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iALLIED) EUROPE IS TMEHLLEP A
MEMCAN VICTORY
SERVICE With SAFETY
GUARANTY STATE BANK.
Of Ardmor.
No; Too Email lor Lars Business.
DAILY ARDMOREITE
We Can He'.i You Help Yourself
(t'AKAMY STATE HANK.
Of Ardmor.
Not Too I.art;t for (sroau Bualncu.
A Newspaper of Character
FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PKESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1918.
VOL. 25.
NO. 343.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
Pres Wilson Cables Congratulations to Pershing
BOLSHEVIK CHIEFS
SH0WI AS PAID
TROTZKY AND LENINE LONG
IN EMPLOY OF GERMANY
TO DESPOIL RUSSIA.
MILLIONS GOLD BOODLE
Facts of Conspiracy Are Made Pub-
lic at Washington and Show
Plots Also Against America and
All Allied Countries Documents
Are Exposed.
Washington D. C Sept. 14.
The committee on public informa-
tion releases for publication here-
with a series of communications be-
tween the German imperial govern-
ment and the Russia bolshevik gov-
ern and between the bolsheviki
themselves and also the report
thereon made to George Creel by
Edgar Sissons the cornmitteee's spe-
cial representative in Russian during
the winter of 1917-18.
These documents show that the
present heads of the bolshevik gov-
ernment Lenine and Trotzky and
their associates are German agents.
' They show that the bolshevik
A revolution was arranged for by the
Gereman great general staff and
financed by the German imperial
bank and other financial institutions.
They show that the treaty of
Brest-Litovsk was a betrayal of the
Russian people by the German
agents Lenin and Trotzky; that a
German-picked commander was
chosen to "defend" Petrograd
Vainst the Germans: that German!
pikers have been secretly received
"by the bolshevik government as mil-
itary advisors as spies upon the em-
bassies of Russia's allies as officers
in trie Russian army and as direc-
tors of the bolshevik military for-
eign and domestic policy.
Even Betrayed Russian People.
They show in short that the pres-
ent bolshevik government is not a
Russian government at all. but a
German government acting solely
in the interests of Germany and be-
traying the Russian people as it be-
trays Russia's natural allies for the
benefit of the German imperial gov-
ernment alone.
And they show also that the bol-
shevik leaders for the same Ger-
man imperial ends have equally be-
trayed the working classes of Rus-
sia whom they pretend to repre-
sent. The documents are "0 in number.
Many of the originals are annotated
by bolshevik officials. The balance
of the others are photographs of or-
iginals showing annotations and
corroborate a third set of typewrit-
ten circulars of which only two
originals are possessed but all of
which fit perfectly into the whole
HENCHMEN OF HUN
pattern of German intrigue and Ger-
man guilt.
The first document is a photo-
graph of a report made to the bol-
shevik leaders by two of their assist-
ants informing them that in accord-
ance with their instructions there
i had been removed from archives of
the Russian ministry of justice the
order of the German imperial bank
"allowing money to Comrades Le-
nine Trotzky 'and others' for the
propaganda for peace in Russia"
and that at the same time "all the
books" of a bank in Stockholm had
been "audited" to conceal the pay-
ment of money to Lenine Trotzky
and their associates by order of the
German imperial bank.
Report Indorsed by Lenine.
This report is indorsed by Lenine
with his initials for deposit in "the
secret department" of the bolshevik
files. And the authenticity of the
report is supported by document Mo.
2 which is the original of the re-
port sent by a German general staff
representative to the bolshevik
tders warning them that he has
4' arrested an agent who had in
hljCpossession the original order of
the German imperial bank referred
to in document No. 1 and pointing
out that evidently "at the proper
time steps were not taken to de-
stroy the above mentioned docu-
ment." Document No. 3 is the protocol
signed by several bolshevik leaders
and dated Nov. 2 1917 showing
that ''on instructions of the repre-
sentatives of the German general
staff in Petrograd" and "with the
consent of the people's commissars"
of which Trotzky and Lenine were
the heads two incriminating Ger--
man circulars had also been "taken
Atrom the department of secret
iContinued on Page 2.)
Goes From Africa
To Aid War Work
T 1
f c IJ
TltAk mwt rHoia.icnvi.ee. niw.ork.
One of the hardest workers in
the ranks of tlje Allied Hospit-
als in France is the wife of Gov-
ernor Northey of East Africa.
She is seeing that all the East
African troopers are getting
the very best of everything they
desire during their work in
France.
Autoless Sunday
Soon May Cover
All United States
Washington Sept. 14. The fuel
administration announced today that
there is a possibility that its auto-
less Sunday request may be extend-
ed to cover the entire country.
This will depend the administra-
tion said upon the ability of mid-
continent refiners to supply the ter
ritory west of the Mississippi and
at the same time furnish the gaso-
line they have agreed to deliver at
the Atlantic seaboard. Refiners are
canvassing the situation with a view
to determining if they can provide
for both demands.
Although the exact amount of gas-
oline saved in the territory east of
the Mississippi in the two Sundays
since the request was made cannot
be determined the administration
estimated it at 413000 barrels which
has added materially to the reserve
available for shipment overseas.
SIX KILLED IN CHICAGO.
Chicago Sept. 14 Six persons
were killed and forty-live injured
when a freight train backed into a
crowded street car in an outlying
section of the city late this after-
noon. All of the victims were Chi-
cagoans. According to the police
the accident was due to the failure
of the towerman to close the gates
at the crossing.
State Federation of Labor
Convenes Here Tomorrow
Three hundred or more delegates
and visitors are expected to be pres-
ent when President Fdgar Fenton of
Lehigh calls to order the annual
convention of the Oklahoma State
Federation of Labor in Convention
Hall tomorrow forenoon. President
Fenton Secretary Ollie Wilson and
other officers of the federation ar
rived Fritray aiternoon and night
and a meeting of the state executive
committee was held at federation
headquarters the Randol Hotel yes-
terdav afternoon. Other officers of
the federation include Samuel At-
terns Shawnee first vice-president;
T. T. Harvey Oklahoma Citv sec
ond vice president; Oscar E. Heath
Shawnee third vice-president; J. F.
Grissom Okmulgee fourth vice-
president and D. N. Ferguson Ard-
more fifth vice-president.
The convention will begin its
three days' session at 10 o'clock to-
morrow forenoon with a public meet-
ing. All sessions of the convention
will be held in Convention Hall. Af-
ter the Rev. R. E. L. Morgan pastor
of Broadway Methodist church pro-
nounces the - invocation the dele-
gates and visitors will be welcomed
by Mayor W. R. Roberts and pa-
triotic addresses will be made by A.
jB. Riddle city attorney and Judge j
E
E
FIFTEEN SHIPS ENTER THIS
PORT IN ONE MORNING
MARCH SAYS
12 UNL0ADJN24 HOURS
Leave Cjuickly on Return Trip to
America British and French No-
where Further than Five Miles
From Hindenburg Line.
Washington Sept. 14. Speaking
today of the enlarged American pro-
gram and illustrating what has al-
ready been accomplished General
March read a cablegram received
from a debarkation port in France.
It showed that 35000 nlen had land-
ed in one morning and that 11000
more would be put ashore the same
day. Fifteen ships had entered the
port on the same morning of which
twelve were to be unloaded and j
ready to return within twentv-four
hours.
General March said that ships
now were being unloaded and start
ed on their return trip in less than
one day. as a usual thing.
Commenting on the military situ-
ation on the southern serctors in
France the chief of staff pointed out
that as a result of recent advances
by the British and French these
forces arc now nowhere more
than five miles from the Hinden-
burg line. Progress has become
slower however he said under the
artillery fire of the enemy from his
prepared positions.
In Flanders Belgian troops have
taken over six miles of front for-
merly he'd by the British.
No reports ofl the Firty-second
(Rainbow) division's present activ-
ities have been received since it was
relieved from the line on the Aisnc
Marnc front. The Twenty-ninth di-
vision composed of New Jersey Vir-
ginia Maryland and District of Co-
lumbia troops now is on line in the
V'osges it was announced.
The Seventy-seventh composed of
troops from New York City and
vicinity and called the Metropolitan
division was in the advance from the
Vcsle to the Aisne and the Twenty-
seventh composed of New York
troops is still in Flanders.
IGNORE BONNIWELL.
Ilarrisburg. Pa. Sept. 14. The
democratic state committee of Penn
sylvania today ignored Kugene C.
Bonniwell of Philadelphia the par
ty s nominee for governor and en-
dorsed all other candidates on the
state congressional and legislative
tickets.
RACE RIOT IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburgh Sept. 14. One man
was killed eleven wounded and thirty-six
arrested in a race riof be-
tween Turks and Armenians tonight
in their industrial section of Brad-
dock near here. A war argument
was blamed for the trouble in vJiich
a score of shots were fired between
the rioters and police.
W. F. Freeman. Music will be fur-
rfished by the Chamber of Commerce
Band under the direction of George
D. Barnard. Adjournment for the
noon hour will be had as soon as
President Fenton announces his
committees.
Business Sessions.
The first business session of the
convention will be opened at 2:00
o clock in the afternoon. The pres-
ident will make his annual address
and reports of the state officers will
be submitted. After the report of
the credentials committee and the
transaction of such other business
as properly comes before the first
afternoon session the delegates will
be tendered an automobile ride by
the citizens of Ardmore. A commit-
tee comprising James Barron Tom
Cooper Rev. R. E. L. Morgan J.
F. Stotts and John F.. Easley has
been named to secure pledges from
car owners to furnish machines for
the drive. Car owners are urged to
have their cars at Convention Hall
promptly at 4.45 p. m. Monday af-
ternoon so that no delay will be ex-
perienced. Business sessions will be held from
10 a. m. to 12 noon and 2 p. m. un-
til 5 p. m. each day until the busi-
Continued on Page 2.)
46000 TROOPS
LAND IN FRANC
DURING ON
FOCH WARS ON GERMAN
I MORALE AS WELL AS ON
KAISER'S SHAKEN ARMIESEWm WILSON
Weather Forecast
Oklahoma: Sunday purity
cloudy to cloudy; Monday un-
settled with showers and cooler.
Fast Texas Sunday generally
fair; Monday partly cloudy prob-
ably becoming unsettled in north
portion; cooler in north portion.
West Texas: Sunday general-
ly fair; Monday probafiiy fair in
south portions; showers and
cooler in north portion.
Washington Sept. 14. Weath-
er bureau predictions for the
week beginning Monday are:
West Gulf Stales: Generally
fair with nearly normal temper-
atures. Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valley: Showers prob-
able early in the week and again
toward close in the lower Mis-
souri valley. Otherwise generally
fair. Temperatures will average
near or slightly below normal.
FIRST DAY'S FIGHTING RE-
VEALS HUN AS LOSING
STEAM.
American Army Headquarters
Fridav Sept. 11 (Reuters Agency)
Nothing could better illustrate
the increasing weakness of the Ger-
man arms than the ease with which
the Franco-American force en-
trusted with the task advanced in
the St. Mihiel salient. It is true
nnnritintl iv:i H (1 111 I T.l 1 )1 V t)lallllCd
and carried out but one rarely has
.1 ' t. i-n f
BRAGGART BOCHE
GROWS
WEAKER
WllUCSSeu aiiytlinig mkc uic t.ii. i;a ijccluii. vyLiicio rwi u.ou.y w ci. nuvinmLiuii ui inc
that first day's fighting. ! hour and place of the attack. Still others expected it would
There was of course a barrage tae place on the loth and say the artillery had been ordered
but not a very terrific affair asjto wjthdraw on the night of the attack. The post's command
marrages go. .iier me u.uusi
there was nothinsr very startling i"
the wav of gunfire and the machine
inn rattle produced quite an effect
bv onlv coming now and then.
All the while the Americans were
going forward with the steadiness
of a good trickling into woods o:i
one side and passing out of them
on the other spreading about a. vil-
lage and overwhelming it and
bteaking against a hill or a moun-
tain and gradually working over
the top. They moved like some-
thing worked by a clock but al-
ways well ahead of schedule. Rain-
soaked and slipping about in the
mud they still went forward while
back along the flood came long
lines of grey-blue creatures win I such rapid succession that the Ger-
had been -wainped in its course j man general staff will not find an
Many Miserable Creatures. (opportunity to -withdraw any bat-
Whatever way one looked there I t t-rctl units for rest and recupera-
were sure to be Germans men 'as
fine as you could wish for or crea-
tures so poor that their presence
I in the line afforded the most damn
i ing proof of German insufficiency
: in man-power.
The mud had proved too much
j for many of the tanks and the rain
storms had swept the airplanes out
of the sky but still the Americans
went on with just the booming oi
a few guns behind them and a melt-
ing away of the enemy in front.
There was however plenty of
fierce fighting. The Bois (name of
wood deleted) was not cleared with-
out a struggle which for a time
held back that part of the line.
1 here had been a throwing out ot
mustard gas and some sharp ma-ltii0
chine gun firing before some of the
surrounding villages could be left
behind the attack resumed. But
even these things did not check the
steady movement of the whole
army. Notwithstanding the furious
storm the guns got along without
a mishap.
Enemy Made Poor Showing.
There is no disputing that the
Boche made a poor showing but
he was for the time up against an
American army fighting division
beside division on a solid front and
he liked neither its pace nor its
determination. It was a great vic-
tory for a new army with new staffs
in a new country but it was a vic-
tory for exactness in thinking and
precision in working.
That the Boche was meeting bet-
ter men we know; that the new
machine was doing better work
than the old we didn't know. We
arc mighty glad to know it.
AMERICAN FORCES ARE COLLECTING
BOOTY AND ROUNDING
MORE TRAPPED AND BEATEN HUNS
; American Headquarters
i Agency) When the St. Mihiel
from !)0000 to 100.000 Germans inside the salient. They mS on the achievement of the
escaped at the rate of 100 Ohourly but the pinchers close dand i !n6 on the achievement of the Amer
trapped a hitherto unknown number. The number already j "?"tP IJwpng.f uVhlS.u
i j hiel salient. The niident asked that
; taken prisoner does not .ncl..de the bulk of those supposed tohijj .. fu P anJ affect?nat
; be trapped in the salient. 'thanks" be conveyed to all con.
With the American Army
Ii. m.) (I'.y The Associated Press) The enemy counter at-
tacked against part of the American lines Friday evening and
J again during the night but met with an intense and accurate
artillery fire and recoiled.
The Americans took a few prisoners in these attacks.
Hard fighting has taken place in the quarries northeast
of Fey-en-1 Iaye where the Germans had placed one big gun
and many machine guns in a well-defended position
Additional Austrian prisoners have been taken. Native
civilians said that they came in only a few days ago.
Artillery fire and gas shells were sent against certain
American positions during the night but they did little damage.
The Americans are organizing their newly taken positions
rapidly and are pushing forward exploitation parties.
i American Headquarters in France Sept. 14. (Reuters
I Agency) Prisoners and supplies are being collected and roads
inre being constructed in No Man's Land. Much booty and am-
munition have fallen to the Franco-American allies.
; Prisoners and refugees alike are greatly impressed by the
' fact that the Americans are eating white bread regarding
! it as a particularly ominous sign for Germany.
! Throughout the night and early today Pershing's men
1 continued to advance and finished cleaning up the St. Mihiel
i salient. They cleared the forests of lurking Germans.
Prisoners make conflicting
preparedness for an attack in
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was being moved when the attack began and therefore was
caught unawares in the barrage. This apparently explains the
""1 i ." W"
liffht counter artillery fire Thursday morning
A German prisoner officer is reported j
The Hindenburg line in
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington. Scit. 14. Behind
the brief official announcement that
the French today had attacked south
of the Aisne and on the Oise-Ailette
sector military observers here be-
licw lies a definite hint as to the
basic strategic program governing
the allied operations. The pur-
i poses of I ieneral Foch is now
thought to be to strike at various
j points nf the Ions western front in
tion. Results of these tactics army
officers here hold soon would be
reflected in the accelerated disrup-
tion 'of the enemy morale which
official amf unofficial reports from
abroad declare had been palpably
damaged by the events of the last
two month';.
If strategists Vre have correctly
guessed General Foch's plan each
phase of the offensive will be de-
signed to reach some limited tac-
tical position whiL' collectively the
scries of blows would serve to keep
the entire enemy defensive line in a
state of nerpetual unrest.
As Winter Sets In.
Manv officers believe this pur-
i ose will be shown more clearly as
winter sets in by continued
pressure -igainst the German lines
nil aloutr ihe front to keep the
enemv from stabilizing his position
and to keep bis men from getting
any rest and restoration of morale
in that way. There is no question
in the minds of these officers that
the supreme commander is aiming
at the morale of the German army
by these harrassing tactics as much
as he is at advancement of his own
battlefront.
Destruction of the enemy army
after all they say is fhe only cer-
tain way to military victory.
v General March chief of staff
hinted today at a continued offen-
sive by General Pershing on the
St. Mihiel front. At his weekly
conference with newspaper corres-
pondents. General March said elim-
ination of the salient furnished a
better base "for future ' offensive
operations."
Xo official reports had come
MANY
in France Sept. 14. (Renters
operation began there
were
in Lorraine. Sept. 14. (12:30
statements respecting German
his sector.
Some say it was un
as saying.
its present state is untenable
however to
eral Pershing is following since the
two winjs ft his attack formed a ;
junction and closed fhe mouth of
the St. Mih.'el trap on the enemy.
Berlin reported officially that
Pershing's men were "feeling" their
way toward "qur new lines" east of
Conibres and northwest of Thia-
court. Just what time this referred
to was not clear. It appeared prob-
able tonigbt however that the line
of defense f.pon which the Germans
have fixed will be found well to
the north and cast of the position?
held by Pershing's outposts at last;
authentic leports. i
May Make Stubborn Fight.
It is not believed however that
the enemy will yield control of the
Briey iroji fields without a stub-
born fight and Pershing is advanc-
ing directly toward that important
region.
Discussing ihe American opera-
tions of the last two days General
March said:
"The old St. Mihiel salient was
the first one that was established
along the western front in Septem
ber 1014 and is the last one to go;
iiuiiunvfli tuu iiiuhl lingular oi
all salients projecting twelve miles
into the French line and having im-
portant military bearing because it
is across the railway of the Meuse
(Continued on page 10.)
People of Paris Rejoice Over :
Fast Drive of American Army
Paris Sept. 14. The raoiditv of the American blow at the
St. Mihiel salient representing the prompt execution of a well
conceived plan has caused great rejoicing in Paris. "They are
wonderful soldiers" was the unanimous verdict of ihe Paria
population regarding the Americans as the people journeyed
to the newspaper booths this morning and saw the big typft
headlines in the French newspapers announcing th thorough-
ness of the American victory.
As usual the official noon communique from the French
war office was very modest. People shook their heads wisely
at this however saying : "Tonight's coramuniaue will tell .&
different story."
ENGLAND'S KING
CONGRATULATES
GLORIES IN REMARKABLE
VICTORY OF PERSHING -AND
HIS ARMY. r
ii r orrn wirvrnnw inrin
nt atta viuunr anhau
Premier Lloyd George Sends Mes-
sage to the American Commander
and Declares That Enemy Now
Knows What is in Store For Him.
Washington Sept 14. President
Wilson today sent a cablegram of
congratulations to General Persh-
j cerned in the victory. The presJf
!den'" msage :
Please accept by earnest con
gratulations on the brilliant achieve-
ments of the army under your com-
mand. The boys have done what
we expected of them and in the way
we most admire.
"We are deeply proud of them and
of their chief. Please convey to all
concerned my grateful and affecr
tionate thanks." r
I By The Associated Press.) :
London Sept. 14. King George
has sent a message of congratulation
to President Wilson on the victory
won by General Pershing in the SL
Mihiel salient.
The king's message said: ::.
"On behalf of the British empire";
I hereby congratulate you. on. the
brilliant achievement of the Amer-
ican and allied troops under the
leadership of General Pershing in
the St. Mihiel salient.
1 ''Til. f'll.r?Mil.r f-nlltfe t:A.Mrl
by these successful operations
which have marked the active inter-
vention of the American army on a
great scale under its own adminis-
tration are the happiest augury for
the complete and 1 hope not far dis-
tant triumph of the allied cause.''
( By The Associated Press.)
Washington Sept. 14. Premier
Lloyd George has sent the follow-
I ing message trom Manchester 10
j General Pershing to the American
i front :
! "I desire to offer to vou and vour
j brave armies heartiest congratula-
show the course Gcn-tions on your great victory.
; The euemv has made many mis-
takes m this war. but none greater
than when he underrated the valor.
determination and intrepid spirit of
the brave soldiers i'-om the great
democracy of the United States.
Now that he has tested the mettle
of the American armies the enemy
knows what is in store for him.
"The news came to me on my sick
bed: it was better and infinitely
more palatable than any physic."
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE
ORCHESTRA TO AMERICA
New York. Sept. 14. The Pari-
Conservatoire orchestra under ihe
direction of Andre Messager will
make a concert tour of sixty citie-
in the United States starting in Oc-
tober it was announced today by
the French-American Association
for Musical Trt. The French high
commission and the American gov-
ernment approves the project it was
stated.
BANDITS GET $26000.
Peoria III. Sept. 14. Highway-
men this afternoon held up the pay-
master of the 'Groveland Mine in
Tazewell county near here and es-
caped with $26000.
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