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The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
PIERCE BRITISH LINES

LONDON, May 25.-It is officially admitted that the Germans by strong artillery attacks aided by gas bombs have penetrated the British lines east of Ypres The at The report does not try deny that the result regret table but the belief expressed that the advantage gained may be only temporary and will not be serious anyway The effect of the gas bombs is to render our troops u led to get away to avoid partial asphyation The bombs are used when the wind blows in the direction of the Allied
 lines so that the fumes are borne by the breeze Tn the direction intended The very statement that the BIltSn
 lines have been penetrated has had the effect or Grea enemy has secured srategcal advantage of importance which might result in further disaster.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
GERMAN CONSUL GOES
 DOWN TO ATLANTA,

SEATTLE, May 25.-German con- sul Mueller, who was arrested some time ago on the charge of conspiracy has exchanged posts with Doctor Zop- fell who has been stationed at Atlanta. Mueller will not say whether or not the charges against him had anything to do with the change.
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BECKER MUST
 MEET DEATH
POLICE LIEUTENANTS APPEAL TURNED DOWN AND ONLY
 GOVERNOR CAN SAVE HIM.

ALBANY, May 25.-The court of appeals has refused the appeal of Lieutenant Becker and he must go to the electric chair unless the governor inteyenes to save his life. A strong fight was put up to have the cOnvic- ton by the lower court reversed but the court of appeals announced its decision today and stated that it could seen no good reason for saving the life of the former lieutenant of police.
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BATTLE SOUTH OF PRZEMYSL

PETROGRAD May 25-The Germans have launch ed fierce attacks south of Pzemys with the obvious in tenton of relieving the pressure on the TeutOnc ranks on the San river Our forces are still pressing forward in the last named region and nicng severe losses on the enemy. The war office denies that we have been driven out of the Carpahian passes although IS admit led that our retirement from Gorlce and TamOw has made necessary for sategica reasons to fall back from some of the positions in those passes that we took dng our great offensive movement towards Hungary Severe engagements are now proceeding all the way rom the Baltic to the Roumanian frontier almost.
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WILL NOT IGNORE U. S.

WASHINGTON, May 25-The state department has been notified by the German government through the German embassy that Germany does not intend to ignore the protest of the United States on the sinking of the Frye, notwithstanding the delay in making reply This reply according to the communication will be furnished in few days but as matters of great importance have to be attended to- it found impossible to give the necessary attention to this one matter The feeling has been grow ing here that Germany has shown inclination to treat the American protests lightly This feeling has been add ed to by the fact that the German submarine warfare con- tinues just as was before the demand by this govern ment that it should cease.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
.: * @ e * * * * < < * ( .: ROCKEFELLER'S FRIEND
 * ATTACKS PRES. WALSH. "

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Mc- Kenzie King, a director of the h. dustrial Relations department of the Rockefeller Foundation severely SCOT ed Chairman Walsh of the Industrial Relations Commission today while giv- in testimony before the commission. His attack on Walsh was due to the severe treatment meted out by the lat ter in his examination of Rockefeller before the commission.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
WORK SOON TO BEGIN ON
 ALASKA NORTHERN RAILROAD
Auditor and Paymaster of All Operations On Northwestern and Will Make
 Headquarters Here.

With coats off and sleeves rolled up We are right here ready to pitch into the work on the Alaska Northern railroad" said Thomas M. Ward, as sistant engineer in the construction of the government railroad from Se- ward to the interior. 1Jr. Ward has arrived with Mrs. Ward and with her mother Mrs. J. D. Phillips On North western which will arrive here befor2 tomorrow night are Leslie Cramer paymaster for the government, and B. Barndollar, auditor of all disbwss- ments in the work of construction. Both men will make their headquart- CTS in Seward as will Mir. Edcs who will be the last official 10 arrive and make up the full engineering force for the work on this railroad out of Seward. Mir. Ward did not desire to be quoted as saying what his beliefs are as to the amount of work that VII be done here. When asked if it is not a fact, as cabled from Washington, that the Alaska Northern will be re- constructed to Mile Forty-fve this summer and that the rock work will be done in the winter time, he stated that he could not say, but he declared that the plans are now being pre- pared.
 Mir. Ward is one of the big en- gineers of the country judging by the
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
CREEK THROUGH CITY
 NOW TO BE FLUMED.
Property Owners Start to Put in Five Feet by Seven Plume to
 Take Water.

The property owners have begun the work of fuming Lowell creek through the city. This is the creek which has received the misleading name of the glacier stream. It will be fumed down Jefferson street as far as Fifth, at least, and will probably be fumed to the sea. The Hume will be five feet by seven wide.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
APARTMENT HOUSE
 FOR LAUBNER ADD,

At the city council meeting last night J. T. Harvey asked that the question of putting water into Che Laubner addition be taken up. He declared that several buildings will soon be erected here, one of the build ings under contemplation being a thirty thousand dollar apartment house.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
MONEY STOLEN FROM THE
 STEAMSHIP MARIPOSA,

SEATTLE, May 25.-Eighteen hundred dollars were stolen from the registered mail of the Mariposa on the last trip according to the informa- tion just published. No clue has been obtained put it is known that the rob- bery was committed while Clerk Thwaites was eating dinner,
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VIGOROUS IN WEST

PARIS. May 25-Vigorous fighting is now proceed ing all along the western line from Arras to the sea but nofbno decisive has to be recorded The fighting around Ypres is still reported to be proceeding fercey The Germans apparently have concentrated most Ot their et- forts on the breaking of the Allied lines in that quarter with the ever recurring hope of bursting way to the French coast cities.
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ODESSA Rnssia Mar 25-It is rennrted that the s
sAYS ROUNIANIA PREPAREs

LONDON, May 25.-Reports from Bucharest are to the effect that Rounana is getting ready to enter the war with the Allied nations Some hundreds of thousands of men are now under arms Since the declaration of war by Italy reSessness has become apparent all over the Balkans which is expected to cumnate in general con- fagraon having chiefly for its object the changing of the frontier lines that part of the continent to the dis advantage of Austria.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
ITALIANS TO LEAVE

CHICAGO May 25.-Thousands of Italians will leave this city for the war within few days Thirty thousand Italians are on the consu list in this city alone and most of them will probably go home to fight, so relieving the labor situation It is feared that labor will become too scarce in some industries which Italians follow.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
NORWEGIAN SUNK

TONDON May 25-A Norwegian steamer was tor nodond yesterday and sunk in the North Sea by German submarine British steamer went to the rescue of the crew and was attacked by the German craft but uSuc cessfy Several of the members of the Norwegian VeS sel are believed to have been lost
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25

information given to the Gateway from other sources. He was with Chairman Edes on the Southern Pacific and was construction engineer of one of the divisions on the Vir- ginian railroad. Another member of the government force who has just arrived is Oliver G. Hubby chief draughtsman, who has come with his bride, as stated some time ago when he was on the way. Mir. Hubby comes from the Panama canal where he was one of the construction engineers. He is one of the prominent members Of the profession in the United States.
 Mr. Ward is most enthusiastic in the expression of his opinions about Seward. "We are all delighted with the location ne sald ana We are con fdent that it will be a go-ahead city, He particularly emphasized the word "city" as against town" What Se- ward needs is factories" he continued and the manner in which he spoke show that Engineer Ward is one of those men who go heart and soul into anything they do. The chief facts to be elicited from his conversation is that within a few days the operations will begin on the Alaska Northern and Seward will jump to the forefront. He did not say so much but what else can be taken from his remarks !?
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
RUSSIANS REACH VAN

PETROGRAD, May 25-The Russians have entered Van in Asiatic Turkey and have relieved the AssyanS and Amenians who being slaughtered by the Turks and Kurds Thousands of those people are reported to have lost their lives at the hands of their enemies but the region has now been all but cleared of the Turks and con- ditions will soon be very much improved.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
GANG GOES TO WORK.

Eight section men went out yes terday under the charge of Fred Dorff to work on the railroad beyond the sumnit. This gang w'll prepare the road from Mile 12 to Mile 34.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
WATSON TOMORROW.

Agent Blue expects the Watson to return tomorrow afternoon from the westward.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
NORTHWESTERN COMING.

Agent Guptiu has received word that the Northwestern was to have left Cordova today at noon.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
ITAI IAN ARMY HAS INVADED
 AUSTRIA AND TAXES TOWNS
Fierce Engagements Take Place Along Several Parts of
 Both Fighting Fronts.
ITALY INYADES AUSTRIA

ROME May 25.-The Italian army crossed the Austrian border last night the Gulf of Trieste and captured four towns. destroyer at the time at tackled the port of BuSo sank few small boats captured fifty prisoners and wrecked the docks and depOS. The king left for the front today and he passed through the streets thousands of people lined the way cheering loudly
 LONDON May 25.-The AuStro- German offensive in Galicia is Sackening and the Russians easily holding their own Przemysl is apparently safe from danger for the present and will continue to strengthen the Russian line
 THE HAGUE, May 25.-The Netherlands govern ment has protested the sinking of the LuStania which some citizens of Holland lost their lives
 WASHINGTON, May 25.-The German government announced today officially that 1t will give its answer to the United States governments protest on the sinking of the LuSitania in few days Persistent rumOrs are afOa to the effect that the answer will be satisfactory ATHENS, May 25-Thousands of wounded Turks are arriving in ConStantnope and causing feeling some thing akin to terror in the population
 ODESSA Russia, May 25-It is reported that the Italian consul at Constantinope has been killed by the Turks War between Turkey and Italy is expected within twenty-fOur hours
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25
KILLS FIRST BROWN BEAR.

Henry Oliver made a trip to Ayalik Bay last Saturday and returned Sun day morning with a brown bear meas uring about 2 feet. Oliver got him with the first shot, hitting him direct Iv behind the ears. This is the first brown bear reported killed within forty miles of Seward this season.
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25

PIANO FOR SALE-Apply Gate way office. 6-IS-H
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25

THE HAGUE May 25-The Netherlands govern men has protested the sinking of the LuStana which some citizens of Holland lost their lives
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25

BERLIN May 25-The racing season opened here today with large crowds in attendance. Betting was per mtted but the subjects of nations fighting against Ger many were barred from being present,
The Seward gateway., 1915-05-25

ATHENS, May 25-Thousands of wounded Turks are arriving in COnStantnOple and causing feeling some thing akin to terror in the population
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EAST ST. LOUIS. May 25-French agents are buy ing twenty thousand horses and Great Britain has a standing order for twelve hundred weekly.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
HOWARD OFFERS
OLIVE BRANCH

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
SYNOD OPENS
Many Prominent Missionaries Appear
on Program Of Southern Assembly
At Peoples Presbyterian Church

A fuurduys session NJ the South
Dw Assembly synod NJ Oklahoma was
begun Tuesday In the Peoples Pres
Nlrrlun church, at c and South Cen
ual streets Many out NJ state speak
rrs will appear ON the program. Rev.
lhpuczrr Hotchkln, of Durnnt, rctir-
iug moderator, will deliver the sermon
Tuesday night lie represents the
third generation Of missionaries In
his family lo the Indians, his father
md grandfather having served Ia
Uhm capacity before him. Many "
rhr other speakers have likewise served
uu. terms as Indian missionaries
THE business sessions viii termi.
nate Friday evening. 4 partial list
uf ho-c appearing on the program
arn Rev A. T.. Miller " Arupahoc
Rr, W I. Il. Lloyd, NJ Bennington
Rev T. T.. Latham, NJ Minco; Rev
John I Armstrong, ~ Nashville, Tenn
WrN A. NJ Flrehaugh " Remington
Re-, H. H. Moseley, " Galns,llle
Texas Rev. W. H. Mlley, NJ Atlantn
Ca Rev ". II Roggs, ~ Shawnee
Re-, $ I McMurrN Of Caddo, anc
Rev, John Scott Johnson, pastor Of
tho church where the sessions arc be-
ing held
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
STOP! CALOMEL
IS QUICKSILVER
It's mercury Attacks the bones,
salivates and makes
you sick

There's no reason why II person
should t1ko slckcning, snllvatmC calo.
mel whom ~ cents buys n large hottie
NJ pudsors liver Tone perfect sub.
stitutc for cnlomel
II II ~ lensnnt vcretahlc VNn'd
witch win start your liver iu't ns
surely ~ cnlomel INT n doesn't mnkc
yam ylc', and rnn not snllyates
children md grown folks con take
Dodsnns liver Tone, because v Is per
frctlv harmless. ~.
Cnlnmel is dangerous drug II u
mercury aud 0'tNaka vour homes Tuke
dose W nasty cnlomcl tn1av and
YOU will feel weak, sick anil nnnS"n'cd
tomorrow Don't lose n DAYS work
Take spoonful ~ Dodoon'S liver
Tone instead and you win wake IN
feeling great NJ more hlliousncSs,
constitution. slugelshncss headache,
contcd tonruc or sour stomach Your
arnrelei saws n yon don't find Dod-
SONS Ilvcr Tonc pcts better than hor
rlhlo uolomel your money IL waiting
FOR yOu
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
SHR.NERS HID A
TINE At P0NCA
Two Hundred Local Members on
Hand 1900 From All Over
the State
MORE Ihan two hundred OkInnmu

MORE than two hundred oklahoma
IVA CITY Shriurrs helped a. swell the
total number of members of that order
who convened IN Ponca city Monday
lp the total Of 100. The occasion wa,
tuc initiation nt II class Of lOI novice,
under the auspices Of Akdnr Temple Of
Tulsa In whose district ruuru city
lie, India Temple Of Oklahoma city
aud Midiun Temple Of wichita kas,
curh helped In the inilintion.
Midiun Temple In IT. special train NJ
fifteen coaches. aud mdIu Temple ar
rived IN Ponca at about the same time
Monday morning. Soon after Brduuln
Temple " Muskogee put In it, appear.
nucr Akdar Temple had arrived on
sunday 10 make preparation Tor the
entertainment uf the visitors
Al N.3O the visitors were taken In
automobiles 10 the l0l Ranch. where
they were guests of George Miller.
himself Shrlncr Al II 20 the Shrin.
ers had returned 10 Ponra, and were
guests ~ Akdar Temple at dinner In
various PonCA churches
Then at 80 came the parade, said
to have been the most gorgeous NJ IT'S
Kind ever held iu this state. Ostriches,
muffulus und sacred cattle from the
lul Ranch 200 and novlccs aud other
animals were all represented In the
line.
Following the parade the patrol
drills were held aud from their rouclu
sion until o'clock. when the mltlu
tiou commenced the Shriners Kept the
town on edge hv their antics.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the crrcmou
ials came 10 an end, aud a reception
wa. held In Barnes Hall aud In the
Elks Hall FOR the visiting members $,
greatly IN excess ~ antlclpntions wrr,
the numbers present that Barnes Hal
wa. unable to accommodate the crowd,
which urccssitated the securing NJ the
l.ks rooms
Livery airht-- Dancing Auditorium
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
CITY WILL HAVE
FINAL TAX WORD
Commissioners Should Have Re
spOnSibllity Of setting and
Passing Budget

ElNANClAl. embarrassment due u
- the hcsltmcy aud delay ot the uouu.
~ excise board In passing the mmOl.
pal budget will be- Il thlnu of the m,t
next ycur gccurdiuu Ia q statement
by Commissioner Mike uouuruy Tine.
duy II H. Commissioner nnmrII,s IS
belief tAnt thi, important function uf
q city government should hr udmlui.
tered strictly b, the rlt, alone. without
outside help The city rhurtrr uru
,ldc> TINT the city >mU have ul
uhHuc ut the city uN lryirs
AN ordlmucr give, MS full power p
administer um own ufnrs uud here
after We will du H. drvmrrd the ,um
missioner The idco " % lor ul rrd
tape when there Is mo- good uf 10 les
foolish When a rity's charter r,
urcssly gives city certain power
'hctr ls no reasonable excuse fpr dr.u
lur part NJ this power to SOMEONE
lsr"
Commissioner nnuncny believes thnt
me- board of commissioners rhcmscl,c,
hould have the final word un the
rify lrvry ms.cHd of TINT power being
taken hy the excise board us az pre-,
emf llv believes tmt II 'hc city char
ter were strictly adhered to IN I'M,
respect the matter ur the city budget
would hr arranged much more salts
fuclurill aud with less confusion than
los considering the commissioners n,
mrrr figure hcnd, without authority
ln this respect
~ We take the right NJ final pas
sage ON the budget and tax levies
which right ~ given us nv the charter
I think TINT there would tend to b,
q more equitable system " assessmen
and taxation declared Mr.. Donnelly
The best results In n matter of thi
Kind can only I've achieved when Their
|, Is responsibility to be- met instead d
standing hy nnd letting somebody els
do H. aud then finding fault"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
.|lLINO|SAi IS
SLAIN BY VILLA
Dead Several Months-Rela-
tives Learn of Fate Only
This Week

7 KSEYNILLE H. oct 2d-lsaac
u %, Els Of this ciy was shot and
instantly killed 10y Villa followers nt
Ehuno. Mexico. ON May I last, accord.
Ing To MESSAGES received by relatives
uf Mr. Ely here Monday The fate Of
Il son ana daughter Of MIR Fly hns
not yet been learned though inrcstt
Cation by the Mexican consul nj St
Louis has been In progress several
months.
Ely owned oll fields near Ehano and
a coffee plantation near Tampicu \
year ngu when tllc sitmlou In Mexico
became critical ~, and Nj, fumiIy re.
turned a. the United States SiN
months ago however hr returned 10
McNico. soon after that h" wrote to
his mother In Jrr-ryyillu TINT his plan
luliou had been mldrd. his horses stol.
en- aud other personal property taken
That was the last letter Mrs Ely re-
ccived from her son The mcssugr
brought to her Monday did mot give
the details of nj, death
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
SEN. SHERMAN
TO SPEAK HERE
Illinois Senator Will Address
Open Meeting of Rotary
Club Next Tuesday

NJ THE luncheon Of the Rotary
IA club Tuesday noon, It was decid-
I'd bv an unanimous vote NJ the organ
izntion to make the occasion NJ Sena-
tor Lawrence Y Shermans speech he
fore the Rotary club next Tuesday, an
open meeting. Senator sherman Is the
junior senator from Illinois having
been elected to fln the uncKplred term
~ William Lorimer, aud will have u
message ~ unusual interest for okla
humuns Every business and profes-
sional man. ns well ns others who may
desire to hear the senator, Hrr invited
to be- present next Tuesday at the
weekly luncheon.
Frank ] Wlkoff, Of the Trades.
mems State Bank was introduced as
the speaker Of the luncheon 10y Sidney
L. Brock Tuesday Mr. Wikoff had
just returned from an overland trim
throughout the northwest and gave
the Rotarinns mn interesting talk upon
conditions as he viewed them cnroute.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
Oh MILL BUKAS
Plant of Oklahoma Feed and OH WIN
Company Destroyed by Fire tNrp
Tuesday -- Loss $4,000

Fire from an unknown cause com
pletely destroyed the building occupied
by the oklahoma Feed and ON MN
plant IN the lOO block ON Eu-t \"hlr
street shortly after I o'clock Tuesday
morning. The location of the mill "n-
w far out that there wu~ mo- avail
able water supply hrar and by 'h'
time the hose had been mid Ia the
nearest fire plug, several blocks away
the fire was beyond control
The plant was n new one, having
only begun operations within the last
90 days. The loss amounted 10 ap
proNimntely $1,000. Insurance for 81.
500 wus carried. Fire Chirt Rrouh'
did not believe thnt the hnzr was "l
inCcndlary origin, hut attributed II Ia
either spontaneous combustion IN dnmI
alfalfa. or to spark caused by wire
Getting In the machinery
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-26
Only a Tree by a Railroad Track
But Thereby Hangs a Tale

BY the side OF the flagman's shanty
where the Santa Fe tracks cross
Grand avenue, is "A little grcen.lcnfed
cottonwood tree scarcely more thnn II
foot In height By It's side is u piece
NJ dirty lath stuck In the ground to
prevent the heavy tlmbers piled In
confusing masses nearby from crush
Ing ont It's tender MT while on all
sides extends the ull-soakcd clndcr.
dirt OF the railroad right.ofway,
pressed into almost cement-llke hard
ness by the feet Of the hundreds ~
trespassers who use the tracks every
day for a thorOughfare
There Is nothing unusual about the
little tree II Is only one specimen
NJ type that sprouts, grows little
and then II eliminated by lneXornble
selection every yenr Yet 10 the Oh.
servant passerby II tells u story. #
tells that some loving hnnd-possIbly
that Of the flagmnn, whom one would
not suspect Of having such tender In
stlncts implanted In his heart has
cared for and watched over the baby
tree since first II struggled and pokcd
It's hopeful little crest through the