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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
SULPHUR PREPARES
FOR LIBERTY DAY
OBSERVANCE

lDpNNltl 10 1 llt 4AlullOItllt.l
Sulphur, Okla, April 6.-Sulphur
is on the qui vive in anticipation Of
the greatest patriotic demonstration
ever held in Murray County, which
today and tomorrow, under the
auspices of the third Liberty loan
committee, ably assisted by the Muir
ray County Council Of Defense and
the Sulphur Commercial Club. will
precede the third Liberty loan drive A;
and is preparing to accommodate no
less than 5000 visitors on the days
mentioned.
Sergeant Major Lowrey and Ma
jor Massey, Canadian officers, who
have recently returned from the
trenches in France, where for vail
ant services rendered the cause OF
democracy they were the recipients
of distinguished honors, and Judge
Frank Bailey Of Chickasha will be
the principal speakers.
Tonight at 8 o'clock, in the high
school auditorium, in company with
Judge Bailey, Sergeant Major Low.
rey, one Of the highest non-commis.
stoned Canadian officers who ha.
ever visited the United States, will
mabe his maiden address to the
American people. Tomorrow at 3 p
m, Major Massey one of the mos
popular and highest rankink com
missioned Canadian officers, will
speak at Platt National Park. Ar
rangements have been perfected fo
the services of the Ardmore Cham
Der of Commerce Band and the rid
crS have been sent throughout ever,
school district in the county herald
ing the event. Since the governo
has issued the proclamation maxim,
today legal holiday the thre
organizations are exerting every ef
fort toward making this event tn
greatest of its kind ever held in thi
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
MAY CALL MORE
THAN 100000 MEN
IN NINE MON THIS
DRAFT TO DEPEND ON HOW
FAST OR SLOW PERSHING
NEEDS THEM.

Washington, April 6.-Orders for
the mobilization of the first large
number OF men of the second draft
will go out to the governors of
the states very soon.
Fifteen thousand men of the sec
ond draft are now mobilizing and
the April call, about to go out, will
represent probably more than the
months proportion of the 100000
men who, it previously has been an
nounced, will be called during the
remaining nine months of the year.
To call the 100000 in equal
monthly increments would mobilize
them at about rate of 10000 a
month. However, there is no as
surance that this will be fixed fig
ure, because the flow of men will
be determined by the need of the
army in France. AS General Per
shing may call for specially quail
lied troops, an average OF 10000 a
month may be much exceeded or
much decreased.
1t has been announced that the
men will be drawn as gradually and
in as small numbers as possible so
as not to dislocate industry, and
particularly agriculture.
SO far as possible this plan will
be followed. The immediate need Of
increasing the American forces in
France, however, to meet the Ger
man drive in the west, is likely to
result in calling the men faster. For
that reason, the April quota un-
doubtedly will exceed its normal
average, and if the need is press
ing the entier 100000 might be call
ed in much less than the nine
months originally planned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
Lepers Escape and Scatter.

Bogota, Colombia, April Obs
satisfied with the food given them,
800 lepers confined in the colony at
Aqua de Dios, near Bogota, escaped
from their keepers recently and
have scattered to various parts Of
the Sanlander district. The gov
ernment authorities are using every
means to find them and to keep
them from reaching the seacoast.
The lepers have, been promised an
increased Sood ration if they will
return. Two hundred of them are
said to have gone toward Buca-
ramanga, near the Venezuelan bor-
der and the others in the direction
of Zapatosa, northeast of Bogota.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
BRAZIL WILL PLANT
LARGE COTTON CROP

Washington, April 6.--Despite a
loss of $27OOO,OO0 in the war 1917
cotton crop OF Brazil, owing to the
ravages OF the pink boil worm, ex-
tensive new areas have been planted
this season because of the prevail
ing high prizes, and a large crop is
expected, according to consular dis
patches received today. Agriculture
al inspectors have been appointed
to supervise the disinfection and
distribution of cotton seed. In the
state Of Piauhy the boil worm caus-
ed loss of one-third of the 1917
crop. In Leara the loss was two
thirds of the crop, amounting to
$l0,000000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
Wynnewood to Have
Big Patriotic Meeting

(Ardmoreite Correspondence.
Wynnewood, Okla, April O. A
patriotic mass meeting will be held
at the central school building to-
morrow morning at II O'Clock. All
citizens interested in winning the
war are expected to be present. The
program will include patriotic songs
by a large chorus and patriotic ad-
dresses by good speakers. The fol
lowing subjects will be discussed:
Why did the United States enter
the war?
How can the citizens of Wynne-
wood and vicinity help win the war
What part can the public school
play in helping to win the war?
What does it take to constitute a
Stacker, and how should he be dealt
with?
How can the women of Wynne-
wood help win the war?
Plans for the third Liberty loan
campaign will be outlined.
The meeting will be held under
the third Liberty loan campaign
committee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06

hind your every movement, until
your regimental colors are returned
10 Oklahoma, crowned with victory.
And the weather man has enlisted.
After watching the clouds during
the night the Liberty day celebra-
tion committee breathed a sigh OF
relief when blue sky once more
could be found above Ardmore. The
last essential toward making Lib
erty day an unqualified success had
at last been attained.
Early this morning merchants be-
gan the decoration Of their stores
and flags, bunting nd scores of
signs, Welcome Company z" be-
gan to put in an appearance.
Visitors from the surrounding
towns and the rural districts were
also on the streets early, and long
before 10:55, the hour at which
Company Z was scheduled to ar
rive, the sidewalks were thronged.
The Chamber of Commerce band,
at 1890 o'clock, opened the days
program with a concert at the band
stand on the War Savings Bank,
Main and Washington streets.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
LONDON PAPERS PRAISE
AMERICAS WAR WORK
Leading Editorials Take Note of
First Year Date.

London, April 6.-Most of the
leading editorials in this mornings S
London newspapers are devoted to
the anniversary of Americas entry
into the war, while the illustrated
papers gave prominence to pictures
of the American soldiers on the
western front.
There is unity in praise for the
achievements of the year by the
United States in her war-making
program and tribute by all to the
leadership of President Wilson.
"In this hour of anxiety and sor-
row." says the Daily Telegraph, I'VE
still have to be worthy ourselves of
our cause to reap at length the vic
tory of right that was assured by
civilization by the act of the Ameri-
can people a year ago"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
In New York.

New York, April 6.-New York,
the financial center of the nation,
launched its Liberty loan campaign
with impromptu patriotic demon
strations at midnight, nine hours be-
fore the time set FOR the official
start, and a flood of early subscrip-
tions encouraged the committee to
believe that its ambition to raise at
least half of the entire loan in this
Federal Reserve district might be
attained. The district quota, as al
lotted by the treasury department,
is $9OO,0O0000, or 80 per cent of the
amount desired.
Among the largest of the sub
scriptions reported today was $l0.-
100000 from the Metropolitan Lie
Insurance Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
IRELAND'S FUTURE
At CRUCIAL STAGE
WHAT WILL CONVENTION
REPORT, is ANXIOUS
QUESTION.

London, April 6.-The question
of lreland's future has reached a
crucial stage with the announce
ment that the Irish convention has
finished its work and decided on a
report to be made to the govern
ment.
While it is not permitted to re-
veal the conventions proceedings
for the present, the nature of the
report and the general work of the
convention is we'll known to pub
lie men in England and Ireland.
Premier Lloyd George declared
when the convention was organ
lied that if it agreed upon any plan
for a government, its plan would be
embodied in bill and placed before
parliament.
Whether mere majority report
in favor of some home rule plan,
il such report is presented by the
convention, will be considered an
agreement warranting legislation
based on it, remains to be seen.
Premier Lloyd George also
strongly intimated that the gov
ernment might proceed to a settle
ment of the Irish problem by legis-
lation even if the convention failed
to find some ground for settlement
by consent" Therefore new Irish
developments are expected in the
near future, although the first bus
mess before the government must be
dealing with urgent war measures,
chiefly that for increasing the army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
British Imnrove Position.

London, April 6.-The British po-
sition south OF the Somme was I'M
proved to some extent by a counter
attack delivered in the neighbor-
hood OF Hangard late yesterday, ac-
cording to todays war Office an
nouncement.
Along the whole front below Ay-
cite, in the sector north Of the Som
me, the struggle continued with vio-
lence until late yesterday evening.
Although the Germans made inces-
SAINT attacks, they met with no fur
ther success than attended their eff
forts in the morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
ENEMY STORM BREAKS
AGAINST ALLIED LINES
Make Only Slight Headway Against
French and British.

On the anniversary of the en-
trance Of the United States into the
war, the greatest battle in that con-
tiict is still being waged in the fields
of Picardy. Their great attack halt
ed, the Germans are making strong
but Intellectual efforts to break
through the allied lines or bend
them back SO as to gain Amiens and
complete the first stage of the ad-
vance which began at St. Quentin.
General Foch, the commander-in-
chief, and under whose orders more
than 100000 American troops are
ready to aid the French and British,
declares that the Boche tidal wave
is broken. "All is going WELL" he
adds, and expressed confidence in
the future. As proof of his state
ment is the fact that in the past two
days the enemy has made only slight
gains on a 38-mile front, and these
gains have been equalizcd in part by
Franco-British advances at some
points.
French Break Enemy Storm"
French resistance broke the Ger
man storm Thursday south Of the
Somme; and north of the river the
British on Friday showed the same
stern mettle before furious assaults.
The sudden switch in the attack to
front of 20 miles north of the
Somme may have been made to
catch Field Marshal Haig mapping,
but if so, the attempt was futile. AS
in the attack against the Franco
British front, the Germans sustained
heavy casualties in their fruitless
efforts against the French.
Dernancourt and Albert, along
the Ancre, were the positions at
tackled most heavily by the enemy,
while a strong assault was made
near Moyenneville, 20 miles north
of the Somme. For many hours the
enemy surged against the British
line, but succeeded only in getting
lOOllIS III lllC lOl GllOSl llGllClGS
at Dernancourt. Southwest of Al
bert a British counter attack drove
the enemy from the front line posi-
tions he had entered there.
Couldn't DiSlodge British.
AT Moyerneville the enemy was
thrown back with loss. Between
this point and Albert, in the regior
of Mesnil, the Germans were unable
to dislodge the British from theii
defenses. South of Gommecourt, II
the region OF Serre, north of Mesnil
the British launched an attack anC
captured l20 prisoners.
In vigorous counter attacks tht
French have driven the German.
from some positions north of Mont
didier. At Mailly- -Raineval, wher,
he made gains Thursday, the enem,
was driven back. Farther south a
Cantigny the French attacker,
gained and held the northern anc
western outskirts of the town. Or
the Lassigny-Noyon sector th
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
GARVIN COUNTY BOY
KILLED IN FRAN CE
CLAYTON MILLIGAN FIRST
TO GIVE UP LIFE FOR
HIS COUNTRY.

Especial to The Ardmoreitc.)
Wynnewood, April 6.-Garyin
County has given up its first son in
the service of his country at the
French front.
Mrs. r. +. Maxler has received an
official message telling her that her
son, Clayton Milligan, private in
Company II, 23rd Infantry was
killed in action at the front on
April ?.
Milligan was 20 years old and en-
listed in New York on Oct. 20, 1915.
Cecil Secore, another Wynnewood
boy, enlisted at the same time and
has been in the same company with
Milligan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
ENEMY CEASES
ATTACK 11jAG
FRFy<d SECTOR
HEAV' :. UN ACTION LAST
NIGt. +, BUT NO INFAN-
TRY ATTACKS.
BRITISH REPULSE HUNS
Along Entire Front in Sector North
of Somme the Struggle Continued
Until Late Yesterday-Foe Loses
Each Drive.
BULLETIN.

London, April 6-The Germans at
daybreak this morning attacked the
little town of Corbie in the valley
of the Somme, Reuters correspond
ent at British headquarters reports.
The enemy advanced in dense
waves. The outcome was not known
at the time the dispatch was filed.
The main German thrust, says the
correspondent, appears to be west of
the Vaire wood, toward the princi-
pal Amiens road.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
Alleged to be 'Spy.
SALVATION ARMY WORK
ERS LOST IN BATTLE ZONE
Total of 400 Men and Women Are
Missing.

San Francisco, April 6,-The Sal
vation Army suffered serious losses
in workers and materials during the
German drive in Picardy, according
to adyices made public today by Col.
Henry {. Lee, commanding the Sal
yation Army in California
"One hundred and seventy hut
ments erected and operated in the
region of the recent German drive
have been shattered by the German
artillery" the adyices said, "and
there remains to be accounted
for approximately 400 OF the women
and men trench workers of the Sal
yation Army"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
.LYNCHING OF GERMAN
TO Be INVESTIGATED
CLAIM IS MADE BY SOME
THAT PRAGER WAS
RICH SPY.

Collinsyille, Ill., April OWN, +.
first assistant TO Attor-
ney General Brundage OF Illinois,
and Col. Claude +. Ryman, repre-
senting the adjutant generals Office,
began an investigation here today
of the events leading up to the hang
ing by a mob Thursday night Of
Robert p. Prayer, charged with
making diSloyal utterances.
lnq.eS over the body of Prayer
will be held next Monday a jury
for that purpose having been OBJ
tanned yesterday. At that time, a
report on all Investigations now un-
der way by federal, state and county
authorities will be made and war
rants for the arrest of the partici-
pants in the demonstration are ex-
pccted to be issued. 1t was rumor-
ed early today that six arrests had
been made already, but this could
not be verified.
Did Mob Have Evidence2
Concrete instances of. Prayer,
alleged disloyalty still are lacking
although Nose Johnson, district
board member OF the United Mine
Workers of America has promised
at the proper moment" he will is.
sue a statement to show members
of the mob were in possession o
certain information that caused then
to take their drastic action.
Since his death rumors hav,
spread of Prayers attempt to hoar(
powder in one of the mines with tn,
idea of destroying it; of numerous
incriminating maps; of his humbl,
little home furnished in the luxu
ries that only wealth can buy; o
mysterious visits TO his house of
styishly dressed woman.
Alleged to be Spy.
All these rumors were INTENDED
to show that Prager's real occupa
tion while in Collinsville was no
that OF miner or baker, as he said
but that of German spy. SO ia
as can be learned, however, sub
sanitation has not been found 70
any OF these reports.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
BUYING MUCH COTTON.

New Orleans, April 6-Dispatches
from Washington stating that the
war industries board was not con-
templating an attempt to regulate
the price of raw cotton caused heavy
buying in the market here today in
the face of general rains over Texas
and Oklahoma, which were accepted
as breaking the long drouth in that
section of the belt. At the end of
the first half hour prices rose Il to
30 points.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
Norway's Ship Losses Large.

Washington, April 6.-Norway's
shipping losses through German
submarine ruthlessness and other
war operations continue to grow.
During March, 10 ships of 34,o94
tons were lost, according to cable
grams made public here by the
Norwegian legation here. Forty
four seamen lost their lives, while
20 more men are missing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
WIDE CAMPAIGN
FOR THLRDLLBERTYLOAN
BEGINS WIT7HENT1HUSLASM
CITIZENS OF REPUBLIC WILL RAISE
$3,O00,OOO,OO0 OR MORE FOR WAR

armies are about to play in France,
and other information phases of the
war situation.
Secretary McAdoo went to Phil
adeIphia to speak at the unveiling
of Liberty statue and to review a
parade Of 1000 marines and soldiers,
and 1000 young women singers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
JUST FOUR PAGES TODAY

The Ardmoreite is just four pages today and is
being printed at :3O o'clock This is done to afford
every empoye of the office, the carrier boys and
others to participate in the parade and to aid in do
ing honor to the visiting soldiers
The office will remain closed just like every
other business in the city until o'clock.
All Ardmore must join in this supreme effort to
show our loyalty and patriotism.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
Cease Attack on French.

Paris, April 6.-The German at
tack along the French sector of the
battle front has ceased. Today's Of
fetal statement says there was vio-
lent artillery lighting last night
north and south of the Avre, but
that no infantry actions occurred.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
War CORPORATION Bill S;gned

Washington, April 6.-President
Wilson today signed the bill Great
ing a government corporation with
capital of $50O,0O0,O0O and authority
to issue $3,000,000,000 in bonds for
the assistance OF essential war in
dustries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06

To Officers and
Members OF Com
pany +, lllth Reg
iment, u. s. Engin-
GERS:
w elcomel
The key to the
city is yours!
Make today your
day of unqualified
pleasure.
Ardmore is more
than proud OF you.
The town is yours,
and her citizens are
exerting every ef-
fort to see that this
is a red letter day
in your lives.
And when you
have left us remem-
Der that Ardmore
and all of Carter
County will be en-
Enthusiastically be-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
GIRL SCOUTS TO
HELP WIN WAR
PLAN TO ORGANIZE ALL THE
YOUNG WOMEN IN
AMERICA.

Fayetteville, Ark, April 6.-To
organize all the young women in
America in body similar to the
Boy Scouts for the purpose of more
effectively placing the women-pow-
er of the country at the disposal
of the government, is the plan Of
Miss Byrd Mock, prominent Cali
fornia club woman. Miss Mock is
graduate of the University of Ark
ansas and her alma mater will, it
is claimed, be the first school in the
country to organize its women.
Plans for organization are now
under way here and at the Univer-
sity of California.
The organization is to be called
the American Girls Legion and is
to include all young women be-
tween the ages of 10 and 20. 1t is
planned to mobilize all women in
the colleges and universities Of the
country this spring and to extend
organization to high schools in the
fall. The movement had the en-
dorsement of Herbert Hoover, DR.,
Ray L. Wilbur, president of Leland
Stanford, and now a member of the
federal food administration, and OF
the Women's National Council OF
Defense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
.C.B, AMES is MADE
FOOD ADMINISTRAT TOR

Washington, April 6.-Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover today announc-
ed the appointment of c. B. Ames
of Oklahoma as federal food ad-
ministrator for Oklahoma, to sue
ceed DR.. Stratton D. Brooks of
Norman, Okla, who resigned to de-
vote his entire time to his duties
as president of the University OF
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, April 6.-Judge c.
B. Ames of this city will assume the
position of federal food administra-
tor for Oklahoma to succeed DR..
Stratton d. Brooks on April 2. In
an announcement made by Judge
Ames last night, he authorized the
statement that he would accept the
place and move the Office of the state
food administrator from Norman to
Oklahoma City, possible to the
state house.
Judge Ames yesterday received a
telegram from National Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover which said that
President Wilson had approved the
naming of Judge Ames as admins
traitor for Oklahoma. Following the
receipt of the message from Admin
istrator Hoover, Judge Ames for
mally accepted the position.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06
All Business In Arnoe Hats at Noon AS Tribute to Her Soldiers
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ardmore and Vicinity:
Tonight, fair, colder, frost. Sun
day, fair.
Oklahoma Tonight, fair, cold
er except in northwest portion;
frost. Sunday, fair.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day was So degrees; minimum
last night was 81 degrees.
Precipitation.
Precipitation, l.lO inch; total
precipitation for the week, l.2O
inch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06

St. Louis, Mo-, April 6.-Hun-
dreds of thousands of boys and girls
in rural schools of the Southwest
have been released from their school
duties that they may go back to the
farm and help win the war for
America and her allies. Many school
have closed earlier than usual that
the pupils might help with spring
farm work.
In hundreds of cities and towns
of the Southwest and in almost ev-
cry rural community, the schools
are 100 per cent Red Cross, which
means that every pupil is an active
member of the Junior Red Cross.
This activity will increase with the
close of schools in cities and towns
hate in May and the first part of
June.
Many unique schemes were used
In country districts to make the
schools 100 per cent Junior Red
Cross. In Johnson county, Kan
sas, cherry pie social was used as
means to pay for memberships in
the junior organization for every
child of school age in the county
The whole countryside baked cher
ry pies and the pies were auctioned
at the social. A woman IS years
old took the prize for the best pie
1t was bid in by man, also Ss
years old, for $l2.50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-06

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