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New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
CRAzED OFFICER
STAYS HIS MEN
Maddened in Battle, Ger
man Commander Turns
on Comrades.

Paris. July 23.-The destruction oi
a German fortified work on the Somme
front was marked by tragic episode
saws LA Liberte." The order was
given 70 destroy the fort at whatever
cost. In less than six hours more
than $500 great skells were fired AT
il and the defences gave way, one by
one. in a cloud Of dust and smoke
The infantry then went forward, and
the German positions were con-
quered.
French artillery officers, examining
the ruins, discovered among a mass oil
debris Bavarian officer. with his he'll
met crushed and at the point OF death
At sight Of the French officers the
Bavarian seemed TO collect himself
then began 20 speak softly, the French
men kneeling about him.
The story told by the Bavarian, and
later recounted by an artillery oihcer'
was 70 the effect that thirty-two men
had occupied the work. After the
bombardment had continued for time
half OF the men were victims OF an
awful death. Two were decapitated,
and Of three others, near whom a shell
exploded, not a vestige remained. The
survivors crouched at the bottom OF
the subterranean shelters and awaited
their fate.
Another terrific explosion occurred
the men being thrown together in a
confused heap. Almost Immediately
flames shot up from the underground
cavern. There was moment of in
describable terror, for now fire was
ravaging the work. The lieutenant in
command went mad and shouted wild
ly at imaginary enemies. Then, in the
sinister glare OF the flames, the Off
Ger set furiously upon his men. kill.
ing one after another, and was him.
self burned TO death.
The Bavarian determined not 10 die
by the hand Of his chief and scaled
the ruins. clinging to a slope OF th'
work, only 10 be buried under a bloca
of stone. He died soon after tn,
French officers found him in the hos
pital, TO which they carried him.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
FIVE LOSE LIVES
IN HEAVY SURF
Thousands on the Beach at
Coney and Rockaway
See Bathers Drowned.

The heaviest surf that has broken on
New York's beaches this summer, ac-
companied by a magnetic undertow, cost
the lives of three bathers at Coney
Island yesterday and of two others at
Rockaway Beach. A sixth man was
drowned in Jamaica Bay when he
stepped into a clam digger's hole.
The dead are:
Abraham Perlin, twenty, Of 17s Man
haitian Avenue, Brooklyn; drowned at
Coney Island.
Unidentified boy. about eighteen;
drowned at Coney Island.
Isaac waunkousky, thirty-fve. of 80
East Fifth Street. Manhattan; dropped
dead from exhaustion after lifesavers
had rescued him from tie surf at
Coney Island.
Adolph Winkoff, nineteen, Of 1342
Prospect Avenue, The Bronx; drowned
at Rockawsy Beach.
Harry O'Connell, twenty-three, of 656
Leonard Street, Brooklyn; drowned at
Rockaway Beach.
Samuel McNally, twenty-five, Of 524
West Thirty-ninth Street, Manhattan;
drowned in Jamaica Bay.
Four of the drownings were wit
messed by the enormous crowds that
thronged the shores Of both Coney and
Rockaway. The police at Coney esti-
mate that nearly 100000 persons spent
their holiday there yesterday and that
in the neighborhood of 100000 of these
went in bathing The surf at both re-
sorts was running unusually strong.
Old citizens at Coney declare the under
tow there was more powerful than has
been known in years.
The most unusual incident Of the
day was the death Of Wsunkousky.
Hundreds watched the life guards bring
him TO shore. He had not lost con-
sciousness and walked smiling to his
bathhouse. where he expired while
changing his clothing.
At Rockaway young Winkof got be-
yond the life lines and was being car
ried out to sea when William J. Mccoy
swan TO his rescue. The tide was so
strong that Mccoy, exhausted. com
manded the boy to turn over on his
back and float. He did so and sank an
instant later.
There were two heat prostrstions
yesterday. James Moretti, thirty-two,
Of 1919 Lexington Avenue, was removed
to the Harlem Hospital, and Thomas
Tulley, forty-seven. OF 154 West Fly
teenth Street, was taken TO his home
after he had collapsed In Battery Park.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24

News OF the infantile paralysis cpl
demic reached the American liner st.
Paul by wireless in mid-Atlantic. Har-
old B. White. European representative
Of Henry Ford. who was on his way
70 Detroit with II. J. Dickman. Of Co.
penhagen, decided then and there that
his family should not be imperilled. He
went at once TO Captain Arthur Mills
and wanted 10 know if the St. Paul
was TO be docked in New York City.
Captain Mills answered in the affirm
ative.
81 have a wife and two children on
board" said Mr. White, "and in my
party are the Dickman family. includ-
ing two children urge that you COM
municate with New York by wireless
and find out if we are TO be landed in
Manhattan"
Captain Mills complied with the re-
quest, and the reply came back that
there was no danger of infection on
the pier, and that certificate of health
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
HONE RULE PLAN HIT
AT DUBLIN GATHERING
Nationalists in Meeting Oppose
Partition of Ulster.

Dublin, July 23.-Six thousand Ma
tionalists opposed 10 the partition of
Ulster under the Home Rule compro-
mise held a meeting in Phoenix Park
to-day. This was the first public meet
ing permitted by the authorities since
the rebellion. The proceedings were
marked By good feeling and no disorder
occurred.
Resolutions were carried pledging
those present 10 oppose by every legiti-
mate means the exclusion of any por-
ton of Ulster.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
BANK CASHIER
TAKES OWN LIFE
OverWork Leads to Suicide OF
Great Darlington Man.

Great harrington, Mass, July 23.--
Clarence Culver, acting cashier of the
National Mahaiwe Bank, shot and kill
ed himself with a revolver while alone
in the bank flee to-day. The police
believe he wss temporarily unbalanced
through overwork and worry
Two OF Culver's superiors, the presi-
dent, F. y. Deland, and the cashier.
Charles Booth, have been obliged tc
give up their duties within the last few
months through illness. and the bulk
of their work fell on Culver, who was
the cashiers assistant.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
OPERATES ON HIMSELF
WITH A RAZOR; DYING
Jersey Man to End Pain Be.
comes Own Surgeon.

For the last three years John Gore,
ffty-three, of So Webster Avenue. Jer-
sey City, has suffered excruciating
pains in his abdomen. Yesterday he
decided to become his own surgeon and
10 operate. With his razor he had al
most succeeded before he was found
and rushed to the hospital in dying
condition.
The Jersey City police have recorded
the case as an attempted suicide, de-
spite Cores statement that he was
merely seeking to remove the endless
torture occasioned by his illness.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24

, The confidence of the British COM
manders is shown in the fact that they
are again permitting press correspond
ents at the front. Reuter- dispatch
fled at $3.50 p. m. to-day tells more
than does the official report Of the
tighting. u says:
Following a heavy bombardment
last night British troops and Anzacs
attacked toward Pozieres and Guile
mont. Despite desperate resistance
the Anzacs succeeded in establishing
themselves in Pozieres, where they are
now consolidating their lines. II is re-
ported that the casualties were COM
paratively light.
Checked by Bsrbed Wire.
West Of Pozieres the British sue
cessfully advanced. On the right of
Pozieres the wire entanglements were
insufficently destroyed and progress
consequently was checked by heavy
machine gun fire. Nevertheless. we
gained a footing in Guillemont. but
owing 20 a determined counter attack
We were unable to maintain the ad-
vance.
"On the whole, our progress con-
tinues satisfactory, especially in the
neighborhood of Pozieres and along
the road through the village north
ward. on which we are reported as
established"
Closing in on Redoubt.
One of the minor, but still very i'm
portsnt, results OF the British success
in establishing their position in Pozi-
eres will be the closing OF the neck of
! the salient at whose tip is the famous
Leipsic redoubt. This great work has
so far proved impregnsble, but with
the occupation of the town behind IL
will become almost impossible for re-
/ Inducements, supplies or ammunition
/ 20 reach IT, When il is isolated and
cleared the British front will be
Strengthened from Thiepval 70 Guile
mont, and its fall will almost certain
/ ly leave in their hands many prisoners
and guns.
German official reports tonight. as
usual, deny that the British blow won
any success. In the face Of General
Hsig's modest but significant state
ment and the far more enthusiastic re-
ports which are coming through from
unofficial sources, no attention is paid
/ 10 this.
The rejoicing is heightened by the
increasing realization of the impor-
tance Of the route of General LInsingen
/ by the Russians. His is an army COM
posed largely of Germans. and his de-
feat is, therefore, even more crafty
/ ing than the disasters which have over
taken the less dangerous Austrian
armies London finds in the Russian
successes, which it believes are possi-
bic only because the Western offensive
has prevented Germany from reinforc-
ing her Eastern front, ample compen.
sation for the losses and struggles be-
fore Bapaume.
But this is in addition 20 the rejoic-
ing over Haig's successes. After the
weary hours Of expectancy while Hsig
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
BIG SUBMARINE
AWAITS BREMEN
Captain Says Deutschland
Won't Sail Until Sister
Boat Arrives.
fBr telegraph 70 The Tribune. J


Baltimore. July 23.-Captain Koenig,
of the submarine Deutschland, told
friends here to-day that he would not
sail until the expected sister sub
marine, the Bremen, arrived.
Il. was reported to-day that there had
been stored on me Deutschland $4,000
600 of the gold which the North Ger
man LLOYD liner Princess Cecile car
ried when she was interned at Boston
at the beginning Of the war. This was
said 20 account for Paul Hilken's trip
to Boston last week.
One Of the many reasons given for
the delay in the Deutschlands de-
parture is the continued effort by the
Eastern Forwarding Company to obtain
: insurance on the gold.
Definite information was refused at
the Offices Of the company as to the
reported shipment of gold, and II was
animated that the clearance papers
would be issued within a reasonable
time"
Silence as TO treasure.
"There may be 100000 or s4,ooo,cc0
in bullion, or not an ounce aboard. II
would not be policy, you know 10
divulge the cargo list 1T was re-
marked. IL was added that the
Deutschland was running strictly
commercial" business ard there was no
reason to give all the details to tn.
public.
The real cause for holding the un-
dersea flyer so long is jealousy
Guarded secret Of Paul Hilken. the
Schumacher Company and the agents
OF the Eastern Forwarding Company
Mr., Hilken, Captain Hinch and Cap
tain Koenig all betray their anxiety and
tension in countenances and move
ments. They are worried, II is apparent,
over the non-arrival Of the Bremen,
which. according 10 Germans close to
those directly interested IN the enter
prise. should have arrived at an Ameri-
can port a week ago.
The plan was to have the Bremen
make a sensational dash into New YORK
or Boston harbor just week after the
Deutschland's exploit. The projectors
NJ the German adventure figured that
u the Bremen found the Allies Gordon
Of warships too tight off New York the
Rremen would submerge and dash down
the coast and into the Chesapeake, as
did the Deutschland.
Prefer TO Land at New York.
From German sources it is learned
that il is not the company's intention
10 let Baltimore get all the glory
~ the German undersea trade exploit.
Continued on page 10, column
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
NEXICANS AGAIN FIRE
ON BAY STATE TROOPS
No American Hit in 9th Massa-
chusetts Regiment Camp.
lBy Telegraph TO The Tnbune.l

El Paso. Tex. july 23.-Snipers again
fred on the 9th Massachusetts Infan-
try camp tonight, twenty shots being
fred by the Mexicans on the Mexican
side and the militismen.
No one was hit. A bullet hit an
American house more than a mile
from the river front.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
Hin d m burg's Army
Falls Back South
of Riga.
TEUTON LOSSES
ON LIPA $4,000
AuStrianS Are Driven Back
to the Hungarian
Frontier.
lBy Cable 70 The Tribune. ]

London. July 23.-The Russian;
gained largely to-day in all three OF
their great offensives on the East
front-north, south and in the cen
ire. They vastly increased the
danger which confronts the Teutor
armies at almost every point from
Riga to the Hungarian frontier.
General Sakharoff, striking alter
nate blows at the Austro German
lines along the Styr and the Lipa and
in the direction of Sokal, has out
fanked Bothmer and Boehm-Er-
molli both south and north and is
moving swiftly over the northern
Galician border. Advancing south
west from Radzivilof, across the line
from Brody, and south from Ber-
estechk, his troops are steadily draw
ing a ring Of iron around the Rovno-
Lemberg railroad below the frontier
line.
Breaks Hindenburg's Line.
General Kuropatkin's "nibbling'
along the northern front has at last
disclosed a vulnerable spot in the
stout defences Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has spent months In
erecting at the outlets Of the vast
marshes and streams which cut
northwest Russia into a jigsaw puz-
zle. Five miles the Muscovite mailed
fist has thrust itself into the German
lines, hitherto considered almost I'm
pregnable, and an offensive move
ment that may well turn out to be
one of the features of the war mas
been set on foot.
At the southern extremity of the
great Russian line General Letchitsky
has swept the Austrians under Pfanzer
within four miles of the summit Of the
Carpathians and the Hungarian from
tier. near the Jablonitza Pass, and is
advancing under furious resistance
toward Maramaros Sziget, an important
town, controlling the railroad which
threads its way through the mountains
and into the heart of the Hungarian
plains.
Southeast Of Tatarow the Austrians
have retreated 10 the main ridge OF the
Carpathians, Vienna officially admitted
to-day Heavy rains and snow are han
dicapping the Russian operations IN
this sector to some extent, and more
rapid advance is looked for when
weather conditions improve.
Linsingen's Loss $4,000.
That the blow against Won Linsingen
southwest of Lutsk accomplished far
more than the winning by the Russians
of the Styr and Lipa lines and the sec
tor forming the triangle between Is in
dicated in unofficial estimates of the
Teuton losses at $4,000 men. OF this
number $4,000 were made prisoners
Considered as another step in the
working out OF the plans Of the Rus
sian high command. the inficting OF
such severe losses on the enemy is
vastly more important than the envel-
opment of the proportionately small
territory which the latest drive won
for Brussiloff. Neither the Germans
nor the Austrians have the reserves TO
withstand such weakening Of their
forces.
In addition. the Russians capture OF
forty big guns in this one stroke seri-
ously impaired the Teutonic resistance
and threw their rear columns to the
mercy of the swiftly pursuing Cos
sacks.
Threatens Stripa Line.
But the most important result OF
Brussilof's brilliant stroke along the
Continued on page 3, column
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
BRITAIN REPLIES
TO MAIL CHARGES
Astonished by Insinuation
in Complaint of American
Company, Says Note.

London, July 24.-The Foreign Office
has published the text of the note
handed to the American Ambassador
replying to American complaints
against the British censorship Of mails.
The reply is confined to the few specific
allegations made in the recent Ameri
can note.
It is stated that the formal answer
to the general arguments advanced by
the Washington government is still un-
der consideration by the Allied govern
ments and will receive reply in due
course.
The two principal cases referred to
in the present memorandum are those
of the MacNiff Horticultural Company,
of New York, and the Standard Under
ground Gable Company, of Pittsburgh.
The MacNiff company complained of
the loss Of perishable goods, owing to
the detention by the censor Of shipping
documents relating thereto.
CPcNioi Ninii DdB iO'locus
The British government states that
so soon as the matter was brought to
its attention it arranged to have a spe-
cial mailbag for shipping papers. which
would be Immediately censored, so that
no delay would occur.
In the case of the cable company, it
is stated that "the government of the
United States appeared to insinuate"
that the delay in the mail of the cable
company was directly connected with
the fact that British competitor had
obtained a contract for which that COM
pany had been rendering"
His majesty's government" the note
continues, sis sstonished that such an
insinuatlon should be made, especially
as the complaint from the cable COM
Iany appears not to have been ade-
auately examined"
The memorandum goes on 10 show in
considerable detail that tenders for the
contracts referred 10 must have passed
between the United States and Norway
on a date prior to that upon which the
censorship of Scandinavian mails
began.
Willing to Explain in Detail.
After detailing other cases, the note
continues:
THE specific complaints do not sup
port the general charge against the
efficiency Of the British censorship.
His majesty's government will
always be ready to explain in detail the
working of the censorship. as there is
nothing regarding il which they wish
20 conceal. Many complaints when ex-
amined proved to arise from badly d.
rected letters, the irregular sailing of
neutral mail boats and other causes
entirely outside the control Of his
majesty's government, and are often
due to the action of enemies"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24
w TIL E R

crxrpAIIy FAIR TO-DAY AND TO-
MORROW. GENTLE TO MOD
rRATE SOUTH WINDS.
Full Report on rase s
New-York tribune., 1916-07-24

Continued on page 10. column
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-11
LET HOTEL
Be BURNING
QUESTION
WHILE PEOPLE HAVE BEGUN TO
BE SkEPTlCAL, THERE SEEMS
TO BE A POSSIBILITY OF SUc-
CESS.

The hotel question in this city has
become rather nauseating to many
for the reason that so much talk has
been INDUCED in and so little done,
but at this very time Ardmore stands
a better chance of securing big
hotel than at any time since the dis
aster that visited the city and wreck
ed the Wilmington. outside capital
has been sought in the past without
result, and at last local capitalists
have decided they will erect the hotel
themselves, provided they can secure
certain concessions.
At the mass meeting Thursday
night the secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce stated that there were
two local men who were not only
anxious to build the hotel, but We're
going to do so as soon as certain
matters which he said he could not
explain, were disposed of. He assured
the audience that there would be a
hotel started in this city this summer,
and further assured them that it
would be one that would be credit
to any city when completed.
The secretary stated that owing to
certain conditions existing, he could
not divulge the names of the parties
or their plans, but was most positive
in his statement that the hotel will
be built. At this meeting the hotel
question was freely discussed, and it
was admitted that Ardmore sadly
needed a first-class hotel for the ac-
commodation of people who would
make this city headquarters, if there
was a good hotel here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-11

Roy NJ. Johnson, who has been very
fortunate in his plans at Healdton,
has recently completed the blocking
of nine thousand acres in that county,
in township seven south and five and
six east According to reports of
the best geologists obtainable, these
lands are located on a big anticline
that looks very favorable for oil. Just
to the south of the acreage, and
located on what the biologists say
is the side of the anticline, several
shallow gas wells have been drilled,
which are known as the Lark gas
field. Reports state that the Cosden
Oil and Gas company has holdings
there, and will drill two wells near
the Johnson anticline. Other COM
panies and individuals Interested in
that portion of Marshall county are
the Prairie Oil and Gas company,
the Carter Oil company, the Gypsy
Oil company, f. A. Gillespie, and the
Humble Oil company. The Tide
Water Oil company, of which Lee
Hager. the celebrated geologist, is
president, owns lands in fee in that
locality, which it purchased upon the
advice of its president and oil geolo-
gist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-11
Broadway Methodist Church.

Brothers w. S. Wolverton, Byron
Drew, R. L. Randol, j. A. Bass and
H. ]. Dixon, along with the pastor,
attended the session of the ArdmCr3
District Conference at Davis this
week. Brothers Wolyerton and Bass
were elected delegates to the annual
conference. Broadway presented an
encouraging report. We hope for
large attendance at all services today.
Good music and helpful sermons.
Preaching II a. m. and s p. Ill,
by the pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Junior League p. m. Senior
League 7 p. m.
All strangers and visitors in the
city invited to all services.
E. R. WEIGH, Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-11
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CRYSTAL OIL COMPANY
McGhee Pays All Court Costs and
Dismsses Suit.

McGhee Pays All Court Costs and
Dismsses Suit.
A deal has been made between the
minority members of the Crystal
Oil company and A T. McGhee, the
minority member, whereby McGhee
dismisses his suit against the COM
pany alleging mismanagement, and
asking for the appointment of re-
ceiver. McGhee pays all the court
costs in the district court in Carter
county and in the state supreme
court. In consideration of the dis
missal of the suit, the majority men,
bers of the Crystal company agree
not to bring an action for damages
against McGhee. Upon an ex parte
hearing of this case the court ap-
pointed l.. W. Cruce as receiver of
the company, but the majority men,
bers, composed of Edward Gait, Writ
Franklin, Roy & Johnson and Sam A.
Apple, made bond to guarantee plain
tif against any losses, and maintain
ed control of the company and it was
never taken in charge and operated
by the receiver.
Since the suit was filed, McGhee
sold his stock in the company, and
the purchaser was Withholding some
thing like 100000 on account of the
threatened litigation against him, and
this dismissal will remove this cloud
from the stock.
.McGhee has one suit now pending
for a portion of his stock. 1t is
case brought by Francis Cook.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-11
THY IT! SUBSTITUTE
FOR NASTY CAl0MEL
Starts Your Liver Without Making You
Sick and Can Not
Salivate.

Every druggist in town-your drug
gist and everybody's druggist, has no
ticed great falling off in the sale OF
calomel. They all give the same rea'
son. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking
it's place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is
perfectly safe and gives better re.
suits" said prominent local druggist.
Dod'son' Liver Tone is personally guar
anteed by every druggist who sells it.
A large bottle costs so cents, and If it
fails to give easy relief in every case
of liver sluggishness and constipation,
you have only to ask for your money
back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults.
Take a spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head
ache, acid stomach or constipated
bowels. 1t doesn't grippe or cause in
convenience all the next day like vio-
lent calomel. Take a dose of calomel
today, and tomorrow you will feel
weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose
days work! Take Dodson's Liver
Tone instead and feel fine, full Of
vigor and ambition.