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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
DECLARES GERMANY WILL NOT YIELD
ONE INCH OF ALSACE-LARRAINE
Says Kasers Empire VIII Fight End Keep
Country Which She Stole From France

made one of our war aims, it becomes
important to know what the Ger
mans thing about Alsace Lorraine If
they think they can not let it go, then
the world probably faces two more
years of war,
BY the act of recording without
violent language what the Germans
think about Alsace-L Lorraine an AM
erican correspondent will seem to be-
come the advocate diabolus but it is
no good assigning to people the views
they do not hold, or imputing TO them
the views we would like them to hold
but which they do not. The poores.
service a citizen can do his county
is to misfepresent the convictions
his country's enemies hold.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
HUN HUNTING IN j. S.
NOW HAS THE CALL
Secret Service of the Nation
Is At Work Tracing Down
Enemy Agents and
Spies

Washington, March 6---Representa
tives of the various government bu.
reaus of investigation and secret serv-
ice were called into conference today
at the Department Of Justice to dis
cuss means of ordinating their
work and eliminating duplication in
the ferreting out Of enemy agents.
These meetings have been held
weekly for nearly two months, 1t was
disclosed today although heretofore
care has been taken to maintain
secrecy Officials finally consented
to publication of the facts after it be.
came evident that propaganda is be-
ing conducted throughout the country
for some sort Of consolidation Of tho
bureaus.
represented at these conferences
are the Department Of Justice, Bureau
of Investigation, the largest Of the
government secret service agencies,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
TO HAVE OR NOT TO HAVE
A FAIR, IS QUESTION
Officers and Directors of Valley
Fair Association Issues Call
For Meeting At City
Hall To Determine

The directors of the Cimarron Val
Icy Fair association met at the Cham
ter Of Commerce yesterday for fl
raj checking up of the affairs of last
years fair and the discussion OF
plans for the future After discussing
pans and ways and means a meeting
Of the stockholders of the fair aSso-
citation business men and citizens gen
orally was called to meet at city hall,
Thursday evening, March ia, TO hear
reports Of the officers, discuss the af-
fairs of the association and say
whether or not fair should be held
this year
Following j. the call
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Cimarron Valley Fair
association is hereby called at the
city hall in the city of Guthrie, Thurs
day evening March at $ o'clock
lOr receiving the reports OF the OH
GERS of the association, election OF
directors, deciding upon plans for the
1918 fair and the transaction Of such
ether business as shall come before
the association
AS matters vital to tne life OF the
association and the continuance of the
fair will come before the meeting oV-
cry stockholders urged to be present
and take part in the meeting
Come out and say whether another
fair shall be held and when and how
and under what conditions and plans
Lyman j Gray president Fred l.
Wenner, secretary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
ON WEST FRONT.

London, March 6-Field Marsha
haig's official statement issued to-
day reads:
In the raid last night at Warneton,
strong resistance was encountered and
a least forty of the enemy were kill
ed. Our troops, nevertheless, reached
the German second line and repulsed
two counter attacks with further loss
to the enemy Our own casualties
were light
During the night the enemy raided
two of our posts, one south of ST Quen-
tn and the other southeast of Epehy.
Four Of our men are missing.
To-day the enemy artillery has
shown some activity at different points
between Flesquieres and the Scarpe
river Hostile working parties in this
area were dispersed by our artillery
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06

farmer, junker and industrial magnate
and moderate socialist speak the same
language. 1t is summed up in this
appalling sentence uttered by demo-
cratic leaders of today:
If there is no end to war but by
ceding Alsace Lorraine, you must be
prepared to continue the war until
Europe, now a battlefield has become
a shambles"
Whether this is the Language of des
pair or conviction is now plain. 1t is
q language of conviction Next years
operations may turn it into a langu-
age of despair, but the purpose Of this
dispatch is 10 consider as candidly
as possible its present weight.
Gives Views Germans Hold.
Since Alsace- Lorraine has been
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06

me Browning machine gun tao
heavier and the lighter were tested
successfully in Washington The heav
ier gun, which is shot from triped
had in "A previous government test
fired $500 shots without break. In
another test it fired 10000 shots in
As minutes and Is seconds 1t weighs
thirty-iour and one half pounds with
the water Jacket for cooling purposes
FILLED The lighter gun, which is fired
from the shoulder or hip, life a rifle.
weighs Is pounds 1t fired twenty
shots in PIP second.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06

New York, Mar 6James ODon-
nell Bennett, in a cable from Stock
holm today says:
If we were asked to restore Texas
to Mexico, the answering "no" re-
sounding through the land would
hardly be more energetic than the
German mo" when the cession Of
Alsace Lorraine to France is dis
cussed.
Although the enlightened Germans
claim they disapprove Of land grab
bing outside their frontiers, they are
emphatic as to holding what they
consider their own within them. This
goes for German POLAND as well as
Alsace- Lorraine. They call both pill
lars Of the empire. On this subject,
humble and exalted workman and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
JAPAN WILL PROCEED
AGAINST HUNS IN SIBERIA
pETR0GRAD ALMOST DE
SERTED BY CIVILIAN AND
DIPLOMATIC POPULA-
TION; SEAT OF GOV
ERNNIIlN REMOVED
TO MOSCOW
BULLETIN

An Atlantic Port, March 6--The Am.
erlcan steamship Armenia, formerly
a German merchantmen, lies heached
and badly damaged on the British
coast after being torpedoed by Ger
man submarine, It was learned with
the arrival of the ArmenIas crew
here today The attack took place
on Feb g. about two weeks ter Sec
retary Daniels made public the details
Of a similar attack on the Armenia In
December.
Another ship. though to be a troop
Transport has been reported by wire
less, torpedoed on the Irish coast.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
BULLETIN.

Washington, March Git was au
thorltatiVeIy stated today that the
United States has sent no commun-
cation 10 Japan on the subject of ao
ton IN Siberia, il any views Of this
government are oppressed they prob
ably will be conveyed to Great Brl
tain, through which the United States
has received all its information Of tho
situation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
WHAT 4 FOOLISH
QUESTION TO ASK

London, March 6--An official Rus
sian statement published today says
Ensisn Krylenko the Bolshevik com
mander- in chief, has sent message
to the Geramn and Austrian chief
commanders stating that the Germans
and Austrians are still fighting, not
withstanding the conclusion of peace.
Ensign kryIenko asks whether the
German high command has taken all
steps necessary for cessation of hos
tlities. a ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
ANOTHER AMERICAN TROOP SHIP IS
REPORTED HIT BY GERMAN Torpedo
American Hen O
Job; Eggs Drot 3
II Gents In Pm

New York, March 6--The greS
American hen is doing its bit to
help whip the Kaiser
p Q Foy market expert for the
United States Food Administration,
is responsible for this statement
and P @ ought to now TO sub
stantate his statement, p Q point
ed out that eggs hayo fallen 27
cents per dozen in New York In
week
Anyone will be convinced that
the American hen is on the Job
said Foy, when they realize that
26,S07S66 eggs were received in
New York alone yesterday"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
NO DAMAGE TO Gas To
EXTRACT THE GASOLINE
Heating Value of Product Not
Appreciably Impaired, Is the
Burden of the Experts
Opinion

Oklahoma City, March G--The oper-
alton Of absorption plants for eXtrac-
ton Of gasoline from gas being trans
ported through pipes before delivery
for commercial consumption does not
reduce the heat value OF the gas to
an appreciable extent This was one
OF the main features of the recent
hearing by the corporation commits
son of complaints Of Oklahoma City
consumers against the Oklahoma Ma
tural Gas company and the Oklahoma
Gas and Electric company, the latter
the distributing company for Okla
homa City
It had been c0ntended firmly that
By reason Of several absorption plants
located on the pipe lines Of the Okla
homa Natural Gas company through
which was conveyed to the oklahoma
City consumers that the heat value
of the gas was materially reduced
DR. Edwin DeBarr, chemist Of the Ok
lahoma STATE university, who was
called as an expert witness, said that
there is practically no reduction of
the heat value by the extraction Of
the gasoline content Possibly there
might be q reduction of to 20 per
cent in its b T unit value that is,
it's burning unit value" said DR. ne
Barr. My authority for stating that
is bulletin No l20 published by the
fuel administrator OF the United
States, Mr. Murrell"
Experience in Ohio.
The corporation commission had
nn.. \
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06

Madison, March 6--After an all
night vigil the state assembly failed
to break the deadlock on the resolu-
tion to censure Senator Robert M La
Toilette for his attitude toward the
war
The loyaist strength shown on a
roll call at 2;t0 this morning showed
As votes. three fewer than required
At 5:45 the weary members again
voted on the oft-ropeated motion to
raise the call The count was yeas.
A; nays, 49, The register showed
that Assemblyman Aulenbacher had
shifted to tho loyalsts, but that two
of the latter. Engebretzon and Kur-
tenacker, had gone over to the La
Toilette isde.
Another roll call at o'clock lett
the situation unchanged Loyalist
members admitted that they had
reached their maximum strength.
A new subject in which everyone
was vitality and obviously interested,
namely, breakfast, brought out amo-
tion by Assemblyman Donnelly for a
gentlemans agreement to 90 out for
something to eat.
Assemblyman Turner, socialist, OBJ
ieCted, which blocked the motion
The session finally adjourned until
3 o'clock today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
ROTARY CLUB HEARS EN-
GAGING BUSINESS TALKS

The Rotary club at its regular week
ly MONDAY luncheon today, considered
a number Of business matters Dele
gates were appointed to attend the
district conference of Rotary clubs.
Some engaging three minute talks,
punctuated with pat stories. were
made. The clubs entertainment com
mittee has a number of national eel
ebraties booked for future luncheons
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
sAMMIES TO THE FORE.

Somewhere in France, March e.
America has reached the point i'll this
war where the hard jolts begin.
Our troops are in the first line
trenches, facing the Germans.
Our airmen are now weaned from
their French and English instructors
and are covering their own section OF
the front
German submarines have sunk an
American traap ship and many lives
have been lost
Our troops have been gassod by the
Germans.
Mist Give Men Now.
Up to this time Americas chief
contribution to the allied cause has
been money and food. But these
things did not bring the war close "
to the American people.
America will never put forth heI
best efforts until she suffers, a
French general told me months ago
when our troops first arrived, "A
soldier must feel deeply before hi
fights in deadly earnest"
So must the people at home.
This same general has already los
three sons killed in action and fourtl
is now in a hospital desperatel!
wounded.
If anybody in France has suffered
he and his good wife have,
A Victory by Arms,
Yet they have not permitted thel
sorrows to overcome them or presen
them from putting forth their mos
determined efforts to help defeat TIL
Germans.
The more | see of the war owe
here The more | realize what is ahea
for America before a victorious peae
frontIprad On De- Five
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
MILK SPECIAL ON !. U.

The interurban will run milk
special from Guthrie to Oklahoma
City beginning March Is. The
special" will leave Guthrie at 1882
each morning and will stop at every
station along the line, arriving at
Oklahoma City at $50 N.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
ANOTHER SHIP ToRpED.

Belfast, Ireland, March 6-The Brit
ish liner Galgarlan has been torpedoed
off the Irish coast There we're $40
persons aboard nearly 500 of whom
have been landed at an Irish port.
The Galgarlan was struck by four tor
pedoes
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
BOLSIIENIN WILL
NOT SUBMIT TO HUNS

Petrograd, March 6-The BoIsheVi.
k are prepared TO withdraw even as
far as the UraI mountain rather than
submit to the defeat of the revolution
said Leon -CrotzNy In an interview to-
day with the Associated Press.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
CENSOR YOUR OWN BATHING
SUIT, SAYS THIS MAYOR

New York, March 6-The govern
ment having suggested conservation Of
cloth, Mayor Mcdonald Of Bradley
Beach, N J, cvlnced his patriotism to-
day by declaring that women bathers
this summer may censor their own
attire. Bradley Beach, famous for its
coast line, is expecting to develop
something new in the way of lines.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
AFTER SEARS. RoGBUCK

Washington. March 6-Complaint
was issued today against Sears Roe
buck & Co. of Chicago, by the federal
trade commission, charging unfair
methods of competition in the con
duct of its business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06

Associated Press.
4 81 8

London March 6-Before the close
Of the second day of the weeks war
bond campaign, tanks which are tour
ing London and the provinces had
brought in nearly 25,000,0O0 pounds.
The bishop of London, speaking from
the top of tank today declared he
had invested his last hundred pounds
in bonds and that all his income was
gone. He said he was having his land
plowed UP for allotments and his
houses had been turned into Red
Cross hospitals
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
It IS WAR To THE DEATH
NOW ON THE WEST FRONT
BLOODY DAYS ARE CLOSE
AHEAD; SOME ii \ X ID
JOLTS DUE AMERICA
I AND OUR SAMMlES
At FRONT, SAYS
4 CORRESPONDENT
BULLETIN

With the American Army in France
March 6--Amerlcan troops again went
over the top after the Boches this
morning, and they did it with will
and shout and brought victory to
their banner. Thirty two Hun pris-
oners were taken, a vicious gun was
sIenced and dangerous front line
trenche taken from the enemy No
American casualties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
ON TO MOSCOW.

London, March 6-The evacuation
cf Petrograd has begun. Three state
ministries, according to Reuter- dis
patch from Petroerad dated Tuesday
have started to leave the capita from
which the population also is fleeing
hastily.
The holshevki government proposes
TO declare Moscow the Russian Capl
tai and Potrograd a free port
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
4e LosT VILE roRpen sHlp.

London, March 6-Offclal an
nouncement was made by the admir-
atty today that the British armed
merchant cruiser Calgarian was tor
pedoed and sunk on March /, Two
officers and 46 men were lost
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
Ship Tonnage Loss
More In February.

London, March G--Commander Carl
yon Belalres, Unionist member for
Maidstone, in the house Of commons
today gave submarine sinkngs of
merchantmen as averaging 10000 tons
weekly in January and 5000 tons
weekly in February
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
LaFoIlette Condemned
By Assembly Vote
BULLETIN

Madison, Wis, March 6--The reso-
luton eondemnine Senator LaFolIette
was passed by vote of fifty-thre 10
thirty two in the state assembly this
afternoon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-06
D4sg AaE&g '---''"' .a'1''~'Nt ,'~'----<sspe.
s,MkAIdEEN

Monday--Whcatless day,
Tuesday MeatIess and ona
meatless meal all other days.
Wednesday-WheatIess
Thursday-PorkIess.
Saturday--Porkless.
New Orleans, La, March 6-Tonight
fair, colder southeastern Oklahoma;
freezing temperature. Thursday, fair
with rising temperature.
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CContlnued on Page Five,
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CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
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Continued on Page Five,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
D. c. TOPUSH LOAN
HARD FROM START
Big Amount Expected When
Liberty Hut Celebration Is
Held Opening Night.
PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY

Washington's celebration of the inau-
guration next Saturday Of the three
weeks campaign for the fourth liberty
loan will be marked by large patriotic
rally to be held that night in the Lib
erty Hut. under the auspices Of the bus
mess men Of this city.
There will be list of prominent
speakers who will make brief addresses,
singing, band music and other novel
features to add to the inspiration and
entertainment of the occasion. The mu-
sic will be furnished by the United
States Marine Band.
The local committee expects this
meeting to serve as a fitting climax
to the opening day. If the commit
tees expectations are realized, a large
portion of the District of Columbia's
quota of s27.60S,OOO Will be raised at
this meeting. This figure has been
officially determined as the city's
quota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
SUPPORT FOR LIBERTY
LOAN DRIVE PLEDGED
Columbia Heights Citizens Asso.
citation Also to Aid in Fight
On Food Profiteering.

Every possible support will be
given the government by the Column
nla Heights Citizens Association IN
the coming liberty loan drive. The
executive committee of the orsanixa-
ton will give its utmost aid to the
food administration in its efforts to
stop food profiteering. These pledges
were made at meeting of the
executive committee last night.
A meeting of the association will
be held at Wilson Normal School
next Monday evening, when plans
VII! be made to give effect to each
pledge. A committee composed of F.
J. Rice. II: G. Cole, A. b. Carly and
Or. l.. F. kebler was appointed to di-
rect the work OF the organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
14STAR GERMAN PILOTS
KILLED OR CAPTURED
Lowering of Morale in Service Re
suits in Largely Growing
Number .Desertions.


Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. September Ger
many's losses in the air now include
many. IL not most, of the star pilots
whose names during the last year re-
ceived continuous advertisement in
the German communiques. Fourteen
Of the airmen credited by the German
reports with the most numerous VIC
tories have been killed or captured.
Any one who follows the German
air communiques carefully finds some
curious occurrences in. them Occa-
sionally an absolutely new name
crops up, its owner being suddenly
credited with his twentieth victory
or so. the name perhaps never APP
pearing again.
Germany'S enthusiastic adoption of
advertising methods in the recording
Of all sorts of aerial performances by
individuals has clearly failed to pro-
vide the German air service lately
with the stamp of pilot it desires.
The largely increasing number Of de-
sertions from the German air service
during the last few months is said
to be due to a general lowering of
morale in the service and dissatisfac-
ton with a system by which 1t is
alleged favoritism is shown to certain
pilots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

dence of the hasty retreat of the Ger
mans. Several were wrecked. and the
muzzle OF one was blown on. appar-
emily by a defective she'll Manufac-
turers' imprints show many were
made as early as 1906.
The great army Of postmasters and
postal employees in the United States
was instructed today by Postmaster
General Burleson to do its utmost for
the liberty loan, both by assisting in
advertising and by individual sub
scriptions.
Depot quartermasters everywhere
were ordered by Brig. Gen. r. e.
Wood. acting Quartermaster general,
to aid in the drive by furnishing dis
plays of quartermasters' supplies and
reclamation supplies whenever re-
quested by liberty loan committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26

campaign In tAs interest OF the feurth
liberty loan Owing 70 the large num-
her Of ofacsrs and employees Of this
branch Of the ssrvfce in Washington
the department. anttcipstes = loan
record at the end Of the drive that
win b TIE cause Tor much pride.
Brig. Cen n H Lord, Army liberty
loan ofdcsr. has Designated Capt. Rob-
ert W. Daniels Quartermaster Corps.
as his assistant in charge of the loan
campaign. Capt. Daniels has opened
In rooms 3o0S and 301o,
unit q, Potomac Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
WAsHINCTON's SUBSCRIPTIONS

sylvania avenue between 9Th and
10th streets. and the other Is on the
Avenue near 18th street The sales
booths at these huts will be kept
open every day and until midnight
every night and there will be enter
tainment of some kind at both places
practically all the time.
In addition to Mr.. Johansen. the
chairman, the subcommittee includes
G. w. Semmes, vice chairman; George
Weaver. Rudolph Jose, e. l. Bruce.
81. M. Fridley. l. e. Sullivan. F. \.
Johansen, Walter Dineen, Charles
Clagett c.. J. Parkinson, J. kozier
Biggs. 81. T. Poole, DIR. Robert Scott
Lamb, Harris N. Brown, Benjamin F..
woodruff. George T. Howard and B.
F. Zimmerman.
The subcommittee on groups of en-
ployes consists of D. B. Casley. chair
man; John Dolph. vice chairman;
Fred W.. Mackenzie. Isaac Cans,
Charles Carne. William Dalton. Gen.
T. D. Simms, Arthur May, Morton J.
Luchs. Leon S. Ulman. o. ]. DeMo1l,
Samuel Kimberly and H. S. Reside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-26
MRS. ELLSWORTH NAMED

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. jr.. chair
man Of the housing committee of the
War Work Council, National Y. w. c.
A.. has appointed Mrs. S. w. Ellsworth
of Boston. Mass. as her representa-
tive in this district. Mrs. Ellsworth
has secured offices at 1416 F street.
Two houses have just been opened
by the Y. w. C. A., Mrs. Ellsworth
stated, at Silver Spring. Md. and
Georgetown, where over 200 girls can
be comfortably housed at reasonable
prices.