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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
WAR SUMMARY.

are resisting desperately renewed Aus.
tro-German efforts to break through the
hills to the plains The Italians, after
withstanding strong attacks and in.
fiicting heavy losses on the enemy, were
forced to retire to new positions when
the invaders brought up reserves. On
the southern end of the Piave line, the
Austro-Germans have been checked in
several attempts 10 cross the river.
On the western front, the Germans
have not yet given strong indication of
where their advertised drive is to begin.
German guns continue to lombard va
rious sectors along the front from the
North sea to the Swiss border. including
the Ypres and Champagne sectors, and
many raiding parties are harassing the
British and French soldiers.
Enemy raids have been repulsed by
the British in the Arras area and north
west of Ypres, while the French have
repulsed an attack at Regneville, north
west of Verdun. Germany's present
strength ON the western front is esti.
mated to approximate the maximum
reached last July when ii was 155
divisions The allies. however. are be-
lieved to have a superiority i'm mum
bers
British shipping losses for the past
week total II, decrease of four com
pared with the previous week. The
number of ships of more than 1900 tons
lost remained stationary, the reduction
being in vessels under 1000 tons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
HALF CAMP BOWIE
GETS HOLIDAY
ORIGINAL ORDER CALLED FOR
ONLY FIVE PER CENT. But
WASHINGTON "RELENTS."

Fort Worth. Texas Dec. 20.-The war
department granted permission this
morning to General Greble to grant half
of his men at Camp Bowie Christmas
furloughs. Originally the department
restricted the furloush to five per cent.
Camp Sherman. Chillicothe Ohio, Dec
e0.-Disgruntled because only five per
cent of the draft soldiers here viii be
given Christmas ftTloughs, fifty-five
Cleveland men in the 331st Infantry
took French leave from camp and We're
being sought by the military authori-
ties.
Cleveland. Dec. 20.-Nine of the fifty
five soldiers who took leave from Camp
Sherman were apprehended in this city
last night. None of them. 1t is said.
offered resistance to arrest.
Rockford. Dec. 20.-Four days leave
is to be granted to the men at the
Camp Grant cantonment. Similar leave
OF absence has been ordered for the
sailors at the Great Lakes naval train
ing station.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20

A state of siege has been proclaimed
in Petrograd and the Ukrainan rada
has refused to obey an ultimatum pre-
sented by the bolshevik government.
Disorders i'm the capital. due, it is said,
to the looting of wine cellars and shops,
made necessary the proclamation of a
state of siege.
Relations between the Ukraine and
the bolshevik government have not been
cordial. The Ukraine has refused to al
low Maximalist troops to cross its terri
tory to combat General kaledines. a
few days ago bolshevik troops attacked
the rada while in session, but were de-
feated by Ukrainian forces. The boil
sheviki have accused the rada of being
friendly with the constitutional demo-
Gratis and Cossacks, the main factors
behind the counter-revoution.
COssacks Active Again.
Rostov-on-the-Don. recently reported
captured by the bolsheviki, is now said
to have been occupied Monday by Cos
sacks of General kaledines, who, ac-
cording to another recent rumor, had
been arrested by his own officers. The
Cossack leader, according to dispatches
reaching London from Petrograd. has
proposed to the bolsheviki that civil
strife come to an end by declaring the
independence of the Don territory and
providing against Maximalist interven
tion there.
Between Monte Grippa and Brenta on
the Italian northern front. the Italians
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
CORN MAKES
SHARP ADVANCE

Chicago, Dec. 2O.-Rumors that the
east-bound embargo on corn and oats
was to be lifted and that the maximum
price of corn was to be removed led to
sharp upturn in the corn and oats
markets on the board of trade today
May corn advanced "a cents to
1.26 1-2. Oats rose 3 cents.
President Griffin of the board issued
a statement from which it appeared that
the rumors of removal of the maximum
price, s1.2S. grew out of a conference
of grain men with the federal food ad-
min1stration recently. The statement
said. however. that If the maximum
were removed it would not affect exist
ing contracts. Grain shippers said they
had not been formally notified of ter
mination of the railroad embargo.
Notice that the embargo. which was
imposed December g. was lifted. was re-
ceived shortly after 10 O'Clock. The
board of trade ticker printed a denial
from Washington that the maximum
price was to be removed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
1863 OKLAHOMA
CONV|CTS FREE
PARDONED BY GOVERNOR Will
LIAMS-SOME ARE PAROLED
AND MUST RETURN.

Oklahoma City. Dec. 2O.-One hun
dred and sixty-nine men and women
convicts at the state penitentiaries at
McAlester and Granite will be sent on
their way to their homes today to spend
Christmas with their families and
friends, by order of Governor Robert
L. Williams.
A plan for suspending the sentences
of forty-three men was recently worked
out by Governor Williams, and he de-
cided to sign the suspensions today, his
forty-ninth birthday. These forty-three
will be at liberty for ten days, begin
ming today. and are on their honor to
return and resume serving their SEN
tences when their ten-day reprieve ex'
pires.
One hundred prisoners are to be given
expiration pardons, as their sentences
would have expired before January or
February, and twenty-six are to receive
permanent paroles.
OF the prisoners given Christmas va
cations. 80 are white. eight are me-
groes and three are Indians.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
MORE LUXBURC
TELECRAMS TO
Be PUBLISHED

Washington Dec. 20.-Some two score
more OF kilograms which passed be-
tween Count Won Luxburg. minister to
Argentine, and the Berlin office. will
be made public today by the state de-
partment by agreement with the Argen-
tine government. who also will publish
them simultaneously at Buenos Aires.
Exposure Of Count Won Luxburg's
sink without trace" telegram by Sec
retary Lansing was what caused a rup-
ture of diplomatic relations between
Argentina and Germany.
How the public mind in Argentina,
already pressing President Irigoyen to
go 10 war with Germany. will regard
further exposures Of German intrigue
is of no less interest of officials in
Washington than Is its probable effect
on the Latin-American attitude to-
wards a so-called neutrality conference
just called at Buenos Aires, to attend
which Luis Cabrera. Mexico's represen-
tative. unceremoniously left the United
States recently while this government
was waiting to begin negotiations over
food exports to Mexico.
While public sentiment for entering
the war on the side of the United
States and the allies has been spreading
Through all LatihAmerica- the con-
spicuous examples of inactions have
been the governments of Mexico and
Argentina. The sudden visit of Cabrera
at this particular time to a so-called
neutrality conference in Buenos Aires
has caused much speculation. Whether
there can be any connection between the
new Luxburg exposures and the rela-
tions between Mexico and Argentina
excites much interest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
ALLEGED OUTLINE
KAISER S NEW
PEACE PROPOSAL

Washington. Dec 20.-4What purports
to be an outline of the kaiserss much
advertised Christmas peace terms" has
reached here through the same neutral
diplomatic channels which earlier in
the week received information TO sup
port intimations from abroad that
new peace offer was coming.
In the main, the terms, as described
follow the lines of those said to have
been written by German Foreign Min
lister Won Kehlmann, last summer. AT
that time. they were denounced as hav-
ing been written purely for political
purposes.
The so-caIled terms, which must be
appraised only at their face value, are
said to include the following:
To leave the disposition of Alsace-
Lorraine to a plebiscite of inhabitants.
England TO pay Germany for her lost
African colonies and the money to be
used for the rehabilitation of Belgium
Serbia Rumania, and northern France.
Russian provinces bordering the Bal
tic. the Black sea and Prussia to be-
come independent under German plan
Poland to be called an independent
state under Austrian .suzerainty.
Disarmament freedom of the seas
and commerce to be left to the peace
conference.
Rumania. Serbia and Montenegro to
regain their original boundaries with
the right of access TO the sea being
granted to Serbia.
Turkey to remain intact.
Whether such a proposal OF terms Is
merely step in the German propa-
ganda to impress the public mind that
the allies are responsible for contin-
uance of the war. or whether ii is
really a feeler for peace, is a subject
for the estimates of the governments
concerned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
'.SHEVIK GOVERNMENT AND
HUN SOON MAKE PEACE.
. Russian Reds Chance to Send
TrOODs Against COssacks.

London, Tuesday, Dec. lS.--Peace
negotiations between Russia and the
central powers an armistice having been
reached, are assuming an aspect of i'm.
portance. a report says.
DIR. Won Kuehlmann. the German for
eign secretary, and Count Czernin, the
Austro- Hungarian foreign minister, are
bo(h said to be on their way to Brest-
Litovsk. being accompanied by advisory
suites from various government depart
ments.
II is also indicated from Berlin that
the main committee of the reichstag will
be summoned to meet in special session
in connection with the negotiations. and
some German newspapers interpret this
as showing that the will Of the peoples
representatives is about to assert itself.
Another result of the armistice is that
Ensign Krylenko, the bolshevik com
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF
STANDARDIZED 5OOO-TON
STEEL OCEAN LINERS

At Atlantic Port, Dec. 20.-Marking
the actual beginning of production OF
standardized five-thousand-ton steel
cargo ships. for the United States gov
ernment, John Hunter. inspector FOR the
United States shipping 4ard, today
drove the first rivet in the first of these
vessels at large shipyard near here.
which has been rushed to completion
in seventy-six days.
The keels of two similar vessels are
to be laid this month.
The program of the private corpora
ton building the ships calls for the
completion OF $50 of the cargo boats
in the least possible time.
The yards where this work is being
done are so arranged that twenty-eight
of the vessels will soon be under con-
struction at the same time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
GERMANY WOULD CONTINUE
THREATS OVER SMALL NATIONS

Petrograd. Wednesday. Dec. 1s.-The
Evening Post says that the German
government has officially informed the
bolsheviki that the German government
is ready TO consider arrangement for
peace on the basis of no annexations
and no indemnities. but pointed out
that self-definition of nations was i'm
practicable"
The representatives of the central
powers informed the Russians they
were ready to discuss peace prelimi'
naries. but desired to know the result
of Russia's efforts to induce the allies
to join in the negotiations before pro-
ceeding with them. They said this point
of view might be changed. however,
and that they might be willing to discuss
peace with Russia alone.
The Germans were of the opinion that
the armistice might influence the other
fronts.
The first conference was devoted
merely TO a discussion of who would
participate in the negotiations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
TO DEC. |
10,t42,858 BALES
LAST YEAR TO SAME DATE, FIG
URES WERE 1888. ,99-OkLA-
HONA TOTAL S60.lll.

Washington. Dec. 2o.-Cotton ginned
prior to December 13 amounted to 10,-
,S5S running bales, exclusive of
linters. and including 1S0.252 round
bales and S3,352 bales of sea island.
the census bureau today announced.
Last year TO December a total of
10.S3S.7s running bales was ginned. in
Guiding 1S4.2s5 round bales and 1l0163
bales of sea island
Ginnings by states this year were:
Alabama 464.661; Arizona 1904; Ar
kansas S32.54s; California 30.453; Flor
ida 1929: Georgia 1.7l9,504; Louisiana
5sO.473: Mississippi 714,606: Missouri
4i .2s9: North Carolina 52l.60O; Okla
homa s6O1i1: South Carolina 1.111.2i0;
Tennessee iSIl46: Texas 2.943.975; Nir-
ginia Ii, ,456: all other states 1888.
Sea island ginnings by states. Flor
ida S5 III; Georgia 43,1Oi; South Caro-.
lima SOL
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
|HUN Governments CONTINUE TO
MAKE EFFORTS TO INDUCE ALLIES
TO CONSIDER PEACE 0VERTURES
KAISER'S EMISSARIES URGE BOLSHEVIKI TO ALSO LEND
HAND IN THE MATTER, AND REPORT HAS 1T
THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE ENDEAVORINC TO
SOUND ALL BELLICERENTS.

mander-in.chief. has been able to move
divisions from the northern front
against General Kaledines tCossack Of
ficer). who is reported to be gaining
new successes.
There is no direct confirmation Of
the report that former Premier Keren'
sky is in the vicinity Of Petrograd with
an army.
Meanwhile, the bolshevik administra-
ton is adopting drastic methods against
its opponents, including the reinstate-
ment of the death penalty.
A dispatch from Tammerofrs. Finland
says that the Russian troops are pre-
pairing to evacuate Finland. their trans
portation already having been arranged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
R|NCL|NG TRAIN
DERAILED IN
ARDM0RE YARD

Passenger train No. ., on the Ring
ling road. was derailed at 1929 O'Clock
this forenoon. near the roundhosse, as
the train was pulling into Ardmore.
The engine jumped the track and the
passengers received a shaking up, but
only one was reported hurt A. L.
Black, of Wilson, was able to walk TO
an ambulance, and on examination at
the Hardy sanitarium 1t was found that
no bones were broken, but that he was
severely bruised. His injuries were not
serious. The train was running about
ten miles an hour when the derailment
occurred.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20

Pctrograd. Dec. 19--(Wednesday).-A
cordlng to press reports, Russia has
been Informed by the Germanic powers
that they intend to make peace pro.
posals to the entente allies.
This report is published in the Eve.
ming Post which says the represents
tives of the central powers, at the first
peace conference with the
Russians held yesterday, announced that
their governments intended on prin.
ciple to put the question of peace be.
fore all the powers, and that they had
asked their allies to do likewise. Russia
was requested to take similar steps.
II Is stated the Russians are endeavOr-
by all means to sound the allies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
AMERICAN SANTA CLAUS
MUST GO TO HALIFAX.
Many Tots Blinded by Explosion Will
Have Sad Christmas.

Halifax, N. s., Dec. 2O-An Amerf
can Santa Claus must provide toys for
hundreds of blind and crippled children
in hospitals here. The limited stock
carried by the local dealers has been
exhausted.
A cormittee OF women. to which was
assigned the duty of bringing Christ
mas cheer to victims OF the explosion
and fire found today that unless ship
ments were received from the United
states within the next few days plans
for filing the stockings OF destitute
children could not be carried out
Although no approximate estimate OF
those blinded by the explosion Is avail
able. il is believed the number may
reach 1000. including those who lost
the sight OF one or both eyes. Many
OF these are children and little gifts
which they never will see are sadly
needed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
GERMAN ARMOR
NOT WITHSTAND FIRE.
FROM AMERICAN RIFLES
By the Associated Press,

With the American Army in France
Dec. 9-(Wednesdayl-T German
soldiers armor will not withstand the
hard-hitting American bullet. it has been
shown. heavy breastplate removed
from a German prisoner for test was
literally chewed to pieces by machine
gun fire after rifle bullet fired at
good range had torn hole in the armor
as big as silver dollar.
Even the bullets from an automatic
pistol did the work it was expected they
would in this respect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
BANK BANDITS GET
$4,000 FROM VAULT

Chicago. Dec. 2O.---Robbers last night
stole approximately $4,000 from the
safety deposit vaults of the State Bank
of Summit. a suburb.
The money was in bills of small de-
nominations and belonged to the Argo
plant of the Corn Products company II
was reported None of the banks
money was touched. The robbery was
discovered this morning.
H. Kilgore, who is president of the
bank, also is vice-president Of the State
Bank OF La Grange. which was held up
in daylight a week ago According to
Mr.. Kilgore, the payroll of the Summit
bank was insured
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
AMERICAN DOCTOR
OFFICER DISCRACES
UNIFORM; SENT HOME
By the Associated Pressl

With the American Army in France,
Dec. is. lTuesday)EFrom several re-
cent trials by courts martial. il is evil
dent that sobriety and proper conduct
on the part of officers will be insisted
upon at all times. The latest case is
that of an American lieutenant of the
medical reserve who was convicted of
drinking with enlisted men and dis
gracing the military service by being
intoxicated while in uniform. The
lieutenant has been dismissed from the
army and sent back TO the United
States under guard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
ENLISTED MEN REFUSE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONNAIRES
GIVES TROUBLE TO BOARDS

New York. Dec. 20.--Because young
men of draft age who have enlisted
since the selective draft law became eff
fective are declining TO answer the ques-
tionnaires on the advice OF their com
mandine officers. Philip J. McCook, local
representative of the adjutant generals
office. has complained to the war depart
ment at Washington. IL was announced
today. The refusal to answer questions
has caused much confusion to the local
exemption boards. Mr.. McCook said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
ELEVEN DIE IN EXPLOSION.

Knoxville. Tenn. Dec. 20. - Eleven
men were killed in an explosion at the
Barbour Coal companyis mine near
Memo. Tennessee. late yesterday, ac-
cordlng 20 advices received here today.
The explosion is believed to have re-
suited either from a gas pocket be
coming ignited or the premature dis
charge of powder. Seventy-five men
were in the mine at the time OF the
explosion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
Y. NJ. c. A. SECRETARIES LEAVE
CAMP FOR FOREIGN DUTY

Lawton. Okla. Dec. 20.-The Y. Nj.
c. A. organization at Camp Doniphan
has been. almost reorganized: Five sec
retaries have already left for foreign
service. They are c. NJ. Allen, camp
educational director; the Rev. b. ".
Edworthy. religious director at build
ing No. 5s: George f. Burgess. religious.
director at building No. Sc; the Rev.
Thomas r. Mordy. religious director at
Building No. SO, and the Rev William
Hints. religious director at building No.
IS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
ond Friday partly cloudy.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
East Texas, Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday.
West Texas: Tonight and Friday
fair
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
Gibbons Urges Miners to Work.

Washington, Dec. 2O.-Cardinal Glib
bons gave his sanction today to Roman
Catholic miners working on the holy
days falling within the Christmas ana
New Years holiday season.
In a letter to Fuel administrators Car
field. Gibbons approves of suggestion
that miners take only Christmas day
and New Years day off. and further
proposed that saloons might cooperate
by closing from 3 o'clock in the eve
ming until o'clock the following morn
ing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
ESTHER CLEVELAND TO
WED TITLED BRITON

London, Dec. 2e-The engagement is
announced of Esther. daughter of
Grover Cleveland. to Captain Bosanquet
of the Coldstream guards. Captain
Bosanquet. a son of Sir Albert Bosan.
quet. has been decorated with the dis
tinguished service order.
Miss Cleveland came to London in
June Of last year. after having qualified
as a nurse and instructor OF the blind
and took up work as a volunteer at
St Durstan's home for blinded soldiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
WEALTHY HOMES IN
NEWPORT ARE SEARCHED
FOR HOARDED SUGAR

Newport. r. l.. Dec 2o.-The homes
of many wealthy families here were
searched yesterday by United States
secret service agents on reports re-
ceived by the government that quaint
ties of sugar had been bearded None
was found
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
Terms of UItimatum.

London, Dec. 20.-The bolshevik ulti.
matum TO the Ukrainian demands that
within forty-eight hours decision be
made whether the Ukraine will seek to
assist General Kaledines by sending him
troops while forbidding passage to boil
shevik government troops, and also
whether it will stop disarming troops
in the Ukraine. In case of refusal the
rada will be considered at war with the
congress of workmen's and soldiers dele
gates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
BRITISH CASUALTIES.

London. Tuesday. Dec. 1S.-Britlsh
casualties reported during the past week
total 1925 officers and men. as follows:
Officers killed or died of wounds. 331;
men, 3.1s1; officers wounded or miss
ing. 1899; men. 1S.425.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
NINE MILLION POUNDS OF
SUGAR GOES FROM LOUISIANA

Boston. Dec. 20.-A cargo of nine
million pourds OF raw sugar from Louis
lana. the first received this month.
reached Boston TODAY. Refiners said
that probably would be the last Of the
Louisiana product to be sent here this
season. but that Cuban sugar was ex-
pected 10 move northward within the
next ten days. and further relieve the
shortage.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
Form Two-Bit Clubs.

Washington. Dec. 2o.-'Two-bit clubs"
are being formed under direction Of
war savings committees in a number
OF cities. Members agreed to buy one
25-cent thrift stamp every day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
RURAL DISTRICTS

Throughout the county workers are
devoting every effort to make thor
eugh canvass of the sma1 Ter towns and
school districts in the Red Cross Christ
mas Membership Drive Each night
there are two to four or five meetings
at schoolhouses and the Four Minute
Men who are covering these assign
ments report great enthusiasm In each
neighborhood.
Jake Bodovitz addressed meeting
at Provence last night, and In addition
to inaugurating the Red Cross drive IN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
state Managers Appeal.


Senator Fred Fl. Tucker. district man.
ager, this morning received a telegram
from l.. f. Phillips. state manager, in
which he makes the following appeal:
Our soldiers. sailors and allies need
one million heart throbs of sympathy
from Oklahoma expressed by the Red
Cross Christmas memberships You can
express your gratitude to them by build
ing mercy machine in your county
10 bind up their wounds and alleviate
their suffering. Ask your workers to
redoube their efforts and keep going
till the campaign closes. No man is too
busy to do this work for humanity
Work. work. work. How would you like
to be i'm the trenches Christmas day.
ready to pay the supreme sacrifice and
feel that the fellows at home were not
doing all they could to help? This Is a
personal duty and obligation upon every
one. Keep going. That will be the
answer from your county"