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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
UNION BODY
REPUDIATES CAR STRIKE
ACTION At MUSKOGEE

Aluskogee, Okla, Aug. lS.-Repudi'
ated by the Central Labor Union. strik-
ing street car men today We're alone
in their stand against the Muskogee
Electric Traction Company. Starting
of the ears with non.union men was
being considered 10y the company
which is now assured of support from
the citizens safety committee ana
union labor here.
y. \. Gibson, company attorney, ana
II. d. Long. manager, said they would
give the strikers another chance TO
go back to work before making at
tcmpts TO start the cars with outside
workers. They expected to consult
later in the day with Mayor Wisener'
the citizens committee and others re
GardnE the resumption OF car service
j. j. Green, president OF the car
mems union, said that the union men
would refuse to go to work. other
members, it was said, might go back
to work without the sanction of the
officials of the local union They said
they would base their action on the
withdrawal of supper; from the strike
by the central union and on the pos
sibiiily Of the international union with
drawing the local charter because OF
the alleged illegal strike.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
AROMORE CITIZENS
ORDER FOOD SUPPLY
THROUGH POSTOFF|CE

Postmaster John Carlocll began TAX
ing orders Monday morning at nine
o'clock for a limited supply of food
now on hand with the quartermaster
department of the United States army.
All foodstuffs will be sent to indi-
vdual consumers through the parcel
post, the limited supply allotted to
Ardmore will be disposed of only
through the postmaster or his assist
ants, who will furnish all applicants
with necessary information.
The post office department have
raised the parcel post weight to 125
pounds, and has announced that parcel
post rates for only the first zone Will
be charged, no matter how far the
person may live from the supply depot
Customers will be required to de
posit the price of their order postage
sufficient to cover cost of delivery, ana
all orders will be sold on cash basis,
to be filled in the order in which they
are received In case Of shortage OF
any item the first orders received viii
receive the preference, and for any
order that the department is unable
TO fill. money will be refunded prompt
ly.
Up to noon today one dozen orders
for various articles had been filed with
the postmaster, and many have made
injuries and stated they would order
later.
The postmaster urges haste, as the
supplv available for this point is lin
tied and will soon be exhausted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
LETTER Probably a Forgery

Budapest, Saturday, Aug. liking
Ferdinand of Rumania, according to re
liable reports, visited Budapest last
week. ncognito. Four Hungarian mon
itors. manned by British seamen. have
arrived here. They carry fivench
guns and are under the command OF
Vice Admiral Ernest Troubridge.
Archduke Joseph. head of the Hun
garian state, denied today that he had
received a letter from former Emperor
Charles, as charged in dispatches from
Budapest to Berlin newspapers. The
latter, it is alleged, ordered him to take
over the power in Hungary and thank
ed him for his services to the Haps-
burg dynasty.
The letter. as published in Berlin, ac-
cording to those familiar with Haps-
burg court documents. bears the stamp
of forgery. 1t is pointed out on behalf
of Archduie Joseph that he cannot eX-
ercise the power of a sovereign, but can
act only as regent for the interests of
the former emperor and his eldest son.
According to the law of succession in
Hungary it is said that no archduke
can ascend the throne while u male de
scendant of a king is alive or even If
the king has been banished.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
ORDER SURPLUS ARMY
FOOD THROUGH YOUR
POSTMASTER DIRECT

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Parcel
post sale Of the vast surplus sup
ply Of foodstuffs which the war de-
partment is putting on the market
was inauguratcd today with every
postmaster in the country furnish
ed with a price list from which
the customer may order.
individuals will order directly
from their postmaster, who in turn
will base his requisition upon the
war department on the volume of
foodstuffs ordered.
For each of the 20 articles of
food offered, the price list shows
the price per can for individual
unit, as wen as the price per case
or larger containor.
The gross weight of each pack
age also is shown, in order that
the purchaser may compute the
price he will have to pay by adding
the parcel post rate from the near
est distributing point.
The foodstuffs have been dis
tributed in each of the 13 war de
qartment subsistence districts in
proportion to population, the prices
quoted being FOR storage points
in thsc districts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
CAPTURED AVATORS APPEAL
TO RELATIVES FOR RANSOM

FL Paso, Texas, Aug. 1S.-ENery eilort
GAS being made today to expedite the
rescue of Lieuts Paul II. Davis anu
Harold G. Peterson, aviators OF the
limited states army, who are held lor
ransom of $4,000 by Mexican bandlts
somewhere in Mexico, south of the Big
Iend of West Texas.
While no official announcement was
made by the military authorities, II was
understood that the ransom money had
baen arranged for at a local bank ana
,hat n messenger would be started dur
inc the day for Candelaria. Texas,
,vbere he would receive instructions
about handing over the gold TO an agent
of the bandits. Cattlemen attending the
cowboy camp meeting at Fort DAVIS
Texas. also raised $4,000 in 10 minutes
sunday and placed it at the disposal OF
the military authorities.
After eight days of suspense since the
aviators patrolling the border disap
naared. messages were received by mill
tary authorities at Maria, Texas. yester-
day demanding payment OF the ransom
&, gold to Dawkins Fitzpatrick of Cande-
laria. Texas, before tonight or the
Americans would be killed, according TO
the message. Another message. signed
nv the aviators, accompanied the de-
rand for the ransom in which they
stated virtually the same facts as con-
Continued on page p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
NATIONAL LABOR PARTY
TO Be ORGANIZED FOR
THE CAMP AIGN Of 1920

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-Representatives of
labor organizations and nonpartisan
leagues from a number of states, in a
conference held here today, decided to
organize a national labor party The
first step will he to call a national
convention to be held in Chicago in
November to adopt constitution and
platform, it was announced.
The delegates came to Chicago in re
sponse to a call sent out by the Illinois
state labor party.
Frank j. Esper, secretary of the
party, stated at the meeting today that
he had received word from 20 other
states not represented by delegates here
that their organizations were back of
the move to organize a national party
combining the labor parties and non
partisan leagues of all the states.
1--WE expect to call n national conven'
ton this fall and enter the 1920 cam
paign," said Mr.. Esper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
ALL NEW YORK 4"
AND SUBWAY TRAINS
STOPPED BY ST R|K {
9,OOO,00O PERSONS WALK OR USE
IMPROVED MEANS OF TRANS
PORTATION TODAY

New York, Aug. l7.-More than ..
100000 persons, who ordinarily travel
daily over the marlborough Rapid
Transit Companys subway and elevated
lines in Manhattan, the Bronx. Brook.
lyn and Queens. today either took
slow'moving surface cars and impro.
Vised convcyanccs or walked to their
work as result Of the strike of the
companyS $4,000 employees for a 80
per cent increase in wages. AS on
sunday, when the strike became ef.
iectlvo, not wheel turned on the
companys $50 miles of trackage.
The stoppago of the main arteries
of travel caused the worst traffic sit.
uation i'm the history of the city The
narrow streets in downtown New York
were fairly congcsted during the early
morning hours. \ pouring rain added
to the discomforts.
Thousands Of jitneys and buses. OPP
Grated by the city, filled beyond ca.
pacity with workers. cogged the thor
ouShfares. Thousands fought in vain
Tor standing room on each overloaded
trolley car. Trolleys and other We
hicles moved as a snail's pace.
Residents on the outer fringe of
the city were unable to reach their
places of employment until many
hours after their usual time and in.
dustrial New York was crippled in
consequence. The New York central
railroad operated 26 extra trains of 10
cars each between Hudson and Harlem
river points to the Grand Central sta.
ton. The 10000 extra passengers car
ricd ON these trains, in addition to the
regular traffic, caused an unprecedent-
ed congestion at the great terminal.
Fleets of ferries and other crafts,
pressed hurriedly into service, piled in
the North and East rivers, carrying
passengers between the upper and low
or ends of Manhattan Island, for the
FIRST time in many years.
More than 5000 policemen guarded
the company's property, and endeavor.
ing to control the tide of humanity
sweeping through the streets. Moth,
withstanding the confusion, there was
but little disorder.
An effort to reach an agreement be-
tween the marlborough officials and
the strike leaders will be made this
afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
MILLIONS IN TREASURE
SHIPS LOST OFF AFRICA
NOW MAY Be SAL LVAGED

London, Aug. 1S.-ICorrespondence
of the Associated Press).-To recover
more than So 600. 900 in gold, part of
the fortune of the late Paul Kru-
ger, once president of the Transvaal,
which is believed to be cemented in
the hold of the bark Dorothea, sunk
ON Tenedos reef off the coast of Zulu
land, is one OF the projects which may
be revived as a result of Improvement
in the science of salvaging sunken
ships.
The Dorothea is named among the
wrecks of eight treasure ships off the
African coast which are regarded by
one leading expert as most likely for
salvage.
Capt \. T.. Gardiner has located
80 hulls Of sunken vessels off the
coast of South Africa and believes that
one quarter Of them may be redeemed,
Some of them are more than 100 years
old Eight of the ships selected as
susceptible of salvage, with their To-
cation and value Of contents, are given
as follows
The Grosvenor on the Pendl coast,
$3.50 900.
Ariston, Marcus Bay, $4,O0OO00.
Birkenhead, Birkenhead Reef, 49,
100000.
Atlas. East Coast, SO, 100000.
Dorothea, Tenedos Reef, $3,250,O 900.
Thunderbolt Thunderbot Reef, 81
100000.
Abercrombie, Black Rock, 5000 900.
Merestein, Jutton Island, 100000.
\ second list of ships Turing treas
ure hunters to the African coast in
cludes seven wrecked in 1902, among
them being IL. NJ. S. Candos, with $780,
600 in gold coin, and the troopship Ad-
Olson, with 100000. Others carried
copper, mold full of ivory or of silver
ingots. Ten other treasure vessels,
lost between 1877 and 1893 have been
located along the African sands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
ACCEPTS POLICY OF
NAT|ONAL|Z|NG COAL

London, August 1S.-The British
government has accepted the policy
of the state purchase of mineral rights
in coal. This announcement was made
by Premier Lloyd George in the house
of commons today.
In discussing the financial and in
dustrial situation the premier said
there was an alarming trade balance
against the United Kingdom of S4,
600 ,O0O,O 900, which threatened to in
crease He announced that import
restrictions would be removed Sept. /.
The premier said that before the
war Imports had exceeded exports from
the United Kingdom by $3.50, 200, 900.
Receipts from foreign investments at
present are down to $500 600 900, while
Great Britain has to pay back an ad.
verse trade balance Of $4,000, 600 900
Labor conditions in the United
Kingdom he said, had improved. OF
the 1900 900 mon demobilized, only
$50. 900 have not been absorbed in in
dustries.
Pensions cost the government $500.
100000 yearly. Private expenditures
in the aggregate, he said, We're more
formidable than public expenditures
one way OF meeting the increase in
expenditures is to increase production,
but the output is less than everything
except agriculture.
He declared that if the country con
tinued in the way in which it was
going, the adverse trade balance would
reach $4,000, 100000.
I'VE cannot propose" he said, I'VE
cannot even exist without recovering
and maintaining our Industrial trade.
We must bring up the trade balance.
adding to our exports and lessening
our imports"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
GREAT WAR COST zoo
BILLION DOLLARS, SAYS
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE

London Aug. 1S.--The war cost $780,,
000. 600 600, Premier Lloyd George de-
clared in his speech in the house OF
commons today on the financial and
industrial situation Most of this sum
was spent for purposes Of destruction.
The premier asserted that the change
from war to peace conditions would
take just as long as the change from
peace to war The first outstanding fact
of the present situation was the alarm
ing adverse trade balance, he said.
The import restrictions which viii
terminate September l, he continued,
had given British manufacturers an
opportunity of making n dealing in
goods which otherwise would have been
hu rried here from foreign countries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
+. T.. WALSH CALLS WORLD
"NAST JAIL WITH KING
GEORGE V. AS KEEPER

New York. Aug. 1S.-Frank u.
Walsh. chairman of the American com
mission on Irish independence, char
acterizes the world as "a vast Jail
with King George V. of England as
its keeper" in a statement issued
here today protesting against the al
legged acguiescence Of various state
departments in permitting England to
deny passports for their citizens to
travel in Great, Britain and its posses
sions.
He urged that a joint secretariat be
set up i'm the League of Nations to pro
tect citizens of all nations. instead of
having a single secretariat ''in the
shadow of the steeple of Westminster
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
GERMAN POLICE ARE
BEING M|L|TARIzED
CONTRARY TO TREATY

CoblenZ Saturday, Aug. 1G.-Mili-
tari2ation of German police, contrary
to the terms of the treaty of peace,
already has begun, according to infor
nation reaching American authorities
In the city of Cassel the police re.
Gently were completely organized on
military lines by the Prussian govern
mcnt, it is said, and now are equipped
with steel helmets and rifles, and fol
low the routine of a military company
in their barracks. OF the 800 state
police in office in Cassel, 100 have
elected to be transferred to the new
organization anad the remainder have
been placed in the civil service.
The ultimate size of the new mill
tari2ed police organization has not been
announced. Americans studying the
rehabilitation and reorganization of
the German army say that the signifi-
cancc of the militarizing of police in
Germany is great.
American officers have records of
an announcement that the Prussian
state government, quite apart from
the national government was to or
GaniZe Il "schut2mannschaft,' or state
police force, throughout Prussia, which
would be virtually military units in
garrisons with full infantry equip
mcnt, but would be under control of
the minister of the interior and used
only for the repression of internal dis.
orders. These troops, according to
the plan, We're to be quite apart and
in excess of the army permitted Ger
many under the terms of the peace
treaty.
scmi-official statement however,
states that it is appreciated that these
troops are not permitted, under the
terms of the peace treaty, but the
hope is expressed that the allies will
be reasonable" and permit their or
ganiZation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
YOUTH KILLED
BY PISTOL DROPPING

Star City, Ark, Aug. 1S.--A coroner's
jury yesterday exonerated Joe Edmonds.
20 years old. of Star City. of blame for
the death Saturday night of Guy White
head, 20 years old, of Moscow. Ark, who
was killed instantly by a bullet from
Edmonds' pistol. accidentally discharged
on "A train. Evidence showed that as
the two youths started to leave the
train. Whitehead dropped some letters
from his pocket. Edmonds stopped to
help pick them up. As he did so his
pistol fell from his pocket and was dis
charged, the bullet passing through
Whitehead's heart.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
Warm Off the Wire

Pernambuco, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 10
A. 7. Haehcrle of Missouri. American
consul here since 1915, sailed Thursday
for Rio Ianeiro to take charge OF the
general consulate there.
London, Aug. 1S.-A decree declaring
Admiral Kolchak and the all-Russian
cabinet at Omsk to be outlaws has been
issued by the soviet government, ac-
cording TO a wireless message from Mos
COW. The admiral and the officers com
manding the forces of his government
in Siberia are declared to be subject to
immediate arrest.
London. Aug. 1S.--The bolsheviki
have been driven from Odessa by the
populace of the city, according to re
ports received by the British war office.
1t is reported also that the soviet forces
are evacuating Kiev and the entire
Ukraine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
.ENGL AND IS CHARGED
WITH SEEING EGYPT
BY "PROTECTORATE"
JOSEPH w. FOLK. As COUNSEL,
FILES PROTEST. WITH SEN.
ATE COMMITTEES

Washington. Aug. 1S-m brief
filed today with the foreign relations
committee of the United States senate,
Joseph w Folk former governor or
Missouri, counsel for the Egyptian com
mission, charges that England under
the guise of "A protcctorate over Egypt
practically has seized that country as a
British possession that in an annex
to the peace treaty the status of Egypt
would be made an internal question" 4"
and beyond the jurisdiction of the coun-
ell of the League OF Nations, which
council the Egyptians desire to pass
upon the status of Egypt.
The document sets forth that the
original occupation of Egypt by Brit.
ish troops, beginning in 1882. was
claimed 10y the British government to
he merely temporary for the purposes
of suppressing "rebels" and collecting
debts due to Europeans The British
government, says Mr.. Folk, pledged
Egypt and the world that this occupa.
ton would be only temporary.
After giving "a resume of the political
history of modern Egypt, and the "al-
legged wrongs done in that country to
enforce British rule i'm the last several
decades the briet recltos the story OF
the killing of 500 and the woundinS
of 1000 Egyptian natives last April in
the streets OF their cities WhlIe holdihS
demonstrations Tor freedom under the
sell l'determlnatloh cause OF the peace
treaty.
Mr.. FOLK, VINO formerly was solicitor
Tor the state department. ana who now
represents the commission which was
named by the legislative assembly or
Egypt, a majority OF whom were elect
ed by the people, he says, calls atten-
tlon 10 the fact that Egyptian troops,
numbering one million, fought ON the
side OF the allies To make, as theN be
lleVed, the world safe for democracy
and the right of national self-determina'
ton Tor all peoples.
Egypt, before the war he says. was
independent FOR all practical purposes
though under the nominal sovereignty
of Turkey and subject to an annual trib
ute to Turkey. ON December Is, 1914,
1t is stated, Great Britain removed the
ruler of Egypt and appointed Prince
Hussein as sultan, oStensibly as
war measure and assumed 10y the Egyp'
tanS 10 ne such.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
OF FRANCE IN
SYRIA BEING DISCUSSED

Paris, Aug. 1S.-The aspirations of
France in Syria are being discussed
by French newspapers, in connection
with the Persian-Anglo treaty, which
was the chief topic of discussion today
in peace conference circles.
Until the Persian treaty is ratified.
delegates to the peace conference
think, it is improbable that it will come
formally before the conference although
it is of first importance in the cues.
ton of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey.
The situation regarding Turkey ap-
parently is deadocked until the United
states decides whether it will accept
a mandate for Armenia or elsewhere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
EXKAISER PURCHASES AN
ESTATE NEAR AMERONGEN

Utrecht Holland. Aug. 1s.-The for
mer Emperor William. who has been
living at Amerongen since his arrival in
Holland. has purchased the estate and
house of Doom at the village of Doom,
near Utrecht. according to the Dagblad.
The estate was bought from the Baron
ess de Abufort. 1t is about five miles
north of Amerongen in the direction of
Utrecht.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
Giant Plane Lost i'm Africa

Paris. Aug. 1S.-Anxiety is felt here
over the lack of news of the arrival of
the giant airplane Goliath at Dakar
The airplane was last reported Satur-
day morning at $3.50 o'clock passing
above Portetinne, 500 miles from Da-
kar. At that time the machine had ac-
ccmplished the worst part of the jour
ney from Magador to Dakar. having
crossed the Sahara.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
AMERICAN EXPERTS AT
PARIS HELD SHANTUNG
CLAUSE WOULD CAUSE WAR

1t was the unanimous opinion of
American experts on far eastern affairs
at Versailles that war must result from
the peace treaty provision giving Japan
control i'm the Chinese provinces of
Shantung. the senate foreign relations
committee was told today by Thomas F.
Millard. an American writer who was
attached to the Chinese peace delega-
ton
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
BUYING LARGE
NINE PROPERTIES IN CHILE

Santiago, Chile, Aug. 16.-Newspapers
call attention to the extensive purchases
of mining properties by japanese in
Chile. 1t is said that more than $1,000
600 is invested in copper and iron prop
critics along the northern railway. Re
Gently Japanese have taken options on
coal acreage surrounding the naval port
of Talcahuano, just north of Concep-
cion. The newspapers add the number
steadily.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
I. W. w. MEN ARRESTED
FOR RIOTING IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Aug. 1S-A halfdo2en men
who admitted membership in the In
dustrial Workers of the World to be
arraigned in court today ON charges
of rotng last night, when the police,
with revovers and clubs scattered
crowd of 80 who attempted to call
strike of employees in the Thompson,
Weeghman and Messenger chain of
restaurants in the downtown district.
Gurds were posted today at all
three chains of restaurants to pro
test against an attempt to renew the
trouble.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
NEW FRENCH WIRELESS
TO SEND 1880 MILES

Paris, Sunday. Aug. 1.-THE new
wireless station to be erected at Croix
d'Hins. near Bordeaux. will have a send
ing radius of $500 miles. according to
the Excelsior 1t will be one of the
most powerful wireless stations in the
world. the paper adds. with five times
the strength of the Eiffel Tower. and
will reach all the French colonies
throughout the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
THREE ILLINOIS BOYS,
EACH Z YEARS OLD. ARE
KILLED In EXPLOSION

Greenfield, H., Aug. 18.Three boys
all aged years, were killed, three 9th
ers were badly burned and 10 other per.
sons sustained injuries when a boiler
steam for mine pump ex
ploded on the farm of Norman May
berry. five miles northeast OF here yes.
terday afternoon.
Th. dead boys are: Edward l.. May
berry, Lawrence Sampson and John
Sampson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-19
EXPORT COMMITTEE
EMBARGOES GRAIN MOVEMENT

Galveston. Texas, Aug. 1S.-N1tice
was received here today that the South
ern Export committee at 1901 a. m.
mad embargoed the movement of barley,
corn. oats. rye and wheat, export and
domestic. through Texas City, Calves
con and Port Arthur. Texas, New Or
cans La. and Mobile, Ala, formal per
mits being required hereafter. Extraor-
binary movement of these grains is Civ
en- as the reason for checking the move
ment.