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fT1<T0RlCAL SOCIETY
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
VOL. VI. NO. 203.
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRESIDENT IN PERSON
TO STA TE AMERICAN
IDEAL OF NEW PEACE
BY ROBERT J. BENDER
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.—America's ideals for a lasting |
peace will be propounded at the great peace conference by Presi-
dent Wilson in person.
Sweeping aside all precedents, the president has announced
he will sail for France early in December to participate in the
council at Versailles.
With him will go Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
his private physician. Secretary Tumulty probably will remain on
this side to assist Vice-President Marshall in conducting the execu-
tive duties if Marshall is left responsible for them during t tie
president's absence.
Only unlooked for developments in central Europe will now
change the plan to have the peace conference in mid-December,
and the domestic situation here is expected toraise no obstacle in
the path of the president's plan to attend.
While President Wilson will be unable to sit at the entire con-
ference, he will participate in the discussion and settlement of the
man features of the peace treaty. Thereafter, he, will ■tunf the f
conduct of America's part in the conclave over to the
States delegates who will accompany him.
PEACE DELEGATION NOT CHOSEN
The president is now giving much thought to the personnel of
the delegation. He would prefer to have it made up largely from
his own official family-members of his cabinet, of whom those
most influential in assisting him to shape the foreign policies of
this government have been Secretaries Lansing, Bakei and Hous-
t0"' There will be one republican at least in the delegation. It is
pointed out by his advisers that he must select a republican who
has shown sympathy with his fourteen principles of peace which
have been adopted by the allies. .. , , , h
The conspicuous republicans, who mieht he mentioned tor t
pence post like former President Taft ami others, jomed in the
Ml upon ihese principles talis the recent campaign N.rthe
Charles E. Hughes or Elihu Root, however, shared m these attacks
un "! is possible on. of these may he selected by the president as
the republican representative.
ADVANCE OF ARMY OF OCCUPATION
A VERY BUSINESSLIKE PROCEDURE
OKLAHOMA DEFEATS
ARKANSAS 103 TOO
Sooners Score At Will; B ss,
Substitute, Makes 70-Yard
Run For Touchdown.
The university eleven was
too much for the University of Ar-
kansas last Saturday, defeating that
school by the score of 103 to 0.
The Sooners opened the game with
receiving the kick, and immediately
started down the field, making the fiist
touchdown after three minutes of
play.
defense council will
have MUCH work to do
I By United Press.]
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 19.—That city
councils of defense are to be kept on
the job as a part of the government s
post war readjustments and recon-
struction machinery was the sta>
nent made here today by Samuel In-
, .nil head of the Illinois council, who
,s entirely
By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent.
With the Americans advancing to-
wards the Rhine, Nov. 19.—(By cour-
ier to Vei'dun and Barale Due.) The
third army has resumed its advance
into German territory. When the
march began the left wing of the
Americans rested on the Franco-Bel-|
gian frontier, while the right wing 1
I was near the German border in the
! Metz region.
In their first day's march the Amer-
j leans reclaimed nearly 500 square
the towns, which had been badly shot
i up, were deserted by the Germans on-
ly a few hours before the American-, j
j reached them. The Germans had nol!
blown up any of the bridges or roads, j
The inhabitants hailed the Ameri-
cans with delight. The advance pro-
ceeded smoothly. averaging three
1 miles and hour.
! Signal corps men were kept busy i
S bringing up new wires. The troops
were fully equipped, wore their tin
' hats and carried gas masks.
Infantry Heads Column
The infantry was in the lead, fol-
lowed by machine guns, artillery, sup-
ply trains and ambulances. Each di-
i vision was about thirty miles in
length... All ordinary war-time pre-
cautions were observed.
The advance is in the direction of
Longvvy, Driey and Audun, all of;
which lie close to the frontier. La-<
borers are repairing the German-
built field railways. After crossing
what was the advanced zone the roads
improved and the going was fine.
In withdrawing, the Germans aban-
doned quantities of material, guns
and ammunition, in accordance with
the provisions of the armistice. At
Spincourt, a German official remained |
to turn over forty-two guns, includ-
ing two of 18-inch calibre. (This is
the largest calibre gun ever men-
tioned in any dispatch..) He received
a receipt.
First Division Leads
In the darkness just before dawn,
the First, Second, Third and Fourth
1 divisions, composed of regulars and
i the Thirty-second (Michigan and
, Wisconsin) and Forty-second (Rain-
bow division) started from their po-
sitions in which they h{id encamped
They were preceded by a small van-
guard.
East of Verdun Major X. L. Ewall,
of Lexington, Va., commanding a bat-
i . i ion cf the First division, led his
men up to the >i«; at 5:30, presented
his orders to the outposts, stopped
across the line and ordered "forward
march!" A similar procedure was
observed at other entry points.
The various divisions followed
eight main roads toward Luxemburg,
on the edge of the American lines.
The vanguard of the first division oc-
cupied Etain at six o'clock Monday.
Engineers marked land mines with
red flags. German telegraph lines
were picked up and within three hours
the American division command was
installed in former German headquar-
ters.
Roads Are Crooked
All day long the roads to Luxem-
burg were crammed with marching
troops flying regimental flags. The
advance, with clockwork precision,
reached the assigned objectives early
and the troops went into camp.
Thousands of released prisoners on
the verge of starvation streamed back
into the American camps. They in-
cluded Russians, Rumanians, Italians,
Belgians, French and a few British
and Americans. They were picked up
i trucks and sent to the rear.
Every detail of the advance was
carefully planned. Engineers had
painted signs indicating the towns
and the distances between them. As
the columns rolled forward, various
units dropped out of line to take up
previously assigned districts.
The whole thing is far from spec-
tacular. but it is most business-like.
Little Change at Hear
With the exception of those units
actually engaged in the advance, the
American armies are functioning as
usual. Behind the lines the only effect
of the armistice has been a slight-re-
traction of the iron discipline.
Carpenters are finishing barracks,
which were under construction, the
signal corps is still building telegraph
and telephone lines, and railways are
being laid.
Training schools for officers are in
session. I saw a tank outfit, setting
up new machines while recruits were
being drilled to handle tanks in battle
formation. Aviators also were trying
out new planes anil practicing ma-
chine-gun fire.
The dough-boys already are specu-
lating on when they will return home.
"When do we go home?" is the
question most frequently on the lips
of doughboys and officers. They ask
it of one another and of every new
at ,al. Correspondents are besieged
1 with the question.
PETAIN LEADS MEN
INTO JOYFUL CITY
PARIS, Nov. 19.—With General Petain
leading and Generals Castelnau and Man-
gin following, the French will enter Metz
today. The city has been gaily decorated
in preparation for the event.
Next Sunday or Monday Marshal Foch
and Generals Petain, Castelnau and Gour-
aud will enter Strassburg.
FRENCH NEAR RHINE
PARIS, Nov. 11).— (2:10 a. m.)—French troops have reached
the neighborhood of the Rhine on a front of about thirty miles
from the Swiss frontier northward it was officially announced
today.
"Large quantities of war materials and allied prisoners have
fallen into our hands," the communique said.
LINES MOVE FORWARD
The allied armies of occupation have advanced an average ol
twenty to twenty-five miles from the lines established at the close
of hostilities, it was indicated in official and unofficial reports to-
day.
The general line now had by the allies apparently runs as fol-
lows:
Antwerp and Brussels (occupied by the Belgians); Hal, Sen-
effs, Charleroi and Florennes (occupied by the British); Mariem-
burg, Fumuy and Florenniville (occupied by the French).
returned from Washington yesterday.
Probably the largest task before
the defense bodies, according to In-
sull. will be the work of stimulating
food and fuel organization.
MANY CITIES HAVE HOOVER TO LOOK INTO
GONE "OVER THE TOP" HUN STARVATION PLEA
Need For War Fund Is Greater
Now Than Before Fighting
Stopped.
Food Administrator May Go to
Berlin Within Two Weeks
For Investigation.
ALLIES TO GET SHIPS
[By United Press.]
#y COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19.—In com-
The forward pass was the only play pliance with the armistice, the Ger
in which the Razorbacks were well man dreadnoughts Bern, Grosser
srjr - -sast
Cood P'ayinK waS f°7nth°en sogers' Sunday ellrouteVthlfNortfsL
of almost every man of the Sooners r>u.iua.v
squad. The backfield showed up well
#hen it came to gains through the
lines, around the ends or on forward
passes. The sensational run of the
game was when Bass received the
kickoff from Arkansas in the last
quarter and ran seventy yards through
the field for a touchdown. The in-
which were made by Haskell, Marsh
and Swatek on end runs and through
the line.
Fourth Quarter.
A total of five touchdowns were
made in the last quarter. It was
during this quarter that Bass got
terference of the Oklahoma eleven was away ^ wlft his W
formidable. ^ kickoff Thp ,agt touchdoWn was
The first quarter opened up with the made when Bass ran sixty yards
Sooners on their toes and they made through the field for goal, making two
'six touchdowns during this quarter, sensational runs in this luarter^
They exhibited speed recording long Oklahoma. Position. ^a=
gains on end runs and forward passes. Haskell-. .1- -
The only chance Arkansas had for a Smoot L. T.—
score came at the colse of this quar- Mai ,.111.
ter when the Razorbacks completed I Lamm
four successive forward passes for Deacon .
about seventy-yards' gain to within Lawrence
live yards of the goal line. They were Tyler
unable to go further. !!a,rly
Second Quarter Hl"
Arkansas put up the best playing White ..
she exhibited during the second quar- j Swatek
ter and the ball stayed near the mid- Summary:
L. G Robinson
C. Belknap
___R. G Boen
r. E Beasley
r. E Jamison
Q. B .Fulbright
L. 11. H. Alcorn
r. H , .Hin3on
p. B Davis
Oklahoma scoring, touch
die of the field except for one time downs, Haskell 2, Tyler -2.
when on repeated gains through the Hardy 1, Swatek J, White 1. Marsh
line and around end, White was able 2. GrahamfsubfortlilUL Bass 1
to go through the line for a touch- goals from touchdowns, White 11, Hill,
down near the close of the first half, missed IS. Referee, Bridges F°*
Third Quarter Smith High); umpire, D.Hard
Oklahoma came back in the third (Drury), head lineman, Grandy (Kan-
quarter and scored thr touchdowns, sas.)
"Two departments, twenty-six states
and hundreds of cities and towns lia\e
already exceeded their quota for the
United War Work campaign, but na-
tional headquarters requests that the
work be continued everywhere until
Wednesday night, so that the country's
:;oal may be reached," said Se 'l-etary
of Wkr Baker, yesterday.
Many of the cities and towns of Ok-
lahoma have far exceeded their quo-
tas, and many are going away beyond,
but the work is still being pushed.
All workers realized that the larger
the fund is this time, the smaller will
be the requirements next spring when
another drive will have to be made, i
we are going to take care of our h /
over there.
In the list of southern cities, outside
of Oklahoma, which have made large
contributions, are San Antonio, $175,-
000; Houston $275,000; Shreveport.
$93,000; Fort Worth, $154,000.
In view of conflicting statements
about demobilization Director John R.
Mott of the United War Work cam-
paign, made direct inquiry of Secre
tary of War Baker, who in reply to-
lay. sent the following telegram .
"The process of demobilization
which is now beginning, will neces-
sarily take many months. During
this time it is of vital importance that
our soldiers, particularly those in Eu-
rope, should have the support of those
agencies which are now joined in the
United War Work campaign. The
need of their services is even greater
now that hostilities have ceased, than
before. I hope every American wil'
be proud to support during the com-
ing year, our triumphant army."
So, here is the Information from
By JOHN DEGANDT
United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Nov. 19.—That Herbert
Hoover will go to Berlin within two
weeks to study the German food sit-
uation first hand, was the belief ex-1
pressed here today.
The plea of the Germans that con- j
tinuance of the blockade will cause
great hardships owing to the food
shortage, is expected to be thorough- (
ly investigated by competent allied |
authorities under Hoover' direction. |
Should the blockade be lifted, it is
pointed out, the entire food distribu-
ion system of the world would be di
rupted, as the Germans would be en- 1
abled to go into the open market and J
bid against the allied and neutral
countries.
Aside from military considerations, j
1 ontinuance of the blockade is thi
fore deemed advisable as a guarantee
that Germany will take her place in
the food line with the rest of the
world.
GERMAN APPEALS FOR EASIER TERMS
FALL ON DEAF EARS AMONG ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Germany is appealing in vain lor
the present, for modification of the armistice terms.
Her latest attempt to get the terms modified fell today on
deaf ears here. There will be no change of terms before the thirty-
day limit of the armistice is reached, according to the belief. What
will be done thereafter in the way of extending or altering the
armistice is a matter for the military men to decide.
Dr. Solf has wirelessed the president and to the allied capitals
asking for a tempering of terms as to the Rhineland occupation,
but authorities see no reason for altering them now. The spectre
of bolshevism is used by Solf as a means for modificaton.
The Versailles conference and the associated movements took
this destructive influence into account in all they did, and they
realize that already there is a danger from that source. However,
they declined to imperil allied supremacy through a false sym-
pathy. Meantime cable reports indicated today that Herbert
Hoover would soon go to Germany to see whether the starvation
whines of Solf are justified or hysterical.
The government regards Solf s talk of bolsehevism as largely
an effort to get sympathy by rather coercive methods. In other
words, it holds that Solf is trying to raise the bugbear of anarchy
as a reason why this nation should be inordinately sympathetic
with the plight of the German nation.
headquarters, telling you why you
should feel it your duty to make yoi-
contributions to this great work. The
boys will have little to do for the j
next several weeks but guard duty,
and that will get very monotonous.
If we are going to protect them
give them some pleasures, the best j
way we can get at the matter is
'through this great organization of v.
workers.
If you have riven your share, well j
and good; but if you have not given
I all you can pare," dig down and
' subscribe a fe more dollars and see
if your conscience doesn't fool better. 1
MAY BUILD ROADS
WITHOUT PERMITS
Asphalt, Road Binders, Hoad
Oil, etc., May Now Be Pur-
chased For Roau«.
ADA, Okla., 19.—The United
States fuel administration has can-
celled its order of May 13th last, re-
stricting the sale for road purposes
of asphalt, road binders, road oil, tar
binders and dressings, and announced
that shipments of these materials can
now be made without special permit
and without filing application for road
work through local state highway de-
partments or through the United
States Highways Council.. This in-
formation was given out today from
:he office of State Fuel Administrator
P. A. Norris.
■xtions would require no further
Arrangements for delivery of road
materials may now be made in the
same manner as before the issuance
; of restrictive order which was the re-
sult of war demands.
The revocation, addressed to oil re-
lineries, state highway departments
and highway contractors, follows:
"Due to war demands, on May 13,
1I11H an order was issued by the
United States fuel administration, re-
stricting the sale for road purposes of
asphalt, road binders, road oil, tar
binders or dressings. This order is
herewith cancelled and shipments
thuse materials outi now b^ made
without special permit or the neces-
sity of filing application for road work
through local state highway depart-
ments or the United States Highway
Council. Arrangements for delivery
of these materials should be made in
the same manner as was the case be-
fore the restrictive order was nec
"Announcement is made that dis-
approvals previously made are re\
ed, and pending applications will re-
quire no further action."
EIGHT REGISTRANTS
ARE NOW DELINQUENT
There are yet eight registrants of
Cleveland county who are slow about
filling out thir questionnaires, sot
thinking possibly that it was not now
necessary to do so.
But, again, let it be impressed upon
your memory that questionnaires
have to be filled out and returned
all of those not registrants between
the ages of 18 and 37 years of age.
If this is not done within the next
few days, the local board will be com-
pelled to send in the names of those
who have failed, and they will be class-
ed as delinquents and will be sub.:
to immediate military service.
Those yet delinquent are:
Floyd A If ord, R. 2, Lexington.
Rowland Andrew Miller, Noble.
Christopher Abner Pearce, Hominy.
Louis Gaston H. Bailey, Norman.
Owen Jefferson Percy, Lexington.
Robert Ancil Daniel, R. 4, Norman.
Roy Banning, R. 6., Norman
Edward Gilbert,, Lexington.
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