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Allies
Haig
REIIKI REACH
ALL OBJECTIVES
ON SECOIJD DAY
2000 Prisoners Counted
in
Champagne Success
1VENTEEN TOWNS WON
.merican Army Continues At-
. tack Near Verdun
tOfjOlf Sept. J7-Tbe number
tf Gormaaa taken pritoasr by ths
Irtneh tad Amerlc'sns la thtlr
drive la tat CaampB aad U tht
tact sxcetds 16000 accotdtag to
FatU dbpatch . lo th Exchange
Ttltf rtph company.
BIRLIN via London Sept. 37.
Germin Iroopa oa tht front en
.14.. J ik. ... . - -1 1- - J
'to thtlr llata of defeats before tht
Fraaco-AottrtciB attack' Thursday
according to tht official statement
ffean Otrmaa geaeral headquarters
tnday. ?
By tat Associated Fresa.
PARIS. Sept. 27- til :J0 a. m )-Re
?H at this hour from the battle front
tie Champagne between the Suippe
Meuse riven Indicate that tht at-
cl of the French and American forcet
(.fMSjjreesing under the most favorable
Sacral Gouraud'i fourth army In the
Amptgrw fesbmed its attack thii
setting from (he positions prepared by
i Cemeas yesterday.
Dm eisaelt it procreating utiifact-
.ily. Tht French bavt attained al
'efr objectives. ' t -TMpkr"
taweVb the Frends
.Jay have bet yet keen cemtrted. . .
- Cat Tim Litea Pat.
StKeeatful development of the French
.fewlvt begun yesterday Jn tht Chant
lna la reported today by tht war of.
5$ Over the entire field of attack
r the French between the rivet Suippe
4 tht Argomve forest the formidable
snjwn positions of a depth of more
anNhree milei were brilliantly car-'-4.
......
.Hit French have captured the Butte
i ftseenil tht Butte dn Souain the
Utu du Tahure and tht vlllagei of
ahnre Ripont. Kouvroy Cernay-en-ormoia
and Smoo-Meuieourl
More than 7000 prisoner! were taken
the French.
I - Weather Hot Favorable.
Despite untamable weather condi-
'jnsi satisfactory progress ii being
Vdg today.
C 4he tatt tht American advanced
miles captured twelve town
.20 prisoners and are going on.
-"rl9a Trfinn
hi Going 0.1
MERICAN ARMY ON THE VER-
i FRONT Sept. 27.-(9:IO a. rtl
.he American advance continued dor-
lait night on the front of the of
.nitt launched yeiterday. The Anw-
it) patrolt poihed forward maintain
coouct with the enemy. Stout ma
1m gun reitstanct met during tbe
night at or point wai quickly
ora with Unkt and artillery
niucry. g i
...i weather
today wa
lay wa thKk irgnt
jtlaiavina
began in tht tarly morn
t Br the field of tht) American opera.
i
ii ooacarmf ooervatioo.
Cati Infontiatirm tendi to confirm the
.ietthat the German heavy artillery
taught h th act of withdrawing
d-waa unable to operate pr reply
thfactorlly. Jt la not known at thia
ttr whether any1 of tht enemy big
aa were eaptvrid.
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T5)rtlon a t -
Sept. .Thi war
wmmittM on cotton
-not facot tsat . prlct bt
Jon raw ctUoa at the penent thW.
r wllr ft to HCvjmtnd iti anyvent
t toffkitnt t.loM haa tlapied to
cit eifett Ia rtabllUint InfTu-
tf the wq atilgned to tht com-
"T nnltt iMpcctM cbangH ol
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ASSOCIATE-- 1'KKMH
LKAHUM WIHK ItKl'ORT.
Agree
Gains
Kansas and Missouri Men
Set Example of Intrepidity
In the Verdun Front Smash
Among Kins i and Missouri troopi
who participated in the battle between
the Argonne and the Meuse Thursday
were thote who were trained at Camp
Doniphan Fort Sill Okla.
Br tht Associated Pratt.
WITH THE AMF.K1CAN ARMY
ON THE VKKDUN FRONT Sept. Z).
The American troop took the Ger-
man tomewhat by surprise by the
ipeed of their attack yesterday and
without giving the enemy time to re-
cuperate they pushed him steadily
northward. In the evening the Ameri-
can between the Argonne and the
Meuse had reached Malancourt Mont-
(aucon Cuisy Danrtevotix and other
towm along that line.
The example of intrepidity tet by the
Pennsylvania Kansas and Missouri
troops was followed by the men in tht
other American units
The opposition met with at Mont-
faucon and Dannevoux and a few other
pointi indicated that the German re-
sistance wat becoming stronger and it
WORK WILL BEGIN
01! NEW GAS LINE
VVmiliJ A WEEK
Stockholders Supply $2000-
000 to Back Enterprise.;
With an authoriier! expenditure of
iimtX- entlrtly 'Okti tat of by
norktMMera avsthout ehe iaiatng o(
bonds nnder approval of (he caoital b-
aton.
UKianoiM natural
us company officiali in coniarenct
lis thia citw tfwtftw nmAl4Mt aIama tnr
laying an entire new ayittrn of pipe
lilies into a new ga territory tooth of
Chickasha. Tbe system will enter tht
city by a new routt thereby serving the
double purpoae of living added supply
and equalising the distribution.
R. C Sharp vict president .of the
company tayt that the engineer have
completed their plant pipe it In readl-
neai for ihipment and work will begin
next week. "We hope to have the line
completed by th.e first of the year"
Sharp Hated today. "We art con-
fronted with abnormal condition! but
we will endeavor to complete the line
at ttated. We hope to give the tity an
adequate supply but ga ii a mineral
yon know and no one can guarantee it.
The line leaving the city by the south-
ern outlet will crota the North fork of
the Canadian river and alio the Cana-
dian itself and run aouth past ' the
Chirkaiha district into touthr
territory. t
rro g4t
M today' conference which lasted
four hour in tht.ofiict of Jtfdgt C.
Ames. G. T. Braden president and R.
C. Sharp vice president both of Tulsa
were present
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Circulation Guaranteed Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in OUahoma.
MnUred tht Oklahoma. CkUnuuir. vttp'ufdc w Mumil-clua nalL Indtr (U Kl of Marth I 1171.
To Hear Bulgar Pea ce Plea;
In New Assault On Cambrai;
and French Take 1
wai apparent the enemy had had time
to placr in position tome of the artil-
lery withdrawn earlier in the day. Late
in the afternoon the (iermen aerial ac-
tivity increased indicating a determina-
tion to check what had developed to
rapidly into a sweeping advance.
The work of the tanks which were
manned by French and Americans
brought praise from the staff officers.
The machinei however were unable to
display their abilities) to the fullest ex-
tent because of the boggy condition of
the terrain. The ground hat been soft-
ened by recent rami and at the coun-
try naturally it swampy the terrain
was found to be too toft in many placet.
Many tanks became stalled in the mud
hut they were not damaged at tne in
fantry had driven the enemy well north
ward.
A most spectacular feature of the
operation wat the work of the aerial
unitt. The aerial observers were able
to accomplish little until the afternoon.
(Ctntlnuast Pace 1t Celumn 1.
DRAFT LOTTERY
DATE FIXED FOR
f.1011 SEPT. 30
Order of Classes for .18 to 45
Men to Be Determined.' .
WASHINGTON 27-UoikIix.
Seplcmber JO w u tet by Proroet Mar.
thai Central Crowder today aa tht date
for the national draft lottery to deter
mine the order io the elanes to which
they will be assigned of the 13.000)00
tacn front 18 to 45 who registered for
selecttvt service September 12
The drawing will take place publicly
at tht senate office building and the
numbers will be given to the press and
tht country by district draft boards a
quickly as the list can be printed and
put into the hands of the boards by
mail. (
It will be necessary this time to draw
one gt a time approximately 17 ADO
capsules containing the serial numbers
and it will require approximately twenty-six
hours to complete the tatk.
TEwaESfcrai
nr.iD tuzs in
R:3TnrniFcu::
DALLAS. Texaa. Sept. 27.-Barrt-caded
in a narrow room in the heart of
the business district a man identified
as Nath Davis of Killeen Texas bat-
tled to death with over a score of police
officers shortly after noon here today
Refuting to surrender the man re-
ceived over 100 shots in hi body be-
fore he fell headlong still holding a
smoking revolver. i .
Patrolman Daniel stopped the men
and asked him why he wai loitering.
A terrific blow felled the officer. The
patrolman started to reach for his gun
hot missed his step and the large man
took the revolver and beat hint into
unconsciousness.
He then went to a roomlog house.
Police officers were summoned Offi-
cer! went and urged the man to sur
render. He said he'd die first. -'
The entire police reserves were called
out. They demanded be surrender. He
refused. A battle ensued. Several of-
ficers were grated by bullet but none
were injured . - j
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VLADIVOSTOK. 8ept. 27.-If given
tht support of three divisions of allied
troops General Gaidi commander of
tbe Ctecho-Slovak forces said -that he
could hold the bolshevik armies on
approximately the present line ant t"t
Russians In Siberia can organic Aa
efficient arm whoa stitclplln . -ed
not be questioned. General tiei1)
and' two other - Ctecho-Slovak; fa
have nndertaken the orgnlnUtf ct
rack g force and are being aided U
Omtk and Samar government. . T
'It It declared that the polhlcal afm
lion It tietrfrt and -that tttc 'Oct
knd Vladivostok group gri aefrt
whtjtevtr diftetentei may have tnl4cJ
It ik rta'-d ratUr ilgnlfieantfr fat
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OKLAHOMA CITY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 1918.
BRITISH CROSS
CANAL DU NORD
ON WIDE FRONT
London Night Report Says
Progress Satisfactory
By The Associated Press.
' LONDON Sept. 27. (7 p. m )-
Tht new British thrust against tht
German position fa front of Cam-
pral Is progressing Mtlafactorily
according to the newt rteeivtd here
' at this hoar. The stuck la viewed
ke.e at a atrong British effort to
take Cambrai.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE Sept. tf.-Field Marsha)
Haig' forces at dawn this morning de
livered an attack over a wide front
south of the Sense A heavy rm fall
ing during the early hous. made the
work of assembly more diflicult but
ome time before aero all the tropos
were in position the rain had ceased
and had been replaced by a thick haic
which assited in bewildering the enemy
at to extent and direction ot
our move
ment.
Niat Division Opposed.
About nine German divisions
(122.-
mrn) are understood to be opposing
Haig't men. So far the battle teems
to be going well for the British.
By 9 JO o'clock this morning' tht
British appeared to hart crossed the
Canal du Nord defense on a front oi
more than three mile and to have ad-
vanced to a maximum depth of approxi-
mastly a milt and a quarter.
Bearloa Stacked.
As early at 8 US o'clock one or more
of the British tank were reported by
an airplane; (Besiege to have been seen
near Fwcniigrae. Shortly bet ore that
the reports wejrt thai some of the BraV
n wOT'epproehtsMr Btmrkm tpv.
The Caned ioe who' dewvets forward
atreet the Canal dn Nord above Moetrv-
rea were reported at 6 JO o'clock as
having been seen about a mile west ol
Bourlon wood. (Bourlon wood ofrmed
the chief obstacle to Cambrai for Gen-
eral Ryng in hi attack last fall.)
With the coming of the sun the moro-
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C:3TETI 13 C3
TOSVt QUIT
LONDON. sTpt. 27-Lieutcnant
General von Stein the Prussian war
minister it reported to have resigned
according t oadvicea to the Exchange
Telegraph company Irons Copenhagen
General von Stein became Prussian
war minister late in October. 191(1 suc-
ceeding Lieutenant General Wild von
Hohenhorn. who. was placed in com-
mand of an army corps on the western
front Before his appointment as war
minister ht was in command of troops
on the Somme front io France. General
von Stein tendered his resignation as
Prussian minister of war July 13 1917
but it wat not accented.
AIRPLANES ARRlTin .
F0RFUGHTS HERE
The first of three airplane from
Carmther Field. Fort Worth arrived
here shortly before 2 o'clock for) exhibi-
tion flights over the state fair grounds
today and tomorrow. The other planes
will arrive later m the afternoon and
will make flights between 4 and d
o'clock. Two more planes will come
from Fort Sill tomorrow and fair of-
ficials are assured of ftvep lanes in
flights about the ground during ths
Liberty loan opening and Americanita-
tion day exercises tomorrow. -
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WlH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT.
Sept 27. The eiiemptton ol the
general staff thai the German had
not. diecrjvered tbe intention of the
Americana 4 attack was proved by
the earlier phases of tht fighting
Apparently dated by the tuddtness
and ferocity of tht artillery prepare
Hon tbe German artillery reaction
Ml alow in being registered. It
never recovered Its balance.
Trom the minute the Americans
swarmed forward the inferiority of
the enemy feslstonce was marked.
Tarly thii sytornirtg the enemy had
Lid down artillery fire calculated
tr cover i local raid. The Incident
wai quickly forgotten ht the mag
nitude of the operations rhat rol
Is Ferdinand
The Fox Again?
mm
Csar Ferdinand of Bnlgarle.
Cable reports say that Czar Ferdi
nand of Bulgaria it not supporting the
hid for art armistice made by his pre
mier M. MatiaofJ. Ferdinand is bound
tightly to the Irrrmaa kaiser lie Buy
be covertly behind the peace move and
keying aloof from the negotiations In
order to save his face uritk ' Kaiser
Withelm .io the event the.thW for an
arntrstiee cxmsts to naoettt-ls ta tos-
ImMo that thw snows h of Gerwiaa origin
and trie rapid advance of the allies in
the Balkana seised upon at the pro-
pitious time to develop the peace of-
fensive from the Bulgarian angle.
FOREIGN LEGION
HEROES UiLL OPEN
LOAN CAMPAIGN
Oklahoma City Prepares to
Give Them Royal Welcome.
Dinner la to bt served tt 6:3d p.
at. at tht Chamber of Commerce la
honor of the memberi of the For
eiga legion. Any cftltea it wtlctmt
at tht diaatr providing a ticket it
rtatrvtd befort noon tomorrow. The
tickets may be had at the Chamber
of Commerce. A program hat beta
arranged to bt carried out at tbe
luahcaoa.
Sixty-five members of the Foreign
Legion a part of the 5000 survivors of
an original 70000 who terrorised op
posing Hun legions by their ability to
sweep through first and second line
trenches will arrive In Oklahoma City
tomorrow morning at 9 45 to take pan
in the formal ooening of the fourth
Liberty loan campaign. In every city
the members of the legion have visited
they htve been received with tremen-
dous enthusiasm. Crowds along the
streets hsve greeted them with cheer
after" cheer and Oklahoma City is ex-
pected to exceed the welcome given by
any other city.
At 10 o'clock the visitors will march
from the Santa Fe nation down Grand
avenue to Hudson north to Main east
to Broadway north to Seventh and east
to the Fair grounds' where they will
take part in the Ameriranisation day
program. It was first planned for the
visitors to he taken over the line of
march in autornobllet but ttpoo contnt-
tatjon with Sergt Marcel Le Juene rep-
resenting the French high commission
and Warren. Tolton. representing the
national speakers bureau tj bo . have
come in adt ance of the legion to make
arrangements it was decided to have
tbe men march instead of ride.
Ilforts are still being nude to ar
range for Indian tribal dartCes to be
given In front of the grandstand at the
(Ctnrtweso en stq e Cdtwiyin i)
'SANTIAGO. Chrte Sept V.Tht
vuean gomnrnerrt lajt nignt ordered
thr-Mval oMheiritlte io occupy with
nnnea rarcot air tne interned German
Fuh)lh1 Dalle Bi'ff undty.
ulwcrlyllon Pelee t .
6000
No Armistice Until c
Allies Are Sounded;
Is View of Paris
LONDON Sept. 27. Tbe British forcet cm the Mace-
donian front have captured the Bulgarian city of Stra-
mitza. Serbian troop a were reported thia afternoon to have1
.captured Kochana. about fourteen milea from the Bul-
garian border oppoeite KuatendiL
WASHINGTON Sept. 27 Military men here say the capture of the Bul-
garian city of Strumitis by allied fortes In Macedonian front breaks the strong-
est link in the Bulgaria defense and Iraves no serious obstacle to the allied
march into the couptry.
LONDON Sept 27. The British gorernnient today
received front an official authorised aoerce an application
from Bulgaria) for an armistice.
LONDON SepL 27. Germany intenda to aend got-
emn protest to Bulgaria againat Premier Malinoff'a re-
quest for an armistice according to Berlin re porta received
in Amsterdam and forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph
company.
PARIS Sept. 27. The French eommgnder in chief .in "
Macedonia General Franchert dTaperey officially report to-
day that the Bulgarians have aaked for a meeting to arringe
the conditions of Bn armistice and eventual peace.
The French commander replied refundng to suspend the
operations bat saying he would receive duly qualified dele-
gates oi the Bulgarian government .
. Wait for CoawJUtbta.
It it understood that im ihttnrctlona regarding the Bui.
garian applltaUon f ot an armlatlcti irlU b jriven the. miliUry . .
eommairdui ilf icsdonU untillJiere is ooDoKunitr for consul
tation between France Great
aid the) other allies and in the
will continue.
May Be Military Rum.
The French commanderreDorts that the Bulrarian reauwt
reached him through an intermediary the general command
ing the British army in the east forming a part of the allied
command. General d'Esperey'a reply therefore asked the Bui.
garian delegates to present themselves to the British lines.
General dEsperey says that as the Bulgarian request
might be a military ruse to allow the re-rrounintr of fnrrta and
the arrival of reinforcements he made a reply declining to '
grant an armistice but promising to receive duly qualified gov-
ernment delegates. I
Want Forty-Eight Hour Respite. ' '
General d'Esperey has telegraphed to the French govern-
ment that a high Bulgarian officer has presented himself in be-
half of General Torodow commanding the Bulgarian' army '
asking the suspension of arms for forty-eight hours to permit
the arrival of two authorized delegates from the Bulgarian
government.
Two Delegates on Way.
The minister of finance Liaptcheff and General Loukoff
commanding the Bulgarian second army are on their way to
French headquarters with the assent of King Ferdinand to ar-
range the conditions of the armistice and eventually the Urns
of peace.
LONDON Sept. 27. Premier Malinoff of Bulgaria has
made an offer of an armistice to the allies according to a Ear-
lin message transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph correspon-
dent at Copenhagen.
The Berlin message says that Malinoff'a offer has created
great diasattof action in Bulgaria and that strong military mea-' I
surea have been Uken to support the Bulgarian front.
CounterRevolution an Font.
According to statements from Sofia by way of Jassy It it
added a counter-movement against the action of the premier
haa already been set on foot. ....... - '
r ThU .woud 8eem to indict that a revolution is In prorresa
In Bulgaria. : '
The news of the Bulgarian developments. Including ti
offer of an armistice the Copenhagen correspondent atxa.
waa from German official sources. v7?
The Berlin message to Copenhagen
givea the first Indication of any move
by Bulgaria lo approach her enemies
with conciliatory proposala. The mes-
sage in ill bare outline would seem
to indicate that the premier had taken-1
matters mto his own hands and at-
tempted to initiate a peace move for
Bulgaria independent of tht dyna
A move to made might ordinarily
be Considered to amount to a revolu-
tionary act and possibly point to the
execution of a coup d'etat in SA.
Tbe indications in the news front
Bulgaria recently have been that the
country was tn a somewhat disorgan-
ised state with widespread prosecntioa
of which the Bulgarian people were
able to see little advantage to them.
There can be no dorakt that the toe
restful oMeniivt of Ike attics' of fen
sive in. Macedonia now b Bogrtts hat
'accentuated thii tendency. . - .
.'It'll known that If. Malinoff. who
took the preetlerihip tatt June was
friendly o the tntcatt an the earlier
lect-i ad the war before Bulgaria's
et 1 ' and there have not been
umM
GBITIUJ
Pricej 2 Cmto i;
Huns
Brtafn the United SUtCs Iuly
meantime the military operations
some way seek to use bis wfWce
toward extricating Bulgaria Irons the
unenviable position which iw mr.nA
occupy in the event of a Gbrrnan de
cat wnicn doubtless appears to
to be impending..
King Ferdinand himself hai not Veen
above the suspicion of entertaieint a
like desire although nominally he V"t
bee) loyal to his Tectonic allies in r 1
and utterance . fa this comeettoa f
weeding of the Bulgarian reply to C
Atwtrlan peace note with the rend"-
B expressed to accept Preiidewt V . .
son's principlts for the sttleae-?
the wsr. waa held sm h lu ki.tt
"lignificanct. '
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