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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Victim Halloween Prank

BLOOMINGTON. Ills. Nov. l.-lr-
ritated with gang of boys attempt
ing TO turn over some outhuidings
at his home in a halloween celebra-
tion last night. John Ernest emptied
double harreled shotgun into the
crowd one hoy, Earl Woosley, IL,
received nearly the full load in his
breast and may die. Another. Merle
Stauffcr. wns shot in .the arm and Sc
,iously wounded,
Sheriff Morrison is holding Ernest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Salary CInims Presented

Salary claims for road work on
Carter county highways flooded the
office of County Engineer d. G. Nc.
Culley this morning. following the
notice that today would be the last
day in which TO enter claims
The claims consist OF salary fees
and other incidental expenses relative
10 the building of the highways and
repair OF roads in Carter county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. Ten
buildings in the industrial section of
Guthrie have been condemned by Mrs.
Nola Stokes Landers. assistant state
fire marshal. she announced today up
on her return from Guthrie.
Mrs. Landers expects to return to
Guthrie tomorrow to inspect school
buildings and will go from there to
Tulsa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

hands with the fourth French army
in the Defense Of Grand Pie.
In consequence OF this he rasls-
tance OF the enemy was severely Shak
On; the moment had arrived TO give
him the linal blow.
Three Years Ago Today
."On the first of November. just
three years ago today, the first Amer.
lean army again attacked and, in n
srlendid advance reached Buzancy,
peHetrati1o the German line for more
than ten kilometers.
The enemy this time retired def
nitely. Tho stars and stripes at cnce
took up the pursuit and six days later
floated VIGOROUSLY over the Meusc.
reconpuered.
"Aftcr 81. Mihiel. after the Argonne,
the American banners now bore the
name of the Meuse. In IA few months
you had taken 5000 prisoners and
l400 cannon from the enemy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

+. f. Riser Of Glenn, manager Of the
Fitzgerald farms, was transactiHg
business in the city today. Mr. Riser
Is a progressive farmer and stockman
who keeps abreast Of the times in both
branches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
fOCH TELLS B0NS
THEIR TASK WAS
WELL COMPLETED
The American Spirit

the admirable virtues of bravery and
herosm.
The American Spirit
1T was the spirit of the second
and third American army divisions
which, one month later took part in
the battle of TIE Marne and distn.
gnished themselves Immediately i'm the
operations around Chateau-Thierry and
lletu Wood. Again it was The spirit
Of American divisions which on the
eighteenth of July participated in the
victorious counter offensive # the
tenth and sixth French armies be.
tween the Aisnc and the Marine and
contributed in grea, measure to that
victory.
FINALLY II was that spirit which
animated al the American army. when
on the 2lth of July, General Pershing
your splendid units under his own
direct command.
on the 18th of September, 1917. the
first American army delivered It's first
battle on the soil of France. II dis
lodged the enemy from the. ST. NIihiel
salient. where he had entrencAed him
self for nearly four years, threw him
back beyond the foot of the hills of
the Meusc. From the very first the
American army entered into sorry
How many further laurels is was yet
TO win
The ST. Mihiel operation was nearly
ended when the American army at
tackled on new front. on the 25th II
September it was engaged in The
right wing Of the vast allied offens-
/ i've. The point OF operation assigned
to il was MeizeroS ON the Meuse.
'Deployed from the left bank of the
Meuse to the eastern confines Of
Champagne II had three army ccrps
in line Oh n front Of nearly 40 klo-
meters.
Nothing Discouraged Army
Before it stretched the region Of
the Argonnc. formidable cmplacemcnt
of the German defense, wooded ter.
rain. rugged. different in it's very ma.
ture and rendered more so by all the
defensive organizations which had been
accumulated there during the last
four years
Nothing could discourage or check
your army. II threw itself with gen
crous ardor into the immense melee.
The task was huge one, but it was
carried out TO thorough finish.
Fighting without respite day ana
night for n month advancing in spite
of pitfalls and counter attacks 10y
the enemy, it succeeded by pure force
Of tenacity and heroism in llberatns
the wild region of the argonne.
After ST. Mihiel it could now in
scribe proudly on its banners the
name Of the Argonnc.
"On the sixteenth of September
this great task finished, it joinea
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
VAR TIME LEADERS
HONOR GUESTS or
LEGI0NNalRES TO-DAY

Continued From Page onel
"1f you viii accept me as an ordi-
hry buddy in the rear rank ] will be
Isfectly satisfied" This brought wild
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Az bids for erecting the bridge over
Caddo creek north of Deese were re-
jected by the board Of county com
missoners yesterday as being too
high. New bids will be asked for at
the next regular meeting Of the board
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Prince Albert Is
sold in foppy red
bags, tidy red tins.
handsome pound
qnd half pound tin
Humidors and in the
pound crystal glass
h u m id or with
sponge moistcner
top.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
JAPAN HAS DON'T LIST
AGAINST CRIME WAVE
Citizens Warned Against
Wiies of ThieUes.

Correspondence OF the associated Press.
TOXIC. Dec 20.--At tho end OF the
year the police issued their customary
warning TO the ctiScns These consist
of ten "Don'ts." and the police advise
that on account Of hard times" more
than the usual attention should be paid
this year 90 their admomtions.
The following arc the police "Don'ts" /.
1. " no member OF the family remains
at home. don't go out without seeing
that your house Is well locked
.. Don't neglect 20 lock up early.
g. When In the tramcars or in the
midst Of crowd do not fail 10 sec that
your purse is safely onsc0nced In one OF
your inner pockets
T. When making any payments don't
show those around YOU how much you
have In your purse.
g. When carrying anything valuable.
don't choose routes where traffic Is light.
g. Don't send women or children for
money from the banks or with money
20 tho banks
T. Don't leave bicycles or packages
outside the entrances OF doors.
s. Don't purchase goods from strange
peddlars
Q. Don't send your Office boys with
articles ordered by customers whom you
do not knoN well.
TO- As soon as YOU arc victlmizcd by
robbers. impostors. burglars or pick.
pockets don't forget 10 report the mat
tor 10 IN. nearest police station irnmed-
atcly.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
JAPAN WILL KEEP
SIBERIAN PEACE
Series of Political. Changes Ex-
pected in Maritime Prov
inces, Says Admiral.

(Co1Tcspondence OF Associated PresS.)
TOXIC. Dec lS.-Ia the event OF the
maritime province of Siberia becoming
insurrectionary Japan is prepared TO re-
peat her strong measures Of last spring
when the Bolshcviki were forcibly dis
armed. said Rear Admiral Kawahara,
who has Just returned from commanding
the Japanese naval flotilla at Vladivos-
tok, in an Interview with the Toxic
Nichi Nich.
"A series Of political changes expect
ed and perhaps unexpected. will take
place." said the Admiral. before politi-
cal stability is secured in Russia and In
the Far Eastern provinces. The Chita
Government is all right so far as its pro-
fessed policies are considered. Whether
such policies will be faithfully pursued
remains to be seen. Russian Govern
ment must be based on real democracy,
and II inspires one with great deal OF
confidence that the present tendency is
toward that direction.
"rhe Vladivostok Assembly is no
longer reliable. viewed from the Japa-
nese standpoint. on account Of the open
declaration Of the leading members that
the establishment of a buffer state was
not essential to the reconstruction OF
Russia. The Communists are growing
In Influence and there is every Pason TO
believe that in the near future the whole
maritime province will also be com
pletely Bolshevized. Should the Chita
Government attempt to Bolshevize the
regions where tire japanese troops are
stationed, the probable consequence will
be a repetition of the commotion caused
in the vicinity of Vladivostok some time
ago, when compulsory disarmament OF
the Bolsheviks was carried out by the
Japanese troops.
so long, however. as the Russians
refrain from any attempt to upset the
position now held by the Japanese troops
at Vladvostok and the vicinity, Japan
will stand aloof from Russian internal
events. for she believes that the recon-
struction OF Russia will be realized with
less difficulty by leaving Russian affairs
to Russians"
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
BRITISH BUSINESS
BECOMING NORMAL
Greater CheerfuIness Appar-
ent to Visiting Banker.

Frederick C. Harding. New York agent
of the Anglo-South American BANK.
Ltd, who has Just returned from n
pleasure trip to England. says that al
though the feeling in England during the
last two months OF 1890 was by no means
one of cheerfulness as regards business
conditions, there seemed general ten
dency toward greater confidence win
the advent OF the new year.
1T is true that 1921 inherited a legacy
Of many unsolved problems, inadequate
housing. unemployment. surplus stocks
and reduced purchasing power" said
Mr.. Harding. "but nevertheless the de-
termination to do something seems to
have already had some effect in dis
pelling the gloom and relieving the
stagnant condition into which commod-
ity markets had fallen. In the minds OF
many that stagnant condition was the
most serious aspect OF the closing
months OF 1920.
''The solution of the difficulty lay in
manufacturers and dealers boldly tax
ing the losses incurred on overbought
positions. getting back TO n liquid con-
dition, with balance sheets much inn
paired in comparison with previous
years. but yet in most cases still sub
stantial enough 10 permit the earning
of future profts-smaller, but less
ephemeral than those OF the war period.
Several export credit schemes are
being considered in Europe, as In the
United States. for the rehabilitation OF
irnpecunious states. but so far nothing
tangible seems to have resulted. and as
n permanent remedy Of the situation
they are OF doubtful value. The true
remedy lies in energetic measures In the
countries concerned to set their own
financial houses in order by curtailing
expenditures and reducing note Issues"
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
PERSHING PORTRAIT TO
BE HUNG IN TNVALTDES
IL Will Be Part of American
War Exhibit.

PHrLADELPHIA. Feb. 6.---Upon the re-
quest of the War Department and the
French Government. Supreme knight
James A. F1aherty announced to-day
that the knights OF Columbus have de.
cided TO have a special portrait painted
OF Cen. John j. Pershlng. commander
in-chief Of the a. f. r.. TO be hung in
the Invaldes Paris. which contains the
tomb OF Napoleon I.
The p>,inting. life size. will be the
central feature Of an American war ex-
hibit TO be presented to France BY the
United states. The exhibit will con-
tain trophies OF all arms OF the service
and of all welfare organizations. A
detailed battle scene. showing X. OF G..
motor kitchens in action In the Argonne
roresS and the original X. c. war poster
by the LATE Balfour Kerwil. with Gen.
Pershings portrait. constitute tile X. OF
{. contribution TO the exhibit.
The allied Governments will present
portraits OF their chief comma ndcrs.
This honor from the French Government
Is the highest ever awarded an Ameri-
can as only portraits OF Frances great
est national figures arc hung In the In
Valides.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
BABY FARM SUPPLIED
HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS
800 Waits Entered Atlanta
Hospital in IS Years.

Special Despatch 10 THE NEw YoRK Herald.
ATLANTA, Feb. 6.-Out Of the sensa-
tions created In Atlanta by the retelation
that Mrs. +. +. A. South. woman OF
SO, had for fourteen years deceived her
husband. making him believe himself to-
be father of eleven children. including
triplets and two pairs of twins. there
has been created "A demand In Georgia
for the passage Of law for tho protcc-
tion OF illegltlmate children 10 prevent
them from being given away Just like
so many puppies"
This law. 60 he fathered by the State
Public Welfare Board. will forbid the
separation of mother and child for six
months.
you denied me the privilege OF
motherhood for twenty years" Mrs
South told her husband when asked why
she had deceived him II havent done
anything unusual" she added. MANY
women in Atlanta have done the same
thing and their husbands don't know It,"
Mrs. NJ n. Mitchell. from whose ma
ternity hospital the children came, said
she had cared for 500 children in her
twenty-five years OF practice. unfortu-
nate mothers coming 10 Atlanta from
every part Of the United States. Her
practice was within the law. though
frowned upon by societies caring for
babies.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
JURY DEADLOCKED IN
MINE LYNCHING TRIAL
No Sign of Verdict in Ala
..ban1o Cuordsn7on's Case.

HAMILTON. Ala. Feb. 5.-Reports of
an even division between acquittal and
conviction pervaded the court house to-
night. where a jury was celebrating on
testimony produced at the trial of Ser
geant Robert Lancaster. one of the nine
members OF Company NJ. Alabama Ma
tional Guard. charged with murder in
connection with the lynching of VIII
Baird. a coal miner. at Jasper last
month.
The Jury retired last night about 8
o'clock, and no evidences of an agree
ment were apparent twenty-four hours
later.
The jury was ordered to bed tonight
at Q go o'clock by Judge SoweiI. with
instructions to continue its deliberations
tomorrow. The jury at that hour had
been locked I'm its room for twenty-nine
hours, and the foreman reported just
before retiring that no agreement was
in sight.
The trial started last Monday and was
one of the hardest fought legal battles
in the history of Alabama criminal pro-
cedure Lancaster and the other in
dcted guardsmen are members of Com
pany VI of Tuscaloosa. who were sta
toned at Townley. Walker county. on
the date of the lynching. Baird was
in jail at Jasper. Walker county. held
do II SuNDttl III ccHptCllOn WIN lne KILL
ing Of Private James Morris OF Com
pany NJ. who. II is alleged. had slain
Adrian Northcutt preacher-mincr, and
father-in-law of Baird. The mob over
powered Jailer Sides. took Baird from
prison and filled his body with bullets.
Walker county has been tho storm
centre Of the Alabama coal fields since
the general strike was called, September
last. Baird was the ninth man slain
In that county as n result of the strike,
directly and indirectly, state officials
have stated.
Immediately after the lynching of
Baird investigation by State and mill
tary authorities resulted in Company NJ
being ordered to barracks at Tusca-
loosa. After a special Grand Jury had
returned indictments against the nine
Guardsmen separate trials were de-
manded. and Lancaster's case came
first. change of venue was granted
to this county.
The trial of Sergeant Glenn l..
stephens has been set for February 21.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
KAHN INSISTS ON LIGHT
ON BERGDOLL ESCAPE
Hopes to Force Action by
War Department.
SrecioI Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C.. Feb a. (

SEeciof Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., Feb. 9.
Congress will force the War Depart
ment to take additional action in the
case Of Grover Cleveland BergdolI. draft
evader, II there is any power in the
legislative branch of the Government
Feeling a sense of humiliation for the
American Army as result of the
fantastic incidents In which Bergdoll has
figured. to which the War Department
appears TO be oblivious. members of
Congress are determined that more
light shall be shed on the manner in
which Bergdol effected his escape after
a series OF amazing legal contracts pre-
ceded by equally amazing War Depart
ment orders.
In spite of the detailed statements
made from his point OF safety in Ger
many. Secretary of War Baker remains
unmoved and plainly intimates that so
far as the War Department is concerned
the incident is closed
I'VE will force this matter into the
light Representative Kahn (CaL).
chairman OF the House Military Conn
mittee. said with emphasis tonight.
"rhe good name of the army is at stake.
There is much in this case that has not
been explained. much that ought to be
explained. and. in the light of Bergdoll's
statements. ought TO be explained. We
purpose 10 see that an explanation Is
forthcoming"
Mr.. Kahn will press his resolution
asking for papers in the case and an
investigation will follow
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
GRAFT IS CHARGED
IN FAMINE FUND
Situation in Large Areas Said
to Be Worst Ever EXper-
fenced in China.

SHANGHAI, Dec. Is Correspondence
were dying by thousands and the full
horrors of wintertimc famine began 10
be felt in the great belt OF seven prov
inces in northern China, where no har-
vests have been gathered this year. Chi
nese newspapers that are printed in the
international Settlement of Shanghai
openly published the charge that misuse
was being made of famine relief funds
by Peking Government officials.
One of these papers, the Sin Wan Pdo,
asserted that famine relief funds We're
being diverted TO the uses of political
clique at Peking, and the paper urged
that the strictest foreign and Chinese su-
pervision be imposed upon distribution
of funds.
It was after these charges had been
made public that the Shanghai Famine
Relief Association and the Shanghai
Missionary Association telegraphed mes
sages to Peking In connection w>ln
famine relief work,
In the messages OF the Shanghai
Famine Relief Association addressed to
President Hsu Shih-Chang the Govern-'
ment was asked to announce without de-
lay "A definite policy for carrying out
famine relief work. The telegram en-
phasized that the charitable public. both
Chinese and foreign. require clear
statement from the Government as To
what steps il intends TO take to meet
present conditions in the north. and IL
was made plain that immediate action
was expected.
Measures the Pelxing Government
adopted to obtain famine funds included
surtaxes of certain kinds and increased
railway fares on Government lines.
The message that was forwarded by
the Shanghai Missionary Association
was addressed TO the British and Ameri-
can ministers and requested them TO
urge the Chinese Government to issue
an early report on famine relief sur
taxes, and intimate how and when the
funds will he employed.
Before the message was authorized a
report on conditions in famine areas
was given by Bishop J. w Lambuth OF
the Board Of Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. lie said that not
only are the people trying 20 subsist on
grass and roots, having denuded the
trees OF leaves and bark, but in places
they scraped up growing things 10 such
an extent that fields are left torn up
behind them. children. he said. have
vanished from many villages. as they
have been sold or killed, and added that
80 many have been thrown into wells
that many of these sources of, water
supply have become polluted. Whole
populations. he asserted. will perish be-
fore May unless immediate. aid is forth
coming Reports that have come TO
Shanghai from widely separated districts
give basis 10 the belief that the present
famine is the worst China has ever .ex-
pcrienccd.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
INDIAN NATIONALS
DECLARE POLICY
Boycott of British Business
and Schools Will Be Tried to
Gain Peoples Sovereignty.

Details of the debates in the session
Nagpur. Central India, in December,
have just been received in the mails by
the India Information Bureau of New
York, with the texts of resolutions, ad-
dresses, &C.. at the congress, which have
been briefly referred to in cable advices.
Twenty-Five thousand delegates from all
parts of India, including several thou
sand women, assembled at the congress,
and decided upon extension of the move
ment now in progress. including nom
payment of taxes as an extreme
measure.
One OF the resolutions adopted amended
the constitution of the congress. so az TO
secure 'the attainment of 'swaraj ina
tional sovereignty by all peaceful and
legitimate means" A significant omis-
sion from the resolution was the clause
referring to the use OF constitutional
methods for the attainment of self-gov-
ernment within the British Empire"
Other conferences held at Nagpur took
the general attitude expressed by the
congress. The All-India Students Con-
ference passed n resolution I'm favor of
-
of the Government and the Government
aided schools and colleges" Lajpat Raj
presiding at conference held, for the
purpose of protecting cattle against
slaughter and export, declared that the
cattle question could not be settled un-
til national sovereignty was obtained.
The opening speech of the presiding
officer of the congress outlined a plan
for the immediate boycott of British
trade. In order that the ruling power
may be gradually exhausted" he advo-
Gated a. plan by which English planters,
merchants, traders and manufacturers in
India may be faced with scarcity OF
labor. This, he maintained, would pro-
duce national strikes of unskilled work.
men in the railway, postal and telegraph
departments.
NJ. X. Gandhi, leader of the move
ment, in moving the resolution to amend
the constitution of the congress declared
"if India's wrongs are not redressed, and
If elementary justice is not done, we
have no wish to retain the connection
with the empire, but il the connection
means the advancement of India we do
not want to destroy it,"
Lajpat Raj. in supporting Gandhi's
resolution said the latter gave India
the free choice of determining her own
destiny and OF no more depending upon
British craftsmanship. which had proved
a failure" and it meant giving notice
that India's remaining in the empire
would be of her own free decision and
free will"
Under another resolution unanimously
adopted, parents are to be called upon
at n later time to withdraw their chill
dren under age from state-aided and
state-owned schools and provision is
to be made for training in national
schools. Students of l6 are TO be called
upon to withdraw from state-aided and
state-owned institutions and either to
devote themselves to to the non-co-
operation movement or continue their
studies in national institutions. Mer-
chants and traders, in order to make
India economically independent are
also to be called upon to carry out
gradual boycott OF foreign trade and
to encourage native hand spinning and
hand weaving.
The New York herald., 1921-02-07
SLUMP IN TOBACCO
PUTS END TO UTOPIA
Bagby's Profit Sharing Plan
Fails in kentucky.

Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
LEXINGTON. Ky. Feb. 6.-Announce-
ment was made to-day that Chauncey
G. Bagby of Danville will make a volun-
tary assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. More than 100000 is in
volved in the crash. which skaters
dreams OF great inland empire, to be
conducted on utopian principles, which
had been the atr,-.of Bagby's life. Sew
erai years ago he began buying lands
in the poorer parts of Boyle. Casey and
Lincoln counties. Kentucky. and finally
acquired 5000 acres. This he populated
with tenants on the profit sharing splan.
He had practically a city OF his own.
The tenants raised tobacco. Hundreds
Of people forced money on Bagby for
stock in the enterprises and he borrowed
heavily from others. Then came the
slump in tobacco prices. and with IL the
collapse Of Bagby's plans.
He has consented TO turn over s1S4.-
900 in life insurance policies TO cred
itors. who will keep UP his premiums.