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COSSACKS CLEAR
DON REGION OF
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Russians Advance on Zaragii
and Make New Gains.
ASSISTANCE FOR CZECHS
Southern Slavs Can Give Aid
to Anti-Bolsheviki,
AMSTERDAM, Aug 16-Thr Don
Cossack have cleared I lie left hank of
the Don (if their opponent and art
marching victoriously on Zaragi'i, from
which they are only one day'i march
distant, says an official statrtnet.t is
sued by the Don Cossack staff and re
etived here from Kiev.
The newpaers at Kiev report that
the Cossacks from the northern Don
region have' entered the government of
Verotiesh.
A 1 1 spa ie h to the Cologne Zeituug
from Kiev sas that the Don and
Knban governments and the leader in
the adjniping region have entered ne
gotiation looking to the establishment
of a joint central government
Cossacks to Help
Czecho-Slovaks
WASHINGTON, Aug lo-Thr Co
jack have persistently refused to rec
ognize the Brest-Litnvsk treaty and
hive been implacable in their hostility
to the Teuton and the bolsheviki. Il
was uggeted by official here that the
conduct of the Cossacks 'is significant
o( the support the small interallied
army and tl Ciecho Slovak will re
ceive from various faction in their ef
fort to aid the Ruisian in the re
rltablishment of the eastern front
160,000 War Prisoners
Help Bolsheviki
taf, B I" Altocleted Prete.
VtAnitfOSTOK. Tuedav. Aug
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Vn aituatinn. in , .western Siberia
loeeet no room for optimism, in the
CHsWon of the vire-preldent of the
Russian aection of thi Cneeho-Slovak
national council. In a statement it-
cently he said that bolshevik mobilita
tto of Austro-German prisoners of
war had added 100.000 men to the ent.
my forces.' He said It would be n
possible to reach Irkutsk, even under
- the mot favorable circumstances, In
4 lest than a month, and that perhaps
two months -would be necessary.
In the hilly, waterless and sandy
country beyond Irkutsk, the movement
of troops would be easier, but the po;
aition of the Cterho-Slovaks may be
' ronie precariou if assistance it not
V speedily forthcoming Their number
re diminishing, owing to sirkne anil
impossibility cd renewing supplies.
U. S. WILL SUPPLY
V SIBERIANS WITH
WEAPONS OF WAR
New Republic Has Thousands
Ready for Service,
WASHINGTON,
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16-Tht
vl' pressing need for arms and ammunition
f by the people of western Siberia, who
have arrayeci memjeives againu io
forces of German and, Austrian pris
oners and the German-influenced bol
sheviki, i being considered in the al
lied capitals, according to information
available today. The answer of the
allied, nations to this appeal has not
been disclosed but it can he stated on
high authority that the United States
governmett Is anxious to be of what
ever possible assistance.
Thousands Available.
The people of western Siberia, with
the aid of the CxechrJ-Slovaks pro
claimed their independence on July 4.
in lienor of the national anniversary of
the United States. They are reported
to have thousands of' well-trained and
loyal troopt who ere waiting only for
equipment to begin active resistance
against the Germans.
The people have neve accepted tht
aurrender to Germany under the Brest
' Llrovsk treaty and have refused to per
mit the bolsheviki to ship from this
district millions of toni of tupplies
stored there that have been brought and
paid for by, the German government.
Veloeodald la Premier.
The governing body is headed by
. 1.. AfMA.L 1 lu la art.
ing as foreign minftter. The teat of
' iS overnment It at Umik.
It it stated by those tn position to
fcnow. that the food supplies now held
in western Siberia would support an
armv until She crops come in neat
aeaton. One item of the foodstuffs now
In atnracc in this section la two mil
lion! font of wheat Betides this there
are tons of butter, cheese end other
dairy produrtt and meat There are
thousands of head of cattle, sheep and
horses curettiit" w -sjaintt the ier
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anans ana urc uuiaovTw v
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U. S. Soldiers Have French Godmother;
She Is Seventy-Eight Years Young
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The tiii-ture show an aard French
grave ot some soldier. rtie is Mme. Marguerite Wrist and she calls herself the
godmother oi all the American soldiers and sailors. She also says that the it
seventy-light yeart "young."
KAISER HAS LOST
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SINCE WAR BEGAN
Paris Papers Estimate Cas
ualties for Four Years.
PARIS, Aug. 10 -The total of Ger
man losses from the beginning of tl e
war to the end of July, l''18, are un
derstood to be six million, according to
the morning newspapers.
The figures Include 1.400,000 killed
up to the beginning of the German of
fensive last March. f rom March 27 to
June 17, the Germans are said to have
lost 120,000 killed alone.
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LEMENCEAU GREETS
MAJOR TEDDY, JUNIOR
PARIS, Aug. lfi-Ma). Tbeod'we
Roojevelt jr. wa cordially received by
Premier Clemcmeau todav. Major
Roosevelt's wounds were still unhealed
and he i uing crutche.
PtAMS LAK JE BRI6MT Sibfc
O YrtfMGS JIJ N A.CHUL1.Y
HURT SOME FOLKS' CYtS
KUML 450U ALL Time r worry im'
bout, ne KtepiN' in DtBT
T'lM iTIfi 6' CLLIM' HI8SCF
LUCKY T'MAB 1A,T MUCH o'
MfSPtMStS PAID UP ER-HAIO'
THE WEATHER.
LOCAL rOtiCAT-Falr waathar to
nlaht ane (atureay, net much ehanga In
tamparatura '
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LONDON, Aug. 1ft. According to
unofficial statements here the
Germans captured in the pres
ent offensive by the British Fourth
armv and the French First and
T hird armies total .VI.000, while thus
far 670 guns have been counted. Of
these, the British took JO.OOU prison
ers arid 450 gun.
There i clear evidence of the
demoralizing effects of the tanks on
the enemy. Where previously the
Germans offered . stubborn resist
ance, this time they surrendered al
most as soon as the tanks got near
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Federal Reserve
Banks Will Make
Loans to Cattlemen
WASHINGTON. Aug 10-Live
stork raisers ssho need Icixn which
cannot tie obtained directly from banks
were asked todiv by the war finance
corporation to apply to the federal re
serve bank of Kansas Citv and IJalias,
which jiave been designated agencies
of the corporation for dispensing
government loans.
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BRAZILIAN Sill?
SUHKOFF COAST
NF.W YORK, Aug. 16 -The Brazil
ian motor iliip-.Madriignda, 1,61 J torn
gross, ha been sunk by a German sub
marine off the American cos it. Word
of the loss of the ship was received
here today in insurance circlet. The
crew was pifked up by another vessel
and will be landed at an Atlantic port.
130-M7i7Railway
Built in 100 Days
On French. Front
I aki, Aug. 10.--A railway more
than l.W miles in length behind the
French front hat been built in lest than
100 dayt and yesterday wat opened for
traffic. Its purpose it ta improve com
munication between the northern and
touthern parts of the northern railway
system. The construction involved the
building of two" important bridges and a
tunnel 375 yards in length. Premier
Clemenceau and Albert Claveille. min
ister of public works, were present at
me opening.
"All France," exclaimed the premier,
"it working until the day when victory
shall come a oar of which the dawn it1
breaking. . . , .
HIS LOYALTY TO
PRUSSIAN CHIEF
Agreement Reached on
tnry and Political Tasks
AMsTKkDAM Aug I'. -"Die
icitnplr'r agre'-ni'tit exiting br
tvsren fierniany and Austna
HiuiKary lias hrcn a a in drmoii
stiated a! the meeting of the em
perors at (irrnun main hcad'iuar
trr. an official statement from
Herlin today declares.
The statement, vs tilth is dated at
flerrnan hrad'Hiarlrrs August 15,
rjds :
"The mertiiiK of the atiKUt ov
ereign ome aiaiu has mamfeitrd
the close understanding and com
plete agreement on political and
military task and an identical and
most intimate interpretation of the
alliance. The intercourse of the
monarch wa characterized by a
rordiality commensurate vsith their
personal relations as well as the
interests of the people.
"I eailmg statesmen and military
leader have conferred with com
plete and fruitful results. The
kaiser gave audience to Raron
Hunan, Field Marshal Ari and
other Austrian minister, while
Kmperor Charles received Baron
Hunan and Field Marshal von
llindenburg "
BIDDERS OFFER
HIGH PRICES FOR
CITY GARBAGE
Refuse "Now ""Brings $1,249;
City Ought to Get $45,000,
Among the communications received
by the commissioner of public safety
lately, there are several requests to
purchase portions of the city't garbage.
A letter received today makes a bid of
$500 per year for the garbage from the
Lee-Hurkin hotel alone, the ptirchaer
to pay for its removal. Another man
has offered to pay $15,000 per year for
the food-value garhaRe from the center
of the business district, which would
be about sixtren blocks. Thi offer is
for ,ust the kitchen garbage from hotels
and restaurants. City garbage is now
sold under a contract, with a five-year
duration, which Commissioner Mark II.
Kesler statrs was entered into bv the
city before his entrance into office.
Now Brings 11,249.
Garbage from the down-town district
is now being sold to D. B. Lackay under
a Contract, bringing the city $1,248
yearly. From the garbage from the resi
dence district, $1 per year is received
in accordance with a contract with J
L Ladd, who gets it from the city dump
on the east side of the city. Ladd keeps
the dump in shape to permit wagons to
come In. with several other duties, as
part payment for the garbage he re
ceives. 'The city should rtalire about $30,000
yearly from the sale of it food-value
garbage." says Mark II. Kesler "It
would be well to sell this stuff by ton
to the highest bidder. Then the sale of
junkage. under a somewhat similar
plan, oupht to net the city a minimum
of $15,000 per anmin
Should Bring 143,000
"I can do nothing with the bids that
continually come to my office, becanae
this is all provided for bv a standing
contract, the making of which I had ah
solutelv nothing to do. Condition
then placed a different iace on the mat
ter. Now we ought be able to sell thi.
niaterial tn the highest bidder and as
i result brim? the ntv over $4.-i.0Oi) in
stead of $1,24- now being received each
year
Houewive are expected to place
their garbage in ran, scattering none
of it about. Drained comparatively
dry. it should he wrapped in a rew
paper before being plared there. In
the buines district and where a large
amount of waste regularly accumulates
two rans are provided, one for garbage
of food value and the other tor iiink
Mr. Kesiler state that the houe
wise have not fully understood the re
onirements of the city ordinance rela
tive to garbage but thaf thev are co
operating more heartily all the time.
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Moonshine Trial
Will Begin Today
Claud M. Taylor. Homer Adrran and
Ben Moore, deputy sheriffs, will go to
Guthrie this afternoon as witnesses in
the preliminary tri;.' of Jasper Cochran
and Fred Kinney, negroes, charged with
illicit distilling of whiky in I-ogm
countv. Cochran and Kinnev were ar
retted ,bv the depute sheriffs of lh-
county when they raided a whisky mak
ing "still" northeast of Arcaiiia. Fivt
negroes are held by the county authori
ties of thit county on the tame charge.
Yankees Do London Town in Good
Old Fashioned Joy-Ride Style
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Americas Navy and Array Boya in London.
This photo shows a group of American boys from the army and navy seeing
London. They are cheering some of their comrades passing in a bus. The sailor
on the hood is figuring on having a clear view of everything thrte n to tee.
British Aid
Bolsheviki
In Caucasus
International Army Muddle Is
Revealed in Capture of
Baku Port.
LONDON, Aug. 10. In connec
tion with the arrival of the British
at Baku, it comes to light that the
garrison consisted largely of bol
sheviki, who, with Armenian, were
opposing the Turks. Thus the Brit
ish, while fighting the bolsheviki
in the north, are co-operating with
them in the south.
Aside from the Caspian opera
tions, there has been a movement
of British troops from India to
Turkestan. These pased through
Baluchistan and eastern Persia and
joined forces with the Turcomans,
Bokharans and loral revolutiona
ries who are fighting the bol
sheviki. The British are also
guarding the trans-Capian rail
road to prevent the enmy from
gaining acces to Afghanistan and
the Indian frontier.
WORK IS BEGUN
ON TABULATING
Complete Returns Are Sent to
State Election Board,
Complete official returns on the re
cent primary election from every coun
ty in the state are now in the hands
of the state election hoard, Oklaho
ma, Tulsa and Kingfisher, the three
delinquet counties, reporting thi morn
ing. The work of tabulating the vote wa
started this morning and by tomorrow
the ttate election board will officially
announce the successful candidates and
award certificates of nomination to the
winners.
Official totalling this morning of the
vote tor the nomination for president
of the board' of agriculture showed the
nomination of Whitchurst by a mar
gin of only 174 votes ov . T. F Wilson
Coal county farmer, who says be spent
only 3 cents In his campaign. This is
perhaps the smallest margin by which
any candidate has ever won a nomina
tion in a democratic primary in Okla
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toma. Approaimateiy VUjuu votes were
catt in' thit race.
DIES EN ROUTE
TO AUSTRALIA
Albert Metin, of General Pau's
Party, Is Stricken,
A PAC1MC PORT. Ana I'j -Albert
Metin, head of the French economic
mission now in the United States, for
mer minister ot labor in France and
minister of blockade, (bed here at mid
night last night from a jtrokr of ap
oplexy. M. Metin was stricken early in the
evening thortly after his arrival .here
with the mission of which General Paul
Pau, noted, French military leader, wij
joint head.
Physicians ascribed the stroke to ex
haustion brought on by his journey to
thi city. lie was found lying uncon
scious on the floor f his apartment
He died without regaining conscious
ness.
General P.m and other member ot
the mission made no statemrn' other
than that the body would be rtutnrd to
France at once for burial.
French Mission
To Australia
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 -The
French mission headed by Allien Me
tin. who died of apoplexy soon after
arriving at a Pacific port last night
is enroute to Australia to discuss ar
iiiestion with official- there at the
special invitation of the Australian
government.
When here, M Metin apparently
was in robust health.
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Liberty Loan Quota
Will Be Deterrnined
At Meeting Sunday
C. A. Davis, renre-ruling the federal
reserve bank of Kansas C ity m the in
vestigation to detrrniine the fixing of
the next Liberty Loan quotas in
drouth strnken Oklahoma counties,
probably will be in Oklahoma City Sun
dty, it wa announced this morning by
Chester Westfall, of the council of de
fense. Mr. Davis has visited several sections
cf the state during the past ten days to
get first hand information on the situa
tion, and when he reaches here he will
be furnished by Westfall with detailed
written report from twenty-nine colii
tie, which show banker, farmers and
others have been hit hard through crop
failure resulting from the drouth.
Conditions in many section of the
state are reported "bad" and it it be
lieved a material reduction in the next
Liberty Loan quotas for the localities
which have t uttered can be obtained.
FRENCH PUSH ON
OVER THREE-MILE
FRONT NEAR ROYE
Town
Placed
Is fast
Being
in
PotkH
BRITISH GAIN IN NORTH
Lines Advanced Near Morlan-
court After Withdrawal.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY
IN FRANCE Aug. ' 16. Allied
(utces at Villsri-les-Roye and St.
Aurin. had reached their old line
of trenches east of Armanconrt yes
terday. Further north they pressed
forward toward the Cbaulnea-Roya
line taking Damery wood in the
evening.
Associated Pins War Review.
Allied "pressure has been eilectively
rrn' rd against the German line in the
region oi ko)i', oithe 1'icardy battle
front. The enemy i clinging de
terminedly to thi town a a bulwarlc '
of the poMtjnn he took after being:
driven hack from the Amiens region. 0
Both the French and the l!ritili are
pushing closet, however, and making
hi prolonged tenancy of the place
doubtful.
1-ondon last night reported the Brit
ish line advanced nutthwest of Koye,
in the neighborhood of Damery and
Parvillers, while today Paris reports .
a forward movement on the part of the
French, west and southwest of Koye,
on 1 front of aliout two and one-half
nnli-.
Koye is faM becoming the virtual
apex of a salient which will soon in
vite a crumng allied ttroKr it tne
Franco-Britnh presnre can be a ef
fectively maintained as it has been te
cently.
Roye Is Held in
ViceUk Grif
PARIS. Aug. 16, I p m Roye it
held in a viselike grip by the French ,
Stubborn resistance by the German! it
being crushed. The French are slowb
encircling the town.
The French advance at Villert-let
Roye makes the fall of Roye inevitable,
it it believed by military men. rot
session of the town by French trosipt
would make nerssary a rectification of
the German lines and retreat to the
Nesle Noyon will be probable.
I he German are clinging desperate
ly to a range of hills east of Kibecourt.
I hrv are also stubbornly defending the
Lasvigtiv-Oise canal, the loss -of wiiicls'
would entail the evacuation of Noyon. .
British Advance
At Morlancourt
LONDON, Aug. 18. South of
Albert the British have advanced
their line alightly in the region of
Morlancourt, aayi an official statt-
ment from Field Marshal Halg.
Farther alight snemy withdraw,
alt from tht Lyt salient wart an
nounced In London today. The
enemy has evacuated tbt village
of Vieui Berquln, tooth of Mtrrit,
and has retired between one and
two miles on a front of nine miles.
On the eastern bank of the Ancre
local fighting took place last night
in the outskirts of Thiepval wood,
west of Thiepval.
Further to the north progress hat
been made by the British who have
pushed their patrols eastward on the
three-mile front between Urauc ourt-sur-Anrre
and I'uisieux au Mont.
French Push on
On 3-Mile Front
PARIS, Ang. 16. The French
troops have made an Important ad
vance on a front of two and one
half miles west of Roye, acocrding
to the war office itatement today. '
me rrenca progress wat ia the re
gion of Vlllers let Roye about two
and one-half miles west of
St. Anrin and Armincoart
Roye,
Foe's Artillery
Barks on Whole Line
By the Atsoeiated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH AkMYIN
FRANCE. Aug 16. 10:30 a. m.-The
enemy artillery was active last night
from one end of the British front la
the other. The activity was especially
marked along the new Somme battle'
front, in the Fssarts sector and in the
region of La Bassee, on the northern
front, where there was- a heavy gat
bombardment. There was no develop
ment of activity by the enemy infantry
anywhere, however.
Saxon Commands
Champagne Army '
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS IS f
FRANCE. Aug. I6.-The successor o(
General von Mudra who commanded tha
Firt German army in the attack, 0 .
General Gonrard'a army in tht Cheat.
pagne last month, apparently it GatMrafc
von Carlowitt, a Saxon, mho hast
minister of war in Dresden atttl
distinguished himself fa leadtnf (
vi army corps in the) offtflm tl i
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