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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
.yY OF GIRLS
bts cared FOR
BY Inc y.W.C.A.

AN army Of girls. as big as the army
of men that Is being sent to Europe,
is now being cared for by the Young
Women's Christian association, in much
the same manneS as the Young Mems
Christian association provides for the
soldiers and men in training" said
Miss Abbie Graham, field secretary OF
the Y. w. c. A. for Texas. Oklahoma
and New Mexico. Miss Graham is in
charge of the Y. w. C. A. war finance
campaign in Oklahoma, and spent yes
terday and today in Ardmore arranging
for the meeting of Miss Helen F
Barnes, a national secretary of the
Young Women's Christian association,
who will speak tomorrow night at Con-
vention Hall on the associations part
in the war.
THE women of Oklahoma are now
engaged in raising $50. 900. to be used in
the national war work of the associa-
ton. and ii Is by this special work that
the regular associations in cities, coun-
ties and colleges are seeking to safe
guard the girls of America and Europe,
who In the general upheaval of social
conditions caused by the war, are in
need of special care. The v. w. c. A.
is now placing trained secretaries in
towns and cities near the big war
camps. Miss Alice Reynolds has been
at Lawton since August where a $4,000
recreation and club house for girls is
being erected and where they are to
have a special recreation director" said
the field secretary.
Miss Graham, who went to Tulsa this
afternoon, will return to Ardmore in
January, when a campaign in the in
terest of the Girls Patriotic League is
to be conducted. This league is being
promoted by the Junior War Work
Council of the national board of the
Y. w. c. A, and already $4,000 girls
in America have signed the pledge and
are entitled to wear the badge. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
.GASTON MEANS
GETS SURPRISE
STATE RESTS WITHOUT EXAMIN.
ING SINGLE WITNESS IN
NOTED CASE.

Concord, N. c., Dec. 3.-The state
rested at 1884 a. M, in the trial of Gas
ton B. Means for the murder of Mrs
Maude A. King. This unexpected move
by the state took the defense by sur
prise. Not single witness by the
state has been examined and most of
the time was given to the reading of
documents. presented in court pre-
viously.
Reading numerous letters, kilograms
and other papers purporting to have
been written by CASTOR b. Means last
summer to his wife and to his brother,
Alton Means, the state sought to prove
that Means played a game of duplicity
with Mrs. King during the last few
months of her life, taking various pre-
cautions to keep her In the dark" con-
corning his movements
Other documents read to the jury by
John o. Dooling. assistant district at
torney of New York. appearing for the
state. related to various business trans.
actions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

Washington. Dec. 3.-Estimates of
more than s13.500 900, ,000.- the greatest
I'm the nations history. for the conduct
of the government and prosecution of
the war during the fiscal year 1918.
were submitted to congress today by
the treasury department.
" round figures, more than $l1.ooO,-
100000 of that vast sum Is for the war
alone. ONLY part OF IL will be realized
from taxation: the remainder Will come
from issues OF Liberty bonds.
Deducting an item of $l53.000.0 900 in
tended as an annual appropriation to-
ward a sinking fund for the discharge
Of the old public debt and some $780,
0OO, 900 which will be turned back to the
treasury from postal revenues. the esti-
mated sum for which congress Is ex-
pected actually to appropriate is $l3.-
01s.72S.595. No previous estimate ever
has exceeded two billion dollars.
How IL Is Divided.
Here follows a general statement of
the estimates by general headings:
LEGISLATIVE, $S,026.325.
EXECUTIVE. s65.325, 1896.
JUDICIAL, s1,396,190.
AGRICULTURE, $26 .45S,551.
FOREIGN INTERCOURSES, s6,375,-
O22.
MILITARY (army) s6,615,936,554.
NAVY. $1,014,077,503.
INDIAN. s12,255.210.
PENSIONS, s157,060,000.
PANAMA CANAL, s2S,171.624.
PUBLIC WORKS practically all for
lificationsl s3.504 91S,055
POSTAL SERVICE, 1891 ,s18,345.
MISCELLANEOUS, $1,026. .2OS.315.
PERMANENT ANNUAL APPRO-
PRIATIONS, $711, ,166,s25.
TOTAL. $13,504 1851, $40.
DEDUCT SINKING FUND AND
POSTAL RETURNS. 4S5,632,345.
TOTAL. $13.01S. .725.595.
For Great Army and Navy.
The greatest sums, Of course are es-
timated for the army and navy.
For the signal service, which includes
the great army of the air. 81 ,13S. .240 315
is estimated. This sum includes the
s640 900 previously appropriated for
the great air fleet. A billion dollars is
asked for pay and miscellaneous expen-
ses of the army; more than two billion
dollars for the quartermaster corps.
s157 100000 for hospitals and medicines;
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
|3 ILLINOIS CONWCTS SAW AND
FIGHT THEIR WAY TO LIBERTY

Joliet, Ill.,, Dec. 3.-Thirteen convicts
ESCAPED from the state. penitentiary
here this morning by saving or cutting
their way through steel bars and then
beating two guards into unconscious
ness.
Guards in the two towers nearest the
east gate fired on the fleeing convicts
as they disappeared over the wall. but
none is believed to have been hit. A
large posse started after the convicts
who took a southerly direction.
The thirteen men were in solitary con
finement for having caused disturb
|ances last week in the cell houses
To escape they had to break out OF
their individual cells. then saw through
two barred doors, and finally through
"a heavy steel door. which leads into
the solitary" from the prison corridor
Albert Channelli, a guard stationed
just inside the steel door, was beaten
into unconsciousness. but not until af
ter he had summoned Ben Carlson
night captain of the guard. with his
cries. Carlson. too, was beaten into un.
consciousness. The convicts then climb.
ed the fifteen-foot wall at the east gate
They fled toward the Illinois and
Michigan canal and were lost in the
darkness.
Warden Murphy stated that the men
could not have escaped without the as.
sistance or connivance Of somebody
about the prison.
Three Of the men were sentenced to
life Imprisonment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
LIVING TOO HIGH,
WAGES TOO LOW,
IN BRITISH ISLES
Chief Reason for Unrest and Fatigue
Among English Workers IL Com
mission Report.

Washington. Dec. 3.--An increase In
the cost OF living out of proportion with
the advance In wages and an unequal
distribution OF food are assigned by the
British commission OF inquiry into In
dustrial unrest as the chief reason for
restlessness among the workers of Great
Britain.
The commissions report, republished
in a bulletin issued today by the bu
reau of statistics of the department OF
labor, covers an investigation OF lead
ing British industrial centers lasting
more than a month and recommends
among other things, an immediate re
duction of food prices. Suggestion also
is made that the increased cost OF
food be borne to some extent by the
government
Restriction of personal freedom un
der the munitions act liquor restric
tions. idadequate housing and industri
al fatigue are mentioned as contribu
tory causes.
Although the report clearly indicates
the prevalence OF industrial unrest. II
says there is strong feeling of patri
otism on the part of the employed and
they are determined to help the state
in the present crisis"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
TR0TZKY THREATENS ALLIES.

London, Dec. 3.-Leon Trotzky boil
sheviki commissary of foreign affairs,
according to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Petrograd, has issued warm
ing with reference to the French and
American communications to General
Dukhonin, who has refused to resign
as commander-in-chief, regarding the
armistice and peace move in which
TrotZky says:
Nobody demands from the present
allied diplomats recognition Of the COM
missaries government which is respon-
sible for the fate Of the country, but
the government can not permit allied
diplomatic and military agents to in
terfere with the internal affairs of our
country and to attempt to incite civil
war. Further steps in this direction
will bring the gravest complications,
the responsibility for which the gov
ernment now disclaims."
Report Dukh0nin in Trap.
dispatch to the Mail, dated Satur-
day, quotes Trotzky as saying that
General Dukhonins headquarters had
been surrounded and that it was ex-
pected the general and his staff would
surrender within forty-eight hours.
Trotzky said that the Rehabilitation
of the army had begun, but that its
development further would depend on
the peace negotiations. Every honest
soldier, he added would return to his
village with his arms and form a part
of the local Red Guard" which would
be established ito safeguard the revo-
luton liberty"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
NO FLOUR FAMINE
FOR OKLAHOMA
REPORT THAT GRAIN WOULD
GIVE OUT go DAYS BEFORE
NEXT HARVEST Is DENIED.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 3.-Oklahoma
has an amply sufficient supply of
wheat with which to feed the citizens
of the state and no shortage OF wheat
flour is anticipated, according to a dec
|laration by Frank F'oltz, secretary OF
the Oklahoma Millers' Association, when
his attention was called 10 recent
statement by Harry A. Wheeler food
administrator of Illinois. that the sup
ply of wheat in America would be ex-
haused sixty days before the new crop
starts coming IN next July.
An exhaustive report Of the amount
Of wheat held in the state and the
iamount needed by the state was sub
mitted to the milling division of the
federal food administration early this
month, said Mr. Foltz, and when atten-
ton vas called to the fact that further
|reauisition upon Oklahoma's wheat sup
ply would cause a shortage in the state
promise was made that the matter
would be given immediate attention.
The supply of wheat on hand early
in November viii keep Oklahoma mills
running at 70 per cent capacity until
the new crop comes in, Foltz said.
To make up for a short crop in Kan
sas. considerable quantities of wheat
had been reported to that state ana
some was sent to Texas, according to
the secretary of the Oklahoma Millers'
association.
A few requisitions for wheat were
made on Oklahoma by the food admin
istration after the recent report was
submitted but the situation is not Sc.
rious one, as yet, declares Mr.. Foltz.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
GREASERS RAID AMERICAN
RANCH AND DRIVE HERD CAT
TIE ACROSS RIO GRANDE.
70 ARMY men PURSUE
Cross Into Mexico, Where They Are
Ambushed by the Bandits, but Sold
iers Fight to Finish. Killing 35 and
Losing One Cavalryman Killed.

Indio Texas, Dec. 3.-One American
cavalryman, Mexican foreman of an
American cattle ranch and thirty-five
Mexicans were killed in a fight which
occurred early Saturday morning at
Buena Vista, a small hamlet on the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grande few
miles from here.
The dead.
PRIVATE RIGGS. Eighth cavalry,
sanitary detachment.
JUsTO, GONZALES, foreman of the
Tigner cattle ranch.
Private Noriel, troop X, was slightly
wounded. hg ~
The bandits, 200 in number, under
command OF Chico Cano, on Friday
raided the cattle ranch Of ]. f. Tigner.
driving off a number OF cattle and
shooting down Others in the pasture.
Tigner appealed by telegraph to Col.
onel Langhorne. district commander at
Maria, who ordered Lieutenant Leon.
ard r. Matlack with twenty men to pur.
sue. Tjgnsr, owner Of the cattle, ac-
compaflied the troops.
Lieutenant Matlack followed q hot
trail into Mexico. and at Buena Vista
the bandits attempted to ambush him.
The lieutenant rode through the am
bush into the midst of the bandits, his
men killing thirty-five and wounding
many more. The Mexicans retreated in
disorder into the town.
In the meantime, Colonel Langhorne
had dispatched the machine gun troop
and cavalry troops L and l, under Cap
tain Barnes. TO the scene. These en-
gagged the bandits. who fought desper-
ately. F,eAl,tfss
During the fighting a number of the
cavalrymen's horses were shot from
under them. as was also that of Tig-
ner. who mounted behind soldier dur
ing the pursuit of the bandits after the
ATTEMPTED ambush. In crossing a deep
ditch. the cattleman was jolted from
the horse and was not found for sew.
eral hours after the fight.
The carcasses of the stolen cattle
were found in the streets of Buena
Vista when the last, Of the bandits re-
treated across the river into Mexico.
Colonel Langhorne arrived here to-
night from Maria and assumed COM
mand of the situation.
All the troops have returned to the
American side of the Rio Grande.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
CONGRESS is ASKED FOR TOTAL OF
S13,5OO,00O,00O FOR FISCAL YEAR
OF THIS VAST SUM MORE THAN ELEVEN BILLIONS ARE
FOR WAR ALONE, INCLUDING $3sO,0O0o 900 FOR AM
MUNITION FOR GREAT GUNS EXPECTED TO
BLAST A WAY THROUGH GERMAN FRONTS.

$4,000. 900 for the equipment Of en-
gineer troops and $500 2000.0 900 for the
expenses OF their operations In the field
Ammunition for the great guns to blast
a way through the German fronts is
ESTIMATED to cost s390, 900 900. For ma.
chine guns, the deadliest weapons OF
the war. more than s237 600 900 is ask
ed. For armored motor cars, more than
s75. 100000 is estimated.
Divisions for Navy.
The navy's total of "a little more than
81, ,000. .00e 900 Is distributed principally
in this way: Pay of officers and men.
si26, 900 900: aviation $4,000 i'm
proving and equipping navy yards for
construction of ships s4,000.000: pay,
provisions and clothing for the marine
corps. s61,000,0O0; recruiting. transpor-
tation and outfitting recruits, $15.000,.
900: ordnance. strictly in the bureau Of
ordnance. $26,500 900; new batteries OF
guns for ships s3S, 900. 900; ammunition
for ships alone s32, ,ooO. 900; reserve sup
plies of ordnance s33 900 600; mainten.
ance of yards and docks and contingent
expenses. 's12,000000; for medicine
land sugery, 100000; provisions
for bluejackets $4,000. 900; for main.
tenance in the bureau of supplies and
accounts, including fuel, for the navy,
and transportation for same s60,0o0,.
900; construction and repair Of ships,
$50, 900 900; engineering. which includes
the motive power, s50,000,O00.
For the food administration. Sc. 200. 900
is estimated; for the fuel administration
81. 500, 900.
Costs Are Higher
The estimates for all other depart.
ments. besides showing increase for
their expansion due to activities conse-
quent to the war reflect generally the
increased costs of everything generally
throughout the country.
The interior department presents
many new items for Investigations and
developments of natural resources.
Many estimates are submitted for the
national parks, including new buildings
at Hot Springs, Arkansas, for which
$150.000 is proposed. Total estimated
for the Indian office. which include the
usual sums for maintenance and inn
provement, total more than $4,000, 900
For continuation Of work on or com.
pletion of public buildings already au.
thorized. the following estimate is in.
cluded: Shawnee $435e0.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
SNOW MANTLES
AMERICAN FRONT
ADDS TO MUD IN LOW LANDS -
TRENCH TRAINING MOVING
RAPIDLY. .

With the American Army In France
Dec. "A number of officers who were
attached TO the first battalions TO enter
the trenches, have been transferred to
Ithe newly arrived units Of former Ma.
tional Guardsmen. where they will di
rect the work Of getting the new troops
ready for the front line. Later. men
of the first unit to establish contact
with the enemy also may be transferred
temporarily to assist the officers. This
conforms with the announced plan of
General Pershing
Reports from all divisional headquar-
ters indicate that the training is pro
crossing most rapidly. The course of
instruction has been shaped SO as to
achieve the greatest results in the
shortest time without abandoning any
necessary detail
Snow fell today over the entire Am.
erican zone, adding to the mud in the
low lands.
Engineers working on the supply line
today reported they had passed through
several fairly lively bombardments with.
out casualties.
Vance Mccormick. member of the
American mission TO the inter-allied con-
ference. came from Paris today to visit
headquarters and see the troops He
left to inspect the French front Colo
mel f. NJ. House and the other members
of the mission are expected TO visit the
American zone during the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
RUNAWAY BALLOON DROPS.

Woodward, Okla. Dec. S.-Informa-
ton received by the Southwestern TeIe.
phone Company here this afternoon
said the runaway balloon from Fort
Omaha, Neb.. had grounded at Meade.
Kansas. near the Oklahoma state line.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
CRAVENS, ALLEN
AND D0NAH0
FACE COURT
ALLEGED MURDERERS OF JACK
FORESTER GIVEN EXAMINING
TRIAL THIS AFTERNOON.

The examining trial of Roy Cravens,
Joe Allen and j. c. Donaho charged
with the murder of Jack Forester, at
Healdton, May 81. began this afternoon
in the count court.
The witnesses from Pushmataha
county have arrived to testify about an
alleged confession by Roy Cravens.
The other witnesses reside I'm this
county. and were here at the time Of
the killing. and are supposed to have
been familiar with the incidents lead.
ing up TO the murder, as well as to
where the murderers went after the
deed was committed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
w. c. T. u. MEETS IN
ANNUAL SESSION;
WANTS DRY NATION

Washington, Dec. 3.-Patriotic cere-
monies, including "the salute to the
flag committee reports and the ad.
dress of the president, Miss Anna A.
Gordon, engaged the attention here to-
day OF nearly one thousand delegates
to the annual convention of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union.
The energies of the convention. which
was opened informally last night with
an address by Col. w. J. Bryan, will be
devoted largely to the fight for passage
by the, house of the prohibition amend
senate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
WAR SAVING STAMPS CO ON SALE
This MORNING At ALL POST OFFICES

Washington, Dec. 3.-War savings
stamps went on sale at postoffices and
banks throughout the country for the
first time today. Before the week is
finished thousands of other agencies
for their distribution win be establish
ed In the hope Of promoting the most
thoroughly organized system of thrift
and gathering war funds in the worlds
history.
The two billion dollars which the
government expects to get within the
next year was apportioned today
among the states at the rate Of SEQ
for each inhabitant. Latest census esti.
mates in determining draft ouotas
were employed by the war savings lead
ers In figuring the apportionments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

All allotments By districts and states
include the following:
Fred w. Fieming's district: Arkan-
sas. ss5,52s.14c; Colorado. $50 .2Os. $50:
Kansas, $s7,777.1so; Missouri. SIC.
$50; Nebraska. $25.s10.l20: New Mexico.
$s.sss.4oo; Oklahoma. s46.303,5 see; Tex
as 81, ,4s4.S0o yoming. S2.S46.6so. To
tai s33s.127. .760~ Z.
Otto Marks district includes: I1ouisl-
ana $s7.2so.4so: Tennessee. e4o.S7lBso.
In . statement. Secretary NcA6oo -
clared war savings stamps wooI1 r,sr~
an epoch in the nations me.
Every man woman ana china = n
said. now can join the growing army
that provides the 'sinews Of war; 10
war saving stamps make II possible 20
every loyal citizen to Do his part~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
RETURNED FROM CONVENTION.

c. w. Richards. superintendent Of
schools, c. II. Woodruff. Bert Herman,
A. S. Littick. w. Williamson, Noah
Cisco. Mrs. s. NJ. Davis. Misses Ger
trude Alexander, Rena Shelton, Eleanor
McPheeters and Nellie McFerren. teach
ers, returned yesterday from Oklahoma
City where they attended a meeting Of
the state teachers, association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

Wichita. Kan. Dec. 3.-Somewhere
over Kansas or Oklahoma. early today,
was wandering in aimless fight the
giant army balloon which yesterday
broke from it's moorings at Fort Oma.
ha. Nebraska. and began racing south
ward ct a terrific rate OF speed. its
tail" six thousand feet tnore than a
mile, Of two-inch steel cable. dragging
the ground and tearing out telephone
and telegraph wires a mile at time.
Reports indicated that the balloon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
WEATHER FORECAST.

For sArdmore and vicinity; Ionign'
generally cloudy; TUESDAY unset,ieu,
oklahoma: Tonight generaiiy ciou"s'
Tuesday unsettled, colder IN west,
East Texas: Tonight generaiis c.ouos
colder In northeast and nortn"es' po'
,ions- Tuesday generally fair.
WEST Texas: Tonight and TUESDAY
fair: colder In north portion Tuesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
FOUR MINUTE MEN
TO MEET TONIGHT

Col. Sidney Suggs. county chairman
of the Four Minute Men has called a
meeting at 1880 o'clock tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce. Every member
and all interested in the work are
urged TO be present at that hour.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

Washington Dec. 3.-Representative
Gillette of Massachusetts will act as
republican leader OF the house while
republican Leader Mann Is at Johns
Hopkins hospital. Baltimore. being
treated for neuritis. Mr.. Mann is ex-
pected to resume his work In the house
after the Christmas holidays
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
SENATOR LODGE URGES
WAR ON ALL
ALLIES OF GERMANY

Washington. Dec. 3.-Senator Lodge,
ranking Republican on the senate for.
eign relations committee, declared TO.
day he favored war by the United
States against Austria, Turkey and Bull
garia.
I'VE have sent the mission headed
by Colonel House abroad TO secure
unity" he said.
"a prerequisite of unity. | believe. is
for all to be fighting the same enemies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
OkLAH0NIAN Is FLIER.

Rantoul. Ills, Dec. 3.-Five fliers at
Chanute field. given commissions as
first lieutenants. include j. Brackett,
Bartlesville, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03

poiu OF bavaria, with the object or ar
ranging a general armistice.
Amsterdam, Dec. Bulgaria has de-
cided to open negotiations with Rus.
sia, In accordance with her allies and
has sent a reply to this effect to the
Russian government. A Sofia dispatch
says this announcement was made in
Bulgarian parlimane by Premier
Radazlovoff.
London, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail, from Petrograd says that
Leon Trotzky, the bolsheviki foreign
minister, addressing the Petrograd
workmen's council Friday, announced
Austriat Hungary's acceptance Of the
bolshevilxi's offer of an armistice.
He said Russian delegates would at
tend Sundays conference at German
headquarters, but that nevertheless,
they would be on their guard against
contingencies, for bourgeoise diplomacy
always was dexterous in manipulating
policies so as to face about on what
appears to be an obvious truth.
'Tn no case" Trotzky is quoted as
saying. shall we. allow a wrong in.
depreciation of our principles for a gen.
eral peace. We shall confront our
enemies with questions which will adj
nit of no ambiguous answers. Every
word spoken by us or by them will be
written down and sent by wireless
to all nations, who will be the judge Of
our negotiations"
Trotzky said relations between the
bolsheviki government and England
continued ''in their former state Of in
definiteness." Referring to Russians
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-03
SEVEN DAYS TO ENLIST

Washington. Dec. 3.-Men subject to
the draft may enlist in any branch Of
military service up to noon. December
10, according TO a ruling issued at the
war department.