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DAILY ARDMOREITE FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS OF ALL THE WORLD EVERY DAY. A Newspaper of Character VOLUME 24. NUMBER 299. in puns w nil nnn nrniiiiiinii UN rnU-btHMM 51 AMERICAN ALLIANCE TO Kstau USH LOCAL PATRIOTIC BRANCH KM FROM COAST TO COAST TO AID GOVERNMENT l-uunche Campaign to Stamp Out Hi loyalty and Kaiser BortntlW. Spurgo, Noted Socialist, DmiM Repeal that He and Associates Form New Party. Minneapolis. Sept. 6 The American alliance for labor and democracy today took up plana for establishing local brunches from coast to coast In the campaign to bring urganized labor up tiolidly behind the government In it prosecution of the war, ami to mump out disloyalty und pro-German societies. The resolutions committee In f 'al session begun drawing up the dec tions of the alliance. . John Spargo Issued a stutement de nying reports that a new socialist party would be organized during the present conference. Speaking for the socialists in the gathering, he said, "we have no inten tion of forming any new party, whether to be known as a labor party, socialist Party or otherwise. ' "There was formed, independently, aome time ago, a new socialist organi zation. Incorporated in New York as the Social ! A mocrutic League, und it is composed of the socialists who have withdrawn from the Socialist I'arty of America on account of Its war policy. Hut that league and this alliance for Lalsjr and Democracy have nothing to do with each other, and the socialists here have nut come as a separate group aiming to put any certain poUofM over We are here to Join witln our fellow workers of the trades unions In support of the country in this war." JUDGE ISAAC c. LEW 18 HADE OPENING IDDRESS VI M Y 111.1. EXPOSITION. Mnriill. Ok In., Sept fi. (Siieclalr The Marshall county fair opened this morning under most auspicious cir cumstances, a parade a mile and a half long through the city ami out to the fair gr .;;ids ushering In the event. Judge Isaac (. L wis made the open ing address at 10:30. followed-In W, 1 tirant of Kingston, vice president. In behalf "f the fair. Mayor Marsh re iqKinded heartily. .1. S. Vaughn, state senator, made the address tin. afternoon The judges of the morning parade were ('. L. Jones, Q M. Heed and K. L. Buck, the first prize iH'ing awarded t" the lied Cress float atwl the sctund prize In the Woodman Circle float. The si In ii d at I.. win captured the prize for bringing 126 children In on one wagon, being closely contested by Mi Mlllun with 121 and Oakland with 116 It Is estimated that, the attendance on the oHnlng day Is In excess ,if 4 onn Krsons. Tomerrow will Is- Public Servants u i '.ill Williams will speak In the ninrning on "Community lluildlng" while Judge Franklin will speak in the afternoon on "Patriotic America." POPE PREPARES ANOTHER NOTE Copetihugen. Sept fi , distch from Lugano. Switzerland, to the Vosslsche 'it or i of llerlin. says It has been learned from a clerical source that the reisirt that Pope Benedict is prewiring a second peace note, is correct. M STRJAN LEI81 RE t I ss BE I KPBI LED I Kom iti DAPI I VIENM t.U s RK8I I I Zurich. Sept 8 - A resrt that the Hungarian minister of the Interior In tends to expel foreign residents from Budapest. Including natives of Vienna, who are unable to furnish reasons for remaining there, caused Intense Irrita tion in Vienna. The Hungarian news papers have published recently niimer our protests against isrsons going to Budapest "to get something to eat" The rert also has aroused the (hi mans In Budapest and may Involve ne gotiations 1st ween the Hungarian and German governments ARGENTINE WORKMEN STRIH1 Buenos Aires, Sept. B Employes of the laelflc Hallway company today formulated demands upon the company workmen of the Central and Crodolm m panics are awaiting a repl lo their demands and workers of the Great Western Hnllwav company have pre sented demands threatening to strike immediately Thousands of workmen are now out In the general road strike and today the strikers at the plant of a big electric, comjmny refuse I the company's offer and the men remaining at work joined the striken. MARSHALL COHR EAIR IN PROGRESS PROPOSED STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE MAY NEVER BECOME FACT Stockholm. Sept. B. The plans for the socialist conference at Zimmcrwald. Switzerland, to be held ten days after the socialist conference at Stockholm, has been abandoned because of the great difficulty the delegates met in obtaining passports. Some representatives from Russia are here and other foreigners, mostly Ger mans, are expected to arrive within the next few days to settle definitely wheth er the conference will be held without complete representations, or be aban doned. , In well informed circles, It is declared that the recent liberty conference at Blackpool smashed any hope to get the Stockholm conference together. EXPOSITION OPENS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER IS. CHILDREN'S DAY MONDAY ARDMORE DAI A rduy' (WV Ms opening day of ifty Tter County Free Fair, has been de.-j ed. as Children's day. Sun day is ChaiG if Commerce hand day. The band win . u musical concert in the afternoon'' and all departments of the fair will be open to visitors. On Monday, Ardmore day. all business houses will close at 1 o'clock. Trotting, pacing and other races will be held on Saturday and Monday afternoons. Tuesday is visitors' and automobile day. Races will be held in the after noon. "All entries for the fair must be in before HI o'clock . September, 15," said F. K. West, secretary. "Judging will begin Saturday afternoon In all depart ments except club work." Kn tries for the agriculture ami stock meet are now coming in and it is the opinion of those familiar with Carter county work that the fair tills year will he a great success. A II. Willard went to Durunt today to solicit entries and Sam Haird went to Ada for the same purpose. Members of the city ark board, con sisting of W. F. Whlttlngton, I M. Put man, and Joe Huckaby are making ev ry effort to have the new buildings being erected on the Fair grounds ready for the exposition. The fair Con tinues until September IS. The dirt track is being put In condition for the race program. The fence parallel to the home stretch has been moved back ten feet to give room for scoring anil the Judges stand has been moved from its old location to a point Just opposite the new band stand. The fatr buildings being erected are thorough und substantial, with concrete foundations." A II. Willard said yester day In d scribing the work being done by the wirk board in preparing for what Is thought will be Carter county's nioM successful fi(j. The horse barn Is 5S by 13K feet the sheep and hog ban 1.1s feet long, containing thirty two pens und well supplied with water, are some of the accommodations ut the fair besides the 120x60 exhibit hall, with forty spaces, the twenty-two box stalls, the sixty stalls for cattle nnd six paddocks, forty by sixty. The circular poultry building, eighty four feet In diameter, surrounding a sunken flower garden in the center. Is under construction. This Is said to le the only one of its kind ever built and was suggested by A. 11. Willard. A cluster of seventeen trees are In 'the center under which arc flowering olants The circular roof with an opening In the center for the trees will enclose the aiden. I'nder the roof, room is pro wled for l.'oo chickens. Seats will be pi I' "1 along the outer edge Washington. Sept. 6. YY'et weather Interfered with the best development of cotton in many central and eastei n districts during the last week, accord ing to the weekly crop bulletin Issued yesterday. In Texas. however, well distributed lainfall .was beneficial. Boll wVcvll damage was reported In some sections Cotton picking was delayed in some parts of the south by showery weather 200 MEXICAN TROOPS PERISH IN GULF Los Angeles. Cal . Sept. .fi. - According trt a telegram received here, 200 Mexi can soldiers were drowned lust night in the tiulf of California as a result of the sinking of a Mexican govern ment vessel. ccordlng to -the meagre advices re ined the soldiers were from the (iuay mas ganlsou and were being transport ed b bulge with a number of hoi ses and a ouanlltv of mllitHiv ismlomm from Point Klizalieth to La Itolsn, Ho nora The Imrge was In tow of a gov- eminent tug A sudden souall is said to have eftn. slxeil the Imrge which was reported to be one of the numtter originally con structed foi ilver work anil unstable in a running sea PREPARING FOR CARTER FREE FAJB WET WEATHER RELAYS COTTON ARDMORE, T inilW it m l"),00 PICKED TKOOI'S ARK TO HURRY TO All) OF RUSSIA, IS KhPOKT. JAPS MAY ALSO GO These Alleged Kails arc (aided from Shanghai to Chinese Newspaper hi San Francisco. Message Not Con firmed Severely Censored. San Francisco, Sept. 6. The Twenty fourth Chinese army corps, composed of 15,000 picked troops from the northern provinces, is being mobilized in a Chi nese city for immediate departure to Btll?ope, according to a cablegram re ceived bere by the Chinese Daily World, vernacular newspaper, from Its corres pondent in Shanghai. The dispatch, censored and deleted, ,i, dil uted that the troops could be taken through Siberia to the eastern front wiiere the Russians are being pushed bach toward Petrograd. The message hinted that gaps In the Russian armies are being filled by these troops and possibly by Japanese. The Twenty fourth corps was said to include several companies of engin eers, commanded by Chinese graduates from American colleges, notably Stun lord university and the I'niversity of California! All aviation corps trained by American and French will accom pany the army, It was indicatisl. WAR SUMMARY. The desperate battle for possession of vital positions in the district north. east of Oorizla on the Austro-Itallan iront. Is continuing, accorol lie to to. day's Rom- war office statement. The it;, tana, yesterday took mote than 500 additional prisoners. With the appearance of a German fieet In the Culf of Riga the MfttmNh. of the problem of facing the Russians In the operations on their northern front are accentuated. Not only Is the -ifety of their armies concerned, but apprehensions are excited as to what will happen to the Russian fleet If the lerman naval forces are given full swing In the Baltic. Only submarines so far are uiieratlng against On. ft. slan right flank as it fell liack along the nun or ruga coast. The war ships now bid fair to take part in the activities, increasing the troubles of the Russians In the task of keeping the flunk ... tected As to actual operations against the Kusslan fleet, it does not aimenr to h expected that they will develop until the land campaign has progressed farth er and it Is seen what successes the uussians will have j then effort t.. make a stand on a new line. Moreover. It is a long wav overland t,. r. ..i where the Russian warships are sup- twi io ne cnieriy congregated. The Riga gulf, however, would offer n (.,,, able base for purely naval oiierntlons against Revnl. on the forty mile front of the break Ul the Russian land lines th ne pushing their advantage and have M -,tt met With no effective resistance. H is qociaraa, howaver, that the Rus sian retreat M by no means a rout and " '' well l.fined p , , ing car Ned out In the retrograde movement. Its success admlttedlv depends Us)n the behavior of the Russian troop, whose morale m this ftont Is now re Porte to be letter than the eailier ac counts of the retreat mud t,. in.n. cute The Italian campaign for Trieste Is being vigorously pushed in t,e face of . ' ic ntration of Austrian Infantry and artillery, and General Cadorna con tinues to reisirt progress. It seems that the unofficial report.-; of the can not- oi .-,, liaonele by the Italians wre premature. Judging from the lat ett advices fiom the front bin ;... i,l mute reduction of this last remaining stronghold of the Austrinns in the Corl "la hills is accounted a certaintv h the military writers, in view of the steady Italian piogress through the pro- lecimg WelKs. LESS IRON ORE FOR GERMANY ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT Stockholm. Sept S-Hlalmar lnml. Isilim. has been apsilntetl to undertake .i spe, i.,i mission t,, ,i. i ,,,,, states nefore the war Swedish Iron ore w.ot to " great extent exerted to the I'nlttsl States, and Lundbohm is . xpecttsl to undertake to reopen this traffic, which will cause a decrease in the quantity of Iron ore sent to (iermnm Ocrmany Is no longer able to exs.rt sufficient coal for Sweden's demands and forces Sw. den to tr p, comiiensate her Iron ore against American coal. Hoi E8ALE LIQI ok DEAI I i; l Mil (,ii ito( u inn i F.ast 8t. Louis. Ills., Sept. (I Henry Alhreeht. wholesale Hgggf denier, rateil as the wealthiest llipior dealer In Fast St. liuis, is one of the seventeen men charged In federal Indictments returned at Hnnvlll. III. th robbing freight cars In Interstate transit. It In rhiii-L'twl that Albrecht and four other men stole 11.400 worth of cigarettes Railroad detectives say that for six months there has been systematic hsitlng of freight cars In the yards here, and that freight worth $30,000 hss disappeared. p uirr mtot mi jii rnuht ruH f.w.w.uuLUmtNib i TOCflTOFllRflPFi WFfTFn army! iinipii ; m ,VUM ,w wiivi u ULLLUILU Willi UllULII Ui U. LUUliU OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1917. iin nnnr rnn i CARTER COUNTY BOARD CERTI PIES ADDITIONAL NAMES TO DISTRICT BOARD. One hundred and twelve additional men chosen for the national army un der the selective draft law have been certified to the district board by the Carter county exemption board as ready for military service. Other names will be certified us soon as the board can finish the work of investiga tion and check the results. Much time of the board is now taken up in ex amining men who have been transfer red from other places to Ardmore and in dealing with those who failed to appear. Pour men. Donley Everett Mullins, Worths Webb, Robert Slaughter Cook und Albeit Roland Roberts the second of the five percent quota culled under the selective law to nnoit to Camn Travis, San Antonio. Texas, left on this afternoon train. Flunk Scott Wol verton. Monte Cristo Dillingham, Rob ert Milton Stonesifer ami Erneet J. Hen don left yesterday for tl amp. Others will report tomorrow and Saturday. The names of the Ul men certified to the district board follow: Pecher. R. P., Fox. SRI. C. SI.. Healdton dolman, Fred. Ardmore. Mclntyre, F. B, Ardmore. Stewnrt. Henry, Loam. Melton, William, Newport. Wisdon, T D.. Mulberry. Ark. Trout, R. D Poolvllle. Dyer, H. C, Ardmore. Btker, Charley, YVIlson. Winston. W. F., Ardmore. Crawford, Calvin, Cheek. Klzer, I'herto, Ardmore. Jaggers. Colman, Mulkey. Randol. A. M.. Ardmore. Ooldston. Roy, Freeman. Mo. Cobb, Robt. Jr., Spritiget Ixmen, Kills. Springer. Cieacey, L. YV YVIrt. Stewart. John. Loam. Cannon, Archie, Deese Mills. Martin Luther. New Wilson. Mclaughlin. Walter, Ardmore. Dugley, Vernle, Berwyn. Dawson, Klmer Dean, Kingston. Forake, Clifford. New Matamorrls. O. Jordan. Ira David. Reek Petty. Vera C. Healdton. Bvana, Qeorae Williams, Newport. Andrews. Ralf S B Reno. Tliurston. Frank M . Healdton. Lowery. Oeorge Milton. New YVIlson. Kasley. John W., PiMilville. Hawkins. Josepb, Ardmore. Thomason, Kddie Lee. Fox. Biaudas. Ray. Pawhuska Long, Jim Newson. YVIrt Williams. Frank. Woodford. Hill. Richard Hramon. New Wilson. Smith, Aubrey, fliuham. Hatfield. Oscar Miles, Ardmore. McNamara. John Joseph. Wirt. Savage, Robert Wiley. New Wi son Marriman. Herbert, Lindsay. K'mp. Lyman. Lone Orove. Williams. John Klmer. Ardmore Rushing. Samuel YVIrt. (Iray, Olbson. Tussy. Seay, Thomas William, Jr., New Wil son. Randell. retry Alorfwi Edwest. Colo. Hevelle. Amp Kidd. YVIrt. Evans, Martin Wayne, YY'ht. Standrldge. Claude. Joiner. Cox. F. L Ardmoie. Ollstrap. BrDeel Limes. Ardmore. Moss, Charles C ese Watklns. I'. S. (, int Anlmore. Haggard. Attn 1 I Ardmore. Cannon. Walter. , aham QUI, lnt. Ardmon Patton, John Hen f. Springer. smith. Charles c. Ardaaon Jones, Clyde Jim. Ulenn. Lunreford. .lam-s I YY'lrt. YValker. William ti Itingling Pwiaeoa r. m.. wirt. Whlttnkcr. Wiley B . New YY'ilson. Landreta, Finest S Joiner. BVoWa, Harry. H( I Hon. Wren, J, d.. Br k. Knsworth, Joe Abe, Hewitt. Thrasher, Roy B New Wilson. (ireen, Sewell. Zita MOB, James I . New YVIlson. Cleek, David. Ardmore. Carroll. James 11 rdmore. Buck, Loney, Ardmore. Batehebek, Charley, Mulkey. Potterflehl, Charlt Wllsoii. Mclknuclas. Oeorge I).. Nellda. Hean, Albert. I'oi.li.ind, Mo. Cole. Homer. Wirt Rhoads. Orovcr. Ibullton. Hoberts, Clarence 0 Oil City. Mays, Andrew J nt. Ivles. Luther. Fo Polk. Johnnie T Ni w YVIlson Sanders, John. Mulkey. Siwrks. Fred. Nt m Wilson Oupton. Clarenct . Wirt Utuglas, Philip. Axlmora YVhltaker. Ola C . Healdton itoggans, Leroy, Ardnara! Jones, Luther, Keller Iavl8, Carl I). Zlta Murry, Nathaniel S Deese. CbaiTjr, Cleveland. Ardmore. Douglas. Alfred B Wirt. Sutton. Neville It Ardmore. Cook. William, ltatim. Dnvls. James T. YVIrt Moore, Perry K. Healdton. Ralie. Loy M.. Y , n Lively. Philip H.. Ar.lmore. Ileese. Harry L.. Wilson. Nicholson. Henry, Healdton. Pettyjohn. Don lla. Ardmore. YValker, (Jus K.. YVindon. Texaa. fox, J. H Wirt. YValker, Coy. Berwyn. Brink. Dow-ell YV . Springer. Ullbert. Alexander. Aidmore. col NTRV-WIDE RAID RE8I Li s IN SEIZURE OF PAPERS AND PLANS. BIG CAMPAIGN BEGINS Oilier Disloyal Organizations and In dividuals to lie Rouiidtxl Up In All States Force of Federal Field Agents Is Largely Increased. Washington, Sept. B Nation-wide seizure by the government of documents of the Industrial Workers of the World was said today to be but one step In the vigorous campaign which the de partment of Justice Is prepared to con duct against disloyalty and sedition Wherever they may show themselves. While the L YV. YV. is perhaps the largest single organization which will engage the department's attention In the campaign from now on, other or ganizations and Individuals whose ut terances and activities have given ground for suspicion of disloyalty will be under stricter surveillance than ever and more drastic measures will be pur sued In dealing with them. Included In the classes of persons with whom the department soon may deal are the soap box orators of New Y'ork and other large cities, writers and pub lishers, in a few Instances connected with the (lerman language press, so-called conscientious objectors and a large number of individuals not classified, whose activities have led them to be tegarded as the active friends of Ger many in this country. Much Kvidence Collected. For months, the government has In-en collecting a tremendous amount of evi dence which can be utilized In prosecu tions in connection with yesterday's seizure of L YV. W. papers and other prosecutions contemplated in the near future. Telegraphic resrts from all sections of the country were received by the de partment today telling the results of yesterday's raids. A great mass of documentary matter was obtained and all this will be gone over carefully by local I'nited States attorneys with a view to determining the truth of the charges against persons Identified with the organization against whom there had heretofore been no actual proof. To curb the activities of citizens and others suspected of seditious utterances und activities, the deartment has In creased Its force of field workers and the forces at the disixisal of federal marshuls and attorneys In the chief cities. YY'ashington. Sept, '.-- The govern ment as the result of country-wide raids yesterday on headquarters of the I. YY". YV. socialist and other organizations todav was in possession of documents to be used as evidence In an effort to suppress alleged activities of a sedi tious nature. The seizures, the depart ment of. justice announced, were in cor ned Ion with federal grand Jury Invest igations in Chicago. In some cues. I YV YV.'s were taken Into curtody for examination In court. Federal agents tool; charge of the na tional headquarters of the socialist iwity In Chicago and served on Its counsel a warrant calling for surrend--i of its documents. The wholesale Uids We: ' e.l: l ie. oil! 'l UCCOIll.ll' ... with orders of YVIIliani C Fitts. n-tsist ant to Attorney Ocp.cral Oregory. Chief Justice Covington of the Dis trict of Columbia, supreme court, wps preparing todav to mnke a report to President WBeou on his Investigation of the I. YV. YY'. situation In the west. He made a close (wrsonal study of the recent outbreaks which have been char, acterizel h I'edeiul agents as an ef fort to embarrass the government in Its conduct of the war. To Suppress Sot ialist Paper. Chicago. Sept. . Federal agents to day revisited the scenes of yesterday's raids of I. YY . YY . and Socialist head quarters. In search of anti war litera ture. It is saitl that unless court action prevents, the authorities plan to sup press publication of the "American So cialist." which for several months has been forbidden the mails. A black hag, said to belong to W. D. Haywood, executive secivtar of the I YV W was one of the Items selied. The Investigators were tmzalad ut some of the papers found inside which seem- en to De written In cislr. To Intern I. YY. YY. LgRgflW, St I,ouls. Sept. fi Instructions were received today from the eral at Washington to Intern John Muhelfeldter. 48 years old who u.. arrested Monday at Catawissu Ml. sourl. where he was about to purchase a urie Stuhelfeltlter. it is a frequenter of I. W W. quarters here '"' " tl watched foi some time l.e cause of alleged dlsloynl statements. I lie I tilted States dlstilct nttoi . said there would be no raid of I. YV. YV quarters here, nor anv general : 'f the few members of the order in St I.oin The St. Louis members have been peaceable. It was stated. WEATHER FORECAST. For Ardmore and Vlclnltv Tnniiu and Friday, fair. Oklahoma: Tonight and Friday fair YVest Texas and East taiv hiui and Friday generally fair. WANTS GOVERNMENT TO KEEP RECORD OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS YVashington. Sept. B Recommenda tions to congress that the department of commerce officials keep a record of all births and deaths probably will be made In the forthcoming annual re isirt of Secretary Redfleld. Only 12 states keep records of births, and 26 keep death records. The work of the census bureau in es timating the country's imputation at a given time will be greatly facilitated by a federal record of vital statistics. The tecent estimate of the population in connection with the draft, It is believed would also have been more accurate had there been such a record available. Officials studying the question are of the belief that an amendment to the constitution is necessary to enable the government to keep aucii resirts. PILES si IT Yd 11N8T HERALD AND DE4 LARES HE Is BEING Y( -( I BED OF BEING TRAITOR Chicago. Sept. 6 Mayor Thompson, through an attorney today Is principal in a suit for $1:50,000 damages aguinst the Chicago Herald company and James Keeley. the publisher. The Herald, among others, has vigor ously criticised the mayor's anti-war at titude. It appears from a formal statement Issued by the mayor that he contem plated further suits charging libel. The statement explains that his absence from the republican rally at Kankakee. Illinois, yesterday, was due to prepara tion of suits. The statement recites that he lies been accused of declining to invite for eign missions to visit Chicago and of refusing to allow the sale of Liberty bonds in the city hall. "They (the newspapersl have become bolder and more unscrupulous until they have reached a point where they are accusing me of being a traitor to our country," the statement says. "In furtherance of the conspiracy against me." It continues, "my enemies have recently bored holes In the walls of my apartments, installed dictographs tapped telephone wires, stationed oper ators in adjoining nsms and employed spies to hound me." The statement was signed by the mayor, who said he was going to mail It to 100 leading newspapers through out the country. i i i YTT0RXEV8 TESTIMONY YYOl I. II IMPLY THAT GOVER NOB SOI t I IX TO COERCE Austin. Texas. Sept. fi. Testimony concerning affairs of the I'niversity of Texas occupied most of this morning's session at the hearing lefore the sen ate of impeachment charges against Govei nor James K. Ferguson. Franz Flset. an Austin attorney, testi fied that in April last. YVIIbur P. Allen, chairman of the Isiard of legents of the I'nlvcsiu. BXpreaaed the opinion that Dr. R K Vinson, president of the unl eisity was fulfilling the expectations of his friends as head of that Institu tion. On June 8, on the day Governor Ferguson h proclamation remitted a $5,000 hail liond to Allen and others as a result of a prisoner defaulting. Attorney Flset testified. Allen declared that Dr. Y'lnson had proved himself ut terly Incompetent" to manage affairs of the university. Flset did not testify at the hearing before the house. He was one of sev eral witnesses that M. XI. C-ane und YVill Harris, counsel for the house board of managers, promised to Intro- due in an effort to liear out charges that the governor sought by coercion and other means to influence the bOftrd of regents of the university to do his bidding. Several other winesses gave testi mony regarding university affairs sun liar to that brought out at the hearing before the house. WILSON SUPPORTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE Itung.w. Maine. Sept. President Wilson expressed Ms interest In the equal suffrage campaign in Maine and urged all Democrats to support the cause nt the secial election next Mon day In a letter received tislay by Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingstone, chairman of the Maine suffrage campaign com mittee. NINE H RORS IV Y Ml RDBB t VSK YRK IN Mil UOX Red Oak. Iowa. Sept. With nine Jurors ixissed for cause when the trial of the Rev. Lyn George J Kelly, charg sl with murder in connection with the Y'Ullsca ax slaylngs of 1912. was re sumed in the district court bere today. It was indicated that final selection of a Jury would be completed by Satur day night. CHICAGO MM BEGINS Hi WAR H TOSSES FERGUSON CASE E GOVERNMENT PEARS BPPBCT ON POPULACE AT CAPITAL IF PAN ICR Y RBFITGEB8 POUR IN SIGH! GERMAN FLEET Kneim Squadron Appears in tiulf of Riga Russian Army, in lborlotiH Retreat is Making Strenuous Kffort to Kx-ape Oncoming Teuton Invaders Berlin, Sept. 6 More than 7,500 pris oners have been captured so far by the Germans in the Riga offensive, army headquarters announced today. duns to the number of ISO have been captured. Petrograd. Sept. 5 (ieneral Alexleff. former commander In chief said today that Petrograd wan not threatened by the fall of Riga. The greater danger, he added, was on the Rumanian front. General Y'assilkopsky, commander of the Petrograd military district, agrees with General Alexleff. He declares the fall of Riga is of moral but not strategic importance an, giyp assurance that the Petrograd garrison is in good spirits well disciplined and confident of the safety of the capital. Drastic measures have been decided upon by the government to avert ser ious conditions at the capital as a result of the capture of Riga. Agents will be sent out to ston the floixl of refugees on the way here. Railroads have been forbidden to sell them tickets to Petr- grad. SIGHT GKRYIAN FLEET. Appears in Gulf of Riga Teuton Of fensive Continues. Petrogratl. Sept. 8 It is semi-official-ly announced that a German fleet has appeared in the (iulf of Riga. During the last two days, the Riga front has lieen broken on a width of sixty versts. Throughout Tuesday, the Germans energetically pursued their of fensive, particularly north of Cxkull In order to cut the Rlga-Y'ennen railway. RI Sn YKMY IN DANGER Only One Koutt to Travel ' Hight Be fore (termaiis. Petrograd. Sept. 6 The retreat of the Russians from Riga, which covers a tract of land a mile and a half wide between Lake Klsh and Lake Egel is being accomplished with the greatest difficulty and with the enemy constant ly shelling the rear guard. This route Is along the Pskoff railway and Is the only exit from the cul de sac. the Ger man column having moved up from I'xkull. directly cutting off the Russian retreat to the suutheast. Despite reiKirts of the disgraceful flight of certain elements of Russian defenders of Riga positions, military commanders praise the heroism of cer tain regiments, among whom were some composed of Letts, who fought bravely to stem the tide of retreat. The chief of the general staff. General Romanof sky, expressed the opinion that the evacuation 'constitutes no Imminent menace to Petrograd. because the neer approach of the rainy season will pre vent tne enemy rrom advancing far In the direction of the capital. I Y D TORY FOR GERMANS. Crossing ot Dvtna Kiver Was Holiday Affair. Amsterdam. Sept. 6. The Berlin Tngeblatt correspondent on the Riga front, describing the passage of the Dvlna river, says that this was accom plished without the toss of a man. thanks to the effect of the German artillery and mine throwers. The effect of the mine bombardment was literally overwhelming. Houses were reduced to fine tlust and the de moralised Russian survivors fled. Dndges were thrown across the Dvinaat this point four hundred yards wide by which storming parties crossed and assaulted the first line heights. Oth er bridges in the meantime were being constructed ami the whole army was soon crossing while the regimental hands played. The whole operation was carried out with such little cost that the three di visions which were in the thick of the fighting had total casualties amounting to only 150 dead or wounded. NER GERMAN iifko. Copenhagen. Sept. 6.- The CAlltlll-i. lu- the Cermnns of Riga has brought out me name or a new (lerman army com mande von Hutier. whose recent pro motion to leadership of an indei..ndnf army Is one of the few examples of young blood for seeing Its way to the top through the serried ranks of older generals and superannuated officers. Yon Hutier who Is of French descent, his grandfather having been a French officer, was a guard division command. er at the outbreak of the war and un til tho capture of Riga, he had no strik ing events to his credit. Ills ehl... ... staff. General Sluherzcwelg was for a time Held Marshal von Mackensen'e chief of staff and later was tr.nwf,., , i to Belgium, where his name gained un- iicMiiioie prominence In connection with the execution of Miss Kdlth Cavell the Kritlsh nurse. Prince F.ltel Frledrlch. commanH.- of the first guard division which cap. lurwi mrnopoi. participated m the op erations at Riga. BAR RICA HORD FBOH PETROGRAD