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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
Long Military Record.

General Maude was SO years old. He
had a distinguished military record
before the war. He took part in the
Sudan campaign in 1885 and received
the Medal With Clasp and the
Khedive's Star. He served with dis
tinction in the South African war.
where he won the Distinguished Serg-
ice Order and the Queens Medal with
six clasps.
Prior to taking command in Meso-
potamia. General Maude saw service
in France, where he was wounded. He
was mentioned five times in the dis
patches and made Commander Of the
Bath.
From 1901 to 1904 he was military
secretary to the governor general OF
Canada and later private secretary 70
the secretary of state for war.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
CUDANs MAY BALk
1t SUGAR SCHEDULE
President Menocal Finds Fault
With Prices Fixed by
Hoover.

Havana, Nov. 1s.-President Memo
cal. it is understood. intends to take a
stand in favor of the smaller Cuban
sugar interests for a price of AZ
cents a pound. free on board at Cuban
ports. instead of AZ. as proposed by
Herbert C. Hoover. United States food
administrator In well informed
sources 1t is reported that he may
place an embargo on sugar exports. IL
the position Of the small interests Ia
not taken into consideration
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
TWO OF PERSHING'S MEN
DIE OF ILLNESS, ONE Is
KILLED BY ACCIDENT

Washington, Nov IA casualty
list cabled by General Pershing to
the war department today shows one
man killed by accident and two dead
from natural causes II follows.
Sergeant Carl G. Shew. coast artil-
lery. Of Brooklyn y Y died Nov. -
struck by train
Private Mareellus :. Cobb. infantry
Of Beakland, Maine, died Nov. 10 oi
bronchial pneumonia
Private Howard T.. Rawlings, head
quarters company Of Warner. y. Y.
died NOV. Il Of bronchial pneumonia.
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|PREME COURT UPHOLDS
|EATH PENALTY FOR THREE

.ha u,ry was right and proper ana
Clearly within the law. The time for
tho execution of the three men will be
fixed by Judge Dwyer Just as soo'i %
official word is received from the
preme court of the affirmatioh Oh ''e
sentences.
Powell's Case.
sherman A. Powell was charged
with killing ]. Fl. Montgomery in a
dining car of the Great Northern ra.-
way in the railway yards in TINS c''y
on April 5 last. Powell, Moh.go'heiss :
and others. all porters and walters Oh
the railway company. had been pa, ,
ing cards. Some trouble arose anu an
the men retired to bed, shor. .lllle
CONTINUED on Page Eight,
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BRITISH GENERAL
IN MESOP0TAM|A
DIES SUDDENLY
General Maude's Brilliant Mil
itary Career is at
an End.

London. Nov. Ia.-General Maude,
British commander in Mesopotamia.
died YESTERDAY
An official announcement issued to-
day says General Maude died in Neso-
potamia yesterday evening after a
brief illness.
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foreground.
The wounded we're so numerous thae
MANY have not yet received succor.
The enemy had staked everything on
getting to the west bank of the river
and the Italians staked everything on
keeping him on the eastern nanh.
This nerved both to desperation.
Getting Across.
The Austrians made the first move
Friday in two separate crossings a
short distance above Zenson. first at
the village of Fagare and then at an
old mill called the Sega mill. near
Follina. Several circumstances en-
ab,aa them to pass They chose
place where sandbar ran in mid
stream. giving them a landing ana
dividing the main stream into TWO
small shallow currents. Also there
was heavy mist screening their
movements. They carried material for
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
BUTTE MAN AMONG
CANADIAN WOUNDED

Ottawa, ont, Nov. is-Today's Ca
madam casualty list includes:
Killed-H. C. Southgate. Seattla
Wash
Wounded-Cecil Webb. Butte. Mont;
]. l.. Gordon. Kent, Wash; <. w.
Hitler, Duvau, Wash
Nothing could be learned this after.
noon regarding Cecil Webb, given
among the casualties Of the Canadian
forces in Europe as a Butte man.
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that in addition to the increases
sought in the pending i5 per cent ad-
vance rate case. the roads soon would
apply for further increases of u per
cent in class and commodity rates and
probably for 10 cents ton on coal and
coke.
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FORB|DDt.T
APPROACH N.Y.
PLACES IN j. S.
Regulations of Sweeping Ma
ture Are Provided for All
German Citizens.
MAY NOT ENTER THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Must Keep Away From Water
Fronts, Railroad Terminals
and Waterways.

Washington, Nov. 1a.-AlI alien
enemies are required to register and
to obtain permits for travel, under a
proclamation issued today by Presi-
dent Wilson. Enemies also are pro-
hibitcd from approaching within 100
yards of waterfronts, docks, railroad
terminals or storage houses and are
forbidden to enter or reside in the
District of Columbia.
The proclamation. issued as a sup
plement to the one declaring a state of
war with Germany, provides further
that an alien enemy shall not, except
on public ferries, be found on "any
ocean, bay, river or other waters"
within the United States. They are
forbidden to fly in airplanes, balloons
or airshps and to enter the Panama
canal zone.
Only Germans will be affected by
the proclamation as it specifies "ene-
mics" and mot allies of enemies
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AUsTR(fGERMANs
HELD | IN CHECK
on P|AvE RIVER
N The Tfentino Also the En-
envy Fails to Overcome
Resistance.
0PTlON OF ACTIVITY
THE WESTERN LINES
ms, With Heavy Cannon
ln0, Attempt to Stop
British Thrust.

Army Headquarters in
. Italy, Nov. 19.-(By the as
4 s,fobs) ).-Conditions were vir-
Spnged on the fighting front
A powerful attack is
in the north between the
1 Brenta rivers, the enemy
' heavy masses into the line.
~ artillery and infantry are
onaciously. There have been
1T attempts to cross the
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
PUBLISHER OF THE
Masses IS INDICTED

New York. Nov. t9.-Nax Eastman.
publisher Of The Masses, a magazine
recently denied second class ma
privileges, was indicted here today
with six others connected with tn.
publication. on a charge Of conspiracy
in violation of the espionage act, By
the federal grand jury Bench war
rants were Immediately issued for
their arrest
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Italian in Sunday
killed
threatened
% the rht from who the
yesterday stayed until the
the
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ROADS WILL ASK
FURTHER INCREASES

Washington, Nov. l9.-counsel for
the eastern railroads informed the IN
terstate commerce commission today
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PAVE FJGHTONEOF WARS
MOST FEARFUL CHAPTERS

nrouned Killed. Bayoneted or Captured Not Foe Re-
mains Alive on West Side of the River at zenson or Fa-
care Artillery Not Able to Participate in the Battle. The
Men FOUGHT With Rifles Bayonets, Knives and Bombs IN
Desperate Struggle.
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The Proclamation

The proclamation orders registra-
ton as follows:
"All alien enemies are hereby re-
qutred to register at such times and
places and in such manner as may be
fixed by the attorney general of the
United States, and the attorney gen.
eral is hereby authorized and directed
to provide as speedily as may be prac-
ticable for registration Of all alien
enemies and for the issuance of regis
tration cards to alien enemies and to
make and declare such rules and
regulations as he may deem neces
sary for effecting such registration
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-11-19
AMERICAN RAILROADS. WILL
BE PLACED In HANDS OF
PRESIDENT IN EMERGENCY

Roads Will Be Given Over to Government Iat There May Be
No interruption of Transpor tation During War; is Formal
Announcement Made Today Broterhoods Agree to Media
ton of Wage Demands, But Refuse to Submit Unquai-
fiedIy to Arbitration.
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WAR SUMMARY.

1ufentino and along the Piave
- have the Austro- Germans
for the moment and there
utions of reawakening of
6etivity on the western front,
in Flanders and around
In.
n northeast Of Ypres the
'6te now we'll established on
hsndaele ridge.
bOsitions have been under
imbardment by the Germans
a1 days, apparent evidence
4 Germans are nervous and
their artillery fire to check
1tish thrust.
h French Front.
st. Quentin, north-north-
he Ailette. where the French
notable success recently.
Eand allied patrols have been
birth of st. Quentin both the
Md Germans carried out raids.
artiilery has been shelling
He German positions south of
for several days and a thrust
5ch troops. evidently as a
hs repuIsed by the defenders
ports.
norts From Russia.
army Is reported marching
grad to GUST the Bolsheviki
htrol there. The vanguard
said to be near Gatchina 80
hthwest of the capital. already
several brushes with the
hi forces. 1t is rumored thai
Kerensky is returning witt
forces. All the reports laci
tion.
the ancient Joppa. and th'
on the Mediterranean fol
IN. has been occupied by th'
continued on Page Seven.)
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an improvised bridge with uprights
and with iron plates for flooring.
This was about 5 o'clock in the
morning and in the mist at that early
hour they got across the second mar
row channel to the west bank. The
last 10 feet the men waded across in
water above their waists. In their
first surprise rush they swept past
four Italian machine gun batteries.
capturing the guns and driving the
Italians back into the village of
Fagare.
Hand to- Hand Fighting.
Here the real fight began as the
Italians had now recovered from the
surprise and they fought like demons.
1t was a hand-to-hand fight through
the town with no place for artillery
or machine guns and the Italians using
bayonets. hand grenades. knives and
geiatine torpedoes- The Austrians held
Continued On Page Three)
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WEATHER FORECAST

warmer tonight and southwest and ex-
irene northwest portion Tucsday
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CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
Santa Fe Trains Collide Near Oklahoma
City; One Dead, Many Injured-Several
Afdmore Passengers Escape Uninjured
Special to The Ardmoree by Long Distance Telephone

Oklahoma City, June 13.-When
southbound Santa Fe passenger train
No. IL, collided with a northbound ex.
ira cattle train at Flynn, five miles
south of oklahoma City at $3.50 O'Clock
this forenoon, James Hall, Of Arkansas
City, engineer Of the freight train, was
killed; George Rain also Of Arkansas
City, engineer Of the passenger train,
was probably fatally injured and eight
passengers were seriously hurt. Forty
or fifty other passengers were more or
less bruised and injured.
Blame on Passenger Crew.
Railway officials state that the blame
for the accident rests with the crew in
charge Of the passenger train, Engineer
Rain and Conductor c. S. Clay, of New
ton Kansas. Orders had been issued
for the passenger train to wait for the
freight train at Flynn. The wreck oc-
CURED about 200 yards south of the
siding.
The locomotives, No. 1444 pulling the
passenger and No. 3133 pulling the
freight, the latter the largest freight
engine on the Santa Fe, were demol.
ished. The baggage cars were com.
pletely destroyed, but the baggagemen
escaped with slight injury.
The fact that the passenger train
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
GREEK KING UNPOPULAR.
Joy in London That Constantine an
Crown Prince Are Out.

London, June 13.-Former King Con
stantine and the other members Of the
Greek royal family still are in At rs
but reports are that Constantly D.,
sires to leave. '''
Reuters correspondent IN Athens sa,
all military measures in Thessaly, CUT
Of Corinth, and elsewhere have been
carried out satisfactorily. Abdication cf
Constantine will cause no regrets in
England, as his actions since the wal
began have been interpreted as strongly
pro-German
The former Greek Grown Prince
George is no more popular in England
than Constantine as II IS believed he Is
under the influence Of his German moth
er, a sister Of Emperor William.
Prince Alexander. who is to be king,
is expected 10 act more in accordance
with the wishes Of former Premier Vent
zelos, who so often has come to the
rescue Of Greece.
Constantine. after the disastrous first
war with Turkey. was hardly able %
show his face in his own country. but
after his victories. in the second war,
his popularity increased among his own
people. Since then his shunling policy
has caused him TO lose much Of that TO-.
lowing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
EARP TO BE HERE
WHEN ENGINEERS ARE
MUSTERED IN FRIDAY

Adjutant General Ancel carp Of the
National Guard of Oklahoma. win be
here Friday to attend the mastering in
exercises and the flag presentation Of
the "All Ardmore" corps OF engineers.
Telegrams were received by II. c.
Spaulding. chairman of the citizens
committee; S. A. Apple, president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce and by Mayor
w. X. Roberts. in which General Earn
said he would be present. The muster
ing in exercises will be held at Central
Park, according to the plans now made.
All members Of the company must re.
port at the armory before 9 o'clock Fri
day morning" Captain Patterson said.
Mayor Roberts has given permission
for the engineers to use the south side
Of Main street along the north edge OF
Central Park for drill purposes. Mem.
bers of the local company who have
volunteered their services for clerical
work at headquarters are working hard
to get everything in shape for the mus.
tering in. II anyone can loan. a type.
writer to the company 1t win be much
appreciated. Employment is wanted for
an electrician and for a lineman who
has done carpenter work.
The following new names have been
added TO the company's roster: Joseph
c. Mitchell, Randall c. Myles. Walter
L. Baker and George Y Whitford.
Registration OF ninety additional men
should be secured, as past experience
shows that more than one-third OF the
men who offer their services are re.
iected because OF physical disabilities. {"
Captain Patterson said this morning.
From now on special stress will be
laid on the physical qualifications and
qualifications that win NJ men for the
engineering corps. We are particularly
anxious for more carpenters, masons
and other craftsmen"
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THIRTY-FNE AUTOS IN
SCI 900 CLASSIC EVENT
All Leading Drivers Of 1916. Except
Three, VIII BE COntenders.

Chicago, June 13.-The entry lists for
Saturdays 250.mile automobile derby az
the speedway have been closed with
thirty.five cars nominated FOR the s2i D..
600 classic and eleven named for the
amateur events which win precede the
regular race.
Elimination trials will be held on
Thursday for both events. with the test
for the professional drivers set at a
minimum OF So miles an hour and for
the amateurs GS miles an hour. Not
more than 80 cars viii be allowed to
start In the derby under the rules Of
the track.
Il was announced that all the leading
drivers Of 1916 will be contenders except
Dario Resta. who has given up racing
az his wife's request: Johnny Aitken.
who Is In charge OF government con.
troled machine shop at Indianapolis;
and Eddie Riokedbacher. who is a first
sergeant Of General PershlngS stan in
Europe.
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NATTER OF DETHRONEMENT OF
"hEEk WAS PLACED IN HANDS
OF FRENCH SENATOR.
LONG INTR|GUES END
Constantine Had Been Stumbling
Block in the Path Of Allies as He
Constantly Eluded Most of Guaran.
tees Given by Him-Friend Of Kaiser

Athens, June 13.-Late yesterday Con.
stantine, king of Greece, abdlcated the
throne and included Crown Prince
George, and with the crown prince will
leave the country.
II he is allowed to have his choice.
the deposed king will, for the present
at least, go to Switzerland.
Abdication was in favor Of the kings
second son, Prince Alexander, who will
be the sovereign of Greece with the
entente allies as the real masters.
Alexander, the new king, is the second
son Of the monarch who has just abdi
Gated. The crown prince was born July
10, 1880. Prince Alexander was born
August 1, 1893 He was a captain in
the first regiment Of artillery in the
Greek army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
U.S.S. KROONLAND
SINKS SUB.BOAT

An Atlantic Port, June 13.-Destruc
tion Of a German submarine by the
American steamship Kroonland was rc.
ported by the merchantmen upon her
arrival today in an American harbor.
Her officers refused to discuss the
encounter except 10 say that by agile
maneuvering the Kroonland managed to
ram and sink the U-boat shortly after
two OF the underwater boats had At.
tackled the merchantmen. one from
either side.
The Kroonland lost a blade from her
propeller.
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ARP Planes RAID
LONDON; 49 DEAD

London, June 13.-Death Of 40 per.
cons and injury Of 200 I'm an air raid
'ay over London and vicinity was
1ca, 'od in the house Of lords by the
SOo,. secretary/of war.
'tI~b Faw. member Of the
BRUSH y ted in the house
Of commons A. jersons had been
killed and 67 had en- injured in the
city Of London alone. The casualties in
the whole metropolitan area, he said.
were not yet known.
The east end OF London. In which
live the clty's poor. suffered heavily
from the raid. Bombs fell In many con.
gested districts. and while the number
OF casualties has not yet been ascer.
tained two hospitals report handling
upward Of fifty cases. four OF whom
died, and many Of whom were seriously
injured
The sequana, formerly the CITY (
Corinth, was owned by the South At.
lantic Navigation company. Of Paris.
Her gross tonnage was 5.557. She was
43O feet long and was built in Belfast
in 1898.
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PEN SENTENCE FOR
COLLEGE-BRED STACKER

New York, June IA penitentlary
sentence OF eleven months and 20 days
for not registering under the selectiva
draft law was imposed by United States
Judge Chatfield in Brooklyn today on
Herman p. Levine, school teacher and
college graduate.
Louis Kramer, self-confessed anar
chist, was today sentenced to two years
In Atlanta prison and ordered to pay a
fine Of $4,000 for conspiracy to dis,
tribute anticonsoription literature. He
also received year in Jail for failinA
to register.
Morris Becker, convicted with Kramer
on the conspiracy charge, was sentenced
~ one year and eight months at At,
lanta.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
SLACKER'S WIFE TELLS;
EXPOSES HIM TO OFFICERS

Washington, June 10. - Among the
thousands Of letters reaching the pro.
vost marshal generals office these DAYS
from wives, mothers and sweethearts
asking exemption for their men. officials
were amused today to find several from
wives recommending that their hus.
bands be conscripted. One woman said
her husband didn't want to go to wac,
but had no good reason for not going
and tipped the war department that
1t would be just as well TO make sol.
dier of him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13

When the news Of the wreck reached
Oklahoma City ambulances. surgeons
and nurses were Immediately dispatched
to the scene. The report that the train
was burning also resulted in sending
the local fire department to Flynn.
The wreckage blockaded the tracks
for a considerable distance, and it will
likely be several hours before 1t is
cleared away. Thirty or forty head of
cattle were killed.
Trains will likely be detoured by way
OF Chickasha until the track has been
cleared.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
Socialists Control Peirograd Council.

London, June IA Petrograd dIs.
patch to Reuters states that preliml.
nary returns Indicate that the socialist
element comprising revolutionary SO
oiaiists democratic socialists and labor.
ties, carried the elections In the petro-
grad district for members OF the mu.
nicipal council In the election uniyer.
sal suffrage for women was applied for
the first time In Russia. The constitu.
tional. democrats, also known as the "a.
diets, polled the second highest number
OF votes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
PERSHING IN FRANCE

Paris, June 13.-General Pershing
landed at Boulogne this morning and
viii arrive in Paris this evening.
The general received a tumultous wei.
come as he proceeded through the
tnronged boulevards. At the station he
was welcomed by Marshal Joffre, Am
bassador Sharp and Paul Painleve, min.
lister Of war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
Use Portable school Buildings.

McAlester Okla. June 1S.-Two port.
able school buildings will be used here
next year to care for crowded conditions
in the eighth grade Of the city schools.
The plan was adopted in preference to
renting a separate building These
buildings win be moved onto the ground
occupied by permanent ward schools
and operated as they are needed The
equipment for the buildings will allow
connection with the lighting and heating
facilities afforded the larger buildings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
LANDS OF RUSS
NOBLEMEN SOON
co TO PEASANTRY

Petrograd. (via London) June 1s-De.
spite internal and foreign anxiety. the
provisional government IS making rapid
progress toward constitutional and dem.
ocratic reform
This week. there is setting under the
presidency Of NJ. Kokoshkine. a member
OF the duma, n council OF sixty-one.
which means to prepare for election to
the constituent assembly.
This assembly win not only draft for
Russia suitable constitution but will
solve certain immediate problems. chief
OF which are the questions OF nationa,i
ties and the conditions Of the transfer
Of the lands OF the mobiles TO the peas
antry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
N. Y. BANK TAKES
HUNDRED MILLIONS
IN LIBERTY BONDS

Washington, June 13.-Subscriptions
to the Liberty Loan forwarded from all
reserve banks the treasury department
announced today, totalled S1,65S .OOO, 600
at noon today.
The New York district. with subscrip
tons totalling s75S,OOO,0OO. is the only
district which has exceeded the mini.
mum allotment.
New York June iS.-The First M.
tional Bank Of New York has made an
plications FOR subscriptions 70 the Lib
erty Loan now aggregating 500 600, zoe
for Itself and customers, Il was an
nounced today.
This Is the largest subscription from
one source yet recorded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-13
BIG MUNITIONS FACTORY
IN FRANCE DESTROYED;
MANY DEAD AND INJURED

Paris, June 13.-The French minister
Of munitions announced this afternoon
that an accident had happened in one
Of the principal automobile factories
now making munitions.
a large number Of wounded, It was
said' had been taken to the hospital
The ruins Of the factory were being
searched.
No definite information has thus far
been obtained concerning the number Of
dead and wounded.