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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
NO IMPROVEMENT IN
ST. LOUIS CAR STRIKE

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 5.-Enorts to give
a senblance of street car service were
made again by the United Street Rail
ways Company today when six ears
were started downtown this morning
from the west end barn. Most persons
walked to work.
mo settlement of the strike seemed
Il prospect.
An incidental result of the strike has
been u great increase in automobile
accidents. TWenty-eight were reported
to the police Monday.
The company was more successful
.)day than yesterday in getting cars in
Iteration, about so cars being out at
o'clock.
The strike spread today when 800 Of
ho coo shop employees Of the Unite
lailways failed to report for work,
Trolley wires were burned in strike
'isturbances today. Men armed with
ong pieces of gas pipe placed one end
f the pipe against the rails and the
jther end against the trolley wires
This caused a short circuit and the
burning of the wires.
Members of the home guard were in
tructed yesterday to have their uni
orms with them at their places of busi-
less so they can be mobili2ed quickly in
IN emergency. Governor Gardner, how.
yer, has made It plain that he will not
,all out the home guard unless it is dem
nstrated that the police and sheriff
.lnnot preserve order.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
OIL INDUSTRY
UNDER FEDERAL
CONTROL TODAY
MANUFACTURERS OR DISTRIBU
TORS WHOSE SALES EXCEED
100000 BARRELS ANNUALLY,
UNDER LICENSE SYSTEM.

Washington, Feb. 5.--Government
control of the oil industry became ef,
fective today, under a proclamation of
President Wilson authorizing Mark l..
Requa, chief of the oil division of the
fuel administration TO establish a
licensing system for all manufacturer
or distributors whose gross sales are in
excess of 100000 barrels annually. The
proclamation does not extend to gaso
line or kerosene, but licenses for these
commodities probably will be require
soon.
The order was prompted by the ne
cessity of establishing a supervised dis
tributing system to aid in relieving the
shortage caused by inadequate transpor
tauon facilities Impaired railroad serv
ice has served to lessen the suppl,
available and the situation has been
intensified by marked curtailment OF
oil shipments from the TampiCo fields
in Mexico. The Mexican oil field has
been cut nearly in half by the diversion
of many Of the vessels into other trades
The fuel administration has estab
lished in the East list of preferential
consumers, whose demands for oil will
be granted precedence in distributing
the supply. Railroads and ships using
oil for fuel head the priority list
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
PAVING CONTRACTOR CAUSES
ARREST OF MAIL DRIVER

Several weeks ago Ben H. Mason, of
the Ardmore Construction Company,
engaged in street paving in Ardmore,
asked Of the city commission the enact
mcnt Of an ordinance prohibiting the
running over and destruction of barri-
cades placed by the company to pro
tect the work on which it was engaged.
Mr.. Mason stated that they had suf-
fered much loss through the destruction
Of signal lights and the breaking of
barricades. The ordinance was passed
and since It's publication has been in
force, yet the drivers Of vehicles seem
to have paid no attention to it.
This morning, Mr.. Mason stated, Her
man Cant, driving an automobile used
for carrying mail to Healdton, attempted
TO pass through Broadway where paw
ing is under construction and was asked
by Mr.. Mason to not run over the bar
ricade, but to go around to the next
street. Cant refused saying he could
not be stopped, and went on tearing
down two barricades. Mr.. Mason called
the police to arrest the driver and
Policeman Butcher found him at the
pustofffice loading mail, and told him
TO be in police court tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Mason said today that he will
publish a notice to the effect that if
the practice is persisted in, he will file
complaints against all persons violating
the ordinance. He said arrangements
satisfactory to Postmaster Byrne had
been made to get mail wagons in and
out of the poetoffice driveway, but that
arrangement did not contemplate the
running over and destruction Of barri-
cades
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
By the Associated Press)

With the American Army in France,
Feb. 4 Monday).-German plans to raid
the American trenches were frustrated
early this morning. The American ar
tillerymen put down a heavy barrage in
nont Of and on the German lines, which
are believed to have been filled with
men and officers awaiting the signal to
attack.
1t was discovered at a certain hour
that the Germans intended to carry out
a silent" raid. About fifteen minutes
before the time set, all the American
guns concentrated the fire where, ac,
cording to the information, the enemy
was massed. 1t is believed heavy cas-.
nalties were inflicted on the Germans.
There has been a general increase in
the artillery activity for the last day or
30 all along the American front. The
Germans are stin unable to occupy the
first line trenches which were caved in
by the American artillery fire. They
have now constructed another line of
trenches at that point.
American patrols have worked their
way over No Mans Land and inspected
the damaged trenches as well as they
could
The Germans are using gas shells
freely and endeavored to envelop one
OF our battery positions with gas, but
without success. They have dropped ?
number of shells in their roads behinC
the American lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE
HIM AN ALIEN ENEMY

Anthony Dunn registered as an alien
tmcmy this morning, but he is not. He
is just a good American patriot, and
he cause of his not being a citizen is
a series of calamities. He came from
Germany in 1881, when he was fourteen
,,ars old. His father became natural
ized and that made Of him a citizen.
rhe courthouse where his father took
Jut mis- papers was burned, together
With all the records. His father had
the original papers, when his home was
destroyed by fire Mr.. Dunn became a
man without a record, a citizen with
nothing to show that he was such. He
filed declaration of his intention Of be-
coming a citizen in the United States
court at Little Rock, Ark, where he
had lived for twenty years, but not
yet having secured his second, or final
rapers, he was compelled to register as
an alien enemy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
LIBERTY LOANS
MEET FOUR-FIFTHS
OF WAR COST

Washington Feb. 5.-Government bor-
lowinss on the two Liberty loans have
paid for fourtfths of the wars cost and
.aNation and a few minor ordinary gov
1nment receipts for about one.ffth.
the loan campaigns produced $7,567,-
100000 and $3,25O,OOO,OOO came direct
rum the pockets of the people and will
MT nave to be repaid. Financial de.
nands Of the war in the next few
months will be met in the same way
'y another bond issue and by taxes
rhicn will begin soon to roll in from the
'st war tax act.
The army, navy and shipping boards
ave dipped into the financial war chest
or more than 95 per cent Of the ma.
ions fighting funds.
Two-thirds Of the $4,000, 900 600 ex.
ense for war purposes in the last ten
1ontns has been for the army and the
rtire military establishments
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
American Troops in
Flanders Trenches Soon

Washington, Feb. 5. 49, American
troops may appear in British trenches
on the Flanders front as a result of
studies now being made here and in
Europe. If the project suggested is
carried out, American units would be
passed through the British training
system from receiving camps to finish
ing courses in front line trenches,
drawing supplies and equipment from
British sources until graduate battalions
were withdrawn for incorporation in
General Pershing's army. The sugges-
ton came from British officials. 1t is
still under consideration at the war
department, but final action probably
rests upon the recommendations of
General Bliss, who is considering it in
conference with the supreme war coun-
Gil
The plan is a development of the pro-
posal made at the time Of the first
meeting of the war council that Amer
ican troops might be sent to England
for training, releasing British forces
there for front line duty. The object
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
SAMMIES OUTGUESS BOCHES
AND PUT HALT TO PLANS
FOR "SILENT" TRENCH RAID

Two men were reported wo Il Il to.
day by shells. The visihilit T. mains
bad.
Fuller reports from the st line
show that great courage = exhibited
by the troops during the . y German
bombardment of satur5 A number
of men who We're wor slightly by
shell splinters were T. d in the lines
with the first,aid pl' y s and insisted
on remaining at t posts until the
fight was finished ie man who wa
carried to a fel = essing station re
turned to his comrades in the line after
his wounds had been attended to and
remained on duty until the fighting
ceased and the danger was over. All
the men later went 10 a hospital for full
treatment.
Many of the Americans have had
their first experience with gas in the
last few days, as the Germans have
been sending over a considerable mum.
Der of gas shells. None came over this
afternoon, but an alarm was given.
The chief OF staff of one division and
another staff officer, who We're motor
ing to a village back Of the lines, came
upon several companies with the men
in masks. Officers hurriedly put on
their own masks and rode on toward
the front line At the next village the
men were wearing masks. The officers
Kept theirs on until they saw, through
I shell hole in the side Of a brick wall
wenty infantrymen with no masks on
'olling dice, as if nothing had happened.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
SEVERE COLD GRIPS EAST.

Washington, Feb 5.-Severe cold to-
lay gripped the country east of the
Mississippi River, from its northern bor-
dcrs to the Gulf of Mexico, adding its
81 are toward making this one of the
most extraordinary winters of many
years. The extreme cold, however, is
not expected to be OF long duration,
IS there is indication of moderation in
the lake region and Ohio Valley tonight
n the western portion of the middle
Atlantic states tomorrow and in the
Atlantic coast districts Thursday.
From So degrees below zero in the St.
Lawrence Valley, the cold graduated to
seasonable temperatures as far as the
extreme southern parts Of Florida
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
TEN MONTHS OF WAR
HAVE COST THE u. S.
ABOUT $7,1O0,O0O,O0O

Washington, Feb. 5.-Ten months Of
y have cost the United States about ST.
100 900 600, at the rate of $4,000 900
a month or nearly $24O0O,O0O a day.
More than half Of this huge sum, or
81 III 900, GOO, has been paid as loans to
the allies and the balance about 49,,
400 600 600, represents Americas outlay
Tor its own war purposes, exclusive of
more than 100000, 600 for other gov
ornamental expenses.
The wars toll in money is increasing
at the rate Of more than 100000 900
a month and indications now are that
ine two remaining months Of the ma
TONS first year as a belligerent will
run its war bill to nearly $40 900, 900 900
Of which $5OOOOOOOOO will be for the
allied loans and about the same amount
ior the army navy, shipping board and
other war agencies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05

sought is to hasten the expansion of
the American army in France. By the
use of British shipping training camps
and supply lines, it has been urged that
General Pershing's force could be sup
plemented without a proportionate in
crease in the demand of shipping.
Details of the plan are not available
for publication. 1t is known, however,
to have encountered numerous prac.
tical objections. In its original form
the plan contemplated the training of
$50 infantry battalions OF 1000 men
each, through British facilities.
There are difficulties Of cross-trans
portation involved and also dissimilar.
tiles in training methods which arise
There has been a suggestion recently
that a separate American expeditionary
force, cooperating with the British un.
der a separate commander and distinct
from General Pershing's army, might
offer a solution to some of the obsta-
cles. There has been nothing available
thus far to indicate that this plan is
about to be adopted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05

mission, Mr.. Flood said "a complete
understanding exists of precisely what
the allies need from this country and
exactly what this country can furnish,
and when and how"
Under the secretaries of state, war
and navy, he declared, the country will
furnish more in men and means than
was expected of US"
The appropriation bill, as presented
by Chairman Flood, carries $S2O6,O ,OS7
for the next fiscal year, $4,000 900 more
than the current appropriations be-
cause of increased war burdens. The
increase provides for twenty-five new
secretaries to embassies and legations
many additional clerks, augmented Sc.
cret funds and other allowances.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
INTER-AIIIIED COUNCIL
COMAiANDEERS HOME OF
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH

London, Feb. 5.-Sunderland House,
the home in the Mayfair district, Of
the Duchess of Marlborough, who was
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt Of New York,
has been commandeered for the use Of
officials of the inter-allied council, ac-
cording to The Daily Mail. The duchess
was given only weeks time to quit
the house, the newspaper says, but she
quickly purchased small home in Dew
onshire, where she expects to be settled
ia few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
COLD WAVE HALTS
MOVEMENTS Of
FREIGHT AND COAL

Washington, Feb 5.-Most discourag.
.ng reports on movement OF freight and
coal, because Of the extreme cold,
threaten to defeat the plan to abandon
the Monday industrial closing order.
As Director General McAdoo and Fuel
Administrator Garfield went into con
ference to discuss abandoning the heat
less Monday, reports came in showing
coal movements east OF the Mississippi
,ut more than fifteen per cent in the
1st two days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
."U. S. Will Furnish More in
Men and Means Than Was
Expected of U.s." Flood Says

Washington, Feb. 5, - The United
States will furnish more men and
money for the war in a "far shorter
time than has been the fondest hope of
our own people or the nations with
which we are associated" Chairman
Flood Of the foreign affairs committee
declared in the house today, in pre-.
senting the diplomatic and consular ap.
preparation bill
The chairman's assertion was in
connection with his discussion of
Colonel Houses mission to Great Brit
ain and France and was made in the
course Of an outline given the house
of the state departments war activ-
tiles. AS a result of the work of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
UELLESS MONDAYS
CANNOT IMMEDIATELY
BE ABANDONED

Washington, Feb. SIT was practi
ally certain today, after a conference
between Fuel Administrator GARFIELD
and Director General McAdoo, that the
uelless Mondays could not be imme
lately abandoned, as hoped, because
the intense cold had so cut down move
ment Of fuel supplies to the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
TRANSPORTATION PARALYzED.

POttsviue Pa, Feb, 5.-Ralroad trans
nortation in this region was almost
paralyzed today when the temperature
descended to l6 below zero. In the
big st. Clair yards Of the Reading rail.
way, eighteen engines were frozen solid
while traffic was tied up at many other
points from the same cause.
Many OF the anthracite collieries were
unable to work on account of the ex.
uCme cold.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
NANTUCKET SHIP CHANNEL
FROZEN FOR FIRST TIME

Chatham, Mass, Feb. 5.-The main
ship channel from Monomoy Point light
to Nantucket, used by steamers plying
between Boston, New York and Phila-
delphla, was frozen today for the first
time on record, coast guard officials
sald, Vineyard Sound is choked with
ice and with a forty.mile gale from
,he northwest ships were forced to re-
main in port.
The temperature was below at 9
o'clOCk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
ONLY FIVE HOIDUPS IN
CHICAGO LAST NIGHT!

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Only five hold
ups took place during last night,
according to police announce
ment today despite the fact that
cold weather is held by them to
be an incentive TO crime.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
KICKS" IN WRITING
SILENCE FOOD CRABS

Washington, Feb. 5.-"Kicks"
on the wheatless and meatless
menus in Ohio hotels, clubs and
restaurants are silenced by in
viting the complainants to put
their grievances in writing so
that they may be forwarded to the
national food administration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
TRAIN HITS JITNEY: FOUR DEAD.

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 5.-A Rock
Island passenger train hit an automo-
nle at 7:3 o'clock this morning at the
Belknap street crossing, killing four
of the motorists.
The dead are:
MISS MARY WENTZEL.
w. #. ALBRITTON, driver of the
iitney.
MRS. MARTHA j. PHARES.
II. NJ. SHOCKLEY.
All the dead are from Fort Worth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
HUGE MISSISSIPPI FIOES
MOVING SOUTHWARK

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 5-Dispatches
today from Richardson's Landing. Tenn,
north Of this city, reported the ice
pack, which had gorged the Mississippi
River at that point, breaking up and the
hige foes moving rapidly southwark.
At Memphis the river is rising rapidly.
At 10 o'clock the stage was 81 feet, an
overnight rise Of approximately 5 feet,
with a large quantity of heavy ice pass
mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
WADSWORTH IN
CRITICAL MOOD
MEMBER OF SENATE MILITARY
AFFAIRS COMMITTEES FOLLOWS
HITCHCOCK'S LEAD.
ASKS CO-ORDI n ALTON
Citing Shortcomings of War Activities,
Senator Insists No Man Is Blamable,
but Puts Responsibility ON Lack of
Cohesive System.

Washington, Feb. 5.-America's war
making machinery was pictured as
'conglomeration OF ambitious and scat.
tered agencies" incapable Of team work
in an address in the senate today by
Senator Wadsworth, a Republican mem.
Der Of the military affairs committee.
Without detailing army conditions re.
vealed by the military committees war
inquiry, with which he said the coun-
try is now fairly familiar Senator
Wadsworth confined himself largely to
an argument for the proposed legisla-
ton for Capitalization Of war making
agencies. President Wilson cannot CO.
ordinate the agencies, he said. With
a long war in prospect, radical steps to
unity the nations efforts are necessary.
THAT great things have been done
cannot be denied" he declared. That
other great things have been left un-
done must be admitted The credit for
the things accomplished can be as.
signed to several individuals The blame
for shortcomings ought not 70 be lai'
upon any individual. Criticism should
be directed against our system, or rath
er the lack Of cohesive system"
Recounting difficulties arising through
indiscriminate priority orders and com.
petition in the purchase Of supplies; de
lays on account Of departmental 'red
tape" and the absence of power in the
Council of National Defense, tie senator
continued,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05

Mrs. Charles Killian, charged with
maintaining a place where Intoxicating
liquor is Sold had a preliminary hear,
ing before Justice Franklin Bourland
and was held in bail in the sum Of $500
for trial in the district court. She
made bond and was released.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05

It was enormously published that ar
raignment day on the criminal docket
of the district court was next Saturday
1t is Thursday, Feb. Z, at . o'clock
p. m, at which time all defendants will
be required to plead. and those not
appearing viii have their bonds for.
feited
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
"I Shall Be in Paris
BY Next April . Boast
of Von Hindenburg
FIELD MARSHAL LIKE KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE IN
1914 MAY FIND HIS PARIS MAIL RETURNED
MARKED PARTY HAS NOT ARRIVED"

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
Tho Hague, Jan. 19.-Travelers from
Germany bring an account of recent
conference at Berlin at which Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg received the
editors Of thirty German newspapers and
discussed the food situation with them.
Tne editors told Won Hindenburg that
by next May there would be no food in
Germany.
MY reply is" said the field marshal.
that by next April I shall he in Paris"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
Below Zero in New England.

Boston, Feb 5.-A cold wave that sent
the temperatures way below zero swept
over New England last night and held
on today with little prospect of an
early break
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
RUSSELL, DELEGATE TO
IRISH CONVENTION, RESIGNS

London, Feb. 5.-George Russell has
resigned as a delegate to the Irish con.
vention He is a poet and an intimate
iiend of Sir Horace Plunkett, chairman
of the convention. No reason for the
resignation is given.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
4 BELOW IN CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati, Feb. Chances of the
zee gorge below this city breaking up
in the very near future dwindled to
Almost nothing last night when the
mercury dropped to degrees below
zero.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
Routine Session Of Board.

The county commissioners met yes
terday in regular session and up 10
this afternoon have been engaged with
routine business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-05
WEATHER FORECAST.

Ardmore and vicinity: Fair and warm
er tonight and Wednesday.
Oklahoma: Tonight fair, warmer ex-
eept in northwest portion; Wednesday
fair, colder in west portion.
East Texas: Tonight fair; Wednes-
day fair; colder in north portion.
West Texas: Tonight fair, warmer in
southeast portion; Wednesday fair,
colder in north portion.
Louisiana: Tonight and Wednesday
fair; warmer.
Arkansas: Tonight fair, warmer; We'd
nesday fair warmer in east portion.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yesterday was
ca degrees; minimum last night 30 de-
grees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-09
GIRL SCOUTS TO GET MEDALS
Bond and War Stamp Sellers
Will Meet at Liberty Statue

Philadelphia Girl Scouts will line up
in front of the Statue Of Liberty at
city Hall at noon today and receive
awards for their work for the third Lib
erty Loan and also for the sale of war
saving stamps.
One hundred scouts will receive med
ais offered by Secretary Of the Treas
ury McAdoo to every Girl Scout who
sold ten bonds in ten different homes.
These girls are from twonty-four
troops
The four troops whose average bond
sales were tho largest are Troop 81,
Miss Elizabeth Packard. captain. 20
girls; Troop II. Miss Rcbecca Teller
Mayer. captain. % girls Troop AZ, Miss
u Gwen Martain, captain. II girls, and
Troop SO. Miss Elemic Kohn, captain,
10 girls. OF the four highest, Troop II.
Is a 100 per cent troop, both in sales
and in canvass.
The McAdoo medals will be presented
to tho winning scouts by Mrs Walter
Thompson, chairman of the womans
loan committee. Addresses Will be made
by persons prominent in the orEaniza-
ton. At the same time Edwin Charles
Bendere, member of the national war
| loan committee. and in charge of the
war saving stamp sales for eastern
Pennsylvania, will present banner "a
| Troop II for it's work during the last
week in selling war saving stamps, The
winning troop sold Si3,23S worth OF
| stamps during the week.