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DAILY ARDMOREITE
uyWar
"LEST WE FORGET"
1087 MORE DAYS OF GORE
Saving
Stamps
A Newspaper of Character
FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA MONDAY MARCH 11 1918.
VOL. 2g. No. 157.
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
HEW ORGANIZATION
PLANS TO PROTECT
NATION-WIDE BODY LOOKS
AFTER DEPENDENTS OF
MEN IN WAR.
EVERY COUNTY INCLUDED
Motto Is "Keep the Home Fires
Burning" All Will be Fed and
Clothed and Employment Found
For Those Who Need It.
New York March 11. ( )rganiza-
tion of a new nation-wide patriotic
body to be known as the "Soldiers'
families of America" has been start-
ed here by Judge Wm. II. Wad-
bams and other prominent New
Yorkers.
The object of the organization
primarily is to see that no family
of a soldier is neglected that all are
led and clothed the children sent
to school and wherever necessary
employment found for those in need
of it.
Jt is planned to have every state
county township city and village
represented. Relief auxiliaries now
doing work for various military or-
ganizations will be taken into the
new national body as complete
units. Relatives of all soldiers will
be entitled to membership.
The motto of the new organiza-
tion is "Keep the home fires burn-
ing" and to secure this object
Judge Wadhams said "we ask and
need the co-operation of every true
American."
T
TO FIGHT GERMANS!
DISMISSED BY LENINE WHO
SWALLOWED FORCED ;
ENEMY PEACE.
London March 11. Leon Trot-
zky was dismissed as hol.-heviki for-
eign minister by Premier Leninc
owing to a quarrel over the German
peace terms according to a dispatch
to the Morning Post dated Satur-
day in Petrograd.
trotzky held that the neare had
been extorted by force and that no
low recognized promises made un-
der duress as obligatory. There
fore he is reported to have said it j
was Russia s amy to ngiu u oniv
guerrilla warfare and the German
treaty should not be ratified.
Premier l.-.-nine o:i the other
hand held that the treaty must be
latilicd and carried out on the the-
ory that disastrous treaties do not
necessarily annihilate nations as
Prussia has proved several times.
PERSHING ADVISES WOMEN
'DO AS YOU ARE TOLD"
Don't Try to Help Haphazard His
Advice.
New York March 11. A mes-
sage from Gen. John J. Pershing
commanding the American expedi-
tionary force urging the women of
the Ignited States "not to try to
work haphazard hut to do what they
are told" was brought to this coun-
try yesterday by Miss Carita Spen-
cer appointed chairman of the
food for France fund by Justin Go-
dart French under-secrctary of
state for medical service and head
of the French service de sante.
"Let the women of America like
the men obey orders from the peo-
ple over here" said General Persh-
ing's message. "These people
know what is wanted and what is
to be done. Let the women not
try to work haphazard but do what
they are told and they will be doing
all that can be done.
"Also let them write to t heir boys
over here cheerful letters hopeful
letters not letters tilled with gloom.
The boys here are a brave lot and
it is for their friends in America to
keep them so. Obey orders and
work and write."
WAURIKA WOMAN IS
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Waurika Okla. March 11. Mrs.
Mittie Boston and her father J. R.
Williams who have been on trial
in the district court here this week
for the murder of Mrs. Boston's
divorced husband at Ryan last Octo-
ber were freed by the jury Friday
morning after deliberating for ten
hours. Boston was shot while in
one of the business houses of Ryan
while trying to force his wife to
return to him.
Sunday Afternoon Fire.
Fire of unknown origin damaged
a 5-room frame house on Ninth
avenue between Washington and
A street northwest at 4:30 yester-
day afternoon. The fire department
answered the alarm and put out the
fire but not until the top of the
house was burned off. Most of the
furniture of the two tenants Tom
Pringl and William Ilerrill was re-
moved. The house belongs to A.
A. Bullard.
SOLDIER FAMILIES
ROTZKY WANTED
SEC. BAKER LANDS
SAFELYJN FRANCE
Washington March 11 A dis-
patch received at the navy de-
partment today from the com-
mander of the American naval
vessel which carried Secretary
Haker and his party announced
its safe arrival at a French port
and reported that the trip was
without incident.
The Ardmoreite with other
Associated Press papers was
secretly informed Feb. 26 that
Secretary Baker was departing
for France and the request was
made by the war department to
make no mention or allusion to
the fact until Mr. Baker's ar-
rival in France. This for the
purpose of keeping the informa-
tion from the enemy.
SOCIALISTS GET
25 YEARS FOR
Camp lodge Iowa March 11.
Found guilty by a general court-
martial of refusing to obey orders
eight national army men from St.
l'aul Minn. all professed Socialists
have been sentenced to long terms
of imprisonment in the Leaven-
worth penitentiary it was announc-
ed today.
One of the men A. S. Bronis. was
given twenty years and the others
seven were sentned to twenty-five
years' confinement all at bard la-
bor. T
DEDICATED HERE
SENATOR JOHN COLOBIE
MAKES ADDRESS OF DAY
TO LARGE AUDIENCE.
The Ardmore war bank was ded-
.r:. oil vivsieiil.iv i.t'ternooti in the :
ARMY VIOLATION
WAR BAN
presence of a large number of the ; American machine guns were tiring
people of the cilv. Although it j on each Hank of the two parties to
was late Saturday' night before the 'prevent the enemy from- undcrtak-
iiriul touches were given the build- j nfT 'kinking operations. One Trench
ing bv an artnv of workmu it stood j talking party found two wounded
forth' vesterd'av decorated with Germans .11 a dugout and took them
streamers and bunting on the south l1"""- 1 le Americans found one.
end of it being a large picture of Americans remained for 4o
President Wilson with the Ameri-' Jlie enemy hues 1 hey
can eagle and the shield of the '""."f excellent concrete dugouts
United States and the American w1hcI' 1 k'-v Iov in'- . and fals"
flag floating from the top. jrmhl 1.:lck ;ir? V)-
fhe police had roped the streets 1 'f1-1 :uul Wr- Uhk'
within a block in each direction from
the location of the building and the!1"-" vKu ous . nm-
r.eople were well protected. ami!1" Ibarr?se- U waf qmckI' N . "c-
ill. but little crowding. The fire j ' American heavy artillery
wagons rushing through the crowd I '" "; lalc t'.es ot gas
i ..1. 1 ... I shells on the enemy batteries
at one tune caused alarm but no Amcrican trJndl lnorUr al.
The Clmnber 'of Commerce band participate.! in the artillery
occupied the bandstand on to
.f
the building and after the rendition
cf music consisting of patriotic airs
including "America" in which the
audience joined in sing:ng Col-
Sidney Suggs called the large meet-
ing to order and introduced the Rev.
R. E. L. Morgan pastor of the
Broadway Methodist church who
invoked the divine blessing.
Exit One Story Building.
Colonel Suggs introduced State
Senator John (iolobic of Guthrie
vho delivered an address which at
nil times held his hearers in close
a.v.i.s ... v...-v
attention. He is a good outdoor' ' 1
speaker his voice reaching everyone j re carried out ski.-
in the large d He congra - that
U Vr. " . " ' ' r ' rf L
10111a and of these United States in
having erected and dedicated in
Ardmore the first war hank in the
country. He said lie dated his real
conception of Ardmore from the
time of the meeting of the press
association and that it was destin-
ed to be a competitor of Oklahoma
Cit and Tulsa that it would erect
no more one and two-story buildings
1 tit pointing to the large office build
ing just occupied on Main street
told them there was their model for
the great city that is to be buildcd.
He at once drifted into telling
the people what are their duties in
(Continued on Page 2.)
Persia Is
r 7
nea uuar
Washington March 11. Invasion
of Persia by small detachments of
the Russian Red guard was indi-
cated to the state department today
in a telegram from Teheran. Ac-
cording to the report there the
force which is not more than 400
is said to be planning an advance
on Teheran.
The anxiety with which the Swed-
ish people regard occupation of the
Aland islands by the Germans was
AMERICANS RAID
3 TIMES IN ONE
U.S. TRP&llUSH
ii
L
T
WHEN THEY ENTER FIRST
SERIES DITCHES FIND
GERMANS GONE.
SEIZE VALUABLE PAPERS!
In the Third Raid Americans
Found Only Masses of Wreck
and Ruin Made by Their Own Ar-
tillery Before Arrival.
(By the Associated Press.)
With the American Army in
France March 10 (Sunday) Amer-
ican troops co-operating wiili the
French have carried out three raids
opposite the American sector in
Lorraine. Two of the raids were
executed simultaneously last night
the third a brief time later. The
Americans swept past the German
first line and penetrated to the ene-
my's second line h'H yards back.
The two simillaneous raids one
northwest and one northeast of
(deleted) were made after
intense artillery preparation lasting
for four hours in which the Ger-
man positions were levelled. At
midnight two American forces with
.mall French forces on their Hanks
moved upon the German objectives
behind a creeping barrage each on
a front of 600 yards. When the
Americans reached the enemy hrt
hues the barrage was lifted so as
to box in the German positions at
both points.
Enemy Had Fled.
The men dropped into the ene-
my's t'enches expecting a hand-to-hand
tiiJit but found the Germans
had tied) Continuing the advance.
they went forward 000 yards to the
Gin r; ' sec ond l; i". Ml the i?ie
yj "' "
picpaiauuiis 111 rnjuini; mis j.uu
helping to level the enemy posi-
tions. The Third Raid.
Soon after these two raids had
been carried out the Americans
staged another at a point further
along the line to the ridge. They
went over the top after artillery
preparation of 45 minutes in which
the enemy's positions attacked were
obliterated. At this place the dug-
outs wer found to have been con-
structed principally of logs. F.n-
gineers accompanying the raiding
. . . .
Germans fie! more prisoners doubt
less would have been taken. Amer-
ican gas shells are believed to have
caused many casualties among the
enemy. No Americans are unac-
counted for.
Americans in Raid in Lorraine.
l'aris. March 11. American
troops have made a bold raid into
the German lines in Lorraine the
war office announces.
NAPLES IS BOMBED.
Rome March 11. Naples was at-
tacked by enemy aviators early this
morning. Twenty bombs were
dropped in a residential quarter. The
victims included seven occupants of
a hospital.
OF HUH
R S
Invaded By
ds of Russia
reflected in a Stockholm press re
port received today at the depart-
ment. According to that report the
German commander explained that
the landing had been made in con-
formity with the wishes of the Finn-
ish people. A motive for interven-
tion in Finland the report said was
the desire to supervise the evacua-
tion by bolshcviki troops the claim
being made that the bolshcviki had
agreed to withdraw
German Amputation of Rumania
t LU8IN
c
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
i jr
The black pan 01 me nap shows the territory ceded by Rumania V
the Central Powers in the peace treaty. It includes the province of old
and new Dobrudja which will finally become an integral part of Bulgaria
By the treaty Rumania is cut off from the Black Sea and her frontier
with Hungary is re-adjusted. Rumania also grants permission for the
soldiers of the Central Powers to cross her territory on their march to
Odessa.
CHINESE BANDITS SEIZE
WERE ON SURVEY WORK
AND ALSO CARRIED BIG
PAYROLL.
Peking. March S (Friday). Two
American engineers yl and l'ur-
cell have been robbed and captured
by bandits near Yehsien i'l the
province "f llni:iii A Chinese as-
sistant also was taken prisoner.
The party was on its way to in-
spect a survey the site of a pro-
nosed railway between Chow Kai-
ko wand Siang Vangful. They were
carrying a large sum ul money with
which to piy survey parties. An
iscort of 2n soldiers resisted the
bandits until their ammunition was
exhausted when the partv sur
rendered. Two of the Chinese es-
caped and reported the outrage
New York March 11. l'urcell.
one of the two American engineers
reported to have been robbed and
captured by bandits in China was
identified here today as K. J. Pur-
sell formerly of St. Paul. Minn. at
the offices of the Siems-Carey Rail-
way and Canal Company. He had
been engaged in survey work for
which the company lias contracts
with the Chinese government it was
said.
'Though officers of the company
said there was no one in their em-
ploy named Nyl they expressed the
belief that this name has been con-
fused with that of ti. A. Kyle for-
merly of Portland Ore. who has
been in China several months.
AMERICA WILL
NOT IMPUGN
Osaki Japan March 8 (Friday).
According to a dispatch to the
Mainichi of this city from Washing-
ton the United States is demanding
a guarantee for the withdrawal of
Japanese troops from Siberia inline-
diaelv the Russian crisis is over.
Washington March 11. It was
authoritatively stated here today by
officials in close touch witli the sit
uation that no such demand as re-
lerred to in the foregoing dispatch
has been made on Japan by the
United States and that such a de
mand would be considered "im-
pugning Japan's good faith which
the LUiited States has recognized."
Jt also was stated that it Japa
nese troops go to Siberia the ques
lion of their withdrawal is expelccd
to go bctore the peace conference
Night Officer Is Killed.
Manhattan Kan. Marcli 11.
While attempting to arrest Sam
Gifford assistant superintendent of
the laundry at Camp Funston Kan.
for intoxication here last night Ma
rion Ross night officer was beat
en to death by Gifford and a man
named Milton Moorehead foreman
of the Funston laundry according
to an announcement this morning
by Lee Turner chief of police. Gif
ford and Moorehead are being held
pending the outcome of the inquest
Jand further investigation.
JAPAN'S MOTIVE
ENEMY
NIGHT
V At
AMERICAN POETESS
L
MRS. LENA GUILBERT FORD
IS DEAD AS RESULT OF
AN AIR RAID.
London March 11. 'The bodies
ot Mrs. Lena C.uilbert rord an
American poetess and her son
about M! years old were discovered
today in a house destroyed in the
German air raid last week. In this
house twelve persons were killed.
Mrs. Ford formerly of Fltnira
X. Y. was author of "Keep the
Home Fires Burning" one of the
most popular 01 the r.nglish war
songs ller mother Mrs. Brown
was extricated Friday from the
wreckage of the house and taken to
a hospital seriously injured.
L
GO TO FRANCE
Xew York March 11. Ten ster
ilizing machines each weighing S.'KIO
pounds said to be the largest pieces
of disinfecting apparatus ever man-
ufactured have been completed for
lptueiit to the American over
seas forces it was announced today.
y the use of the specially de
vised apparatus it is expected the
danger of typhus fever and other
hseases among the troops will be
reduced to a minimum.
The machines not only will ster
ilize the clothing and effects of the
lighters but will be used for disin-
fecting surgical dressings.
Caulkers May Remain Peaceable.
Helena Mont. March 11. In a
statement published here today G.
. Harry tederal commissioner of
conciliation said he expected no
trouble from caulkers employed at
wooden shipyards 111 the Puget
Sound and Columbia river districts.
PALL RIVER COTTON
ARE ON STRIKE
Fall River Mass. March 11.
Most of the cotton mills here were
in operation notwithstanding a
strike of union firemen whicli be-
came effective last night.
Reports to the Manufacturers' As-
sociation showed that the plants of
the American Printing Company
and the American Thread Company
were close but that in other mills
the places of the strikers had been
Idled.
Strike leaders reported that every
union man had remained awav from
work and that every mill was feeling
the cliccts of walkout.
The strike was voted Saturday
after the Manutacturers Associa
tion had declined to grant demands
ior a closed shop and shorter hours.
KILLED
ONDON
BIG STERILIZING
M C IS
ML
M LL EI
WEATHERJORECAST
l' r Ardmore an;! Yivinity:
Tonight genera ! fnr; warmer.
Tuesday genera!! tair; strong
winds.
Oklahoma: tonij ht general-
ly fair; warmer. Tuesday gen-
erally fair; string south to
southwest vim1.! '.-might and
Tuesday.
l'-ist Texas: Tonight gener-
ally fair; warmer except on west
coast. Tuesday fair; wanner in
the interior.
West 'Texas: Tot ;ght. fair;
warmer. Tv.csda get erally fair;
mod-rate teinpe 'turc.
Local Teniae. ature
Miximud tenpjra'ure yester-
day ol degrees mirimum last
night 41.
RED AND WHITE
E
Stockholm. March ID. Heavy
lighting is continuing in Finland
between the Finnish white guard
and Russian red guard troops ac
cording to an official statement is-
sued on Saturday from the head-
quarters of the white guard at Yasa.
Violent encounters arc- reported
on the Sata Kunta and Sasalako
tronts.
Sanguinary lighting is proceeding
by day and by night without inter-
ruption at Ahvola in Karelia. The
statement announces that the Rus-
sians despite enormous losses in
the Ahvola lighting keep continu-
ally throwing fresh forces into the
fra'v.
TWO CHINESE DIVISIONS
JAP-SIBERIA CAMPAIGN
FIRST OF MANY TROOPS
(By the Associated Press')
Peking March 11. China in re-
sponse to an "iiuuiry" from Tokio
lias signified her intention to co-
operate with Japan in the protec-
tion of allied interests in the Far
Fast.
'The Chinese war bureau has been
requested to arrange for the send
ing of two divisions to northern
Manchuria. Japan will In-ar the ex-
pense pending completion of a pro-
posed American loan to China.
BUICK CAR STOLEN TODAY.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon Mrs.
W. T. Ward notified the police that
her automobile had been stolen from
in front of her residence 310 F
street southwest. She had just re-
turned home in the ear and it had
been standing in front of the house
a few minutes when it was taken.
It is a five-passenger light six Buick
painted dark green with the initials
"V. T. '.'' painted on the sides.
It carried a license card numbered
27r'). and the engine number was
-'"4S5).
Highway Meeting at Wirt.
Col. Sidney Suggs president and
James Glen secretary-treasurer of
the Indian Trails Association with
K. F. Gravellc county engineer
went to Wirt today to attend a
meeting of the executiv committee.
Colonel Suggs wants to see every
mile of this road built or repaired
that when the Albert Pike Good
Roads Association holds its meet-
ing in Little Rock in April at
which time a definite route for the
Cankhead highway through Okla-
homa will be selected that the dele-
gates from the Indian Trails As-
sociation may go before that meet-
ing and tender them a completed
highway from Durant to Lawton.
Resigns From Election Board.
John II. Carlock chairman of the
local exemption board has tender-
ed his resignation as secretary of
the county election board. He sent
it to Joe Morris secretary of the
state election board Saturday. His
duties as a member of the local ex-
emption board are such that he
cannot possibly take time for any-
thing else.
Two American Aviators Killed.
Washington March 11. The
navy department today announced
the death of Andrew Donnie Skaggs
and J.eo schott rtarvie as the re
sult of an airplane accident in the
naval aviation service in France.
Skaggs lived at Ncwburn Tenn.
and Harvic at Cincinnati Ohio. De
tails of the accident and the date
were not given.
Bf PARCEL POST
Washington March 11. Live
chicks may be sent by parcel post
after March 15 provided they are
properly prepared for mailing.
In announcing this decision to-
day the postoffice department or-
der said chicks could not be insur
ed or sent c. 0. d. nor carried to
destinations more than 72 hours
mailing distance
GUARDS C0HI1
FIG T INFIM
L E CHICKS NOW
ENEMY
TELLS PUIS OF
BRITISH COMMANDER PRE-
PARED FOR RUSH AND
USED HEAVY GUNS.
GERMANS BADLY CUT UP
Shells From Teuton Guns Demol-
ish Building Occupied By British
Officers and When Dug Out All
Were Unscathed.
tlly the Associated Press)
With the British Army in France
and Belgium March 10. (Sunday. )
Heavy artillery fire was proceed-
ing at various points along the tense
British and German battle lines to-
day but there has been no infantry
action of importance since yester-
day morning when the British in a
violent counterattack hurled the
Germans from the post they suc-
ceeded in capturing in the region of
Poelderhiiek ridge Friday evening.
'The British defenses here and
south of the lloutholst forest where
1 lie Germans also seized six posts
Friday have been re-established
I completely after severe fighting in
which tbi' Germans lost heavily.
Both these attacks were but apol-
ogies for what the Germans had
planned originally. 'They had in-
tended to make a pretentious as-
sault Feb. 3i on the northern sec-
tor south of the lloutholst forest
to pinch off the British salient just
southeast of the wood and gain a
number of important positions. This
became known to the British how-
ever through a deserter and they
buried the lloutholst front under
an avalanche of shells that the en-
nuy was forced to abandon his
scheme.
Make Smaller Attack.
'The Germans decided neverthe-
less to make a smaller attack Fri-
day morning whicli gained them sis:
posts tcmporarih. The final result
was that they were driven out with
severe losses and also forced to
abandon some of their own for-
ward positions.
I A strong attack had also been
I planned for Feb. 2'A against the im-
portant high ground held by the
British in the region of Poelderhoek
and southwest of that place. A
prisoner taken by the British is said
to have divulged the German plans.
The British artillery effectively pre
sented the carrying out of this pro
gram and later German prisoners
said their regiments had been parad-
ed and informed that the attack had
been postponed because the Brit-
ish had learned of it. 'The same pris-
oners said the attack had been put
off until the morning of Marcli 8.
Under Smoke Screens.
Thursday the British gunners put
down a terrific barrage and the
Germans did not attempt to advance.
Friday evening however they mov-
ed against Poelderhoek ridge under
a smoke barrage and to the accom-
paniment of a heavy bombardment
of the British positions.
The enemy occupied a number of
posts along a narrow front and a
hard fight followed. Early Satur-
day morning the British organized
a counter attack whicli although ex-
ecuted gallantly was without the
desired result. A second counter-
attack was completely successful and
the Germans were driven out.
One of the freaks of war occur-
red Friday near Poelderhoek ridge.
The headquarters of a Britisli com-
pany sustained three direct hits from
'.icrman heavy guns and the build-
ing was demolished over the head
of the entire staff. When the in-
fantry had cleared away the debris
in an effort to reclaim the bodies
it was found that not a single of-
ficer had been injured although
some of them were suffering from
shock.
Weather Is Fine.
This has been another magnificent
day. The balmy weather of the
past few days whicli might prop-
erly belong to April or May has
brought out the leaves of the pus-ry-willows
and many woodland flow-
ers. The ground still contains some
frost but the roads are dry and
dusty.
MEMI1 OF MEYER
Washington March 11. The
memory of George von L. Meyer
who died at BostonJSaturday was
honored today by tire government.
Secretary Daniels designated Rear
Admiral Spencer S. W ood com-
mandant of tlte first naval district
and Rear Admiral Leigh C. Pal-
mer chief of the bureau of naviga-
tion to represent the navy at the
funeral. At the postoffice depart-
ment flags were ordered at half
mast.
Mr. Mycr was secretary of the
navy under President Taft and post-
master general under President
Roosevelt.
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