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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-24
COUNTY TREASURER

l.. ~. (Ad) Sanders announces that
he Is a candidate for County Treas.
urer subject othe action Of the Dem.
ocratic voters
The sun., 1918-08-31
GERMANS DISCOUNT
RETREAT EXCUSES
"Must We Stop War;" They
Ask Prof. Rohrboch.

LONDON, Auz. 30.-Writing in the
Deutsche Pontik on the failure OF Ger
man political propaganda, says the
Times, Prof Paul Rohrbach q Berlin
still clings to the belief that Germany
can swallow all she wants in the east
In the name OF liberation" II she can
obtain peace by breaking the "home
front" OF the western Powers through a
demonstrative reputation OF painter
manism.
The political writer's article contains
Illuminating admissions about German
public opinion and fresh Indications as to
the character OF the next German peace
offensive. At the beginning OF August
Prof. Rohrbach was travelling in n re-
mote part of Germany. and he says he
was horrified to discover that the Ger
man people no longer believed in the
official explanation OF the German re-
treat. He writes:
"A number OF citizens were standing
together in a shop. In the course OF con.
versation somebody asked me whether ]
would give a frank answer to ques-
ton. Then he said:
"'Tell us. please. your honest opinion
Must we stop 1t"
He meant to ask. OF course, whether
we must stop the war This was the
first impression made by the news OF
our unsuccessful offsnsive in the Marine
area" "a
The sun., 1918-08-31
GERMANY DICTATES
ON RULE IN RUSSIA
Brest-LitOvsk Peace Treaty
Outlines Government In
der Threat Of War.

CoPENHAGEN. Aug 3O.-The North
German Gazette explains the Import OF
the three supplementary agreements to
the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty signed in
Berlin Tuesday. II says the agree
ments are intended to regulate a num-
Der OF political and military political
questions arising from the fact that
Russia's relations with the border<States
are still unsettled
THE German Government felt itself
at one with the German people in the
principle Of not causing or supporting
the forctble disunion OF former Russian
territory" says the Gazette. This prin-
c!ple. which is expressly laid down in
the supplementary agreements, makes II
possible for Russia IN the future to
order Its own internal affairs and forms
the foundation on which any Russian
Government which does not desire war
with Germany can and must build
"Esthonia and Livonia stand In the
foreground of German interest The
supplementary agreements contain So
luton which assures the Baltic States
independence. but gives Russia routes Of
commerce TO free ports on the Baltic
for all time.
Germany succeeded in getting Rus
sia's consent to recognition Of the in
dependence OF Georgia, but II was i'm
possible to secure Russia's consent to
acknowledge other States in the eau
casus. The Russian Government laid
the greatest weight on assuring to itself
the Baku territory with its rich naphtha
fields. Germany could not disregard
this wish in view OF the fact that Rus
STA pledged itself to place a portion Of
the naphtha production at the disposal
Of Germany and its allies.
THE 100000. 900 marks (Sl.a0O.
100000 at normal exchange) which
Russia undertakes to pay Germany in
cludes all sums lost by Germans up to
July /. 1917. through Russian revolu-
tionary Sonhscatory legislation. A
financial commission will be named to
regulate the matter OF mutual bank de-
posits. No further appropriations shall
be made OF German property and Ger
mans affected by such measures shall
be Unidentified. but appropriations in
Russia will be recognized as legal II
they affect all Russians and foreigners
alike.
"Russia's new laws regarding inheri-
tances shall not apply to Germans. whose
rights shall be determined in accordance
with the Russo German convention of
1884. All civil issues between Russians
and Germans antedating the war shall
be adJudicated by two courts, each COM
posed OF + ane as president and one
German and one Russian jurist. with
seats at Berlin and Moscow"
The sun., 1918-08-31
U. S. filters IN 81 FIGHTS,
Craft Make O64 Flights in Fra,
Two Weeks of Aurust.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3o.--Amercan air
planes in France. according to official
dispatches received to-day, made 964
flights in the first two weeks Of August.
engaged in ninety-four combats and
brought down at least twenty hostile
fiers. one captive balloon and probably
two other enemy airplanes not Officially
accounted for.
The American bombing planes at
tackled in Contains. Longuyon and Da-
INQUIRE In daylight, dropping $500 kilo-
grams OF projectiles.
The French hiers during the same
time made nearly $4,000 flights, engaged
in nearly 700 combats. took 10, 900 pho
tosraphs OF enemy positions and dropped
$1,000 Kilograms OF projectiles
The French, the dispatches say.
brought down fve enemies within the
allied lines. forty-seven German ma
chimes we're seer to fall within their own
lines and nineV-three others. II not de-
stroyed. were lady damaged.
The sun., 1918-08-31
NOYON CAPTURED
BY NOTED DIVISION
Continued from F1Si Pcp'

them, II possible. and for the same
reason they must do all IN tucr power
to halt Gen. Mangins advance on the
other side
Prisoners say they have definite
orders to hold at all costs AMI b" s',ltH
where they stand rather than give ~
The disposition of the enemy forces
which have been increased l"''.y ,!
twelve fresh divisions, hears out w'
theory that they are trying ~ 10"
The enemy forces are not c,H"'o7"1
over a wide zone, bu; are al .'0"ue'
into the front line,
This is a most Significant 'NHuge ].
German tactics. They have announces
again and again that II was i''." pan
to spread their troops over wide area
and explained" to the folks a, aone
that they were doing this as means
OF saving life. Now they are depart
ing from this plan because ~ t"e,
terrible fear that the vigorous Frealn
will break through and they realize t's'
their only hope 10 check the French AI'
vance is through sheer weigh, o! nlM'
bers
They are paying dearly Gieneh
Mangin's artillery is doing tcrf We eve,
cution. playing on their c.ose.l N'eu
ranks constantly, II IS NerG1h o'"
again. -
They may stop the French 'anes'
but IL does not seem likely T.. r'r"S,
are just as determined to 80 a.'Ad o.
are the Germans TO hold t''" '",N
And in the end French spirit h'e'
TO overcome German numbers.
The sun., 1918-08-31
GERMANS NOW ADMIT
RETREAT WAS FORCED
Assertions of Voluntary Re
firement Abandoned.

AMSTERDAM, August 30. - Peculiar
light on the reiterated German asser-
lions that the retreat on the western
front was pre-arranged and carried out
according to plan withou. undue haste,
Is cast by A. S. Meyer, war correspond
emit Of the Essen Auoemcine Zettuno.
who gives an account OF mis- visit to
a high stan officer of General Won
Hutier's army TO whom he was re-
ferred for information. The officer, who
had not slept three hours at q stretch
for days. showed traces OF Excessive
fatigue.
'In the midst Of the officers explana-
tory statement" says Meyer artlessy.
"the telephone rang and news came that
the enemy had rushed in on the left
flank Of the army OF Won der Marwitz.
and that his right flank was endangered.
A sudden stream OF telephone orders
directed the retirement and the officers
story was cut short.
1--WE had to leave hurriedly. We -sere
to lunch with Gen. Won Edtier. but dur
ing the Luncheon the telephone never
ceased ringing and Won Hutier himself
was hurriedly called away by young
orderly who was to have given us the
rest OF the story"
As the correspondent does not produce
II the assumption seems TO be Justified
that there was no story that day. Such
Incidents do not prevent Karl Rosner.
generally considered the press agent OF
Emperor william. from asserting that
superior leadership and skill still are on
the German side. and the LokdIdnset0er
Of Berlin finds IT necessary to print In
large cross column type this assertion
from Rosner: Further developments
may be awaited with complete calm"
On the other hand General Won Salz-
mann. writing in the Berlin vosstsche
ZeitunD. makes hysterical appeals TO
Germans to set their teeth and to
"carry on" The German public who
70 often has been told that France was
at her last gasp is now asked by Gen
eral Salzmann TO remember that the
boundless resources OF the Entente
Powers lie at Frances back, and that
even the capture OF Paris and Calais
would not change that fact and would
not bring France to her knees
"If we possessed those resources"
ealzmann exclaims. "the Germans long
would have been victors In Paris ana
all over the world"
That not being the case General Salz-
mann concludes his article with this
statement:
"A peace dictated by the British
means that the fatherland will be wiped
of the map and that It's sons. rich and
poor, will be reduced to slavery and
beggary."
An Illuminating insight into Teutonic
mentality is provided by the Cologne
volks- Zeifung which. lamenting the ter
rible bloodshed and destruction caused
by the war, says:
Much as we detest It as human be-
ings and as Christians. yet we exult
in IL as Germans" . .
The sun., 1918-08-31

here. Bancourt, east OF Bapaume, fell
after being stormed.
Astrlde the road to Cambria from
PerOnne s6e British crashed into the
Germans and smotnered their resistance,
sometimes again at the point of the
bayonet. Fremicourt seems to have been
taken and the British to have driven on
eastward. North OF here Vaulx-Vrau-
court. which contained a large enemy
garrison that offered the strongest re-
sista nee with machine guns. apparently
has fallen in its entirety to the British.
Ecoust-St Mein and Longatte in Its
suburbs. again are reported to have
been captured by the British.
Here the Germans delivered a power
full counter attack. and the British
withdrew In the face of 1t. The artillery
was turned into the trap the Germans
had made for themselves. and after It
had finished the British moved back
again and mopped up what remained
of the Germans.
The sun., 1918-08-31
ALLIED AIR RAIDERS
MAKE MANY ATTACKS
Contains and ThionUille Suf-
fer From Bombs.

LONDON, Aug. 30.--An official state
ment issued by the Air Ministry to-
night on bombing and ra.ding opera
lions says:
The morning Of August 80 our ma
chimes attacked the railway station
at Contains and hostile airdrome.
Direct hits were made both on the
hangers at the airdrome and the rail-
way at Contains. In the course OF
fighting one enemy airplane was de-
stroyed. All our machines returned
safely.
AnothsY attack was also carried out
by one of our squadrons on the sta
tions at Contains and Thionville. This
squadron engaged a largely superior
number of hostile machines. Fierce
fighting ensued, in the course of which
one enemy airplare was destroyed and
one sent down out of control. Four
OF our machines are missing
Another official statement on British
aerial activities. issued tonight, says
Eleven hostile machines were shot
down by us on August 20 and ten were
sdriven down out of control. One
German balloon was set on fire. Nine
OF our machines are missing. Our
hlT men were dStlEtiy SHBdkeU III ali
departments OF their work throughout
the day.
Fifteen and a half tons of bombs
were dropped on a variety of targets.
including the Bruges Docks and many
railway connections beyond the battle
zone. Unfavorab BILE weather prevented
night flying.
The French official report to-nigh
contains the following:
Our bombarding machines have at
tackled the Pinon forest and the rail-
road station at Anizy lie Chateau
(both between Scissors and Laon) and
crossings Of the Ailette located in this
region. More than forty-eight tons OF
explosives were dropped.
Twenty enemy machines have been
downed or sent down out OF control
An enemy captive balloon was set on
IRE.
The sun., 1918-08-31
AMERICANS REPEL RAIDERS.
Germans Advance In Vosges Under
Cover of Artillery Fire.

WAsHINGroN Aug 3o.-The officia
report covering to-days activities OF
the American forces in France as ISSUED
by General Pershing and made public
tonight by the War Department fol
lows:
"In the Vosges a strong raiding
party advanced under cover of art,l-
lery Are to our lines. and was driven
back without securing any results,
Aside from artillery fighting in this
region there is nothing else to report.
During the day the railroad yards
at Barricourt and Contains were ef-
fectively bombed by our aviators. All
our machines have returned
The sun., 1918-08-31
ENTENTE MAY STATE
WAR AIMS JOINTLY
"EUening Standard" Expects
Document Soon.
Special Gable Despafch 10 The sus.
Copyright, 1918. all riohts veserred


LONDON, Aug. S0.-The Evening Stand
ard says an epoch making declaration by
the Entente Governments stating their
war aims Is expected to be made very
soon. To the present all references to
peace terms have been issued indie
pendently by the different Governments.
but there has been evidence recently In
the Entente countries that statesmen
consider that the time has arrived for a
definite announcement.
1t rs believed such a declaration will
be issued at the conference OF represen-
tatlves OF the allied nations to be held
ment. the Evening Standard says. would
be to end the old secret diplomacy which
relied on bargainings to maintain the
balance OF power.
The document. It is asserted. will af-
Arm two principles besides territorial
and financial adjustments, which are OF
supreme importance. These are a deter
mination to fight until the system which
brought about the war Is definitely de-
stroyed and that the general peace set
Element be In accordance with the rights
of nations to decide their own destiny.
LONDON. Aug. 30.-Admiral Won Hintxe,
the German Minister of Foreign Affairs,
will make a statement Monday before
the Foreign Committee OF the Prussian
Diet. Imperial Chancellor Won Hertling
has arrived in Berlin from headqua rters,
according to Copenhagen despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
The sun., 1918-08-31
here, and are TAR more numerous than

here. and are TAR more numerous than
ours"
That patriotism is less intense in the
German army In suggested by notes In
the captured STAFF memoranda. which
tell OF the action of the Fifth Company
OF the Twenty-second Infantry Regi-
ment refusing to relieve the Fourth
Company on the ground that they had
done their duty in the trenches.
The battalion commander after threat
enlng to send them forward under escort
appealed to their sense OF duty to the
fatherland. The notes 20 on to say that
several men were heard TO exclaim. ITO
hell with the vaterlanJ!'
The sun., 1918-08-31
GERMANY BARS ALLIED PRESS.
Another Effort TO Prevent Truth OF
Reverses From Being Known.

LONDON, Aug. 30,-The sale of news
papers published in allied countries has
been prohibited in Germany for some
time past Previously English, French
and American newspapers could be
bought easily at shops and bookstalls
and were allowed TO circulate freely. but
now they are obtainable only by special
permits. which are issued to privileged
persons. such as members o. tho Reichs-
tag
The prohibition apparently Is Intended
10 counteract tho growing pessimism of
me German people and is attributed 10
rear W the part OF the German military
althe1ties lest the truth about thu
American effort should become known.
The sun., 1918-08-31
RAID BY ITALIAN CAVALRY.
Prisoners Taken south of Mori-
Enemy Attacks RepuIsed.

VIENNA tvia London, Aug. 30.-Th
war once statement to-day says
South OF Mort our cavalry storm
troops surprised and captured a part
OF the garrison. Near Asiago the en-
envy launched several attacks after
violent artillery preparation. These
were beaten back by our fire and
counter attacks.
Yesterday our airplanes dropped
fifty bombs on Monte Belluno station
The sun., 1918-08-31
BRITISH MAKEA
COMPLETE SWEEP


In state OF fuidity all the way to
Steenwerck and Bailleul. When signs
of retirement in this northern sector
were first evident suggested that what
ever the enemy did he would probably
attempt to hold the line from Kennel
TO Armentieres. 1t seems he dare not
try to hold much more.
The sun., 1918-08-31
By the Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ~ FRANCE
Aug S0.-The record OF an American
air unit. comprising seventy-ive pilots
shows that during July It shot down
twenty-eight enemy airplanes and one
balloon. Eighteen other planes are
claimed to have been brought down, but
these are not confirmed, The American
airmen engaged in 14 combats and
went on l3l combat patrols.
The units best days were July IS,
when six enemy machines and one bal
loon were destroyed, and July "a, when
five airplanes were destroyed without an
American casualty.
The sun., 1918-08-31
BRITISH IN BAILLEUL;
GAIN ON WHOLE LINE
Heavy Fighting Between
Somp,e and Scarps.
BY the Associated PreA.

WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN
FRANCE. Aug. 3o.-It is reported that
Bailleul, on the northern side of the
Lys salient, has been evacuated by the
Germans and that the British are
either entering the town or may soon
occupy II. Longatte and Ecoust-St
Main, southwest OF Bullecourt are re-
ported to have been captured to-day by
the British.
The British armies again to-day
smashed their way forward all along
the line. There has been very heavy
fighting almost everywhere between the
Somme and Scarpe rivers. and under
the force OF repeated blows, delivered
with machineline precision. the foe has
been forced TO abandon many more
town positions and large strips of
ground
fered terrible losses. The British have
freed all the country south and west
OF the Somme. the last Germans being
driven behind the river this morning.
Even there the enemy is not finding
rest, for the British have crossed the
stream az one place at least south Of
La Chapellette.
Heavy Artillery in Fire.
From Peronne southwark FIRST the
British cannon and then the French
are hurting proJectiles. big and little.
to the other side OF the river. Just
north OF the Somme. after 1t turns to
the west at Peronne. the British have
captured Clery and are pressing on
toward Peronne itself.
The Germans have been trying ever
since the fall OF Bapaume to hold the
line running along the road between
that town and Peronne. British patrols,
however, actually have reached lie
Transloy. directly on the road, and II
Is reported that lie Transloy has fallen
and fierce battle within a battle Is
raging along almost the whole length
Of the road
Hard fighting IL going on around
Beaulencourt. which Is astride the road
between lie Transloy and Bapaume.
The Germans hold the major portion Of
this village for the moment, but they
seem destined to be thrown out.
bitter struggle also Is In progress
at Morval. southwest OF lie Transloy.
The lighting appears to have reached a
hand to hand stage and the Germans
are said to have suffered from the
British bayonets. Other towns In this
immediate neighborhood fell this morn
ing or last night.
From this locality the line OF battle
swings wide aropSr Bapaunne, and
there has been mise heavy fishtins
The sun., 1918-08-31
YANKEES FACE NEW
DIVISIONS OF ENEMY
Continued from First Pdoe.

Wis, told how when our advance was
preceded by armored cars many Ameri-
cans thought they were too slow and
rushed ahead.
The sun., 1918-08-31
'ITALYS DAREDEVILS
PRAISE u. S. TROOPS
Strong Nerves and Physical
PoUer Arouse Admiration.
Special Cable Despatch TO The suS.

Copyright. 1918; all rights reserved.
LONDON, Aug 30.-American troops
and the Italian Arditti, the daredevils
OF Diazs army. who have been brigaded
on the Italian front. have been ex-
changing compliments. according to the
war correspondent Of Epocha OF Rome.
who quotes an American Colonel as
saying:
I'VE are filled with wonder at the
sight OF your daredevils hurting hand
bombs $50 and even 800 feet. 1t does
our hearts good to witness their cool,
indomitable courage and their spirit Of
discipline"
An Arditti officer said OF the Ameri-
cans:
II fear these boys are going to be
tough rivals. They have such devilishly
strong nerves. such sharp wits and such
physical elasticity as result of their
ingrained sporting habits. Once they
set their chance In the fighting line they
will surely hurl themselves against the
enemy with irresistible dash"
The sun., 1918-08-31

ROME Aug so.--The official communi-
cation issued by the War ONCE to-day
says:
In the upper Sebru Valley. on the
right bank OF the Adige, In Val Arsa,
at Col del Rosso and In the Monte
Grappa region enemy patrols at
tempted raids and surprise attacks.
They were repulsed. leaving prisoners
IN. our hands.
A British detachment penetrated the
enemy lines south OF Asiago. inflicted
considerable losses and took few
The sun., 1918-08-31

prisoners Two hostile sirplanes have
been brought down.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
THE COST OF LIVING IN THE FUTURE.

The federal bureau statistics imparts the cheering
that the purchasing of dollar has de-
cned materially since 1912 that requires 100
to buy what 90 would buy at that time. A
somewhat farcical phase Of this condition is that Wood
row Wilson elected in 1912 on his solemn promise
reduce the living he elected in 1916
the fambuoyant representation that the genius Of his
craftsmanship had kept out Of and would con
tinue would OF course, be unfair and fooi
ish to contend that the world is accountable for
large cent Of this increased cost yet the fact
mains that increasing by leaps and bounds from
the time Mr.. Wilson elected in 1912 until the
war began late in 1914 We had a sufficient period of
Wilson prove conclusively that absolutely
unable check the rising tide OF livng's and
will all distinctly remember that during this period
only did the OF living go increasing that
hundreds OF thrown OF employment through
the closing the mills and factories result the
new tariff laws operation. The the saliva
ton Wilson administration and alone prevented
it being thoroughly discredited dseraced
pudiated
well to bear these facts in mind for it must not
be forgotten that when this ends country will
obliged face the formidable competition it has
encountered Our factories will while
der existing tariff law the goods of England Japan
and other foreign nations will be loosed upon Thor
sands of vessels carrying sus will carry
chandise and depend that industrial
ditions here viii be sressful indeed. When this
ency comes. it is bound and possibly within
il will do have the bigoted selfish
petent politicians the south Washington
as they Our countrys interests demand as
before the election Of republican congress this
fall and failure realize this and would in.
volve national calamity
Make of thing. the high of living is 20
continue for yet. the worlds supply
is depleted and cannot be recouped for long
come. But which alone stand between our
people and actual suffering collapse night It
is going 70 require hard business congress
avoid disaster and southern contingent which now
dominates that body neither possesses listen
10 its plea and counsel, the Fort Wayne News