The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-17
ARDMORE PEOPLE
HEAR COL. GRIFFITH
TELL OF HORRORS
ONE THOUSAND PERSONS
LISTEN TO RECITAL OF
TRIP TO WAR ZONE.
ATROCITIES CON F | I'M Ed
Was on Weste mt Day Before
Great Rec = we Began-se-
rious Pre- fs What to Do
With tn yed Men.

Conver All last night under the
auspic 4 the Loyal Order OF
Moo tied in an 2 nee OF
full thousand p dOna-
tons ne form Of thi mps TO
the amount of $3.50 for the Red
Cross and $40 for the rehabilitation
hospital in Paris.
The principal speaker was Col.
George Griffith, who left The French
front five weeks ago to return to
this country. and who told a most
direct and interesting story of what
he saw and what he learned "over
there" turning light on many points
which had not been just clear to
many persons heretofore.
Preceded by Rev. Van Horn.
Colonel Griffith was preceded by
the Rev. II. +. Van Horn of Okla
homa City, who devoted his atten-
ton almost altogether to an ex-
planation of the objects and pur-
poses OF the Moore organization, a
local lodge of which is row being
formed in this city by J. ID. Clayton
Cf Miami, the district deputy, who
is one OF the well known business
men of Miami and has been active
in the upbuilding of that magic
city.
Great interest was created in the
meeting by the parade at 8 o'clock
led by the Chamber of Commerce
band and in which the Ardmore pla-
toon of the Carter County Home
Guard, looking their finest, partici-
pated. There were mounted police,
and the motor equipment of the fire
department in its bright red dress
put particular fire into the spirit of
the occasion.
Col. Griffith's Experiences.
Colonel Griffith spoke plainly and
to the point. He told in detail of
some of his experiences, probably
the most interesting being the fol-
lowing:
He went from Arras to Peronne,
Bapaume, Noyon and throughout
the whole Somme area on March 20,
the day before the start of the great
drive that so soon threw the terri
tory described into German hands.
Second in interest is Colonel Grit
fth's description of his Trip into
Douaumont, that danger point at
the edge OF No Mans Land in front
of Verdun.
OF the trip the day before the
drive, Colonel Griffith said:
The Huns were already tuning
up. We didn't know, of course, that
the event was so near. Bat artillery
ing was active. And, by the time
we had reached Paris, by way of
Amiens. the Germans had begun
their advance"
Into Danger Zone.
HIS trip into Douaumont was de-
scribed in this terse manner:
Two hundred sixty-nine shells
f6ll on our way out OF Ncrdun ana
back. And they called it a quiet
day. We could feel the air pressure
from some of those shells. | look
now upon this trip as ioolhardy.
Our party was the only party of
civilians that ever went to Douau-
mont"
Griffith represented the Moose
Lodge in America. The trip by a
commission of FIVE was i'll the inter
est of Moose men in the service for
whom a S500,000 fund had been
raised. He arrived back in Amer
ica May 2. He will spend some time
in Oklahoma. his home, which he
left for the trip abroad several weeks
ago. He was four weeks in the war
zone.
Il sought" he said, TO learn two
chief things; whether the stories of
German atrocities were true as pic