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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
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Large Australian Estates
to lN Gut into Small Farms
Tor Returned SUltlirI>.

\ recent report mad" by the In
ted States Consul AT Tasmania, ap
ISLAND Stat" of Australia. includes
he following
The general scheme ol III" r"pr
'riatiun of returned soldiers con
trmnlates placing them un"n The
land Al u recent coufer"nr" he
'wepn the Commonwealth aud mo
Stat" authorities. il was decided
,hat each Stat" would HAY" 10 INA
thr land, while the Commonwealth N
Government would advanc" un t.
Sa.+3: to improve the holding 80
rach returned soldier and pi". '"'
he necessary stock and implements
n lhis State il was deemed that TIL"
.rpwn lands woild prove tn" dii"
-ult to improve to attract r"turn'
,oldierS. and il WAS decided /" pn'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

Manufacturers and dealers in
commercial feeds Tor lN"iock. cat
Tie and hogs must S"cur" licenses
iultr tn" Food Administration hy
f"h L." This covers hal"d hay.
Sh"ilrd ard ear corn. and many 9th
~ commodities intended Tor u.s. rs
feed. or II" ingredients in mixed
feeds. Tn" only exceptions arr for
mill"rs manufacturing bran and The"
dealers in coarse grains who hav'
ilrcady been placed under Food Ad-
,uiiniStration licenses
Applications Tor lic"ns" should b.
addressed To license division. Food
Administration. Washington. II G..
specifying the na,ur" of the business
10 be licensed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

Clean rags wanted at this Off.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

and enlargement OF the school at
Fort Oglethorpe has been authoriz-
ed. its present capacity being $500.
The ultimate needs OF the Medical
department of the Army look to
training camps with capacities to-
falling $4,000 to $4,000 officers AMI
vien
There have been graduated from
medical training camp, since June
|. or are now under instruction
about 5000 officers and 10000 en-
listed men. Various groups now in
Stivr service have been rained. in
cluding officers and men, to operate
ambulance companies. field hospt
tails. evacuation hospitals. base no
pitfalls. and hospital trains.
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hallway systems
of United States
in There Divisions.
For purpoS" of operation the rail
roads Of the United States have been
/ placed in three divisions. as fol
/ lows:
! Eastern railroads The railroads
| in tha, portion of the United State,
north of the Ohio and Potomac riv
crs and east of Lake Michigan and
the Indiana Illinois line; also thost'
railroads in Illinois extending into
that State from points east OF the
Indiana Illinois stat" line, also th'
Chesapcakp a Ohio the Norfolk e.
Western, and the Nirginian rail.
WAYS.
Southern railroads All rail
roads in that portion OF the tnitci
States south of the ohio and Poto'
mac rivers and east Of tn" MisSiSSip
nj river. except tn" Chesapeake a
Ohio. Norfolk u Western. and th'
Nirginian railways. and also thoS'
railroads in Illinois and Indiana OK
tending into those States from
points south of the ohio river
Western railroads. All railroads
not included in the above definition
and. broadly speaking. all railroad'
in the territory west of Lake Michl
gan and of h" Indiana Illinois stat
line to thr ohio river and west of tn.
Mississippi river from tn" ohio riv"l
10 tn" Gulf Of Mexico. excepting
those railroads in Illinois include,
in eastern territory and those rail
roads in Illinois and Indiana inslnd
: ed in southern territory. as abON'
. . t.,t, ed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
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Director General ~ Railroads
NilI issue \O List Of
\our>>cutial Farm Products.

No Est of non essential farm -; "
ducts to he denied tranSpOrtatinr
'as been prepared 10y tn" Dire"'"'
General of Railroads. and the iss"'
nncc of such an order is not con
'rmplat"d.
y is believed that under the plAr
anw being formulated il will be- nos
+;blc to pruvd" adcuuat" transr""-
ion for farm products this yea"
"armrrS are instructed to place 80
!.rs for cars when needed with -
:.ai freight agents. ~ heretofore
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
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Number Of Paint Shade.
viii Be- Reduced
after july I.

Tu conserve lin. lius"rd oil, and
other ingredients of paint and pair'
containers necessary for war ~"
manufacture will he limited - -
"had"s of house paint after july
some firms are now maxim 90
;had"s OF this class of pain,
r'nam"ls will b" restricted hy tn"
'.unuiaciur"r to shades, f!2"'
saint 10 y. roof and barn part :"
"hinglc stains to -. earring" Ha''''
- j. architectural NarniSheS 80 J"
Half gallon cans viii not b" us"..
nd som" other sizes will bc Ii.
",ntinucd.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
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one of the functions of tn" newly
established was service exchange
will b" to answer inquiries Of per
sons desiring to serve in the Army.
II will also keep ."formed of needs
of the various bran hes of III" ser
vice as to personnel and direct suit
able persons as td where and how
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
Secretary of Agriculture
Urges construction Of Roads
Of Military Value.

the policy which he thinks should
Secretary Houston of the Depart
mcnt of Agriculture has set forth
be followed in highway construction
during the war
So far as il is practicable to do
SO this Department will urge tn"
maintinance Of the highways already
con ructed; the construction and
completion of thos" highways whicn
are vilally important because of
their hearing upon the war situation
or for the movement of commOdi-
ties; IN" poStponemcnt of all high
way construction relatively less cS-
Senfial or not based upon important
military or economic needs The
department is preparing to suggest
To the Stat" highway departments
III" preparation of schedule of
lcpntiuupl np Daro 'rbroa,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

will promptly ship any amou,,
War Savings or Thrift Stamns
dered -. reads a notice being -
to all postmasters in the State
This now makes 1t possible fo,
post offices to keep adequate -
plies for sales to the public and y
ar selling agencies. Some comnlaiJ
have been received at State hsJ
quarters in the past week ,ha, h
stamps could not he secured in m,!
towns.
Clean rags wanted at this Off.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08
WAR STAMP SHORTAGE ENDED
IN OKLAHOMA

Th. oklahoma City post office Is
now prepared to supply all the Thrift
and War Savings Stamps needed III
tho cutir. state This word has been
received from Shelley +. Tracy. dl-
rector of publicity of the War say
ings Stamp campaign in Oklahoma
from Claud" Weaver. postmaster AT
Oklahoma city.
"On written rcquisitiUn from YOU.
either by wire or letter. Mr.. Weaver
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

" u u
<rW Courses .N,lIiCu
to Medical Trainin. Camps
aud tapacit, l. Increased.

rnc new sections ar" included IN
III" courses for Officers III m"dlral
training camps at Fort OglrthUrpr.
Ga. and Fort Riley, kans. Fort
Riley has II capacity of 1000 men.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-02-08

to apply, and will cooperate with
the Department of Labor and other
egencisc in locating sAld supplying
men needed for speoai purposes by
various branches OF t.e service.
Inquiries regarding enlistment OPP
portunities. etc, shout be addressed
52a. state War, ana Navy Building.
Washington. D. G..
Worlds supply of ships
sow About 30 Per t"u.
short 81 Normal.
The Food Administration esti-
mates the total number of ocean GO
ing vessels now. afloat at $4,000,
ling gross tonnage Of $1,000.
itr tjns. Losses of shipping dL.
IN. III. war have totalled about s.
.ta.,SU tons, and the supply nt
,h!p. is about 20 per cent short L.
noflhd..
,iiipDuilding in France has been a,
Il s;HndStill since the beginning III
IA war; England's output is les
lnan normal; Japan is hampercd b.
lack of material; the American ship
supply is only beginning.
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1000 Men Experienced in
Handling Horses Wanted
for Veterinary Corps.
For work in the enlisted Nctcrin'
AIRY Corps. 1000 men not subject II
call under the sclective-draft Law
are wanted. They will be assignee
tn duty IN veterinary hospitals ant
for other purposes in the Corps. Ser
vice overseas can be expected short
ly. it is said.
There is particular demand fo'
veterinary and agricultural students
farmers, stablcmen. and others ac
customed to handling horses. :
few men of the following occupation
will also he u ceptcd I1orScshoerS
saddl"rs. pharmacists. cooks. typ
lists and stontSraphers.
Pay for eIlisted men and non
commissioned officers range from
$50 To $50 a month. food. clothing
and quarters. Applications for on
listm"nt can be made at any Arm,
recruiting oih'c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11

man army paid so dearly for an advance
which nowhere exceeds five miles.
This is the essential fact which gov
ems all that follows. for IL, as the Ger
man official press says with n measure
of truth. the German objective is not
a city or a port, but the complete de-
struction of the Allied armies, so our
objective is not to hold a certain geo.
graphical area. hut to punish the ad-
vance so that the enemy forces will be
exhausted. while ours are being con-
st2ntly recruited from oversee for the
last stroke that will give us the victory.
The smallness of the enemy's gains in
this fourth phase of the grand battle
is merely the sign that Won Hutier found
across his path an adversary prepared
as far as was humanity possible. deter
mined and able to contest every yard Of
ground.
Thus the village of Courcelles, only
two miles from the old front. was lost,
retaken, lost again, recovered and re-
mains in the hands Of the French. Thus
Plemont, a position insignificant as com
pared with the Aisne heights. although
encircled and covered with fire. was be-
ing defended till Sunday evening. Since
then no carrier pigeon has come in. and
II must be presumed that the heroic
handful of men who held this point were
overcome. Their Countrymen will not
forget them.
Generally the analysis of the Germa II
aim contained in a previous dispatch is
confirmed. 1t is possible that the mum.
Der of German divisions at once enga eed
in the first line was nearer twenty thar
hfteen. and ii was certain from the artil.
lery counter-propoSition that no surpris,
was to be obtained.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11

ute. II Germany realizes that the Allies
will do all hat possibly can be dom 10
save Paris from humiliation she will not
dare to attempt the effort"
The Petit Parisien notes that Paris Is
well defended by forests. and remarks
that this Is the only kind of ground
which sNll preserves it's Importance.
The German offensive in April. it lays.
died cut when 1t reached Nieppe forest,
and Carlepont wood, the forest-coyered
heights of Mont de Choicy and the VIII
lers-Cotterets forest have so far proved
impossible obstacles in the latest Ger
man advance.
"a forest" says the same paper. now
constitutes the only sufficiently extensive
and impenetrable c~amoufage, especially
at this season, for the movement and as
semblage of troops which canno be REM
dered nugatory by aerial reconnaissance.
The wide stretches Of forest country
which lie between the present front and
the capital constitute the most powerful
protection against the enemy coming
from the north and northeast"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11

that relations with such Governments
as have controlled Germany in the
last one hundred and nifty years would
be impossible in the future, created a
lasting impression here, not only
among Government officials. but upon
the Allied diplomats as well. The lat.
ter saw in the Lansing address the
final and i~rrevocable dedication of
America to a war which shall not end
until the German wal lords have been
destroyed and the whole spirit of
Prussianism driven from the world.
Americans TO Be Aroused
The speech also represented the be.
ginning of Il definite program of
arousing the American pcop!e to a full
realization of what Prussianism has
meant to the world in the past and
what il threatens today. Coming as
il does, at a time when there has APP.
peared to be a softening of the
knockout" policy of Great Britain.
the Secretary of States address should
rally the Allies anew tc the idea that
there cam be no negotiated peace with
a Germany which, as it exists today, is
an outcast among the nations and car
never be trusted again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
p.nish Diplomats. Dies

ESaAsn. June 1.-The weli-known
ID diplomstist. Frank Ernest Billie.
n London yesterday.
BILLIE. who was chamberlain to
r<rw 81 Denmark. was born In
In 1882. In 1859. while
1ept IN WashinEtcn. he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
CONSIDER PARIS
ANOTHER VERDUN
Military Writers Believe
Million Germans Could
Not Capture City
FIND NO PANIC THERE
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918. BIZ Ne,c York Times Co.
Paris. June II.

Special Cable 10 Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1918. bv Ne,c York Times Co.
Paris. June II.
Day by day the feeling Of confidence
that the Allied armies car defend Paris
against any effort the Germans may
make is growing in volume. IL Is curious
to those OF us who were here all through
the critical period of 1914, when the
Germany army got 10 within fifteen
miles of the city walls, and the refugees
poured in from all points five or six
miles out. to note that at present. in
spite of the recent important rogress
repeatedly made by the enemy. there is
an entire absence of those signs of panic
which characterized the week or ten
days Immediately before the battle of
the Marine. Be-.
It is fully realized now that any ques-
ton of the surrender of the city is not
to be thought Of. Under the vigorous
hand of Clemenceau. all necessary prepa-
rations are being made to make Paris
the kernel of the resistance of the
Allied armies. and there are no signs
whatever of any fear as to what the
result will be.
Paris defended" says one writer.
would be for the German army a gi.
gantic Nerdun. Before the Paris front
a German army, were II to consist of
100000 men. could exhaust itself even
more than before Verdun. The city can
be defended with a minimum loss for us.
while the enemy would pay dearly for
every foot gained. Paris, II directly at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
RUSH AUSTRIANS DAY
AND NIGHT TO ITALY
Large Quantities of Munitions
Also Being Distributed
Along Line
Italian Army Headquarters. June II

Austria is rushing the railroads be-
hind her lines in northern Italy to fullest
capacity night and day in bringing
troops to the front, distributing them to
different sectors and moving heavy guns
and large quantities of munitions to
positions near the battTeline. A special
system of drills to improve the physical
conditions Of the Austrian soldiers and
give them training for ASA dlting posi-
tons has also been put into effect.
1t is known that the enemy is making
efforts to prevent deserters
from reaching the Italian lines. carrying
information of troop dispositions. Heavy
rewards have been offered for the shoot
ing of deserters. The enemy, however,
is being watched carefully by the Ital-
ians. who seek to checkmate a threat
ened offensive, whether 1t be on a large
scale or intended merely to bluff the
Italians from sending troops to France
or to satisfy German demands for an
offensive.
Behind the Italian lines the ASPECT of
the country is peaceful. Children are
seen fishing in the annals and streams
or playing upon the great highways
leading up to the front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
CAPTORS LED AMERICANS BACK
German Guards Walked Three
Prisoners Into French Lines

London. June II. - correspondent
with the American army in France tells
how the captors of three American sol.
diers on the sector northwest of Cha
teau-Thierry unwittingly led them back
into the Allied lines owing to the tangled
conditions of the fighting front there.
Corporal Sidney w. Rogers and Pri.
Yates Raymond Howard and Frank 7.
Ridgway We're captured at Hill 2Oi. Two
Germans started with them to the rear
but became confused and walked
straight into the French ines and them
selves were taken prisoner.
The Americans reported that German
officers had questioned them closely as
to when and where they had landed in
Europe. where they were trained and
the identity of their units. The Ameri-
cans refused to answer any of the uues-
tons. The Germans served the Ameri-
can prisoners with a nauseating COM
pound of flour and water as food.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
Secretary Lansing, at Union
College, Officially Sweeps
Away Illusion
OLD THEORY SHATTERED
Call to America and Allies for
unceasing War to Com.
plete Victory
ROBERT r. SMALL
IN TodGy'S Public Ledqer

Washington, June II.
The last shreds of the one.time
dominant theory of the Administra.
ton here in Washington that the
United States is not at war with the
German people have at last been swept
away.
IL Is admitted now that much has
n on in Germany which the world
ought to have perceived. but did not
mere no longer is any doubt that the
RUSSIAN aim of world dominion has
dazzled. with its anticipated clories
and by its promise of a boosted racial
superiority, the German millions who
were to be the Instruments of achieve.
ment."
IL Is recognized now that the war
must go on, not alone until .the az
rosant and brutal Prussians are
nullpled, not alone until the Kaiser
ana his military chieftains desnair or
thelr ambitions, but until the German
people realize that their insolent lords
are not touched by divine fire ana do
nor nave at their command the powers
of heaven" powers
would seem that at last the AID.
n,ihlstration has recognized that the
ueiihan people are fighting because
niey peleVe implicitly in the teach.
Us vi tne russians. that the Ger.
man people are a supe- race des,inad
&c ne rulers of the universe. These
doctrines and hopes are dominant
over inc German people and will not
eIe untii the leaders they blindly but
iditllully follow have been crushed
oeep IN irretrievable defeat.
Lansing Given Authority
To Secretary of State Lansing was
aelegated the authority to speak
for the President and the Admin.
istration in a so frank and
convincing that there should be mo
further illusions about the war. It
was indeed, IA notable address the
Secretary of State delivered at Union
college. Schenectady. and the pro.
nouncement was followed here in
Washington as if it had emanated
from the White House itself.
MT. Lansing drew a pitiless indict.
ment of Germany, laying bare some
new secrets of the d%espicable intrigue
which centered in the German EN-.
passy in Washington during all the
Gays which preceded our entry into
the war. He admitted thai for a time
the United States was duped bv the
military clique in Berlin. because dis.
honesty of this sort seemed to US in.
conceivable in these days of i~nterna-
tional honor and Christian civiliza.
ton" But the United States will
never be caught again. the head Of
the State Department added, in such
a net of duplicity as was spread over
the world by the Berlin Government.
I'VE have learned our lesson and it
has cost us dear" he added. I'VE will
never have to learn it again.
The bitterness with which Secretary
Lansing denounced German "kultur,"
the finality with which he declared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
ATTACK BY GERMANS
BECOMES SLAUGHTER
Iron Discipline Sends Men
Against Machine Guns
and Artillery
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable 10 Erening Public Ledger

''pD't D'f' f'iN' bV Nt' D'h Z iNit ~
with the French Armies. June II.
1t is doubtful whether ever in this war
more desperate fighting has taken place
than has been going on during the last
twenty-four hours.
Just consider the situations: Ger
many's picked troops were concentrated
in numbers. perhaps superior to those
Of March 81. for a supreme effort, which
the leaders hoped would mark the be-
ginning of the Allied end. They knew
that this time, the Allies were not to he
caught mapping that the lire they as
sailed would be strongly held. and that
Allied reserves were available close at
hand.
Behind a score of German divisions
in the first line of attack We're grouped
a great majority of Hindenburg's re-
serve. At all costs the Germans were
to maintain the advance In d battle like
this failure to go forward means defeat.
In consequence, the losses were ignored
completely.
Defenders and prisoners alike agree
that never. even at Nerdun. was seen
such a wholesale slaughter. 1t was only
the elimination of Germany's iron dis
ciplinc that forced the fresh waves for
ward against the machine guns and ar
of which mad been registered" by the
defenders.
AS always in a grea' crisis. the French
Itroops have risen to the occasion. They
met the ATTACKS Win q IrenZleu par
oNysm of resistance that simply ignored
the thought of retreat.
Despite the stories to the contrary.
hand-to-hand fighting has been one of
the rarest occurrences in this war. Yes
terday it was common all along the line.
They fought like dogs, with teeth
and nails says An eyewitness, de-
scribing the struggle for Courcelles,
which was taken and retaken four times
and finally remained in French hands.
With incredible difficulty the Germans
pushed their way up the self-swept lower
slopes of Mont Renaud. the bastion Of
the Allied line on the left. Three times
the French charge swept them back,
as Petain's soldiers broke the enemy
waves by sheer force with bayonets,
dubbed rifles and fists.
Well trained as the Germans are. they
canno compare with the French in
physique. They are admirable soldiers,
but physically weeds" said a French
officer of the prisoners taken from a
storm division of the German guard. |
saw some of them a few minutes later.
puny and stunted men.
At the moment of cabling. the prin-
cipal pressure continues to be in the
center of the battlefront, along the rail-
roads from "Montdidier and Roye to
Compeigne.
The German objective is clear. BY
reaching the Disc at Compeignc he
hopes to turn the salient formed by the
hill Massif south of NoyonS which
greatly hampers cooperation between
the armies of Boehm and Hutier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-11
FRAU KRUPP TRIED TO SELL U. S.
LONG-RANGE GUNS FOR PANAMA
Showed Them to American General Early in 1914, Saying
Kaiser Did Not Believe in
Them

extremely long tubes and of relatively
small diameter. Frau Bertha Krupp Won
Bohlen said in excellent English:
Those are guns. you ought to order
for the Panama Canal defense. They
carry ninety miles, are guaranteed and
cost f2iO,000 apiece. OF course, these
are only trial guns and cannot fire more
than twenty or twenty-five shells with
out being repaired. But you can ap-
preciate the i~ntimidatory results which
will be obtained by the nation that first
employs such guns"
A question from the American general
as to why the German Government had
not adopted these guns ELECTED the fol-
lowing reply:
Our Emperor does not believe in them
But they would suit you ~'go-ahead'
Americans absolutely to a IT,