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GERMAN REPLY IN HANDS OF PRESIDENT WILSON
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ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY MOKX1XG. OOTOIiER 22 1!)1S.
VOL. 20.
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BERLIN BEGS AMERICA
PREVENT HUMILIATION
OF THE GERMAN PEOPL
Despotic Government Is
No Longer
Land New
Wants Peace Quickly
BULLETIN 2:55 P.M.
Washington Oct. 21. Germany's reply to President
Wilson as received today by wireless is regarded here as an
awkward attempt to accept the terms of an armistice laid
down by President Wilson. It is believed to be certain
that the wireless version is garbled to an extent and offi-
cials will await the arrival of the official text before
reaching conclusions.
In the meantime there will be no official comment.
Even unofficially no one will express an opinion of what
the president will do though the general impression seems
to be that it at least does not close tne aoor xo lunner ex-
changes.
Upon the exact language of the official text may de-
pend whether the president will consent to propose an arm-
istice to the allied powers. Denials of the German atro-
cities have been committed are immaterial the important
thing being that atrocities now apparently have been or-
dered stopped.
London Oct. 21. The German replv to President
Wilson's note the text of which was receiwl here today
by wireless says Germany hopes the United States will
approve of no demand which would be irreconciliable with
the honor of the German people and with the opening of
the way to a peace of justice.
Germany protests against the references ot 1 resi-
dent Wilson to illegal inhumane acts. Denial is made that
the German navy purposely destroyed lifeboats with pas-
sengers. The German government proposes' that the
facts be cleared up by neutral commissions.
Germany has dispatched orders to submarine com-
manders precluding the torpedoing of passenger ships.
The German government suggests to President Wil
son that an opportunity be
details of the evacuation ot
Announcement is made
the German constitution providing for representation of
the people in the decisions concerning peace and war anu
it is said the present government has been formed in "com-
plete accordance" therewith.
No future German government will be able to take or
hold office unless it possesses the confidence of a majority
of the reichstag the note announces.
Germany has agreed that conditions of an armistice
should be left to the military advisers and that the actual
standard of power on both sides in the field should form
the basis for arrangements.
London Oct. 21. Germany according to information
received here has sked a neutral government to inform
President Wilson that Germany is prepared to agree to
a neutral commission to investigate charges of devasta-
tion. Germany claims the sanction of international law for
carrying out destruction of property during retreat and
says her troops are under "strict instructions" to spare
private property and care for the population to the best
of their ability. Where transgressions occur the note
says tne guilty are being punished.
Full Text of German
Official Reply to Wilson
The text of the German note to
President Wilson as received by
wireless is as follows :
'"In accepting the proposal for an
vacuation of occupied territories
the German government has started
from the assumption that the pro-
cedure of this evacuation and of the
conditions of an armistice should
be left to the military advisers and
iiat the actual standard of power on
Fact In Hun
Note Claims
brougnt about ior nxing me
occupied territories.
of a "fundamental change" in
both sides in the field has to form
the basis far arrangements safe-
guarding and guaranteeing this stan-
dard. "The German government sug-
gests to the president that an op-
portunity should be brought about
for fixing the details. It trusts that
the president of the United States
will approve of no demand which
would he irreconcilable with the
honor of the German people and
Five Deaths Reported Today
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Hu Relief
Deaths Reported Today.
Mrs. Frank M. Adams 302 G
Street southwest.
Rena Noel of Blanco Okla.
Thad Finley 604 D Street north-
west. S. E. Gassoway 313 Twelfth ave-
nue northwest.
G. F. Staffis Sunshine Ward
Hardy Sanitarium.
Five deaths and many new cases
wire reported this forenoon lo the
Influenza Epidemic Relief Commit-
tee. Contributions to the relief fund
since Saturday noon brouhgt the to-
tal amount available for relief up to
?S'2.5() and contributions were still
coming in.
The relief sub-committees were
busy looking after cases in all por-
tions of the town and little of de-
tailed work was learned this fore
noon. G. F. Staffis whom Mrs.
Julius Kahn had had transferred to
the Sunshine Ward Hardy Sani-
tarium died of pneumonia and sev
eral new cases were brought to the
attention of the committees.
Mrs. Kahn located two new cases
this forenoon one in the First W ard
'where three pet son are ill in one
familv and up to that time had not
been able to secure the services of a
physician. On Broadway near I!
street northwest another family
was located in which three persons
ire ill and immediate relief was giv
en.
Housewives are responding nobly
to the call for soups broths and del-
icacies fur convalescing patients.
Several have volunteered to prepare
libles and deliver them. The Can
teen Hut at the L nion
Passenger
with openin
a way to a peace
of
just ice.
'The Herman government pro
tests against the reproach of illegal
and inhumane actions made against
the Herman land and sea forces and
thereby against the Herman people.
For the covering of a retreat de-
structions will always be necessary
and they are carried cut insofar as
is permitted bv international law
The Herman troops are under strict
instructions to spare private -op
erty and to exercise care for the
population to the best of their abil-
ity. Where transgressions occur in
spite of these instructions the guil-
ty are being punished.
"The Herman government further
denies that the German navy in sink-
ing ships has ever purposely de-
stroyed life boats with their passen-
gers. The Herman government pro-
poses with regard to all those
charges that the facts be cleared up
by neutral commissions.
"In order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work of peace
the German government has caused
orders to be despatched to all sub-
marine commanders precluding the
torpedoing of passenger ships with-
out however for technical reasons
being able to guarantee that these
orders will reach every single sub-
marine at sea before its return.
As a fundamental condition for
peace the president prescribes the
destruction of every arbitrary power
that can separately. secretly and of
its own single choice disturb the
peace of the world. To this the Ger
man government replies:
'Hitherto the representation ot
the people in the Herman empire has
not been endowed with an influence
on the formation of the government.
The constitution did not provide for
a concurrence of representation of
the people in decisions of peace and
war. These conditions have just now
undergone a fundamental change.
A new government has been formed
in complete accordance with the
wishes (principles?) of the repre-
sentation of the people based on
equal universal secret direct fran-
chise. "The leaders of the great parties
of the reichstag are members of this
government. In the future no gov-
ernment can take or continue in of-
fice without possessing- the confi
dence of a majority of the reichstag. j
"The responsibility of the than j
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r in
bund Crowing
RELIEF FUND FOR
EPIDEMIC SUFFERERS
(Make checks payable to O. H.
Wolverton treasurer; mail or de"
liver them to Mr. Wolverton at The
City State Bank.)
The following contributions were
mode up to noon today :
Previously acknowledged $635
Chickasaw Refinine Co. 50
Ruby Petroleum Co.
J. B. Spragins
Ardmore Producing & Rcf. Co.
Bass Furniture Co.
Palacine Oil Co
John S. Owens
D T. ThilHs
A. Solomon 10
Mark Kirkpatrick
D. C. Fitzgerald -
L. S. Dolman
G. M. Henley 5
A. Rosenthal
W. D. Potter - 5
Otto Bradford 5
F. M. Putnam 5
R. A. Hefner 3.50
Total ...$892.50
station is expected to be made ready
in a day or two to be used as a
clearing bones for the distribution
of these article.
The need for nurse.-. registered
practical or otherwise still is imper-
ative. In Mime instances it ha been
necessary to transfer practical or
registered nurses from cases where
patients have passed the danger
mark and replace tliein w till women
who although having bad no prac-
tical experience are able to give
such care and attention as is neede.
cellor of the
tat ion of the
nipire lo the rcprescn-
tieonle is being legally
developed anil
first act of th
has been lo lay
a bill to alter
ialcguardcd. i he
new government
before the reichstag
the constitution ot
the empire o that the consent t
tht represeuatiou of the people is
required for decision on war and
peace.
"The permanence of the new sys-
tem is however guaranteed not
only by constitutional saleguaius
but' also by the unshakable determi-
nation of the Herman people whose
vast majoritv stands behind these
reforms and 'demand their energetic
continuance.
"The question of the president
with whom he and the government.
associated against Germany are
dealing is therefore answered in a
clear unequivocal manner and the
statement that the otter oi peace
and an armistice has come from a J
government which is free from any-
arbitrary and irresponsible influence
is supported by the approval of an
overwhelming majority of the der-
ma npeople.
"(SiBned) "SOLF."
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Washington .Oct. 21. Senator
I'oindexter of Washington republi
can introduced a joint resolution to-(
day proposing that congress forbid
further negotiations by the I'nitcd
States with Germany looking to the
granting of an armistice or peace
until the Herman mililarv forces
have surrendered unconditionally. It
was referred to the foreign relations
committee.
The resolution further
lr
the prosecution ot the war with ine
utmost vigor ami tlie occupation
and control by the allies of
German territory as can h-j
sue n
oh
tained by our military torces mitil
peace negotiations have been con- Further south the British Third
eluded. It would declare it unlaw-1 arniy has crossed the Selle and is
ful for any official of the Amer-j headed toward Mons by way of
ican government to answer in anyjOucsnoy and north of the Mormal
way 'any note message or represcn- J forest while General Rawdinson's
tation from the German govern- j Fourth army has reached the Sam-
ment or the German peop'e or from : brc-Oise canal and is advancing
any oflicial representing or purporting-
to represent them on the sub-
ject of peace or an arm-
the Herman armed forces
surrendered.
Belgians near ghent-
BRITISH CAPTURE MANY
PRISONERS IN BIG DRIVE
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ENGLISH SMASH'THRU FORMIDABLE
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IUUIIIUI1U nLUIIU
nimw nrTnnT0
tntivii lit i nti lo
l l! The Associated l'lc!
British trooDS in smashing
through the formidable German po
sitions along the Selle river north
of Le Cateau captured mort than
3000 prisoners. The Germans were
forced from positions of great nat-
I . -l r 1
jg uiai siiengin on a wiue ironi aim
25 the British gains were maintained
15 1 notwithstanding many counter at-
15 tacks. The British now hold the
heights betweenthe Selle and Ilar-
10H"CS "vtls
and are in a position to
! outflank the Mormal forest and cut
10 J the railway between Valenciennes
10 I and Avesncs.
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i uiuni iiuiui lite uincu iui w j
. i . i l It ..1
j i continue wicir piogress iniuugu tci-
gium and French Flanders from
Denain to the Dutch frontier. On
the north the Belgians are approach-
jng Ghem whie Jn th center the
British are marching on the Scheldt
river and outflanking Tournai an
important railway junction which
towns have been made useless to
the Germans.
London. Sunday. )ct. 21. Allied
I'ntve in Belgium are within ten
utiles of Ghent according to the of-
ficial statement on operations there
issued by the war office tonight. The
statement reads:
" The advance of the army groups
in I'landi i s. under command of King
Albert continue through the day.
After vainly living to arrest our
progress toward the west bank of
the Lys along the 1 cy nzc-Lcloo
canal and mar the Dutch frontier
the Herman have been (orced to
withdraw over the whole front.
The Belgian army has established
itself along the canal. Its left flank
is on the Dutch frontier and the ar-
my has occupied the important cen-
ters of At (ire. Adcghcni. licllcin and
L'rsel (anioiit ten miles west of
Client.
"French forces have thrown the
enemy rear guards back over the
Lys and notwithstanding floods
brought ahoul by the dermaus. have
crossed the river and established
bridgeheads. ( Ine of these is between
Hrainnene and Peteghem and an-
other is east of Oygheni.
"The Second British army in
spite of strong resistance and the
difficulties arising from destroyed
communications has crossed the
Lys along the whole of its front and
advanced its right flank to the west-
ern outskirts oi l eci . in ine vauey
f t)lc Kscaut. The line now runs
west of Pccq and throu
I ottignes. kollcgheni.
di St. Leger
Yichte de
F.Iyck and Driesch.
Since October 14. the Second ar-
niv has captured 6.209 prisoners and
16) guns."
Paris Oct. 21 The allied forces
while pushing further into central
Belgium on the north are fighting
their way forward on the south to-
ward the Belgian border south of
Valenciennes. Sunday the allied
troops had to fight the elements as
well as the Hermans. Kain fell con-
tinually and the soldiers were soaked
and partly blinded while airplanes
were of little use.
With spirits undainpcned. how-
ever the allied troops continued their
efforts anil in blander they worked
a little nearer to the imnortant cilv
of Client and are approaching very
col (i )lc wt.s )ank of t)u. Scheldt.
) the riL'ht of the front in Bel-
I'iiim the 1 rit lsh I' if til armv has to
'all intents and nurnoses taken Tnnr-
. ...
naj al important railroad junction
around the southern end of the Mor
mal forest up the valley of the Sam-
tice until bre toward Maubege. The net re-
hall have! suit of the efforts ot the Fourth and
Fifth British aruiie was that the
TUT QCIIC 010.
MIL ullll iiiilii
Mnr rnnllT
un niut rnun
I pivot on which the Herman retreat
! across Belgium -.wing was badly
shaken.
I lie lirilili alo capture!
(1 a dozen
or so of village.
( )n the British right. ( lencra
De
beney is outflanking Guise and is
marching toward llir-on for the
purpo-e of taking ihe I Binding line
in the rear.
.t the same time. Hetieral Mangin
and Huillniav in the Scire and the
Aisne north of Si -.on are attacking
the front of the llmiding line.
Finally Hi-ncral Houratid and the
Americans are fighting in most dif-
ficult country against determined
and strong resistance. They are mak-
ing slow but solid progress in the
task of pushing the enemy toward
the southern Ardennes and up both
hanks of the Meitse.
London Oct. 21. More than
3.000 prisoners were captured by the
British yesterday in the operations
north of Le Cateau when the Selle
river was crossed on a wide front
according to Field Marshal llaig's
statement today.
In the Valenciennes region the
British are approaching St. Atnaml.
six miles northwest of Valencien-
nes. North of Tournai. they are
pushing forward to the line of the
Scheldt river.
The Herman positions were of
great natural strength and were
strongly held and there was heavy
lighting throughout the day. The
weather was unfavorable and the
river was in flood but the British
forced a passage early in the fight-
ing supported by tanks. The state-
ment reads:
"The number of prisoners captur-
ed by its in the operation yesterday
north of Le Cateau now exceeds
.1.011(1. The enemy positions along
the river Selle were of great natural
strength and were held with reso-
lution. " The attack was launched by F.ng-
lih Scottish and Welsh divisions
at 2:(HI o'clock in the morning un-
der most unfavorable weather con-
ditions a continuous rain making
the advance extremely difficult. The
fighting was heavy throughout the
day the enemy offering strong re-
sistance in the villages and'along the
line of the railway.
In overcoming this resistance
great assistance was rendered at
certain places by tanks despite the
flooded state of the river.
"North of Denain our advance
troops continued to push forward
in contact with the enemy ami are
approaching the village of St.
Amand and the line of the Scheldt
north of Tournai.
Seething In Germany
Washington Oct. 21. Consultations in progress be-
tween party leaders in Germany may have the most far-
reaching consequences according to advices received here
today from official sources in Europe. These confidential
reports say that German middle classes are taking con-
trol determined to have peace even if it involves com-
plete acceptance of the allies' terms including the down-'
fall of the kaiser the crown prince and finally Luden-
dorff and the entire military control.
It is not possible to give details but officials here are
prepared to credit the reports as they are supported by
knowledge from other sources that German business in-
terests and landed proprietors who heretofore have been
inclined toward pan-Germanism now fear an uprising of
Socialists and the threat of a German bolsheviki.
With the American Army Northwest of Verdun Oct. 21.
(By The Associated Press) When the German government v
an October 12 told President Wilson that it was ready to com-
ply with the proposition of the president concerning evacua-
tion the German army had completed arrangements for a with-
drawal from France. This assertion is made by prisoners cap-
tured by the Americans Sunday in the region of Grand Pre.
The prisoners agreed that the German command had
starting making efforts of the transportation facilities acquired
in the evacuation of the Frenck territory.
SEVERAL HUNDRED
MILLION OVER IN
E
TOTAL OF 22000000 NAMES ON
LATEST LIBERTY LOAN
IS REPORT.
SURPASS BRITISH LOAN
Twenty Per Cent of the Population
of America Buy Bonds All Ord-
ers For Coupon Bonds Are Being
Filled Immediately Washington
Says.
Washington Oct. 21. Estimates
and figures showing the success of
the fourth Liberty loan poured into
the treasury today indicating the
six billion dollar goal was passed by
several hundred millions.
All orders for coupon bonds are
being filled immediately and plenty
of registered bonds will be ready as
fast as requisition for them accom-
panied by the necessary information
concerning- the individual owners
reach the treasury.
Keporls from all of the reserve
districts earlv in th" d.ty show Ibe
honor roll of suhscripcM bear 20.- '
(It 10.(11 1( I names as a minimum and
probahlv will be found to have sev-
eral million more.
It is apparent that at least twenty
per cent of the population of the
United Stales bought bonds a rec-
ord equalling and probahlv exceed-
ing the percentage record of the
British ictorv loan of I"!7 which
had ''.000.0011 subscribers. The $5-
OIIO.OOil.000 subscribed lo that loan is
exceeded by more than a billion dol-
lars. All these records belli for size
and distribution of war loans are
broken by the fourth Liberty loan.
MRS. F. M. ADAMS DIED
OF INFLUENZA TODAY
Mrs. Ella Adams wife of Frank
M. Adams died at II o'clock this
morning at the Hardy sanitarium
after an illness of one week of infl.i-
euza. Funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Mrs. Adams w ho was 32 years old.
is survived by her husband two chil-
dren K'ohert aged 7 and France's
aged 2: her mother. Mrs. Fannie
Yeager and sister Mrs. James P. Har-
rison both of Celeste. Texas and
two brothers Claude Yeager of Dal-
las Texas and Fred Yeager of Sm
Antonio Texas. Mrs. Ye.igT and
Mrs. Harrison came this noon.
Irish Ship Torpedoe.
Belfast Oct. 21 The Irish steam-
cr Dundalk was torpedoer in the
Irish Sea last week. Of the crew of
more than 30 only 13 were rescued.
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