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ARDMOREITE 1FV A II V NEWS OF ALL THZ WORLD EVERY DAY -LEST WE FORGET" 1197 MORE DAYS OF GORE JL A Newspaper of Character s FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS (GML WRKE S IH FAHTR Y GUSH ARTILLERY, KILL GUN CHS AND CAPTURE Ml HEAVY PIECES THOUSANDS OF CAVALRYMEN, HELD INACTIVE SINCE BEGINNING OF WAR, ARE TURNED LOOSE ON HUN AND THOUSANDS OF HORSEMEN BATTLE HAND TO HANDGERMAN COMES BACK IN COUNTER ATTACK Uindoil, Nov. 21. It in generally . ... i.. .i.-. .ii heeii aiiuwn .... ...... v.. .. .-- - told of the extent of the Rrilish vie tory in Fram e, which is being extended hour by hour. How far the llrllish 'cavalry has (tone Is not known, but one correspondent at the front sayt that early yesterday morning the cavalry was 'II pouring over Hie furthest hill, a k V x inileN from the cracked line," wlilitj aKo Mated by correspondents that Vvit- LI. line su loirs much luruier imru.r Ml Hie HW...RH I u r .. i.raiiicoiir. ,...,... ...- . lit- Biimt-iiwi. A " k If the latter be true, the retreat of the Germans entrenched between the Ha-paiime-Cainbral road and the Scarpe river in seriously threatened. llritNh Army Headquarters in Franc.. Wednesday, Nov. 21 The Hermans who ut the first attack yesterday re-treaU-d or surrendered In dismay, were fUliting desperately today to regain a hold on their rear positions. A particu larly hard han 1 ti hand engagement occuried this morning at Flesquieres, when the infantry, accompanied by tanks, stormed the place una oioe in. . Hermans from it. ' I The fighting about Flesqueres began last night, but It was not until about K o'clock today that the rtrltlsh made an organized assault on the town. The tanks went ahead and were engaged Immediately by seven heavy Herman guns, which began to fire at them point blank at short range. It was a critical moment, for while the tanks will withstand heavy fire, they cannot be expected to stand up long under big sheila hurled from guns only a abort distance away. Infantry Butcher Gun Crews. The British Infantry which swarmed through behind the tanks saw the pre dicament of their Iron frlenda and de liberately charged the enemy artillery with rifles and hand grenifcles. All the guns were captured and thejr crews were killed. A similar Incident occurred at Premy Chappelle, northwest of Marcoing, RAILROAD STRIKE BE EMPLOYES PROPOSE NFAV FEI ERAL HOARD TO TAKK CHARGE DEMAND MOKE PAY. Washington, Nov. 22. Heads of four lailroad brotherhoods came bete today at President Wilson's request to discuss with him their proposed new demands for higher wages. The . president was prepared to take up the problem with a free hand so far as the railroads are concerned, having been formally notified that the roads will abide by any steps he sees fit to take. An entirely new proposal which. It is said, the brotherhoods plan to make M that rail transportation during the war with respect to relations of the car riers and employes be dealt with by a new federal commission to have com plete Jurisdiction and power over the companies and workmen. They plan, it is Btated, to ask the president to ap point such a commission. Opposition to intervention by the ex isting federal board of mediation and conciliation, of which Judge William L. Chambers Is chairman, is understood to be one of the factors in the proposal for a new commission. They want a new and distinct commission similar to that now In control for duration of the jvar of England's rail lines. The brotherhood chiefs also are ex pected to urge their claims for higher wages, suggesting that the Increase come from either the carriers them selves or In war bonuses from the gov ernment along the line of the Hrltish system. The brotherhood heads to meet the president are: W. C. Lee, of the Broth erhood of Hallway Trainmen; Warren 8. Stone, Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers; A. P. Garretson. of the Order of Hallway Conductors, and W. S. Carter. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knglnemen. ' 4-KOLOGY Wl HR-fTS VISIT AKIHCKI.KS ' Norman. Okla.. Nov. 22.- (Seclal I One hundred anil eighty . students of the geology department of the Universi ty of Oklahoma have returned from a three day trip to the Arbuckle moun tains In the vicinity of Ilavls where they did field work to gain practical experience. This was the second trip of the. year, one half of the students In the department visiting the moun tains the first of this month and the other half last week. Both men and women students make the trips in charge of members of the geology fac ulty and women chajierones. AVERTED STORM ENEMY 'where three guns were stormed and their crews annihilated. . f . siiectacular work . , , nttture f,, to tlle cavalry. The mounted troopH got. Into Marcolng uni Mas nitres last night, and in the latter town engaged In sanguinnry battle with Cermun Infantry. An enemy battery there was giving trouble and a squajl of horxemtn charged the position, shooting yr subrelng the entire gun crew. Anotherliattery at Humllly was tuken in Klmilar fashion. (.rjlncuurt Wlll c rrled by storm. "."Hry. tanKH and Infantry working mj Her. 4 ritish Advance Conilniics. Ilri. forces at the latest reports have i ; J I heir line in this section northward t the ISapaume-Camhrai I road. The Hermans ran from Itibecourt. with the Hritish close at their heels. This town is a mass of ruins partly on account of shell fire and partly from lack of repairs. The Herman dugouts were left Intact. The occupation of Marcoinr anil Mas- nieres was a great stroke for the Iirit-J ish, as it gave them needed crossings for the Kscault river and canal, which formed a natural barrier to the ad vance from this direction. Cavalry, in fantry and tanks were poured "imme diately across their passages and pro ceeded to work northward. Was Kept Secret. Military necessity precluded the men tion of cavalry In the first dispatches regarding the present offensive, but It may now be said that the mounted men went into action at 11:30 o'clock yester day morning after the tanks had open e'dt the way through the barbed wire. , This was one of the features of the battle in which Heneral Pershing ap peared to take deep interest while he was at the front yesterday. It has been a wonderful tn days for the horsemen, who had been relegated to rear areas of the western front, with few exceptions, since early in the war. Now thousands of them have been op erating over a wide dreu beyond the Hindenburg line. ITItl.lC SCHOOLS TRAINING AK.MY RADIO OPERATORS Washington, Nov. 22. The federal board for vocational education announc ed today that In response to the call for training of. fifteen thousand drafted men as radio and buzzer operators for; the signal corps, the schools of the country are not only now instructing more than two thousand students, but that the number probably will be louhled within the next two or three weeks. Alleged Alien Knemy Arrested. Beaumont. Texas. Nov. 22. Fred Pe terson was arrested at Port Arthur iy Deputy I'nlted States Marshal J. F. McDonald following an order from At torney Heneral Gregory charging that Peterson is an alien enemy. He was lodged in Jail here to await develop WAR SUMMARY Triumphant .In their brilliant stroke against the Hindenburg line, British troops are pushing on Cambral, now only three miles away. In two days the British have gained as much ground as In the first four months of the battle of the Somme. It was greater than any previous ac tion on the western front, so terrible was General Byng's attack. British cavalry Is now taking part In the drive toward Cambral and the Belgian border beyond. Surprised by the suddenness of the hrust Tuesday, the Germans fought back Wednesday hut the British pushed steadily toward the immediate giad. Nearly twenty towns' and . villages have been taken and more than 8.600 prisoners have been, captured. The Hermans have been driven from the high ground west, southwest and south of Cambral. This city, formerly Ger man main headquarters In the west and one of the main links In the Her man supply system, is at the mercy of the British artillery. While the British attacked on a front of thirty-two miles between St. Quentin and the Searpe, their main ef fort was on a fifteen-mile front west and southwest of Cambral. where an advance of more than five miles has heen mHde. At Cantaing and Noyelles. the British are within three miles of Cum bra I and on the south they are at Creve-)uer.four ' mile away. The Scheldt canal has been gained, as have towns on the Kcheldt or L'Rscaut riv er, whose valley extends northeast through Belgium to Antwerp. In Kngland. the victory of General Byng 1s hailed as the greatest on the western front and it Is looked upon as , h Kh M-KMAN.S NEW BARRED ZONE AROUND AZRES IS DECLARED BY KAISER Amsterdam. Nov. 22. A'tiew German barred zone, a dispatch from Herlln announces, han been established around the Azores, "which have become in economic and military respects Im portant hostile bases of Atlantic navl gallon." v . ' The Azores Islands are Is the north Atlantic about two-thirds of the way between the I'nlted States and Kurope ami belong to Portugal. An Amsterdam dispatch Monday said that (lerman Vlce-Ailmlral Kirch Itosef declared that the United states had "established herself on the Azores and constructed fortifications at I'unta Delgado." He attempted to point out thai such possessions would threaten Important Herman ship routes and In terfere with connections with Her inn ay's colonial possessions. THRILLS ALLIES ALI, FORCES OX WESTERN FROM AUK ELECTRIFIED BY THE GREAT SMASH CANADIANS JUBILANT Gen. iSyiiK. Who Was In Command of Ourusliiiig Knglishmeii, Had Com mand! d the Canucks at Bailie of ' Nomine and at Yiiny Itidce. (By the Canadian Press Limited. 1 Canadian Headquarters in France, Via. London, Wednesday, Nov. 21. The splendid British advance has elec trified the allies forces on the western front. Nowhere has the striking suc cess of Heneral Byng and his army been greeted with greater enthusiasm than by the Canadian corps. None of the congratulations are more sincere than those from the Canadian forces whom he commanded so ably. So well was the seeeret of the ad vance kept that it was not until the afternoon of the attack that a whisper ran from division-- to division that the army of their old leader. was striking on the south. By evening, when the splendid success, . of the attack was known, Canada In Flanders was Jubi lant. Within a month, France, to the north, hal shown her mettle and repu diated the slander of those who said her strength was broken. Knemy Chased From Midges. Canadian and British at Passchen daele had stormed positions of great alue to the enemy and completed their hold on the ridges which threatened his command of the Belgian coast and Flanders. Now, to the south the troops of the United Kingdom have broken their way through the enemy's defenses for gains never equalled before on the western frsnt in the same length of time. Neither the confusion of Russia nor the ordeal of Italy can offset the im portance tif these thirty days de velopments on the western front, for thH is the vital theatre of the war. No wonder the Canadians are jubi lant. So is all France and Flanders. This war has been marked by changing tactics, but nothing more daring or dramatjc than the policy which sent the troops over the top with multitudes of tanks and without a suggestion of a barrage to indicate their coming. (Continued on page 81. the forerunner of - still greater I achievements against the supKsedly i impregnable Himlenhurg line. The new tactics of the British apparently over whelmed the Germans, and in the view of military critics, hold out great xs slbllities for the future, especially as to Its efficacy without the usual pre liminary artillery fire. The Germans had only five airplanes on the front. Kleven British airmen by flying at a height of fifty feet, be cause of the mll, wind and rain, sac rificed themselves ' during the first stages of the offensive. What effect the British drve will have on the Austro-German Invasion of Italy Is not yet apparent, but the Ital ians are holding tenaciously to their positions, and the invaders have not been able to make a marked gain in two days. Around Asiagu, the Italians have repulsed strong attacks, while on the important sector between the Brenta and the Piave the Austro-Ger-mans have ceased their attacks, ap parently womout by fruitless efforts against Monte Tomba and the nearby defenses. The Piave line still is unbroken. French troops have carried out a successful attack on a front of two thirds of a mile between Craonne and Berry au Bac. German defenses were captured and 75 prisoners fell Into French hands. In lalestine. General Allenby's force Is within five miles of Jerusalem on the northwest and six miles on the west. It is not yet clear whether the Turks Intend to defend Jerusalem, but if they should do so. the defending force seemingly is in great danger of be ing cut off from the north and northwest. ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, Bl ARTILLERY BKITISII WAR TERRORS RXORTI'U AND M MBKKKI) ON TO AND ACROSS TKKNCIIKS. AND THEY POUR FIRE Hun Could Not Check the Great Ad vance and lliiiilenliiirg Line is Cut llceer Than Ever Before Gener.il Hyiig I'ses Cavalry. (By the Associated P esl. British Army Headquarters in Fiance Wednesday. November 21. 'the present battle more than any other in tne west ern t liea tie has taken on the savor of fighting in other wars when men tri'g gled in the open and cavalry mi.de thrilling charges against enemy 'guiis. Many military critics long have contend ed that cavalry was a thing of the past, but the mounted men have re futed this claim. Field Marshal Haig has clun to his horse troops throughout the wary months of. trench fighting. lie be lieved that some day he would liave a chance to use them, and his judgment has been vindicated. Field Marshal Haig's blow aalnsl the Cambral frofff represents lru ttrat egy. He had hammered at the enemy in Flanders until they were worn out completely. He had driven them Lack as far as the mud would pe.-m:t and had compelled them to call on every ounce of strength they had to maint.'ii.i themselves. Then he suddenly hprunv his surprise attack in. an uiie:peci"il quarter. Strongest I Joe In est. The Hindenburg lines on the Cand rai front were the strongest the Hermans had laid out In the west. The e'le.iny considered them impregnable. Not only were they strongly fortified, but they were protected by a Very dee!) belt of barbed wire which It was thought that only a protracted bombardment of great concentration of guns would eut suf ficiently to allow the infantry to go through. British tanks had never bcfoie been called tiKin for such extensie.. w.rk but they did In a few hours what the artillery would have required days to accomplish. The-. UiJidenburg line. 4 as pierced absolutely on a wide trout und to a greater depth than ever bef ire. Inspects Monsters Destruction. The correspondent today inspected the main Hindenburg line near Havrin court and saw the amazing work dure by the lion monsters. , In most places they had no trouble either in touring through the wire or In crossing trench es. There were gaps in the wir? en tanglements a rod in width, whe'-e not one vestige of wire was left slanill.-.g and by following the tracks of the tanks .one could have trundled across the trenches as though they were mere ly scratches in the ground instead if wide, deep ditches. The tanks, of course, went through No Man's Land under the full observa tion of the Herman artillery, and, while t lie gunfire was weak, some fire was directed on the tanks as they approach ed. It was interesting to follow Hie tracks of the tanks in order to see wheie shells had spattered about, ap-1 parently without damage, for in tins whole section, the correspondent ud not see one tank which had been knock ed out. The Herman trenches showd plainly that the occuimnts had aban doned them hurriedly. German Fire Is Weak. Since the beginning of the attack, the' iun tire had been extremely weak. No" .Man's Land showed comparatively -ew. shell craters today and this mornin.r the British guns were doing virtually all the tiring along most of the front involved. This Is a striking contrast to the Flanders region, which has beer. an inferno of artillery fire for weeks The Hermans have attempted very- few counter attacks thus far. and ah if them have been smashed. The latest counter thrust retorted was made last night near Demicourt and this was dealt with promptly. RKWAKI) OFFF.KS FOR lrl GKK.MANS STIRS IIATRKH AMONG KNKMY ALIKNS Dallas. Texas. Nov. 22. More threat ening letters, one of them from New York, have reached City Finance Com missioner William Doran. who recently offered f iOO to his soldier son Hobert for every German he kijls. Another letter was from lenver.. James Cooper, a Dallas citizen today announced that since learning of the thrtats against lKran, he has offered a LilMrty lKin.1 for every German killed by his nephews, who are now in France. v )AN SHAY IS ACqi lTTKH. Indianapolis, Nov. 22. Dan Shay, for mer manager of the Kansas City and Milwaukee American association base ball clubs, was found not guilty by a Jury' at 9:30 this morning of the charge of second degree murder. Shay shot and killed a negro waiter in a local h tel cafe the night of May 3. last. Shay contended he shot in self1efense. KKKI" f SI GAR CROP IS (tOYERXMKXT- API'KAL Washington. Nov. 22. Keep up the sugar crop is a slogan .Issued today by the department of agriculture as a war emergency appeal to sugar beet farm ers. The sugar requirements of this country and the allies the nexj year or more make it imperative, according to the departmei. that the sugar pro duction be maintained at the present level at least or greater acreage if stocks of seed available for 118 plant ing permit. NOVEMBER 22, 1917. KAISER CLAIMS HE WON IN NAVAL FIGHT Alleges British I'sed Hx Battle Cruisers Among Many Others in Buttle. UBrltlah Admiralty per Wireless Press) Berlin, (via London) Wednesday, Nov. 21. The German admiralty has Issued he following statement on the recent engagement near Helgoland: "In the engagement during the Brit ish advance Into the German Bight Sat urday, there participated on the Kngllsh side In addition to a large number of small cruisers and destroyers, according to reliable observations by German na vafcforces and airplanes, six large fight ing vessels ships of the line, or battle cruisers. The Hrltloh naval commander as opposed to the report of the Kngllsh admiralty, which speaks only of light forces, will not be uncertain on this isiint. The advance of the British was op posed quickly by the Germans with adequate forces which caused the eij etny to retire. According tn reliable observations by German forces a num ber of hits on enemy fhlpa and destroy ers were obtained. German airplanes also took part in the fighting and bom baffled the large English warships." ARE CALLED AT KAST ARIIMORK I'RF.SBYTF.R I AN CHIKCH, KOCRTH WARD SCIIOOI, COXVKNTIOX HALL WAR CAMP DRIVE Mayor I'rges Necedty of Ardmore Re d' eining Herself By Coinidetiiig Ji6,0(MI Fund List of Speilicr-i and . Meeting Places. In an effort to bring before all the people of Ardmore the necessity of completing Ardmore and Carter coun ty's $1(1.000 quota of the War Camp Community Hecreation Service Fund. Mayor W. R. Roberts has issued callH for three ward mass meetings for to morrow night at 7:30 o'clock. The Second Ward meeting will be held in the East Ardmore Presbyterian church and the speakers will be A. B. Kiddle. J. P. Simpson and Walter S. Gilbert. The Fourth Ward meeting will be held at the Fourth Ward school and the Rev. C. E. Wagner. I. R. Mason and E. L. Gregory will be the speakers. The First and Third Wards are to unite in a mass meeting at Conventn Hall, over which the mayor will pre side and the speakers will be C. W. Richards and J. A. Bass. Two community meetings, at Mary Nihlark school and Berwyn will also be held tomorrow night. Mayor Roberts urges that every citi zen be present at his respective ward meeting tomorrow n:ght. The need for completing the Carter county quota vill be emphasized and it is the inten tion to arrange for a systematic can vass of the city. The following is the detailed arrange ment of tomo-row night's meetings: SPEAKER'S CALENDAR. Friday. 7:30 p. m. COX VKXTIOX HALL. 'Joint First and Third Ward Meeting.) Mavor W. R. Roberts. C. W. Richards. J. A. Bass. KAST AROMORK I'RKSBYTKRIAX CHl'RCH . (Second Ward Meeting.) A. B. Riddle. J. P. Simpson. W. S. Gilbert. FOl RTH WARD SCHOOL (Fourth Ward Meeting.) Rev. C. E. Wagner. I. R. .Mason. E. L. Gregory. " OCT OF TOWX. Mary Xihbtck School. George W. Coffman. Jake Bodovitz. Berwj ii. Col. Sidney Suggs. C. H. Adams. III OE COMPANY K ASK RAISI1 About nine-tenths of the members of Company K, J57th Infantry, 179th bri gade. 90th division, of the National army, at Camp Travis. San Antonio. Texas, are Carter county boys. In a letter to the Chamber of Comme-ce and also to The Daily Ardmorelte. Ser gt. nt Robert M. Stonesifer asks hat a fund of $500 be raised here -to sunply Company K with dishes and furt.ltu'-e that is much needed in the camp Tuar ters. where the boys gather for amuse ment and to spend many of the hours when not On duty. At present, they have little except the Victrola sent by the Chamber of Commerce. I'suallv. the government furnishes much of that which the boys now neei. but. owlnr to the great task of supplying so maujr other things moie necessary, these con veniences have not been supplied at the camps, as Is customary to the reg ular army. In addition to getting t'ie furnishings for their camp, which would make It more habitable and attractive for the boys, the $500 would also give s VOLUME 25. NUMBER 52. ITALIAfj BATTLE RAGES III HILLS HAS BKCOMR A "STRl'f'OI.E OK GLINTS," IS BTATKMKNT FROM FRONT. IS Gradually Forcing Roman Back, But More Slowly Than Before Italian Commander .May Be Forced to Retire From Piave River Line. (By the Associated Press.! -Italian Army Headquarters, Wednes day. Nov. 21. The battle In the moun tainous region In ; the north between thp Piave and Brenta rivers, nearlng its culmination. It centers at Monte Grappa and has become a struggle of j giants.' j It is now clear that notwithstanding the great number .of 'troops employed! by the enemy and his advantages of lei rain lie IH hiiib iu atitain-c uuiy ci jr slowly now that he Is not being assis ted by the element or surprise, by the reason of other circumstances which favored him at first. Even, if the Ital ians should be obliged to abandon the Piave river line, they may be expected to fall back more slowy and offer more tenacious opposition. Knemy I'ses Fresh Rewrves. (By the Associated Press.l Italian Army Headquarters. Wednes day. Nov. 21. The greatest mass at tack which the en?n:v has made is In progress along the upper. Piave river ut the point where It bends to the northeast into the I-'elluno Alps. As the action proceeds the enemy is bring ing forward fresh masses of. his re serves. , ' MARCH TO FRONT OF STATE BANK AT PKTROGRAIK AND DEMAND TEN THOUSAND RUBLES. London, Nov. 22. A body of troops and Red Guards under the command of Commissary Menilnsky and Colonel Muravieff. commander of the Petrograd. gairieon. appeared before the state bunk in Petrograd yesterday, according to yi Reuter dispatch, and demanded that 10.000 rubles be handed over within ten minutes. Menjinsky declared that any one who refused to obey the order would be treated as traitor. Officials of the bank and delegates'of the town council and the peasant's union assem bled in a room in which the doors ard principal safes were guarded by sen tries fiom the SemonofTsky regiment and refused to meet the demand, what ever the consequences. At the expiration of the ten minutes, further parleying disclosed that neither Menjinsky nor Murevlelt had -any order of requisition from the council of maxi malist commissionej-s. Deleautes from the front who accompanied the soldiers Joined in the protest of the invasion of the bank. Muravieff eventually with drew his troops. The maximalist newspaper Pravda, the dispatch adds, announces that fight ing has beguy between the Red and V(hite Guards of Finland near Viborg and that the railway has been torn up. I, A R(.F CHEMICAL PUVXT IX GERMANY DESTROYED V BY EXPLOSION. WIRE SAYS Zurich. Wednesday. Nov. 21. One of the largest and most important chemi cal works in Germany the Griesheim Elektfon near Frank'ort-on-the-Maln was destroyed by an explosion Tuesday night, according to a Frankfort dis patch. . Norwegian Steamer Founders. Honolulu. Nov. 22. The Norwegian steamer Thor foundered In a storm. It was reported by Captain Hensen, who reached port with fifteen of his crew tii.lm. flnA lifuhnat with a narl if lh. I crew is still missing, t AT CAMP TRAVIS OF COMPANY FUND them a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving. Sergeant Stonesifer refers to the fact that Camp Travis subscribed for mor? than a million and a half dollars of Liberty bonds, the 357th regiment. $136. 000. and Company K, $9,550 worth. Most of them have taken out insurance poll cles ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. while nearly all - send part of their money home. The boys are particularly anxious to get plates, cups and saucers, as at j present they only have the tin vessels belonging to meir Kit outnts. ine ar ticles of furniture and other conveni ences needed could all be purchased for the $500 they ask to be raised In Carter county by gene. al. subscription. Th boys want all citixens of Carter county to ra:tlcliate In this fund. The Chamber of Commerce will take up the matter, but aa quick action Is necessary, so as to give the boys their Thanksgiving dinner and the much (Contiued on page 4) RED GUARDS FAIL . TP PLUNDER BANK EIGHT PAGES TODAY ANOTHER EFFORT TO COMPLETE THE had pimd rimr ruiu MAYOR ISSl'KS PROCLAMATION L'RGIXG CITIZENS TO RALLY TO CITY'S REPUTATION GIVE HOUR'S WORK Executive Suggests Every Resident Contribute Proceeds of One Hour's Ijibnr Executive Committee Meet ing Called for Tomorrow Forenoon. The executive committee of the War Camp Community Recreation Service Fund, campaign Ik called, by its general chairman. Mayor. W. R. Roberts, to meet at the session chambers In the city hall at 10 o'clock tomorrow 'forenoon. Ardmore has not done her part. Car ter county has raised less than half her quota of the War Camp Com munity Recreation Service Fund. De termined that this city anil county shall not be considered derelict in duty. Mayor W. R. Kouerts has issued a proclamation calling for renewed effort t. complete the fund. Just at a time when our allies are making such a glorious showing, as Indicated in the news of yesterday when the British outgeneralled the Ger mans and penetrated a distance of fivt miles along a forty mile front In North ern France, the need for co-operation try thost- who remain at home in order to provide comforts for those who have or are making the real sacrifices is ap parent. V , Mayor Roberts asks every citizen of Ardmore to give .the proceeds of one hour's work as a contribution to this 516.UJ0 fund. A meeting; da -called,' oC the executive committee; to be - held at the -city hall tomorrow, to devise will's and means and to . provide, for ' the collection of the money. - " The community centers of the county are responding Ulierally. -Arttmore hould realL-.e the necessity to-rallying every -resource to the end that the; ..11 I TK ...... lull iuiiij ijuuia i n i hi.tm. iuc n in j or's proclamation follows: r rom almost every sign board in every city In the nation, about six mjntlis ago, we read: "Your nation needs you, will you go and fight her battles?" The youth of the land re- spon Je I to this request, for more than a million men are now joined to the colors. The work required of these men Is not easy. Constant drills, hikes, and Intensive training have given these boys constitutions of Iton and muscles of steel, and to a man these boys, who now are about to go across the waters to fight the battles for those who stay at home and who will fight to make this world a safe place for the future generations to live in, have done their luty. to themselves, their homes and their country. Today on almost every sign board in every city in the nation, we read:, "The War Camp Recreation Community fund needs money to provide the sol- liers with wholesome amusement while off duty, both in camp and out of camp." To raise this fund is the nation's business, the nation's work. The Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Y. M. H. A. the Knights of Columbus, the American History Association, the Playground and Recreation Association of America have undertaken to do this work. Sixty million collars has been called for from the people. The ap portionment of this fund to Carter county is $16,000, and not one-half of it nas been raised. Tnis money is not wasted; Is not given to charity; It is giv en in love. Anything given in love is never wasted, and our nation calls for this money to use for the benefit of the boys at the front. Some one loves each boy; the nation, as a whole, loves them all. That this will entail self denial upon many is true, and the amount asked for is not small, but It represents what a nation can. Every man. woman and child should do his or her bit by contributing his or her mite. It should never go out to the world that Ardmore or Carter county has failed in anything. To fail in this undertaking is nothing short of lack of patriotism. Many have con tributed but many have not. Now, therefore. I, W. R. Roberts, mayor of the city of Ardmore, do here by call upon every person in the city of Ardmore to give to this fund the proceeds of one hour's work. The amount may be small in instances, but the whuJe will raise our apportionment and every mite contributed will make a surprising whole, and I further call upon the campaign committee to meet at the session chambers of the city of Ardmore at the City Hall tomorrow to devise ways and means and appoina committees to go out and collect this money, so that the nation may know that Ardmore has done her part and that every one living in the city has contributed a part or the whole. W. R. Roberts, mayor. NEARER TO HOLY CITY. London. Nov. 22. The British forcea in Palestine have now advanced flvw mile northwest of Jerusalem, the war office announces. WEATHER FORECAST. For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight and Friday fair, colder. Oklahoma: Tonight and Friday fair, colder. East Texas: Tonight fair, colder frost in south portion except on Im mediate coast and In lower Rio Grande valley: Frklay fair, colder. West Texasf Tonight fair, colder; Friday fair; colder In north and south east portions. 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