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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
CARTER NEAR ITS
QUOTA OF THRIFT
STAMP AGENCIES

Judge Thomas W. Champion county
chairman in the war savings stamps
campaign, has sent out appointments "
persons, firms and corporations as
agents who will sell the stamps and
certificates. About 100 agents have
been appointed and the acceptances and
approvas of these are beginning to
be received and it is expected that by
Monday there will be fully 100 places in
the county where the stamps are on
sale.
The work is to be pushed rapidly dur
ing this week and Feb. II to "a has been
set aside as thrift week" The weeks
campaign will begin next Sunday with
sermons from all pupits and will be
followed with systematic speaking
campaign in every section of the coun-
ty Judge Champion is now engaged
in arranging for speakers and fixing
the time and place where each will APP
pear.
Carter County has made q splendid
start in the work and the present in
dications would indicate that it has an
excellent chance Of being the first coun.
ty in the state to obtain it's quota Of
agencies If it does as well as it did
in the Red Cross work it will go far
beyond the quota.
As an evidence of the amount OF work
expected to be done during thrift week
/ the following supplies for the week
( have been ordered: Instructions to
workers, 500; pledge cards. 10000; blue
| posters, 500; primers, 200; daily reports
Of team captains, 1000, 1t is stated
that there will be 100 teams and 500
workers in the field.
| Representatives. Of Morgan township
! met at the county courtroom yesterday
afternoon and organized, with Ben Mob.
| ley as chairman, to carry on the work
of the war savings stamps campaign.
The chairmen of the several districts in
the township were instructed to procure
supplies Of stamps and start an active
campaign tomorrow morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
SIX SHIPBUILDING
ZONES IS LATEST
PLAN FOR SPEED
TWO ON EAST COAST, TWO ON
WEST COAST, ONE ON LAKES,
ONE ON THE GULF.
DIRECTOR CONTROL EACH
Three Government Fabricating Steel
Shipyards Near Philadelphia VIII BE
Left in Charge of Rear Admiral +. A.
BOwleS of Fleet Corporation.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Division Of the
country into six shipbuilding zones with
a shipbuilder in charge of each as zone
director is planned by the emergency
fleet corporation to speed up shipbuld-
ing operations There will he two zones
each on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and one each on the Gulf and Great
Lakes.
The plan calls for an almost complete
decentralization Of shipbuilding work.
Construction in each zone will be put
into the hands Of the zone director,
given full authority to act for the fleet
corporation. The directors will be cho
sen from the heads Of the shipbuilding
companies in the particular zone.
The three government fabrcatinG
steel shipyards near Philadelphia will
he left in charge of Rear Admiral t.
y. Bowles, assistant general manager
Of the fleet corporation, who has head
quarters at Philadelphia.
Six Compact Organizations.
with 1872 yards established in all
sections Of the country" said Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board tonight,
the question of concentrating the ef-
| forts Of a compact, complete organi2a-
| tion in each zone should produce a
greater degree Of efficiency in ship
building"
The decentralization plan has been
| given approval by the Atlantic Coast
! Shipbuilders' Association committee, in
which are Homer l.. Ferguson, presi
dent Of the Newport ShipbuildinG
and Drydock Company; Joseph w
| Powell, vice-president Of the l5ethehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, and Wallace
| Downey of the Downey Shipbuilding
Company. named to advise the fleet cor
poration.
The zone directors will be nameC
within a few days and General Piez OF
the fleet corporation hopes to have the
zone system in operation within two
or three weeks.
Admiral BowIes is concentrating his
attention now on fabricatinE plants un
der construction at Hog Island, Pa
There has been considerable delay il
getting the plant under way. but in hi,
reports to the fleet corporation, Ad
miral Bowles indicated the belief thai
when started the yard will produce ship.
rapidly.
Construction in many yards is tagging
because of labor shortage, according L
reports to the fleet corporation. II
meet the situation, the corporation i.
forming a shipyard workers reserv,
100000 strong.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
NEED ROOMS FOR
VISITORS TO DEMOCRATIC
CIIBS' CONVENTION

Owing to the fact that the new hotel
has not been completed. the present
hotel accommodations will be inadequate
to furnish entertainment for the visit
ors to the convention Of the Young
Mems Democratic Clubs of Oklahoma,
to be held here Feb. 90. To relieve this
situation those who have vacant rooms
are requested to list their names and
addresses with James Glen, secretary
Chamber of Commerce, phone 765.
This convention win bring to Ardmore
a large number of visitors and viii prove
of inestimable benefit to the city. The
citizens, therefore, are urged to respond
to this request without delay so that we
may be prepared to accommodate our
visitors without Inconvenience.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
us. ARTILLERYMEN
ON WEST FRONT 7
FAST WITH GUNS
FRENCH OFFICER ARRIVING At
WASHINGTON TELLS or RE
MARKABLE EFFICIENCY.
THIRTY SHOTS A MINUTE
Work SO Fast and With Such Uniform
Precision That II Is Impossible TO
Distinguish Slightest Variation in In.
tcrvals Between Blasts.

Washington Feb. 9,-Praise for the
state Of efficiency reached by American
gunners IN their training with the IA
nous French 75-cenlimeter guns was
received today IRON "A French artillery
officer who has just arrived in Wash
ington to join mn official mission. He
said many of the American batteries
have exceeded the best records made 10y
French Sumcrs using the 15s siace
that weapon was adopted
The officer described the work Of one
sequad which several times fired thirty
rounds per minute as being the subject
of comment throughout the French
armies, -Four men comprise tine squad
one working the brcech and one the
lanyard, while the other two were occu.
pied entirely in passing ammunition
and loading.
SO nearly exact were the movements
of each mcrnber, the French officer de.
clared, that it was impossible to dis
tinguish the slightest variation i'm the
intervals between each shot over 4
stretch of several minutes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
SURVIVORS Of
BIC TROOP SHIP
NOT YET KNOWN
NINETY-SIX HOURS AFTER LINER
WENT TO BOTTOM LIST Is
NOT COMPLETE.
MAY ANNOUNCE TODAY
Partial Lists Were Wired Over Country
Yesterday to Relatives, and Within
Few Hours Fully Fifteen Hundred
May BE in Shape to Make Public

Washington, Feb. AT midnight,
ninety-six hours after the uscania had
been sunk by a German submarine a
little more than 1000 names of surviv.
ors had been announced here by the
committee on public information.
A few more names were in possession
Of the war department. but will not be
arranged for publication before tomor.
row. by which time it is expected the
remainder of the survivors list will have
come by cable from England.
All day a steady stream Of names Of
the saved flowed in and was given the
right Of way over all except the most
urgent business. Despite preference
given the list, more than $50 names out
Of the first thousand arrived in such
iumbled and incorrect form that they
meant practically nothing to the war
department., and it will be necessary
to check back over the cables before
they can be Strengthened out.
Continue Work Today.
The large force of clerks will work
again tomorrow Sunday morning, and
If the names continue to come in, by
sunday night it is expected a full list
VI the missing will be available by
checking the list Of survivors against
the official list Of all those who sailed,
Partial lists Of survivors were tele-
graphed to many parts OF the country
today and were anxiously scanned by
thousands, who hope to find the name
of a relative or friend. Those who failed
to find the name they sought in the
partial list may be reassured to the ex.
tent that the lists published today were
about one-quarter Of those known to be
saved, and the fact that name does
not appear in the list Of more than a
thousand available in Washington to.
night does not indicate a loss Friends
of fully 1900 men on the Tuscania un.
doubtedly will learn tomorrow that
their friends are among the survivors
No New Figures.
There were no new official figures on
the losses available tonight and the
war departments figures continued ia
differ from those of the British admiral
| ty. The war department estimates 21O
| persons missing, 113 of them American
soldiers, while the British admiralty's
/ figures put the loss at 166 missing, 147
of them American soldiers and enlisted
men.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Mr.. TAFT WIRES
COL. ROOSEVELT
SENDS TELEGRAM EXPRESSING
REGRET AT ILLNESS AND HOP
ING FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY.

The following bulletin was given out
tonight by Colonel Roosevelt's private
secretary after Doctor Martin had spent
fifteen minutes with his patient:
Colonel Roosevelt passed a comfort.
able day. There are no symptoms of
further complications of the intern al
ear. Temperature 80 3.5; pulse 80"
Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 9-Former
President William II. Taft, who is here
lecturng to soldiers at Camp Pike to.
day, sent to Col Theodore Roosevelt a
telegram expressing regret at the
coloners illness and expressing hope
for speedy recovery
This morning information reached
Mr.. Taft that Colonel Roosevelt was
dead. He at once telephoned to local
newspaper asking for information and
there was an evident note of relief in
his voice after he had been informed
that Associated Press reports were to
the effect that Colonel Roosevelt's con-
dition showed Improvement. 81 am Ger.
tainly delighted to hear it," he said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
NON SINKABLE
TRANSPO FOR
US. ANNOUNCED
INFORMATION GIVEN OUT BY
VICE-CHAIRMAN NAVAL CON
STRUCTION BOARD.
TORPEDO CAN'T DESTROY
Officials at Washington Deplore An
nouncement, as Details Had Been
Guarded With Much Care-ReasOns
Now known for Recent Optimism.

=,
New York, FEB. 9.-MeanS
have bean fo,uJ to p,aI,a
troop transports unsuitable by
submariDe tornedoes accord
ing 10 a statement maze TO-
night bv William |. Saunders.
NlCe-cnalrman OF the naval con-
sultinp board. in an address at
!. -, =, :. r
uiIher OF the university Oh
Pennsylvania alumni in this
=,
city,
Mr.. Saunders said that ono Of the
ships recently Communicated by the
government NOW lies at an Atlantic
port and in such shape that she cannot
be sunk by an exploding torpedo"
81 can conceive of no reason why this
Information should be withhold he
added. "On the contrary, I believe it is
well that the enemy may come to real
ize that the time has been reached
when American transports are ready for
the torpedo Of our troops which that
enemy cannot sink. This ship may have
hole thirty or forty feet in diameter
blown in her side and she will remain
afioat Such a hole would waterlog
but one tenth OF the honeycombed air
tight cells
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
TAG DAY FOR
SMILEAGE BOOKS
Melted S731.10

Tag day in the campaign to raise
fund OF $500 with which to buy
Smileage book for each Carter County
soldier in the training camps was a
success. The workers started out early
yesterday morning and met with liberal
response everywhere The people gave
freely and few approached failed to con.
tribute.
The campaign was mapped out by
G. p. Selvidge, county chairman, and
was in charge Of Or. j. f. Young, j.
Robert Gillian, chairman of the Carter
County council of defense, and Carl
Russell, secretary Of the executive com.
mttee of the council.
The women who undertook the work
put in the day faithfully, and some of
them did not finish until long after dark
The total sum collected was S731.1O.
1t is proposed to buy at least one 81
book for each Of the 500 soldiers. There
was no limit however, to the amount
that might be given or would be ac.
cepted But the $500 would buy 500
books, each containing twenty coupons
and each coupon is good for one admis.
sion at any entertainment. For 81 a
book Of 100 coupons may be secured.
Each school district was allotted a
minimum Of SIS and only a few Of these
have reported. Today's total included
$G4 from the county outside Of Ardmore
and it is believed that the total Smile
age book fund from this county will
reach $1,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Wild demonstration
OOer Argentina When
R. r. Strike Is Begun

Buenos Aires Feb. "a general rail.
way strike was called today throughout
Argentina. Upon quitting work, the
strikers throughout the country began a
wild demonstrations. Trains were
wrecked tracks destroyed. cars laden
with wheat were burned and wires cut,
preventing news from the interior
reaching this city. Details are lacking
but it is known that many passenger
and grain trains are stalled.
Troops are being hurried to points OF
greatest disorder in central Argentina.
The large yards on the outskirts of
Buenos Aires, which cover twenty-five
city blocks, were fired by the strikers
who fought off the firemen. Exploding
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
AMERICAN LABOR BEGINS
CAMPAIGN OF LOYALTY
DANISH UNEMPLOYED
THREATEN GOVERNMENT
Claim to Have Backing of Armed
Troops in Their Demand for
Relief of Poverty,

Copenhagen, Feb. 9.-Syndical-
lists and Danish bolsheviki have
sent out a call for a mass meet
ing and a street demonstration to
be held next Monday for the or
ganization Of a Danish soviet
council Of workmens and sol
diers' delegates).
According to a Syndicallst
newspaper, the new organization
proposes 20 act drastically in be-
half of lhe unemployed if the
Danish parliament does not i'm.
mediately pass a bill providing
relief.
The newspaper says 800 sol.
diers with loaded rifles are at dis
posal of the soviet, which threat.
en-, to use forcibe measures.
Police officials nave taken all
necessary measures to control the
demonstrations, it is said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
GOODNIGHT, MOTHER;
GOODNIGHT, MY SON

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Cable-
grams addressed to Mrs. Mar
garet Field, Chicago, and her
son, Private Caldwell Field, in
France, never will be read by
mother or son.
The messages are believed
to have crossed each other on
the cable.
The one to France was to in
form Private Field of his
mothers death, that addressed
to Mrs. Field told of her sons
death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Continued on page -
BABY BONDS.

A thrift stamp costs 25 cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and 13
cents, or $4.13, this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stamp at IS on Jan.
l, 1923.
Your profit is 81 cents, or four
per cent interest, compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postoffices, banks
and patriotic stores.
You are saving money for the
future and helping the govern
ment win the war
Begin buying today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

oil tank cars added to the conhagration.
The strike is 4 fresh outbreak of the
labor troubles which have been dor.
mant since last October.
In the riots destruction of property
in the city of Buenos Aires alone
amounted to one million pesos. Fully
one-half Of this was wheat, corn and
hnseed, which was burned at the sub.
urb Of San Martin
Efforts are being made to spread the
strike to all classes Of workmen through.
out the republic.
Great uneasiness is felt because of
the danger to hundreds of tons OF
wheat piled up at county stations await.
ing shipment to the entente allies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
SECRET WAS WELL KEPT.
Nothing Known of Development Until
Announced by Saunders.

Washington, Feb. Announcement
by Vice-Chairman Saunders of the naval
constructing board that means had been
found to make troop ships practically
unsuitable lends new meaning to the
confidence with which both American
and British naval authorities are facing
their task Of clearing the seas of u
boats.
Recent statements by Admiral Jelli-
coe, formerly first sea lord of the Brit
ish admiralty, and by Secretary Daniels
and other officials have indicated that
a campaign has been mapped out and
the instrumentalities developed whicn
are expected to curb, if not eliminate,
the submarines entirely within the next
few months.
Discussion of the devices developed is
1eplored by officials here. Investiga-
tions and experiments have been guard
ed closely. High officials have been
free to assert privately however, their
belief that the U boats would be
checked sufficiently by early summer to
insure a steady flow of American troops
and supplies to Europe with few Incl
dents such as that of the Tuscana to
be anticipated.
Admiral Jellicoe went further than
other officials by predicting the sub.
marines would be KILLED" by August.
At the same time, he warned that
heavy ship losses were to be expected
up to that time.
Secretary Baker has insisted before
tbn eaD1tp committep that a million and
n half American troops could be taken
to France and kept supplied during
1918. His replies to the questions as to
tonnage for the task have indicated
that he has information which he does
not care to disclose.
without disclosing any Of the new i'm
plements that may have been developed
70 meet the submarine menace, navy
officials have pointed out that efforts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Camn PIt,e Soldiers Die

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 9.-Benjamin
King. private Ninth Casual Company
Guntersville, Ala; Mailon f. Johnson
private machine gun company 43rd
United States Infantry, Woodland Park
Colo, died at Camp Pike today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
Governor Calls to See Colonel.

New York, Feb. 9-Governor Whit.
man called at the hospital this after.
noon to inquire about Colonel Roose.
welt. lie sent up his card, but did not
see the patient Later Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, the colonels daughter, told
Mr. Whitman that her father was get.
ting along very we'll"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
TUSCANIA DEAD
ARE EULOGIZED
BY EARL READING
THEY MADE THE SUPREME SACRI
FTCE FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S .
SAKE, DIPLOMAT SAYS. =
ARRIVES ATLANTIC S$dT
Declares People of Briton a. Prepared
10 Endure Whatever Suffering Is Nee
essary to Triumph, and That Ameri
can People Endorse Great Cause.

~ AfIanffn 4 Frih ta
to t,e A,,oric,r saldtors Lost ,,,it, tho
Tnsconi, -"r,arlart mon who I,o,,o r,,ode
tbo e,,,,.o,,,o so,'ifoa rar t,oi,. ooi,,,t,.,.,
sal,a" ,r,s mid h,, Ea,l po,din,, For.
rno, I,rl ci,ior .,.ti,a ~ r,,aiand ,,.ho
arri,ol r,r, tnd,,. A., L:o, aar,r,i,
siooor and ,,,I,,s.,,I,,. o,.,,.,,,.,Ii,,a,.,.
and ,,Ioninotont.o,.,, or .noci.I ,,,issioy
IN tbe I-nitod e,.tos 10 ,,ir1 a,.,,,a, t,,,
dutios ,f Sir cccI Swim pioo pr,tts,,
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Ioo,l po,lin,. ,.l,n ,,,.. ,,oor,,,a,i ,iod
j,,, tbo C,untos. NJ I,o,dir,- ond snito
of r,iIi,a,., and r,a,,.I ,idos tani,,ht -,
,,7,i,ad aboard tho pr,tisb s+oan,g,ir ,,,,ir ~,
Which ,o ,,,ado .5o ,,a,.aao ,,n,,,ar,.,,,
,,itI, his nrci,I n.rtr Lo ,,,ui ,,o a.
,yasbi,,rror
Ae .noci,I eo,o,, NJ tbo nri+is,, cobt
NOT l.,r, poodtno t,a,, d, ,.isal,,,,+ ,.is
itod t., Irri,aI ct,ta'. f., ...,,,t,,,,i,.,,.
I917 rrnor his roturr to rn.land ho
vae oroy,+od to an aarIdor, In San
to,,,ho,. 1qt7 ,o ,,odo l,is e,.st ,,,,.
tir,o visit ~ this conrtrv as bood ~
tho An,Io. .t5ronrb r,,ssio,,
Ae,u,,rces tbat the Pritigb roo,lo
ave ,,r.,,orol - a,,a,,ro ,,.l,,+o,,o,. .,,r
fo,i,a, ,,,,',. ,o roco,,o,.,, "+o ot+oir t,o
on,,. ros,ihlo co,cn,e,or Of mic y,or r
,,,oro .i,..,, h,, r,arI poo5ir,, in % sta,o
mont ,sepoi mon bis orri,.aI
"r,bot r,o A,,o,.icor, ,,oo,Io oro oo,,o1
IL, nrerorel IN p,al,e o,,o,.,, orfort IN
b,in,, aho,,t tbis resrlt is ba s,r,et
Guarantee rnat the canse fs inst and
tho oir, is rigb+aous" " tho stotarnan+
cap,r,.lod
St.torart nv tbo EorI
Tho statement issIad nv. Eorl Raadinp
ro,Io,,s.
"Nv first thought upon arrival is
rnor tbo loss of life on the rruscania
renortod to nc ,ybilo vva woro NJ sea
Nav nav NV resnectfuI trihute of
bono,. to tha ga1lant mon who have
made fine sunreme sacrifice for their
countrv,s SAX and cxnress nv pro-
found symnatbv with their relatives
81 am indeed giad to find myself once
again. and for the third time since the
beginning of the war. in America. 1t is
barely three months aro since sailed
for sroIand and return this time
CHARGED with many and varied duties
which sbould scarcely have had the
courapo to undertake. had I NOT known
from nost evne,ienca that NV govern.
mont could implicitlv relv upon the
cordial GOOD will Of the American peo.
nile and their complete co-operation with
the entente allies in all measures neces.
sar,, for yieorous nrosecution of the
war
Cannot Tall, Officially.
"T an, sure Won will fuIly understand
! that cannot make anv statement in
NV official capacity until have been
racaived nv vour president Moreover.
7 am NOT vet ACQUAINTED with what has
bannened since left England Feb. I.
nov nevertheless he nermitted to
/ cav that the recent announcement
,,non war aims Of vour nresident and
/ or tho british nrine minister which
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
WEATHER FORECAST.

Oklahoma: Sunday fair, warmer; Mon.
day fair.
East Texas and West Texas: Sunday
and Monday fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10
But One Answer for Democracy.
TO Take Finger Prints.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The war depart.
ment has ordered finger prints of all
the unrecogni2able soldiers recovered
from the Tuscania. BY comparison
with records here, it will be possible to
identify them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Woodward, Okla, Man Is Saved.
Woodward Okla, Feb 9.-"Safe
safe, safe" was the message received
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-10

Continued on page 9
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Total -----------------------S7SlIC
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-08-16
ponds Can Be Converted.

Instructions have just been received
at the American National Bank re-
garding the conversion of Liberty
Bonds of the first and second issues
into the bonds carrying the higher
rate of interest. Those of the first
issue draw 1-2 percent and the sec
ond per cent. Bonds ofsthe first is
sue were allowed to be converted TO
new ones drawing the same rate as
the bonds of the second issue. The
bonds of the third issue draw IA
per cent. To avail themselves of the
privilege of converting their bonds to
the privilege of the higher rate, or
a IA percent they should be present.
ed to the bank from where originally
issued, and this should be done be-
fore November Q, 1918, as after that
date they will have TO stand as they
are. The higher rate of interest starts
from May Is, 1918 Bonds of both
issues can be converted to the higher
rate before the above date.