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DAILY ARDMOREITE "LEST WE FORGET" 1142 MORE DAYS OF GORE Tonight generally fair; to morrow colder. A Newspaper of Character FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1918. VOL. 23. NO. 103. EIGHT PAGES TODAY BOND iSSUE 10 BE OUTLINED r i COMMISSI CAMPAICN OK Kill CATION TO UK PROSKCCTKD IN NKAU FL'TL'KK President of Chamber of Commerce anil Other Pledge Siipiort. but Insis-t on (Jiving rnqMisiiious the Widest Publicity 1'ossible. Th.it a campaign of education is neei a sary in order that the people be in formed just what is proposed in the way of securing an increased water supply for the ei;y. is the conclusion reached at the mooting of the city hhm mlbHion bust night, and an engineer';, report sotting this forth will be pre pared In the near future. The question was brought up by the mayor asking if in ease it was desired to postpone the date of the election it would be necessary to enact new ordi nances, or if those published could lie amended. The city attorney advised that it would be the safer plan to enact new ordinances. J. II. I'oulter said he did not think the election should be delayed. He said the people had elected the com mission and mayor, bad confidence in them and he believed they are- willing for them to go ahead, lb- said the water is needed anil money with which to build a city is necessary. s I'rgvs Wide-it Publicity. Edward '.alt. president of the Cham ber of Commerce, and representing the business ami property interest:-, nf the city, said the Chamber of Commerce and the citizens generally are back id the commission iu its effort to get more Vater; that they are fur the bonds, but do not know what they are asked to vote fur and he does n.q wish tu endanger the success of the bond is' iie by rushing into an eleeiiou until the proposition had been propi rly placed before the people, and a campaign of education bad been prosecuted. He said he is for the bonds and will work for them, let the election be when it may. but he insisted that the people be in formed. He wanted City Engineer Wat son's plan elaborated and made plain in a report after the nature of a pros pectus, so that workers can answer the many questions which are bene.: an-1 will continue to be propounded. He said the people might think it was an other Caddo creek proposition and vote against, it. Engineer Watson said every available spot where water might be seuired the Washita river, Turner Fabs, Honey creek iuid others, bail been examined, and that the Wild Horse plan bad been chosen as the best. He asked that an other engineer act with him that the people might not pet the idea that this Js simply an administration proposition, Jdr. Watson showed that the proposed plan would embrace a watershed oi 10,0(10 acres as compared with 3.000 for the present supply, or sufficient. wh'r. ndded to the present supply, to furnish water for a population of 100,0.1)11. A dam, tvventy feet high, would form a lake covering eighty to one hundred acres. The water will come to the pres ent lake by gravity, and there will be no expense for pumping. At the cost of three-quarters of a mile of pipe line, the water could be sent direct to the fettling basins In case there should be destruction of the present dam. Answer ing a question by (1. E. I'oulter, hi' said the cost of maintenance of this proposed system would be negligible, while If they took up the Honey creek Idea, the water would have t a be raised to a height of "00 feet and there is no fuel to be had in that immediate vicin ity and the cost ot hauling it there would be groat. He suggested that they secure the services of Engineer Anderson to go over the ground with him and verify his conclusions. Mr. Gait said that they wanted, at this time, just enough of a report to be able to show the facilities, the amount of supply to bo furnished, it already having been shown that the cost can be kept within the amount asked for at the, bond election. lie thought the people would be satistied with the re port of Mr. Wutson or a report made by Mr. Watson and Mr. (Hen. He said the people realize the necessity of hav ing water, but their experience had been such as to scare them away from a bond issue. After some further discussion it was determined that the report shall be ready not later than Saturday and that the fullest publicity will be given it. Th date of the election will not be changed, but will be on Eebruary 7, and the mayor's proclamation was issued to that effect. At the opening of the session, the mayor, addressing the commission, took occasion to state that if the bonds are issued to construct this water plant, ho was in favor of letting the work by competitive bids to a responsible contractor with a good bond back of him, that work otherwise undertaken had proven unsatisfactory. The mayor sail this was the ninth month of the present administration and he thought it was time to give a public accounting. He asked that the follow ing statement, showing the estimate, or levy, in the several funds for the city deportments and tho amounts expended to December 1, be read: Estimate Tolica $16,350.00 Parks 2,000.00 Sanitary 4,000.00 FJre 13,750.00 Expend(d $ G,429.4t 1.2ri7.79 700.35 4.033.S8 24,030.10 700.37 Streets and bridges 39,090.00 Library z.uuu.uu tieneral govern ment 3393.54 12,816.57 He said when the present administru- (Continued on page 8), CAPTURE OF BERNSTGRFF MESSAGES COPIES OF TWO SECR' MESSAGES SENT AMBASSA DOR AT WASHIr .ON FROM GERMAN AGENTS IN ARGENTINE AN ARAZIL, AND CABLED BY MIM TO EERLIN IN COr a ARE GIVEN OUT TODAY BY STATE DEPARTMEN" J'aiis. J. in. 1 1--member of tin Free ties, from bancs, oontly was suspen'i . tho Caillaux ca.-e, morning. - f '. LiHisfaleii lumber of dopu i.w immunity re iu ror I'lt'or. wit ll ! u'a. ai rested this I Washinutnii. .Ian. 1 i. From it-, mys terious stock of intercepted diplomatic communications the American state lie. partmeiit today published correspond-j ence between Count Von 1 .. rrstoi'lT, for- on r (",; man amha.,-ador la-re r.er'.ill foreign ..Hire. :.!locj,1:.. mer Premier C-iillau. ,,f Krai. commuiiic.il ion with German rgenl ma In 1 ! 1 ".. 'Pile 1,1 --t l'eril-t I, If lli".;l tainod very dun. Trim: 1 1 '.-n-in and hal III Tits !l li ce to C ,'. 'h rovt rti- , lauxs i-elerences to tic Fivn ment, Had u-;o nod ( a nvfi M vvspapors arainst prui-ing l.iin. A:n.tl gave 1 iioi ice of the shin oil which Cniilaux was sui'jng fi-un A rer nt: ru , and p'anned it; rupture by subm Tines. The rnpture of the ship was M"i--.h! he, -iu .e hrr oa tain carried important p.J" -rs. The Cer. man government was asked to treat Cniilaux with e e, -v cwti-- and on sid n.iiori if Die .-Jap a- ia!:en. Text of Kir I '.b-.s.ie. Following Ik the tc.U of the message ent by llernstorff: l.uenos Aires t legrarihed the :ng: 'Cailinux has lift llue-io after a short st:iy .-in-l is i-o:nu ,) '"ranee, el!e!!tly on nccnnif iL-roi'p uncc'p'.icrn'-le) seai-elnl follow- I - Mi'is' ire. t to of the which he iceards as a per: mal attu-l; upon himself. TTo spnl.-o cnnte-riptiioiisly of the 1'ieneh piesi :,-.;( and t!. rest ol the l-'rene'i gove-nrvrt U'i t! v.-en- t ioll of I : iand. He s, e : nigh He ,1 v. rthr noliey of net antici f France m.-1-.nd (erf' c' ',::' ihe r-emple lie sies in tb for f-vlotiMieo ol st niggle fur oiF-torre ol the part England. Although !c spoke :,M,.-a cf the indiscretions and 'clumsy policy' of ilhelmst'iisse diplomats, and profe-,,, to believe reports of Herman atrocities, be has In otb-r essentials hardiv changed his political n.yn tat Ion. Cail laux well Oiinied indirect courtesies from me, but enqi'nasizeil the extreme caution which b" is ohlig-'1.! to show, as tho French government, be ;iid, had him watched even here. 1!. warns us against tho excessive pi'aise bestowed KILLS IU FATHER AND SOI ixhpu: iio.Miei:)'; ro.WKS at IIAWOOi), A SMAI.I, IIIUN WKST OK M ALKSTI K. Mc.Mes'er. Okla., Jan. M. As results of a. long-stainling quariei uhich was brought to a culmination in the Keck Island station nt Haywood, a small town ve.-t of here, yesterday aft' : noon, Sam I'lillian. ,r,2 years old, and his iio.i. lies roe, v i years old, are dea I and W. X. Jones is in the coiintj j.ul chair1 d with the kil'uiig. Tho double homicide was brought nhotit, according to the story told by Jones, by the two Pullians. a'ti milting to 'beat him up." lie declares he i!e lended himself as best be could until one of tlie men seized him, pinioning bis aims, and tho other proceeded to use his lists on him. When this was .lone, he says, he tripped his antagonist and broke loose. A t this point both of his assailants u.gaiu started i award him. Believing that his life was In danger, be dnw a JlS-ca liber revolver and lb-oil point blank at first one and then the other. He is not sure whlefi one be ahot first, he s;is. Jones' face l-sii's out his statement that he was being beaten when he lireil the shots that ended the lives of father and son, it bein .r cut and bruised and covered with blood. All of the men lived near Haywood and were farmers. Immediately following tho killing Jones handed his gun to a bystander in the station and purchased a ticket to McAlester to give himself up to the au thorities here. LOWER BOOT TOPS Chicago, Jan. 1C In order that tho nation's leather supply may bo con served as. much a.-t possible, lower boots for women have been decreed by the National IJoot & Shoo Manufacturers' association, which concluded its annual convention here today. The height of women's shoe.i next fall will not exceed nine inches above tho heels, with the possibility of another cut of half an inch if further saving become necessary. The association also h;us decided to limit tho colors this year. Women's shoes will be made only iu black, white, two shades of tan and two shades of gray. Men's shoes will be made in black and two shades of tan. SNOW SHOVKLKIIS KILI.KJ). Chicago, Jan. 16. Three men were killed and one seriously injured late yesterday when a train on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad ran into n crowd of snow shotelers in the western section of the city NEIGHBOR P III1DECREE0 T ', upon him by our paper. especially the I V'Use l''re;e Pri'sse. and di sin d on tho other hand that Mediterranean and Mo I iik-i-ii agreements should be adversely i-i! icised line lirais.i in lures his r.osi- lion in Franco, .M. Caiilail.-.' reception here was cool. His report about Praz.il had nothing new. ( n his return to France , he will begin to reside in his own constituency. He fears Paris and th lalo of .luures. (Signed! "Pcrnstorff." Second Message, Am, the rnesace which Count Pern 'dor:! had foi warded u as from Havana as follows: "Tol, Kio i!e Janeiro, telegraphs steam er Aiai'iiaa left Puenus Abe.,-, ,lan. 30. The captain i; tarrying important paper-'. Capture very desirable. Caii lail is. on honrd. In case of capture. Cailiai.v should in an unohtrusivo way be tnated with courtesy and considcra- i tion. Can oii inform our cruisers? i iSignedl "I'.enis'.oi ff." ! The ir: Iructiiins of (h-rman censor ship to the Herman press oil Juno lli, j ll-1 ." follow: "For political reasons, it is urgently I requested that nothing be vlritten about (the forim r Frenc'u prime minister, Cail j l,r,:x, and that his name he not men ! tioneil under any circumstances." I This correspondence, although no of ficial announcement to that effect is" available, is made public by ariange ment with tie- French government, which desired it sexposure. Caillaux now is waiting trial in France, for treason on revelations ci!opcd by the ('"iei'ratel I'.oio I'a-ha. case. Depntii's Indorse Aclion. Pari- .Ian. Hi. Tli" chamber of depu ao'e.l the gcve'ruiient's action li'lauv case iale esti rday by a of 'J71 out of the niembej-s The vote was taken after the ties pus 'II the C: majority prt sent. ;.'o veinin nt had been interpellated hy Frne-t I.afont. a socialist deputy who held that the opening of Caillatix's saft deposit box in Italy, in the absence of a representative of the accused, was illegal. i Aft"! repeated calls Premier Clemen crau said it was the Italian government which has presided at the search of the safe hi the l-'loi ("- bank and France v.as obliged to suppose that all legal forms bad been observed. MINERS WANT U.S. TO TAKE MINES j Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 1th--The reso ' lotions coumiittie of the Fnited .Mine Workers of Anieriei in biennial ses sion bore is expected to report favor ably a resolution advocating govern ment ownership of the coal mines of the eountiy, provided they are con duct, d along democratic lines. The resolution expected to lm reported will declare that, the United Mine Work crs., m the evi nt ol government owner ship coming to pass, shad have repre Mutation in the operation of the mines AnotlKf resoluiioii to he reported with a favorable recommendation will oppose the employment of women in hazardous occupations or in positions where they are compelled to do rough I i work. The argument will lc made I that the real motive of thou who ad vocate tho suhst it utiou ot women in indu'-try because of 1 he .shortage of , labor is: to keep down wages. Will Protect Men. "Washington, Jan. lu.--Th" newly ere lied labor administration ;i policy to i prevent the introduction of woman labor I in positions for which men are still I available, and any reduction of wage scales because of the employment of women in place o! men EPORTED SAPE New York, Jan. in. The American Hawaiian line steamship Texan, n ported sinking off the coast two dav ago is safe, the line was notified today by the navy department. MKXICAX l'APKIt DEMANDS UEUMAN MIMSTKK'S KXPl'LSION El Paso, Jan. 16. Copies of El Vnl versal, published in Mexico City, con taining attacks on Herman Minister Von Sckhardt and Including a demand that tho (German government be asked to re call him, were received here today. Tho articles stated that Von Eck' bardt's activities in fnvor of the central powers had been such as to constitute a violation of neutrality and the news paper insisted that "the good name of Mexico dumanils that he bo recalled at once." Tulsa Post muster Reappointed. Washington, Jan. 16. About 1,500 postmasters were reappointed today by tho president, with grude changes made in some instances. Among the reap pointments were: Newport, Ark.; Baton Houge, La., and Lawton, Tonca City and Tulsa, Okla. Another Arrest In Caillaux Case, Paris, Jan. 16. Paul Comby was ar rested tonight in connection with the government's Investigation of the aC' tivi'.ies of former Premier Caillaux. STEAMER TEXAN WEATHER FORECAST For Ardmoro ami Vicinity: Tonight, generally fair. Thursday, probably fair; somewhat colder. Oklahoma: Generally fair tonight. Thursday, pronahly fair, somow hat older. Arkansas: Tonight, cloudy. slightly armor. Thursday, unsettled, colder in northwestern pie lion. East Texas: Tonight, ginorally fair. w;y mer in eastern porfon. T hursday, generally fair, colder' ,iti northern por tion. West Texas: Tonight, fair. Thurs- av. 1 a ir, 1'i'Mcr m northern portio.v Local Temperature. Maximum temperature, yesterday, 31 lie- legrees; 1 1 1 1 in tu ti iu this morning, li rocs. IN !"(;, LATIN INKANTKV (I. IMP. IIKKJMTS AND STOllM Till' KNTKKM'MED KNKM V. TEUTONS GET SURPRISE Kiigagcniont Was Carried Out in Three ltlooily i'ighl.s, and Heavy Losses Were Indicted on AustriMiermans Several 1 in mind Prisoners Taken. (P.y the Associated Pre: s.) Italian Army 1 b-adq nariers in North ern Italy, Jan. !." (Tuesday.) - The action list of the irrenta river yesterday, in which tho Italians indicted heavy loss- s on the enemv and captured several hun- d prisoners and a large amount, of war material, be-.sui lite iu the after noon and was carried out by infantrv. It was directed cliii dj against Mon'e Asolone, where the enemy I oldly bail set up observ.it ion posts overlooking the San Eoren.D valley a. id the cnot;.u. plain leading down to liassaiio. From these heights, the enemy backed by bis position on Monte Per tica and Cuprivulc, was a continual menace, bis guns following a range of considerable distance down the alley ind over the plain. Kr-iich Lend Aid. The cannonade began toward noon with the Italian battel les bein , second vd ahlv bv French .ntiihrv on their right. A heavy fog sere, red the move ment .is the infanli"," was ordered to idvanee. The troops moved straight up the slope of Monte Asolone, through water, mud and slush. The enernv .ar tillery lire grew more jt-t. ) as tie :id- inee proceeded. There was no belt until the positions on Monte Asolone were reached and ihe enemy advance posts, where observations had been coii- lueted, were swepi away. Along the whole line the Italians gained a loolhold. 1 :le" ti- concen trated fire of the enemy lines, they later were withdrawn shghtlv after laving waste the enemv works. Austrian fores attempted a number of counter movements without success. Tho struggle around .Monte Asolone continues, but one of the main objects ilready has been accomplished, that of lislodging the enemy from bis works, to sny nothing of th prisoners and ma terial taken. Kigliting l arthei K;tt. About, the same, time an incursion into the enemy trenches was made far ther east, around Monte Solarolo, where more prisoners and iiiiiteri.il were cap tured. The third bloody fighl occurred on the lower Piiive, where the Italians enlarged their position by the Piave and Slle riv ers and beat back a counterattack with heavy losses. An nflieer who has Just returned from Monte Asolone .says the rueloy there made bis chief r(sistan(e with many guns, and did not have time to hi lag any considerable lorce oi iniantry nuo action. When tho Italians first reached the crest, they found all the enemy sol diers in their winter quai ler in log bar racks. A large part of one battalion, including one major and two captains was captured in one of these buildings. Amsterdam, Jan. 16. Emperor Charles, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Kllnesche Zeitung, has rejected the scheme to establish an independent Hungarian armv proposed by Jioctor Wekorlc, the Hungarian premier. I.onuon, Jan. 16. Tho resignation of tho Hungarian cabinet on account of failure to ubtain necessary support for the military program is reported In a lludapest dispatch to Copenhagen, for warded by the Exchange Telegraph. retrograd, Jan. 15 (Tuesday). The council of national commissioners yes terday sent an ultimatum to Rumania demanding the release of the bolahev'i 1 arrested recently in that country, the punishment of officials who ordered tho disarming of Russian troops and a guar antee for tho future. A reply was demanded within twenty four hours, failing which, the ultimatum savs, extreme measures will be taken. CTMUE IS mini Aim 01 ION INVADERS REFUSES HUNGARY SEPARATE ARM! BHTJUI TREMBLES ME OF TODAY'S SESSION PERHAPS WILL BE FATEFUL MEETING WHICH 13 TO DECIDE WHETHER THE SECRET PAR LEYS FOR MANY WEEKS WILL END IN FLARE OF REVOLUTION OR LONDON, Jan. 16. Several oC tho morning newspapers refer to the expected cunt liisicn of the Irish convention this week. Aniontr the reports ds one that today's session perhaps will be the fateful meeting which is to decide whether the con vention has been a success or failure. A Dublin dispatch to the Times says that matters have taken a disappointing turn, which the newspaper interprets as meaning that tho prospect of an agreement is more remote. The Daily Chronicle, says: "The convention now is up against tho most formidable obstacle. If this can be overcome successfully, all will be well. The Ulster unionists have it in their power to bring the labors of these conventions to fruition ure." A dispatch to the Daily News from Dublin says that com ment upon the outlook there, is a curious menu ot pessimism and optimism pessimism as to the immediate and optimism as to the ultimate issue. The writer of the nationalists and southern unionists in greattr isolation than belore. An interesting political sidelight, the correspondent adds, is cast by the news that the royal Irish constabulary and the Dublin metropolitan police will a general scheme of reconstruction of tho Irish government, which is expected to come under consideration shortly. TSel fast is now policed by the royal Irish constabulary, and it is understood that the amalgamation would cause the disappear ance of the old names which have unfortunate associations, and that the new body will bo called tho Irish police force. ilBililf IS 19 THE TIDES OF 1 li i: PLKNTY OK CAS AVAILAP.I.i: Sl(,lt SIIOKTAI.K ( ON TIN I KS SI liSIU'l Ti: 11.01 II. Ardmore is in the throes of a coal inline and there i.; much sniffering mong those who are depending on tins kind ot liiel to licit llieir homes. This forenoon there were only lghteen tons on hand and this amount was lurnisheil ev the KocK isian.i nan- y Company. The unpi a cedenti d cold atlnr found people generally iinpre ii'd, and there is muih suffering. Persons come in dozens to the dealers to ; ol c il. saying they pa d to burn their 0 no lire furniture, the mines statement i rti. -li ii to to death, 1 in Ard- ml are fore Coal cannot I" a local lie secured from ller made tin' ind this morning persons future that it was i from freezing ouilook for co, keel l"h mor is hopeless.'' said the s.inio dealer. riurteen (airloads have been ordered ince November '!. but there is little ope of getting it. The mining eolu unics claim that on account of the xtreme wcitlo r, it Is impossible, now a mine coal, but the opinion expressed y an Ardinoru dealer is to the elTi-ct that coal i.-. being held lor higher prices. I'he small quantity that is now avail- iblc is mine run, or soft coal, and is ing for (S a ton delivered. The oral dealers lire doing mo oesi, nicy an to i ope w:th the situation and are trying to ili.slnluite the small supply f coal and wood as impartially as pos iblc, and where it is most needed. Ulcll Supplied With Cas. Iiespile tin- fact that Ardmore is now lassing through 111" coldest spell of leather in ;. ears, the town is well sop died with g.(s. While a iiumb-r of com plaints have been made, the trouhl" has not been duo to insufficient gas, but lather to iiiioleq ua to beating capacity. Several of the schoolrooms, tho first ld day, were dismissed on account of lack of heat, but these instances were confined to rooms iu the additions re cently built which arc not. connected with the furnaces iu the niiin build ings. Ih ".so roi .ns were equipped wirn more stoves, wiucii remeiue.i tne con dition at once. Paul Kkcrn, manager of the Consumers Light and Power Com pany, was notified by residents ot Doug las boulevard that the gas pressure as good and all were well supplied. This is considered satisfactory. In view of tho fact that practically every time there has been a shortage of gas, this part of town was most affected. Taken as a whole, the gas supply, taxed to capacity, lias been equal to the de mand. P.ecause of frozen water mains in the southwest section of the city, con sumers were without water two days during the coldest weather. Among the buildings affected was the Confederate Home, which was supplied with COO gal lons of water each day, after an appeal for assistance had been made to Mayor Roberts. Sugar Shortage. The sugar shortage in Ardmorn con tinues with no hope of improvement. Retail dealers can only purchase live sacks at a time from wholesale houses. Cane sugar is selling at nine pounds for a dollar and a number of local dealers are limiting their town customers to fifty cents' worth at a time and their country trade to a dollar's worth each. Eggs, largely of the cold storage va riety, are selling for sixty cents a dozen. To Mill No More While Flour. Retail dealers have unnounced that when the present supply of white flour is exhausted, there will be no more. Rye Hour, corn meal and white flour mixed with whole wheat wiil tio offered as substitutes. r u uhl rfliviint HED POSSIBLE IRISH CONVENTION PEACE AND UNITY. or to make them end in fail refers to a drawing together unionists, leaving tho iielfast bo amalgamated as a part of CROSS VIOLATION OK 1NTKRNA TION AL I AW IJY ItOLSIIKYIKI W AS "Oi: KKYKNCK. (P.y the Associated Press.) Pelrograd, Jan. 14 (Monday), Con stautino I iiiin:indi, Rumanian minister who whs arrested on Sunday by tin. bolshevik government, will bo releasi tonight, l Ins decision, ftl. zilklml, as sistant to foreign Minister Trotzky, in forms the Associated Press, was taken at a meeting of people's commissioners and after the diplomatic corps bad pro tested to Premier f.eriino. The diplomats went to the Smolny In stitute late Ibis afternoon and were met at tho cnu .'Mice by the premier's per sonal guard of soldiers, workmen and sailors. They were escorted to the piernier's private room, American Am bassador Francis in tho lead. Premier l.enine spoke to tho diplomats in French. The conference busted forty minutes and wxs carried on behind closed doors. Tho diplomats left the S.nolny institute under tho Impression that nothing delinite bad been accom plished. Premier l.enine is said to have ex plained to the diplomatic corps that he realized tho imprisonment of llianiandi was it biaaeh of the international law, hut declared it was designed as a pro test against a similar bleach in part nf Rumania in arresting and disarming bolshevik troops. l.enine told the diplo mats that he himself could not. order the releiLse of the Rumanian, minister but would have to refer the question to the ccuncil of people's commissaries. Were at Dinner, Minister lhajnandi and his attaches were arrested at the Rumanian legation during the dinner hour Sunday night. A group of Red 'iiiiiro group of Rod 'iUiiros, headed by an ollicer, demanded and received admit tance to the legation when they in formed I liiimandi that he was under ar rest. 'I'he prisoners were permitted to take with them their personal attire and then were taken away, presumably to tin- fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. Though explanations of the arrests are not obtainable, officially It is report ed that M. Dinm.'uidi and tho others are accused of counter-revolutionary plots in connection with the disarming of the Ix.lshevik regiments on the Ukraine and Rumanian fronts. Rumanian Minister Civen Kreedoui. London, Jan. lti. M. I liunvmdi, the Rumanian minister, and the other mem bers of bis staff were set free by tin bolshevik government Tuesday after noon, according to a Router dispatch from retrograd. TO KILL GERMANS Oklahoma City, Jan. 111. The Rev. E. C. Cameron, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of Pureed, yes terday tendered his resignation as cap tain of the McClain county homo guards to Governor Williams, that he mi,;ht enlist in the army as a private. "I claimed exemption under tho first draft on the ground that I was a min ister," said the Rev. Mr. Cameron in his letter. "Since then I have tried to help by forming the McClain county homo guards, but I can stay at home no longer. I have been a slacker and hid behind my cloth long enough and now 1 want to get in tho regular army and carry a rille." The governor announced that he would accept Rev. Cameron's resigna tion and wrote him a letter praising him for his show of patriotism. Ml PREACHER WAITS MM? WARNING IS GIVEN COUHTRY HI 0. S. SENATOR ILLIKS NKAIC liUKAKINi; POINT AMI AMKI.ICA MI SI SKNU I IVK .MILLI.-iN MF.N. Controls Three Times the Subsl 'IMC (if European Opponents Senator .Me- 1 limber PrcdieU Seven .Million Men I roni America Needed lo Win. Washington, .Ian. 1 11. --Senator Me v iimui'l' ol .North Dakota to lav gave tho senate a gloomy picture of the position of the Fluted States anil her alii, .a in emphasizing his pe:l f,- radical sneed- Ing up of the shipbuilding program. -Ho declared England was now bearing tin. brunt of the war. and asked "how to:!-,' can she stand this strain'.'" The United States must send a, nan, on:) troops to bal ance the man power of the central pow -ers, he said, and T.OOiI.iidk would bo needed lo make the llermau.'' retreat. 'Russia and Rumania are out. of the war," assorte 1 Senator .McCumher. "Italy is losing proiin I. France is un able to make any headway. The wall of opiinr.it Ion of tt astern end of tlni battle line in continental Europe is crumbling. Who can say how long Italy can or w lli withstand the Teutonic pressure? Optimistic Indeed, must bo the man who will say a single year without additional support. England May Do Isolated. "Willi Italy under the heel of tho con queror. with Franc.) asaailrd in tho Hank, who can prophesy that that coun try will not quickly bo brought under the heel of the same conqueror and England's army left tu battle against overwhelming number " "This, is delineating two things: First, the exact situation as it now is, and second, the possibilities, of the future: and il is presented with the hope that we will at least partially awaken to a realization of what is before us. Senator MeCinnber said tho idea that pointing out our weaknesses discour aged our people and encouraged tho ene my was a mistaken one, and declared that "wo must now learn tho lesson that board ing will not win this war." He siiid he was tired of hearing tho ar gument that i.erniany would lio re duced to submission by starvation, an. I be stated that the central powers con trol three times as much food ;ls do tbn alii' a. The balance of resources held by this country, bo said, could not b con sidered until there was tonnage to carry men and products aerosa the seas. Allies Roach Limit, He Says. "The entente allies Inive reached theif limit. To balance the man power of the central powers, this country would havr to send G. ODD, 000 men," and ho argued that another million wan necessary to overbalance the geographical advantngo of the central nations, and another mil lion if tho I'nitel States and her al!i"s wished to bo the aggressors; in other words, LOOflW) lo make the Cermans retreat. Wh'-it the Fnited States entered the wv, ihe allies cried "vo us ships, declared Senator MoCtimbrr. "Wo al layed their fears; we assured them we would supply tln m shipping. We look that duty upon ourselves, the most im portant, tho most vital duty incumbent upon us in this war. And we have neg lected that duty beyond any other, shamefully neglected it." Kilkenny Ship I'oard. "They tell ns if was because of wranglings and dlsagi cements in the shipping hoard," bo do. la.rod, and added that lie believed th( re was lack of ap preciation of th submarine menace in the board, and that bo did not helievo any membi r so unpatriotic as to delay shipbuilding while bis personal differ ences were being settled. Senator Mo Cumber decl.i.-ed: "Wo appointed a. Kilkenny shipping board and then went to sleep." Late!' in his 'aidless ho said: "We know we must supply Orent Rritiiin and Franco an I Italy. Wo know we shall require r..0ilu,oini men in Franco before vye can ever hope to equalize the. forces of the power-! pitted against each other. Where is our shipping? Whom is it corning from? Possibly (lod knows. Certainly neither tho shipping board nor the navy department knows. " Senator MeCumber recommended that the Fnited States stop sending soldiers to France now and use all available ton nage for food for tho allies, stimulate efforts to attempt to produce a ship im muno to torpedo attack and to make a full and adequate test of reinforced con crete vessels. He said he believed the lilies would emerge from tho war after securing tho peace laid down by Presi dent. Wilson, but warf equally "certain that unless we come to the support of our allies with shipping facilities, manv times creator than we propose, some of our allies will lull netoio we can tana their places cyi tho battle field." L DI GALVESTON PIER rialvoston, Texas. Jan. 1C Corp. Gin taf 1. (iustafson, Company M, 19th in fantry, was shot and killed early today by a sentry on duty at Pier 41 on tb water front. Corporal Gustafson was In charge of a relief party on the way to relieve the sentry who did the shooting. Ho wore a long rain coat, which made his mili tary uniform indistinguishable to the sentry who challenge! the party. All of the men except Gustafson halted, but he continued to advance. Twice more the sentry challenged and, getting no response from the advancing man, he fired.