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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
HABEAS CORPUS
FOR % SUFFS
CONVICTED WOMEN PICKETS BE-
FORE WHITE HOUSE SEEK RE-
LEASE BY FEDERAL JUDGE

Richmond. Va, Nov. 17.-Federal
Judge W'addill today ordered a writ OF
habeas corpus issued seeking the re
lease of twenty-eight woman's party
militants during sentences at Occa
guam workhouse for picketing the
White House and set hearing at Nov
ember q. at Alexandria, Va.
The application for the writ alleged
acts of cruelty and charged as one ex-
ample that Lucy Burns. vice-president
of the woman's party. had been hand
cuffed to the bars of a cell formerly
used for Incarceration Of the prisoners
in delirium tremens.
The petition for the writ also seeks
the release of the militants on the
legal ground that prisoners sentenced
for offenses committed in the District
of Columbia cannot be imprisoned in
the state of Virginia.
The issue of the writ today does not
release the militants, but orders them
produced in court November 27, when
the authorities must show cause why
they should not be free in accordance
with their intentions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
VILLAS WOUNDED
CARED FOR BY us.
PART OF CARRANZAS DISABLED
TROOPS ALSO ARE IN AMERI-
CAN HOSPITALS AT PRESIDIO.

Presidio. Texas, Nov. IA force OF
ga today for the southwest, going IN
the direction of La Mula Pass. Gen
eral Francisco Murguia is reported 70
be moving northea3; to engage the
Villa forces
Colonel Langhorne, commander Of
the American forces In the Big Bend
district, this afternoon ordered all in.
termed Mexican federal soldiers taken
to Maria. sixty-tive miles north of here.
for detention. General Espiona Y.
Cordova and his officers will he taken
with the ordinary soldiers. Army
guards will escort the forces over the
trail.
Colonel Langhorna also ordered the
wounded federal and Villa soldiers car
ed for here by the ARM medical corps
as a humanitarian case There are
fifty.three of these In the abode hos
pitfalls.
Two well dressed and intelligent Mex.
leans have been arrested by American
military officers here AMI are being
detained pending investigation of their
identity. The two were caught trying.
apparently, to escape outpost patrols
late yesterday. They asserted they
were merchants from Pueblo and Mex
leo City engaged in selling hats 20 the
federal garrison in Ojinaga II Is be-
lieved here, however. that they are rep.
of Felix DiaZ or Zapata.
They gave addresses which connect
them closely with the new allied move.
ment in Mexico.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
IDABEL AND COUNTY
OVERSUBSCRIBE QUOTA
FOR Y. M. G. A. WAR WORK

Idabel. Okla, Nov. 17-tSpecial-
The committee appointed TO solicit
funds for the quota assessed against
ldabel for Y. NJ. c. work among sold.
iers has concluded it's work. and sue.
ceeded in raising 5000.
The sum asked from idabel was $3.50.
McCurtain county's quota was 81 900,
and Sl,l00 has been raised 10y Idabcl
and two citizens. who each gave $3.50
McCurtain county -Tways comes up
with more than is asked for when
called upon to help the war The coun.
" gave a full quota of men to the
draft and has furnished six officers.
and has subscribed more than it's share
of all bonds and contributions
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
AMERICAN SOLDIER
is EXECUTED FOR
DASTARDLY CRIME

Washington, Nov. l7.-,An American
soldier OF General Pershngs forces
found guilty by courtmartial OF criini.
nal assault and murder OF French
woman, has been executed by firing
squad.
All details of this. the first death
penalty imposed since the troops landed
in Europe, are being withheld by the
war department. 4
When a full report has been receiv a
from General Pershing II probably -
be published. as officials Of the de- st
ment want the world to know ho' SShe
army deals with men who commi f,uch
crimes. Secretary Baker said tn S'Gen
eral Pershing had full power carry
out the sentence OF the cou' martial
without referring the case to .,e presi'
dent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
SOLDIERS TAKE
MUCH INSURANCE
so FAR THE SUM OF S552 ,OOO, 900 IN
POLICIES HAVE BEEN AP-
Piled FOR

Washington, Nov. 17.-Applications
for more than s552 100000 of govern.
nlent life insurance for men of the
army and navy had been received to-
day by the treasury department.
This represents a little more than
one months operation of the war in.
surance action. by which, soldiers. sail-
ors, marines and nurses in active ser.
vice. in addition to family allowances
and death and disability compensation
furnished by the government without
charge, may buy government insur-
ance. The great sum represents Ga.
16S applications.
The average amount of insurance ap-
piled for, counting officers and men,
is $500.
Applications are coming in at the
rate of approximately 1900 to 5000 a
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
10 OF ROCHESTER'S
CREW ARE LOST

Washington. Nov. 17.-Nineteen men
including six members Of the naval
armed guard. probably lost their lives
when t1e American steamship Roches.
ter was torpedoed in the war zone Nov.
ember ..
Early reports to the navy depart.
ment told of only two members of the
crew being killed by the explosion. but
today Vice Admiral Sims cabled that
four men died of exposure in an open
boat that another boat with the second
officer and eleven other men had been
given up as lost and that one member
of the crew was drowned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
FEED SITUATION
|NSTATE CRITICAL
HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, HOGS
MUST BE SACRIFICED. DE-
FENCE COUNCIL is TOLD.

Oklahoma City. Nov. 17.-There arc
5000 horses and mules, 1000 cattle
1000 head of sheep and 10000 hogs sur
fering for feed in the vicinity of Hollis
Oklahoma, II is declared I'm a telegram
from there to j. NJ. Aydelotte, chair
man of the State Council of Defense
The situation is parallel to that OF
southwest Texas" II is declared that
II relief is not sent soon this livestock
must be sacrificed at great loss.
There is no feed in the neighbor-
hood and the situation is made worse
because of no cars to haul feed into
the country. The car situation is be-
coming critical in the state. The Cor
poration Commission is constantly com
municating with the railroads in the
hope of getting more cars released. But
a condition is presented that offers no
solution. 1t is estimated by the com.
mission that there are 1900 cars in
the state tied up at cotton congresses.
Congresses Hold Cars.
Operators of congresses say they arc
so :hort of labor they can only unload
a few cars day. At one place. where
il is said 200 cars are standing with
cotton, not more than ten of them can
be released a day because there is not
enough labor
Embargoes have been placed against
many of the towns having cotton gins
and congresses and no cotton will be
allowed to move there until the present
congestion is relieved 1t is said that
tons of cottonseed are laying on the
ground which has been dumped there
to empty the cars. Ii a rain should
come it would practically ruin the seed.
The commission took up the situa-
ton with the federal government in the
hope of securing relief for the interests
involved. The situation is regarded as
extremely serious.
Appeals to Governor.
Urgent appeals We're made to Gov
ernor Williams and the State Council
of Defense from Tillman and Alfalfa
for assistance in getting feed
TO cattle al Frederick and Cherokee
and also TO secure cars for hauling live
stock to market or TO some place where
they can be put on grass. There is no
feed al the places named. il is said, and
either feed must be brought to the cat
tie there or cars must be sent TO take
them out of the country.
The word from Alfalfa county says
there are 10000 cattle now being fed on
silage and straw. but this cannot hold
out much longer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
BELATED DISPATCHES FROM AM
BASS.ADOR FRANCIS AT PET.
ROGRAD REACH CAPITOL.
FIGHTING IN STREETS
BOlsheviki Troops Spill Blood Of De
tenders = Socialist Factions Form
Government With Only Socialists
Allowed to Participate.

Washington. Nov. l7.-Belated dis
patches from Ambassador Francis. reach.
ing the state department today, told of
the shooting in the streets of Petro.
grad in which students of the military
academy and battalions of women par.
ticipated. The ambassador said cadets
and women were slaughtered by the
Bolshevikl troops.
The latest dispatch was dated No
vember 10, last Tuesday, and told how
the socialist factions had formed
government of coalition nature with
only socialists allowed to participate.
Messages from the department to Am
bassador Francis have been held up
evidently in Petrograd for the embassy
reported that 1t had received no mes
sages since November 3. No Ameri
cans had been injured in the fighting
MUST
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington. Nov. 17.-Weather hu
reau predictions for the week begin
ming Sunday. issued today include:
West Gulf States: Generally tair al
though some slight possibility of rain
over northwestern sections by the end
of week. No decided temperature
changes.
Plain States: Unsettled weather and
probably local rains Sunday in upper
Mississippi: otherwise generally fair
until near close of week. when there
is some prospect of rain except in the
northeast. Somewhat cooler Sunday in
the Missouri valley and northern plains
states.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
ROMAN A|RMEN
WIN DECORATIONS
LIEUTENANT PERFORMS FEAT
IN MIDAIR WHICH BRINGS
GREAT PRAISE.

Washington. Nov. liking Victor
I Emmanuel. official advices from Rome
today say, has turned over the royal
villa of MonZator to refugees of tho in
vaded regions
The dispatches also tell of the be
stowal of the highly priced gold medal
on officers for deeds of extraordinary
heroism.
Lieut.. Castruccio, the dispatches say
was on board an airship disabled by
the enemy's guns and about to fall in
enemy territary.
Castruccio cambered over the gas
bag and. creeping along in the direction
Of the prov. with his weight caused the
airship to regain its balance.
With great personal danger, he re-
mained there for over an hour, hang
ing by the~ropes and allowing the air
ship to land within his lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
BUILD FRENCH
SHIPS IN AMERICA
PLANS MADE TO CONSTRUCT
20 "N0N-SINKABLE CRAFT IN
HOME PORTS

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE shipping
board has approved the building of
twenty 1900 ton non-sinkable ships by
the French government in the United
States. BY so Going it has waived the
rule that no foreign construction should
be permitted at this time.
The non-sinkable ship developed by
French experts. is said TO have with
stood torpedo attack in a test in which
four shots were fired into the hull and
the only effect was 10 destroy the car
go Immediately surrounding the point
of attack
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
EASTERN ROADS
NOT So POOR

Washington. November 17.-Clifford
Thorne, leading counsel for shippers
in the Is percent increase rate case,
said before the Interstate Commerce
Commission today that railroad securi'
ties in the last few months have de-
clined less than many .others, and that
the net operating revenues of the east
ern roads already are far in excess of
their estimates for 1917.
Mr. Thorne introduced statistics TO
prove his statement that net operating
revenues of the thirty-eight eastern
roads interested in the case had reach.
ed total of $3.50, 100000 up to Sep
tember last and said that railroads at
the previous hearing estimated opera
tion revenue for 1917 would be sl25,-
600 600
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
OFFER $45, 900 FOR
WILLARD-FULTON FIGHT

Minneapolis. Minn.. Nov. 17.-Joe
Hinton. and Eddy Reddy, St Paul fight
promoters announced here tonight that
they would offer $4,000 for fight be-
tween Fred Fulton and Jess Willard
on the condition that Fulton wins over
"Gunboat" Smith next Tuesday night.
New Years day is mentioned as a pro-
bable date.
Tom Andrews. Milwaukee promoter.
has offered $4,000 for the same fight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18

Amsterdam. Nov. 17.-Advices receiv-
ed here from Berlin say that the Ger.
man emperor in addressing a Brand
enberg regiment on the plains near
Tagliamento. recalled the soldiers share
in the battles Of the Champagne. at
Verdun. and at Tarnopcl. The emper-
or said:
But you have had a greater task.
that OF breaking through the It<1ian
front near Fitch and near Tolmino-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
COLLAPSE Of ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
GODS JUDGMENT, KAISER CRIES

a heavy task, considering the high
mountains and the enemy's immense
means of defense. Your success ex-
ceeds all calculations so greatly that
a higher power than the power of man
must have been at work. The enemy's
collapse was the Judgment of God"
In a letter speech. the German EN-
peror said:
we are fighting for faithfulness.
justice and truth. and ii is these that
will win"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
FRENCH EXPECT
MUCH FROM NEW
CLEMENCEAU CABINET

Paris. Nov. 1.-THE Clemenceau
ministry on the whole il received fav-
urably by the press, but the editors
are all careful To make 1t clear tnat
mu"n is expected II the new premier
and that failurs - produce results will
meet with little Indulgence
NJ. Clemenceau as welcomed because
i is believed he viii deal ont exemplary
Justice to enemies 1t home without con-
sideration as TO who ~ affected. and
also will inject nav vtgor into the con-
duct of The war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
40 PER CENT LOSS
CALVES NEXT YEAR
DUE TO TEXAS DROUTH

Washington, Nov. l7.-Samuel Cow
an representing the National Livestock
Shippers Prospective association at the
railroad rate hearing here today intro.
duced kilograms from cattle shippers
in the southwest stating that drouth
and high food costs had rendered them
unable to bear future transportation
burdens.
message from |. T. Pryor. presi
dent OF the American Cattle Raisers
association, declared there would be
forty percent less calves this year than
last because the drouth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
FERGUSON RID
OF SEVEN CASES
,QUASHED IN DISTRICT COURT AT
AUSTIN-HEID TO TRIAL ON
TWO OTHERS

Austin, Texas, Nov. 17.-Indictment.
in seven cases against former governor
James +. Ferguson, charging misap
plication of public funds were quasheC
today by District Judge James r. Ham
ilton. Dismissal was refused in two
other cases against the former COVER
nor, charging embezzlement and diver
sion of a special fund. Judge Hamil
ton over-ruled the defense's contention
that the indictments are invalid be
cause returned in vacation.
The seven indictments charging mis-
application were quashed on the
ground that the governor was not by
law a receiver Of public moneys. One
of the remaining cases was brought in
connection with expenditures at the
governors mansion, and the other
charges that the former governor used
$500 of Canyon City normal school
funds to discharge a personal obliga-
ton.
The question of the right of the Grim
inal district court to extend its term
was argued this morning in habeas
corpus hearing before the court OF
criminal appeals in the case of John
Mckay, former. secretary of state. and
the ruling of the higher court will af-
feet the cases against Ferguson. Nc
Kay is charged with misapplying funds.
Austin, Texas, Nov 17-The two
cases against former Governor Fergu-
son and c. w Woodman, former labor
commissioner, charged with perjury,
are set for November 26.
The cases charging misapplication of
public funds against Charles l., Stowe,
former state superintendent of buildings
and grounds; John c. Mckay, former
secretary of state: Churchill Bartlett,
former secretary of state. and Charles
o. Austin, commissioner of insurance
and banking. are set for November 10.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
To Organize Hcaldton Home Guard.

Capt. l.. s. Raines of the Carter
County Home Guard will be in Heald.
ton tomorrow to arrange preliminaries
for the organization at night Of the
Healdton platoon Of the Home Guard.
j. T. Coleman and James Mathers
will speak at patriotic mass meeting
at Healdton tomorrow night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
TURK PREPARES
TO MAKE STAND

London. Nov. 1.-THE Turkish for
ces which have been falling back be
fore the British advance in Palestine.
are apparently preparing To make a
stand four miles north of jana, accord
ing to today's official statement on
Palestine operations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
Army Aviators at Kansas City.

Kansas City. Nov. l7.-Major c X
Rhinehardt. and Lieut.. Fred Harvey,
military aviators. landed here this af.
ternoon from the aviation training
camp at Belleville. Illinois. The trip
was made in six hours. The men flew
in an army airplane.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
100 BALES COTTON AT
KINGSTON DAMAGED

Kingston. Okla, Nov. 17.-tSpeciall-
Fire today in the Cotton house of the
Farmers Oil Company Gin damaged
one hundred bales OF cotton. The loss
will total probably $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
.|TMY'S ARMIES IN HEROIC DEFENSE,
ARE HOLDING HUN ON P|AVE LINE
,kAEMY MAKES DESPERATE ATTACKS IN MASSES IN EFF.
FORT TO BREAK OVER THE STREAM, BUT is BADLY
CUT UP BY ROMANS WHOSE RESISTANCE is
GROWING STRONGER.

as to make the present line across
Passchendaele ridge easier to hold.
In Palestine the British forces which
recently have made so spectacular an
advance up the Mediterranean coast to
the north Of Jaffa continue to move for.
ward, but apparently feeling their way
with some caution. The Turks are Civ.
ing signs Of making a stand a few
miles north of Jaffa. where they are
reported attempting to prepare an en-.
trenched position.
American Front.
In the sector Of the French front
held by the American troops there has
been increased activity of the artillery,
incidental to which there have been
additions to the American casualty list,
some of which occurred when a Germaf
shell hit an American gun.
The American batteries have been
energetic In their reply, giving the
Germans better than they sent, in the
opinion of observers.
On the naval side of the war, there
is an interesting development in the
North Sea where Saturday morning
British light forces operating in Helgo-
land blight encountered and engaged
German light cruisers. The British ad-
reported in an early statement
that the Germans made off at high
speed with the British vessels in pur.
suit.
Russian Situation.
In Russia, at the last report, Premier
kerensky was in flight, his where.
abSuts unknown in Petrograd. after
having been defeated by bolsheviki and
deserted by the greater part of his own
officers and men. One report attri-
butes the premier's defeat to the in
of Lettish forces. 1000
strong, on the side of the bolsheviki
The bolsheviki also are apparently in
of Moscow. where the provision
al governments forces are reported 10
have been penned within the Kremlin
citadel under artillery bombardment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
GERMAN Is APPOINTED
premier" OF POLAND

Copenhagen. Nov. IA dispatch
from Berlin says that Prof. Jan. Kuch-
arzevski the historian. has been ap-
pointed as the first premier Of the new
Polish state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
CATTLEMEN OF TEXAS
TO GET NEEDED FEED
Agricultural Department and Hoover
Confer on the Matter.

Washington. Nov .7.-Prices being
charged for feed and the necessities OF
the cattle raiser of Texas. who on ac-
count of the drouth must have relief
in order to carry 100000 or 1000. 600
cattle through the winter. were consid-
cred at a conference between officials
of the agricultural department and food
administration. In statement Clar-
ence Ousley, assistant secretary OF ag-
riculture. said:
You may depend upon il that no
effort win be spared under the law 10
relieve the situation and 20 secure a
supply Of feed at reasonable prices. The
food administration viii speak and act
for itself but | am confident that if the
ordinary agencies of commerce do not
at once afford relief the food admins.
tration WILL exercise its full power un-
der the law to that end. Naturally and
properly government agencies are re.
luctant to disturb the ordinary agencies
of business, but 100000 cattle will not
be permitted to perish if commercial
agencies do not make the maximum ef-
fort in respect TO both parties and dis
tribution. | happen TO know that the
food administration is proceeding dis.
creetly, but none the less resolutely
apply without further delay. If there is
not immediate relief"
Much Feed i'm South
Plans were inaugurated for facilitat.
ing a movement of velvet beans, corn
and other feed products from Alabama.
Georgia. Florida. Mississippi and other
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18

Italy's armies are marking a heroic
and so far, successful stand against
the Austro-German masses thrown
against them in desperate attacks
along the line OF the Piave river and
in the mountainous region from Piave
westward to the edge Of the Trentino
district. The line has not been breach
ed at any point, while the thrust Of
the Austrians southwark from the hills
in an attempt to drive wedge
through to the plains behind the Piave
line is making slow progress.
1t is now more than a week since
the Italians, retreating from the Tag
liamento river crossed to the west bank
of the Piave and took up their defen-
sive positions behind it. The German
command lost no time In attempting
to force a passage of the stream, and
the enemy efforts were pressed on a
scale of increasing intensity during all
last week.
Italian Resistance Stronger
The Italian resistance. however,
seems to be growing stronger. The
latest Austro-German attempts to gain
a permanent hold on the westerly side
of the Piave We're not only brilliantly
frustrated, but the enemy columns
were badly cut up and nearly one thou
sand Teutons were taken prisoner.
The Italian line has yielded slightly
in the hills east of the Brenta. where
at the pass of Monte Passalan an ad-
vance by AustroGerman forces is an
nounced by Berlin.
Military operations in the other war
theatres are on comparatively small
scale. The most important move was
made in Flanders by the British who
pushed further north on the Goeberg
spur northwest of Passchendaele, cap
turing a strongly fortified redoubt
known as Vocation farm, and so i'm
proving their positions in the sector
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18
NOTED ANATONIST DIES.

Baltimore. Nov. 17.-Dr. +. Z. Mall
of Johns Hopkins university. dis
tinguished anatonomist. died here to-
day aged So.