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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
BERLIN PAPERS
OPPOSE KAISER
DEMAND CLEAR STATEMENT on
REICHSTAG PEACE RESOLU-
TION-SOCIALiST Is BOLD.
Amsterdam. oct. S.-GermqC II

Amsterdam. oct. S.--GerniaC newspa-
pers which support the reichstag ma
jority severely censure DR.. Helferich.
the vice-chancellor and minister OF the
interior. for his incapacity to respond
to the feelings of the reichstag. The
papers expect decisive happenings Mon
day
The papers are of the opinion that
the future of the government may de
pend on the debate TO begin Monday.
in view of the motion of the independ-
ent socialists that the reichstag is of
the opinion that the reply of the gov
ernment to the interpretations did not
meet the intentions of the reichstag."
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung declares
that this motion is a vote of censure
formally directed against DIR. Michaelis,
the imperial chancellor, but really
against DIR. Helfferich
The Vorwaerts lSocialisu says that If
the motion is adopted, Chancellor Mi
chaelis and his colleagues must resign
or the reichstag must force them to
do So
other newspapers demand a clear
statement from the government on the
peace resolution of the reichstag ma
jority.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
EUROPE GETS
MORE j. s. FOOD
FRESH BEEF SHIPMENTS SHOW
500 PER CENT INCREASE
WHEAT AND OIL LESS.

Washington. Oct. S.-August exports
of wheat, corn and mineral oils de-
creased TO a marked extent while ex-
ports of oats doubled and fresh beef
recorded a 500 per cent increase, the
department of commerce announced to-
day. The great bulk of the shipments
went to the allies.
Breadstuffs to the value of s45 900 900
were exported during the month, an
increase of s10,00O,000 over a year ago.
Cotton. leading the list in value. re-
corded a rise of $33 100000 to s63,OOO.-
600. although the quantity shipped.
459,667 bales, was only eight per cent
greater than in August 1916.
Five million bushels of wheat We're
exported as against 1000 00G bushels a
year ago. Meat and dairy products
worth s245O0O0o were exported. a s5-
100000 increase.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
FEARS
ENEMY INVASION
GERMAN NAVAL FORCES ARE OBJ
SERVED IN NORTHERN
WATERS.

London oct. S.-Strong German ma
val forces have been observed of the
Island of Bornholm and OFF the coast Of
Sweden. apparently confirming rumors
of an intended German offensive against
Helsingfors and Petrograd. according to
dispatch to the Morning Post from
Stockholm.
A traveller who has arrived in the
Swedish capital says ne learned from
a trustworthy source that considerable
forces are soon to be assembled in the
Baltic, including numerous mine sweep
ers. seaplanes and transports.
The German plan is believed to in
clude an attack on Helsngfors by land
and sea.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
NEITHER CAN AMERICA BE
FORCED TO MAKE PEACE. HE
CRIES IN BERLIN.
WARNS HIS PEOPLE
Also Shows That Despite U-Soat War
On shipping. England Is Not Hungry
and Is Not Even Thinking Of Peace
CONDEMNS kaiser's Program.

Amsterdam. Oct. s.--George Goethien.
progressive member OF the reichstag. Is
quoted in "a Berlin dispatch as having
said at n meeting OF the central COM
mittee of his party that although the
military situation was satisfactory.
there was no hope of crushing Ger
many's enemies on land.
AS for the submarine campaign, T.
900 900 tons of shipping had been sunk.
he asserted. but no disposition toward
peace on the part OF England was dis
stufIs had not been even introduced in
England. and no one was able to say
when the U-boat would make England
more inclined for peace.
America cannot be forced to make
peace" Herr Goethein continued
I'VE cannot force America to pay a
war indemnity. There remains only
England. but should we. in order to
obtain an indemnity of ten billion marks
sacrifice fifty billion marks or another
half million men,"
Germany's allies. Herr Goethein con-
tinued, were not inclined to continue
the war for conquest, but were striv-
ing for peace by understanding and
conciliation. while the pan-German
clamor for annexations was finding a
bad reception among them. He assert
ed that the long working hours and
insufficient feeding at home increased
the desire for peace among the workers
and that strikes might be expected if
the war should be continued for aims
OF conquest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
MANAGER S0X
MEETS ACCIDENT
CLARENCE ROWLAND THRU SITS
HAND IN HOT STEAM AT BATH.
BOUND IN OIL.

Chicago. oct. S.-Clarence Rowland
manager of the White Sox, today is
wearing "A bandage on his right hand
on account of a burn which he suffered
at the ban park During the excite
ment after the game yesterday, when
he was preparing to leave for New
York, the victorious manager, in turn
ing on the hot shower at the cluh
house. thrust one hand into great
volume of escaping steam, and it was
so badly burned that it had to be bound
up in OH.
Just before leaving for New York last
night. Rowland said he would start Rus
sell Danforth or Cicotte against the
Giants at the Polo Grounds in the third
game OF the series tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
HEAVY FROST
IS DUE TONIGHT
FORECAST FOR ARD
MORE AND VICINITY SAYS
LOOK OUT FOR COLD.

The government weather forecast to-
day for Ardmore and vicinity says:
Tonight fair. colder. heavy frost;
Tuesday fair, warmer; probably fair
Wednesday.
oklahoma Tonight fair, colder, ex-
cept in northwest portion; freezing in
north. heavy frost in south portions:
Tuesday fair, warmer; probably fair
Wednesday.
East Texas: Tonight fair; much cold
er: frost in the interior; Tuesday fair.
not so cold in northwest portion; prob
ably fair "Wednesday.
West Texas; Tonight fair, colder in
east portion; frost except in southwest
portion: Tuesday fair. warmer; prob
ably fair Wednesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
FEDERAL COURT
CONVENES HERE
JUDGE RALPH y. Campbell or
MuSKOGEE PRESIDING OVER
SESSION OPENING TO-DAY.
.2IO DRAFT CASES
Defendants Accused Of Resisting Army
Service Are 10 BE Placed ON Trial
Two Weeks From Today-Iurors Re
port Wednesday.

United States court Tor the eastern
district court of Oklahoma convene,
this morning. with Judge Ralph T.
Campbell presiding. He Is accompanied
by his official stepographer.. q. A.
Pennick
Other officers present are: Otis Lor
ton. deputy clerk. Muskogee.
Paul Pinson and Archibald Bonds
assistant district attorneys. Muskogeo
II. X. Blake, deputy marshal. Musko
gee
". N. Burton. bailiff.
only civil cases will occupy the at
tontion of the court until Friday.
The Jurors will report for duty We'd
nesday. The criminal docket is set for
next Monday.
The draft resistance defendants. in
dicted at McAlester. number about 21o.
and their cases are set for trial Monday,
October %
The following criminal cases are set
for trial Friday:
United States vs.. one Buick roadster
automobile.
United States vs.. one team of mules,
etc.
United states vs. one Studebaker six
automobile
United States VS. one Buick light six
automobile
United States vs. one Ford roadster
automobile.
United States vs.. one Kissel roadster
automobile
United states vs.. one Ford automo-
bile.
United States vs.. one 5-passene'
Overland automobile.
United States vs.. one Studebaker
roadster automobile.
United States vs.. one Little Four
Buick automobile.
Dodge automobile.
United States vs.. one bay horse, etc.
United States VS. one i-cylnlder Max
well automobile
United States VS.. one Ford roadster
automobile.
United States VS.. one Buick 6-cylinder
automobile.
United States vs.. one Studebaker
automobile.
United States vs. one 5-passenger
Ford automobile.
United States vs.. one bay horse, etc.
United States vs.. one Studebaker road
ster automobile.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
MAKES
.S5-bALE Jump

New York, Oct. S.-Predicted frosts
in the south caused an excited advance
of more than SIS bale in the cotton
market this forenoon.
January contracts touched 2s.45. or
seven cents per pound above the low
level Of last month. Both foreign and
domestic trade interests were heavy
buyers.
1t was feared that frosts might be
followed by a sharp scaling down Of
crop estimates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
SNOW FALLS ON
WESTERN FRONT
OLD KING B0REAS soon WILL
RULE ALONG ALL BATTLE
LINES

London. oct. S.-Approaching cold
weather on the western front is forecast
in the appearance OF snow in the Nos'
ges mountains.
In Flanders the weather has been
most unfavorable the last two days, but
official reports mention no cessation OF
violent artillery duels.
The British probably are using the
new positions won last week as base
from which to harass the Germans in
the lowlands between the passchendaele-
Gheluvelt ridge and the Roulers-Menin
railroad in preparation for "A new stroke
in the plan to outflank the German posi-
tions in the north.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
WHALEBOAT FULL OF
GERMAN SEA RAIDERS
IS CAPTURED OFF FIJI

London. Oct. S.--An Exchange Te,s-
graph dispatch from Melbourne says
ii is reported there that a whalebcat
with a crew of Germans from the raide;
Seeadler has been captured near the
Fiji islands.
The boat contained n cannon and ma
chine gun. the dispatch said. and the
Germans admitted they had been de-
tailed from the Seeadler to make raids
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
Turning i'm Tickets.

Chicago. Oct. Sat Comiskey park
today thriving business was done in
redeeming tickets for the third Chicago
game of the worlds series. Reserved
seats had been sold, not for one game,
but for three.
Many persons, being satisfied with
Witnessing two contests and inclined to
Jump to the conclusion that the world
championship was as good as won by
Chicago. turned in their tickets. In
event that the teams return to Chicago
the tickets redeemed today viii be
placed on sale at the GROUNDS next Fri
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
LOAF OF
BREAD Is EXPERIMENT
BY HERBERT &. HOOVER

Philadelphia. oct. Philadelphia is
to be the scene of an experiment by
Herbert c. Hoover. national food admin
istrator. in the PRECIPITATION of a five
pound loaf of bread. 1t also is proposed
to install n standard method of mixing
and making the bread. The new war
loaf will. il is said. effect a saving of
sugar. lard and milk. and yet be whole
some.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
RUSSIAN RAILROAD
WORKERS STRIKE
ON ALL LINES

Petrograd. Oct. 7.--tsundayp-Th gen.
eral railway strike order which prom
lses complete tie.up OF traffic except
sanitary and military trains, became
effective last midnight All passenger
trains scheduled TO leave Petrograd to-
day except for the front, were aban'
doned
The strike was carried into effect In
spite OF the warning given by NJ. Mkt
tin. minister OF posts and telegraphs,
that the strikers would have 20 answer
charges Of treason and calling upon
the telegraph operators Ia refuse 10
transmit the strike order.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
Royal Rooiers 10 See Came.

Boston. Oct. S.-The "toyal Rooters."
who have played "A prominent part in
the Boston stands at worlds series base
ball games. have not lost their interest
in the game. despite the failure OF this
city to win a pennant in either league
this year. y special train was engaged
to take large party Of the "rooters" to
New York today 10 see the games in
that city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
GERMAN WARSHlP
is HIT BY MINE

London, oct. s.--Arrivals at Amster.
dam from Hamburg says n dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company. re.
port that early last week. "a new German
battle cruiser while on u trial tun on
Helgoland struck n mine and was ser
iously damaged.
Three officers and twenty sailors were
drowned.
The vessel was towed into port
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
.DRAF 7 LAW TEST
HEARING DEC. 10
Drt today

Washington. oct. S.-To trmit an
early decision, the supreme nrt today
advanced appeals involving constitu
tionality of the draft law and fixed
December 10 for hearing arguments.
The court today also decided To ex
pedite the governments antitrust suit
against the United Shoe Machinery com
pany and fixed January for rehcaring
arguments.
The court has decided to review. fed
eral decrees which restrained the Inter
national News Service Hearst Servicei
from ''pirating" news from the Asso-
ciated Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
IIIinoi, Village Fire Sven,

Danville. H.. Oct s.-The village of
Clarence. Illinois. was virtually wiped
out by fire yesterday that is believed to
have been incendiary. A young man
seen running from a hardware store.
where the fire originated. was arrested.
Nearly every business building in the
town was destroyed. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
ILLINOIS BANKER KILLS SELF.

Peoria. Ill. oct. S.-Jesse Barker.
aged IL, banker. committed suicide
yesterday by shooting himself through
the head in the bathroom of his home.
his body being found by his mother.
Matrimonial difficulties are presumed
10 have been the cause.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
North Texas Is shivering.

Dallas, Texas, Oct. S.-Temperature
in Dallas dropped forty-three degrees
between Sunday evening and Monday
morning. A cold rain, at times whipped
into a mist by the first real norther of
the season, was falling this afternoon.
amarillo usually the coolest place in
the state, reported a temperature of
36 degrees this morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

London. oct. S.--The Germans made
an attack last evening ON British po-
sitions east of Ypres where the Brit
ish recently have made important ad.
vances. The war Office reports that
the enemy was repulsed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
PANGERMANs HARD PRESSED.
Peace ittout- Indemnity Element 10
Force Kaiser into Open.

Noy Ift Ns1OCIslleU ItHsT
External pressure TO force the Ger
man government to set forth its war
aims clearly having failed on the sur
face. internal conditions within the EN-
pire threaten to compel the issuance
Of a full statement OF Germany aims
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

Springfield. H., Oct. SHILLING frosts
in central and northern Illinois did con-
siderable damage TO unmatured corn.
reports to the federal weather bureau
here today indicated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
URUGUAY BREAKS
WITH GERMANY

Montevideo. Uruguay. Oct. S.-Uru-
quay has severed diplomatic relations
with Germany. A presidential decree
followed the rupture, following vote
in favor of it by the chamber Of depu-
ties. "a to 90.
The German minister has been sent
his passports
The vote I'm the chamber was taken
at O'Clock Sunday morning
President Viera in his message to the
parliament declared that the Uruguayan
government had not received any direct
offense from Germany. but that it was
necessary to espouse the cause of the
defenders of justice and small national.
tiles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
SLAV PARLIAMENT
SOON Be OFFICIAL
RUSSIAN PROVISIONAL. GOVERN.
MENT To FORMALLY CALL IT
TO CONVENE.
ALL IN AGREE MEN |
iiody 10 include 100 Representatives Of
Non-Democratic Elements. Who VIII
Have Right TO interpeilate Cabinet.
Which Must Reply Clearly.

Petroriad, oct. S.-After a conference
Of three hours OF members of the gov.
ernment. including Premier kerensky,
with delegation representing the dem.
ocratic congress and with representa-.
tives OF the bourgeois yesterday, IA
complete agreement was reached on all
questions The premier declared that
the government purposed Immediately
to form a complete cabinet so that the
reconstructed coalition government
might be able to go to work at once
on the basis laid down.
In view of the governments objec.
tions, trade representatives OF the dem
ocratic congress withdrew their re.
quest that one of the delegates partici
pate in the forthcoming interallied
conference in Paris.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
MORE MONEY ADVANCED
BY u. S. TO BRITAIN

Washington. Oct. S.-Another credit
of sl5000.000 will be advanced today to
Great Britain by the government
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

petrograd Oct. S.-M Tseroteli. at
a secret session OF the preliminary par.
Lament, an outgrowth of the democrat.
ic congress-. yesterday outlined the re-
cent negotiations with the government,
which he said, led to speedy agree.
ment on all points except responsibility
Of the government to the preliminary
parliament
The question was settled. he added, by
an agreement that the parliament
should be convoked officially and order.
ed by the government.
The parliament would include 100
representatives of nondemocratic ele.
inents who would have the right to in
terpellate the government, which must
reply formally.
Nj. Tseretelli announced that satisfac-
tory assurances had been given the
democratic members of the congress
that energetic measures would be tax
en- 10 convene an mter-allied conference
for the revision of treaties, at which
democracies would be represented.
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Are shot In Groups.

cause no report could set past the rigid
Turkish censorship.
Are Shot In Groups.
More than 10000 Armenians were de.
ported from DiarbelSir and it, suburbs.
II was some of these who were dumped
into the Tigris and drowned. The lead
ing and rich men were among these.
The Others We're detailed To dig trenches
and to do other worl, with only AN in.
sufficient ALLOWANCE. of bread daily Lat
er they were shot in groups. when no
longer able TO endure the hardships I'm.
posed.
There followed an epidemic ~ chol-
era and Ihen scourge Of typhus. Be
fore the war and dcportatlons the city
contained some 90 900 inhabitants. The
lasi l heard there were only 1000 citi-
zens left there.
Women were clubbcd, stabbed or
shot down on the Mesopotamian plains
and left for dead IN pile on the ground
or thrown into old cisterns. Some. COM
ing to CONSCIOUSNESS. crawled out from
the piles and up from the cisterns and
dragged themselves up the mountain to
our hospital at Mardin to have their
wounds dressed
Some of the Moslems at Mardin took
pity upon more than thousand babies
of deported women who, in passing
through left those they had no milk to
feed nor strength to carry as they went
on Ia their lingering deaths on the
plains below. When the local govern
mont officials learned that Moslems had
the little ones they issued an order that
whoever harbored an Armenian would
be visited with the treatment dealt TO
thu Armenians
All VIII Starve
The Aioslems therefore. secretly turn
ed the little ones over TO Christian fam.
ilies who clandestinely cared for them
until their resources were exhausted
And row the latest information from
Mardin Is that unless funds are imme-
diately forthcoming the thousand or
phans must be turned out upon the
streets to starve
Help must he regular and continu-
ous The committee for armenian and
Syrian relief has decided that 81
month per child will be necessary. That
is about y cents day. Who will add
one more child To his family and reckon
the u cents along with what he IL
spending daily on his other children and
at the end Of each month send the S.
to the committee"
Or Andrus himself narrowly escaped
execution ~ the hands of the Turks he
cause of his work at Marlin in succor
ing the suffering. He was ordered to be
ditions he said. meant a mock trial
and the cutting off of the defendants
head The American embassay. how
ever. heard of the order and interfered
so that il was roscinded and a decree
OF exile issued instead.
Dr Andrus, who vas born in New
York city and graduated from Williams
college in 1864 and Union Theological
Seminary in 1861. spent fifty years in
missionary work at Mardn
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New York. Oct, S.-The plan to ex.
tlrpate the Armenian Christians from
Turkey was made in Germany and
suggested to the TURKS by German ON.
cials," and where the Armenlans made
stand againso their Moslem oppres.
sors Il was German officers and Ger.
man cannon that broke them up. ac.
cording 10 the Rey. Alpheus Newell
Andrus. senior missionary for the Con.
gregational station at Mardin. Mesopo.
tamia. who :old OF his experiences here
today. The far-sighted Germans. he
said. We're looking forward TO the time
when they expected 10 gain complete
dominion In Turkey and they wanted to
eliminate the Armenian question by get.
ting rid OF the Armenian race.
zone OF the ways the Turks went
about IL was TO load Armenian men on
goatsllin RATS on the understanding
that they were 20 be deported--and then
they wcro taken out and dumped into
the Tigris river and drowned" he said.
This was the fate OF at least 2,5OO men
from the vicinity OF Diarbelsir and its
suburbs IN northern Mesopotamia
AlEltu SfiuItio NtIt ON llt IdllN'
which each carried about seventy.five
to "A hundred victims Kurd boatmen
rowed them out into deep water. Then
the soldiers would drive the Armenians
TO one side of the RATS until they tilted
and dumped them into the river. II
hey tried to climb back on the RATS
the soldiers and boatmon beat them
until all perishod."
COldbloodcd Political Move.
The Germans and the Turkish gov
ernment DR.. Andr,ls said, looked upon
the destruction OF the Armenians in
Turkey as cold blooded political move,
and gave the actual execution of it into
the hands OF the Kurds and Turkish
soldiers who went about it with the fe-
rocity of Moslem religious fanaticism.
AT first the Turkish government oh.
jected to the German suggestion of tho
removal of the Aimenians on the
grounds that they were valuable as ar
tisans and business men and necessary
to the economic life OF the country"
continued DIR. Andrus. but the Ger
mans promised to supply men to take
their' places. Having persuaded the
VI hNs Atif Nifi Nilfit ifll ~ " AiiNili
to put the plan into effect.
But the Turkish soldiers in some
places could not overcome the Arme
mans. At urfa, the city of suffering,
the Almenians resolved to resist dspor
tation and defend their innocent fami-
lies ard their church They barricaded
themselves in their stone houses in their
quarter. For ten days they withstood
all the efforts OF the Turkish soldiery
TO dislodge them. I'm tine end they would
have prevailed but that German officers
brouht and trained cannon upon their
stronghold and forced them to flee
Surely such a people should not he
allowed to pel ish. There still remain
of them to be cared for $500 in Urfa
and nearby WIN not the American
people help care for them? Conditions
in Mesopotamia have not been brought
much TO public attention for the reason
that there has not been anyone to re-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

Lima, Peru. Oct. s.-The Peruvian
government has handed passports to
Doctor Perl. the German minister
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
U.BOAT |NTERNED
AT CAD|z ESCAPES
Madrid, Oct S.--A German submarine
interned at Cadiz has escaped.

Several German submarines have
sought refuge in Spanish ports during
the war and one OF them. which put in
at Cadiz. was escorted out Of the port
later by Spanish torpedo boats.
To prevent further Incidents OF this
nature. King Alfonso on June 20 last
signed a decree forbidding submarines
of belligerent powers to navigate Span
ish waters~or enter Spanish ports. il
was declared that all submarines which
entered the Spanish zone would be in
termed
Washington. Oct. s.-The Spanish
government has taken drastic action
to discipline the officials responsible for
the safe internmenf OF the German sub
marine which escaped from Csdiz.