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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-24
WATER POWER MEASURE
is SENT TO CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON Sept 2g.-Aftcr
spirited discussion. the senate to-
night voted l2 10 to send the ad
ministratl6n water power bill as
passed by the house TO conference
for consideration In connection with
the senate bill. for which the house
substituted the ngasurc as drawn by
the secretaries OF war. Interior and
agriculmre Three members each
OF the committee on commerce and
public lands will be named as the
senate managers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-24
Tpenty-One Are Missing
on TOrpedOed Steamer

- WASHINGTON. Sept ss.-The
navy department was advised today
that Fl men OF the crew OF tho
American army cargo steamer
Buena Ventura. torpedoed off the
coast OF Spain. still are unacoounted
for There were 95 men In the
crew.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-24

DON'T BE SURPRISED II some
day a lady approaches your resi-
denCc, walks in and announces that
she IN going 70 read your electric
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19
when a Prisoner !. Exchanged.

Ivan Rossiter, captured by the Ger
mans and later exchanged. says In the
Farm and Fireside: "Then lay down,
not to sleep but to think. thought
OF the day when enlisted In Canada,
Of leaving home. the trimming camps.
the trip overseas to England. the
training In England, going across the
channel to Flanders, the terrific fight
ing at Ypres, Of the many friends who
fell on that bloody battlefield, how
was wounded and captured. the inhh-
man treatment received Mt the hands
Of the German surgeons, who had four
husky Germans hold me down while
they cut five bones out Of my wrist
and amputated my middle finger mt the
second joint when l was wounded In
the palm Of the hand, the kicks and
the cuffs from prison guards and the
terrible stuff the Germans called food
In the prison camps"
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19
CHAPTER XVIII.
Experiences In Holland.

Experiences In Holland.
But was not quite out of the
woods.
now knew that I was in Holland,
but just where had no idea. walked
for about thirty minutes and came to
a path leading to the right. and I had
proceeded along 1t but few hundred
yards when saw In front of me a
fence exactly like. the one ] had
crossed.
"This is funny" said to myself. "I
didn't know the Dutch had a fence,
too" I advanced to the fence and
examined 1t closely, and judge Of my
astonishment when I saw beyond Il q
nine-foot fence apparently holding
live wires exactly like the one which
had nearly been the death Of me-!
had very little time to conjecture
what 1t all meant, for just then /
heard a guard coming. He was walk
ing SO fast that was sure It was a
Dutch sentry, IS the Huns walk much
slower.
was SO bewildered. however, that
l decided to take no chances, and as
the road was fairly good ! wandered
down 1t and away from that mysteri-
Gus fence. About half . mile down ]
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19

wire fence and breathed the free air of
Holland had no clear idea just
where was and didn't care much.
I was out of the power Of the Germans
and that was enough. I had walked
perhaps hundred yards, when re-
membered the lace had thrown over
the barrier, and dangerous as I real
lied the undertaking to be, I deter
mined to walk back and get it. This
necessitated my going back onto Bel
gian soil again, but it seemed q shame
to leave the lace there, and by exer-
cising little care 1 figured I could
get it easily enough.
When came to the spot at which 1
had made my way under the barbed
wire. put my ear to the ground and
listened for the sentry. I heard him
coming and lay prone on the ground
till he had passed. The fact that he
might observe the hole in the ground
or the ladder occurred. to me as lay
there. and it seemed like an age be-
fore he finally marched out Of ear
shot. Then went under the barbed
wire again, retrieved the lace and once
again made my way to Dutch terri
tory.
1t does not take long to describe the
events just referred to, but the Incl
dents themselves consumed several
hours in all. To dig the hole must
have taken me more than two hours
and had to stop frequently to hide
while the sentry passed. Many times,
indeed, thought heard him coming
and stopped my work and then dis
covered that it was only my imagina-
ton certainly suffered enough that
night to last me a lifetime. With a
German guard on one side, death from
electrocution on the other, and starva-
ton staring me In the face. my plight
was anything but comfortable one.
1t was on the 10th of November,
1917, when got through the wire. 1
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19
CHAPTER xvi-continued.

From the kitchen you could walk
directly into the cow-barn, where two
cows were kept, and this, as have
pointed out before. is the usual con-
struction Of the poorer Belgian houses.
could not make out why the caller
seemed to be SO antagonistic to me,
and yet am sure he was arguing with
the family against me. Perhaps the
fact that I wasn't wearing wooden
shoes-I doubt whether I could have
obtained pair big enough for me-
had convinced him that I was not
really a Belgian, because there was
nothing about me otherwise which
could have given him that idea.
At that time, and suppose it is
true today, about "a per cent Of the
people in Belgium were wearing
wooden shoes. Among the peasants I
Don't believe I ever saw any other
kind Of footwear and they are more
common there than they are in Hol-
land. The Dutch wear them more on
account of q lack of leather. I was
told that during the coming year prac-
ideally all the peasants and poorer
people in Germany. too, will adopt
wooden shoes for farm work, as that
Is one direction in which wood can be
substituted for leather without much
loss.
When the young man left, left
shortly afterwards, as I was not at
al comfortable about what his inten-
lions were regarding me. For all I
knew he might have gone to notify
the German authorities that there was
. strange man in the vicinity-more
perhaps to protect his friends from
suspicion Of having aided me than to
Ajure me.
At any rate. was not going to take
any chances and / got out Of that
neighborhood as rapidly as I could.
That night found me right on the
frontier Of Holland.
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19
, CHAPTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

Getting Through the Lines.
Waiting until 1t was quite dark. I
made my way carefully through q
Geld and eventually came to the much
dreaded barrier.
1t was all that had heard about 1t.
Every foot Of the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected in
precisely the same manner. 1t Is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the Belgians from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies, like
myself, from making their way to free
dom; and third. to prevent desertions
on the part of Germans themselves.
One look was enough to convince any
one that 1t probably accomplished all
three objects about as well as any con-
trivance could, and one look was all
got of 1t that night, for while l lay
on my stomach. gazing at the forbid
ting structure I heard the measured
stride of German sentry advancing
towards me and / crawled away as
fast as 1 possibly could. determined
to spend the night somewhere in the
nelds and make another and more
careful survey the following night.
The view / had obtained, however,
was sufficient to convince me that the
pole-vault idea was out of the ques-
tion even If had pole and was
proficient pole-vaulter. The three
Fences covered span of at least twelve
feet and to clear the last barbed wire
fence 1t would be necessary to vault
NJ htrh -,
least fourteen feet wide, with the GER
tain knowledge that to touch the cleo
trically charged fence meant instant
death. There would be no second
chance II you came a cropper the first
time.
The silt Idea was also Impractical
BILE because Of the lack OF suitable
timber and tools with which to con.
struct the stills.
II seemed to me that the best thing
to DO was travel up and down the line
bit In the hope that some spot might
be discovered where conditions were
more favorable, although don't know
Just what expected along those
lines.
II was mighty disheartening to real.
lie that only few feet away lay Ger.
tain liberty and that the only things
preventing me from reaching It were
three confounded fences. thought OF
my machine and wished that some
kind fairy would set II In front Of me
for just one minute.
] spent the night in a clump OF
bushes and kept in hiding most Of the
next day, only going abroad for ar
hour or two In the middle Of the day
to intercept some Belgian peasant
and beg for food. The Belgians In thi,
section were naturally very muci
afraid Of the Germans and faret
badly. In nearly every house German
soldiers were Quartered and II wal
out Of the question for me to appl,
for food in that direction. The prox
Unity Of the border made everyon,
eye each other with more or less sus
picion and soon came to the conclu
sion that the safest thing I could d.
was to live ON raw vegetables which
could steal from the fields Mt night q
i had previously done.
That night ] made another surve,
Of the barrier in that vicinity. but
looked just as hopeless as It had tn
night before and concluded that
only wasted my time there.
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19

had made my leap from the train on
September 9th. Altogether, therefore.
just seventy-two days had elapsed
since l escaped from the Huns. II
live to be as old as Methusaleh. never
expect to live through another sew
enty-two days SO crammed full Of In
cident and hazard and lucky escape.
Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19

Enough matches to light all its con-
tents are attached to recently In
vented cigarette boz.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
NOBLE WOMAN PASSES
 TO THE GREAT BEYOND

Mrs. A. A. Dutton, aged 69 years died at her home in Kingman last evening of paralysis.
 Mrs. Dutton was born in Kenosha Wisconsin, removing to Harvard, III in early girlhood. In 1881 she was united in marriage to A. A. Dutton, who survives her. In 1883 the couple removed to Flagstaff, Arizona, where they made their home until about three years ago. when they came to Kingman. She was a splendid woman, loved by all who knew her, and dur ing her long life surrounded herself with everything that made life worth while.
 She leaves to mourn her loss a hus- band, two daughters, Mrs. c. H. Coble, of Highlands, Cal, Mrs. I. F. Wheeler, of Chloride, Arizona, son, Charles A. Dutton, of Kingman and a sister, Mrs. c. H. Peavey, of Har- yard, III.
 The funeral will take place from the late residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment in Moun- tain View Cemetery.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
Personal Items

, M. B. Lauzon and wife spent several days here this week from their Colo rado River Ranch.
 Mrs. J. P. Gideon is at Bouse, Ari- zona, where she was called some week or more back to attend to her daugh- ter and family, who are stricken with influenza. All members of the fam fly, MT. and Mrs. Armstrong and baby were helpless pending the ar rival of the mother, Mrs. Gideon. A wire to MT. Joe Gideon yesterday tells of the improvement of all concerned much to tho qualification of many friends here.
 George McWhorter. father-in-law of R. L. Anderson, is visiting here with his daughter and son-in-law.
 John Musser and son George are two of the convalescents of the "flu", appearing upon the streets yesterday weak but fast improving to their for mer health.
 William Jones and family have re- moved from the Big Sandy to the Jones Brothers Ranch in the Sacre- mento Valley, where MT. Jones will be active in caring for his cattle in terests on that range during the com ing winter.
 Fred Sturzenegger arrived here in time Thursday to partake of Thanks giving dinner with his folks. He came from his cattle ranch in the Francis Creek section. .
 J. lC. Wilson returned this week from the Sandy Hot Springs, where he has been taking baths at that place to assist his convalescence from his recent operation. He reports feeling much improved from the effects of the baths.
 MT and Mrs. Roy Borden return ed to kingman yesterday after sev- eral weeks trip through the east.
 Earnest Hartz who has had a hard attack of influenza is recovering. His temperature is down to normal.
 George w. Marks, who has been suf- fering from an attack of the "flu" is much improved.
 Mrs. J. H. Smith has apparently passed the danger mark. Mrs. Smith has had very hard attack of influ- enza-pneumonia and is still very weak. MT. and Mrs Jess Martin came up this week from several days stay at Parker.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
JONES BISHOP, BOWMAN
 STRANGLED ID DEATH

Jones Bishop, prominent cowman of Sehgman, was found dead last Sat urday morning, strangled to death, a few miles from Seligman.
 Nearby was found his horse, a rope tied to the saddle horn, at the end of which vas calf. Appearances indi- cated that Bishop, out of the saddle, had las5ooed the calf and in some man. ner the rope became wrapped around the unfortunate mans neck strangling him.
 He had endeavored to cut the rope, as evidenced by an open knife in his right hand.
 Mir. Bishop leaves wife and daugh- ter residing at Seligman.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
MILLER WILL CASE
Continued from page D

drawing up will. The witness stat ed that he helped Mir. Miller draw up 2 will, steadying his hand while he wrote it. He then left the Miller cottage and returning an hour later was hand. ed sealed envelope by MT. Miller the latter stating at the time that the enclosed was his will to be opened af. ter his death.
 The witness then stated that after MT. Miller's death he went, in com pany with Mrs. Wilson to Attorney Landis at Quincy where the will was opened and read.
 The witness was then cross-eXam- ined.
 The attorneys for the noncupative will, still acting in the capacity of friends of the court, then put hand writing experts on the stand with the purpose of proving the will was a for gery.
 H. H. Watkins and J. H. Rosenberg testified to the fact that Mir. Miller had dealings with their bank for 15 years, that he had signed agreements checks and other papers that had gone through their hands and testi- fled that in their opinion that neither the will itself or the signature of the will produced by Mrs. Wilson were in the handwriting of MT. Miller.
 c. J. Walters when called on the stand testified that he believed the will forgery, passing his belief on. comparison with MT. Miller's hand writing as he knew it.
 Asa Harris later appeared on the stand and testified that two days be- fore his death MT. Miller had called for himiand asked him to procure some cash for him in order that he might get rid of Mrs. Wilson, as he was afraid of her and that she was hang ing around for graft.
 Wednesday afternoon the attorneys for the photographic will unexpectedly moved to have their petition dismiss ed. Inasmuch as neither the court nor the attorneys for the noncupative will were sure of whether this motion could be legally sustained, court was adjourned over Thanksgiving Day and until 2 o'clock Friday night and later to Saturday morning.
 To-day was largely taken up by ar guments of the attorneys as to wheth- CT the petition of the administrator could be dismissed. The court ruled it could not until he had finished his investigation as to the validity of the
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
Yours most sincerely, /
 A. A. PLATNER,

photographic will.
 Judge Thorne ruled that he would not dismiss the petition.
 Later the attorneys for the holo- graphic will made a motion for the postponement of the case for six weeks. The court had not ruled on this when the columns of this paper closed this afternoon. /
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-30
SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
Continued From Page 1

Continued From Page 1 He died the death of a true soldier and in the manned in which true sol dier would desire to die. That his passing was rapid and devoid of pro- 'tracted suffering was the blessing of the all-just Creator.
 He was buried as befits our noble heros and his grave is fittingly mark ed.
 These are the days in which ours are filled with strange mixture of pride and sorrow. We must face our sorrow with staunch courage and en- deavor to make our pride in the her oic acts of our dear ones who have made their great sacrifice, most nobly in the cause of humanity, in some slight measure compensate us for the absence of their dear faces from our family circles.
 We mourn with you in your great sorrow and glory with you in your well placed pride. All feelings of pride which you may have are entire ly justified, as no man has ever more fully carried out his obligations in the position in which the all-wise Creator saw fit to place him.
 If there is anything further l can do for you, do not hesitate to command me.
 Yours most sincerely, /
 A. A. PLATNER,
 Capt. Inf. Comdg. May the Great Spirit watch over his grave among the thousands of oth- CT brave Americans in the grave strewn fields of France, and give his spirit rest and peace in the spirit world.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

to referendum. The immediate effect
will be delay, and of course the whole
battle must be fought over again when
the voters are called upon to instruct the
lawmakers what action to take. Pictur-
esque clements in the siege of Albany are
familiar to all readers Of The New York
Tribune, which, in it's special correspond
ence Wednesday morning, said:
"Hope of ratification of the Federal pro-
hibition amendment this year by the State
Legislature was lost to-day, when the As
semby adopted an amendment to the HILL
McNab ratification resolution by vote Of
50 to Ga. The amendment provides that the
question shall be decided by a referendum
"This move by the Assembly came after a
day marked by spirited debate. The amended
Hill-McNab bill will come before the Assem-
bly, for vote on Monday night.
"The drys characterized the action as a
victory for the saloon and brewery interests
and William II. Anderson, state supernten-
dent Of the Anti-Saloon League, not only
charged that the Assembly had acted in bad
faith, but that there was something sinister
in its action.
"Governor Whitman, when asked what he
thought of the result in the Assembly, said:
"'I am for the ratification Of the Federal
prohibition amendment
"If the Legislature does not ratify it, and
passes referendum, as seems likelv will
you veto it?'
"'I am not in the habit of saying what
shall do with legislation before it reaches
me-
"The manner in which to-day's result was
accomplished is a mystery to the drys. 1t is
a mystery to others up here"
The action of the New York Legislature
will, however, doubtless have a marked
effect upon the lawmaking bodies of other
states, the Washington correspondent of
"The New York Times" thinks. Massa-
chusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Pennsylvania, together with New York,
were believed to be unfavorable to the
amendment, and the liquor forces counted
upon them to prevent the doubtful states
from swinging into line.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

~. ,..'oa part in the great war" observes
."e christian Science Monitor" which in
Sssengiy goes on to say: "Fcw repre-
S"'sI!ves IN either branch Of Congress
~'e ever tried the patience of their states
. A@s Senator La Toilette during the last
.4se and half years; few have ever SO
ss.sfeiy tried the patience of the nation.
va state and nation were disposed, for
considerable time, - look upon his dis
- e~,u ol public sentiment both leniently
!. ', hoefai!y. 1t was not forgotten that
;. -. a' time ne had fought valiantly, ably
-. c'nscientiously against evils which
Deeone intrenched. It was rcmem-
,.. his credit that he had frequently
~ -. out alone against corporate greed
;. =. aggression, and that to him, quite
-. - Aaen az to any other man in the coun-
~. ~ o'aid be credited rcawakening Of
49, ,'"ushezs in the United States to the
md i" Cleaner politics, cleaner business
r. ''@her government. Tcmperamental-
a.. d. was never one to win warm friend
x... ~ ou' there was time when he was
s.,,ss.' among thinking people, denied
,se' a,,' and admiration.
t,. -" course toward the Administration
h,.. Tue outbreak of the war has puzzled
tw.. ,paihstaking observers; his course
b.. inc Administration since the en-
H. 81 the United States into the war
l. oanpietely baffled them. II
- ~1 out With the deliberate purpose
lining the bitter dizapproval Of all
s.s, WI" IN the past had given him their
k.4.eAenee, he could not have succeeded
d. 1a''y, the prcss from one end OF
& -. .1hsfy ~ the other has been eager-
3 wing the issue. There follows a
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

And thus he answers his own question:
"There is nothing more unsclfish in politi-
cal history than the ffty-year battle the
party has made for it's one great principle
Few members of the party ever ran for
office with any bright hope of election.
Year after year they gave their money,
their time, and in not few cases their
lives, for cause they believed to be just
they stood up on street corners and preached
their doctrine when it was a scornful and
dangerous thing to do
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

"But they survived. Their party went on
as one non partisan movement after another
failed. They bridged the years when other
organizations inactive. When actual
prohibition was in sight they gave their full
strength to the other fellows campaign
They wanted, not office, but the abolition of
the saloon and the whole liquor traffic
"Men who believed in prohibition have not
supported it. Prohibition was all right, they
said, but high tariff or free trade, or paciism
or was more important, in their ewes so
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

the question had to come up as a separate
issue, not as party propaganda.
"Another Presidential campaign probably
will see a prohibition plank in every party
platform, and men opposed to such plank
will fail of nomination, SO the party, perhaps
is needed no longer"
The defeat of the prohibition amend
ment at Albany was not decisive, of
course, since it referred the whole matter
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Poll of Americas Press Discovers No Briefs for Ia F07et

ON MARCH 6 the Lower House
" of the Wisconsin Legislature,
by vote of SO to 81, adopted the
following resolution, which the
State Senate haj passed ten days
before:
"The people of the State of Wiscon-
sin always have stood and always will
stand squareIy behind the national gov
ernment in all things which are essen
tial to bring the present war to a sue
esssful end, and we condemn Senator
Robert La Toilette and all others who
have failed to see the righteousness of
cur nations cause, who have failed to
mpport our government in matters vital
70 the winning of the war, and we de-
aounoe any attitude or utterance of
meirs which has tended to incite sedi-
aon among the people Of our country
'ad to injure Wisconsin's fair name be-
oFe the free people of the world"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Portland Daily Eastern Argus

Only the false sentiment of fraternity, or
camaraderie, that binds the members of the
upper body of Congress together has pre-
vented his expulsion with the brand of Tory
ism upon his brow. It is difficult now, how
ever, to see how the Senate can any longer
hesitate in the face OF strong public clamor
for his deserved punishment, backed by the
condemnation of the Legislature of his own
state.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Chicago Herald

The Wisconsin House has joined the Sen.
ate in applying the branding iron to Senator
La Toilette. His tactics are to SEE
cure, if possible, "a vicarious vindcation OF
something that may be twisted into a sem.
blance of one from the to fill the place
of the late Senator Husting. 1t is the busi-
ness of Wisconsin in the interests of her
own reputation and representation at WASH
ington and of the nation as a whole to shut
even this little door of hope on her mis-
guided misrepresentation at the approaching
Senatorial election.