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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
.HEALDTON MAN
MURDER V|CTIM;;
SUSPECT HELD

The body of a murdered man,
found last Sunday in an abandoned
well near Cornish, has been identi-
fed as that Of John Goldsmith OF
New Healdton, and Barney Whit
more, a young man q years OF age,
who was last seen with Goldsmith,
has been arrested on a charge OF at
least being implicated in the crime
Whitmore was arrested on last
Wednesday at New Healdton by
Sheriq Ballard OF Waurika; Lem
Bates, city marshall of New Head
ton, and Perry Harwell, who assist
ed the officers in running down
clues that led to the arrest.
When arrested Whitmore hac
lust driven into town with a loat
of Junk and old and iron and had
sold it to a dealer. He had the mur-
dered mans wagon and team anl
investigation showed stains OF
blood on the wagon bed.
Whitmore claims that he an(
Goldsmith were in Ringing abou
Ian. q and that they started late
that night for Waurika, but OF
reaching the Mud Creek store
changed their minds and drov,
back, meeting an automobile nea
Cornish, where Goldsmith got ou
of the wagon and into the car, say
ing he was going to Fort Worth tC
be gone ten days or more. Whit
more says he then drove ont'
Healdton that night, but there ar
witnesses who say they saw hin
with the wagon and team in Cor
nish the next morning.
1t is claimed there is evidence It
show that when last seen in Ring
ling and Cornish, Whitmore ant
Goldsmith were under the inhuenc
of liquor. Goldsmith is reputed t,
have rather disreputable charac
ter. having served a term in tn
penitentiaIy and to have been ar
rested on a charge OF counterfeit
ing. He was As years of age. Whit
more says they had been engage
in stealing junk and selling it.
Whitmore was taken to see th
body OF the murdered man las
Thursday, but said it was too badl
decomposed for him to identify i
He was nervous over the strain, bu
denied any knowledge of the killing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
SIBERIA MAY SOON BE
APANS BATTLE GROUND
AGAINST HUN AND 77<RK
Bulgaria AHe.. pts to
DenationaHze Serbia

Washington, March 2.-The cam
paign of the Bulgarians to dena-
tionalize occupied parts Of Serbia
was detailed by the Serbian minis
ter of foreign affairs in a commu-
nication made public here today by
Y. NJ. Yoyanowitch, director OF the
Serbian press bureau.
The Bulgars deny in principle
the existence of the Serbian nation
throughout the territory they held -
the statement said "All Serbian
books and manuscripts, not only
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

from public libraries, but from pri-
vate collections, are being carried
off and burned. Writing in the
Serbian language is forbidden. The
Serbian church has perhaps suffered
the most"
Details of the murders of numer-
Gus Serbian priests and school
teachers are set forth, "a priests at
Nish suddenly disappearing when
the Bulgarians occupied the city,
and another group similarly drop
ping out of sight few days after
ward.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
WILSON INDORSES
EIGHT-HOUR DAY

Portland, Ore, March "A tel
egram from President Wilson in
dorsing the action of the lumber
men of the Northwest in voluntarily
granting basic eight-hour day in
the lumber industry was received
today by Col. Bryce c. Disque, head
of the aeroplane spruce production
campaign.
1t said 81 was sincerely glad to
hear of the action of the lumber
men in instituting the eight-hour
day. | think they will find this an
act not only of wise policy, but OF
good sense from every point OF
view."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
HUNSHANG 2OOSLAVS

London, March 2.-According
to a semi-ofiicial agency dispatch
from Petrograd, a proclamation
has been issued by the bolshevik
government under the heading,
importers of German Kultur,"
asserting that when the Ger
mans entered Wolmar on Feb.
20, 200 persons were arrested and
without any investigation were
hanged in the market place.
The proclamation says that
this action resulted from infor-
nation given by the bourgeoisie
who gathered around the gal
lows and shouted, "The same
fate awaits 500 more"
The Germans have announced
that all the bolsheviki red
guards will be hanged or shot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
Texas Man in Trouble.

FL Paso, Texas, March 2.-W. e.
Clark of Abilene, Texas, was arrest
ed here today on telegraphic in
structioos from Sheriff Dodson Of
Abilene The message said Clark
was the principal witness for the
state in the trial of Felix r. Jones,
of Abilene, convicted of the murder
Of Thomas Lyons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
WOULD KEEP SKILLED
MEN ON THE FARMS

Washington, March 2-Senator
Iwen. Democrat, of Oklahoma, in
.roduced resolution in the senate
today providing that no more labor
skilled in farming" shall be with
iIawn from the farms this year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

Abilene, Texas, March 2.-The
arrest of w. G. Clark at FL Paso
today was based on an indictment
returned here yesterday in connec-
ton with the wrecking of Wich-
ita Valley railway passenger train
near Abllene two years ago. Of
icers ale reticent about the case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
REICHSTAG TAKES RECESS

Amsterdam, March 2.-The Ger
man reichstag, after referring the
budget to the main committee to-
day, adjourned until March Il,
says a telegram from Berlin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
WEATHER FORECAST

Oklahoma: Sunday, general
ly fair; warmer. Monday, fair.
East Texas: Sunday and
Monday, generally cloudy;
warmer in northwestern portion.
West Texas; Sunday and
Monday, generally fair; no i'm
portant change in temperature,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

AIuskogee, Okla, March Karl
Tietgens, cotton broker Of Ardmore
and a former officer in the German
army, was today ordered interned
for the period OF the war.
Tietgens, who has been held in
iail while federal officers have been
investigating his case, will be taken
to- Fort Sill tomorrow and turned
over to military authorities.
According to evidence in the
hands Of United States District At
torncy McGinnis, Tietgens has been
sending information OF military
value to Germany through the use
of the code adopted by the cotton
brokerage company with which he
is connected.
In the report to Attorney Gen
eral Gregory, Tietgcns is described
as a most dangerous alien.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03
HISTORIAN BANCROFT DIES
NEAR SAN FRANCISCO
BULLETIN.

San Francisco, March Hubert
Howe Bancroft, famous American
historian, died today at Walnut
Creek, 20 miles east of this city
aged sc years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

Karl c. Tietgcns, 222 Stanley
boulevard, was taken into custody
by Richard Hignight, deputy Unit
ed States marshal, Feb. "A, and has
since been in the Carter County
iail. The order for his arrest came
from the department Of justice.
When Les Scgler, chief OF police,
who was appointed registrar for
Ardmore, called for the registration
of alien enemies, Tietgens was the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-03

Continued on page y
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
ME anM CRnMs INx.

<VENERAL PERSIIING has taken pains. promptly and
~ with emphasis. to deny the report that coored
troops have been Disseminated against in that
they were selected for places Of especial danger the
line He says that the coored troops have been assigned
to places the American sectors with exactly the
method that applies the selection OF white troops
and he takes the additional pains to make known that
the aolored troops have always comported themselves
under fire a to win admiration for their
age and endurance
Thus It would seem that the cooref American troops
abroad doing well and being treated becomes
the soldiers OF republic
But how about them at home?
1t is pleasurable to state that the colored troops
cantonment have shown themselves teachabe and
adaptable the white troops and that they give promise
Of maintaining when they reach the firing line the
record which the colored pioneers have already up
in France.
Nevertheless they ind themselves laboriug under a
discrimination here which has been called to the
attention Of the higher ups Of the War Department With
result We refer to the obnoxious "Jm Grow" laws
OF the Southern States which have been applied to men
In the national uniform under circumstances which call
for redress appears that both officers and Of the
coored troops though travelling transportation
thorized and purchased by the Government, have not
been permitted to ride Pullman in parts Of
the Southland colored officer travelling
rested taken from his and fined. This
took place as long ago as March and was promptly
reported to the War Department. Mr. Baker then
three thousand miles away" learning useful
facts about war; and no action was taken. None has
been taken since his return. and far can learn
no steps have been taken TO prevent Of
such humiliation to the American uniform and the men
who wear it.
The fact that Mr.. Baker came from a Southern State
does not exempt him from seeing to II that there shall
be no nyidous distinctions made between any classes
OF American soldiers who perform their duties properly
and otherwise conduct themselves with decorum
Evening journal., 1918-07-08

tion; to Bourtseff and the oldtime anti
Czaristic leaders-to whom, pray, If not
to the German agents now In the sad
die? And II the commission did not go
to Lenine and TrOtzky, how far would
IL get in Its endeavors to penetrate Rus
sla, unless IL had an armed force2
Meanwhile, waiting watchfully, Ger
many fastens deeper and deeper its
grip upon the Russian people, buying
up the Russian banks, buying up the fac
tories now closed. buying everything In
sight, believing that no power can dis
soclate 1t from its spolls and that whea
the Missionaries and mercenaries Of the
Belshevikl have completed their fell
work 1t Will be able to step In and as
sumo control and be welcomed by a
despairlng, exhausted and starving peo-
pie
1t goes without saying that we need
at the head Of an American commission
to Russia the most distinguished Amer
leans who can be spared abroad. But
above all things we need Americans
who have lived in Russia, who know
the people, know the leaders, speak
their language and understand how TO
deal with them in this dire emergency.
VIII 1t be these or some Of our distin-
guished real pohtikers2"
Evening journal., 1918-07-08


Tremendous excitement reigned re-
Gently In the Marienstrasse. In from
OF a poulterer's shop there surged 9
great crowd Of men and women, who
ieered and hOOted as only Berlin mobs
can. while all eyes were concentrated
on the show window.
In that window there lay exposed to
full view a gOOse-a beautiful, fat,
nicely trussed goose. Nor was this all.
Beside the goose there lay a ticket
with the price marked on II, as the
market regulation prescribe, and that
price was 500.
Soon the sight Of this precious bird
proved too much for the equanimity OF
the people, and first one, then two, and
finally quite a vOlley Of stones were
hurled through the shop windows by
way Of protest against such unscrupu-
lous proflteering.
Things began TO look ominous for
the safety Of the shopkeeper. for amid
much abuse the mob began to make
preparations to storm the premises. AT
that moment, fortunately, armed po-
licemen arrived on the scene. and the
angry demonstrators were forcibly dis
persed.
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
The Russian Foo
(From the New York Trlbune.)

The fog and the haze which enveloI
the problem as to what we shall do
about Russia seem to continue with un.
diminished density; with a strong "ln-
tellectual" disposition to feel that per-
haps alter all the Lenlne-Trotzky gov
ernment' is the only one which can be
dealt with and therefore that the bet
ter plan, perhaps. is to give It some
sort Of recognition. From a man OF
high intelligence, who has spent years
OF his life in Russia, speaks the Ian
guage, knows the country and the peO-
pie from one end of II to the other, we
have received a note, answering an in
quiry, from which we take the liberty
Of quoting a terse paragraph:
"At the moment there does not seem
the slightest chance for any American
being named for the commission to
Russia who has had any practical ex-
perience in the country or has any in
innate knowledge Of the people and the
conditions now obtaining there. My ap-
prehension is that the next commission,
like all It's predecessors. Will simply so
to that dazed people, asking the usual
nauseating question, Now, just tell us
how we can help you and we Will see
what can be done, instead Of taking
hold Of the tremendous job there star
ing them in the face"
THE usual nauseatlng question -
Does not this sum up exactly the attl-
tude OF about 80 per cent. Of those who
are for "helping Russia" through the
Bolsheviki-as though Lenine and Trotz-
ky and their precious coherts were in
any mood to be asked what they would
like us to do, when, backed by German
troops and provided with German
money, they are hotly pursuing their
unhappy country TO its utter ruin.
II It is not Lenine and Trotzky to
whom our commission would go with
''the usual nauseating question" to
whom would the commission gO?-tO
Miliukoff, or Lyoff. or Rodzianko, or
the leaders Of the first Russian revolu-
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
TnE rRuIT oF vACmLATIoN.

~ ERENsF1Y. reappearins in London and route to
N America revives hope that something may be done
In and for Russia
He himself is quoted believing that Russia may
again take her place in the fighting line and oppose the
Germans
Such faith is not found in many quarters but it is
heartenlng TO find it in Kerensky, whose dreams OF
year and half went gllmmering tragcally when
his weakness deprived him OF the courage to deal
with Lenne and Trotzky as they deserved
If. in the meantime, Russian hopes have been kept
alive at all it is through the efforts OF the group whom
Kerensky overthrow. of the numerous Grand Dukes
Michael is at this moment at the head Of considerable
number Of CzechoSayc troops opposing the rule Of the
reds in Southeastern Russia, and is possible that he
and such forces Kerensky may be able TO to-
geher may find themselves enabled to cooperate. One
thing certain, Russia cannot be permitted to remain
the the Allied that she is and has
been for nearly year.
II is unfortunate that the United States alone among
the Allied nations has been put in position where the
delay and the danger in5the Russian situation 50
clearly chsrgeable TO us
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
Rich Railroad Earnings Ahead
Because of High Traffic Rates
from The New York SUM

After years OF starvation Of the
American transportation system by the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
President Wilson took over the rail-
roads when storms, congestion at ter
minals, fuel shortage and labor read
justments had paralyzed them.
The Director-General OF Railroads
raised the freight and passenger rates
when the carriers were stlll trying TO
dig themselves out of the mountains OF
trouble under which they had been
freshly buried.
All through the first four months OF
THIS year the public was condOling with
the government upon the huge sums
which, under the system OF Federal
operation, would have to be drained
out OF the treasury to meet the rail-
way operating deficits. not to mention
the payment Of dividends. Nobody need
waste much sympathy now on the
treasury. Nobody who follows the
railway reports from week to week
and month to month Will fear that
through its control Of the roads, the
government is going TO lose anything
There is good reason to think that the
government will clear on its railway
operation a pretty penny.
In May numerous Western roads were
still floundering IN their misery Of the
previous winter, but important as
they are TO the national life, the West
ern carriers do not do the business done
by the great systems here in the east.
In fact the May operating income OF
the chief eastern roads was greater
than the operating incomes Of the chief
western and southern roads all put to-
gether. In the east a richly prosper
GUS road like the Lackawanna had
come back by May, and more than
come back, TO its Old record Of making
high earnings. A vast and powerful
system like the Pennsylvania straight
ened itself out In the south the few
flrst class railroads were booming
again. Good, bad and Indifferent taken
together, the May operating income
Of the chief southern roads showed an
actual gain going up from s9,033,05i in !
1917 to sf0,52i,7l6, in 1918. In the west
the majority Of the roads were still
running behind, although great pro-
perties like the Union Pacific snd the
Atchison were once more bathed In
sunshine.
The combined record OF 1913 OF the
largest railroads, therefore, showed
net revenues from railway operation
OF ST, 1918 as against ss7,9S9.4i in
1917. With general and local govern
ments taking si,3OOOOO more in taxes
than in May, 1917, all the eastern roads
were only s2,750,OOO behind the pre-
vious year, the southern roads, as be-
fore mentioned, were Sl,5OO,OO0 ahead,
and all the roads, east, west and south.
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
rARIFF AND LIVING STANDARDS

N EFENDING the recent requests Of the Food Admin
II istraton for the limitation of individual consump-
on Of certain staples, a Democratic newspaper points
out that "a pound and half of beef week for every
person would be liberal allowance in any other coun-
try than this"
Truel And the comment emphasizes the difference
in the standard Of living which prevails here against
that which any other country enjoys
1t is this high standard Of living which makes It
necessary for the United States to protect It's home
market from foreign invasion by Of tariff But
for that established and osered by Republican states
men, it would have been impossible to have had even
in peace time, beef ration Of pound and half
week
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
MONDAY, JULY 8, 1918.
A BAs BOLsHEVIsM.

CPEAKING at the annual commencement exercises at
y York University. David Jayne Hill, former am
bassador to Germany made several pertinent observa-
tions that should much thoughtful attention
than they probably Will With a funess Of loyalty to
the Government the people Of the country wont to
accept with little question every plea that is based upon
q claim OF necessity. They too often deaf to
sober counsel and needless OF timely warning II will
not be surprising, therefore, if DR.. Hills words thus
spoken graduating class Of $50 students shall meet
little response at time when socialism wields so much
power in the national administration:
I'VE hear much In these times Of social reconsruc-
tion Great empires have fallen and revolution seems
everywhere Impending. We. in America shall not be
exempt from radical proposals Of change Our enemies
will see to &C. they seeing TO It now that this Re
public shah be threatened in its very foundations Who
is to resist them2 Who is TO stand for great In
heritanco9 Who is to say to the incursions OF Boil
sheysm saying Prusslanlsm that the rights
Of men, as well states TO solfdetermnaton, to the
possession their under just and equal
laws must and shall be preserved2"
Who indeed. when every voice that Is raised in
test against the onward sweep Of paernalism senced
with the charge Of "prO-German.n
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
olrIsi Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try I'll

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake well. and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckle
aud tan lotion, and complexion beauti-
fer at very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for a few
cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant
lotion into the face, neck. arms and
hands each day and see how freckles
and blemishes disappear and how clear,
soft and white the skin becomes. Yes !
It is harmless.
Evening journal., 1918-07-08

! were sii.OWOOO to the bad.
But in May, Of course, the sensational
25 per cent. increase in traffic rates
had not gone into effect The new rates
were not due to begin until the mid
die Of June. In the month before the
new rates were to become effective
nearly all the big and good roads every
where were generally doing pretty well
already Some Of the lesser roads were
emerging onto comfortable circum-
stances.
When we think of what the June
freight and passenger increases mean,
we can picture the railroads OF the
United States rolling in wealth. The
gross earnings OF 1913 Of the largest
roads were mounting In May TO some
/ S3i4,000000. This Is at an annual rate
Of somewhere between s3,500,00O,OO0
and S4,O00,OO0000. If the new rate in
crease is going TO average anything
like the 25 per cent. predicted for 1t
by railway experts, 1t looks as II the
Railroad Administrator had now before
him in the increased revenues, little
matter Of some three-quarters OF a bill
lion dollars year more.
Unless the Dlrector-Genersl Is going
to slather more wage increases on rail-
way labor, there is very good chance
that, with all the increased revenue
pillng up during recent weeks and the
seven or eight hundred millions year
still to come In under the new freight
and passenger tariffs, the railroads OF
the United states could now begin to
equal the earning records Of steel trusts,
coal industries, munition plants-iust
because as soon as the Director-General
OF Railroads sees that more revenues
are needed as he needs TO do, having
himself the power Of rate making, is
TO get those revenues with snap Of
his fingers.
When we recall how for years the In
terstate Commerce Commission let the
American Railways, for lack Of suffl
Client revenues, wear out and rust and
fall 10 pieces, let their credit sink 10
the depths, let nearly all stockholders
have their dividends imperilled and
many stockholders lose theirs-when
we recall how for upward OF a genera
tion the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion was passiOnately devoted to pull
verizing the American railway system,
we can be grateful that the government
control and operation Of the railroads
has put that celebrated agency Of de-
structi0n out OF business. We can be
sure that whether the railroads ever go
back OF do not go back TO their own
ers, the Interstate Commerce Commls- |
sion will never again get the opportu-
nifty to make superlative .wrecksge out
OF the greatest industry in the United
States, the greatest, in truth. in the
whole world.
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
Spirit of the
DeintarUid Press
NLILFORD IDLERs.

MlLtOltD lDLEhS.
From the Milford Chronicle.
There are many men who are profes-
sional idlers in Milford, and they are
not in any particular class. They range
from the common drunk to the well
dressed lOafer who exists without ef-
fort to earn his living. II these people
are reported to the authorities, either
for the State, county, or Federal gov
ernment, they will be investigated, and
either set at work or imprisoned, where
they can learn to break stone at the
unless they are within the
draft, then they Will be put into the
army without further classification.
Make a list of every fellow between the
age Of eighteen and fifty years, and re
port him, and the whole government
viii be benefited.
Evening journal., 1918-07-08
With The Psragraphers

Speaking Of the difference between Democracy with
big ID" and democracy with small ID" the Republi-
can State of Illinois casts votes at the ballot box
than the States OF the whole solid South combined
Alabama Georgia. Florida, North Carolina South Caro-
lna Tennessee Louisiana Virginia Mississippi Arkansas
Texas and oklahoma combined. An these States have
five times much representation in the electoral col
lege Illinois has. After the is over, we have
big Job ahead Of introducing democracy into por
tons OF the United States. portions which have set
themselves up too for queer reason instructors
in democracy TO the rest of us.-Nationa Republican