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VOLUME 24. NUMBER 284
1 ' EIGHT PAP.RS TOnAY
U. S. TIPS THE
BATTLE LESSON
TRENCH WARFARE IS TAl'UHT I X
DKR INSTRICTION OF ASSAULT
ING FRENCH ARMIES.
MARINES TAKE PART
Soldiers of tlx- Sea Make Resistance,
and Whenever Routed Prom Their
DrJehee They Reorganize dulckly
and .Make Bncceaaful Counter At
tacks. American Training Carep In Fiance,
August 21 (By The Associated Pre)
Training in some of the American
battalions has progressed to such a
point that sham attacks on the trench
jratMBI are being carried out with a
degree akin to actual warfare, Thus
far, artillery fire has been only theo
rioal, but before long, the troops
hope to have the experience of watching
the effect of real artillery upon the
trenches.
The marines are having some especial
ly lively engagements this week with
their French instructors. French chas
seurs acting as the enemy have been
making attacks upon the marines'
trench system with Dewey, Furragut,
Porter and Sampson trenches as the
battle objectives.
The French also have been attempt
ing to block and hold communication
tieiiches as Ohio. Mississippi, Delaware
and PotOttac,
Marines Are Fighting.
The marines have been making stei n
resistance and wherever the "enemy"
penetrated their lines they organized
a counterattack, which quickly eject
ed the intruders. The real object of
these preliminary attacks is to net the
officers and men acquainted with what
are known at the front as operation or
ders. It Is the fi.-st step toward learn
ing the rudiments of a highly organ
laad part of modern warfare WlMTt
every step and every detail Is worked
out In advance on a pre arranged plan
and must be strictly adhered to.
One great difference from real war
fare, however, is the fact that in bat
tles with the marines, the enemy'' has
accommodatingly allowed a copy of his
operation orders to fall Into the hands
of the defending garrison. This will
be changed later and the American
trench garrison will be called upon to
roatEt surprise attacks In force.
Keen in Ooaununlcatfcm.
Another valuable feature in sham liat
tie exercises is in teaching Americans
the great Importance of what is known
as "llason" work the maintenance of
communication with supsrtlng artil
lery, with flanking forces, with air
planes and with information centers. At
tacks are accompanied by lively rocket
signals sent up for defending the cur
tain of fire from the artillery and call
ing reserves from - conianies In sup
port of the trenchea.
The rockets are also used In the
guise of artillery fire by shortening and
lengthening ranges.
The evacuation of wounded under
theoretical shell fire Is another feature
of sham battles, which la receiving at
tention. JUMP H OVER ELEVEN RAs ago
MURK THAN DOUBLES THE
PRICE IX lH.
Chicago, Aug 21. Choice heavy bogs
old today at 120 per hundredweight
This marked an advance of $3 in the
last eleven days. Hecent government
contracts for bacon were computed by
packers on the basis of $20 hogs
The following table of prices Indicates
the dizzy heights to which prices have
been driven:
August 1, 114 $.0.
August 1. 1910- .8S.
August 1. 1918 $10.30
August 1, H17 $16.30
August 21. 1917 -$20
Monday Is the big day In Chicago for
hog receipts, hut there were only 1 8.001)
head esterday compared with the not
mal supply of 30.000. The number of
hoga in the country Is said to be In
creasing, but they are being slaughtered
earlier than ever, owing to high prices,
and the total weight of pork is said to
have shrunk aJnrmingly.
Many English Sailors Perish.
Ixmdon. Aug. 21. Since the outbreak
of the war, (127 officers and men of the
British mercantile marine, exclusive of
those In the pay of the navy, have loet
their lives, according to a statement
made In the house of commons by Sir
Albert Stanley, president of the board
of trade.
WEATHER FORECASlr.
For Ardmore and Vicinity: Tonight
ami Wednesday, generally fair.
Oklahoma: Tonight and Wednesday,
generally fair
Fast Texas; Tonight and Wednesday,
fair.
West Texas: Tonight and Wednesday
partly cloudy, probably showers In panhandle.
HOGS REACH SO
CUD MARKET
DEMAND FOR BIBLES
SO GREAT PUBLISHERS
CAN'T FILL ORDERS
New York, Aug. 21- With publish
ers falling dally further behind In their
orders the war has created the great
est demand In the history of the nation
for Bibles.
Publishers here say that one who
possesses a set of electrotype plates for
the new testament, pocket size, owns
something almost as valuable as a
steamship.
Many of the publishers report their
presses running from 15 to 18 hours
a day, but they are still "several weeks
behind orders ulready received.
CAMP BOWIE AT
FT. WORTH COMPLETE
Fort Worth, 'flexas, Aug. 21. Con
struction of Cami Howie has been com
pleted, It was ofllclally announced today.
It was stated that the camp Is the first
of the sixteen national guard camps to
be finished and accepted by the war de
partment. Seven units of Infantry arrived tills
morning to go into training. Major
General (Jreble, appointed commander
of the camp, now is at HI I'aso, and is
expected to arrive in a few days.
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HEAD OP s i 1TE I Nil BR8I1 1(1
ADDRESS PATRIOTIC MASS
MEETING lllis WEEK.
The executive committee of the Car
ter County Council of Defense held its
second meeting yesterday afternoon and
B led upon several matters of para
mount interest at this time, including
the appointment of a committee to or
ganfae a home guard in Carter county,
initiating arrangements for a "send iff"
for the Ardmore Engineering Compa
ny ( and the condemning of the pr.ic
til a on the part of some notaries public
In charging disproportionate amounts
in the making out of exemption lav
I I s.
The meeting was called to order bj
the president, Kobert Gillam, who st..t
ed at the outset that it would be im
possible to secure the Hon. Scott Fer
ris, of Lawton, us a speaker at a nig
mass meeting here this week, as his
time is taken up and he will be unable
to come until later.
The fact that the Ardmore Engineer
ing company is to leave here this week
was called to the attention of the meet
ing and it was decided to at once make
arrangements for a public reception and
leave-taking for the engineers and for
the newly created officers who will
also leave here on Saturday. It is de
sired to bare this reception at Central
l'ark Thursday night with a speaker
of state-wide note, a committee com
prising EL G. Hpnulding, S. A. Apple
and J. T. Coleman being apKinted to
take up this feature of the program
and tislay they announce that an ac
ceptance has been received from Dr.
Stanton Brooks, president of the state
university.
A communication was received from
the state council urging the early for
mation of a home guard to be equipped
by the state and to be under the Juris
diction of civil authorities This sub
ject was debated fully, the- large amount
of oil In storage being considered a spec
ial hazard In view of the agitation that
is now going on In some sections in op
position to the war and the draft meth
ods of the government Inasmuch ns it
was considered Imperative that early
steps Is- taken to organize this bcsly, a
committee was appointed to take the
matter in hand without delay, as fol
lows: Committee on organization of home
guard-Otis M. Smith, John L. Oalt, J.
R. Talliaferro. Fred Kyburn, Ralph It.
Ramsey, William 1 lulrhlnson Jake
Kodovltx and I.. S. Raines.
Charges by Notaries.
Several of the members of the com
mittee told of Information that had
come to them In relation to the various
charges made by notaries and others
In making out exemption papers, some
fees entirely disproportionate to the ser
vice rendered Ising cited. It was point
ed out that all members of the draft
and exemption board, the physicians
and clerks who were aiding them, are
working without one cent of remunera
tion and It wan felt to I entirely un
just to prey upon those who wished to
Plead exemption, inan of the men be
ing worthy citizens of little or no means
whose services at home will b of great
value In the various Industries and In
farming at this time. The whole mat
ter was brought to a head by passing
the following resolution:
"Resolved, that the exemption hoard
he urged to Immediately make up a
schedule of fees to he charged for the
filling out of exempt Inn papers by no
tarlea or others, to t'ie end that extor
tion bo avoided In handling the present
draft "
Due to the necessity of raising funds
immediately the chairman on motion ap
pointed 8. A. Apple ns treasurer and he
at once became custodian of the funds
; Missed In at the meeting
The next meeting of the council will
Is" held at the Chamber if Commerce
at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. August
27, when It Is hoed to have a resnt
nnd recommendation from tin- commit
tee on home guard and also from the
commlttc n agriculture and market
In, which latter c ommittee Is now act
Ively at work endeavoring to secure a
woman agricultural agent for Carter
county to aid in saving a imrtlon of the
present fruit crop.
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UNDER FEROCIOUS ITALIAN ASSAULTS
MORE THAN 10,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE RO
MANS IN NEW OFFENSIVE AT LENS, GERMANS AND
CANADIANS ATTACK SIMULTANEOUSLY,
TEUTONS HEAVY LOSERS.
Rome, Aug. 21. More than 10,000 pris
oners have been taken by the Italians
in their new offensive up to yesterday
evening, the war office announced.
(By the Associated Press)
The Austrian line on the Isonzo front
is beginning to bend and give wuy at
various points under the furious at
tacks of the Italians, Rome announces
officially. The Italians are making pro
gress toward a line which the statement
says is becoming delineated In spite of
undiminished resistance by the Aus
tiians. More than 10,000 prisoners have been
taken in the new battle of the IaOBXO,
and strong Austrian defenses have fall
en into the hands of the attackers.
Seldom during the war has an official
communication been worded In such
confident terms, and unless the Aus
trlans are ablet to rally their shattered
forces, developments of far-reaching im
portance may fedlow quickly.
The Italians, supported by floating
and fixed batteries und monitors, are
marching toward success, which, the
statement says, is becoming swifter In
spite of undiminished enemy resistance.
Canadians in (.rami Rush.
London. Aug 21. Canadian troops
around Lens launched another attack
on the western environment of the
French mining city at 4:3a o'clock this
morning, reports the Renter correspond
ent from the British headquarters in
France. The attach developed Into one
of the most despe rate hand-to-hand bat
tles of the war.
When the Canadians Went over the
top they saw masses of gray uniforms
advancing toward them in the thick
haze. Both sides had planned the at
tack at the same moment.
Fifteen minutes after the clash came,
the Germans wire making their last
stand on a parapet of their trench.
They then retreated rapidly.
French Take ."..(Hal.
Paris. Aug. 21. Counter attacks of
extreme violence were made by the
Germans last night in an effort to re
capture positions taken in the French
offensive on the Verdun front. The
war office announces that the Germans
were beaten back with heavy losses.
HARRY J. CANTWELL
MINING KING IN
LEAD BELT, IS DEAD
St. Iuis, Aug. 21 Harry J. Cant
Well of St. Ixiuis, former mining king,
died last night at Hot Spring.-. kan
sas, It was learned here todav H was
one of the first men to make n 'oi tune
in the lead belt of southeastern Missouri
and at one time was head of th'. St.
Joseph Lead compeny.
Cantwell had options on si'vr mines
in Montana, but there he lt the for
tune he had made In lead In 1 s-jr..
he published a free silver pnier in St.
I.ouis. William R. Hearst agreed to
furnish $100,000 of a half million to
finance the enterprise, hut Cantwell
was unable to raise the other $400,000
from St. Iouls friends of the cause. The
paper never prosered.
For the last ten years. Cantwell has
been operating in mines with varylti,'
success. Klghteen months ago he ob
tained options on lead land near Miami.
Oklahoma, and made- half a million dol
lars. 0BRMAN1 WILL REFUSE TO
SURRENDER PKEN4 H PBOVINI I
Michaelis Is Expected Today lo Outline
Position.
Amsterdam. Aug. 21 With the meet
ing of the main committee of the relchs
tag called for today. Chancellor Mich
aelis was expected to declare the isipe's
peace note In general nevoid with the
lei man government's eaee proposal of
December. l!Mt., ami the recent relchs
tag resolution on the same subject and
therefore to be sympathetically receiv
ed in Germany. Germany cannot, how
ever, discuss details ana particularly
under no circumstance, can it enter
Into a discussion of the status of AJ
sace Ixirralne as a tai l of the German
empire The chancellor, according to
the forecast, will say that as Germany
tons earlier Imllcatcd Its desire to make
peace, the first word must come from
the other side.
A meeting of the hundearath commit
tee on foreign affairs had been called for
yesterday In Berlin, under the chair
manship of the Bavarian premier. Count
Hertttng, to discuss the situation cre
ated by the pope's note and to approve
the linea of Chancellor Michaelis'
petOh to the relchstag committee to
day. BOXCAR THIEVES USE
LOCOMOTIVE TO AID
IN STEALING FREIGHT
St. Louis. Mo.. Aug 21. Car thieves
here this morning used a locomotive of
the St. Iouls terminal railway associa
tion to haul a freight car In the termin
al yards to a Hol room.
Patrolmen searched the Vool room
and found 39 caddie of chewing tobac
co. The switching crew was arrested.
The number of prisoners now exceeds
five thousand.
Assault on British Lines.
London, Aug. 31. The Germans thiif
morning made a third attempt to re
capture positions near Epehy recently
taken by the British. The war office
announces that they were repulsed com
pletely. The statement follows:
"Early this morning, the enemy made
a third attempt to regain ground re
cently captured southeast of Kpehy.
Though supiiorted by Klammenwerfer.
his attacking troops were repulsed com
pletely. We hold all our positions.
"Kast of Kpehy our tuoops raided the
Herman lines on a wide front in the
neighborhood of the St. Quentin canal,
und brought back prisoners."
(.alii Ian Troops to Flanders.
Amsterdam, Aug. 21. -A frontier tele
cram to the Echo Beige says numerous
troops ure urrlvlng In Flanders from
Ualicia.
Rumanians Are stubborn.
Petrograd, Aug. 20. Austro-German
forces are making vigorous attacks on
the southern Rumanian front. The war
office announcement of today sas that
stubborn resistance is being offered by
the Russians and Riiiimnians, who.
however, were forced back at several
points. On the Caucasus front, where
the Russians recently look the offen-
aire, a further large advance has lieen
1 made, a series of villages being cap
Itured by the Russians.
Verdun Battle Continues.
Berlin. Aug. 21. (via Londoni, The
battle before Verdun has not yet ended,
the German general headquarters staff
announced today. This morning, fresh
engagements developed at various pla
ces. The statement adds: "Our troops
and leaders anticipate a favorabk- con
clusion of the buttle."
In many places, colored and white
French troops penetrated the German
, defensive zone in which every step for-
ward, the German report says, had to
I le wrested at the coat of sanguinary
I losses. In bitter hand-to-hand fighting
and by counter attacks, the French were
driven back almost everywhere
NEGRO TROOPERS ON
TRIAL AT WACO, TEXAS
Waco Texas, Aug. 21 The trial by
court martial of six privates of the
Twenty-Fourth infantry, colored, on
charges of attempt to murder was to be
gin this afternoon at Camp MrArthur.
Captain Kugene Faleg will preside aa
Judge advocate.
The names of the men to lie tried are:
James Johnson and Howard Hood, com
pany A; Waiter Lusk nnd Willie Lewis.
OOmpaay C; James Mitchell nnd Luther
Brlggls. company D.
These are the negroes who. K Is al
leged, were engaged In the rioting a
few weeks ago and fired on their su
perior officers, who came from the
camp to the city to arrest them.
MISSOURI UNIT
SENT TO FT. SILL
Nevada. Mo . Aug 21. The first con
tingent of the national guard of Mis
souri was tislay ordered to proceed to
Fort Sill, Okla.. by Brig. General Harvey
& Clark, to assist in the work of ore
paring the concentration camp for .he
i reception of the state troops.
The contingent will Is? comisised of
- the First battalion of engineers, w'mse
home station was Kansas City, and one
i company from each of the Infantry iegl
iments now at the camp here
HOTAKV (1.1 II I'RF.SKNTS Fl ND
TO ENGINEERING COMPANY
The weeklv luncheon of the Itotarv
club today was very much out of the
ordinary, all of the officers of the Ard
more Engineering ompany and recent
ly appointed I'. S army lieutenants be
ing present. A purse of $1500. ratsnd
by a committee from the club, was pre
svnted. Capt. R. W Patterapn respond
ing in a feeling manner. Lieut Robert
Luther Rando). Lieut. Robert K. KcMth.
Roy M. Johnson ami others made brief
talks along patriotic lines.
G. A. R. MARCHES
!kton. Aug 31 Several thousand
axed men In blue marched with brave
step through Boston streets today.
The route was the shortest ever se
lected for the annual parade of the
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
The veterans were favored by a clear
sky. moderate temperature and a re
freshing breexo
KEEP MUM.
8t. Ixmls. Aug 21. -Orders were Is
sued to the St Iuils iHillce today to
arrest any persons who pabllcly criti
cise the United States for entering the
European war. or who publicly ques
tions the constitutionality of the selec
tive draft.
Action Will Be Taken on OpHirtiiuity
to Get on International Highway.
From Winnipeg.
There will be a mass meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce at the court
house Thursday afternoon at three
o'clock to take action with a view to
getting Ardmore on the International
Highway from Winnipeg to the gulf.
Ardmore. Marietta, Gainesville and
Intermediate points to Fort Worth are
the only cltieH in the two states of any
importance not designated on highway
maps, and the opportunity has arrived
to put these towns on the map.
President Sam Apple, Perry Max
well, J. E, Hamilton, C. K. Ringer, Den
ny Fitzgerald and others comiMise the
committee to take charge of this mat
ter ami see that Ardmore is well rep
resented at the convention at Gaines
ville on Tuesday of next week.
The money to bridge Bed river Is In
the bank at Gainesville and if Ardmore
will co-operate to get these towns on
the highway maps the contract will be
let immediately and the bridge opened
for traffic before the first of the year.
"Tourists do not know Ardmore is in
existence," said Mr. Hamilton, "but their
maps show Pauls Valley, Wynnewood,
kflllburn, Mill Creek, Durant and scores
of other small places in big type, but
Ardmore is left out. A big tire com
pany occupied great posters in this city
With routes on It and these towns were
shown, but Ardmore was not there.
There's a reason. If Ardmore can stand
It, these other places can. The first
opportunity to put Ardmore on the tour
ist maps lias arrived. Will we take ad
vantage of it? Kvery business man
with a car should attend the meeting
Thursday and should go to Gainesville
next Tuesday."
WAR SUMMARY
Tin- great battle on the Italian-Isonzn
front continues without interruption.
The Home war states that the Austrian
line is tieglnning to bend and give way
at various points.
Canadian troops around Lens, in
France, made another attack early this
morning. Germans who advanced at
the same time made a hurried retreat on
encountering the Canadians. Few de
tails have bean resrted of the sub.
'luent fighting which developed Into one
of the most desperate hand to ban!
struggles of the war.
The German reaction to the success
ful French stroke at Verdun came- last
nignt and the new French lines stood
fiym In the face of counter-attacks of ex
treme violence. On the front north of
Vi-idun. the fighting was particularly
bitter, the French war office reports.
The Germans, Is-aten liack met with
heavy losses. The number of prison
ers taken by the French now exceeds
five thousand.
The Germans also returned to the at
tack on the Alsne front, striking at
Cerny and Hurtebise. Paris rCPWtl the
repulse of these assaults.
On the British front, the f lermans last
night made their third attempt to re
capture positions recently wrested from
them near Epehy. northwest of St.
Quentin. A determined attack was made
In which the Germans employed flame
throwers, but they were repulsed com
pletely by the British.
Heavy fighting continues on the
southern Rumanian front. The Rus
sians and Rumanians are offering stiff
resistance, but Petrograd reports offi
cially have been forced liack farther at
several isdnts. Austro-German troops
reached the southwestern outskirts of
the imiHirtant Moldavian town of Ocna,
75 miles southwest of the provisional
Rumanian capital. Jassy. In the di
rection of Fokshani. the Germans took
the offensive along the railroad, advanc
ing on both sides of It. A counter at
tack west of the railway resulted In res
toration of the Russo Rumanian kjs1
tlons. On the northern Russian front, In
creasing activity is reported. The Ger
mans are liombardlng heavily the Rus
sion trenches of the Red Rign-Mkau
railroad.
The new Russian offensive on the
Caucasian front has resulted in further
victories. Capture of a series of vil
lages south of the Peltnlr-Ualumer sec
tor is reimrted by the Russian war of
flee. The Turks made an attack In the
dlreotkm of K hat put and gained initial
successes, but subsequently were ex
pelled from the captured positions.
Ilntlsh aviators carried out another,
bombing expedition in Belgium, Sunday
night. They dropped many tons of ex
plosives on military objectives, the Brit
ish admiralty reports All the airplanes
returned safely
I. S. ARRESTS
CI KTIS ACKKHalAN IH TAKKA IN
TO CI STODY AT LITTI.K ROCK
ON FKPKRAL OKDF.RS
Little Rock. Ark.. Aug. 21 Curtis
Ackermann, editor and owner of a Ger
man language paper published here, this
morning was arrested and Interned In
the county Jail here at the direction
if I'nlted States Attorney General Greg-XT-
Ackermann was arreetcil on August 8
charged with publishing an article on
ugust 2 that was a direct encourage
metit to violation of the draft law. and
was hound over to the federal grand
lut y on a bond of $2500.
He filed application for naturalltatkm
para on March IS. 1M7. He came
to America from Germanv in October
1907.
GERMAN EDITOR
fflUTI WERE
REJECTED MONDAY; LAFOLLETTE CRIES
107 PILED CLAIMS POE EXEMPTION
(IN THE GROl ND OF DK
PENDENCIES.
MANY UNMARRIEDjSAYS PEACE WANTED
l nusually l.-ire ProHrtMn of Those
Included in Second Draft (all Arc
Single Ml BMgiMea re Being F.vani
ined Tcxlay.
Forty two men were rejected because
of physical disabilities and 107 filed
claims for exemption out of those who
appeared yesterday for the physical ex
amination before the Carter county ex
emption board. An unusually large pro
portion of those called at this time are
unmarried men.
Three hundred men are being examin
ed today and 200 more will be exam
ined tomorrow.
Exemption because of a sister-in-law
was the claim made to the Carter county
board yesterday by Joe Hawkins, negro,
of Ardmore. Hawkins was not certain
whether his sister-in-law is eighteen or
twenty-five years old, and said she did
not depend wholly on him for support.
He left without filing a formal claim.
Mistake In their ages at the time of
registration was given as the reason
for exemption by two men who appear
ed for the physical examination yester
day. One said he thought he was thirty
years old when he registered, but that
he consulted the family Hible and found
out that he is more than thirty-one.
The other man thought he was twenty
one when he registered, but has since
Uncovered that he was not.
Claimed Kvemplion Recalls of
Dependents.
The following tcxlay claimed exemp
tion on the ground of dependencies:
1149 filrldge, Charles Alvin. Zlta.
SSfi Hltt. Thomas Porter. Milo (Reg.
istered at Comarton. Texas).
3341 Scott, Oscar Lee. Ardmore.
4075 Harrell, John Benton Jr.. Ard
more. 3886 Patterson. Moss. Ardmore.
3S51 Kendrick. James S., Ardmore.
2.')H4 Blevens. Walter. Healdton.
3479 Pratt. J. Walter. Ardmore.
421 Lewis, Vilas Ernest. Baum.
206 Hudgins. Arthur. Brock.
808 Meek, John Robert. Woodford.
713 Phillips. Willie O., Glenn.
7SS Itodson. Jesee, Poolevllle.
1391 Patrick. Everett. Keller.
1658 Hamilton. James A.. New Wil
son. 1507 Horton. Claude Thomas, Hewitt.
211 Butler. William Grover. Deese.
1602 Jollifr. Roy L.. New Wilson.
3344 P.ray. C. C, Ardmore.
S Bradshaw, Henry L.. Ardmore.
1050 Magrll. Dennis William, Zlta.
2864 Joy, Jesse, Cheek.
2917 McBee. Rowley D., Lone Grove.
2981 Van Bibber. Claude A.. Lone
Grove.
3019 Daily. Carlton M Ardmore.
657 Leatherwocsl, John D.. Glenn.
1917 Smith. Leon C. Wirt.
1051 Gulnn. Marvin, Staunton.
$730 Knstup. Albert F.. Ardmore.
2513 Ward. Finis L.. Healdton.
1606 Richardson. Karl P.. 24, Ileal 1
ton.
365S Moore, J. W.. 30, Artlmore.
1218 Carter. Henry. 21. Tutums
1189 Hooks. Wylie, Kg, Tatums.
4487 Whltecotton. Spariln, 27. Heild-
ton.
1303 Lelgnon, Everette. 21, Keller.
3963 Tobln. Milton Lee, Ardmore.
2444 Boiler. Glenn Wllber. 21, Heald
ton. tool dresser, wife and child.
1343 Gamel. Carl. !5. Wirt, oil man
daughter.
958 Ham. David R., 26. Hejtdv.m
farmer, wife and three children.
1652 Ward. Aaron. 27. New vWlson.
machinist; wife and child.
1433 Jones. Jim Dee, 30. Loam, farm
er, wife, two children.
1035-Martln. William Thomm. 23.
Alma, farmer, mother.
3623 Coffmany William Benjamin.
27, Ardmore, mall carrier, wife md
child
2873 Gaines. Edman, 29. Cheek
mer. wife and children (negro).
1192 McMillon. T 8. (negrol 26
far-
far
mer, wife, Tatums.
3313 Hunt. Jackson L.. 30, Ardmore.
barber, wife, one child
if 7 Job net on, Clifford (negro! 27,
Berw n. farmer.
4l9-Leacivi Marvin, 24. Ardmore.
ineman. mother, father and two sisters.
1214- Swlndall, Jo inegrol 25, Tatums.
'armer
1517 Worsham. Thomas, 22, Joiner,
farmer.
24 61 Gilbert. Ernest James. 30.
Healdton. minister, wife aud two chil
dren. Claimed exemption because a
minister.
911 Stencln. Johnnie, 24. Milo, farm
er, wife ana cntlct.
3378 Mac key, Glen. SI. Ardmore.
father, sister and wife, farmer.
2147 Wllmeth, Aubrey Boyd. 22.
Wirt, machinist, wife.
I.'.il I.e.- Havden. 21 New Wilson.
laborer, wife.
3264 Mint, Allen E.. SO. Ardmore,
carpenter wife and two children.
4066 Ftnlcyv J E., SO, Ardmore.
teamster, wife and four children.
2700 iPurce.l,, Okley C 2C, Wirt,
driller, wife
1291 Roberts, Miller. 22. Oil City,
farmer.
351 Homer. Aaron. 28, Ardmore,
clerk, wife and one child
(Continued on page 4).
'CONSCRIPT WEALTH
URGES HEAVIER TAX ON Rl( II BK
INSERTED IN PENDING WAR
REVENUE BILL
Kighty-Five Per Cent of Men Drafted
Are Protest ing, He Declares, and Also
Alleges That Huge Bond Issues Are
Mortgaging the People to Capital.
Washington, Aug. 21. Conscription
of wealth to pay for the war was urged
in the senate todav by Senator Lafol
lette of Wisconsin, In presenting the
minority plans of the finance commit
tee for higher rates In the war tax bill
on war profits and incomes. He sug
gested increasing the 12.006,000,000 hill
to more than $3,500,000,000 by such In
creases with elimination of conscription
taxes. He also urged that less bonds
and more taxes be authorized.
The Wisconsin senator declared gov
ernments were demanding war while
their peoples were asking for peace,
and contended that eighty-five percent
of the men drafted are protesting. Large
bond Issues desired by wealthy Inter
ests, he contended. Inflate prices and
Increase the present high cost of liv
ing which, he asserted, already Impose
a fifty to one hundred percent war bur
den upon the masses.
AOagM Iron Hand in Bonds.
The Liberty loan, Lafollette said,
was made possible by an iron hand
within a kid glove," and persistent ad
vertising methods.
The lending bill, Mr. Lafollejte stat
ed, pi ovules by taxes but 17 percent of
this year's war expenses, while Great
Britain imposes 26 percent. Next year's
war expenditure, he predicted, may
reach $30,oi0.0ono00, or $40,000,000,000.
and he urged that huge war profits and
Incomes of wealthy paraona by higher
-in taxes, he made to Is ar the burden
of the war.
By keeping down taxes and increas
ing bonds, Senator Lafollette said, ths
masses are being "mortgaged to the
money lenders." Loans to the allies the
senator said, may and may not be re
liant, certainly not fur many years after
the war. Russia, he said, is in the
throes of a revolution and "Italy, if re
ports are correct, is on the eve of one."
"Even England and France." he add
ed, "will lie in no position to repay loans
for a long time and if this war should
last for several years, what political
transformations may occur In any coun
try In Europe no one can foretell."
Prophec ies Rread Unes.
Possibility of bread lines this winter
because of the high cost of living, he
pictured thus in conclusion:
"Alwas remember that the high
prices already upon us have taxed the
common people of this country for the
support of this war to a much greater
extent than the wealthy class would be
taxed If every dollar of income of the
members of that class were taken by
taxation.
"When bread lines shall he a familiar
sight In every city of this land, as they
are bound to be If the present price of
the simple necessaries of life Is main
tained during the coming winter, when
cold and hunger are dally visitors In
many thousands of homes which have
known only comfort heretofore, a con
dition certain to exist during the com
ing winter months, unless relief from
present prices can be found, it will be
small satisfaction, I think to the mem
bers of this congress to realize that
they have contributed to the want and
suffering of the mass of people by re
fusing to place even an approximately
portion of the financial burden of this
war upon the rich."
BOOTH CAEOUN V PROTESTS OVER
h( LHPMENT OF REGI
ME. NTS OF BLACKS.
Washington. Aug. 21 Hanover Man
ning, of South Carolina, accompanies
oy Senators Tillman and Smith and the
remainder of the state delegation In
congress, protested to the war depart
ment against the encampment of negro
troopa In the state.
The Carollnans protested against the
assembling of thousands of negro troop
at Columbia, and particularly against
the encampment of several thousand
trom Porto Rico.
Porto Ulcan negroes, the delegation
contended, were unused to the southern
view of the negro question and should
be mobilized elsewhere.
Senator Tillman asked that. In view
of the fact that Cuba has offered the
I'nlted States a training ground on the
Island, that the Porto Klcan troops be
encamped there.
Mobilization Dales ( hanged.
Washington. Aug. 21. Mobilisation of
the second Increment of the draft army
haa been changed from September 15
to 19 and the third Increment from
September 30 to October 3. Mobiliza
tion of the first Increment will be aa
previously announced. September 5.
NEGRO TROOPS
NOT WELCOME