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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
PLATT RAILROADS FRIEND
New York Boss Urges Roosevelt to
Sign Bill Friendly TO Railroads

Syracuse, N. Y, April 27-At the
Roosevelt trial today a telegram was
read from Thomas Platt urging Roose-
welt to sign the bill eXempting from
the franchise tax the railroad grade
crossings because "our friend of the
New York Central and Senator Depew
are anxious
Roosevelt's reply was that he re-
ceived this telegram too late"
Replying to Platt's urgings for
Roosevelt to attend the commission
meeting in 1900, Roosevelt telegraph
ed Platt: "All right. In view of
your second telegram | will come,
but you are not an easy boss"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
Italian Ambassadors Called in

Rome, April 27-The Italian ambas-
sadors at Paris, London, Vienna and
Berlin have been summoned to Rome
to confer with Italian foreign minister
Sonnine.
The Petrograd ambassador was not
summoned because of the difficulties
of travel This action is regarded as
preliminary to the announcement of
a grave and important decision by
Italy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27

work bomb was found hidden in the
ministry of war at Constantinople yes
terday says a Saloniki dispatch. 1t
IN IS timed to explode when the council
w So Ne in session. The council in
clu- eir Pasha and the German
Generals Goltz and Won San,
ders.
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Germans Deny Statement.

Berlin, April 27.-An official state
ment says that the strong British at
tacks on the new German line near
Ypres broke down complete with ex-
traordinariIy heavy losses.
The Germans admit evacuating Ii
zerne before the French attack, but
claim that they still hold the bridge
across the User at lizerne.
Twelve miles west Of Ypres the Ger
mans are waging a big artillery bonn
bardment on the railway junction
with much success.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
GENERAL FRENCH SAYSA[[
GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED
IN DESCRIBING BATTLES NORTH OF YPRES YES
TERDAY BRITISH COMMANDER SAYS GER
MAN ATTACKS WERE REPULSED AND AL
LIES TOOK OFFENSIVE AGAIN.

Artillery Allies Inflicted
codns Successfully
eeIsians Report Officially
Are Again Using Asphysns eesan inflicted
Upon Sunday NshExportaton
Kingdom by England Today Powerful
cckwork Ministry
Explode Session. Swedish coastnq
SUM by dine ohA Island, Crew Was Saved
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French Retake Lost Ground

Paris, April 27-The French an
nounce that they recaptured from tho
Germans last night the summit of
Hartmann's Weilerkopf, and also took
many prisoners. The Germans took
this summit yesterday morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
Another Russian Offensive

Geneva, April 27.-A press telegram
says the Russians have begun another
strong offensive n the Carpathians
around the heights of Uzsok Pass. The
Austro- German casualties there the
last two days have been twenty thou
sand.
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Swedish Steamer Sinks.

Stockholm, Sweden, April 27.-The
steamer Centric a Swedish coasting
vessel, was sunk by mine off the
Aland Islands today. The crew was
saved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
NoRToN's SENTENCE COMMITTED
Former BartIesville Banker Gets Re-
duction in Sentence.

Washington, April 27.-President
Wilson today commuted to one year
and a day. the seven year sentence
of William l.. Norton, who was con-
victed of mtsappropriating the funds
of the American National bank of
Bartlesville, Okla, of which bank
Norton was president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
Women Go to Holland

London, April 27.-The steamer
bearing the American women dele
gates to the Hague peace conference,
vas permitted by the British to pro-
ceed to Holland today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
III Treatment by Germans.

London, April 27.-Lord Kitchener
announces that he has indisputable
evidence that the Germans are mis-
treating British prisoners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
British Trawler Blown Up.

London, April 27.-The British
trawler Recole was blown up in the
North Sea. Some of the crew are miss
ing. 4
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British Airman Killed.

London, April 27.-Two British air
men were killed in seaplane acci-
dent today on the British coast.
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The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America, with headquarters in
New York City, has started a cam
paign of organization in Newark, ". j..
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WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans. La, April 81
The weather forecast for Okla
homa for tonight and Wednes-
day is unsettled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
OKLAHOMA is FLOODED.
Railroads Having Serious Delays in
Traffic.

Oklahoma City, npru ,-7-South-
western Oklahoma streams are at
the flood stage There are serious
railroad delays ana mucn crop dam
age, especially to the bottom farms
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Organization OF a Glalier's Union
has been completed in Cleveland.
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Bomb Found in Constantinople.
Paris, April PA powerful clock
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Read Ms Want Ada
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-29

Summer etylsA
Votes for women: shirtwaists for
men. American.
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ned form and cease ct Z pre-
arranged hour. the Blues and Reds
then to b occupying this or that
position.
For . given number Of days this
sort OF thing would continue until
the Anal event which took paaos
before the president Of the rspub-
lie and his guests. foreign military
attaches. and the rest. whose tin
sel-tasselled tents were pitched on
the eminence overlooking the fsld
where the climax (according to ~
rangement) would unfold itself.
Naturally maneuvers under such
circumstances scarcely developed
initiative on the part OF generals
and their stats. The weaker ones
and indolent fellows were able TO
make abont as good . showing a.
the best.
Suddenly all this was changed.
Joffre came on the scene. The gen
eral unrest In Europe showed to
France the unwisdom Of letting this
situation continue. and Joffre was
named generalissimo OF the army.
How he came to BE- named IL not
clearly known: have heard that
General Pau was the first choice.
hut he. for reasons Of his own,
thought Joffre ought to Be named.
And Joffre II was.
Joffre was destined to have but
one go at playing war before actual
war began. but he changed the rules
radically for this one. H gave the
Blue army a city and It's surround
ing country to hold and he told the
Red army to take II. He told them
to 60 to IL. All methods were good.
there was no time out" for any
thing. and he hoped the best man
would win.
There was the dickens to pay. OF
course. Easy-going officers were left
far behind: incompetency developed
in unlooked-for places; whole COM
mands got captured. generals CON-
handing. staffs and all. There were
all sorts Of mix-ups. but Joffre
looked on and took In every detail.
The newspapers limited that the
maneuvers were nasco and that
the French army was in bad way.
But Joffre considered the war game
the most successful he had ever
witnessed.
He had found the weak spots in
the machine and. knowing them. he
could apply the remedy. He applied
II and a number Of officers were re-
tired
War caught Joffre in he middle
OF his reorganization But he fought
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vas fed with an occasional optimis-
tic but coloriess story from the
front. the burden of which was that
everything was going along spien-
didly. that the Germans were los
Ing heart. that they had been com.
PEELED to put their old men and
young boys in the firing line-and
always conveying the impression
that ultimate victory was fore
gone conclusion. Not until March
was a single newspaper correspon-
dent permitted at the front. and
sven then they we're not allowed to
tell the whole truth.
No wonder enlistments were slow.
The fact that Lord Kitchener was
able to enroll more than two mil
Hon volunteers In this period Is sure
proof Of the latent spirit OF patri-
otism IN the British public. But
there was no enthusiasm, such as
had been aroused IN Germany by
the first-hand stories from the
trenches told by correspondents
who were permitted to 60 prac-
tically wherever they chose and to
write pretty much what they liked.
! The workingmen OF the nation
have been severely criticised for
their failure to appreciate the grav.
ity OF the situation--for their
strikes. their slackness. and their
alleged over-indulgence in liquor.
The fact IL they did not understand
because they were not told. So far
a. they knew victory was assured
anyhow. They went along much
the same as in peace times. and
when they had reason to believe
that their employers were taking
advantage of them. they struck.
They didn't speed up. either be-
cause they didn't regard 1t neces-
sary or because IL was their en-
ployers and not they themselves who
would profit. As TO the charge Of
Wholesale drunkenness, the mere
fact that the government quickly
abandoned its proposed drastic tenn
perance measure Is sufYicient an
swer.
But now Il Is no longer ~Kitch- |
ener's war" II 10 the empires.
Lloyd George has told not only |
The workinsmen but the entire ma
hon the truth. And the most strik- |
lns illustration Of the British work
Ingman's willingness to help the
smpire In its great need is the fact |
that. although 1t was Lloyd George
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DETRoIT TIM Is

l say this because JefRre 10 not with
out his critics: There Are those who
say he ought to move faster.
Joffre already deserves the undy-
Ing gratitude OF his country II he
never strikes another blow. He re-
fused At Chartered to sacrifice his
men Tor q brilliant but Temporary
success though he must have known
the country was waiting for him to
make good; he ordered that soul
sickening retreat before a superior
foe when he knew that every heart
In France Was weighted down by
the doubt concerning him and his
army: he patiently sought and
seized the opportunity he was look
ing for, then instantly transformed
the swift German advance on Paris
into Q disorderly retreat: he stopped
short the mighty second German
offensive In the west against the
Channel ports and pinned his enemy
down for a long winter trench cam
paign where he held the advantage;
he won the confidence Of his men.
individually the most intelligent
soldiers in the world. giving them
reason for their cheerful courage
which never faltered even on cold
est, wettest mid-winter days.
Lastly. but by no means least. he
- AuxSrnl his raonuv~oo n, IN n q ri
and men that now, at the beginning
of the second year OF the war the
French army Is the finest nghting
body in the melee. Joffre was the
one man in Frances 100000 for
the job.
At that. Joffre was an accident!
That France had the right man
for the place and at the moment he
was most needed. was almost pure
accident. for her system OF running
the army. until a year or so before
the war broke out. was not calcu-
lated TO develop the man for the
Job.
FOR some reaSoH riauSo hau no'
seen At to nominate a generals
simo. a commander-in-chief OF her
army. until just prior to the war.
There was simply board Of gen.
erals and this board was supreme.
Maneuvers were conducted just
as one would expect q board to con-
duct them. The Blue army. under
one set OF generals, would take
such and such a position at such
and such a time. The Red army,
under another set OF generals,
would oppose the Blues and to do
this they would hold such and such
a line. The action would begin at
q specified time. would take speci-
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Martial Spirit Persists
After Year. Of Bloody: War

himself who first accused him OF
slackness aud drunkenness, the re-
cruiting OF his new munitions army
started with an average enlistment
of 10000 per day.
IL Industrial conscription should
become desirable, there need be no
fear OF Industrial revolution. Said
Lord Miner in the house OF lords
the other day: There is an idea
that organized labor will resent
being Communicated for the service
of the state. That Is just what II
will not resent. II We are ordered
to work for England heard some
typical representatives OF working
class opinion say the other day. we
will obey The only trouble has
been that so many workingmen
have feared that their labor would
not simply be requisitioned for the
defence Of the country. but exploited
for the benent OF individuals" The
government has guaranteed that
there will be no exploitation. and
that guarantee has been signed by
labor's own representative In the
new cabinet. Arthur Henderson. and
by its various leaders In the house
of commons.
This spirit OF anti-down-hesrted-
ness is general in England today.
The attitude OF complacency IN the
part OF the upper classes and Of
apathy among the lower classes has
given way to one OF united deter
mination.
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chances, but the nag lieutenant had
NOT been With as long, and when at
my feet I opened up that model of
bags with ANDY Burns stenciled
In big black letters across II. the
lieutenant said. VERY neat, Andy.
very neat" and passed on as our d.
vision oficer followed him and said.
soft and low, More sense than
gave you credit for. but do not let
It occur again"
va have not spent all Of our
time Sightseeing: we have been to
Saddle Rock for drill and small arm
practice. shooting from the land At a
moving target on the water. and
from the ships boats bobbing on
the waves at . target on the cliffs.
Uncle Sam IL more generous to
the small arm shooting than in any
other drill, giving cash prizes Of 50
and SO each. I have been quite a
lucky winner, and am hoping that
when we get to India some ofYicer
will zee flt to take me into the wilds
with him to shoot his tiger.
(To Be Continued.)
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GERMANY is
EXALTED BY
HER VICTORIES
BY CARL W. AcKERMAN.

BY CANI W. $SNeHMAN.
(Std9 Correspondent United Press.
Fourth stony
BERLIN. July 29.--In the west.
ern campaign Germany met new
conditions of modern warfare and
overcxme them before the enemies
were able TO do so. In the eastern
war area old conditions Of fighting
have prevailed throughout the ~
months. and Germany again has
shown that she is as skilful with
the old as with the new.
The more valuable territory
which has fallen TO German arms
in this war IL Belgium and northern
France. These conquered districts
are far more wealthy than are the
captured Polish and Baltic areas.
Yet. without doubt. the chief glories
OF the German armies have been
won In the east. Germany Ii proud
OF the years magnificent record In
the west, but 1t IL the march OF
events in the east that thrills the
German people to their very souls.
In popular imagination. the might
OF the Russian empire was the most
disQuieting fact Of the war.
This belief was encouraged by the
general feeling that II Germany
were to hold her own In the great
war. France must be overwhelmed
before Russia's mighty millions
could be mobilized. But Russia
came on before France was over
whelmed. Germany had TO meet her
enemies on two fronts at once. The
people OF the empire trembled last
summer as Russia's hordes crept
further and further into East Prus-
STA while the campaign against the
western allies was yet to reach its
height. Germany was not afraid of
the western campaign, but the fact
is privately confessed that Germans
did fear the outcome of the Slavonic
rush.
Then. almost overnight came the
news that the battle of the Mazur.
Ian lakes had been fought and had
resulted in one Of the greatest vic.
tories for Germany in all history.
Seldom Ia a nation thrilled even In
wartime as Germany was thrilled
by the news that Marshal Won Hin.
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denburg had cleared East Prussia
OF the invaders. Nothing that has
happened since and nothing that 10
likely to happen viii equal In Ger.
many's estimation the brilliance Of
Won Hindenburg's succsss. Until
the Maxurian battle. Germany was
not sure Of herself. Won linden
burg gave confidence to his coun-
try and demonstrates so absolute a
superiority over the Russians that
the fear Of the Slavs Vanished ~
light dispels' the terrors Of the dark.
Won Hindenburg turned tho light on
the Russians and they are now the
chief inspiration Of the contributors
to Germany's humorous weeklies.
Warsaw has not yet fallen. but
instead the Germans have captured
Russia's great Baltic port OF Lbau.
which is second in importance only
to Warsaw and Riga, as an eastern
objective. The Baltic operations. In
fact, would be considered q worthy
record Of the years warfare against
Russia even II nothing else had
been accomplished on that side of
Europe. But. In fact. the Baltic
campaign ranks last In importance
among the three great offensives
which the Germans have success
fully developed against the Slavs
since last August.
The first OF this is the advance
across western Poland to the gates
of Warsaw. Germany believes this
drive alone. coming after the earlier
retreat from Warsaw, 10 q greater
success. judged purely as . mill
tary problem. than all the victories
that the allies can claim.
Second in importance among sue
cesses against the Slavs 10 the free
ing OF Galicia. This campaign Is
ranked in Germany as an offensive
one. different from the rescue 81
East Prussia, which was q defen-
sive thrust. The Galician province
was German territory bat had
passed almost entirely under Rus
sian control when the Germans un-
dertook TO rescue II for Austro-
Hungary. The offensive campaign
developed by Marshal Won Macken-
sen during the last three months
is specially praised by German
critics. because the Slavs had so
long time to prepare their de-
fences. When the Galician opera
tons began II was becoming the
general conclusion Of militarist stu
dents that properly entrenched
army could not be driven back for
any considerable distance. The
Germans, however. showed that II
could be done.
The winning Of Galicia has bound
closer to the Ger
man empire, and has banished all
hope among the allies Of enticing
Vienna or Buda Pest into making q
separate peace. Fully az important
too. the Galician campaign has been
the eliminating influence which 10
the neutral Balkan coun-
tries from entering the war. The
diplomatic work OF maintaining the
Of Rumania. Bulgaria and
Greece has caused many sleepless
nights at the German foreign once
in the past months.
Perhaps when the historians be-
gin to write about the events OF the
past year, they will rank above
everything else in importance. the
influence which Germany's mighty
victories in the east has had on the
Balkan states. II the three south
eastern neutrals had joined the
allies, earlier In the war. when Rus
sia's strength was at its full. Ger
many doesn't like to think about
the p0aaihle ronsauueucas
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GENERAL JOFFRE
PUT THE "PEP" IN
FRANCES ARMY
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS.

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS.
(Stan Correspondent United Press
Fourth Story
PARIS, July 29.-General Joe Jof-
FIRE must be enumerated among the
great French successes OF the first
twelve months OF the war.
This goes as It stands. whatever
he may or may not do in the future.
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Il out IKE . maA until ~ won Z
breathing spell. thsa he aispassion-
atsly continued his msrcilsss lop-
ping % q oG1ciAl heads. His gsu-
erals now svefase 10 years younger
than 1t the start and he has . tried
man at every part of the line.
JofRrs has accomplished all this
IN q year.
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Seso SsSvuoe ver Ureaes
Cold storage bread q the lafsst
innovation In the eommissary depart
msnt Of the barn II the University
Of Minnesota Il has been found
that bread placed In cold STORAGE
vim keep entirely srssh tor u least
Ave days. A result the numbsr OF
bakinss at the institution has been
materially reduced. - Minneapolis
Dispatch 70 New York Sun.
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One Of the surprises Of the war y
that no novsaists have been placed
In command. From the way they
have been writing and talking. one
gathers the impression they know
how 10 bring the Aghting to . speedy
and victorious conclusion.-Laporte
Herald.
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Biggest race Of the year
Friday, the Free for All pace
by the champions.
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Go and see the champion
pacers best the record Friday.
ADV.
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Do not forget the big pacing
races on Friday.--Adv.