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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
KAISER AND BOLSHEVIKI
PREPARE TO RESTORE
MONARCHY IN RUSSIA !?

London, Dec. 1.-THE real aim of
the bolsheviki is a monarchy. at least,
and possibly a despotism, in the opin-
ion of the Petrograd correspondent of
the Post. He wires that for more than
! month the bolsheviki have been open
ly preparing public opinion for accept.
ancs OF whit, he save after all. y the
only fit form of gosarhfment for Rus
sia.
1t is this design of the bOlsheviki. the
correspondent asserts, which is the Sc
cret of their antagonism of the social
revolutionists. social democrats and con-
stitutional democrats, all of whom were
formidable enemies of the old regime.
Active propaganda has long been car
ried on under cover on behalf of the
Romanoff family. he says, and this prop.
uganda incidentally turned the Russians
against England, which is reported to
have desired the overthrow of the au-
tocracy.
The bolsheviki will, in one way or
another, re-establish the throne and pos
sibly re-erect the despotism," the cor
respondent adds. The populace already
is half won over to this. by methods
which are well understood by those who
know Russia"
The prevalent rumor is that the for
mer heir to the throne, Grand Duke
Alexis will be made emperor under the
German aegis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
NOT ENOUGH JAIL
ROOM TO HOUSE
RUSSIAN REBS
CIVIL OFFENDERS IN PETROGRAD
REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR
BOLSHEVIkI OPPONENTS.
COUNTESS|S ARRESTED
She Was Vice Minister Of Public AZ
fairs and Is Charged With Having
Returned All Ministry Funds to the
State Bank.

Petrograd, Dec. 13. = Thursday. -
Civil offenders in the Petrograd prisons
have been removed to jails In the prov
inces to make room for counter-revolu-
tionary suspects. who are being ar
rested continually.
Countess Panin. former vice-minister
of public welfare, has been arrested.
She is charged with having returned
all the ministry funds to the state bank,
leaving the safes in the ministry empty
when the bolsheviki took control.
The lodgings of Nine. Kerensky. wife
of the former premier, were searched
today by soldiers. She was told that
she had better notify Kerensky to come
to the Smolny Institute voluntarily or
he would be in great danger of lynching
if found.
Members of the constitutional demo
crat party now in prison will be tried
by revolutionary tribunals. Bolsheviki
leaders express the opinion that the
probable penalty will be exile abroad
for one year or more.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
STEP TOWARD PEACE ACTUALLY
WAS MADE, GERMANY ADMITS

% Berlin. Via London. Dec. 1.-THE
German government received through a
neutral government last September re
quest for information regarding its war
aims and under such circumstances as
to Indicate that the inquiry was made
with the sanction Of the British gov
ernment. and at least her important
allies. says an official announcement
issued here today.
The announcement today was in re-
ply TO the statement of the British
foreign secretary. A. j. Balfour. in the
house Of commons Tuesday that Great
Britain in September had received
through a neutral diplomatic channel
a communication to the effect that Ger
many would be ietd to- get into touch
with Great Britain with regard to peace.
The statement continued:
The German government was ready
in principle TO answer the inquiry; and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
ITALIANS SEND
TWO ObATTLESH|PS
TO THE BOTTOM
TORPEDO CRAFT ENTER HARBOR
OF TRIESTE AND CATCH TWO
AUSTRIAN VESSELS.
MAKE RAID IN NIGHT
Fire Four TorpedOes At the Two War
Craft and Each One Finds Its Mark
Move Into the Enemy Waters Over
Mine Fields.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE torpedoing
of two Austrian battleships in the har-
Dor of Trieste by italian torpedo craft
on the night of December is reported
in message received here by Com
mander C. Pfster of the Italian navy
The information was contained in a
telegram received by Commander Pits
ter from Captain Van Nutelli, naval at
tache of the Italian embassy at Wash
ington.
After succeeding in crossing several
Instructions from mine fields" the dis
patch said, "the Italian torpedo craft
entered the harbor of Trieste, where
they fired four torpedoes against two
Austrian men of war of the Monarch
type. All the torpedoes reached their
targets and exploded
Though the most intense artillery
fire was concentrated against the at
tacking torpedo boats, and though even
torpedoes were fired against them, all
of our units returned safely and un-
hurt to their home base"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
WAR SUMMARY.

Bolsheviki forces apparently nave
been successful at Bielgorod in the first
clashes with the counter-revolutionists
and il is reported they have captured
Tamanavoka and Kaluga. One report
saws General Korniloff has disappeared.
General Kaledines is besieging Restov-
on.the. Don. the largest city in the Don
province, and heavy fighting has been
i'm progress there since last Sunday.
Thursdays Petrograd newspapers re-
port the Cossacks as victorious.
Artillery and local infantry fighting
has been in progress on the western
front in France, to which the Germans
still are rushing troops and supplies,
The enemy has attempted no further
massed attacks since Wednesday, and
there still is no outward sign of where
his expected blow Is to come.
In the Cambria area yesterday, the
British stormed a German post on the
southern end of the sector, while on
the north end there was bomb fighting.
in which German prisoners were cap
tured.
German artillery has been especially
active south of the Scarpe in the Arras
area, and northeast of Ypres, in Flan-
ders.
intermittent artillery activity contin-
ues along the French front. The only
infantry action has been near Juvin-
court, north of Rheims, where Ger
man attack was repulsed
East of the Brenta river, on the north
ern Italian front, there has been fur
ther bitter fighting. Austro-German
troops. reinforced by fresh reserves. at
tackled the Italian positions in valleys
descending toward the river from the
Bretta region. Italian resistance forced
the attackers to give up the effort.
other violent attacks in the same re-
gion brought no gains for the enemy.
German bombs have killed number
of American railway engineers in a
town behind the British front. In an
other town a German bomb fell in a
street through which American troops
were marching. Although the missile
fell very close. no injuries resulted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
AMERICAN DEATHS ABROAD.

Washington. Dec. l4.-teneral Per
shlng today reported To the war de
partment the following deaths from
natural causes:
First Lieut.. George NJ. Anderton. en-
gineers. December 8. on board United
States transport; tubercular meningitis;
wife. Mrs. Judith Anderton, Alexan
dria, Va.
Sergeant Paul Jordon, quartermaster
corps. December 10. injuries received In
motorcycle accident; father. Grady Jor'
don. Lavonia, Ga
Private Harold Werner, marines, De
cember o; pneumonia; address not
given.
Able Seaman Jan Hendrix Braafhart
L. :. $. Berwind December IL, lobar
pneumonia; address not given.
Private Maurice l. Capron, coast ar
tillery corps, natural causes; Mrs,
Bridget Riley, sister, Nashwaukk, MINI.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
Hun TALKS OF
DISARMAMENT
AUSTRIAN WAR MINISTER EN-
PRESSES HOPE 1T MAY COME
TO ALL NATIONS.

Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-THE Austro-
hungarian war minister General Stoe-
ger-Steiner. is quoted by ti.s Neue Erie
Presse of Vienna TO the effect that the
relief resulting from an armistice with
Russia would depend upon the details
of the agreement.
Discussing the question of disarma-
ment. the general said he agreed with
the recent statement of Count Czernin,
the foreign minister. that army and
navy expenditure had reached a level
it was almost impossible to maintain
permanently He said it was incorrect
to assume that soldiers like himself
were opposed to the principles of dis
armament. Even to them, the system
of military states did not appear to be
the ideal order of things, but disarma-
ment would be possible only if gradual,
universal and simultaneous.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
WILD RUMORS
EXCITE HALIFAX
SENSATION COMES WHEN HELMS
MAN ON COLLISION SHIP is
ARRESTED AS GERMAN SPY.

Halifax, Dec. a. John Johansen.
helmsman on the Norwegian steamer
limo. the Belgian relief ship whose col
lision with the ammunition steamer
Mont Blanc led to the disaster of last
Thursday, yesterday was detained as a
German spy suspect. He was turned
over to the military authorities by Of
ficials of the Massachusetts relief hos
pital where he has been under treat
ment.
One of the nurses at the hospital a
young woman from New York, whose
name was not revealed, noticed that
her patient was acting queerly and that
he did not seem to be wounded. Ply
sicans examined the man and the con
clusion was reached that he was sham
ming illness. Later, IL was said, Johan-
sen offered a nurse IS If she would go
out and buy him a newspaper. the as
sumption being that he had in mind an
attempt to escape i'm her absence.
After that incident a military guard
was placed on duty by his bed. The
provost guard was sent for and Johan-
sen was locked up.
In connection with the arrest, the
widest spy rumors heard here since the
war began We're spread broadcast. These
eliminated i'm "a report that eight Ger
mans had been shot at sunrise. Mill
tary and naval authorities declared that
the shooting story was absurd.
Another persistent story was that a
secret code in German had been found
on Johansen and that a wireless sta
ton had been unearthed in the district
destroyed by fire after the explosion.
j. c. Burchall, counsel for the limo in
the admiralty hearing on the collision
of the vessel, said last night that the
secret code story, as far as IL concerned
Johansen was without foundation. Jo-
hansen. Mr.. Burchall said had been liv-
ing in the United States ten years and,
as he was anxious to return to his
old home in Norway, he shipped on the
limo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
OKLAHOMAN IS
ROBBED; BEATEN

Kansas City, Dec IA man VINO
told the police that he was j. l.. Potter
of Chickasha. Oklahoma. was found in
a snowbank at the bottom of a sixty
foot bluff in the Kansas City Southern
railroad yards here this morning by
section hands.
The man said he had been robbed by
two young men, the occupants OF tax
icab. in which he had been riding and
that the robbers had thrown him over
the bluff after slugging him. The rob
berry occurred early last evening, he
said.
When found this morning, Potter was
in a serious condition from exposure.
Potter told the police he owned con-
siderable property in Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

TO do this two courses were open. an
indirect or direct reply.
The decisive objection against an
indirect reply to the medium of the
neutral power was that any one-sided
presentation of the German attitude.
even TO a neutral mediator. might con-
stitute a one-sided restriction of German
policy without any guarantee in regard
TO the opponents attitude. That being
so. a direct verbal reply through the
intermediary appeared to be the most
opportune course to follow.
Regarding the utterance of Great
Britain mentioned by Foreign Secretary
Balfour about its readiness to receive
any communication from the German
government. the first news Of this
reached the German government only
in Mr.. Balfour's statement in the house
OF commons. A further step in this
affair was not made on the German
side
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
JERUSALEM WILL
REMAIN WITHOUT
THE FIGHTING ZONE

Amsterdam. Dec. 14.-An indication
that the Turks will not attempt to re-
capture Jerusalem was given by Gen
eral Stoeger-Steiner. Austro-Hungarian
minister, as quoted in a Vienna dis
patch received here. The general said
Jerusalem was occupied Without fight
ing the Turks retreating eastward
through the town when their positions
to the west were subjected to a sur
prise attack by the British. Jerusalem
suffered no damage. he said. and the
Ottoman supreme commander has given
assurance that wanton damage is out of
the question.
Jerusalem will now remain outside
the fighting zone, the general said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
JOHN PAUL JONES
ENLISTS IN THE NAVY

Shreveport. La, Dec. 14.-Iohn Paul
Jones and A. W Baird Jr., members of
the New York Giants baseball team,
have enlisted in the service of the Uni
ted States. Frank Carmody. of the
Pittsburgh Nationals. has also joined.
Jones is i'm the United States navy.
having left last night for New Orleans.
where he will be assigned to training
station. Baird and Carmody are await
ing orders here to report for duty as
members of the signal corps of the
naval reserve.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
LELAND SECEDES
FROM RUSSIA AND
APPEALS TO ALLIES

Petrograd. Thursday Dec. 1S.-The
soldiers and workmen's organizations
in the territory inhabited by the Let's
have formed a temporary national coun-
Gil of Letland at Walk The council
has announced the formation of an au-
tonomous government. taking in Cour-
land. Livonia and other regions in the
Balkan province.
An appeal has been made to the en-
tente allies to prevent division of this
territory.
A lawyer named Zamuer has been
chosen presidnet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
|. s. ARMY ORDER TAKES ALL
HUN SOLDIERS OUT OF RANKS

several non-commissioned officers. All
will be privates in the barracks guard.
Most OF the transfers are from Ma
tional army units at Camp Dix.
Wrfghtstown. n. ]. Some come from
Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio. and
FL Paso. Three men were taken from
the American expeditionary forces in
France. and in other states IL is evil
dent that men were withdrawn from re-
cruits about to sail to join General
Pershing's command.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
Russian Paper is Suppressed.

London. Dec. 1.-THE Moscow work
mems and soldiers council has sup
pressed the newspaper Russkoe Slovo
for publishing a rumor that Ensign
Krylenko's seizure of general staff head
quarters was instigated at German
headquarters. according to a Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd. The office of
the newspaper is occupied by soldiers
and the plant and the paper have been
been sequestrated for the needs OF
the workmen and soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
REDS INTEND TO CONTROL
RUSS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

Petrograd, Dec. 14.-Bolsheviki dele
gates to the constituent assembly are
fastening toward Petrograd from all
parts of Russia in response to an ap-
peal from their headquarters here. None
of the bolsheviki attended the prelimi'
nary organization meeting of the as
sembly yesterday.
II is believed they are holding on
until control is assured by sheer force
of numbers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

Washington, Dec. 1i.-first steps to
place soldiers Of Austrian or German
birth or extraction at duty aside from
regular army posts. appears today In
army orders. Orders show the transfer
Of nearly "A hundred men Of the regu-
lar or National army to duty to the
disc c.plinary barracks guard at Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas.
The list contains hardly a name that
does not appear to be Of German. Aus
trian OF Hungarian origin. There are
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
LIVESTOCK INTERESTS PROTEST.

Washington, Dec. 14.-LivestOck in
terests complained to the Interstate
Commerce commission today that be-
cause railroads do not maintain through
rates from producing and packing CEN
ters west Of the Mississippi to southeast
ern states, the livestock industry is
seriously hampered 1t is impractical.
under existing rate conditions, it was
said, to ship cattle to the southeast for
breeding and fattening. and consequent
ly production is curtailed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
POPE MAY ERECT
WIRELESS AT VATICAN

Milan. Dec. 1.-THE establishment of
a wireless station on st. Peters in Rome
has been suggested to the vatican, so
that II may secure independent trans
mission of foreign messages of diplo-
matte character in code, and also re-
ceive confidential and reliable reports
from vatican representatives abroad
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
BOL SHEVIKI OCCUPY TWO
TOWNS IN WAR ZONE

London Dec. l4.-Bolsheviki troops
have occupied Tamanavoka and kal'
uga, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd
Tamanavoka was occupied by troops
from Petrograd while kaluga was cap
tured without much fighting Ihe
counter-revolutiOnary troops there We're
disarmed and arrested ana boisheNiki
authorities restored. =
The commissioners with the black
Sea fleet have telegraphed asking for
immediate despatch by land and water
of all Black Sea detachments now
ashore. They also ask for "A large num-
Der of machine guns.
The commissioners report that mill
tary cadets are attacking Rostov with
armored cars.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
COSSACk GENERAL kALEDINES
BESEIGES ROSTOV. .ON-DON
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
fair; Saturday cloudy. warmer.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair. Saturday
fair. warmer.
East Texas: Tonight fair frost to
coast; Saturday partly cloudy, rising
temperature.
West Texas: Tonight and Saturday
fair. warmer saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
PRAIRIE OIL COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND OF
FIVE DOLLARS SHARE

Independence, Kansas, Dec. 1.-THE
Prairie Oil and Gas company declared
a quarterly dividend of two dollars pay
able January 81 to stock holders of
record of December 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
BROKERAGE FIRM FAILS.

New York. Dec. l4.-Jewett Brothers.
members of the New York stock ex-
change. who have conducted a broker.
age business in this city since 1894. to-
1ay made an assignment for the benefit
Of creditors
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
Kaiser summons Manufacturer.

Amsterdam. Dec. 1.-THE Reinischs
Westfalische zeitung of Essen, Ger.
many, reports that the president of the
war board Of German industry, the Cen
trail Union Of Manufacturers. and the
League OF Manufacturers have been
summoned to a conference at German
great headquarters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
Mnney for Starving PoIish Tots.

Berne. Switzerland. Dec. l4.-On be-
half of the American Red Cross, the
American legation has remitted to the
Polish relief commission 100000 for
starving Polish children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
EX-CZAR'S DAUGHTER III.

Fetrograd, Dec. lit Is reported
from Tobolsk. Siberia. that Olga, eldest
daughter of former Emperor Nicholas.
Is seriously i'll.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
RUSSIAN AND HUN
EXCHANGE PRISONERS
Bolsheviki Gives All German Civilian
Prisoners for 1000 Slav
06icers

London. Dec. 1.-THE Russian au'
thorities have ordered the release of
all civilian German prisoners in ex
change for 1000 Russian officers in Ger
man prisons. according to a dispatch
to the Morning Post.
1t is reported reliably, the dispatch
adds that Russian troops have been
ordered TO evacuate Finland.
The commander of Notifications al
Sveaborg is said to have acknowledged
officially the Independence of Finland
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

Tamanavoka is near Bielgorod- in
Hurst province. about thirty miles
south of Moscow. There is railroad
town named Kaluga, in the province
of the same name, which lies about 100
miles southwest of Moscow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

Amsterdam. Dec. l4.-OffScial Ger
man and Austrian dispatches say that
the Germans arrived at Brest-Litovsk
Wednesday. and the army negotiations
were resumed Yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

London. Dec. 14.-Leon Trotzky. the
bolsheviki foreign minister, according
to Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd.
announces that IL an armistice for the
eastern front is signed at Brest,Litovsk
The Russian delegates are empowered
to enter into peace negotiations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
STEAMER KURLAND is
SUNK IN COLLISION

London. Dec. 1S.-The steamer Kur-
land has been sunk in a collision, ac.
cording TO announcement made by
Lloyds.
According to available shipping rec
ords there are three steamers named
hurland. one Belgian and two Russian.
Inc belgian steamer kurland. OF 1864
.9hs, @ arrived in an American port on
November 10. The Russian steamers
named Kurland are of $50 and SO tons
respectively.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

a London dispatch Monday night
quoted what was evidently an erroneous
wireless telegram from Petrograd when
it said the second session of the assem-
bly, has been held.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
DEATH BATTALIONS DEFEATED
BY RADICALS, Is CLAIM

Petrograd. Dec. 13.-The bolsheviki
forces have defeated death battalion
in the vicinity Of Bielgorod, where the
fghting with the Kornilon and kaie'
dimes forces centers.
In the Orenburg district, where Gen
eral Dutoff has large force OF Cos
sacks. there has been little hghtlhg'
and the bolsheviki have sent agitators
to work among his troops.
II Is reported that Kaluga has been
taken by the bolsheviki after the de-
feat of a counter-revolutionary death
battalion"
The commander of the Black Sea Meet
has called upon all the sailors to hght
against Kaledines. declaring "kaledines'
together with the allied imperialists'
has declared civil war"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

Petrograd. Dec. i3.-tThursdayl-1he he
bolsheviki today issued long procla-
nation declaring the constitutional
democratic party. several Of whose lead
ing members have been arrested. to be
a "rebellious counter revolutionary or
ganization. and the party Of the enc
mics of the people"
The proclamations says that the civil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14

Petrograd. Dec. 14.-Among promi-
nent constitutional democrats who have
been arrested are Vladimir Nabukon'
Max Viniver. Nikolai kuttler and the
Countess Panin. the first woman IN
Russia to be a cabinet member. having
held the portfolio of public instruction.
Feodor Roditcheff. also a constitutional
democrat. who formerly was governor
general of Finland. was arrested at the
Taurice palace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-14
B0LSHEv|M TRANSPORT SHELLS
BESE|CE8S IS WIRELESS REPORT
ARTILLERY REINFORCEMENTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO
BOISHEVIKI TROOPS-KORNILOFF WAS DEFEATED,
REDS CONTINUE TO CLAIM-RADICAL COM
MANDER OF BLACK SEA FLEET CALLS FOR
MACHINE GUNS.

war in progress was declared on the
initiative and by the direction OF the
constitutional democrats under the
aegis of the constitutional assembly,
which therefore will not be opened un'
iii 400 members have assembled.