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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
GENERAL WOOD
WANTS ARMY
EFF|C|EN n 7
HE SUGGESTS ORGANIZATION
THROUGH COLLEGE CAMPS -
COUNTRY MUST DEPEND FOR
SERVICE UPON VOLUNTEERS.

New York, Dec 16.--NrsAr!al.icn
of dependable vol.nt9sr army
through college camps, tcdt"al con-
troll of the militia, inc;case n the
regular army and provision fer ade-
quate armament are III" essentials
for meeting the sudden Pttack of any
hostile power upon the Unted States
the members of the Merchants as
sociation of New York were toli to-
and Henry L. Stimson, former secre-
fary of war.
1t is not large army but fully
efficient army that is needed, Gem
eral Wood stated, and IN filling his
need the college camps must pay
an important part in training yolun-
teer officers. for it is upou the vol
unteer army that the country viii
ultimately depend. The plan of he
general staff to bring the army force s
up TO 1000 is only a stop.gap, he
continued, while the full citizen army
is being organized.
you might as well, under modem
war conditions, try to organize 4 Zig
reserve without previous preparation
as to try to organize nfe saving
service on a shipwrecked vessel mat
is going to pieces" said General
Wood "To bring our force mp to
100000 we must have 10000 addi-
tional officers. For this purpose we
must have college camps. such rs
existed last year at Gettysburg and
Monterey.
This year we probably shall have
1000 boys in four of these camps
The boys made a better record last
year-and this shows what YOU can
do with intelligent men in short
time-that was made by the Eth
regular infantry for the same ranges.
They made over so per cen. Of
marksmen. At the end of the five
weeks training period a board OF
our own officers examined tbesc
youngsters and recommended 129 ol
them as fit for volunteer officers
in the lower grades.
Now this is the kind of system
which / believe can be applied in
this country. ! hope that eventually
it will grow into general movement,
embodying say, a six months enlist
ment broken into periods of two
months each, to be taken during the
economic and educational vacation, so
as to interfere as little as possible
with the work of the young men who
are in business and the educational
work of the boys who are in college.
Some such method must be adopt
ed. because when the war comes 1t
will come suddenly, and unless we
are the aggressor-which is highly
improbable-it will come from one
who is fully prepared and who knows
when he is coming and where he is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

PLENTIFUL IN
MEXICO CITY
REPORTED THAT $50 ONCE PROM.
lNENT OFFICIALLY HAVE BEEN
SLAIN NO FOREIGNERS MO-
lESTED.

Washington Dec. 16-Between 100
and $50 MeXicans many of then
once prominent officially. have
been secretly executed in Mexico
City within the last few days, ac-
cording to an official report which
reached the United States govern
ment today from one of its agents
there. Just who ordered the exc.
cutions has not been disclosed, nor
are any of the names of those put
to death known. Except for the
executions. which are understood, &C
cording to the report, to be nap
pening daily conditions in the city
itself are quiet and Provisional Pres
ident Gutierrez, with the allied Villa
and Iapata forces is maintaining or
der. No foreigners have been in
jured or inundated
AS the American government has
taken the position that it will not
interfere in the disputes among the
MeXicans themselves, ii was not be-
lieved here there would be any rem
onstrance from Washington about the
wholesale executions of political pris-
oners unless foreigners are annoyed.
The reports however were said to
have disappointed high officials, who
had expected that general confsca-
tions and arrests would cease with
the entry of the Gutierrez govern
ment.
Scant news of the military move
ments of the Gutierrez and CarranZa
forces has been reported Enrique
c. Llorente. Washington representa-
tive of Gutierrez, announced tonight
that the convention forces had taken
Guadalajara without opposition, but
no confirmation was received from
any other quarter.
The Brazilian minister at Mexico
City reported to the state depart
ment that ]. j Egan, superintendent
for Wells Fargo company, FL Paso,
and f. f. Darneille, assistant gen
eral agent of the same company, City
of Mexico, were well and safe, and
had not been troubled.
Vice Consul Blocker telegTaphed
from Eagle Pass that there was no
interruption of train service to and
from Saltillo. The telegraph office
at Ciudad Porlirio Dlaz advised the
consulate that 1t would receive per-
sonal kilograms for Mexico City and
San Luis Potosi. providing such mes
sages pertained only to private busi
ness.
The American consul at Tampico
has assurances from General Cab
allero that Julian Cariazola, Span
ish subject, who was reported to
have been threatened with execution.
would be liberated and permitted to
leave the country
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
To Drive Enemy from Belgium.

LONDON, Dec. 17-The attempt of the allies to
drive the Germans out of Belgium has definitely begun.
The British squadron again today is off the coast aiding
in the attack NieupOrt.
The results so far have converted the German line
in Belgium into series of tenaciousy held positions.
French official statement today says that between
the sea and Lys, the allies captured several German
trenches at the point Of the bayonet and strengthened
the positions previously captured from the Germans in
Belgium There has been no infantry fighting on the
mainder of the French front
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
LIGHT SNOW FELL HERE.
Snow Began Falling This Morning
Streets Are Slippery.

A slight snow began falling here
early this morning, and at daylight
the ground was covered with light
coating. 1t caused the streets in the
paved districts to be very slippery,
and horses with smooth shoes were
finding it difficult to remain erect
Several slight accidents We're re-
ported, but none serious. The slight
snow, wheat growers say, will be
benefit to their crop, and they
would welcome a much heavier fall
The temperature this morning at
seven o'clock registered 2S at the
local observatory, with wind from
the east.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

utmost importance. The British,
French and Belgian troops have con-
tinued their offensive in the west
and, according to French official re-
ports. have made further slight pro-
gress. This was not accomplished
without serious opposition on the
part of the Germans who, at every
point where an advance was at
tempted. fought against it foot by
foot.
Along tie coast of Flanders.
where the allies are trying to push
their lines forward from Nieuport,
they had the assistance of the Brit
ish fleet. which violently bombarded
Westende, one of the many little
coast towns which have suffered
greatly since the commencement OF
the war. This attack. Berlin says
was without effect, and the allies
We're repulsed.
Further inland the French also
claim to have gained ground. al
though in a less marked degree than
on previous days. In the Argonne
there apparently has been a lull in
the fighting. but both in the Woevre
and Alasce, the two other regions
where severe fighting has been in
progress for some time the Germans
appear to have delivered counter at
tacks.
In Poland preparations are being
made for a new battle or series OF
battles. The Russians, according to
a former member of the cabinet at
Petrograd, have decided. despite the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Hobart, Okla, Dec 16.-W. F.
Lloyd and his son Grover were SEN
fenced in district court here Tuesday
to eighteen months in the state peni-
tentiary for alleged assault. Guy
Lloyd, another son. was fined 800
and sentenced to thirty days in the
county jail for alleged participation
in the assault. While the trial was
in progress a barn owned by W. c.
Bryan, principal witness against the
Lloyds was burned. which resulted
in the elder Lloyd being arrested on
an arson charge. =
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

English coast and must have left their
base at least two hours before dark.
AS they started to return about
O'Clock, there still remained about sew
en- hours of daylight for the pursuit,
which, however, was rendered almost
impossible by the fog.
How the Germans evaded all the
mines and patrols remains somewhat
of a mystery, although experts re-
call that in maneuvers British ships
performed the same feat in the COM
paratively small space between Eng
land and the Scilly Islands, which,
however was not mined.
The admiralty report announces
that such demonstrations are not diff
ficult to accomplish, but the popula-
tion generally cherished so great a
confidence in the protection of the
British navy, that the inhabitants OF
the coast towns made no serious pre-
parations to meet a bombardment.
Except for the working people, the
English are apt to be late risers dur
ing the short winter days. The bonn
bardment by the German cruisers ac-
Cured between s and o'clock, an
hour when many persons were at
breakfast, while others were on their
way to work or were opening their
shops.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

London, Dec. 1G.-For the first time
in more than a century England has
been struck by foreign foe A squad.
ron of swift German cruisers crept
through the fog last night to the east
ern coast and turned their guns
against the Britons.
A wave of Indignation has spread
over England because of the attack
and bitter denunciation is heard ev-
erywhere of a policy which permits
the shelling of undefended towns. The
fortress at the mouth of the Tees is
supposed to give some protection to
the important shipping base of Hartle-
pool. but Whitby and Scarborough
are as open to the enemy as is Allan
tic City on the New Jersey coast.
Scarborough. with its old castle on
a high hill, the big casino with high
tower. and the row of pretentious ho-
tells on the water front, presents a
shining mark for target practice. Few
visitors were at the hotels because of
the cold weather. but one invalid is
known to have been wounded, and was
taken away on stretcher.
In a direct line the mouth of the
Tees is about $50 miles from Helgo-
land, the German naval base in the
North Sea. The British admiralty
says the German ships were among
their fastest. They chose night when
a thick mist prevailed 20 reach the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Guthrie, Okla, Dec, 16,-A fatal
accident is reported from near Ar
cadia, on the south line of this coun-
ty. Jasper Brookes, a 15-year- old
boy. while up in a tall tree getting
mistletoe to sell for Christmas mon
ey, lost his balance and fell thirty
feet to the ground, breaking his neck.
His sister found him dead several
hours later.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Fletcher is G. A. r. Commander.

Guthrie, Okla, dec. 16.-George w.
Fletcher of Dover was today in
stalled as department commander of
late commander, George w. Billings,
who died last Friday. All of the old
stan officers were reappointed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Allies Continue Offensive.

London, Dec. 1.-THE raid of Ger
man warships on the northeast coast
of England and their escape in the
fog after having bombarded Scar
borough. Hartlepool and Whitby,
where a number of persons were
killed and wounded and considerable
damage was done to property, yester-
day completely oyershadowed the
operations on land.
These operations, however. as on
preceding days, have been OF the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
TEXAS BANKER GOES UP.
Beverly Harris Of Houston to Be
President Of Big Bank.

Houston, Tex, Dec. Ill is an
nounced that Beverly d. Harris.
president of the South Texas Com
mercial bank here is to become pres
ident OF the National City bank of
New York City. ]. A. Folderum of
Texarkana, president of the Texas
Bankers association, will succeed
Harris here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
GERMAN FIRE MORE DEADLY
THANAT FIRST REPORTED

FftyFive Persons Killed and One Hundred and Fifteen
Wounded at HartIepOol Alone by German Ships on
Wednesday-First Members of Kitchener's New
Army to Come under Fire Were at HartlepOOI in the
Trenches there-Accurate Fire of the Germans Dur
ing the Heavy Fog Indicates They Were Assisted
by Spies and had been Furnished the Range Accu-
rately-Berlin Says, Attack Was Only the FOrerun-
ner of Bigger Attacks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

BERLIN, Dec. 17-All Russias offensive has been
broken against Siesia and Posen. The first success
against the Russians appears to have been achieved by
the Austrians in west Gaica Another army is attack
ing the Russians from the direction of Cracow and
other by the Austans from the SOUTH forcing the Rus
slams back toward Poland.
1t is reported that Austria evacuated Servia in or
der get troops against the Russians beiev
ing that Servia is too weakened to be dangerous any
longer.
1t is officially announced that Austria reports cap
turing 81 900 Russians in west Galicia
The Russians have been forced to retreat through
out all of Poland aft frontal battles. In northern
Poland the west p '''a' soc,.,, "aned an import
ant victory
The French attack Nieuport continues unsuccess-
full.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
British Bombarded Turks

Athens, Greece, Dec. 1.-THE Brit.
ish Sunday bombarded the Turkish
troops concentrated on the coast of the
Gulf of Seras, north of the Darda-
nelles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
BERLIN CLAIMS To HAVE
BROKEN RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

Russian Movement Against Silesia and POsen Stopped
BY German and Austrian Armies-Austrians Said
to Have Taken 81 600 Russians Prisoners in West
Galica-Russians Being Forced Back Toward Po-
land-Austran Evacuation of Serva Explained by
Desire to Use Her Full Strength Against the Rus
slams, Servia Being Too Weakened to be Danger
GUS Enemy Any Longer-British Warships and AL
lies Again Trying to Drive Germans from Belgium.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Three Steamers Hit Mines

South Shields, England, Dec. IT,
Three steamers were sunk by mines
in the North Sea off Marlborough
Head last night All traffic between
this point and Newcastle has been
stopped indefinitely. Seven of the crew
were drowned on the steamer Elter-
water, the others being saved,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
German Merchantmen Sinks.

Petrograd. Dec. 1.-THE Russians
sank n German merchantman OIL
the Turkish coast near kerasunt'
with heavy loss of life. She carried
soldiers,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
French Earthworks Destroyed.

Eerlin, Dec. lit is officially an
nounced that the Germans destroyed
some French earthworks about
Rheims yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

London, Dec. 1.-THE Central
News says that mine sank the
Austrian training ship Beethoven
with all on board.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
An Important Victory.

LONDON, Dec. 17.-Todays Berlin report, if true
indicates of the greatest victories OF the war has
been won against the Russians The Russians admit
that the German thanking movements have compelled
them to retreat in certain sections
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
German Steamer is Seized.

London, Dec. 17.-Buenos Ayres
cables that an Argentine cruiser after
a hot chase, seized the German
steamer Patagonia near the coast OF
South America. Neutrality violation
is the supposed cause.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Princess Olga Sunk.

Scarborough, Dec. 1.-THE steamer
Princess Olga struck a mine off here
last night and sank. The crew was
saved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
DlScoNTlNUES BREAD LINE.
Houston Finds II Does More Harm
Than Good.

Houston, Tex, Dec. 17.-After up-
Grating bread line for the unem.
ployed for two weeks, the city dis
continued it because it is believed
that it does more harm than good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Raid Only the Beginning

BERN Dec 17.-The German papers in comment
ing on the raid assert that their ships shelled fortified
places Several of the newspapers suggest that this is
only the forerunner of bigger attacks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
German Wedge Forces Itself.

WARSAW Dec. 17-A Great battle is progressing
thirty miles west of Warsaw at Sochaczew where the
German wedge has forced itself despite heavy losses.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans. La, Dec. II.
The weather forecast for :
Oklahoma is cloudy tonight
and Friday, with probably rain
or snow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

CONTINUED ON PAGE FIvE)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

SPARTAN ART WALL FNIsHA gproof washable wall paint that
possesses the sanitary features of decorative Ha
of the owork Efss
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

was considering several" but his frst
romance had ended in such complete
disaster that he saw in vision his
life bIasted-changed in one brief mo-
ment from that Of a prosperous young
painter to that of n blighted and de-
spised bungler, whose weeks wages
were likely to be expended in molasses
to make good the deacon's loss.
Find those cleaning cloths left in
the back ROOM" ordered Patty. with
aashing eye. Get some blocks or bits
pf board or stones for me to walk on
20 that | can get out OF your nasty
mess, fill Bill MorrilI's jug, quick,
and set it out on the steps for him to
pick up. ! don't know what you'd do
without me to plan for you! Lock the
front door and hang fathers sign that
he's gone to dinner on the doorknob.
Scoop up all the molasses you can with
one of those new trowels on the coun.
ter. Scoop and scrape and scoop and
scrape; then put cloth on your oldest
broom. pour lots of water on, pail after
pail. and swab. When you've swabbed
till it won't do any more good. then
scrub. After that I-shouldn't wonder
Il you had to fun the door with news.
pancr- or itlI never get dry before ia.
saer comes Hbme ri sit on the -four
barrel a little while and advise. but
can't stay long because I'm going to a
picnic. Hurry up and don't look as
II you We're going to die any minute!
It's no use crying over split molasses.
You don't suppose Pm going to tell
any tales after you've made me an
offer Of marriage, do you? I'm not so
mean as all that, though may have
my faults"
It was nearly 2 o'clock before the
card announcing Deacon Bakers alb.
ssnce at dinner was removed from the
front doorknob, and when the store
was finally reopened for business It
was most detected clerk who dealt
out groceries to the public. The worst
feature of the affair was that every
one in the two villages suddenly and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

lassesm cried cephas, brought to his
senses suddenly.
1t was too true! The gallon meas
ure. forgotten by cephas, had been
filed to the brim ten minutes before,
and ever since the treacly liquid had
been overlooking the top and spread
ing in a brown flood. unnotlced, over
the floor. Patty's feet were glued to
it, her bun calico skirts lifted high to
escape harm.
u can't move" she cried. "oh, you
stupid, stupid cephasi How could you
leave the molasses spigot turned on?
See what you've donel You've wasted
quarts and quqrtsl What viii father
say and how win you ever clean up
such a mess: You never can get the
door to look so that he won't notice It,
and he is sure to miss the molasses.
You've ruined my shoes, and simply
can't bear the sight Of you!"
At this cephus all but blubbered in
the agony Of his soul. 1t was bad
enough to be told by Patty that she
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04
JACKSONVILLE ELDER
Writes Characteristic Letter Regard.
ing Loss of Appetite.
he says:
NtXinol Is lust the thing

1S says.
"Vinol Is Just the thing
For summer, winter, fall or spring.
Follow directions, take 1t right,
1t will save your tagging appetite.
II know for l have tried it. For
weeks / could scarcely eat enough to
keep a snake alive, l have taken
three bottles of Vinol and now 1t
looks like will eat my head off. l
am at the table three times day
eating as / did in the good old days
when split rails, dug wells, topped
trees. plowed corn and hoed cotton.
Try Vinol and see how 1t feels to be
real hungry"
When you ought to be hungry and
are not 1t is because your stomach
does not feel strong enough to ask
for food-a sure sign of impaired
general health. Better than dosing
the stomach with pepsin for tempo
rary relief Is taking vinol, our de-
hcious tonic, which has the strength
ening and bloed-making power of
iron, and the huilding-up value of
cod5ifrer oil. II quickly restores ap-
petite and perfect digestion. If Vinol
does not help you 1T costs you moth
ing. Stone & Mercer druggists.
F. S. If you have any skin trou-
BILE try Saxo Salve. We guarantee
it-Ady.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04
CHAPTER WIN.

2
TT had been heavenly picnic, the
little trio all agreed as to that.
and when Ivory saw the Baxter
Y girls coming up the shady path
that led along the river from the In
dian cellar to the bridge it was mer-
ry group and transfgured Rodman
that caught his eye. The boy. trailing
on behind with the baskets and laden
with tin dippers and wild flowers,
seemed another creature from the big
eyed, quiet little lad he saw every day.
He had Chartered like a magpie, eaten
like a bear, torn his jacket getting
wild columbines for Patty, been nicely
darned by Waitstill and was in state
Of hilarity that rendered him quite un-
recognizable.
We've had lovely picnlcm called
Patty; II wish you had been with usg'
You didn't ask me-" smiled Ivory,
picking up Waitstll's mendlng basket
from the nook in the trees where she
had hidden It for safe keeping.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

tontemDoraneousiy wanted molasses.
so that Cephas spent the afternoon re-
viewing his misery By continually turn
ing the tnp aud drawing of the fatal
liquid. Then. too. every inquisitiye
boy in the nelghborhood came to the
back OF the store TO view the operation,
exclaimlng: What makes the floor so
wet? Hain't been spillin' molasses,
have yer? Bet YER hayel Good Joke
on Old Foxy!s
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04
SPARTAN ARR WooD STAINS

will give you a finish That is. both
beautiful and lasting. They are for
use on neY work by the practical
painter and interior fnisher. ANY
practical workman will recognize in
them the highest degree of excel
lence.
They do NOT raise the grain of the
wood, therefore require no sanding.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

Piiog Cared in 6 90 IL DAYS
druggists refund money Il PAzo ONT
ssilNT fails @ cure lsehips, Blind,
Bleeding or protrnding Piles Flrsi
APP llcoffon glrcssrc1luf, TOO. 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-05-04

When applied as per directions,
they will not fade.
Furthermore, they produce a first
class finish with fewer coats than
the old-fashioned kind of stains, and
are therefore more economical.
Consult US about your. wood
finishing problems.