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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
GERMANS IN DESPERATE EFFORT
EURL MORE MEN INTO FIGHT

London, April 30-ThroWing in
thousands Of new troops, the Germans
are making a desperate effort to drive
back the allied lines in Flanders and
capture YWes and the hill positions
IN the southwest. Many attacks in
strong force aided by powerful ar
tillery FIRE have been futile and the
allied soldiers are standing firm while
mfllcting severe losses on the enemy,
Against the British around Voor
mczeele and the French in the region
of Locre the Germans are making
their heaviest strokei but each as
sault has been thrown back brilliant
ly. Especially bitter is the fighting
in and around the village of Voor
mezeela and Locro, which are still
held by the British and French.
From the l2-mie front between
Bailleul and Zillebeke, the enemy has
extended his attacks to the north Of
Ypres against the Belgians along the
User But he is meeting with no moro
success here than elsewhere in Flan-
Ger3 the Belgians hurting the Ger
mans from positions they had oCcu-
pied by counter attacks.
Ypres is yet to be attacked directly
from the east but from the intensity
Of the enemy assaults south and
southeast it is evident the Ger
mans desire most to take the hill
positions west of KENNEL Hill To
hold these hills would not only men
ace the entire allied positions in
Flanders and eastward toward Dun
kirk, but would virtually COMPEL the
evacuation of Ypres.
German progress westward from
! Ncormezeele would il carried to any
depth outllank the hill positions west
Of Mont KENNEL, which must b.
taken separately. The attacks agains
the French at I.0cre are an attempt
TO get between Seherpenberg ant
Mont Rouge and outflank them as wal
done at Mont KENNEL Held by tht
French at Locre, the Germans are
essaying frontal attacks agains
Schenpenberg and Mont Rouge bu
these also have been disastrous.
On the Picardy battlefield wher'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
FORT WORTH ENJOYED
THIS FUNERAL HUGELY

FSrt Werth lad the biggest ana
~ ost joyful funSrsI the other day the
town had ever seen More than $500
perSc ioyfuny followed the remains
through the main streets Of the city
to The grave prepared on the lawn or
the First Baptist church The de
ceased was an efflgy Of John Barley
corn, home wrecker, brigand thief
and wife beater. There was no weep
ing, no crepe no dirges The mourn
ers whooped it up with gay songs a
the old soak was lowered into the
grave
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
GREAT FRENCH LINER
LAUNCHED At DUNKIRE
Big Ship Was Built Within
Seven Miles Of the Battle
Line Under Constant
German Fire

Paris, April 3O-The largest freight
en- in the French mercantile marine
service was launched at Dunkirk last
week ana now is safe in a French por-
remote from the fighting zone It S
$50 feet long and is of 10000 tons dis
placement
The Germans aware of the location
of the shipyard, tried in every way to
interfere with the work and destroy
the yard and ships Long range guns
bombarded the vicinity. ir-raidias
Go,has dropped bombs there. and
twice flotillas Of torpedo boats az
tempted bombarding raids but the
work was pushed to the limit and tho
launching, which was expected only
in the middle of May. was advanced
three weeks.
On the night preceding The launch
mg the Germans tried to lombard
the sh.pyard with Gothas but were
heaten Off The enemy then sowe
mine fields along the course which
they knew the freighter would travel
but the mines were picked mp the next
day The Ministry of Marine consid
~Is il a great feat TO build and launch "
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

HagerstoWn Md, April 3O-HanG-
ing her Will to her brother with The
remark, Goodbye, Ben, this is the
last time shall talk to you" Miss
Anna c Myers, of Fayetteville, went
into the attic Of her hcme and com
mtted suicide by hanging. The cause
of her act is attributed to i'll health.
benjamin Myers, brother Of the girL
a conductor on the electric railway,
after taking the will from his sister,
left his car on the return trip, rushed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
NOTICE or SALE

Notice is hereby given that on the
2rd day OF April, 1918, black mare
mule, years Old, weight about $50
lfs., height about T. hands, has har-
ness marks and tail bobed. was found
in the City of Guthrie and was taken
zap and safely kept in the possession
a. the Commissioner Of Public Safety
Of the City of Guthrie for more thar
six days
! will ON the 4th day of May. 1918
Ct the hour Of o'clock P. NJ. at the
CITY Hall Guthrie, Oklahoma, sell
eaid above mentioned mule to the
highest and best bidder for cash. And
out Of the proceeds of said sale will
W2y all expenses for the costs of selz-
Ms, feeding, keeping and selling the
said mule and the balance shall be put
into the City Treasury in the manner
Woyided by ordinance Of the City Of
Guthrie IN such cases made and PRO
gidod for
w. II Mitchell,
Com Of puhlic Safety
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
Garry Potatoes;;
"Carry On ;"

Garry on is the cry that Is
rallying our British allies.
Let's make it our war cry We
must carry on at home. And one
Of the first obligations is to save
our big potato surplus from waste.
Get your market basket and
carry home some potatoes today
Eat them every meal. Wheat
must have the support Of potatoes
to hold its line until the next har-
vest Not only that, but millions
Of bushels of potatoes should be
eaten within the next few weeks or
they will be wasted.
Carry home some potatoes.
Carry on!
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
KENTUCKY COLONEL WOULD
MAKE COUNTRY BUNE DRY

The country would be made "bone
dry" without awaiting ratification 3t
the national prohibition amendment
under a. bill presented in the House
by Congressman Barley Of Ken
lucky The aim of tho measure is
to conserve for food purposes grains
now used in making beverages. The
prohibition period would continue for
the duration of the war ana until tAe
troops are demobilized
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
RED GUARDS SLAUGHTERED
BY WHITE GUARDS

London, April 30-The White Guards
or Finnish government forces, have
captured Voberg, Is miles northwest
OF Petrograd after killing nearly the
entire force of 5000 Red Guards, ac-
cording to an Official announcement
issued at VaSa and transmitted from
Copenhagen by the Exchange Tele
graph company The rebels made a
last desperate attempt to break thru
in the direction OF Fraderiksham
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TO GIVE MUSICAL TREAT

Much interest is being shown in the
symphony concert to be given Friday
evening at the First Methodist church
under management OF the Red Cross
The orchestra has been augmented te
&3 pieces Miss Tholma Roe who won
first honors in the state contest at
Norman win play the violin SOFA
which she played there Watch for
program in the Leader Admission
2.c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
GUTHRIE hodge, 55A An

There win be special meeting Tues
" day night Work in second
& degree will be put on.
~ Lodge open at 500 ocloc9.
n d NJ Loyeess, w Nj; Jess r
i\s/\ Cox, Secretary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

William | Thomas, elderly professor
Of sociology in the University Of
Chicago, was taken in Chicago
hotel with Mrs r NJ Granger, about
Twenty-Five wife of an officer of the
United States army in France. The
professor has unusual theories about
sex matters. One Of them stated
publicly was
Any girl, mentally mature, has the
right TO motherhood, the right to
limit the number of her children, AMI
the right to know how to restrict the
size OF her family"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

l4veIybody's friend Dr. Thomas
3cloetic Oil the great household
remedy for toothache earache. sore
throat cuts bruises, scalds Sold al
all drug stores. soc and GOc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

CATHARSOL for bilious sick head
aches Corner Pharmacy and Owl
Drug Store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30
Hun RIDICILE or AMER
ICAN ARMY HAS CHANGED
10 iRENZIIlD FEAR
,oNrINrrn rNoM rNan oNm

CONFINED FROM PAGE ONW
British up by Emaodestedo farm, be-
low the Petit Bois of Wytschaete,
where April of last year. before the
battle OF Wytschaete and Messines,
the British blew up one OF their
largest mines with an explosion which
was like the outbreak of 4 vast vol
cano and left yawning chasms there,
down which afterward men lool1el
and shuddered
Here, and as far north as the ground
between ST Eloi and Vierstraat, were
Scottish and British battauons, and
then the line ran n0rtheastWard
across the Ypres- Confines Canal. past
Hill so, the scene of another mine eH-
plosion last year, and of many preW-
GUS mines, 50 that all the ground here
was upheayed, up to the high ground
by Westhoek Ridge
lhe German army OF assault upon
hemmeI ana 'he surrounding country
was under command OF General Won
Arnim, who was the leading opponent
OF lne aIlies IN Ihe long struggle o'
the lrlSt Somme DaltIes' ana whose
clear ana ruthless lhIelllgence was
ieVeaiea III the famous document sum
ming up lhe llrSl phaSe o. lhat ilehl
ing Wheh he IranRly confessed 20
many ialIurea OF organization aoo
supply Dul with acute eriticism "hlca
was not lhat OF a weak or lnaec's'Ve
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

WHERE YOU CAN DO WAR WORK.
Red Cross Rooms, Federal building.
Red Cross Rooms, Masonic Temple
City Bank, Federal Park
Dietetics High School bldg nlghtl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

This the first photograph he maneuyerng
rive the United States showing meec csmouaged
secretary Baker sector.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-30

w. II. Mitchell,
Com. of Public Safety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
IRISH WILL FIGHT lF
 HOME RULE IS GIVEN
Establishment of Parliament Would Cause Overflow of Volunteers,
 Says T, P. O'COnnOr

Washington, May 13.-T. P. O'Con- nor, the Irish nationalist leader, in an address here tonight at a meeting attended by many members of con gress, declared that his party is inflex- ibly convinced of the justness of the allied cause and would press for a vigorous prosecution of the war until Germany has been completely defeat ed
 Mr.. O'Connor explained that his criticism of the Irish draft act was not inspired by hostility to the British people but resulted from his belief that it would weaken and not strength en England in the conduct of the war.
 With the establishment of an Irish parliament he believed there would he a change of sentiment in Ireland and that this and not conscriptior was the best means of increasing the flow of Irish soldiers to the front.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
GERMANY BUILDS NEW AND LARGER
 TYPE OF U-bOAI
Realizes Present Types No Match for Torpedo
 Boat Destroyers.

Washington, May 13-Realizing
 that America and the allies have
 gained the mastery over the present type of submarine, Germany is now
 said to be planning a new series of
 big u-boat cruisers with which it
 hopes to again assume the advantage
 in her unrestricted underwater war flare.
 Announcement of the new German scheme is made by George Leygues French minister of marine, in an in terview received here today in an of ficial dispatch from France. No de tails regarding the u-boats were 2iv
 en by M Leygues, but from informa tion from ether sources it appears that the cruiser submarines will be heavily armed and armored and will be designed especially to meet the menace of the torpedo boat destroy
 CTS which have proved so effective in hunting down the smaller submar 1 ines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
WOMEN GIVEN
 FULL JAY RIGHT
 IN M. E. CHURCH

Atlanta, Ga., May 1S-After 40 years of effort, women of the Metho- dist-Episcopal church south today were granted, by action of the gen eral conference, full lay membership of the church. The measure passed to- day is practically the same presented in 1914 and then defeated by vote of 1O5 to I'll. In their petition the woom- en asked that all restrictions against them be removed from the discipline, that the word lavmen by interpreted to include women and for recognition and privileges which are in hand with membership.
 The committee on episeopacy at a meeting tonight decided to recon mend an increase of $200 a year in the them for all travelling expenses. A further recommendation of Sl,2oO a year for clerical help for each bishop was agreed upon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
M AO(lO MAY HIKE RAILROAD RATES 9 PER CENT MORE Increase Necessary to Meet Additional Wages and
 Equipment.
PASSENGER FARES
 WILL BE 3 CENTS
Rate Experts Now Working on Kew Schedules Which Will Preserve
 Rate Relationship Between
 Communities and Regions.

Washington, May 13--Estimates made today by railroad administra tion officials indicate that an icrease Of al least 9 per cent in freight and passenger rates will be necessary this year to meet the higher cost of fuel, wages. equipment and othere operating expenses now set at be- tween $GyO,0 ,000 and $150. .J00, ,000 more than last year.
 Recommendations that rates ba raised by approximately this per centage has been made to Director General McAdoo by his advisers. He is expected to act within the next six weeks and to put increases into effect at once.
 Shippers will be permitted to ap- peal to the Interstate Commerce Commission under the railroad act and final decision will be with the president.
 Such an increase as is proposed will be the biggest in the history of American railways as the per centage is larger than any ever sought by the railways under prl- vate management and would apply alike to the entire country. Both class and commodity schedules will be affected.
 Rate. experts of the Interstate Com lnerce Commission and railroad ad- ministration now are at work on new schedules. Increases to be ordered will be arranged to preserve rate re Q hlfWp0n regions, officials said today, so that industries and commercial interests will be subject to the same degree of rate competition as at present.
 Passenger fares would be raised under the rates suggested to about 3 cents a mile. from the existing gen eral rate of a little less than ? 1-2 cents
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
|. OF. C. MEMBERS START IN THREE
 DAY OUTING TRIP
Automobiles Leave Citi ezn's Bank Corner at 8
 O'clock This Morning.

Ten or more automobile loads of Pine Bluff business men will leave the corner of Pine and Second al o'clock this morning on the first lap lof the three day outing of the Cham Der of Commerce. The party will Itake the TamO Pike as far as Moscow land then go down the river to Sil- yer lake, where they will spend the first night On this trip they will "Wednesday the party will take dinner at Two Bar rice farm as the guests of R. E. Chaney and will spend Wed nosday night in Stuttgart.
 Among those leaving with the par ty this morning are: Y. F. Gadberry of the Harrison Produce company pr. E. R. Steel. V o. Alexander of Gillespie and Brothers Grocery conn pany; Farrar Martin of the Gould Galbaith Supply company; J. R Riley, Jr., and Johnny West of the Riley Motor company; Lawrence Dix on of the Pine Bluff Bottling Works Stanley Dreyfus of the Isaac Dreyfus company; J. A. Mcleod and F. o McGehee of the Pine Bluff Lumber company: E. H. Elsberry of the Standard Lumber company; N. J Can't of Coleman and Gantt E. M Schober of Schober- Martin Dry Goods company; Jo Nichol of the Simmons , National bank; Wade Knox of ths KnoxWalker Furniture company Walter H. Adams of The Graphic s. c. Scales of the Tedstrom Furni ture company; Henry Marx of the Henry Marx company; MT. Irwin o1 the $. C. Alexander Cotton company w. w. Taylor of the Arkansas Mil Supply company; e. Lee of the Lee Cigar Manufacturing company o1 Memphis D. c. MaXey of the Hollen berg Music company; J. c. White o
 the Lesser Goldman company; H. V Bahlau of the Riley Feed 'Manufact uring company; T. l.. Brummitt o
 the Hammett Grocery company; E. B Bloom of the Chamber of Commerce
 c. A Kentz of Kientz Brothers com
 pany; Heiry Reynolds of the C.. M Ferguson Grocery company; G. A Bahlau of the Bahlau Produce com pany Walter J. Wilkins of the South
 ern Grocery company; Howell West
 brook of the Westbrook Grain ant Commission company; Louis Frou' of the F'roug Department store; F. c
 Smart of the Smart Auto company
 w. A. Johnson of the Pine Cit. Electric company; J. K. Buckner o
 the Consolidated Real Estate com ,pany; w. L. Jones of the Southwest
 ern Telephone and Telegraph com pany: A. w. Sweat of the Southerl
 Tailoring company; Max Gottlieb 0 Gottlieb's JeWelry store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
HIGH WATER WILL
 fLOOD AND RUIN FARMS IN "fLAIs'
Crest of Rise, Predicted at B Feet, Due Here
 Tomorrow.

Farms in the "old river flats" north of the court house in Pine Bluff and in the Tucker lake flats near the free bridge, will be ruined by high water now coming down the Arkan- sas river, according tc men familiar with river conditions.
 The river began rising at Pine Bluff Sunday. It rose one foot Sunday afternoon. six feet Sunday night and five feet yesterday. The crest of the rise, which the government fore. caster at Little Rock said would reach 23 feet at Pine Bluff, will come tomorrow. Flood stage here IS 25 feet and there will be little damage except the farms mentioned.
 The river probably will start fall ing here Thursday. It was at a standstill at Dardanelle yesterday.
 The Whibe river left it's hanks at Ruddels Sunday and continues to rise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
4,()0O ID ATTEND BAPTIST MEETING
 AT HOT SPRINGS
Report Will Show Organi atizon Is Free
 of Debt.

Hct Springs, May 13.-When the reports are submitted tO the South ern Baptist convention, which assem- blas in this city tomorrow, it will be shown that the organization is out of debt. No such reports have ever been made up as those which are al- ready published and prepared for de- livery to that body.
 The foreign board, with headquart- CTS at Atlanta, will report that it has collected more than SG0o000 and is free of all debt. The Sunday school board with headquarters at Nash vile. will show that it has collected more than $500 900 and also is clear ed of debt.
 The attendance will be more than 900 according to information of the advance guard which reported at headquarters today The convention represents Is states from Maryland to New Mexico and includes a portion of Illinois and Missouri. There are 24,SS3 churches now represented in this convention.
 President J. B. Gambrell of Dallas, Texas, will call the convention to or der. and Dr. o. F. Gregory of Balti- more and pr. U. T. Moore of Nash vile. Tenn., are the general con vention secretaries
 The Women's Missionary Union holds it's 3Oth annual meeting here as an auxiliary to the convention Committee meetings are set for Tues day afternoon and the regular ses- sons for Thursday and Friday. pr. Lansing Burrows, for 36 years secretary of the convention, and four years president and at present gen. Yeral statistician, will not be able to ] attend this convention. but his report will be submitted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
KATHERINE PEEVED AND SHE FAILS TO
 DELIVER MAIL

Chicago, May 19.-Miss Katherine Stinson, aviatrix, did not start her mail-carrving flight from Chicago to New York today, although the wealth CT was ideal. It was said that she was piqued because, agalnst her wishes. public announcement was made of the hour at which she was to have started. .,
 At the postoffice her sack of mail was waiting. but none could tell when if ever she would start. She was sworn in as postal clerk last Satur- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
!. $. ARTILLERY FIRES GERMAN
 POWDER DUMPS Guns Do Big Damage to Enemy Works ill Vicini-
 ty of Mont Didier. AMERICANS LINE
 IS IMPREGNABLE Battles lin No Mans Land Results In Victory for Yankee Patrols and
 Dealt. 10 Many

With the American Army in France May 13.-An enemy ammunition dump at Cantign" was fired by Am ercian artillery today. At the same time two fires were started in Mont Didier followed by numerous explos- ions.
 The weather continues misty and rainy. There was no infantry action today and only intermittent machine gun and rifle firing. The position of the Germans is becoming more and more intolerable while the Americans are entrenching their positions more firmly.
 Any hopes the enemy might have of breaking thru in this sector are diminishing. The Americans take nothing for granted but return the enemy fire two to enc which is be- lieved to set a new pace in this sect or.
 What appears to trouble the Ger mans most is that the Americans nev CT turn back when the enemy uses gas. They give him double dose of the same with everything else the enemy tries.
 Battle in No Mans Land
 Details of the fighting in the Lune vile sector on Sunday, tell of an en- counter between American and Ger. man, forces in No Mans Land. Three American snipers dressed in camou- flaged suits set out to discover g nest of sharpshooters who had beer operating with much success and hac killed enc American office~ and one private.
 They penetrated the enemy posi- tions and suddenly encountered a nun Der of Germans with an officer stand ing few feet away. The Americans quickly opened fire, killing the off cer and three men before they were obliged to withdraw.
 During their return one man be- cal>e lost and three scout officers ant four men returned in search of him They again penetrated the enemy pos tons where they had another encoun ter with the Germans without casual ties to the American side. The missing man came in while the second party was looking for him. When the searchers returned they found that one of their men was miss r ing. He was last seen setting up { machine gun in a shell hole. Two of ficers went back to look for him ant encountered a German outpost. In the fight that ensued one enemy was kill ed and his body was brought back tt the Amercian trenches. Alarm Clock Fools BOches | How an American alarm clock kep the whole German line guessing ant caused the Germans useless expendi ture of large quantities of machine gun and rifle ammunition all on on' night is related today. The Americans had been trying fo some time to draw the fire of certain enemy units.
 "Leave Fritz to me-" said happ. faced young American, who, putin, an alarm clock under his arm, disap peared into no mans land under GOV CT of darkness and fastened the clocl to wire. oSon the alarm rang, where upon the Germans opened fire. Th wire had been so arranged that tn clock continued to ring intermittentl and each time drew violent fir from the enemy. Meanwhile the An ericans rested in their trenches an CT joyed a hearty laugh.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-14
II MEN 60 ON TRIAL
 FOR TRACER LYNCHING

Edwardsville, H., May 13.-Twen- ty-five talesmen were examined to- day at the opening of the trial of Il men charged with murder in con nection with the lynching of Robert P. Prager at Collinsville April 15.
 Three were tentatively accepted by the state and defense decided on none. Twenty-two of the p examin ed said they heard so much about the lvnchng in the papers that theil minds were made up. The selection ot a jury is not expected to be complet- ed until tomorrow night.
 The defendants, each wearing a red white and blue rosette in the lapels of their coats, laughed and joked with friends while going into the court room and during the several recesses About 30 women were among the large crowd that attended the trial.