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THE WE M'llKi; REPORT

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VOL. XI, NO. 7 1

T T LS A . 0 K I. A II 0 M A . THUR8D A V

)E( K M I'. E li i', t :M

1J 1' A ( ', KS

FLANKING MOVE

PUSHES ALLIES

BACK 20 MILES

Squirrel (iocs With Ford Peace Party; My, How HisMilOT fiSQ AVOW Make Country

UiOjivUff Church Place

Little Brothers and Sisters at Home 'jg jjj: for Farmers

Anglo

ench Are Now

Threatened on Two

Sides In Centrals.

ENTENTE PLANS TO

ABANDON SERBIA?

n

LINER ALCONA

stair I rcpurtmcnl 'a I

if protesl in Aiu

t l'l:4ii GoVePMIUMlt.

m mmm

li -i

NOTE IN FRIENDLY

BUT FIRM LANGUAGE

Cold'MlU'S, Ohio, i'.'- 8 a na-

III i , iii t Is the

countr) church nol onl th religious

I renter for the farmer through h fed

munltle. n.is launched hen todnj at

the auspices of Hii' federal council of

I in tiu formation of such a federation

and agreed ihal rurnl churches an

ore underpuld and thai their energies I

i' i; in-; !' i v k i'K n rs

M'ADOO WOULD

LOWER INCOME

TAX EXEMPTION

Singlo Persons Who Bam

$2,000 a Year Would

Have tn Pav Pennltw

Uennans ( 'apt ure 500 Yards

of French Trenches in

Champagne,

lift

Washington Officials Sur

prised l Lansing's

Hurried Action.

106 NEW MEMBERS

SECURED FIRST DAY

CUT $1,000 OFF OF

THOSE MARRIED, TOO

Refilled and Crude Oils In

eluded "ii Lisl of Ar

i icles tn Levy mi.

LI M 'i IN, Dec, S. (10:1 5 p. Mi )

Tii,. situation in the Balkan Ii

developing rapidly. The Qermam and

Bulgarians reached Keriall mi the

Greek border, ten miles aouth of

Monastlr, thus threatening to out

flank thr Anglo-French force, while

Bulgars who alao air supposed tn be

led by Germans, have attacked the

allies' extreme right wing near

Btrumits t,

Under this pressure the French

have withdrawn from the Krlvolak

sallenl anil at last accounts had taken

up a position at Demirkapou in a

deep gorge about twenty miles from

tin' Qreek frontier, through which

the Salonikl railway runs. Here they

were attacked by the Bulgarians who,

according to the French reports, were

repulsed.

Alii, -. Maj Withdraw,

The plans of neither the alius nor

the Qermans are yet quite clear, but

apparently the Hermans are deter

mined mi crushing the Httle force

which went to the assistance of the

Serbians ami which has been and is

Mill being reinforced, Tile retire

ment "i the allies tu Demirkapou has

h ii to iho report thai they Intend to

ubandon the Balkan euterprise en

tirely, inn the continued landing of

tioope lit Salonikl would seem to deny

tiny such intention, while there la a

very strong military opinion here that

Balonlki should he held as a base for

future operations in the mar east.

, Other Fronts Quiet.

There Is little news from the othei

fronts, The Qermans have M ined a

minor succeaa in Champagne, where

the captured about five hundred

y ards of a French trench, part of

which, however, lias been regained;

tin British have received reinforce

ments at Kut-El-Amara, where they

me making their stand after the re

treat from Ctealphon ami the Italians

V. ho for the last two weeks have heeii

on the offensive are now engaged In

meeting the Austrian counter-uttacka,

The expeeled offensive of the al

lies in Qalllpoll apparently did nol

materialise, while throughout Russia

the wintry weather has pul i stop to

it 1 L hut small ventures.

BOY SCOUT CHIEF

FIRED BY COUNCIL

ffSS CViMGKUHfi cvrc mascot i"qitfi.Rfh pricrro international nun 'service

NEW STORK, Dec 8, Juri before the Oacar n. with Henri Ford's peace party aboard, steamed from her plor,

a lanky messenger with a squirrel in a cage ran u the gangplank, deposited his burden, wheeled about and was

none bofore anyone could question him. On the cage vas a card bearing the Inscription stating that the squirrel

was presented as ;l mascot for the "Good ship Nutty." The nan f the sender was nol on the card.

Miss Evangeline Cate of Detroit, and a member of the peace party, was appointed official keeper oi the mascot.

As the ship swung out Into the river a von e cautioned Miss Cate to keep a dose watch over the squirrel or he would

escape from his cage and get after the "mils' on ho. nil

WILSON AND TAFT REPUBLICANS TALK MELLEN HAD PLAN

ATTEND RED CR0SS: THRU THEIR HATS? OF VALUE IN WAR

President and Former Chief So Says Wilson as lie Talks Ex-Presiden1 Explains lie

l

Executive Greel Each ' at Banquet'as a "Com- ; Had Planned to Estab-

Other W;miilv

limn Cltl.ell.

lish Military Base lane.

RE ELECT OFFICERS, TARIFF BIG ISSUE M'ADOO FAVORED IT

Chas. J. O'Connor Tells of Presidenl Discards "Dress Boston's Refusal of Tunnel

Terrible ( londitions

in Mexico.

WASH INI ITl IN,

dent vv llson .-i

dint Tafl sat on I

Ret her here today

)ec. h. --- Presl

d former Presl

9 platform to

ut the annua

j imesl Thompson Seton Gave "ut

Statement in Which lie Bald

li,- Resigned.

meeting of the American lied Cross.

They greeted each other warmly.

In a brief address President Wilson

praised the humanitarian work being

done by the American Red Cross in

Parade" Language Por

This Event.

Rights Prevented Sllr-

ees (if Move,

snying it was

United states

the

had

the

Dr.

re-

XKW JfORK, Dee. 8. In reply to

a statement by Ernest Thompson

Seton, in Which he said tie had re

piBiied tiH chief scout, the national

council of the Boy Scouts of America,

today issued a statement which said:

"Mr, Seton did not resign; he was

deliberately dropped by the national

council of the Boy Scouts of America

in the question of Americanism,

"The aims of the hoy SCOUtS move

ment are today exactly the same ,ih

they have I n since the organisation

of the movement in this country,

February 1910. Character develop

ment and good cltlsenahln through

wholesome outdoor activities is the

objective."

the European war

greatest agency th

for Rood,

President Wilson presided at

afternoon session and Introduced

Richard Strong, who r nth

turmd from Serbia.

Reorganisation of the society to

meet the need of separate divisions

in charge of military and civilian re

lief work wa.s the chief business of

the meetintr. The office of national

director was abolished, and in Its

place two offices were created di-

(Contlnued mi Page Twelve.)

HI i h i: m ki

I'l E iV.

Would Counl Them Assets,

NEW Vi KK, In c. X. The Na

tional Association of insurance Com

missioners it Superintendents, in

Si BSlon here today, adopted a report

advising that no change he made in

laws which require insurance com

panies In some states to make spe

cial deposits, which cannot he fig

ured as assets, to provide safeguards

for i redttors in ease of insolvency.

The companies want the deposits In

cluded as assets in their annual re

ports. Worship at Tampa Bay,

TAMPA. I'la.. Dec. S. A British

warship of the type of the Australian

cruiser Sydney arrived at the en

trance of Tampa bay today and re

mained off Kuniont Key tonicht. lie

ports that the Austrian steamer

Borneo, in port here since the bcnin

niiiR of the war, was preparing to

make a d ish for Niw Orleans to ro

Into dry dock, it Is said, may be the

reason for tim cruiser's appearance.

The warship had not been spoken to

tonight.

c Monitions Plant.

ALBANY, N. V.. Deo. . The

MarHn Arms Manufacturing com

pany, to manufacture firearms, ex

plosives, projectiles nnd military and

naval supplies, was incorporated to

day with the secretary of state. The

capital stock was Riven as f 3,X0n.f)iin.

The Incorporators named are It. L.

Paeon. New Vork; Edward Park.

Larchmont. N. v.. and L. B. titod

isjrd, New Haven. Conn.

i i-a s,as Longer War Lasts Stricter

W ill Be Germany's Arbitration.

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 8 (9:45 p. m.)

A dispatch received hero from Buda

pest contains an outline of a speech

made by Count Tisza, the Hungarian

premier in the diet, on the subject

of peace.

"The conclusion f peace," said

Count Tisza. "depends exclusively on

our enemies. The longer It takes to

convince them that further prosecu

tion of the war is nothing but use

less and criminal carnage, the greater

will be our victory. The greater the

sacrifice which the war entails the

more severe will be the terms of

pence for our enemies."

Count Tisza expressed regret that

the policy of Rumania seemed to be

fluctuating, although, he said, her

natural place was on the side of the

central powers. lie was unable to

deal with the question of Greece, he

added, as h" was confronted by dif

ficulties which any declaration by his

government could only aggravate.

"i in the other hand," he continued,

"we must take such a course as will

enable Greece to occupy in time of

peace Iho position which la naturally

due her."

WABHINGTi IN, I lec. 8, presi

dent Wilson told members of

the Democratic national committee

at a luncheon In the state dining

room of the White House today that

the Republicans had no issue for the

next campaign except the tariff and

that Democracy was certain to win.

"Our constructive work has started

I an irresistible movement which can

not be stopped," he declared. "Any

one who tells you otherwise is talk

ing through his hat."

j Mr. Wilson said nothing to Indi

cate whether he would again be a

candidate for Hie presidency.

Throughout his entire talk, which

I dealt w ith subjects ranging from

i Democratic . hanoes of victory to fea

tures of the "isolated" life of a chief

i executive, the president was In

formal. Taking his place at the head

of the table, he thrust his hands into

! his trousers pockets, cast aside what

' he termed his ' dress parade" lan

guage, an i talked freely and confi

dentially. mi Enthusiastic,

Democrats of all tactions greeted

his remarks enthusiastically, They

left the White House in buoyant spir-

Its, declaring that his optimism had

Inspired them with new confidence.

' It was the first time, committeemen

said, that their body had been ro-

j ceived as a whole In I he White House.

They expressed regret that the text

of iho president's BPeech would not

be given out, as tin y regarded it as

a vigorous campaign argument.

At the outset the president said he

wanted the members to feel that they

were a part of a big family of w hich

he was n member He asked whether

anyone present could suggest any

NEW STORK, Dee. s. Had Charles

S. Mellen, former president of

the New Vork, New Haven , Hart

ford railroad, had his way, he testi

fied today, lie would have established

a through line along the roust of New

England from New Vork to Canada

that would have served as a military

base line for the protection of New

England in case of war. This line

was one of the beneficial possibilities,

In- pointed out, of the acquisition of

the Boston & Maine by the New Haven

road and would have been established

had the City of Boston agreed to his

plan to connect the terminals Of the

two roads In that city by a tunnel.

The testimony was given by the

former directors ol tie- road charged

examination at the trial of tl leven

former directors of the orad charged

with Conspiracy to monopolize the

transportation traffic of the six New

England states. This unbroken route.

WAhTUNUTON, Hi. 8 The

i i

trla-liungury a note asking for a dis

avowal of the submarine attack upon

the Italian liner Ancomii assurances

thai such an ad will not be repealed,

some degree of punishment for the

commander oi the submarine ami

reparation for the American lives

lost.

The communication started by ca

ble yesterda) from the state depart

ment to Ambassadoi Frederick C.

Penfleld at Vienna, uim was in

structed lo hand il lo the AUStrO-

Hungarian minister of foreign af

fairs. Baron Uurlan, Word of the de

lively of the Hole had not I, cell iv-

(lived by tin' department tonight,

friendly but firm terms, ii is sold,

I characterized the document, which

I is lei stood to make a p,u-i icular

point of prompt assurances for the

j future Hiifet. ol American lives.

Austria-Hungary has ipvtt Informed

the United States whither the com

manders of Its submarines had been

I given instructions similar to those

which the iei man government gave

to Its commanders after the Lusi

I aula tragedy, it la understood thai

the note referred particular!) to the

charge that shells from the submar

ine killed or wounded some passen

gers on the Anoona after she had

balled and asked an explanation on

that point,

seek Earl) Settlement.

i In iliwit'i I ,'li Inv it,,, iwita si. .,-,, re

Lansing acted with the approval of,

after consulting, President Wilson,

It is stated authoritative!) that the

document, which is described as be

ing comparatively brief and decidedly

irltfnmm In t,.i,.,' .,,. d mn rl , tin A an

I to atp-mpt a settlement of the con

troversy at once, without Dnnging on

a series of communications such as

followed the sinking of the Luaitanlu.

High olthials are said to be i,r

the opinion thai the situation is one

j which calls for -rave consideration,

I I he state of affairs hav ing become

i more complicated since the note was

dispatched by reports of attacks oil

American olUcarrylng .ssiis in the

j Mediterranean presumably by Aus-

trlan submarlm i,

Thirl -si ni Indictments,

M'ALBSTER, Dec. 8, The special

1 grand jury, which has been In ses

sion since Monday of last week, re

ported thirteen additional Indictments

! late this evening, making a total of

thirty-seven, Pinal report Is prom

ised for Thursday.

The Remarkable Showinj

Greatly Encourages As

sociation Officials.

MAKE TOTAL 2,000!

w

rem

VSHINl

i hange

h thousa

TON. Dec

I In Hie no

ids not

8 . Radical

me tax I i

vv subject ti

us provisions ami ti improt

in. ii hinerj of collect ion wen

gesleil to congress today 111

S1IR-

an-

Second Day Expected to

Oreatlj Augment the

Presenl Figures.

WITHOUT hearing from the

teams devoting their efforts to

securing boy members for the Y. M.

C, A, 108 names were added to the

roll v SStl I da v . I he first day of the

"double the membership" campaign.

The .showing was remarkable ami al

most conclusively predicts Hint the

membership of the local association

lad Only will be doubled, but possil.lv

will be taken lo Hie 1 1 1 a g 1 1 1 1 1 e u t fig

ure of two thousand.

Elsewhere on tins page win be

found the race course with the au

tomobile Indicator between the nine

hundred and one thousand marks.

This will be moved forward as the

membership is Increased and should

be Hie means of creating consider

able Interest among the thousands

who are watching the campaign.

Although 'he various teams were

somewhat delayed in beginning their

sled to congress today In th

nual report of secretary McAdoo as

means by which the greater part of

the additional revenue needed to pay

for the administration national de

fense plans call be provided. Th"

si cil iary proposed to lower the ex

emption limits so aa to ' ix married

persons with incomes as low as lt.000

and single persons with 11,000 In

ionics The exemptions now are,

14,000 and $:i,tl00 respectively.

Increases in the collection force, .1

rcqulremenl that returns must bo

made of gioss Income in place of net

income, and i change so that the tax

sh ill rot be withheld a the source.

Mr MoAdoo's other

1 1' made no e Innate of

of persons who might

he amendments Vera

iiu amount that might

bni i nnection with

for a larger collection

work

that il

patgn,

bright

before

yesterday, owing to the fact

was the first day of the cam-

they will be on the Job

and early this momlng, and

noon it is almost a certainty

the membership will have been sent

up another hundred i more in con

sideration of the facl thai less than

three hours were worked yesterda)

morning ami 9i members were se

cured, the campaign thus far has

made a remarkable show inn.

ui ii Teams Will Do

The captains of all the twenty

teams entered in the campaign, after

the final reports yesterday, made an

nouncements of the number of new

members they were del e I In i n ell to

get. Th se annoum ments follow.

E Kaseiai . Reo, 100! Arthur Newlln,

. effi n . i ii" . ii w Orant, Plen i Ar-

(Continued on Page Two.)

"Double the Membership" Race Has Begun

i Continued on P;

Twelve. )

RENEW SPECIAL WAR

TAX BEFORE JAN. 1

Double The

Dec

' Me m be rsh ip

n i ,

halrman Kitchen n - Thai

Emergent) Measure Will Nol Be

Mowed to I ap .

I I I It STORE IS BURNED DOWN.

It. II. s illegal Loses If, 500 in Blase

at DmmriuM : llulldnig In-iirrd.

Spocinl to The World.

DRUMRIOHT, okla., Dec. S. Ktre

of unknown origin destroyed the It.

H. BchlegsJ feed store In the north

part of the rlly early Monday morn

ing The blaze had gained consid

erable headway before discovered

and although the fire department

reached the scene In only a few min

utes, they could be of little serv

ice. It Is understood that the build

ing was insured, but only for a small

amount. The loss will aggregate

:,500.

(Continued on Page Twelve.)

9 ONLY I

1 14

M Buylnfl Days Till Q

y Xmas J;

2 5

B Read the Ads i

WASHINGTON, Dec v Al, ,. ;l

conference will Secretory MeAdoo

today, Chairman Kltchln of tin house

ways and means committee an-

IC6d thai the Democrats won:, I

pul through before the Christmas re

cess a bill to continue the emergency

war revenue law Which would expire

by limitation December .11. This la

estimated to raise more than Jsu.

C0O.0O0 annually.

Mr. Kite hii. said the repeal of the

tree BUgar clause of the rndervvood

taiiff law might lie considered at the

stiine time, although il has been un

derstood '.hat the administration's

general revenue measures might not

be taken up until alter the holidays,

The emergency tav; law probably

will be extended for a year. The

legislation was suggested by Secre

tary McAdoo as one of the things con

gn ss should do to provide for pres

ent and expected financial burdi ns,

There Is no necessity for immediate

nctlon to keep the duty on taw sugar,

as umb i the (JnderWOOd sugar

does not go on the free list until next

summer.

Presents for Mrs. Gait.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. A brace

let of Bnutllan jewels and a corsage

of rare tropical feathers came today

to Mrs. Norman Halt, the president's

fiancee, as wedding Kifta They were

brought by Dr. A. J. De Ollvcira

Hotciho of iiru7.il, first to arrive of

the delegates to the Pan-American

Scientific congress. Which meets here

December 27.

X 5 X

' 1000

' V M r A

AUTO ROAD

RACE

WHICH

sruro

WINS

1400 H

w

WINS

VN N

EveyMan In Tulsa A V Man

were among

suggestions.

the number

be taxed If 1

adopted nol

le i upected,

his request

force he point, d out thai exa mina

Hon of the pas) personal an i corpora

tion returns showed thai 83 per cam

, f thowi Inspected disclosed that ad

ditional tax .v.is due the government,

on the basis of the examinations, the

secretary says thai apparently mora

than 1,600,000 In persona! tax and

more than 120,891,000 m corporation

tax stin is due the government,

w bole-ab Evasions,

"Many inaccurate returns are

made," said the report, "some delib

erately and some Ignorantly, and

there are. without doubt, wholesale

I evasions of the law throughout tile

country, it is absolutely certain that

tin government Is losing through ia

ac, urate returns and evasions of the

law B sum many times greater than

the cost of the necessary field force

I to investigate and check the returns

and to bring to account those who un

failing to make returns as required

by law."

in keeping with his recent an

nouncement Mr McAdoo suggested

the present stamp tax and Ihe exist

ing duty on raw sugar should be re

tained In force and said again that

ho issue of bonds is necessarv either

j lo provide for current expenses or in

anticipation of added burdens inci

dent to a policy of military prepared

ness, AUSTRIANS REPORT

CAPTURE OF 2,000

BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville,

Dec V The capture of more than

two thousand prisoners, among whom

vile three hundred Montenegrins,

by the troops of lieneral von Ko. vess

is reported in today's official state

ment tn, m Austrian headquarters re

ceived h ire from Vienna, nighty

cannon. 1(0 ammunition cars. 40

automobiles and i onsldorable mater

ials were taken by the force operating

against the Serbians and Montene-

gl Ins.

The success of an Austrian attack

against a Montenegrin position north

of Berane in Montenegro is reported.

Albanians are participating on all

sides in engagements against ths

Serbians, the official statement de-

clares.

There were artillery engagements

on the isonso front yesteniay and In

creasingly violent atacka by Italian

Infantry. These latter, however,

either broke down under the Austrian

fire or if temporarily successful the

Italians soon were ejected from the

trenches they hoi reached, it is as

st rted.

The position of the acing automobile Indicates the progress of the

Tulsa . M. C. A. membership campaign, which started yesterday. There

wero more than eigi t hundred when the campaign opened and yesterday

more than a hundred were added. Today the racing oar will be ad Van ad

bt.fflek ntl) far tu indU-utQ how many mouthers wsrs secured the second day,

Modlf) Corporation Ruling

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. v -Th

Corporation commission has modified

one of the rules of the recent con

servation order concerning drilling of

oil wells in the case of R, M. McPar

lln, w 'ho is drilling in ths Pox pool.

Mr. McFarland represented to the

commission that the "mudding lnM

pro es.s in this particular case was

not satisfactory. He explained to th

commission that the mud fluid could

be used down to a thousand feet, and

then changed to the packing or

bradenhead process The commission

allowed this to be done in this case,

but the order is not of a general na

ture. Paintings to Government,

PARIS, Dec V A collection of

paintings an l other works of art be

longing to the lata M Edouard De-

tsillej the military painter, who died

In December, 1912, has been pre

sented to the government by th

exec dor of his i stats. The collec

tion will be divided between the army

museum mJ the gsugt am of Ver

sa: lb s.