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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
WARNED
BY GREAT SOLDIER
TO BE PREPARED
Outline Of Statement Which Is to Be
Made by Marshal Of



Washington April 2S The military
section of the French mission. headed
by Marshal Jofire. during conferences
continued today with representatives.
of the war department warned the
Cnitei States that active participation
in the war without absolute prcpara.
ton and previous contact with field
operations would invite enormous
losses This became known today af.
tor Emile lloyelaquc, general counsel.
or, speaking for the mission. had out.
lined a statement TO be- made tomor.
row by Marshal Jofire to the Ameri.
can press
Marshal Joffrec viii tell YOU" said
VI HovelaQue, "abou, the French ar.
my conditions in France and how the
United States can best cooperate in
la military way in this war lie will
make clear the fact that this is war
OF constant changes OF conditions.
From week to week, everything on
nearly every front is altered and NOV.
ed. An army is like lot Of ants.
moving, moving, moving working to
strike the first blow
you must realize that Americans
cannot be trained in this country to
play at war They should be there on
the field Americans should know
these things first hand and what war
really is before they 20 into It ON a
large scale
Unless America has accurate
knowledge Of real war conditions in,
stead OF piay.war, it may cost you
much
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
College Graduates Apply.

New Orleans, La, April 2S.-United
states army officers In charge OF rs.
cruting here for the officers training
camp which is to open at Fort Logan
H. Roots, Arkansas May s. announced
today that more than 800 young meE.
mostly college graduates from Louis.
lana, Arkansas and Mississippi points
have applied ior enrolment in the
camp in the last few days. Elghty.slx
applicants have been accepted. and the
recruiting officers expected about 300
would be enrolled here for the Of.
ticers' training course
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
Iowa Girls Defective.

Iowa city, Iowa, April 2S-Dr. Ir.
wing l.. King. Of the faculty OF Iowa
University. has found that more than
300 girls out OF 600 participating in
the gymnasium work Of the university
have left shoulders higher than tho
right Along with this discovery, he
has found that l2l have spinal curya.
lures and l72 have broken arches.
The men students make better
showing, 25 per cent being without de.
fects of any sort. The habit OF carry.
ing books under arms and OF "slouch
ing in seats at school are responsible
for most OF the defects, DR.. King salc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
No MAY DAY STRIKE
VoRWAERTS DECLARES THAT
WORKERS WILL NOT TAKE
THAT DAY OFF.
Fly Sheets lneitng Laborers to ReVo.
lutionary Strike Denounced BY Ber.
lin Socialist Paper Condemning
Such Movements.

Amsterdam (via LondonD April IS.
The Berlin socialist newspaper Vor.
waerts publishes a declaration OF the
general committee of trades councils,
asserting that the German working
classes will not cease work on May /,
and deploring the circulation OF fly
sheets melting the workers to a polit,-
cal or revolutionary strike on that day.
These fly-sheets, says the declara-
tion, do not emanate from the social
democratic party, but from persons
who have nothing In common with the
labor movement II concludes.
Strikes for purposes OF political dem.
onstration must be sharply condemn.
ed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
RUSSIANS AWAKE
TO DUTIES IN WAR
MINISTER KERENSKY DENIES AS.
SERTlONS OF ORGANIZATION
LATELY CURRENT.
PATRIOTIC SOLDIERS
Gaps In Ranks Filled BY Fighters D..
rected BY Spirit Of Revolution, Who
Desire to Save Country-Want Peace
Without Annexation.

Pctrograd (yia Londonj April 2S.-
| Minister of Justice kerpusky gave To
a representative Of the Associated
Press today clear presentation Of
the present status Of political and eco
monte affairs in the country, and. with
the aid Of concrete facts. contradicted
| the assertions and rumOrs of alarming
DISCRIMINATION in the army and factor
! les generally circulated and credited
In Petrograd in the last few weeks.
The minister declared that not only l3
the army better prepared and more
willing to fight than before the reyolu.
tlou but that the factories are putting
out more ammunition than at any pre-.
yious stage Of the war He continued:
From Old Regime.
Most of the weakness attributed
TO the present government are the ac-
cumuated deficiencies OF the old re-
gime whose burdens we have to bear.
All these weaknesses were studiously
considered by the old government and
little was said about them.
Gaps in the ranks we're long ag1
filled with returning soldiers who
went back not because they were COM
PEELED to, but because the spirit which
directed the revolution was desire
to save the country. The army is now
actually stronger than ever and it Is
moved by new impulses enthusiasm
and desire to fight"
Factories Working Well.
Minister Kerensky then turned to a
consideration OF conditions in the fac.
tories. lie said that despite all assor.
tions to the contrary the factories
were putting out more ammunition
than before the revolution.
Under the old regime" he said. "the
output diminished month by month but
| II Is now steadily increasing. The
spirit among the workingmen is ex.
cellent. They are represented by their
council of deputies and this body is IN
complete harmony with the govern.
ment. There can be no talk of divided
power for this council is a local or
ganization which will exert influence
only so long as it adheres to the ideals
born in the revolution. The moment
that any governing body deyiates
from the ruling principle Of democrat.
ic freedom 1t will collapse This sin
gleness of purpose prevents any posi-.
bility Of duality Of power"
Want Peace Of Wilson.
Regarding peace, the minister said:
Russia wants peace, but peace on
the terms proposed by President VIII
son. The revolution, and the entrance
OF the United States into the war have
somewhat changed the objects for
which we are fighting. We want peace
restored, without annexation or indenl.
nifty, and favor a conference with the
allies to determine how this can be
attained"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
MANlFESTS PULLING.
Appeal to Those Who Took Part In
Late Strike Curiously Worded.


Copenhagen (yia Londonl April 2S.
The prospect Of grave labor troubles
throughout Germany on May Day over.
shadows everything else In the Ger.
man press. General Groener's address
10 the Reichstag committee, the mani.
testo OF the federation OF labor against
strikes and appeals to the same pur.
port predOminate in the newspapers,
the news Of the great battle OF Arras
and the general military situation be.
ing very much subordinated
Where there is so much smoke there
evidently must be some fire. The mani.
festo OF the metal workers union, the
organization which took the leading
part in the previous strike, Is worded
In a curiously dubious manner While
ostensibly directed against strike agi.
tators, II gives the impression OF being
a very halfhearted document. The
manifesto argues that a general strike
IS unnecessary because stOppage OF
work In the iron works, munitiou
plants and transportation systems
would De sufficient to immeasurab.y
increase the difficulties OF the situa.
tion 1t adds that the decision OF a
strike can according to the consti.
tuition of the union, be only taken after
efforts for an amicable solution have
failed.
One of the methods by which the agl-
tators are apparently working is the
spread OF rumors OF a further impend.
ing reduction of ratious. The Berlin
city authorities have appealed to the
public to report to the police persons
spreading these rumors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
FORD IN HALIFAX
OBJECT OF VISIT
IS NOT STATED

Halifax y $, April 2S. Henry
Ford. the Detroit automobile manu-
tacturcr, arrived today, accompanied
by several other Americans. Beyond
saying that the party had come ON an
important mission Mr. Ford declined
to discuss the reasons for the visit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
NOTED SCULPTOR
IS SERIOUSLY ILL

Boston, April 2S-Bel a. l.. Pratt.
the sculptor, is seriously IN at his
home in the Jamaica plain district.
Members Of his family said today that
overwork had impaired his health He
was taken III while completing
statue OF Alexander Hamilton for the
CITY Of ChIcaEo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
MILITARY SERVICE
WON'T INTERFERE
WITH RHODES WORK

London, April 2S-Dr. George Par.
kin, organizing representative of the
Rhodes scholarship trust. said today
that Americans holding Rhodes schol.
arships would be able to perform mill.
tary service withou, interference with
their status
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
FRONTIER CLOSED
TROOP MOVEMENT
IS ANTICIPATED

Zurich, April 2S sNia rarisD-Thc
German-S"iss frontier has been stric'-
ly closed TO all travellers and posetal
services 40 German newspapers
have arrived since Wednesday, This
is usually the prelude 90 an important
military move
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
BOTH HOUSES APPROVED
ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL

Washington, April 2S-Both senate
and house voted approval today of the
administration proposal to raise q
great war army on the principle Of
selective conscriptiOn, voting down by
overwhelming majorities the volunteer
amendments around which opponents
of the administration plan had center
ed their fight.
Tonight the selective draft bill was
pressed for passage in both houses
with the indications that before morn.
ing both would approve it without ma
terial change in the more important
provisions written into it by the army
general staff ana approved by Presi.
dent Wilson
In the senate the vote on the volun.
teer amendment was sixty.nine to
eighteen and in the house it was 27)
to 9S, supporters OF conscription mar.
shalling a strength which surprised
even administration leaders
Age Limitations.
Whether congress finally would aC-
Cept the stairs recommendations re-.
garding the ages between which con
scripton should apply appeared more
uncertain. I'm the senate, the bills
stipulation that men between 10 and
% should be liable to the draft Wa
changed to make the minimum p and
the maximum 27 The house voted
down an proposed changes in the mill
tary committees recommendation that
the limits be fixed at Il and 40
These and a number of lesser amerd.
ments will be considered as speedily
%. possible in conference in the hope
that the measure may be sent to the
president for his signature by the
middle o' next week
Among the more important amend.
ments adopted by the house was one
empowering the president to except
from the draft in his discretion per
sons engaged in agricultural work. An
other would require each state to fur
nish quota OF men apportioned ac
cording to population, and still another
provides that mo bounty shall b.
paid to induce any person to enlist,
and allowed to furnish substitute
for such service
Joker in Amendment.
In the senate, there was long de-
bate over proposals to prohibit the
sale or possession of intoxicatinp
liquors during the war. Several amend
ments were adopted including one tC
. make 1t unlawful to sell or give liquor
70 officers or men in uniform or tC
members OF congress or other officials
and then the senate reversed itself ant
adopted a substitute simply forbidding
sale of liquor TO soldiers in uniform
and giving the president wide discre
tionary powers to make other prohib,
ton regulations. In the house, a sim
liar amendment was rejected on
point OF order.
An amendment by Senator Curtis
stipulating that men subject 10 draf
vino voluntarily present themselves
shall be recorded as volunteers was nc
Cepted by Chairman Chamberlain aut
went into the bill
Another long debate was evoke.
over amendments by Senators Thomas
and LaFollette to exempt from con
scrpti0n those having "conscientinu
objections" to military service. Botl
were defeated without a roll call am
the bilrs exemption proposals left un
changed
Many of the more radical amend
Continued on Page Fiye).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
HUNS FIGHT FOR LIVES.
British Advance Beyond Arras lire.
sistibe, Though Facing Wired
Trrnches

London. April 2S-"The Huns are
now fighting Tor their lives against
the irresistible pressure OF the con.
temptble little British army" said
one Of the British generals today as
quoted by Reuters correspondent at
British headquarters At the moment
OF wiring his dispatch, the correspond.
eut adds, the situation was somewhat
nehulous. as must inevitably be the
case In the early stages OF such heavy
fighting The conflict is progressing
0Drgply
By means OF prisoners already taken
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
FRENCH LACE MAKERS
WAVE OLD GLORY
FOR INVITATION
First American Regiment to Reach
France viii Receive Unique
Memento.

Paris April 2S.-The women lace
workers Of Velay have united in max.
ing a lace flag with the colors Of
the United States and intend to pre-
sent it to the first American regiment
that comes to fight upon French soil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
FARM AND ARM
T.R' s. BATTLE CRY
COLONEL ROOSEVELT MAKES
TWO STIRRING SPEECHES IN
CHICAGO.
IS EAGER : <<<=xsvE
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T Want tc s = Sans Into the
Trenche $ 81 Earliest Pos
sible ; - Declares. Would
Go as =

Chicago. April 2S. Farm and arm. "
with this battle cry. Theodore Roose-
Welt entered Chicago today and i'm two
stirring speeches urged that every en-
ergy of the entire nation be directed
toward making the potential might of
the United states felt i'm the war
against Germany. lie demanded that
not an hour be lost in dcspatching
troops TO the trenches.
His first speech was made at a
luncheon al noon; his second tonight
at q mass meeting in the immense am.
pileatur at tine stock Yards.
lie advocated universal training as
a permanent policy: he advocated con.
sa.ipuun. but be- pleaded that he
should be allowed TO recruit division
Of volunteers for immediate service
with the allies
He was roundly applauded when he
urged that during the war the use of
grain for the manufacture of alcoholic
beverages be prohibited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29

Washington April 2S-Nrs. Wood.
row Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones. wife and cousin OF the presi.
dent, are sewing for the Red Cross.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
MINERS SEEM LOST
PRESIDENT OF VICTOR COMPANY
CLlNGS TO FoRLoRN HOPE
Search Must Go On Until Il Is Cor.
tain None Of Entombed Men Are
Alive-Pitiful Scenes At Mouth Of
Tunnel

Hastings, Colo, April 2S. Virtually
IAN hope of saving any of the l2O men
.entombed in the Hastings mine OF the
NictorAmerican Fuel company here
yesterday morning by an explosion
was abandoned tonight. James Dal.
rymple, state coal mine Inspector, who
came from the mine late today, gave il
as his opinion that there was no one
left alive in the mine Rescue men
who have been in the mine expressed
themselves similarly.
Pathetic Efforts.
&. +. Bartlett, president OF the con-.
pany, however, declared the work of
rescuing would go on until there is no
hope that any of the entombed men
are alive. Early tonight, thirteen bod.
les had been taken from the mine.
Mr. Dalrymple, who penetrated the
workings to within 200 feet of the face
OF the mine, said the rescue crews
knew where there were six or eight
other bodies which they could not
reach until the gas cleared away,
In my opinion, there was no fire in
the mine" Mr. Dalrymple said A.
10 the cause Of the disaster, he said
I'VE cannot tell until We reach the
initial point Of the explosion. We are
working the north side OF the air
course and coming back on the south
searching every entry in which men
are working"
Theories Of Cause.
The reports that the mine was afre
and that there had been no explosion,
now reversed, are explained by mine
officials as due to the fact that no
shock as from an explosion was felt.
and that considerable smoke and gas
now assumed to be from the explosion
/ poured from the mine mouth for some
. time.
The merely curious have been pre-.
vented from approaching the impromp.
tn morgue in the machine shop. At the
mouth OF the airshaft, a crowd waits
for news from underground \ few
women braved the snowstorm of the
late afternoon and early evening. None
OF them can tell whether the bodies
3 brought out are those OF dear ones
but many weep and all cry out when
ever stretcher with It's burden Z.
borne up the stope
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29


'." l"IN. MA" Do every family IN the
'''y '3 NOT represented In the parade
ana "' '"e exercises following, those
noin,oJ w ''' ''''' VII "' u'S"P
Half Holiday Ordered.
Official sanction of the dcmonstIa.
ton was given more than a week age
when Mayor w r. Roberts issued a
Proclamation, declaring a half holiday
ION Friday beginning at noon In his
proclamation, the city's chief cXecu.
tive called upon everyone to take part
and To demonstrate to the world, and
especially TO President Wilson and the
national congress, this city's attitude
toward the nations stand against Ger
many.
Flags viii fly, bands will play and
patriotic impulses will run riot during
the afternoon. Business men have
agreed to close the doors of their es-
tablishments promptly at noon, In or.
der that their employees may take part
IN the celebration Also, they have
written large orders for flags and bunt-
ing ana the business and residence
sections Of the city will be decorated
p'oiuSely win the national colors.
Public Schools Part.
Coincident with the celebration will
be the annual May Day pageant Of the
cl'y Schoois' TWO thousand pupils Of
.n' Erau'u SCHOOLS VIII take part In
'l' ieS'i'"I' "nIch VIII consist OF dan
VS. games ana drilIs' all OF them
ovInE oI american 'rigln. The red
"ni'' ana DIue color scheme. sym.
Do"c OF 'ne national colors, will pre-.
Illuminate III 'he dref'es and costumes
vi .'e chlldIeh
lu' primary grades VIII be attired
'S ''o"hS ana Ialrles' IN the patriotic
'oioF7' the intermediate grades will be
s"''o' u"l7 ana glrls' boy scouts aud
J"'euiIe teu cross nurses Uncle Sam
'"u 'n' "oad'ss OF Liberty, walking
"'" = '".'.uu' a'so WIN be among those
P ,.'I' '' the 'Nlldr'n revels.
way queens selected by each school
wiz .' jean L'dbetler Franklin
s,''o'' zone Stone Lincoln school
,,'aIi Jones, Jefferson school; Ruth
hu,'Hlh, washington school The"
VIII represent. as nearly as possible,
the statue OF Liberty, and will be at
tended by pages ana maids In red,
Nhll' ana blue.
Hope for 5000 In Parade.
A huge parade. IN which the chil.
drcn will participate. and I'm which the
committee ON arrangements homes ia
have 5000 persons take part. will he.
gin promptly al 3 O'Clock Friday aftor.
noon Forming al the corner of Wash.
Iington and Broadway. the pageant viii
proceed east on Broadway to Caddo
thence south to Main street and from,
there west on Main street TO Central
Park.
Preceded by squad OF police and
the Chamber Of Commerce band. OF.
ncials Of the city and county govern.
ments will head the parade. riding in
automobiles. Following them will bo
the school children. preceded by mem,
ber, OF the city school board
The military division. which prom
ises to be- the largest in the parada
except the childrens division. will fol-
the local chapters Of the United Con
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29

The full text Of Colonel Roosevelt's
speech at the stock yards pavilion will
be found on pages 10 and 10.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29

Washington, April 2S BY oycrVhel-
ming majorllios, both th, senate and
house passed late tonight the admins
trauon bill to raise a war army by Sc
lcctye draft
The final roll calls brought into
line behind the bill many senator's and
representatives who had fought for the
volunteer system until routed by de-
cisiye defeat of volunteer amendments
earlier in the day in both houses
The senate which had voted down
the volunteer plan, GO to s, passed the
bill by a vote Of 81 to s. In the house,
the vote against the volunteer plan
was 3l3 to 1903, and that by which
the bill itself was passed, 397 to "A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-29
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-30
u. S. EXPERT
URGES GARDENS

MONTESANO, March 29.-W. D.
Hill, assistant farm management dem
onstration inspector of the United
States, with r. N. Miller, farm man
agement demonstration of this state,
was at the county seat today to con
suit with County Agriculturist C. F.
Monroe. Mr.. Hill believes home gar
dens are the thing for keeping up the
food supply if war is declared and he
does not see how it can be avoided,
he said, if dispatches in the news
papers may be believed He said:
81 liked the suggestion made by the
department few days ago urging the
planting of home gardens in the cities
and towns. Business men will not
be hurt-indeed they will be benefit
ted-by the work of caring for a gar
den. If they will raise their own
vegetables or potatoes, think of the
thousands of tons that will be made
available for food in other places.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-30
ALFALFA TESTS
ARE TO BE MADE

MONTESANO March 29.-County
Agriculturist C. F. Monroe, discuss
ing alfalfa raising in Grays Harbor
county expressed the opinion that
the crop will be a success if properly
handled. He says:
"a number have recently asked con
cerning the success of the alfalfa
demonstrations started last year. 1t
would naturally be expected that they
were not all successful. However
several of the fields came through the
winter in good condition and have
every appearance of making a good
crop this year. One small plat GA
acre. last year yielded at the rate OF
two tons per acre. This is an e.
ceptional showing for the first year
No other field did so well but in some
fields where the crop might even be
considered a failure, small areas and
individual plants made a remarkable
growth. This shows that under Ger
tain conditions in our climate the CROP
will do we'll. 1t remains for us to
determine exactly what those condi
tions are and with them in mind the
crop can be made. generally success
full
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-30
A. II. KUHN BUYS
HOQUIAM MILL

HOQUIAM, March pa. H. Kuhn
who for many years was, superin
tendent of the Hoquiam Lumber and
Shingle company, has acquired the
controlling interest in the shingle mill
of that company and the property
will be separated from the saw mill
Mr.. Kuhn will assume the active
management of the shingle mill. A
new corporation will probably be
formed to be known as the Robert
Gray Shingle company.
Mr.. Kuhn, who was with the Ho.
quiam Lumber and Shingle company
for a good many years, gave up his
position some five years ago and with
Mrs. Kuhn has been travelling around
the world During the course of their
travels they visited Japan, China and
India after being forced out of Europe
on account of the war.
The shingle mill and site and 1000
feet of water front are included in
the transfer of the mill. Shingles
will be manufactured on large scale
it is predicted.