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The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18
Y. NJ. c. A. ROUTED In RUSSIA
Germans Destroy Red Triangle Huts
and Compel Secretaries to Leave.

Y. M. C. A. secretaries in Russia
have been compelled to retire before
the German advance toward Petrograd
and many of the Red Triangle huts
have been destroyed. according to
cable dispatches received by the Ma
tional War Work Council in Chicago.
All secretaries. and workers are. how
ever, reported safe. A cablegram just
received from Russia reads:
"All front Y. NJ. C. A. huts captured
by Germans are destroyed. Secre-
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18

Dancing lessons. Call 62O or GOA.
P-176
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18
SERVICES AROUSING INTEREST
Evangellsts Address Capacity Crowd,
at Baptist Church Yesterday.

Three enthusiastic meetings were
held yesterday at the Baptist Church
under the direction of the Rev. J.E
Conant and the Rev. G. A. Leichlter
evangelists.
At the Sunday School hour, twenty
nine professed to choose the Christian
life. The meeting held in the after
noon. for men only. was well attended
Doctor Conant preaching the sermon
and Doctor Leichliter singing, by re-
quest. THE Holy City,"
The meeting in the evening was the
largest. the schurch being filed TO
capacity. Many were turned away.
The Reverend Mr.. Conant will preach
on "Will Socialists Go to Heaven" at
the meeting tonight.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18
NEED loco BOOKS FROM HERE
Old Volumes Are to Be Forwarded to
Military Camp Libraries.

Columbia should supply about a
thousand more books for the camp
libraries in addition to the eight or
nine hundred already sent out. Twelve
counties are sending their books here
for deposit previous to being sent to
the camps. They are Audrain. Boone,
Galloway, Charlton, Howard, Lincoln,
Monroe. Montgomery. Pike, Rails,
Randolph, and st. Charles. Kansas
City which is in "a district by itself. is
expected to send 10000 books.
Thirty-four library buildings have
been erected or are nearing COM
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18
ALL.YEAR SCHOOL APPROVED
Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Lane
Endorse 12.MOnth Term.
By Associated Press

Endorse l2.MOnth Term.
By Associated Press
MASON CITY, Ia. Mar. 1S.-Mason
City's all-year school system, which
is divided into four quarters of twelve
weeks each. has received the general
approval of the National Conference
of School Superintendents which re-
Gently met at Atlantic City, N. J. F. E.
Palmer, superintendent OF the high
school, attended the conference and
described Mason City's school sys-
TEN, now in the third year of its
successful operation. 1t is very SINH
lar-to the system which the University
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18
SAvITAR TO GO LONG JOURNEY
Student Orders Book Sent TO Him in
Rio De JaneriO.

Rio De JaneriO.
The Savitar Board has offered to
mail the Savitar to subscribers who
leave school before the book is pub
lished. Yesterday afternoon Thomas
Coelho, Jr., a student in the College
Of Agriculture, stepped into the Saw
tar office and asked that his book be
forwarded to his home in Rio De
Janeiro, Brazil.
Coelho spent two years at Cornell
University and came here to continue
special branch of agricultural study.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18

To Inspect Junior Colleges In State.
Prof. Norman VI. Trenholme left this
morning for Kansas City, where he
will join Dean ]. C. Jones and Prof
W. A. Tarr. Together they will make
an inspection tour of the junior COL
leges of Missouri.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-03-18

Friends of Roland d. Pinch" Teich-
mann wish to nominate him for the
place of Campus King"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
BELGIAN LABOR OPPOSES
ALL IMPERIAL AIMS
IN ITS GOVERNMENT

Paris, Oct. II. - (Havas) - The
committee of the Belgian Socialists
Federation has reported to the main
body resolution unanimously
adopted by the committee and by
delegates of the Belgian Workmen's
Federation, in which the principle
is asserted of territorial defense
and the elimination of alt imperial
istic aim. The resolution demands
the liberation of Belgium and rep
aration for the damage it has suf-
fered. 1t invites all the Belgian
workmen everywhere to organize
themselves with a view to their re-
turn to their own country, TO assure
the safeguarding OF the nation and
the interests of the working classes.
The resolution declares in favor
OF political liberty in Belgium, and
the free development OF both the
spoken there, with the
OF all national agitation
within the country'S borders. 1t
by sending fraternal
greetings and expressions OF adj
for all those fighting for
he Liberation of the land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
5000 ANT|-SUBMAR|NE
CRAFT IN OPEN OCEAN
VICE ADMIRAL SIMS GIVES
SOME BIG FACTS RE-
GARDING NAVY

London, Oct. ll.-(Friday)-Vic
Admiral Sims, speaking yesterday
at Lord Northciffe's luncheon for
visiting American editors, said that
the average number Of enemy sub
marine operating against merchant
ships and transport across the At
lantic was about or 9. but that
sometimes, it ran up to II or Is.
That was all the submarines the
enemy could keep out at 4 time,
he declared.
Around the British Isles, Vice
Admiral Sims said there were about
5000 anti-submarine crafts in op-
Grafton day and night. OF Ameri-
can CART, there were 100. and it was
about the same in the Mediterran-
can.
The British grand fleet, he SAYS
TO come out OF port when
it wants, and go wherever it pleases
around the North Sea. The grand
ileet IS enabled to do so, simply be-
cause 1t is surrounded by an area
carefully pairolled by screens OF
destroyers within which it would be
for a submarine to show its
nose.
The convoy system, Vice Ad- |
niral Sims explained, is nothing else /
than 4 grand fleet OF merchant YES
sells, surrounded by screen which .
makes it dangerous for a submar-
ne to make an attack. There are
about 5000 anti-submsrine crafts
n the open sea today, cutting out
mines, escorting troopships and I
merchant vessels and making it
possible for the allies to win the
var.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
Entnre Looks Good for Oil.

1t is generally conceded that Cond
lions following a conclusion of the wal
viii be favorable for the oil interests IN
general. That increased use Of oil, espe
cially i'm shipping, will create a demand
that will at least uphold present prices,
seems TO be the consensus Of opinion
among those who are making study of
these matters. The more hopefu. out
look which is now presented in the war
situation is the cause Of considerable
forecasting of the conditions which
may be expected along many lines of
business. and the oil business appears
10 be slated for continued prosperity.
The following is from the Dallas
News:
Financial authorities are generally Of
the opinion that oil stocks will come i'm
for a big access of values with the in
creasing activity of what are called
peace stocks. The demand for oil is GO
ing to increase after the war with the
increased use Of it in motors and for
ships. The oil business is unlimited. The
cost of operation is small for the big oil
producing companies.
Last weeks activity in Mexican Pc
troleum and Texas Company is taken as
an indication of the bun movement that
is expected in oil stocks. Oil companies
have been doing pretty well during the
war, owing to the fairly adequate price
that has been made for products of pc
troleum. The earnings of some of the
companies have heen
very large during and before the war
and the outlook is for increased earnings
after the present situation shall have |
passed"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
Turks and Germans
Flee From Bulgaria

Geneva, Friday, Oct. 12.-The
German-Turkish exodus from Bull
garia has been greatly accelerated
the last few days. German officers,
soldiers and civilians, are arriving
in Vienna on freight trains and long
conveys. Food stuffs are being Civ
en- away.
Passenger trains arrived from two
TO twenty hours late. Steamer serv-
ice on the southern Danube has
been discontinued
Armed Bulgarian soldiers are re
ported turning to brigandage. Ser
bian peasants unearthing weapons
which escaped coniscation, are aid
ing the allies to drive out the re-
treating forces.
Serious conflicts are reported at
OrsoVa between Austrians and Bul-
garians.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
RAMSEY'S INFLUENZA PR
TENTATIVE.

Is not an experiment, but is
remedy OF proven merit, haN.
been tested out in the northern a
eastern cities by the medical p.
fession, makes it worthy OF yp
consideration. 1t is pleasant q
easy to use and the best results
obtained, by using it as an atomla
as spray for the nose and thro
however, it may be used as a gar!
or mouth wash to good advanti
Help win the war by stamping c
this malady. Stop by RAMS
drug store and take home oneN
these outfits, as it may be the mea
of warding off this dreaded d
ease.-Adv. .,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
The man with a conscience is in
the prune and liver business again.
Phone $50. lis North Washington.
Funeral of Mrs. Harold Wallace.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Alice Hoore Wallace, wife of Har-
old Wallace, cashier of the State
National Bank, who died at 8 o'clock
Thursday night of pneumonia, were
held at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon at the home, S22 Stanley Bou-
levard. The Rev. X. +. ID. Morgan
pastor OF Broadway Methodist
Church, conducted the services and
interment was in Rose Hill Gene
terry. The active pallbearers were
Kennel Hudson, Roy Alexander,
Erret Dunlap, Kirk Dyer, Carl
Dyer, Carl Jones, V. Roy Shores,
NJ. German and ". b. Johnson.
The honorary pallbearers were
Charles Dibble OF Mannsville, Fred
Ellis, ]. l.. Hamon, DR.. Z. f. Chiv-
ers, c. T. Barringer, ]. S. Mullin,
u. a. Ramsey and Frank l.. Ketch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

ulator ana the developer. OF this tn,
correspondent for the Fort Worth Star
Telegram says: .s..
Acreage deals are about thing oi
the past in the Burkburnett field u,
most of the town lots and close.in acre
age has reached the hands of the fina
developer Prices have gone sky high
on all good stuff, which makes il a hard
proposition for promoter to purchase
and place the capital stock of his com
pany within reason.
! "Oil operators are confident that new
territory will be opened up as a result
OF the wildcat tests which are being
drilled in every direction from the new
| Burkburnett field, as well as around
| Electra.
Wildcats are being drilled as far west
as Medicine Mounds in Hardeman Coun.
ty. Wilbarger County also has n number
ana there are a few in the undeveloped
portions Of Wichita County. The acre.
age adjoining Red River in Oklahoma is
also being given "a thorough testing out
and with this work going on new acre.
age is likely To be placed in the produc-
tive class at any date.
"In many districts where shallow
wells have been producing for several
years, deep tests are being sunk"
The Plains Oil and Gas Co., No 4
Sims, in section 3 2s4w went into "A
water sand at $40 feet TO sos feet, and
this test will probably be abandoned and
the machine moved to new location.
The Franklin q johnson No 9 Jamer- |
son in section ia 2s4w is drilling at about
17j feet.
The Sutherland Co., Sims No 4. in
section 18 2s4w, is drilling close to the
600 foot sand,
The Magnolia in section &c 2s2w, is
stilI rig.
The Blackhawk. in section 5s3w,
is drilling at 400 feet.
Schermerhorn 4 Merrick, in section
4 4slw, is drilling at about 2,OlO feet.
The Plains Oil and Gas Co. No. 3
rrumely, in section % 5nSe, Pontotoc
County, is on the sand, expecting TO drill
n at once.
Sykes.Dings ct al. No Bryant, in
he Ranger field. was given a shot at
',250 feet and is looking like nice well.
! rig is building for No. 3.
The Sutherland Oil Co. expects to start
t once on well in the Ranger field {
n tract of 97 acres lying northwest {
f the Magnolias Rock lease. {
The Sutherland oil Co. is drilling at =
go feet on the Gist tract in the Burk-
urnett field. This test is within about !
500 feet of the Fowler discovery well, {
Sykes, Dings, Apple. Dunlap and 9th a
IS have TWO tests drilling in the Rang
field at 1900 feet; Rock No. / and :.
o. >. They are starting Rock No ,, i,
4 offset to the Magnolia we'll which -
as brought in a few days ago. p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
AN Incident That Led
To Forming the
Hog Creek Oil Co.

Someone was Joking about the way
of the average farmer who leases lane
for oil drilling purposes. and the ten
dency to insist that an abandoned hoit
was stopped right at the top of an OF
sand and "queered" by the drilling par
ties. Thomas Dees of Midlothian, Texas
was a listener. and afterward told Nor
ris Sass Of an old test drilled south
of Strawn. Texas. to a depth Of 900 feet
and abandoned under such circum'
stanaes He said the farmers there in
sisted that drilling was stopped Just as
they we're getting into the oil sand;
that he had dripped a bottle on the end
of a string into the hole and found OIL
there
The result was that after much per
suasion on the part of Mr.. Dees Mr.
Sass and his partner. DR.. j, w. Potter,
were induced TO investigate the wei.
This was in June, 1916. 1t was finally
decided to block up some acreage and
clean out the old hole. and, if practical,
to deepen it. In the deal for the acre
age including the old hole an old star
rig was acquired. The work of clean
ing was begun, but the hole was in bad
shape and caving. The tools were hung
and il was decided to abandon the hole
and start a new one with a standard
rig.
In the meantime the Ranger field
came into the !imeiight, and Sass x
Potter decided it might be we'll to block |
mp more acreage, and the result was the |
formation of the Hog Creek Oil Co. |
with about $1,000 acres. Then Kemp |
K Kell of Wichita Falls became inter
ested, and, with the assistance of Sass
q Potter, secured block of acreage
close to the Hog Creek acreage and
selected a drilling site, exchanging acre
age with the Hog Creek company so that
the latter company held 120 acres off
setting the block on which the Duke well
was drilled.
With the bringing in of the Duke well
On the Kemp & <ell acreage, the hold
ngs of the Hog Creek company became
and now drilling contracts ,
nave been made on about 5000 acres, ;
livided among the Plains Or and Gas
Co, the Magnolia Petroleum Co. and
he Humble Oil Co, and the stOckhod- I
,rs in the Hog Creek oil Co, are now
'esting easy in the knowledge that their I
lcreage will be drilled out without fur. i
her expense TO their company. The /
tock in the Hog Creek company is held
in Ardmore and Midlothian, =,
Texas I
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
ENEMYS NEW LINE
IS WEAK DEFEN SE
MERELY SCRATCH ON SUR
FACE AND OFFERS LIT
TIE PROTECTION.

With the British Army in France
Oct. (FridaU-lt was during
last night that the first reports that
the Germans were digging in were
received and these were confirmed
today. BY midday, the enemy
seemed to have a continuous line
all the way from a point southeast
OF lie Cateau southwark in front
OF Mennevre, and east of Grougis,
while in Aisonville and the area
near ii, fires were burning briskly.
The enemy is by no means sure of
holding on to his quickly arranged
line for any length of time, as it
offers little protection, being simply
a scratch on the surface, probably
protected by a few strings of wire.
The airplanes report that the re-
treat is in progress lar back OF
the present location OF the enemy.
Bombs were dropped on massed
German troops and masses of men
and tranport IN the neighbor OF
and other towns back OF
the German positions. Wide flights
also have been made over the Ger
man rear and there are still no signs
that any real lines of defense have
been constructed. As a matter of
act, the enemy hardly has had time
% construct such defenses, so lar
Is he has been kept on the run.
There are no indications that the
Enemy will be able to turn the flank .
lere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

in progress east OF it. 1t is known
that military offices that formerly
were in lie Cateau were moved to
Maubeuge and Cherlerio, and guns
have been seen movinb back far to
the eastward.
In Douai there have been sew
eral fires.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
HELP WIN THE WAR.

YOUR JUNK WANTED. THE AR
MORE JUNK COMPANY is IN POS
TION TO PAY HIGHEST PRICE
FOR YOUR OLD IRON AND MET.i
OF ALL KINDS. ROPE, RAGS, EFT
NO LOT TOO LARGE OR TOO Small.
FOR US TO HANDLE ON SHORT NJ
TICE. WRITE OR WIRE FO,
PRICES. WE WANT YOUR Br
NESS. PHONE 3O7. ARDMORE JU.
COMPANY, IA NORTH CADDO, AR
MORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

Everybody get busy and spray
your homes and places OF business
with SPRAYENE; that is the way
to stop this epidemic. Also use MY
IOBONE Tor nose and throat. If
we all do this. we will soon get Ard
more in first-class condition. You
can get all this at Myers Boyd
Drug Co. The store that has it
ADV. list
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
Frightful Mendacity.

Hometown Banner; The rep.
around town that there is 4 chg,
mortgage on The Banner oiilc8
5000 Is a vile canard. 1t is only y.
and we are paying it off as fast
possible How dare people put Su
stories afloat?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

With the Anglo-American Forces
on the Nalenciennes Front, Oct. y.
The Germans had to do quick
work in the preparation Of the Val
encennes line, as it nad not been
finished for them by the time they
were forced to move back to ii.
This line, which is appears that the
Germans intend trying to hold,
seems in general way, according to
the best evidence. to run from Val
enciennes to Nendes, east of the
River Escallion, on the high ground
south OF Bermerain, along the high
ground between Escarmain and
Solesmes( along the ground east
of the River Eelle, east of the lie Ca
teau to Morain, thence east of An
digny, west OF Regincourt, through
the Piquerval wood and thence pos
sibly southeast to Nandencourt on
the Disc.
1t is obvious that this is only a
line, for explosions are
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
Magnolia Gets Wen at Burkburnett

The Magnolia Petroleum Co. No. l.
offsetting the Fowler discovery well ~
Burkburnett, came in Friday. producing
1.7lS Jeet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

cialS oil the great Bankhead National
Highway adopt the Indian Trail
As its route through Oklahoma. All
towns and counties are being urged
to meet the requirements OF the
Bankhead National Highway Asso-
citation. Money is needed to pay the
expenses OF the government engi-
neers and the official pathiinders,
Farmer Gets First Benefit.
OF all classes OF people the farm
er is the most dependent upon good
roads. He is today the largest user
OF both automobile and animal
drawn vehicles. The wear and tear
from bad roads is costing him an
nually enough to keep his roads in
good repair. He is simply paying
for good roads in his repair bills and
still doing without the roads. |
The difference between poor
road and good road may mean the
difference between production at a
profit and production at loss, and
in many cases, no production at all.
The National Council OF Defense
has announced that, as fast as pos
sible, all important highways already
constructed should be maintained,
and new roads should be construct
ed which are OF vital Importance be-
cause of their bearing on the war.
These may be summarized as fol-
lows:
Roads which are utilized or will
be utilized by the military estab-
lishments.
Roads which have a bearing upon
the production and distribution OF
food supplies.
a road connecting population and
shipping centers with surrounding
agricultural areas.
No More Rail Roads.
The 100000 motor trucks now
in service have sounded the death !,
tnell of the short line railroad. In
,reasing use OF trucks is certain with
he building OF hard surface roads.
Every kind OF produce raised on c
farms, all sorts OF goods bought Co.
BY farmers and varied products Of '
factories are handled by trucks. {
Without hard surface roads many I
armers, truck growers, gardeners, '
md dairyment declare they will
lave to give up raising for the mar |
.et $
We cannot do more patriotic t
work than to promote, locate, mark e
nd build permanent roads from Il
to somewhere" s.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

Forty acres oil and gas lease in
Cotton County, township ? south,
range y west. Make me a bid. ].
A. Lewis, Hickory, Okla. l2-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
Petition for Receiver.

Indian claimants TO lands in sections
16 and II, 3s2w, have petitioned the
district court for a receiver to protect
their interests, defendants being the
Coline Oil Co. and Val. Mullen. There
is small production on the lands held
by the Coline company. 1t appears 10
be one Of those cases with which Okla
homa is so much afflicted, where the
title TO lands, after having passed
through several hands. is contested by
the original Indian allottee.
The attorneys in the case are Willis
q Works of Ardmore and Cunningham
q Hunter of Hugo for the plaintiffs;
Cottingham & Hayes of Oklahoma City
for the Coline company and A. II. King
for Mullen.
The petition for receivership applies
only to lands invovled, paris of sections
16 and Il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

Prices for acreage in and near the
town Of Burkburnett have reached a
point where there is little opportunity
1or the broker to get between the spec
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13

Try a Want Ad for quick results
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-17
New York, Dec. II.

II.
Of trading
n
May IL 1917
Of its dissolution might be made the
securities traded in the board Prior to the
selling high
Rubber which
withdrawal of Government restrictions rubber imports.
The oil with
o OF
97Ts in
in
in
prevailed in the market in the first
ntireyw
Therew a Bonds with
fourth 1852.
including
better tone the local
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-17
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

American Window Glass Machine COM
pany.. quarterly Of Y per cent on pre-
terred;. payable January to record Decem-
Duauesne Light Company. quarterly OF
~ per cent on preferred. payable February
csrle.Hydrosen ca % Company of Amsr,cs.
s.niannual Of 3h per cent on preferrss.
81 81 e.
terly Of ~ per cent In the form of a Ave
year per cent script on preferred. payable
January to stock of record Dscsmber 20;
on common. payable. January 10 to stock
Of record December 81.
Air Reduction Company. Inc. quarterly
cent @ on n preferred. payable January is to
stock OF record January 2.
payable january is to registered December
81. Books do not close.
York Railways Company. quarterly OF ~ y
registered January 20. Books do not close.
Oklahoma Natural Gas. quarterly Of 2 per
cent. payable January 20 to record Of Jan.
Great. Northern Railway Company, quar-
Central Railroad Company. OF New yer-
cember 80 to stock OF record December 20.
annual Of ss.sS share. payable becein- -
United Verde Extension Mining Company.
Of &c payable February to stock Of REQ. !.
orf aeaiey sss1ss Cola Mining Company Ltd. quar-
pany. payable December 81 to stock OF rec
ORD Kansas Dsss%efs eity Southern Railway Company.
Sie January y '.if sufficisnt funds n have
sss s.G% the Rss Sosss sote: 81 s
December 81. 49, = y z