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TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

I 0 1

TEN PAGE 8

PBICE FIVE CENT!

EI6HT STATEStf.M! wi?. F5htl.n.g f"r MARCH B;J SHOT

MIX ill BALLOT T ' ypEAYAreAaVictimsofDreadedDiseasell BULLETS

BATTLE TODAY

Woman Suffrage and Pro

hibition Principal Is

sues at Stake.

FOUR GOVERNORS

TO BE ELECTED

Campaigns Closed

Night. Both Sides (

Last

aim

ing Success,

EIGHT states, New York, Massachu

setts, Maryland, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio and

Mississippi, will hold elections today.

In four of these states, Massachu

setts, Maryland, Kentucky and Missis

sippi, governors are to be elected; In

nix states, New York, Massachusetts,

Mar.- ami, New Jersey, Kentucky and

Mississippi, the state legislatures, In

whole or in part, arc to be elected and

in five states, New York, Massachu

setts, Maryland and Pennsylvania and

Ohio, important constitutional Issues

are to be decided.

Republicans Confident,

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. I. Al

though somewhat overshadeweed

the keenly contested mayoralty cam

paign in this city and by tights for

local offices In some other seotlons "-f

the .state, much interest tias been

aroused throughout Pennsylvania in

the vote on woman suffrage amend

nient to the stale constitution at tO

Ilioi row s eleetton.

The suffragists have conducted a

spectacular campaign, Including a

tour of every one of the 87 counties

with a replica of die Libel ty Bell.

Women opposed to the suffrage

amendment also have oonducted a

Campaign and their leaders tonight

predicted the defeat of the measure

by 250,000. Leaders uf the suffrage

iause, while hopeful of victory, re

fuse to make any prediction's as to

the vote.

Th. Republican leaders expressed

confidence that their ticket, headed

by Thomas B. Smith, will be success

ful with from- 1 0O.oix, to ISSE.000

majority, while Independent leaders

deo'are Porter will win by -r.,(n'0.

Prohibition ill Stake.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. I. With

the issue ef statewide prohibition in

the forefr.onl the campaign In Ohio

Closed tonlghl With rallies and mass

meetings In many cities and towns,

Fair weather for election day was

promised and prediction was generally

made thai o norma v ote will be polled

tomorrow despite the fact that no

state ticket is to be elected.

lioth Bides Confident.

BALTIMORE, Nov, 1. The legis

lature to be chosen al tomorrow's

election in Maryland win be naked to

pass upon statewide prohibition.

The Antl-8aloon letfgue, led by, nr.

Thomas M. Hare, believes that the

vigorous campaign for temperance

just closed win secure enough votes

to insure the enactment of the meas

ure, which suffered defeat in the two

preceding general assemblies, it pro

vides for the submission of the ques

tion to the electorate. Woman suf

frage also was an Issue although not

aggressively pushed and the next

legie'ature will be asked to submit the

question to the voters.

Indications point to a heavy vote

tomorrow and many political wls

n . res predict a close election, The

Ilomocrats are claiming the election

of Elmers n C. Harrington, their can

didate for gov u nor, ami the entire

state ticket and a good working ma

jority in the legislature. Ti.c Repub

licans express confidence in the elec

tion of Ovlngton K. Welbr as gov

ernor and look for an Increased rep

resentation of their parly in the legts

lat ure.

on, a,, Bnffrace.

BOSTON, Nov. 1, Overshadowing

In popular Interest the election of n

governor and legislature, is the issue

also to he determined at the polls to

morrow of whether Massachusetts

will enfranchise Its one million

aromen cittsens of voting ok?.

Credit for the c roused public' seiitl

ment Is due to tWO nets of women who

have1 conducted the most remarkable

campaigns ev er waged in tha state for

or against a constitutional amend

ment Chjualh the vote on amend

mentg falls far below that cast for

the head of tha ticket bec ause of In

difference or the failure of many

vot rs to grasp the Import of the

question voted, on the mnttcr of

WVntan suffrage, however, it Is gen

erally agreed that the vote will ho a

heavy one for the women have seen

to It that the women were enlight

ened on e very phase of the subject.

Leaders of both sides await the out

Come with serenity. The suffragists

declined tonight to give figures on the

victory they expect The opposition

claimed n majority of one hundred

thousand.

t

i ologMc Editor Mrs

CI 'LOONK, Nov. 1, (Hv wireless to

Bay Villa.) Or. Josef Neven du Mont,

proprietor of the Cologne rjazottp.

iled today as the result of an seal-

'lent. He was 69 years old.

i bi i .-'

. xsneatPBESiBsr r s j i. v - -aer :-r I iavl

(j Sfli Mississippi State Board of Health Establishes. Cause of Plaguo; Un

S' liiii ""I'isiiin,,-,! linn, ,n I-. I !.-, ni 1 : TIiom Who Took Teal Were Not

Allowed .Miiu. moai or aggn

COME INTO U. S.

Germans Yesterday Occu

pied l L'tffUj e ;it. Arse

nal 'Town of Serbia.

J

SERBS INFLICT BIG

LOSSES ON TEUTONS

U'KHON, Miss

announced the r

with a pellagra

the Itankln stati

ml) of expt i Intents

lonvlcl farm by !,".

Rumania Is I te omine Rest

less and 'Talk of Inter

vention Is Heard.

JSAMUSL

Mf CALL

In four of the eight states holding elections today, governors wl

elected. Those four states are Massachusetts, Maryland. Kentucky

Mississippi. The contests in Maryland and Massachusetts promise to

close, in t it - latter state Governor David t. Walsh is up for re-elect

limning against Samuel w. Mc 'all, the Republican candidate; Nelson

Clark, Progressive; William Shaw, Prohibitionist; Walter s. Hutch Ins,

ciaiist, ami Peter O'Rourke, Boclallst-Labor.

Ovlngton B, Queller is the Republican candidate1 to sucoeed Cover

Qoldaborough, Republican, und Ifimerson C. Harrington is running to

Democratic ticket.

be

ami

be

ion.

li.

nor

t he

ntoDEB, mmm .mekican bandit

POLITICIAN, DIES DIVULGES PLANS

Acute Kidney Trouble Manner of Eliding Muni-

Caused Sudden Death at

His New York Home.

tions and "Escape Rafts1

Told in a Confession.

WAS GERMAN EDITOR "GUNS IN GRAVES"

Once Mentioned for Vice-Civil -Authorities Believi

Presidency; Publisher

of Catholic News.

iani- Broken dp; Many

Are Arrested.

Ni:u York, Nov. 1. Herman

Kidder, treasurer of the Demo

cratic national committee and pub

lisher of the New Yorker Siaats Zel

tung, died suddenly late today at his

home In this city.

Kidder's death was kidney trouble

in an acute form. lie had been 111

about ten months and for two weeks

past his condition had been critical.

He was In his sixty-fifth year.

Members of his family were sum

moned to the bedside late today when

it was seen that he could last but lit

tle longer,

Among a large number of promt

rent German-American citizens of the

United States Herman Kidder was one

of the most conspicuous figures In ttie

newspaper publishing business and In

politics. llis associates in tile pub

lishing business had honored him at

no time with tin' preladency of the

American Newspaper association and

for many years he held high offices

in the Associated Press as treasurer

(Continued on I'age Two.)

THACKER SUCCEEDS

LATE JUDGE BROWN

B

tOWNSVILLE, Texas. Nov. 1.

An Interesting sidelight as to the

operations of Mexican bandits is said

to have been disclosed by a .Mexican

arreated Sunday by military authori

ties. This Mexican, who is alleged

to have been a member of (he band

that wracked a train north of Browns

ville October 11, took American sol

dlers to a point on the bank of the

Klo Orande about ten miles above

Brownsville and revealed a sunken

raft large enough to transport thirty

men across the river. The raft w is

Weighted down under the water. By

Cutting a cord it was release and

lame to the surface.

The same man also revealed buried

111 the ground near the lank of the

river about a dozen rifles. The b id

been protected by placing boards on

top and beneath them, but when dug

l'p were badly rusted. .Some ammuni

tion also was found in the same place,

reared I 'or Their Lives,

This Mexican was arrested by sol

diers with anot lo r on the information

of third Mexican. They wen. en

countered on the road by soldiers who

Continued on Page Two.)

Governor Williams Names Sucrctwor

From smile Town; Thacker's

Successor Is m Known.

NOT

OFFICI M.I.V

INFORM! I)

Will

Special In The World.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 1. Gov

ernor Williams this evening an

nounced the appointment of Judge C.

H, Thacker of Man gum to sucoeed the

lata .lustb-e a. Brown, of the mi

preme court. Justice Urown died on

Monday of last week suddenly In his

office Judge Tha. k r has for some

montu been, a mentrber of the su

preme court commission. It has cen

c one. d d by his friends for several

day that Judge Thacker would be

appointed to the place, lioth Judge!

Brown and Tli.o ker lived at Man

gum. Governor Williams has not wild

who would succeed Judge Thacker

of tha supreme court commission.

However, Believe Great itriiaiu

soon Recognise Carransa.

LONDON. Nov. 1. The British

government has not yet be.-n offi

cially notified of the recognition of

the Carransa government in Mexico

by the United States, but It Is ex

pected that British acknowledgment

will follow Washington's bad. Mean

while It Is unlikely that any steps

will be taken in regard to the report

that General Carranza refuses to

recognize the United States as un

Intermediary for other powers.

A question, the purport of which

Is as yet unknown, with regard to

General Carranza, Is expected to ho

asked in the house of commons to

morrow, when the foreign office may

givo some detulls of British policy

Howard Mexico.

IONDON, Nov. 1. til) p, in )

'! lie Germans have occupied Kra

guyavats, the arsenal town of Serbia,

while their Bulgarian allies arc push

ing their way through ihe mountains

to Nish. S, i Ina's war capital.

Prom all sides the Germans, Aus-

trians ami Bulgarians are slowly clos

ing in on the Serbian armies, the po

sition of which grows graver daily.

They are fighting fiercely, however,

to save then oOUntT) and have n-

flicted such losses ,,n Field Marshal

von Mackenaen'S force that he has

been compelled to send for reinforce

ments and leave the more serious

work of invading the eastern and

Southern part Of the country to Ihe

Bulgarians who have u Je experience

lu mountain wart'Jriptlluch as the

Serbia tis i re vv ulng.

Prom the unction of the Danube

and Tlmok rivers In tile northeast to

Uskup in the south the Bulgarians

are moving westward driving lb"

Serbians out of the towns Into the

mount. tins, but from UskUp southward

the) have been checked as the Serb

ians in that territory have been re

inforced by the Prench ami British

wit'i modern guns and with gunners

who gained Valuable experience in

Prance and Galllpoll,

Rumania Restless,

Beyond the forces landed at Salon-

ikl, which German estimates place

at seventy thousand men, I here Is no

news of farther assistance being scnl

by the allies to Serbia,

Russian transports have been re

ported off Varna but the report lacks

confirmation, There is, however, evi

dence in dispatches from Bucharest

that the people of Rumania desire In

tervention and that pressure is being

brought on the king and cabinet to

induce them to join fhe alii' I and per

mit a Russian folic to pass through

Rumanian t rrltory and attack Bul

garia iroin the east. Greece continues

her friend ly neutrality.

The Germans having failed in two

months of almost Incessant attacks to

reach Riga and livinsk by various

routes are now trying along the rail

way which skirls the shores of the

gulf of Riga from Tukum anil have,

according to their reports, reached a

point vvest of schlok, This is a very

slight advance and much low ground

over which it is difficult to move, In s

between them and their objective.

Russians on Offensive.

In the I iv insk .sector both to the

west and southwest of that city I he

Russians have begun an offensive, ap

parently in anticipation ,,f renewed

attacks by the Germans and they are

also on the move In the lake district

i asi of the Dvinsk-Vllna railway and

In Volhynlu and Galleia. The result

of these Various battles has not Icon

disclosed, if indeed they are concluded.

Those at the southern end of the line

are doubtless designed to prevent the

Germans ami Austrians from scndlm

reinforcements to Serbia,

in France the battle for the Butte

lie Tahure, Which the Germans recap

tured from the French, is Still in prog

ress without changing the positions

of the two armies. There has been

some fighting at other points in tin1

West What the attacks on the front

have cost Is shown by a report Issued

by Field Marshal Sir John Fren, h

tonight. He says that the published

list of the German casualties disclose

that seven German battalions which

took part In the LaOOl fight in-' pre

sumably a German counter-attack-

lost eighty pc r - ent of their strength.

DETROIT MAY BUY

STREET RAILWAY

Vole on Municipal Ownership

Transportation Uneai Parehaee

Price Not NaaMML

of

14,323

the

was the daily average circulation of The World for last month

fastest growing newspaper In Oklahoma.

Our motto "He Who Serves IJest Profits Most." Wise adver

tisers can profit most with our service.

ONLY MEMBER IN TULSA Or

AUDIT BUREAUOFCIRCULATIONS

WHO GUARANTEE OUR STATEMENTS.

DETROIT. Mich., Nov, 1. Detroit

voters will decide tomorrow whether

tho city shall immediately lake over

tlio owik rshlp and operation of it.

street railway system. The citizens

having voted in favor of municipal

ownership are now to vote on a pur

chaso plan agreed upon by tho De

troit I lilted railway, which controls

all city lines, and by tho city street

railway commission. The plan pro

vides that the purchase price shall

bo determined by the six circuit

Judges of this county after tho elec

tion Is held, and that the price named

Snail bo paid to the company out of

the earnings of tho lines during a

certain number of years. There has

been much concerted opposition to

the proposal on the ground that It is

a "blank check" proposition, wliil

the element favoring It has argued

that It Is not only a good business

arrangement but provides a way to

end a municipal ownership contro

versy which has raged In Detroit fov

years.

.stab s public b, . iltli service The

produced bj unba la net d ration

The experiment was begun Feforu"

an i.".. mi.., with U prisoners, each

of whom was promised a pardon if

be WOUld Strlctlj follow the did Doc-

i..r Goldberg, r prescribed. The diet

excluded milk, fnsh lean meat, eggs,

peas and beans, a diagnosis con

ducted today hv Doctor Goldberger

ami four Jackson physicians showed,

it was said, that b i of ihe prisoners

In the squad have pollagru In a pro

not. need form and Hut two others

show symptoms uggestlve or ihe ,ils

ease, The prisoners who iuve devel

oped pellngra Immcdlatclj will be

placed under ruratlvi treatment with

a balanced ration

Governor Brewer todaj Issued par

dons to ii members of the pellagra

I quad, the t welii b loan h i v inc. been

released a few months ago owing to a

physical breakdown, in is..uiiig the

pardons, the govrr told the pris

oners lhe wen' tree to leave the con

v ii i farm If t hcj desired, but he urged

urn to remain Severn I weeks ami

First Day's Rattle at Agua

Prieta Sends Volleys

Across Border,

nursed back to health If lb' I I con

victs who won their freedom bj sub-

HillflflM ,., l. I I , .1 .1 l,,.f,r..l-'s lest

seven were serving life sentences

ix foi murder and one or criminal

tool leu V e.ll s in i"

BUT U. S. SOLDIERS

DID NOT OPEN FIRE

assault one had ten

serve fr manslaughter and

others BbOUl five veals each foi

nezzienieni.

twi

I'M,

,l

Villistas Beach Wire En

tanglemenl ; Fighting

Stopped at Dark.

AMERICAN SHIP IS VILLA SAYS HE WILL

SEIZED BY BRITISH, KILL ALL AMERICANS

Steamer

lockini

Taken Angered at Carranza 8 Rec-

Into Halifax and De

tained as a Prize,

ognition I le Threatens

Foreigners.

PROTEST IS FILED WILL FIGHT U. S. TOO

State Depart!

nt

Will If Necessary Will Fighl

Start an investigation ;

Crew All American.

NEW Vi IRK, Nov. I A protest

against the seizure of the Amer

ican steamer HockHng by a British

man of war which carried her With a

prize crew aboard Into Halifax, was

lodged today will' BOCTetar) of Stale

Lansing by Richard g. Wagner, pres

Ident of the American Trans-Atlantic

Steamship company, the HoekingB

owners.

"just advised that our steamship

Hooking, while en route in ballast to

Norfolk, 'a , to load coal Tor the Ar

gentine, under charter to William It.

Grace Co., was captured b a Brll

Ish cruiser and is now in Halifax,"

reads Mr, Wagner's telegram to Sec

retary Lansing'. "We know Of no

cans, for this sctSUN and ask that

you file protest and request the ai-

leged reason for the .seizure."

Barller In the day Mr Wagner re

ceived a telegram from Captain HSibre

of the Hocking advising him of tho

seizure. Mr. Wagner si nt a reply re

questing the captain to n port b) b le

graph the exact time and place of the

Bot

larranza and This

Country.

(,,,,,!

Two.)

IMPORTANT SPEECH

BY ASQUITH TODAY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. -After

consultation today between Ihe

While House and war department il

was decided that the orders given to

American troops on the border last

M iv lo return any fire from Mexi

can territory that endangered lives on

Hie American lade of the line would

be effective in the present situation

at Douglas,

Should bullets continuously fall Into

Vrlsona and Jeopardise the safety of

American residents, American troops.

Without further reference to Wash

ington, are to she ll that faction which

in responsible for the firing Into

American territory.

.Major General Kunston was on his

Way i" I lunulas tonight to take per

sonal comm. ind of the situation.

Prom Alpine, Texas, and Marfa,

Texas, today as he Journeyed west

ward in relayed to laogetary Garri

son i In- following reports on the sit

uation: "Following from Colonel Slocum,

, i lontinued lU I 'age Two. )

KING GEORGE BACK

AFTER SLIGHT HURT

DU g las, .riz Nov. 1, What ap

peared to ba a general attack on

Agua Prieta began at 'i::tu o'clock to-

Uigbt when the Villa forces began a

heavy firing from all sides and ad

vance, I on the town.

The firing ceased when the Villa

troopa had reached the wire entail

glementa on ihe east side of Agua

PrlatS and began to dig themselves ill.

Meanwhile the L'arran.a garrison

was sweeping from all sides of tho

town with rifle and machine gun V al

leys, guided by seal chllghts. Al

though it is believed the volleys Went

ever Ihe heads of tho Villa forces,

In i is rang out In tho Carranza

trenches us every VOllay was find.

OlM) ,s, rii,i,sl.v Wounded.

Within two hours after the first

gun was fired machine gun bullets

und shell fragments showered over

American territory, seriously wound

ing Louis Taylor, u restaurant

waiter, and endangering scores of

American soldiers in trenches so.'itlt

of Ihe United Stales army cauii) 'wo

miles east of Doug-'as.

Taylor was shot down In front of

the l ulled States custom house Vheru

more I ha, i seventy machine gun hul

lots I'd among a throng of soldier:,

and Mexican women and children who

were coming across tho line. The

hull, t struck him In the middle of the.

ba, I, us be turned to run to cover, and

bis spine was seriously injured, par-

ulyzln i him almost completely', Shells

and fragments of shells fell near tho

Douglas slaughter house of the city.

Gen. Thomas Davis, Commanding

the si thousand American troops on

duty al the bonier, promptly warned

tin commanders of both Mexican fac

tious to change the direction or thel

In. .mil eitlzcns on the American side

were no) sndangered thereafter.

on the Mexican side losses could not

be ascertained up to nightfall which

brought a lull In Ihe combat, but Villa

artillery, firing successive salvos,

played on the defenses of the Mexicans

with tlii' apparent intention of shat

tering ihe barbed wire entanglements

and exploding the trenches pre pars

ton to a rush on the garrison of Gen

eral 'alios.

fiosses i Heavy,

Three houses on the wet side of

Agua Prieta were blown up i.v hi:s

and, ac' ording to t'nrran -. report,

"he man was killed and , .. hi ,.thM

Public May Be tat in on Inside To

day; Premier's Political Future

Depend-, on III-- i lion.

LONDON, Nov. i. (8:80 p, m.)

There has Inn a notable decrease in

the political discussions and the at

tacks "il the government in the past

few days. Equally noticeable h is

laen the growth of optimism regard

ing the success of Lord Derby's re

cruiting S' ll. Hie

Premier Asquith's speech in the

house of commons tomorrow, unb s-'

expectations are disappointed, will l,r

one of the most important events re

lating to Great Britain's conduct of

the war. Some of me newspapers go

so far as to siy the premier s political

future depends on how he acquits

himself at this eventful moment.

LONDON, Nov. 1. (8:30 p. m.)

King George, who was injured last

week by being thrown from his horse

while reviewing troops in the field,

returned to Loudon this evening

The king arrived at Buckingham

palace at 7:no o'clock. Although

inn. h fatigued bv the journey, his

condition was officially reported as

satisfactory.

The king reached Victoria station

by special train. Great precautions

were taken to insure prlvaey, the

in 'tir put of Ihe station being

closed, The public exit also was

oos' , I,,,) the elaborate nature of the

measures defeated their purpose as

they attracted a large crowd, which

lined all tin- approaches to a consid

erable distance and loudly cheered

when the king's motor ear appeared,

followed by several others containing

members of his suite.

persons wounded, including

man.

one of Villa's wounded was

to noughts for treatment. Twi

Were seen to fall when a s

slo ll hurst over them. o,,

on one of his field pic ,-s, puti

gun out of action.

wo-

i ought

. ahert

Sold As Slave

Ardmore Fire

Fatal fo Him

Flection Bulletins Tonight

rk.

1 " 1 j Mil 1 11 i. 1 . r

I'jeeiions win oe aeiQ loaay in wew i"

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio,

Kentucky, Mississippi and New Jersey, to elect

members ol the Legislature and governors.

a in I

vote on Drohibition and sufffrasre. The results

will be watched with keen interest 00 account of

their bearing on the coming national election,

The World has arranged to receive detailed

returns from all of the states mentioned, over its

Associated Preflfl leased wile. The hulletins will

be megaphoned from The World building on

Fourth street as la.-t as they are received. This

service will begin at 7::'() o'clock and the puBlie

is cordi ill I it ited to be present.

Special to Th World.

AJtDMORB, No

Turner of St. I,,,is.

Mates minister to I.

this morning from in

the oil tank explos

Turner, 7 years ol

negro to enter the

Ol the United Stat. -to

the I. Iberian post

born on a plaotatio

county, Missouri, an

sold on the eourthi

Louis for $50.

When appointed

the rank of In

army and oaSfltnodor

was his boast that I

with King Kd.v u

I'ntaln and K

many. Turner t

negro school in

Ottjf In lHtiH. In

done much to in i

of negroes in 1 1

ST. Louta Mil ii loxvEn ioa

.1 Milton

rlv I'nited

died hfru

received In

month ago,

a the first

Uc corps

, appointed

U) He win

, St. Charlca

n a boy was

steps In St.

ter he ha 1

-. nil In the

n.ivy. H

t friendship

U I of Great

helm of er

I the first

m i In Kai "as

vears he had

condition

, e l A rommi

,1 here toda.

Coniinitnv ,,f IIHI Named

lli: anipain lor I200.000

ST. I.ot IS.

of IN w i

conduct the .

or both of

ventiotis foi

This com mi

buainess t

fort to en ;

by Nov. n

Is to be i

tMsBVentlon ur

Clat.c

' 1

:tee

real national

Louis next

will canvass

f the city in in

,. a fund of I-'1

,3. Half "f ',''

d for the L

half for tho I'

.u

' .10,

mo