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(Guthrie : Daily Eeabek Classified want will sell, trade or rent it. There are bargains In want section. Classified want will sell, trade op rent It. There are bargains in want section.. . jiMJB, VOLUME XLIX HOME 7FPPFI W flRflPi I-L.I I L.LII1U U 1 1 U I Ksimr ships lont hkitisii simps m;m TO liOTTOM I5Y i : sea ti:ki;oi;s (a:ioi kit'out shows phouu:ss; eppelix is destuoyed (liy AHMK'Intcil Press.) London, June 7 British steamers Sunlight and Star of the West were sunk ' today by German submarines. The crews of the ships were savtci. ' Paris, June 7. The French mine layer, Casabianco, struck a mine at the entrance of abay in the Aegean sea and sank with a probable loss of sixty men. London, June ' 7.U was officially announced Uit morning Mini a Zep pelin visited the, coat, of Kngland last night, droiipin.it incendiary e lilowlve bombs. Five worn killed out right and forty others Injured. Two fires were caused liy the bombs. Con- elderable property' damage resulted. This afternoon the adfiilraMy at J,ondon announced that the German Eeppelin 'that' dropped bo;ilbs over the east coast iHst night was blown lo pieces while, flying over Belgium, by British, airmen, Italians Advance Steadily. Udlne. Ilul.v, Juno 7. A general lltnllail advance in tnkiliR )liu aeros the Isonzo rivl'r, from Caporcu.o to the sea, diJtuiu o tt forty miles. The movement is very important and hard fighting Is' taking place tit Grudisca. Italian .censorship is setting tighter, nevertheless it can be said that'ivass s of Italian troops are concentratet' along the roads from Mormons, Pul manova to Orvignano. The Austrian icsistance is .- becomins stronger. Tolmino, east at Isonzo,' Is one of the Italian objectives, - German Aircraft Attack Successful. (Berlin. June 7. The following of ficial repor'ns Issued from the tier man war oh'iee today: "A German submarine on June 4th sank the Russian cruiser Amur, pi the second .Mass, near the l.ialti port. On t!ie night, of June tier nian naval dirigibles attacked tin fortified .mouth of the number rivci on the east coast pr England and na val port Harwich, In Kssex, and tbt harbor, at Harwich, and were conspic uously successful. Many 'bombs wen dropped. Several were dropped or the railroad depot. The airships were shot at but unhit." No Report yet on Nebraskan. i Washington. June 7. Amhassadoi Gerard today reported that the Cer man admiralty as ret had no report on the torpedoing of the A:rericar steamer Nebraskan, but was conduct ing an investigation. - Lemberg ftfcady to Fall. London. June 7. Telegrams re ceived today from Vienna.,,, suy - t-ha- . , ' MOVD.ir. - - . 'I BEMKVE 1 FOLKS KEFPIV ',l'P THEIR CORRESPONDENCE ''JEST AS U)NO AS THEY SIGN ,; THEIR NAME.S,TEVWVHATATHt;Y JVKITIU. EQUALIZATION BOAHD WILL nnimriir -ruirnn stf l in n ill II r ;ll COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BEGAN ' SESSION MONDAY MORNING; TO LAST ONE WEEK The board of county commissioners met in regular 'monthly session this loining. After the routtuo business was' finished they met as a board of equalization' and adjourned until Tuesday morning at which time pro tests from the second commissioners district on tax assessments will be taken up. Tuesday and Wednesday will be given the second district lax payers; Thursday and Friday , will be devoted to north TiOgan "protestoi s and Guthrie, folks will have llielr inning beginning Saturday 'U'ornlng and continuing hntil all "kicks" have been disposed of. Assessor Enoch Carter will sit, with (he .commissioners as a member ; of : the equalisation board. if you nave a kick coming on your assessment, Mr. Taxpayer, take ad vantage of It now, later on will be too late. , BODY OF ED B. HEKRY Tim report that I'M Henry's body had been found in a drift near 'lulsa was not true. -The search is still con tinuing along the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers. A reward of $500 for the recovery of the body or Irilorma tion is on deposit in an Oillon bank. PORCH-CLIMBER (I)y Associated l'ress.) Kansas City, June 7. There are -.eventy-five victims of Frank Smith- i porch climbing burglar. The police burglar .n:t Smith in a detective's room today and Smith iped them sort through the piles of stolen loot. Many victims were re stored llielr property. To one wom- iii, Kinitn win;; ; . ' . - "The siik slirt I'm wearing, -n udum, iH'Iongs, to your husband." , 'SB!, G3. LOftS (111 El Of !! NMchoUis Stutsman. .'!, of Fallis and Miss Nora Rlohardson, 22 of the i-ame place were married by .Judge it liap- iclle In county court. Saturday night. 'We eloped.. Don't tell the newspap ers until we get out of (tie state," aid the doctor as he and his wife left he court room. They, wlll'spt'nd a nonth In the east. ' 1EPUTIES ffl SHOT iTRIKERS. -SEN (liy Associated Press.) .New .iininswick, X. J., June 7. Nine ieputy sheriffs convicted of man daughter in connection with the kill ng or two strikers of lioo?evelt, X. r , last January, were sentenced to lay for not less than two nor .a ore han ten years in prison. . 1 AND CAS OBIS IM DEAD ONES TO LIFE 'Oiltoii, Okla?. June 7. The oif busl ioss haj caused a number of new oil id 1 towns to spring up, and as a rule bev are but'y communities. Tbe list nc'u.ltK Odton, Drumright, Pemcta, ,lari'i:tio ii nd Villa. The old town of iroprigbt has dropped out of Right The; railroad towns, thus, far, are! Hilton nd I'eme'a, which are.soon .toJ h, connected' bf 'lie .Santa,, Fe Vpctinrf the two new oil field roads. V' line Is also to he built from Pemeta o Drumright. With the building of Important witnesses out ot me eoun be new Haskell road from Sapulpa to J try. I.eckie lias never been arrested. Jilton. the old inland town of Olive having gone lo Mexico, following the vill get on a railroad after many years indictment, but the other defendants f waiting Schlegel Is a new town, are now out under bond awaiting trial. i r .!, fl..i.l ViWn Cushin and. This is the sixth time the trial has 'enieta. Cusbing, Yale, Jennings and 3ristow have also thrived as a result ,if ihe big field being developed. GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, JUNK FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF VICTIM OF GERMAN !.l lis ;!'.: 1 X v vvvvvv,s ClimSTI V.NS A HE VICTIMS Ol lUXI'VlUOSS HATliO) OF JU lU)i:iKH'S HANDS Tiflis, Transcaucasia, June (i, via IVtrograd and London, June 7. -After tho occupation by the Russians of Van Turkish . Armenia, bands of Kurds con tinued to commit atrocities in the dis tricts of Bitlis, Mush and Diarbekr. Armenian volunteers in increasing numbers are fighting desperately to potent the Christian population from the Kurds. Inhabitants of Diarbekr, following the example of the Armen ians in Van. have organized armed bands. ... The population of Urumiah, In i'er- sian Armenia, greeted the Russians witl; enthusiasm. Food for the refu gees in tue American iiiibbkjuh brought by , the Russians. . The con sulates at Urumiah and Van have suffered little in the fighting during the last few months. 'file successes of the Russians in these districts is causing disaffection the Persians and Arabians. Disorders are developing. The concentration by the Turks of milltHry 'efforts on the Dardanelles has caused a shortage of arms and ammunition for their troops in the Caucasus. A portion of the artillery lias been removed from tho Turkish forts at. Rrzeruni, tho principal city of Turkish Armenia. MUST FACE TRIAL FOR SIXTH TIME Motion ror dismissal of the rederal indictment against Kd Leckie, Jake Hamon arid others, charged with con- cealing-the assets of. the Cache Supply company at Lawton, was overruled In federal court Saturday before Judge J(d'.n H. Cotteral. The defendants moved for dismissal on the gruond that, they have been denied a speedy trial.,. .The United States attorneys fi.iight ;the motion on the ground that tl... defendants had attempted to get been postponed. LEADEIl WANTS BRING RESULTS Lvi -r! - v H iirvak frs t'Zn 4" fSh ? r J&V - J? 111 XP - Lw -aES --j 111 (i KURDS STILL , COMMITTING ATROCITIES v.v ....-.'..v.- .. .. ....... .... ,,k . . X Jt. y' A' MK .11. 1 i t b - - .ill XVS (Copyright Underwood & Underwood.) 'i his pnoiograpb is ilie first tu arrive in the United States showing a victim of the chlorine gas1 turned on the French and British trenches April 22 by tbe Germans near Ypres. This soldier was belilnd his embankment, at Hill No. 00, when: he was overcome j by the gas. Not knowing the danger, because neither he nor any others had experienced such a thing before, he did not run In time: He died In bis tracks and his body -was left there after the Germans were driven out. COULD BE PIT I S US (;i:.m;hl mills says cm-zi:.-solihi;hs con.o M AIU II IN 2i HOI KS (Ily Associated l'ress.) . 'W'ashinston. Junc 7. -Should the crisis now facing the United States result in war, 123, ITS members of the organized militia could be put under arms in 24 hours. Ily recruiting the piesent commands up to war strength which could be accomplished in a very few days, this force could be lrought up to 2i".,000 men. And by organiz ing the units in which the militia is now deficient, the citizen soldiery would have an estimated strength of M 6.0110 men. These facts were ob tained today from officials of the War Department, who. in view of the ser iousness of the German situation and the possibility of armed Intervention In Mexico, have been giving the sub ject close attention. Everything is in i readiness fcr a call to arms should fUor.timi.Tl on fuse Eight.) HOUSE THIEVES ARE : ACAIfJ DOST IfJ GiTY House thieves are again busy in the city. Several residences have been entered lately :.nd many valuables stolen. . Saturday night the thieves paid visits to bouses cn east Cleve lant and South Ash streets. Little of value was secured. County officers and police remie-'t t hat they be no tified immediately when thefts are discovered. sssiSKasasiiisssiss COMING EVENTS 3 K Flower show In July. X 'A State association of Rural ' 'P. Letter Carriers. A HI 1 7, GAS AT HILL' ' NO. 60. s. '. T" l A. T ni;u siii:ii)iu:.i)N viGin TO hi: LALNCIIKI) lattek I'AHT OF MONTH Washington. June 7. The thirty ninth battleship built for the Ameri can navy since J8U2 will take the water June 19 next when the super dreadnaught Arizona slips from the ways at the iXew York navy yard. Compared to the first American bat tleship, the Indiana, launched in .18!)"!, The Arizona will be nearly twice as lohg, half again as wide and of three times as great displacement. ; Against the Indiana's four 13-inch guns and eight 8-Inch, the Arizona will carry twelve 1 4 -inch and twenty-two 5-lneh rifles, tho same armament as her sis ter ship, the Pennsylvania, recently launched at iXewport 'News. In addition to the great .size of the nw ship's main battery, the guns are of forfy-i'!'. e calibre as against the 3.1 .calibre of the Indiana's tliirteen inch guns, identical with those aboard the fau:ous old Oregon, which played their part in the battle of San tiago. With tho fourteens of the Ar izona in her turrets, the Oregon could have halted any one of the fleeing Spanish ships almost without leaving her station. The Arizona's guns have a range, even at the low elevation of American navy mountings, of fifteen miles or more against eight or nine miles for the old thirteens. The Arizona will be the fourth bat tleship liuilt by the United States in its own navy yard at New York. The fOuiitiiiue.I on Piiicfi TOihl Harold Bowen. negro shoemaker, doing business at 323 West Oklahoma avenue, was arrested by Sin-l'f Sherwood Saturday afternoon on charge of receiving stolen proppr'y. Sometime . ago thieves ente-el the Guthrie Oarage and took awjy 17 pairs of automobile gloves. The gloves were traced and the arrc ot liowen followed. Bowen declared he Is an Innocent party; that the gloves were bonsht by hin from a store at Oklahoma City. He put up a $M0 cash bond for appearance . In icourt this vvcelr.. - f ' nn s WORD N WAR PRICE 2c CLASS DAY EXERCISES BENEDICTINE SISTERS PRESENT ED CLASS OF '15 AT ACADEMY SUNDAY AFTERNOON The Benedictine Sisters of St Joseph's Academy presented tin iluss of '13 In their .class day exercises at the academy yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. The east porch of Hie academy building was the stage, while the guests and other classes were seated In the beautiful yard be neath the trees. Red rambler roses and potted plants made the stage a perfect bower and the five graduates, Misses Grace Ilorton, Myrhl John ston. Helen Seaman, Winifred Stat ion and Josie I,afl!n, seated in a half clule on the platform looked very attractive in their dainty frocks, The following program was given: Welco-u e song-, , . , , .The class Tlass History , ...Jlyrhl Johnston Class Poem. ..... 'Helen iSeairuVi Harp Accompaniment. Violin Solo .Reverie, Stearns... Myrhl Johnston N. Douthltt Accompanist Class Prophecy, .. .Grace :Horton PInno'Solo , .... Winifred Station Valedictory ..... . Grace IHorton (Dandelions K'admon Jose fl.aflln Class Will .Winifred Statton Quid Retrlbmw Posie Laflin Farewell Chorus The Class ;e suit filed after Charging non-support and cruelty, Stella Simpson today filed suit for divorce and alimony against Bard well Simpson. ' ' " The collide were married on March 3rd last. The petition recites that shortly after their marriage tbe hus band began abuslng the wife; .that be refused to provide for her and left 'her in a condition of financial., dis tress. The wife Is now living with her parents at Mulhall. JSST II. S. ATTORNEY Official confirmation of the proposed appointment of H. M. Peck as United States assistant district attorney un der Federal Attorney John Fain was announced Saturday, following tele graphic ndvues received from the de partment of justice In Washington. Peck succeeds Gavin Chambers, whose resignation has recently been accept ed by ihe local western district court. News of Chambers' resignation has been held back by District United States Attorney Fain for several days. awaiting confirmation of his successor. The war across the sea has been dis astrous to the Oklahoma horse. More than 12,000 have been shipped to the war zone since December of last year. Logan county alone has furnished nearly 1,000 head for cannon fodder since the first ot the year. Many owners of horses and horse buyers have of late refused to sell horses to agents of the warring nations. little Rock, June 7. Mrs. Mollie Washburn. Zti. walked Into a restau rant Sunday afternoon and without, sayln? a word shot and killed James H. South, f',.1. a carpenter, as he stood talking with E.elyn Conant, a wait ress. She then shot .Miss Conant. who 'probably' will recover. South wns shot In the head and died in stantly. "'f;yx The police say Mrs. Washburn de clared that she had been supporting South and that she "did not propose to let that other woman take him away from me." South has a wife and four adult children, but has been estranged from them for several years, according to his wife. UIIUIIl NUMBER 121 sms hut: defeated ck OF snriuci; ii:i)i:ns meet in i:iik;a(;o and hap congress TELLS INSIDE WORK all (;o(ati;ssioNAL nis. TKKXS IN THE I'M OX TO HE SPEEDILY OltCANIED , (By Associated Press.) Chicago, June 7. Mrs. Medill Mr Cormick, at the woman's ; suffrage conference here today, sketched the activities of the natloual congression al icoma;ittee of the national Ameri can suffrage association, of which she is chairman. , , i "That Bufferage has a place "upon the political map and a national placo of considerable prominence was de-. monstrated not only by a vote In congress upon the Susan B. Anthony amendment, and the size of that vote." said Mrs. McCoruikk, "but by the action of the rules committer n refusing to report our measure until safely after the election. ; The vote itself, however. Is ? the significant thing for us. . "The argument which defeated our amendment was the states rights argument. Yet compare it with the vote on the -prohibition auM'4 Iment, three weeks before, and we Iln.l that sovchty-two inert who voted against us, voted for the prohibition amend-. nient, which, is a pronounced restric tion of the soncalled sovereign right of the states. They voted for tho prohibition amendment because their states or districts inadej organized demand that they do so. A little later forty-three of the antl-sufferago congressmen voted talist a hlld labor bill, because the mlU-oWnerj of their district dp-ennded that their property interests 'iK" protects J against the ruthle.-i humanitart.iiis who would insure to little cM'.dreu the rights ot their cniitltood. Hut not one of these forty-three men vot ed against a national convict labor bill In this sama cons.c33, becaw the labor organizations Insisted that free labor be protected against con vict labor. i "Now, It is true prohibitionists and labor unions have votes and woman suffragists have not. (But to some extent we suffragists can do what they can do. We have believed In or ganized congressional district cam paigns ever since our committee be gaji its work, and the vote in con gress last winter proved the value of our plan. It also proved that we must have -more of the same sort of thing, vigorous congressional district campaigns and close co-operation be tween the state and federal suffrage workers." Boozy, They Fought One Dead. Ben Luna and Virgie Bryant en gaged in a Sunday afternoon pistol duel at K'uowa. Bryant Is dead. Lu na is in jail. Both were full of boot legger booze. THE WEATHER Cw4. 144,' I UrCfei ! M 1 111 (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, June t Tonight generally fair and cooler. Tuesday tartly cloudy and warnief. j i TS