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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
BRITISH GUNS DESTROY
HUN PAVED WAYS

Ottawa, Ont April 20-The Ger
mans are energetically repairing roads
with large quantities Of concrete slabs
which are laid like paving stones de-
clares Reuters correspondent at Brit
ish headquarters in France in a dis
patch received today at the ottawa
agency.
AS soon as they are nicely set,
confined the message, "our gunners
tear great craters in the smooth sur
face A captured letter describing the
appearance Of the Bapaume road pays
tribute to the devastating work Of our
airmen and artillery"
Referring to the participation OF Al
pine troops in an attempt by the Ger
mans to capture a chain Of hills run
nng eastward to Casse, the message
said;
An officer Of this corps in letter
which has fallen into our hands said:
We have made up our minds to plum
der again ruthlessly In the Alpine
corps we understand the business
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

The most heart gripping thing that
comes daily across my perspective is
the grave of the American soldier in
France
1t comes to me oftener than 1t
comes to most people over here, be-
cause, in addition to the other ac-
vities which have been transferred
to the department. ! have been asked
by the Red Cross to organize and have
in charge, is the question of the
grave in which shall repose the
broken body of the American lad. He
fell in strange land fighting for q
tnlng which loomed in his mind as a
solemn duty, vaguely silhouetted with
eloquent phrases about the rights OF
man. making the world safe for
democracy saving civilization from
the Hun and other fervid terminology
which 1T up his brave soul at home
and catapulted him suddenly into a
brown uniform and then into grave
1000 miles from the land of his long
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
HUSBAND ABOUT To
DESERT, SHE SLAYS
Demented Woman Used Axe On
Their Four Children, Killing
Three, Fatally Injuring
the Fourth

st Louis, Afril 20 Mrs Katherine
Skaggs, 80 years old, believing her
husband was going to leave her with
her four children to support late yes
trrday bound the hands and feet Of
the four children, Leo 5 Anna May,
3, Mary Rose 3, and Dora months,
and stuffed cotton in their mouths.
She then took hand axe and beat
three of them TO death and seriously
wounded the other Anna May and
Leo were dead when the crime was
discovered and Mary Rose died later
at a hospital Dora is expected to
die.
When her husband, Perry Skaggs,
reached home at s o'clock last night
his wife met him at the front door and
told him she had killed his babies.
That she intended to kill herself is
evidenced by note she left, blaming
her husband for it all, the police say
Mrs Skaggs, who showed no emotion
after the crime, was taken to the OBJ
sevation ward Of the city hospital
Physicians say that her mind undoubt-
edly is affected
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
COKE" DEALER IS
GRABBED WITH GOODS
Chief Mitchell Lands Contraband
Shipment and the Merchant
J A Beyers In Jail On
Serious Charge

1t was an ordinary package wrap
ped in the usual express package way,
but the eyes of the law saw different
iy from the casual observer. 1t came
from Memphis and was consigned to
j A Beyers. When Beyers appeared
he signed the receipt and claimed the
goods. Then Chief of Police Mitchell
swooped down on him, so to speak,
and grabbed package and man. Bey-
ers is in the county Jail and the inn0-
cent looking package is in the hands
of the federal authorities. 1t cou-
tains more than $500 worth of coke,
morphine and nitroglycerine.
81 was tipped off to the game ten
days ago and have been watching for
the shipment ever since said Chief
Mitchell today.
"There are fifty eight cooke" fiends
in Guthrie and among the number are
some prominent people" said Mitchell
today. I'VE have list of the dope
heads and through method of fol-
Lowing them we get many tips to the
lreal plant"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
FIGHTING HALTED As HUNS
FACE CERTAIN DEFEAT

London, April 20--Actiye fighting
operations have halted for the time
being while each side prepares for
the next onslaught 1t is not improb-
able that the Germans again will at
t2ck, either in Picardy Or in Flanders
Artois, while on every move they
make hangs the menace Of the allies
reserve army and counter-of offensive.
Unfavorable weather has settled
down upon the northern battlefield
but up to the present the Germans
have selected mist and rain and cold
periods as opportune for striking and
the lull in their attacks is due prob
ably more to their appalling losses
which in the past ten DAYS have caus-
ed such depetions in organizations
that offensive tactics must wait for
the arrival of new trooIs The enemy
is moving uU new troops and supplies
along the Lys river and these are
being bombarded heavily by the Brit :
ISL q Nv
The Germans probably have many
reserve divisions and there is little
doubt that their masters will use up
the last division in their attempts to
crush either the British or the French
The British have borne the brunt OF
the present campaign, which will end
its first month today and their line is
still mbroken. The enemy has not
been able to pierce it, and roll III
the side, as he apparently intended
Facing them today on the western
front the Germans find British, French
American, Belga| Portuguese anc
Italian troops The number is in
creasing constantly, while the Ger
mans undoubtedly have used up thei
veteran divisions in the battles Of th'
past month.
The Germans cannot halt now, !
they would attempt to crush tho al
les, while they themselves yet hay
strength. Field Marshal Haig's Pa
bian tactics have been more than
match for the strong head-on rushe
of the German3 In month OF tn
heaviest fighting of the war the Ger
mans have gained nothing the allie
could not afford to lose, when, at tn
same time, they cogld inflict 1osse
more than commensurate with tn
value of the positions sacrificed. |
fact. the allies now are in bette
nosition for an overpowering often
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
bishop " 0 SHEPARD WILL
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Final Arrangements Finished For
Wonder Service, Defeating
First M f Church of
This City

Final arrangements for a wonder
service have been made, celebrating
the ninth anniversary Of the dedica~
ton Of the First NJ e church Of our
city
bishop Shepard has arrived and
will enter into the service with his
usual enthusiasm and feyor,
The morning service will begin at
1880 and the evening service at $500
10 m.
Announcement nave been passed
to every home in the city and beyond
doubt. the church will be filled The
special music including solos by Mrs
Ethyle Cohagen James and Mr. Robert
Merten, will attract music lovers Of
the city. Prof Ryan, of the Uniyer-
sity, has consented to furnish orches-
tral accompaniment for most of the
musical numbers.
The custodian Of the church has ar
ranged for extra seating capacity anc
twenty ushers have been provided
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
MARRIED MEN SHOULD
NOT Be DRAFT TED
Adiutant General Gipson Issues
Orders To Local Exemption
Boards On Draft Service
and Other Matters

Some discretion should be used by
local boards in certifying married
men for service in the army, is the
effect of a letter Adjutant General
G'rson has sent to local boards for
their guidance in future. General Clip
son has returned from a tour OF army
camps in the southwest and has noted
conditions that in some respect is
a revelation to him Married men
who have families to any extent de
pendent upon them do not make the
best soldiers and the reason is obvi-
ous, he said
Consequently General Gipson has
instructed B o Johns Of the local
board to recla5sify all men so in
volyed into o deferred classification
and await instructions before send
ing them to camp. This would espe-
e.ally fit the man who has been sup
porting his children and who is en-
gaged in some useful occupation.
Another thing General Gipson de-
s:res to impress on families Of mar
ried men called to the colors. Fam
lies of men sent to Camp Travis
should not try to go there to stay
because there is nothing for theil
wives to do and living expenses MAKE
Il impossible to live on an enlisted
mans pay
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
American nISoIdiers Who Die In Battle
Will Have Marked Graves In France

parents, asking if the bodies OF their
sons. who have fallen since August
last cannot, as a special favor, be
sent back home. One of these, which
lies before me as I write comes from
an American who has had few re
quests of his life refused The lad
whose vision is with him day and
night lies in a grave out on the Cam
brai front where he fought and yield
ed up his young life with all the gen
erous courage OF those who do and
die The request of the father could
not be granted, and when the cable
had taken to him the ultimatum, he
sent this great answer THANK you
fer your sympathy. I realize fully
the difficulties which make the re-
quest impossible. Please be careful!
about the marking Of the grave, which
| shall some day visit with his mo-
ther" AS it lies before me, the mes
sage seems simpler than it really is
The New Englander who sent it moves
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

These official photographs show the
test of the Browning machine guns at
Washington.
In the first at the top and left a
private, with bis helper behind him
to carry ammunition is firing the gun
from the hip Note the strap over
the left shoulder to help him hold the
fifteen pound weapon in place
At the right at the top is Senator
James w Wadsworth Of New York
state. firing the same gun from the
shoulder with The strap hanging loose.
Below Is the heavy machine gun,
weighing thirty-four and ha'f
pounds, being fired by priyates from
the tripod on the field
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
Behind the Screen

Douglas Fairbanks will shortly
be sued for 100000 heart balm by
Owen Moore, husband of Mary
Pickford who charges alienation OF
affections of his wife.
Charley Chaplin, after address
ing Liberty loan gathering OF
d2O.OO5 in New York the other
day, had legal papers served on
him by the Essanay Film com
pany, which charges breach Of
contract.
Francis X Bushman is being sued
by his wife for divorce and 500 a
week alimony.
Clara kimbal Young's husband
is suing her manager for 100000
charging alienation of affections.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
BRITISH HAVE GAINED
OBJECTIVES IN Flanders
AMERICANS, FRENCH, BEL
GIAN, PORTUGUESE AND
ITALIAN TROOPS NOW
FACE GERMAN ARMY
ON FRENCH MD
FLANDERS FRONT
BULLETIN.

London, April 2o-Nine machine
guns, a trench mortar and prisoners
were taken by the British in local
operation yesterday south of the
Scarpe river The war office an
nounces. A German counter attack
was repuIsed.
On the Flanders battle front the
British elected the Germans from ad-
vanced positions gained by them in
Thursdays attack in the region OF
Givenchy and Fostubert.
In sharp fighting southeast of Ro-
becq, the British drove back German
attacking parties.
The British gained all their OBJ
lectives in their counter attack in
Flanders, advancing their defenses at
GWenchy and Festubert and re-es-
tabIshinu their positions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
RED CROSS WORKERS
ALIVE TO Duty

Il feel much elated with the way
the people are taking hold Of Red
Cross work here" said Chairman Lint2
today Tho oujpouring Wednesday
indicated that our women especially
are deogly Interested and are keeping
step with thu progress of the world
war trus, interest will not slack
en- Men arc being wounded every
minute and ursical dressings are
needed"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
HUN RAID TURNED.

Paris April 20 German troops last
night launched a raiding operation
against the French lines in the region
OF lanyard den Santerre, southeast OF
Amiens. The effort was a failure. the
war office announced today. The
French took prisoners in thls local
action
The artillery has been active along
the southern battle line between Las
signy and Noyon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
LONG RANGE GUNS ACTIVE,

Paris, April 20 Yesterdays long
range bombardment which consisted
Of three shots at wide intervals, re-
suited in no casualties and did little
damage one shell wont through the
roof Of a house, penetrated a work
shop on the sixth floor and passed
through the back wall CROSSED the
courtyard and into a building in tho
rear, finally bursting on the staircase
number Of people were employed
but all had left the building a few
minutes before the shell fell.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

The aims of the war are not fully
understood by the people said Rcy
Guy Findly Therefore the talks OF
III Nasmyth and Dr. Biting next
Wednesday will be Informative These
men are doing great service They
VIII make three talks here at the
Rotary club at noon, the Chamber of
Commerce at and at the Pre3byter-
ian church at s o'clock
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
THINKS SCHOOL HEAD
HAS RIGHT lDEA

TOO much cannot be done toward
urging the boys toward thrift ana
gardening" said a merchant today.
Prof Wickizer has the right idea as
stated in The Leader last evening
",aut a hoe in the hand OF every boy
and man behind every boy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
COUNTY SHOWING Up
WELL IN BOND DRIVE

Logan county is showing up we'll
in the Liberty bord drive" said
County Chairman Gray today The
township organizations are effective
and all are coming through handsome
ly for the third Loan
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
TRACTION CARS
DO FUNNY LOOPS

Interurban cars experience some
trouble i'll looping the loop. Some
day they loop on oklahoma ave-
nue. exclusively, and on other days
they loop in and around Harrison and
Division But they manage to get out
Of town on the Same track as hereto
fore. which is some consolation to
ihe man waiting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

BOY. PAGE ANANlAs.

Pawnee, Ill., April 20-A hen here
owned by Mrs Gordon White has laid
All egg with an exact reproduction
c. the kaiser on it. 1t shows strk-
ing resemblance and brings out with
uncanny clearness the flowing mus
tache. sunken eyes, set lirs, straight
rose and look Of defiance Of the Ger
man emnerOr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
WILL CHASE BANDITS
WITH AIRPL\NN

Ell Paso, Tex, April 2o-A military
airpIane which was received at Juarez,
Mex, yesterday from Mexico City, is
to be used TO search for bandits alone
the international border, according to
Major J Gomez Tagle, commander of
the Juarez garrison. Major Tage IS
an experienced aviator, and will in
struct his officers in the use Of the
machine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
HINDENBURG'S HUNS. EXHAUSTED,
ARE HALTED BY ALLIES IN ART0IS
Picks Site For
Craze, Then Dies
Within Week

Grand Rapids Mich, April %
Just one week before her burial
yesterday. Mrs Irene A Benson, 50
visited cemetery gave inshWc-
umctions regarding her gave, and
en- the following day called in an
undertaken and made detailed ar
rangements for the funeral
ON Friday last Mrs Benson was
stricken with heart failure and
died, and her funeral plans were
followed Just as she had planned
them,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
SUGAR BOWLS REMOVE

County Food Administrator p V
Smith received a telegram from ihe
state food administration stating chat
4 man had been reported as travelling
over the state ordering hotels and
restaurants to remove all sugar bowl"
The telegram stated further that thc
man is unauthorized in this course,
and Mr. Smith has asked that anyone
hearing of him in Guthrie notify the
county administrators office or city
o. county officers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
SUNK WITH LIFE LOSS

New York, April 20-The American
steamship, Florence n, formerly
Great Lake vessel, has been sunk with
loss Of life near a foreign port, ac'
cordina to information received from
shipping circles.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
HUN LONG RANGE GUNS
STILL B0MBARDING PARIS
GERMAN RAIDS ON FRENCH
LINES DURING NIGHT DIS
ASIROUS TO ENEMY
W II o - TURNED
BACK WITH LOSS


Rome, April 2o--Itaian troops do.
IlVered a crushing defeat to five Aus.
tr'an divisions in fierce battle April
1s and 10 on the italian frontier. The
Italians were the agressors and after
hurting the Huns back ten miles, took
prisoners and heavy guns.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
GREEN WILL PUT
VARSITY OVER TOP

The mantle of Chancellor Hislop,
late Of 0 NJ L. has fallen on capable
shoulders, said a business man to-
day. PROF Green is fully alive to
his work is alert and aggressive and
will put the university over the top"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

INDIGNANT WOMAN
BANLS OUT COUPLE

IN thank you to leave my husband
strictly alone" cried an indignant
wife Of an alleged affinity" on Ok
lahoma avenue yesterday. The hu5-
band and the aft were together il is
said, and both were "bawled out"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
SNOW THIS MORNING

Guthrie experienced a light fall of
snow this morning the flakes melt
ing as fast as they fell The temper
ature at Z o'clock registered 3S
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
ENOW LAST NIGHT.

Snow fell in Texas and southern
Oklahoma last night. Frost in the
north and very unpleasant weather
ali over the country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

ing and his nightly dreams.
Already dozen requests have come
to my department from American
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20
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New Orleans, April 2O-Tonight
probably fair with frost: freeZing
temperature in northern Oklahoma:
Sunday generally fair with rising
tsmperature q northern Oklahoma,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-20

CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-09

as there was last year. II there is not.
it asks. viii its absence not be proof
of the extent to which Germany's many
crimes against humanity have dead
ened the worlds sense of tenderness
1t adds:
1T is because the torpedoing of the
Lusitania summed up in one cold
FLOODED act the savage ruthlessnsss
of the German race that the anniver-
sary of that foul deed should be cele-
brated when every other commemara-
ton is forgoaaen."
Germany has not changed since
then" says the Daily Mail. THAT is
the important thing for all of us to re-
member. The 'repentant Germany of
which our paeifists prattle simple does
not exist. She still giories in the sink
ing of the Lusitania and the butchery
OF women and choldren and will repeat
that and every other atrocity again at
the first profitable opportunity.
THAT is only one of one hundred
reasons why the war must go on until
she is hammered into sanity"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-09
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
To PRESENT PLAY

"A charming littde fantasy in ont
act. Pierrot. who at one moment il
singing snatches of delightfully."- nom
sensical verse, and at another is abb
sorbed in the Philosophy of tears,
is distinct achievement"
This is what the London By-Stand-
err had to say of 1.-THE Maker of
Dreams" upon its production in that
city. The Maker of Dreams is TO
be given by the dramatic committee of
the Patriotic League on Friday night
at the Bonita Theatre. and at the
Garden Theatre as a matinee of Sat
urday afternoon.
There will be two performances on
Friday night, one at 7:30 o'clock. and
one at nine O'Clock, the cast for the
presentation being as follows:
The Maker of Dreams - Norma
Holt.
Pierret-Margaret Anderson.
Pierette-Nellie Collins.
Added to the elusive charm of the
play is the unique setting which is
given IT, the entire play to be given
in black and white.
In addition a patriotic film will also
be shown, and there Will be musical
program by local talent.
But the play itself, is worth more
IMAM the Small WHICH Will Dc
charged for admission. A very fresh
and quaint little play it is, revealing
rare sense of lyrical. the verse with
which 1t is interspersed having the
true indefinabIe ring. OF 1t the Glas-
gov Daily Record has said: THE
Maker of Dreams is a little piece a s
fra gile as porcelain, and as radiant
when the light shines through it. A
more charming. delicate and clever
little playlet has surely never been seen
on the variety stage. 1t has achieved
instant success"
Tickets are on sale at the Central
Pharmacy and the Patriotic League
rooms.
The Maker of Dreams will be re-
peated on Saturday as a matinee at
the Garden theatre at $50 o'clock. An
addition to the program ON Saturday
will the navy Ministries, and numbers
by pubi1s of the j. B. Jockey and
Clubs schools.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-09
These Repairn,en Apply MeoLin Soles'
SHOE REPAIRERS

The Boston Shoe Shop, 10 West Romano
The Royal Shoe Shop, 80 South Palafox
Sam Charles, sol South Palafox
Canadian Shoe Shop, SIS North DeVillier
The Skipper Shoe Shop, % East Garden
Joe Abraham, SOB South Palafox
John Flo, 12O East Government