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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
THE PEOPLES FORUM
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Editor The Record:

Editor The Record;
1t was my pleasure to read in
last week S Record an article by a
local resident advocating a com
munity church. 1t strikes a re
sponsive chord with me. | know
of nothing that | think would dc
more to promote the best interests
of the community.
Why should we be divided by
creedsg
Why be ever contending over
trihesY
Why not remove the barrier
that prevents us from meeting on
common ground in the highest and
most sacred institution given to us
by the Creator for the blessing OF
mankind.
Yours for true Christian fellow
ship.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

ments have ratified the treaties
they become effective.
President Wilson is expected to
call a special session OF congress
for this purpose not later than
June LIST.
The Dove of Peace may be how
ering over Europe, ready to usher
in the dawn of a better day. We
hope so.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
MESSAGE TO Y. W. C. A. FROM
FRANCE.

4 must express to you the 4
4 very great satisfaction and most /
4 sincere gratitude OF the French I
4 Government for the service rem 4
4 dered to the women working In 4
4 Government factories through 4
4 the establishment OF Y. w. c. A. 4
4 Foyers des Alliees tclubrooms 4
X for munltionettes) 4
4 These foyers have been al ex- \
X cellent means for lettering the \
4 physical conditions and the mo- 4
4 re!e Of our workers. They have \
\ been constantly used by the wo- !
= men workers, who have found \
4 there new elements of dignity 4
4 and social education. \
X must thank you for bringing 4
4 this to pass, and hope that 4
4 Y. w. c. A. work VIII not dlsap- !
\ pear with the war, but VIII be \
r carried on in order TO develop 4
\ the principles Of social solidar- \
X ity which 1t has Inspired. \
= (SignedD NJ. TOUGHER. 4
> Minister of Arms and NUM- \
\ tons Manufacture. \
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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17
A NEIGHBoRLY GATHERING

A most enjoyable surprise party
was given Rev. B. O. Clauson of
the Seattle Y. NJ. G. A., at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Molvik
at Cove ON Sunday, April 9th. A
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
COTTON CROP 75.6
PERCENT Of NORMAL
IN UNITED STATES

Washington, June 1.-The condition
of the cotton crop was 75.6 per cent OF
normal on May %, the department OF
agriculture announced today in its first
report of the season. No estimate OF
the area planted was made. That Will be
announced in July.
Condition by states; Virginia, 81;
North Carolina, So; South Carolina rs;
Georgia, 81; Florida, rs; Alabama rs;
Mississippi. 73, Louisiana, "A; Texas, 76; ;
Arkansas. 6S; Tennessee, Ga; Missouri
70: Oklahoma. G5; California 81; Ari-
iona and New Mexico, not given.
The condition of the crop last year
on May %, was S2.3 per cent of normal
while in 1917 it was 69.5, and in 1916.
it was 77.5. The ten year May 20 av-
erage condition is 1872.
No estimate of the acreage planted
will be made by the department of agri-
culture until the July report. Unof-
fetal estimates have placed this years
acreage around 32,50O,O00 acres.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
AUSTRIAN TREATY
TERMS PRESENTED
DELEGATES TODAY
PRACTICALLY SAME CONDITIONS
AS CONTAINED IN GERMAN
PEACE COVENANT

St. Germain, June 2.-Following IL
a summary of the conditions OF peace
as presented TO the Austrian plenipo'
tentiaries at ST. Gernain- -En-Laye to-
- day:
The condition OF peace of the allied
. and associated powers, with the excep-
ton of military, reparations, financial
and certain boundary clauses, were
handed to the Austrian plenipotentiar'
les at st. Gernain today. Those clas'
es which are not yet ready for presen-
tation will be delivered as soon as pos
sible. the Austrians in the meantime
having the opportunity TO begin work
on the greater part of the treaty IN
an effort to facilitate a final decision.
The austrian treaty follows exactly
the same outline as the German and
in many places is identical with II
except for the change in name. Ger
tain specific clauses which applied on
ly to Germany are. of course, omit
ted and certain new clauses included,
especially as regards the new states
created out OF the former Austro-Hu
garian empire. and the protection OF
the rights of the Hungarian empire,
and the protection of the rights of the
racial religious and linguistic minori
ties in Austria, CZecho-SloVakia. Ru
manian and the Serb Croat-Slovene
state.
Austria Is left by the treaty state
of from six million or seven million
people inhabiting territory of be
tween 5000 and 5000 square miles
She is required to recognize the com
plete independence of Hungary, Czecho
Slovakia and the Serbian Crotain- Slo
venian state, and to cede other terri
tories which previously in union with
her composed the empire of Austria
Hungary with its population of ovei
fifty million people.
Austria agrees to accept the league
of nations covenant and the labor
charter, to renounce all her extra Eu
ropean rights, to demobilize her whole
naval and aerial forces. to admit the
right of trial by the allied and asso
ciated powers of her nationals guilty
of violating the law and customs OF
force, and to accept detailed provis
ions. similar to those of the German
treaty, as to economic relations anC
reedom of transit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
WILSON HAS Ne VI
10O-BARREL WELL
ONE FOOT IN SAND.
POSSIBILITY OF BIG NEW POOL
NEAR NRDMORE MAKES OIL
MEN OPTIMISTIC.

Ardmore oil men are highly optlmist-
ic over the drilling in yesterday of
well near Wilson, which foreshadows
the possibility OF big new pool close to
this city.
The well is owned by the Texas Com
pany and is in Section 81, Is Wv. II Is
flowing 100 barrels, though the sand has
been drilled in only about one foot. The
sand was encountered at 2,0l9 feet and
is making 4 considerable quantity of
gas.
The oil gravity is reported as about
like that of the Fox product, and better
than that of the Ilealdton field. The
well is three miles nearer Ardmore than
the Hcaldton field limits,
No other well has been drilled to this
depth within several miles in any di-
recton.
\ large number of Ardmore people
hold acreage in the neighborhood Of the
new well. Walter Critchlow owns 1000
acres.
This is the biggest thing for Ard
more that has happened in some time
said a local oil producer today. 1t
means the extension of the local field
and indicates that a big new pool may
be developed
Only IL Miles From Ardmore
The new well is about two and one
half miles east of Wilson and little
northeast of Old Hewitt. about a mile
off the main road between Ardmore
and Wilson. 1t is IS miles west OF
Ardmore and nearer this city than any
other well in the field
SUNDAY afternoon when the news
came that the well had been drilled in
and was flowing 100 barrels at only
one foot into the sand. Ardmore citi-
zens, including oil men and many 9TH
ers. cvinced lively excitement. lmme'
diately there was the beginning of u
speedy caravan of automobiles on the
road to Wilson. During the afternoon
and evening, it is estimated by one en-
thusiast, 500 machines made the trip
to the new well
From Wilson, Healdton, Writ and
other points in the Healdton oil field
ears carried people to view the new
| producer.
Just east Of the new well there is
"A very bad half mile of road which the
motor cars found difficulty in negotiat-
ing. At the meeting OF the county
commissioners this evening special ef'
ports will be made to bring about an
immediate rebuilding of that stretch
of road. so that before the end of this
week access to the new field may be
had without difficulty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
Daily Summary
of Peace News

Austrias delegates at st, German
received today the terms of the
peace formulated by the allied and
associated powers. The treaty was
not presented in its entirety, how.
ever, some of the clauses being re-
served for future communication to
the Austrian representatives..
The presentation occurred in the
st. Germain palace drawing room,
the ceremonial opening shortly be
fore 1890 O'Clock with a brief ad.
dress by Premier Clemenceau, as
president of the peace conference.
The Austrians We're given fifteen
days to reply to such of the terms as
were presented at today's session.
Meanwhile, a situation which may
affect the peace settlement with
Germany has arisen through the
proclamation of an Independent re-
public of the Rhine province,
stretching along the frontiers of
Holland Belgium and Luxembourg,
and extending from the lowlands
along the. Dutch border TO the hills
of the Sarre. This province con
tains vast fields of coal iron, great
industrial cities, and the centers of
some of the most important textile
manufactures in Germany.
Announcement that such a decla-
ration was to be made has been
forecast for several weeks. reports
from Belgium. Holland and Berlin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
THREE MEN KILLED BY
MEXICAN BANDITS on
AMERICAN SIDE OF RIVER

Brownsville, Texas, June 2.-Three
men were shot and killed and Il fourth
wounded by three robbers who raided
u shack on u ranch, IS miles from here
up the Rio Grande early Sunday. Those
killed werj Deputy Sheriff Carlos Espa-
RIA, Domingo Trevino and Pedro Zepeda.
The bandits escaped after robbing
their victims. Officials say at least two
of the bandits We're from the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande, and think the
purpose of the attack was the Staying of
Esparza, as he has been shot at sew
eral times i'm recent years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, WHO WITH
HIS FATHER FOUNDED ARDMORE,
LAID TO REST THIS AFTERNOON

teal club ever formed in what is now
the state of Oklahoma. The organiza-
ton was called the Lincoln Club of
Ardmore. and from it was perfected the
republican party in old indian Terri
tory anad later in the state. Through
its organization his associates found
political preferment. C. NJ. Campbell
was appointed United States court
clerk, with Mr.. Douglas as his deputy
w. Il. Johnson was appointed United
States attorney. Capt. j. s. Hammer
was made postmaster. and later United
States marshal. Judge John Hinkle be
came United States commissioner. Mr..
Douglas later was appointed postmaster
by President Roosevelt shortly after the
latter succeeded President Mckinley.
Upon the election of Mr. Roosevelt as
president, Mr. Douglas was re-appointed
postmaster, serving nine years consecu-
lively.
Helped Build State Capitol
While serving as postmaster, Mr..
Douglas was elected by the legislature
as the republican member Of the state
capitol commission. BY executive order
of Governor Williams, Mr.. Douglas
was placed in active charge of the
construction of the capitol He devot-
ed his entire time to the construction
work After the completion of the
building, the members of the commits
sion met at intervals. Mr.. Douglas
name is enrolled on the large marble
tablet in the rotunda of the capitol
and it is said that he remarked: This
will be my monument"
Tribute From His Brother
Col. Clarence Il. Douglas, general
secretary of the Tulsa Chamber OF
Commerce, who came to Ardmore to
be at the deathbed of his brother, paid
stephen A. Douglas this morning the
following tribute. in an interview with
an Ardmoreite reporter:
He lived an ideal life. and died, as
Continued on page p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
MORE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS TROOPS HAVE
ARRIVED At POR 7

New York. June More than six
thousand soldiers arrived here today
on the transports Grafwaldersee and
Canada. including the 3i9th infantry
SOth division. 1000 of the l42nd infan-
try, seth division CTeXas and oklahoma
former national guard. The detail con
sisted of a medical detachment, third
battalion headquarters and Companies
/, Is, J. and NJ.
on board the Canada We're 1892 of
ficers and men composed mainly of cas-
ual companies hospital details and wei
fare workers. The troops ON the two
transports are under orders for Camps
Bevens. Dix, Lee Jackson, Gordon.
sherman. Taylor, Custer, Grant, shelby,
Dodge, Funston, Travis ana Bowie.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
VILLA AND ANGELES
ATTACK CHIHUAHUA,
REPORT TO JUAREZ

Juarez, Mexico, June 2.-Reports from
reliable and trustworthy sources today
are that Chihuahua City was attacked
in force yesterday by General Villa and
General Angeles. All communication
is cut off between Juarez and the south
ern city and Mexico federal authorities
at this end of the line are making no
attempt to restore them. Reports from
Mexican sources are that the fight at
Chihuahua City is still in progress.
Telegraphic communication between
Chihuahua City and Terrazas. a station
on the Mexican Central railroad. about
80 miles north of the former city, was
cut yesterday shortly after Mexican fed
eral authorities here had received IA mes
sage to the effect that Generals Villa
and Angeles had attacked.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
RHINE REPUBLIC
CHOOSES COBLENz
AS NEW CAPITAL
NEW GOVERNMENT FOUNDED UP
ON BOSOM OF GERMANY"
STATES EDICT OF LEADERS.

Paris, June 2-Coblenz will be the cap
ital of the new Rhine republic, which
was proclaimed yesterday in several
Rhine cities. The new government and
national assembly will meet there, but
the provisional government will sit ut
Weisbaden. Portions of the proclama.
tion have been telegraphed to the Echo
de Paris from Metz by Maurice Barres.
One significant sections follows:
I'VE declare the autonomous Rhenish
republic to be founded on the Bosom of
Germany. 1t is a pacific republic which
is composed of the Rhenish province,
Old Nassau, Rhenish Hesse and the Pal.
atinate. The foundation rests on the
following bases:
81. The frontiers will remain the
same, including Birkenfeld.
"2. Changes in frontiers can be made
only with the approval of other nations
interested as established by u plebis'
cite.
"3. The provisional government of
the Rhenish republic Is exercised by
the undersigned delegates of the people.
-. Elections for the Rheni3h ma
tional assembly will be held without de-
lay, according to the methods of the
German national assembly.
"Coblenz is to be the ca aoital of the
new government and the national as
sembly will meet there The provision
al government will sit at Wiesbaden,
Local authorities will continue to eX
ercise control for the time being. The
,,,tn Al .,ril1 tal lgn he
place of the central government and
the Prussian, Bavarian and Hessian gov
ernments.
(Signed)
"Rhenish Hessian. Nassau Committee
"Palatinate Committee.
June /, 1919"
Another passage shows the movement
not to be separatist, but anti-Prussian
1t says:
violence from whatever side must
disappear Rhenish people honestly and
sincerely wishes peace based on recon
ciiation of all peoples. That is why II
separates itself from the institutions
which are the bases of 50 many wars
feudalism and militarism. 1t thereby
| eliminates an obstacle standing in the
way of a genuine peace"
| VI. Barres says that DR.. Borden, the
president of the new republic, is thu
soul of the movement. He is from Bonf
and before the war, was Il magistrate
| During the war, he was a German of
| ficer.
"Heis one of those idealist Rhineland
ers. who have never been reconciled t'
the subjection of the left bank of thu
Rhine to brutal exploitation by Prus
sia," Mr.. Barres writes. I'VE are il
the presence of the e-appearance of thu
old Germany with which our fathers
were able to enter into agreements an'
sometimes to entertain friendships. Thi
happy event became possible onl!
through the admirable conduct and pc
| litical sense of the allied armies"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
DALLAS BUILDING TRADES
OUT ON SYMPATHETIC STRIKE

Dallas, Texas, June 2.-Members of all
building trades in Dallas, except sheet
metal workers. went out on sympa-
thetic strike today i'm support of the
walkout of electricians several weeks
ago. Two thousand union men were af-
fected here.
A member of the local strike commit
tee declared similar action would be
taken in several northern Texas cities,
and labor leaders reiterated predictions
of Saturday that 25 900 men would be
out by the end of the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03

Stephen A. Douglas died at 2:3O
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at his nome
S25 Douglas boulevard, after an III
ness of several weeks. Funeral ser
vices were scheduled to be held at
o'clock this afternoon, conducted by
the Rev. c. c. Weith, pastor of FIRST
Presbyterian church, with purlal III
Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Douglas was born in Jefferson
City Mo-, Oct. 81. With his tather'
George B. Douglas, he went to Texas IN
1876. In 1884 they came to what was
then the Indian Territory, establishing
a ranch on what is now South WASH
ington street in Ardmore. They arect'
ed a double log cabin on the site just
below the present Ardmore OH ana
Milling company. The Douglas nome
was the first home built in this local
ity. Shortly after they had establish
ed themselves here surveyors for the
Santa Fe Railway Company. passed the
survey directly through the dwelling,
necessitating its removal. They NOV
ed the house about 200 yards east oi
its original location. Within a snort
time, the railway station was puilt
at its present location. and named Aro
more. While the survey was peihs
made and roadbeds laid, the railroad
men procured their water supply from
a we'll which Mr.. Douglas and his fath.
er had dug, and Mr.. Douglas who had
been a blacksmith. shod all the horses
for them.
Once Owned the Ardmoreite
In 1885 Mr.. Douglas married MISS
Maude Carmel of Gainesville, Texas.
He remained there a short while, en-
gaging in architectural work. Return
ing to Ardmore, he continued in this
line of work temporarily. He purchas-
ed The Ardmoreite in 1894 from its
founders, having charge of the paper
about a year and a half. He sold 1t to
Col. Sidney Suggs, who owned and op-
Grated it for 20 years.
Mr.. Douglas organized the first poll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
JEWS PROTEST.
PROSECUTIONS IN POLAND

Cleveland, Ohio June with muf-
fled drums and with every marcher
wearing black bands or mourning gar
ments. approximately $4,000 Jews par
AIDED through the downtown section OF
the city today in protest to the report
ed anti-Jewish persecution in Poland
and Galaca. Many stores and factor
les closed during the afternoon. the
Jewish working people observing a half
holiday of mourning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
REVOLT IN COSTA RIGA
GETS RECOGNITION BY
CENTRAL. AMERICANS

san Salvador. June 2.-The govern
mentS of Guatemala. Honduras, and
Nicaragua have recognized the bel
ligerency of the anti-Tinoco revolution-
lists in Costa Rica, according to a dis
patch received here. from Nicaragua.
The revoluGonists. the advices state.
have received appreciable reinforce
ments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
NEW OIL 1S WEST OF ARDAlORt
SENATOR JOHNSON
ASSA|LS LEAGUE Of
NATIONS COVENANT 7
CALIFORNIAN PROTESTS POWER
TO SETTLE RACE PROBI EMS
IN INTERNATIONAL PACT.

Washington. June 2.-,Assailing the
armed powers, "In n gigantic war
trust" Senator Johnson, republican OF
Paris conference dared not amend the
league covenants so that the declara'
ton of future war would be decided not
by established rulers, but by Il popular
vote of the peoples concerned.
1T is not Il league of nations to pre-
vent war" he asserted. In its very
creation il has been stripped of every
idealistic purpose it ever had. 1t con
tains within itself the germs of many
wars, and worse than that, it rivcts, as
in the Shantung decision, the chains of
tyranny upon millions of people and
cements for all time unjust and wicked
anneXations. n is n great world eco
nomic trust wherein few men, sitting
in secret, may control the economic des'
tinies of peoples. 1t is not a league of
peoples, nor does it anywhere concern
itself with peoples.
Instead of coming closer to those
most concerned, the men and women
for whom governments should exist, the
league goes a step farther from them.
The representatives of ruling powers
sit far away in secret. If those who
wrote this document really wanted to
prevent war, they would have permitted
the men and women who must bear the
burdens of war to determine by their
votes whether or not there should be
war.
THE answer is this is not II league to
promote peace, but to protect power.
Those who advocate it dare not amend
it so that this issue of war shall be
made by the men and women who must
fight and die for it,"
Urging adoption of his resolution ask
ing the state department for the full
text of the peace treaty, Senator John
son read into the record the oft-quoteo
utterances of President Wilson regard
ing open diplomacy
open covenants openly arrived at,
continued the senator, are now by
word and a joke. Their mention brings
but synical smile.
when you remember that England
frankly says her treaties are yet in eN
istence, her offensive and defensive al
lance with Japan yet controlling, ant
then YOU observe the United States max
ing some sort of engagement, the know
edge of which for the present we are
denied YOU will have some conception
of what the league of nations Is intend
ed to do"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
Ralxer Thanks Daniels.

Washington. June 2.-Secretary Bak-
er. in n letter to Secretary Daniels,
thanking the navy for the expeditions
conversion of eight German liners into
transports. estimated the homeward
movement of troops this month at $780,
600 men, 4 new high record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
Scheidemann COMPLAINS.

Berlin, June lin an interview in the
Rhenish Westfaelische Zeitung today,
Phillip Scheidemann, the chancellor,
said the imperial government had re-
ceived no hint or indication from the
entente that the establishment of the
west German buffer state would lead
to mitigation of the peace terms. The
creation of such state, Scheidemann
added, would. tend to the disruption OF
the empire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
MEASURES TAKEN TO STOP
SPREAD OF DISEASE IN
INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS

Washington June 2.-As further
means of preventing the spread of tu-
berculosis among livestock. interstate
shipments of cattle failing to pass the
tuberculosis test, would be prohibited,
beginning July /. under a regulation
issued by the department of agricul-
ture.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
Public Employment Service.

Washington, June 2.-Enactment of
legislation creating permanent pub
lie employment service for the United
States, was recommended TO congress
Saturday by Secretary Wilson to Chair
men Kenyon and Lewis of the house
labor commission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
German Editor to Pen.

Kansas City, Mo-, June Jacob
Frohwerk, former editor of the Mis-
souri, Stats Zeitung, was taken Satur-
dav to the federal prison at Leaven-
worth, IAN, to begin serving ten
year sentence for violation OF the es-
pionage act.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-03
Baseball Meeting Tonight

Everyone interested in the city league
,f baseball is being urged to attend the
meeting to be held at the Chamber
of Commerce tonight. when plans Will
be perfected for the organization