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OKLAHOMA CITT
HISTORICAL SOClETt
The Daily Transcript
VOLUME V.
Carrying the Full United Press Telegraphic Report.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1918
NUMBER 212.
Will Germany Raid Switzerland, as Belgium?—'Scraps of Paper'
AMERICANS-GERMANS
CLASH IN FRANCE
By J. W. PEGLER,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
bulletin
With (he American Armies in
France, Feb. 12.—(Delayed).—
American artillery triumphed
over the Germans in the gun duel
which began with yesterday's
blood-red sunset and continued
until today's dawn.
It is not yet permissible to an-
nounce the object of the American
tiring, bi.t the bombardment en-
tirely accomplished its purpose.
Attention, Mechanics
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 13.—After Belgium—is Switzer-,
The government, through the Ship- tum next?
ping Board, has appealed to the me- Hindenburg is massing troops against the French right Hank!
chanics of the country to volunteer in wj^ Vast stores of ammunition and many guns. The people here!
(the one pressing need to win the war are asking whether the treaty of 1815 will be the next "scrap of j
AMERICAN FORCES ENGLAND STRIPPED
ALONG RIVER RHINE AMERICA MUST SUPPLY
-the building of ships.
As the Shipping Board
By J. W. T. MASON, [ />'.v < nil,-J Press.
(Written for the United Press) i Washington, Feb. 13.—With Eng-
New York, Feb. 13.—America's s land's import business "stripped to.
ould | rapidly growing army along the Al- the skin, America must at least
Lorraine border is responsible j take ofi its coat."
In an exclusive interview with the
United Press, Prof. E. F. Gay, of
Harvard, newly appointed govern-
ment ship tonnage expert, thus warn-
"the conception of necessities will
quested the United States to give -is |' « but little space for anything but
surances that Swiss neutrality would j war materials.
not be violated by General Pershing's] "And as for the people," he said,
forces. The United States replied I "the conception of necessities will
that if Germany and Switzerland, as i change greatly as the war goes on."
; Klcctricians
All night long the sky flickered and
flared, as gun flashes danced like
will-o'-the-wisp up and down the
horizon.
No Man's Land was continuously al-
most as light as day with myriads of
star shells and green, orange, yellow
and red rockets shooting up from the
Boche trenches in anticipation of an
infantry onslaught.
There was little infantry action dur-
ing the night and today. There was j i hippers and i aik.
routine patrolling and snipping, but I Kk-ctricat worker
no clashes.
Unusually good visibility prevailing
today brought out numerous allied
and enemy airplanes. The sky was
periodically broken out with lback
and white shell puffs.
An Omaha reserve lieutenant dined
comfortably at the officers club to-
night after a narrow escape from
death or capture during a daylight
bombing raid over the Metz indsutrial
region.
The Omaha officer and numerous
other Americans, flying with a French
squadron, encountered stiff opposition
from enemy airplanes.
The Nebraska!! turned his machine
on a Boche who returned the fire.
The Nebraskan machine was literally
riddled and its gas tank was punctur-
ed. But he dropped his bombs and re-
turned to his own lines.
"1 think I'm going to like this
bombing game," he said, then asking
for a second helping of ice cream.
paper.
Germans in Zurich are openly boasting that Ludendorff c
"whether or not we produce adequate smash the Swiss army in 48 hours
| supplies for our troops in France and Thg prussjans while gorging themselves Oil little republics, j for Germany's heavy concentration of
for our Allies is a secondary question th oc' y lhig city thc firgt daV- They declare Swit- : troops near the Swiss frontier describ-
es long as we lack sufficient ships to zerl*nd.sJ, 500 machine guns, 16 six-inch cannon, 80 batteries ot>d in William Philip Simms' dispatch
carry what we have across the At- ^hree-inch field guns and small stock of ammunition is insufficient to the United Press.
' lantic. 'to cause much trouble i The Swiss government recently re-
, This week the Shipping Board is . h Qn, ]0() 000 troopfl under co]ors an(i (hat
enrolling one-quarter million skilled > J (){)0 are on the German border, which could be
mechanics for shipyard serv.ee on de- , • entcred before the remainder of the Swiss
mand. They are to be called the yy. .... ,
United States Shipyard Volunteers. could be mobilized. <u|i,„h tr> i« that if
The types of skilled workmen want- ,T1\e Consensus of opinion ot people 1 hlU t01^hat if
Hindenburg does not attempt to cross Swit/ieiland in an ettoit to
turn the French flank, it will be because he considers it strategic-
ally unwise. . <
I am told the Germans have planned the invasion to the last
detail; even skeleton governments for the cantons (Swiss states)
exists.
At the trial of a number of suspected spies at Vevey docu-
ments placed in evidence named a certain tailor as the mayor of a
town upon Prussian occupation.
Today Switzerland is struggling valiantly not only to maintain
its neutrality but for independence itself.
German agents are threatening the staunch republic with
revolution, hoping the revolution will spread into Italy and France.
The Prussians boast the German people are better disciplined than
the rest of the world; that if revolutionary doctrines are scattered
broadcast, other nations will succumb while Germany will remain
SCS\vitzerland is swarming with the agents of the Prussian war |"hich •* any way comn.en.u-
party nicrMiasino* th(. miestion of What the Russian Bolsheviki | rate with Germany s heavy casualties.
mov
Italy
declai eel. J safeguard the Rhine from American
A great revolutionary wave, coming tiom the Orient ana .
. . * • i- * a i* £ fu„ \ino occupation. Von Hindenburg is in the
crossing Germany, is now swirling at the loot of the Alps. Con- knowing
ceiled, methodic, internationalist agitations are growing in our ™le £££\of not *n0* ™
cities These tend to provoke by violence a revolution which from khmtel> whethe' Central u-shim,
cities, iiigdc iciiu i" f ' . , • „ „ i really intends making a drive close to
Switzerland would gain neighboring countries. Switzerland The
The Dacer is one of the most substantial in Europe. The warn- f'.\ . t t ,, .,
megapel w unc ,,i a,,, nnoi 4- 11T ' of the ? rench front centers at present terials.
ing was Pron}Pted hy sensational developments ot the past at Xrivay which is 150 miles nol.th „That.8 why , gay Entflam, has
'WC Labor "roubles^are increasing. Purely political strikes have|of tht' Swiss border if General Persh- stripped to the skin-and America
Others are brewing. 1 am told they are all nioves f<)rwar^ from x'vray hl* n' st ilt least shed her coat," he said.
objective will probably be Metz and, "We hear frequent complaints that
Rhine at all. The fall of there is profiteering in Great Britain.
ed are:
Acetylene welders,
Electrical welders,
Asbestos workers,
Blacksmiths,
Anglesmiths,
Drop forge men.
Flange turners,
Furnace men,
Boilermakers,
Riveter!,
Reamers,
Carpenters
Ship carpenters,
Pock builders.
Foundry workers,
!.al orers,
Loftsmcn,
Template makers, *
Machinists and ma-
chine hands,
Painters,
Plumbers,
Pipe fitters.
Sheet metal workers,
Coppersmiths,
Ship fitters.
Structural iron work-
ers,
Erectors,
Bolters up,
Ccmenters,
Crane operators,
Shipyard volunteers are assured a
generous wage from the day they
enter the shipyard.
In Norman, apply at the postoffice,
or at the Transcript-Enterprise of-
fice.
bulletin
well, respected the neutrality of Swiss
territory, so would America.
This plain intimation of that the
plain of hostilities might overwhelm
Switzerland has since been followed
by the increasing dispatch of German
troops to this region. It is there that
the allies front most nearly ap-
proaches the Rhine, which is about
fifteen miles distant.
If Von Hindenburg orders an of-
fensive near the Swiss frontier, his
sole objective would be to try to force
back the allies line before General
Pershing is fully prepared to strike.
Apart from this, there is nothing that
could result from such an offensive.
Following announcement that the
government has determined to re-
strict imports, Gay has been at work
with shipping and business experts
developing recommendations for lim-
ited imports under license. To thous-
ands of letters from firms throughout
the country anxious to know if they
will be permitted to import materials
needed in their business Gay gave
a blanket answer today.
"This country must understand," he
said, "that there will be room only
for VITAL needs. 'Necessary' isn't a
strong enough word. We will take
every means possible to avoid unex-
pected upsets to business, but no lists,
of materials for which licenses will
not be issued can be announced, as
too flexi-
arty Discussing the question of what the Russian Bolsheviki | ra * w.th .ermanys heavy casualties, not be issued can be annou,
love merit could have hoped to accomplish in Switzerland, France,! u " a nsky proceeding fo, conditions will altogether t
£y England and even America the celebrated Journal De Geneve Hmdenburg to take the ,m .ative ble
taij, j-mgiauu near the Swiss area, even to try to England, he said, is pla
STANLEY OF KANSAS
MAY BE LIBRARIAN
By ' nited Press.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 13.—With the
hour approaching when the Republi-
can national committee will choose a
chairman, opinion in the Planters ho-
tel lobby had erystalized today on
these points:
—John T. Adams of Iowa has
probably the largest number of votes
for the first ballot, but cannot be
elected.
2—Will H. Hays of Indiana is a
close second to Adams in the number
of pledged votes and is a good bet-j
ting proposition for the chairmanship.
3—Some compromise candidate
may appear after the first ballot and
•win.
Senator Penrose has definitely
aligned himself with the Hays forces,
the Hays leaders claimed. They have
known this, they say since Sunday,
but have kept it in reserve.
Frank Hitchcock, the leading ex-
ponent of a compromise candidate!
was so very busy this morning that
he dropped his usual affable manner.
The outstanding issue was a battle
royal with the Adams forces fight-
ing desperately, their backs to the
wall.
Washington, Feb. 13—Rumania
has ignored Germany's 21 hour
ultimatum to "conclude immedi-
ate peace."
According to a message flashed
by wireless from Jasey to Salon-
ika and relayed by cable today to
Dr. C'onstantin Angolasca, Ru-
mania has "disdainfully ignored"
Germany's threat and "will sur-
vive or perish with the allied
ca use."
With Teuton divisions on one
side and the Bolsheviki on the
other and many miles away from
a friendly force, King Ferdinand's
plucky nation is fighting harder
than ever before, according to
official dispatches received here
today.
playing the
game on the square. Before the war
her imports amounted to 54,000,000
tons a year. In 1916 they were cut to
43,000,000 tons and this year they
will be further cut to 26,000,000—and
American section consist almost entirely of war ma-
already occurred. _ _ . •
inspired by "foreigners not belonging to allied countries. , 'not th
The latest menace came from the radical laborites, foreign led,
Metz would be brought appreciably
in the shape of an ultimatum to the government, demanding with- jf Von Himje ha<J
drawal of certain war measures, immediate release and indemn fi- (.aus(i<| hjs r(,serves l0 be
cation of deserters who are forced to work and complete demobili- slaU)?hterc(1 jn ugeless off(,nsivt.s to
1 zation of theaimy by May 1. save the Rhine, at a point far from
The lnhorifps declared that if within 48 hours atter the ulti- . *
1 ne lauoiitcs ueiidieu umt n ,, , the main American position.
matum was ratified by labor unions and socialists, the teims were .
unheeded, a general strike would be called.
The best element of labor is generally against the ultimatum
but German agitators, aiming at a revolution, are busy day and
night. . .
Meantime, German troops are gathering near the Swiss bor-
der. All true Swiss are crying a warning, demanding:
"'What is the connection between the menace ot a Swiss revo-
lution and Hindenburg's offensive?"
(Copyrighted 1918 by the United Press.)
Rumanian troops, the cable said,
have crossed the river Pruth and now
occupy the entire Russian province of
Bessarabia, which recently declared
its independence. Bolsheviki troops
have been defeated in several pitched
battles and have withdrawn from the
province whic is now being ruled by a
provisional government.
On force of 300,000 Russians, , ,,
formerly under command of General ^en, stationed at oit . e>ei, a.
Tcherbatchoff, have been driven
across the Dniester where they were
There may be individual cases there
as in every other country—but they
are isolated cases.
"It is complained that England is
exporting luxuries, such as clothes.
But she must make effort to main-
German troops near Switzerland | tain a trade balance for if English
credit goes the allies are gone. So the
English are exporting goods which
take up the smallest tonnage possible
and yet net the largest financial re-
turn."
Just how much imports must be
cut has not yet been determined. The
percent
are keeping the Swiss uneasy, but
they are being kept far more uneasy
themselves by the secrecy which is
successfully veiling General Persh-
ing's forthcoming offensive.
Lieut. March Injured
Bv ' nitcd Press.
Ft. Worth, Feb. 13.—Mrs. John
Milliken, wife of Captain John Milli-
tfirive
by
thrift'
ciyWar
Saving
Stamps
I was on her way from W ashington to-
day to be near her brother, Lieut.
i l ... ' ,. Pevton C. March Jr., who was seri-
aisarmed by the Ukrainians, the dis- rc . '
patch declared.
ously injured, when his airplane
By I nited Press.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The Ameri-;
can behind the fighting lines not only
has billions for Liberty loans, Red
Behind the decision of Rumania, "ashed t0 earth here late yesterday. Cross and othel. war relief, hut is
THE WEATHER
Norman and Vicinity: Fair
and somewhat warmer tonight
with minimum temperature 44
to 50 degrees. Cloudy weath-
er Thursday.
Rocky River Floods
military critics see that promise of
Word that the injured man's sister
pouring his loose change liberally in-
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an entente offensive in the Balkans.; left Washington last night reac et tQ war savjngs stamps. The fund has
1 here today.
Lieutenant March arrived at Hicks
; passed the $50,000,000 mark and is
j now averaging $11,000,000 a week.
-All kinds of remnants, consisting
machine fell a thousand I of bleached muslins, ginghams and
Without assurances of co-operation
from the Salonika forces, Rumania „ , . ,
would hardly be in a position to with- ^e'c' nea! 'lele I0'ri as ln^ton on j
stand a Teuton drive. On the other j yesterday and had not yet been as-1
hand, withdrawal of any of the 45 di- • sigriecl. His .
. /, • . feet while he was attempting a spin- percales. I hey are going cheap at
\iSions now concentrated against the , „ ,
] ning nose dive, fracturing the avia- : Kucker s.
tor's skull and demolishing the ma-
chine.
Lieutenant March was 20 years old
and was the son of Major General
March. He was one of the national
capital's leading athletes, having
pitched for a Washington high school
Rumanian front, would leaVe an open-
ing in the line through which King
Ferdinand's forces might threaten
Bulgaria on the north.
Sunday Disgusted
By I ntied I'ress.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 13.—Buildings
were tumbled into Lake Erie, sum-
mer homes were submerged to a
depth of several feet and families
w< re forced to flee when ice gorges
in the Rock river here let go. The
water rov to ten feet in less tiian
one hour. Early today the water re-
cede.! several feet and it was be-
li" I 'nited I'ress.
What tactics the Adams men would
adopt, remained a problem. William Washington, Feb. 13.—Billy Sun- team and was one of the star athletes
A. Rodenberg, bearing the Iowan (jay ]las placed Washington in the at St. Albans college, Washington,
proxie, and who has been classed as bush league class on the revival cir- D. C.
an Adams man, said that the Adams cujt- He says that only Omaha has a Immediately after the accident Lieu-
forces would caucus at noon. worse batting average in saving souls tenant March was taken to the base
They are considering the with- all(j contributing cash during a taber- hospital where it was stated he had
drawal of Adams," he said, "in favor
of a compromise candidate. Adams
suggests Fred Sterling of Illinois.
Jacob Babler of Missouri is mention-
nacle campaign.
With only a few more days of the
Washington campaign to run, the
but slight chance of recovery.
j v . j o. , , ,r committee is $16,000 shy of enough
ed, but Fred Stanley of Kansas seems , . , ,
.. . , ... cash to pay expenses and several
the most likely compromise." i . ,
1 thousands sbv of the usual number
Standing against this plan was the , . ., . ... , ... .,
, . , , ,, of trail hitters brought down the saw-
claim of the anti-Adams men that
Adams cannot deliver his own vote
after withdrawing.
— Don't fail to read that ad in
issue. It refers to Ladies Skirts at a
lower price than cost ot material at
Rucker's.
—Norman Lodge No. 38, A. F & A. lieved further danger of floods was
M. had a pleasant meeting last night over. An island in Rocky river was
and "raised" O. K. Garrettson to the entirely submerged.
Master Mason degree. Mr. Garrett- At Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio,
son expects to go into the army soon, Wheeling and Huntington, W. Va.,
and desired to take the degrees be- and Fort Wayne, Ind., it was believed,
fore doing so. His home is at Quinton, flood danger was past. These points
Okla. reported the river receding or at nor-
mal stage.
—The "Trench and Camp" soldier
paper published at Camp Travis, tells ' Hy ( nited Press.
of the singing activities of Battery Toledo, O., Feb. 13. With the ice
F, 345th Artillery, and notes that J. breaking up in the Maumee river
D. Womack is a prominent member at,ov'e here, Toledo was facing danger
this I of the battery quartette. "J. D's." of a flo°l1 today. The heavy ice at
Norman friends would like to hear Maumee, nine miles up the river, be-
him. The Battery is known as "The kaR breaking early today. A gor;e
Singing Battery" of the camp. has formed several miles above here
and water behind it has ru-en eight
—Rev. L. H. Havill officiated at feet m a few hours. Rivermen here
the wedding of Mr. Richard Russell fear that when the gorge breaks scon,
and Miss Audie Bacon, prominent.: an avalanche of ice and vuter will
—That Shoe Sale is drawing crowds
to Rucker's store.
I dust pathway. Only 8,681 including Heirt'SS Hnd GhdUf
hundreds of soldiers, have answered ^ prcu
the evangelist's call in Washington. Chicago Feb 13. Miss Zella Mer-1 young people of the Denver neighbor- flood this city.
Billy partly ascribed the shortage rjc)i 44^ reported $1,000,000 heiress hood, which was solemnized at the
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Horses and Mules
in souls to the fact that a large pro-
portion of the populace, including the
\ congressmen, have already been sav-
—Showing the most beautiful line ed.
of men's and boy's shoes; make your The famous evangelist is looking
feet glad and dressed up.—At Ruck- forward to the Chicago campaign. He
likes the big towns best.
aml Herbert Dickson, 40, chauffeur, Havill home on Sunday, Feb. 10, in
are honeymooning in Michinpan today the presence of a few intimate friends
They were quietly married here yea* 'he young couple have numerous Several teams, from nine hundred to
terday. Miss Merrick is an orphan friends to wish them every happiness, one thousand pounds in weight, three
and for years made her home with ! , to six years old, for sale.—DAVIS
Mrs. W. B. Moorhouse, by whom j —"To To" is coming. Do you know BRENDLE, 3 blocks east of c6urt
Dickinson was employed, "To To?" i house. Phone No. 5. Norman, Okla. 3t
estimate that at least fifty
must go, Gay said, was "just a guess"
as for the eventual effect on the pro-
gram on neutrals the government ex-
pert could not say at this time.
"The great bulk of needed ton-
nage," he said, "must be furnished by-
thinning down the trade in allied
owned bottoms. The neutral shipping
problem is most complicated. The
thing for Americans to think about
now is not what the other fellow can
furnish but what we can furnish. And
to this end, the conception of 'neces-
sities' in this country will change
greatly as the war goes on."
/<V
BULLETIN
nitcd I'ress.
Washington, 1). C\, Feb. 13.—
Legislation to increase the price
of wheat this year from $2 as
fixed in the food control law to
$2.50 was introduced in the sen-
ate today.
Vatican's Opinion
By I nited Press.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13.—That
a not of conciliation and modification,
of previous extreme demands in allied
war aims utterances is bringing near
a peace on the basis of terms enuncia-
ted by Pope Benedict, is the belief in
Vatican circles, according to cable-
grams received here.
For the first time the pope is said
to feel that there is a sincere willing-
ness 011 the part of the allies to reach
a just and peaceful agreement.
The Vatican, however, does not ex-
pect the end of the war before anoth-
er summer's campaign has been
brought to its loody end. It still be-
lieves there can be no military de-
cision and therefore that prolonga-
tion of the struggle is unjustifiable.
Vatican circles do not believe Aus-
tria will break with Germany.
—You bet you can buy a pair of
J.Jth. SI0.00 ladies' black kid bootee*
for $8.95 tomorrow at Rucker's.
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