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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
,TTENIPTED TO KILL
SELF AND CHiIDREN

Mrs. William Kelly. who lives at j
ard Ninth streets northeast. attempted
to drown herself and two children. both
boys. Friday afternoon at 2:3o O'Clock
in the Santa Fe reservoir. northeast of
the city. Cries of mamma, mamma,
~ .,.~ -'--.. c'.rl ITO is o-i~ four
years Of age, attracted the attention
-. q. Il. tde rese voir.
who, with others. rescued 'He-'
MRS. Kelley had tied a rock Weighing
about ten pounds. IDut.C to- i.e--. ---.
had tied the voun~est chi'd 60 her
breast. The other child was tied to her
WAIST. BON She ana the youngest child
were uncon cious when dragged from
the water. but were resuscitated in a
short time. Mrs. Kelley was. taken TO
Ihc Hardy sanitariurn and pneumonia
has developed as a result of exposure.
Yrs Kelley has been in III health for
a year and her condition was such that
she was paced In the hospital at Nor
man I'm July She was dismissed from
the hospital only week ago and was
GpUarently normal. Friday when Mr..
Kelley left her for a few minutes she
conceived the idea that he had gone 10
get someone TO take her back TO the
hospital. She declared that she would
rather die than go back and be away
from her children. When taken from
the water she pleaded with her rescu.
ers to throw her into the reservot'
a~ain ~ 20 Piu her. Mr. Ka'ia-' hef~-e
his wife's illness. was a farmer but
siace coming mere last sun...Ier nas
been working by the day at whatever
he could find to do.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
MEATLESS AND WHEATLESS
DAYS IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City, Nov. 3.-Hotel and
restaurant men in this city have in
conformance to a proclamation by May
or overholser agreed on meatless and
wheatless days. Tuesdays will be wheat
less day and Wednesday, will be meat
less day. Fowl. fish and oysters viii
be USED in the place Of meat, the ca.
terers say.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
THREATENED LIFE or
PRESIDENT WII.SOr,

Chicago, Nov. S.-Ewald Pictsch, son
f Pr,f Kari Pietsch. OF the university
4 Chicago. was held 10 the federal
rand jury today on charges OF making
hreats against the Ike of President
Wilson,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
BRITISH Guns
ATTACK GAIA

London. Nov. 3.-A British official
statement reads:
Thursday night, after heavy bonn
bardment. we attacked the western and
CAPTURED the Turkish first line defenses
on a front Of five thousand yards ana
took 296 prisoners and few machine
guns.
Three counter attacks were driven
off aud heavy losses inflicted on the
enemy"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
Berlin Claims 100000 Prisoners.

Berlin, Nov. 3.-tBritish Admiralty.
per Wireless Press)-More than ZOO
900 prisoners have been taken in the
Austro-German campaign on the ItaE
ian front. the war office reports.
There was no important fighting on
this front yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
Outbreak In Ireland Rumored.

London. Nov. 3.-Rumors were afloat
in London of Sim Fem outbreaks in
Ireland. but are not confirmed. A Bel
East message TO the Central News says
the reports are groundless so far as the
north of Ireland is concerned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04

London, Nov. 3.-Thirty men on the
German auxiliary cruiser Marie of
Flensburg were killed in an engagement
with British destroyers, according TO
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
The Marie. a 3.000-ton vessel. met
the British destroyers 12 miles north of
Kullen. She Immediately opened fire.
which was answered by the destroyers.
Ia ten minutes the Marie was ablaZe.
OF the so members among her crew.
the dispatch says. 30 We're killed and
the others took To the boats.
Seven wounded sailors subsequently
were rescued by the Danish steamship
Dalgas.
Another man was picked up hy the
steamship Trondjhem. They ,.ei Q
landed last night.
The other members OF the crew are
believed to have been rescued by the
British destroyers.
Explosion on Crocodile.
II liz understood that the Marie was
accompanying a number of armed pa
troll boats. including the Crocodile,
which sank after an explosion.
According TO the Copenhagen cores
pondent of the Central News, the Ger
man vessels were displaying no flag.
When the British signaled them to show
the colors. the German cruiser opened
fire. Mt the same time breaking out the
German ensign. The bodies OF many
Germans have washed ashore on the
Swedish shore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
NON. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
TESTIFY NO ONE COULD
CONTROL BLACKS.
MORE ARE IDENTIFIED
among Most Active In Organizing the
Rebellion Was Negro Sergeant Henry
Who Was Killed In the City When
Raid Was Made.

san Antonio. Texas, Nov. 3.--Addi.
tional positive identifications of defend.
ants among the sixty.three negroes of
OF the Twenty.Fourth infantry in court
martial trial here charged with mutiny,
murder and rioting in connection with
the shooting up Of Houston on the night
of August % last. in which twenty-five
lives were lost, was made today. Most
of these ifentifications We're made by
negro noncommissioned officers who
were on duty at Camp Logan, near
Houston, where the negro soldiers were
quartered on the night OF the attack on
the city.
six OF tie identifications were
made by Sergeant X. Bond, negro, Of
l company. Among these active In or
ganizlng tire negro soldiers before they
left camp, he testified, vas Sergeant
Henry, who was killed. lie ordered
men Of company 10 fall in," the wit
ness testified. aftcs ammunition had
been procured.
Altogether. about u dozen negroes
were identified by witnesses at the
morning session.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
INAVAL Battle IN NORTH SEA ENDS
IN DISASTER FOB GERMAN CRUISER
BRITISH SHIPS POUR SHOTS so FAST INTO KAlsERS
WARSHP THAT CREW COULDN'T WORK THEIR
GUNS, DEFEATED CAPTAIN ADMITS-TEN 9TH
Err GERMAN ARMED CRAFT ARE DESTROYED

and after "A few shots the vessel was a
mass Of flame.
The British dgstroyers then ceased
'irins and rescued about thirty men.
The captain, who was wounded. and
fifteen men, succeeded in entering a
ifeboat and were picked up by a Danish
steamer Tho remainder of the crew
was killed during the fight.
Two Danish steamers that witnessed
the engagement arrived tonight with
twenty-one survivors Of the crew of the
Crocodile. The fate nf the remainder OF
the Crocodile's crew and OF the crews
of the trawlers is not known
Sailor Tells of Battle.
One of the Danish sailors gave the
following account of the incident: On
Thursday night at ten o'clock torpedo
boats OF undetermined nationality were
passed by the steamer on which the
narrator was a seaman. At S o'clock
this morning cannonading was heard.
shortly afterward, British destroyers
steamed by bound westward. A little
while following. British destroyers were
sighted firing westward at five German
armed trawlers. which were burning
flercely. There We're no signs of life
on board. All OF them sank in sight of
the Danes. Fifteen minutes later. they
passed the German ship Crocodile,
which was aflame and soon sank"
The steamer cruised about and found
a single survivor clinging to plank,
and q blood stained empty yawl from
the Crocodile.
Survivor Was Exhausted.
The survivor was too exhausted to
give a coherent account Of the battle,
but said that the Sawl had contained
twenty men, most of them wounded.
VINO had been picked up by another Dan
ish ship. The Crocodile. which was a
new vessel, had been disguised as a neu-
tral merchantmen and carried a deck
load of casks. She probably was engag.
ed i'm ar attempt 70 slip through the
British Gordon and gain the open sea.
The second DaiVsh steamer arrived
soon after the first with the twenty
survivors from the yawl.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04

Washington, Nov. 3.-None Of Fer
shlng's dispatches received by the war
department up to this afternoon say
anything about American troops having
been captured by the Germans, but Of
iicials here have no reason 10 doubt
the Berlin announcement
Capture, killing and wounding of Am
erican troops on the battle front they
say. will be one of the inevitable for
tunes OF war. Moreover the German
high command has appeared very eager
to capture some Americans, and re
Gently the commanders on the front
offered special money rewards and other
inducements to the first German troops
who should take man in the American
uniform.
Although the sector in which the
American unit IL being hardened 10
trench warfare is comparatively a quiet
one. there have been night raiding par
ties on both sides-in which American
soldiers participated, and If some have
been taken prisoner, 1t probably was
one of those nocturnal exploits when
the raiders from the French trenches
met up with "A German patrol prowling
about In No Mans Land.
The government has taken steps to
be assured that American prisoners in
German hands will fare as well as IL
Is possible to arrange it. and, indeed
their lot may be better than the aver
age.
Through the Red Cross at Geneva
Swift -erland. the government has arrang
ed TO provide food and clothing for
American prisoners SO they may no,
be forced to depend on the insufficien,
scanty and constantly shrinking bounty
of the Germans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
OKLAHOMA MINERS
DEFY GARFIELD
REFUSE TO INSERT CLAUSE PEN
ALIZING STRIKES AND LOCK
OUTS-DEADLOCk Is on.

Washington, Nov. S.-Southwesterr
coal miners representatives defed F'ue
. administrator Garfield here today and
refused to agree TO the insertion i'm q
new wage contract of provisions pen
lizng strikes and lockouts. After q
secret meeting, the miners broke of
negotiations with Or. Garfield ana op
orators representatives said they would
call a general convention of the south
western miners to meet N Kansas City
November l. to discuss the situation
Fuel administration officials see pos
sibilities that the situation may develop
seriously. Sixty mines now are idle II
Kansas and miners throughout the foul
states involved - Kansas, Oklahoma
Arkansas and Missouri-are threatening
TO strike unless they are given imme
date wage increases.
Garfield Stands Pat.
No contracts granting wage increases
will be approved by the government
DIR. Garfield insists. unless penalty
clauses are inserted. Further. DR.. Gar
field win not apply to the southwest th'
recent A cents ton raise IN coal pri
ccs which was designed TO absorb wage
increases until the miners come t'
terms.
II stand absolutely firm" DR.. Garfield
said tonight. THE penalty clause mus
be put in exactly as Indicated. l have
nothing TO add to that"
OPERATORS Representatives said they
4
vision in. GARFIELD demanded. The
wage lncrcuses they had agreed TO give
the men. they said. could not be al
vanced unless the miners received th'
45-cent increases i'm coal prices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
AMERICAN TROOPS
ARE CAP TURED
NEWS COMES FROM BERLIN WAR
CE-WASHINGTON BE.
LIEVES 1T CORRECT
PERSH|NG IS SILENT
Teuion Official Report States That Sol
diers from North America Are Seized
by German Reconnitcring Party -
Probably IN No Mans Land.

Berlin, Nov. 3.-ivia London).-Tho
capture of American soldiers by Ger
man reconnoitering party is announced
by the war office.
The statement says that on the Rhine
Marne canal. az a result OF n reconnoi
tering thrust, North American soldiers
were brought in.
The portion of the official statement
making this announcement reads:
AT the RhineMarne canal. as the
result OF reconnoitering thrust, North
American soldiers were brought in as
prisoners"
The Rhine.Marne canal runs through
u section OF northeastern France In
which there has been little fighting since
the early days of the war. 1t crosses
the French front at point near the
German border twenty miles northeast
of Luneville.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
Tried to Calm Henry.

Bond said he tried 10 argue with
Henry that he should try TO keep the
soldiers in camp. but that Henry was
much excited "and didn't seem TO take
advice from anybody except his own
self"
Henry told me to fall in" Bond
said. II argued with him that 1t was
wrong. Later. ] saw him coming into
the supply tent looking for me and !
hid behind some blankets"
Sergeant William Fox of company
also testified he heard Henry command
the men TO fall in.
Captain l.. Med Sylvester of the
Twenty.Fourth infantry, the first wit
ness called this morning, told of hear
ing the report on the afternoon of the
shooting that Corporal Baltimore (ne
gro) had been shot and killed. Major
n. S. Snow, he said, issued orders re
voking all passes for the night
Capt. Sylvester told of taking several
checks on NJ company the night of the
riot TO determine who were absent. He
identified among the prisoners the fol
lowing who were absent that night:
o. Fletcher, w. Burkett, 7. johnson
j. Sullivan and #. Smith. On August
25. witness said, all of these men ex
cept Smith were turned over TO army
Officers by the Houston police.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04

NfTSfaht ttttih itb'o''
Sergeant X. Bond Of | Company ties
tined that on the evening OF August %
Corporal Brown came to the supply tent
where he was in charge and asked
Are you going to issue any ammunition
tonight?" Witness said ne replied tina,
orders had been given not to issue any
ammunition.
We'll. YOU better be gone when we
come back" Bond said Brown replied
Bond Identified Brown among the pris
oners in court.
Sergeant William Fox. negro. of
company. who said he had been >
years in the service. testified that he
hearl somebody shout. Here comes the
mob" and that "A crowd OF soldier
then rushed for the supply tent He
heard Sergeant Henry command. Fall
in. company"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04
Saw Armed Negro In Street.

sylvester also testified he saw Pri-
vate Breckenridge, another of the de
PENDANTS, In Houston street the night
of the riot carrying 4 rifle and with
ammunition stuffed inside his shirt. He
identified Breckenridge among the pris
oners.
Witness also identified T. jackson OF
NJ company who was wounded in the
leg the night of the rioting, and Pri
vate Kelly, who also sustained a slight
wound. and Private New who was alb
sent, August "a.
Sylvester said n check showed two
thousand rounds of ammunition missing
from NJ company supply tent.
Two negro women were found in the
tent of Private pat" McWharton early
in the evening. Sylvester said. They
refuse to leave camp. saying they were
afraid they would be hurt and were
put in the guard house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-04

Corporal Leonard Watkins meSro
company, supply tent of the Twenty
Fourth infantry was placed on the wit
ness stand. He was on guard at the
supply tent when the negroes rushed
il and produced ammunition. Witness
aid he had been ordered TO allow no
one to enter the tent except officers
Watkins said he was knocked down
when the negroes rushed the tent.
How many men We're in the rush?'
asked Colonel Hull.
ut seemed 10 me like the whole COM
pany, Sir" replied Watkins.
Asked if he reported the affair To
anyone, Watkins said, No"
"Why not?" asked Colonel Hull.
There was no one to report to-" ne
replied.
He said he saw Captain Haig Sheker.
gian a short time later but that She
kergian already knew what was Coins
nm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-14
GERMANS THROW
SIXTEEN HUNDRED
SHELLS INTO RHEIMS
Petrograd Alarmed Over Ac-
ton of Finnish Diet. Which
Ha. Virtually Declared Fin
lands independence of Rus

London, July 13.-Destruc-
ton by an explosion on July 9
of the British battleship Van
guard, of 1880 tons, was off,
cially announced by the admir-
atty tonight. The warship was
Of the pre-dreadnaught class.
She was laid down in 1908.
Only three men of those on
board at the time of the explo-
sion survived and one of them
has since died, the admiralty
report said. The Vanguard
carried $40 men, but the report
declared that twenty -four off,
GERS and seventy one men were
not aboard at the time. The
ship sunk Immediately.
The explosion which sunk the
Vanguard was internal and &C.
CURED while the warship was
at anchor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-14
KORNILOFTS ACTIVITIES
TEMPORARILY PAUSE

London. July ia temporary
pause has set In on the Galician
front Korniloffs army Is CONSOLIDATE
ing its gains around Halicz and Kali
usz. The Russian commander is now
expected to resume the drive in Lem
berg from the southeast on the Zloc-
hofY- Brzezany front. where his often
sive was temporarily checked after
the first phase of the campaign. To
the southeast of Kalusz considerable
work also is yet to be done since the
Teuton forces there are holding Arm,
aided by the natural difficulties OF
the mountainous terrain. On either
blow is looked for.
In Wednesdays battle ten Officers
and $50 prisoners were taken by the
Russians. Most of these were Ger
mans. Five heavy guns and ten ma
chine guns were among the booty.
Berlin today reported signs Of Rus
sian activity on the Carpathian and
Rumanian fronts Recommending ac-
tions were repulsed. 1t Is stated. Rus
sian attacks south of the Dniester
also were beaten of.
On the west front there were only
minor engagements. The British re-
pulsed a German raid southeast OF
Gavrelle and themselves executed two
south OF Helluch and southeast Of
Ypres- d.
The French heA off a number Of
German attacks on the St. Quentin
sector Of the SiegfYied line and on
the left bank Of the Mouse before
Verdun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-14
Records and Positions of
Davis. White and James In
satisfactory
LETTERS OF THEM ALL
ARE PRINTED IN FULL
Prohibition Voters Reminded
of Necessity of Supporting
for Office Only Those Favor
able to States Dry Policy

The statement Of the headquarters
committee of the Anti-Saloon League
of Virginia. giving the records of the
candidates for nomination TO state
Offices in the approaching Democratic
primary on prohibition and their pres
ent position as shown by their replies
to the questions asked by the COM
mittee, is printed on page 3 OF this
issue of The Virginian.
The committee, in this full, care
fully prepared and very important
statement statement of great i'm
portance to every voter in Virginia
gives the full text OF all the letters
from the various candidates and re-
views the records Of these public men
touching the subject OF prohibition
and prohibition legislation.
Tnfavorable conclusions are drawn
with respect to the showing of Mr..
Westmoreland Davis, candidate for
governor; Mr. Hugh A. White. cam
didate for attorney general. and Mr..
B. o. James. candidate for secretary
of the commonwealth. The commit
tee gives the history Of each candidate
and the full correspondence which
the committee has had with them.
Inc CONlH1iIleS Hdu Hsked 6dCN can
didate four questions designed to
elicit a complete statement OF the
candidates attitude toward existing
dry laws and amendments which may
be needed, as well as his views about
a dry constitutional amendment. After
giving the replies the committee states
the position of the league as declared
in the state convention at Virginia
Beach. recommending that friends OF
prohibition should support and vote
for such persons for official positions
in county city and state government
as have shown their sympathy with
the prohibition policy Of Virginia,
. when those persons are
charged with the duty of making or
enforcing the prohibition laws"
The committee then discusses all
the facts before It in detail, giving rea
sons for each decision. The sum-
summarized conclusions as to the
three candidates Tnentfone follow
Wcsfmorcland Davis. public rec
ord very unsatisfactory: voted against
statewide prohibition; yre~igned presi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-14
Federal Department Of Justice
Makes Sweeping Ruling On
Effect of Reed Law
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
BOTTLE FROWNED UPON
Interstate Shipment Into Dry
State Is Forbidden Even
Though Specifically Allowed
by Local Statute
tBy STAFF Correspondent.)

Washington. July 13.-Instructions
were issued today to United States at
torneys over the country by the de-
partue9t- Of justice to the effect that
the Reed bone-dry amendment makes
II A federal offense 10 import liquors
into dry states. even though the dry
states may not prohibit by law such
importations, and even though such
states may specifically permit such
importatlons.
The order holds, in addition, that
every form of transportation is for
hidden. whether II be on the person.
by common carrier, by private con-
veyance or In baggage. This point
was one OF the warmly contested ones
the right OF persons to carry liquors
on their persons If they so desired into
dry territory being contended for.
Still further. IL is held that prose
cutions for violations OF these provi-
sions may be had In any district from,
through or into which liquor Is trans
ported.
AS TO the transporting of liquors
into dry territory in partially wet
states. II was held that a test case will
have TO be filed 10 get an interpreta-
ton from a proper judicial tribunal
lected from violations reported to the
authorities For instance. the trans
porting of liquors into such states "a
Pennsylvania, Ohio or Kentucky, all
known as wet states, but each OF
which has dry territory. would furnish
violations for such a test case as IS
contemplated.
An extended hearing was had by
the department OF Justice Before As
sistant AttorneyGeneral Underwood
on the Interpretation to be put on the
tone dry law, the mail order houses
which are vitality affected by the law,
Icing represented by Attorneys Jack
son and Broomhall. OF Ohio, and the
dry interests by Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League OF America. Following these
hearings, Mr. Underwood summoned
the attorneys and made known the
decision OF the department
The exact language of circular No.
704, I'm re Reed amendment" issued
by the department TO federal attor-
neys. follows;
ION account Of the large number
OF inquiries by United States attorneys
relating to the construction to be
placed on the Reed amendment t3a
Stat. LOIS, i,os9) and to prospective
prosecutions hereunder. you are here