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GERMAN HOLD ON BELGIAN COAST IS BROKEN
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Extreme Right Wing Foe's Defenses Wrenched From Protecting Sea
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It is time to think of the amount of
Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds
you can pay for. We can help you
help yourself and vour government. 1
GUARANTY STATE BANK.
DAILY ARDMOREITE
It is time to think of redefining
your pledge in buying
v. s. s.
We Have Them.
GUARANTY STATIC HANK.
A Newspaper of Character
FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MORNING. OCTODKR 18. 1918.
VOL. 20.
NO. 7.
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Socialists of Germany Seek To
Get Control When Kaiser
Falls and Head off
Anarchy
Washington Oct. 17. Great events are impending in Ger
many. That they will come within a day a weeK or a niumn.
officials will not hazard a guess; that they are inevitable no
one in Washington doubts.
Unofficial reports coming from Holland and Switzerland
that Germany immediately will accept President Wilson's peace
terms are without confirmation here ; nor is there any informa
tion that Germany's reply has been drawn. In fact fawiss dis-
patches saying the reichstag will meet tomorrow to discuss
President Wilson's note would indicate no reply has yet been
drafted.
Internal rnndirions as well as the military situation are ex
pected to dictate both the form and promptness of Germany's
smsvvpr f)ni was retarded -as only a little less serious than
the other; and there was always the possibility that combined
they had forced the German leaders to a conclusion even before
the first note asking for an armistice was dispatched.
Zurich Switzerland Oct. 17. "The counts declared war
but the representatives of the people will conclude peace" the
Socialist newspaper Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna says in a cur-
rent article on the situation created by the Teutonic peace pro-
posals and the replies to them.
"Count Berchtold Count Tisza and Count von Hoetzen-
dorf" continues the newspaper "decided upon a punitive ex-
pedition against Serbia little thinking they were conducting
the ancientt empire of the Hapsburgs to an abyss."
Count Berchthold was the Austro-Hungarian foreign min-
ister at the outbreak of the war in 1914 arid Count Tisaa was
the Hungarian premier. Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetzen-
dorf was the chief of the Austro-Hungarian general staff up
until last July when he resigned.
Weather Forecast
For Ardmore and Vicinity:
Tonight and Friday cloudy.
Oklahoma: Tonight and Fri-
day cloudy probably showers in
cast portion.
Fast Texas: Tonight show-
ers; Friday partly cloudy in-
cluding northerly winds prob-
ably gales this afternoon and
tonight; then shilling to south-
erly and subsiding.
West Texas: Tonight and
Friday generally fair.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 79 degrees; minimum last
night 65.
HOHENZOLLERN RULERSlngTENB IS OCCUPIED BY
1 Ul 1 LKUL 1 U LUIVU LALL
BRITISH NAVAL FORCE
LILLE CAPTURED
H
NTACT By
Enemy Moves Military
Establishments From
OFFICIAL WMiBrueesAndOth
er Towns
BILLION
DOLLARS
DAY NEEDED 10
COMPLETE LOAN
EARLY TODAY THE SUM SUB-
SCRIBED TOTALED ONLY
$3269001500.
GERMANS USE NEITHER
TORCH NOR BOMBS BE
FORE EVACUATING.
HEAVY LOSS JO ENEMY
Famous Old City Had Been Held
By Foe Ever Since His First
Rush Into France in 1914 Was
Great Manufacturing Center
London Oct. 16. Lilie has been
captured by the British.
British Headuqarters in Flanders.
Oct. 17. (Reuters) The Germans
on leaving Lille which was captur-
ed today by British forces did not
set fire to buildings in the city or
cause any explosions.
BULLETIN 2:41 I M.
LONDON OCT. 17. ADMIRAL KEYES OF THE
JiKITlSII NAVY LANDED AT OSTEND THIS AFTER-
NOON SAYS AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM THE ADMIRALTY. THE ADMIRAL WAS PRE-
CEDED IJY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
WHO LANDED AT OSTEND THIS MORNINO.
BE NO EXTENSION
OF LIBERT! LOAN
SEC. M'ADOO SAYS
LONDON OCT. 17. FRENCH CAVALRY 1A-
FROLS SAYS THE EVENINO NEWS REACHED
OSTEND TODAY AND RETURNED WITH THE RE-
PORT THAT NO HERMANS WERE TO HE SEEN
THERE.
Amsterdam Wednesday Oct. 16
"The war is coming to an end
and in such a manner as no man in
Germany desires." said the Vor-
waerts of Berlin Monday.
"Let us say it candidly" the news-
paper continued "during all these
terrible four years the aim of our
efforts and sacrifices was to prevent
such an end."
London. Oct. 17. Rumors rela-
tive to the cours" Germany may
take toward replying to the note
from President Wilson form the
main features of this morning's Lon-
don papers. Some are convinced
that Germany's unconditional sur-
render is coming.
Although the statement issued at
the foreign office last night shows
that yesterday's rumors were pre-
mature extraordinary reports con-
cerning internal conditions in Ger-
many are printed. Some newspapers
take it for granted that F.mperor
William will abdicate. The Express
savs that for some time he has been
sen ding his valuables to Holland.
Some editorials express the view
ttirif i he- ilisannearance of the em
peror is immaterial.
'lie is a mere svmbol and a tig-
urehead of what we pledged to de
stroy " says the telegraph. Jt is
what is substitute for his insane and
distrustful rule that matters.
Alteration of the German consti-
tution bv civil powers would be ad
mitted to share in the control
of
"MATCH ME WITH
BOND." SOLDIER'S
FATHER ASKS
An Ardmore man who has two
sons in the service has purchased
a $100 Liberty Bond. He will pay
for this bond on the installment
plan while his sons are fighting
in France. It will be no easy task
for this father to make good but
he declares that the example of
his sons will spur him on to his
task.
"Match me by taking another
bond" he said to a well known
resident yesterday and the other
man immediately went to a bank
and doubled his former subscrip-
tion. The campaign committee
points out this example of pa-
triotism as an object lesson to
many who have not yet "boughth
till it hurts."
"Match the daddy of these sol-
diers" is to be a campaign slogan
for the remainder of the canvass
and if all who can as well and bet-
ter afford to buy bonds will
"match the soldiers' daddy." the
$300000 deficit will not be slow
in coming. Double your subscrip-
tion and "make the kaiser want
to quit more than he now does."
matters pertaining to the war. is a
subject of the most importance. By
the alteration the emperor would
cease to be supreem war lord.
"This step" savs the Dailv News
"means broadly that the kaiser has
surrendered to President v ilson
and is equivalent to an admission
that all is lost."
The Express claims to have trust-
worthy information to the effect that
Germany's surrender is imminent
adding :
"Semi-official information of an
astonishing kind has reached Eng-
land indicating a desperate politic-
al position in Germany. This is even
more serious than the military sit-
uation and is responsible for the
coming debacle. A great civil up-
heaval is beginning. The socialists
of Germany fearing that anarchy is
about to set in and desiring to save
the country from Russia' experi-
ence with the bolshviki. have pre-
pared a scheme of government to
take the reins if. or when the kaiser
abdicates in order that it may ex-
ercise an immediate steadying- in-j
fluence." I
Amsterdam. Oct. 16 (Wednes-
day) Commenting on President
Wilson's reply to the German peace
offer the Berlin Vossische Zeitung
asks :
"What guarantees does President
Wilson offer that a military super-
iority will not be utilized afterward
by his allies in a manner opposed to
the principles of justice and con-
ciliation? "It appears that we are at a stage
when it still is possible to warn the
enemy that in the history of the
world it has often been proved a
mistake to drive a strong nation
which in order not to venture its
all offered its hand in peace into
summoning all its slumbering forces
to the national battle."
CALL FOR NURSES
AND NURSES' AIDS
An additional call has been issued
tor Red Cross graduate nurses
sides under-graduates. practical
nurses and lay women to assist in
combatting the Spanish influenza
This includes those women who
took elementary hygiene and home
nursing. It is urged that immedi-
ate registration be made at the of-
fice of the secretary at Convention
Hall. The -government will pay $75
per month to graduate nurses and
$30 to $50 per month to others.
Railroad fare and an additional
sum of $4 per day will be paid for
all out of town visits.
A previous call brought several
registrations but the supply of
nurses and attendants has been ex
hausted and more must be secured
at ouce
BULLETIN:
Washington Oct. 17. Reports on
Liberty loan subscriptions gathered
shortly before noon today by the
treasury indicated that today's re
ceipts probably would bring the to
tal up to $3600000000 leaving $2-.
400000000 to be raised in the re-
maining two days of the campaign.
Washington Oct. 17. One bil-
lion dollars a day is I lie approximate
measure of subscriptions required
to insure the success of the Fourth
i-iherty loan. I he nation had sub-
scribed only $326')001.500 by of-
ficial tabulation carlv todav ' atu
three clays remain in which to reach
the six billion dollar goal.
In the coining three davs. the
American people must decide wheth
er the 1-oiirth Liberty Loan shall be
a success or a failure." said a state
ment by Secretary McAdoo. "It
would be fatal to minimize the grav
ity ot the nation s problem."
Total subscriptions tabulated Sat
1 . . .1 !
u may at me Close ot the campaign
must total at least four and a half
billion dollars officials said todav
it the loan is to he fullv subscribed.
P.elatcd subscriptions and final tab
ulations on the basis of previous
loans may he counted upon to add
a billion dollar to "the total but it
was emphasized that today and to
morrow are the critical days in the
campaign.
Regardless of peace talk and even
should Germany completely agree
to the allied peace terms it was
pointed out today the loan must be
subscribed. Part of the six billion
dollars has already been expended
and even should the war end at
once nearly two million troops in
France must be cared for and re-
turned home at government expense.
Paris Oct. 17 The whole of the German army un-
der command of (General von Arnim is in retreat from the
North Sea to the region of Lillie. having been beaten back
me tau ot Line to the aiues takes and overthrown by the allied attacks today.
from the Germans the last of their TUn i-.t :. r. iL
ivuniiiun is ussuniiii me" proportions 01 a roui.
Seventeen divisions comprise the army of Von Arnim.
NEARLY MILLION BRITISH
LIVES ARE SACRIFICED
London Wednesday. Oct. 16. Up
to the present nearly 1.000000 Brit-
ish lives have been sacrificed in the
war according to information re-
ceived by Reuter's Limited.
great bastions which for four years
held up the enemy defensive system
from the North Sea to Switzerland.
Cambrai Laon and St.yuentin have
been given up in the last few weeks
and now Lille completes the list
Lille or Lisle as the name of the
town is otherwise spelled is t tie old
est city of France gained by the
Germans and one of the great fort-
resses guarding the French frontier.
The old forts and citadel however
were built so many years ago that
their worth in modern warfare is
doubt fill.
The city was taken by the enemy
in his first rush into France and un-
til within the last four weeks it nev-
er had been threatened greatly hv
the allies. The allied advance in
Flanders outflanked Lille on the
north.
Before the war Lille was the cen-
ter of the greatest manufacturing
district of northern France and was
known throughout the world for its
ma mi fact 11 rios of flax am
It had a population of nearlv '00.0()l)
and sent its products to every cor-
ner of the earth. The famous Lisle
thread was manufactured there.
With the neighboring towns of
Totircoing and Koubaix. the city al-
so manufactured machinery and
steel and iron products of various
kinds. Lille also is a great railway
center and in the midst of a highly
developed system of canals. It is
handy to the coal fields of France
and lielgniiu.
Lille was founded early in the
totirteenth centurv. it tormerlv was
the capital of F'rench Flanders and
now is the capital of the department
of the ord.
Paris Oct. 17. Military observers here believe that
General von Arnim will have extreme difficulty in extri-
cating himself from the position. It is held that be re-
mained too long against all strategic and military laws
nmii m; was ouuianKcci and virtually surrounded.
London Oct. 17. Belgian forces under the command
of King Albert which crossed the Yser river are marching
on Ostend a seaport on the English channel.
e m.The IJeians also ma(e progress in the region north
ot Ihourout and advanced in the direction of Thielt.
Paris Oct. 17. Resista
all along the battle front except in the region of the Argonne
and northern Champagne. The American troops under Gen-
erals Liggett Cameron and Bullard and French troops under
General Gouroud are engaged in desperate fighting.
'Ihe Prussian Guards cedino- o-rnun! inh i inv.
1 textiles dying but not surrendering in an effort to save their riirht
I.- 'OO mil) ll-lli.r 6
NECESSARY TO HAVE FIFTH
AND PERHAPS SIXTH LOAN
HE DECLARES
LANSING MAKES APPEAL
"Germany is Bending; More Press-
ure And She Will Break" He Says
But Government Mustt Have
Money Every Man Every Gun
Counts.
Paris Oct. 17 1 p. m. (By The Associated Press)
Lntish French and Belgian armies under command of King
Albert of the Belgians have made a most important advance
in their offensive in Flanders which was resumed this morn-
ing. General Sixte von Arnim's army was thrown back with
heavy losses and its position is precarious.
Hungary Declares
Itself Independent
State Message Says
BULLETIN 2:51 P. M.
London Qct. 17. At a meeting
of the Hungarian 'parliament a
proclamation was read declaring
Hungary to be an independent
state' says a dispatch from Berlin
forwarded from Copenhagen to the
Central News Agency.
British Headquarters in Flanders Oct. 17. (Reuters)
Belgian and French troops pivoting on Lombaertzyde early to-
day began to push steadily northward toward the Belgian
coast.
(lly The Associated Press.)
Washington. Oct.. 17. There will
be no extension of the Liberty Loan
subscription period pant Saturday
night Secretary McAdoo stated em-
phatically today.
Furthermore said the secretary
it will be necessary to have a fifth
and perhaps a sixth loan regardless
of the outcome of Germany's pres-
ent negotiations.
Consequently it behooves the
nation now to subscribe its utmost
both to reduce the amounts of these
prospective future loans and to
strengthen the nation's moral posi-
tion at this critical lime the secre-
tary added.
Suggestions have been made that
the .subscription be extended but
Secretary McAdoo feels that this
would appear in Germany as an evi-
dence of weakness in this country
lie expressed full belief that the six
billion total would be achieved add-
ing: "1 don't know exactly where
all that money is coming from but
I know it is coming."
Mr. McAdoo denied that the gov-
ernment contemplated selling Lib-
erty bonds continuously and aban-
doning the intensive campaign
method but said that if any efficient
means could he found of marketing'
comparatively small amounts of
lioncls between drives it would
adopted. He expressed some dor
of such a plan's feasibility.
be
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British Headquarters in London Oct. 17. (Reuters)
The Germans are carrying out a double retirement in Flan-
ders with Courtrai as the pivot. The northern retirement ex-
tends from Ostend southward while the other affects the indus-
trial area of northern France.
The only point to the northern front where the Germans
are resisting today is at Courtrai.
Amsterdam Oct. 17. (By The Associated Press) The
German army command according to a bulletin issued by the
Rotterdam Courant today has ordered its armies to cease dev-
astating towns unless absolutely compelled by military neces
sity.
To
Germany Prepares People
Hear Turk Is Out of the War
Amsterdam. Oct. 17. German
newspapers are preparing the public
for an announcement of Turkey's
withdrawal from the war. On Tues-
day the Frankfort Gazette printed a
dispatch from Constantinople to the
effect that "far-reaching events"
were impending there
The dispatch said that in the im-
mediate district of Smyrna repre-
sentatives of American and British
interests have maintained through-
out the war cordial relations with
the governor Rahme Bey the un
crowned king of Smyrna with
whom Constantinople has never
dared to interfere. The newsnaner
says that despite the rapture of dip
lomatic relations "many bridges still
lead from Constantinople to Wash-
ington." k'obcrt college and the girls' col-
lege of the Bosphorous. as well as
the American university at Beirut
and other educational institutions
were permittetd to continue work
during the war. They are supplied
with food from Bulgaria as many
students in these institutions come
from Bulgarian families of the upper
classes. It was through these chan-
nels according to the newspaper's
corerspondent that first overtures
were made to Washington looking
4o the withdrawal of Bulgaria from
the war.
With the Allied Forces in Flanders Oct. 17. (By The As--.ciated
Press) The allied infantry in the center of the ad-
vance against the retreating Germans on this front was reported
today to have re-established contact with the fleeing enemy.
It is considered that if the present rate of advance is sustained
the Belgian coast should be free of the Germans within a very
few days.
With the Allied Armies in Bel-
gium Wednesday Oct. 16. (8 p.
m.) (By The Associated Press.)
Bruges Turcoi and Rubaix have
been emptied of all civilians and
the Germans have removed their
military establishments from those
cities.
All submarines have been hastily
removed from the U-boat base at
Ostend and it would appear from
the information that German naval
bases all along the Belgian coast are
either being moved or are being
made ready for instant removal
probably in the rear of the German
mine fields in the North Sea.
Paris Oct. 17. The fate of the
German defenses along the Belgian
coast and in the great Lille indus-
trial area has been sealed by the
continued advance of the allied ar-
mies under King Albert on the 30-
mile front in Flanders. The signi-
ficance of the evacuation of the
Belgian coas line is far greater than
the gain of Flanders territory be-
cause its many air dromes and sub-
marine bases.
Th exT.Xi right wing of the
German defenses in the west have
been wrenched away from the pro-
tecting sea. Henceforth the im-
mense German line which has been
butteress by the sea on one end
by the Swiss frontier on the other
forcing the allits always to attack
frontally can be outflanked.
While the British attack against
Lys brings about the evacuation of
the Lille salient the march of the
Belgians on Ghent will have a
(Continued on page 5.)
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington Oct. 17."Germany
in a statement todav warnini? the
will break" says Secretary Lansins
in a sttaement todav warning th
nation that the war is not over and
that the Fourth Liberty loan must
be a success at a time when every
dollar as well as every man and ev-
ery gun counts more than ever be-
fore. Washington Oct. 17 Mr. Lan-
sing's statement follows:
"Our men in France are driving
torwaru. Our government is re-
doubling its effort to send men and
munitions overseas. The battles are
going well but they must go bet-
ter. The war is not over. This is no
time to slacken effort or to fail to
do our part here at home. To keep
up and to increase the pressure on
the retreating Germans is the only
certain way to win. To do this the
government must have all the money
it needs. We are asked to loan it
and we are asked to loan it now.
"The Fourth Liberty Loan will put
new armies in France it will supply
our men with munitions: it will de-
stroy every hope of the imperial
German government its troops and
its followers; it will make victory
sure.
"Germany is bending. More pres-
sure and she will break. Every man
counts every gun counts and every
dollar counts more today than ever
before. The government must have
the money it needs. Loan it to your
country. Do vour part to win the
war."
More Buyers Than Ever.
The treasury is justified also in
predicting that the number of indi-
vidual subscribers to the fourth loan
will grcatlv exceed the third loan's
record of 'lS.3(K).000 buyers.
The $2400000000 yet to be raised
will be reduced somewhat campaign
managers explained by reports now
on the way to federal reserve banks
"In any case however" said the
loan sttaement. "the task remaining
U ilip most pip-antic renuirement v-
er placed on the nation."
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