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Lnrfl O08HI After Interested observation intend ing thru a period of years wi have reached the conclusion that the honey moon ii officially over when the hue band confides to hie frlende that he is going to lend the "old taiiy" away for a month 10 be can get a little reel. TtJT.RA, Auf, 23 Ttmprtttur: maximum 89, minimum 69; south vUidi and Irty cloudy. OKf.AHOM A FOUKCArtT: Kridr and SMurdi continued fair aud warmer. lyroj&TsrzTsrcj I! VOL. XII, NO. 337 TULSA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917 12 PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS im AMUCK I HOW CASUALTY LIST HEAVY v Lit 1 Hi I WWMMl ii , - m -..rfTVl'J, 4. mm m i 4 Night Session Ends With Denial of 70 Exemptions District Board Hopes to Com plete Work on Time, De spite Slow Progress. TULSA CLAIMANTS MUST WAIT Consideration of City and County Pleas Will Not Come Before Next Week. laboring until a late hour law. night the exemption appeal board for the Second Oklahoma district gained sufficient progress to face Its fourth fiay of deliberation this morning with the dlscouragingly 0w total of seventy pleas for Immunity from mili tary service having been considered and unanimously rejected. Thirty-eight exemption claims were acted upon and rejected at yester day's session of the board. Severm other pleas In which some Information was lacking were tabled, pending u more complete probe and presenta tion of facts by the county attorneys for the localities whoroln the claim ants dwell. Previous exemption clnlms considered during the weu had been confined to Tuesday's ses sion and Included only 82 names, a majority of which are published In The World this morning. Chairman ltobert Sclvally of Ard more and Secretary H. H. Hogers las. night still wore hopeful that the dis trict board will be able to certify ex emption claims In time to permit de livery of the drafted men at canton ments during the allotted time before September 5. Officials and others oi the board however, admitted that ex treme speed must characterize the re maining days of the scheduled session I' such a feat Is to be performed. Tutsans Must Walt. Tulna claimants from city an J county need not expect consideration of their appeals during the present week, members of the board an nounced last night. It may even be the middle of next week before the rases of a majority of the local claim, nnts will he reviewed. Meanwhile tho board Is busy with Appeals from Creek Johnston and others of the 22 counties embraced by the local dis trict's turlsdlctlon. ' "Beginning tomorrow morning," Secretary ltogera said last night, "wo should be able to handle In excess of one hundred claims a day. As we progress we can greatly exceed that rate and we still have an opportunity to finish the work before us in time to meet with the present requirements of the government. Ily proceeding slow at the start we have sot valuable precedents and have takon advuutago of every available moment. In fuel, we are ahead of the local boards In the matter of handling appeals. To Work Nights. "Wo will hold night meetings if necessary to complete our work in the CONTINUED OX PAGE FIVK AMBULANCE BOYS WILL PASS THRU THIS CITY On Way to France They Will Be Allowed One Hour Fox Last Fond Farewells. Unofficial advice was received In Tulsa yesterday afternoon from mem. bers of Tulsa's military organization of tho Halnbow division, ambulance company No. 1, at Fort Sill, that mem bers of Iho company had been as sured they would be given one hour in Tulsa to bid relatives and friends good by before leaving fur Mlneola, the port of embnrkation for Franco. Departure Indefinite. Tho same advlsos state that the unit, which has b;en in Fort Hill since Hunday afternoon receiving equipment and clothing, would leave before Sat urday night for the Atlantic coast, probably Saturday on a special train which will bo routed thru this city. So indefinite Is the time of depar ture for the cast of the unit from Fort Sill that those at Fort Sill who are attached to the company do not want any program arranged for them. The Informant In making the an nouncement over long distance tele phone, declared that already the day and even the hour of departure was known to members of Captain La Heau's company, but that the men were on their honor not to let It be come known. "We have been assured that we will be permitted to pass thru Tulsa on our way to New York," the In formant declared over the telephone. "We also have been told that we will be given-an hour's stop-over in Tulsa during which we will he busy bidding our relatives and friends goodby. For that reason we do not want any dem onstration or parade arranged. All we want is our mothers, fathers, sweethearts and friends at the station so we can spend all the time possible with them." Plan Celebration. When It becamo known that the Tulsa ambulance was to pass thru Tulsa on the way to embark for France yesterday afternoon members of several of the clvio organizations were consulted with a view of holding some sort of a celebration at the rail way station. No definite, action will be taken, however, until It Is known whether the train will arrive In Tulsa during the daytime or at night. In the event the ambulancers pass thru In the daytime or early evening, It la possible that some sort of a dem onstration will be arranged and the boys will be started on their way to the front with presents and crates of goodlos from loved ones here. 1 I Draft Mill Grist Following Is a let of the names and addresses of persons of Tulsa county who have been duly and legally called for the military serv ice of the United States, and who have not been exempted or dls. charged. The names In this list are of the applicants who passed the physical examination and who did not claim exemptions. This group of men will constitute the first 80 per cent of the quota of Tulsa county and they will be mobilized September 5 Serial 'o. 13 Clemahlre, 8331 Mhonylelt, 1H6 Driver, J John, Sperry. Acy, lliiby. . Tulae, '. Klghlh and Nichols, John J . Turley. fl Hoicooi, I.ee Roy, rikiatook. 513 McOraw, John Oliver, Daweon. 8471 Secreet, Archie, Leonard, l'jae Stone, Peter, Hand Spring!. 1051 Randlri, Tom. Hand riprings. 2336- Graham, Jomei, M , Jenks. 711 Keeling, John A., Tulsa, 1321 Kast Davenport. 3J0 Davit, Walter H., Turley. 11SJ Uitchcl, Tom, Hand Spring!. 3 11 Rush, Clyde, Pryor 1117 Iavis Joseph A., Sand Spring!. 50 Mnrry, William, Skiatook. 848. Iltilienberl;. Kdward A., Leonard. 8.142 Kkilea, Hocial M., Bixby. 3450 Miller, R. R., Leonard. 2 Vfl ri OrihflHd, Ardie N.'-l, Broken Arrow. 2119 Thoman, William, Tulsa. 2015 Friend, Elmer, Jenka. 8425 Mitchell, K. 1' Hub. ii4l- Iay, Melvln, Tulsa. S370 Womham. Irel t: Hixby. 8280 Lyone, .lin-.. R . Bixby. 8059 Becker, Krneat F , Hixby. 3212 Hart, I). Worth, Bixby. 8015 Moore, K. A., Mound!. 2S05 Chapman L. O., Broken Arrow. 2122 White, Itornce K., Tulsa. 827t Kulp, Leo, Bixbv. 3259 Miller, Herman K., Bixby. 332 Husinian. finer 1'red, Turley. 117 Brock, Albert N., Turley. 147C Jernigan, Walter. Hand Springs. 145fl Hill, William Ira. Hand Spring!. lti,3fi Kelly, John Washington, Maxino. 194 Stout, Leslie V. Vnn. i!?0 Clark, Joseph L Tulsa. 3H19 Rowland, Charles. Bixby. !S!t25 Kpurgeon W Bixby. 8u9i Crosby, Harvey K., Bixhy. 144 Green, Raymond, Sand Springe. 22 Chisholm, James. Sperry. SCoS Lvon, Spent er Watts, Tulsa. 1221 Rldreway, Krnest James, Bond Springs. 2439 Hose, Llovd. B., Jenks. (I Bible, George Preston, Skiatook. 1744 Mrdouldrii'k. E. J., Rrdfork. !5 Dlnkeman, Robert L. Skiatook. jflo Ball, Ir LfRoy, Owasso. lH)7-.-laniHs, Albert, Sand Springs. l'70 Caudle, Walter Thomas, Hatid Springs Springs. 1.-43 Phv. Arthur. Tulxa. 11-73 3M 1715 2H37 31fl8 31.47 h5( 24H."i .14;. VII 72 l?ti4 23'fl 295 V 840 1 (',3? 1411 2" 5 7 l.ii? 34 f 7 MfCiien, J. W., Tulaa. Porter, Clarenre R., Turley, Hughes, Fred II., RHfork. Kerns, J. H., Glenpool. Brown, Albert M., Hixby. Smith, Wallace. Bixbv. Smith, H.thn Allen, Owutso. Parker, Hoy E , Tulsa. Crawley, r.ry Ellison, Tulsa. Chorette, K. L., Bixby. Rountree, Roger. Skiatook. esper, W. A . Snnd Sptings. I.attirrore, William R., Jenks. Orr, Ed. Supulpa. Blakistun, Frank II., Leonard. Daniel, Albert, falsa. IHas, John, Sand Springs. Van Cleave. Bernard, Broken Arrow. Brown, Alfred A., Sand Spring. Meador, Joseph B., Bixby. 1010 Daniel, John C, Sand Springs. PB7S Wllliauis, Hoseoe. Hixby. i;3 Mcintosh. Roy, Aisuuia. l'J0r Quick, Harry J., Springfield. Mo. 1240 Short, Jess W., Sand Springs. 1 is McDjnlel, Ivancil, Sperry. '3 Mathews, Andiew .!., TuKa. ).'0 Calvert, James Walley, S.iml Spring!. 90 Tucker, Alfred C,, Skiatook. 191 Renfro. Ct as. O.. Sherry. l'-2fl Boyd, Me!ton, Kevstone. 17'--Lumpkins, John W., West Tulsa. S00 Cravens, Albert, Jenks. 1474 Hunt, Thomas Fvsnci.-, Sand Springs. 24H5 W svir.lre, H. T Jenks. 49 Kellogg, Fiank I... Skiatook. 1996 Knrlques, Jesus, Rudd. li.2t Ward Orville A , Tulsa 3043 Buffalo, Joseph A., Bixby. l'OO Billlngton. Elmer. Ssnd Springs. If; 1I Wal'ore, Ulurt N Sand Sprii'gi. 7M Martin, Wilk, Tulsa. I'll Carfer, Earl, Sperry. 13. If Ritchie, John, Sand Springs. 2321! Erve. Rov Leu, Grai.niss, Ark. 2586 Kunkel, Ernest, Jenl.s. Kxcmplioiis lU'ltlNCtt. Hnrley E. Ailey, Depew. Paul J. Cash, Shamrock Joseph H. Elgiti, Sh.rnrock, HenM Townsend, Ncwby. Floyd Wanl, Shamrock Hei-nian V. Stover, Hrlstow. ' Benj. F. Chambers, Brlstow. William .. Burdick, Depew. Se'.ma A. Docker. Hrlstow. Virgil Foster, Hrlstow. Kaiser Brantley Brooks, Rristow, Clyde Pemherton, Brlstow. la'nci A. 1'nllen, Tuskegee. James L. Brooks, Bristow. Wosley H. HigiKind, Bristow. Wnlter Campbell. Bristow. John Brnner,' Bristnv.. Lernard Geller, Olive. Samuel F.. Frederick, Tabor. Jamea B. Kin. hie, Edna, Art'iur McLaughlin, Uristow. Al Jennings' Picture, "Beating Back," Responsible For Death of Lincoln County Sheriff, Says Slayer Special to The World. CHANDLER, Aug. 23 Willie Mc Connell and Louis Barnard, two Stroud youths who are now held in the Pot tawatomie county Jail on a chargo of killing Sheriff George E. Arnold of Lincoln county Wednesday, obtained their idea from Al Jennings, former outlaw, erstwhile candidate for gov ernor of Oklahoma, now evangelist, according to a etory told tho officers who captured them this morning. Tuesday night Al Jennings lectured at a local theater while hli picture, "Beating Back," was thrown upon the screen. McConnell and Barnard were In the audience. Immediately after the show the youths went out and robbed the Gold stein department store, they told the officers. The next morning when Sheriff Arnold attempted to arrest them, McConnell shot him. Inflicting wounds which caused the officer's death Wednesday afternoon. "It's a great picture," McConnell told his captors this afternoon. Both he and Barnard went Into enthusiastic details concerning the picture while the officers were bringing them to town. McConnell and Barnard were OPERATORS CLOSE OKLAHOMA MINES Declare Price Fixed by Wilson Less Than Actual Cost of Production. COLRADOANS ALSO PROTEST Claim No Investigation Ever Was Made of Digging and Marketing Conditions. OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 23 Prac tically all McAlester and Huileyvllle coal mines, employing about three thousand miners, were reported by lo cal coal dealers to have closed today following the announcement of gov ernment control, adn price-fixing. McAlester district operators were con ferring on a course to pursuo In re gard to the government's action. Reports from Henryetta, where a similar conference is being held, were to the effect that the coal mines there, employing about 2,500 men, probably would close tomorrow. Colorado Also Protests. DF.NVKK, Aug. 23. The Colorado Coal Operators' association, represent ing sixty operators of the state, at a meeting today protested the action of President Wilson in fixing the prices at the mine of bituminous coal on the ground that the prices were fixed without Investigation of mining and marketing conditions by the federal trade commission or any other gov ernment agency. PiguriK Questioned at K. V. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23. Harry N. Taybor, manager of the Central Coal & Coke Co., told the representa tives of the department of the attorney-general at today's session of the state coal Investigation here that soft coal production in Missouri had cost , his company f 2.68 a ton. For Kan sas coal he gave the cost as $2.75 a jton and for Arkansas production $2.69 a ton. I He declared that more thanK5 Items entered Into the determination of the cost and submitted cost sheets as evidence. He also asserted that his company was operating at a loss. John T. (lose, assistant attorney-general, conducting the Investigation, declared that a charge of 5 cents a ton for repairs of flood damages, strikes and excess liabilities, did not seem a legitimate item of expense. The hearing will contnue tomorrow. Tribal Indians Are Not Subject to Conscription WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Tribal Indians are not suhject to army draft because they are rit citizens and may claim exemption on the same grounds as aliens. The war department formally ruled on the question today ut the request of counsel for some of the tribesmen. Nearly all Indians maintain tribal connections, it Is said, and the number who will be exempt under this ruling is estimated at more than twenty thousand. Argentina Receives Half Satisfaction of Germany ZURICH, Aug. 23. Germany has replied to Argentine note which de manded compensation for the tor pedoed Argentine ship and a pledge from-Germany that she would abstain from torpedoing Argentine vessels In the future. It Is officially announced from Berlin that Germany has not conceded these demands but tho pos sibility of an amicable settlement la not excluded. Campaign Against shirker Planned. Deputy Marshals J. J. Moran and W. N. Kills are busily engaged In out lining campaigns for running down alleged dtalt evaders to be sought by tho federal government In the vicinity of Tulsa. lev Plant Repaired . Damage to the plant of tho People's Ice company caused by the 'explosion of an ammonia tank Tuesday morning has been repaired to such an extent us to permit resumption of Ico manu facturing. captured seven miles west of Prague about midnight last night, after two hundred possemen had pursued them for fifteen hours. Shortly after reaching Chandler the officers took their two prisoners to Shawnee to avoid the possibility of mob violence. McCannell Is Bald to have assumed all the blame for the killing. Both boys ware armed at the time the store was robbed but Barnard had lost his gun. Arnold had seized McConnell as he was crawling thru a fence, when the youth drew his gun to frighten the officer, he says, and It was discharged as he fell thru the fence. j " " ""'Bank "clearings I Bank clearings for tho week I I ending August 23 were 16,485,- I I 647.87, or an average of more I I than a million dollars a day for I I the week. This was the best I I showing of any week for over I I three months and an Increase of I I 111.8 per cent over the corre- I spondlng perlqd a year ago. I Enormous Prisoner Hauls Made in West by Entente J Americans Decorated 1'AKTS, Aug. 23. The French vrr cross has been awarded to the fal lowing members of the American mn bulance field service; Sydney Fairbanks, Cambridge; John Owens, London; Longford AUon, Lltle Compton, it. I.; H. Parsons. New York; John O. Center. Ulols, Frmicn. Leslie Wavlgnon, Quebec : O. F.. O. Toms, St. Louis; It. A. lrake, Fran.i lin. N. II. Mr. Toms and Mr. rrake won their crosses for driving through a barrage of gas shells. Tho condition of Price McQuillan, who lost a leg a fortnight ago, and of W. 8. nia.. terleln, who received seven rn, wounds, has Improved so greatly that thoy are being removed to the Wake hospital In Paris. GERMANY INCREASING PRESSURE ON DUTCH Holland Must Use Ships in Teuton Trade Five Years to Get Steel. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Ger many is Increasing her economic pressure on Holland and now refuses 'to let steel go Into tho Netherlands for shipbuilding purposes unless the j Dutch agree to devote the ships to : German uses for a period of five years after the war. Secretary lousing said today he had received unofficial a,dviees to that effect ,also that Germany has refused to let Holland have more coal unless Lutch miners ure sent to her mines to get It out. German pressure on all the Ktiro penn neutrals, latest advices say, Is Increasing. GARFIELD COAL DICTATOR: ANTHRACITE PRICES FIXED Next and Final Slep In Fuel Control - Will lie- Itegtilntloit of Distribution. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Govern ment control of the coal Industry was made almost complete tonight when President Wilson named Dr. Harry Garfield, president of Williams col lege, fuel administrator, fixed anthra cite prices for producers and Jobbers and set u limit on profits to be made by bituminous wholesalers. The next and final step will be to make regulations for coal distribution and fix anthracite and bituminous retail prices. This will bo dona when a distribution program is perfected and when the federal trade commis sion has completed a plan under which retail profits may be fixed. The anthracite prices fixed are ef fective September 1 and virtually are the same as those now charged at the mines under a voluntary arrangement mado by producers with the trade commission The prices that may be charged by Jobbers, however, will re duce present costs sharply. Ultuminous Jobbers' profits too will bo cut by the new price scale set for wholesale transactions. Peace Thru Compromise, Aim of New Chancellor LONDON. Aug. 23. Dr. Georar ;Mi(haells, tho German chuncellor, is ( reported In a Central News dispatch irom Amsterdam to nave said to the rclcnstag main committee that tho German reply to the papal peace note I would be based on aiming at peace by I compromise agreements in line with the peace resolutions adopted by tho reicnstag. Bathing Under Ban in Berlin, to Save Water AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23. Berlin nowpapers received here nay the i!er lln municipal authorities Intended to prohibit persons bathing In their homes. The steps will be taken, it Is added, in order to save water and fuel. Garrett's Nomination Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Aug 23. Tno rominatlon of John W. Gurrett of Baltimore to be minister to the Neth erlands and l.uxemberg, was con firmed today by the senate. BOLDIERB IN SERVICE. Bonn toldleri sr in errics 1 n France, soma r in serrire in training csmps and tome soldien are In srrTlre on a one lunged typewriter In a one lungd newspa- fier office, msnipu ated by a writer with a ono-lungcd brain, at from a atory arranged for the purpose ot trying to help the byi In Franc re ceive the tobacco that i bougbt for thein, . . Vw. than haWA It eold, nice note and all, Wf. to a youth who iwabe crockery in the cook ing end of a hash houie. Troewrlter ' soldiers in service'1 are mighty handy s nicies to have around a newapaper office, fterv newspaper office has them. We've got Iota of them but oura are able to tell a booater from a "despicable knocker" whatever that la. Long lire the soldier and may they never want for a amoke or a chew. But, what we ere unable to on drretand is how the women can over hop to hare their notes perused by a soldier in the service If they sell the packages con taining the misslv to ethivpiaa pearl diver. wouvo Ntvtr fj rVCtOOO p rUX 1t0 OfTCN tv Trt rVvrtrW immie" August Catch to Date Totals 32,000; All Taken by Hardest Fighting. RUSSIAN LOSSES MINIMIZED General Maurice Declares No Strategic Point Taken by Invaders. LONDON, Aug. 23. "In the past three days the entente allied on the western front have taken 25,000 pris oners and blnce July 31 they have taken 32,600 prisoners," said Major Uenoral Frederick H. Maurice, chief dlrei tor of the war Intelligence office, In his weekly talk today with the As uoc.ated Press. "I am confident." ho said, "that bo fore the end of August we will have topped the figure of forty thousand, which the Germans rluiui to have taken in a month on the Russian front, u It ho their total undoubtedly Is composed by at least half of more strugKlers from the mutinous uud dis organized units." General Maurice continued- "The temporary disorgani..itlon of the Kussiun front has not been as serious In effoct as the entente allies hud feared and as the Germans bad hoped. A German break thru Mol davia and In south Galicia would huve had serious results for it would have Involved certain strategic retirements on other parts of the line, but tho Germans made no progress here and the Russians are fighting well. "The Germans now have begun of fensive movements on the Riga front but the operation has only Just started and thus far has accomplished nothing. "Summing the whole operations on the Russian front since the Russian retirement began, It may be said that the Germans achieved only local mic cess and there lire no Indications at present of big adverse developments." Discussing the situation on the Prltish front In France and llelgluin, General Maurice said: "Wo still are in the midst of a battle. Rattles now lost two or three months instead of a day or two as In the old days. Trying to predict the results of the achievements thus far is like trying to Judge the bnttle of Waterloo from the situation that ex isted at 10 o'clock In the morning. When we get to 4 o'clo.'k In Flanders wo can probably say whether wo are likely to obtain ' a decisive victory." Claims Exemption Thru Membership in I. W. V. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Harold Pons failed today In his efforts to have the I. W. W. officially admitted under the classification of "religious organiza tions" and its members recognized as conscientious objectors "Insofar ns local drat board No. 4fi Is concerned." Pons claimed exemption from the draft as a "conscientious objector" and a member of an organization whose teachings were oppose. I to the taking of human life. Pons declared that if the appeal board decides against him he will take the case di rect to President Wilson for a ruling. Peru Itching for Chance to Break With Germany j HASMI.MHO.v 1IK. 10. .." readiness to break reltlons with Ger jmany Is Indicated In tho Peruvian president's recent message to congress the text of which, received from the American minister, was made public today bv the state department. Tho I United States' entrance Into the war was endorsed and It was Intimated j Peruvian waters were open to Ameri can warships. Dried Foods for Army. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Dried foods may take the place In a large measure of canned poods for tho American army abroad. The subject was discussed by officers from the quartermaster's department yesterday with the department of agriculture experts. Vol lli l.offlon llcslirns. COl'KNH AG F.N. Aug. 2.1. The i.i flcers and men of the first regitnom of Polish legion have resigned. With Tear-Dimmed Eyes, Voices Choked With Sobs Oklahoma Infantry Tells Col. Hoffman "Good-bye" Special to The World. FOI'T SILL. Okla., Aug. 23. With tear-dlmmed eyes and voices choked with sobs the officers and enlisted men of the First Oklahoma infantry said 'Rood-bye' to (Jen. Roy Hoffman this morning and at the conclusion of the general's farewell address there was an attempt to voice a prolonged cheer, but for the first time In the history of the command the effort was of but feeble proportions, when choking sobs caught In the voices of the khaki-clad men, staying tho at tempt. With heads bared and eyes glisten. Ii.g every man filed past the couth door of the headquarters building, shaking the hand ot the man who has been their leader for years. It was a great tribute paid General Hoffman at his leave-taking today a tribute declared to be greater than has ever been paid a commander of soldlets In this Kate and no less great, perhaps, than that which has been paid the foremost military lead ers of the nutlon. No man was ITALIAN DRIVE IS GAINING IMPETUS Austrian Counterattacks Not Able to Check Onrush at Any Point. BRITISH GAINING IN WEST Canadians Work Farther Into Lens; Ilaig's Men Victori ous at Ypres. By The Asnoclated Press The great offensive of the Italians along tho Isonzo front dally continues to gain Impetus and apparently tho strong Austrian counterattacks no where havo been able to stem the tide that is bringing General Cadorna's men gradually closer toward their oh Jectlve. Meanwhile the German operations east of Riga seemingly are developing In strength us the Russians have given further ground to the enemy. Around Verdun in France the French army Is holding Its gains of the early week un hamppred by tho German Infantry, but with tho guns of tho crown prince raking the line a', various points. Ilrlllth Lines Advance. At I.PHS the Canadians havo worked their way further into the environs of the coal city and in Belgium near Ypres F1"!d Mr.rshal llalg's men have been victorious In a two days' battle, making gains over their front varying in depth from half a miln to a few hundred yards notwithstanding the tenacious resistance of the legions of Crown Prince Rupprecht. On both the northern and southern ends of the battle lino in the Austro Itallan theater the Italians havo pressed forward their line for con siderable new gains against the Aus Irlnns. The counterattacks of the Austrlans are of the most extreme violence, but nowhere have they been able to dislodge the Italians. An In stance of this Is the holding for three days under most vicious countor strokes of a strong Austrian position enptured southeast of Dosso Faltl. More than 16,000 prisoners already have been taken by the Italians. Austrlans Stripping Tricst. Altho the exact extent of the Italian advance and the objective aimed at are not definitely known, General Ca dorna over the entire thirty-seven miles of the fighting front has made progress and officially Austnans are reported stripping Trlest of valuables and moving them to Vienna and other places seeming evidence that they anticipate where tho Italians hope their final blow will fall. The chief British military observer, Ma lor General Maurice, says the Italians already have gained an Im portant victory which gives promise of developing presently Into first mag nitude. Russians Fulling Back. F.ast of Riga the Russians have fallen back all along the lino from Raggedzeem on the gulf of Riga, tin" ii Tukkum and Kammern to the upper reaches of the river Aa. Fighting is on a scant twenty-tnilo front east of Riga in the lake Habit sector. The German official communication in announcing German gains in this re gion says the Russians evacuated posi tions without offering battle, previous ly having destroyed villages. To the south In Volhynia the Ger mans have attacked the Russians but were dislodged In roiinterattncks. In Rumania the Russo-Rumanian troops have taken the offensive In various sectors or repulsed Teutonic allied counterattacks. No Important gains I In this region havo been mado by ! eit her i om hatant. Interned Gcrmiii :seiiM's. CH ATTAM" GA. Term., Aur. 23 Arnold llenkel, aged 35, a German war prisoner Interned at Fort Ogle thorpe, escaped from the prison bar racks there Wednesday night. He has not been apprehended. He was dressed In civilian clothing. llenkel was a first lieutenant In the Twenty-fourth regiment German engineers. Street Car and Auto Collide. Mrs. Austin Foster and Miss Humphries of 163K F-ast Jefferson pre considerably bruised last night about in o'clock 'when an automobile In which thev were riding collided with a street car at Hod re and Peoria. Thev were taken to the Oklahoma I hospital. ashamed of the eyes damp with tears for the same evidence was In the eyes of the departing commander. General Hoffman left Fort Sill this afternoon for Oklahoma City, from which point he will proceed to Fort Worth where, he declared, his fondest hope would be to have the Oklahoma regiment In the brigade he Is to com mand. Kvery unit In the regiment passed In review before the genernl earlier In the morning. Almost twice the strength It mustered when brought bacK from the Mexican border last Iebumary, the command made a splendid showing. Accompanied by Congressman Scott Ferris and one or two personal friends, General Hoff man rode the length of the regiment In line, after which the various com panies posited in review before hend qjarters. In spite of the early hour many people were In attndnnce from Modi cine Park and I .aw ton. Altho the irarMnl strains from the regimental band vet hearts nthrlll, there was an nir of solemnity about the tevlew that made Itself the more pronounced when the regiment gathered Imme diately afterward ot the headquarters building for Its last farewell DOZEN KNOWN TO BE DEAD. SCORES I Blacks Shoot Everybody in Sight When Two of Pals Arrested. MARTIAL LAW QUIETS Girls and Children Among Victims; Officers Are Slain From Ambush. The Dead CAPT. J. W. MATTES, bat tery A, Second Illinois field artillery. IRA I). RAINEY, mounted police officer. RUFE DANIELS, mounted police officer. S. HATTON, a barber. EARL FINLEY. A. R. CARSTEN. FRED E. WINKLER. HENRY J. MEINKE, po lice officer. Unidentified Mexican. Three unidentified white men. HOUSTON? Texas, Aug. 24. Twelve white men, civilians, police officers and national guardsmen, were killed and more than a score of persons, men, women and children, were wounded in an outbreak here tonight of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry, stationed here to act as guards during the construction of Camp Logan, at which the Illinois national guard will train. It is not known how many negroes are dead. Capt. J. W. Mattes, battery A, Second Illinois field artil lery, was among the dead, be ing killed when he tried to remonstrate with the negro soldiers who were running amuck, firing their guns. The outbreak is supposed to have originated in a difficulty which two negro soldiers had with police officers who ar rested them for disturbing the peace and sent them to the po lice station early in the after noon. The firing began when an ambulance started thru the section occupied by the negro soldiers. They stopped the ambulance, and, firing a vol ley, riddled it. It was this volley that wounded a 16-year-old white girl standing in her father's store. Police Reserves Fired On Police reserves were sent out and were met by volleys from the negroes. Civilians went to the assistance of the police of ficers and firing continued for an hour and a half. It is be lieved that several bodies will be found in the prairie around the negro soldiers' camp in the morning. There were several hundred Texas guardsmen here ready to entrain for training camp, but they had no guns. A bat tery of the coast artillery was rushed to Houston in motor trucks and the situation at 1 a. m. was quiet. The city was placed under OONTlNl'Kl) OS VA0E EIUT INJURED IN RIO il