Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 193, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 16, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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Don't Fail to Hear Judge Hugo Winthner of New York at Convention Hall 8 o'clock Tonight
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ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY APRIL 1G 1918.
VOL.
NO. 193.
EIGHT PACES TODAY
ARDMOREI1
TEN ENEMY TRAWLERS
SUNK BY BRITISH GUNS
I M F
IIS
ACTION COMES IN THE CAT-
TEGAT BETWEEN SWE-
DEN AND NORWAY.
FOE CAPTURES BA1LLEUL
British Give Way Slightly Under
Heavy Pressure of Picked Enemy
Divisions of Fresh Troops Hin-
denburg Now Wants East Ridge.
London April 16. Ten German
trawlers have been sunk by gunfire
in the Cattegat (between Sweden
and Denmark) the admiralty an-
nounces. Their crews were saved by
British ships. There were no Brit-
ish casualties.
The operations in the Cattegat
the statement says were undertaken
by the commander-in-chief of the
grand fleet.
Significant seems the form of the
British announcement which conies
in a report from Vice Admiral Sir
David Beatty commander-in-chief
of the grand fleet. This would ap-
pear to indicate that the grand fleet
is out and possibly pressages moot
important naval developments.
The operation was undertaken
yesterday for the purpose of sweep-
ing the Cattegat of mines the report
shows and may still be in progress.
What further British effort if any
the operation implies can not well
be forecast. It is indicative of in-
tensified British naval activities at
any rate if not preliminary to far
wore important operations on the
part of the British naval forces.
(Ey The Associated Press.)
Tremendous pressure exerted by
picked fresh troops in the desper-
ate German effort to drive the Brit-
ish from Messines ridge has com-
pelled a slight retirement of the
British line on the north side of the
l.ys battle front.
The town of Balletil has been
evacuated and the British front
withdrawn to a line running from
north of that town to the north of
Wulverghem and thence to Wyt-
schaete. Wytschacte occupies the highest
point of the easterly ridge system
and the British have been firmly es-
tablished here since the early days
of the enemy offensive. The tier-
mans through their push into the
southwest are now apparently in a
more advantageous position to at-
tack it and their expected drive upon
it was reported developing tnis
morning.
i As at Wytschacte it forms the
pivot of the British line which bends
here to the north an extremely de-
termined defense of it is looked for
from Field Marshal llaig's troops.
Although the loss of Balleul and
some of the comparatively high
ground around it such as -Mount
de Lille and Kcvetsberg represents
:i decided setback for the defense
the British line as it has been with-
drawn still is on ground much
higher than the Germans occupy.
The British artillery thus pos-
sesses numerous vantage points
from which it can continue to pour
in a devastating fire upon the at-
tacking columns.
I Chief among these high spots is
Mount Kemmel which towers up
more than 400 feet from the low
ground about Wulverghem two
miles to the southeast. Apparently
Field Marshal llaig's forces have a
firm hold on all this valuable bill
region.
i Spectacular Feature.
' What may be called the frontal
attacks on the Germans upon the
Sridge system back of Messines Wyt-
fechaete and Hollebeke furnish the
spectacular feature of the operations
as reflected in today's news. One
brief paragraph in Fiel Marshal
Haig's report however has an im-
portance attached to it that should
not be overlooked. It records the
Vepulse of heavy German attacks
southwest of Vieux Berquin.
: The German line here runs along
the easterly border of Nieppe wood
and it is by a push to the northwest
in this region that the enemy hopes
to reach Hazebrouch some five
miles distant and take this highly
important railway town. Vital rail
(communications to the Messines
'and Ypres sector would thus be cut.
'The British line is being strongly
held in this region however and the
flanking movement shows no signs
of making progress as the report of
the Vieux Berquin engagement
khows.
The German effort at present
fceems centered upon the northern
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WEATHER FORECAST
For Ardmore and Vicinity:
Tonight and Wednesday gener-
ally fair.
Oklahoma: Tonight an
Wednesday generally fair; f r
in northwest portion.
West Texas: Tonight
Wednesday generally fair t
in the Panhandle.
Fast Texas: Toniglu and
Wednesday partly cloudy.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 80 degrees; minimum last
night 58.
I
NEW LAW WILL AID IN RE-
STRICTING MOVEMENTS
OF ENEMY ALIENS.
Washington April 16. Supervi-
sion of travel of American citizens
so as to guard the country against
spies and other enemy agents is pro-
vided under broad powers conferred
by a bill pending in the house with
the administration and foreign af-
fairs committees as its sponsors.
It is intended to give necessary
supplemental authority to the gov-
ernment to watch its borders and
act quickly where present laws are
inadequate and to follow in princi-
ple at least the precautions taken
in F. u rope.
Need of the legislation is consid-
ered pressing. Recently there have
been numerous suspicious depart-
ures for Cuba which it was impos-
sible for this government to pre-
vent. Other individual cases of entry
and departure at various ports have
excited the greatest anxiety. This
is particularly true of the Mexican
border passage across which can-
not be restricted for many types of
persons reasonably suspected of aid-
ing Germany's purposes. The bill
will be urged in both bouses as an
emergency war measure.
Citizens need not secure such per-
mits as are required of aliens but
must bear valid passports. Passports
will continue to be issued by the
department of state and there is no
reason to believe according to the
framers of the bill that any Ameri-
can citizen will be unduly hampered
by these restrictions.
MANY PICTURE THEATERS
FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
New York April 16. George
Dunham Foster president of the Y.
M. C- A. community motion picture
bureau it was announced here to-
day is in France organizing a chain
of picture theaters on the western
front from Ypres to Lorraine. The
bureau is projecting every week in
America and France it is stated
more than 8000000 feel of films and
of the reels that are being shipped
abroad for the entertainment of
American fighting men in camp and
battle fleet less than one-third were
produced prior to last August.
LABOR REMAINS LOYAL.
London April 16. The declara-
tion of the American Federation of
Labor that it will not meet enemy
representatives during the war.
which James Wilson chairman of
the visiting American labor dele-
gation expressed at a luncheon yes-
terday is welcomed by the press.
E
MAD BECAUSE THEY CAN-
NOT GET CERTAIN PROD-
UCTS FROM U. S.
Washington. April 16. Reports
that Danish importers seeking to
force a release of American prod-
ucts have been circularizing nvr-
chants and manufacturers in the
United" States hinting that unle.is
they are permitted to purchase what
they please their trade will go to
Germany after the war has drawn
from the war trade board assurance
that everything possible will be done
to safeguard American commerce.
Proposals for commercial agree-
ment with Denmark similar to those
with other countries have been held
in abeyance for several weeks Owing
to the refusal of the Danish govern-
ment to give assurances required of
all neutrals that the goods obtained
from the United States should not
be allowed to go into Germany or to
substitute for domestic products
sent into Germany.
PLAN TO GUARD
II
SP
DANES THREATEN
AMERICAN TRAD
P.
S TEMPER
s IK
MEETINGS OF PROTEST ARE
BEING HELD THROUGH-
OUT THE ISLAND.
English Labor Leaders Appeal to
Lloyd George to Grant Ireland
H ome Rule on Basis Majority Re-
port Recent Irish Convention.
London April 1(. Danger of a
crisis in the British cabinet is be-
lieved to have been avoided through
a conference the labor leaders had
with Premier Lloyd George. They
urged the premier to grant self-government
to Ireland on the basis of
the majority report of the Irish con-
vention and his reply is reported to
have been satisfactory. Meanwhile
a home idc bill is being drawn up
and meetings of protest against con-
scription are being held throughout
1 reland.
Meetings to protest against con-
scription were held Monday in 100
parishes all classes of the popula-
tion participating says a dispatch
from Dublin to The' Times. The
clergy took a leading part in all the
'meetings. Rhe solutions of protest
are pouring in from public bodi.'s.
Sinn Fein clubs are very active.
'Unquestionably" the dispatch
adds "the present temper of the Na-
tionalist Ireland is very deplorable.
The country has lost all sense of
proportion and has forgotten not
merely home rule but the war. It is
a country of contradictions bow-
ever for in Dublin and some other
towns voluntary recruiting has been
remarkably good in the past few
days."
The committee which is in charge
of the drafting of an Irish home rule
bill says The Times includes J.
Austen Chamberlain former secre-
tary for India. This it adds is a
"fact which suggests that be already
is or is about to become a member
of the war cabinet."
The same paper prints an appeal
from the Unionist members of par-
liament urging the immediate intro-
duction of a measure of home rule
as "generous as can be devised by
the light of the recent discussion of
the Irish convention."
SALES JUMP TO
TEN MILLIONS
Washington .April 16. Liberty
Liberty loan subscriptions amount-
ing to $806465230 were reported
today to the treasury from eleven of
the twelve federal reserve districts.
This is $114853450 more than was
reported last night and includes
most of Monday's subscriptions. No
report has come from the Minne-
apolis district where the selling
campaign started yesterday.
Reports from local committees
continue to tell of a large number
of subscriptions of persons of small
means and of the withholding of the
bigger subscriptions by banks until
later in the campaign. The number
of small towns which have exceeded
their quotas is now so great that the
treasury has given up efforts to keep
a complete roll.
The Kansas City district reports
honor flags have been won by 33
counties and 147 towns and "that
many communities are now asking
for honor (lags indicating the doub-
ling of their allotment.
Oklahoma in the late returns
jumped from $3000000 to $10000-
000 in a single day.
A feature of the report from the
Dallas district was that the number
of individual subscribers was in-
creasing far beyond the expectation
of campaign managers.
Employes of Rock System
To Buy $2000000 of Bonds
The Chicago Rock Island & Pa-
cific Railway Company has made
"100 per cent" is slogan. It is lead-
ing m!1 other railroads west of the
Mississippi ver which is known as
the "Western regional district" in
the third Liberty loan campaign.
Returns so far indicate approxi-
mately J0 per cent of all employes
on the Rock Island pay rolls have
subscribed in the aggregate more
than $2000000.
Every employe on the system has
been or is to be personally solicit-
jed and urged to subscribe the maxi-
mum amount consistent with his or
her personal circumstances
OKLAHOMA BOND
MASS M I
AT CONVEN
KILL TONIGHT
JUDGE HUGO WINTHNER OF
NEW YORK CITY WILL
SPEAK ON LOAN.
eloquehTjspeaker
Comprehensive Addtess on War Fi-
nance and America's Part in Eu-
ropean Conflict With Music by
Philharmonic Quartet.
Judge Hugo Wiuthne rof New-
York City who is devoting all of
his time to the campaign in the in-
terest of the third Liberty loan will
address a mass meeting .it Conven-
tion Hall at .8 o'clock tonight.
Judge Winthner is described as
one of the best posted men on ques-
tions of war finance and an elo-
quent speaker and a forceful and
comprehensive address iui the finan-
cial conduct of the war and Ameri-
ca's part in the European conflict is
promised. Judge Wimhncr is sent
to Ardmore by the Tenth district
speakers' bureau Kansas City the
first of the ont-of-the-st.ite speakers
afforded this city and a warm wel-
come and large crowd must be tend-
ered in order for the residents of
this city to show their full appre-
ciation of his visit.
The Philharmonic Club's Ladies'
Patriotic Quartet which made its
debut at Wilson last week will fur-
nish a program of appropriate mu-
sic. 'The quartet is composed of
Mrs. :. F. Ctiill.it. Mrs. J. R. Pcn-
nington Mrs. N. C. Wood and Mrs.
L. W. Burrow with Miss Anne
Thompson as accompanist.
BATTLE SUMMARY
British resistance having stiffened
and held the Germans to small gains
in the past three days the battle
west of Armentiercs has reached the
stageof massed local attacks to gam
a desired objective. The enemv cap-
turd Bailleul. His attacks in that
region were made in great strength
along a line of about six miles from
south of Bailleul and ul ergheni.
The English have fallen back to new
positions north of Bailleul.
There are indications that the
Germans will start a drive on the
southern side of the new salient in
an effort to reach Bethune. The
enemy artillery lire along a ten-mile
front from Robecq to Givetiehv is
increasing in intensity and large
bodies of troops have been discov-
ered behind the German lines. The
British lines here is about one mile
north of and parallel to the La
Bassee canal.
Givenehy. held by the British has
not been attacked since the repulse
of strong enemy efforts last week.
Like the drive in I'icardy the of-
fensive in Artois seems to have worn
itself out in the first week. The
Germans have ceased thei rattaeks
along the entire front and are con-
fining their efforts to an endeavor to
outflank the Messines ridge. The
capture of Neuve l'glise four miles
west of Bailleul was a strategic gain
for them.
Around Wulverghem between
Neuve F.glise and the ri;ii.
ridge.heavy fighting also is going
on. The British have straightened
out their line near Neuve Kglise bv
retiring to the northwest. Berlin
claims to have gained the British
lines northeast of Wulverghem
which would bring them near Mes-
sines on the eastern slope of the
ridge.
On the I'icardy battle field the
German attacks on Hangard have
died down. Very violent artillery
fire continues there and the French
gunners have dispersed enemy in-
fantry attempting to advance "from
Detnuin. On the remainder of the
French front there lias been a'rtil-
lery exchanges. The Germans fac-
ing the Americans north and east of
St. Mihiel have not renewed their
attacks.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam April 16. North of
St. Mihiel on Sunday night savs a
Wolff bureau dispatch from Berlin
dated Monday the main part of the
American position situated to the
eastward and southeastward of
Maizey on the right of the bank of
the Meuse River was taken by
storm.
A large section of the main enemv
lines of defense on the high road
from St. Mihiel to Bourois the dis-
patch adds was rolled up despite the
brave resistance of the enemy who
suffered the severest casualties in
addition to the loss of prisoners.
Liberty Bond Sales
Pass $700000
Yesterday's subscriptions to the
third Liberty bond issue in Car-
ter county totaled $44350 making a
total of $705150 during the cam-
paign and an excess of $65250 over
the county's quota of $63')(00. Dur-
ing this week and next the Car-
ter county workers will carry for-
ward the bond sale campaign with
the slogan "a Liberty bond in every
home" as their goal. It is believed
that lit lie iliftietilly will be experi-
enced in bringing total county sales
up to if not in excess of. the sales
of the second issue $1.(101.250.
The State National with sales
amounting to $2(i.()5(l led yester-
day. Second place went to the
Guaranty Stale with a total of $7-
70O and third to the First National
with a total o! $5050. The First
National of llealdton led the out
of town banks with sales amount-
ing to $1350. Tlit- First National
of Rerw.vn was second with $1050
Total esKTilay's Over
J;ank. sales. wiles. Quota. .piota.
iSiuii-anty Stato $:i;t.7:.' 7.7" $i U.mo $i:i:i;!.'hi
First National S7.900 .1 .(." I) iT.IOil
State National i I.U.":I ;i;!)Ml M.OOO
Kxehaimi' .National 35.1 Si) 2.07.O StMHMt :t. ir.O
Security Stall-. Itoahlton 5:l.(il"t l.ono lii.Vim 3t;;tn(l
First National lleal.lton M.ailil 1 :t.o iiii.jiw
First National. Wilson 44lMI !lfil r.'.OnO
First National lii-rwyn TJ.IliO l.i'fiH 1.N11O l.iioil
New W ill-Tin Stall- !i.::i0 t''0 JT.SuO
Tarter Toimty liuliaiiH r.'l.otni
Wirt State -f. 100 UC.li).) Tl.Tlli)
Tity state Ki.lHHI
War Tank H.tim)
Totals $7unioi) jn.::ri0 $i;:i'j9ot
County iinita ru-.-ss Xii'i.jSO.
No report for ypsti-nl;iy.
Enormous Loss To
Enemy When Huge
Plane Factory Burns
Geneva Switzerland April 10.
Enormous loss was caused by the
lire which broke out Saturday in the
Zeppelin works at Manzel near
Friedrichshafcn and destroyed the
plant which had been transformed
for the manufacture of airplanes of
the Gotha type according to reliable
reports from Rorschach on Lake
Constance.
Vast quantities of raw materials
were burned and it is reported tit
Constance that two large Zeppelins
and forty airplanes also were de-
stroyed comprising the whole fleet
then at the plant.
Many warehouses were reduced to
ashes as was .also the offices of the
plant situated close to the work-
shops. The number of victims was
considerable but as the military au-
thorities are preventing any one
from approaching the scene of the
lire the number of killed and injured
cannot be learned at present.
The lire broke out at 11 o'clock
Saturday and burned all day Sun-
day according to two Swiss travel-
ers who were in I'riedrichshaf-tn
Sunday. The lire began with an ex-
plosion and there were frequent ex-
plosions throughout Saturday night
and the following day apparently
due to the bursting of gasoline tanks
and hydrogen 'cylinders.
American Red Cross to Relief
Of People of Holy Land; Big
Sum of Money Appropriatea
Washington April 16. A com-
mission of about sixty members
headed by John 11. Finley com-
missioner of education of New
York has been sent to Palestine
it was announced today at Red
Cross headquarters to study tip;
needs of the people of the Holy
Land and assist in their relief
The Red Cross has made com-
prehensive plans for the relief of the
people of the Holy Land who for
centuries have suffered tinder 'lurk-
ish rule and who recently were res-
cued through the British conquest
of Jerusalem.
"For some time" said the an-
nouncement "The American Red
Cross lias had under consideration
the best way to relieve conditions
in Palestine. All reports indicate
that they are peculiarly deplorable
l'amine and disease have exacted
heavy tolls. Typhus and cho.-r
were and are epidemic. In no part
of the world into which the war
has been carried is the condition of
the civilian population worse than
in the land of the Bible.
and the Security State of llealdton
third with $1000.
Five banks in the county the
Guaranty State Security State of
llealdton. Wirt State First Nation-
al of Berwyn. and Fxehange Na
tional have exceeded their quotas.
The same number of banks in the
county have not as yet sold the
quota allotted them.
The mass ui'-ciing at Convention
Hall at 8 o'clock tonight at which
Judge Hugo Wiutlmcr of New
York City will speak should give
great impetus to the campaign.
Judge W inthner is regarded .is the
most able authority on war finance
that has visited tile tenth district.
The Philharmonic. Club's Ladies
I'atriolie Ouarctc will furnish the
music for tonight's meeting.
Employes of the Rock Island
railway bete have purchased Lib-
erie bonds to the value of $2100
The following table shows the
Carter county sales of bonds in detail:
Timer
quota.
Jlli'.l.fiOO
:inj:o
n; "no
171100
JS.i.OU
L
THEY REBEL AGAINST BE-
. ING TRANSFERRED TO
OTHER DIVISIONS
Houston Texas April 16. p-
proximately one hundred men be-
longing to various organizations in
the headquarters trains and mili-
tary police companies escaped from
Camp Logan yesterday in rebellion
against an order transferring lliein
to other organizations in the divi-
sion. All but two of thetn have been
captured and will probably face
charges of conspiring to mutiny it
was announced today.
The majority of the men were
from the old "fighting Seventh"
guard regiment of Chicago.
Stop Patents to Enemy.
Washington April 16 President
Wilson today stopped the issuance
of patents and copyrights to ene-
mies and revoked the authority giv-
en Americans to apply for patents
in enemy countries.
"Dr. I'.. St. John Ward of Spring-
tield Mass. professor of surgery
in the American University at Bei-
rut Syria in an exhaustive report
submitted a plan of relief. The war
council appointed $300000 as a
beginning. The work is to be done
in connection with the British Sy-
ria and Palestine relief fund atid
the American Armenian and Sy-
rian relief committee which already
have been doing what they could.
"The initial work of the Red
Cross commission will establish in
Palestine four medical units to com-
bat (typhus cholera and other dis-
ease. A fully equipped hospital will
be established at a point to be se-
lected. Dispensaries and village
work will be established in ibe less
populated districts. The lay assist-
ants attached to the medical assist-
ants will devote their time to gen-
eral civilian relief such as distri-
bution of clothing and food and re-
habilitation and reconstruction of
devastated areas.
"Appropriations so far made by
the Red Cross are intended to cover
I MEN DESERT
PROM CAMP
DGAN
a period of six months.''
SECRETARY BffiR
I I PORT
JOYFUL AND CONFIDENT AS
TO FINAL OUTCOME OF
THE GREAT WAR
GOES TO
Comes Across on One of the Large
Steamers Which Flew German
Flag Before America Began War
on the Despicable Hun.
An Atlantic Port April 16
Newton D. Baker secretary of w.ir
ii'tuitied to-America today after a
sojourn to l.urope imp. -lied by his
I desire to cottier with British
j French and Italian military and po-
Jtical leaders regarding his own
!countr's co-operation in the war
; against Germany and by his wish
also to become intimately acquaint-
j ed wttli the American troops under
arms iii France. hi this unprece-
I rented mission the secretary was
out of the country six weeks
"I return with a sense of pride
and confidence at the achievements
'of lite Tinted States and allied
troops abroad that would justify
inany trips across the water" the
secretary said as he stepped aboard
a train which will lake him to
W ashiiigloii.
His Only Statement.
This w;u the only statement the
secretary said he cared to make un-
til his return to Washington where
he promised a broad review of his
voyage and its results.
Those who returned with the
secretary said they did not doubt
that they reflected Mr. Baker's feel-
ing when they said that there was
complete optimism and confidence
among the peoples of the entente
nations that the war would be won
by tin in.
Apparently iu perfect physical
trim with color iu his cheeks and
eager to plunge into his duties at
W.i-hingl the secretary stepped
.ashore at 8:30 o'clock this morning
front the deck of a huge ship which
once sailed the seas as a German
inercnaiittna'i. His trip from Eu-
rope; had been undisturbed by any
submarines which might have lurk-
ed in ocean lanes. The weather had
been ideal the voyage a joyful one
Mr. Baker said.
Personnel of Party.
Accompanying the secretary were
Major General Y. M. Black' chief
of engineers I'. S. A.; Colonel M.
L. Breet ordnance department. U.
S. A and Ralph Hayes Mr. Baker's
private secretary.
Juestions asked of the secretary
by newspaper men remained uttan-
sw et ed.
"Not a word" he said in reply to
queries as to bis opinion regarding
the Irish situation air craft pro-
duction and the appeal of Arthur
J. Balfour the British foreign sec-
retary for the I'nited States to hur-
ry troops to France. "All I can
say is what I have given you" the
secretary added.
Mr. Baker first learned today of
the death of Senator Stone of Mis-
souri. "I must express my deep re-
grel.'' be said.
The secretary left American
shores about six weeks ago arriv-
ing at a French port March 10. At
Paris he conferred with Arthur J.
Balfour British foreign secretary
and General Loch of the French
army.
The great engineering feats which
Americans have accomplished to
accommodate the accumulating ar-
rival of American soldiers in France
were inspected by the secretary.
Has Narrow Escape.
Ho toured the American lines of
communication at one point nar-
rowly escaping injury from Ger-
man shell.
Hi visited the Belgian front and
met King Albeit of Belgium went
to London and was received by
King George and visited Premier
I loyd George and American Am-
bassador Page.
Returning to France Mr. Baker
conferred with General Pershing at
American headquarters approving'
the American commander's actioa
in placing his troops at the unquali-
fied disposal of General Foch.
Early this month Mr. Baker went
to Venice inspecting the ruins
caused by the Teutonic air raids;
visited Italian army headquarters
and was welcomed at Rome by the
American ambassador and Italian
officials.
Secretary Baker at Paris Celebration
Returning to Paris on April 4.
Secretary Baker attended the cere-
mony held iu celebration of the an-
jiversary of America's entering the
A-ar. He was received by Premier
Cletnenceau.
The secretary's departure for
'America was shrouded in the same
secrecy as that which attended his
embarkation when he left for Eu-
rope and until his arrival here to-
lay nothing had been published re-
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