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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
90 BODIES RECOVERED
FROM SUNKEN STEAMER
MUCH DRUNKENNESS ON BOARD AS
VESSEL CRASHED, POLICE ARE TOLD
RY-MAkERS ABOARD AFTER A NIGHTS OUTING
WERE ENDING THE EVENINGS AMUSEMENT WITH
DANCING-VICTIMS NEARLY ALL FROM PEKIN, ILL

wreck, and soon the entire country
side was aroused Scores of auto
mobiles soon lines the shore and
these cars were lined up with their
headlights sweeping over the waters
while dozens of rowboats went to
the rescue of men and women strug-
Cling in the river.
Orchestra Leader Swims to Shore
Many persons succeeded in swim
ming to shore with assistance,
among them being the leader of the
orchestra, Arthur Knapp OF Chi
cago.
I'VE were playing when felt the
boat suddenly list to the lee side" "
said Knapp. 81 knew something
was wrong. and | made for sky
light. | broke this with my fiS:
and crawled through. When
reached the upper deck | jumped
off and swan ashore"
After the survivors had been
cared for it was found impossible,
because of darkness. to continue the
search for bodies, and this was halt
ed until daylight. AT sunrise scores
OF volunteer workers hacked at the
wreckage while two divers began
bringing out bodies, which were
lifted into launches and taken to
Pekin for identficatic<. Homes of
practically all victims were in Pekin
or in Kingston Mines, a settlement
about six miles north of Pekin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
WILSON WILL VETO
AGRICULTURAL BILL
ACCOUNT S2.4O WHEAT

Washington, July 6.-President
Wilson will veto the annual agri-
cultural appropriation bill because
OF the rider agreed to by both SEN
ate and house today fixing the gov
eminent wheat price at $40 a
bushel.
This information was transmitted
to Chairman Lever OF the house ag-
ricutural committee today through
Postmaster General Burlcson just
before Speaker Clark had signed the
bill preliminary to sending it to the
White House.
Officials stated that if the 81 10
price for wheat is approved the price
of flour would be increased ap-
proXimately $2 a barrel with an in
crease of from two to three cents
in the price OF a loaf of bread.
With $2.40 as the basic price, wheat
would probably sell in New York
at $3.50 il was said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
French "Ace of Aces"
Dropped Three Enemy
Planes In One Mi. te

Chicago, July Only strategy
depends entirely on my will de-
clares the "ace OF aces Lieutenant
Fonck, in an interview with Henri
Simoni, published in the June 8 is
sue of the Plane News, printed by
soldiers in France and just received
here. Il put my will in operation
to maintain tranquility in my mind
and, body" continued Lieutenant
Fonck, whose intrepid aerial eX-
ploits over the German battle lines
have thrilled the military world.
"When one fights it is necessary
to fight with all ones faculties. |
will to use mine, and then | am
guided by careful observation and
take advantage OF favorable circum-
stances. That is how, in this battle
where | brought down six German
planes Twill you be so good as to
say that Lieutenant Fontaine and
Lieutenant Battle followed me into
this battle, which was a warm one ~.
| hampered the maneuvers of each
Of them, and | watched, and at the
first lack OF decision on the part
of the adversary | took advantage
of his mistake and brought him
down. got the two first in ten
second and also the two last"
"Were you accompanied in the
last exploit, lieutenant, the day be-
fore yesterday? :"
"Yes. | was in company with
Sergeant Brugere and Lieutenant
Tousaier. always take some young
and outrageous aviators with me to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
GERMANS FLED
FROM j. s. MEN
PERSH|NC CABLES
RUSH FROM BOIS DE LA
ROCHE BEFORE CHARGING
AMERICANS.
COLD STEEL TOO SEVERE
Boche Stampeded After Short
Hand-to-Hand Fighting - Yam
KEGS Artillery Fire So Terrific
Huns Communication Cut.

Washington, July 6.-The Ger
mans fled in disorder from the Bois
de La Roche to the Bois des
Rochets before the charging Amer
ican infantry during the operations
in the vicinity OF NauX last Mon
day and Tuesday, General Pershing
reported in his communique for YES
terday, received today at the war de
partment The hand-to-hand fight
ing. the general said, was of short
duration.
Artillery fire in support of the
American infantry was so effective.
the statement said. that communica-
ton between German battalion and
regimental headquarters could be
maintained only by single messen-
ger dog,
The description of the fighting
around Naux was given in the
course of narrative of events in
the NauX sector, along the Marne,
in Picardy, i'll Lorraine and in Col
mar sector during the early part of
the week. Artillery, machine gun
and aerial activity were noted in
nearly all OF the sectors, with an
unusual movement behind the en-
emy lines along the Marne. There
also was heavy artillery fighting
there and near Naux, and in the
Marine sector enemy ammunition
dumps were destroyed by American
artillery.
The statement on operations yes
terday told OF the capture of Ger
mans by American patrols in the
Chateau-Thierry regions and re-
pulse OF hostile 'raiding party and
two enemy patrols in the Nosges.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Oil Convention for Monday
Oklahoma City Called off

Oklahoma City, Okla, July @
The Oklahoma state convention of
oil, metal and gas producers. called
for Monday. July 8. at Oklahoma
City, was today postponed indefin-
itely because OF the conflictinv
meeting of the same date at Tulca
of government fuel administration
officials and mid-continent oil and
gas men. according to an announce
ment by John T. Burns, western
secretary OF the American Mining
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

Congress. under whose auspices u.
Oklahoma City meeting was to have
been held.
Importance which attaches to the
Monday conference between the oil
and gas men of Oklahoma AMI
neighboring oil producing states n
cessitated the calling off of the
Oklahoma City convention. accord
ing to Burns announcement. Pro-
ducers who were expected at the
convention here are being urged *
wire to attend the Tulsa conference
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

give !S them training an <,r, the fin
Quoted themselves elously. So
it was in this last ,at [ brought
down three pla, nd the fourth
was probably l. 8 at down by Ser
geant Bruger'
How long it take you to
bring down these three planes"
One minute"
That is quick
Yes, for you, but for me it was
a li.tle long"
What minute in your career as
= military aviator was the most
tragic?"
Tragic! No. Say most thrill
ing. 1t was when | brought down
my six planes. 1t was the first time
! was engaged with such strong op-
position. Remember, there were two
enemy patrols and ! brought down
my two last machines in a patrol of
nine German planes. One could
not miss his shot, and under the cir
cumstances, | assure you, | had
need of all my coolness.'
But the thrill ~
That came afterward. When the
battle was over the reaction came.
| was a little nervous, but | can
overcome that. One must have cool
ness, and | have got it, and now that
sort of thing amuses me"
And gaily waving his hand in
farewell, Lieutenant Fonck got in
his gray machine. took the steering
wheel and darted off at full speed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Cotton Mills Strike Settled.

Manchester, July 6.-The strike
OF operatives in the Amoskeag and
Stark cotton mills was settled today
on terms similar to those arranged
in the case of the Lowell strike YES
ierday. the manufacturers agreeing
to the increase of Is per cent in
wages demanded by the strikers.
The increase will be paid from June
II. Union leaders guaranteed not
TO call another strike during the
war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
OKLAHOMA TROOPS Be
COMMANDED in EUROPE
BY GENERAL Smith

Washington, July 6.-Maj. Gen.
W. X. Smith has been assigned, IT
was announced today at the war de-
partment. to command the Thirty
sixth divisional. National Guard.
trained at Camp Bowie. Fort Worth,
Texas.
The division was orga-ized un-
der command of Maj. Gen. Edwin
St. J. Greble, who has not qualified
physically for European service.
The division is composed OF Tex
as and Oklahoma National Guard
troops.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
AMERICANS ON
JULY 4 RIPPED
RANKS Of BOCHE
ED STATES ARMY SUS-
TANNED.
FIGHT WITH AUSTRALIANS
First Baptism of Fire For These
Yankees, But They Go at the Kill
ing as if They Were Veterans.
British Officers Are Elated.
(By the Associated Press)

L
With the British Army in France,
Friday, July 5.-All traditions OF
the United States army for valor
were brilliantly sustained yesterday
July 4, in the successful attack
made against the Germans south OF
the River Somme, when, for the
first time, American infantrymen
took their stand beside their Brit
ish comrades and fought shoulder
to shoulder with them against the
common foe.
1t was a baptism of fire for the
Yankee soldiers on this front, staged
on Independence day and they came
through with flying colors-fittng
comrades for the famous Australian
warriors whom they were assisting,
THE Americans fought like
fiends," declared one British staff
officer.
Unique celebration"
They did all Of that They were
magnificent, and folks at home may
be proud OF the part their boys
took in this unique Fourth OF July
celebration in the shell torn valley
of the winding Somme.
They were fighting over ground
which had already been stained with
blood of thousands of brave soldiers,
but no better troops ever charged
across the rolling fields than the
pioneers from the American army.
Along with this it is possible to
make the cheerful statement that
their casualties were small, accord
ing to the latest reports. Virtually
the entire body of Americans came
through unscathed. This was prob
ably due to the weak resistance
which the Germans offered to the
American onslaught.
Purposely Planned.
Yesterdays operations were plan
ned as Fourth of July celebra-
ton which should bring the Amer
leans into the British battle line for
the first time. American troops
who were to take part in this mem
orable event were brigaded with
their Australian brothers who took
the deepest interest in the forth
coming welding of the link of broth
erhood. The plans were carefully
rchearsed until every American
knew his role almost as we'll as the
hearty veterans from King Georges
army
Few persons along the front knew
Of the forthcoming event, but the
British staff officers were watch.
ng every move with the keenes:
attention. Those officers today were
1utspokenly delighted with what /
hey had seen.
The Americans went over with |
he Australians, behind big tanks, as
hough they had been doing the
,ame thing all their lives. Then came
he clash with the enemy infantry
Imong the shell hole defenses and
lefenses and trenches under the !
,ray light of early dawn. There
vas no hesitation. For week past
he British experts had been din
ling into the ears of the Americans
he word, kill, kill, kill and they
titled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
MOHAMMED VI. IS
PROCLAIMED SULTAN

Amsterdam. July 6-Mohammcd
VI. was proclaimed sultan of Tur-
key in the throne room on top
Kapu palace yesterday morning, ac-
cording to Constantinople dis
patch received here. The burial of
Mohammed V. occurred later. the
coffin being transported from the
palace to the mosque of Ejub in
motor cars.
The new sultan viewed the flu
neral from his steam Yacht.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
KILLS FAMILY AND SELF.

Henderson, n. G., July 60. W.
Blacknall, president of large nur,-
cry concern at Kiitrell. y. G.. eight
miles below here. this afternoon
shot and killed his daughters and
his wife and then committed suicide.
No reason for the act has been
learned. Mr.. Blacknall was 90 years
old and one of the wealthiest and
most prominent men OF Vance
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
GOOD NIGHT. HUN PAPER

Louisville, ~. July b.-"ThiS IS
the last issue during the war" With
this laconic announcement and with
no other expalantion. the Louisville
ARGUS a weekly and one OF the
oldest German language newspapers
in Louisville. ceased publication. 1t
first was issued 10 years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Oklahoma, East
and West Texas: Sunday and
Monday generally fair.
Washington. July 6.-Weather
prediction for the coming week
show the following:
West Gull states: Gener-
ally fair although some slight
probability OF showers over the
northern portion Tuesday or
Wednesday. Nearly normal tenn
peratureS.
Upper Mississippi and Lower
Mississippi Valleys: Some pros
pect of showers early in the
week, with generally fair there
after. Temperatures somewhat
above normal as a rule.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
". S. MAY JOIN ALLIES
~ IN INVADING RUSSIA
Speculation Pro and Con Is Indulg'
ed at Washington.

Washington, july b.-Amcrlca
waiting policy in regard to military
action in Russia is understood to
have ended at a conference at the
White House between President
Wilson and Secretaries Lansing
Baker, and Daniels, Admiral Ben
son, chief of naval operations, and
General March, army chief of staff
For military reasons, strictcst
secrecy is exercised concerning the
nature OF the steps proposed by the
allies.
American and allied naval forces
now are guarding war supplies. botn
at Vladivostok, terminal of the
trans Siberian railroad, and ko!a,
terminal OF the railroad on the Arc
tic coast, which is reported threat
ened by German forces i'll the in
terror.
Allies May Invade.
Belief among the majority OF
American military men that no eN-
pedition on an extended scale should
be undertaken in the east apparently
has undergone no change. In fact,
one official more than intimatel
tonight that today's decision did not
mean the embarkation OF any great
military force across the Pacific.
As to whether il means operations
by an international force OF Japan
ese, French and British, with Amer
leans in sufficient numbers to DEM
Snstrate the participation OF the
United States, he would not say.
The plain intimation was given
that the White House conference
marked the end of the period OF
sIiting which began upon the boil
yeyik acceptance of the Prest-Li,-
5vsk treaty whereby Germany gain
ed control OF a large section of Rus
sia and paved the way Tor extend
ing her influence eastward far into
Siberia.
America has held back while the
state department continued to
Continued on page p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
TOM WATSON NEAR DEATH.

jacksonville. Fla. July o.-Thom-
as II. Watson. OF Thomson, Ga. Is
critically i'll here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
HUN AM MBASSAD0R
SLAIN A 7 MOSCOW
BY TWO RUSSIANS
FIRST WOUNDED WITH RE-
VOLVER, SHOT, THEN is
BOMBED TO DEATH.
WAS GEN. Won M|RBACH
Two Unknown Men Asked for Au-
dience With the Diplomat, and
When Ushered Into His Presence
They Attacked-Assassin Flee.
BULLETIN, 1926 P. M.

(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, July 6. - General
Count Won Mirbach, German
ambassador to Russia, has
been assassinated at Moscow,
according to Berlin report
received by the Havas agency.
Two unknown persons were
involved in the crime.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

Paris, July 6. - (Havas
Agency)-Two unknown men
asked for an audience with the
German ambassador this morn
ing, then attacked him, wound
ing him with shots from re-
volver. They followed this by
throwing grenades.
Won Mirback died almost
Immediately.
The assassins fled and have
not been arrested.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

Basel, Switzerland, July g.
General Count Won Mirbach,
German ambassador to Russia,
was assassinated today at Mos
COW, according to a dispatch
received here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

GUARANTY STATE BANK,
or Ardmore.
Not Too Large for Small Business
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-30
COLLEGE AND WAR

The college year now rapidly draw
ing to a close has been a year that is
unique in American institutions of
higher learning, for it has been charac-
terized by great unrest among the large
portion of the students, chiefly the
young men, who, because of the war,
have been extremely puzzled as to the
action they should take with respect to
entering the military service.
The ranks of the male students in the
college have been depleted by the war,
and virtually all who have been left
behind manifest a disposition to get into
the service. In order to check this
rapid exodus from the colleges, the gov
eminent has recommended that under
graduates who are not within the draft
age continue at their studies, and at the
same time participated in military train
ing provided at the various colleges I'M
der auspices of an officer of the regular
army.
When it is remembered that the Anne
rican government is laying plans that
do not look to the end of the war before
1922, the Importance of undergraduate
ties continuing their education, especial
" along technical lines, will be readily
appreciated. The government has
drawn heavily upon graduates in engi-
neering and other scientific courses for
war work, and, unless young men CON
tinue to acquire training in these cours-
es, the time will come, if the war con
tinues three or four years more, when
notable shortage in men trained for such
work will result. 1t is an undisputed
fact that science will win the war, and
the supply of men scientifically train
ed must be continually augmented by
recruits, who, of necessity, must come
from the American youth under cons
cription age.
Stay in college and pursue your stud
les diligently, until your government
calls you, is the substance of the advice
from the administration to college stu
dents. A man adequately trained to
play a particular role in the war game
is of more immediate value to his coun-
try than he who rushes blindly into the
fray with no particular qualifications
for war work, for in the former instance
long periods of preliminary training,
after the man is in the national service,
are unnecessary, while in the latter, the
man must be put through rigorous train
inc bv the government after enlistment
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-30
DECORATION DAY

Boise Statesman All values are
changing with astonishing rapidity in
these days of war, and Memorial Day
this year will have a new significance,
a significance not dreamed of years ago
when May 30 was set aside as a day for
remembrance of the soldiers who died or
served to save our union.
This year on Memorial Day Marshal
Joffre, Premier Clemanceau, and hon
Ored representatives of England, Italy,
Belgium and Serbia will march with
barred heads to the graves of the first
American soldiers who were killed in
this war in France, and with their own
hands they will decorate the mounds
which mark the last resting places of
these forerunners of our soldier dead.
Memorial Day henceforth will mean
not only the preservation of the Am
erican union, but it will have world
wide significance among the demoe-
racies of the world as a day of homage
for all the soldiers of all the allied
nations who have given their lives in
this greatest of all wars ever fought
for the preservation of liberty and
freedom.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-30

from its vast experience in mortality
data, that ivory kills more than war
and disease put together. - We read of
those killed in action, dead of wounds,
accidents or disease at the front. and
these brave boys, but day by day a
larger company falls out of our own
ranks here at home to answer the last
call. Some are spoken of as victims
OF hard work, of overexertion, but, if
the truth were known, it would be found
1t was worry that FASTENED their end.
Hard work never killed any one. 1t is
worry that kills.
A young man, for instance, rises to
the head of good business or to some
other responsible position. Perhaps he
begins to slaeken, to case up little,
and leaves the details to his subordi-
mates. Things do not move as smoothly,
and, when he wakes up, he finds he has
lost his grasp of affairs and begins to
worry. His friends think hard work
killed him, but it was worry, not work,
that shortened his years. While he was
fighting his way upward his work en-
crossed him, as it will any man capable
of career. Work left him no time for
worry. Keep pegging away Work is
the grain of dust that upsets the fine
balance of the human mechanism, bring
loss of power, slowing down the engine
and ultimately racking it to pieces.
Bear in mind that "worry kills more
men than war and disease put togeth-
err" and so shape your life and hab
ituate your mind that you cannot be a
victim.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-30
WARTIME LITERATURE

,u.o+ will be the effect of the wal
,iteratureQ Up to the present time
oreat volume of reading matter has
f,on, the war zone For the most
s..t this reading matter consists of press
ss;.ratehes, hastily written and imper-
e.at in structure. They are written
- tell story quickly and concisely.
NJ time is wasted by the writers in
embellishments, except in extraordinary
,oses The press dispatches, save In
nrociously few instances, have no per-
manent value in a literary way. De-
.oiopally one comes across magazine
..t;oles on the war that really is Of
norit. and there are not few books,
r,ostlv written by returned soldiers, that
oro interesting because of their first
hord description of life "over there. q"
7. &c doubtful whether many of them
will he of permanent nature-that is
whether they will be read and reread
nv future generations, rather than that
thew shall die when the novelty Of
their theme is worn away
The present war has brought about a
volume Of reading matter vastly great
or than that resultant from any other
war. This is due to immensely of the
struggle, the length of time it has been
raging, and the fact that the people of
the entire world, vitality interested IN
the outcome of the war, are extre-
mely DESTROYS of watching, day by day,
the progress of the fighting. But this
does not bespeak permanence for war
time literature. Rather it would indi-
cate quite the opposite, for the reading
public of the entire world, weary of ac-
counts that picture to one the horrors of
the present war, the SHAMELESS of France
and Belgium or the atrocities perpe-
trated by the Germans, will seek in their
reading that which is quite different
from the story of murder and bloodshed.
They will turn from the horrible to that
which is pleasing and refreshing. Tales
of such brutality as must necessarily be
included in war literature, can prove en-
but to few. The story that
is pleasing is the romantic story of life
and happiness, not the tale of death and
despair, and it is this that more often
is accorded a permanent place in liter
ature That which we read today out
Of sheer interest in current events, will
not necessarily survive tomorrow. His
tory will chronicle the events of the
titanic struggle. Literature will look
10 brighter theme.