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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-03
i. HOW CAN IT BE DONE

HOW CAIV IT DE DONE
 Many persons who are not well in- formed are of the opinion that the trans actions in the securities market are rep resented by actual cash. But if these transactions were limited to over-the- counter dealings, entailing the use of spot cash, very limited market for the great body of securities would thereby be entailed. Credit is essential Manu- featuring, mining, transportation, all de- pend upon the sale of securities for high development In order to secure mar Set for them there must be a broad and immediate market. If there were not then a corporation would have to pay d high price for it's financing.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11
Senator Ed Johnson Democracy Christianity Stake
Pending Struggle With Power PIussian AufoacU
Allies Holding, in the Main,
Aginst The Prussian Assaults


Reports from the battle fields of
France indicate that the Prussian
forces are making but insignificant
progress in their attempt to break
through the British and French lines.
Washington states that the list of
American casualties for Tuesday is
the largest for any day up to the
present. (The list for six days pre-
ceding the 9th is printed on another
page of todays edition. For April
3rd to the Sth, inclusive, the killed
and wounded approximated 435 in
number, but it is announced that for
the 9th the list embraces nearly 800
names.
This Indicates that the sAmerican
boys are becoming quite active in the
fighting.
Germans Bombarding.
General Foch, supreme commander
of the allied forces, expresses con
fdence in the ability Of the allies to
hold the Germans in check, although
here and there they are pressing the
British back trife and gaining a few
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11

unimportant positions
The center of the German attack
yesterday was in the vicinity of Ar
mentieres, where salient was driven
into the British lines. The latter
however, are reported to be holding,
in the main.
Rushing Reinforcements.
The British are rushing reinforce
ments to the scene of the conflict, and
the American forces are being con,
stantly increased.
( Lloyd George, in recent address,
expressed the urgent need Of increas-
ing the British enlistments or drafts,
America not having sen able to get
as large force into action as it had
been hoped.
E The Washington authorities are
scentering their efforts upon forward,
ing men and munitions, and If the
British and French can hold the
Prussians in check until summer ii
is believed that the danger now
the allied lines will have
been overcome.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11
What America Has Accomplished
The First Year Of the Great War

designed to be of 1880 tons, the
largest battleships in the world.
Prompt repairs Of 1Q9 inteTned Ger
man ships, partially wrecked byst their
crews. added more than 1000 tons
to our available naval and merchant
tonnage sy
War prisoners and alien enemies
numbering 2,040 are now confined in
three barracks in Georgia and Utah.
OF 63,2GB candidates Gor officers
commissions at two officers training
camps, 44,578 were successful; a third
series is now in progress with $1,000
attendance.
Navy has in its possession now q
stock Of supplies suficient for the
average requirements for at least one
year
About 10000 officers and men are
engaged in coast patrol work of the
navy.
Several hundred submarine chasers
built since the war. have been deliv-
Tered to the navy by 81 private con
Iscerns and six navy yards; many OF
these boats have crossed the Atlantic.
some IN severe EeAfher
Treasury department fioated $6, ,6l6,.
s532s309 subscriptions to Liberty bonds
Bonds, certia acates Of indebtedness,
war savings certificates and thrift
lstamps issued ~ the treasury up te
March IL totaled S. $500 S02, ,052 SO.
The United States government had
loaned to foreign governments asso
ciated in the war on March ~, 1918
l$4,436, ,329, ,7be.
GonfrrnSS haze ai,f1,orizr rod ~ 4l2a mn
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11

(The following figures are prepared
by the Committee ON Public Informal
ton, Washington, D. CO
Tctal estimated expense of The I'M
tied States government in the frst
year of war, without loans to the al
+ lies, $12,607 ,278, ,679. OF
During the first year of war the
United States army has Increased in
actual strength from 9,524 officers and
202,510 enlisted men to 123, ,801 officers
and 1,52S,924 enlisted men.
Strength of the navy today is near.
W 21,000 officers and 100000 enlisted
men; strength year ago was 1872
officers and ~ ,946 enlisted men,
The total number of persons now in
the naval establishment exceeds 425..
900.
Estimated total expenditures OF the
navy during first year Of war: dis
bursements and outstanding Obliga.
tions. 1881 900 .ooo. -
Total naval appropria tons, real and
pending, s3,333. III ,665 .04.
American destroyers arrived at. a
British part to assist in patrolling Eu.
ropean waters % days after the decla.
ration Of war.
The first contingent Of the expedi
4 tionary forces landed safely at a
French port S8 days after war was
declared.
American troops went on the line
for their baptism Of fire 1877 days after
4 war was declared.
American troops permanently took
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11
Indus trial Slac ckers Must ok
Or FIGHT Admin stratiye Alan


THE Saturday News suggests that
instead Of taking the farm boys from
the farms the United States govern.
ment take the Industrial slackers and
put them into the military service 0f
the count We care not whether the
Industrial Stacker !. be rich or poor. i
gambler or a common loafer: let him
serve the country whose protection he
is permitted to enjoy. = .Indust trial
slackers will prove to be of small
value in the harvest fields or af the
forges, or at any other Kind of work
with which they are unfamiliar. so,
let them shoulder the guns while men
who know how to work and are will
ing to work perform the useful and
needfuT service which will enable AM
erica to- supply its men III the lights
Ing trench hes Editor
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11
Our s.Germanr Citizens.

Senator Johnson paid tribute to
the loyalty of the American citizen
ship descended from German nativity.
hese people who came from Ger
many, he said, by the thousands
ind hundreds Of thousands, to make
their hons on American soil and uns
der the projection Of the American
Tag, are, with very few exceptions,
sincere and earnest and loyal AYneri-
cans. They should not be judged by
the comparatively few, the very few
in comparison with the whole. who
fail to appreciate the principles Of
true democracy.
And we should be careful. very
careful. with reference to irlpugning
the motives OF that class of our citi.
zens whom we have flemOninated as
German7Americans. Perhaps we are
too prone to embrace them. Isls q class,
with those relatively few who, do not
measure up, to American standards.
We should be careful Ia our inter.
c0Irse and in our conversation with
them, or in discussing them with our
|leighbors. not necessarily TO hurt
sheir feelings, AZ behooves US not to
0stracise them, or any portion 81
| them, BY act or deed, and thus place
shemfin a false light before the coiill.
| try. or before the community
But those among them, or any
others among us. who do not share
our spirit Of Americanisnl, if could
have lny way about it. would he nun:
fdled together ana sent over to the
central allies, SO that PrussiaIl auto,
|scracy could do with them as it pleases.
| We have no room for them or for
people Of their class on American
lsoil
Liberty Loan Bonds.
Senator Johnson closed his brief
Iaddress by an appeal to buy Liberty
lsLpan bonds. 81 borrowed the money
with which to buy the last Liberty
Loan bonds which purchased, he
said, @and i shall have to borrow the
funds with which to. buy those which
IRexpect to purchase of this loan. II
would be crime for America to send
the cream of It's youth to the trenches
Hin France and then fail to supply them
with all needful things to make their
presence there effective in winning q
Ivictory for democracy. But we are
tlnot going to be guilty Of this neglect
ltIf necessary to achieve success, w
! shall send our boys there, not only
liby the thousands and hundreds ci
thousands, but by the millions, to helI
! the end we shall establish throughout
1.-The world the principle that denloc
racy and not autocracy shall be ths
ruling factor in the government Of ths
peoples Of the world 7. 4
L
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-11
lhe / Spirit and Strength Of
AmerieanisnM Must | triumph
Over Prussiian Militarism

JVeT russ
United States Senator Ed. 8. John
tertown in the capacity of a public
speaker on Tuesday evenin s, April 81,
when he addressed a large and en-
thusiastic audience at the Metrop als-
tan theater on the question OF the
Third Liberty loan.
Senator johnson was introduced by
Judge /. III. Myers, Of the municipal
court, in brief but eloquent remarks
concerning the situation with regard
to the war. On the platform were
seated dozen or 80 Of the business
and professional men OF the city,
among whom were Postmaster ]. w.
Martin, long recognized as an espe-
scial friend Of the senator, former.
Mayor H. A. Wagner, b. B. Stiles,
Geo. K Burt, Rev Gay O. White.
Rev. F. e. Stockton, L. w. Stoeeckel,
r s. Lockhart, Mayor Al T Hopkins
and members of the city council, and
others ss
Germany's Preponderance.
Senator Johnson, whose ancestry
for generations lived among the high.
lands of Scotland, CARRIES, to- some
extent, the Scottish characteristics IN
his form and features
His opening observations caused a
stir of surprise among his auditors.
for he said that, contrary to general
assumption. and especially the pre-
availing view in America, the central
allies have q preponderatin ing strength
spn European soil in beth area and
men under arms 5
The area controlled BY the central
allies Germany and its allies em-
braces, without taking Russia into con-
sideration. approximately 700 900
square miles, whereas that under the
control of Great Britain and France
and Italy approximates only q little
over 100000 square miles.
Cant starve Germany.
The idea, therefore, that Germany
can be starved into submission. went
on the senator. is based upon grave
error. The soil held by the central
allies, he said. is Just as productive.
acre for acre, as that held by the en-
tente allies.
Hence, if Prussian militarism is to
be beaten, it surely will be, in
the end, Senator Johnson added, 1T
must be done by and through the re.
sources of the entente allies and Am
erica q
The central allies are superior tn
5pry
said the senator. II behooyes Amer
ica TO be up and doing. The prosecu-
tiOn o f.his war to a successful con.
clusion is the only business Of i'm
portance before the allies, and III this
America must do its part, and do il
with all the haste possible, consist.
/ lent with oroughness.
Civilization Dependent
The civilization Of the Anglo-Saxon
race, declared the speaker, is hang.
intss in the balance Even reIigi ~
the religion alike of the Catholics and
the Prot testants lis at stake for gen.
ierations to come. for the reason that
Prussian militarism is based upon
might rather than right; upon the
principle that the proclamation OF ev.
5Iy cry thing sarIeu is Justiflable Id order
that Prussian alitocracy may emerge
trump phant upon the theory that the
80 diyine rig IS Of kings, to which
iTussian rulers adhere. is superior to
human rights and outweighs in the
human scale the principles Of the
religion OF Him who died upon the
cross for iie sal va ton of men y souls
he speaker appealed to Americans
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
'Fighh7g Is Becoming
Heauier Every Hour Is
News From Battle Line

Germans during the previous night
the town was entirely cleared by an
allied advance in the region to the
north, while from the west Franco
American troops, commanded by
Gen. Degoutte, were crowding in on
the Germans.
"Betweeen the Ourcq and the
Marine, the enemy was attacked by
detachments under General Mitry,
which had crossed the Marne.
The general result was that the
Germans were thrown back from 8
to 10 kilometres (about 5 miles) on
the Chateau Thierry ront.
Desperate Resistance.
"The enemy is opposing desperate
resistance farther north, endeavor-
ing to maintain his hold on Scissors
and Oulchy lie Chateau, which form
the two pivots of his defensive sys-
TEN, but his tenure of those points
must be very difficult.
Between the Marne and Rheims
the fighting was characterized by
brilliant actions at the foot of the
Mountain of Rheims.
French, British and Italian
troops We'd with each other in BRAY
cry and pressed the enemy without
respite.
Although the Germans have been
considerably reinforced, the allies
made further important progress.
Tries to Hold Flanks.
Thus, while the enemy has given
way in the center, it is seen that he
is making desperate efforts to hold
on the two flanks of the front from
Soissons to the Ourcq and from the
Marine to Rheims.
German General Won Boehm is
in very precarious situation in the
pocket by reason of Gen. Foch's
strategy and the irresistible power
behind it, attested by the brilliant
successes of our armies.
"Never it may be said, did our
high command deserve greater con-
fdence from our peopel than in
these days of great hopes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
PROVENCE NOTES.

John G. Fletcher of Ardmore was
here Saturday in the interest OF
Sheriff Garrett.
Prof. G.. c. Adams has two
very sick children.
Corn is burned up out here, but
cotton looks reasonably good.
Provence lodge No. III, !. O. O.
F., installed the following officers
Saturday night: J. w. Holley, N. 6.
Sam Owens, V. g.; J. w. Rues,
secretary.
John Paul is working in Ard
more.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Harris have
left for Colorado, where Mrs. Har-
ris goes for her health.
Robert l.. Lucas has rented land
at Glenn for 1919.
Joe White is very i'll with typhoid
fever at the home of w. n. Stew
art.
School commenced Monday with
Prof. G.. c. Adams in charge. The
attendance was good and prospects
are flattering for good school.
Boil weevil have made their ap-
pearance in some of the cotton
fields.
Miss May Williams will take
charge of the primary department
of the Provence school Monday.
Miss May possesses all the quail
ties that go to make a good teach
er and will make rapid progress in
the primary department.
Elder !. A. Rice came in from
Paws Valley Sunday and will be-
gin series OF meetings at Legate
today.
Jess Hoosier wal called to Tish-
omingo Monday for examination
for the army.
]. M. Parler has been fishing on
the river and reports a pretty good
cacth.
Everybody says The Ardmoreite
is the best paper that comes to the
Provence postoffice. War news is
just about one day ahead of the
same news in the Dallas Morning
News
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
BASEBALL'S FATE PENDING.

Washington, July R.-Secretary
Baker and Provost Marshal General
Crowder are considering today the
advisability of extending the effec-
tive time of the work or fight order
as it applies to professional base
ball players so as 10 permit the
completion of the season.
Cleveland, Ohio. July 22.-Presi-
dent b. r. Johnson of the Amer
;ean league shortly before noon to-
DAY announced that he had received
advices from Washington that Sec
retary of War Baker and Provost
Marshal General Crowder would
meet at 2 p. m. to discuss the ques-
ton of baseball being pon-essential
and that pending further word from
Washington the meeting of the
American League owners here 4,
decide the fate of baseball would b.
postponed until $50 p. m.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION TO
MEET IN ARDMORE IN 1919

Oklahoma City, Okla, July a.
The convention next year of the ID.
{. ID. Highway Association will be
held in Ardmore, is the announce
ment of K. a. Singlc:ary, manager
OF the Oklahoma Good Roads Asso-
citation. who has returned from
convention for thE year. The main
Lamar, Col, where he attended the
line in Oklahoma of the ID. c. ID.
Highway goes through Beaver,
Blaine, Roger Mills, Washita.
Kiowa. Comanche. Stephens, Car
:er and Love Court;es. and crosses
the Red river into Texas near
Gainesville. Mr.. S.ngletary, with
ID. J. Young, president of the ID. c
d., will soon make an inspection triI
over the route in Oklahoma, or
ganizing branch associations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
u. S. CONFISCATES
MILLIONAIRE METAL
BUSINESS OF HUNS

Washington, July "a. Mitch
ell Palmer, alien property custodian
announced today that he had taken
over the business of l.. Nogelstein
& Co., and Beer Sondhcimer 4 Co..
both large German-owned metal
concerns of New York City. The
assets of the former are upward OF
$9,000,000, and those of the latter
more than $5.0OO,OO0. Enemy in
terest in Stalforth & Co. of New
York, dealers in silver bullion, with
capitalization Of $l,0OO,0OO, also
has been taken over.
Vogclstein & Co. and Beer. Sond-
heimer & Co. filed reports with the
alien property custodian. Mr.. Pal
mcr, in which they claimed they
were American-owned corporations
but investigation showed an endeav,
or had been made /, cover up the
German ownership Of the assets
after the United States entered the
war.
In taking over these and other
metal businesses. Mr.. Palmer said
he had smashed for all time the
German control Of the metal in
dustry in this country"
BeeA Sondheimcr & Company,
and l.. Vogelstein & Company,
were closely affiliated. Mr.. Palm
er said. with the German Metal
Gesselschaft, which for some years
has dominated the entire metal
market of the world. These COM
panies, with the American Metals
Company, the enemy interest i'll
which already has been taken over
so controlled the metal market i'll
the United States that they were
able to sell copper, aluminium,
zinc, and other metals in Germany
at prices much lower than Ameri-
can consumer.
Stallforth & Company was de-
scribed by the custodian as anoth-
CT link in the chain of German
control of the countrys' metal
markets. F. Stallforth, the princi-
pal stockholder, now is interned 1t
Foot Oglethorpe, Ga.
Investigations conducted by
Francis p. Garvin. director of the
bureau Of information of the alien
property custodian's office, were
said to have revealed that Beer,
Sondteimer & Co. owns half in
terest in the National Zinc Com
pany, the entire stock of the Cuba
Copper Company, the Cuba Cop
per Leasing Company and the
Norfolk Smelling Company. and
5000 shares of Miners Separation
American Syndicate, Limited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
MILLIONS WASTED IN
AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTS
SENATE COMMITTEE SAYS

Washington, July 22.-Waste of
millions of dollars in experimenting
with the English Bristol and other
types of airplanes will be reported
to congress by the senate military
Subcommittee investigating air
craft production, members of the
committees said today in announc-
ing that their report is now being
drafted.
Other findings of the committee
said. Senator Thomas, chairman. and
some members will be that 1900
training planes costing S6,0O0,000 re-
Gently were junkcd because they
were regarded as too dangerous for
use that several aviators have been
killed in flights with dangerous
types of planes and that amateurs
in the engineering and administra-
tive sections have contributed to the
delay in production.
Responsibility for part of the pro-
duction delay was placed by COM
mitteemen on the former aircraft
production board, but they said that
with the work now under the direc-
ton of John ID. Ryan director gen
eral o production, and Major Cen
eral kenly, the prospects are much
improved.
All the members were agreed that
the Liberty motor is a complete sue
cess. 1t is too heavy for the Bristol
plane, senator's said, and that type,
SO successful in Great Britain, has
been abandoned by the war depart
ment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
NEGRO AND WHITE BOYS
JOIN IN A CARNIVAL OF
BURGLARY SATURDAY

Juvenile burglars are becoming
numerous in Ardmore. Saturday
night the store of the New State
Hardware Company was entered by
breaking rear window and SS+.oO
in cash and a flashlight taken.
Sundy, Policemen Chandler and
Johnson and Fount Duston, con-
stable. worked on the case until
they had arrested three negro boys,
Tom Arnold Is, Ernie Johnson IL,
and Charlie Satterwhite IL, charg-
ing them with burglary. They learn
ed that there were two white boys
with the negro youths engaged in
the burglary and that they had gone
to a point near Berwyn. They will
be brought to jail this evening.
One of the negro boys had bought
a bicycle for Sl7.S0. This was taxi
en- back to the man who had sold
it and the money recovered. This.
with what the boys had not spent.
made the sum of SIZ5 recovered,
the remainder having been spent
by them.
The Gregg store on West Main
street was also entered Saturday
night and So or S3S taken. En-
trance was gained at this place by
breaking the back door. Policeman
Chancellor -sweated" the boys in
jail yesterday afternoon and they are
alleged to have admitted that they
were the ones who entered the
Gregg store and got the money
there, but they insisted they had
spent all of it.
II is possible to get the negro
boys in the reform school for negro
youths at MeAlester. but the school
for white boys at Pauls Valley IS
full and no more can be received
at present.
The negro boys are held at the
county jail awaiting the arrival of
the two white boys from Berwyn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-22
(By the Associated Press)

With the French army in France,
July e. Reuters correspondent
wires:
THE region Immediately south of
Scissors forms the key to the Ger
man position and here the enemy
has concentrated heavy forces for
the purpose of holding back the ad-
vancing tide of the allies. The lat
ter however, continue their prog
ress, although the fighting is be-
coming heavier each hour.
They have aiken a large number
OF prisoners, the number being more
than has beeen announced. and new
patches of captives are arriving.
THE number of unwounded pris-
oners alone far exceeds the total
casualty of the allied troops since
the victorious advance began.
The correspondent has seen a
large column of these prisoners COM
ing in and, from their appearance,
they were certainly picked men.
The number of undamaged can
non taken by the allies is very large,
and constantly is increasing, while
at the same time large quantities of
ammunition have been captured.
The advance of the armies COM
manded by General Mangin and
Genera Degoutte on this flank aver
ages ten kimetres (6 IL miles) while
General Beerthelot, who is smashing
at the other side of the pocket CON
tanning the defeated Germans, is
also progressing appreciably.
The French, Americans and Brit
ish are working in closest co-opera-
tion and with absolute confidence.
Paris, July R.-In reviewing the
military situation as it stood last
night on the active front between
SoisSons and Rheims, the Havas
Agency today says:
General Foch's victory increased
greatly in scope yesterday. With
Chateau Thierry evacuated by the