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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
German pe.erters in Holland.
Phillip Bcrton. in the New Yorker

Eiilllp 6cItOI, IN Lne new Yorker
Volkszeitung.
More than 5000 German desertcrs are i'm
Holland. and their agitation against war
and their presence among the Dutch pco-
pie have had q great deal to do vita
Keeping Holland out OF the conflict. D..
Richard Won Kushlmann, the German
minister Of foreign affairs. while occupy
ing the post of ambassador ut The Hague.
was extremely active in carrying ON ar
extensive campaign of spying and kid
mapping. He points out that German de
serters were in constant fear Of Their
lives. and that German operatives set the
neutrality Of the Netherlands at nauglr
and spirited German dcserters across The.
border into Germany on numerous occa-
sions. DIR. Won Kuehlmann became 81.
hrazen that he placed spies at railroad
stations throughout Holland to meet in
coming trains and hold up and question
all young men who looked like Germans.
and this practice was only stopped be
cause of the protest Of Dutch railroad Off
Gals.
One thing is certain. the unterrified pro
paganda work Of these masses who fled
from fratricidal murder has borne good
fruit in Holland. The seed sown by Der
Kampf-an anti-German paper publishe,!
In Holland-a la %ILebknecht will bear fr,li.
and will make the day Of reckoning all!
the more terrible for the. ~betrayers ar,
criminals who have deceived the der1naY
people,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
ALFRED De R0THSCHILD
WAS AN ART COLLECTOR

London. (by mail.)-Thc late Alfred a,
Eothschild, the last of the British branch
nf the great banking family, was ON, ~
the best known characters in. L.ondos
society. His part in the work of. th.,
ancient house which has now passed in,c
the background as a power in l;ri1jsr
commerce was only nominal. He was nrin-
cipally an art collector and a cultivate,
of friendships. He never married. and liz
will which was published this week carries
out the general ideas of his career. H.,
estate amounted 10 s.. $685. 600, which was
not much for a Rothschi!d, but he hai
given away money freely in his lifetime.
This amount with the exception %,
small requests TO nephews, goes to nis
personal friends. The main part is loft
to Lord and Lady Herbert, each rcccile.
sl2o,G D, and Lady Cnrzon. the kentuckV
widow of an Argentine magnate. who Wa
married to Lord .CuIzon last year. is re-
nembered With $1,000. with s15,cNo for he,
three children.
There are large gifts to some - 9TH
persons including the Marquis Sovera,
who was a friend of King Elwalt and III,
last minister to Great Britain of Tho pn,-
tuguese monarchy.
MIR. Rothschild's town house aud art
works go TO the Countess of rarnarvun.
and his country estate to his nephew.
Major Lionel Rothschlld, who is head ot
the third generation of the family.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
Hold a E,ench Actress.

From European Edition af the New York
Herald.
Sensation has been caused in Paris,
theatrical circles ny the news OF he
arrest on Il charge of relations with the
enemy of Mime, Suzy .lpcrey, who has
been playing the role of Blanche De-
lormc In Les NouveauN Riches at he
Theater Sarah Bernhard. -Four other
arrests have been made in connection
with the same affair; Maurice Trem-
blez. banker; Emile Guiliain. chemist
husband of Su2y Dcpsy: llanri Gay,
dealer in antiques, of DIXON, and Louis
-Brodier, clerk.
Suzy Depsy was arrested February
II at her apartment. but il was only
recently that he news was allowed to
he made public. Her husband, Guillian.
was arrested the same morning. A
search at TrcmbleZ's chateau resulted
in the discovery of documents proving
beyond doubt that he had relations
with Germany. mother discriminating
discovery was a. check for 10, 900 francs
C3l,93O).
1t is stated that Tremblez made fire.
quent journeys To Switzerland and had
made large sums OF money there.
When Su2y Depsy failed to turn up
VI the Theater Sarah ~Barnhardt, some
time ago she sent n message saving
she was Ill. The next night a note ar
rived to say she had been obliged to
leave suddenly for the country. BY
that time she had been in Saint Lazare
prison for two days.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
Ru,es For German Editors.

NuC AVuNA . SOHp80IOU.
It fs part OF the German political phil-
osophy that newspapers are to be re-
garded. not as the means of keeping tho
people informed concerning the news of
the day or as organs of various groups
Of public opinion, but as government
controlled agencies for telling the nation
what the government wishes it to think.
Our own government a recently got
possession Of a number Of secret tele-
grams sent by the official censor to the
editors Of Germany to inform them what
news they were permitted to print and
what comment they should make on that
news. For example:
The publication and the discussion of
resolutions adopted at q strike meeting
In Leipsic and Of u telegram sent to the
imperial chancellor are not permissible.
Reports concerning disturbances In
koentEsberg and concerning a warning
from the commander OF the first army
corps are not permissible.
News about unrest and excuses in
Prague may not be nublfshed.
The printing and the discussion NJ
the speeches In the Austrian pariis-
ment by the deputies Etraneky. Kor-
sove1 and Romansak are forbidden.
II le not d0slred to discuss or even Ia
mention the German imports from
abroad, especially from Hosl1nd.g
n publicA0onsm0St contain fothlne
concerning the state Of the cloehine
mator3Ai 6uslne2A
Tie article Terrible Conditione in
Wareaw Tor Obeaining the Neceesariee
O ASte. 80 io0e spesmlaeeble.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
canteen in Front Line.

From European Edition OF the New York
Herald.
y front line canteen service for Ameri-
can soldiers has been inaugurated by tho
American Red Cross.
Hot drink station No. ! for the .t.meri-
can troops is placed at II central point
behind the American artillery, within
walking distance OF the communicating
trenches. within firing distance OF the
German guns and within gas mask DIS
lance of the German gas. 1t is the last
point where the soldiers halt going into
the trenches and the first coming put.
Here, In a little kitchen tucked beneath
unobtrusive walls OF oandbaxs and
cement. the Red Cross workers will servs
steamtng drinks to the mud stained. tired
fighters. And at a telephoncd word from
the trenches big Norwegian heaters will
be ttlied with hot bouillon. and two men
carving a heater on a pole will go for
ward. past the artillery. through the com
municatinS trenches into the front lines.
With the French the American Red
Cross has had Is such stations. Sometimes
the workers lived in dugouts. often they
wore gas masks. One has a dented he'll
met which makes clear how near he came
to going west" To the poi,us more than
100000 hot rattolls rave been served by
the Red Cross front service. The work il
hard and long and the hours ungodly.
1t IL q splendid service for any man not
IN the army, q man With nerve, energy
and intelligence. There il no finer. All
preparations have been made TO add nins
new front Kitchens to station No. i. and
as iaat a. they arc called for and as fast
as the Kin OF men needed for the work
are obtained. the service will grow. There
Is no longer any reason for a man who
annot get into the army to sigh for
action. He can get all he wants in the
Red Croes front line service.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25

never inaccessible. The enlisted man and
the officers are always sure OF a synlpa.
thetic hearing ami Just treatment il the
have anything to complain of. BY inquiry |
learned that on the day that I visited
him the secretary had found time to see
three sailors who felt that they had griev-
ances: and. as far as I can discover, it
is to the spirit of co:nladeship thus mani
tested that the present enthusiasm of the
ava personnel is due. Mr.. Daniels says
feel that it is his navy and he tells
With pride how q young officer, when
asked by an English adrnira, upon the
arrival of our first flotilla Of destroyers
in Ireland when the boats would he ready
for service, answered, we are ready
now. SIR
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
MUST USE OFFENSIVE
AGAINST SUBMARINE

London, DIV 'nailD- Commander Carly.n
Hnllairs. NJ. T.. who Is regarded as some
Thing OF an authority on naval matters
81 the House of Commons, is of the opi,a
JON thit the admiralty has relied far too
much on defensive tactics in coping with
the submarine menace.
Tie happy position fofcs.cn for us. rioxt
A1elIs1, by Lord J"llicoe." H. writes,
cannot he attained eNeept hy offensive
tactics, which inVci 20 the principle that
barrages shall he laid iu the sea to bar.
the exit of the German submarines. and
all operations OF German surface craft
~ clear n passage shall hc prevented by
tho concentration Of our own surface
.laft,
The Important thing 10 remember is
that. IL going anl coming. German sub
%,aarines do rot move until surface craft
lave cleared 4 channcl. To smash the
operations OF Tho German surface Graf,
against Il really scientific. Is opposed to
y haphazaIt barrasc, is to smash tn.
Submarine menace. y defended barrier
~ the sea 10 a depth of $50 feet Is per-
fectly feasible. No mining rlotilla ough,
10 I've able h act In face IF n concentrat-
cd and overwheimins naval force. Con.
"oauentiy. IL the British and American
mines are as efficient as the simple Ger
man mine which We captured IN the first
week Of the war. If We avail ourselves
ia the full OF all the other details that 20
TO form n borragc, such as nets. micro
phones and other devices. we may then
say, with absolute conviction, that the
slbnlaiine menace from the North Sea.
atlantic 2nd Dar1ancIies will be smashed
from the dat" when W" have performed
,hc delicate an.l balanced operation oi
onlpletina some hundreds f miles OF
marriage and srcnt concentrations OF naval
fnrrrs.'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
Plan. Tale From tho Skies.

L.. l.. briggs in the Century.
During the first months OF the war a
belgian blplane containing pilot and
observer experienced motor trouble
while behind the German lines and
was compelled to come down. Pointing
her nose toward home, the two officers
hoped against hope tina; they might
glide without power back to their own
territory. Blu it was soon discovered
TO be useless, for the wind was dead
against them.
eanin over the edges Of their cock
pits. the Belgians saw the earth rising
nearer and nearer. while the speed Of
their craft continued distressingly
slow. Everybody seemed firing at
them.
The German trenches appeared, and
they crossed them less than 80 feet
ebovc the enthusiastic rihemen below.
Their own trenches were 200 yards
distant. The machine struck midway
IN No Mans Land n stopped. Duck
ing through the hail Of bullets, both
trenches. thanks to their comrades'
IRE, without n scratch. U~nhappily.
though. they had had no time to set
nre to their machine.
Two days later Captain Jaumott.. the
pilot OF the stranded airplane. learned
that his machine was still there. For
TWO nights the Belgian soldiers had %
carefully guarded II that the enemy
bad been unable to reach OF destroy II.
Jaumotte determined upon q rescue.
Securing an armored motor car. Jau-
motto o along his two mechanical
ma two ganners ana suddenly appeared
IN front OF the abandoned a,rpiane
While the gunners worked their ma
chine guns, Jaumotte and the two me-
chanics, protected by the armored car.
busted themselves with the disabled
engine.
Tho German soldiers, stupefed by
this incredible alhaacity, could only
watch 4 Through their periscopes.
ear summers raked tho trench with
their machine guns.
In IS minutes tho work was COM
plated. Climbing into his seat, Cap
tain Jaumotte signaled the mechanic
to turn over the propeller. The engine
roared. and with one wave OF his hand.
the audacious pilot swept away over
his " cheering trenches. while the
mechanics clambcred back into the
motorgca with their tools and returned
home to their airlromo.
F0r this feat Jaumotte received q
citation from the Belgian army.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
Nadir Of tho Food Crisis.
From the Omaha REQ

Examination Of figures Just at hani
from the department Of commerce show
that the apprehension Of the admlnistra-
lion over the furnishing of food to Eurot.
In january wa1 justified. Records OF ex.
ports Of foodstpffs from this countrs
show the shipments had fallen far below
those Of last year. The principal article.
show exports for January as follows:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
lne,sdib.s n.rd.h,p.

From the BOSTON Transcript.
g youf brothsf's Joined the arnryn
yes" 8.
How dec he liks itr.
'0h. D ted u oemeehine awful. WhS.
- hasn't hsa ~ Tor hrs1Sfass once slaoe
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25

This Is the nadir Of exports of food
stuffs from America, the lowest point re-
ported since the war started. For the
seven months ending with January all
these items show q falling off as COM.
pared with the period OF a year before.
except oats. flour and fresh beef. Whii.
much OF this Is due to the shipping situa-
Ton and the blockade of our railroads. II.
II little wonder that our European allies
began to doubt II America would be able
to feed them a. promised. The shipping
situation has greatly Improved and the
Of the present month to have relieved the
acute distress Of the other side. Tn.
Figures are eloquent reminders, however.
81 thu great responsibility We have vol.
UNFAIRLY assumed and the heavy pledge
we are under to those on the other side.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
TIE cavaNee

From London Oplnjen.
seady-1eeae 2 eaxpencs When We wee
u tNad1al Men. whatever car
Jook (AsaeeNnyl-4alstly eroAtiog sir3a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-24
NEWS OF HEALDTON
(Ardmoreite Correspondence

Healdton, Okla, Jan. 24.-George II.
Pullman of Ardmore is in Healdton
looking after his interests and visiting
X. ID. Smith.
Considerable excitement was caused
at the public dance given in the Queen
confectionery Tuesday night when Babe
Collins fired six shots through the floor
Special Chief King took the young man
in charge. No one was hurt Collins
said he was only giving his new gun a
tryout.
Harry Moore is here from Ringing.
George Jennings was in Wilson yes
terday.
Arthur Benson is in Ardmore on bust,
ness.
Johnnie Waltrip of Ardmore is in
Healdton on business.
Virgil Giddings of Ardmore is 4 bust
ness visitor in Healdton.
Leave news items, subscriptions or
advertising matter at the American con-
fectionery.
John Powell Of Ringing was in Head
ton yesterday.
w. S. Thompson of Ardmore was in
| Healdton yesterday.
Claude Giddings has taken charge of
the Grand tailor shop.
Joe Atkins of NARROW is in Healdton
this week
Mrs. l. A. Smith is i'll or the grip.
The Smith Dry Goods company has
purchased the Carmichel Bros. stock OF
| dry goods and shoes.
Charles Jones Of Wilson was IIeald'
ton visitor yesterday
S. Simmons has leased the Southern
rooms from Jim Hu,chlns.
Doctor Keifer is in the northern part
of the state this week on professional
| errand.
Ben Scott of Wilson is visiting here.
Mrs. Tom Sloan is visiting in Okla.
homa City this week.
Mrs. John Putnam is in Oklahoma
City this week.
Bailey Morris of Ringing was a
Healdton visitor yesterday.
Leave subscriptions and news items
at the American confectionery. We de-
liver The Ardmoreite to your home
daily.
z. N. Dorsey has returned from Ran
ger Texas.
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have done, and that is TO retire these
gentlemen who have not proven them
selves up to the mark. We oughc not
TO dismiss them in disgrace, but in
other countries they have gone into in
nocuous desuetude.
This isn't a question of personali-
ties. This is not a question between the
president and myself. It's a question Of
America, and every man ought to make
1t his whole purpose to see that Ameri-
ca is saved"
Machine Gun Rumpus.
"Take the machine gun" sad the SEN
ator. IT'S an old controversy and much
may be said on both sides. The Lewis
gun has been manufactured for the
British army and there are 10000 of
them on the battle fronts. Every Brit.
ish officer I have seen has expressed
approval of that gun. America was pre-
pared to produce them, but the country
standing on a seething volcano, the ord
nance department was trying To decide
on gun. The war department did not
even adopt gun until May and finally
adopted it in June U917, | betcve, and
then only on paper, and it still is a gun
on paper. 1t never had field test.
Maybe the Browning gun is q good
weapon but Lewis guns are doing good
work. Why not manufacture the Lewis
gum"
The secretary of war testified before
the committee, he said, that in Sep.
tomber "the United States had nine
Brownin guns with which to 40 out
against the millions Of Germany" lie
denounced the cry that investigation
gives information to the enemy
Germany knows more about Ameri.
ca today than the men connected with
the departments" Senator Chamber.
lain declared. "If the government would
be frank with the people, then we could
relp upon the people to rally to the sup.
port Of the president and the prosecu.
ton of the war" he added.
"While The House Is Afire."
Great Britain, he said, did not waste
time. The United states could have
adopted the same kind of a rifle as
used by England, as plants in this coun
try were equipped for manufacturing
them, he contcnded.
but while the house burns" he
shouted, America determines through
the ordnance bureau what instrumental.
tiles are to be adopted" He conceded
that the rife as finally adopted was am
Improvement over the British gun, but
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CHAMBERLAIN REPLIES
TO PRESIDENT VIII SON
lContinued From Page 1l

carefully and ably prepared, tells us
that $4,000 100000 have been appropri,
ated for the ordnance department, and
that contracts for $1,677, 900, 900 have
been awarded" he continued. 'This
Is true. But the secretary failed to tell
the country that America failed to stand
prepared
France, bled white" he continued.
Is furnishing America today and the
troops going abroad with heavy ord.
nance, munitions, machine guns and air.
planes. If we relied on the ordnance de.
partment in this emergency (and this
Is war of artillery the war would be
completed before we ever got enough to
go to the front. France agreed to de.
liver this artillery. To win America?
DID she furnish it in order TO invite
American"
1t was improper, he said, to give de-
taIls of American purchases of ordnance
from the allies. but referred senator,
10 the confidential testimony before tbe
committee by Major General Crozier
chief of ordnance.
IF the administration had wanted ia
be fair to the American people" he
shouted, "why didn't the DISTINGUISHED
secretary of war and / have the high
est esteem for him, let the people know
that the people could assist in getting
ready for this terrible calamity that
confronts not only America, but the
whole world?"
Blames the Bureau.
Senator Chamberlain charged that
the ordnance bureau failed in 1916
to prepare for war when it seemed Ger
tain.
There were omens in the sky" he
continued, that America couldn't keen
out. What was the ordnance depart
ment doing? Nothing. 1t was lying su
pinely on its back, not making plans for
manufacturing ordnance nor discover
ing the possibilities Of manufacturing
but doing nothing, absolutely nothing
Appropriations for jigs and dies tc
make ordnance he said, had not been
used.
I'm not blaming anybody in parucu
lar" the senator continued. "I lavc
high regard for General Crozier. Bet
we haven't been able to do what Eng
land, France and all our other allies
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declared it took days and months TO
perfect it,"
After the engineers of various gun
making plants had been consulted, a
gun finally was agreed upon for the
American army. but the ordnance bu.
reau, through very distinguished of.
licer," ordered that the number of parts
be increased, which added to the delay
"Why shouldn't America know these
things?" the senator demanded. Some
people in the West, he said, believe
America has all it neecs.
IF they only knew t:e actual con
ditions," he continued, they would give
their lives, their ALL to protect America
Casual reading of the secretary of wars
statement gives the impression that we
had everything, but when we get the
testimonies Of the men on the ground
different information is obtained"
At Camp Bowie.
Citing the testimony of any army of
| ticer from Camp Bowie, Texas, who de
| clared there was not a single trencl
mortar there, and ,hat other necessary
equipment was lacking, Senator Cham
berlain declared
That is true of every camp in the
United States, If it hadn't been for the
civilian people who have come here anC
given their time and service, we woulc
not have been anywhere"
Turning to the quartermaster gen
erals department, Senator Chamberlain
declared that from Secretary Baker.
general statement, the country would
believe that everything was lovely anl
the goose hung high so far as clothing
| is concerned"
But when you talk to the men that
command these boys you find it ism
! there" he continued. ION a per capiti
basis it is there, but no. when it CONES
to eective distribution, they simply
haven't got the clothing.
Il realize the difficulties of the quar-
termaster general. He has done tn,
best he could under the present system
The president inherited the system, anC
has done the best he could. The presi
dent isn't responsible for the system
But the fact remains that we haven
the clothing"
Senator Chamberlain said he proposed
to show by Secretary Bakers own testi
mony that the secretary did not know
of actual clothing conditions.
Ardmoreite want ads bring results.
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NEWS Of NEW WILSON
(Ardmoreite Correspondence

New Wilson, Okla, Jan. 24.--At re.
cent meeting of the Business Mems
League plans We're discussed relative to
the paving of the streets of New VII.
son. Matters regarding the new Sun.
light Carbon factor were also discussed.
These meetings are well attended and
much good is expected to result from
them. Every man who is interested in
the future of New Wilson should attend
them.
Mrs. Mcdonald Of Ringing was here
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs, VIII Novel; were called
to Arkansas to the bedside of Mr.. Now
ellis father, who is ill.,
Mrs. Driggers and children are spend
ing this week in Texas with relatives.
H. Walling Of Orr was business
visitor here Tuesday.
Dr. Lee Dowdy has received a call to
report at FIT. Sill for military duty.
Doctor Dowdy has returned to Alabama
to arrange his business affairs there be.
fore entering the service.
Mrs Cooper of New Healdton was
| here Monday.
Mrs G. W. Powers has gone to Ard.
more for medical treatment
Mr.. and Mrs Win Greenwood an.
nounce the birth of daughter.
Mrs T. r. Dunlap and daughter Miss
Matte, were hostcsses at a Sunday din.
ner in honor of their guests, Lieuten.
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