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Riots Come In Berlin
London Oct. 1. A peace demonstration took place
in Berlin on Saturday according to news received here
today. The cheering crowds assembled in front of the
Bulgarian legation at the German capital necessitating
police intervention.
The rioters according to the information got the
upper hand of the authorities and committed excesses.
A number of statues in the Berlin squares were destroyed.
London Oct. 1. (Via Montreal) Bulgaria during
the discussion over the armistice at Saloniki indicated she
was not averse to attacking Turkey according to reliable
news received in London Reuters Limited states today.
Bulgaria explained however that she could only act
militarily in this connection in co-operation with the allies.
London Oct. 1. "Feelers" have been put out by Tur-
key for an armistice The Evening News today says it un-
lerstands. While these advances are said to be semi-official no
notice will be taken of them the article states until an of-
ficial telegram is received.
London Oct. 1. Emperor William in a message to
the Fatherland party is quoted in an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company as saying:
"I have the confident hope that the whole German
people in these most serious times will resolutely gather
around me and give their blood and wealth until the last
breath of the defense of the fatherland against the
shameful enemy plans.
"Such a unanimous resolve to exist will and must
with God's help succeed in breaking the enemy's will to
war and secure for the fatherland the peace it is worthy
ot among the people ot the
London Monday Sept. 30.
through the armistice convention
her complete military surrender
situation is being focused on Turkey. It is noted that Andrew
ftonar Law the chancellor of the
speech today (Monday) made a
of the Turkish Palestine army
adding "and something more is
speech he said also cryptically touching on the control of Bui
garia. which the control of her railways will give.
"And in that connection there is something regarding Tur
key that I cannot say but which we can all think."
Mr. Bonar Law's words were
but the impression created was that Turkey would follow Bill
garia's lead.
There was deep satisfaction in London over the clay's de
velopments. but no excitement
keynote of the comment is a warning to the people not to think
that the war is ended. The German army it is pointed out. is
yet a great army and as 3'et undefeated.
According to Vienna messages. Emperor Charles is to issue
a manifesto to the people tomorrow and it is felt that this must
be an utterance of historic importance.
London Oct. 1. There is the greatest exhitement in Ger-
many over the defection of Bulgaria judging from special dis-
patches received here from Holland. On Saturday the excite-
ment amounted to 'a panic. According to some reports the
panic particularly affected the Berlin bourse where war in-
dustry stocks it is said slumped violently.
Panic also struck parliament and newspaper circles and
public officials. The alarm brought forth the instant demand
that "something be done."
A dispatch to The Daily Mail from The Hague says the
demand is for somebody possessing the confidence of the Ger-
man peopie and their allies to replace the present military
oligarchy but opinions clash regarding who this vague per-
sonality might be.
All reports indicate a decided cleavage between the
junker and conservative classes and the class represented by
the socialists and radicals who on this occasion have the sup-
port of some centrists and even national liberals.
Emperor William's belated anxiety for the people to co-
operate in he government evidently will be distasteful to the
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Tells Allies She Will Attack
DAILY ARDMOREITE
KARIA TO FNTENTF
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world.
With Bulgaria out of the war
signed on Sunday involving
interest in the near eastern
exchequer in his Guild Hall
remark referring to the defeat
at General Allenby's hands
going to follow." Later in his
almost drowned by cheering
and no demonstrations. The
BLOODME FRENCH
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BEATEN IN SENATE
ul IrlfU IfUlLO
Washington Oct. 1. Woman
suffrage was beaten today in the
senate.
By a vote of 53 to 31 the senate
tailed to give the two-thirds ma
jority necessary to adopt the reso-
lution passed by the house submit-
ting to the states the Susan B. An-
thony suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution.
Before the vote was announced
Chairman Jones of the woman suf-
frage committee changed his vote
from aye to no in order to ask that
the vote be reconsidered and the res-
olution left pending.
The majority lacked two votes of
the necessary two-thirds and the
change recorded for Senator Jones
made it three.
War Bulletins
London Oct. 1. British forces
marching north from Palestine
have virtually surrounded the city
of Damascus. They are established
on the north west and south of the
eitv it was officially announced to-
day. Washington. Oct. 1. -The house
today passed without a dissenting
vote and sent to the senate the ad-
ministration emergency power hill
providing for government acquisi-
tion and extension of electric power
plants. It authorizes the expendi-
ture of SI 7501 )( 1000 for extending;
plants or building new ones.
Washington Oct. 1. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping hoard appear-
ing before the house appropriations
committee today asked for author
ity to spend $-484000000 additional
to carry out the ship building pro
gram.
x London. Oct. 1. Under the threat
ot its speedy capture by the lirit-
isli the city of Cambrai has been
set on fire by the Germans. Field
Marshal Ilaig reported in his offi-
cial statement today.
London Oct. 1. In the region of
Ycles. Serbian troops Sunday se-
verely defeated the Bulgarians near
Charevo. six miles from the Bul-
garian frontier. The Serbian offi-
cial statement of Monday reports
that the Bulgarian forces were cut
into two parts.
Havre Mondav Sept. 30. Belgian
and British forces under command i
of King Albert continued today to
make good progress and readied the
environs of Roulcrs and crossed the
Foulers-Menin road. The( official
statement of the Belgian war office
savs that the British forces ha
reached the River Lvs on a front
from Warneton to Wervicq. The
number of prisoners was further in-
creased but it has not been possible
to count them.
HUN
CONCESSIONS
TO SPAIN LIMITED
Germany Demands Indemnity Fen
Vessels Returned.
Paris Oct. 1. The text of the
declaration recently made by Ad-
miral von Ilintze. the German for
cign secretary regarding the ditter-
ence between Spain and Germany
shows according to a wireless dis-
patch received here from the Span-
ish embassy at Berlin that the Ger-
man concessions are limited.
Germany consents to replace sun
ken Spanish ships by German ships
interned for the duration of the war
but exacts an indemnity for these
vessels. Further the offer only ap-
plies to ships sunk outside of the
German prohibited zone within
which Germany reserves the right to
sink vessels without compensation.
iijor Armistice London Paper Says
A Newspaper of Character
A RDM ORE OKLA. WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ARMY HURLED
INTO FIGHTING
GENERAL BERTHELOT JOINS
IN THE CHAIN OF BATTLES
ON THE W EST.
i ENEMY GROWS WEAKER
Allied Offensive Continues to Gain
Strength British Army on Ex-
treme Wing Is Crossing River
Lys and Will Raid Lille Region.
BULLETIN:
With the British Army in France
Oct. 1. (By The Associated Press.)
Not one German now remains on
the western side of the St. Quentin
canal. The enemy was driven back
in the heavy fighting last evening
and last night.
The Germans 'are holding the east
bank in great strength.'
Paris Oct. 1. The allied offensive
continues to gain strength and the
German resistance to weaken. Ye
terday saw another army that of
General- Bcrthclot join in the chain
of battle with a success equal to
that achieed by the other groups
llis army attacked along the Ycsle
river northwest of klicims.
It was on the extreme wing of the
battle line thai the most important
feature of the day's operations were
to be found. The remarkable ad-
vance of the Belgian left covers the
Hank of the second British army and
permit it to a-'-ance safely to cap-
ture the icossings of the L s river
at Warneton Comities C'ourtray and
Menin The Briti-.li advance guards
already hold two crossings ami are
approaching a third.
Lilie Is Threatened.
Once tile l.v is crossed General
I'lumer his flank protected can
push boldly toward Fscaut between
Oudenarde and Touruai and com-
plete the envelopment of the Lille
Tourcoing region which even now
is gravely threatened.
On the extreme right. General
Gouraud's advance toward Mouth-
ers is important because that village
is only a mile west of Challerange
and the railroad which joins that lo-
cality to Apremont virtually has
been cut. Grand Fro. through which
German sections facing the French
and American armies on either side
of the Argoniie forest must pass ia!
under an enfilading fire from French
guns.
As a result the object for which
the French and American armies are
fighting is made easier for them.
On the center the German resist-
ance is desperate and progress is
naturally slow but Cambrai Svt.
Quentin and l.e Catelet are to ail
intents and purposes taken. They
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Power of the Boche Is Crumbling
As Many Battles Go Against Him
(Review by Associated Press.)
Cambrai was in names totlav as
the British w ere breaking great holes
in the llindenburg line from Cam-
brai to St. Quentin. The Germans
set fire to Cambrai apparently in
the hope of destroying the great
quanatity of supplies there before
the British could surround the
town which is already encircled on
three sides.
Xorth of St. Quentin the British
have taken Yenhuile west of Le
Catelet.' Further south they have
reached a point east of St. Quentin
and have captured Levergies.
In Belgium. King Albert is lead-
ing the Belgian and British armies
to further successes and is rapidly
driving into the heart of the net work
of German railroads centered about
Ghent.
General Allenby in Palestine has
thrown his cavalry far north of the
Sea of Gallilec and they are reported
to be 2 1-2 miles from the important
railroad junction of Damascus. On
the Mediterranean coast French
mounted forces are approaching
Beirut northwest of Damascus.
Bulgaria Down and Out.
Bulgaria has unconditionally sur-
rendered. Allied nations are placed
in control of her railroads and all
Turkey
OCTOBER U.
Weather Forecast
For Ardmore and Vicinity: To-
night and Wednesday fair.
Oklahoma East and West
Texas: Tonight and Wednesday
fair.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day T degrees; mini mum last
night 58.
PRE-ASSEMBLY
Pre-asscinblv conferences of the
Synod of the l'resb terian church
I.'. S. A were held today at the
First Presbyterian church. A meet-
ing of the evangelistic committee
was held in the forenoon and a
meeting of the home missions com-
mittee in the afternoon.
The session of the Synod proper
will convene tonight at 7:45 o'clock
when the Nev. S. Y. Fait of Anadar-
ko will deliver a sermon. The pub-
lic is invited to attend.
Tomorrow night addresses will be
made by Arthur Lee Odd! I). P.
president of Henry Kendall College
and W. R. Patterson of Now York
represen' ing the board of home mis-
sions. GERMAN NEWSPAPERS
ADMIT CRISIS NOW
FACING THE NATION
Amsterdam. Oct. 1. "Germany's
most serious hour seems to have
struck." declares the I . oka! Anzeiger
of Berlin in discussing the Bulgarian
question. The Frankfort Zeitung
says :
"It is useless to gloss over the
news and we are not unite sure
whether it would not he useful to
attach considerable importance to
the semi-official attempts to veil the
threatening secession of Bulgaria
and raise any hopes."
FRENCH "KILL" 25 HUN
PLANES IN ONE DAY
Paris Sept. 20. Twenty-five Ger-
man airplanes were destroyed by
French planes today the war office
reported tonight. Bombling squad-
rons dropped twenty tons of bombs
on convoys and concentration points
behind the enemy front.
Kaiser Boasts Again.
London (let. 1 F.mpcror Wi!
liam. according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amster-
dam has sent the following telegram
to the Westphalian Patoriotic So-
ciety: "Germany is decided to utli
ize all lorce to fight this enforced
delcnsive war until a victorious end
is secured and the Fatherland pro-1
tected for all time against foreign j
expression.
oilier means ot transport and are
free to use them for the development
of future military operations. All
strategic points in Bulgaria will be
turned over to the allies for occupa
tion and the Bulgar troops will be
withdrawn Irom Greece and Serbia
and disarmed.
This the result of the brief con-
ference between the Bulgarian peace
delegates and the allied command
at Saloniki i not yet an ac-
complished fact but the way is
cleared for a rapid development of
the advantage gained by the sensa-
tional offensive in Balkan.s and the
collpse of Bulgaria Heavy German
and Austrian forces are said to be
on their way to restore the Bul-
garian front but it is probable they
w ill be pow erless to turn the tide of
destiny in the near east.
As a result of the threatening po-
litical aspect of the situation which
has arisen the German government
is facing a ministerial crisis. Im-
perial Chancellor von Hertling has
resigned from office and was closely
followed by Foreign Minister von
Ilintze. Thfs morning it was re-
ported from Amsterdam that Vice
Chancellor von Payer who has held
that office since November 9 1917
had also quit.
Amid the crumbling of its cabinet
If Entente Says So
VOL. -V).
NO. r7.
TO CA
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MORE THAN 500 QUESTION-
ABLE CONCERNS HURT-
ING WAR WORK.
ARE ABSORBING CAPITAL
Federal Committee Reports that
More Than $200000000 Fraud-
ulent or Unauthorized Securities
Are On the Market.
Washington. Oct. 1. More than
500 promoters of questionable spec-
ulative enterprises who are selling
securities in competition with the
Fourth Liberty Loan ami in defiance
of the government's capital issues
committee are under investigation
by that committee and steps to
blacklist them publicly may be
taken soon. This was learned to-
day from a preliminary report of the
enforcement section of the capital
issues committee which for weeks
has been gathering evidence on the
activities of wildcat promotion
schemes involving the trading in of
Liberty bonds for speculative stocks
and the consequent absorption of
capital tor non-war purposes.
Some of these enterprises are sup-
ported by interests whose loyally in
the past lias been questioned and
agents of the capital issues com-
mittee are investigating thoroughly
to determine if enemy influences are
responsible for these moves to di-
vert capital from the nation's war
credit.
Vast Amount of Paper
More than $200.01 )0000 fraudulent
or unauthorized securities now are
on the market it is reported and
this represents only a small propor-
tion of all such issues offered with-
out first being submitted to the cap
ital issues committee for its approv
al.
F.ach promoter of these schemes
shortly will be served with notice
that the continued offering of the
stocks or bonds without the commit-
tees approval or in defiance of the
committee's declaration that the is-
sue is "not compatible with nation-
al interest." will result in the ad-
vertising of the enterprise as work-
ing against national policies during
the w;tr emergency. These black-
lists will be displayed by post of-
fices chambers of commerce dis-
trict attorney's offices labor union
headquarters and at other places.
In Oklahoma and Texas.
A partial list of the speculative
enteprises now trying to market un-
authorized securities includes 250
oil companies in Oklahoma Texas
and Kansas fields offering in the
aggregate more
in $100000000 in
ten questionable
offering about
stocks. There are
motor companies
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Germany is hearing the rumbling of
the mighty storm that has broken
over the western battle line. Grim
tidings from the front kept secret
from the German people for the past
two months now are freely dis-
cussed by the newspapers and a
great wave of what closely resembles
hysteria is reported to be sweeping
over that country.
On the six sectors where allied
forces are hurling themselves at the
German lines in Belgium and
France the past day has brought re-
newed reverses for the enemy.
There has been desperate fighting
at every point where the German
lines have been assailed hut not-
withstanding his utmost efforts the
enemy has been forced back in sec-
tors where allied gains carry a threat
to his positions over a wide front.
The most rapid advance has been
in Belgium. There the Germans
have been beaten back until the
troops of King Albert are across
the important Roulers-Mcnin road
at many points. It is unofficially
reported that Roulcrs has been en-
tered by the Belgians.
Enemy Beaten at Cambrai.
Further south the British have en-
tered Crevecoeur southeast of Cam-
brai and are fighting in the streets
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PROMOTION
SCHEMERS WILL
SOONB
h is time to think of redeeming
vour pledge in buying
w. s. s.
Wc Have Them. ...
(I'AKANTY STATU HANK.
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
BATTLES ENEMY
THOUSANDS OF HUNS
KILLED TUNNEL MOUTHS
CHOKED WITH DEAD
AMERICANS NEVER 0011
From Morning to Night From
Night to Morning the Battle on
llindenburg Line Continues Aus-
tralians Lending Aid.
ENEMY IS WEAKENING.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the American Forces North-
west of Verdun Monday Sept. 30.
(6:45 p. m.) Although it is appar-
ent that the Germans are desperate-
ly trying to keep the Americans back
as far as possible from the Krictn-
hilde line on the front from the Ar-
gonne to the Moselle evidence ac-
cumulated today that the enemy was
weakening notwithstanding the fury
of his general resistance.
Fires behind the German lines are
taken as an indication that the en-
emy is burning supplies while ob-
servers have reported a movement
of transport vehicles apparently
well loaded toward the north.
London Oct. 1. German reserves
are being rushed into the battle be"
tween the Argonne forest and the
Meuse river where the Americans
arc engaged according to a telegram
from the Mail's correspondent on
that front writing Monday after-
noon. A new German division has
been identified in the fighting and
the enemy is offering the fiercest
resistance. He has apparently de-
cided to make a stand on the Kriem-
hild line.
At the moment the telegram was
written the Americans were fight-
ing what almost resembled a pitched
battle amid the ravines woods and
heights along that sector of the
front.
Every possible resource ia being
used by the enemy to prevent or at
least delay the American advance.
The Americans are fighting hard
however and the enemy's efforts
have availed him little ineed. Amer-
ican airmen continued their fine
work notwithstanding bad weather.
Willi the American Army on the
Si. Queutine Sictor Monday Sept.
MK ( 0 p. ni.) American forces
fighting on the llindenburg line
south of Goiiy have been heavily en-
gaged all day and tonight the ac-
tion still continues. Australian units
have been co-operating with i!'e
Americans.
Near the north and south portals
of the tunnel through which the St.
Quentin canal runs the fighting ha
been especially vigorous. It was at
this point that the Americans passed
over the canal. Thousands of Ger-
mans were poured into the struggle
and have been heavily engaged.
The St. Quentin channel runs for
more than five kilometres ..three
miles) under a mountain. The ca-
nal was held by large numbers of
Germans who were on board elec-
trically lighted barges. There ate
wide tow-paths and galleries leading
off f ri in each side of the canal and
in them the entire German garrison
had quarters.
This section probably is one of the
strongest parts of the entire llin-
denburg system and 'the Ameri-
cans have found it to be literally
lined with tunnels dugouts and gal-
leries which require a great deal of
mopping up. Large number of Ger-
mans have been killed but before
they were silenced the1 enemy masses
worked their machine guns with the
greatest vigor.
Hun Bushwhacks Americans.
When the Americans swept past
the southern end of the tunnel the
Germans remained in hiding until
the Americans got a little way past
and then they surged up .and
plunged into the fight. They were
engaged first by the Americans then
the Australians. The tunnel mouth
was choked with dead. This action
began late last evening and con-
tinued until 8 o'clock this morning
with unabated intensity.
American units are holding
trenches in the llindenburg line
from which the Germans have tried
to force them. Everywhere there
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