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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
GERMANS PUT UP
DESPERATE FIGHT
By Concentrating Forces I'M
portant Point Recaptured,
but Soon Lost Again.
LENS Is BEING EVACUATED
Teutons Allow People to Garry
Only 80 Pounds of Luggage
on Retreat From Town.

(By Associated Press staff Core spondcut)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, April 15.-(Nia London.
1915 p. Fighting like men with
their backs to a wall, the Germans are
making desperate resistance to the
British advance, especially along the
Hindenburg line from Queant To st.
Quentin. This line has been definite
ly broken between Queant and Arras;
consequently the Germans are at
tempting to hold from Queant south
ward
In the meantime. Lens was being
approached late today from three di-
rcctlons. The civilian population was
ordered out 10y the Germans on Fri
day: no person was allowed more than
thirty pounds of baggage. With the
departure of .the civilians the Ger
mans seized three months rations
gathered at Lens by the American
relief commission.
Fires at ST. Quentin.
Fires continued to glow at Lens to-
day while far away to the south fires
were seen within st. Quentin, toward
which the British and French are
converging. Realizing the important
town of Queant. the switch point Of
the Hindenburg line was threatened
by the close proximity of British, the
Germans early today launched an at
tack from there over siX-mile front
While suffering Immediate reverses
everywhere else, they managed the
concentration of artillery to recapture
Lagnicourt, opposite Queant, which
was taken from them several weeks
ago. Their victory at this place was
short lived, however for the British
Immediately counterattacked and re-
captured Lagnicourt with more than
two hundred prisoners. and catching
the retreating Germans under an In
tensive field gun fire, cut them to bits
Thus ended the first real defensive
offensive" the Germans have at
tempted since the battle of Arras be-
gan.
Only Hope Is for Delay.
From one end of the British front
to the other the Germans are palpably
nervous and jumpy. Where they have
been driven from their old positions
they are feverishly digging at every
opportunity particularly at night.
, Each morning new airplane photo
graphs show the results of the noe
turnal activities behind the temporary
line. Most of the new trenches are
merely emergency defenses built at
angles with a view to giving cover to
machine guns with which the Germans
hope to delay the British advance un-
til further work can make the rear
defonses tenable
1t now is stated that no part Of the
Hindenburg line was expected to be
completed until the end of April. not
withstanding the claims that the re-
cent western retirement has been en-
tirely according to German plans.
The Germans in the front line have
long been worried by the inferiority OF
their artillery to that of the British.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
ARMY POLICE CHIEF KILLED
CHIEF of Secret Service Department in
Brownsville Is Found Dying.

BROWNSVILLE. Texas. April IL
Sergt. George w. Underkircher fourth
United states infantry, chief of the
military police here, was found IN his
office in the city hall tonight with
bullet hole thru his head lie died
shortly after being found. Military
police i'm other parts OF the building
state that no one was near and it is
not known whether the shot was acci-
denlSl.
Underkircher had been in the serv-
ice 2S years.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
Fire Destroys Sanitarium.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. April Is
The mems dormitory OF the Moody
sanitarium on Alamo Heights. su-
burb of this city. was destroyed and
the women's buildings and pump
house damaged by a fire early this
morning. which caused loss of s35,-
600. Thirty patients in the building
were rescued by members of the
United States field hospital No. G.
with the help of nurses The sanl-
tarium is located near Fort Sam
Houston,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
RAISE 100000 FOR JEWS
AT a Dinner Given by Schiff. Fifth of
Fund Is Subscribed.

NEW YORK, April 15.-More than
$2,O00,000 was pledged by Jews OF
nation wide prominence toward the
proposed S10.0O0,000 fund for the re-
lief u Jewish war sufferers at din
ner given here tonight by Jacob II.
Schiff, in honor of julius Rosenwald
OF Chicago and Henry Morgenthau,
former ambassador to Turkey.
The dinner followed meeting of
the National emergency conference,
call by the American Jewish relief
committee to formulate plans for
national campaign to raise the re-
quired amount. julius Rosenwald has
pledged himself to give S1.000,000,
providing the 100000 is raised.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
TURKS CAPTURE
AMERICAN SHIP
AND HOLD CREW

AMSTERDAM via London.
April l6.-t5:3O a. m)-Thc
American guardship Scorpion has
been intcrncd at Constautinoplc
by the Turkish government. ac-
cording to news dispatch from
the Turkish capital quoting the
Turkish newspaper Sabah Tho
Sabah says that the Scorpion WAS
given % hours TO leave the har-
Dor. but was unable to do SO ana
was informed "in accordance VITA
The Hague convention"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
BODY or MURDERED
BOY PUT Nv TRUNK
Mysterious Staying l. First Murder in
Blachwcll's ~ Years of
Existence.

SpcCinI 10 HE WOfTd.
BLACKWELL. Okla, April Is. -
The body of Ray Hutchens. . years
old. son of rooming house keep in
this city, was found I'm a trunk early
sunday morning, the boy having been
dead for several hours when found.
4 coroner's jury sunday afternoon de
cided that the boy came to his death
at the hands of some unknown per
son. but three persons are being held
as suspects by county officers
The boys neck had been broken
and bruised places made before his
death on his neck. shoulders and chest
led To the belief of foul play. The
city of Blackwell has been in exist
ence % years and this is the first
murder ever to have occurred here.
No motive for the crime has yet been
decided upon by the authorities.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16

TEMPLE. Texas, April 10. = w A.
Smith. 90, an employe In the water
works department of the city, acci-
dentally shot and killed himself here
today while cleaning his revolver. A
wife and two children survive.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
TO BE NEUTRAL ?
Carranza Makes Declaration in Ad-
dressing His Congress.

MENICO CITY, April 15.-General
Carranza in his address to the new
congress tonight declared that Mexico
would maintain n strict and rigorous
neutrality in the world war
ii. Won Eckhardt, the German min
ister, was seated in box with Aus
trian, Spanish and other diplomats.
Henry p. Fletcher sat with the British
minister.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
HOW DOES HE KNOW?

SAN FRANCISCO. April Is
The japanese admiralty Off
cially denied yesterday that
there was a German submarine
in the Pacific ocean. according
to cablegrams t. "a japanese
newspaper here
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
Founder OF Esperanto Dead.

AMSTERDAM. April Is. (via
London, April 16. 1927 a. m.)-Dr.
Ludwig Zamenhoff. author of Espe-
ranto, died yesterday at Warsaw, ac-
cording to adyices received here,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
ANTI-GERNAN MOB
IN BUENOS AIRES
ATTACKS LEGATION

BUENOS AIRES, April 10
The German legation and con-
sulate here have been attacked by
a mob, as have the newspapers
Deutsche La Plata Zeitung and
La Union. The windows of the
buildings We're broken.
The police dispersed the mani
fcstants, making numerous ar
rests. The editor of the German
newspaper was wounded, as were
several of the demonstrators.
LONDON, April 15.-Mobs in
Buenos Aires demanding war with
Germany attacked a German owned
newspaper office and fired on the
German legation and consulate ac-
cording to the Exchange Telegraph :
Buenos Aires correspondent. The out
breaks were put down by the police,
says the dispatch, several persons be
ing injured.
The dispatch reads:
AN excited mob of huge dimensions
parading the streets and demanding
war with Germany attacked Ger
man owned newspaper office. but was
dispersed by gendarmcs. The mob
proceeded to fire on the German
legation and consulate. The outbreaks
were soon overcome.
The chief of police while trying
TO conciliate the mob was stoned and
injured. In a charge on the crowd by
the police, several persons were hurt
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
PROSPERITY TALK

Tulsa for the next five days win
keep its doors open and its hand OF
friendly greeting extended to the thou
sand or more delegates to the Masonic
convention to be held in the Masonic
temple
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-16
THE WEATHER

TULSA, April 15.-MaXimum IS,
minimum 40. winds south and clear.
OKLAHOMA FoRECAsT-Monday
unsettled. colder in west portion;
Tuesday probably showers, colder.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Fifteen Tons Coal Used Daily.

~ SS~ ~
Vermillion.-Fifteen ton Of coal
in "a hours was a new record in coal
consumption hung up by the blizzard
Of February q at the power plant OF
the University of South Dakota. The
worst storm in ten years made extra
work necessary and the consumption
Of coal on Thursday, February Il,
reached the highest point in the his
tory Of the University Of South Da-
kota. On top of this record consump-
ton because of the blizzard came the
tieup of freight traffic. The very
deep snow and cold weather that made
the added consumption of coal neces-
sary threatened to cut off the supply.
Vermillion coal dealers YER appealed
to and furnished more than so tons
Of coal to run the university in the
emergency. AS soon as railroad traf-
fc came back to normal the university
was able to replenish its coal bins and
the threatened fuel famine was
averted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
must. PAY HIS NOTE.
JURY RULES AGAINST A DAY
COUNTY MAN-lNNOCENT
PURCHASER VICTOR.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That is Of interes. to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.
Western. Newspaper Union News Service.

Western. Newspaper Union News Service.
Sioux Falls.-N Notwithstanding that
himself and other men were drinking
whisky at the time he gave a note, j.
P. Block of G~reenville, Day county,
will have to pay the amount of the
note, according to the verdict of the
jury which heard the case in the cir.
cult court. An Aberdeen mar sold to
Block some stock in an Aberdeen in
surance company, taking Blocks note
for 1925 in pament therefor. The sell
er of the stock sold the note to l.. G..
Ochsenreiter, an automobile dealer of
Webster, for an automobile. Block
refused to pay the note on the ground
that he had not received value for the
same and because the whole party was
drinking whisky at the time the note
was given. The jury returned a YER
dict for 1863 in favor Of Ochsenreiter
as the innocent purchaser of the note.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
fruit LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
der children California Syrup of
Figs that this is their. ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give a
t~easpconful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow.
els. and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has s~tomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed IN the bottle. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Found Dead in Cabin.

Mystic.-Dying alone and his body
not being found for about two weeks
after his death, was the fate of Aaron
Davidson, an old hermit who for many
years had lived alone in q squalid
little cabin near Mystic. For some
time before becoming i'll he had been
employed by a timber company in the
Mystic district of the Black Hills. 1t
was customary for him to appear in
Mystic at least once a week for his
mail, and when a period Of more than
two weeks had elapsed his friends in
Mystic became uneasy and went to his
home, finding him dead. He was aboat
So years of age. Nothing is known
as to the whereabouts of relatives il
ne had any. Death is supposed to have
resulted from an attack of heart fail.
ure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Bills Passed by Houss.

H. B. ZAP, appropriating $4,000 for
boiler house at state training school.
II. b. 234, appropriating $50 to Carl
Anderson for a horse killed by the
state on account of CHAMBERS.
H. b. q, appropriating $500 for
the state pavilion and show at Mitch
ell.
H. B. 257, authorizing cities to erect
and maintain auditoriums.
H. B. 269, regulating importation Of
stations and jacks.
II. B. 241, appropriating s11,170 for
paving streets adjoining Madison state
normal grounds.
H. b. ia, giving towns and cities
power to regulate motor traffic.
III. b. 275, fixing the parole power
at the state training school in the
board of charities and corrections.
II. b. POI fixing manne of making
payment on school land sales.
II. B. ia, relating to care Of pa
tients at state hospital for insane
at Yankton.
III. B. III, providing for publica-
tion of tax lists in the official papers
at FIVE cent? per description apiece.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Nissen a Candidate.

Yankton.-United States Senator
Ed. S. Johnson has taken up with
President Wilson the matter of ap.
pointing a governor general for the
Danish West Indies, and has suggest
ed the name of ]. ]. Nissen of this
city. Mr.. Nissen has been a resident
of this city for a great many years
and has had a large business expert
ence. He is a man of mature years
and sound judgment, speaks the Dan
ish, German and English languages
fluently, and no doubt would be the
right mar for the place. Mr.. Nissen
has a large number of friends here,
all of within are hoping that President
Wilson will consider his application
favorably.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Will Manufacture Patent.

Parker.-Parker, Chancellor and
several other towns are striving to
secure the location of a factory which
is to be established by Benjamin Her
en-, a Chancellor inventor, for the man.
ufacture of a compressed air engine
perfected by him, upon which he re-
Gently was granted a patent. The in
ventor has recently given several pub
lie demonstrations of his engine be-
fore experts, and the results are said
to have been more than satisfactory
to the inventor and those who believe
he has perfected an engine which will
bring him a large fortune. A cooper
ative company for the manufacture
of the engines now is being organized
by the inventor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Many Filings Made.

Belle Fourche.-Four thousand acres
of irrigation land in this district, which
recently was opened to settlement in
accordance with an order of the Sec
rotary of the interior, rapidly is being
entered. The land is subject to entry
in S0-acre tracts. The .entrymen and
entrywomen are charged 1925 per acre
at the time when entry is made, and
an additional sum Of S42.25 per acre
will have to be paid in Is equal annual
payments. Those who have entered
the lands are preparing to make them
produce crops during the coming sea-
son. The opening to settlement OF
these lands will add greatly to the
crop production of this territory.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
''CAsCARETS" ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get q 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor OIL or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-pever grippe. sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take q
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
New Game Bill.

The principal features Of the new
game bill which was passed by the
House is in the bringing of the law
into harmony with the federal law as
to open seasons, making it from the
7th of September to the 18th of Decem.
Der for water fowl, and from the 7th
of September to the 7th of October
for prairie chicken and other game
birds. The bag limit is reduced to Is
aquatic fowls, and five of any other
class of game birds for a days bag;
with a limit of possession at one time
Of 35 aquatic fowl and Is of any other
kind Of game birds. The shipping
provision Is closely regulated. No
resident of the state is allowed to ship
game out of the state and to the H.
cense for a nonresident hunter are to
be attached five coupons, designated
as A, b, c, ID, E, either of which is
good to attach to a shipment of not
to exceed ten birds, and no shipments
may be made unless one of the cou-
pons is attached. making the ultimate
number Of birds which can be shipped
In one season so for each license.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Enter on Loo Acres.

Menno.-Members Of a single fami-
iy from this city and vicinity have
made entry of an aggregate of nearly
1900 acres of government land near
Isabel, in the northwestern part of the
state. Adolph Preszler and his two
brothers, and other relatives, eight In
all, are the persons referred to. They
have made entry or hcmesteads of
160 acres each, in close proximity to
each other. The land will be fenced
and the entrymen will engage in the
cattle business on a large scale, that
section being ideal for cattle raising
as well as farming.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
Bills Passed by Senate.

S. b. 155, requiring more prompt re-
mittances OF taxes from counties to
state treasurer.
S. b. so, regulating the flow or ar
tesian wells, with registration tax
or well owners.
S. B. 134, authorizing the board of
control of the state soldiers home to
use disciplinary measures.
S. B. 81, requiring bonds from out
side collection agencies before they
may do business in this state.
s. b. 1O7, regulating admission of
proof of handwriting of deceased wit
nesses in will cases.
S. B. 103, regulating place Of assess
ment Of personal property, and pro-
viding for appeals from tax commits
sion decisions.
S. b. 43, regulating salaries OF city
commissioners.
S. B. Is, requiring auto trucks to
take out licenses.
II. B. 81, amending form Of life in
policies.
II. b. It's, providing for amending
articles Of incorporation Of benevo-
lent societies.
S. b. 1873, setting aside September
IS as Frances Willard day.
S. B. lis, fixing the city poll tax as
well as hat of the country at two
dollars.
H. b. $50, providing for a tree boun-
ty of FIVE dollars an acre.
II. b. 176, regulating waste OF water
in irrigation bitches.
s. B. IS, the l. w. w. bill.
s. B. GS, fixing tax levy in cities.
S. b. 158, removing the requirement
of law thu. bonds should be filed with
the state by fraternal insurance com.
panies.
S. B. 113, to amend the probate code
in the matter of notification of par
ties interested in probate proceedings.
S. B. 1876, amending the law on
bridges on county lines so that boards
of commissioners of both counties
must favor.
S. b. A, abolishing the office of at
torney for the state banking depart
ment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
viii Consider Fairfax-Burke Fight.

Bonesteel.-Attorneys of Gregory
county who are interested in the le-
gal contest between Fairfax ano
Burke for county seat honors, have
been advised that the state Supreme
court will on February % or "a hear
oral arguments in the case. Fairfax
has been the county seat since the
early days of the county. Last No
vember Burke was declared the win
ner of the county seat, having re-
ceived the necessary number Of votes,
but Fairfax contested the result of
the election on a technicality. Wheth-
er or not Fairfax will retain the coun-
ty seat depends upon whether it was
permanent county seat. 1t is expect
ed the supreme court will render a
decision in the case within a few
weeks after the arguments are made.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-02-22
PASS AMSDEN BILL
MEASURE GIVES COUNTIES Az.
ThoRlTY TO SUPPLY SCHOOL
BOOKS.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
n evlew OF the Work Of tho State
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various State
institutions.

HleTTe.-
The Senate passed the Amsden bill,
providing for county free text books,
after an all afternoon fight in which
Dowdell tried to amend 1t by substi-
tutiag his bill for state uniformity.
General sentiment seemed to be that
whether it be in state, county or dis
trict units and that the Dowdell bill
was poorly drawn and that the Ans
den measure was the better. When
this bill gets into the house it will
have to buck up against the Buchholz
and Benson bill for state uniformity,
with local option a feature.
Waters attempted to secure recon-
sideration of the minority adverse
committee report in fve-sixths jury
verdict bill, killed last week, and did
secure reconsideration by one major
ity, but when II came up for vote
the majority report was again adopted
and the bill finally put out of the way.
The Senate passed the Mohn bill,
requiring normal training for all
teachers in the state who have not had
experience. The bill is a long one,
with many provisions and a minimum
requirement in extreme cases is "a
weeks, but it applies to all schools.
The House spent most of one after
noon on a military code to bring the
state under the new federal defense
act and Adjutant General Morris was
called in to explain its provisions,
after which the bill was passed. The
Senate took up a bill providing for
the sale of old military lands and the
purchase of one new camp site and
decided to put back in the bill provi-
sion for the sale of old Fort Sisseton
lands, removed by the House.
The House passed a bill fixing the
goth of September as Frances Willard
day, with time set aside in the schools
for instruction on the prohibitory
movement, and killed the senate bill
raising the fee list of abstractors.
Thursday was the last day for the
introduction of committee bills in the
House and among the measures put in
was a rural credits code carrying an
appropriation of 5000, 900 with a COM
missioner in charge with a salary of
$4,000. A bill also was put in permit
ting a county tax levy for hard surface
roads and n permitting a 1e-cent
bounty on pocket gophers.
The Senate killed the proposition
Of a five-sixths jury verdict IN civil
cases, one the adoption of an adverse
minority committee report.