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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
KAISER HAS PROPAGANDA NEST IN
AMERICA, j. S. SENATE IS TOLD

Washington, Feb. 23.-The "Na-
tional German Alliance" was pic
tured before senate Judiciary sub
committee today by GustavuS Oh
linger, a Toledo, o. lawyer, as a
cover for German propaganda in
the United States.
Mr.. Ohlinger was the first witness
at hearings on the bill by Senator
King of Utah to revoke the charter
of the alliance and wind up its af-
fairs and those OF its state organi-
cations,
Declaring that much of his testi-
mony was based on information
taken from literature sent to mem
bers, Mr, Ohlinger said the opera
tions of the organization In the
United States are similar to the
propaganda system by which Ger
many brought Austria under Its
complete dominance, He had not
completed his testimony when the
committee adjourned tonight, ant
will be called again Monday,
The Subcommittee proposes la
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
THREE AMERICANS
KILLED IN ACTION
FIVE SEVERELY WOUNDED
AND EIGHT SLIGHTLY
WOUNDED.

Washington, Feb. 23-Thrce men
have been killed in action, five Sc
verely wounded and eight slightly
wounded, General Pershing tonight
reported to the war department.
The dead are: Privates Thomas
V. Ratcliff, Clarksyille, Tenn; VIM
H, Scott, Calvert City, Ky; and
Ralph T. Kingery, Ontario, Cal.
The severly wounded are: Cor
porals Edwin f. Titus, Manchester,
Cam, and Thaddcus Blazejowski,
Meriden,( Conn; Privates Thomas
Morrison, South Manchester, Conn,
Walter P. Moran, Norwich, Conn,
and Gustave H. Hermanson, Anso-
MIA, Conn.
The slightly wounded arc: First
Lieutenants Guy I. SWEET, South
Paris, Me, and Thomas M. Holmes
Albany, N. Y; Second Lieutenant
Edwin c. Call, Dexter, Me; Pri-
Yates Romes Nadeau, Somersworth
N, H.; Clyde F, Andrews, Orone
Me; Peter Rubec, Egeland, N
D.; Walter Brodowski, Lenox
Mass, and William II. Hale, Som
erville, Mass,
Private Fred Kopanskc, OF Chi
cago, died as a result of wounds
received in action, 1t alao was an.
nounced, and Private Sidney M
Cowley of New York succumbeC
on February 8 to accidental gun,
shot wounds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
MURDER AND SUICIDE
IN CINCINNATI HOTEL

Cincinnati, O., Feb. 23.-The
cries of an infant today in the room
Of prominent hotel here led to
the discovery Of what is apparently
a case of murder and suicide, the
dead man being a.. Miller, St.
Louis said to be about IS, and
the woman near 30 years of age.
A telegram found in the room was
addressed to William Beck" Nine
teenth and Franklin streets, St.
Louis, and read:
Come if you can. will return
with you. Wire me when. Anna.
Insurance policies made out on
the life of Anna Riley and in the
names of her three children also
were discovered. The child is about
seven months old.
Miller came to the hotel three
days ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24

ter 10 call officials of the alliance.
including the president, the Rev.
IS. G, Won Bosse of Wilmington,
Deh, and the secretary, Adolph
Timm of Philadelphia, IN osder to
hear their side of the case.
In his testimony today, Mr.. Oh
linger made it plain that he did not
desire to create the impression that
all members of the alliance were
conscious of having worked against
the interests of the United States.
The real propagandists IN the or
ganization, he said, worked m Sc
cret, and in a subtle way urged the
individual members to further the
interests OF Germany. The entrance
OF the United States into the war.
however, had curtailed their activi-
ties, Mr., Ohlinger added.
The witness said that n former
president of the alliance, c. J. Hex
amer of Philadelphia, received from
Emperor William in 1901 the fourth
order OF the Red Eagle for his serv-
Ices to German "kultur" in the
/, United States,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
BOLSHEVIKI IN APPEAL.
People of Russia Make Small Ef-
fort to Resist.

London, FEB 23.-Thc Germans.
according to latest dispatches from
Petrograd, some of which were sent
from there last night, are meeting
with little or no opposition in the
northwestern invasion Of Russia,
whose disorganized and scattering
army is taking no notice of the
appeal of the bolsheviki to ENGAGE
in guerrilla warfare.
Livonia is completely overrun
with the German armies, and the
Germans are not far from the out
skirts of the naval base of Reval,
the evacuation Of which could hard
ly be completed, as Petrograd dis
patches say the soldiers refused to
assist in the work.
At Minsk, the Germans are astride
one of the main routes to Moscow,
while further south Austrians and
Ukrainians are on their way to
Kiev. Until the Ukrainian peace,
these Ukrainian soldiers were priS-
oners of war, but have since been
released and armed by the central
powers.
Meanwhile the helpless bolsheviki
are publishing appeals to the people
to resist the invaders, and there is
talk at Petrograd of convoking the
defunct constituent assembly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
FIRE THREATENS
OFFICE BUILDING
WATER ALSO CAUSES DAM
AGE TO GREEN & HINKLE
BLDG, MAIN AND B

Fire in the Green and Hinklc
building, at the southwest corner OF
West Main and b street, at 8 o'clock
last night, caused considerable loss
to the occupants OF the building.
Most of the damage was occasioncd
by water.
The alarm came in from Box y
and there was no delay in the de
partmcnt reaching the fire. The
blaze originated in a toilet room on
the second floor and was difficult to
locate Two streams of water were
turned on the building from the rear
and one broke the windows in b
street and the water flooded the
building
The fire apparently was confined
to small space and soon became not
enough to melt ,he gas meters, OF
which there were seven on that
floor, and most of them near the
place where the fire started.
The heaviest loss was to the stock
of the Oklahoma Oil and Auto Sup
ply Company occupying the ground
floor. That company carried a
stock OF about $4,000, and all OF
which was water soaked. Just what
its loss will be cannot be estimated
until the stock is dried and inven-
toried. Many of the article,
are in original packages and will
have to be unpacked and inspected
On the upper floor were the Of
fees of the Plains Oil and Gas Com
pany, Edward Gait, Roy NJ. John
son, Writ Franklin, Apple & Frank
lin, II. A. Ledbettcr, Frank Adams
O. {. Lasher, the Ardmore Con.
struction Company and J. r. Cole
man. All Of these suffered water
damage, but if any of them have
been damaged by fire it is the office
of II. A. Ledbetter. 1t was hard tC
determine just what had beer
burned but Mr.. Ledbctter said he
had 10000 worth Of lawbooks. anC
the rear room Of his Office being
close to the fire, he feared they were
damaged by fire as well as by water
The officers of the Plains Oil anC
Gas Company, Edward Gait, Roy NJ
Johnson and Writ Franklin, al
though in the rear of the building
were not damaged to as great an OK
tent as those of other occupants o
the building.
The rear portion of the grouu,
floor was occupied by the farm loar
office Of J, r. Dexter and tn,
Chickasaw Title Company. No on,
connected with either of these of
fees could be found last night anc
the extent of their damage was no
learned, but it is believed to b,
slight, as their books and record
were all in vaults and safes.
Assistant Fire Chief Musgrave
said last night that the damage b,
fire was slight and that he coul,
make no estimate of the damage b,
water, and the owners he fount
could not do so. Most of the occu
pants carried insurance thai vii
cover the loss. Mr.. Ezzell said tn
| Oklahoma Oil and Auto Suppl
Company carried insurance on it
stock, but he could not give tn
amount.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
PEACE TERMS AS
PUT FORTH BY
TEUTON TO SLAV
LEADING FEATURES OF THE
KAISER'S DEMANDS ON
BOLSHEVIKI.
WANTS LAND AND GDLD
Enemy Marks Line Across Empire
North and South and Takes All
West of It-Some of the Details
of Scheme.

London, Feb. 23. - A Russian
wireless government statement re-
ceived here tonight says:
Germany will renew the peace
negotiations and will conclude peace
on the following conditions:
Both to declare the war ended.
"All regions west Of the line indi-
Gated at Brest Litovsk to the Rus
sian delegation, which formerly be-
longed to Russia, to be no longer
under the territorial protection of
Russia.
"In the region of Dvinsk, this
line must be advanced to the east
ern frontier of Courland.
The former attachment Of these
regions to the Russian state must in
no case involve for the mobliga-
tions toward Russia. Russia re-
nounces every claim to intervene
in the internal affairs of those re-
gions.
Germany and Austria Hungary
have the intention to define further
the fate of these regions in agree
ment with their populations.
Germany is ready, after the COM
pletion of Russian rehabilitation,
to evacuate the regions which are
east Of the above line.
so far as it is not stated other
wise, Livonia and Esthonia must
Immediately be cleared of Russian
troops and Red Guards"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
8 AWATORS ARE
KILLED At MEMPHIS

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 23.-A civ
ilian flying instructor and two ca
diets at the United States aviation
training school at Park Field, near
here, are dead as the result of a
collision between two of the air
planes shortly after 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The dead: Guy II.
Reaglc of Chicago, civilian instruc-
tor; James II. Webb of Rome, Ga,
flying cadet; Robert Gray Jr., of
Long Island, N. Y, flying cadet.
The collision occurred when the
planes were at an altitude of about
500 feet and bott machines crashed
to earth, bsrying the bodies OF the
victims in a mass of wreckage. All
three bodies were frightfully man
gled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
County Defense Council
Causes Arrest NeHda.
Men on Sediihion Charge

G. A. Tanning and J. +. Moore,
farmers, who live near Nellda, Car
ter County were placed under ar
rest at BIS o'clock Saturday after
noon by Dick Hignight, deputy
United States marshal, on the
charge of violating Section 5 of the
espionage act by uttering seditiouS
statements. The arrest was made
at the instance OF William Hutchin-
son, United States commissioner,
who held each of the men under
bond of $4,000, and in default OF
which he ordered them confined i'll
jail to await a hearing, which has
been set for Saturday afternoon
March ,, at l:3O o'clock.
This is the opening gun in the
campaign inauguratcd by the Coun-
ell Of Defense of Carter County tc
break up sedition in this county
and that other arrests will follow il
rapid succession is probable, a.
there is sufficient evidence already
in the hands of the council to en-.
able it to proceed with assuranc,
of success.
The arrests yesterday followed ;
two-hour session OF the executive
committee of the Carter Council o
Defense, the chairman of the coun
Gil, J. Robert Gillian, presiding. Tn,
session was executive and it is no
known who appeared before tn,
body, but as half a hundred or NOR,
people from the Ncllda district wer,
in the Railways and an,erooms o
the Chamber Of Commerce, wher,
the council met, it is presumed tha
they had a full knowledge Of tn,
cases and that some OF them gay,
the information that warranted tn,
United States commissioner in caus
ing the arrest of the men.
Tanning has lived in the vicinit,
OF Nellda for several years. lie i
now a farmer, but at one time i
said to have been Methods
preacher. lie has taken an activ
part in the affairs of the communit
and is said to have been free in tn
expression OF his opinions relativ
to the war and President Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
ARDMORE WOMEN
FORM SUFFRAGE
ORGANIZATION

With seventy-hve or more of the
representative women of Ardmore
in attendance, a woman suffrage as
sociatio nwaS organized yesterday in
the former assembly room of the
Chamber of Commerce at the court
house, by Mrs. Frank ]. Shuler OF
New York City, corresponding sec
retary of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association, who more than
a month ago, by request, came Into
Oklahoma in the interest of the
cause, Mrs, Arthur Walcott was
made chairman of the organization
The other officers will be chosen
later, A great deal of interest was
manifested and it Is believed the
local organization will shortly be ir
a position to do very effective work
Mrs. Shuler made strong talk or
suffrage, from its origin in 184S tc
the present time, showing the three
periods in its history-soclal, indus.
trial, and now the political-and the
Continued Oh page 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24

SUBMARINE KILLERS

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 2S.-An-
nouncement was made today by
the Ford Motor Company that
work was started yesterday at
Rivey Rogue, a suburb, on a ship
building plant that is to turn out
Submarine-killers.
The buildings, which are to
cover five acres, will probably be
completed in May.
1t is understood that the plant
will employ between 10000 and
$4,000 men.
The boats can be launched in
canal at the plant and taken to
the Atlantic ocean via the De
troit River and the Great Lakes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
WAR SAVINGS BANK
FOR AROMORE
Ardmore is tn oayc war savings

Ardmore is tn oayc a war savings
bank.
Preliminary arrangements for
this, the newest of Ardmore's hnan-
cial institutions, were planned yes
tcrday at a conference Ct war say
ings and thrift stamp workers.
George w. Barnes, OF Muskogee
state director of the "baby bond"
campaign, who is in the city, real
izing the necessity, because of its
geographical location as the cen
trail point of southern Oklahoma,
Of clearing house for thrift cam
paign activities here, authorized the
organization of the War Savings
Bank. I'd Gait, chairman for the
Fifth district, which comprises Is
counties, all Of the southeastern
portion OF the state, is preparing
for the completion OF arrangements
for the establishment Of the bank
early this week.
The War Savings Bank will be
the clearing house for war activities
in the city of Ardmore, Carter
County and the Fifth district. A
building will be erected to house
the institution and it will be in
charge of men now engaged in the
thrift campaign. The men who will
finance the new bank will meet
Tuesday forenoon and complete the
organization. 1t is expected that
the bank can be opened for business
within a few days.
1t has been suggested that the
several civic and fraternal organiza-
tions mark the opening of the bank
with a raid" during which the
members of the organization will
march to the bank in a body and
make thrift and war savings stamp
purchases. 1t is likely that there
will be considerable rivalry for the
honor of making the first purchase
at the bank.
John f, Easley, chairman for the
Second ward, is urging the residents
of that ward to meet at the East
Ardmorc Presbyterian Church to
complete the ward organization at
2:30 this afternoon, Speakers will
be provided, and it is the intention
to start the Second ward drive al
this meeting. Mr.. Easley has issued
the following call
There is not a citizen In our
ward who Is any better than our
boys In the trenches, and we are
nothing like so good If we fail tc
support them, Our country Is in.
volved In the greatest war the worlt
has ever known, and he who de
clines to do his full duty Is no
worthy of American citizenship
There can be only two classes o
American citizens, patriots and trai
tors. A man may allow himself t.
be led into acts of treason through
neglect, by depending upon others
Continued on page 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
NON -SINKABLE" SHIP
SAILS FOR EUROPE

A Gulf Port, Feb. 23.-The for
mer Austrian steamer Lucia, equip
ped with a new "non-sinkable" sys-
TEN, has sailed from here with a
cargo.
The steamer is equipped with
more than 1900 air and watertight
cells, which the inventor claims will
keep the vessel ahoat even should
she be torpedoed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
PRESIDENT SEEKS TO END
DOUBT AND STIMULATE
PRODUCTION OF GRAN
BALL .'.dATES
OUT S55O,0OO
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN
LEAGUES MUST PAY THAT
TO FEDERAL LEAGUE.

New York, Feb. 23.-Elimination
Of the Federal baseball league will
cost the National league and Amer
lean league $550,O0O, it was learned
officially tonight. The first pay
ment was made today when John
c. Toolc, attorney or the National
league, presented a check for $55,-
600 for the Robert B. Ward estate
for two years rental of the Brook
lyn Federal league ball park, and
$4,000 to Harry Sinclair for two
years rental OF the Newark Fed
cral league grounds.
1t also was announced that the
National league has Is more annual
payments of $4,000 each to be made
to the Ward estate and eight addi-
tional payments of $1,000 to Sin
clair.
John K. Tener, president of the
National league, will make all future
payments for his league without fur
ther action by that body.
OF the amount, $25,0O0 goes to
the Pittsburgh Trust Company, re
ceiyers of the former Pittsburgh
Federal league club, which settles
in full the National leagues obi
cation to that club; $2OOOO goes to
the attorney for the Fedcrals.
President ,. p. Johnson OF the
American league will send a similar
check to the Federal league attor-
ney in the near future, as the
American leagues share Of the Fed
cral league peace indemnity, and
will duplicate the annual payments
to be made by the Nationals under
terms Of the agreement made two
years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
German Official Report.

Berlin, Feb. 25.-In their new in
vasion of Russian territory, the Ger
man forces have reached Walk, in
Livonia, 90 miles northeast of Riga.
it was announced today by the
German general staff. In Volhynia,
the Tcuton armies marching from
Lutsk have reached the town OF
Dubno.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24

New York, Feb. 23.--Cadet Frank
lin Fairchild, killed today when his
alrplane fell at Fort Worth, Texas,
was the only son of Benjamin l..
Fairchild of Pelham, N. Y, repre-
sentative in congress from the
Twenty-fourth New York district.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24

Moore is also a farmer, and is
the father of Homer Moore, the
young postmaster of Nellda, who is
now out on a bond of $4,000 to ap-
pear before the federal court to an
swcr to the charge of being a slack
er. Young Moore failed to register,
although of draft age. No action
has been taken looking toward his
removal as postmaster at Nellda,
as there is no one else available
for the place, and it may be that
when the poStofhce department
takes the matter up for investiga-
tion that it will order the discon-
tinuance of the Nellda postoffce and
compel the patrons to go to Dur
wood, not far away, for their mail
in the future.
County Council to Meet.
In view of the urgent demand on
the part of the federal authorities
that prompt action be taken by
county defense councils to stamp
out sedition and apprehcnd those
who are known to openly defy the
government at this time, a meeting
of the members of the county coun-
Gil has been called to be held in the
county courtroom Saturday after
noon, March 2, at 2 o'clock. The
meeting will be an executive session
and only the members Of the execu-
tive committee and the three com
mitteemcn of tn township councils
OF each township will be allowed to
be present and participate.
Matters have become so serious
that the government cannot at thi,
time show any clemcncy for those
who are guilty OF seditious utter
ances or action and the defense
council has been peremptorily or
dered to take up the prosecution OF
these cases with the utmost vigor
lnasmuch as the executive commit
tee is already in possession OF a
great deal of definite information il
is assured that further action OF tn,
sort taken yesterday will follow thu
county meeting il it is not taker
before that time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24
WEATHER FORECAST

Oklahoma. Sunday, fair;
cooler in the western portion.
Monday, fair; colder,
East Texas: Sunday and Mon
day, fair; colder in northern por-
tion.
West Texas! Sunday, fair;
colder in Panhandle. Monday,
fair; colder.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-24

Continued Oh page 81
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Church Gives Every Man.

There is q little French church in
the heart of Philadelphia which has
given and given TO the great world
strife, ever since the war began, life
blood and widows mites, and in the
face of poverty is still giving, giving,
according to Philadelphia correspond
ent.
fifty years old remains in the member
ship of the little church of st. Sauveur.
All are at the front, some are with
the French army, some are with the
United States forces, but ell have gone.
All are fighting for the same great
world ideal.
They have left mothers, wives and
little ones who do not complain, but
give to the last penny. not only for
those they love, but for the relief of
all suffering.
Nearly all of them are working peo-
pie, but, in addition to the struggle
for bread and butter, they have found
the way to adopt and support four Or
phans in France. In addition to the
incessant knitting and sewing for the
little war orphans here these brave
women have also found time to make
and send countless wooden comforts
and relief supplies to the war victims
In France and Belgium, the orphans
and the wounded. They also subscribed
to the starving Armenians.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Coincidence.

Much has been said and written at
various times concerning "the long
arm Of coincidence" but surely a rec
ord in this direction, relates a CORE
spondent, was established In connec-
ton with an amusing little episode in
the career Of the countess Of Dudley,
the enthusiastic Red Cross worker who
organized the first voluntary hospital
corps TO cross the Channel on the out
break OF the present world war.
When. exactly ten years ago, her
ladyship presented her husband with
twin sons, one of her first visits on
her recovery was to village church
near where she was staying at the
time.
The officiating clergyman was quite
unaware OF the presence of Lady Dud-
ley among his congregation. Never
theless, by an extraordinary COIN
cidence, he chose as his text the words,
1.-TWO are better than one"-greatly
to the amusement, need it be added,
of the countess and some friends who
were with her.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
| NO MILK FROM CHINESE cow
sossy of the FIowery Kingdom Yields
Only to Offspring-Used Only for
Draft Purposes.

Americans who travel through the
interior of China gritty miss Cows
Milk and Her Butter" as a Japanese
sign puts it. The people of the Orient
use little of either. Mares milk is sold
to inrulids at high price, because the
Chinese believe that it is source OF
great bodily strength, says the Youths
Companion.
Bur the natives use cows solely Tor
draft purposes and, having earned her
living for years IL this manner. boSsy
stands upon her dignity when Ameri-
cans demand milk of her. To her Off
spring she will give it, but not to man
If by any possibility she can avoid IT..
In Japan there are now a few Am
erican-bred cattle, owned by foreign
ers, that make the native cows look
like goats One of these cows was i'm
tior1ed into Korea by Il missionary, but
he had difficulty in getting his coolle
TO TEND the beast. The servant was
fresh from his country home, where he
had heard little and seen less. He
took the ccw for an elephant and fled
before her.
In Korea the little native COW is a
petted darling that has been INDUCED
to such an extent that, incredible as II
seems, she refuses to eat grass unless
1t has been boiled.
Ii is not unusual in very cold wealth
er to see a pet COW clothed in a thick.
warm blanket, while the children OF
the family SILVER in their cotton gar
.ents-and often very few of them.