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The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
GERMANS AGREE TO
SIGN ALLIES TERMS
PEACE PACT is ACCEPTED AFTER
PLEA FOR FURTHER TIME
HAD BEEN REFUSED.
weimar Cabinet Notifies Allies OF
Purpose to Yield TO Demands But
Insists That Peace Conditions
Are "A Peace Of Violence"

Paris.-rhe terms OF the allies have
been accepted by Germany. The Ger
man government at Weimar has for
mally communicated It's willingness TO
sign the peace terms Internationally,
IL was announced by the French for
eign office ON June %.
HanIel won Haimhausen VIII sign the
peace treaty FOR the Germans, IL APP
peared likely from all Information az
tie headquarters OF the American del
egation. A plea for further time made
by the Germans was fatty refused
In declaring It's intention TO accept
and sign the peace terms, the govern
ment OF the German republic has sent
the following note TO NJ. Clemenceau.
president OF the peace conference,
through DR.. Haniel Won Halmhausen
''rhe minister of foreign affairs has
instructed me TO communicate TO your
excellency the following:
1T appears TO the government OF the
German republic. in CONSERVATION ut
the last communication OF the allied
and associated governments. that these
governments have decided 10 wrest
from Germany by force acceptance of
the peace conditions, even those Which,
without presenting any material sig
nlficance. aim at divesting the German
people OF their honor.
mo act OF violence can touch the
honor OF the German people. The
German people. after frightful suffer-
Ing In these last years, have no means
OF defending themselves by external
action.
yielding 70 superior force, and with
out renounclng In the meantime It's
own view OF the unheard-of injustice
OF the peace conditions. the govern
ment OF the German republic declares
that 1t Is ready to accept and sign tho
peace conditions imposed.
"Please accept. Mr.. President. as
surances OF my high consideration.
(Sgned) "NON HANllsi.-
The Italian delegates at present In
Paris have been authorized to sign
the trcaly on behalf OF Italy. This an
nouncement removed one question
which II was feared might delay the
signing.
The German note OF acceptance, IL ls
said, Is eouched In such language that
the peace conditions are "a peace OF
violence"
Terms Germany Accepts.
Here are the high spots OF the treaty
OF peace which Germany will officially
accept. Germany loses Alsace-Lor-
raine. the Saar basin (at least for 10
years.. a strip OF upper Silesia' the
district OF Mcmel. Danzig, most OF
Posen and portions OF West Prussia
and Pomerania. part OF Schlcswig or
a pleblclte so decides). all her colonies
and extra European rights ana pos
sessions. certain small districts 10 Bel
GUM. her entire navy (now sunk), and
all her military and naval air forces.
She cannot incorporate German
Austria IN her empire
She must reduce her army within
three months TO 100000 and by March
81. 1870, TO 10000. She must abolish
CONSUMPTION.
She must dismantle all forts 10 kilo-
meters east Of the Rhine within six
months. agreeing 10 allied occupation
for 10 years or until the reparation
sum. not yet fixed. IL paid.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
Tovy,I.y Trial jury Selected.

Jackson. NINA jury Of twelve
farmers has been secured to try Pres
idept A. C. Townley Of the Non-parti'
san league and Joseph Gilbert, a for
mer organizer for the league on the
charge Of conspiracy to teach disloy-
atty.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
Lud.naorff Now J sook Aasnt

New York. - Ira Nelson Morris.
American minister 70 Sweden. who
arrived here Saturday. says General
Ludendorff is selling books In Stock
hold. Afr. Morris saw Ludend0rff
shortly before the minister left for
America. hawking In Stockholm a book
lie had written about the war. Luden-
dorff was not especially welcome In
Sweden. but managed to remain for a
time through the influence Of Swedish
relatives.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
WAITED FOR FoRTY-NlNE YEARS
Then He Saw the Advocates OF the
Mailed Fist in Retirement

Paris.-'We have waited 40 years
for this moment" exclaimed Premier
Clemenceau as he opened the dispatch
announcing that Germany would sign
the treaty, at the meeting of the coun-
ell of three on Tuesday. "For forty
nine years." he exclaimed, 1.-THE mailed
fist OF the retire German trooper
who has governed Germany has men-
aced the world. Whether the mans
name was Bismarck or William III 1t
was still the same retire of the middle
ages. surrounded by soldiery ana
drunk with pride.
BE careful; keep your powder dry.
Be CAREFUL Remind the world that it
is living on a barrel of that powder.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
TRAIN RUNS WITHOUT ENGINEER
Pilot of Passenger Train Hit by Mail
Crane and Killed.

Lincoln, Neb.-A Burlington train
from Lincoln to Chicago, ran five miles
without an engineer Tuesday, when
Engineer James Edgar johnson OF
Lincoln fell from the cab mile east
of waverly after being hit by mail
crane. The train ran from Waverly
TO Greenwood before the engineer was
missed. Fireman Karl ]. zimmerman
stopped the train at Greenwood and
ran the engine back to Waverly. There
the engineer was found beside the
track.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
TIGER" READY TO RETIRE.
clemenceau Declares He Has Accom-
plished His War Mission and Aims.

Paris-Premier Clemenceau has ex-
pressed his intention TO resign from
office as soon as the treaty is promul-
gated, feeling that he has accom-
pllshed the task for which he assumed
the premiership. says Marcel Hutin in
the echo de Paris. II is expected that
parliament would ratify the treaty In
June.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
MAY NULLIFY DRY LAW.
Prohibition May be Postponed Until
First Of January.

First Of January.
Washington President Wilson has
In mind the Issuance Of a prociama-
ton declaring the army Of the United
states demobilized when Germany
signs the peace treaty.
II she signs II on that date or before
June 30 and the President issues his
proclamation Of rehabilitation, the re-
suit VIII be that prohibition will be
postponed until the constitutional
amendment takes effect next January.
This highly important Information
was obtsined Friday from sources
close 10 the White House. II may be
relied upon as representing the pres
ent state Of the presidents mind and
certain forecast Of his action unless
some unforeseen difficulty develops 70
change his decision.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
THREE rwlsreRs STRIKE CITY
Minnesota Windstorm Ersets Toll OF
"a Dead and Many Injured.

Fergus Falls, Minn.-The death list
as result Of Sundays tornado IN
now estimated az -. with - missing
while 1900 people we're made home
less.
About zoo stores and residences
we're demolished The property loss
l. estimated az more than a million
dollars. Virtually the entire north
western section Of the city Is In ruins
Public buildings and churches were
destroyed. Hospitals are crowded
with victims. but city officials said
they believed Fergus Falls would be
able 10 provide relief for rs sufferers
Citizens said they believe that three
storms struck the city 10 quick sue
cession. Several persons corroborated
statements that three funnel-sbaped
clouds were seen.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
Nor, German Ships sunk.

Weimar- The German warships
which we're not surrendered 10 the
allies and which have been anchored
at Klel. wilhelmshafen and other
points have been sunk by German
sailors manning them.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26
American casuaitIes 2sg.ois

Washington.-Total casualties Of the
American expeditionary forces report
ed TO date was announced by the war
department as 2S9,O16, including;
killed in action tinciuding 81 lost at
seal. 33,T54: died OF wounds. 1880
died OF disease, 1856; died from aeci-
dents and other causes. 1872; total
deaths. 1862.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-26

Atlanta, Ga.-Sixty-si German sea
men who have been interned at Fort
Mcpherson here since soon after the
United States entered the war, left
Tuesday night for Charleston. 5 c.
where they will embark for Germany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

Col. ]. G. Leeper of Ardmore was a
state house visitor yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21
GAS AND ELECTRICITY
PRICE RAISE FOR CITY
STILL UNDER AMUSEMENT

Oklahoma City. June 20.-The appllca'
tions of the Consumers Gas Electric
Co, asking for an increase in the rates
for gas and electricity furnished at Ard
more is still under advisement by the
members of the state corporation com
mission. Commissioner Campbell Rus
sell held a hearing at Ardmore the latter
part of April and the matter has since
been in the hands of the rate depart
ment.
Representation by the applicant that
in order TO furnish Ardmore with ade'
quate gas next winter it will be neces'
sary to build n booster station" and
make other extensive improvements In
volving the expenditure of perhaps $780,
600, has been presented as an additional
reason why the relief asked should he
granted.
The corporation commission, it is
understood, is averse to granting such
relief until improvements involving ad'
dtional capital have been made. a
physical valuation of the Ardmore plant
was made about two years ago under di'
rection of the commission. A decision
in this case is not expected for some
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

America We're essential ITO American
success in this war. When our army
went abroad. it was supported by
the financial power and the Industry
OF America, by the labor in the factory
and the labor upon the farm When
the real test came, no country was
ever better prepared for it than
America. America was strong because
1t had adequately prepared for test of
its strength.
When the war began it was the sol.
emn judgment of the military experts
of the German Empire that we would
not be able to create an army inside
of two years. They said that even
If we We're able to secure the men. we
had no officers to train them. They
said that even if we We're able to create
an army, we would not be able TO SUP
ply it with arms and ammunition.
They said that even If we could ac.
complish this feat, we could not trans
port the army to France because we
had no ships and could secure none.
They said that even If we obtained
the ships, the U-boats would destroy
them. They said that even if we
transported an army to France, II
would be few in numbers and that we
would be unable to support it there
with food and clothes and arms ans
ammunition. And they said that ever.
If some Of our soldiers reached the fir.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21
THE WAY TO BUILD A ROAD

u, HE WAY TO BUILD road is to build it..
Ardmore has right ahead of her an oppor-
tunity to build a road which will route a
great deal of traffic trough this city now pass
ing on the other side. We mean the GG-G road
through the Arbuckle mountains. Next Tuesday
and Wednesday will be road building days for
Ardmore. Read the news story about this mat
ter, on the front page today and act accord
ingly.
day or two of manual labor will benefit
any man. OF course any citizen not accustomed
to hard physical labor will not be expected to
do full days work, such as professional
ditch digger from Dagoland can do; but the
amateur can do something to help build the
road, and the healthful outdoor exercise will
help build himself up at the same time. One
or two days up in the Arbuckles buckled to a
shovel or a pick few hours each day, will
serve as helpful vacation to any business man,
or to any manual worker for a change of occu-
patton is really rest.
A few years ago when Elliott Major was
governor of Missouri the industry of road-work-
ing by the general public received big boost.
Governor Major designated certain day on
which he called upon citizens all over his state
to go out and work the roads. He donned over
alls himself and did good honest days work
along with the rest. The idea spread. That
was one of the very best things Governor Major
did during his four years in office. He started
something, and Ardmore is going to keep it go
ing next Tuesday and Wednesday.
The committee in charge of the two-day
campaign of actual road building wants volun-
teers. A hundred or more have volunteered,
but another hundred at the very least should
offer their services. We are told that the COM
paratively small town of Davis has supplied
about 500 men for work on the section of the
same road in their vicinity. Ardmore surely
should supply as many men as Davis Why
not?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

am proud of the work which America is
doing for the world. | am proud of the
/ power of my country and of the man.
ner in which that power has been used:
and | am proud of the leadership of
President Wilson.
Desired Only Peace.
A great deal is being said in partisan
quarters to the effect that the Ad.
ministration is responsible for Ameri.
cas- so-called unpreparedness for war.
Measured by the standards of great
military nations, America was not
adequately prepared for war In that
sense, democracy is not likely to be
prepared for war. a peace-loving peo-
pie, desiring only relations of friend.
liness with other nations and moved by
aspirations higher than those of con-
quest, is not apt to turn its attention
to the creation Of great military es-
adjustments.
America was prepared for peace
and for all the processes of peace,
and the thoughts of America were
turned away from the thoughts of war
and exploitation. But let II not be
forgotten that modern war is not
fought by armaments alone. It is a
measuring of the strength of peoples.
The struggle is economic and touches
every aspect of the national life. The
banks. the factories, the mills. the
warehouses, and the great farms of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21
IT, y. T. Leaders Try to Mobilize Forces of Discomfort .
Nron recent Speech by Chairman

I Republican leaders and spokesmen
+, are resorting, with increased fire.
, quency to u form of political attack
I which is well defined and characters.
/: Tic. Tho method adopted consists
] chiefly in an attempt to mobilize the
} forces of discomfort, to stiffen partisan
/ lines, and to eXaggerate, beyond all
! eason. what the enemies of the Presi.
tent are pleased to describe as "the
mistakes of the Administration"
This method of campaigning brings
81 speedy response from the thought.
less, but its weakness consists in its
essential unfairness and in the eX
cesses of denunciation to which it
Gives rise. Those who employ this
fystem become its first victims. They
lose their sense of perspective and in.
Culge in violent and unpatriotic at.
tacks upon those who, in very diff
itcult period, are managing the az
tairs of our country.
Much of the Republican oratory is
IS amazing TO the listener as it is dis
reditable to those who make use of
i.
I do not know how others may feel
bout it. but as for myself. am proud
ID be an American citizen. / am
roud OF the army. ] am proud of our
II American men and women. l am
roud of the role that America has
l!ayed in the affairs of the world. l
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21
A CRAZY CRUSADE

TT BECOMES EVIDENT that small minority
of those who have brought about the prohibi-
tion of the infamous liquor traffic are going
to try to spoil the great victory by the down
right damphoolery of seeking to put tobacco in
to the discard along with booze. Millions of
good men who use tobacco or who see no com
pellng reason why other men should not use
it have worked for the prohibition of the booze
business. The efforts of few asinine ere
formers to create the impression that the pro-
hibition movement is or will be behind the no
tobacco movement are an insult to every one of
such men,
Yesterday a judge in Pittsburg refused
to grant charter to the "No-Tobacco Corpora
tlon.' Let us name the Judge, for he deserves
the publicity: Judge James M. Carpenter of the
common pleas court. He refused the petition
on the ground that the organization is political
in its aims, the petition having stated that its
object is "to secure by law, prohibition of the
culture, sale and use of tobacco" We are told
in the Associated Press dispatch that "the peti-
ton was signed by prominent church people and
ministers of this and other cities of the coun-
try"
The prominent church people hereby are
notified that if they persist in this crazy cru
sade they are going to be right smack-dab up
against the most exciting fight that any of them
ever imagined. Furthermore their efforts will
dlscredit and damage the churches If they
make the no-tobacco movement religious pro
position they will turn millions of people against
the churches-not against Christianity. of
course, but against churchianity. Maybe some
of the prominent church people and ministers"
will resent and dispute this statement, but nev-
ertheless it is true
We do not believe that the churches will en-
dorse and stand behind the "no-tobacco corpor-
1t1On' ol,, MI.
great body of church people in this country has
too much common sense and too much Christian
charity to take such action. The idea of putting
booze and tobacco upon the same plane is too
preposterous to be treated seriously
Why doesn't that Pittsburg holier-than-thou
outfit ask Judge Carpenter to give it a charter
for the No-Cucumber Corporation?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

ing line, the trained troops of Ger
many would destroy them.
And yet we raised an army of foui
million men and We transported more
than three million soldiers across three
thousand miles of sea, where, well'offi
cered, well equipped, and indomitable
in spirit, they turned the tide of bat
tie, won imperishabe glory and tri-
umphed in the greatest war that the
would has ever kndwn. tbs ,aus'
passing achievement is the final and
overwhelming answer to those who
complain of Americas so-called 'un-
preparedness for, war"
Same Critics as of Old.
The gentlemen who are now leading
the Republican party, criticising the
President of the United States and
warning the people against the poll
cies of Wilson and the League of Ma.
tions, are the bad advisers of old, the
discrcdited leaders. the men whose
led to trouble, and whose adj
vice had to be discarded before Ameri-
ca could make progress.
In this too general an assertion? Let
me be a little more particular. Was it
not Senator Lodge who proclaimed in
the Senate that the Federal Reserve
System was foredoomed to failure?
Was it not Senator Root who said that
The Federal Reserve System would ruin
he financial structure of America? Was
t not Senator Penrose who took the
same position?
And did not all these gentlemen OPP
oose the passage of the Shipping Bill
which was urged by Secretary McAdoo
wo years before war began. Was it
lot this same group of leaders who are
for the opposition to the
income Tax, the Farm Loan System and
he Agricultural and Labor Bills? These
re the same bad advisers, who, hopeful
hat America has forgotten their bad
dvice, are now rendering their sugges.
ions as to the future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

w. X. Breeding of Lexington. vice
chairman of the board of control for
state eleemosynary institutions, was n
caller at the executive office yester-
day. The board of control will hold n
meeting at the capitol next Wednesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

According to reports to the state
marketing commission Logan county
will market $50 carloads of about 45O
bushels each of Elberta peaches. The
average price is 81 Il bushel f. o. b.
cars.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

Jep Knight of Wynnewood, member
of the state senate from the Garvin-
Cleveland district, was a capitol visitor
yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

state election board, who had been at
the capitol on business for several days,
returned to his home in Muskogee yes.
terday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

Advertise your WANTS in The Ard.
mOreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21
UNDER The IMAGINARY
STATE HOUSE DOME
By CHARLES H. ADAMS
Staff Correspondent

Employees who have been preparing
the permanent journals of the house and
senate have almost completed their
work. The senate index was completed
in the latter part of last week and the
house side has made its last proof. In
both departments the typewriter copies
Of the journals, which constitute the
official record are nearing completion.
Representatives sgd Wheeler, Bert Jack
son and -. II. Collums William Cordell,
Misses Jeannette Collar, Claire Webb,
Irma Krause and Mrs. II. II. Smith
have been engaged in this work.
Copies of the 1919 session laws dis
tributed by the secretary of states of
flee have practically all been delivered.
The publishing company which this
year is handling the sale of the laws
has distributed an unusually large num-
Der of copies. Heretofore the state
placed additional copies on sale after
the distribution of those required by
law, but the seventh Legislature con
tracted to turn the sale over to the
publisher.
Col. j. G. Leeper Of Ardmore was a
state house visitor yesterday.
As a mark of respect to the late John
n Shepler of Lawton, a member of
the state board of education, who died
Monday night, the state department of
education offices We're closed at noon
yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

state highway department. The cleo
ton probably will be called for August
4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-21

Kay county commissioners are soon
to issue a call for a million and a half
dollar bond issue for the purpose of
constructing hard surfaced roads, ac-
cording to information reaching the
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-05
West Barnet

Reception for Albert Randall, re-
turned soldier from France, by Lake
view Grange and community.
A good number gathered in the
village hall Thursday evening to well
come back Albert Randall, who has
recently returned from overseas. 1t
was with great pleasure that we had
with us Seymore Hutchinson of
Peacham, who has also seen active
service. A very interesting program
chorus gave musical selections. The
first speaker Of the evening was Rev.
7. A. Carlson of ePacham, who gave
a very impressive address bringing
into his speech that altho the boys
who came back were not killed, they
had endangered themselves to make
the supreme sacrifice, just the same
as those who had made it. Edwin
Mackay, in his usual pleasing manner,
gave welcome to the boys, in a few
we'll chosen words. Rev. |. H. Laird
extended to them the esteem in which
they are held in the community by
presenting to Mr. Randall, "the time
of his life" in the form of a gold
watch and several match pieces an
to Mr.. Hutchinson purse of money.
Mr.. Randall responded by giving an
account of his army life from the
time he enlisted until he was shell
shocked by an Austrian shell. After
he was able to return to duty he was
assigned to guarding prisoners. Mr..
Randall returned to Hoboken, N. j.,
January 3. After the program re-
freshments were served.
Grange meeting was held Tuesday
evening with % present. The third
and fourth degrees were conferred on
one candidate. Six applications for
membership were read. The lectur-
er's hour consisted of short stories
by Andrew HASTE, Leslie White. A
resolution was adopted by the Grange
to be presented to the town meeting
for the town to secure stone
crusher.