLANES DODGE
FIRE FROM SOLDIERS
Drop Notes Telling of Ger
man VictOrieS-POlice
Quickly stop Panic.

Specin Cdbfe DesD1tch 10 THE SrS.
PARIS. September l.
The authorities continue efforts to
prevent a panic arising from the visits
OF German aeroplanes over Paris.
Stories are printed on all sides that
the United States has protested or will
protest TO Germany against the drop
ping Of bombs by Zeppelin airship on
Antwerp and the destruction Of Lou
vain. kilograms from Rome say
energetic protests have been made there
against the destruction OF Louvain.
Another bomb was thrown from a
German alrship late tonight and there
was a rush of the crowd into the eight
wide streets and boulevards leading TO
the Place de la Concorde. where It was
at first believed the bomb had struck,
The aviator who was flying very high,
retreated in a northeasterly direction
and Is evidently attached to the German
forces who are in that part OF the
country.
II was soon discovered that the bomb
had fallen on the roof Of house In the
Rue de Hanovre. The effects were first
noticed by a shower of falling glass on
either side of the house. Brigades of
police made remarkable speed TO the
spot and are now barring the crowds
from access to the scene.
The accounts of the visit OF one Of
these machines yesterday afternoon in
dictate that II may possibly have been
the same aeroplane which passed over
the city on Sunday. ! am restricted to
stating the fact that the aeroplane
dropped a message in the Squar, des
Innocents reading. according to one
version:
I'VE have the honor to inform you
that the French have been beaten near
st. Quentin. The Russians were de-
fcated decisively near Stannenburg"
The Figaro says that the military
post at the Bank of France fired at the
The Gdulois says that the aeroplane
dropped two bombs. one falling to eX-
plode and the other doing insignificant
damage.
The Square des Innocents il situated
| in the First ACCOMPLISHMENT, directly
a short distance from the Louvre Mu-
scum and almost exactly In the centre
OF the city
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KAISER VISITS BRUSSELS.
German Emperor Also Inspects
CbRrieroi Battlefield.
ny FERDINAND TUOHY.

Special correspondent Of THE srs and The
London "Ddiiv Maj"
Special Cable Despdfch TO The Sun.
ABBEvILLE, France, Sept l.-Emperor
William arrived at Charlero Saturday
and viewed the battlefield. Later lie
motored TO Mons and he spent Saturday
night at Brussels. 1t Is believed that he
slept IN the Bellevue Hotel, which ad-
Joins the Royal Palace, and did not at
tempt to seek hospitality under King
Alberts roof.
The royal palace however. is overrun
with German officers OF the General stan,
Zig guns have been placed in position at
tn entrance OF the palace. facing down
the Rue Royale, toward the Chamber of
Deputies, down the parallel avenue and
on the other side of the royal gardens. The
new Paais de Justice also is covered
by the guns. and the Germans have
threatened to destroy this wonderful
building at the slightest provocation.
The young Duke Of Brunswick. son-in-
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

FRANCE.-The left wing OF the French
army has again fallen back According
TO the War Office report this with
drawal from its position was made TO
avoid an unfavorable engagement which
might have been decisive. The centre
and right, according to official reports.
are holding out firmly. There is severe
iighting along the line from Rems to
La Fere and there have been a number
of engagements along the Lorraine bor-
der and In the Vosges
The American committee In Paris
called yesterday on the Minister OF War
and asked for proofs that the Germans
were dropping bombs on Paris. The
Minister exhibited the documents In the
case to the members OF the committee
and the American Ambassador. and
the latter. upon examining them. said
that he would ask his Government TO
make a protest.
The Minister az War issued a call
for the reservists OF the French terri
torial army living In north and north
eastern France. The step Is said to be
preliminary to calling out all reservlsts
In the country who have not previously
been summoned. This brings to French
ranks all men between the ages OF 20
and as,
RuSSIA.-A despatch from st. Peters
burg says that the German defences In
East Prussia have been strengthened
II also reports that the Russian advance
has met with reverses. Reports from
Berlin say that the engagement at
Allenstein was one OF the greatest bat
ties OF the war. that 10000 Russ la ms
were killed and 10000 taken prisoners
The Russians claim that their advance
has not been seriously checked and that
they are occupying defences around
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ANGL O-FRENCHL LINE NEVER
BROKEN BY THE GERMANS

miles southwest OF La Fere, where the
British were reported last week, and is
only forty-five miles northwest OF Paris,
In the northeast OF France the
French have checked the Germans IA
the district OF 'Rethel. twenty miles
southwest of Sedan.
Dispatches from Paris announce that
the War Office has issued communicate
announcing that the Minister OF War
has decided to call out all reservists in
France who have not already joined the
colors
French military experts, according
to Paris dispatches, express the opinion
that the allies are now in a better
position than they have yet occupied.
while the Germans. should they fail IN
the present battles on the northern line.
would be left in a dangerous position
with exhausted troops. The British
force Is believed to be aoout TO engago
the German extreme right and may
have already done so. The British
troops are rested after the severe light
ing of last week and their losses have
been made good with fresh troopS
Statements that tho British, WhHs
losing heavily in the dghtins at Cams
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brated in Berlin with a jubilee in honor
of the news OF success from the east
and west which arrived last night. The
Russian defeat at Ortelsburg Is COM
pared with the French disaster at Sedan
by reason Of the vast number OF prison.
ers taken.
THE military attache Of the Brazilian
Legation at Berlin. writing OF the recent
German victories has stated that they
bring no surprise to those who witt
messed the manGuvres in time OF peace.
He declares the efficiency OF the Krupp
heavy artillery TO be astonishing"
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GERMANS SAY GARRISON OF
MONTMEDY WAS CAPTURED

Hansen forced back the French force
upon the river at Rethel. The Duke of
Wurtemburg has crossed the Meuse
River, advancing against Aisinie.
THE army OF the Crown Prince Fred
erick William is now advancing beyond
the Meuse after having captured the
entire French garrison at Montmedy.
which had attempted sortie in force.
The fortress OF Montmedy also was
captured.
The army under the Crown Prince OF
Bavaria has been in continuous action
against the French in Lorraine"
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BOY SCOUT IS DECORATED,
Special cable Despatch TO TnE srv.

Spfcm 'doie DeSpdtch 10 THE SIN.
ABBEviLLE, Sept. l,--Georges Terpen. an
eighteen year-old Boy Scout OF Liege. has
just been decorated by the King of the
Belgians and has received commission
In the army for the brilliant work which
he has accomplished since the beginning OF
hostillties, Young Terpen captured eleven
spies. all OF whom have been shot. Near
Malnes he killed one Uhlan and captured
another. although he was suffering from a
broken arm.
Two fellow boy scouts, aged l6 and II.
were executed by the Germans on the
same day Terpen declares that the only
weapon he used against the German
soldiers was long knife ON Sunday
morning young Terpen, who is the hero
OF the hour here, left wifi important
officisl dispatches for Brussels He has
already twice pierced the German lines.
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RUSSIAN REPORT.
RUSSIA SAYS ARMY
is SURELY WINNING

'pecioi Cable Despofch 10 Tnr suS

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE suS.
ST. PETERSBURG. September I.
An official account Of the great battle
being fought along the entire Russian
front was given out by the War Office
to-day. 1t follows:
The German defence has stiffened
and we are sustaining severe losses, but
the Germans are losing far more than
we are. and despite the arrival OF fresh
troops who have strengthened the Ger
man lines the enemy will be unable to
withstand our assault.
I'm Galicia our army continues VIC
torious and the Austrians. who managed
to invade Russian Poland In an at
tempted thanking movement, have been
repulsed with enormous losses and have
fallen back The Russian cavalry is
covering itself with glory. Ia the Aus
trian retreat 1t surrounded an entire
Austrian regiment and forced its sur
render.
"As result OF the general engage
ment which lasted from August 20 t.
August 80 we took lI.ooo prisoners anC
captured 120 Austrian and German
guns.
Austria now has in the field opposing
the second and third Russian armies
the first is in East Prussia) not les:
than 900, 900 men. The Austrian troops
however, are far from being the effec
II Re weapon that they had been expected
to be. They have been unable TO with
stand either the charges OF the Cos
sacks or the infantry bayonet charge.
of the Russian field forces.
"Lemberg Is now invested and its cap
ture is believed certain. The Russian
| armies now operating In Austria arr
numerically the superior OF the Aus
TRANS and are expected completely t,
overwhelm them"
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GREATEST DAY OF BATTLES IN HISTORY ENGAGES $780, 900 MEN,
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY IN EAST ALLIES LINE HOLDS in WEST;
AMERICANS in PARIS ASK PROOF GERMANS THREW AIR BOMBS
SEDAN DAY. SEES GREATEST BATTLES I'M HISTORY

The greatest battles in the history of
war marked the anniversary Of the Battle of
Sedan. In the eastern theatre of war the
Russians battled with both Germans and Aus
TRANS. The Austrian War Office placed the
number of men engaged in this conflict at
100000, making it the greatest engagement
ever fought in point of numbers involved.
The battle-only little less enormous in
the volume of the forces hurled at each other
in which the French and their British allies
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are seeking to halt the German march to
Paris continued in northeastern France.
In the two fields of operations, therefore,
about 100000 men were engaged in battle.
At the same time the German General
Staff announced that at Alensten, East Prus-
STA, the Germans annihiated three Russian
army corps, approximately 100000 men, and
captured 10000 prisoners, including two
commanding Generals, 800 other officers, and
the entire artillery of the Russian army en-
gagged.
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GERMAN REPORT.
BERLIN CELEBRATES
A DAY OF VICTORIES
Compare Capture of 10000 Rus
Sims Ia Triumph at
G~dan.
WAsnINGroN, September

WASHINGTON, September !.
THIS was a day OF great rejoicing
through all Germany according to des-
patches received through the German
Embassy here. The Berlin Government
mas laid claim to victory In East
Prussia which 1t says transcends In ex-
tent # not in Importance any OF the
series %. successes in their struggle with
'A' allied forces in Belgium and France.
me following is the wireless despatch
from Berlin:
'iti'ia! reports of the victory al
"''hS,cln greater than previously
'h'tnod, Three Russian army corps
"''e annihiated. 10000 prisoners taken
including two commanding Generals and
moro than 900 other officers and the
complete artillery of the Russian
army.
To-day being the forty-fourth an.
nNersary Of Sedan II las been csle-
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Koenigsberg. st. Petersburg. by an
imperial edict issued by the Car, ac-
cordlng to a correspondent. has been
renamed Petrograd The termination
burg" has been dropped. 1t is assumed.
because OF its German origin.
Reports from Vienna say
that along the Russian Prussian-Au
trian border 100000 men are en-
gagged and that the battle line extends
for 400 miles. The Austrian fanking
movement toward Luhlin is reported
to have been a failure, entailing consid-
cradle loss and withdrawal from
Russian Poland. Lemberg is Invested
by the Russians. their lines half en-
circling the city.
Austria 10 recalling troops from
France and is also bringing back more
OF the soldiers who were sent to the
Drint and Danube against the Servians.
TURKEY -Washlngton was advised yes
terday through London that a declara-
ton OF war by Turkey was expected and
that German officers had gone to Con-
stantinople to take charge of the Sui
tan's forces. The Turkish Ambassador
In London. however. emphatcally re-
iterates Turkeys determination not to
interfere in the present European war.
The Turkish Government, according TO
a Rome despatch. is mobllzing an army
of 200, 900 and seventy-two high German
officers have been incorporated in the
army
JAPAN.--A japanese expeditionsry force
has occupied the island OF Tsi-chien. in
Kiao-chow Bay facing the German forts
OF Tsing-tao. according to n Shanghai
despatch A Japanese destroyer which
had gone aground on the Len-tau
island was destroyed by the German
gunboat Jaguar.
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law OF the Kaiser. gave a festive banquet
last week at the royal palace at Laeken.
Prince August Wilhelm, the kalser's
Fourth son, was the guest OF honor.
The population OF Brussels has yet offered
no violence beyond shooting several Ger
man residents believed to be spies