DAILY
ARDMOREITE
"LEST WE FORGET"
1142 MORE DAYS OF GORE
Tonight generally fair; to
morrow colder.
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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.