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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
WAR SUMMARY.

Reports from German sources today
regarding the situation in Russia
furnished virtually the only fresh news
Petrograd and are appealing to the ar
my to support it, against imperialistic
attempts" until it has obtained a demo
cratic peace.
One of these reports, which was en-
I tirely without confirmation, was that
Premier Kerensky, who left the capital
before the extremists gained the ascend
ancy. had been arrested
The great majority Of the members
of the Kerensky cabinet were made
prisoner by the maXimalists when the
winter palace. in which they had taken
refuge, was bombarded by cruisers and
its defenders compelled to surrender.
They are in the fortress of st. Peter and
st. Paul and are to be tried for com.
plicity in the korniloff revolt. the maxi.
malists announce. General Korniloff
himself is also to be brought to the for.
tress for trial by a military tribunal.
they declare
In Palestine. the British operations
around GAIA and the Beersheba have
resulted in the entire Turkish Palestine
army beginning TO retreat toward the
north. 1t is being harrassed by an air.
plane bombardment in its retirement
and its communications along the fire
and Under fire from French and
British warships. Forty Turkish guns
have been captured by the British.
whose advance is rapidly bringing them
near to Jerusalem.
In northern Italy, the Austro-G G ermans
nave forced a crossing of the I.ivenza
river and the Italians are retiring ,o.
ward the Piave, the last strong natural
line before Venice. General Cadorpa,s
troops are making a more spirited re.
sistance to the forward movement of the
invaders on he upper Tagliamento and
the upper Livenza
The larger units of the Italian army
are retiring without <molestation from
the Austro-Germans but strong roar
guards are giving the Teutons battle
at several points. An Italian attennt
to hold out on the middle Tagliamento
resulted in the force being cut off and
1900 Italians. including a general. be
ing taken prisoner by the Austro-Ger.
mans increasing their captures. ac.
cording to Berlin, To 25O.OO0.
Along the Livenza. General Cadorna's
soldiers apparently were more success
ful The invaders crossed the Livenza
only after a vigorous attack and in the
region of Nittorio the Italians were able
to detain the advance. The Livenza is
but ten miles from the Piave. where
General Cadorna probably will make a
strong stand.
British troops in Asia Minor continue
successful operations. In Palestine Gen
eral Allenby's forces have made anoth
er advance toward Jerusalem. In Mes
opotamia, the British advancing up the
Tigris have captured Tekrit 30 miles
northwest of Bagdad.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
WASHINGTON HOPEFUL.
Opponents of Extremists In Russia Can
Keep Germans Occupied.

Washington, Nov. 9.-Interest in the
Russian upheaval was intense here to-
day. Attention was directed on the
probable effect of the chaotic situation
upon the military fortunes of the allies.
Whether a strong central government
capable of prosecuting a vigorous cam
paign against the German forces on
the eastern front can be evolved from
the present turmoil. is a matter of eager
speculation in some quarters in the
possibility that Kerensky may return
to power is predicated upon the as
sumption that the strong Cossack ele-
ment favors the maintenance of con-
servative form of rule.
Even if the extremists carry out their
decision to conclude a separate peace
with Germany, dissenting forces in 9th
er parts of Russia, ii was pointed out,
will be able to place in the field mill
tary forces capable of keeping the Ger
man armies occupied. At any event,
the severe Russian winter. it is thought,
will preclude any possibility of Ger
man offensive before spring.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
TEXT OF RUSS REVOLUTIONARY
COMMITTEES Proclamation

, and soldiers delegates considers TO be
the program of the new authority"
First. the offer of an immediate
democratic peace.
Second the immediate change of
large proprietorial lands to the peas.
ants.
Third, the transmission of all au-
thority TO the council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates.
Fourth. the honest convocation of a
constitutional assembly.
THE national revolutionary army
must not permit uncertain military de-
tachments to leave the front for Pc
trograd They should use persuasion.
but where this fails. they must oppose
any such action on the part OF these
detachments by force without mercy.
THE actual order must be read i'm.
mediately to all military detachments
in all arms. The suppression of this
order from the rank and file by army
organizations is equivalent to a great
crime against the revolution and viii
be punished by all the strength OF the
revolutionary law.
Soldiers, For peace. for bread. for
land and for the power OF the people,
tSigned The military revolutionary
committee"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
DRyS MAY YET
Win IN OHIO

Cincinnati, Ohio. Nov. 9.-Differences
between the official returns furnished
by telegraph from the county seats and
those officially turned into the secre-
tary of state caused the pendulum to
swing toward the dry side today i'm the
Ohio prohibition election. The indt
Gated wet majority shrunk to 1.4O7,
with seventy-one county seats report
ing official figuDes and seven. including
the large cities, reporting unofficially.
Forty counties have reported official.
ly to the secretary of state, and these
figures have been substituted for the
previous county seat reports in the
tabulation.
The totals on this basis of compila.
ton, including 1889 votes gained by
the vets in Hamilton county. yesterday.
which were officially acknowledged by
the board of elections are:
For prohibition. 52O.53S. Against
prohibition. 52l $40.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
FAITH IN RUSSIAN PEOPLE.

Memphis. Tenn. Nov. 9.-The intent
and spirit of Russia as a whole should
in no way be judged by the news from
Petrograd." declared Boris A. Bakhme-
tieff, Russian ambassador to the United
States. when shown Associated Press
dispatches from London relative To the
reported overthrow of the provisional
government. Until just now | did not
have any personal or official informa-
tion on the subject and therefore you
cannot expect an official opinion. But
| can tell you tha- Petrograd is not
the whole of Russia, and has never
been, and that the spirit prevailing in
Petrograd is not representative Of the
Russian spirit as a whole.
THE extremist element has always
been strong. but as to the whole of Rus
sia. the late elections in the provincial
and county. local bodies has shown the
maximalist feeling very weak. Less
than ten per cent of these extremists
were elected"
The ambassador declined to comment
further on the situation. reserving his
opinion until he is supplied with official
information from his government 1t
was gathered. though. that 1t is his be-
lief that Premier Kerensky represents
the real spirit of Russia. that the reput-
ed revolution originated in a city which
has always been a hot-bed for the ex-
tremists and generally speaking, condi
tions there are mostly of a local nature
and are not indicative of the nation as
a whole
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Paris, Nov. 9.-"We carried out with
success last night surprise attacks in
the Argonne and on the left bank OF
the Meuse in the region Of Avocourt
wood and brought back prisoners" says
today's official communication.
The Germans made two attacks af.
ter violent bombardment of one Of our
positions at Chaume wood Verdun
'front.' the other in Lorraine, in the re-
gion OF Arracourt. These assaults were
repulsed The enemy suffered serious
loss and left prisoners incur hands.
In upper Alsace one of our detach-
ments entered the German trenches
northwest of Bisel. in the region of Sep
pois. After exploring the positions de-
stroying shelters and capturing ma
terial. all our men returned to their
lines"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
ENGINEERED AND
SUBSIDIZED BY GERMANY

That the Russian coup d'etat was en-
gineered and Subsidized by Germany
in order to eliminate Russia as an enemy
| is the virtual opinion expressed in the
newspapers. A despondent view of the
outlook is taken by some, while others
claim that the triumph of the maximal-
!; lists is probably passing phase and re-
| fuse to believe that they represent Rus.
sia or-that Russia will agree to a sepa-
rate peace.
The Times partly blames the ke-
rensky government for tolerating anar-
chy and says Premier Kerensky nev.
er showed himself really able to rule
the storm and came with diminished
credit out of the Korniloff episode. That
the real Russia will ever consent to a
separate peace or acquiesce in all the
|eXtravagances of the Soviet manifestos,
it is impossible to believe"
The Morning Post under the caption
Revolution Made in Germany" says:
Whether the revolution will succeed
remains to be seen. There still is a
core of good faith and loyalty in Rus
sia, The Russian people have a great
tradition of national honor. which, if
they have the choice. they will never
choose TO break. Obviously. the allies
can never recognize a Russian govern
ment whose first proposal is a seperate
peace Ii remains for the allied ma
tions to reach the heart of the Russian
people and the elements of Russia which
are true to the cause of the allies. This
is a task in which the United States and
Japan might exercise their power of
friendly cooperation"
The Daily Telegraph says that LAS
the authors of the coup d'etat are re-
garded by most of their compatriots as
merely architects of ruin and as rep
resenting nothing but the weaknesses
of new Russia, the consequence of their
proceedings will be TO draw Together the
sane and patriotic elements of the ma
tion and army for the purpose of end
ing the chaos.
The immediate outlook is for civil
war" says the Daily Chronicle
1T is impossible to believe that the
patriotic and sensible majority of the
nation will sit down helplessly under
the coup d'etat."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

The text of the proclamation of the
military revolutionary committee reads
ITO the army committees of the ac-
tive army and to all councils of sol
ders' and workingmen's delegates and
to the garrison and proletariat of Petro-
grad:
I'VE have desposed the government
of Kerensky. which rose against the
revolution and the people. The change
which resulted in the deposition OF the
provisional government was accom-
plshed without bloodshed.
The Pretrograd council Of soldiers
and workingmen's delegates soelemnly
welcomes the accomplished change and
proclaims the authority of the military
revolutionary committee until the
creation of a government by the SOL
diers' and workingmen's delegates"
Announcing this TO the army at the
front. the revolutionary committee
calls upon the revolutionary soldiers
TO watch closely the conduct Of the men
in command Officers who do not Join
the accomplished revolution immediate
Iy and openly must be arrested at once
as enemies.
The Petrograd council Of workmen's
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
Allied Version.

Petrograd, Nov. "a dispatch from
Helsngfors. Finland. says that dele.
gates from the Baltic fleet and army
committees have resolved to adhere to
the revolutionary committee.
The revolutionary committee at Rev.
el has occupied all the important STRAIT
egic points.
Petrograd. Nov 9.-The congress of
soldiers and workmen's delegates today
appealed to the Russian army to stand
firm and to protect the revolution
against imperialistic attempts until the
new government had obtained a demo-
cratic peace.
Petrograd, Nov. 9.-The women's bat.
talon which was among the defenders
OF the winter palace, surrendered yes
terday before the battle began.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
RUSSIAN SITUATION
/ NOT To Be TAKEN
TOO TRAG|CAllY
LONDON NEWS POINTS OUT THAT
PETROGRAD IS NOT
RUSSIA.
is SHOCK TO ALLIES
Burden of the War Now Falls More
Than Ever on Shoulders Of United
States, Great Britain and France

London, Nov. 9.-The situation in Rus
sia, the Daily News urges, should not be
taken too tragically. 1t points out that
Petrograd is not Russia and advises the
outside world to await developments
which it says cannot fail to be swift
and dramatic.
Nevertheless" the News adds, this
situation. coupled with the enemy's ad
vance i'm Italy. constitutes a black out
look. The allies position has suffered
a shock which II would be futile to ig
more and grave issues are hanging in the
balance.
The burden of the war falls more than
ever on the shoulders of this country
France and the United States and the
duration of the war would seem to be
prolonged indefinitely"
The Graphic anticipates Russo-Ger
man peace with the probability that
Germany would eventually get control
of Russia's resources. II adds:
The western allies now are thrown
on their own resources and must face
the necessity of a greater effort than
any yet made"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
FIRST AMERICAN
DEAD IN TRENCHES
REST IN FRANCE
By the Associated Press.)

With the American Army in France,
Wednesday. Nov. THE first three
American soldiers killed in the trenches
in France are sleeping in French soil,
honored by the American army and the
people and army of France. Their fl
nal interment took place yesterday.
With guard OF French infantrymen
in their picturesque uniforms of red
and horizon blue on one side and a
detachment of American soldiers on the
other, the flag wrapped caskets were
lowered into the grave. bugler blew
taps and the batteries at the front
fired minute guns. The French officer
commanding the division in this Sec
tor paid tribute to the fallen Americans
In conclusion. he said
Private Enright. Private Gresham!
Private Hay, In the name of France.
1 thank you. God receive your souls
FAREWELL"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
BRITISH bARAGE FIRE MEANS
DEATH TO GERMANS, HUN SAYS

Copenhagen. Nov. s.-Unwilling tes-
timony of the irresistible might of the
British offensive in Flanders is given
by Lieutenant General Won Ardenne1
the military critic of the Berlin Tage-
blatt. who sends from the Flanders
front a graphic picture of the difficult
ties of German defense.
No way. he says. has been devised TO
prevent the fire roller, as he terms
the moving barage. from making slow
and steady gains. He reports the Ger
man losses as heavy IL an attempt is
made TO hold the front line trenches
in force. while thin line adds 10 the
speed OF the British advance.
The sufferings OF the defenders in
the front line" General Won Ardenne
writes. composed OF shell holes almost
filled with water are such that the men
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
MAX|MAL|ST ATTEMPT TO GUIDE
OEST|N|ES Of TROUblE.1ORN
RUSSIA MAY Be SHORT LIVED

Petrograd Is under control OF the
maximalists and Premier Kerensky has
fed the Russian capital. The downfall
of tho provisional governments aut
thority In Petrograd came suddenly and
without great bloodshed. and several
members of Kerensky's cabinet are In
prison. Official opinion In allied cap
itals seems to be that the maximalist
attempt to guide the destinies or trou'
ble-torn Russia will be short lived. CiVil
war with the more conservative ele-
ments of Russia, opposed to the extrem'
lists Of Petrograd. Is not unlocked Tor IN
some quarters, 1t is thought that even
now, Kercnsky, at the head of loyal
troops. may be marching against the
Bolsheyiki.
News dispatches received from Petro'
grad are subject to censorship Oh
the maximalists ant 'ably portray
only one side of the 'on. but the
present outbreak of I, a deals ap-
pears to have been more v sful than
the abortive effort of last Nicolai
Lenine who fled Petrograd the
July failure. again is leading Xxi
malists who were aided by most 'e
Petrograd garrison and sailors fro.
Baltic fleet.
The action of the maximalists h
been endorsed by the all-Russian con
gress of workmen's and soldiers coun-
ellis. A proclamation has been issued
by the revolutionary government de-
claring that it purposes to nesotiate
an Immediate democratic peace" II
also plans to turn over all the land to
the peasantry and to summon the con-
stituent assembly.
BOmbarded Winter Palace.
Little fighting attended the revolt,
the most important being the bonn
bardment of the Winter Palace, the
seat of the provisional government, by
the wlrship Aurora and the fortress of
ST. Peter and st. Paul. The palace held
out for four hours, answering the big
ger guns of the warship and fortress
with machine guns and rifles. before
it's defenders surrendered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

way to convey orders to soldiers, sail
ors and militia and the Red Guard.
"a strongly armed guard occupies the
interior and surrounds the building,
while several armored motor cars, bear
ing antiaircraft guns. are stationed In
adjacent streets to insure the protection
Of the headquarters.
"The gardens around the institute are
filed with motor cars with which to
carry the delegates around the town.
Ncolai Lenine, accompanied by his lieu
tenant Zinovieff. received an enthusi'
astic reception on his arrival. They
were scarcely recognized, Lenine hav'
ing shaved off his moustache and Zino-
veff having grown beard.
From the institute. the revolution
airy committee is issuing orders for the
occupation of the railway stations and
government institutions. The orders are
promptly obeyed by the troops and the
Red Guard. Detachments of sailors
are arriving from Kronstadt while a
cruiser and two torpedo boats are an
chored in the river near the Nicholas
bridge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09

must be relieved every two days in
stead of every week or every ten days
as last year. The infantry now spends
two days on the firing line. two in sup
port and two in reserve until relieved.
THE German artillery is so numeri-
cally inferior to the British that it Is
seldom relieved. and as it cannot dig in
owing to the boggy terrain, II must fire
without cover. The conditions in the
shell holes are such that men falling
into the center OF them are lost unless
assisted.
Horses breaking into the morass are
shot because 1t is impossible to extricate
them German counter-attacks can
traverse the fire roller only by small
detachments in single file. The loss In
slight II the maneuvre succeeds. other
WISE"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN
REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA
German Version.

Amsterdam, Nov. 9.-The Rheinische
Westfalische Zeitung Of Essen, Ger
many. publishes a Stockholm telegram
saying that Premier Kerensky has been
arrested.
London. Nov. "a telegram reach
ing Amsterdam from German sources
and forwarded by Central News, says
the Russian army on the northern
front has Joined the maximalists and
is marching on Petrograd.
Amsterdam. Nov. 9.-Confirmation OF
the arrest of cabinet members was Civ
en- by the commissioner in command OF
the fortress who received the Associated
Press correspondent.
The cabinet members. he said. were
all arrested at the winter palace after
its surrender early this morning. They
were taken TO the fortress where they
were placed in solitary confinement but
courteously treated
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
.EX QUEEN OF
HAWAII IS DYING

Honolulu, Nov 9.-Ex Queen Liliou-
kalani of Hawaii was reported dying to-
day. Physicians said she could not
live many hours
The former queen has been in poor
health for many months. Recently. she
seemed to lose all of the antipathy she
felt toward the United States for the
loss of her kingdom. and when the
first liberty loan was Offered. she sub
scribed literally.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
JUDGE c. b. AMES, OF OKLAHOMA
CITY. TO FIRE OPENING GUN
SUNDAY FORENOON.
IN CONVENTION HALL
General Committee Names Members Of
Sub Committee TO Outline Plans and
Direct Campaign-Expect Oversub-,
scriptiOn Of Allotment.

The campaign for the raising of a
fund for War Camp Community Re.
creation activities will begin with a
big meeting at Convention Hall Sun.
day forenoon. at l1:l5 o'clock. with an
address by Judge c. B. Ames, of Okla
homa City, who has devoted the great
er part Of his time for many months
to work In connection with the war.
This meeting should have a record at
tendance, as the services at each one Of
the churches will be curtailed and the
congregations will be dismissed so that
each person may have an opportunity
of hearing a complete and intelligent
presentation of the needs Of the var
ious war camp communities in this
country today.
The general committee met this morn
ing in the office of the mayor and
after a full discussion of the work to
be accomplished appointed a campaign
committee comprising A. c. Straehley,
]. f. Hamilton. II. G. Spaulding. w. S.
Gilbert, ]. A. Bass and c. w. Richards
paign. This committee is having its
first meeting this afternoon, and as soon
as the plans are completed they will
be submitted to Mayor Roberts, the gen.
eral chairman, and a meeting of the
entire committee will be called together
for instruction and CONSULTATION.
Ardmore, more than any other city,
has every reason to be generous
with the boys in the camps. Many of
our citizens have visited their boys at
both Camp Bowie and Camp Travis and
realize the urgent need for recreation
facilities and the problem that now
confronts the officers and the civil au-
thorities in order to safeguard the boys
when they are away from the camp
on leave. Knowing these facts, there
should be no time lost by Ardmore peo-
pie in responding cheerfully and
promptly TO this very necessary part
Of the preparation for active entrance
into the war. Ardmore oversubscribed
the Liberty loan almost 40 per cent
surely she will subscribe better than
100 per cent of her quota for the War
Camp Community Recreation Fund.
Country Meetings.
At Brock last night. where George
Coffman. county superintendent of
schools. A. j. Hardy. county attorney,
A. b. Riddle and c. II. Adams address
ed a patriotic meeting. announcement
was made of the approaching War
Camp Community Recreation Fund
campaign. Tonight Col. Sidney Suggs,
II ~ II - TT
at Deese schoolhouse. and Thomas Pol.
lock, a. b. Riddle and George Evans,
former county commissioner, will speak
at Prairie Valley school, about six
miles northwest OF the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
'ENT|RE TURKISH
ARMY IN PALESTINE
IS IN RETREAT

London, Nov. 9.-The entire Turkish
army in Palestine is retreating toward
the north. British airplanes are follow
ing up the retiring Turks and bombing
them.
Forty Turkish guns were captured
says the British official statement an
nouncing the Ottoman retreat.
British and French naval forces are
cooperating against the Turkish com
munications along the Mediterranean
coast
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-09
GERMAN STATEMENT

Berlin, Nov 9.-tBritish Admiralty
Per Wireless Press THE Austro-Ger-
man forces in Northern Italy, overcom-
ing the resistance of the Italian rear
guards are advancing toward the Piave
river, the war office announces.
The communication follows:
THE Livinza river has been crossed.
The allied tAustro-German) armies. over
coming the resistance of the Italian
rear guard, are advancing ceaselessly
on mountain roads and on the plain. in
q driving rain, toward the Piave.'