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In giving the American people a chance to invest their small chun ge in Thrift Stamps the Government is not only benevolent but pr ovident. The plan wroks for the public good from all angles. 1. GUTHRIE DAILY LEADER. PEICE 2c. NUMBER 150 VOLUME XLX. HOME. (HITllKMi:, OKLAHOMA, WMDNKSDAV, .1 ANTAlfV 1(5, 1918. IRVUIS BOUT INS II THREE COAL BARGES STALLED WHILE POLICE BEG COAL IN NEW YORK 1 BATTLES THE WHILEGERMANPUDLETARIAT GRY FIR PEICE IBIS REVOLT I HEAVY SHi ' 1 m;viu cap.imx i;x m.i: to KAMA srriMmT LOU ITS iii.iiai;,' l 0 ( It A M , "AS iu:sk;nli ix a r imujy 111 GIVEN FULL FIELD POWER li i out www. to assassl ati: imilmilk ilninl; (.LHMAXS I AIL IN r.N DKAVOnS TO lS LOIH.L Al l U S ON i iu:n( II I HON! BULLETIN. London, Jan 15 The rcsignntic i of the Hungarian cabinet on account cf failure to obtain necessary support for the military program, is reported j, a Budapest dispatch to Copen hagen, forwarded by the Exchange .t ,.nranh company. A decided move ment for peace and cessation of war j has been started by the anti-military party. j Huns Blame Russians j For Peace Delay. Aliistoidani, Jan I G Ureal dissnti .- J faction is expressed by th" Herman ill who; I ers at the slow progress of! the peace negotiations at tir'st-L'.to- j ,k anil the Russians are charged w'thj prolonging them deliberately. This j dehiy is affecting the negotiations in piogre.s at Potro:;rad wlleic, accord- ( ii:g the th" Ueser Zeitung of Piemen, j the discussion regarding exchange of J prisoners litis yielded no rc-nlts thus j far. Most of the newspapers assert Get -n't.iiy will never think of com.letely evacuating the oeeupi-d Russian territory before peace has been brought about on all fronts. ti ilitarists and Political P.irt:es Get Together. Loudon, J;in 10 Apparently an ii'-reement has been reach"d in Ger- i . .i ..-fi..l onil 111 ill 1 lany Del ween un- tary paities in order to avoid furtlvr Mellon. A Berlin dispatch states that Chaneellor von Herlling's llUlH n aeciuiesce in the Russian program o: no annexations or liuieiuuuiei, aou i... in ort to self-determiiiation Of I i';oples is to prevail in th- I'ast and that Field Marshal von Hilidenhiirg will have full liberty in the we ;t in i,,. ,iv,t of a German victory there to denl with possible annexations The puae." movement, m e.i ........ Germany is gaining adherents, according to f ount von Reventlow, who has always been ; a strong pan-Gerinaiiist. The British labor party in ils mes sage says that the Hritish i "ople must aid Russia by proclaiming peace aims 1I0US HUN IQEIOG siinila, to Russia. It is proposed that .mU)til Tj0gan mHt. sell amounts to th,e peace conference shall .at Ara " I $(jS7.040. bi-i, Palestine, Armenia and the Black ' Africa under international! control. Self-definition is aee.'T.tedl for India and other British depend-1 e-ncie; not already having their own j , . i parliaments. On the western front and in Italy the winter monotony has been broken ly up I riled actions. German troo;s have again made one of their fruit less attacks against the French posi t'ons northeast or Verdun. While n.ost of the attacking force was driv en back by the French fire, some dc t..riinu.iit irnined advanced element'.- from which, however, they were! thrown out iiniuediataly, , Fa A of the Brentu river the Austro C.ernians have replied with artillery l'.ie to the daring Italian attack which, resulted in the capture of important observation posts at Monte Asolone. 'I lie Itali-'.ns also raided the enemy line east of Monte Asolone and cn- T'H The soldier boy would like to hear from home. Send ' him The Leader. By the month by mail forty (40) cents. Address changed as often Off riocifirt People Driven From Town By Great Flood lio.cniun, Mont. Jan Iti Throe hundred people, comprising the en tire population of ti e town of Tri dent, were driven I'ro'n their homes last night when the waters of the Missouri river were hacked up by a huge ice gorge just below the town. A torrent of water five feet deep is flowing through the town and every house in the place Is partly submerged. comuissionlks will pi t i YM IT TO STAY PIT Kvtv tax aver in Logan comity ! ci'ght to note the fact that, of the i eighteen new bridges to be buih nut ! of the ll'17-ls levy, all but two will j h iVe concrete floors, doing away with) 'Ik- evcilastlng repair bills for broken! plank and new d"cks. The county! ( minis loners are build ng for th, traffic of the future, which means I've ton trucks, and a constant linei (!' tourists. The days of the tin! ! iik'.e and irrafliim counlv official h ive passed. When a bridge goe ; u !,i t lii's." days, in Logan it will be there for a genei-ation. Si : rl and con ciete will displace the old plank floor i" lid t in - iron girders. Glory be. INSI Lr-Sn H TAAISLLS WOMAN TO N Vl(iTi; She wasn't young, nor was she ex i.illy old. desp'te h"r white htiir. as she clanked along down Oklahoma lifeline ihis morning, liehind her siiode two Masons, one of them a sol-i!;i'i-. The oldler got it f'rst. j now, ' They're wearing skid chains aien't they?" said the Mason. "May!-" Ihey're si urs," replied the : Hilary man. Honest to goodness, sli,? was weal ing something that made that clackety c'.ick sound as she clanked along Ihe curlier near Ihe federal building. She was wearing t'ny s;uirs under In r in teps. in: Lscvru) ruoM IMtlSON IN SNOW S I OHM Scaling an lS-ieet wall, escaping i- 41., ',,..!..., in L.ii,,,. nuiii n.u uiaiiiic pi iun m u ,-h.j,- j stui nii stealing a ride on a freight j u.ihl um, tlu,n at,.(1l ev.ulillg ti,e ()f. i(.t!,.s w,0 were laying in wait, by ;jump,ng from U)e ..lin uml stPaling a ; horse, was the pk-rfoniianee omen - i movie-like, ot Jack . . illiams. Hie term; chickasha may well feel proud ol its iran yesterday evenin.f;. Williams j college and its product. The audi killed a Tulsa jailor. He is an nth- i once w:u enthusiast ie in Its recep lete. 2(1 years old an 1 weighs 17'i't'on of the college girls. pounds JU'ST SLIT ! c7 H1I IV ST HI'S i The war-savings stamp campaign in Logan county is under way. The BENT IN SHAPE County Engineer, Acting Under. County Commissioner Hirschi, Will Remodel Culverts and Widen Roadbed The subscribers to the fund for the improvement of the Summit view cemetery road will be interested to know that under instructions from Mr Jlirschi chairman of the board of the county commissioners ,the county en gineer's office will have charge of re modeling the culvert, the fill-over and the approaches thereto. In widening the culvert two large trees will have I to be grubbed out of the water course. ... , ?ii engineer uaniun says me worn, win be a credit to the ciy, and that the 0ld ei.o,.0 ,m t ,nmia tha i .,,1 scape when it is finished. Private Marvin O'Neal, Clarita, Ok, '.lid of pneumonia in France, Tuto 'day, General Pershing reports. 4 . - - .i. $ , -i.'w. s- .v .... . Thousands of tons of coal were in view of freezing New Yorkers during their cold spell, but they were out in the frozen Hudson river. Mayor Hy'an had the police in the mean tunc go from bouse to louse to beg coal which was sent in cMuinandoei oil wagons to the poor. The upper photo shews barges unable to cross the icy river and the lower policemen receiv ing coal from a Broadway theatre w hich t". cy loaded on a commandeered ice wagon. EifiGI ARTISTS PLEiSEi( II LEW 10 liHUHbH Scottish Rite Visitors Given Variety Of Intellectual Treats; College Girls Make Local Hit The eiitertainineiit coinmitiee at the 'i i mjil" reunion has provided ex ( .dionally clever programs for the ( (-legation of the Scottish Rite elms, visitors and ladies. At the M H church Tuesday after r.oi n, Herbert Krumplyn, the blind I iiiiisician, fuin'slied a varied program cv liumbcis. Krumplyn Is a master artist. Mh-s ICth"l Douglas flayed the accom; animentH acceptably. Airs .1 W Perry showed strong as a ;olo-i'-.t She has a remarkably sweet vn'ce of wide ranj.';e. Miss Mildred i ' I.,cas played the aceoiupauinients. ' The Sainoloff company of musii al j 'a-lists held t'cilli at the church at! night and were ra.turously receiv- : (I by a crowded bouse. During the same hours at the Temple the young ! limy student-, of the Oklahoma Col-: lege for Women of Chickasha gas a j ! vaiied and unique program of musical i i numbers, readings, etc, Th ladies 1 I v ere under the direction of President i I G A Austin or the college. That ; the young ladies are talented and j i ersatile is lvyond question. The i majority are fully callable of holding; .1 , i. u , i', I,. ! i .I,., l 1,-, ... um llit'l OWIl Oil 111'- iriM-n.-!iwiiui The Tinted States Geo.ogical Sur-; v( ,JS.im-,ied the amount of rock , phosphate in th," known deposits In' Idaho. Utah. Wyoming and Montana, a, nearly ."..Mill,1 ' t t),'J 00 tons. j Latestless-Less May Be Joy Riderless Days; Oil Ad ministrator Likely Will Issue Licenses and Keep Close Tab Zounds! It's heart-breaking neverheless it may he tine. but Joy riding may be in class with the less-lesses. the same It may he tabooed. It went pretty hard with several when the restaurants and hotels took steak and pork off the bill of fares on Tuesdays and it was rather a jolt uhen the eating house men were call- ed upon to Hooverke one day a week Wednesdays and seiwe no wheat bread. Uut now comes the blow that will ( sure be the sting to kill joy, i the j and i oil administrator resorts to it !...!!. .tt,. l,..t l,n ,,,(11 tnere is eve.y umuaiiv,. Just think What a shame it would, " fuu "c,c - of hundred gallons of gaaol.ne or such n matter every two weeks or a month. I 'Tnct t'hlnlf nf the many joy rides : - j tlat would have to be taken from the j ' Drograiii. Think wha t n n aw f ul thing I it. would be if you bad to patronize, the street car to attend a card party j or dinner downtown. Wouldnt that be - awful? j Going without meat ou Tuesdays ,V vf 1 v ivmV 11 C tr.,- f ,v All tfc J. t . v iU y ? n.I tit i-f i If' 5-1 nnmv p n r n ft .JbHUIA ubLH Ld AT RITE TEMPLE CLASS SITS Sri lAOOK Ol IT.KSIW (.(H IM; WIIILi: ( ANDIOA I LS W O I! K Y I S I 1 O U S VHK IU I Itl l M Wednesday Night First. M K church, S; Oklahoma A M Col lege hand, Stillwater;; Hob Makov sky, director; assisted by Marie Wells. Wednesday Night, Masonic Tem ple. S. Francis Nash and ronipany and Doris Jordan, entertainer. Thursday Afternoon. First M K clmr'h, 2:!!0: Doris Jordan, en tertainer. Thursday Night. Temple, S J I' Hubbard, reader; Kdwiu V Al ol n -tyre, organist. Temple, !): Hall. Davis Orches tra. Tim court of Cyrus, King of Persia, c 1 c i lied in orient il : :.I,"iiil(ii . was (lis -eh sed to th" eves of t he i." I odd Sioltish Kite c-.!li:li''ates in ,l:,e Teni 1'le Wednesday meining. it ; -, 1'ie l.iediinu through wliieh te ic'llcint v. ere inducted into ih.e mvsleries of "f ii i In ned mi I'.icp tOlclit.) has not beon so bad, and the wheat- less Wednesdays don't seem to bother any more that war bread is about all I gas in a certain length of time to ev tbat is being baked, and the clothless j ery cur. owner, days are. not limited to any one day a! ve ,,, i, lu ,.,,,, ...hi ! T( wo,k mt 'bis plan every ear v v rv tAi-cju y u n it. i a n iuti; v.viti) j but for the cruel oil administrator to come along and make a joy ruleless i day, that's the limit. ! It Is freely predicted that this is just what the oil administrator will ! do. It is the general br:Bcf that the; ipe-i who sell r, '.s-lnie a;l oil will be placed under the license pystem '.he san e as the fuel dealerj who can sell only a certain amount of coal and the grocers w. o can sell only a limited . .,. Under this plan the gasoline sta - , I j New Orleans, La i Jan 16- -lonight.i probably ; generally fair. Thursday fair, somewhat colder. inn 1 pflTRidTicii eras" r Will BE TAKEN SOON Enoch Carter of State Council Of Defense, Is Sending Out A- peals To Farmers To Preserve Seed Corn Knoch Garter, county assessor, and member of the state council of de fense, is busy today sending out cir cular letters to the farmers of Logan countv urging them to conserve the seed corn for use in the county. j In order to get much information about farmers in Ihe slate the State Council of Defense has undertaken I i the work of taking a patriotic census el the fanners of the state and in I i.'nler tt) do the work, the council has j asked county assessors to assist In the work. The census is to he taken at t , e time the work of assessing pro perly is being made. .Mr Carter said today, that, he would ask the county council of defense to aid in the work, by assigning certain members to as sist in Hie various districts. In compiling the data desired by ilu- slate council of defense, the name of every farmer In the county will be taken, his place of residence, whether .he is an owner or a renter size of each farm, acres in cultivation, acre age of each crop to be planted this year amounl of labor each farmer require, when he will need labor will and other information. It is the intention of the s:ate council of defense to in- dnee farmers todouble the size or the' food crops the coming season. -!i'rle:i I h-r.v. now a luiding the rewer, a former Guthrie hanker ol Clinton, is at- j reunion and visiting his' I obi t ime Guthrie friends. Hons will be licensed as the rest and! Will lie allowed to sell only so much i owner would be given a card entitling him to, say loo gallons, of gasoline' every two weeks. Each time ho gets j a new stock his card would bo punch- j i.i, i iwi 1 1 ed, and when he used all the card en- titled him t0 have he would be issued another card if the government .thought he ought to havo it. Here's where the hitcu might come, The government might not think the 'ear owner ought to have another card ii he was using gas for jov riding mid ,., .. ,iu r ..-.: ! eminent is trying to get at by naming an oil administrator. As everyone knows t'.iq demand for oil has greatly increased during the past two years and will continue to in crease. To meet this domand the gov eminent figures that it must save, and I joy riding i3 not saving. It looks like the joy riding would get a bump alright. Soldiers in Guard House Freeze to Death San .nloiiin. Jan lti During the blizzard here hist night four troopers died from the extreme cold. Two of the dead men were in the guard house; the other two were standing guard outside.- It Is alleged that many of the soldiers sustained frozen ears, feet anil lands on account of the scarcity ol clothing, fuel and bed covering. LAWil lt TK.MIMT l(00l AN INSISIi.NT IMvMXNO "Too much stress ran not be placed on the necessity for enlarging the Scottish Rite temple," said a Knight of Kadosh, Wednesday. "The present class shows the incapacity of the building. I am sorry to say we have pullbacks who do not. wish see Improvements. However, If to we don't get busy, we may suffer. The temple finances are in good shape. There is nearly a hundred thousand dollars, idle consistory money in the banks, nil bonds are paid, and the present class will bring in $t'i(),()im. j So I say let's build at. once." ANOTIILU (il'TIIUlK HOY OILS IN Ml.MY (' .ll' Jesse N Jackson. Guthrie hoy, who enlisted in the aviation wing of the aimy three months ago died at the bi.se hos:.ital, Ft Sam Houston, San A itoiiio. Texas, Tuesday nigh,t, of pii"unionia alter an illne-s of two weeks, llefore joining the colors he was a trusted employe of the Furvw ciiiipaiiy of this city. His parents reside at ;;ns Fast Warner avenue. ( lis Jackson, a brother left this l.. (-ruing for Ft Sam Houston and will accompany the remains back to th" i it v. Funeral arrangements later. 'sAYS (TTIIHIL HASN'T HLSrONOLO TO AIM'LAL Alayor i tart man has received a let ter from John N Willys, chairman of th" war camp community recreation fund, in which he says: "Your town is one of the few that ' ln.ve not. yet responded to the! mie ! patriotic call, wliieh touches more vi- ti.'ly the health and safely of h,er own I boys in cam), than any other a; -peal i yet mad" to the American people on I account of the war." Willy i adds that the "conditions i surrounding the camps are uniinprov jo,l." A recreation fund subscript ion lis vils ,..,,! in (jnthrie shortly aftT ..y- f,1)ul was completed. () SlIOYLLHS KIITLO l!Y WAIN Chicago, Jan 'Hi-Three men were killed and one seriously injured late yisterday when a train on the Chicago .v. Northwstern railroad ran into a crowd of snow shovelers in the west ern section of the city. E Leather Supply Of Nation Must jje Conserved Is Decree Of shoe Manufacturers Con- ' vention Hi)i'1til Treiu. New York, Jan HI In order that the nation's leather supply may be eenserved as much as possible lower boots for women have been deer I by- the National Boot and Shoe Man ufacturers' association, which conclud ed its annual convention here today. The height of women's shoes next fall will not exceed nine inches above the h"els, Willi tin! possibility of another cut of half an Inch, if further saving becomes necessary. The association has also decided to limit the colors this year, Women's sl oes will be made only In black and j ivLilti. tu emaiies of tan, two shades , . gray. Mcn.g shoes m be r r black and two shades of tan. POSITIONS lll.l.n HY "I IT TONS ON I.ONIiH IMAYi; MONTH ASOI.ONi: ltl TAKI.N HY HOMANS VlTi;H Itl.OODY HATH I :s S, Sl IU'llISi: YI T YCK ON T.HKST Ol' MOl'NTAIN NITS A WIIOI.i: KMT M ION 01 i;Ni:m rmsoM.iss ( AITl lli;i KY ITALIANS ! Italian Headquarter in Northern j Hilly. Jan Hi - The action east of the : Lrenla river yesterday, In which th" lialiaus inflicted heavy losses on the j eeemy and car, -lured s"veral hundred I i.'dsoiiors and a large anioiinl of war n. terial, began late in the aflernoon d was carried out bv Infantry. P i XV!IS l'il'l'rlc'1' chielly a;taiu;t Mont) i Asolone, where Hie eii'-my boldly has I .. . I I .. II I., ,.w,.,w,l,U,ir i , ' it 1 1 u ur-v I n i II M -. i l i n iiefuuiiii mi, I lie San Boren.o valley and tho Vene tian plain leading down to HaHsatio. From these heights the eii"niy, lucked by his position on Mont" l'er tiea and Caprlvale, was a conl Inunl I in and Caprivale, was a continued i .ounce, his guns following a range of a considerable di tanee down Ihe valley and over the plain. The cannonade began toward noon with the Italian batteries being sec-oi-dcd ably by French artillery on their right, a heavy fog serened the. liiove ii.ent as Ihe infantry was ordered to ii.lvance. If moved straight up In Ihe slope of Monte Asolone through snow-, l' lid and slush. The enemy artillery file grew intense as the advance pro ceeded. There was no hall, until the posit ions on Monte Asolone were, reached and the enemy advance posts, viY"ro observations had been conduct -ei', were swept, away. Along Ihe whole line the Italians gained a fool hold. I'nder the concentrated fire of the enemy lines they laler wre with drawn slightly after laying waste Hm enemy works. 'Austrian forces af t mpled a number of counter move ments without success. The strur gie around Mont.". Asolone continues but. one of the main object i already has been accomplished, that of (lis h dging the enemy from his works, to j say nothing ol in,!' risoners ami m.i I li rial (alien. About the same time an incursion into the enemy trenches was made fcrther east around Monte Solarolo, vhere more prisoners and material was cul tured. The third bloody light occurred nil Ihe lower Piave, where the Italians eii!arg."d their positions between (he Piave and Sile rivers and beat hack a countcr-atlack with heavy losses. An officer who has ju -I relumed frm Monte Asolone says llvil Iho enemy there made his chief resistance with machine guns and did nol have time to bring any considerable, force ,;f infantry info action. When He' Italians first reached the crest they l',,iind all the .enemy .soldiers lu Ihelr wintcr (itiarters in log bnrracka. A large part, of one battalion, Including one major and two capl-iina, wan cap tured in one of these hiiililingii SAYS ( ItOSS HAS I WILL ANI MIMHLS The Leader recently piiblir.lied a btter from Percy Cross, Guthrie boy in the navy. Cross said he wan-III, 'Ike civic branch of the. Red Crois' took up the matter and lias received ' a letter from the father-in-law of C oss, who lives in Kingfisher coun- tv Tb,o letter says Cross has a wife j ai d two children unprovided for Those who scan tiic Want Columns of The Leader v ery often Profit By Pointers Gleanod. There are Tips and Pointers Which Bring Profit. "1 1 i