Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
uyWay
da:
ARDMOREITE
"LEST WE FORGET"
1035 MORE DAYS OF GORE
Saving
Starnps
A Newspaper of Character
FULl LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY ilAY 3 1918.
VOL. 25.
NO. 210.
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
II
villi
WASHINGTON TO
PE. i CE OFFER
NO MEDIATION BE
CONSIDERED BY U.S.
FROM ANY SOURCE
ANY PEACE PROPOSAL MUST
COME FROM GERMANY
DIPLOMATS SAY.
NO "SEDAITJT YPfiES
All Talk of "Kaiser's Battle" Has
Ceased and Hun Newspapers Are
Instructed to Tell People That
"We Don't Want Ypres Anwayl"
Bulletin 1:30 P. M.
British Headquarters in
France May 3 (via Ottawa)
A tremendous crescendo
tf gunfire has broken out
this morning the principal
assault being apparently in
the Lys region.
London May 3. (vi:i Ottawa).
It is noteworthy that with the lull
in the fighting since the German
defeat at Ypress all German talk of
the "kaiser's battle" has vanished.
The German experts and newspapers
have now been instructed to warn
the people that no new Sedan is
possible; that Ypres is verv strong:
that the British have fought most '
sctinliornly unu that alter all pies
is not of importance for the Ger-
mans. They declare the German
command may decide not to take
Ypres.
London May 2. "The war is like-
. ly to last a long time yet" said Gen-
eral Sir William K. Robertson cx-
ehief of the general staff sp.. '.sing
here today. "How long it will l:.st no
sane man would dare to estimate.
"One of the reasons why the war
was not finished long ago is that we
v. ere unprepared for it when it be-
gan while the enemy had been pre-
paring for years. We now are pay-
ing the penalty for that uiiprcpared-
ness which in the past has caused
countries to become bankrupt or
ruined. J!ut we have no intention of
becoming bankrupt or ruined."
"I know" Sir William concluded
"that every right minded person i:i
the empire has made tip his mind to
see things through." '
Is Timely Stateme.it.
Sir William' warning that the
war is likely to last for a long time
yet is commented upon in London
as timely. It is pointed out that one
reason why American intervention
did not sooner become active in
sor.ie fields is because America made
arrangements for intervention on an
immense scale and she realized
that a successful offensive against
Germany was necessary to win the
war.
The Times refers to a dispatch
from Washington stating that dip-
lomats anticipate a peace move but
that no offer of mediation even from
the pope will be considered. Any
proposal of peace must come from
Germany The Times declares and
the allies will meet any such move
with the same unbroken front as
they met the latest offensive.
(Review by Associated Press.)
While a new Germ m stroke on
either the northern or southern bat-
tle front still is delayed the French
have taken the initiatives in the lat-
ter field and delivered a telling blow
southeast of Amiens.
Attacking on a front of more than
a mile between I idles and CasteL
General IV tain's troops yesterday
evening drove the Germans from
Hill 82. an eminence of sonic 2.-0
feet overlooking the Avre River
and capturing the work to the east
and southeast immediately border-
ing on the Avre.
The ground thus Rained is prob-
ably more valuable than any other
of equal area which lies along the
entire Sonimc line. It was at Dailies
that the Germans effected thrir
greatest westward penetration in
their Amiens drive and at Hill 82
they were within les tfun three
miles of the important Paris-Amiens
railway. Adding this new terrain to
the other high ground taken by the
French farther south along the
Avre not long ago an excellent line
of tlefcnses appears to have been
taken up by the entente forces in the
region.
The position of the French t
Ifangard and those of the British on
the Villers-P.retonncux ridge pre-
serve the continuity of the line on
commanding ground at virtually all
the vital spots north to the Somme.
In the Villers-Pretonneux region
as well there has been a further im-
provement of the entente position
the French gaining ground in local
fighting there last night.
Hun Plans tOrive Conquered
Races fro Their Own Land
And PLnt German Colonies
Amsterdam May 3. (Corre-
spondence of The Associated Press).
An unpleasant prospect for people
of territories occupied by the Ger-
mans is outlined in an article which
lias just appeared in the German
newspapers urging that the.people
shall all be driven out of their own
country to make room for German
colonics.
'Germany" says the article "has
been forced to destroy whole states
as if they were castles constructed
of cards and thus lost blood from
millions of wounds. Considering
this it cannot be wrong or immoral
to expel Poles from the territories
of old Russia so that we may pre-
pare in those regions a new father
land for the German refugees who
have come from all parts of the
world.
"The question is not one of mor-
als it is merely a political and eco-
nomic problem. The question is not
what shall we do with the nationali-
ties of the occupied territories? -Jlut
rather how shall we proceed to
group those territories so that they
may best serve the interest of Ger-
many ?
"Let the latter consider! ion he
the keynote of our reorganization of
conquered lands wherever they may
be situated."
ILD-EYED COLONIAL
n
PROGRAM FOB AUSTRIA
WRITER PROPOSES THAT HIS
COUNTRY ANNEX POS-
SESSIONS. Amsterdam April 17. usiria is
planning to become a great colonial
power as a result of the war ac-
cording to a statement by Profes-
sor Oscar Karstcdt in the Wirt-
schafts Zcituug. lie suggests that
Austria should take over the colo-
nial possessions of Portugal.
France. Italy and 1 loll. oil.
It is not clear why Holland who
is not a lieliigu'ent shot. II suffer
th'.' loss of her Last Indian pos-
sessions but Professor Kar.stcdt
iliu.ks that Holland has neither the
men nor the means to develop her
colonics adequately.
"1 be need for overseas develop-
ment is now clearly realised by Aus-
tria' be said "and the idea of an
economic penetration of the Hal-
bans cannot be looked upon as of-
fering a solution of Austria's eco-
nomic difficulties. Austria requires
tropical districts from which she
can draw her supplies of raw ma-teri:1!-:
and for thi. purpose they
must be under In r oivn rrle. This
is to be the kevnute of our fr.turo
colonial policy rat hi r lb ia ir.iper-
ia'ism which makes the pos-e..-ioit
of territory i'l end ia itself.
"Some of the prcsei.t colonial
powers will soon drop out of the
list. Au-iri.i ha- strong incentives
to claim a share in tl r i edi'-t ribu-
t ion."
HALF MILLION MORE
MEN FROM INDIA
MAY JOIN BRITONS
London. Ma 2. An official state-
iiunt with reference to the recent
v.ar conference held at Delhi. India.
st.iter that it was attended by 16
piir.ee. nun-official member-; of the
legislative council and abou' a hun-
dred representative- selected by t'.ie
provinces from all shades of politi-
cal opinion.
The confer nee adopted inipor-;
t.int it-solutions o:i questions ol man
po. or and the dev chpnuT.t of the
count rv's resource-.
It is hoped by the government
that as a re'ii't of measure pro-
positi for stimiil iting frcruiting
Inlf a million more rien will be se-
curtil to help the empire.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
CAPTURED RUMANIANS
FIGHTINGWITH ITALY
Paris. M.-.v 3. Eighteen thousand
kohliers of Rumanian origin who
wtc captured by the Itaiinni while
fighting under the Ati-man Mac
have asked permission to go to the
front against Austria. The request
ln hern granted and organization
of thee troon i under av.
With the entrance of the fr.rc i
into the field three armies composed
of former subject of the central em-1
pire ill be fighting on the side of
the allies. Czech and Hohrmians are
under Italian arm on the Italian'
front and there is a Poli-h detach-1
ncnt in France. J
REFUSE
B Y POPE
NEUTRAL VESSELS TO
BE U-BOAT QUARRY
Stockholm May 3. The Swedish
legation at Berlin reports an amend-
ment to the German prize regula-
tions effective immediately. It pro
vides that neutral vessels shall be i
considered to have put into opera-!
tiou in the interest of the enemy's!
warfare when the country whose1
llags the vessels are entitled to carry '.
has made a tonnage contract with '
ail enemy country or when the prin-
cipal part of the merchant marine
of a neutral state is making voy-
ages tor the enemy.
SCHOOL PUPILS
"OVERTHE TOP"
100 PER CENT EFFICIENT IN
PURCHASE OF THRIFT
STAMPS.
Ardt
more s public school pupils are
100 per cent efficient and are "over
the top" in the purchase of thrift
stamps and war savings certificates.
Complete reports from the ward
schools are as follows: First ward
enrollmcn 6(10 Noah Cisco princi-
pal shows an investment of $3725
war savings certificates and $5(M.7S
thiift stamps; Second ward enroll-
ment 37c! Mrs. C. '.. Washington
principal !fJ500 Liberty bor.ds and
$2422 war .savings certificates and
.hriit stamps; Third ward enroll-
ment 57o. D. T. Stiles principal re-
ports a grand total of $6888.75. war
savings certificates and thrift stamps.
An interesting feature of this report
is that two pupils of this ward each
purchased $10110. the maximum of
war savings certitic.iti s. The Fourth
waid. enrollment 3(! John Schru-
ghain principal reports an invest-
ment of .So77.75 in thrift stamps.
While a detailed report from the
high school is unavailable every
piiiiil i- credited as an owner of
thrift stamps and war savings cer-
tificates. BURLESON DENOUNCED
BY THREE SENATORS
Washington. May 3. Postmaster
General llurleson is charged in a
letter received today by all mem
bers of the senate lrom Senator I
l'..mkhead of Alabama llardwick of
(ieorgia and Weeks of Massachu-i
'etts with making "untrue" state-
ru nts and "attempting to influence"
-.enators regarding the plan for fed-
eral purchase of pneumatic mail
tube systems. The three senator-
are members of a join congressional :
commission that recommended the
pu .-chase of the tubes. .Mr. llurle-
son has opposed the reCommenda- .
I ion.
l'.riefs sent to senators by Mr.
liurle-on the letter declares con-
tained "a number of glaring mis-
stutiment of facts." His recom-
mendation they said cannot be con-
sirred ttlur than an attempt to i
prejudice the minds of senators and
to discredit the report of the com-
mission. Hie briif of the postmaster gen-
eral suggested that the commission
had ignored department officials and !
had suppressed information. (
HUN'S LYING PROPAGANDA .
IN ICELAND EXPOSED;
Beihn Seeks to Cause Trouble Be-
tween Denmark and Britain.
London. Mav 2. According to a
(Vpt iiliagett di'patch the Vossisdic :
tilling berlin publishes the fol-j
lowing statement: I
-jlenmark fears that Iceland may;
sterile and declare itself a lepublic. .
l'.iiiish influence in Iceland is ex-j
trarrdinarily strong and it is be- :
lieved that the new rcpul lie will'
later attach itself to dreat I'.ritain. j
r.vtiyihing Danish in Iceland is sy-j
tcmically ntppreetl by the English I
ho. by the expenditure of great'
iinii of money have created a feel-
ing in favor of England.
A K enter's news agency is offic-
ially informed that there is not a
word of truth in the stitcment con-
tained in the article in question with
regard to creat sum of money."
which England i supposed to be
pending and that the onlv po:-ible
foundation for such an allusion i
the fact that Great Ilritain ha pur-
chased the fish catch of Iceland.
WEATHER FORECAST
For Ardmore and -Vicinity:
Tonight and Saturday fair;
warmer.
Oklahoma: Tonight and Sat-
uday fair; somewhat warmer.
East Texas: Tonight and Sat-
urday unsettled; local rains in
south portion.
West Texas: Tonight and
Saturday generally fair in north
unsettled in south portion; prob-
ably local rains in southeast por-
tion. Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 76 degrees; minimum last
night 48.
MUST BE SENT TO
FRANCE IN YEAR"
THIS IS DECLARATION OF
SENATOR REVIEWING
WAR CONDITIONS.
Washington May 3. Five million
men must be sent on the battle front
by the L-nited Stales within a year
Senator McCuniber North Dakota
declared today in an address to the
senate which reviewed America's
work during the first year in the
war. The results of America's ef-
forts have been ahno-t negligible up
to the present lie said. Six months
have been wasted by the shipping
board and 64001 10.000 for aircraft
"has been worse tthan squandered."
"If we fail to put less than 5000-
(100 men on the lighting line before
the end of another year" he con-
tinued "we will again have grossly
failed to measure up to our moral
duty. We will have charged to our
discredit another year of colossal
blunders.
Quotes Schwab.
Senator McCuniber contrasted a
statement of President Schwab of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation
that the United Slates would pro-
duce ship tonnage of oulv 10.000..MJO
deadweight in ')V) with the esti-
mates of the L-hoat lossi of 7.000-
000 gross tons in 101S ' -"id:
"A program winch t oi. templates
but 10000.000 tonnage is trilling
with the most serious question that
ever confronted the pe 'pie of this
country. It is worse lli.'ii trilling it
is suicidal.
"Our only hope of v inning this
war is in being aide to keep our al-
lies in the field another year. That
means that it is incumbent upon us
to supply them with food. It we
can't get armies into the field let us
at least send food and munitions to
those'who are fighting- our battles."
Says We Are Slothful.
As a prt face to his conclusions
Senator .McCuniber asserted that
what we had lacked most was the
foresight and determination to get
up and be doing "when the living
sparks of that great world war
threatened to produce a conflagra-
tion that might force us on the firing
line."
"We serin to have gotten so be-
wildered in a maze ol little things
that we have lost sight of the great
requirements." he said.
" The failure of our shipping board
is the most aggravating example of
failure to grasp a big situation."
"We hive been liter. lly burning
up the money which the taxpayers
have thccrt'ullv paid to create and
support a - fighting army" he
charged.
"While we can't win this war
without buving Liberty bonds
neither can we vvi:i if by making
boiietire- of the money received
from Liberty bonds."
The bluster of the public press
he said which has grossly exag-
gerated everything in our favor had
been another factor in the delav.
1
IS BASED UPON
Kobirt A. Knight of Xclhl.t has
begun a $10.' damage suit against
i'. Ml limey alleging that llanty
ha accused him oi being a (it rtnau
spy.
Ki.ight allege in bis petition that
he i. a physician practicing medi-
cine at Nelld.i: that t-n April IS
the 't fend mt formed a scheme and
pur;..e to ruin him; that he began
iit. illy and maliciously to circulate
f;.lsc reports against him in the
community; that one of these re-
port was that he "was nothing but
a d d (iernim spy." and that if
he called to sec a patient be w;oa!d
kill ali the children at their birth
and that he (meaning the defend-
ant ) would help put him in the peni-
tenli.iry. The jlaintiiT allegcsthat he is of
English birth and that the reports
so circulated are false but that they
have caused him great pain and
mental anguish and tended lo injure
him in the community in which he
resides.
$1010 SUI
SP! ACCUSATION
Widespread Revolt in
Russian States Over
Brutality of Germans
(By The Associated Press.)
London May 3. There is grave uneasiness in
Germany over the news from the East where appar-
ently the Germans shortly will be confronted with
overwhelming difficulties which Avill shatter the
whole fabric of the Russian Brest-Litovsk peace says
an Amsterdam dispatch to The Daily Express. From
Finland to the Ukraine there is ever-increasing oppo-
sition to German oppression.
Vienna reports it says most of the crops were
ruined by the peasants who would rather starve than
feed the Germans.
(By The Associated Press.)
Moscow Thursday April 25 via Vladivostok
April 26. Germany's barbarous treatment of the in-
habitants cf occupied territories and constant requi-
sitioning of food are provoking great resistance and
provoked armed clash. In the Kiev district the in-
habitants resisted the Germans for three Uvys with
machine guns and rifles and were subdued by the use
of armored cars.
In the government of Minsk the Germans seized
able-bodied persons in the streets and in their homes
and are sending them to Germany in locked cars.
Those trying to escape are shot. The inhabitants
panic-stricken have gone into hiding. Streets in the
towns and cities arc armed camps with patrols of
troops and machine guns everywhere.
LIBERTY LI
TOTAL HEARING
A
Kcpons 10 vv in rraiiMiu cauvi
County chairman show that to the !
close of business yesterday alter- j
noon subscriptions to the third Lib-j
erty loan have reached a total of j
S:s(4.r50. (.'after Count 's quota i-j
?6.Vt.')00. Following are the reports;
of Carter County banks: I
Guaranty State $35S.5(i)
Fir.-t National 1 14.250 j
State National tsO.o'M) ' j
Security Stale lleald- '
ton 6. 100 j
Exchange National 50700
Carter Countv Indians 5.(H)0 I
Wirt State ..1 rv.SUD i
hirst Nat'l llealdto..n 22.1101)
First Na'l. Ilealdton 21?U0
New Wilson State 2(1.-100
First Nal lierwyn 18.200
Citv State - 15.000
Total
?80-.750
SLOW RESPONSE
TO APPEAL EOR
Enlistments for tile new company
of National (iuard of Oklahoma are
coming in slowly at recruiting head-
quarters in the War Savings Hank.
About one-fourth of the minimum
number necessary to secure the
company for Ardmore has been en-
rolled. Capt. William Hutchinson has
been requested by the Carter Coun-
ty Council of Defense ' command
the company and has accepted. The
other conimissjomd officers have
not yet been selected.
It is believed that it will be neces-
sary to recruit at least 130 men in
order to have a minimum of 100
nic it who will pass the physical ex-
amination. The apathetic manner in
l which the young men ot the city are
! regarding this matter is rather sur-
j prising. This afternoon at 2 o'clock
la meeting of business men was held
: at Convention Hall at which lime
! the committee designated by the
j Council of Defense to recruit the
f Continued on page 8).
$800130 MARK
NATIONAL GUARD
Young British Soldier Guards
Manger Where Savior Born
London April 7. (Correspondence of The Associ-
ated Press.) From Bethlehem a youthful British soldier
writes to a friend here :
'I am on guard at present and it is a great honor I
can tell you that I am guarding the birthplace and manger
of our Ixrd. It is a wonderful place and I never thought
when I used to read about it that one day I should stand
and guard it.
"The birthplace is marked by a 14-pointed silver star
presented by the French government. The stable is hung
with lamps from all countries and they look beautiful;
and I might add they are always alight.
"The mancer itself in rut in natural rnrV hut- marhlA
1 has been put in to keep it in
L
INI UP FOR
RED CROSS DRUE
1'. C. Dings county chairman for
the approaching Red Cross drive
to be launched May 20 for the pur-post-
of raising Ardniore'j portion
of the :-100UOO000 second war fund
presided over a meeting of his ex-
ecutive committee yesterday after-
noon and a similar meeting wa held
this afternoon. Mr. Dings as coun-
ty chairman; Mark Kirkpatrick
chairman of the Ardmore chapter
of the Red Cross; Fdward Gait dis-
trict chairman for the drive and C.
II. Adams publicity chairman con-
stitute the executive committee. Mr.
(lab's district comprises Carter
Lovt Murray and Garvin Counties.
appointments of several commit-
tees were made at yesterday's meet-
ing but the list has not yet been
completed. The campaign will be
carriid on in the city on t lie block
(Continued on page 8).
FOCH OPTIMISTIC IS
CLEMENCEAU'S REPORT
Paris May 3. The military au-
thority of General b'och as a result
of the Italian adhesion has been
extended to all the western fronts
and the general now becomes commander-in-chief
of all the allied
armies in the West says Marcel
1 1 n t in. in The Echo de Paris.
M. llutiu saw Premier Clenien-
cean on his return from the meeting
of the supreme war council at Abbe-
ville. The premier without going
into details expressed great satis-
faction with the results of the con-
ference. "And the situation at the front?"
asked the writer.
General Eocb is very optimistic;
that's all I can tell you." was the
premier's replv.
RED CROSS BENEFIT
BALL GAME AT 5:30
The Ked Cross benefit ball game
between emploves of the allied
banks and Consumers Eight and
I'ovver Company employes will be
(laved at 5:.?0 o'clock this atter-
i.oon at League Park.
The admission will be one thrift
stamp ami during the progress of
the game the stamps will be auc-
tm.ud off and the entire proceeds
will be given to the Ked Cross.
a good state 'of prer jrvation."
ALL STATES WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI
EXCEED BOND QUOTAS
BUI
TOTAL FOR COUNTRY AT
LARGE EARLY TODAY
WAS $2838317300.
AT
New York Federal Reserve District
Is Within Approximately $150-
000000 of Its Maximum Quota of
$900000000.
Washington May 3. The
Liberty loan total today has
reached $2838317300 with
n:rt.i:il renorta from yester-
i
day's business.
The Chicago district is tne
fourth to pro- over with sub-
scriptions of $453040850 to
cover its quota of $425000-
000. tt1 h.n f irm.i rmw nrft that ev
ery state west of the Missis-
. ! 11 I- -
sippi has subseioeu lis quota
although official reports to
substantiate this are lacking
from the Dallas and San Fran
cisco districts.
New York May 3. With
less than 48 hours remaining
in the Liberty loan campaign
the New York Federal Reserve
district was within approx-
imately $150000000 of its
maximum quota of $900000-
000 at 10 a. m. today. An
overnight gain of about $43-
400000 brought the official to-
tal up to $750400000.
STATE DIRECTOR AND FOOD
ADMINISTRATOR COMPLI-
MLNTS CHILDREN.
C. W. Kichards superintendent
of city school and. entity director of
war gardens accompanied by J. .
Uridines of Oklahoma City state
director ot v.ar g .irdeus under the
Council of Defence made an inspec-!
tiou this morning of the war gar-
dens grown by the pupils of the city
.schools iii ail parts of the city.
Mr. bridge expressed himself as
being very much impressed with the
number and si.e of the gardens and
I especially commended the well-kept
j appearance and the quantity and
quality of vegetables grown by the
; children.
I The inspection of the war gar-
den was followed by a war garden
(Continued on page 8).
GOVERNMENT LOSES
HEAVILY OpLROADS
DEFICIT FOR JANUARY. FEB.
RUARV AND MARCH TO-
TALS $100000000.
Washington. May 3. During the
tirt three months of government
regulation. 114 American railroads
show e l a "net operating income" of
54.1ilS.f)jl against $144.01 1'" for
the anie period under private direc-
tion in I'M".
Eur tin' three months' period end-
ing with March Interstate Com-
merce Commission statistics issued
toilav dinn operating revenues were
svJ'.(! I against $6S8173jl5J in
l'l" operating expenses. $637784.-
(os agair. si ?2J7$Jt' and revenue
from railway operation $i82t)721
against jl75..V'.s4SS.
The operating income for March
was S?l.(.SJ.iJ as against $5752-
0X7 the s.-une month la.st year.
The earnings report indicate
roughly that the government lost
more than SKDUUO.WM in operation
of the railroad; during January
February and March although rail-
road administration officials looked
for such a record as a result of bad
weather and traffic losses in January
They believe the loss will be made
up in later months.
March earnings although far be-
low lurmal are almost twice a
much as in February and are much
better than in January when a de-
ficit in railway operating income
wa operated.
For the first time the Interstate
Commerce Commission reported the
item of "net operating income."
which is the basis for government
compensation. This for the 114
roads reporting amounted to $46-
595 .UK which is the operating in-
come less expenditure for equip-
ment rents and joint facility rents.
For the same roads in the corre-
sponding period of last vear this
item via $134UXO.
The commission's report for
March is incomplete. ince return
are expected from &2 additional
roads.
MR GARDENS
GIVE
PRASE
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1918, newspaper, May 3, 1918; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc156432/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.