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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29
Visit Relatives.

RINGLING, okla, Dec 9S.-Among
Ringing soldiers in training who Wis
tied relatives or friends here during
the holidays were Ernest Alfred. Alex
Folsom, ID II. Humphrey and Charles
Stotts of Camp Bowie and Morgan
Newly. Clarence Camel and John
Mundeu Of Camp Travis.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29
Army Balloon Missing

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. d.
Officials of the army bal
loon school here were making
efforts 10y telegraph and wire
less tonight to locate an army
balloon commanded by Captain
Mccullough nd carrying six stud
eut aviators. which left here at
midnight last night. Another
balloon leaving at the same time
commanded by Captain Cole and
also carrying six students. landed
$50 miles from Fort Mcintosh
late this afternoon The miss
ing balloon. officials believe, may
have been forced TO land i'm Mex
leo
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29
More Gas PrObabIc.

Special 10 The World.
RINGLlNG, Okla, Dec. 2S.-Ail
possible haste on the part Of con-
panics selling natural gas for fuel uur-
poses in installing their pipe lines into
communities Of jefferson county
where gas plants are proposed, is
urged by w. +. Kerr, jefferson county
fuel administrator Such plants are
reported to be contemplated in sew
oral towns along thc Rock Island rail
road. Their early completion, says n
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29

Sprtlhl 10 ne Nofld,
ALTON. okla, Dec. 2S.--Mr. r.. J..
Ncff who has been cashier Of the
First National bank ~ Alton for the
past ten years. has resigned as cashier
TO accept a position with the First
National bank OF Miami.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-29

statement from the administrator. vii.
practically take the county out of the
cOal-burning class.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08
CONSERVING THE
BREAD AND MEAT

Every citizen now realizes that the
two things In our food supply that
must be conserved are bread and
meat. This can b effectively done
not only In their economical use but
also In using proper care to protect
and guard the supply.
It In needless to say that now Il
the time Of all times when live stock
should be carefully protected from
diseased. A loss Of hogs or other
live stock Of the meat producing
classes II not only q loss to the owner
but It II q direct decrease in the food
supply which should have careful
guarding at the present time.
A loss Of food grains from improp-
er care Is another instance Of loss
in the food supply. All food grains
should be watched very carefully to
see that It Is remaining in proper con-
dition. Food grains should not be
threshed and stored until they are in
proper condition to store safely.
In many cases during the past few
months there have been several losses
Of meat producing animals and food
grains by fire. As q part Of our
program Of economy greater precau-
ton than ever should be taken to pre-
vent fires. Only in this way can the
losses Of bread and meat to the public
be prevented.
Losses Of the classes mentioned
above are not such in all cases that
even the owner can protect himself
by insurance, and in no case will in
surance protect the public. Just now
the public Ii interested In the bread
and meat itself and not in its value.
While every one Of our citizens must
be protected against loss by any
means available to him, yet in adj
dition to that 1t is his patriotic duty
just now to protect the bread and
meat supply Of the nation by pre-
venting its destruction if possible, be-
cause any food grains or meat ami
mails that are destroyed are entirely
lost to the public and can not be re-
stored. Guard the grain and live
stock with greater care than is or
dinarily used because the risk is now
somewhat greater than ordinary and
it is a patriotic duty just now OF do
so.
]. W.Shorthill, York, Nebr.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08

PARCEL POST RATES TO GO UP
A law requiring additional postage
on parcel post packages will 90 into
effect December /. The law provides
that packages requiring twenty cents
postage or more will need additional
postage of one cent for every twenty
FIVE cents or fraction thereof. If the
postage is less than twenty-five cents
the extra tax will not be required.
Stamps used in the payment Of this
tax will be supplied to postOffices by
the commissioner of international rev.
enue.
This law applies to parcel post
matter exclusively and is not to be
confused with the new postal laws
applied to first class mail which
went into effect at midnight No
vember End.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Remaining in the postOffice at Bax-
ter Springs, Kansas, for the week
ending November 2, 1917.
F. R. Lantz, s; Mrs. F. Thomas,
Mr.. Beecham- Painter; h. Hoffman;
Frank Barker, Ollie Lacey, J. F.
Lane, Jess bennington, J. E. Barnes,
Mrs. Edna Conner, J. o. Burnett, A.
]. Hampton, Mrs. Rosa Christensen,
R. G. Blackwell, W. W. Nelson, e. d.
Moore, Mr.. Edna Nelson, Matte Nc
Wright, William Price, B. Martin,
Viola WOrriner, G. E. Scott, Ed v.
Smith, l.. Stewart, Mrs. W. Stone,
George Schneider, ". h. Pugh, Mrs.
Alice vence, Mrs. W. 7. Trimble.
Persons calling for any Of the
above letters win please say, ~Adver-
tised," giving date list
cHAS. L. SMITH, P. n.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08
PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH NOTICES
Sunday school every Sunday at 9:45
a. m. Preaching every Sunday at II
a. m, and 1880 p. m.
Rev. L. J. Coats, pastor Of the
Presbyterian church at Galena, Kans.,
will fill the pulpit Of Presbyterian
church in Baxter Sunday morning and
evening. Rev. Coats is fine preach
er and it will do you good to hear
him.
J. R. BROWNE, Minister.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08
CARD OF THANKS

Gratitude of the members of the
Methodist Episcopal church is hereb!
expressed to all who rendered assist
ance in saving property from the
church just burned, and to Mr.. E. h
Scholeman for space to store the
pews and other church furniture.
Pastor and Trustees.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08

Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Lee departed
Tuesday morning for Hot Springs,
where they will spend two or three
months with their daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Lee.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-08

Jack Barnes was in Joplin, Monday
transacting personal business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
MOTHER 0F SALEMS
 REFUSES ID CHANGE . NAME ON REQUEST
Oregon City Would Have Massachusetts Village Take Another Title ''tO
 Avoid Confusion"

Salem, ore. January 2o.-Salem, Mass. refused to change its name at the request of Salem. Ore, today. A negative answer was received from Henry P Benson, mayor of the New England city, to the request for the change sent recently by Ivan G. Mo Daniel manager of the Commercial club of this city
 1T have heard of Salem, Ore.,'' read the answer ''When your little com munity reaches a population of 50,0Oc ard valuation placing it in the same class as small eastern cities; in short. when it reaches the size your man agers nerve has already reached, we will advise you to change your name for there might be some confusion in having the same and surely you wouldn't ask the venerable mother of all the salems to change her name, even at the behest of an enterprising and hustling youngster."
 In the request Mcdaniel said Salem, Ore, was spending large sums for ad- vertising and requested the change to avoid confusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
Mrs. Viscontips s Story VIII EnliDen Le0k' Probe EDen
 If It Does Not Convince
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

its poetry and romance for the modern and prosaic method of doing things. One can see the corrupt politician of that day doing the bidding of the Medici or Catharine of Navarro or Madame de Stael One can behold countless other interesting things
 "one with irnagination it was said above. For the present episode In which the woman has become involved is not at all or in any of it's phases analogous with those which made an- other era full of color In the first place, in the allegation of the woman, there is no substantial truth. In the second place. the woman is not a siren. She is a stenographer who makes very attractive appearance and who. at prima facie or even sec- end glance, appears good and whole some and honest. Nevertheless, there Is fine opportunity for the man or. woman who possesses a particle of imagination.
 POSSIBILITIES IN NAME
 The woman is Mrs Ruth Thomson Visconti. What wonderful possibilities il. that Italian .surname! She is re-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21

Washington, January 20.-(SpeciaD While the present situation does not exemplify the old French adage, "Cherchez la Femme" it is true, new erthe1ess. that they have succeeded in mixing a woman up in the Teak"
 The above is not literally correct. For the woman, it appears, did the mixing herself It remains to be seen just what, if anything, she knows; and, if she does know anything, how she acquired her information.
 WILL ENLIVEN INQUIRY
 And. incidentally. since the appear ance of the woman, the Teak" has ac- quired a new, though not a novel fla vor. There Is a distinction between the two adjectives. For thing as old as the hills cannot be novel although it may be new when applied to spe- cific episode. At any rate, a blase pub lie since the woman has appeared ad- mits more tumultous beating of the pulses. One with a particle of imag- ination can close his eyes and be- hold a scene of old France; can re- view the staircase history of that country which was not then a re- public. which then had not discarded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
SIMPLE AND SOLEMN CEREMONY MARKED BURIAL OF DEWEY Entire Machinery of Gov ernment Halts While
 Funeral Is Held NATIONAL TRIBUTE IS PAID HERDS MEMORY Midshipmen, Remembered on Death bed of Great Officer, Are Given
 Distinction of Being Honor
 Escort to Arlington

Washington, January 2O.-Admiral George Dewey, hero of the battle of Manila bay. and the worlds ranking naval officer, was buried today ,yat solemn ceremonies, reflecting the na- tion's final tribute of honor and af- lection.
 Two services were held, the first a private home ceremony; and the sec Ond nm impressive service fin the TO- tunda of the capitol, where the Presi- dent, the supreme court, the cabinet. the Senate and House, the diplomatic corps and others prominent in off ciaI and civil life, went to honor pulp licly the dead commander.
 Afterwards through streets lined with thousands the notable company and large escort of military and na- val forces followed the casket to Ar lington.
 CADETS HONOR ESCORT
 The midshipmen from Annapolis, re- membered by the admiral while he was on his deathbed as "my friends were given the signal distinction of honor escort, and in compliance with his re- quest they alone accompanied the body from the residence to the capital and later were the only military unit to
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
Hand-tO-Hand Battle Takes Place While Great
 SnOwstOrm Rages
RUSSIANS CONTINUE ATTACK ON LINES IN
 EAST CARPATHIANS
Berlin Claims That These Assaults Were Repulsed With Heavy Losses to Enemy-Teutonic
 Counters Also Fail

New York, January 20.-The Asso- cfsted Press sums up the war news from all fronts as follows;
 The capture of the town of Nanestf on the Sereth river by Germans troops on Friday is the latest important de- veIopment on the war fronts. Tho Russian forces are continuing their counter attacks in the eastern Car pathians and north of the Suchitza valley, on the Moldavian frontier, but the Berlin war office announces that the Russian assaults generally were checked in hand-to-hand encounters and that in one of them the Russians lost several hundred in killed and 400 made prisoners. Two attacks delivered by the Teutonic forces i'm the course of heavy fighting at other points on the MoIdavian frontier were repuIsed by Russians.
 There were no important develop ments on the Russo German battle line except patrol attacks and repulses constituted the chief actions in the Franco-B Belgian war theatre. Quiet was reported on the Macedonia front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
SECTION A

 1-London stricken with terror when terrific explosion follows fire Submarines are accompanying the un- known raiders Whipple will be given free hand in ''leak'' inquiry. Aviators had no authority to make flight is claimed. British feighter engages in battle with submarine. Simple and solemn ceremony marked burial of Dewey. Mother of Salems refuses to change name on request. Trial of Spanel to continue well into coming week. Coal car shortage must be relieved, says commission. Town of Nanesti is captured by Teu- tonic troops Mrs. Visconti's story will enliven leak probe. 2-Bessemer board to fight increase. England may yet adopt compulsory national service. 3-Birmingham civic association calls meeting Monday. twill purge poll lists in February. Birmingham spending millions in autos. Pageant "Joseph" will be produced Solicitor Black is chief prosecutor il 4 criminal court. g. Bilbo said to be playing game of poli- ties g. -Exportation of iron and steel unprece- dented.
 SECTION B 1-Frank G. Carpenters letter. 2-Sports. 3-News of interest to autoists 6-Amusements. 7-Dolly Dalrymple. s-India's problems many and grave since war began.
 SECTION c 1 and 2-Socety. 3-Why Lloyd George wanted American in his cabinet Magazine is now published in Eskimo interest. 4-Editorial comment 5-Member of flying corps thinks 1t not all fun Batting the south is method taken to defeat Owen bill. and 7-Markets. g. English Tommies and French Poilu are great friends.
 SECTION D Comic supplement.
 SECTION K Rotosravurs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
TRIAL OF SPANIEL . ID CONTINUE WELL
 INTO COMING WEEK
Court Takes Under Advise ment Question of Admit ting Statement of De-
 fendant Made in Jail

San Angelo. Tex, January 2o-The question of admitting statements Harry J. Spannell on trial for the killing of his wife at Alpine last July, is alleged to have made in jail after his arrest remained undecided when court adjourned today until Monday. Such testimony was pre- sented today in the absence of the jury, but decision as to it's admissabiHty was reserved.
 Spannell also has been indicted for the killing of Lieut.. Col. M. c. Butler and the trial set for next Thursday
 J. w. Yates, constable. who, after the jury had been excluded today, related a conversation he said he had with Span nell after arrest. declared he asked Span- mel why he did the shooting and he re- piled: 'I don't know"
 Yates had previously testified that he found the bodies of Butler and Mrs. Spannell in the tonneau U SpannelPs au- tomobile He said Buffers body was ly- ing on the floor and that of. Mrs. Span nell in the seat, with one foot under But ler's corpse. He found revolver on the front seat of the car. Five cartridges had been exploded and one was still loaded.
 Yates is expected to resume his testi- inony Monday. Not half of the states witnesses had been examined when court adjourned today and the belief was ex- pressed that the case will extend we'll into next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
WH|PP[E WILL BE GIVEN FREE HAND
 IN ''LEAK' INQUIRY
Boston Lawyers Suggestion to Hold Hearings in New York Is Accepted
 by Committee

Washington, January 2e.-Sweeping aside all collateral issues the House rules committee, conducting the leak in- quiry, will begin public hearings Tuesday at New York, to determine whether any one profited in Wall street as result of advanced information on President Wilson's peace note.
 When this feature of the inquiry has been fully disposed of, and not until then, it is declared, the inquiry will ex- tend into other phases of the Teak" ru- mors and every one of them, regardless of it's vagueness, will be run down. The committee expected to confine the hear ings at New York specifically to the sub ject of advance information and the members say there IS little possibility
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
AV|ATORS HAD NO
 AUTHORITY ID MAKE. FLIGHT, $ CLAIMED.
Despite Statement of Man Rescued From Desert Col. Glassford Sticks to His
 Original Denial

Los Angeles. Cal, January 20-In con- nection with rumors that court martial ma be called to consider the flight of Lieut.. Col. H. G. Bishop and Lieut.. w. A. Robertson in an army airplane from san Diego to Calexico, Cal, resulting in the two officers being lost eight days in the wilds of Lower Califarnia, Lieutenant Robertson said here today he had started the trip after he had asked and received permission from his superior.
 Robertson. first of the two to return to American soil. was on his way to the North Island aviation school near San Diego to report to w. A. Glassford, com mandant of the aviation school
 San Diego. Cal. January 20-Col. w.. A. Glassford. commandant of the North Island aviation school, authorized Il statement today that his original de- nial that Lieut. Col. Harry c. Bishop and Lieut.. w. A. Robertson had official au- thority to make a flight to Calexico. or
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
McNamara Is Stubborn

San quentin, Cal January 2o.-After 17 days spent in the dungeon of the state prison here, James B. McNa- mara. serving a life term for his con- fessed part in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building, continued steadfast today in his refusal to work in the jute mill Every day he is brought out and asked if he is ready to work in the mill As regularly he refuses. and then is led back to the dungeon. He has been confined there longer than any other prisoner in the last five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
BRITISH BRIGHTER
 \ ENGAGES IN BATTLE | WITH A SUBMARINE
Officers of Lindenhall, on Reaching New York, Tell How They Fought
 Off Attack

New York, January 20.A battle which lasted an hour and 40 minutes between the British freighter Lindenhali and a Teutonic submarine in the Mediterranean. with nearly 300 shots exchanged between the two craft was described by officers of the Lindenhall upon her arrival here today from Naples.
 K The freighter came in so severely shelled that she looked as if she had been in an explosion. Twenty-six shots from the U-boat hit her. and one of the shells still protudes from the woodwork above the stewards bunk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
COAL GAR SHORTAGE MUST BE RELIEVED
 SAYS COMMISSION
Drastic Order Issued to Rail- roads, Which Requires Better Distribution of
 Equipment at Once

Washington. January 2o.-The interstate commerce commission took drastic steps today to relieve the shortage of coal, refrigerator heater. ventilated and insu- lated cars. serving notice upon the rail- roads that unless they should appoint committee within 10 days, vested with plenary powers to cooperate in relief measures the commission would act ln- dependently.
 Holding that present conditions are without parallel in the country's his- tory that ''the wrongs are fragrant and that in the emergency any doubt as to it's authority to act should be decided in favor of the general public, the com-' mission also issued an order requiring the roads to return to original owners all cars of the four specified types on their lines as fast as the cars are delivered and unloaded at their destinations.
 The order will become effective Feo-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
GRAPHIC STORIES TOLD OF TERRIBLE SCENES ENACTED Great Munitions Plant in Heart of City Is
 Destroyed DEATH LIST ALREADY IS PLACED AT FORTY This May Be Greatly Increased, as Scores of Persons Are Reported Seriously Injured-Firemen
 Make Heroic Fight
 
DEATH LIST INCREASING

London, January 21-The death roll of Friday nights explosion is now between 50 and 60 according to Lloyds Weekly News.
 In 10 hospitals on Saturday 21 persons died and there were 112 patients receiving treatment, the Weekly adds. In addition 265 per- sons suffering from lighter in- juries were treated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21
GERMAN STATEMENT

Berlin, January 20.-The German of ficial statement today regarding tho Rumanian front reads:
 Front of Archduke Joseph: Tn the eastern Carpathians. northeast of Bel Der, minor Russian attachments re- peatedly attacked our position unsuc- cessfully. The enemy, who at one point had entered by a surprise atta was driven off in hand -to-hand fighting.
 North of the Suchitza valley the Rumanians repeated their desperate attacks at the same points as on the preceding day. In addition to several hundred dead. which arc lying hefore our positions the aggressors lost 406 men in prisoners.
 Army group of Field Marshal Von Mackensen: A heavy snowstorm and insufficient light impeded the activity of our artillery. Nevertheless, the town of Nanesti, situated on the Ser eth. was taken yesterday by German troops by storm and in nd-to-h hand fighting"
 On the Macedonian front. says the statement, the day and the night of yesterday passed calmly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-21


 London, January 20.- A DOT ton of the area of London was shaken severely last night when a chemical plant in which mu- nitions were manufactured was the center of a series of ex- plosions, scattering slestruc- ton over considerable sec tion of the district in which the works were located. There IS no evidence that the explosion was other than the result of a fire, such as that to which any factory is subject. Between 30 and 40 bodies have been re covered and about 100 persons are reported seriously injured. The central point of the volcano like upheaval was in the heart of the working district of a suburban town. At 6:45 p. m. series of explosions suddenly transformed the works into a fiery furnace and great masses of burning liquid and timber and redhot iron were hurled high in the air. Mingled with the deafening crash of beams and girders were cries from the working people. An adjoining flour mill, in which a number of women and girls were employed, was engulfed.
 MANY FIRES START
 The explosions were only the center of a succession of widespread series of fires, as the masses of firebrands from the af- fected quarter settled down on surround ing areas. Added to the terror of this upheaval was the sudden darkness in which the entire quarter was plunged. Crowds of relatives and friends swarmed into the East End district seek ing word of those within the stricken sec ton. At midnight while the work of rescue was still in progress the area con- tinued burning, reflecting a lurid glare over all London All available ambu- Ances were requisitioned, even the Lon don police ambulances being sent to the g Continued on Page Nine)