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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
MEDilL MCCORMICK NAMES
COMMITTEE or HIS OWN
no REDRAFT THE LEAGUE

Washington March 15.-Mednl Me.
Cormick, republican senatorelect from
Illinois. issued a statement today as.
serting that any censorship upon news
from America to Great Britain and
France could have been imposed only
to prevent publication Of the opinion
of the American people and the atti.
tude Of senator's toward the constitution
of the League of Nations.
Europe must come to understand
that Mr.. Wilson is attempting coup
detat in defiance Of the decision of the
common people Of America uttered at
the last election" the statement said.
Mr. Mccormick said the peace con.
ferees should first make peace with
Germany and then the president ought
to put aside his pride" and invite Sena.
tors Lodge and Knox, republicans. and
Senator Hitchcock, democrat. to the
peace conference to draft league of
nations plan which the American people
ana the senate could approve.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
Latin.Amcrica Feels Sighted.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 10
A dispatch to La Prcnza from Paris
says that the Latin-American delegates
to the peace conference are resentful
over the small representation given
them upon the financial and economic
commissions. These delegates, the dis.
patch declares, make the charge that
the small nations Of Europe have been
favored at their expense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
Rnil Clerl, Stril,n Snrends

Atlanta Ga. March 1j.-The strike
pf clerks ON the Nashville, Chattanooga
* ST, Louis railway was extended to.
day TO the Atlanta, Birmingham x At.
lantic road, orders for all clerks em
ployed by that company to quit work
having gone forward from union of.
hcials here. The clerks demand the
removal of the federal auditor of the
y. c. 4 st. l., line, Freight traffic
remained at a standstill today but pas
senger service was moving.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

Basel. Friday March l4,-The Ba
yariau central council has issued a
statement declaring its desire for com
plete sociali2ation, according to advices
from Munich \ socialist central eco
nomc office viii be created it is said
the control Of which viii lbe exercised
by a council which win include work
men, intelectuals and peasants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
New Officers Ell,s Indnn-

Lieut. Veie G. Suggs, who returned
Monday from overseas service, was
elected exalted ruler of the Elks at
their annual election Of officers held
Tuesday night Other officers elected
were W. l.. Davis leading knight:
Paul Ekern, loyal knight; Harry Kess.
Ter, lecturing knight These officers
will be installed at the next meeting
which will be held Tuesday night.
April 3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
MAN WITH CRIMINAL
RECORD CAUGHT HERR

Several days ago Sheriff Garrett re
ceived telegram from the sheriff of
jefferson county asking for the arrest
Of Roy Jackson. Sheriff Garrett did
not know the man. as he believed and
did not find him until yesterday wher
he remembered that one time he ar
rested him and sent him TO prison for
five years on "a charge of horse theft
The sheriff and Deputy Horace Kendall
found the man yesterday afternoon and
placed him in jail. The sherin of JEFF
ferson county was here last night TO
take the prisoner back to Wamka.
The present charge against him is lar
ceny.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

between Poland and Germany The
Polish boundary commission as well
as the general territorial commissions,
virtually, has agreed unanimously on
this boundary While no official am
uomcement has been made it is known
that Danzig is included i'm Poland and
that the commissions have agreed up
ON a boundary which would give Po.
land strategic points which would
make her am effective barrier between
boshevism and western Europe
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
CONFERENCE ON MAI.
IMPROVEMENT CALLED

Washington, March IA business
conference for the exchange of views
on postal problems and discussion Of
steps to improve and extend the mail
service was called today by the post.
office department to meet i'm Washing
ton, April / to g. Invitations were ex.
tended to rs postmasters Of principal
cities and representatives of 10 large
firms
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
AMERICA GETS EIGHT
BIG GERMAN VESSEL. =
LConLlnued nom nnge d.

Continued from page -.
German shipping for the entente ma.
tons.
During the war there has been a
system of paying premiums for early
thrcshing but this, according to Herr
Braun, results i'm much grain being
cut before it is ripe and being thresh-
cd i'm damp condition I'm his opinion
the system throws the normal course
of agriculture "out Of gear" because
other harvest operations are interrupt.
ed to rush grain to the threshers. For
this reason he said, the allies should
agree TO continue sending food supplies
until September
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
WOrtha Webb Claim Paid.

j. r. Gait, clerk of the Woodmen
of the World has paid TO the mother
Of Wortha Webb $1,000 insurance pol
icy, Sergeant Webb was killed in ac
tion Sept. II, and it is largely through
the efforts OF Mr. Gait that the local
camp kept the policies of all enlisted
men of the organization paid up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
The Spring l. Here.

have about 80 blue serge, gray and
brown suits that ! carried over from
last year They are $50 and $40 values
that / am going to close out at only,
your choice. $23.75. Lots of blue serge
odd coats at $l3.75. Big line of cheap
81 and SO dress pants priced sass to
S4S5. Don't fail to see our line Of dress
and work shoes, prices $9.95 to $685..
LONDON, THE CLOTHlER.
Between the Two Shows, West Main st.
1G.2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
Vaudeville Promoter Dies

Chicago, March l5.-Adoph T.. Mey
ers promoter of vaudeville is dead at
the residence Of his parents here after
a years illness. He was "a bachelor
and was one of the founders of the
Western Vaudeville Managers Assoc1
ton the others being Charles T.. Kohl
George T.. Castle and Martin Beck
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

London March l5.--loe Beckett Eng
lish heavyweight boxer who knocked
out Bombardier Wells Feb :. has sign
ed an agreement with Frank Goddard
TO meet in the ring in London the win
nor to fight Georges Carpenter the
French heavyweight. The contest will
not occur before May
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

Washington, March 15.-With funds
available for payment of March and
April allowances. the warrisll insurance
bureau faces the prospect of suspending
operations after that time unless spe.
cial provision for money is made TO
remedy the failure Of congress to APP.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
35th- to Disband at Funston.

Topeka, Kan March lj.-Congress
man Il. G. Little Of the Second district
here today, stated that he has received
definite official information that the
Thirty.Fifth division will be demobiizec
at Camp Funston.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
NOTICE.

Londons new cleaning and dyeing
and hat equipment. All this week we
will put out the best cleaning and dye.
ing that has ever been done in the city.
Look up those soiled and sun.faded
clothes and hats and ring 30l, Lon.
don's Steam Dye House Between the
two shows, West Main street. l6.2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
Wealthy stocl,man Reported Killed

A story reached here yesterday that
Newt Cans, n wealthy stockman of
jefferson county was killed in Wau-
rlka Friday afternoon, having been
shot nine times by one Of his tenants
The killing is said TO be the result of
q lawsuit involving only q few dollars
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
Danzig Given TO Poland

Paria Friday, March l4.-One of
the first questions to be considered by
the council of ten, with President VIII.
son participating will be the boundary
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

, in the gale of Feb. u. had been set afre
sixty miles off Anclote light as "A men.
ace to navigation. The Bohannon car
ried half a million feet of lumber.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16

Tampa, Fla, March l5.-The tug Sea
King reported today that the dereiict
schooner Mile r. Bohannon, abandoned
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-16
HIGH SCHOOI. NOTES.

G. "A \yoodIur nrfnr-nal of Ardnoro
High school left asr rio,t fan, chi.
cago. where be will attend the N,rth
Icros The association win n, fp SOC
sion three dovs. AIR yoodruo' was ,n
poir,ci delegate in fine moe,irg Inv
G.. Parsons. of Oklahoma civ win, is
state national inspoctor MIR. Parsons
ioined Mr. Woodruff al Oklahoma Cify
high schooIs i'm S, Louis. Chicago ana
Gary Ind
Serst Claude Nelson of the sixth
Marine recently returno, from active
service fu France. and who is an aIum.
nus of ArImore High school win AS
stsr i II SeppcE. Manual Trainin.
teacher I'm t.3ck co1chiip vo,l, Seq.
re,ur Nelson made am cnviahle ath
lcri, record while ATTENDING Ardmore
lIipb school. and !, is considered most
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11

Paris.-Vast quantities of food
products must come to France this
winter. All eyes are on America.
Abnormal drought last summer seri-
ously injured the French harvest. A
warning has been issued that further
sacrifices, more stringent food restric-
lions. may have to be imposed.
France. facing the winter, Is looking
to America to feed its people. Approx
imately 1OO,OOO,OOO bushels of wheat
are needed for daily bread rations.
THE economic situation is alarm
ing" said NJ. Comet. French senator
from the Puy de Dome region. "All
the haryests have been brought in and
we are in a position to measure our
needs.
Production this year has been sadly
deficient. Despite our expectations last
spring of bumper crops, the deplorable
dry weather has ruined many rich agri-
cultural districts of France.
There has been almost no fruit.
Vegetables are few. Cereals are poor.
rOt. > crops. on which we based our
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
TAKE PRISONERS IN AlRPLANE
Huns and Herd Them Into
Camp.

With the British Army in France
Airplanes can be used for capturing
infantry. 1t was proved by the Brit
ish in the recent advance.
Flying fairly low, seeking parties
Of Germans or war material to bomb,
two officers in one machine were fired
upon from sunken road. The pilot
dived and the airplane machine quick
ly accounted for four Germans. Very
quickly the Germans hoisted q white
flag in token Of surrender.
The airmen were in dilemma. as
there was no British infantry in the
vicinity. They descended to SO feet,
however, and ordered the Germans out
of the roads, of them in all. They
obeyed. Then rounding up the party,
the airmen directed them toward the
British lines. They circled over them
with the ever-menacing bombs and
machine guns until they encountered a
party Of British, who took the entire
lot to prisoners cage.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11

which was hive of machine gun
nests in their advance toward Nam
tillois and CiergeS, and 1t was not un-
Ill the day after the town had been
practically surrounded that the last
enemy resistance was crushed there.
After penetrating well beyond Mont
faucon on either side, American pa
trolls of twOs and threeS began 10
reconnoitre the town and the chateau
which stands on tent-like ridge com
handing the plain in all directions.
Those patrols which entered from the
north, from behind, worked their way
through the ruins of shell-Shattered
houses right up to the front OF the
town, where they sniped the German
machine gamers in the backs, as they
were firing on American patrols al
vancing from Cuisy. Prisoners were
taken from the deep dugouts 5O ana
60 feet below the ruined town two
DAVIS after the Americans had estaD
lished themselves in the town.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
ALL WILL GET JOBS

struct private homes alone will re-
quire the work of 100000 men for 20
years.
Prof. Van den Ven of Louvain, now
in the United States, says the war
losses of Belgium total approximately
S4OOO,OOO0OO. Before the drive more
than $4,000 buildings had been de-
stroyed. Practically all the important
factories have been robbed of their
machinery, and, in many cases, not
only the walls RACED but the very foun'
datiOns destroyed
The machinery was shipped to Ger
many. Towns and villages have been
wrecked. Farms have been robbed OF
all live stock. Miles of interurban
railroads have been torn up and
shipped to Germany.
The problem is first to keep alive
the population released by Germany
second, to reconstruct the industrial
machine so the people can make a
living.
England also will want food, manu-.
featured goods, raw material and ma.
chinery in great quantities. So will
Italy and the Scandinavian countries.
George E. Roberts of the National
City bank maintains that the United
States will pass out of the war period
with more wealth than she possessed
before the conflict began. There has
been much scientific development OF
industry, and agriculture has been
stimulated as never before.
There is no obstacle. he thinks.
to continuance of business activity
except the difficulty of readjustina
business to peace basis. This obsta.
Gle is great but surmOuntable.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11

and with farmers in his county the
problem Of helping the Red Cross and
at the same time helping hog produe-
ton. This was talked in every school
house and In every rural church in the
county. Practically every merchant,
every banker; in fact, most Of the busi-
ness men, raised pigs for this ship
ment. OF course, the vast majority
were raised by farmers. Nearly 500
negroes belonged to this club. The
shipment attracted great deal Of at
tention not only in Mississippi, but in
the st. Louis market. The bureau OF
markets of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture assisted in calling
the attention of the buyers to these
hogs.
This interesting shipment is, there
fore, but the elimination Of piece Of
constructive work accomplished by the
close cooperation of the farmers OF
Carroll county with good county
agent. 1t has made the farmers OF
Carroll county independent; they have
'lived at home;" they have paid off
as many mortgages as in seven years
previous; they have made so per cent
fewer chattel mortgages. Eighty-five
per cent used to farm on credit; now
only Is per cent need this help. 1t has
added to the food supply of the nation
in time Of need; it has revolutionized
the farming of county; it has made
the lot Of the average farmer of Car
roll county infinitely more tolerable
and has brought him a degree of
economic safety impossible under
one-crop cystem.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
American Doughboys Faced
Three Fortified Defense
Systems.
NOTHING COULD STOP Them
Interesting Description of One Of the
Last Big Fights in Which
Pershing's Troops Were
Engaged.

With the First American Army
Three fortified defensive systems
guarded the German positions be-
tween the Argonne and the Mouse
when the Americans burst through
them.
The advanced line the enemy's old
line, called the Hagen stellung; his
intermediate line ran kilOmeter or
two behind it, according to the config-
uration of the terrain, hills, streams
and woods, and was called the Volker
stellung. Behind that ran his main
reserve line of defense, the Kremhilde
stellung, a continuation of the Brun-
hide stellung, which runs through
Champagne.
At their first bound the attacking
waves of doughboys swept over the
first two fortified zones with their
barbed-wire entanglements cut to
pieces by the preliminary lombard
ment, and in several points they pen
etrated the Kremhilde stellung, which
pivoted in the Aire-Meuse sector on
Montfaucon.
The three-hour artillery preparation
between 9 80 and 5 80 o'clock in the
morning had driven the enemy to his
deepest dugouts and the advanced as
sault troops were in the trenches
throwing gas bombs and grenades
down the stairways into the under
ground bOmbproof shelters before the
Boches could get upstairs.
Reducing Stronaholds.
Between the three different lines of
intrenched positions the Boches had
installed series of strong points, ma
chine gun nests, sometimes emplaced
in concrete and steel pillboXes, or else
merely set in strong, natural. COM
handing positions.
The advanced waves of storming
troops going forward in open order.
worked their way between the strong
points, often by worming along for con.
siderable distances on their stomachs,
or by crawling on hands and knees
through woods or along ravines. Ar
irving in the rear of these positions,
they established contact with one an.
other and proceeded forward, leaving
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11

Every mother realizes, after giving
ber children california Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels With
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feversh, OK
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, Mother! If coated, give
n teaspoonful of this harmNys" fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all Z
foul. constipated waste, sour bile aE&
undigested food passes out of the bow
els. and you have well, playful child
again. When the little system is full OF
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, die
arrhea, indigestion, cOlic-remember,
a good "inside cleansing" should al>
ways be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "Californfa
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for q
bottle of california Syrup of Figs,H
which has directions for babies, chill.
dren of all ages and grown-ups printet
on the bottle. Beware of cOunterfeitS
sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the
genuine, made by california Fig
Syrup Company
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
How They Conversed.

An American liaison officer who
knew little French and a French artil-
lery officer who knew little English
had important business together duri
ing the height of the recent fighting.
Henri" said the commandment to g
young sergeant, Il nave seen You eaikii
ing to Americans several times. Can
you speak English?'
mo, mon commandment" answered
Henri simply.
For all that, Henry and the Amert.
can officer We're soon engaged in viva
cious conversation. AT its conclusion
the commandant turned to Henri.
But you speak English very WELL"
he said. .,
mo, mon commandant," Henri still
insisted. 1--WE were talking in Ger
man."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
u. S. TO FEED THE FRENCH

hopes last year, are so per cent less
than in 1917.
"Only the wheat crops have given
any satisfaction at all. There has
been some improvement in them,
thanks to the awakening of the agri-
cultural movement in the abandoned
regions.
"But If our daily bread rations are
to continue throughout the winter we
must obtain-somehOw, somewhere
an additional thirty or forty million
hectoliters (between 100000 and
100000 bushels) of wheat.
"The outlook Is not bright. Some
thing must be done. Something will be
done. The people of France must take
the initiative. They must be willing
to make more sacrifices. They must
not be afraid of further and stricter
restrictions"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
To Be No Slump in the Demand
for Labor.
Devastated Europe VIII LOOK u
United States to Help
Rebuild.

New York.-Jobs for all will be had
for the asking in the period of the
worlds reconstruction. Iheres 10 oe
no slump in the demand for labor.
1t has been estimated that no fewer
than 100000 men have been killed
in Europe. The United States, which
has not lost $4,000 men, must make
good this huge labor loss.
Devastated Europe will look to the
United States for help to rebuild. We
must finance this big job and supply
the materials and tools.
According to NJ. Tardieu, French
high commissioner, it Will take two
years to get the French coal mines in
working order and ten years to put
them in prewar condition. To recon-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
THE TRANSFORMATION

Prior to 1916 not one carload
shipment Of hogs, cattle, corn,
hay or other farm products, ex-
cept cotton, had been made from
Carroll county, Mississippi.
In 1916 a county agent ar
rived.
From September, 1917, to Oc-
tober 1, 1918, Carroll county
shipped g. cars of hogs, lis cars
of cattle, 155 cars of corn, so
cars of hay, 20 cars Of peas, 20
cars Of Irish potatoes, 80 cars of
molasses, 2 cars of peanuts, 2
cars of sweet potatoes, and car
of sorghum seed-472 cars OF
live stock and farm products
other than cotton.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
DUTCH TAKE TO BAGPIPES
"Ooedeizakspeel" Latest Craze in Hol.
land and People Can't Get
Enough.

Observation-Disclosures is all the
rage at The Hague.
Doedeiznkspeel Is Dutch for bag.
pipes.
Some Of the British released pris-
oners have brought the bagpipes, and
their kilties, through Holland-antl
DOedeizakspeel has become the jazz
band of the nation.
No cabaret Is complete without It,
and highland filings are flung about the
restaurants Of the white light district
with the same abandon Broadway
knew when the tango was at its high
est.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
WHEN THE YANkS
STRUCK ON MEUSE

snipers to work their way back in the
rear of the strong points and pick off
the Boche machine gunners in many
cases.
1t was the job of the succeeding
waves of assault, with their light ma
chine guns and their little trench NOR
tarS mounted on light, twO-wheeled
carts hauled by man power to reduce
these strong points with or without the
aid of artillery. tanks, or airplanes.
The most advanced waves were en-
tirely safe from the machine gun pO-
sitions once they passed them. as the
Boches usually could not work their
guns toward their own rear, the en-
placement having been organized with
a view TO firing ahead or on the TANKS
only. Furthermore, if the Germans
fired toward the rear. they would re-
veal their presence to the succeeding
attacking waves which would put
them out of action before they could
swing around again.
Why Casualties Are Light.
II IS because the attacking waves
went forward deployed in extended
formation and behind curtain of fire
of bursting shells, creeping barrage.
that casualties among attacking
troops were so much lighter than any
one unfamiliar with these tactics
might imagine.
The doughboys passed Montfaucon,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
Briefs About Birds.

Birds migrating at night average
longer flights than the day migrants
The nighthawk performs the longest
migration journey Of any land bird.
Its trip is 1900 miles, from the Yukon
to Argentina.
The files Of the United States de.
partment Of agriculture contain more
than 100000 cards concerning the
distribution and migration Of North
American birds.
The arctic tern holds all records for
length of migration. When the young
are full-grown the entire family leaves
the arctic regions and several months
later is found s.irtinS the edge Of the
antarctic continent.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-11
Schools Ban Book AGENTS.

Findlay. O.-Here is something that
might not do any harm If it spread
over the country like an epidemic:
Digging up an old order, the local
board of education has warned book
agents that they must keep away from
the teachers in the public schools heAc