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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-18
HUNDRED AUTOS
AND BIG CROWD
TO ROAD MEET

] w 7 lNi FL y h'M .A'tt Var
/ cars would have been secured for the
+ II lisa demonstration.
/ II was stated during tho meeting
Friday evening that Il number ot cit
ilrus had offered their private cars
and drivers for tho irp. and thar
while the ears now listed arc sufficient
| a. mall "a pleasing display OF the ma
tiou-rcnoWuod TULSA Spirit" the
dealers association desires To increase
this number to AN even thirty. there
3D., raling sixty cars from Tulsa
proper ana these, combined with at
+ least forty ears that are expected to
/ ho yccostcd ON the road TO oklahoma
city and In towns that are passed
during the trip ana listed under the
Tulsa banner. viii bring the Tulsa
caravan of motor vehicles to an even
. huroicd. possibly twice the size of any
4 other citSs repros oshntation.
Move Date Up.
At a regular weekly meeting of the
, Lcard ct directors IF tho Chamber Of
| Commerce held Friday afternoon a
telegram from President W H. llar-
' NeV vas read urging the Tulsa dele
/ cation to exert every effort toward
getting the tulsa caravan started for
+ oklahoma CITY one day earlier than
! contemplated that they may bee allot-
/ ted a position in the gigantic parade
. that is to be- staged TUESDAY and which
/ win pass before th lenses of bat
terry of motion picture cameras.
This telegram Was read before the
meeting of the automobile dealers
/ FRIDAY evening and il was uuuui-
mously voted to abide 10y the request
of Col. Clarence T.. Douglas and the
/ entire board of directors of the cham
hcr of Commerce that the ears move
/ toward Chandler AT ! O'Clock Ssn-
day afternoon at which point they
VIII Ice held until 30 O'Clock zion
day morning awaiting the arrival OF
the delegates 10y rail
with the taking of this vote all
| members were instructed to get in
touch, early Saturday morning, with
owners and dealers who have con-
scented to furnish cars for the trip in
forming them to park their ears In
front Of the Chamber of Commerce at
1850 o'clock Sunday afternoon where
AN Will Doe equipped with Tulsa and
ozark trail banners and where drivers
Will draw numbers which will desig-
nate their positions in the line OF cars
Tulsa Car.
This action has ben taken in order
that no controversy shall arise fui
first place and rigorous orders were
voiced prohibiting racing by drivers
| cudcuNOring To secure position
nearer the head of the caravan.
At q meeting of the executive com
mittcc of the Tulsa Automobile Deal
crs association to be held Saturday
evening or early sunday morning one
car Will Ice officially designated as
the "pathtiuder" and in this car T.,
Bee Guthrie, organization agent for
tho good roads branch Of the Cham
her OF Commerce, will ride accom-
Ia ftNt .tff f,tr tsHt al. .s
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Last Band Concert.

The 1916 band concert season
ended with the concert Friday
night. The band gave one of their
usual good concerts, but on ac-
count Of the cool evening only a
small crowd was on the streets.
One of the best numbers on the
program was a vocal solo by Miss
Marguerite Snider, of Joplin,
"The Long, Long Trail"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

DR.. Earl Mulkey and Gaylor,
Vantrees spent Sunday in kansa
City.
Miss Lethia Delameter, of Ricl
Hill, spent Sunday in this cit.
with Miss Mike McLeese.
Satisfaction guaranteed on al
shoes repaired at WeMott 1
Majors, South side Square. 51-1
Avoid chilly rooms in the morn
ing by using Cole s Hot Bias
Heaters. They prevent colds ane
sickness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. +. uemstree1
left Tuesday morning for Califor
MA, where heyyexpeet to spend t
year visiting relatives.
! Il. j. Clapp left Wednesday fol
Hume, where he will spend few
days with his daughter, Mrs. Sid
Norbury and Mr.. Norbury.
Mrs. l.. W. Keele and daughter
Beatrice. returned Sunday from
Kansas City, where they had been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Whistler
A. 0. Welton, who is in the lum-
her business at Kit Carson, Colo
RADIO, is in the city visiting rela
tives and shaking hands with his
old friends.
Miss Helen Braden, of the coun-
ty clerk S office, spent few days
last week visiting Mrs. Raymond
Pcrcival and Mr.. Percival, at Cole
Camp and taking in the State
Fair at Sedalia.
Dr. J. j. Mccain, of WarrenS-
burg, was in the city Friday Of
last week. He was looking over
the field with view to locating
here, but concluded that Butler
was plentifully supplied with good
doctors.
l.. G. Miller, and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. O. Miller and daughter, Doris,
motored down from Kansas City
Sunday to visit relatives in this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. j. 0. Miller
returned to Kansas City Sunday
evening.
7. A. Black. Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Black and Miss Agnes Arnold
motored up to Kansas City Sun
day and spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. J. C. Hupp. Mrs. Hupp
returned home with them and will
spend a few days visiting in the
city.
This part Of the country was
visited by heavy frost Friday
night Of last week which did a
considerable damage to cane and
some other crops. Ice to con
thickness was reported
by many early risers Saturday
o. j. Scribner returned Sat1lr
day from Sedalia, where he had
spent the week in charge of an
for the Indiana Silo com
pany. They had an ensilage cut
ter in operation elevating silage
into a 70 foot silo. 1t attracted
quite a lot of attention.
Judge C. A. Calvird and l.. {.
Shubert attended the democratic
speaking at Altoona Tuesday even
ing. Congressman Dickinson was
the speaker and made a fine con
argument why President
Wilson should be reelected. The
hall was crowded to the doors
with interested listeners.
Judge R. B. Campbell, John II.
Stone, w. G. Dillon, James Harri-
son and Judge j. w. McFadden
a meeting of the Masonic
Odge at Amsterdam Tuesday
right. They made the trip in an
and did not make it
Jack to Butler until the small
hours Wednesday morning.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Marriage Licenses.
M. E. Church, South.

Regular services. This an
nounccment means a kindly invi-
tation to all. Morning and even
ing sermons by the pastor. Sum-
day school conducted by j. E.
Smith, Superintendent. Mrs.
Stanley has consented to lead the
League for us.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Braden re
turned to their home in lola, Kan
sas, Friday, after a visit in this
city with Mr.. Braden's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Braden.
!. Mrs. w. H. Sherwood and little
grandson, Byron Heron, of Kan
sas City, arrived in the city last
week on a visit to her sister, Mrs
J. S. Pierce, and other relatives.
Black & Arnold Clothing Co.
Evelyn SmiSer and A. l.. Rock
of the postofficc force, are taking
their annual vacation Walter An
derson is on Mr.. Smiser's route
and j. c. Maxey is subbing for Mr..
Rock.
For Salc--Good Is room hotel,
also I room house, in good repair
with shady lawn. Will trade for
farm.
Slit A. l.. Freeman.
Rhodes Pharmacy keep full
line of kodaks photographic nom
curling films and supplies. Latest
magazines, soda fountains open all
the year. We never run out Of
drugs. SOFT
Miss Anna Silvers, who is at
tending Normal school at War
rensburg, spent few days in this
city the last of the week with her
parents, Judge and Mrs. j. A.
Silvers.
Oscar Stotts returned Monday
from New York where, he had
been with a car load of chickens.
He stopped off on the way home
at Sedalia and put in a day at
the state fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Scott and
two daughters, Olive and Qleta,
of Eureka, Kansas, were inn the
city the last of the week visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Vcase Price,
and Mr.. Price.
Ira Hart, Henry Evilsizer, Geo.
Thomas and Otis Andrews, of
Lone Oak, motored up to Kansas
City Monday in Mr.. Hart s car to
attend the Royal stock show at
Hall.
Mrs. j. F.. Ludwick returned the
asst of the week from Kansas City
where she had been visiting her
son, Frank Ludwick, who is sales
of the Smith -Grieves
Printing Company.
w. NJ. Campbell, formerly pres
dent of the Farmers Bank, of Fos-
er, but now a resident Of Wagon
II, Oklahoma was in the city
Tuesday visiting relatives and
Meeting old friends.
The Butler ball team, or rather
PARTS of the Butler team and some
,ick up players, journeyed down
O Nevada Sunday afternoon and
ried to play the Nevada team.
score, Butler 0, Nevada, IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith mo-
orcd up from Coffeyville, Kan
as, the last of the week and spent
few days visiting his parents,
Ir. and Mrs. Frank Smith, and
er mother, Mrs. John Endres.
High Art suits, Black & Arnold.
Mrs. Francis Brosius, a clerk in
he office of f. NJ. Harder, inter-
al revenue collector at Kansas
'ity, spent few days in this city
he last of the week visiting her
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Nor
leet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Baskerville
nd Misses Matte and Judith Bas-
erville motored in from their
ONE in the east part Of the coun-
y and attended the picture show
the opera house Thursday after
DON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

Keep coming in, Black & Arm
old.
L. N. Ludlow visited old friends
in Harrisonville Sunday.
w. /. Yates, of Urich, was a
county seat visitor Monday.
s. B. Hart is in Kansas City at
tending the Royal stock show.
B. F. Howe, of Amsterdam, was
a county seat visitor Tuesday.
Stetson hats, Black & Arnold.
D. c.. Chastain was in Nevada
on legal business the first of the
week.
Shoes repaired at WeMott 4
Majors. Silt
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Keele, Monday morning, October
End, fine boy.
j. B. Walton, w. j. Nix and
DR.. j. w. Choate were business
visitors to Nevada Tuesday.
L. N. Ludlow has sold his trans
fer business to Lewis Hill, who
took charge Monday morning.
Frank Ludwick, a Kansas City
attorney was in the city Monday
on business before the Circuit
Court.
Mrs. C. c. Catterlin spent a few
days the first Of the week in Ne
vada visiting her aunt, Mrs. Chas.
Proctor.
Elliott Burke of the west part
of the county favored this office
with a pleasant call while in the
city Monday.
j. E. Shut, of Warrensburg,
was in the city one day the last
of the week on business and meet
ing old friends.
E. f. Bean, editor Of the Rich
Hill Review, was in the city Tues
day and made this office a pleas
ant fraternal call.
Arthur Waddell left Sunday
for Nevada where he has secured
a position with the Missouri Pa
cific as brakeman.
County Clerk Frank Holland
and Mrs. Holland returned Sun
day from visit to Mr.. Holland s
old home in Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Norton, Of
Summit, spent Sunday in Cass
county with their daughter, Mrs.
Tim Kelly, and Mr.. Kelly.
Mrs. Julia A. Burk, who had a
sale last week, left the last Of the
week for Colorado, where she ex-
poets to make her home.
Mrs. T. NJ. Bottoms left the
last of the week for Bigheart, Ok
lahoma, where she is visiting her
sons, T. A. and L. A. Bottoms.
Douglas Shoes, Black & Arnold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Thomas and
daughters Louisa and Ada, Mr..
and Mrs. G., A. Bolin and son. Ar
mand, motored to Ell Dorado
Springs Sunday.
Col. Sam Walls and Lee Stith
of Adrian, were in the city Tues
day attending meeting of the
Bates county committee of the
jefferson Highway.
"Bertie White, general facto-
tenn of the White House Barber
Shop, left Monday for Nevada,
where he will cook for the officers
mess at Camp Clark.
Harry Brannock, of the Walk
er.McKibben sales force went up
to Kansas City Friday to consult
an oculist about some eye trouble
that he has been having. Z
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Circuit Court.

ton to discharge receiver over
ruled
Ncttie Bennett VS.. Frank l..
Bennett, divorce. Decree as
prayed F4s - --------------
Edith Weber VS.. Artie Web
Der, divorce. Plaintiff awarded
Judgment for $4,000 as suit mon
ey. Plaintiff awarded custody of
minor child.
David Powell ct al VS.. Andrew
j, Powell ct al, partition. Leave
granted defendant insurance com
pany to plead in 3 days.
Edna f. Bridges VS.. "A. /.
Bridges, divorce. Dismissed.
Alice Garwood VS.. S. p. Gar
wood, divorce. Dismissed.
In the matter CT petition for cit
izcnship of Alphons Romcy, con-
tinucd.
Edna Mae Arnold VS.. w. D.
Arnold, divorce. Decree as
prayed. Plaintiff restored to
maiden name of Edna Mae Har-
shaw.
Nellie Ellis VS.. Hosea A. Ellis,
divorce. Decree as prayed. Plain
tiff awarded custody Of minor
children.
J. N. Duke VS., J, NJ. Howard
George B. Kincaid, sheriff, cited.
|
Motion to uuash citation.
Consolidated School District,
No. >, Cass County, Mo. VS.. Frank
Holland, County {! Jerk. Of Bates
County. Mo-, Mandamus. Contin-
urd to adjourned term.
Lewis J. Clapp VS.. Albert Coop
cr ct al, quiet title. Decree as
prayed.
j. II. Ewing VS.. l.. V. Davis ct
al, partition. Decree in partition
Willis Yates, Thos. Staley and Il.
Stalcy appointed commissioners to
divide land. to report as soon as
practicable
G. W. Medlin ct al VS.. 7. A. Nc
('rcw-et al. quiet title. Decree as
prayed
Homer D,lvall VS.. Alfred Moudy
ct al. quiet title. p. IL. llolcomb
appointed guardian adj litem for
all minor defendants.
Willis II. Thompson ct al vs..
Effit {. Car>tang ct al, quiet title.
Decree as prayed.
Thomas J. Smith VS.. Heirs of
David Phillips ct al, quiet title.
Decree as prayed.
George W. Padley VS.. William
Page ct al, quiet title. Decree as
prayed
Eliza J. NanEaton VS.. John f.
Van Eaton. divorce Decree as
prayed.
Ella Harndcr ct al VS.. Seymour
Ellis ct al, partition. Decree as
prayed. O. G. Kiscr. Joseph
George and James Coulter APP
pointed commissioners to make
partition Of land and report at
November adjourned term.
William H. Fuller VS.. Dovic
Fuller, divorce. Decree as prayed.
Ida l.. Bitnrr VS.. Jacob Bitncr,
divorce. Temporary alimony al
lowed in sum of $50 and defend
ant allowed until October % to
pay for same
In the matter of the resolutions
upon the death of Pendlcton
Smith. member Of this bar. Com
mittec presents resolutions, which
are adopted and ordered spread
upon the record.
Bank of Amorrt VS.. Ben r.
lIutchinS ct al. Attachment. Dis
missed waiver of suit on attach
mrnt bond Indebtedness paid.
Bank of Amorrt VS.. b. +. Hutch
ms ct al, attachments: Indebted
ness paid and suit dismissed and
suit on bond waived.
Edgar l.. Hereford VS.. Mystic
Workers Of the World, insurance.
Leave for defendant to plead by
|.
Jacob Bitmcr VS.. Joe Winery,
account. LcaHc for defendant to
plead by November |.
John 7. st. John ct al VS.. En-
nett Ferguson, ejectmrnt. Leave
FOR defendant to plead by Novem-
Der |
Moves Norman Shoe Co. VS.. q.
W. Medlin ct al, note. Judgment
for %366.4O.
l.. +. Lines Music Co. VS.. Clyde
H0Ok. mortgage. Reset for Oct.
s.
Marriage Licenses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

first class condition, as was to be
expected with sucf a capable
couple as Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Woods in charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. S. Greer, Of E
Dorado Springs, came up the first
! Of the week to visit Mr.. Greer s
brother, John Greer, in the east
part of the county, and to attend
the Old Settlers reunion. Mr..
! Greer formerly lived in this coun-
ty but removed to Ell Dorado
/ Springs about four years ago.
A. three room residence and
barn three miles northwest of Rich
Hill. owned by Mrs. Lucy Kirk,
was destroyed by fire last Thurs
! day evening. No one was in the
house at the time and it is not
known how the fire started, but
inccndiariSm is suspected, says the
Rich Hill Review. There was no
Insurance..
w. T.. Walton, J. b. Walton, W.
! Il. Black and W. b. Cattcrlin, of
the Missouri State Bank, Wesley
Denton of the Peoples Bank,
Homer Duvall of the Farmers
Bank and Arthur Duvall, of the
DuvalI and Percival Trust Com
pany attended the meeting Of the
American Bankers Association in
Kansas city last week.
W. A. Baker was in town one
day the last of the week and made
this office a pleasant call. Mr..
Baker had just shipped two gifts
and one male hog from his fine
herd Of big boned Poland Chinas
to parties at Sweet Springs. The
Baker hogs have reputation all
over the state as being about the
last word in Poland Chinas.
Fire, lightning and tornadoes
have no rules of warfare, they
come as thief in the night. You
should prepare to meet them at
any time. Place your insurance
with Choate 4 Fulbright an old
and reliable agency with sixteen
of the leading old line companies,
having total capital stock of
over $4,000, 10000. 51,tf
\. l.. Mcbride, formerly a well
known business man of this city.
but now a resident of Kansas City
came down Tuesday to attend the
Old Settlers reunion. Mr. Ne
Bride was one of the first hard
ware men in this city. having con
a store for many years on
the north side Of the square in the
building now occupied by the
Walker-Mckibbcn store.
Roy Mooney has letter from
DR.. George Paige, of Pleasanton,
Kansas, who has many friends in
this city, in which he states that
he is in Chicago taking a special
course in surgery, at the cOnclu-
sion of which he will be sent to
London and from there to. some
base hospital on the continent.
Mr.. Paige's wife and daughter
will accompany him to London.
VIM. lIupp. the veteran paint
n, is seriously sick at his home
n the east part of town, and his
Heath is expected at any time. He
has been for some time a sufferer
rom an affection of the liver and
leart, and spent last summer in
Colorado in the hope that his
health would be benefited, and
or. time after his return he
to be much better, but re-
emily he became much worse and
he first of the week his daughter,
dH. Ann Goldsby, of Brewster,
and son, j. c. Hupp, of
Kansas City were summoned and
re now at his bedside.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
HEARING is POSTPONED
Judge Nnddiii Agrees to WuIt on Su-
prone Courts Bccision ON
tda,ns0p Inv,

Hearing Of the petitions Of the
chesapeake and ohio and the Southern
halfway Companies for an Injunction
restraining the government from put
ting iuioO effect the AdamSon eight
hour law for railroad employees was
postponed yesterday by Judge Ed
mund Waddill. Jr.. Of the United States
District Court. pending decision by the
Supreme Court OF the United States
OH the case now before IL.
The Supreme Court has before il the
case of thc Missouri Oklahoma ami
Gulf railroad. \ stipulation for sus-
peusion Of all litigation over tho Adam :
son act and for the protection OF rail
ROAD employees financial interests
pending the courts decision IN tho test
case was includcd in the motion. con-
CURED in by The railroads. OF Solicitor
General Davis for a hearing on 4 ola tc
rs carly as II may suit the convent
cncc OF the court.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
Sniff of Fresh Air
: Better Than Pills
Appeal to Al Citizens in Nc,o
YORK. TO Ocen Euery Vim
dop in Every Home.
IBy Aasoclatc.i prcsr.l


NEW YORK. December a.-'rhis was
open window day" OF open window
week in New York City. Tho dcsic-
nation was made by the Department
al Health. which son, out an appeal
asking ali citizens to open every win.
dow in every home in the five
hor"ush*. Posters have been placed
on the subway and elevated roads
showing that closed windows and lack
Of ventilation caused pneumonia. tubcr-
culosis. bronchitis. colds and other
human ills. and also giving the de
crease III tho rate OF mortality from
such diseases when fresh air and sun
sim" pcrmcatc til" home.
One sniT Of fresh air" SAWS Tho
Department Of Health. lis worth n
pound OF pills"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05

iranscon;nenta freight rates to San
Francisco. Oakland. Portland. Seattle
ana other ocean ports. while denying
them 10 the inland cities OF Sacramento,
Stockton. san Jose aud Santa Clara.
cal. were sustained to-day by the
Supreme Court.
-Nabama's law Of i9li providing
franchis" taxation Of domestic cor
porations' capital stock Was upheld as
constitutional b.? the Supreme Court
IN !hc suit OF the Kansas city. Mem
phis and Birmingham Railroad. which
commended the Law is discriminatory! and
burdens Interstate commerce. The
Alabama Supreme Courts approval of
the statute was sustanedS
Georgia court rulings upnolding
constirutionality Of AN Atlanta or,li-
nance requiring licensing Of. private
detectives ana sustaining the cunvic-
ton of Dan = i.chon. Of New Orleans.
southern manager Cor the w j. Burns
Detective Agency. OF its violation while
atG!pS Leo NJ. Franks defense were
today affirmed b. the supreme Court.
which dismissed T.chon's apucal
y decision favorable TO tnc Louisville
and Nashville. and the Nashville. Chat
tanooSa ana St Louis Railroads was
a ito; vote in the Nashville switch
ing case. The court reversed dism!s-
sal b. Tennessee Federal Courts Of an
Interstate Commerce Commission or
der requiring the Nashville Tcrmi
mails 10 switch competitive traffic for
the Tennessee Central road. a competi-
tor. aud directed an injunction asked
by the terminal railroads
pitueN Il,.,,,In;. .,,,,
Clarke dissen,cd from the majority.
ruling, holding that il allowed TO
stand. the majority ruling might open
the door 10 a large number OF dis
cr!mina lions at railroad terminals
The railroads sought to cnjoiu the
order, alleging IL would cost 500. 600 :,
yea; ana give their competitor. the
Tennessee Central. benefit Of terminal
facilities costing s..5o0.u0O The CITY
OF Nashville and city Traffic Bureau,
which subscribed 81 100000 10 secure
entrance Of the Tennessee Central 10
Nashville. complained that charging
Of pron!bitory switching rates by the
terminal lines against the Tennessee
Central discrimila tory. These
contentious were sustained ~ Ia. IN
terst;;e Commerce Commission and
Tennessee courts. although the terIni-
ma! roads cpntended the Tennessee
Central brought much freight into com
petition against them by connections
with the Southern and Illinois Central
roads
bcpar;m Et Of Justice to-day asked
tho Surr"mc Court to dismiss antitrust
prosecutions instituted before the Wai
against British and German stea mshin
, linNs 10" alleged combinations Ia
transatlantic and South American shin-
ping. no" dissolved bv The war Sew
N"r'E federal Courts held that .hc
cuts fDight against the American
A$!eiic Steamship Company. the Prince
Line. Limited. Paul T.. Gerhard. Fran
els j IjmHerman and others had been
t'an&f' rmcd ny the wa" into an ~.
i"psy instead Of ls:crmnr,;uu oi
! IN" ISSUES. The government ASKED
ih" right TO rcn"w prosecutions shout!
ihc :d'":cd combination resume when
JCa", ".tu.'L5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
CRISIS IN MINISTRY nETI.Et'rS
CNISlS ENlSEINL. IN MAI

LONDON. December AFTER sua-
costing that the peep! choose new
rulers Through y general election. the
MHncheSicE Guardian iii comm snt inr
on thc Cabinet situation. sounds this
note OF warning:
There are in fact two crisc o.. for tho
crisis IN the ministry - but = rcncc; ON
a., til" crisis III the war. The crisis
In tho war amounts to this. ;hat the
progress Of events and succession, oi
bitter experiences hive at last brought
home I" the minds OF most len the
fact that We are not winning the war
aud ;hc further conviction that with
Inc present methods % wacing tho WAL
We shall never win it
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
CoNFLiCr BETWEEN EASTERN
AND WESTERN STRATEGY

LONDON. December title real
basis Of the political crisis. according
To The pari.a i..ntary correspondent ur
the star. is conflict between eastern
ana western strategy.
Tho WcSicrucrs." SAYS the cor
respondent. favor concentrating the
whole man power or the western front.
iorcins Tho Germans /" tigh, OH; I'll,
Nal in France ami Flanders They
argue that the liros o.; communication
20 tho western from; are short and
secure. end that they dcNour less ships.
while the deviation of tho FORCES 20
the eastern thca,,r would place an
intolcrahle strain on our depicted ship
pins.
The caster n scno.l Is il. favor q.
standing on The oeisn<iv" ON tho west
ern front. and taking the offensive
from Salcniki. whi,h.r they propose
10 send Il huge arm. between a half
million and million men Tho west
erners regard this ~ lunucy. which is
only too likely to lead to disaster by
playing the Germans u.i.c. Field Mar
sinai Won Hindenburg's supreme aim
being 10 shift the center az gravity
from France 10 tho balkans The
Sommc offensive is one thing he breads.
David Lloyd George SUI ports the cast
ernars."