The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-17
WHO MURDERED
RUSS GENERAL? /?
OFFICER WHO ANGEl,ED GERMAN
hitMisTiCE DELEGATES Az
i.ECFD Eiit.DESTsONis
REPORT IS DOUBTED
Huns Promise in Armi,tice 60 Not
Move Any Troop. j. Negligible As
They Have sent Vast Number From
Ruas.aa Front Belafc Signing Pact.

Loasol, Dec. ~. The p.ejOminani
facts as regards the Russian situation Is
the GigninG ot a. armistice which Is
announced Officially ~ tie capitals oi
all the countries concerned According
to special dispatches from Petrograd.
everyone there believes that perma'
nent peace between Russia and the
central powers will result
Correspondents in general treat as
reelig ,ble the promise oi Germany ana
her allies not 10 withdraw troops from
the eastern front. Peirosrad DIS
patch 70 the Times says large masses
rof Germans alrcaGy have been removed
ana that probably the German com
mand Transferred al IL purposes to en-
sploy elsewhere. % that it, plans are
mot likely 10 be deranged seriously.
Suicide Reports Doubted.
Tho reported suicide during the ar
tnlstice negotiations at BrestLitovsk OF
the Russian general Skalons apparently
has made a considerable impression at
Petrograd, although Russian national
commlesaries are silent in regard To H.
A petrograd dispatch Ia the Post says
General Skalons was responsible Toe ti'e
afmistice including evacuation ot Moon
Sound which so offended the Germans
a, the first meeting OF the negOtators
and rendered nugatory the efforts oil
the first mission. Genera! Ska.ons re-
turned most Jnw!llingiy ior the second
,neet,as urdc. imperative order OF MS
superi1-s
Tbs c,r-cs.ondcst seeks 20 show
there Is nothing to prove that ne com
uittef sulcidc which is most implob-
able. ana insinuates that he was mur-
dered. '''
Where is Iiaiedines.
There Is no c5nfirfrstipa of last
weeks official bolsheyik announcement
regarding the arrest OF General kaie'
dimes.
The situation in southern Russia con-
tlnues to be obscure and news is frag-
meutary and contradictory. Communi-
cation by rail and wire with Rostov. in
ihe Don Cossack territory, where fight
ing has occurred. is reported to nave
been stopped.
OF $50 delegates to the constituent
assembly, 8s are bolsheyiki, l25 con-
stitutional democrats and others scat
tering. About $50 delegates are now
In Petrograd, but no further attenlpt
has been made to hold a meeting The
Elxranian delegates are expected to ar
rive in Petrograd today.
Remains An Enigma.
Referring to the numerical Prepon-i
Seraace of social revNlutionists among
the delegates. the Petr0grad correspon-
dent az the Daily News says the whole
crux Of the matter is what p'VF"ruon
of the delegates belong to the right ana
what to the left, the latter being mere
tools in the hands of the bolsheViki.
The real meaning of the figures cannot
be ascertained at present. because the
names of those elected are not available
The official denial Of the story that
former Emperor Nicholas had escaped
and the telegram from Tobolsk. received
by the railway mems union saying the
report was false. hold the field for the
present against various rumors regard
ing the Romanoffs. who are becoming
objects of increasing interest to sec
.inu of the popualtion of PetTogr1d.