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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
Defense to the Death. -

London, Feb. 22.-"Defense to
the death" against Germany is or
dered in the proclamation of the
Russian commissioners, Reuters
Petrograd correspondent reports.
The commissioners appeal to the
soldiers to destroy railways and pro-
visions and compel the bourgeoisie
(middle classes) to dig trenches I'M
der penalty of death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
ALLIED EMBASSIES REMAIN.

London, Feb. 22.-The allied en-
bassies in Petrograd, according to a
dispatch from the Russian capital to
the Morning Post dated Monday,
have been besicged by anxious in
quircrs who have been assured that
as far as is known at present the
embassies will quit the city if the
Germans come, but not otherwise.
The allies, it is added, have no in
tcntion OF abandoning their once
greatest ally.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
More Austrians 10 Itaiu.

Washington, Feb. p. - Official
dispatches from Rome today inter
pret the recent closing OF the Swiss
Frontier by Austria to indicate troop
movements to the Italian frontier in
preparation for a renewed offensive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
Health Conditions in Army

Washington, Feb, 22-Health
conditions in all American army
camps showed decided Improvement
during the week ending Feb, Is, ;Ad
for thu week there was a lower
wealth tate IN all camps than at any
other time since last November.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
VOICE FROM
FRANCE TO Be
HEARD TONIGHT
& Ut. HECTOR MAC-QUAR-
S1E TO SPEAK AT CONVEN-
TION HALL AT 8 O'CLOCK.

Lieut.. Hector MacQuarrie, au-
thor, speaker fighter who comes
into Oklahoma under the auspices
of the State Council of Defense,
will speak tonight at Convention
Hall, before the State League OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22

A Berlin dispatch received via
Amsterdam last night said the Rus
sian written confirmation of the ac-
ceptance of the German peace terms
had passed tho German lines.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
English Compete In Trying To Make Yank
Soldiers Feel Comfortable And At Home

I ONDON, Eng, Nov. 1.-The example
Il which English men and women are
following in trying to make Americas
soldier boys feel at home in this So
called foreign" country is said to
have been set by certain women in
New York many months ago.
Young Englishmen, called for serv-
ice from all parts Of the world. were
many Of them picked up and whisked
mysteriously away to New York
homes, where they found several fell
low countrymen. An American fam
lily was making them feel at home
while they waited for the boats that
were to carry them TO their own
"blighty." where they were to be en-
rolled in the fight against the Hun
America was then neutral. She re-
manned so for a long time
English Homes Open.
England became a bit irritated-
perhaps the word is not too strong
at this continued neutrality, but she
is forgetting the feeling Of irritation
by now. English homes are open to
Americans now. thousands upon thou
sands Of them These Sunday
dinners and teas" at which
young America is becoming familiar
with the English family garden. are
very popular But formal functions
have been successful only in excep-
tiouaI cases
There have been two striking ex-
amples o. this fact in London of late.
Because the spirit behind them was a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

functions when it turned out 500
base ball suits for American soldiers
in IS hours. The Y. NJ c. A. which
sometimes runs over much to We'd
nesday night prayer meetings to suit
the Yanks' taste. is learning the value
of the idea along which James White
has worked, that It takes real sport
Of some sort to appeal to man who
has crossed the Atlantic to fight the
Huns
Muscular Christian.
Eugene CORR. noted referee, who is
active in all Important American
nights" pays tribute TO at least one
Y. N. c. A leaders ability to get
under the skin of the Nanks.
There is nothing I admire more
than a muscular Christian" CORR
said. Playing a leading part in this
thing is one F. W. Dixon. Of the Y.
NJ c. A. It Is his business to look
after the moral and physical welfare
Of his young countrymen. and he is
doing his work nObly, not by psalm
singing. but by being one Of them.
He is what is called a good man and
'unwOrldiy man, but he fights Ike
blazes.
a tremendous fellow named Allard
turned up the other day and wanted
to have a 90. It happened there was
no other heavyw eight. so Dixon. like
the sport he is. said half a jiffy- 1
will take you on. And, having
stripped. he gave Allard. many stones
heavier. about as hard a three rounds
as could have been bargained for. And
when il was over the boys rose to old
Dixon and now know that this Y. n.
c. A. man has his lads in the hollow
OF his hand"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

September limited States vs. Aus
tralasia.
Theatrical Entertainers.
Visits to England by several hun
bred thousand Yanks has developed
in London the clearing house Of what
amounts to a great theatrical agency.
The programs of one American camp.
for instance, show that week after
week six to eight Of the best enter
tainers Of England have been dis
patched from Salisbury avenue and
from the music halls of London that
that the Yankees may make merry.
The biggest venture in London. the
weekly Palace theater shows. have
collected together on one stage more
stars Of the first magnitude than any
theatrical trust ever could maintain
It is a singular fact that to date the
only star who has refused his services
is an American who has been on the
English stage for years.
Sandwiched between beauty chorus
acts and comedy skits have been
prominent speakers, including ad
miral lord Beresford, Ian MacPher-
son, under secretary for war; Sir
Francis Smith, attorney general, fresh
from a trip to America; George H
Roberts, minister of labor; T. J. Mac
ways reserved for admiral Sims and
Gen. BiddIe. and their places are al
ways filled.
It's the red blooded entertainment
that takes Sammy by the hand and
leads him to some center that be-
comes forthwith a center of enthu-
siasm such as these sedate Islands
have seldom seen before. The Red
Cross was not concerned with social
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

credit to those women who planned a
big afternoon reception. the examples
shall be nameless. Hundreds OF
women were present, waiting. anxious
to greet the Americans. But the func-
lions we e flat failures.
The pink tea idea was too much for
the Yankee to go. a visit with Eng
lish home folks" he could understand
4 function frightened him.
The lawn fete idea was fighting for
a bigger and better conception of en-
tertaining- While the ladies we're
waiting. great posters in Y. N. c. A
huts and elsewhere. in London and at
American camps, shouted in six inch
letters that all corners were welcome,
there will be no entrance fees, con-
testants' expenses paid, gold and sill
yer medals awarded-al this at the
National Sorts club, where the follow
ing schedule was arranged:
July p MiddleWeight chamiOn-
ship.
July 31-WeIterweights.
August 14-Featherweights
August 2l-Bantamweights.
August -Heavyweights.
Followed detailed instruction re-
and the like
Another poster announces tennis
championship schedule. as follows.
July 31-United States vs. South
Africa.
August Canada VS.. British Isles.
August 14-South Africa vs. Aus
tralasia.
Tu-Ist 21-United States vs.
eusust es-British Isles vs.. South
Africa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
"Cut Out Fish" Editor;
So Waiter Uses Knife

London, Eng. Nov. DIR. E. J.
Wheeler. editor OF Public Opinion.
looks the part Of an eminent scholar.
but he speaks Emitted States idiom.
occasionally to the mystification of
alters who served him during the
tour Of the American editors.
Wheeler arrived in the dining room
late for dinner. and having an en-
gagement Immediately after, decided
to have dinner as quickly as possible.
q will have no soup and you can
cut out the fish" he told an attentive
Swiss.
The waiter Withdrew silently. Pres
emily he was observed in earnest con-
sultatiOn with the head walter. The
latter dignitary called another waiter
into conference. After a few minutes
deliberation, heads close, the waiter
slipped away and came back with a
knife.
He picked up the platter and. going
to Wheeler's place very carefully ex-
tracted the fish bones.
That. the editors understand. is
Swiss for cut out the fish"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
CEN. MANG|N IS
NOTED FRENCH
WAR CHIEFTAIN
In Is Years of Soldering,
He Has Never Done Any
Garrison Duty.
DROVE ENEMY
FROM VERDUN
By FLOYD MACGRIFF.

r ONDoN. Eng. Nov. 2.-Gen. Mangin,
Il under whose tutelage American
soldiers proved their worth at the
Marine and along the Aisne and vesle
rivers, is one of Frances famous fight
ing leaders.
Mangin is a man of action-in his
% years of soldering he has never
done any garrison duty-and he Is
gifted with the ability OF Installing
enthusiasm in his men, which, coupled
with able tactical direction, wins bat
ties He has been one Of Frances
most consistent winners OF battles
against the Germans
Gen. Mangin, since 1914, has COM
manded soldiers at crucial sectors. He
was on the outskirts of Namur when
the order to retreat came as a sur
prise in the early days of the war.
But when he retreated, he did so
under cover Of such heavy blows that
the German flank wassleft weakened
and bleeding. In the first battle of
the Marine his troops pursued the
enemy nearly to the gates of Reims
and Verdun. In this fighting he was
general OF brigade. but his valor won
his promotion to commander OF an
army corps. It was Gen Mangin who
delivered the blow at Douaumont, be-
fore Verdun, which threw the Ger
mans back and wrested most of the
ground they had taken in months of
mighty fighting.
Mangin is So years old He has
been wounded numerous times Be-
fore the world war he had distin-
guished himself in African campaigns.
In 1918 he delivered an audacious
coup which obtained the release Of
French hostages in Marra-Kech. de-
feating the pretender. Ell Heba- Man
gin first gave evidence Of military
ability when only a captain He led
$50 African troops in the Marchand
expedition. making his way from the
Congo region, on the Atlantic, through
jungles 10 the Abyssinian gulf of the
Red sea. where people crowded to see
men who had marched for three
years
As numerous German officers prob
ably would testify. Mangin is at his
best when directing an offensive For
that reason he has been selected by
field marshal Foch to hit the enemy
where II hurts"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Ymk Cleans
Teeth Often;
G00dExanlbLe
Keeps Them Cleaner Than
Any Soldier Of Any
Other Army.

With The American Army, Nov =
The American doughboy cleans his
teeth oftener than the soldier Of any
other army. friendly or enemy
One sees Americans cleaning their
teeth at every hour of the day or
night, somewhere and somehow. in the
trenches. IN reserve. on rest. on the
march. no matter what they are do
Ing.
The Tanks like a certain French
tooth paste better than any other and
with it they have learned how to
brush their teeth without the use OF
water Frequently there is no water
to be had except for drinking pur-
poses. There is no water for wcsh-
ing and no water for cooking. That.
of course, is an exceptional situation,
when large bodies Of men are moving
from one sector to another or advanc-
ing. In the big advances from the
Marine 10 the Vesle and into the St
Mihiel salient the soldiers were for
hidden TO use any water until It mad
all been tested to see If the Germans
had poisoned it before being driven
out.
Like civilians, soldiers try to clean
their teeth in the morning before
breakfast Sometimes they get de-
layed. though, and then they grab off
a minute before luncheon for the OPP
Grafton. II they miss out then they
do il in the afternoon. or else in the
evening after supper. Sometimes one
sees a bunch of dOughboys lined up
near a we'll or pump, brushing their
teeth and gazing skyward at the night
bombing airplanes coming over and
watching the tiny red flashes OF the
antiaircraf shrapnel bursting high
above.
The American sales commissaries
can never keep enough tooth brushes
in stock. They are continually being
sold out
cessant cracking audible from the
front showed that the American bar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
u. S. Ambulance Drioer
REWARDED For BrdUeru

Paris. France. Nov 2--Distin-
guished conduct and the contempt for
personal danger which they displayed
in rescuing and aiding wounded have
brought war medals to eight more
Americans serving in ambulance sec
lions on the III ian front
Walter FEEDER. Of Cincinnati, and
Robert Cory. Of Newark. n J.. were
the recipients Of the valor medals
The others were Scott Russell. Gus
tave Greene and J. Spiegel. all Of Chi
cago. l. Z. Simmons. OF Appleton,
Wis; L X. Porritt, Of Hartford. Conn.
and RNert Lindsey. Of Hampton,
n H.
FEEDER and Cory, receiving an urgent
call during an Austrian attack. drove
their cars up TO the front line and
then as bullets whistled about them.
filled their ambulances with wounded
They were not wounded. although
their machines made good targets for
the Austrians
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Bufeted Irish Cops
Rise To Emergencies
BIZ Cleper Diplomac.

Dublin. ireland. Nov. 2.-In these
trying times in Ireland when political
animosities are so acute there Is per-
haps no body OF people mors knocked
about than the Irish police.
They are the perpetual buffer be-
tween conflicting parties and they
also stand in a similar position be-
tween the government and the people.
Their powers OF endurance are ire
quently tested and their diplomatic
talents are almost Droverbiai
Many a difficult situation has been
hridged by a timely suggestion from
the policeman and many an angry
MOI has been kept in check more by
his timely jest than his power to break
heads.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Think PIGEON
4 WAR HEROINE
She Is Wounded Mortally
But She Carries Her
Message Just the Same.
A L

With The American Army. Nov. p
Cara would have received a medal
surely II she had lived She was en-
trsuted with an important dispatch
by the bat i,lion commander In an or
ganized sHellhole beyond Fismes.
Clara was trying to deliver the mes
sage back at division headquarters
when she was hit she managed to
get the message finally. but she lost
so much blood that she died After
they took the message from her they
threw her In some straw and she
would probably have been carted off
TO the refuse dump II some one hadn't
realized. after the dispatch was read,
that she was a heroine and given her
a decent burial.
Clara was Homing pigeon No. o4s12,
A. E F. She was t-ken with several
others in to the first line in a covered
basket TO carry back messages when
urgent dispatches required immediate
and sure delivery.
The dispatch, in code. rolled up in
a scroll and placed in a tiny capsule
was tied to Clara's left leg with a
narrow red ribbon and she was re-
leased.
Pierees Barrage.
Clara flew clear of the barrgae
which was local TO the front line and
got back at a respectable height to
the support positions when she
came down to look for her roost. I'm
fortunately the bOche was also she'll
ing back areas with long range naval
guns. Trying to break up transpor-
tation, even il he couldn't hit II.
The shells bursting near her roost
didn't bother Clara at all She had
been under fire too often for that
So she circled lower and lower until
finally she got below the big black
sharpnel tht the Huns were timing
10 burst 100 feet in the air, high
enough to scatter fragments Of steel
and lead over any men or horses that
might be beneath.
One of the pigeon crew saw the
bird and he walked across the field to
pick her up She was almost all in
then and fluttered right into his
grasp. As he walked back to the
rOost he was unfastenlng the cap
sule from her leg His hands were
red from the pigeon blood She lay
motionless on the table after he had
removed the dispatch. so he tossed
the carcass in a box filled with straw
The message was phoned to head
quarters and a motorcycle dispatch
rider dashed off with the original. In
q moment an augmentation OF the in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Americans Graduated
From Famous French
School OF Artillery

Paris. France. Nov. 2.-Another
class Of Americans has Just been
graduated from the famous French
artillery school and has been sent out
to the front to take up its. work IN
der officers Of field and heavy artil-
le-y, tanks, trench mortar battalions
and aerial Observers The members
are commissioned as aspirants-
Several other classes have been pre-
viousiy graduated and French au-
thorities say that the Americans have
made good IN every particular. In
many instances they have been used
as liaison officers between the French
and Americans or between the French
and the English.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Let Allies Unite to Deal With the Huns
-:I:- -:I:- -:I:- -:I:- sis
Joint Council Is Needed. the British Say
By FLOTD lIACGRIFF.

7 ONDON, Eng, Nov. "A single,
l. united font is needed in diplo-
macy II the allies are to exert
the greatest pressure upon Ger
many. according TO British Off
ciaIdom. While there may be
united action occasionally on
some measure by the allies, as q
general thing each OF the allies
conducts its foreign relations to-
ward the Germauie alliance as it
sees fit Officials here point out
that q single reply. attested by
an the allies. would carry more
weight, than direrseIy yvOrded re-
jOinders. though perhaps, con-
vevIn- similar sentiments from
each nation separately.
Most all other war problems ARE
dealt with by standing allied
missions. Wherever possible sin
gle control haa been Instituted
Field marshal FOeh is cOmman-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
TRY To TRICK
BELGIAN ARMY
Germans Take Photographs
Of Happy Families"
Urge Men to Quit War.
BY PRED j. BOLLMEYER.

Paris, France, Nov. 2-The Ger
mans have a new method Of attacking
the valiant little Belgian army. This
new mode OF attack is not by shell.
grenade or bomb. but by printed Leaf
let and illustrated papers
Here is the method used:
In a peasant family which failed to
flee before the occupation Of the Ger
mans. photographer arrives He is
q brave man in appearance and he
has a disarming smile. He offers to
make portraits OF the entire families.
free Of charge, so that they can send
them, II they wish. to their sons who
are fighting with the forces OF king
Albert on the other side Of the line.
The families consent.
So the photographer cheerily "ar-
ranges" the family for the group
picture. But he groups them about
the table of the dining room, and on
the table he places bottles. dishes
then. photographer style, he tells them
to smile.
After some time German airplanes
fly above the Belgian lines and drop
thousands OF copies OF the Door
handkerchief" an illustrated maya
circulation in Flanders.
In this magazine are hundreds Of
these pictures Of family groups. The
captions over them are different only
in the words. over one picture will
be: why do you not return TO US.
dear son" Another will be: Your
place is here at home and not there
fighting the Germans. who are our
friends
A third may read; Everything is
good at your home Why do you fight
for the English and the French"
erfI in Is NJ I'D
and his regiment and company given
But the object of the Germans.
which is TO induce the Belgians to
surrender. has not succeeded Know
ing the bitter fate OF their country,
they are not to be tricked- II any
thing this form Of attack from the
race which has robbed their land.
ruined their homes and assaulted
their women has only served to make
them fight more desperately.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Chase Rabbits Down German Trenches
-:I:- -:H:- -:II:- -:H:- -:l:-
Yankees Find Game But No Human Foe
BY HENRY G. WALES

WITH the American Army. Nov.
W French and American
batteries pounded the German
lines for five hours preceding the
attack against the St Aihiel
salient from the west.
When the doughboys went over
the top IN Les Eparges sector
there was not an answering shot
from the German trenches oppo-
site The gunfire had so shat
tered the nerves OF those who
survived the bombardment they
could not emerge from their deep
dugOuts-
Two American soldiers dashed
across no mans land" in the lead.
raced through 10 the enemy's
barbed wire entanglements. riven
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
':Mooie" French Glass
For American Doughbous

London. Eng. Nov. "A movie"
French class for American doughboys
is the latest innovation at Eagle Hut
in the Strand.
One hour lessons twice a day is the
schedule and they are called movie"
lessons because each man gets only
one days tuition and the teaching is
done from the platform. where the
movies are displayed
In two hours the doughboys don't
get far into the French classics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

der in chief on the western front,
and an allied war conference sits
continuously at Versailles. There
Is an allied food council which
pools the worlds food. There's
an allied transport council which
appOrtiOns shipping. There's a
commission on wool and raw ma
ferials. There's an allied naval
council in London which directs
naval operations. There's a wheat
executive who pools the worlds
wheat.
There Is just as much need
for a single front in diplomacy
as in the military fieId,s says
the London Evening Standard.
eff due emphasis were laid On
these two faets-that kaiserism
is doomed by the voice of out
ragged civilization, but that the
fate Of n people need not neces-
sarily be involved in that Of n
system-sTe believe the task of
our armies would be materially
liShtened.>
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
British Clergy FaoOrs
Union and Higher Pay;
Some Get $3.50 a Yea

London, Eng Nov . Why
shouldn't parsons organize unions and
striker The question is put by one Of
them in a letter to the Daily Express,
explaining that the salaries for minis
ters have remained stationary, while
the munition worker. the trainmen.
the bus girls and everybody else have
made some gains in keeping with
mounting war prices
Advertisements for curates still Of
fer prewar salaries Of $3.50 to $3.50 q
year. Some get as low as $3.50 and
must keep up a house. They are en-
titled TO a months holiday!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
Finland Gives amnesty
To 10000 Finn Rebels

Stockholm. Sweden, Nov. 2.-The
Finnish administrator has announced
officially the granting Of amnesty to
about 10000 revolutionaries, according
to advices received here from Hell
singfors.
All persons sentenced to four years
GERMANS LEAVE sERVIA.
Berlin. Germany. Nov German
troops who had been operating in
northern Servia have been withdrawn
TO the north bank of the river Danube,
in the region of Belgrade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

and pulverized BY the artillery.
and leaped over the parapet into
the German trench
Just then two white rabbits
duclzed out from a corner and ran
round the corner Of the traverse.
Il was all SO quiet. with nary
German in sight. not the suspicion
Of a machine gun nor an answer
ing shot from the German bat
teries in the rear that the YaniSs
forgot all about war. the attack.
the BOcheS and everything else.
They just did what any average
fellows would do. started chasing
the rabbits.
They beat it down the first
line trench. stumbling over the
debris where the American shells
had caved in the parapet every
few yards and finally rounded up
the pair OF rabbits. nics and fat
and tender.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
WIDESPREAD PLOTS IN BERLIN.

Paris. France, Nov. 2.-CHavas).-
Revolutionary plots in Berlin ard
Hamburg and in the Rhine provinces
and Westphalia have becOm $50 wide
spread that all the newsiI Ders are
publishing appeals to the people 10
refrain from participation in such acts
against the government This infor-
nation is telegraphed from Zurich by
the correspondent of lie Journal