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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
NUCLEUS Of LEA CUE
OF NATIONS FORMED
FORMATION OF ALLIED RE-
VICTUALING COMMISSION
is FIRST STEP.

London, Aug. l6.-Lord Rob-
ert Cecil, under-secretary of state
foreign affairs speaking last night at
a government dinner in celebration
OF the fourth anniversary OF the es-
tablishment OF the international
commission in revictualing, said he
believed the commission was the
nucleus of a league of nations.
During his address, Sir Robert
said:
1--WE now are not only in the alli-
ance with the greatest partnership
of nations, but we are engaged in
the greatest enterprise taxing the
energies of mankind. All the suf-
fering and all the great strain on
our resources can be met only by
the complete pooling of them.
The unity of the alliance is due
to the realization that we are en-
gagged in a great cause-fighting for
justice against force. If we are
merely going to restore by our VIC
tory the world TO what it was be-
fore, then | will not say this war
has been fought in vain. but We
shall have missed the creates.
chance offered to a generation of
men.
we must rebuild the internation-
al system. That is why | believe
this commission is the organization
upon which league of nations can
ultimately can be built.
Il have said we are a partnership.
1t is by conforming to and extend
ing that partnership that we, per-
haps, could show the way for fu-
;ure organization OF nations. / be-
lieve this to be the greatest oppor-
tunity for craftsmanship ever Of
fered to mankind. IL is our busi-
ness not TO falier."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
SUFFRAGISTS JAILED.

Washington, Aug. l6.-Twenty-
six women who have been defying
the police in Woman's party demon
strations on the square opposite the
White House in protest against the
senate's delay in acting on the fed
eral amendment were given jail
sentences in the police court yes
terday when they refused to pay
fines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
ALLIES WILL GET LARGE
ARMY IN RICH SIBERIA
GERMAN LOSSES
TO END OF JULY
TOTAL SIX MILLIONS

Paris, Aug. l6.-The total Of
German losses from the begin
ming of the war to the end of
July, 1918, are understood to be
six million, according to the
morning newspapers.
The figures include 100000
killed up to the beginning of the
German offensive last March.
From March 27 to June II the
Germans are said to have lost
10000 killed alone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
MR.. HUDDLESTON WINS

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. lore
turns from 100 out of the l26 boxes
in the Ninth congressional district,
Jefferson county, give Representa-
tive George Huddleston 6,045 first
choice votes and his two opponents
combined 1904 first choice votes.
The remaining boxes are from small
county precincts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
America Is War Crazy
German PAPER Declares

any readiness for an under
standing to be expected.
"The daily increasing influ-
ence of America upon the en-
tente is of still greater import
ance. Any sign of desire for an
understanding on the part OF
the European allies is counter
balanced by the war craze of the
United States. In such circum-
stances there is nothing to be
done but TO repress all prema-
ture hopes and arm ourselves
with courage and perseverance
for the next development"
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Amsterdam, Aug. l6.-Com-
menting on the recent statement
given by Admiral Won Hintze,
the German foreign secretary,
in which he laid responsibility
for the continuation of the war
upon the entente, the Frank
furt Gazette says:
I'VE must continue the hard
and bitter struggle for the de-
fense OF the fatherland. for our
enemies show little inclination
for peace, and neither from
Lloyd George nor Clemenceu is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
AIRPLANE FALLS ON
TRAMCAR; 4 PERSONS DIE

Versailles, France, Aug. 10
(Havas Agency)-An airplane re-
turning from flight because of en-
CINE trouble. today fell upon a tram
car which was preparing to leave
the station. -Four persons in the car
were killed and several others in
jured. The two aviators in the ma
chine were severely burned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY

London, Aug. l5.-The proper
ton OF the German losses to those
of the allies since August 8. is great
er than at any other period of the
war, it was announced here tonight.
1t is said that the total allied casual
ties probably will not be as large
as the number OF Germans taken
prisoner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
AMERICANS BEGIN TO
REBUILD RUSS RAILROADS
(By The Associated Press.

Vladivostok, Sunday, Aug. H.
delayed d)-Eighty-four members of
the Stevens railroad commission,
sent from the United States to Rus
sia in May, 1917. to assist in the re-
habilitation of Russia railroads, and
who have been at Nagasaki, for the
last eight months, have arrived here.
They will begin work on the Siber-
ian railroad behind the Czecho-
Slovak lines between the city and
khabavorsk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
OKLAH0MA-FOx WELL
SHOWING FOR 500 BBS.

Late reports today from the Okla
hona-Fox well in section u zszw,
indicate il viii make 500 barrels or
more daily.
Efforts to bad or swab the ol out
IN order to drill deeper into the md
have not been successful, the o1
coming in faster than IL csn -
drawn out
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
Federal Reserve Appointment.

Washington, Aug. l6-The fed
!. eral reserve board today appointed
John A. VIII, auditor OF the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Of St Louis as a
federal reserve examiner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
American Ace Is Decorated

Paris. Aug. l6.-Offieial Journale
announces that the American Acc.
Lieut.. David Putnam has been deco
rated with the military medal.
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Quiet on American Front.

Washington. Aug. l6.-General
Pershing's communique for yester-
day says: There is nothing of
importance TO report from the Sec
tors occupied by our troops"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
Spain Rebukes Germany for
Returning Euil for Good

consequence of Spanish neutrality.
Germany has persisted constantly in
causing injury to Spanish interests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
MANY THOUSANDS
Of TRAINED MEN
Be GIVEN ARMS
ALL ARE ARRAYED AGAINST
THE HUN AND THE Boil
SHEVIK REGIME
VAST STORES OF FOOD
People Have Declared No Teuton
Can Get at the Two Million Tons
Of Wheat and Other Tons Of Mis-
Cellaneous Food Stuffs.

Washington, Aug. l6.-The press
ing need for arms and ammunition
by the people of western Siberia,
who have arrayed themselves against
the forces of German and Austrian
prisoners and the German influenced
bolsheviki, is being considered in the
allied capitals according to infor-
nation available today. The answer
of the allied nations to this appeal
has not been disclosed, but it could
be stated on high authority that the
United States is anxious to be OF
whatever possible assistance.
The people of western Siberia,
with the aid OF the Szecho-Slovaks,
proclaimed their independence on
July a, in honor of the national an
niversary of the United States: They
are reported to lave thousands OF
we'll trained and loyal troops who
are waiting only for equipment to
begin active resistance against the
Germans.
Have Never Surrendered
The people have never accepted
the surrender TO Germany under the
Brest-Litovsk treaty and refused
to permit the bolsheviki to transport
from all districts millions of tons
OF supplies stored there and bought
and paid for by the German gov
ernment.
The governing BODY is headed by
Premier Vologodski, who also is act
ing as foreign minister. The seat
of the government is at Omsk.
1t is stated by those in position
to know that the food supplies now
held in western Siberia would sup
port an army until the crops come
in next season. One item OF the food
stuffs now in storage in this section
is two million tons of wheat. Be-
sides this there are tons of butter,
chees and other dairy products
and meat. There are thousands OF
head of cattle, sheep and horses
carefully held against the Germans.
Great Mines.
Most important of all, however.
are the mines OF the Ural mountains,
that the government of western ST.
IBERIA controls. These mines produce
more than ninety per cent of the
platinum of the world. There is also |
gold and copper as well as other
metals so much needed in the con-
duct of the war. In another part OF
the country are extensive coal mines.
the operation of which, it is learned,
is being consistently maintained by
the new government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
don COSSACKS
R0UT B0LSHEV|K|.
CLEAR LEFT BANK OF DON
RIVER OF ENEMY-EN-
TER VERONESH
ALLIES WINNING FAVOR
Populace in North Russia Welcome
Entente Troops as Bolsheviki Flee
Responsible Population Recog-
nize Germany Enemy Of Liberty.

Amsterdam, Aug. l6.-The Don
Cossacks have cleared the left bank
of the Don OF their opponents and
are marching VIGOROUSLY on Zara-
gin from which they are only one
days march distant, says an official
statement issued by the Don Cos
sack staff and received here from
Kiev.
The newspapers at Kiev report
that the Cossacks from the northern
Don region have entered the gov
ernment of Veronesh.
A dispatch to the Cologne Zeit-
ung from Kiev says that the Don
and Kuban governments and the
leaders in the adjoining regions have
entered negotiations looking to the
establishment OF joint central gov
ernment.
Amsterdam, Aug. l6.--Adoph
Joffre, the Russian ambassador to
Berlin, has left Moscow and was
expected to arrive in Berlin Thurs
day, according to the Vossische Zeit-
ung of Berlin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-16
WITHDRAWALS SEEM TO IN
DICATE ABANDONMENT
OF OFFENSIVE
HIS RESERVES DEPLETED
Military Critics in London Believe
Foe Will Attempt to Stand on
Present Line--Hun in Army Or
der Acknowledges His Man Pow
er Is Waning.
BATTLING FOR ROVE

bA LlNG FOk ROYE
Paris, Aug. TO-, p. m.--Roye is
held in a vise-like grip by the
French. Stubborn resistance by the
Germans is being crushed. The
French are slowly encircling the
town.
The French advance at Vilers-
le-Roye makes the fall of Roye in
evitable, it is believed by military
men. Possession OF the town by
French troops would make neces-
Sary a rectihcation of the German
lines, and retreat to the Nesle- No
yon would be probable
The Germans are clinging desper-
ately to range of hills east of Ribe-
court. They are also stubbornly de-
Tending the Lassigny Disc canal, the
loss of which would entail the cvac-
uation of Noyon.
London. Thursday, Aug. l5.-
The Withdrawals on the western
front by the Germans in the past
few days, it is believed here, ind:-
cate that the enemy intends to
abandon the offensive.
1t is said to be doubtful whether
he will be able to resume the offens-
i've, since only IS divisions are now
between the Disc and the Ancre.
OF which fifteen are from the re-
serves.
There are now only sixteen fresh
enemy divisions in reserve on the
entire western front and only eleven
OF these belong to the army grouD
of Crown Prince Rupprccht OF Ba-
varia.
Military observes say that there is
every indication the Germans in.
tend to stand on their present line.
There is a possibility, however, that
they may fall back to the Divetta.
small tributary of the Disc, and
which joins it south Of Noyon. The
French now hold all the high
ground in that region.
1t is said that the British are so
close to Chaulnes that the enemy
cannot use the town. Almost all
the rail communications in the Pc
rome region have been rendered
useless by the allies.
With the British Army, Thursday.
August l5.-(By The Associated
Press)-Germany has acknowledged
that her man power once so freely
wasted now is dwindling in proper
tons great enough apparently to
cause considerable anxiety to the
high command. The toll taken in
the recent fighting by the allied ar
mics and the prospect OF being con-
tronted by ever-growing American
forces has caused General Luden-
dorff to issue most imperative or
ders for vigorous, immediate
in the German army in or
der to recover from auxiliary units
all men capable of entering the
trenches.
In the comb-out, says the order
issued by General Ludendorff. first
consideration will be given to men
over IS who have served in the front
lines longer than six months. He
announces that commissions have
been appointed to investigate the en-
tire situation. including men of ev-
cry rank. al men available for the
infantry must be sent to depots in
Belgium, the special purpose of the
high command being to get more
infantry reserves.
Appended TO the order are special
Instructions to Field Marshal Won
and General Won Schlotz
20 make "a greater demand upon
he local personnel" instead of us
ng Germans in the auxiliary serv-
&c as reinforcements.
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made out and signed by the state Of
hcers. Robert Scivally, president, and
c. II. Adams. secretary treasurer,
and are ready for distribution.
The buttons are also ready for dis
tribuiion to those who have paid
their initial dues of fifty cents each.
Others can procure buttons and
membership certificates on payment
of this sum. The fifty cents. initial
dues, as specified in the bylaws
adopted at a meeting several weeks
ago. IS to be used for the payment
Of the cost OF the buttons, printing
and other supplies and to provide an
organization fund with which the
extension OF the organization IN
other Counties Can be promoted.
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Washington, Aug. l6.-The Cos
sacks have persistently refused to
recognize the Brest-Lito2sk treaty
and have been implacable in their
hostility to the Teutons and the boil
shcviki
1t was suggested by officials here
that the conduct of the Cossacks is
significant OF the support the small
inter-allied army and the Czecho-
Slovaks will receive from various
factions in their efforts to aid the
Russians in the re-establishment Of
the eastern front.
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Amsterdam. Aug. l6.-Sixty pro-
pagandists belonging to labor or
CARNATIONS supporting the bolshe-
vik regime have left Moscow for the
front where the bolsheviki are fight
ing the ho-Slovaks, according
to Moscow telegram by way OF
Berlin.
According to the Vienna Neue
Freie Presse, War Minister Trotz-
ky is also touring the same front.
urging the people to fight against
the enemy"
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London, Aug. l6.--The population
of the Murmansk received with JOY
the British force that landed there
recently according to an allied diplo-
mat who has arrived here from Pc
trograd. 81 am quite unable to de-
scribe the pleasure that the arrival
caused" he said "The peasants,
workmen and aristocracy know that
Germany is their enemy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-05
ID
 HOLD JOINT SERVICE
Four Brotherhood of Rail- road Men to Honor Mem
 ory of Departed Members

The fourth annual joint memorial serv- ices of the Four Railroad Transportation Brotherhoods will be held at the First Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:so o'clock. E. M. Chase. division 156 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will act as master of ceremonies. The public is cordially invited.
 The four brotherhoods represented will be: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, divisions 156, ss6. 4s2 and l5e; Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen. lodges 426 and GOA Order ot Railway Conductors. divisions lS6 and SS4, and tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainlnen. Birmingham lodges 5sO aud SS4 The ladies' auxiliaries of the four orders will assist in the services. J. Il. Fender, 1s6, o. R. C., has been selected to act as chief usher, and D. H. Sisson, SS4, 0. R. C., will act as marshal. The four brotherhoods have a combined membership of over 2000
 The executive committee is as follows: D. H. Sisson, chairman John R. T. Rives, vice chairman; w. W. Lane, sec retary-treasurer, and R. c. Gladden..
 The programme follows:
 Anthem, God Save Our Men" (choir).
 Prayer, J. D. Whatley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-05
VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR

A reminder of American history, ana of the foundations of the United States, was introduced when several veterans or the civil war joined the procession. They carried a banner inscribed, Not Tor Ourselves, but Country, Though many in the crowd were a little uncertain ot the significance of these old men, they greeted them with an especially hearty cheer. There was enthusiasm to spare also for the bands, which 50 often are heard but not acclaimed. The United States Eegimental band, heading the procession, was welcomed with contin- uous shout; while an outburst of some thing like thanks for the spirited music followed the band of the Scots guards, with drums and flies. which led the sec ond american, battalion, and the band of the Irish Guards, with the drums or the Grenadiers,s which led the third bat talion.
 English, Australian and New Zealand sailors and soldiers were numerous in the crowd. At the war office members of the cabinet were on the balcony, and q large group of staff officers assembled on the steps. In Carlton House-terrace American officers gathered in the build ing placed at their disposal by General Sir Francis Lloyd.
 THE KINGS REVIEW
 America once defied a George of Eng land. Tas regiment of the United States national army, citizens of free republic. called to the colors a century and a half later, marched by Bucking- ham palace and saluted King George the Fifth. The scene was most pie turesque in it's setting and its color; thousands of people saw and cheered the ceremony, and for quarter of an hour as the soldiers passed. boy in white jersey, perched on the top step of the base of the Queen Victoria memorial. waved the Stars and Stripes. But to
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such an effort in it's early stages. They have all been noted in America as they were noted here. But there is reason to believe that, month by month. and week by week, system and order are be- ing built up in one department after an- other, and that the results are showing themselves in a degree which accelerates steadily and progressively. The recent fall in the insurance rate against sub marines and the improvement in the last of shipbuilding are significant of the process.
 The lesson for England and for Amer
 ica is plain. and there is abundant proof that both of them understand it. We on this side and our allies have got to stick it out, as Mir Berry, a member of the
 American labor deputation, told us not long ago, until America has "got into ner stride" That may yet tax us to the nt- termost, but We have entire confidence that our soldiers and their French com rades who have so long defied the worst efforts of the enemy will repulse them to the end Every day, as the Germans know, the tide of American fighting men in France IS gradually rising Every day the strength of Germany in man power, in wealth, and in food-and still more, the strength of Austria Hungary and of Turkey-is gradually ebbing away. Time is on our side. We have
 to 'stick it out and the Americans have to hurry up" They are "hurrying
 up spleadilly. Their whole heart is in the flight, and they will not hear of any more peace talk" Mir. Wilson, one of
 the lanor delegates now about to return to his owI country after their useful visit here, told an East End audience yesterday that ito establish peace they must first of all destroy the military machine that created the war" That, too, has evidently become the opinion of
 American legislators. Not one peace note has been heard in Congress. The only criticism breathed against the gov- ernmcnt consists of occasional com plaints that it does not get on fast enough with the war. That is the right temper for both sides of the Atlantic.
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the destruction of that deyilish creed and the humiliation of it's followers are condition precedent to the peace and progress of mankind It is this convic- ton, sadly and painfully reached, which has determined them that it is their sacred duty to pledge their last dollar and their last man to the liberation of the world from this impious and aboni- nable fetish.
 So the Kaiser and his advisers have brought together the English-speaking peoples more closely and more rapidly than the fondest dreamers after more intimate relations between them dared to hope, That, as we ventured to point out when the President called upon Con gress to declare that Germany had made war upon the republic, is an immense event in the history of the Old World and of the New-the greatest that has hap. pened, except the war itself, since the French revolution. 1t is having, and will have, complex and far-reaching conse- quences both for the British empire and for the United States in many spheres of thought and of activity. Its military results upon the great conflict between "militarism' and democracy promise to turn the scale decisively when once the republic has placed her armies in the field. The troops whom London well cCmed on Saturday will soon be followed by others as disciplined and determined. Already, we are told, there are 50o,000 Americans under the colors in France. There have been delays and failures, as the Americans have acknowledged again and again, in the tremendous task of suddenly converting the most pacific of democracies into people in arms. The Prussian have been drilling their subjects into perfect weapon of war for hundred years and more. The Americans were even newer to such an undertaking than We were, and they have been engaged upon it for just over a year. Conflicting or incompatible plans, overlapping, Reorganization, confusion, and extravaganza are, as we know to our cost, the inevitable accomplishments of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-05
Lord Lieutenant of
 Ireland Calls for Volunteers
HOTELS AND RESORTS

Dublin, June 4-CBy the Associated Press)-The lord lieutenant issued 8