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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
Lord NorthcIiffe Favors Conduct.
ing Coming Conference
With Open Doors.
STATES HIS REASONS
Noted sritisher Declares cIandestine
Assemblies Are Harbineers of
intrigues, Suspicion and Pos
sibIe Deception.

Paris, Dec. 21.- Lord N~orthcliffe
who Is visiting Paris, gave to the
newspapers the following statement
regarding his ideas as to the need of
open diplomacy in conducting the
peace negotiations so that the public
may know what is going on:
Nothing can be worse for the pros
poets OF the conference" said Lord
Northciine. than an atmosphere oil Sc
crecy and half truths. Yet. up to the
present there has been no Official
statement that the momentous meet
ings about to take place will be held
In accordance with President Wilson's
expressed views on the question of
open diplomacy.
THE days Of secret conclaves are
dead int gone. Clandestine assem-.
blies are harbingers of intrigue, sus-
picion and possible deception. II
would be intolerable that the fate of
whole nations-great and small
should be decided In secret. Shall
the destinies of millions of people I'm
all quarters OF the globe be left to
AAOiSiOo W q COMPARATIVE
handful OF delegates. against whose
enactments there is no public appeal.
Such would be mockery OF that prin.
ciple OF self-determination of free ma
lions which has been fought for and
won In this war.
The British press and people may
be relied upon to support fully the
Presidents enlightened expression of
opinion as to the need of publicity al
the momentous meetings expected to
begin In Paris on the 9Th of January.
Surely the world has suffered enough
from secret diplomacy to realize that
of hat kind is totally in |
compatible with the conception OF e
league of free nations. A great part
OF the Presidents popularity is due to
knowledge hat he is the father of
diplomacy which 1t was Under
would be the course adopted ut
the forthcoming sessions
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
.DAWYSV[NN(]
FAIRY TALE |
JiMMIE's
81 hAt6 @ABA1RQNER

"A little boy named Jimmie" said
Daddy, wanted an airplane-a little
toy m~ake-believe airplane for d Christ
mas present."
I'D like one myself" said Nick. do
you suppose Santa Claus will give me
one? | do a one so much. know
other boys who'd rather have trains or
ships or guns or make-believe SOL
diers, but / would like to have an air.
plane"
well, l don't know any other way
Of attending TO 1t but tine usual good
old-fashioned way. You write a let
ter to Santa Claus and address il:
"'Santa Claus, Esq, Care of the
Fireplace, Near the North Pole
Then you put your letter down
here by the fireplace"
Daddy" Interrupted Nancy.
"Yes?" questioned Daddy. "Do YOU
want an airplane, too?"
NO" laughed Nancy, but / was
thinking"
what were you thinking off" asked
Daddy.
81 was thinking, or rather ] was
wondering, what children would do who
hadn't any hreplaces In their homes
like many of the city children"
oh" said Daddy, "they can leave
their letters by the fire-escapes, for
Santa Claus comes a-visiting all around
to get letters, and they can give them
to- their daddies TO post for them, rs.
daddies are usually told where Santa
Claus IS going to have all his brancls
post offices.
I'm fact" continued Daddy, ~ do be-
lieve that any letter. after one has
found out where Santa Claus is GO
ing to get his mail, will reach him
the address reads simply:
"'Santa Claus, ESQ., or MI. Santa
Claus"
DO you suppose l will get an air
planeT" asked Nick.
There is no telling" said Daddy
You'd better get your letter off. Santa
will certainly give 1t to you il he can
He does all that he possibly can, and
when he can't do any more he never
wants to see a child feel badly, for ALI
he asks for as thanks for his won
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
Hindenburg Lines Up German
Troops to Form New Front
Behind Neutral Zone.
new PLOT IS CHARGED
Socialist Government Declares Army
Chiefs Planning Counter RevoIu-
tion-Eiections Called for Jan.
10 by Soldiers Congress.

Paris, Dec. 21.-According to a dis
patch to the Journal from Zurich
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
wired the Berlin government advising
1t OF his intention to form a new front
six miles behind the neutral zone
along the Rhine fixed by the armistice.
The German government has asked
the field marshal for an explanation,
adds the dispatch, but has not yet re-
ceived a reply.
IL also is announced that two regi-
ments of the active army will be sent
to Frankfort-on.the.Main at an early
date.
Counter Revolt Alleged.
The correspondent also affirms that
Major General Scheuch, the Frussian
war minister; Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg and General Liquid (~probably
Lieutenant General lie Outs, former
governor of Metz, who is in command
of the active troops in Berlin, are be-
hind a counter revolutionary move
ment.
He declares the existing Ebert gov
eminent is m~anifestly incapable of pre-
venting the realization of the scheme.
Strikers were attacked by troops
during a riot in Boltrop, it is reported.
No details were given. Boltrop is In
Westphalia, so miles north of Cologne.
German Elections Called.
Berlin, Dec. 21.-The congress of
and workmen's councils has
decided that elections to the national
assembly shall take place Jan. 10.
Those opposed to the summoning of a
national assembly polled only 40 votes
out of a total of 24O.
Prosecutions Planned.
Vienna, Dec. 21.-Austrian officials
who shared in the responsibility for
starting the val will be punished.
A bill has been introduced in the
chamber of deputies, providing for in
and prosecution of army
leaders and subordinates.
The Vienna Nieuswiner Journal
charges Archduke Leopold Salvador,
uncle of former. Emperor Karl, Gen.
erals Won Ard and Won Hoffman and
,ther prominent persons with Iootjng
army stores OF foodstuffs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
OVER FORTY NEW PROJECTS
Rivers and Harbors Bill Provides for
$26,s35,oo

Washington, Dec. 21.-More than 40
new Improvement projects are includ.
ed in the 1920 rivers and harbors bill,
which was completed by the House
committee. The measure carries ap-
preparations totaiiing see. 9s5, 900.
For the new work. which is scat.
tered along the Atlantic and gulf, and
Pacific coasts and the great lakes,
the committee recommended an ex-
penditure Of $685. coo while the cost
Of further improvements in existing
projects amounts to SIS, 224, 900.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
LOST 100000 MEN KILLED
France Suffered Heavy Casualties In
European War.

Paris. Dec. 21.-French soldiers TO
The number OF 1.ioe. 600 were killed
turing the var according to a state.
ment by the Socialist deputy, Lucien
Violin, In the Chamber of OF Deputies,
during an Interpolation OF the gov
srnment on generalization.
Deputy .voilin asked that the sol.
Hers be returned to the soil and the
factories without delay and continued:
Il betray no secret when I say that
he problem Of rehabilitation presents
itself thus: We have modified $780,
200 men; we have had about 1.40O.O 900
killed, while S00,0 0 recovered from
wounds. We are going to demobilixe
100000 reserves, territorials and
heads OF families"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
American Executive Calls On
Victor Emmanuel at His
Paris Headquarters.
TALKS WITH REPORTER
London Times Representative Has an
Interview With President and
Gives His Version Of Problems
for Peace Conferences.

Paris, Dec. 21.-President Wilson
made a call on King Victor Emmanuel
OF Italy.
Il am confident that the big council
OF statesmen of the world will be able
10 reach a just and reasonable solu.
tion of the problems that will be pre-.
sented TO them and thus earn the
gratitude OF the world for the most
critical and necessary service which
has eve been rendered IT," said Pres
ident Wilson in III interview, refer
ring to the approaching peace confer
ence.
The interview was given TO the
correspondent OF the London Times.
In II the President is reported to have
stated his views on the discussion of
the freedom OF the seas and to have
contrasted the evils of the Vienna con-
gress with a hopeful outlook for the
Versailles congress.
Lord Northcliffe. editor OF the Lon
don Times, has given the press a copy
OF the Interview, from which the fol-
lowing extracts have been made:
The congress of Vienna, the CORE.
s~pondent says President Wilson told
him, was a congress of bosses The
delegates were concerned more with
their own interests and the classes
they represented than the wishes OF
their peoples.
Versailles, as President Wilson
said" the interviewer further con
iinues, must be a meeting place OF
III servant of the peoples repre-
scented by delegates, and he added,
Like there is no master mind who can
fettle the problems of today. IL
there is anybody who thinks he knows
what is In the mind OF all peoples, that
man is a fool. We have all got to
put our heads together and pool every !
thing we have got for the benefit OF
the ideals which are common to ALL"
Refers to Navy Cooperation.
He referred also to the very happy
-eonnfadeship and cooperation between
the British and American navies."
The correspondent then adds:
President Wilson. In discussing the /
role OF the British fleet in the main
iChaAcc Vi WnAt, at any rate curing l
the war, had been the freedom of the
seas for the people of the world,
spoke with q sincerity which no
amount of writing can convey. His
accents convinced me that he is q be-
lever in the ~decency and honesty OF
the Anglo-Saxon race. He said:
1T is essential for the future
peace OF the world that there should
be the frankest cooperation and most
understanding between the
English speaking de~mocracies.
We comprehend and appreciate, | be-
lieve, the grave problems which the
war has brought to the British people,
and fully understand the special inter-
national questions which arise from
he fact OF your peculiar position as
IN island empire.
The correspondent declared that he
the President with the assurance
ringing in my ears that he desired to
cooperate with the British, and with
the Allies, in securing. with their
counsel, a new state of affairs through
,ut the world"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
PROPAGANDA AGENTS ACTIVE
Germans In America Said to Have
Plenty Of Funds.

Washington. Dec. 21.-German pro.
paganda still is at work in the United
States, the State department was in.
formed in a dispatch from The Hague.
A Professor Brinckmann, who d.
rected propaganda in this n
from The Hague during the war, was
said be in charge OF the present
operations.
The report to the department said
Professor Brinckmann is being liber.
ally supplied with money and that a
vicious anti-American document is
being circulated by the Brinckmann
bureau.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
GOVERNORS URGE SUFFRAGE
"a State Executives Sign Petition to
". s.. Senate.

Washington, Dec. 81. - Bearing the
signatures of a majority of the gov
ernors attending the Annapolis con-
ference, a petition demanding imme-
date action o n the suffrage amend.
ment has been presented to the chair.
man of the suffrage committee in the
sennte by members of the national
woman's party. Governors and gov
ernors-elect who signed the petition
were Burnquist of Minnesota, Allen
OF Kansas, McKelvey of Nebraska.
Brumbaugh Of Pennsylvania, Frazier
OF North Dakota, Davis of Idaho.
Townsend of Delaware, Boyle of Ne
vada, Capper OF Kansas, Hunt of Ari-
IONA. Kindsey of New Mexico, Houx
Of Wyoming, MilIiken of Maine, and
Sleeper of Michigan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
WANTS BANK ACT CHANGED
Governor Harding Appears Before
House Committee.

Washington. Dec. disappearing
before the House banking committee
in support of Chairman Phelan's bill
to amend the federal reserve act,
Governor Harding OF the Federal Re-
serve board urged immediate legisla-
ton, authorizing increase OF federal
banks surplus to 100 per cent of their
paid-in capital stock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26

London, Dec. 2l.-Important indus
trial Developments are impending in
England. according to tne uaiiy
Chronicle. which says that enterprises
already In hand involve an expendi.
ture OF 5.000.o0 pounds. Chief among
these IL the building OF q large re-
hnery at Swansea by the AnglorPer.
sian Oh company. inns company u
preparing to spend 1000. 600 pounds
IN HhsfFss railroad trucks ana
equipment. Many mining enterprises
also = projected. according 70 the
newspaper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
LET'S ASK AID OF ALLIES
Republic Wants Assistance to FIqh,
Boisheviki.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The Lettish
republic has asked Allied assistance
to fight the bolsheviki. The request
came to this government through the
Stockholm legation.
The bolsheyiki have now reached
about SO miles east OF Riga. They
threaten soon to overrun Finland and
CORTLAND. 1t is charged there is col
fusion between the Germans and the
bolsheviki, the Germans apparently
believing they can retain their hold
on the region by cooperation with the
b%olsheviki.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26

Washington. Dec. characterization
OF hearings on railroad Legislation Jan,
2. to be concluded as soon as possible
and distinct from the House or Joint
congressional committee Inquiries. was
decided upon BY the Senate Interstate
commerce committee. Director Cen,
erat mcAdoo Is expected to Be the
1rst witness. Previous to the Senate
committees meeting, Shairrsan Saith
advised Director General McAdoo that
be favored beginning hearings early
next month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
FOUR NEGROES ARE LYNcHED
Accused Murderers Taken From Jail
and Hanocd.

Mobile. Ala, Dec. 21.-Four negroes.
two of them women. accused of the
murder OF DR.. f.. l.. Johnston here last
week. were taken from the Jail at
Shubata, Miss. and lynched, accord
Ing to information received In Mobile.
All four are reported to have been
hanged to the Orders OF a bridge
spanning the Chickasauka river.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
DOES NOT PLAN REDUCTION
Marine Corps May Maintain tie Pres
ent Strength.

Washington. Dec. 21.-Only a small
reduction in the size OF the marine
corps is planned during the coming
year. Maj. Gen. George w. Barnett,
commanding officer OF the corps, told
the House naval affairs committee.
Men are being discharged only
where their retention is working a
hardship on families. or in cases
where the men are anxious to return
to schools. Gen. Barnett said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
WAR KILLS 100000 HUNS
Cologne Gazette Says Total FataIitie.
Will Reach That Ejoure.

New York, Dec. 21.-When the total
German casualties are published. the
number of dead will be about 2.O00.-
600, according to the Cologne Gazette
OF Nov. 20, a copy of which has been
received here. Up to Oct. rs, the total
casualties reported were 6,O66, 769. of
whom more than 4.750,000 were Prus.
slams. The total includes the naval
casualties, which were 10000, includ.
ing o than $4,000 dead. more than
$4,000 missing and nearly $4,000
wounded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
FINDS s4,2s4 JOBS IN WEEK
United States Employment Service
Doing Great Work.

Washington. Dec 21.-The United
States Employment service provided
work for S4.2S4 persons during the
week ending Dec. Z, 1t was announced
recently.
The number placed vas $4,000 less
than the number registering for work.
The report covers activities OF the
service In 40 states.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
MANY SOLDIERS DISCHARGED


Washington, Dec. 2l.-More than
100000 soldiers have been discharged
from the army and returned to civil.
Ian status. Secretary Baker said the
rate OF rehabilitation had now reached
10000 a week and that the War De-
partment was pressing its efforts to
make the average daily discharge 1000
per camp.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
AN ADVISORY CAPACITY
6aruch and Mccormick Are Going to
Peace Conference,

washington. Dec. 21.-Answering
summons of President Wilson, Ber-
nard Nj. Baruch, head of the War In
dustries board. and Vance Mccormick.
head OF the War Trade board, will
leave soon for Paris.
The State department announced
that they will act as experts in an
advisory capacity Of the peace con-
ference, Baruch on the subject of raw
materials and Mccormick on trade
agreement matters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26

Cape Q Turkey" Tor Wilson.
Boston. Dec. II. "A Cape Cod"
turkey - Just plain Goldfish was
shipped to Paris for President VII.
sons New Years dinner, The iish,
which weighed "a pounds. was
caught ON the Georges Banks, Of
Cape Cod.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
AUTO CRASHES INTO RAILING
Five Persons Killed When Machine
Sklds on Bridge.

Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 21.-Ffve
people were killed when an automo-
bile In which they were riding skidded
on the frost-covered planks OF O bridge
on Meadowbrook boulevard and crash
ed through the railing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
HOG KiIIs Woman h rexa.

Hog Kills Woman in Texas.
San Benitc. Tex, Dec. 21.-Mrs. K.
Avery, IS years old. died here as a
result of injuries suffered when she
was attacked by & hog on her sons
farm here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26

"what IRE the mermaIds' favorit.
pctsFr
Il surp,s e they are ocean grey
hounds aud sea-pussea."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-06
CARTER COUNTY
SENDS LARGEST
OF DRAFT QUOTAS
CONTINUED From Page 4.

are given on the net quota for the mum
her OF men who have been inducted
into service voluntarily In all, includ-
ing both negroes and whites 67j1 men
are to be sent to Camp Funston and
Camp Bowie from this state.
The County Quotas.
The total number Of men each local
call including whites and negroes. fol-
lows.
Adalr, 81; Alfalfa. 81: Atoka. iOi;
Beaver, 81. BcCkhnm, So; Blaine. 5S;
Bryan, l66; No. I Caddo. a., No. 2 Caddo,
2s; Canadian, 90. Carter. 2I2; Cherokee
%; Choctnw. 100; Clmmaron, 8; Cleve-
land. 70; Coal 70; Comnnche, 4; Cotton
No. >, SO; Custer, GO; Delaware, 72: Dewey
81; Ellis. Al; Garfield. q; Garvin, l2j;
40. l. Grady. 80; No 2. Grady, IS. Grant,
81, Greer. 81; Harmon, %: Harper. -;
Haskell 90; Hughes, "A; jackson, q JEFF
ferson. 80; Johnston, 50: Kay, H King
fisher, i6; Kiowa. i6 IAtimer. 90; Le-
flore. III: Lincoln. l2i: Logan, 70: Love
SO; Major, 80. Marshal, 81; Mayes, 53;
Mccain %; Mcintosh. 1I9; McCurialn
eos Murray, IS. Muskogee county 81;
Muskogee city 70; No. 2. Muskogee city
49, Noble, IS. Nowata. 81; Okfuskee l29;
Okmulgee, PA. No. I, Oklahoma county,
so; No. 2, Oklahoma county 80; OsRro
1856. ottawa. 1888: Pawnee. II; Payne, l55;
No l. Pittsburg county. 81: No 2 Pitts
burg county. 81; Pontotoc county 95: Pot
tawntomc IS: Pushmptnhn ~. Roger
SO: Sequoyah. LOG: stephens, ~ Texas.
"a: Tlllmau. g.: Tulso county 2O3; Tulsa
city. roo: Wagner. %: washington. l2l
l09: Woods, GJ. Woodward, 80
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-06
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open slulces Of the system each
morning and wash away tho
poisonous, stasnsnt matter.

Those OF us who are accustomed 20
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache, stuify from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stomach
lame back, can. instead, both look and
feel as fresh as daisy always hy
washing the poiSons and toxins from
the body with phosphatcd hot water
each morning,
We should drink, before breakfast, a
glass OF real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in il 10
flush from the stomach, liver, kidneys
and ten yards of bowels the previous
days indigestihle waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing,
swcetening and purifying the entire
alimentary tract before putting more
food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach is
wonderfully invigorating II cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases.
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast A
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
will cost very little at the drug store,
but is sufficient to make anyone who
is bothered with biliousncjs, constipa-
ton, stomach trouble or rheumatism a
real enthusiast on the subject Of inter
nal sanitation, (Adv)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-06
GERMAN.

BERLIN, Sunday, Nav 5.-Re-
pulse Of Anglo-French attacks on
the Flanders battle front is re-
ported in the official announcement
by the war office today More than
500 prisoners are reported captured
IN the fighting Increased artillery
activity south Of the Somme is an
nounced in the statement, which
reads:
After the strongest artillery
preparation French divisions at
tackled our positions , KENNEL hill
and near Baillcul unsuccessfuIly
They were repulsed with heavy
losses and left over 800 prisoners in
our hands. An intended attack by
an English division west Of Bailleul
failed to develop because of our
fire
South Of Hebuterne (north Of
the Somme) strong British thrusts
failed The battle front on both
sides Of the Somme saw a revival
of artillery activity in the evening
II increased especially near Villers-
Bretonneux and on the west bank
Of the Ayrc.'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-06

many. Michael A Sullivan. Boston; Rich
ard w. Whipplc. Boston.
Cook George j Mullls, RosIndalc.
Mass
Prlyatcs Roy Allen, Dorchester. Mass.
Glen II. Anys, Pctoskey. Mich: Ernest n
r. Appleton, Brlghtwood. Mass. Fred l..
Arnold, Redford. Pa Kiusley Becker,
South Bend, Ind Frederick l.. Blttman,
lirooklyn y. y, William Blake. New
York Frank II Brown, Jamcston. Mo .
Robert Bruins, St Henry, Ohio. Charles
J.. Carson, Chicago; John J., Gibbons,
Framingham. Mass. William f. Gra-
ham. North Cambridge. Mass Charles
\. HAYES. Wulthwm. Mass. John j Hud
4. Hayes, Waltham; John J. Hoffman.
Hudson, Carl A. llockausen, Plymouth.
Mass David NJ Holland. Brooklyu. y
y, John J. Joyce, Lawrence, Mass
John NJ keeley South Boston, Mass .
Frank j. kesseler Mnhnomen, MINI. .
Emil khnn, Cleveland Ohio. Mike Klo-
cha, East Granny, Conn. Lester {.
Leach, Worcester, Mass. Lawrence List
ing, Brookyn, y. Y; Angus ] Mcdonald,
Jackman, Maine Henry r. Henring. Val
paratso Ind, Paul Peer Dana, Ind 4.
Albert II Eosing. Whent0cd. Ind Staui-
forth Harris. Denver, col. RAYMOND G.
Swishcr Brighton, Iowa; Charles l.
Thomas, Maldon. Mass
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
BRITISH.

LONDON, May 6.-Thc test Of
the British Official statement today
follows:
"A successful minor operation
was carried out by us last night be-
tween the Somme and Ancre rivers,
wcst-southwest OF Morlancourt. Our
line in this locality has Been ad-
vanced on considerable front in
spite OF strong opposition from the
enemy, whose losses were heavy.
More than $50 prisoners two ma
chine guns and a trench mortar
were captured by our troops. Our
own casualties were slight.
Local fighting took place last
night to our advantage in the
nclghborhood Of LOGON and the
Lave river Our positions in this
locality have been improved
"On the remainder of the front
the situation is unchanged"