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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
SIS AN ACRE OIL
FOX LAND BROUGHT
REMARKABLE RETURN

How four men bought a tract of land
at 50 per acre, sold enough of II at SO
per acre TO offset the original invest.
ment with a small profit, and later
sold a half interest In the remainder
to net each of them a comfortable
little fortune, tells the story of the al
most unbelievable increase in the
Fox field, In which the discovery well
recently was brought In.
Before discovery Of this field, Roy NJ.
Johnson, Walter Cant. n. b. Feagin.
and l.. S. Dolman purchased a tract of
land In section 29-2-3 in the Fox dis
trict for So per acre. shortly after
ward, they sold part Of 1t to Writ
Franklin and Frank Phillips. the lat.
ter of Bartiesyillc, at $40 per acre,
retaining sixty acres for themselves.
Recently the four men sold a half
interest in the GOacre tract to the Sin.
clair oil and Refining Company, re-
ceiving $4,000 cash. or S52,250 each.
The first 100000 worth Of oil produced
viii be placed to the credit OF the Sin.
clair company. The Sinclair company
agrees to commence Immediately the
complete development of the property
and six wells will be begun at once.
When the property is drilled up and
paid out, the Sinclair and Astral Com
panios will own the production hall
and half
This land sold at the rate of $1,000
an acre, which Is considered very
high price for land on which there is
no production. The tract has two OF
sets TO the Gypsy-Sinclair discovery
well. in the same section, which is only
partially drilled. but Is producing 600
barrels daily,
c. A. Dorm, head OF the Sinclair land
department, put the deal through, and
oil men In a position to know. con
gratuate the Sinclair Company upon
acquiring this property which is one
OF the best In the field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
War Summary

Along a l50-mile front the French
and British are pushing back the Ger
man armies in a titanic struggle for
mastery Of the western front
Stepping into the fray after the Brit
ish had been hammcring the German
lines in the Arras region to bits for
a week, the French struck along a 25-
mile front along the Aisne, carried
the German positions TO an average
depth OF from two TO two and half
miles, captured more than ten thous-
and prisoners and maintained all the
ground won.
Last night after the great success
Of their initial rush, General Nivelle's
forces occupied themselves with con
solidating their new positions and re-
sisting German counter attacks.
All these assaults We're repulsed
and in the allies region west Of Cra-
onne, the Germans suffered heavy
losses. Their total casualties in the
first twentyfour hours fighting are
estimated at 100000 men.
In a broad way it may be judged
the French now have for their imme-
diate objective the isolation of the
important railway center OF Laon, to
turn the southern end of the Hinden.
burg line. The British already have
pierced this line at the northern end.
I Operations in the other war areas
are at present Of secondary import
ance, although the French activities
farther ives, in ~ champagne ana
in the Alsace Lorraine district appar.
emily will bear close watching for pos.
sible important developments.
In Mesopotamia the British have
advanced further up the Tigris to
within little more than ten miles Of
Samuria, seventy miles northwest of
Bagdad, where another battle appar.
emily is anticipated
Berlin announces the battle which
opened on the Aisne as "One Of the
greatest in the worlds history" The
French attempt to break through fail.
ed with very heavy losses, says the
German statement, which declares
that fighting continues at a few places
where the German lines were pene-
trated and fresh attacks by the French
are expected. The Germans report the
capture of more than 2,lOO prisoners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17

recently at large in the South Atlantic
is one of the foremost problems Il
even has been suspected that parts
of submarines have been shipped to
Mexico and assembled there. but by
many well informed officials this is
doubted The possibility of q German
submarine base in the Gulf Of Mexico.
however has hong been recognized and
many officials have been convinced
that the raiders would come from that
quarter
There also have been many reports
of secret German bases established on
the rocky and inaccessible coasts of
Maine and Northern Canada. from
which German U-boats could be sup
piled to raid the transports going
from Canada to the continent Inas-
much as there has been no evidence
Of the use of such bases in more than
two. years of war, it is considered
unlikely that even IL they exist they
can now be brought into use IN Ger.
manys warfare against the United
States.
The navy has taken all the meas
ures It now has at hand against the
submarine menace and naval officers
are confident OF the navy's ability to
deal with them so far as is possible
al this time.
Expert opinion is that some ship.
ping is bound to be lost if the raidlng
is extensive, but that submarines oper.
ating three thousand miles away from
home have most OF the disadvantages
10 contend with.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
Fighting Was Terrible.

On the right, the action began o little
later in The morning. The French met
with a very determined resistance and
the fighting was terrible. After several
hours of homeric struggle, the French
infantry, thanks to the support of sew.
eral hundred heavy quick firing guns
forced their way into the enemys first
line. II was fine success rs the ter.
rain was most difficult and the posi-.
tions formidable.
In the afternoon, the Germans coun.
terattacked with extreme violence and
almost everywhere along the front.
The majority of their reserves were
engaged south and east OF the Brimont
ridge. II is from the Brimont fort,
built on a crest which dominates all
the plain around, that the Germans
have bombarded the city Of Rheims.
The French troops are now very close
to this ridge which is likely to play
a prominent part in the coming fight.
ing In capturing Loiyre they have
drawn nearer to Bermericourt and
have gone far beyond the famous posi-.
ton which they lost in the first weeks
of the war and failed to win back at
the battle Of the Marne
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
GIST OF TODAY'S NEWS

U. S. Destroyer Smith fired upon by
German submarine, 100 miles
south OF New York; torpedo miss.
ed mark by thirty yards and sub.
mersible disappeared.
Germany admits battle in northern
France is greatest In history.
British and French have penetrated
German lines in northern France
for distance Of forty miles.
Berlin states that this morning fight.
ing developed on the ecyen-milc
front between Frunay southeast
Of Rheims, westward TO Auberhive,
the battle line being extended into
the Champagne.
Dispatch from 5erne, Switzerland, in.
dlcates Austro-Hungarian officials
and people are willing TO accept
any peace proposal leaving the
Austro-Hungarian territory intact.
Archbishop Benk Of New Orleans dy.
ing.
Strike in Berlin not Sc serious as indi
Gated, according to dispatch from
German capital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
THIS is oERMANY's WAY
OF STARTING IN ON WAR
Declaration That No Aggressive Ac'
ton Would Be Taken Against
U s. is Discounted.

The action of the U-b0at Is Ger
manys first recognition OF the state
of war declared by the United States.
It was stated in Germany soon after
the action Of congress that no agrees
i've steps would be taken against the
United States.
Practically no American officials be-
lieyed this, however, and steps to
meet aggressive action were at once
taken. The probability Of submarine
attack on unprotected seaboard cities
and towns, raids on shipping within
sight OF American shores, and "A sub.
marine blockade OF the principal At
lantic ports with the purpose Of ter
rorizug shipping and people were eX.
pccted
Last week word came to Washing.
ton iu a roundabout way that Ger.
many was about TO declare prohibit.
ed submarine zone about the harbors
at Boston New York the Delaware
capcs. Chespeak Bay, Charleston and
Savannah
II was said then that an official
warning 10 lNe l'utId.s Nl Aut piNhlH
tied zone would be- issued from Ber'
lin Some American officials were dis.
Inclined TO credit the report, but the
entente diplomatic corps here believed
In it and predicted that Germany
would soon carry the submarine cam
raign 10 this side Of the Atlantic
Some officials believe that the lack Of
q declaration Of a prohibited zone In
American waters may be- due 20 the
crippled condition of communication
with Germany since the United States
entered the war Without such de-
claration, they point out, Germany Will
incur great damage TO neutrals and
will carry on a campaign without the
declaration OF a barred zone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
SOUTHERN ROADS
MAY ASK FOR RAISE

Dallas, Texas, April II Possibility
OF railroads Of the southwest asking
the Interstate commerce commission
for fifteen per cent increase in cattle
rate was freely discussed today at the
rehearing of the Shreveport rate case
before Examiner Thurtell.
Gentry Waldo OF the G.. II. and S. A.
railroad said that such request was
being considered and others added
they had heard of the plan.
d. o. O'Donnell, inspector of trans.
poriation for the Southern Pacific, said
that claims for loss and damage to
cattle in transportation on his road in
1916 tOtaled $34,7726l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
BASES FOR U.5oATs
ON AMERICAN SHORES
Reports Of Locations in Secret Places
on Rocky and inaccessible Coasts.

Washington. April l7.-With subma-
rine war brought close to America,
gossip Of the possibility that German
U.boats may have bases on this side
of the Atlantic is again revived. The
raid of the U.53 and the two trips OF
the Deutchsland demonstrated that II
was possible for them TO escape the
British fleet and make their way TO
America. Whether a submersible could
make such q trip and return without
having supply base somewhere on
this side OF the Atlantic Is grayely
doubted Many officials here although
said that they always had believed
that the U.boat had a mother ship
somewhere down on the horizon. The
possibility that a merchant submarine
Of the Deutschland type now convert
ed to carriers OF fuel and oil and sup
plies. might accompany flotillas Of
the war boats on their transatlantic
raids is regarded as being ever pres.
ent. The possibility OF bases having
been planted by the German raiders
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
FIRST NEWS CAME
BY WAY OF BOSTON
Navy Yard Picked Up Smiths Report
and Communicated With Other
Points on Coast

Washington. April 17.-First infor.
nation Of the encounter came to the
navy department in q roundabout way
from the Boston navy yard which pick
ed up the Smiths report saying she
had been fired upon by German T.
boat.
The navy apartment after com.
municating with Fire Island, Boston
New York. and other Atlantic coast
points, announced that the report of
the Smiths encounter had been sub
stantiatei by official investigation.
At noon no further details were
available here
Whether the presence Of the Ger
man submarine merely foreshadOws a
sporadic raid such as the. U-53 con
Quoted off the New England coast, or
whether I, Is the signal for the begin
ming Of a general submarine blockade
Of the Atlantic coast Is not known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
WAR FINANCE BILL
UNDER CONSIDERATION
IN SENATE TODAY

Washington, April l7.-Considerl.
tion Of the S70OO,OOO war finance bill
was begun today In the senate.
Senator Stone, opponent OF most OF
the administration war measures. an.
nounced that he would vote for f.,
passage but thought It should have
been framed along different lines ant
reserved the right to express his views
later
Senator Simmons predicted that az.
ter the present issue another issue
probably will be necessary, at a higher
interest rate, For this reason, he saiu
II was desirable to give subscribers
to the present issue the conversion
right to exchange their bonds for those
having higher rates.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
FORD TRACTOR RIGHTS
GIVEN TO BRITAIN

Detroit. April l7.-Henry Ford, at
the request OF the British government
has waived all patent rights on rs
farm tractor so that Great Britain
can manufacture tractors for use In
the British Isles and In France.
Mr.. Ford hopes TO have thousands Of
tractors ready for use In the United
States and Canada by August / Mr..
Ford's entire tractor plant the same
as his automobile factory will be at
the disposal OF the United States gov.
ernment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
WEATHER FORECAST

Ardmore and vicinity. Tonight, gen.
orally cloudy, Wednesday unsettled.
Oklahoma. Tonight generally
cloudy: Wednesday unsettled, show.
ers In north portion.
East Texas Tonight and Wednes.
day generally cloudy
West Texas Tonight and Wednes.
day generally cloudy, probably show
ers In the Panhandle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
RUSSIANS HOPE
FOR WORLD PEACE
See Beginning of German Revolution
In Strike at berlln-Some
Conservative Views.

Copenhagen, April II lvia Londonl
News OF the strike In Berlin made
a deep impression among Russians
here who saw in the demonstration
the beginning of O German revolution
for the overthrow Of the Hohenzollern
dynasty and Dho restoration OF general
peace.
The correspondents Of the various
Russian newspapers took this view,
but persons who have recently arrived
here from Berlin are not inclined to
agree with IT, declaring too much I'm.
portance should not be attached to
the demonstration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
PUGILIST STACKER
CAN'T GET CHANCE
IN FIGHT GAME

San Francisco, California. April IT,
Les Darcy. the Australian pugilist
will not be allowed TO fight at Tia
Juana Mexico, according to state.
ment Issued here today by JAS Con.
roth. the former fight promoter and
now the president Of the Jockey Club
which controls the Tia Juana track
Conroth said he was opposed TO Darcy
for the same reason New York and
Louisiana governors gave when they
barred the fighter namely. He was
q Stacker
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
AUTOMOBILE NOW
FOR WOMAN PARTY
IN WIDE WEST

Los Angeles, Calf. April l7.-Miss
Margaret Whitmore OF Detroit, Michi'
gan. and Miss Margery Gibson Ross, Of
Cody. Wyoming, have arrived here to
inaugurate an automobile campaign,
which they said today they would con.
duct In eleven western states as repre-
scntatives OF the National Woman's
Party. TO organize women for a ma
tionsl woman suffrage campaign in
1918.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
TO WRECK
TRAIN IN TEXAS

Eastland. Texas. April 17.--What Is
considered an attempt TO wreck the
eastbound Sunshine Special from the
west. due in Eastland at HIS a. m.
was made at Lem Smith, four miles
west OF this place yesterday.
An obstruction of scrap iron was
placed and fastened across the track
in position to throw the train of a
bridge The telephone wires in the
neighborhood near the switch we're put
out OF commission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
ARCHBISHOP BLENK
is DYING SLOWLY

New Orleans, April 17-Physicians
attending Archbishop Blenk, critically
i'll here since Sunday. announced his
condition little changed today. The
archbishop was steadily growing weak.
er, and his attendants feared he would
not survive the day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
ADA WILL NOW HAVE
CASING HEAD PLANT

Ada, Okla, April 17.-The American
oil and Refining company has begun
work on q casing.head gasoline plant
just north OF this city. twill extract
the gasoline from the gas before II
Is used, process, which does not
lessen the utility Of the gas, but
saves from 500 to 1000 gallons a day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
PEACE AND SPRING
MOST DESIRED
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF
DUAL EMPIRE GROW WEARY
OF WAR AND ITS RESULTS.
ON HONORABLE TERMS
viii Struggle to End Rather Than
Submit to Humiiating Terms.
Shortage OF Food in Cities Has
Raised Several Problems.

Berne, Switzerland, April 1G.-(Via
Paris, April l7)-Peace and spring
weather are what the Austrian and
Hungarian people most desire. During
long stay in Vienna, whence the AS
sociated Press correspondent has just
come there was observed every indi-
cation that the government and the
people are willing to accept any peace
proposal leaving Austro-Hungarian
territory intact and making no claims
for war indemnity. By the same to-
ken, there appears to be no doubt that
the monarchy will continue fighting
unless these minimum conditions are
met. While the house OF Hapsburg is
extremely weary Of the war, its mind
is made up to persist in the struggle
to the end rather than accept humill-
ating terms The demands made on
Austria-Hungary resources, and the
human reservoir, by the war are be-
ginning to reach she limit of beara-
Dleness and the severe winter tended
to increase the great burden borne by
the population The sowing of crops
is about three weeks behind, which
causes considerable anxiety nOtwith-
standing the fact that the winter crops
are reported as in good condition.
Spring weather is awaited eagerly for
the planting Of potatoes and other
summer crops.
Some Problems.
Vienna and other large cities con
tinue to struggle with food problems
which are due largely to the extreme.
ly poor conditions Of transport. An
other factor is the short sighted sys.
TEN of food regulations, leaving com
paratiye plenty in many rural dis.
tricts while the thickly populated in
dustrial sections are in want.
In addition the public is exploited
by INSCRIPTIONS middlemen whom the
government in most cases has been
unable TO reach, owing to their tOn-
nection with powerful Vienna banks.
The recent conviction of the presi-
dent of the Algemeine Verkehrsbank
Of Vienna with sentence of nine
months imprisonment and a fine of
twenty thousand crowns had a salu.
tary effect, however, and other sim
liar cases are now pending before the
courts. The fact that large number
Of the men accused of being interest.
ed in food speculation are Jews has
created rather strong sentiment
against that race, which in turn has
led the Jews to assert that the pro.
ceedings against them are fostered
by anti.Semitism.
The efforts Of the government to
punish those who have driven up food
prices has resulted in demand for
investigation of the affairs of the aris.
tocracy and landed class, which is
charged with having ayailed itself Of
opportunities created by the war to
profit financially Emperor Charles is
said to be taking a personal interest
in this affair
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
Germans Lost Heavily.

Paris, April Herman counter at.
tacks in force In the region OF ALLIES
and Courcy were repulsed last night
by the French according to an official
statement Nssued by the French war
office Heavy losses were inflicted on
the Germans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
Rains Hamper Progress.

London, April 1.-THE British made
a further advance in the neighborhood
Of Epehy last night according to an
official statement issued by the war
Office Rains are hampering opera.
tlons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
PENNSYLVANIA CRUDE
REACHES RECORD PRICE
ADVANCING TO $3.1O

Pittsburg, Pa, April 17.-Pennsyl-
yania crude oil went to a record price
here today when the principal pur.
chasing agencies announced an in.
crease OF five cents a barrel to 1910.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
WHO KNOWS
WHAT PEACE MEANS
Austrian Ruler States His Convictions
in a Striking Manner to Biorn
Biornson

Berlin, April 16.-(Via London, April
1O.-Emperor Charles of Austria is
quoted by Bjorn Bjornson as saying
in an interview at LuXemburg, near
Vienna:
81 believe | know war better than
most Of the men who are at the head
.of the enemy powers today. | know
not only the financial and economic
sides of war, but | also know what it
means to die in the trenches. have
lived a time in the field There
fore, kN also maybe better than
any othefS. nperor or king, what
peace meansH.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
Great French Drive.

"A great French attempt to break
through yesterday, the object of which
was far reaching, was foilel
The losses of the enemy were very
heavy. More than 2,l00 prisoners re
mained in our hands.
Where the enemy at a few places
penetrated into cur line, fighting still
continues and fresh enemy attacks are
expected.
"On Monday afternoon the French
threw fresh masses into the fray and
carried out lateral attacks between
the Disc and Conde, on the Aisne.
"The artilirey fight wIich was con-
tinued today leyelled the positions and
produced wide, deep craters, rendering
an obstinate defense no longer pos.
sible.'
"The fighting no longer is against
a line but over quite a deep anA ir-
regular fortified zone
THE battle swayed backwards and
forwards around our foremost posi-
tions, our object being, If the war ma
terial is lost to spare the lives of our
forces and to inflict heavy sanguinary
losses and thus deCisiyely weaken the
enemy. This was achieved"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
SUBMARINE FIRED
ON NU.S.DESTROYER
GERMAN TORPEDO MISSED MARK
BY THIRTY Wards AND
DISAPPEARED.
FIRST MOVE OF WAR
Firing Upon the Smith is Kaiser's
Initial Aggressive Acknowledged
Of Principal Atlantic Ports Had Been
Expected.

A German submarine today fired
on the destroyer Smith about 100
miles south of New York
The presence Of enemy submersibles
in American waters indicates that the
threatened German submarine block
ade OF American Atlantic ports had
begun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-17
one Of GREATEST
IN MIGHTY War
BATTLE NOW IN PROGRESS ON
WESTERN FRONT MAY BE
DECISIVE.
FAR EXTENDED FRONT
Terrific Struggle Between Sossons
and Rheims Centers Around Brmont
Ridge-German French and British
Reports Indicate Great Efforts.

Berlin, April 17.-tVia London) .-
zone of the greatest battles Of the
mighty war and therefore also in the
worlds history" says the official
statement issued today by the German
army headquarters staff, rs in prog
ress on the river Aisne. In the Cham
paigne this morning, fighting between
Prunay and Auberyc developed, the
battle line thereby extending from
the river Disc into the Champagne.
"Our troops anticipated with entire
confidence the coming heavy fighting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-19
BISHOPS
COME TO
TACOMA

Bishops ]. p. McCloskey of the
Philippines and ID. j. Dougherty
OF Buffalo. N. Y, are due to ar
rive in Tacoma Thursday after
noon for an inspection of the
Catholic institutions of the city.
With the two bishops are seven
priests. who are making the tour
of the west.
A committee of the knights of
Columbus. headed by ]. II. Ternes,
will take the party on an auto trip
of the city and the army post In
the afternoon.
The local lodge of the knights
of Columbus announce that a L.
600 00 fund Is being raised thru
out the L. s. to carry on work at
the various army posts, similar TO
the Y. NJ. c. A. work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-19

JUNK BUYERS
ARE THIEVES

Three daylight burglsries were
repor ed in Tacoma "Wednesday
afternoon, In two eases the
crimes were committed by MN
who operated under the guise OF
Junk buyers. the police say
At the homes of w. A. Senter.
tl12 Asotin St, and Fred Taylor.
1928 SO, 4ls' St, junk man on
gagged the occupants of the house
in conversation in the back yard
while an accomplish ransacked the
dwelling.
From the Senter home they stole
SIS in cash, and from the Taylor
home $l.25.
Thieves entered the home of II.
A. Libke, Is East goth St. steal
ing a gold watch. stickpin and
quart of whisky.