The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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THE STROUD DEMOCRAT
TULSA'S NEW CONVENTION HAL'
A
BRITISH AND FRENCH DRIVE
HUNS BEFORE THEM IN
CONFUSION
HINDENBURG LINE IS PASSED
Roye, Croiselles, Bullecourt and Dom
pierre Taken and Baupaume's
Fall A Matter of Only a
Short Time.
THE LATEST
Paris.—French troops are at gates
of Ham. Th« Germans lost three com- (
plete munition trains at Breuil, five
miles west of Ham, in their precipi-
tate retreat.
With the French Armies in the
Field.—Noyon was occupied by the
troops of General Humbert.
General Mangin's men crossod the
Oise river and took Morlincourt.
The French first army took Quean-
cy wood to the west of the Canal du
Nord. The wood was a strongly forti-
fied position and from it the Germans
endeavored to check the French pur-
suit.
The rapidly succeeding military
events not only confirm that the Ger-
mans have lost all control of their
operations in the region of the Somme,
Avre and Oise rivers, but they indi-
cate that the enemy's own retreat is
gutting out of hand.
With the Urltlsh Army In Franco
Having been still further extended
by attacks launched north of the river
Scarpe, the battle Is raging alonk a
field almost forty-live miles long, and
tho British with renewed vigor, ar<
rolling up the boche before, them and
sweeping constantly eastward.
Nearly in the center of the battle1
ield hard fighting has been in progress
along tho old Hindenburg line ;n the
neighborhood of Croisilles. Fontain
les Croiselles And Hullecourt and once
through the Germans' strong defenses
in this locality open fresh ground de
mains beyond.
The Hindenburg line has actually
been pierced at one place east of Heni
nel, and the weaker portion of it,
northwest of Fontain les Croiselles
lias been captured and wiped up
High Ground Taken.
\ The British captured high ground
from which they can overlook the
country occupied by the enemy foi
miles around and have thus attained i
great advantage. Montuuban, north
west of Mantes, fell after the Ger
anans had been given orders ti) hold
at all costs. These orders were sud
denly changed, and the enemy retired
Still another is Dompierre, southeast
of Cappy-sur Somiiie
U. S. TROOPS FIGHT MEXICANS'
NOGALES SCENE OF SAN-
GUINARY BATTLE
Effort To Smuggle Mexican Across
Border Results In Many
Deaths.
Nogales, Ariz.—Two Americans are
killed, twenty-nine wounded and more
than 500 American troops were en- I
gaged for one and one half hoius on
the border h«re during a skirmish lie
tween American troops and Mexicans, j
Capt. J. D. Hungerford was killed i
in action.
Corpl. Barney Lotz was also killed. !
Gaston Keddoek, customs guard, re- <
, ceived wounds from which he later
died.
I While the casualties on the Mexican
I side of the border were not known, it
| was estimated that J00 Jiad been
killed by fire from the American side
: while at least twice this number, in-
cluding a. number of civilians, were
I wounded. It was reported that the
mayor of Nogales, Sonora, was killed
This is a photograph of Tulsa's new convention hall in which the sessions of the Confederate reunion will be but this was not confirmed.
held September 24-27, inclusive It seats 6,000 people and is one of the best convention halls in the cduntry.
union headquarters are in this hall
NEW DRAFT LI
HOUSE AND SENATE SETTLE
THEIR DIFFERENCES IN
CONFERENCE
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS ADDED
Work or Fight Provision Stricken
From Man Power Act—Educa
tional Clause Added
to th"e Bill.
Gore Votes Alone.
Washington -The man power bill,
bringing within the army draft all men
from 18 to 45 years old, was passed by
| the senate, with a modified work-or*
light clause.
All efforts to change the nge limits
or to direct separate classification of
youths under 21 failed, and the meas-
ure now goes to conference between
the house and senate with no differ
ence for serious controversy except
the Work-or-flght provision.
Gore Is the Minority.
The senate was recorded unanimous-
ly lor the bijl Senator Gore of Okla-
homa, who cast the only negative vote
on tho roll call, withdrew it and was
excused from voting.
In the conference the differences in
the drafts of the bill as passed by the
senate and as enacted Saturday by
the house by a vote of 336 to 2, are
expected to be compromised speedily,
and the bill in its final form transmit-
Washington.—Enactment by con-
gress and transmission to ['resident
Wilson of the man-power bill broaden ted to President Wilson for his sig-
Ing the army draft limits to include nature late this week. Preparations
men of 18 to 4T> years of age was being made by Provost Marshal Gen-
completed after the senate and house eral Crowder to carry out the pro-
conferees unexpectedly reached a com- , visions of the measure are expected
plete agreement on all important dis-
putes, striking out the senate's "work
or fight'" amendment. Adoption of
the conferees' agreement by both
senate and house followed immediate-
ly.
Educational Plan Accepted.
In disposing of other differences
between the senate and house bills,
tho conferees adopted the house plan
for government education of soldiers
which authorizes their detail for im-
mediate technical and special train-
ing under plans already made. The
senate managers yielded on this dif-
ference and agreed to elimination of
the senate amendment guaranteeing
Dompierro was, frP0 education for soldiers and sailors
reached early. From this point thrre ' itf(er t}ie War up to a maximum period
is low rolling country all tho way bach | 0f two years.
to Peronne. Incidentally the British
at this place are now only six miles
from Peronne where the Somme beudi
to the south.
The conference struck from the bill
the house amendment authorizing re-
classification of deferred classes by
special examiners of the provost mar-
shal general, and also eliminated the
senate legislation requested by Gen-
eral Crowder, authorizing transfer
within states of draft board mem-
bers.
Another amendment struck out was
Bapaume Nearly Surrounded.
Bapaume, having been almost sur
rounded, has been entered by British
patrols, and they have been lighting io
the streets. Tho town, therefore, is a
sort of No Man's Land, for the mo
ment, but its complete capture seemi
only a matter of hours.
rn. ... ,, that citizens of the allies in this coun-
rhe Germans are exhibiting stil . . , , . , , ,
. R , trv should not be exempted or given
greater anxiety to get away from tbt . , , ,
..... . , , deferred classification solely he
advancing British and even the morale
of the enemy machine gunners seemt
lo be diminishing as they are not hold
ing to their posts with as much de
termination as early in the battle j
East of llapaumu the line has beei
to insure the registration of all men
within the ages of 18 and 21 and 31
and 45 within a week or ten days after
the president attaches his signature.
Administration Bill Followed.
The senate adopted, virtually all of
the principal provisions of the bill de-
sired by the administration including
that giving the president authority to
establish orders of calls for service of
the men affected. President Wilson
is expected to follow the plans of the
war department, which according to
testimony before the senate and house
military committees by General March,
chief of staff, and General Crowder,
provost marshal general, provide for
the calling of youths of 18 years after
the other classes have been summoned
and the educating of such boys while
in training and prior to their being
sent overseas.
Prohibition Next.
The wartime prohibition bill will
likely pass the senate this week.
Under the compromise arranged by
leaders of the two senate factions, to
be formally presented as an amend-
ment by Senator Sheppard, manu-
facture of beer and wines would stop
May 1, 1019. instead of Nov. 1, 1918, as
tho so-called "co-belligerent" or "alien provided in the present bill. Produc-
slacker" amendment which proposed 11ion of distilled beverages jalteady
ceased under tMe food control
;caus
Wine interests are expected to make
of their alien citizenship, unless so | a final fight to postpone operation of
the measure At a hearing before the
senate agriculture committee repre-
sentatives of California grape grow-
for postponement of the
effective date until July
provided by treaty.
The house managers accepted the
senate amendment providing that |
wives of soldiers and sailors shall its asked
ii .i , . >i not h® disqualified for government prohibition
extended along the railway toward , P
J positions because of
marriage
1, 1020.
Cambrai.
Maricourt and the ground to thf
east of it are well in British hands AMERICANS WHIP CHINESE U-BOAT
Tronea station and wood and the :
ground to (lie cast, which is valuable
because it is high, were captured as
First Skirmish Takes Place
Bandits In Siberia.
With
well as Moulin-de Fargy, on the Som
me river bank which was in the Brit
ish front lines at the opening of the
llrst battle of the Somme. Vaux wootf
also was occupied and was held (irmly
After an all night light Vaucourt
tower and town, south of the Scarpe
were taken and the important Heninel
ridge as well as ileoinel village also
were captured.
Roye, one of the bastions of the
German line in the southern sector ol
the I'icardy battlefield, has been cap
tured by the French
The French moved ahead from the
region of St. Mard, where they had
been holding their lines against vio
lent and repealed counter attacks foi
tho last few days. I«ite dispatches
from the front have told of the French
being at St Cii 1 les, a suburb of Roye
and of Incursions by General Deben
«y's men, both south and north ol
Roye
Mexicans Bayonet Children in Raid.
HI Paso Two Americans who ar-
rived here from the Interior of Mex-
ico confirmed reports that a passen-
ger train was wrecked by bandits at
Canatlan. Durango, anil ninety pas-
sengers and soldiers kilod and sixty
Injured Many were wotnm and chil-
dren. Many passengers, including
women and children, were bayoneted
The train escort of sixty-live federal
soldiers were killed and a car of
ammunition captured. The bandits
were under Alamos and (Jalavlz, two
Purango leaders.
Vladivostok.—The American forces
which have been landed here are in
camp at the assemhlying plant of the
big American locomotive works in
the outskirts of the city. They chose
this place rather than Russian bar-
racks, which require much renova-
tion. A large building formerly used
for housing employes of a German-
Russian merchandising firm has been
transformed into headquarters
The Japanese are established in the
commercial school which is located on
the bluff overlooking the harbor.
The llrst engagement in which the
troops had been involved occurred
four miles beyond Razdolny, a suburb
where an American railway guard,
assisted by the Japanese, drove back
organized Chinese bandits. The ban-
dit force numbered about four hun-
dred and was strongly armed with
machine guns and trcnch mortars.
They had threatened to loot Raz-
dolny.
Persons arriving recently from
Khabarovsk report that the bolshe- South Africa Would Ban Germ ...
vikl, since revolutionary enlistments London -Regulations are be.ng
have ceased, nre augmenting their drafted by th< south African genern-
strength by drafting peasants from ment to pievi nt the use of the German
the Ussurl country, Cossacks and language in public places
prisoners of war also have been placed
CHASER IS SUNK
Accidently Mistaken For Submarine
and Sunk By Gun Fire.
Washington. American submarine
chaser, No. 209, operating out of Phila-
delphia, was mistaken tor a subma-
rine by a merchant steamer off Fire
Island, N. Y., and sent to the bottom.
Seventeen members of her crew, in-
cluding the commander and the ex
ecutive officer, ar missing
The chaser wa manned by naval
reserves. Eight o>* the survivors,
some of them woui.ded, have been
landed at New York, a«ni one has been
landed at Lewes, Del.
The merchant ship was the Ameri-
can steamer, Felix Taussig In the
darkness her naval armed guard mis-
took the chaser for an enemy subma-
rine and opened fire, destroying the
little craft before the mistake was
discovered.
Samuel Gompsrs Safe Overseas.
London.—Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, and his party have arrived at
an English port.
C0N6RESSW0MAN RANKIN BEAT
IN HER RACE FOR THE U. S.
SENATE
Henry Ford Wins on Democratic
Ticket but Loses on the
Republican.
Helena, Mont.—Scattering returns
from 36 out of 53 counties showed
Dr. O M. Landstrum maintained his
lead over Jeannette Rankin for the
The fighting followed the Illegal
efforts of a Mexican custom official to
smuggle a fellow countryman across
the boundary Into the United States.
An American sentry attempted to stop
him. Two Mexicans fired at the sen
try across the street, striking him in
the right arm. The fire was returned
by American patrols and after Mexi-
cans had rushed from nearby build-
ings and started shooting across the
line from behind buildings and walls,
the tiring became general.
Reinforcements from an infantry
regiment and a negro cavalry regi-
ment were rushed to the l/order and
took up combat positions It was esti-
mated more than 300 American sold-
iers and at least fifty civilians par-
ticipated in the shooting.
Health Was Shattered
South Boston Woman Tells
How She Suffered Before
Doan's Cured Her.
"I was in awful shape from kidney
disease," says Mrs. \V. F. Sterritt, 707
Dorchester Ave., South Boston, Mass.
"My health was shattered and I would
often fall in a heap. Had someone^
stabbed me in the back with a knife,
the pains could not have been worse.
"I lost thirty pounds,
was terribly nervous
and could not do my
housework. Fainting
spells came on and my
feet and limbs swelled
so badly I couldn't wear
my shoes. Puffy sacs
came under my eyes,
my skin looked shiny
and the impression of a
finger left a dent that
remained for some time.
"My kidneys were in awful shape
and it seemed that I had to pass the
secretions every hour. The passages
were scant and terribly distressing.
I was feverish at night and perspired
profusely.
"I was discouraged until told about
Doan's Kidney Pills. They brought
improvement from the first and
about a dozen boxes cured me. My
cure has lasted."
Get Doan'a at Any Store, 60c a Bos
DOAN'S
FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO. N. Y.
Mrs. Sterritt
The Price Goes Up.
"A penny for your thoughts."
"Not in war times. The least
could take would be six cents."
SENATOR 0LLIE JAMES DEAD
Distinguished Democrat Had Been III
in Hospital for Months
Raltimore.—Senator Ollie M. James,
of Kentucky, died at Johns Hopkins
hospital of an acute affection of the
kidneys. Senator James had been a
patient, at the hospital for about three
Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try Itl
Miss Rankin
nomination for United States senator
The vole jjtood toight: Landstrum
10,004; Rankins, 8,r>82.
Governor Stephens Gains Over Roiprt.
San Francisco. Gov. W I) Stephens,
who lost his apparent mail in the pri-
mary when the discover' of tabulat
ing errors late today put Mayor .lanift
Kolph of San Francisco ahead for the
governorship, regained first place.
Complete returns from 3,508 of 6,-
30:! precincts gave Stephens 105,320
uid Itolpll 102,386 for the republican
nomination.
The same returns gave Rolph 42.7-12
and Francis J Heney 29,104 on HI5
democratic ticket.
Squeeze the Juice of two lemons into'
a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckle,,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex-
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for a few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck^
arms and hands and see how freckles,,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes,
i'es 1 It Is harmless.—Adv.
Enough.
Teacher—"Willie, give three proofsi
that the earth is round." Willie—
"Yes'm. The book says so, you say
so and ma says so."—Boys' Life.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature ofj
In Cse for Over 3U Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
IN MEMORY OF KITCHENER
lLiu Liiiniicu, uuu act iiiut it
Senator James.
months. Physicians at first believed
that he had a good chance to regain
his health and an operation was per-
formed. Later his condition became
more serious and transfusion of blood
whs made on several occasions.
Among the younger leaders of the
democratic party few have risen to
greater prominence than Ollie M
James. He has been a member if
the house or senate continuously
since 1903. He was six feet four
inches high, weighed three hundred
pounds and had an immense head,
entirely bald, which made him a con-
spicuous figure iu Washington
Twelve Men Killed in Mine Accident.
Tacoma.—Twelve men were killed
and others injured in a mine exjlosion
at Burnett, about thirty miles south-
east of here. It was the worst mine
disaster in this district since that
at Kai'endale, three years ago.
in the ranks.
Bolshevikl Flee Before Allies.
London.—On tho Ussuri front north
of Vladivostok, the bolshevikl have
retired six miles before a general
advance by all the allied forces.
Spanish Vessel Sunk by UIBoat.
i Paris.—The Spanish steamer Crusa
has been sunk by a German submarine
it is reported here. Newspapers con-
sider that this event will bring to a
crisis the relations between Spain and
i Germany.
Ford Wins and Loses.
Detroit. Henry Fojd, Detroit auto
mobile manufacturer and choice of
President Wilson for Michigan sena-
torial nomination, was both winner
and loser in the state primaries. Tru-
man H. Newbury of Detroit, former
secretary of tho navy, has won the
republican nomination. In the demo-
cratic balloting, however, the Detroit
manufacturer, who was a candidate on
both party tickets, won an easy victory
from his lone opponent, William G.
Helme. | .
Much Gasoline Will Be Saved.
"Washigton—Fuel administration of
ficials estimated that nearly eight
million gallons of gasoline will be
saved each Sunday through non use
of motor vehicles in those days, as
requested by Administrator Garfield.
East of the Mississippi there are ap-
proximately four million motordriven
* ; vehicles. Of these, 200,000 are trucks
Cardinal's Condition Still Critical. j to which the restrictions do not ap-
Mamaroneck, N. Y.—The condition estimated saving is based
of Cardinal Farley, ill at his summer on ",e U8e an average of two
home here, is etlil critical. gallons of gasoline for each car of
tho 3,800,000 cars affected.
Floods In China. _
Hong Kong Five thousand per-
sons are homeless and 250,000 are
without proper food, as a result ol
,i flood in ill" Tung Kiang river. The
American lied Cross is providing
temporary relief
Ford Plants Offered overnment.
Detroit. The Ford Motor company I
has i.ffered Its thirty-one assembling ,
and service plants in various parts of i
the country to the government One j
of the eastern plants already has '■
been acepted by the government to
produce gas masks.
Cote Blease Beaten.
Columbia, S. C.—With 20,000 out ol
a probable 125,000 votes cast in South
Carolina primary, Nat B. Dial seemed
to have won the nomination for the
senate over Cole L. lilease. The first
returns, which come from about one
fourth of the counties of the state
give Dial 12.548 and Blease 6,855
Great Soldier's Admirers Have Raised
Large Fund as a Foundation for
Scholarships for Young Men.
Lord Kitchener's admirers In firent
Britain have subscribed a fund of sev-
eral thousand pounds which is to he-
used ns n foundation for scholarships
to be awarded young men anxious to
obtain good education ns training for
business careers. Recipients of the
Kitchener scholarships must be in need
of them nnd are not permitted to hold
any other scholarship at the same time.
They are required to hnve passed the
equivalent of college entrance require-
ments an/1 are to obtain practical of-
fice or ship experience with their col-
lege work.
The Lorn Kitchener national me-
morial fund, says an exchange, an-
nounces that successful applicants for
the scholarships must show evidence-
of exceptional ability and submit well-
thought-out plans of training suited to
the careers they intend to pursue.
Medical tests of fitness must be passed
and recommendations from the prin-
cipals of the schools they have at-
tended must be furnished.
The scholarships will be granted
only to sons of dead or disabled officers
of the British army for the present.
They carry a maximum grant of $750"
for each student, except in the case of
traveling scholarships. The traveling
scholarships will not be established un-
til Kitchener scholars begin to be grad-
uated. They will afford opportunity
for post-graduate study and observa-
tion of business methods abroad.
Page Will Quit St. James' Court. j
London.—Walter Mines Pag", the
American ambassador to Great Ilrit '
ain, is about to resign on account of i
ill health
Wilson Calls On Secretary Baker.
Washington. — President Wilson
walked to the state, war and navy
building from the White House and
visited Secretary Baker, with whom
he remained In conference for more
than half an hour. The president
soemed in the best of spirits
Post
Toasties
(Made of Corn)
Taste -twice as
Mood now cause
I know -they
Help
Save
■the
Wheat
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