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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
SCHOOL TEACHERS DRAFTED
FOR WAR WORK HERE

The teachers of the city have been
drafted into the government service for
next Saturday, or until certain work
assigned to them is completed. The
ward principals met with Supt. c. w.
Richards last night and formulated
plans for the work. The records of
1890 men with reference to their phys.
ical examinations and questonnaires
are to be Transcribed to cards and
classified There are about fifty eight
teachers to do the work, which Super.
intendent Richards has been asked to
take charge of and for which he is made
responsible.
Contributors to the High School mag.
azine, the Criterion, have turned in all
matter for the next issue, which viii
be published the 22nd OF February.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
SEVEN DEGREES
ABOVE ZERO
WARMER AIR PROMISED FOR TO
MORR0W-ALL MIDDLE
WEST FRIGID.

The mercury in Ardmore last night
crawled down to within seven degrees
of zero, with the result that early morn
ing " kors faced frigid air on their
way to downtown business places and
elsewhere over the city.
The official forecast promises rising
temperature tomorrow, also that it will
not ne quite so cold as last night. The
forecast reads:
For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight
unsettled; not quite 50 cold; Friday
generally cloudy, rising temperature.
oklahoma: Tonight unsettled; snow
west portion; not quite so cold; Fri
lay cloudy with rising temperature.
East Texas; Tonight generally cloudy
slightly warmer in west portion; Friday
unsettled, rising temperature in north
and west portion.
West Texas: Tonight cloudy, snow
slightly warmer in north portion; Fri
cay probably fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

London, Jan. 31.-Strilles by half a
million or more workers in Germany
and the presentation of an ultimatum
to the government demanding imme'
date negotiations for a general peace
on the basis of no anneXations and no
indemnities, better food and a number
of liberal demands, indicate clearly that
the movement is of such importance as
to cause the government disquietude'
This is proved by the suppression Of
newspapers and Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg's warning that the strike
must stop.
The strike movement embraces gov.
ernment and private shipbuilding yards,
the mining centers and numerous i'm
portant factories in the Berlin district,
There also is news of the formation
Of 2 workmens council on the model
of the worlmen's and soldiers coun-
ellis in Russia.
Is IL Official Trick?
According to some reports, the strike
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
TOLL
GROWS LARGER

London, Jan. 31.-An increase in Brit
sh shipping losses is shown in the Of
iciai summary last night which reports
obstruction of nine vessels of more than
500 tons and six Of lesser tonnage.
The official statement follows:
Arrivals, 1852; sailings 2.309.
British merchantmen 1000 tons or
over sunk by mine or submarine, nine;
under 1000 tons, six; fishing vessels,
one.
British merchantmen successfully at
tackled, eight.
The sinking Of fifteen British mer-
chairman exceeds by seven the total
for the previous two weeks, in both of
which six large ships and two small
ones were lost. The admiralty reports
of both Jan. and Jan. gave the sink
ings as twenty.one merchantmen, in
each case of which eighteen measured
more than 1000 tons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
More Than 100000 Mers Demand Peace are Forming Councils
Wilson Makes Appeal.
TO Farmers 10 Aid in
Crushing Brutal Enemy

respect. But the attention of the wal
department has been very seriousl5
centered upon the task of interfern-
with the labor Of the farms as little
as possible, and under the new draf'
regulations, ! believe that the farmer,
Of the country Will find that their sup
ply Of labor is very much less seriously
drawn upon than it was under the first
and initial draft, made before we haC
had our present full experience in these
perploXing matters The supply Of
labor in all industries is "A matter we
must look to and are looking to with
diligcnt care.
And let me say that the stimulation
Of the agencies I have enumerated ha'
been responded to by the farmers in
splendid fashion. | dare say that you
are aware that the farmers OF thi.
country are as efficient as any other
farmers in the world They do not pro
duce more per acre than the farmers
in Europe 1t is not necessary that
they should do so. 1t would perhap'
he bad economy for them to attempt it
Farmers Compose Mighty Force.
But they produced two or three OF
four times more per man. per unit o
labor and capital, than the farmers O
any European country. They are NOR,
alert and use more labor.saving devices
Continued on page y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
HLNDENBURG AND OTHER
MILITARY CHIEFS PLEAD
WITH PEOPLE TO BE CALM
RED GUARD BEING
WHIPPED by WHITE
GUARD IN FINLAND

Stockholm, Jan. 3l.-All is
quiet at Helsingfors, Finland, a
dispatch from that city reports,
but fighting is under way at
other points in Finland between
the Red Guard, which is sup
porting the revolution, and the
White Guard, which is uphold
ing the Finnish government.
The White Guard is fighting
with enthusiasm and scoring
successes everywhere, notably at
Kemi, Uleaborg, Kajanailmola
and st. Michel, disarming the Red
Guard.
In fighting Tuesday near Kae.
mer station the Red Guard lost
q killed and 127 injured, while
he White Guard lost only eight
.illed and one wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
AristOcracy Gets Out.

1.-THE aristocracy," he says, discreet.
ly has retired to the background. They
are TO be found in such pleasant places
as the Crimea and the Caucasus, where
they form select communities of the
bores and the bored. Yalta would be
tolerable but for its grand dukes. Kis.
lovodsk is crammed with retired gen.
erals and governors and penniless
princes, who pass the time playing
poker in the casino and the hotels"
The constitutional democratic party.
the correspondent adds, rs the only se.
rious menace to the power OF the work
mems and soldiers councils. but
though Russia is a land of miracles. It
would be miracle indeed if the consti.
tutional democrats turn the scale
against the strenuous bolsheviki." De-
mobilization Of four more classes of the
army has been ordered by the govern.
ment. All men 81 years old also are to
be relieved of army duty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
(By The Associated Press. }

Germanys strike troubles growing, and than
100000 out in Berlin according to dis
patches neutral countries German semofCial advces,
the other hand minimize the of the
but concede 10000 kers strike in Berlin Tues
day The city quiet and there have been disturbances
anywhere in the empire, il is added.
From other reports of increasing German unrest
continue 10 multiply. Hamburg and its important industrial
suburbs have been declared in state of dispatch
have arrested large numbers of prominent socialist leaders
in various German cities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
Trotzky Seeks Peace
for People of Persia

rights of the Persian people to a free
and independent existence"
The bolshevist foreign minister pro
ceeds to assure the Persian minister
that any inconvenience caused the Per
sian people by the Russian troops in
Persia is contrary to the intentions OF
the Russian government, and promises
to do everything in his power to in
sure complete evacuation of Persia
by Turkish and British troops.
The Russian government, Trot2ky
says is prepared to enter into relations
with Persia based exclusively on mu
tual esteem between the two peoples.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

Petrograd, Jan. 31.-Foreign Minister
Trotzhy, according to the semi.official
news agency, has sent a letter to the
Persian minister at Petrograd whom he
addresses as Citizen Ambassador" in.
forming him that the government Of
the Russian republic makes this decla.
Iation
"The Anglo-Russian agreement Of
1907 was directed against the liberty
and independence of the Persian people
md is null and void for all time. More
ver, the government denounces all
agreements preceding and following the
said agreement which may restrict the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

involves a number of munitions fac
tories and some submarine wharves
but early this morning railway and
transportation services have not been
involved.
1t is not clear whether it is a strike
or demonstration for only a few days
or an actual cessation of work. The
Vorwaerts Socialist in a scathing ar
ticle asked whether the Germans
ought to laugh or cry that while hun.
dreds of thousands of workers have
left the factories the Prussian diet
should be discussing such unimportant
matters as whether the crown prince
and other princes should be life mem
bers of the upper house.
The German union of labor, an Eek
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam says, has issued an anti-strike
leafet, declaring that England an
America only await the moment whel
l(tpn- ipnaJ M r,aesa "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
DOUBLE-HEADER BASKET
BALL FRIDAY NIGHT

The Atoka boys will play the Ard.
son Friday night at o'clock in the
high school gymnasium, and the girls
win play the strong team from Sui
phur.
The Sulphur girls have many vic.
tories to their credit this season, and
the Atoka boys won the last two games
played with Ardmore. But the home
players, by their excellent team work.
are confident of success. and the dou.
ble'header promises to be Of unusual
interest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

Amsterdam Jan. 31The number of strikers in Berlin is
estimated at about 100000 according to semottca state
issued in Berlin yesterday when had been only
nconsderabe increase in the strikers since Tuesday.
The Berlin newspapers with few exceptions, have been
published The streets Of the German capital the statement
adds show signs of strike All traffic IS proceeding
quietly and undisturbed.
The statement says there disturbances any
where in the empire.
London Jan. 31-The German strike is still growing in
magnitude the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copen
hagen reports In Berlin 100000 persons strike he re-
ports, 5000 of these being women.
A great number of socialist leaders have been arrested
in various German towns, according to this authority.
Amsterdam Jan 31-Both in Berlin and the provinces
the strikes spreading according to Wednesdays edition
of the Koenische Vols Zeng which reports that repre-
sentaves of labor in the various cities the industrial region
expected to meet in Berlin on Tuesday.
Agitation for general strike in Munich is said to have
failed after stormy meeting but the movement spread to
Nuremberg and Furth the largest manufacturing towns IN
Bavaria The newspapers say that the demand of the father
supplied towns the given for the strike at several
meetings.
Copenhagen JAN 31A state of siege has been declared
at Hamburger Altoona and Wandsbeck according to the Ham
burg Echo a socialist newspaper.
Altoona and Wandsbeck are in the Hamburg district AL
tona adjoins Hamburg Its population in 1900 6lOOO
1t is the of important industries Wandsbeck is three
miles northeast of Hamburg. In 1900 its population was
$4,000. 1t has large brewing and dslng establishments
London Jan. 81-The socialist party leaders in Ger
many according statement in the Berner Tagebatt for
warded by the Amsterdam correspondent of the Central News
asked President Kaempf of the rechstag to summon the
rechstag Immediately in view of the alarming events
At a meeting of the Berlin strikers on Wednesday, The
Tagebatt adds resolution passed declaring that the
strikers would oppose to the utmost of their
nrisals against their leaders or representatives
The cessation of work in Hamburg is virtually COM
pete according to Daily Telegraph dispatch from Roter-
dam The strike has extended from the Vulcan shpbudng
works in Hamburg the works of Bohm and VOss another
large shipbuding The strikers demand immedi
ate peace the basis Of anneXaons and no indemnies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
In Middle West.

Kansas City, Jan. 31-The cold wave
which last night and early today be-
came general over Missouri, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and northern
Texas probably will continue until Sat
urday when the temperature will rose
slowly to a normal winter" reading,
according to local weather bureau Of
icias,
The center Of the cold snap appar.
emily was located in northern Kansas
and Missouri The upper Kansas coun.
ties reported 70 to Is below, while at
st. Joseph Mo. it was ten below early
today. Seven below was the minimum
reading in Kansas City.
Oklahoma City reported the tempera.
ture at zero early today, and at ANA.
rillo, Texas, it was two below Snow
vas falling in some parts Of Oklahoma
and northern Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
owe VIII Win"

we w Ill w Ill
"Our national life and our whole eco
nomic development will pass under the
sinister influence of foreign control If
we do not win. We must win, there
fore, and we shall win. 1 need not ask
YOU to pledge your lives and fortunes
with those Of the rest Of the nation to
the accomplishment Of that great end.
"You will realize, as l think states
men on both sides Of the water realize.
that the eliminating crisis OF the
struggle has come, and that the
achievements of this year on the one
side or the other must determine the
issue. 1t has turned out that the
forces that fight for freedom, the free
dom Of men all over the world as well
as our own. depend upon us in an eN-
traordinary and unexpected degree for
sustenance, for the supply of the ma
terials by which men are to live and TO
fight, and it will be our glory when the
| war is over that we have supplied those
materials, and supplied them abundant
| ", and it will be all the more glory
because in supplying them we have
made our supreme effort and sacrifice,
Rich in Agricultural Products.
an the field Of agriculture we have
| agencies and instrumentalities, fortu-
nately. such as no other government in
the world can show. The department
of agriculture is undoubtedly the
greatest practical and scientific agri-
cultural organization in the world
The banking legislation of the
last two or three years has given the
| farmers access to the great lendabIe
capital of the country, and it has be
| come the duty both Of the men in
charge of the federal reserve banking
| ;ystem and of the farm loan banking
| ;ystem to see 10 it that the farmers
| obtain the credit, both short and long
| term, to which they are entitled not
| only, but which it is imperatively nee.
| ,ssary should be extended to them, If
he present tasks Of the country are to
)e adequately performed.
Both by direct purchase Of nitrates
and by the establishment of plants to
roduce nitrates, the government is do
| ing its utmost to assist in the prob
EN- of fertilization. The department
If agriculture and other agencies are
actively assisting the farmers to locate
safeguard and secure at cost an ade
| cute supply of sound seed. The depart
ment has S2,500,OOO available for this
purpose now, and has asked the con
gress for $4,000, 900 more.
Labor Problem Is Difficult.
"The labor problem is one Of great
difficulty, and some Of the best agencie.
of the nation are addressing themselve,
to the task of solving it, so far as it Is
possible to solve it, Farmers have no
been exempted from the draft l know
that they would not wish to be. l talk,
it for granted they would not wish t
be put in a class by themselves in thi
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
BOlsheviki Real Power.

Those opposed to the bolsheyild, ac.
cording to the Petrograd correspondent
of The Daily Express, admit a growing
conviction that the bolsheviki have
come to stay, IF not permanently, at
least an inconveniently long time" He
says the bolsheviki have won the con.
fidence and support of the people as the
provisional government never did, ana
have also struck popular note on the
question Of peace. He adds
'It is more or less generally acknowi.
edged here with mingled joy and gloom
that the power of the soldiers and
workmen's councils is no empty boast,
as many know to their cost"
The correspondent says that the botrr.
geoisie, seem almost to have ceased to
exist in Russia. A person may travel
the length and breadth of Russia ana
see only swarms Of peasants and work.
men
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

Maximum temperature yesterday was
30 degrees; minimum this morning Z
degrees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
GREAT PLANTS ENGAGED ON WAR WORK
ARE TIED BY VIOLENT STRIKES AND FURIOUS
LABOR ELEMENT DEMANDS PEACE Be MADE
An Omin0uS Sound

Perograd, Jan. 3l-An official statement issued to-
day by the bOlshevki government says that the "new
workmen's and peasants Red army will to support
the coming social revolution in Europe"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
RUSSARISTOCRACY
FLEES TO CR|MEA
AND PLAYS POKER
FORM SELECT COMMUNITIES OF
BORES AND BORED-MlNY
BANKRUPT PRINCES.
RED ARMY" is FORMING
Bolsheyist Decree Is Issued Establish.
ing the "All-Russian Collegium" for
Guidance in Organizing This Latest
Military Power in Riddled Empire.

London, Jan. G1-A bolshevist dc.
cree establishing an "allRussian collie.
{lum," for guidance in organizing the
'workmen's and peasants Red Army OF
the Russian councils republic" is an.
bounced in a Russian official wireless
tatement received here. The commit
zee VIII be composed of two representa-.
ives OF the war comissariat and two
representatives. OF the general staff of
the Red Guard.
Another decree assigns 20.OOO,OOO ru.
bles for the organization of the Red
Nmy from the moneys in the war fund.
The money is to be entrusted to the
eoIlegium and must be returned subse.
quently
Ihe Pravda prints a rumor that Ru.
mania lately has made a separate
agreement with the central powers and
suggests that this may include com.
Pensatlon for Rumania in Bessarabia.
Ukraine Seems Impotent.
The bolshevist government, accord.
ing to dispatches from Petrograd. con.
tinues to claim considerable military
control in the Ukraine and elsewhere
1t is announced that after the bolshev-
list troops captured Bachmatsch sta
titn the officers of the nobility with.
drew to Kiev, which is surrounded on
all sides. The Ukrainian rada is said
to have lost confidence in the Ukrainlan
soldiers. Workmen now are organiz.
ing white Guard" in the Ukraine
under Russian and Polish officers who
had been reduced to the ranks in the
Russian army.
The capture of the towns of Kertch
Theodosa and Yalta in the Crimea is
claimed by the bolsheviki. It is said
that Cossack General Dutoff has been
defeated and the capture of Orenburr
is imminent. Special dispatches from
Petrograd concur in the belief that all
the Cossacks will declare themselves on
the side Of the bolsheviki. The report
gives instances Of growing adhesion and
forecast the downfall of the government
Of General Kaledines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

Washington, Jan. 31.-To the farm.
ers Of the United States, President vii.
son sent a message in which he calle1
attention to the countrys need of their
assistance during the coming year in
winning the war. The message was
sent through the farmers conference
being held at the University OF Illinois
1T Urbana
The presidents message said:
81 am very sorry indeed that / can
not be present in person at the Urbana
conference, but in the circumstances it
has seemed impossible for me to be
present, and, therefore, l can only send
YOU very earnest message expressing
my interest and the thoughts when
uch a conference must bring promi.
1ently into every mind.
81 need not tell you, for ! am sure
GU realize as kecnly as | do, that we
re as a nation in the presence OF a
reat task which demands supreme
sacrifice and endeavor Of every one OF
Is. We can give everything that Is
needed with the greater willingness auC
ven satisfaction because the object OF
he war in which we are engaged Is the
reatest that free men have ever under
AIKEN il is to prevent the life or the
world being determined and the for
tunes of men everywhere affected by
small groups of military masters wn,
eek their own interest and the selnsi
dominion throughout the worEc or tn,
governn ents they unhappny for tn,
moment control.
You will not need to be convinced
hat it was necessary for us as a FREE
Heople to take part in this war. 1t ha,
aiscd its evil hand against us. IT,
'ulers of Germany had sought 10 eXcr
Else their power in such a way as t
hut off our economic life so far as on
| intercourse with Europe was concerneJ
and to confine our people within Ih
western hemisphere while the enem
accomplished purposes which wdul
have permanently impaired and impet
ed every process of our national lif
and put the fortunes Of America at tn
mercy Of the imperial government o
Germany,
This was no threat 1t had becom
reality. Their hand of violence ha
| laid upon our own people and our owi
property in fragrant violation, not onl
If justice, but Of the well recognize
md long standing covenants Of inter
national law and treaty. We are fighi
ing therefore as truly for the liberty o
and self.government OF the Unite
States as if the war of our own reyC
ution had to be fought over agar
and every business man in the Unite
'tates must know by this time that hi
whole future fortune lies in the ba
| lnce.
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(Con,inued on page 81.
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Continued on page
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WARMER TOMORROW.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

London, Jan. 31.-The German
magnitude, the Exchange Telegraph
hagen reports. In Berlin 100000 pc
ports, $4,000 Of these being women.
A great number of socialist le
in various German towns, according