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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
THIRTEEN AIRSHiPS GRoPE IN
DARKNESS WHEN LIGHTS OF
CITY ARE osScURED-oNLY
TWO PERSONS KILLED.
BRITISH AIRCRAFT GUNS
FORCE RAIDERS TO RETIRE
Twenty-Five Houses Within Metropolis
Are Set Afire But No Military DAM
age Is pone - German Airmen
Drop Many Bombs Over
Eastern Coast.

London, Sept. 5.-"Forced to grope
about in darkness as a result of the
ruling of the military authorities that
all lights be obscured or put out at
night, the 13 Zeppelins that attempt
ed the biggest air raid in the history
of the world on London failed in their
objective and were driven off, having
inflicted only small damage and loss
of life"
This is the official statement made
on the Teuton aerial attack by Sir
John French, field marshal command
ing English home forces.
Three Zeppelins Reach City.
Only three of the Zeppelins reached
the city, according to BE statement.
One of these was shot down and the
city limits by aircraft guns and aero
planes. All 13 Zeppelips in a four
hour bombardment of East England
killed only one man and one woman.
Eleven men and women and two chill
dren were injured. None Of these cas-
ouiIiCo OCIulfSu WiIIiiu tie lutllODOl-
itan police district. Damage to prop
erty was slight. Twenty-Five houses
and some o~utbui,dings were set afire
within the city and. outside a few cot
tages, a church and some gas works
were burned. There was no military
damage.
Drop Great Number of Bombs.
While the raiders failed to reach
the city, they dropped, according to
the official statement, "a great num-
Der Of bombs" over the eastern half
of the island as they passed on their
way to London. Little harm was done.
The failure of the huge air fleet to
infict any considerable damage is all
the more remarkable, for the night
was perfect for an attack. Few stars
were visible and there was neither
wind nor rain. the report states.
The destroyed Zeppelin fell from a
height Of 1000 feet into Cufey, near
Enfield, q London suburb.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Chicago. Sept. s. - Edward Victor
Palm. who eloped with Dorothea Vol.
mer, daughter Of former Congressman
Henry Vollmer of Davenport, Iowa,
was made defendant in q divorce suit
fled in the Iowa city Saturday. They
had one Of the shortest married lives
OF record. Just after the ceremony on
December %, 1915. they returned to
the vollmer home, and there were
separated by the brides father. who
demanded that young Mr.. Palm go out
into the world and make good" and
vent his daughter on a trip to Califor-
mia.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
Husband Has Strong AIibi.

st. Paul, Sept. 5.-St. Paul police
admitted they were without a clue that
might lead to information as to how
Mrs. o. d. Cofer received injuries
Friday night which resulted in her
death In the st. Paul City hospital.
She was found In an areaway OF the
Mechanics Arts high school, suffering
of a basal skull fraction.
o. d Cofer, the woman's husband,
IL held In the st. Paul city Jail In
connection with the case, but the po-
say b has established q strong aubi.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
British Take c~uillemont.

London, Sept. 5.-British and Ger
man forces were engaged in infantry
fighting north OF the River Somme in
France. according to the British off.
cial statement just issued.
The text OF the statement reads:
In desperation with I'll. French on
our Immediate right We attacked the
enemy Sunday at several points. WE
captured part Of Ginchy and the whole
Of Guillemont Our front now rum
some 500 yards east Of Guiuemont
tqm Qllchy "a qsar Es!tsmont farm"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
SEVERAL BLASTS FROM WHISTLE
OF A PASSING ENGINE Is ONLY
INCIDENT MARKING WILL
SONS ACT.
EMPLOYEES TO STRIKE IF
LAW Is UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Erotherhoods viii Remain Inactive If
Railroads Take No Action, But
Await the Beginning Of lnvesti-
cation Of Workings of the
Eight-Hour Day.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The Adamson
eight-honr day bill exacted from Con-
gress last week by the railroad
brotherhoods as the price of calling
off the nationwide strike ordered for
Labor Day, was signed by President
Wilson In his private car at the Union
station, where he stopped on his way
from Shadow Lawn, N. j., to Hodgen-
vile, KY. Several blasts from the
whistle Of a passing engine was the
only incident marking the Presidents
act.
That there may be no question as
to the legality of the measure as a
result of 1t having been signed on
Sunday, the President will affix his
SIGNATURE again upon his return to
Washington Tuesday.
viii Strike II Law Fails.
How long peace shall reign as a
result of the bill apparently is de-
pendent upon developments IN the pro-
posed move to test the constitutions
ality OF the act. Should the railroads
take no action but await the begin
ming of an investigation of the work
ings of the eight-hour day by the spe-
cial commission for which the meas
ure provides, the brotherhoods will
remain inactive.
The employees leaders declare. how
ever, that should the law be held un-
constitutional and the railroads at
tempt to restore the 10-horr day on
their lines, a strike will follow
promptly.
Pens Given to Union Leaders.
Brotherhood heads in a circular let
ter to their members made no COM
ment on the measure as passed. They
merely pointed out that ii would not
become effective until January / and
that many things might occur between
now and then which would change
materially any suggestions or COM
ment they might make.
None Of the brotherhood leaders
witnessed the signing of the bill. They
had expected, according to tentative
arrangements made by Secretary Will
son, to be present, but the President
decided to attend to the business al
the railroad station, and newspaper
correspondents gave them their first
information about it. The four pens
used by the President in signing the
bill. one for each syllable Of his name,
will be presented to the four brother
hood heads, A. b. Garretson, w. G..
Lee, w. S. Carter and w. s. Stone,
after being used for ~resigning the
bill on Tuesday,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
Campaign Against speeders.

Minneapolis, Sept. 5.-The village of
Wayzata inaugurated its first cam
paign against automobile speeders by
detecting 16S violations of the speed
limit. With an electric speed trap in
vented by AL Montour. deputy sheriff,
two other deputies. George Strand and
M. A. Braden, checked of the viola
tons among si4 EARS that passed
through the luarter-miie trap In the
main business district OF wayzata,
None of the drivers wero stopped,
but the numbers we're taken and the
owners will BE- notified.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Washington, Sept. 5.-The Congress
sional exodus, after nine eventful
months of legislation, already has be-
gun. With adjournment practically as
sured by Wednesday or Thursday,
ore of members packed their cam
paign speeches Saturday night, imme-
Giately after they had saved the ma
ton from a railroad strike and rush.
ed for unthreatened trains bound for
political battlefields. By midnight
there had vanished the quorum of the
House
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
HUGHES IN GOOD CONDITION
Republican Nominee Is Ready for
Heavy Work in Maine.

st. Louis, Sept. 5.-Charles Evans
Hughes spent the day resting in St.
Louis and left at night for Nashville,
Tenn, where he will address a night
meeting there. 1t will be his first
speech in a Southern city since the
nomination.
The nominee said he was feeling
in good condition for the heavy work
of the coming week, which will close
with a trip through Maine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
French Gain Four Miles.

Paris. Sept. 5. - Fighting on the
French section OF the battle front In
France, according to the official state
ment, resulted as follows:
North Of the Somme. after arth.
lery preparation. French infantry In
conjunction with the British army. at,
tackled nhortly before midday. the Ger
0 positions On q front a about sir
Kilometres three and threeQuarters
miIes). reaching from the region north
Of Maurepas to the river. with ~
markable dash. against which the 10
glstancs - n. sn1lAy was usa,ess.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
TYPHOID IN CAME ON BORDER
Three Cases at Mission, Texas -
Guards Move Their Tents.

Mission, Texas, Sept. 5.-Owing to
the appearance of three cases of ty-
phoid in the national guard camp here
the Second and ~Sixty-ninth New York
infantry regiments were hurriedly
moved to Sterling's ranch, a few miles
porth of Mission, where new camps
will be pitched. The troops were
moved during a drenching rain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
ERROR IN CODE; STRIKE NEAR
Trainmen on Southern Pacific Dis
cover Mistake Just in Time.

Houston. Texas, Sept. 5.-A strike
Of all trainmen OF the Southern Pa
ciflc lines in Louisiana and Texas was
averted by the timely discovery and
correction of an error In the code mes
sage sent from Washington revoking
the general railroad strike order. fol.
lowing the passage by Congress of the
eight-hour law.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
Elections in Mexico Quiet.

Mexico City, Sept. 5. - Municipal
elections are being held Throughout.
Mexico and so far no disorders are
reported. Returns will be slow in
coming in. A decree issued by the
government directed the governors of
the various states and the military
commanders not 70 interfere with the
balloting.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Some of the curious modern fishing
tackle would not, n Is convinced.
fool the most credul6us nsh. but that
is not the idea. 1t fools the amateur
fisherman.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
Spanish War Veterans Meet.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-Battle flags of the
United Spanish Var veterans were
unfuried at a banquet preceding the
thirteenth annual encampment Of the
organization here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Rural mail carriers complain that
warns of bees take possession Of the
mail boxeR along their routes; haven't
the carriers patience to walt for the
honey?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

The fact that neutrality-suspicious. Is
on the free list will probably relieve
much narrowing suspense in the public
mind over the matter.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Inventor claims a new kind Of II
google prevents noses getting sun
burned. but tce%totaiing stu remains
the only Invention to prsYsnt the ether
kind Of red noses
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

The Arizona guardsman who walked
40 miles on guard duty did his best to
obey orders and Is therefore entitled
TO some consideration as a good SOL
dier.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
SHACKLETON RESCUES CREW
THIRD ATTEMPT TO SAVE POLAR
EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL.
Explorer Returns to Chile With Men
Marooned on Elephant Islands
For Months.

Punta Arenas, Chile, Sept. Bear
ing the members of the Inflated polar
expedition, who were marooned on
Elephant island for months, Lieuten,
ant Sir Ernest Shackleton's rescue
ship Yelcho has just reached here.
The arrival of the vessel command
ed by the noted British explorer
brought the world the first news that
the lei were still alive and that
~Shackleton had succeeded in ~rescuing
them.
Makes Three Attempts.
1t was Shackleton's third attempt
to reach his abandoned crew which re-
suited successfully. He left Punta
Arenas on August &c, on the Yelcho.
Other ships, bent on rescuing the
crew, are still in the Antarctic.
The rescued men had been impris-
oned on Elephant island since April 8.
After the failure of his expedition to
the South Pole, S~hackleton, with five
members of his crew, succeeded in
reaching Port Stanley on May 81. He
Immediately set about the work of res
cuing the remaining members of his
crew.
The first attempt at rescue was
made in June, and the second in July.
Both failed on accoun of the ice en-
countered.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

FOUR BRITISH STEAMERS
ARE SENT TO THE BOTTOM

; London, Sept. 5.-Lloyds Ship
" ping Agency reported the follow
y ing British steamships had been
y sunk:
y Quart, 3,1o8 tons, unarmed;
' S~trathaiian, 4,fo4 tons, unarmed;
= k~elvinia, $40 tors, unarmed;
y crew and passengers saved; Mas
y cote, 1902 tons, of Leith.
3 I . Z q
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

A Missouri professor has found a
way to produce grapefruit without bit
terness. He'd serve mankind more IL
he'd produce one without the squirt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
ALLIED FLEET SINKS U-BOAT
Sends German Submarine to Bottom
or Greek Port.

Senos herman submarine to Bottom
or Greek Port.
Athens. via London. Sept. 5.-Ships
of the Allied fleet sank a German SUBJ
marine off Phaleron. tits claimed by
Allied military officers that the I'm
dersea boat had received its supplies
from Austrian and German ships
which were seized in the harbor Of
Piraeus by French sailors.
1t Is currently believed here that the
fleet desires to establish a naval base
at Piraeus as a base of supplies for the
Allied armies west wing on the Mace
DOMAIN front.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Fashion DEGREES that men must wear
silk this summer, says an exchange.
It's getting harder every year for q
maj to remain manly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

The trouble with a lot of chronic
kickers is that they keep demanding
what they think is their highland
only get left.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Flat feet may keep men cut of the
militia, but In the game of politics
they are not counted as n serious de-
feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Some Of the 1917 model automobiles
are just now appearing on the mar
ket and one wonders what occasioned
the delay.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

One can't help wondering whether
the English trench gas tastes TO the
Germans like the German gas does to
the English
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

The lurking danger in chewing the
rag lies in the fact that a person often
is likely to bite off more than he can
chew.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Inland towns and communities. de-
string also a proper place in the sun.
will have to be contented with land
sharks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Moreover, good roads also make II
easier for the archaic being who likes
to take q walk In the country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

What is to be will be. A man who
was born to be killed In an automo-
bile accident will never be hanged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

: Scientists who say fish like music
may have heard them practicing on
their scales.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

And they call IL n supersubmarine.
Super means above md sub means be-
meath, 80 II Is an abovs-bAneath boat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Fresh air is the freest thing In the
world and for the poor the hardest
thing to get.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

No matter how high the price OF
auto gas scars, talking gas remnsns as
cheap as ever.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

A Maine fisherman says he knows
fish can talk. However. they show
their good sense by not doing II.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

While racing IS the sport of kings
It Is also, as has been remarked be-
fore, the meal ticket OF touts.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Science now says that the earth is
n great telephone wire. 1t always was
q poor place to tell secrets.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

Speaking OF "npples and fruit" q
sign In Los Angeles reads: Guitar
Lessons; Also Music Taught"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
RAILROAD STRIKE CALLED Off
EiGHT-hOUR DAY BILL PASSED
BY SENATE.
Brotherhood Officials Reach Decision
Following Passage Of the Adam
son Measure, 43 to 20.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The threat
ened railroad strike has been called
off.
Instructions resembling the orders to
400, 900 members of the four great
railway brotherhoods to quit their
work at Z a. m, Monday. were wired
from here by the presidents of the
four organizations to the $40 district
heads scattered over the country.
Administration leaders were loud in
their acclaims of another triumph for
the president.
Republicans asserted that the &C.
ton of congress never would have
been necessary had there been a
Roosevelt or Cleveland iu the White
House.
Courts viii Decide, Roads Say.
The men were jubilant over their
victory in the fight TO write an eight
hour law on the statutes. The rail.
road officials announced that the law
means nothing, as the courts will de,
eide later on without a question.
The decision OF the brotherhood of
ficials to call off the strike was reach,
ed following the action Of the senate
approving, 43 to %. the Adamson eight
hour bill which passed the house Fri.
day.
Ar eight hour day, effective Jan. 1,
next, on all railroads subject to the
Jurisdiction of the interstate com
merce commission.
Existing wages for 10 hours shall be
raid for the new eight hour day.
Commission to investigate the cost
of the new plan to the railroads, to
complete it's work by Oct. /, 1917, and
pending it's Investigation all overtime
is to be paid for by the railroads at q
pro rata rate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

1t is a poor ammunition maker who
doesn't rise In the world sooner or
later.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

The kilt has been condemned as I'M
suited for trench life. On account OF
the mosquitoes, we presume.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07
More phony talking IL done through
the hat than through the telephone.

international law Is another old I'D
die upon which any tune can be played.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-07

There's one thing about a coat OF
tan. 1t may not be becoming, but II al
ways fits.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
AT CLEVELAND.

The O. +. Mauck Lumber company
test ON the A. l.. Fisher lot i'm section
S-gl-N is good fbT five barrels.
Frank Browns test ON the MawluS
city lots i'm the same section is dry
and abandoned.
The Test oil company Is moving i'm
q rig for a test on the Brown lots iu
the city.
Cosden and others are due with
their test i'm section 33--l-I and it is
reported they have some kind OF
showing
Thompson & Wcldcr are spudding
in the south half of the southeast of
section 1S-2l-N.
Marlarky u Edmistor are starting on
the Aunell farm I'm the southwest of
section l7-2l-S.
The State Il oil company is
drilling at 200 feet i'm its No 3 in the
northwest of section 3l-2G-N
Schoonfcldt n Markham are rig
EinE mp for No. G on the Reynolds
farm i'm the southwest of section
25-?l-S.
W. II. Mmkin is drilling at about
200 feet on town lots just I'm the
rear of the hotel which was blown up
last week
The Miuuetonka oil company is
drilling at 1000 feet in its no. 10 on
the Lowory in the northeast Of sec
tioU 17-2l-S
The same company is spuddng i'm
its No. ON the Lucas i'm section 90
The Selby oil company test on the
Mullendore farm i'm section l-2O-7 is
showing for nice gas well at 2.0iO
feet
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
In the Oil Fields
office 600 } A M,Kccycr Res. a577R
REFINERS WATCHING
KANSAS FEE CASE

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 29-Ol OPP
orators and refluers throughout Kan
sas nave manifested an intense inter
est in the suit i'm the state supreme
court To test the CunstitutiouaNy of
the oil inspection act of the Kansas
legislature of 1913, involving as 10
does, fees aggrcgating approximately
$4,000, which have been paid under
protest into the state treasury for in
spccuons by the various oil companies
of the state.
Lat, i'm 1917 several large oil COM
pauiCs operating m Kansas refused To
nay the state inspection fee of 10
cents a barrel levied under the act,
holding that the law was uucuuStitu-
tiouul As result S. NJ Brewster,
state attorney general, peuu,ncd The
supreme court last May for a writ of
mandamus to compel Frank Cums-
key, state oil Inspector, TO pay the
money derived from the fees into the
state treasury, and asking that the
protesting companies bo obliged TO
show cause for nOupaymont of fees.
In his petition Mr. Brewster named
Mr.. Cumiskey the Great Western Oil
Refining company of Erie, the Miller
oil Refining company Of Chauute; the
Eastern Kansas oil company, It'd, of
Moran; the Kansas Oil Refining COM
pany Of CoffcyVllo the Chanutc Re
fiuiak company Of ChalutC and the
Kansas Cooperative company of Cha
mute, as co-dofondants,
Meanwhile an agreement was
reached between representatives of
tho protesting companies and the state
officials whereby the oil companies
have paid the fees provided for under
the state law, pending the outcome of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
LET PIPE LINE CONTRACT.

The Prairie Pipe Line company has
lc' the contract for the laying of its
eight-inCh line from Ncodesha to the
Augusta, Kan, field. The line will
be eighty miles in length. Fred Os.
scnbeck of Tulsa procured the CON
tract for the north forty miles and a
contractor named saunders got the
south end. Work at both ends is to
start at once and with decent weather
the line should be running oil within
CO DAYS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
SEVENTY FIVE CENT
M PREMIUM IS PAID

A premium Of 75 cents per barrel
has been paid for $4,000 barrels Of
Gushing crude if reports from a re-
liable source are true. The New state
Refining company has purchased that
much oil from b. b. Jones i'm the
Cushing field. The contract calls for
q IS cent premium above the posted
market to be paid as the oil is run.
This is said to he the highest price
ever paid for Gushing oil, although it
is understood that Cosdcn & Co. are
not far behind in its purchase from
the Quaker Oil company Of 100000
barrels Of storage II is said the price
i'm this deal was $2.O5 per barrel, but
this price. including the steel, which is
usually paid for at the rate of about
2j cents per barrel.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
Al COLLINSNILLE.

The Lynna oil company's No. ! on
the c. Bryan farm in section 31-23-14
is completed and good for 45 barrels.
Ripple end others No. 2 on the
William Robbins farm in section %
23-l4 is good for 35 barrels and No.
3 is drilling at 500 feet
The Lynna oil company's No. ! on
the j. AddnFton farm in section 30
23-14 is drilling at 500 feet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
rIAN MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT

For the purpose of raising money
with which to develop its property in
Mexico, the Morgan Brokerage COM
pany has decided to offer for sale
ia. GOO acres of land in the center Of
its block south of Vera Cruz 1t has
opened up offices in Hotel Tulsa
bulding and is planning on drilling
several tests on its property.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-01-30
AT BIXBN.

The Prairie Oil e Gas Co.
has completed Nos. II and II on the
G. ]. Miller fee IN section 3-1G-lS good
for 100 barrels each.
J. ii. simmons. as agent No. on
the Perry Mckay in section lO-16-l3,
is good for $50 barrels.
The Prairie oil & Gas Co. No.
ON Lhe Perry Mckay in section 10
1913 is making 40 barrels