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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
PIPE SHORTAGE
THREATENS OIL
FIELD PROGRESS
Large Company Fails to Cor
ner Casing Market,

BARTLESVILLE. Okla, April 10
Especial. )--Unless there is immediate
relief of the shortage OF pipe OF all
sizes, there is liable to be shut-down
OF all drilling not only in the Bartlcs-
Vile pool but from the reports that
are received, all over the Mid-Contl-
nent field.
One Of the local companies placed
IN order with a supply house recently
for every foot OF pipe the house had
In stock and for all that it might re-
eeive in the near future Not only was
the order refused but the house at
once notified all branches to refuse TO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
Gambling House
Holdup Nets $4,000

ERIE Pa, April lo-ln true wild
wee, STYLE, three bandit, held up score
Of house employees and players in Jake
Suahrs gambling house early this
morning and got away with abou, S..
200 in cash. as well as diamond rings.
diamond stick pins and watches valued
at like amount
The holdup came Just as the play
etS were preparing to qui, for the
night Without warning the three
masked men appeared with rcvolvcts
and the occupants OF the house were
told TO hold up their hand,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
Here 10 the Stufdiest Watch.

W1NSTEO. Conn, April lo-On a
fishing expedition to a small pond near
Pra,ts Hill over a month ago. Fred
llelmer los, his watch in a snows,orm
at dusk. Lately with other men he was
harvesting ice on the same pond. As
a cake Of Ice was passing up the skid,
he discovered his lost watch, solidly
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
MISS RANKIN ASSAILED
FOR PAClflST STAND

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. April lo-Mi,s
Gertrude Corbctt Of Chicago bitterly
assailcd Miss jeanette Rankin for her
vote in congress agalns; the war meas
rrc She declared the conpreSswoman
had greatly injured the cause OF sut-
irage
The time for paciSm has passed
said Miss Corhctt When the war
bills were introduced Miss Rankin
should have stood behind her country
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
Confiseated Cars Sold.

Trusting IN the Law, two BartIeSv'Ile
men Yesterday purchased two automo-
biles which had been offered for sale
by the county court. The cars were
confScated from booze haulers last fall
and have been the subject OF litigation
ever since
County Attorney O. A. Harrison in
authorizing the sale of the cars told
the purchasers that all the legal ma
chnery OF the county would be utilized
in protecting the purchasers in their
property rights and that in case they
had to turn the cars over to the
claimants. the county would refund ,he
purchase price The cars brought 500
az nublic auction
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
AND MURGUlA
FORCES HAVE SCRAP

FL pASO. April l9--persis,ent ru-
NOR, OF fighting between the forces OF
Francisco Villa and Gen. Francisco
Mursuia south Casas Gtances near
CHmhre tunnel in the Santa CLARA car.
yon have been in circulation here for
the last three DAYS. but are denied by
Carania officials here and in luafel
United States government agents
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19

gave OH, report ,ha, a train Of wound.
ed had been brought to Juaref from
CaSas Grande, switched to the Mexi-
can Central and sent to Chihuahua City,
1t also was reported from the same
souce that the fighting near CasaS
GfandeS had been a deiea, for Mur.
suias forces. These reports were de-
MED officially late today by Mexican
Consul Bravo, who said no fighting oe-
cured between Villas forces and those
oi the government
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
German School to Close.

GOTEBO, Okla, April l9,-(Special)
Pupils OF the German preparatory
school are busy preparing for the clos
ing exercises which will take place next
Friday. The enrolment was not as large
as in>years past but much good work
has, Aoen accomplished.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19

Don't worry about blotches o. oshei
skin troubles. You can have clean
clean complexion by using Z little reno
obtained at any drug store for 2sc, o.
extra large bottle at 500
Zemo easily removes ail traces OF
pimples, black heads, blotches. ecsems,
and ringworm and makes the skin clear
and healthy. 1emo 10 q clean. penetrst.
ing, antisep,ie liquid. neither sticky nor
greasy and stsins nothing. I, 10 easily
applied and costs q mere trihe for each
application. !, !. always dependable.
ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19
WOMEN CLAD LIGHTLY;
CAFES ARE CLOSED

ROCK ISLAND, III, April l9r
"The women in the cafes had scarcely
any clothes on" was the reason given
by Mayor William MeConoehe for re.
yoklng cafe permits OF the Colonal
and New Harper botelS in this city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19

sell that particular company foot OF
pipe,
The house in its letter declared that
as far as possible the small concerns
should he given the preference and
that under no circumstances would II
allow any one concern in the i'eld to
corner all available pipe.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-19

frozen in. He ehippsd II out and the
watch, after being thawsd out, Il keep
ing az good time a. ever.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-15
Is muy grave Ia
siJuacI0n en-
Russia

LONDRES. Diciembre 14.-Noti-
ciss sensacionales Y multiples Sc re-
chen dc Russia.
Segin elias, las batailas tremendas
entire bolshevikis Y cosacos, siguen
en- IA parte oriental de Russia, las ne
rociaciores de paz que Sc estaban
Ilevando a cabo, han encontrado 81
tales successes graves impedimentos
cue las h"n ~suspendido; ell poder de
los bo'sheviki Sc va menguando ha-
ci&nGo5e mayor el de los revolucio-
narios de kaledones, Y, en- total, Ia
situaci6r ha dado IN inesperada vuel
ia de ia que no Sc sabe que resIlta-
ri.
Entra toda esta haIumba de noti-
c;as. Sc adv;erten dos esenciales:
Que los bolsheviki continuan en- ell
control de Russia, pero la contra-re-
~voluci6n de Kaledines y Korniloff "a
genando terreno todos los dias.
Que los trece dciegados rusos q
las n~egociaciones con los alemanes,
van en- canine de Brest Litovosk, q
ultimar los arreglCs para el armisGi-
clio con Alcrania, Austria, Turquia
= Bulgaria.
Para los aliados, las noticias de
mas interds son las que han proper.
cionado los oficiales rusos que estan
en- Londres. Y segin las c%uales, les
cosacos al barr;endo p~racticamente
81 territorio russo y ofrecen dominar
q los b~o!sheviki antes de que llegue
IL prinlavera.
TambiGn opinan que los moscow
tas, como los aliados, estan dispues-
tos = combatir L los Dodercs centra-
.es hasta destrUirlos completamente.
. Predicen que kaledincs tendrI
muy pronto IN ejercito de cosacos
tornado por mas de cuatrocientos
mil hOmbres, Y que e~ntonces los bols-
heyiN ~perderan toGa esperanto de
Sostenerse en- ell noder.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-15
Sc ESPERAN SENSACIONALES
REYELACIONES... .....
(Viene de la 2a.)

sas criticas, ha expresado, de hecho,
IL mente e ideas de TODD el grupo, o
mejor dicho, de toGos los elementos
pensadores hombres, y muJeres, de
'Inglaterra Y los Estados Unidos.
mo es nuestro negorio, agrega
ell citado periodico, expresar excuses
por ell gobierno aIeman, a su proplo
pueblo o al de Austria, por la cont
nuaci6n de la lucha; pero 81 deoemos,
V este de una manera c~uidadosa, evil
tar ell bluff. decir las cosas claras
V en- su v~erdadero significado. iQue
es 10 u decimos? En- ell fondo, que
deseamos Y debe asegurarse la saliva
cion de Ia Democracia en- ell mundo;
Que ell enemigo de este fin, no es el
pueblo. nj aun la constitution de Ale
mania, sino 10 que Asquith llama sis
tcma de doble motor de mano, opera
dc por la maquinaria burocratlca y
m;litar. La fe alemana en- dicha ma
quinaria ha destrozado al mundo. La
fe de csc pueblo debe ser a%rrancada
Dor medic de una prueba decisiva, evil
tado que llegue a ~alcanzar fines
7or medic de aqueila, pues en- tai case
reafirmaria su c~onfianza en- ella. De-
hacerle yer a csc pueblo, que
esta virtiendo a torrentes su sangre,
DOR fines Que no lie habran de dar nj
una seguridad, nj felicidad mayor, nj
tan siquiera riqueza o poder, sino So
lamente ell odio de TODD e. mundo.
Cuando podamos llevar a Ia mente del
pueblo alemin la conviction de este,
Ia victoria esta canada.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-15
CREESE QUE LOS ALEMANES
PROYECTAN 0TRO EMPUJE
HACIA PARIS.
(Viens de Ia "a.

dos los ataques cue dieron en- csc
sector.
En- Ell frente frances, igualmente
ha habido una gran actividad de la
artilleria enemiga. La unica accion
de infanteria que ha tenido lugar
ALI, es Ia que Sc desarrollo en- las
~cercanias de ~Juvincourt, al norte de
Rheims, en- donde ell enemigo fue re-
chazado.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-15
ACTIEIDADES DE LA SOCIEDAD
DE HUMANIDAD

Durante los Gltimos dias han des-
plegado una gran actividad los agen-
ties de Ia Sociedad de Humankind que
estan sacrificando diariamente cinco
y seis cabalIos 0 mulas que por su
vejez o falta de carnes estan impo-
s:bilitadas para cl trabajo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
WANT To POOL
ALL RAILROADS
THIS is NECESSARY IF TRAFFIC
OF COUNTRY Is TO MOVE. COM
PANY HEADS CLAIM.

Washington. Nov. PA plan for
pooling the entire railway equipment
and traffic of the United States was
taken up at a conference today between
government officials and railroad
heads. Congestion has reached a stage,
il is realized. where radical measures
must be put into force if the country's
traffic is to be moved.
The conference was attended by
members of the railroad war board.
Robert 5. Lovett, government director
of priority transportation; Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield: Food Administra-
tor Hoover, Chairman Hurley of the
shipping board. and others.
Although the railroads are handling
a much larger volume of traffic than
they have ever moved before. road of
ficials admit that unless something is
done Immediately the lines cannot car
ry all that is offered
Joint operation of the roads by the
railroad war board has helped the sit
uation. but all recognize that more
must be done If the problem is to be
solved. Even pooling the tracks and
equipment will not be enough, some
railroad heads believe. and they have
presented to the government a list of
more than 500 commodities for which
they ask that transportation be denied
on the ground that their movement is
not essential to the conduct of the war
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
APATHY
PREVAILS OVER
PUBLIC SPIRIT
FOURTH WARD ONLY PORTION OF
CITY TO RESPOND TO MASS
MEETING CALL.

Except in the Fourth ward school
building, where rousing meeting was
held. the forces under General Apathy,
prevailed over the efforts of public spir-
tied citizens to re-arouse interest in
the campaign to prevent Ardmore and
Carter county from entering the slack
er class in the War Camp Community
Rec cation Service.
At Convention Hail. where joint
meeting of the First and Third wards
was to be held, no one put in an APP
pearance except the speakers, and the
meeting was abandoned. In the Sec
ond ward, where the meeting was to
have been held in the East Ardmore
Presbyterian church, one speaker re-
ported and found the church building
unlighted and locked.
Mayor w. r. Roberts said this morn
ing that he had made the final effort
to get the people together. The gen
eral committee is still making every
endeavor to go ahead with the canvass
Fourth Ward Meeting.
Al the mass meeting held last ee-
ming at the Fourth ward school build
ing for the purpose of securing funds
for the Y. NJ. c. A. Recreation Fund.
the following residents of the fourth
ward subscribed to the fund and signed
the cards being handed to subscribers
by the central committee f. ID. Stark,
sos Carter avenue southeast. IS, s. M
Beard, general delivery 81; c. ID. Ladd,
c street southeast IS; Il. T. Holland, $40
d street southeast 81.
John Scrugham, principal of the
Fourth ward school. acted as chairman
and introduced as the first speaker of
the evening Rev c. f. Wagner, who
spoke of the urgent need of the imme-
date subscription to the Y. NJ. c. A
fund, the development of the soldier
mentally, physically morally and relig-
iously. He explained how the Y. NJ. c.
A. could accomplish all these things by
giving the boys in the training camps
home surroundings and home comforts
l. r. Mason was the next speaker
and spoke forcefully, calling upon every
one who could to give until 1t hurts and
to continue to give. He closed with
an admonition to the people to turn
their thoughts toward the organization
of the home guard after they had given
all they were able to give TO the Y. Nj.
C. A. fund.
Colonel +. l.. Gregory then addressed
the audience and sketched the first ex-
perience he ever had with the Y. NJ. c.
A, in Nashville, Tenn; how 1t pro-
vided home surroundings for him when
he was a friendless boy in what seemed
to him a very large city. He ended
his talk with an urgent appeal to those
present to subscribe literally to this
fund.
c. T.. Ringer then spoke for few
minutes along the same lines, but
brought out that of all the soldiers
engaged in modern warfare, eight per
cent of all casualties were caused by
wounds inflicted on the field Of battle
while twenty per cent were caused by
disease.
This closed the program and adjourn
ment was taken until next Tuesday eve
ming, when the home guard of the
Fourth ward will perfect its plans.
This meeting will be held in the Fourth
ward school building.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
BRITISH MONITORS
AID |TA[Y'S ARMY
COOPERATE WITH LATIN NAVY
ALONG COAST AND ON LOWEh
PIAVE RIVER.
SMELLING THE ENEMY
Morale Of Troops Stlffens and AU
Thirst for Revenge Against Invaders
Worst Is Supposed to BE over, Cohi
manders Mt Front Tell Maroon.

Rome. Friday, Nov. 23.-"Reorganl'
zation of the Italian army is proceed
ing apace" said Senator william Mar
conf. inventor Of the wireless, In an IN.
terview today with the Associated
Press. "It makes us confident that the
onward march of the enemy VIII pe
definitely stopped"
Senator Marconi has just returned
from a tour of the front from the mouth
of the Piave to Monte Grappa. during
which he inspected the wireless appa'
ratus.
~ saw the Duke of Aosta, command
er of the third army; General Dia@,
commander.in.chef of the army, AMI
other leading commanders" he contin-
ued. "All were filled with hope that
. the worst is over that the revival Of the
morale of the defenders, which is con-
stantly more noticeable, may give sat
isfactory results.
Want Revenge.
IL found everywhere that the spirit
of the troops was very high. The men
are desirous Of taking revenge for the
reverses suffered, and are furious at
the thought that any Italians have been
cheated into believing those Austrian
and German lies when the enemy an
nounced the intention to lay down arms
if the lCallanS ulu tne same.
The navy, cooperating with the ar
my along the coast and in the lower
section of the Piave. is gaining splendid
successes, to which the British monitors
are contributing. The Italian artillery
is doing marvels. getting the last ounce
possible out of the guns along the Piave.
Enemy Suffers Severely.
Il was told the enemy had suffered
very severe losses near Asiago and also
in the mountains between the Brenta
and Piave rivers
The general opinion in higher quar-
ters. is that If the Italians can hold
their line for four or five days longer,
the immediate danger will be over.
What we desire ardently is the
closest possible union and cooperation
with America. l have been able already
to appreciate the cooperation of the
United States in this great war. but 1t
would bring II home to the Italians
more effectively II they knew that Am
erica also was at war with our nearest
enemy Austria"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
FOE UNPREPA AIRED
FOR BIG ATTACK
ORDER OF GERMAN COMMANDER
DECLARED BRITISH ATTI-
TUDE ONE OF DEFENSE.
CBy the Associated PRESS

British Headquarters in France, No
vember 23.-Further evidence of the
German unpreparedness for an offensive
in the Cambria sector was obtained to-
day in the capture of an order drawn
up by a German battalion commander
the day before the attack. 1t was his
summary of events for a week, and he
drew this conclusion:
THE attitude OF the enemy clearly
is one of defensive"
This commander was stationed in the
forward area and IT is quite apparent
he did not know what was going on.
1t is also evident that the higher COM
mand had no information or il would
have informed him.
The Germans have called upon every
possible source TO get troops to with
stand the British attack. By raking
many places they apparently were able
in the first as hours TO bring in only
two new divisions and some fifty-odd
Today another division was
brought up from the Aisne front and
the 18th division from Flanders
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
SECRET NOTE PUBLISHED
PREDICTS GERMAN REVOLUTION
TrOptzky Publishes Secret Notes and
Warns Hun Rulers.

Petrograd, Friday, Nov. 24.-The text
of certain confidential communications
between the Russian foreign office and
foreign governments were published to-
day by Bolsheviki and social revolutions
ist newspapers at the instigation of Le-
on Troptzky, the Bolsheviki minister.
Troptzky says that documents are
those of "czaristic. bourgeois and coali-
ton governments" and from them the
Russian nation and all nations in the
world must learn the truth of the plans
secretly made by financiers and traders
through their parliamentary and diplo-
matte agents.
German and Austrian politicians
Troptzky declares, may try TO make cap
ital out of these documents. but he
warns them that when the German
proletariat, by means of a revolution
secures access to their chancellories
they will find there documents which
will show up in no better light than
those now published.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
WAR SUMMARY.

Reinforced by divisions from other
sectors of the western front the Ger
mans are resisting desperately the
British advance on Cambria. Around
Fontaine Notre Dame, less than three
miles west of Cambria. and the Bourbon
wood. close by, the most strenuous
fighting has occurred, with the British
making progress.
General Byng is combining his at.
tacks with consolidation work and
the British are firmly established in
their new positions which give op.
portunity to destroy the usefulness to
the Germans of Cambria as supply
centre as well as starting place for a
drive either north behind the Drocourt.
Queant line or against Cambria.
Heavy fighting is taking place at
Mouevres three miles west.southwest
of Fontaine Notre Dame, and at Cleve-
occur, about three miles south of Cam
brai. at the eastern edge of the wedge
driven in the Hindenburg line Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Blourlon wood is the dominating hill
to the west of Cambria, and the Ger.
mans have put up a strong resistance
here as well as at Fontaine Notre
Dame. which flanks the wood to the
west
The British have made no advances
at the southern and southwestern
edges of the wood. Near Moeuvres.
General Byng's men have taken Tad
pole copse twoods) which dominates the
village. part of which the Germans
still hold.
In addition to nearly 5000 prisoners
the British have captured large quanti-
ties of war material and several score
guns.
Fighting activity has been renewed
i'm Flanders, but on a small scale.
Southeast of Ypres, Field Marshal Haig
made a slight advance in the direction
of Menin. German artillerv fire is
heavy on this front, especially around
Passchendaele.
On the Italian front, the forces of
General DiaZ in hand-to-hand fighting
are holding up strong Austro-German
attempts to advance. On the Asiago
plateau west of the Brenta river the
Italians have checked the enemy en-
circling movement with the object of
surrounding Monte Meletta. the van
tage point in this region. The enemy
attacked after a long bombardment,
but the Italian first army held to its
position. inflicted serious losses on the
attackers, and captured 200 prisoners.
East of the Brenta toward the Piave
river. the Italians still hold firm on the
important Monte Grappa-Monte Tom
ba line protecting the entrance to- the
Venetian plains. The fighting here is
OF the most desperate character. The
Austro- Germans are attacking in
massed formation. aided by strong artil-
lery fire. They have been unable, how
ever. TO make a dent in the Italian de-
lenses i'm the last three days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
ARDMORE|TE IS
MOVING TOTS
NEW BUILDING

Today, tomorrow and for a few days
next week the office of the Daily Ard
moreite viii be in transit. the work Of
moving the equipment from the ground
floor of the Elks building to the new
building for The Ardmoreite at the
corner of East Broadway and North
Mil street, just one block east of the
old location. being under way.
At s o'clock this morning the trucks
drove up to the front door and the
work of moving the job department be-
gan. Tomorrow morning the work Of
moving the large cylinder press and the
linotypes will be begun and IL is hoped
that this machinery will be in place and
in working order in time to issue a
paper Monday from the new plant
The business office, stock of paper and
supplies and other things not absolute
ly essential to the publication of the
newspaper will not be moved until the
early part of the week.
The subscribers are asked to be pa
tient during this transition stage as
the paper may be late as the routine
probably will be disturbed. During the
past fortnight the paper has often
been late and it may be that some fur.
ther delays will take place but every
tilHB posSipie u prevent tHeIl VIII De
done.
Next week the work of installing the
large 24-page Hoe perfecting press will
begin and as soon as this piece of ma
chinery is put in operation there should
be no further delays and a newspaper
that everyone will be proud of should
be produced. In the new building there
will be ample light and space and the
arrangement will be such as to permit
Of attaining the maximum of efficiency
When The Ardmoreite is all settled
in its new quarters an invitation will
be extended 70 the people of Ardmore
to inspect the building and plant. prob
ably early in January as the work OF
installation and getting things to run
ming in apple pie ortier will take fully
thirty days. But in the meantime. re
member that the office is just one
block east of the old stand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-24
Enemy Dead i'm Heaps.
PRISON CAMP
FOR SLACKtRS

Leavenworth, Kansas, Nov. "a
Work is to he started Immediately upon
prison cantonment here in which
will be } lodged slackers. spies, alien
enemies and other war offenders, it was
announced today by officials at the
disciplinary barracks.
The cantonment, which will provide
Accommodations for three thousand pris-
oners. will consist Of II buildings and
will be constructed as an addition to
the present disciplinary barracks. Ii
will be surrounded by barbed wire
fence sixteen feet high. The building
will cost s236.000. The inmates will be
placed at hard labor,
Construction of the cantonment, or
dered by the quartermaster's general
department. was made necessary by the
influx of war offenders. il was stated.