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JOIN TIIH RED CROSS
All it talu'H in a lu'art ami if 1.00
iiwit A.vrv htati: HANK
JTJ.h 1.KASKI) W1ICK ASSIK'I
L
SYMPATHETIC PERSONAL
GREETING FUNS THROUGH
ALL STORIES
AFFECTION IS SINCERE
-Kings and Emperors Have Never'
Been Accorded Such a Moving
Popular Ovation." Says the Lon-
don Chronicle.
London. Die. 27. London's
morning newspapers. having sus-
pended ' publication since Tuesday
(or the Christmas holiday had to
tin J space today fur three days news
nf the world. '.Nevertheless hy far
the largest part of every paper is
piven over to President Wilson's
visit other news being severely
condensed. Throughout the de-
scriptive articles a well as the edi-
torials gratification is expressed
over Mr. Wilson's presence and the
people's joyous welcome which is
.leclarcd to have been the warmest
tribute to a distinguished visitor
hat London has ever known. There
a strain i sympathetic personal
"reeling running through all the
-tones and the writers regard 1
popular acclamations of the presi-
ieiil as lu :nt; animated n me s.u.o
.-pirit.
" President Wilson's journey was a
.riumphal procession iroiii the nio-
mei.t he landed." says the Mail "and
r was real sincere affect .on and no
mi
curiosity mat nrou.n i"
ilie tremenous acclamations
i a
f the people of London."
Welcome Never Exceeded
The Telegraph say-: "The warmth
ru
the welcome to President ilsuu
.ould not have been exceeded.'
Expressing gratification at the re-
ce
th
pfii.n tile rust says mere w.is i
. least uncertainty respecting Mr.
ilsfin's oninion of the welcome
ivhicli "expressed thanks and grati-
(udi
noh
to h:m and Ins i-oiiniry i n
efforts of justice and free-
loin."
'Kings and emperors arriving as
lireat llritain's guests were nevr
accorded such a moving popular
i vat ion.' 'savs the Chronicle.
The Dailv Mail says: "It was a
people'- welcome not only express-j
ing
gratittuV on- the president s .
ous statesman-hip lofty vision i
unfailing wi-doin. but also!
anil
nding greetings from Ine peopiej
(Ireal Britain to the free peopl J
America on the morrow ot their
il
joint victory. I
Tiie Express il.vells upon the re ;
markable size of the crowds tie
elariii" "no foreign sovereign wa?
el
i acclaimed hy so many pi o j
The crowds thai welcome' j
pli
Mar-hal b'och and Field Marsh i
I big were -mall in comparison j
Vew-tiapers generally refer appre j
ciativelv to the graeioii-. hearing -if
Mr-. Wilson and the pre-ident
-llli'e
F
REPORTED ALIVE
War-haw Dec. 24. ( l!y The As-
sociated Press). "There is no doubt
that the czar and bis entire family
are alive. I am positive of this" was
the declaration made to the cor-
respondent today by Michael de
Tehiliaitclief. a nephew- of (iencral
Skoropadski. and who has just es-
caped fi-om the Ukraine after a re-
pent trip to Petrograd Dvitisk Vil-
li a and Km no.
"I cannot reveal where the czar
is because he does not wish it." he
added. "He wants to be left alone.
"His whereabouts is known to an
allied government. It is in a neutral
country. Accounts of his murder
nt Yekaterinburg were manufactured
by Trotzky and Lenine.
"It took much money and time
and also lives of many officers to ac-
complish nis escape. Among the of-
ficers killed was Count Tatichey. the
czar's former military attache.''
WOULD BUY SUB CHASER
Washington Dec. 27. Several
European countries have expressed
a wish to purchase the 110-foot: Am-
erican submarine chasers now in
European waters. Secretary Daniels
said today the boats were being sent
to various ports that they might be
inspected and while the navy de-
partment was not anxious to sell
them it would be wilKng to dispose
of a number of them.
Just ft Courtesy Visit.
Washington Dec. 27 In connec-
tion with reports from Copenhagen
that an American fleet would shortly
arrive there Secretary Daniels said
today the scout cruiser Chester and
a few submarine chasers had been
ordered to Copenhagen as a court-
esy. He said the visit had no signif-
icance with rupect to Rusaia.
OHDON PAPERS
PLEASED WITH
WILSON'S VISIT
DAIL
(I
ATKD l'KKSv.
THIS SIGHT SET LITTLE OLD NEW YORK WILD
Arrival of the Great Naval Fleet at
and the New Mexico.
LLOYD-GEORGE
HAS BIG MEN
PRESIDENT COMES IN CON-
TACT WITH LEADING
MINDS OF EMPIRE
London. Dec. 27. - Premier Lloyd
li-orge -iccoiupaiiied by Sir Maurice
llaukey secretary to the committee
on imperial defense arrived at Buck-
inghaiu Palace at 10:.ii) o'clock thi-
morning for a conference with Pres
ident Wilson. The day was il.uk and
rainy but a big crowd gathered be-
fore the palace before the preiniet
made his appearance.
Mr. Wilson wa- a-lir early this
morning and was hti-y with bis sec-
retary. There were a number of Am-
erican callers and the Duke of Con-
naught ami Sir Richard Ilerscheil
visited the palace before the arrival
of the premier.
A. J. I'.alfour secretary of state
for foreign affairs walked over from
the foreign office to attend the con-
fcvice between Mr. 1 k;yd 'ie nge
and the president.
Lloyd George Gives Luncheon
The company invited to meet
President Wilson for the luncheon
arranged to be held today at Premier
Llovd (ieorge's resilience comprised
a .small gathering of elder states-
men the personnel including" the
leaders in the la -t and the present
government and the beads id three
of the political parlies conservative
liberal and labor.
The luncheon gave occasion lor
the fust visit by former Premier
vtith to the premier"- official resi-
lience since the libera! leader re-
signed his ol'ifce. lie i- one of the
strongest advocates of the league of
nations. Arthur 1 1 eiider-oii. the la-
hof leader also a guest i- likewise
a supporter of the idea of the league
of nations. ;is advanced hy President
Wiison.
Crowd Waited in Rain.
The president's conference with
Premier Lloyd (jcorge and Foreign
Secretary I'.alfour lasted until close
upon 1 o'clock when the coiilcr-
ence left in separate minor cars lor
the premier's residence in Downing
street. The premier passed out nl
the palace gates lirst. and the crowd
of some 3.(11)11 persons which de-
spile the rain that was falling had
gathered to see the president gave
Mr. Lloyd (icorge a passing cheer.
President Wilson who was ac-
companied by Sir CI tries Cust the
king's equerry followed almost im-
mediately. His car proceeded at a
slow pace and the people assembled
gave him a hearty cheer which was
repealed again and again as the car
passed down the Mall towards the
official residence of the premier. The
president acknowledged the cheers
by smiling and bowing and lifting
his hat.
NOVEMBER FIRE LOSSES
Oklahoma City. Okia.. Dec. 27.--Fire
losses in Oklahoma during
the month of November were the
third lowest of any month since the
state fire marshal's department was
created according to a report filed
with the state insurance department.
Loss from fire for the mont'i was
5208.583.02. The two months in
which the smaller !.-s -.. occurred
were September 112. and .Novem-
ber 1914.
Total losses for the calendar year
the report states wi'd be much low-
er than last year. The year's loss
to December 1. was $34715CS.67
which is $1500000 less than it was
on the same date a year ago.
SIXTY THOUSAND RETURN
Washington Dec. 27. Sixty
thousand American soldiers had
been returned from overseas Decem-
ber 21 and slightly more than 5i.-
IKHI in this country had been mu-:-tered
out of service members of
the house military committee were
told today at the weekly conference
at the witf department -
MEET WILSON
Y ARiDMOREITE
A
AUUMOKK
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New York The new colossal U. S. dreadnought Mississippi steaming up the harbor followed by the Missouri
C l udcrwnod cv Undj
M. L. ALEXANDER
News reached Ardmore just be-
fore 2 o'clock today that M. L. Alex-
aiuhr .real estate dealer of this city I
had been accidemly killed at his j
farm eight miles south of New Wil-i
j son in Love county the occurrence'
being at 1 o'clock. J
j No particulars whatever have;
been received up to this hour but it
is known that Mr. Alexander left;
' New Wilson yesterday morning!
! with a party of friends including!
i Russell Brown J. 1J. Moore and
' Den Mobley on a hunting trip. He
had possibly gone to his farm on
business or the party had bee hunt-
ing on his land when the tragedy
occurred.
Mr. Alexander's homa in this city
is at 620 D street N. W. and he
maintained an office on West Main
street near the First National Bank.
His son ind dugM?r Jcvom" and
Gertrude lived at home with their
parents anothttr daughter Mrs.
McClain Rogers is expected home
on a visit tonight. Another son
Roy Alexander also lives in this
city.
VICTOR BLUE NOW
CHIEF OF BUREAU
OF NAVIGATION
Washinetou. Dec. 27.- Rear Ad
miral Victor Rlue. recently appoint-j
ed chief of the bureau of navigation;
I an. I who has just returned home!
from Europe in command of the bat
tleship' Texas u ill take up his ilu- j
lies at the navy department Monday!
Secretary Daniels announced today.
Admiral Mayo commanding the At-:
lantie fleet and the nine rear admir-1
als composing the naval hoard oil
selection al-o are coming to Wash-
iuglon this week. The board meets!
December it) to consider reeouiineii- j
datious for promotion.- lor otlicer-:
of the loner grades. I
I
AMERICANS IN GERMANY j
BEGINNING TO SQUEAL j
Munich. Tuesday Dec. 24. ( Hy
The Associated Press.) A group of
Americans of llerinan birth who
have been in 'Munich throughout
the war. unable to secure American
passports met last evening and drew
up a petition to President Wilson
asking for quick food relief for Cier-
mauy. and also assistance in com-
municating with their friends and
relatives in the United States.
ROYALTY IN PANIC
llerne Thursday. Dec. 20.
of the mem hers of the former
trian roval bouse who have
Most
mained in Austria are reporle
-I to
have souebt safe'v in neutral
lega-
tions in Vienna because of fe;
lottgh treatment at the bands
the populace. The Argentinian
Chilian legations have offered
ar of
of
and
hn--
luke
pitality to a dozen former arcne
'itni an'hi'uchesse-.
j SIX BILLION BILL j
Washington. Dec. 27. The war j
revenue bill carrying j'6.1 HjO.OH U li I in J
taxes for )''K and upward of ?4.-j
Olillii.OliO.OnO for l''2i. will go to con-i
ference betw een the house and sen- j
ate Monday under an agreement j
reached today in the house. !
o
AND IT WAS THE DAY
AFTER CHRISTMAS IN
BOTH OF THE CITIES
Thursday's Oklahoman con
tained 16 pages and carried just !
AND IT WAS THE DAY
80 columns of advertising while
The Ardmoreite was 6 pages and
carried 16 columns of advertis- 1
ing. i
And it was the day after
Christmas in both Oklahoma
City and Ardmore.
KILLED ON FARM
THIS AFTERNOON
Newspaper of Character
OKLA. SATURDAY MORNING.
EIGRT AVIATORS FLY
HERE TO ATTEND
SHIELD'S FUNERAL
The first military funeral of the
sort lield in the city of Ardmore was
that of Ldward II. Shields whose
body was accompanied from Kelly
field San Antonio Texas by eight
flyers of the 1'nited States Air Serv-
ice. The funeral was held at .?:.iil
o'clock conducted by the Rev. R.
L. I.. Morgan pastor of llroadway
Mel bodist church. Mr. Shields was
instructor in the radio school at
Kelly field. San Antonio and died
id pneumonia following influenza.
W hen the body readied Ardmore
yesterday afternoon it was escort-
ed by a body-guard of six soldiers
from the train to the Prowii
llridginan chapel llurial was made
in Rose 1 1 ill cenielerv.
DINNER AT BUCKINGHAM I
London Dec. 27. Dinner at
I'dickingliam palace tonight was a
quiet private function covers being
laid only for King (ieorge and
(jueen Mary and President and Mrs.
Wilson. After dinner the president
had .i lon.r talk with king. The
president is desirilus of becoming
personally acquainted with the lead-
ing personages in England before
beginning bis more formal conver-
sations lie had an earnest talk
with (jueen Mother Alexandria this
afternoon when he called to leave
cards at Marlohorough House.
lie was greatly pleased with the
warmth of his recenption in Lon-
don. WILSON PROGRAM CHANGED
London. Dec. 27. President Wil-
son's program after hi- return to
Paris on New Year's Day lias been
revised. 1 1 now provides that be will
leave for Italy 24 bouts after return-
ing to Pari- as there will be an in-
terval between bis return from Eng-
land and the preliminaries to the inter-allied
conference.
MORE DESTROYERS COMING
(Jueenstown Dec. 27. ( l!y The
Associated Press). Ten American
destroyers flying their long 'honie-
w;ird''"peiinauts steamed out of the
harbor yesterday amid the roar of
whistles' from shipping.
In the returning flotilla were the
destrovcrs Stockton Wilkes P.eale.
Duncan Rowan. Kimbcrlcy Allen
Dow lies Davis and Simpson. They
were accompanied by the tug Cien-
essec. GRAND IURY GETS
DUNDEE BALLOT BOX
The grand jury came into the dis-
trict court room this forenoon
shortly before 11 o'clock and asked
that judge W. F. Freeman grant
them permission to examine the bal-
lot box used at the primary elec-
tion in Dundee precinct of Hewitt
township. The permission was grant-
ed but Judge Freeman admonished
them that they should keep secret
what they found on such examina-
tion and told them that the grand
jury was charged with secrecy" in all
case- anil that they shou'.l cxerci-e
particular care in this matter.
No repot t .-.lid no more indict-
ments were reported by tiie gtand
iurv and. no further t'l-tn-otiot's
were given them.
Bolsheviki Will Not Respond
London Dec. 27. The allied gov-
ernments since Christmas have
again been approached by the bol-
shevik government of Russia re-
garding terms of peace. These differ
in no respect from those put for-
ward by M. Litvinoff. former bol-
shevik ambassador at London
through the Norwegian government
in November. The proposals have
met with no response.
Weather Forecast
Ardmore and vicinity:
To-
night ar.'l Saturday fair.
Arkansas Oklahoma and West
Texas: Tonight and Saturdav
fair.
1KC. 2. 1018.
SEVEN AMERICAN
BOYS DECORATED
BY THE BRITISH
FOUGHT THE BOLSHEVIKl IN
THE FAR NORTH MOST
GALLANTLY
Archangel Nov. 7. t-'oi rcspond-
euce of file Associated Press 1 be
seven American soldiers who yes-
terday received I'.rilisb decorations
for gallantry in fighting the bolshe-
viki aloiiL' Vologda railway front.
were highly praised
citations.
Lieut li. 1!. Reese
II . was awarded tin
in
the official
of Mil ford. N.
militate cross
for having "reconnoitered enemy po-
sitions ami brought back most use-
ful information which was greatly
instrumental in the success of the
operations on Oct. 14." The citation
adds that "since joining the column.
Lieutenant Reese frequently bad
shown great daring loyalty pertin-
acity and devotion and given a line
example to his troops."
Sergt. 11. (L llaydeii of Athens.
() received the distinguished con-
d'tft medal f"- th:- operations o"
Oct. 14. His citation says that he
reconnoitered the ground behind the
enemy's rear positions of which the
Jiriti.sii commander bad no pre-
vious knowledge. It adds that he al-
ways displayed great initiative cool-
ness devotion and courage and was
a line example to all the trops.
No Thought of Danger.
Pvt. C I'. (iarrett of Kalamazoo
Mich. received the military medal.
His citation says that having no
cover and "without thought of
personal danger he . discharged bis
duties with coolness and pertinacity
under exceptionally trying circum-
stances setting an admirable ex-
ample lor all. Private flarerlt also
carried R. W. Rickman who was
wounded back to a place of safety
under heavy shell fire saving Pick-
man from the bands of 1 he enemy."
Pvt. L. L. Hopkins of Muir Ky..
was cited for the same reason as
( iarrett except that he did not pai-
tieipate in saving Rickman.
Corp. W. Shaughnesy of lfs.i
P.caufort avenue. Detroit and Pvts.
I. P. Wagoner of 'S5 John street
Detroit: and ' lliiiiiian of Lin-
wood Mich. each received the mil-
itary medal for having the citation
says "carried the telephone wires
to'our most forward position under
heavy machine gun fire. It was en-
tirely due to their devotion and cour-
age that communication was estab-
lished between our troops. Th rough-
out the operations they displayed
lovaltv coolness and devotion."
FORCED TO JOIN
THE BOLSHEVIK
Washington. Dec. 27. hiiorma
tion reaching the state departmeii
today from Bucharest describes the
main" force of the Bolshevik army
in Russia a consisting of Anstro-
Hungarians war prisoners sll.ni'O
men. from the Balkan provinces.
-10.0(10 Chinese workmen and about
5.000.000 Russian soldiers forced to
join t lie Bolsheviki by fear of star-
vation. It is reported thai fool is very
scarce in Sloscow and even the Bol-
sheviki uprising in Odes-a and
Kiev according to the advices.
A Swedisli press report that reach-
ed the state department today de-
scribes conditions in Petrograd as
desperate. The captain of a steam-
er which had just reached Sweden
from Petrograd said the men en-
gaged to load his ship eagerly seized
food from garbage barrels.
TexarkTna Electric Line Crippled
Texarkana Ark.. Dec. 27. Street
car service was crippled here today
when fire of unknown origin de-
stroyed the carh'.-ns and eleven
street ' cars of the local electric
traction companv. The losi :s est:'
mated at $100000.
Red
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VOL. 20.
No. 80.
NO PEACE FOR
TBOOMBCE IT
London. Dec. 27. "We shan't
have peace lure until llritisli and
A niericati t roups come to keep order"
is a statement attributed to one of
the riotous tierinan sailors in Merlin
by the correspondent of the Daily
Express at the tierinan capital. The
cm respondent -ays he talked with a
dozen others of the men who ex-
pressed themselves similarly to the
first speaker some of them adding:
"Don t let tliem send the frencn or
theie will be mote fighting."
file correspondent adds that all
the lower classes of I'.erlin are will-
ing to see foreign troops in the cap-
ital feeling lhal they have nothing
lo lose and perhaps something to
gain by the presence of outsider-.
Richard I'.arth is quoted l Hie
correspondent as saying that he and
his fellow cabinet members Hugo
ll.iase and ilhelni Dill man. will
not accept the responsibility of or-
dering an attack on the sailors. The
instruc'ions for the attack lie added.
weVe given by Premier I'.bert I'hil-
lipp Scbeideinaiin and llerr Lauds-
berg. I'.arth said he intended lo con-
sult his colleagues and might leave
the government immediately.
The correspondent considers one
of the most disquieting factors of the
situation the part played hy the
sailors' wives and .sweethearts some
of whom participated in the fight-
ing. GREATEST RELIGIOUS
GATHERING I N THE
HISTORYOF AMERICA
WILL OBSERVE ONE HUN-
DREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF
METHODIST MISSIONS
Columbus O. Dec. 27. Plans al-
ready are heng completed for what
is expected to lie the greatest re-
ligious gathering in the history of
America to be held here early next
summer in celebration of Km years
of foreign missionary work by the
Metbodist Episcopal Church.
Directors of the big centenary cel-
ebration which will mark the end
of the church's campaign to raise
115.000.000 for foreign missionary
work declare that besides the thou-
sands of visitors from the United
Slates and Canada there w ill be 100-
000 accredited delegates.
Scores of natives in costumes from
China India the South Sea Islands.
Africa .and Asia and exhibits from
every missionary field in the world
will be brought here for the purpose
of vi villi v portraying native hie in
the countries receiving missionary
aid. Pageants will depict the work of
1 lie church at home and abroad. A
choir of KM) trombones will lead con-
gregational singing in the open air.
Seven car- of exhibits from for-
eign lands have already arrived here.
"A Drive to Make Democracies
Safe." is the slogan for the exposi-
tion. The celeberation will be con-
ducted by laymen of the church with
the co-operation of the iencral
Conference the Methodist Church
South the Board of Bishops and al-
lied church organizations.
To care for the army of visitors
expected from June 22 to July 7.
the dales of the celebration a tented
city will be erected and residents
asked to throw open their homes.
S. Earl Taylor of New York is
director general of the huge under-
taking and II. P. Dickson Phila-
delphia is organizing secretary in
direct charge ot the Columlms ex-;
position. i
!
BRITISH AIR MAN
TO ATTEMPT TRANS- ;
ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Kankakee Ills. Dec. 27. Lieut.
I 'at rick O'Brien. American aviator
in British service whose escape from
(lerman captors formed a romantic
chapter of the war announced to-
day that be will attempt to be first
to 'make a trails-Atlantic flight in an
airplane.
lie said he woulil hegm work on
i an airplane lor
the purpose and
boned to make the tlmht in April.
) lie said that Captain 1. F. Fuller an
American aviator still on duly in
I France and Lieut. C. C. Robinson
a;: American who was in the Bri:-
; is'i flying corn- were associated
! with him in the venture.
SQUAD OF TROOPS
OCCUPY MANNHEIM
Zurich. Wednesday Dec. 25.
(T lavas) A squad of troops has oc-
cupied Mannheim by order of Mar-
shal Foch in order to watch the
prison camp near there where 10000
allied prisoners await liberation ac-
cording to the P.adische Landes Zeit-
ung. The paper adds that this step
was taken because of the bad treat-
ment of the prisoners several of
whom were murdered.
Mannheim is on the east bank of
the Rhine south of Mayence. It is
within the neutral zone east of the
Rhine outlined bv the terms of the
armistice.
GERMANY UNLESS
Croat Christmas Roll Call
Dec. 18 to 23
1. Yourself hy IMplntf Vour
I'Vtluw Mm.
(iWAKANTV KTATK HANK
SIX PACKS TODAY
REASON FOR ENTRANCE
INTO WAR BROUGHT
INTO QUESTION
WOULD PATROL THE SEAS
Wilson's Star Will Rise or Fall
With Ability to Bring About
League for Prevention of F'uture
Wars.
Washington Dec. 27. Introduc-
ing a icsoluiion today calling on
the peace conference to adopt Presi-
dent lisou's plan for a league of
nations Representative liriltou ot
Illinois republican said unless it is
established the entire world will eill-
niediately throw into the discard
the contention titat America enter-
ed the war to make the world safe
lor democracy.
Every unit of the tierinan navy
whether surrendered or interned
Mr. I'.ritton contended should form
a nucleus for a world navy for pa-
trol dutv on the high seas.
Star Will Rise or Fall
"Prc.-iiicii: Wilson's star of world
statesmanship lie said 'will rise
or fail with hi- ability to bring about
: an earlv acceptance of a world's
! league for a prevention of future
j w ars.
' Ml America .land- lielnnd I lie
president for an iideruat ional league
which w .11 in-ure the free use ot the
seas to great and sm ill nations alike
and which alone can prevent spread
of I'.iMlevi-in and anarchy."
The resolution wa- referred to the
house committee on foreign affairs
and Mr. Ilrilloii said be would ak
for a hearing mi it.
EIGHT! BILLION
Paris Dec. 27.- -'faxes designed to
raise SO.000.000.OliO marks are
planned by the council of the peo-
ple's delegates said an official re-
port received today from Berne
quoling a Berlin dispatch from the
Slid Deutsche Xeituiig. file dispatch
said that the new taxes would lie
levied on war profits and that a de-
cree delei ini'uat ic of the tax would
be published within a fortnight. In
connection with the di-patch the
Sud Deutsche Zeiluug observes:
"However legitimate may appear
the principle of the tax one cannot
hut consider with some anxiety the
hurry with which the government i-
actiug. The allied powers will surc-
lv augment their demands w hen they
are aware of the extent of our finan-
cial means and will lay hold of the
sum in question. The result will he
a diminution of our national wealth
bring no profit to the slate and an
increase in the taxes which will fall
on ieruiau citizens.
NO END IN SIGHT
FOR KANSAS CITY
STREET CAR STRIKE
Kansas City Mo. Dec. 27. A pro-
posal looking toward the settlement
of the street car strike which has
been in progress here since Dec. 11.
was put forward today by James II.
Dahtn a federal conciliator sent
here to assi-i in ending the walk-
out. Mr. Dahtn suggested that the
street railway company select two
representatives who in turn woud
name a citizen to act with them;
that the men proceed in a similar
maimer and that the six representa-
tives choose a seventh who would
preside and cast the deciding vote
in the event of a tie. This commis-
sion. Mr. Dabm suggested should
go into session at once and con-
tinue to discuss the situation until
a solution is found and that the so-
lution reached be binding on all
concerned.
U.
D. C. ENDOWS SEVEN
TEN-BED WARDS IN
HOSPITAL AT NEUILLY
Charleston S. C Dec. 27. The
United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy have completed the endowment
of their seventh ward of ten beds
at the American military hospital
at N'euilly France according to an
announcement today by Miss Mary
K. Poppenheim of this city presi-
dent general. The daughters are
maintaining seventy beds at this his.
pital at a maintenance cost annuallv
of 42000.
ILLINOIS SAGE
WOULD URGE THE
LEAGUE NATIONS
MAHRSAaES
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Spaulding, H. G. Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 80, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 1918, newspaper, December 28, 1918; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc156650/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.