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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
KNOCKERS MAKE
KNIGHT ANGRY

A. NJ. Knight of Arkansas City,
brother of Dick Knight, is in the city
looking after the interests Of the
Knight estate.
"The real estate knocker is a won
drous evil said Knight 81 have
been on several deals Each time a
knocker has cornered my man and
told him that thr town is no good
ard that my property is nil own
a brick building on Harrison avenue.
I want $4,000 for it; it is cheap at the
price The knockers, however, have
been telling it is not worth that. Now
mp at Arkansas City We have knock
ers, too but they don't knock the
town
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
GUTHRIE TRADE IND
INTERyRRAN EXTENSION

THE placins of Guthrie men on the
Fay roll to work up sentiment favor
able to the extension Of the interur-
ban from Edmond to Guthrie and
oave the way for free entry of urban
streets. is an right from the Oklaho-
ma city view point but it is not go
ing to work out as intended, said a
director of the chamber Of commerce
today.
"The liz merchants at oklahoma
City, say it is no benefit to them as
they will get no Guthrie trade. How
ever. that is a mistake and, moreov-
er. there are other interests besides
merchants The line is on the com
m ssion business. The electric line
people will have to come to Guthrie
and explain their proposed schedules
before the people here will lather up.
An electric line with all the service
favorable to Edmond and Oklahoma
city will not prove advantageous.
Continued on north it would prove
beneficial Six cars a day from Ed
mond to Oklahoma City and only two
a day from Guthrie to Edmond and
return makes me think that the Santa
Fe aceomodations are pretty good"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
TORPEDO BLOWN FROM
WELL CREATES HAVOC

Tulsa, Dec "A nitroslycerine
torpedo was blown out of an oil Well
seven miles south Of Tulsa today, ex-
ploding high in the air. The shock
was felt in Tulsa, and scores of win
dows were shattered. Preparations
were being made to shoot the well
when the crude oil burst forth of its
own pressure and forced the torpedo
100 feet over the top Of the derrick
1t is the only account Of the kind that
ever occurred in the Oklahoma oil
field.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
PECAN CROP Of STATE
BECOMING VALUABLE

The value Of pecans produced and
marketed in cities Of the state this
year will reach $150000 The pecans
from Lincoln and Pottawatomie couu-
ties this season amounted to between
twenty-five and thirty carloads. They
sold for an average of 61ac a pound
The average carload was about 25,O00
This is several times over the biggest
pecan crop that has been marketed
1t is due to the good season for
the trees and to the favorable fall
weather that induced owners to give
their crop. Most of the carload ship
ments Of pecans have gone to St
Louis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
PEANUT SHOW WILL
Be HELD IN GUTHRIE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE
COUNTY WILL COMPETE FOR
FRIZES

A peanut show will be held in
Guthrie next Saturday under the aus
pices of the Chamber Of Commerce,
the members OF the boys peanut club
competing for prizes offered by the
men. This show was sched-
uled for the Cimarron Valley Fair,
but owing to the lateness Of peanuts
in maturing this year was postponed.
About twenty boys will participate in
the show.
After the awards the nuts Will be
offered for sale and this will be a
cod chance for people to get a sup
ply Of the choicest peanuts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
CIMARRON VALLEY FAIR
STOCKHOLDERS To MEET

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Cimarron Valley Fair
association will be held at the Cham
ber Of Commerce tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock for the election of direct
ors, hearing reports and transaction
Of other business. Every stockhold-
er in the association and every cit
izen interested in the success Of the
fair should attend the meeting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
THINKS SHOULD DASH
SOME FOR SANTA FE.

While we are dashing wildly about
husting freight for the Ft. Smith &
Western in order to insure a train,
let US also do a little freight dashing
for the Santa Fe,' said a merchant
today This is not a knock, just
cold fact. The Ft. Smith leaves $500
a month in Guthrie, while the Santa
Fe leaves $4,000 a month"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
Peace Talk Not Sound.

Berlin, Dec. 2-Commenting on the
proposed socialist Interpolation in the
Reichstag, concerning the conditions
upon whcih Germany would make
peace the Overseas agency says:
This Interpolation is due to the
fact that in Germany nobody under
stands why our enemies, after their
diplomatic defeats in the Balkans,
coupled with their military failures,
have not yet bgeun peace negotia-
tions.'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
WEDDING GIFT FOR PRESIDENT

Durant, Dec, 2-The Boy Scouts Of
Durant decided at meeting last Sat
urday to send President Wilson and
his bride-to-be a wedding present
The gift will not be expensive. but
viii attest the love and admiration
OF the Durant boys. Each of the boys
has agreed to put W 5ec to buy the
present
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02

Nogales, Ariz, Dec. 2.-His forces
kfeated and scattered by the Car
ANA army Of General Manuel Dieguez
1t Hermosillo. Francisco Villa the in
mrgent leader, has disappeared, ac-
:ording to reports received here today
~ General Alvardo Obregon, the Car
ANA military chief. The report was
based apparently on statements of
prisoners.
General Dieguez's ctory at Her.
nosillo is said to have been complete,
Three hundred Vnls soldiers were
ound wounded after the battle. Six
hundred were said to have surrender
ed south of Magdalena, while 200 more
gave up their arms today at Llano.
The remainder Of Villas forces, ex-
repting those commanded by General
Jose Rodriguez, are declared to be de-
moralized and surrendering in small
Their trains with two locomo-
ives were reported to have been aban-
loned at Magdalena, fifty-four miles
south of Nogales and 122 miles north
If Hermosillo.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02

How through cooperation, grain
growers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Albreta, have made a profit of
$1,6OOOOO was told by George f.
Chipman, Winnipeg. Mr. Chipman
said in part
within nine years the grain grow
ers Of western Canada have organized
three companies for the handling Of
their grain operating 498 country ele-
vators and one large terminal elevator
at the head of the great lakes The
total assets of these farmers com
panies are over four and a half
million dollars and the paid up capital
is one and half million. They hyae
handled more than 250,O00,0OO bushels
of grain and have made net profit of
S1,6OOOOO
"All of this has not been brought
about without a terrific struggle
against the forces of the organized
grain trade of Canada and it is only
matter of a few years when they will
market three quarters of the Canadian
grain crop. 1t is also expected that
in the future they will go into flour
milling and possibly operate their own
steamships
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
NEW YORK DEFECTIVE
DIES WITHOUT OPERATION

New York, Dec 2.-AIargaret Rob
erts a deformed and paralyzed baby,
whose birth caused much discussion
is dead. no operation was perform
ed, the mother leaving the decision to
the board of physicians.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
Italy WIN Stand Pat

Paris, Dec Italy today reiterated
its former statement that there would
he no separate peace pact entered
into with any nation. Italy will stand
by its agreement with the allies, to
the very letter"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
WAR A YEAR AGO TODAY
Dec. p 1914

Dec. 2, 1914.
British, reinforced, took over COM
mand of the User region.
Austrians tcok Belgrade.
Ruc7ians won at SzczercoW and en-
tered Weiliczka.
Montenegrins repuised Austrians.
Hungarian chamber OF deputies
voted war bills.
Prince Of Wales fund reached $20,-
oOooo0.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
Many English Vessels sunk.

London, Dec 2-Beports received
by the board Of trade, during the
month Of November tell of the sinking
of fifty-three British steamers with
total net tonnage OF GLO72, with a loss
of six hundred and forty-siX lives. The
ships were valued at twenty million
dollars and the cargoes at that much
more
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02

Jap Parsons is urging the formation
of a six-power peace entente, including
United States, Russia,
France, Italy and Japan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
FARM CREDITS SYSTEM
DEMANDED IN WEST

CBy Associated Press.j

Chicago Ill Dec .. II. II. Newell
of the Cniyersity.of Illinois, formerly
director of the United States reclama-
tion service, in an address before the
National Conference on Marketing
and Farm Credits, urged the adoption
Of a system of rural credits which
would meet the needs of the farmers
operating irrigated lands in the west
Mr.. Newell said in part
"Throughodt the western part of the
United States, and particularly upon
recently irrigated lands there exists a
condition which demands attention.
Although the number of farmers con
cerncd may be small as compared with
those throughout the east yet the
relative importance is great because
these tens oe thousands of irrigators
form the mainstay of sparsey settled
locations. II they are not able to at
tain a reasonable competence, the
country Will not keep the necessary
population to maintain ifa progress
The United States has already in
vested more than $lOO,OOO0OO in
building large works for the irriga-
tion of arid lands in seventeen western
states. In addition other hundreds of
millions of dollars have been expended
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
TEUTONS IN WEST GIVE
FEEBLE RESISTANCE
KAISER HINTS At DIRE
THINGS III GREECE GOES
TO ALLIES SIDE
(5ULLETlN.)

Paris, Dec. 2.-French and British
made remarkable gains on the western
front today after a heavy lombard
ment. Five positions we're taken from
the Germans, who. discouraged, re
treated with little resistance, A
number Of prisoners we're taken.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
Teutons Pressing Onward.

Berlin, Dec. 2.-Teutonic forces,
pressing hard their campaign against
Montenegro, have occupied the towns
of Plevlje and Jabuka in northeastern
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02
CARRIED MILLIONS IN
GOLD WITH HIM
rIlOJ GIT To HE ON WAY TO
CALIFORNIA TO JOIN HIS
FANOWTE WIFE
BULLETIN

Brownsville, Dec. 2.-Word reached
this city today to the effect that Gen.
Villa and his bodyguard had escaped
into Arizona and that the party car
ried with them $2o,ooO,ooo in gold. If
this is true, Villa is headed for Cali
iornia where his favorite wife now is.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02

Nogales, Ariz, Dec. 2.-The back
oono OF the villa opposition has been
shattered His YaQui Indian allies
layo deserted him Gen. Urbalejo
N,h 400 Indian warriors have sur
endered completely, arms and men
to Carranza.
Fiftyeisht officers and men of the
rebel faction have been executed by
arranza firing squads. No quarter
is being shown those who are cap
turod All who voluntarily surren-
der are given immunity
Villas power now has been COM
Hetely broken, Obregon stated in his
message.
al Corbo, north Of Hermosllio.
where General Manuel Diegdez final
" scattered his main body, Villa de-
itroyed all his artillery the report
stated
A part Of his forces defeated on
me Fuerte river escaped westward,
apparently toward Lower
falifornia with the expectation of
Joining Governor Esteban Cantu at
ueXacali, opposite Calexico, Cal.
Obregon also stated that among
he numerous prisoners who surren-
lered to General P. Elias Gales was
Aleiandro Ceresola, former command
,r of the Mexican navy under Huerta.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-02

Continued on Page six)
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18

peace can rest assured that the patri-
ot1c fighting spirit which called the en-
tire people Of weak, worn out Prussia
to the colors in 1913 is today the COM
mon property of the entire German ma
ton. Whoever attacks the German
nation will find it united and unani-
nous in the face of danger and will
find every man in the ranks stepping
forward firm in the belief that Provi-
dence is with him. =
There is today no occasion, no ex-
cuse which would justify the irruption
Of one European power upon another's
territory. | will go so far as to say
that if, as the result of some untoward
explosion, we should become involved
in war with France, war with Rus
sia would not inevitably follow. where
rs II we should become involved in a
war with Russia a war with France
would be absolutely certain. No
French administration would be strong
enough to stop it even if it wanted
to.
when | say that We must strive per-
manently to be prepared for all eventu-
alities l mean to indicate that we must
make greater efforts than any other
power by reason of our unhappy geo.
graphical position. We are situated
in the very center of Europe. We have
at least three frontiers open to attack.
France has only its eastern frontier,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
ONE HUNDREDTR
PRINCE BISMARCK s..
In Great Speech to ReiChStag
Famous German Statesman
Deferded Increased Mill
tary Armament.

Russia its western, upon which It can
be attacked. Moreover. we are more
menaced by the danger of a hostile
condition, a danger arising from his
torical developments, our geographical
position and our lack of historic unity,
than any other people. God has placed
us in a situation in which our neigh
bors prevent us from falling into any
state of lassitude or desuetude. lie
has placed alongside of US the most
warlike and volatile nation, the French,
and in Russia there have been develop
ed warlike proclivities unknown to pre-
vious centuries. Thus we are being
spurred on from two sides and are
forced to undertake exertions which
would certainly not arise from any
spontaneous initiative. 1t is the pricks
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
Always Ready For War.

Gust then the chaplain OF the anou
Iance the Able BOlard, came up ana
asked. But. NJ. lie Comte, If you dld
not want war what was the meaning
of the Hohenzollern candidatureE TO
which Bismarck replied teXtually'
Upon my word. Did anybody reaiiy
swallow that? NJ de Grammont Is 100
refined gentleman and too good a
sportsman to be a good politician. Ihat
was invented to force on war. we
were challenged. not to retreat any fur-
ther. Already, four years ago, we mad
shown great patience in the Luxem-
burg affair, and you were less ready
then than you are today. You only
forget one thing, and that is that we
are always ready for war, and that II
we are forced to fight we carry on war
I'm the severest sense. You have had
proof of this And with gesture OF
he haughtily and coldly
pointed to the battlefield, which had
called forth his deep emotion.
Here truth compels me to say" pro-
ceeds DR.. Czernicki, that nothing can
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
DR.. BERNHARD DERNBURG

DR.. Bernhard Dernburg, former
imperial secretary of state for colon
les, who is now in the United States
on behalf Of Germany, is one of the
foremost men of his country. He is
we'll acquainted with American his
torical, political, economic, financial
and social conditions, as he received
his early training in the New York
office of Ladenburga. Thalmann & Co.,
bankers, and since that time has
been frequent visitor to the United
States. When he was German i'm
perial secretary of the colonies, Doc.
tor Dernburg spent eight weeks in
this country investigating the cotton
question with a view of applying
American plantation methods to cot.
ton in the German colonies.
In 1913, on the occasion of the
emperor's jubilee, Doctor Dernburg
was called into the Prussian house OF
lords as a life member. This was an
indication of special royal confidence
He is honorary doctor of the political
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
BUSY CHAIRMAN MC0MBs

William F. McCombs. chairman
OF the Democratic national commit
etee, practices law in New York be-
tween campaigns, but he does not
neglect the important task intrusted
to him by the leaders of his party
fHe keeps in close touch with the
fssntiment Of the country, and Presi-
fdent Wilson considers him one of his
most valuable advisers concerning
proposed national legislation. Occa-
Esionally Mr. McCombs runs down to
washington and confers with the
president, and recently after one of
these trips he said he was planning
ITO call a meeting of the national COM
mittee this spring and that it's mem
4bers and others probably would have
a big dinner to celebrate two years of
Democratic national rule.
y Already Chairman McCombs and
his associates are laying their plans
for the campaign Of 1916, and they
predict sweeping Democratic vic
1Ory. This forecast they base largely
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
LEGISLATORS vota 10 smnk.

After going smokeless for most O,
the session the house of representa-
hves of the Arizona legislature voted
to rescind the anti-smoke resolution
and the members burned tobacco dur
'ng the eleven days remaining of tn,
session. The action was taken oyel
the protest and vote Of Mrs. Rache
Berry, the sole woman member of tn,
house. The senate members hay.
been smoking throughout the session
with the approval of Senator France.
Munds. the only woman senator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
FROM MAIL CAR TO CONGRESS

Three short years ago Carl c.
Wan Dyke sorted mail in a railway
post Office car.
Today he is in Washington, GER
Aafied as the new member in the house
from the Fourth Minnesota district,
: ito succeed Frederick C. Stevens, Re
ytpublican, who for nearly a score of
years mad been returned again and
fagain from this district until beaten
lby the young Democrat who came
almost directly from the mail car to
4make his campaign.
Van Dyke is not yet thirty-ive
-years of age. Big of frame and mus
FEniar, with countenance in which
t'shghtihg" chin and jaw and clear
UrowR eyes are the predominating
features, he looks the part of man
tRho has fought his way up" as he
] has done.
Van Dyke claims to be a Scan
a .finavian, his mother having been a
nEasive of Norway. He himself was
tborn in Alexandria, Mimi, of which
TOWN he is still a resident He Serv
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18

NN April l will fall the hundredth
anniversary Of the birth of Otto
W Won Bismarck Schoenhausen,
Prince and Duke of Lauenburg
and German societies and clubs all
over the United States are preparing to
celebrate the event. 1t is striking in
stance of the condolences of history
that the Germany which Bismarck
united in great empire should on the
centenary of his birth be fighting for
the perpetuation of the principles of
government which he held.
That Germanys international situa-
ton has changed but little during the
last quarter of a century becomes evi-
dent when We glance back at Prince
Bismarck's address to the reichstag,
on Feb. 6, 1SSS-perhaps the most IA
nous he ever delivered before that
body-in which he proposed and de-
Tended an increase in the military
armament Of the German empire. In
that address Bismarck said:
The very strength which we are
seeking to acquire through legitimate
preparation for the eventualities Of
war necessarily contributes to making
us peaceful people. That sounds par
adextcal, and yss Il 10 true. The mill
tAyy machine which We are seeking to
6svelop II too powerful, too mighty q
weapon TO Be hee6lessiy employed In
q war Of axgFesston.
III We In Germany are to wage q
successful war, a war in which we
develop the full power Of our national
strength. it must be a war to which
every one who participates and every
one who makes sacrifices for it brings
the conviction that it was unavoidable
1t must be a war of the people, a war
unanimous enthusiasm that brought
the war of 1870 to a successful issue.
I'VE cannot foregO this advantage,
even though it be assumed by many
competent military observers, foreign
as well as German, that we are su-
periOr to our opponents. Assuredly it
is not the fear of the results of a war
that has persuaded us, to keep the
peace, On the contrary, it is the con-
seriousness of. our strength, the con-
sciousness that, even though we may
be attacked at an unfayorahle time,
we will be strong enough to fight back
and that we may weH trust Providence
to continue the blessings of peace.
Not Easily Frightened.
"We Germans are easily bribed, per- |
haps too easily, by friendship and good
will, but we are certainly not accessi-
Bile to the influence of threats. We
Germans fear God, but naught else in
the world. and it is our fear of God
that teaches lis to revere and conserve
the peace. But whoever breaks that
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18

Germans had also lost many. BisihilrtN
said. six times as many as in looo
But do you believe. sir. and does 'ne
French army believe that it was "no
wanted war; Taking of his helmet
no went on: Look at me. | am threai-
eped with an apoplectic stroke and was
cuiatlv going through cure and never
thought should have to interrupt ana
change IL for the life of the camp
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
Battlefield Incident.

Battleneld Incident.
"Out of this long visit to the battle
field l will only tell one episode, which
places Bismarck in a new light Seat
ed on some straw and propped up
against pillar of the church of Recon-
vile was one of our poor soldiers, a
quite young man named Rossignol. A
shell, striking him like the lash of a
whip, had carried away both eyes and
the bridge Of his nose leaving the
front of the skull bare. This fearful
wound was covered with a dressing.
He lay there calm, silent and notion
less, in quiet resignation. Bismarck
stopped in front Of him and asked me
Wnat was his case. He seemed really
touched. There is war for you, mes
sieurs, the senators and deputiesr
Then, turning to one of his suit, he
said, Please bring me some wine and
glass; He filed the glass to the
Drim, took a sip and then, gently tap
| ping the shoulder Of the poor martyr.
said, My friend, will you not drink
| something? Rousing himself from the
deathlike stupor that was creeping over
MIN, the man aSsented.
we then saw Bismarck stoop and
very softly and slowly give the wound
ed soldier the wine Rising again, he
drank what was left in the glass and
SAID, What is your name, my boy, and
| where do you come from?' 'Rossignol.
| from Brittany The count then took
his hand and said, Il am Bismarck,
my comrade, and l am very proud TO
| have drunk out of the same glass as
brave man like you,' and, stretching
his hand over the horribly mutilated
head, he seemed to give him a mute
benediction.'
1t only remains to add to this tonob-
Ing and pleasing anecdote that at the
request DR.. Czernicki the two Prus.
sian ministers gave every facility for
having the ambulance full of wounded
transported into the French lines OF
! Metz.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-18
HAMMOND FOUND A WAY

John Hays Hammond is not only
one of the foremost mining engineers
in the world. He is also a good
sport as is illustrated by this little
story: Some years ago Mr.. Hammond
took charge of the Colorado mines Of
an English syndicate, and found on
the books a claim Of Colorado
Springs promoter for $4,000.
Hammond got hold of the claim
ant and talked with him about it over
the phone The latter said that he
could do nothing about it and that
any proposition must go through his
lawyer. He agreed to meet Ham
mond in Colorado Springs and talk
to him further about the case.
Hammond came down from the
mines, armed with a blank check,
determined to wipe the claim off the
company's books, even if he had to
pay the claim, as business was good.
Most promoters and miners, he rea-
soned, have the gambling instinct,
and he decided to resort to q game of