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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

Everybody viii take due cognizance of
the statement by Surgeon General Blue
of the U. S. public health service that the
influenza is still dangerous proposition.
The return of the disease to many Yer
mont towns will serve to accentuate the
warning given by the surgeon general.
Too much personal care cannot be taken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

Premier Ebert seems to have taken up
the hunger pleading job where Dr.. Solf
left Off. And yet the French say that
Germany is using up in six weeks food
supplies which should last for six months
under proper rationing. Let the govern
ment of Germany assert itself
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

The former crown prince of Germany
fed before the attack of some Dutch
women because he didn't have two or
three divisions of German troops to
throw into the slaughter as he used to
have. Frederick William was brave
boy when he stood behind the German
army
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

After having discovered that they can
get along on spall quantity of sugar
people will not be likely to get extrava-
giant in the use Of sugar now that the
card system has gone out of operation
The war has been beneficial in teaching
frugality to countless families.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

A little International dispute in Mex.
leo in which one man was killed and an
other was injured gets the dignity of a
front page, scare head position in New
York newspaper Times have changed
since Nov. II.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

ticular and in several Vermont places
She was Miss Mamie Owen Adds and
married Mr.. Bradley in Washington in
1902. She was skilled in sculpture and
other arts, was interested in the work
for French wounded and several occa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
Initial Belt Buckles

sions had spoken with interest to Brat
tleboro women. A daughter, Miss Amy
Bradley, went to France in the Ameri-
can field ambulance service as an au-
tomobile driver and recently was invalid
ed home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

When Wilson went to the tomb of La.
fayette he found that a man named Per-
shing had been there and left an inerad-
icable inscription.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

There can be little complaint about the
slowness of justice in Portugal when the
man who slew the president of that
country was executed on the spot
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
WELL KNOWN IN STATE.

Mrs. Richards Bradley, Boston, Skilled
in Sculpture, Prominent in War Work,
Brattleboro, Dec. Announcement
has been made here Of the death in Bos.
ton Of Mrs. Richards Bradley. Mrs.
Bradley had been i'll about a week, an
attack of influenza developing pneumo-
mia. She was we'll known here, her hus-
band being former Brattleboro man
and one Of the trustees Of the Thomas
Thompson fund Of Boston, which yields
large income for phiIanthropic work in
Brattleboro and Rhinebeck, N. ", in par.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news DISPATCHES
credited TO it or not otherwise credited In
this paper. and also the local news published
therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

rope The American farmers are playing
an important part in reconstruction just
as they did during the war itself
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
Bags and Suit Cases
The Gift Serviceable

A good leather travelling bag or suit case is most
servceable gift You might think that because leather
is high and prices would be extremely high; but
they are not - here you will at glance. AS to
finish every little detail which makes for convenience to
the traveller has been carried out infinitely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
SULPHUR OFFICER
AND Z ALLEGED
CULPRITS SHOT
DEPUTY SHERIFF 1. N. GAR
DENHIRE is WOUNDED
IN GUN FIGHT.

Dougherty Okla, March e.
Two alleged whisky runners, Geeter
brothers, living near Dougherty and
Deputy Sheriff |. n. Gardenhire OF
Sulphur were wounded and another
member of the alleged band OF
transporters was captured in a gun
fight which occurred at the railway
station here late yesterday after
noon Just as the northbound Santa
Fe passenger pulled into the depot.
One of the Geeter brothers and
Gardenhire are in critical condition.
A fourth member of the gang es-
capped.
-Four Murray County officers were
waiting at the station when the four
men sought for transporting alight-
ed. When Gardenhire demanded
surrender, two of them drew revol-
vers and fred.
Gardenhire was shot through the
stomach. He is in a hospital at
Pauls Valley. One of the Geeter
brothers received a wound near the
heart. Reports from the county jai
at Sulphur tonight said he has little
chance to recover. The Other
wounded man was shot through the
hand.
Deputies John Cornell, w. L
Tuck and Robert Callas were in tn,
posse with Gardenhire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
WAR OFFICE STATEMENT.
British Divisions Hold Enemy, Is
Report.

London, March 22.-The great
battle on the western front con-
tinued until last night, the war Of
fee reports. The British are hold
ing the enemy.
The statement follows:
Fighting continued until late
hour last night on the whole front
between the River Disc and the
River Sensee. Our troops continue
to hold the enemy in their battle
positions.
During the cnemy's attacks yes
terday his massed infantry offered
remarkable targets to our rifles, ma
chine guns and artillery, OF which
full advantage was taken by our
troops. All the reports testify to
the exceedingly heavy losses suf-
fered by the enemy.
No serious attack has yet devcl-
opcd this morning, but heavy fight
ing still is to be expected ~
The eagerly awaited British Of
fetal statement of today, which was
expected to give further details OIL
the tremendous fighting indicated in
last nights reports, was read with
great satisfaction, insofar as it re-
veaed that the enemy had been held
and had suffered great losses.
If this turns out to be the great
German offensive that has been pre-
dicted, the preliminary round seems
to have gone in favor Of the entente
although, as the official report
points out, further heavy fighting
still is to be expected.
The tremendous artillery duel was
heard more distinctly than ever il
Kent last night. Houses were shak
en- as a result of the violent con
cussionS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
ENEMY'S FIRST BLOW
ON BRITISH TRIANGLE
Effort Is to Bite Off Big Salient
Front Line.

London, March 22-It is not yet
possible to give more than a very
general and vague idea OF the fight
ing Tuesday on the front between
the Disc and the Zebsee, which con-
tinues with swaying fortunes, ac-
cordng to the accounts OF corre-
spondents at the British front in the
morning newspapers.
The German attack made on the
British front west and southwest of
Cambria evidently aims at recap
turing all the Hindenburg line, says
a dispatch to the Morning Post
from British headquarters in France,
which adds:
THE Germany army attacking
south of the Scarpe River seems to
have delivered its first blow princi-
pally in the triangle of the Arras-
Cambria and Bapaume-Cambrai
roads, while the Germany army
south of Cambria is striking against
our trench systems in the region
west of the Scheldt Canal. No
doubt the enemy hopes that the at
tacking forces of these two armies
may succeed in forming.a "a junction
and thus cutting off considerable
slice of the British front and taking
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
ENEMY PAYS COLOSSAL
PRICE FOR SMALL GAIN
MADE ON WEST FRONT
BATHS SUMMARY

shock OF prolonged and san
culinary combat. For the most
part, the Germans have been
training troops and moving up
guns and supplies behind their
lines between ArraS and St,
Quentin.
British Were Prepared.
The British also have been act
i've and were prepared for any
blow the enemy might deliver,
and had anticipated that the
offensive movement would come
where it did.
Behind the British lines is the
devastated area over which the
Germans rctreated last March.
Field Marshal Won IIindcnburg
declared at the time that the
devastation was carried out not
only to hamper the allied ar
mics, but to provide a battle
held tor the future.
May Have Been Feint.
The German attack may be
only feint, but a large breach
in the British lines might in
yolyc the safety Of Paris and
Amiens and the French channel
ports from the mouth of the
Seine to Belgium.
German artillery fire also has
been intense on a lengthy front
north Of the La Bassec canal
and in the Yprcs sector in Elan
ders. On the French front the
Germans have carried out mi
nor attacks northeast Of Nerdun
and in Lorraine. French troops
repulsed both attempts with
considerable loss to the Ger
mans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
DON 7 SEND THESE
ARTICLES TO TROOPS
CAN BE BROUGHT AS CHEAP
LY IN FRANCE, OFF,
GALS REPORT.

Washington, March 22.-In an cf-
fort to induce the people to cut
down the volume of parcel post sent
to the troops in France, the post
office department today issued list
OF things which the soldiers are able
to purchase at the army cantecns
abroad. The list shows that the
canteen prices are as low and some
times lower than the prices in this
country. The poStothce list in
cludes the following
Biscuits, books, brushes, bullion
candies, candles, canned goods, hoh-
day cards, chewing gum, chocolate
cigarettes, cigars, combs, dcnta
creams. various soft drinks, flash
lights, fruit, handkerchieis, heaters
jam, knives, leather goods, malteC
milk condensed milk, cvaporateC
milk, mirrors, nuts, pencils, pipes
razors, shoe polish, shoe laces, soap
sponges, tobacco, towels and wooicr
gloves.
The statement says that an in
vestigatiou of 600O sacks OF parce
post disclosed 1874 pounds of can
dy; 1882 pounds OF chocolate; l,32,
cakes and 1888 packages of chewing
gum.
The statement concludes by call
ing public attention to the fact tina
every pound and every ton OF par
eel post which is sent from tn
United States, but which can b.
bought by the soldiers in France
forces off the ships ammunition an,
other needed war Materials
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
MISS BRIGGS FATE
IN HANDS OF JURY.
CHARGED WITH KILLING
HER NEIGHBOR, MRS.
CHAS. FISHER.

Wakeeney, Kan, March 22.-The
fate Of Madeline Briggs, Is years
old, charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Ethel Fisher, wife OF Charles
w. Fisher, manager OF an elevator
company at Collyer Kan, today was
in the hands of the jury. Mrs Fish
er was killed at her home on the
night Of January 20 last, after Miss
Briggs had gone there to remon-
strate with her, according to Miss
Briggs testimony yesterday, about
going to the Briggs home and dis
turbing Mrs. Briggs, who was i'll.
"Mammas health had been failing
since last October the girl said on
the stand yesterday. "She has a
weak heart, and the least thing that
causes excitement makes her COIL
dition worse. Mrs. Fisher made 4
practice OF coming into our house
several times daily, without knock
ing, and bothering mamma with all
kinds of gossip. Mamma always
seemed worse after Mrs, Fisher
/ lett"
Miss Briggs declared she then de
termined to request Mrs. Fisher to
cease calling at her home, and it was
with that intention she went to the
Fisher home.
After a conversation, according
to Miss Briggs, as she turned &c
leave, Mrs. Fisher reached out hei
hand. | thought she had something
in it. My mind then became
blank. | remember nothing until
heard a shot. In some manner my
revolver came out OF my sweate,
coat pocket, though it was agains
my will. | did not know what hap
pened. | didn't know Mrs, Fishe
had been killed until an hour or Sc
later, when my brother told m,
about it.
1t was testified yesterday Mis-
Briggs is an accurate shot with fire
arms.
The defense was based on TEN
porary insanity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
Pope Appeals To
america to Make
Effort for Peace

Rome Thursday March 2A plea for lasting peace made by
Pope message the United States which he
through the Press The Popes message
message Saviour His disciples after
suffering the of passion week. Peace be unto you
world for which He sacrificed Himself needed
pognantly that message of peace today
"On this solemn occasion better wish be made the
country dear hearts than that the Divine Redeemer
grant realization of ALL that healing the existing
concluding lasting based foundations
justice of God and love of humanity giving the world
of peoples and nations united under the aegis OF
religion aspiring nober, purer and kinder civilization
thus desire fulfill Masters injunction
His apostles Go all the world and preach the gospel
creature
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
THREE FORT WORTH &
DENVER TRAINMEN KILLED
BULLETIN.

Wichita Falls, Texas, March 22.
men were killed when an
engine of the Fort Worth & Denver
railroad, drawing a freight train, ex-
ploded at Electra, 18 miles west Of
here about noon. 1t is reported here
that the dead were the engineer,
fireman and brakeman of the train
crew.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
WEST AND SOUTH
To TAKE MORE
WAR INDUSTRY
TRANSFER OF MANY CON-
TRACTS FROM CONGEST-
ED EAST NECESSARY.
PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT
Export Traffic Also Too Heavy for
Eastern Roads, and Much Must
Be Diverted to South Atlantic and
Gulf Ports.


WASHINGTON March 22-An ex-
tcns;,c survey, of fine location of war
;ndn,,r;.s now Lc;no made Inv the
var industries hoard and several
other ooyernmcnt dcpartment,. NAV
rs,rl shorty, in the transfer of
man, Government contracts from
tbo ndrstri,lIy contested East TO
the \ye,t and South where factories
arc WORKING under less pressure.
,bor is NOT ouite so scarce and
railroad TRANSFORMATION conditions
are better
Tho many rom;6cat;ons of thc
srhicct have recently been dis
cusscd if was learned today. be-
tween representatives of tn war in
dustries hoard. railroad administra-
t;on treasury shining hoard and
| the Labor dcnartmenf Attempts
are heinz made to formulate a def
mite policy. which probably will be
announced soon.
Must Have Early Decision.
The necessity for an early deci-
sion is cmnbosized bv the fact that
hundred, of contracts placed last
summer soon after the United
States entered the war will expire
in Aoril and Nav and general re-
distribution must occur. Scores of
manufacturers representatives in
WASHINGTON looking for contracts.
and members OF congress from the
Middle West and Couth. are urging
Gradual shifting of the industrial
burden to their regions.
Officials who have studied the
subject scientifically believe that the
East is oyercrowded. but point out
a multitude of reasons why there
can be no wholesale transfer of con-
tracts to manufacturing districts Of
the West. The process must be
very slow. they say. and will be de-
vclopcd by the placing of single con-
tracts outside of the East wherever
I conditions warrant.
Bernard Baruch has conferred
7 with a number OF officials on the
subject since he was appointed as
chairman of the war industries
board recently and is known to be-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
SAM LEE is DEAD.

Kansas City, Mo, March z
Samuel N. Lee, widely known as a
railroad contractor in connection
with the building of the Kansas
City Southern railroad, died here
last night. Until he disposed of his
interests few months ago, Mr.. Lee
had large holdings OF land/in Texas,
being associated with William r.
Stubs, former governor of Kansas,
in a 200,000-acre ranch. Mr.. Lee
was born in Birmingham, Ala, i'll
IlS5s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
OIL FIELD WORKERS
REBUKE OKLAHOMAN

The front page heading in this
mornings O. Oklahoman, Go to
it, Hindy," is resented by loyal read
ers in Ardmore today, and num-
Der of oil field scouts and workers
in the Healdton field sent the fol-
lowing joint telegram to The Okla
homan:
"Ardmore, Okla, March p, 1918.
Daily Oklahoman,
oklahoma City.
"Your Go to it Hindy' may sound
all right to the Germans, but not to
loyal Americans. Get squarely be-
hind the colors.
"Healdton Oil Field Workers"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
End Anglo-Saxon Rule
On Earth Hun Says

man people, who will follow it with
feverish interest. The newspaper
adds:
"A single combat between Eng
land and Germany which is to de-
eide the war, our future position in
the world and whether the Anglo
Saxons shall continue to press their
will on the world, opened today
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
HUNGARIAN BIRTH RATE
CUT MORE THAN HALF

Washington, March 22-The birth
rate in Hungary has been cut more
than half by the war, as shown in
statistics read to the Hungarian
chamber of deputies recently and
made public here today in an official
dispatch. In the year preceding the
war 10000 children were born; in
1917, the number was $4,000. The
peace time infant mortality rate was
81 per cent. In 1916 it had increased
to so per cent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
NINETEEN ENEMY
DIVISIONS WERE
HURLED FORWARD
CAPTURED WAR PLANS OF
KAISER SHOW WHAT
HE ORDERED.
BATTLE is CONTINUIN c
During Last "a Hours the Cannon
aiding Has Been Distinctly Heard
in Holland-British Block Every
Attack Of Hindenburg.
(By the Associated Press.D

British Army Headquarters in
France, March 22.-The fighting
still is continuing, but the first stage
of the offensive has passed. The
enemy has failed badly in the eXecu-
ton of his program, as is attested by
captured documents showing what
he planned to do in the early hours
of his offensive.
Nineteen enemy divisions were
identified in yesterdays fighting,
Reuters correspondent at British
headquarters wires. He adds:
"The whole thing is too big to be
able to even sketch or visualize cas-
lily, Thus far the enemy has paid a
colossal price for such small gains
as represent the fruits Of his mighty
effort"
During the last "a hours the can
nonading on the western front has
been distinctly heard in Holland, the
Exchange Telegraph correspondent
at Amsterdam reports.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ardmore and vicinity: To-
night fair, colder; frost.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair, cold
er with frost, probably heavy;
Saturday fair, rising temperature
in west portion.
East Texas: Tonight generally
fair, except cloudy in southeast
portion; cooler, light frost in
extreme north portion; Saturday
generally fair, cooler in east por-
tion.
West Texas: Tonight fair,
cooler in north and east por-
tions. Saturday fair, warmer in
north and west portions.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 81 degrees; minimum last
night Al.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
WANTS ADDRESSES OF
DEAD SOLDIERS GIVEN

Washington, March "a reso-
luton introduced by Senator New
of Indiana asking the war depart
ment to advise the senate as to its
reason for not making public the
addresses of American soldiers kill
ed and wounded abroad, was adopt
ed today by the senate without a
record vote.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
Plan of Enemy.
back all the IIindenburg trenches
lost exactly four months ago
Fight for Villages.

back all the Hindenburg trenches
lost exactly four months ago
Fight for Villages.
Struggles for villages ard ruined
farm houses continued throughout
Thursday, according to the CORE
spondent of The Mail. The enemy
bombardment, he says, began at ;
O. clock in the morning, and al /
o'clock some Of the German units
left their trenches and attacked the
British with heavy and light ma
chine guns. Between 9 and 10 the
engagement became general on a
front of some twenty-five miles.
The right Of the German attack
was aimed at Croisilles, Bullccourt
and Lagnicourt and there was hard
fighting in brick field near the first
of these villages. Along the Ba-
paume- Cambria road the enemy also
attacked, and then towards Gou-
zeaucourt, while his lett wing was
pushed in the directio moi Rom
soy and Hargicourt.
The British front in the area OF
attack forms a rather sharp salient.
If the enemy could pinch off this
salient and run his line straight in
northwesterly slant instead of hav-
ing it run at an angle, first north and
then west, he would be able to hold
it with fewer troops. Also in pinch
ing it off. he would hope to sur
round and capture 4 good number
Of British troops. These, it seems
plain, are his aims in the first stage
of the offensive.
The enemy is trying to repeat or
a large scale the operation by which
he won back some of the ground We
gained in the battle of Cambria
Then he pushed in on an angle Of
our front both from the north anC
the east. His two bodies of troops
did their best to join hands, bu
could not make it, though they haC
at first considerable success. Mucl
the same design is being followed
now We have good reason to hop,
that it will be checked as was tn,
previous one"
The weather is cold and bleak. a
heavy mist makes air reconnais
sances impossible. This is of ad
vantage to the British, as the enemy
is deprived OF greatly needed aeria
observation.
The Germans in many section
yesterday attacked in three waves o
infantry, followed up by shocl
troops. AS a result they suffere
very heavy casualties.
The heavily massed German artil
lery has been badly hammered b
the British guns.
One of the most brilliant Britis
counter-attacks occurred at Doig
nies. The British advanced with in
fantry and tanks at ! a. IN. and afte
: fierce fighting drove out the enemy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22

London, March 22.-"We are now
entered on a decisive battle for gen
eral peace" says the Taeglische
Rundschau of Berlin, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen, in announcing
that the commencement of the Ger
man offensive in the west is received
with great fluctuations by the Ger
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
HUNS FORCE SPANISH
SHIP TO RETURN

Cadiz, Spain, Thursday, March 21,
The Spanish transatlantic liner
Montevideo, which sailed for New
York Monday, was held up by
German submarine Tuesday and
forced to return here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
TEXAS TO Be BONE
DRY BY JUNE 26
Austin, Texas, March 2l.-Goyer-
nor Hobby this afternoon signed the
statutory prohibition bill.
The bill becomes effective 90 days
after adjournment Of the special ses-
sion, or one June %.
$4,000 FIRE AT WRIT.

Writ, Okla, March "a room
mig house, a blacksmith shop and
three small dwellings we're destroy
ed by fire here this forenoon. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.